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. The depletion of the timber lot end
the gradual decrease In the supply of
lumber, with the consequent Increase
In the coat ot wood, make the erection
of fences on the farm a matter of con
cern, for the landholder heretofore has
looked upon wood as a proper material
for the construction of an effectlre
fence. Metal—that Is, fence wire—has
almost entirely replaced the rails which
at one time were considered necessary
to make a fence stock-proof. We still
find, however, that timber Is, In most
localities, the cheapest material for
fence posts, though the supply avail
able Is becoming scarcer each year,
and It Is possible that In the future
It may be necessary In every section
}| possible to obtain from them fences
constructed entirely of metal at small
cost.
While the unprogressive farmer Is
content to have a few bars to let down
In order to admit of the passage of
teams or wagons, no fence Is complete
without an entrance, and therefore
without a gate, for at beet bars are
only makeshifts and a loss of both
time and temper. It Is surprising how
common they are when excellent and
serviceable light gates can now be pur
chased very cheaply and even where
the lack ot money Is an obstacle to this
a handy man can, with the aid of an
axe, a hammer and some nails build
and hang a strong useful gate with no
of the country to use posts made of
Iron or concrete, even as Is now done
In many places.
An essential feature of a rati fence
Is a comparatively short panel, but
now that wire Is, In the majority of
cases, taking the place of the rail, It
Is questionable whether as many posts
are necessary as Was the case when
rati were used. Recent tests were made
at an English experiment station to de
termine upon the best method ot con-
’ structlng a fence. One point considered
was whether a fence constructed with
a dropper Is as efficient and durable
as one constructed entirely with posts.
A second point under consideration was
the minimum number of posts required
. In tbe construction of an efficient and
- durable fence when droppers are used
and tbe character of the dropper re
quired for best results. The dropper Is
a thin vertical brace used to strengthen
the stretch of wire between posts. As
metal Is admittedly more durable than
wood, an endeavor was made to obtain
a suitable rigid metal dropper, but with
out success.
NOTCH THE CORNER POSTS LOW.
- An error that farmers sometimes
make In erecting a fence Is that they
. place the corner supports or struts too
near the top of the post, and conse
quently at too great an.angle with the
line of the fence, so that when the wires
are stretched tightly the post Is pulled
out ot the ground, notwithstanding
that huge bowlders are piled against
the post or hung on It, In an endeavor
to keep It In the ground. One fence
which has been found to prove very
satisfactory consists of square posts
and top rail, with three or four rows
ot plain wire fastened on the outside
edges of the post. Instead of through
holes bored In the uprights. To these
wires Is fastened ordinary poultry net
ting with,*say, an Inch and a-halt or
two-inch mesh. This netting may be
strained very tight and will lie as flat
as a board, the appearance of the fence
being thereby greatly Improved.
While the use of barb-wire In the
construction ot fences Is regretted, ow
ing to the Injury which It sometimes
Inflicts upon the live stock, there Is no
doubt that Its employment under cer
tain conditions prolongs the life of a
A SUBSTANTIAL ROAD GATE.
other outlay than the expenditure of a
few hours' labor and certainly in less
time than Is required In the continual
putting down nnd up of the bars.
Experiment has shown that It Is ad
visable to have the openings of the
farm gates 16 feet wide or thereabouts
In order to admit of the transfer of tbe
It will be better and a saving ot time
If the timber after being cut up for
the gates Is given a couple of ooats ot
palntjjefore being put together. After
the gate Is completed and hung. It can
be given a final coat The first' or
priming coat should be very thin; In
fact may be nearly all raw linseed oil.
The second and last coats will, of
course, be a little thicker, and In order
to dry hard, and with a little gloss,
should contain a small quantity of tur
pentine and-bolled oil. While tastes
may differ as to color, results hare
shown that white seems to give the
most satisfaction, while the Iron work
painted black will make a slight con
trast, adding to the improved appear
ance of the gateway.
STILL USE DASHER CHURNS.
Even In this Day ot Creameries, Bnt-
. ter Is Made in the flood Old-
Fashioned Way,
The chances are ten to one or better
that tbe butter you buy at the grocery
store now was made In a creamery, for
the great bulk of the butter consumed
In this country Is made In milk estab
lishments. But there Is still some but
ter made by hand, and "we still sell
churns right along."
The greater number of the Individ'
ual churns now sold, said a churn
manufacturer In Chicago recently, In
speaking of the growth of tbe cream
ery business, are of tbe cylinder type,
operated by a crank, turning within
the churn a wheel with paddles, some
times like the paddlewheel of a steam
boat; but we still sell as well, churns
of the old-fashioned type, such as our
grandmothers used, and such as their
grandmothers used before them. I
might add that tho old-fashioned
dasher churn Is still, as It has always
been, painted blue.
Who still buys these old styles hand
churqs In tho day of machlne-mndo
butter? Why, so to speak, the oldest
people, and the most modern, too.
They aro bought by small farmers
keeping only ono or a few cows, who
naturally continue to make their own
farm Implements from one field to an
other. Where some fields are planted
with email green crops from which the
farmer desires to keep his poultry It Is
fence, deterring stock from rubbing i thought best that tbe bottom rail of
against It and unduly straining the this gate should be within an Inch of
plain wires. It has been argued tbatl the ground so that the poultry cannot
stock soon get to understand how dan- • crawl under. The gate poets should be
i manufacture
J of the Europeans
i of wtre faeeea, far ft
quite separate and.distinct from any
posts used In the construction of the
fence, as a better effect la obtained
without additional trouble If they are
slightly higher than the uprights In
the gate and higher than tbe feaee
poets adjoining the gateway. The
main entrance to the farm and also the
gateways around the dwelling may be
still further Improved it a little addi
tional trouble Is taken to square the
gate poets and round off the tope.
No gate can be said to be finished
until it Is painted, for not only does
painting aid In giving a tidy appesr-
anee, bat pretoo* the life of the wood.
Where the Cor
ner Supports
Prevent the Post
from Pulling
Out.
butter, and who make It, ot course,
with a hand churn.' Some of these
farmers might make more butter than
they would require for their own use;
and the surplus they would sell, as
they would their surplus eggs, to the
country store.
And you find larger farmers, too,
farmers perhaps keeping many cows
and selling the bulk of their milk to
a creamery, still continuing to make
tbe butter that they need for them
selves and making It, as they have al
ways done. In a hand churn.
Such churns are sold to people liv
ing In suburban or country homes and
keeping-cows, who make their own
butter because they prefer to, anyway,
and they are bought by various people
everywhere who want sweet or un
salted butter and who make It for
themselves In hand churns.
America exports churns to the West
Indies and South America and to New
Zealand and Australia and to dairying
countries in various other parts of the
world; but we still supply our own
people with the old-fashioned dasher
as we did twenty years ago.
TO TACKLE HAZERS;
The basing trials at Annapolis, fol
lowed by the long discussion of the
subject In and out of Congress, have
served to widely advertise the Acad
emy, and, as a result, there has been
an unusual rush of applications from
ambitious young men who aspire to be-
come admirals. Many of tbe applicants
breathe defiance to all haxere and re
cite' Instances of their physical pow
ers to demonstrate their fitness for ap
pointment One of the letters recently
received at tbe Navy Department ran
as follows;
■I play football, have been captain of
the basketball team these last two
years. I am also an expert with box-
lag gloves, and wodld like to have
some of the Annapolis fellows try their
hexing tricks on'me. I Imagine they
would have to get real busy If they
tried to stand me on my bead and
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS.
Assistant Secretary Hays Points Out
Necessity for MoreThorongh Farm
Education. Is In Effect a Country
High School.
The consolidated school question Is
a feature of the country school educa
tion problem which Is rapidly coming
to the fore, especially in tbe northwest,
and It promises much for better farm
education. The proposition Is that six
or seres or ten of the cross-roads
schools in any rural district shall be
combined Into oife larger school and
were It not for the question of trans
portation of the scholars to and from
the central school, it would undoubted
ly meet with universal favor. From
an educational point of view the ad-
vantages'of the consolidated school
plan are very great Assistant Sec
retary ot Agriculture Hays Is an en
thusiastic advocate of the plan and
states that where the plan has been
put Into operation the beneficial're
sults have been manifold. The ques-
tlon has been agitated to a consider-
able extent In his own State of Minn
esota, due largely to his own efforts.
Professor Hays is thoroughly alive to
the fact that a better scheme of edu
cation Is needed for the farm boy If
he is to keep his foremost position
among- the world’s agriculturists.
FOR BETTER FARM EDUCATION.
The time. Professor Hays says, has
gone by when an “ordinary" school
education will serve for the farm boy.
The three R’s are not sufficient to
enable him to succeed In life. He must
hare special education for farming Just
as the young man or woman who is to
enter professional life has special in
struction along the lines be expects to
follow. And so the consolidated
school comes In, with Its better educa
tional facilities.
Canada has taken an advanced stand
on this question and Is consolidating
her country schools. In a word the
fanner’s children are being given the
advantages of a high school education.
As President Creelman, of the On
tario Agricultural College has pointed
out, the system undoubtedly is, from
a standpoint of dollars and cents, more
expensive, for the first few years at
least; but the rural ratepayer has It to
decide for himself whether he would
rather pay five dollars more per year
and secure for his boy or girl such
Increased benefits as the consolidated
school can give or leave them In the
hands ot an Inexperienced girl teacher
who perhaps does her best In a little
ono-roomed school, without facilities
of demonstration of any kind.
PRACTICAL FARM SCIENCE.
One of the most Important features
ef these schools Is the school garden,
where practical farm science Is taught
In a practical way. Such gardens are
not, however, confined to the con
solidated schools, but are now being
kept In connection with a number of
tho more progressive district schools
In various parts ot the country. They
are usually from two to three acres In
area, divided into experitdental and
Individual plots for each of the pupils,
ranging In size from six feet square
to si* by. ten or oven twenty.
The general plan of laying out each
garden Involves (1) a bolt of native
trees and shrubs surrounding the
grounds; (2) a half-acro playflcld tor
the boys; (3) a lawn bordered with
shade trees for the girls; (4) a shaded
walk each for boys and girls, about a
hundred yards long; (6) an attractive
approach to tho school, consisting
chlofly ot a piece of open lawn, with
shrubs and flowers on either side; (C)
a suitable reservation for Individuals
and class plots; (7) an orchard plot
or border; (8) a forest plot In which
the chief native trees aro grown from
the seed.
PLANTS GROWN BY PUPILS.
The ordinary range of vegetables
and a selection of flowering plants are
grown In these gardens, the pupils
themselves furnishing the necessary
work. In the large schools two hours
each week are found sufficient for
the garden work, and one hour in
the smaller. In both cases under the
supervision of the teacher or a special
Instructor. The school garden serves
double purpose, since It not only
provides the most practical form of
nature study but acts as a valuable In
centive in the general school work. It
Is no uncommon sight during the sum
mer season to see a publio school In
session but of doors, not with slate
and pencil but with hoe and shovel.
The pupils thoroughly enjoy It. They
are allowed tbe proceeds of their plots
as their own property and In addi
tion mar take home the plants left
ove. from thinning out. The class
plots are^reserved as a source of rev
enue for tbe school and as a supply,
in some cases, for the school lunches.
Former Iron Master Andrew Cab
negle has Indorsed the Idea of phonetic
spelling—making the words sound as
they read, or read as they sound—
either way.
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