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SPLENDID DESIGN
FDD FARM DIE
Nine-Room House Fills Needs of
Large Family.
HAS CHEERFUL SUN PARLOR
Btx Bedrooms Afford Accommodations
for Large Family—Conveniences
to Lescen Work of House
keeping.
By WILLIAM A RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all there subjects Address all Inoulrles
to William A Radford. No. 1527 Prairie
avenue, -Chicago. 11l and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
It often has been said, and statistic*
seem to'bour It out, tlmt farmers’ fam
ilies are considerably larger than those
of city dwellers. For this reason, farm
ers need plenty of room the one-room
condensed apartment would he out of
place In the couutry. A large family
tails for a large home and plenty of
bedrooms—the surrounding farm gives
the children all the playground they
need. In the final analysis some one
hus to raise large families to offset the
decreasing birth rate In the cities due
mainly to congested conditions, and the
fflrmer assumes the burden, lie has
the compensating feature, however, of
getting his children’s help when they
have grown up. In the face of the ex
isting shortage In farm help this fac
tor becomes tremendously Important.
In order to keep his sons on the farm
ufler they have grown to manhood one
of the first things he should do Is to
make home life and surroundings as
attractive as that of the cities.
l or this reason lie should build a
substantial, modern home. In this
home he should Install as many of the
latest conveniences and comforts as his
means will permit. lie should build
this home so that It. will be attractive
both Inside and out.
In the case of the farm home shown
here with floor plans, that result has
been foremost In the mind of the build
gdg
er. Certainly, anyone will admit, Miln
fiirin liome 1m pleasing and Indicative
of a true hospitality. It Is built of
frame, with face brick foundation and
silicon above ‘.tie first story. Instead
of the usual full-width porch, part of
tills spitce has been converted Into a
cozy, cheerful parlor, II! feet It Inches
by 9 feet 0 Inches. It has four good
sized windows Hi the front and two on
each side, thus shedding a wealth of
warmth and light Into the adjoining
living room. As the family spends
most of Its spare time in this room It
Is essential to have It ns pleasant as
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First Floor Plan.
possible,. IrU rooms always make for
depression. A sunshine house is a
happy house.
Recessed under the same roof ns the
sun parlor, and on one side of it, is the
front porch, which leads into a small
reception 1 all. A stairway leading to
the cellar starts at the farther end of
this hall. The stairway to the upper
ttoor-ls found in the roar off the kitch
en. Os identical size with the living
room, and connected with it by an open
doorway, is the dlfithg room. The door
leading from this room into a narrow
hall Is opposite the door leading Into
the only bedroom located on the first
floor. This room is very convenient for
the hired man, who must get up first
in the morning.
In the rear of the house are found
the kitchen and washroom. The kitch
en is small, hut complete, 12 by 10 feet
In dimensions. It is supplemented by
a good-sized pantry. The washroom, i
a convenience that should be found in
every farm home, is 14 by 6 feet 6
Inches and has a toilet In connection.
Modern farmers have running water
and bathrooms because Miey cau be In
stalled at a reasonable cost and are a
wonderful convenience.
The second floor has been divided
Into five bedrooms and hath. Three
of the bedrooms have windows on two
sides and all are provided with ample
closet space.
While we have emphasized this
house as particularly desirable for the
farm It will also fit in excellently in
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Second Floor Plan.
any town or city scheme. In this case
the washroom can be easily converted
Into a laundry and equipped with a
washing machine, dryer and electric
Ironing machine. The extra bedroom
on the lower floor, If not needed, can be
used as a den or library.
Eventually there will he little to dis
tinguish the farm home from those of
the city, because the farm home will be
built along similar lines and contain
all the conveniences which heretofore
have been confined mainly to city
dwellings. With the advent of running
water and electric light the farm home
has Jumped ahead with ustoundlng
rapidity. Within the space of u few
years farm home building has practi
cally been revolutionized and improve
ments along this line will not slop
here.
The Accepted Time.
“Wlmt was the trouble with those
two old men who Just went out grum
bling?" asked the traveling salesman.
“Them?” replied the lumllord of the
tavorti at Grudge. “That's old Orrln
Onderdonk anil old Hod Dornltt.
They want to argue, hut won’t b’euz
this ain't Saturday."
“What difference does that make?
There is no town ordinance against
arguing any day in the week, Is
there?"
"Nope! But If they argue now they
won’t get utiy particular attention,
b’euz everybody in town is tired of
their clack. But on Saturday, when
our progressive little city is full of
country people tha{ come In to trade,
by standing in the middle of the side
walk and wrangling at the top of
their voices they can collect such a
crowd thnt people who want to pass
have to go clear out In the street to do
so. By that means Orrln and Hod
can make themselves pretty consider
able prominent."—Kansas City Star.
Bacteria for Sausage Skin.
Sausage skins are usually made of
entrails but parchment paper and de
nltroted wood pulp have also been
used. Now counts the proposal, re
ported in Popular Science Monthly, to
make them of bacteria. The particu
lar spech-s of bacterium employed is
called xilinum and is found In fine
gar.
Xilinum has been the dread of the
vinegar-maker and manifests itself In
un objectionable slimy scum. Some
years ago a process was patented for ;
converting xilinum bacteria into leath
er. and now u Hr. Wuestenfeld would
use them In the making of sausage
skins. Xilinum skin is obtained, of
course, only iu flat sheets.
No one has succeeded In inducing
xilinum to breed tubes. The sausage
meat must be wrapped In the skin
and thou sewn up.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA.
VIGILANCE NECESSARY TO KEEP
CHICKEN HOUSE FREE OF MITES
For Small Coops a Hand Atomizer Will Suffice for Applying Insecticides.
Poultry raisers are all too familiar
with the common red or gray mite
which infests poultry houses. In gen
eral those who are making a specialty
of poultry raising have comparatively
little trouble with mites, or at least
they keep them reduced to a point
where they are of little Importance.
On the other hand, farmers and others
who raise poultry us an incident to
other operations frequently find their
chicken houses overrun by mites.
Detecting Presence of Mites.
The attack of this blood-sucking
mite Is of an Insidious nature which
does not readily draw attention to its
presence, and often the poultryman
Is not aware of an infestation until he
I* attracted to it by the irritation pro
duced by mites on hls own body
through coming In contact with the
infested coops. The presence of the
pest may readily be determined, how
ever, by the detection of small areas
on the boards specked with black and
white as though dusted with salt and
pepper. This is the excrement of the
mites, which are hidden in adjacent
cracks or rough places. More careful
examination will reveal masses of
mites in hiding, together with their
eggs and the silvery skins cast by the
young.
In moderately infested poultry
houses the injury to the fowls is not
easily apparent, hut the constant
blood loss and Irritation are shown
by decreased egg production and the
poor condition of the fowls’ flesh. In
heavily Infested coops It is not un
usual for the chickens to become ~
droopy and weak, with pale comb and
wattles. Sitting hens desert their
nests and thus ruin the eggs or, as is
often the case, they are found dead on
the nest, being killed outright by the
attack of thousands of mites. In ex
treme eases a considerable number of
fowls succumb, even though not sit
ting, and all are so weakened as to
he very susceptible to various dis
eases.
Owing to the fact that mites feed
during thi* night and secrete them
selves in cracks and crevices during
the day, their presence very often is
overlooked until a very heavy infesta
tion has developed. In such cases
they should be attacked energetical
ly. Although not hard to kill, the
greatest obstacle Is the difficulty of
reaching them in their hiding places.
Dust baths will not control them, ns.
at most, only the few which remain
on the chickens during the daytime
J will he destroyed.
The first step necessary to destroy
the mites Is to get rid of the hiding
places so far as possible. The roosts
should he taken down and all unnec
essary boards and boxes removed. In
heavily Infested houses the mites are
to he found in all parts of the build
ing, including the roof. Where they
are less numerous the infestations
usually are confined to the roosts and
nests and the walls immediately ad
jacent. For small coops a hand
atomizer will suffice for applying in
secticides as sprays, but for larger
houses a bucket pump, knapsack
sprayer, or barrel pump Is desirable.
A rather coarse spray should he ap
plied from all angles and thoroughly
driven into the cracks. The floor also
should he treated, as many mites fall
, to the floor when the roosts are being
j removed.
In tests conducted by the United
States Department of Agriculture
during the last two years a consider
able number of materials used ns
sprays have proved effective. One of
| the so-called wood preservers was
I found immediately effective, and its
I killing or repelling power lasts for
i months. As this material Is rather
i expensive (about $1 per gallon), and
j Is too heavy to spray well, it is nd
i vlsable to reduce It with equal parts
! of kerosene.
Crude petroleum Is almost effec
' five, retains its killing power for sev
; eral weeks, and in most localities it is
! very cheap. It will spray better If
j thinned with one part of kerosene to
. four parts of crude oil.
It has been found that one thor
| ough application of either of these
materials will completely eradicate
the mites from an infested chicken
; house, but ordinarily It Is advisable
| to make a second application a month
after the first, and In some cases a
. third treatment is required. These
subsequent applications may be made
with a brush, using the materials un
diluted and covering only the roosts.
thPir supports, the walls adjoining,
and the nests If they are infested.
This method of application is effec
tive for the first treatment also if
the houses are not heavily infested.
Poultry should be kept out of the
treated buildings until the material
is well dried into the wood.
Using Pure Kerosene.
Pure kerosene and kerosene emul
sion in double the strength ordinarily
applied to plants will destroy all
mites hit, but these substances have
not body enough to destroy those
mites which are in more protected
situations, and several applications at
ten-day intervals are needed to de
stroy all the mites.
Arsenical dip. such as is used to
destroy cattle ticks, has been found
fairly satisfactory for use against
chicken mites. Several applications
are required to eradicate the mites
from poultry houses.
SHOCKED CORN GOOD SILAGE
Refilling Silo With Surplus Even in
Middle of Winter Is Most Eco
nomical Practice.
“Corn cut at the proper time and
put into the shock can be made into
good silage, even in the middle of the
winter,” says Alvin Kezer of the agron
omy department of the Colorado
Agricultural college. “Os course, such
silage will not be as palatable as when
siloed early and there will be more
mechanical waste of leaves and other
> parts of the corn plant because the
shocked corn had been stored for part
of the winter, either in the shock or In
stacks. But if this dry fodder is run
through a silage cutter and the proper
amount of water run in with it, it will
make good silage and a much more
palatable feed than the dry fodder,
which will be eaten by the stock with
less waste.
“Sometimes, shocking the surplus
corn after the silos are filled and re
filling from the shocked corn is a very
economical practice, a practice worth
remembering, especially when the
capacity of the silos is not great
enough to take care of the entire crop.
It is a good way of improving a valu
able feed.”
VERMIN CARRY HOG DISEASES
Lousy Animal Will Consume More
Feed Than Clean One, According
to Many Experiments.
A hog affected with lice can’t make
as profitable use of his feed as one
that is free from this pest. No suc
cessful hog man will dispute this
statement; yet, judging from the con
dition of some farmers’ hogs, it is
doubtful whether all realize that it
really costs money to feed lice. How
ever, feeding experiments have been
conducted from time to time which
show plainly that a lousy hog con
sumes more feed per pound of gain
than a clean hog. This loss of feed,
however, is not the only reason for
keeping hogs free from lice. Lice are
also disease carriers. They will carry
Infection from one hog to another and
that, perhaps, is as strong a reason for
holding lice in check as any other.
VENTILATION FOR POTATOES
Tubers Tend to Sweat Upon Being Put
Into Storage and Air Is Needed
to Dry Moisture.
I.nrge piles of potatoes should have
ventilation channels provided, either
by lattice work or by rows of crates.
Potatoes tend to sweat upon being
put into storage. Ventilation is nec
essary to dry this moisture. Only a
general rule can be given, but potatoes
should be kept as dry as possible, yet
avoiding shriveling, and should be kept
i as near the freezing point as possible,
i yet avoiding freezing.
WILL AID WATERMELON CROP
Little Sandy Spot 10 by 40 Feet Fer
tilized Now Will Prove Quite
Profitable.
If you have a little sandy spot on
your farm measuring 10 by 4,. feet, put
on a little fertilizer now. Those wa
termelons will grow so rapidly next
summer that you will be amply re
paid.
GOOD
ROADS
BUILDING OF BETTER ROADS
Highway Educational Work Extending
Its Scope in Various Sections of
the Country.
The extent to which the people of
the United Stares are committing
I themselves to a definite policy of high
way development is shown by reports
reaching the federal highway council
from all sections of the country.
In the face of high cost for both ma
terials and labor, and the fact that in
some states construction programs
must be altered somewhat to meet ex
iting labor and material conditions,
there is no tendency upon the part of
the people to slow down in their plans
to place the nation’s highways upon a
higher plane in the country’s transpor
tation system. Tersely stated, “they
are sold to the heels” on the proposi
tion to construct highways that will
relea.se rather than restrict traffic, and
they are dismissing labor and material
problems with curt instructions to
their official servants that it is up to
them to deliver the roads.
A curious fact in connection with
construction problems at the present
moment is that the building of roads is
seriously hindered by the same evil
which they are designed to remove —
lack of transportation. According to
authoritative information, production
is halted to a greater degree by inade
quate transportation facilities than by
labor shortage. At least this is true, it
is claimed, in the production of ma
terials for road building.
Highway officials—state and county
as well as national —are facing their
duties with patience and tact, and out
of a maze of trying situations con
struction is going ahead at a fairly sat
lsfactory rate. But as Paul D. Sar
gent. state highway engineer of M° !r, e
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Good Roads Enable Farmer to Market
His Crops With Least Possible Ex
pense.
and presiflent of the American Associ
ation of Highway Officials, pointed out
in a meeting at Philadelphia recently,
when the people finally decide to au
thorize the development of any particu
lar road project, tney are prone to ex
pect the work done almost overnight.
WHAT GOOD HIGHWAYS MEAN
Enable Farmers to Get Their Differ,
ent Crops to Market at Least
Possible Expense.
“Farmers are business men and In
order to conduct their farms in a
businesslike way and cope with other
business men in the state they must
devise ways and means of reducing
the expenses of operation,” said L. E.
Birdsail in submitting a resolution to
the Illinois Agricultural association,
lie added: “In no way can the ex
pense of farming he reduced as com
pletely as by securing good roads run
ning by the farms which will enable
the delivery of crops to market with
the least possible expense.”
That is good sound sense and com
ing from a practical farmer It shows
that farmers are keenly alive to the
need and value of improved roads.
Mr. Birdsail lays further emphasis on
the need of selecting the most com
petent men for highway officials so
that the best talent may be available
for road building and repairing.
ROAD DRAINING AND GRADING
Highways Out of Commission but Few
Days in Year When Cared for
by Good Patrolman.
The first step In road improvement
Is to grade and drain the dirt roads
thoroughly. It is surprising, after
driving over some of our neglected
earth roads, to see what n spiendid
road can be made by draining and
grading alone, and how few days dur
ing the year It Is out of commission
when cared for by a good patrolman.
All Demand Better Roads.
The business man, the farmer, the
truck driver, the pleasure seeker, are
all asking and demanding better
roads.
Cash for Lincoln Highway.
An allotment of SI 2.000,000 has
been made for improvements to the
Lincoln highway.
War Destroyed Highways.
More than 25.000 miles of highways
were destroyed in France during the
World war.
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Aches, pains, nervousness, diffi
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Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c, Talcum 25c.
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For CROUP, COLDS,
INFLUENZA & PNEUMONIA
Mothers should keep a jar of Brame’s Vapomentha
Salve conrenieat. When Croup. Influenza or Pneu
monia threatens this delightful salve rubbed well into
the throat, chest and under the arms, will relieve the
choking, break congestion and promote restful sleep.
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FORMULA for TREATING FENCE 1-OSTS.
Will make thorn last longer tn the ground
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Albertson Avenue. Philadelphia, Penna.
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