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Ldes Ample Single, Double
Ld Box Stall Aocommoda-
I t jons for Average Farm.
I n y WILLIAM A. RADFORD
H wiiiiam A. Radford will answer
R lr l Z give advice FREE OF
Rot on nil pertaining to the
Kct of building work on the farm.
readers of this paper. On ac-
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th.or. the Highest authority on all
■ tdo “nbi ts Address all inquiries
l ? W iliam A. Radford. No. 1827
R a lHe avenue, Chicago. Ill* and only
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I Regardless-of the motorizing of .the
horse still maintains his use
■ pps ition as a farming helper,, and
R e horse barn can lessen or increase
Ret usefulness, depending upon how it
Rs been designed and constructed.
■ There are certain fundamentals re-
■ !ri „; f o r iiny kind of barn and which
Knot be slighted without affecting
Re comfort of the animals which will
■ sheltered therein. Location should
K considered no less from the ani-
Kls' standpoint tliaft from that of
He convenience of the farmer or his
Km bands. The p'roper dimensioning
H the plan must likewise be taken
Ho consideration, in oraer 'to' have 'a
Him which, will not be too_ narrow,
Rave too cramped stalls, or too low
Reiling. The stalls’ must hot be nar-
H'ver than 4 feet G inches for the
Kgle stalls and 8 to 9 feet for the
puble stalls. The best length Is in
■he neighborhood of 9 feet, counting
P oni the manger to the - back of .the
ptall. The box stalls are important,
| or sick horses, or for brood mares
►round foaling time, and for the colts
pter. In ,£hd plan illustrated, the
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j Pc udle 3' ; a115 sdkie f| 4'3j nau Stalls - I -
1L I MAKgek ■ STA1 1 P*. ’ - E>OXffiftU^
Floor Plan.
ff-£ r
tosld tl' ‘, of t,ie center box stall
*rv e as ' ‘ inf sed as to make it
<*■ gio n 7 i,jle standing stall as
T^L res
®*etorv if * ' r-ove the most satis*
o vtr i.*• ", I ‘7 a concrete sub*
crw. .' . ' vith 2-inch plank. There
w °oden blocks which
also; some of the
" rse breeding farms have
used cork brick to good advantage.
However, this latter is a bit too ex
pensive for ordinary use. The space
provided for the harness room is
ample, besides being very necessary.
We know how handy it is to have a
bracket right near the stall or behind
it, to throw the saddle or harness on
when we come into the barn, but in
the slang phrase “them days is gone
forever” for the foresighted farmer.
Manure fumes do altogether too much
damage to harness, rotting it pre
maturely. A harness room is a good
investment in every way, protecting
the leather from the above, and offer
ing a place where one can sit and oil
and clean the harness on rainy days.
Observe that good space is provided
for hay and feed storage, and the
proper attention given to ventilating,
and;in such a way that the appear
ance of the roof line is much im
proved.
In constructing the stalls they have
been designed to have the horses f:me
the walls, with the driveway amply
wide •enough to prevent kicking. The
driveway crosses at right angles in
the center of the barn', allbwing> few
easy gettjipg.in ,and out.
Good obstruction for the stalls
would be- wood or concrete to a height
of about 4 feet, and above this bars
of wood or iron or heavy pig wire
fencing. The mangers-are best built
about 3 feet 6 inches from the floor.
HOPPERS TAKE fO LINGERIE
~ . /
Insects in Western Part 6f Texas Are
• Eating Silk Hose and Undies
on Clotheslines.
Now it is nature that is conspiring
against the flapper! News comes from
Breckenridge, in west Texas, that the
grasshoppers are passing up the crops
in the field and banqueting off silk hose
a’nd' .‘lingeries on clotheslines.
the peace of mind —or, as some myso
gynists would have it, the piece of
mind—of the flapper. It is a sign of
mbd'ern andj&tndt so healthful
sign, that eaters generally are turning
from the good old solid foods to the
truffles, so -the grasshopper may be ex
cused for finding rrlorte dfelight in jcfape
de chine than cotton leaves. A pair
of teddies or a nobwebby stocking even
on a clothesline is a delectable confec
tion that can be expected to appeal to
any creature, whether he hops or walks
with his two hind legs.
But" in this is also demonstrated that
the flapper, bejng a •pioneer, ipust hear
the brunt of adverse forces tlift't other
wise would full upon her less-forward
sisters. -The west Texas grasshoppers,
it is said, .when-.silk is. lacking on the
clothesline, Attack'cotton ■clothing’.’ So
the old-fashioned woman can thank her
stars for the flappers. As long as there
are plenty of them and they continue
to wear stockings and underwent- the
grasshoppers won’t bother her. I* oit
Worth Star-Telegram.
Odd German* Town.
In a pretty rural section not far
from Berlin there Is curious little
town. The population is comprised of
70 adults and a number of children,
and the entire populace is made # up of
Lilliputians; The houses, shops and
theaters are oh such a diminutive
scale that a person of average size
would have difficulty in entering. They
liave a tiny fire department with hose,
wagon, hook and ladder and a steam
engine drawn by Shetland ponies. The
policemen are scarcely larger than big
dolls and the post office is conducted
by a postmistress that Is sixty years
old, but no larger than an eight-year
old’child. Some of them earn a liveli
hood by circus and stage exhibitions,
but most of them are stay-at-homes
und excel in the manufacture of toys.
Why Wood Decays.
Decay of wood Is not due to direct
chemical action or the action of the
elements, but is always the result of
the activity of low forms of plant life
which feed upon the wood and destroy
it.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
E3IP Daddy's
W&4 Evervi i\a
Fairy Tale
Oy ARY GRAHAM BONNER
cof thi&ht v -riiTtUN union • ■
OWLS
“I’ve promised to tell you something
of owls this evening,” said Daddy,
, ..j . “and I think per
—... "jjjfflHiM Owl as the ones tc
Horned Owl is th<
year when it comes
going aer rabbits
{ , •• and other small
...... .. . ■ animals. • .
‘‘Oh yes, .he
a ® ‘ hunts and fright
ens little animals almos’t out of tlieir
wits and. eats them. He hunts at
night and oh, ‘how afraid the tittle- rab
bits are of him.
“Old Ilorned-Owl, as they call him, Is
their enemy- and their little hearts beat
with fear if they think lie is any
where around.
“How many of their little hearts he
has stopped beating altogether!
-“.He doesn’t even mind Mr. -Skunk
ahif his family and he thinks, it’s a fine
sight to’, see- a Mother Skunk walking
alqng'H'vt. night, followed by her small
children,"each walking one by one as
though in a drill.
“The Skunk family sleep during the
very coldest part of the winter but the
rest of the time they are awake, which
rejoices old Horned-Owi’s heart —if lie
can be said to have a heart.
“The poor Skunk family would like
to be sociable but no one wants to be
sociable with them except old Ilorned-
Owl and they do' not care for his kind
of sociability!
“Old Horned-Owl has tufts upon his
ears so that he can be told from other
owls and then he is very big and very
strong.
“He gives' a terrible shriek and a
mournful call and the little animals
tremble.
“He doesn’t bother about building
himself a home but lie tries to find a
nest that has been left vacant and lias
out a birds’,’To Let’ sign.
“That sign in the bird world is* sim
ply an empty nest. .
“And when a nest ig ‘To Let’ or ‘For
Rent,’ no one need do anything but
move in—if it is a suitable place.
“Now the Barn Owl is quite differ
ent. The Barn Owl,is far more gentle
looking in appearance, for Old Homed-.
Owl is a dangerous looking creature
too!
“The Barn-Owl is known, too, ns the
Monkey-Faced Owl for. fiis face is
rattier different from the faces of most
owls.
“He has soft feathers of gray and
hr,own and . yellowish white, witli
decorations. 4
“He hasn’t aiTy tufts'oVer-his ears
such as the Great-Homed Owl lias.
“Hfc has little brown eyes and long
legs, and lie likes to have his nest in
the hollow of a tree ns sometimes the
Great-Horned Owl does, too, or under
roof of a bam. ‘ ’ . .
- , t‘Mrs. Barn-Owl lays sir beautiful
wliite eggs in the nest and she thinks
no other eggs would do! .
“The Bnm-Qwl is one of the latest
of the Owls to nest arid in many, many
ways is very dif
ferept from the
Great-Horned Owl.
“The Barn-Owl k l-fA *3®
is rather sliy and .
isn’t often seen
great deal of good
work, destroying faTsy-V r&gjjffl i
bad Insects and F
brown rats who
would do a great
deal of harm. *
“Yes, I cannot T&jgjr
say that I hove
very much that is JRf /7j/
good to say about J
Old Horaed-Owi, > Pi
but / have a great
deal that is good Far More Gentle,
to sa v about the
useful Barn-Owl and -so I told about
Horned-Owl first and Barn-Owl last,
saving the better owl for the last!
“That Is the way it should be when
one Is telling about these two Owl fam
ilies.”
The Zero Milestone.
The “zero milestone stands Just
south of the White House, In Wash
ington on the ellipse of Potomac park.
From ’this milestone is measured the
distance along the national highway*
of the United States. The stone Is of
white marble, and on top is a bronze
Rundial.
Pure Bred Gilts
to Improve Hogs
Illinois Expert Says Farmers
Can Well Afford to Buy
at Present Prices.
Seldom have farmers had such n
splendid opportunity to- Improve their
herds of liogs, points out K. T. Bob
bins, of tlie Illinois University exten
sion service, who suggests that at
present prices farmers can well afford
to buy pure bred gilts for breeding
purposes, even though they do not ex
pect to go into the pedigreed hog busi
ness.
“Pure bred gilts are selling at bar
gain prices,’’ says Mr. Bobbins. “One
can buy them for a trifle more than
the market value of grade liogs. There
Is the best opportunity ever presented
to replace common sows with pure
breds. The grade gilts can be fat
tened and shipped to market and the
proceeds will buy nearly as many
good pure bred females. In some
cases, a drove of old sows can be sold
and the money received will buy more
than tlie same number of registered
gilts.
Brjng.Top Prices.
“If tlie farmers generally appreci
ated the genuine value of pure bred
liogs, such bargains would not be pos
sible. Most of the ton litters are pure
breds and all the others are high
grades. The hog3 which secure top
market prices are usually pure bred
oy nearly so. Pure breds are credited
with being fully 40 per cent more effi
cient money makers th'nn grades and
scrubs, according to reports sent- to
the United States Department of -Agrl
culture by hundreds of stockmen. In
face of these facts, It is astounding
to note any indifference to pure breds
on the part of farmers.
“Even though one does not plan to
engage in pedigree breeding, an in
vestment In pure bred females at
present prices will pay handsomely.
In the last three years, npmy hard
headed, experienced pork producers
have bought pure bred sows mid gilts,
and turned them out to raise pigs for
the stockyards market. They merely
regarded the pedigrees ns a guarantee
of inherited excellence* and made no
further use of the registry certifi
cates. Gilts were bought at $lO to $25
per head more than the price of
grades, and handled in this way.
Period of Depression.
“The hog business is passing through
a period of depression. A revival- of
business and higher prices has al
ways followed in a few years. A
farmer can establish a fine* foundation
herd now at moderate cost and he
ready to reap profits by the sale of
the offspring In years to come. This is
a much wiser policy than buying pure
breds at the crest of a boom and then
in disgust shipping the offspring onto
the stockyards market in a time of de
pression such as the present.”
Use Best Type of Boar
to Increase Hog Profits
One of the quickest and most'effec
tive means of Increasing profits In pro
ducing market ‘hogs is by the selection
of better type boars, says. Dr..C. W. Mc-
Campbell, Kansas State Agricultural
college. Some interesting records on
boars have been kept* at the agri
cultural college where boars are
sold each year. The practice, is fol
lowed of allowing purchasers to
select a boar from tlie entire lot,
and with n few exceptions the type
of boar that will sire the most profit
able market hogs Is left until the last.
The kind' of h boar to select is the
one that will produce market pigs that
will make the greatest gain In the
quickest time on the, least , amount , of
feed and have enough quality and con
dition to meet, the requirements of the
packer buyer.
Causes of Poor Results
in Feeding of Poultry
A St. Louis concern, In Its house or
gan, gives the following reasons as
causes of poor results in the feeding
of poultry:
1. Croppy condition of poultry as
purchased.
2. Not starting on feed properly.
8. Low vigor and vitality of stock.
4. Not mixing feed to right consist
ency.
5. Not enough buttermilk.
0. Not feeding enough solids.
7. Lack cf proper ventilation.
8. Over-crowding.
0. Season of year.
10. Unsanitary condition of pans,
tanks and troughs.
11. Feeding sour feed.
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Cats Protect Chicks.
Cats protect chicks from their great
est enemies, rats and hawks. It la
well worth the trouble to train them
i for this purpose, as the loss of chicks
each season from tlie ravages of rats
U greater than from most any other
source.
High Wages Changing
Methods of Farmers
Tools and Machinery Now
Repaired in Idle Period.
“If high wages for farmhands hava
done nothing else, they have at lettt
taught many furmers to take better!
care of their farm machinery,” fa
Henry Keller, Jr., professor of rural
economics, New York State College of
Agriculture.
“Heretofore It wus tlie practice ofj
most farmers to leave their machinery
all winter, rusting and unrepaired.
Then when the rush of spring work'
came, everything was delayed and ia
confusion.
"Now progressive fnrmers find that
the idle period of fall and winter Is
a good time to Inspect and repair all
the tools and machinery used on tbe
farm. Such a simple thing ns greas
ing the plowshare and jointer after
the last time tlie plow is used In thaf
summer or fall lias been found to
avoid in the spring several hours of
tlie slow, tedious plowing that would
lie necessary if the plow were rusty.
Several fanners claim, that it reduSa
their time of plowing a whole day.
thus saving them five dollnrs at least.
. ‘!By spending a little time each day
tinkering In tlie woodshed, these faraa
ers not only work up n good nppetlta
but nre able* to make cifreful repairs
that will stnnd up • when- the test
conies. When necessnry to send away
for spnre parts a wait of a week oir
two does pot cause the concern that'
it would;ln spring.
“To these provident fnrmers it moat
be n fine -feeling to walk out to the
shed when winter ends shd know that
plows, harrows, harness, axes —all—
nre ready for business.”
Fake Daylight for Hens
Favored by Specialists
With the price of eggs rising stead
ily poultrymen nre taking every meows
of increasing their egg production. The
use of lights, now generally accepted
as ghod management If used in mod
eration, makes for this larger Income
says a lealiet, “Use of Lights In Poul
try House,” published by the Ohia
State university. ' ’
The lights make possible proper
feeding, when the shortened fall and
winter days make • full feeding diffl
cult; by using lights and making tha
day longer, It Is possible for a hen
to get her full ration apd produce
iier full quota of eggs.
Lights may be turned on for the
pullets from early October on, hut It
Is best to withhold them from the old
liens until they are well through the
molt and in good llesh. Electric light*
are most generally used, but any light
which Is convenient, moderate In e-out
and does not constitute’a' fire hazard
will do. ......
A full feeding of grain should be
available when lights are on.
.there Is a good mash and something to
drink before tlie birds at till time*,
the lights are worthless.
Control Fire Blight by
Pruning Out All Cankers
Fire blight of fruit trees Is a dis
ease, which carries over winter la
ennkers of hllghted twigs and branches
and Is, therefore, controlled to n large
extent.
The critical .period In the spread ill 4 '
the disease begins at blossoming rim*
and may continuri ns late ns July **’
August. The hacterln are carried ta
the new growth by Insects, rains and
sometimes by pruning tqols.
To prevent spreading the disease
when pruning, disinfect the knife after
each cut by wiping with a clofh'swai
dipped Into a ’solution"of one gram
each of bichloride of mercury sad
cyanide of mercury diluted with *
quart of water.
Diversified Farm Gives
Profitable Employment
The one crop wheat farm furnishes
profitable employment for only 69 ta
100 days out of the year, or not mora
than one-third of the time. The .re
turns are less than a third of a year's
wages. The well-diversified farm haw
ing two or three kinds of live stock
with wheat ns n rash crop and' other
crops to supply feed, furnishes profit
able employment every day In tha
year and returns a good year’s 4 pay.
Clean Up All Raspberry
and Blackberry Patches
It Is a good plan to clean up rasp*
berry and blackberry patches at this
time of year. All dead wood and old
fruiting wood should he removed and
burned. This carried the Infection o t
such diseases as nnthracnose, blight,
and leaf spot. Unless this material la
burned, these diseases will spread ta
the new wood.
Dry P'ace for Beed.
Store your seed corn in a dry ptac%.