The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 18, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 September 1927 — Page 3

Screened Front Porch Adds Much . to Comfort and Pleasure of Home

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First Floor Plan. By W. A RADFORO Mr William A Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all (objects pertaining to practical boms building, for ths readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he la. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects Address all inquiries to William A. Radford. No. 182 T Prairie avenue. Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent scamp for reply. Comfort and rest are to be found on a wide, screened front such as is shown on the home building plan illustrated here, that make [live home a most attractive place. Thia porch extends the width of the building and Is about 10 feet deep, large enough to accommodate the whole family and Build Garage Large I] Enough for Big Car Automobile owners find frequently when they dispose of their first cars and secure twy and larger ones that the garage >i ,ce available is Inadequate; in such case either an addition must be built to the old garage or an entirely new building erected at considerable expense. = For a single-car garage a minimum inside width of 12 feet 1* j desirable and a two-car garage 20 or 22 feet. For garages of the muiti-car or community types, a width of not less than 10 feet should be allowed for each car. If permanent partitions are erected between stalls, a width of 12 feet is recommended. A length of less than 20 feet Is seldom advisable, and for larger cays 22 24 fert is not too much. These dimensions allow plenty of working space around the car and provide a room for a small workbench, closets and shelves for car accessories. The of the extra space Is worth many times the slight additional cost of buHdlng the garage 2 or 4 feet longer* — The overall length of various types and makes of automobiles varies greatly from the Ford, which measures about 12 feet 3 Inches with front and rear bumpers, to the Pierce-Arrow seven-passenger louring model, which measures 1" feet 4 inches,' and ths Cadillac seven-pawenger louring model with an extreme length of 17 feet 6 Inches, bumper-equipped. Use of Short-Length Lumber Is Advocated Important savings to the home builders would reehlt If quantity surveyors, architects, engineers and other specifying consumers would take advantage of the recommendations of the national committee on wood utilization.

Good Lumber Necessary for Good Construction When building a home it is more secure and more economical to buy a trade-marked brand of lumber manufactured by a reliable firm. No matter bow good the workmanship if an Inferior brand of material is used the result will be disappointing. There are many frame homes standing today that were built when the United States was confined to the East coast This, with the fact that lumber now is prepared muc*" more scientifically than formerly. Indicates the homes built soundly today will last much longer than those of the past Tile Used for Floors, Roofs and Partitions Light weight and incombustible tile for use as fireproof partitions, roofdecks and floors are manufactured from gypsum and wood fiber, with about 97 per cent of the whole being gypsum and the balance wood fiber

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Second Floor Plan. the neighbors on a warm summer’s evening. The porch Is only one of the good features of this design for a six-room home. It is attractive in exterior appearance, It contains six rooms, larger than Is usually found In a home, and has Incorporated in it the various features that make the work easier for the housekeeper. The house proper is 24 feet 6 Inches wide, and 25 feet 6 inches deep. Besides there are an U-foot extension at the front for the porch and an 8foot 0-lnch projection at the back for the kitchen and rear porch, over which is a larger sleeping porch, 8 feet deep and 15 feet wide. This is a feature that will be appreciated on the ho summer nights. The house is of frame construction, with shiqgled walls above the second floor. said A x. i ll .Oxholm, director of the committee, at the annual convention of the National Association of Quantity Surveyors in Washington. These professional groups, Mr. Oxhbim said, should carry into practice the use of short lengths of lumber less than eight feet, now .offered at a discount of from 10 to 40 per cent compared with, the cost of longer lengths and may be used In many instances without sacrificing good construction. The committee, of which Secretary Hoover is chairman, is composed of 100 leading producers, distributors and consumers of forest products. A series of reports in regard to efficient utilization of wood has been published by the committee for the purpose of enabling a closer utilization of the standing timber. At present. Mr. Oxholm explained, only about one-third of the tree is converted into marketable , products. This low utilization percentage is the greatest obstacle to the perpetuation of our forest resources on a commercial scale. Built-In Garage A built-in garage should have a floor of concrete. Nothing in the way of a substitute should be considered and It should be so laid that every portion wUI drain readily. This will prevent the accumulation of oil deposits which might catch fire. Walls and ceiling should be of materials which will stand the “one-hour fire test." Somber Home Gone Today the home is full of color, sunlight and a new spirit of friendliness. No longer are the somber sod formal styles of the past used as models in home decoration. Each room expresses the Individuality of the owner —a pleasing originality—a joyous and sympathetic appreciation of color and color harmonies.

When used for partitions such tiles are laid up very much as brick is laid up only the mortar used is a gypsum mortar. For roof-decks they are manufactured to special sites, laid across the steel roof members, fastened and then are ready for any standard kind of a roof covering. When used for floors, they are covered with cement topping, over which the finish flooring Is applied. In addition to barring fire, because of their incombustibility, such tile reduces the transmission of heat and sound from room to room or floor to floor, because at the natural insulating properties of the gypsum from which they are made and because of the hollow air space that each tile contains. They also can be sawed to fit odd-sixed spaces with the sameease that wood is sawed and nailed. The Cistern To bring cistern water install a compression tank and electric pump that will operate automatically as the pressure tn the tank to reduced.

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POORLY FED COWS NOT PROFITABLE Milk yields of many poorly fed com eould be increased as much as 50 pet cent through improved feeding, sayi Dr. W. B. Nevens, assistant chief U> dairy cattle feeding at the college ol agriculture. University of Illinois. In 1 a few cases the yield has been nearly ‘ doubled, he said. “When the milk yield of a cow or a herd is increased through better feed ‘ ing, the profits climb much more rap idly than the cost of the extra feed. In fact, many nonpaying herds have been put on a profitable basis simply through more liberal feeding of a ra tlon better suited to milk production “Investigations by the college of agriculture, University of Illinois, have shown that cows producing 10.00 C pounds (1,160 gallons) of milk, oi more, annually used only 42 pounds of digestible matter for each 10C pounds of milk, while cows yielding only half that amount did so at a feed cost of one-third more for each 10C pounds of milk. Some cows were found which gave only 3.000 pounds (350 gallons) or less a year. These cows required one and two-thirds as much feed for each unit quantity ol milk as the highest producing cows The greater the production, the greater the efficiency with which feed is used for milk, for the amounts of feed needed to maintain the animal about constant Some of the best cows use two-thirds of their feed for milk, while the poorest may use only one-third or less. "The ability of the cows to produce milk is a matter deserving as much attention as the feed. Improved feeding, however, may bring immediate profits, while raising better cows requires several years." Overfeeding Is Common Error in Handling Cali “Overfeeding,” says C. H. Eckles. chief of the dairy husbandry division of the Minnesota College of Agriculture, “Is probably the most common cause of lack of success In raising calves. It is a mistake to assume that because the cream has been removed the calf needs more milk or that be-, cause the calf is not doing well It is not getting enough milk and should be allowed to gorge Itself. A good rule is always to keep the calf a little hungry. Some provision must be made for making certain that each animal gets its share and no more. A satisfactory plan is to tie the calves In small stanchions during the feeding. Each calf then gets its proper amount and cannot interfere with the feeding of others. “Under natural conditions, the calf takes its milk frequently and in small quantities. Vfhfcfi fed by hand, two feedings a day is the general practice »nd special care must be taken not to illow the calf to consume more milk than It can digest For the first two weeks ten to twelve pounds a day Is ill that the largest calf should receive, (f it can be done without too much Inconvenience, the calf at this age should be fed three times rather than twice daily. “As the calf grows older, twice-a-lay feedings are sufficient and the milk may be increased, but at no time Is It necessary to feed more than sixteen or eighteen pounds daily. By the time the calf needs more than this amount. It will take the additional feed necessary In the form of grain." Mumber of Requisites of Success in Dairying If It were possible to limit the number of requisites of success in dairying to one. that one would be "Know your cows,” says Thomas M. Olson, nstru&ffr in dairy husbandry at South Dakota State College. Heavy feeding, or feeding a balanced ration joes not assure success, although it rill Increase somewhat the production of the dairy herd. Pure bred ialry cows do not guarantee success, sot even pure bred cows from highproducing ancestry. Expensive dairy jarns and equipment will probably sake dairying more interesting, and increase somewhat the total production, but it is not a requisite for sueteas. Many great dairy cows have seen developed and have produced ■ wonderful records in barns that would tot measure up to the standard so tar as up-to-date dairy barns go. No dairy cow has ever produced ter maximum unless her feeder knew her. Knowing her means more than limply calling her by name and renting the names of her ancestors. It . weans understanding her every need, leslre. and condition. For after all, the dairy cow is an individual, and ts such possesses individuality.

Feed for Profit Our colleges and experiment stadons have shown conclusively that there is no profit in underfeeding, rhls is true because the bulk of a ration that a Cuw receives is for board, ir as we call it, “maintenance." What in animal consumes over and above nalntenance Is the part of the ration which gives us a profit If we feed mly maintenance radon, we cannot expect a profit. To produce the best ■esults. then, we must feed both 11btrally and economically. Sweet Cream Essential Proper cooling of cream before it m mixed with older cream and storing cream in a cool place that is free from adore are essential if sweet cream is K> be marketed. Cooling tanks where fresh cold water from the well can be tmployed tor cooling are practical for this purpose. Attention to other details, without attention to proper cooling, will be of little benefit in the protection of high grade cream as cream will quickly sour if not properly

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Adult Butterflies and Moths Eat Little The chiet difference In habit between moths and buttertiles Is the fact that with one of them most work during tlte day shift and with the other most work the night shift, writes William Atherton Du Puy ’ln Nature Magazine The chief difference in form Is the way most of them wear their wings. Most butterflies put the wings on as shutters are put on a window. They are worked back and forth like shutters. Most moths, on the contrary, fold them down on the back. Neither moths nor butterflies feed ro any extent as adults. The winged -tate constitutes their day of glory and of mating. They sip a bit 'of nectar from a flower here and there, but this is by no means a serious attempt at food-getting. They could quite well get along without any food at all. The eating of a lifetime Is done in the caterpillar stage. Most caterpillars are leaf feeders. Sizing Her Up “What do you think of that new edheaded girl?” asked Yvonne of the apid fire restaurant. T Judge she knows twice as much as she ought to. and not half as much as she should.” responded Heloise, the heatj waitress. .

rpHE most important element in business < * success—and the mosrdifficult—is to be sure that you have all the facts before you act. To get them all, from every possible source, is the first objective in General Motors. The Research Laboratories contribute some. These are nuggets, left in the crucible, after hundreds of ideas that looked good have been burned away. The Proving Ground contributes others. Dealers contribute. The public contributes. Every department contributes. Through the whole organization runs a spirit of inquiry and of rigid insistence on proof. Out of such thinkingcome the new models announced from time to time by Chevrolet, Pontiac,Oldsmobile, Oakland, Buick, LaSalle, Cadillac—all with Fisher Bodies. And by Frigidaire. Each new model is a tested step forward. Nothing goes into it as a result of habit or guess or pride of opinion. Nothing counts but hard-won facts, gathered ‘ and used with an open mind.

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Wonderful Animal Is the Sea Crab The sea crab is a woudertui annual and could teach man something that would greatly enhance bls chivalry, says Robert O’Neal oi Tampa. Fla. The females shed their shells during the early spring, which leaves their bodies white and tender and a lure for small fish, at whose mercy they would be in short order, but Mr. Crab attends to all this in true husband style. While his mate is feeding along the shore in shallow water he follows closely and guards every attack with his strung claws. I have watched this performance often with interest from the shore for some distance. The female wanders leisurely along apparently unconcerned, while the male is kept busy grabbing at the numerous fish as they constantly make a rush for a bite. Should he cease his vigilance for a moment his mate would soon be seized and devoured. When the male crab eats or sleeps is a mystery. Panama “Home of Orchid” The designation. “Home ot the Orchid." has been applied to Panama because of the great varieties of orchids found there. It has been explained that this is due to the fact that, though I*Boßol3 Is smaP. It h'S a great variation of climate, ranging from the humid lowlands of the jungle to the mountains of ChiriquL which attain an altitude of more than S.UOV feet. From the earliest times Panama has been a fruitful field for the orchid collector, and the first professional collector of which there is a record was Luis Nee. » French botanist. who visited Panama in 1784 and in 1783. Every* department of housekeeping needs Russ Bleaching Blue. Equally good for kitchen towels, table linen, sheets and pillowcases, etc—Adv. Swept City Streets Dr. C. H. Marvin, president of the University of Arizona, recently swept the streets ot Tucson, seat of the university. He had vowed that if his home city should be defeated byPhoenix in an American Legion membership race, he would himself clean the main thoroughfare of the university town. Long Trip Ahead Mrs. Dubb—Oh. John I 1 can’t stop the car! I’ve lost control of It! Dubb—Then 1 guess it’s a good thing 1 told that filling-station man back there to put in five gallons in stead of ten! Nature’s Still “The moon retains only the water vapor which freezes. The rest Is condensed into moisture, some of it on the earth.” says a scientist, Moonshine, eh?—American Magazine. If one is a glutton for praise, be will get a great deal that he doesn't deserve.

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Polish Women Now Active in Politics Polish women are steadily increasing their political activities. They have elected more members ot their own sex to office than have their sisters in the United States, fudging from a report recently made to the Zurich bureau of the Socialist and Labor International. As a result of the recent municipal elections in Warsaw there are eleven women on the board of aidermen. Five ot the omen members belong to the Polish Socialist party, five to the various bourgeois groups, and one woman belongs to the Jewish Labor bund. During the municipal campaign much stress was laid on the fact that the Socialist program tn Poland calls for special legal protection for mothers and children. Cash in Hand Wife—l saw my doctor unlay, dear, about my loss of memory. Husband—What did he do? Wife—He made me pay In advance. -Tit-Bits. A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. —Garrick.

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Something for All Two high school boys were walking downtown one when they were approached by a newsboy. "Baper. paper, all about the big scandal. Want a paper?" “Too bad," said one of the boys, “but I can’t read.” The newsie was ready with a reply: “Sure, but you can look at the pictures.” Many a woman holds her mirror up to art instead of nature. A man can be Insincere in his anger when anger is expected of him.