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By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, tor the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on the subject. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 407 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111., and only inclose »wo-cent- stamp for reply. With fat cattle selling, when this was written, at $17.00 per hundred, the raising and feeding of beef animals is most profitable. However, the feeding operations on the farm will bring a greater return where there is equipment to cut the labor cost and to house the animals so that the feed they consume be used to the best advantage. Herewith is reproduced an exterior view of a modern beef feeding plant. Also there are floor plans showing how the exterior is arranged and a cross-section giving some of the details of construction. The barn is “T” shaped. The main structure is 34 feet wide and 100 feet long. The stable floor is open and is provided with nay racks and mangers running through the center. These racks are built up so that hay is stored in the racks, making an abundant supply constantly available to the animals. At the front of the barn are the feed storage and mixing rooms with twin silos, one on either side. These silos are 14 feet in diameter and 28 feet high. They are connected with

Brick Laid Over Mineral Sheath “Tied” With Metal In laying brick veneer over mineral sheathing, the bricks are tied in with metal ties, which are nailed into the sheathing with no more difficulty than the same ties are nailed into wood. This is made possible by the gypsum composition of the incombustible sheathing. Mineral sheathing comes in large panels, which are tongue-and-grooved, and which, in consequence, make possible a wall that is sealed ngainst the wind and which cuts down the escape of furnace heat. Wrought Iron Used More in Decorating Wrought iron has become increasingly important in home decoration of late, and not only in the plan of the modern house itself—in lighting fixtures, grill doors, etc—but in the furnishings of that home. Whole pieces of occasional furniture are now being developed in wrought iron; among them telephone sets, console tables, coffee tables and small chairs.

the feed room by an enclosed cliutt ; to which overhead carrier tracks rur These tracks extend Into the stable ! and are so located that silage is carried to the mangers on either side of the hay storage racks. The barn is of tight weather-proof construction and is equipped with a ■ suction ventilation system. It provides ; a warm comfortable place for the i feeder stock to- stay in the winter time. Comfortable animals use their j food to put on weight and fat instead ; of to provide heat to protect them j from the cold as is the case when I they are in the open during the se- I vere winter time. Narrow Flooring Best to Prevent Shrinkage As a rule, the narrower any kind of floor is the better it will be, provided ; good workmanship is used and materials are all right in themselves. The reason for this is that the shrinkage across a narrow piece is less than it is for a wide one, and that the cupping of the wider piece due to drying out of the wood is greater than in the narrower piece. Storage Important If a new house is being built, all care should be given the fundamentals that mean comfort and stability, such as heating, plumbing,'solid structural construction, etc., but the housewife’s demands for ample storage and closet space must not be overlooked.

Home Entrance Should Appear Hospitable The entrance should be hospitable and so placed as to help the harmony of the building—not necessarily in the exact center of the front wall, but in harmony with the other '’features of the house. One too frequently seen fault of modern houses is that the doorways are small. /The fine, big doorways of some old-fashioned houses frequently reach well Up to the sill of the second-story windows and seem to extend a hospitable air of welcome to the incoming guest. ‘ Special Varnish Needed for All Outside Work A special grade of varnish, which costs a little more than the ordinary variety, is needed for outside work around a home. This varnish is made so that it will resist the ravages of the weather. The varnish must be able to withstand heat and cold in order that it will protect the wood and not turn white.

Bo IlOhk.ll HERD RECORDS OF MUCH IMPORTANCE. Improvement Associations’ Growth Aid to Farmers. — (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Dairy farmers in the United States ’ apparently are taking increasing in- I terest in the bookkeeping end of their business, if the growth of the dairy- ! herd-improvement association move ■ ment is a fair indication. There are now 1,090 such assocla ! tions in this country, according to Dr. i J. C. McDowell, of the bureau of dairy industry. United States Department ot Agriculture, an increase of nearly 50 per cent in the last four years. He predicts a continued growth of the movement and cites its past history to support his view. The idea of keeping production and cost records on the dairy herd started .with one cowrtesting association In ‘1906, Doctor McDowell recalls. By the end of 1924 there were 732 dairy-herd-improvement associations, as they are now called. During the next four years the annual growth of the movement was even greater. In 1925 there was a gain of 45 associations, or 6 per cent over the previous year; in 1926 there was a gain of GO. or 8 per cent; in 1927 a gain of 110, or 13 per cent; and in 1928 a gain of 143 asso j ciations, or 15 per cent. Thus there were 1.090 associations on January 1, 1929, in which the members were keeping books on 4G5.804 cows. This represents a remarkable growth in the use of business method, on the dairy farm, says Doctor McDowell, but there are still about 21.000,000 cows being kept for milk In the United States whose owners might also profit by entering them in a dairy- i herd-improvement association. — Keep Milker Clean and Free of All Bacteria The most effective method of keeping a milking machine clean and free from bacteria is to stop the development of bacteria on the parts of the machine over which the fluid milk passes, according to E. G. Hasting, 1 University of Wisconsin. Bleaching powder is the most common germicide. It is harmless to the machine and also to the milk. By mix- . ing 12 ounces of the powder with a gallon of water, a stock solution is obtained which is very effective in destroying bacteria. Good results are obtained by filling ■ the tubes with the solution then plug- ; ging the openings with a cork and let- I ting the solution remain there until milking time, when it can be drained and the parts used without furthet treatment After the milking is over, a pail of cold water should be run through the machine. This should be followed with a pail of warm water containing a tablespoonful of washing soda. After this the parts should be placed in a raqk and filled with a fresh supply of the solution. Important Advantage of } Taking Manure to Field One important advantage of hauling manure to the field daily on the dairy farm is the fact that direct hauling robs flies of an excellent place to breed and multiply. Flies are a serious menace to milk sanitation, in fact, a prominent dairyman stated recently that he considered the control df flies sufficient reason in itself for hauling out farm manure daily. | Besides controlling flies and keeping the barnyard cleaner and more sightly, direct hauling of manure prevents losses from leaching, fermentation and 1 other agencies. . 1

Dairy Notes / Increasing the hay is equivalent to reducing the grain ration. • • * If there’s a pasture in sight now, get a temporary fence around it and a milk cow on it. • * * Make a little rojSe halter to fit the calf’s head and ne<bk and use it regularly in teaching the calf to lead. • • The cow’s boar<s| bill is the largest item connected with her keeping. The first cost of good dairy stock or purebred foundation animals is high. • Bull associations provide the service of a splendidly bred sire at a cost below that of an; individually owned sire. Ask your cojunty agent about the plan. •• • With proper /care, bulls may give satisfactory service until fourteen or sixteen years old. Alfalfa hay is the best to produce milk. Good clover hay comes next while timothy hay is of much less value. ' • • • Many dairymen, in seeking to increase the production of their cows, have acquired the habit of feeding too much Concentrated grain feed, without the necessary balancing roughage. Every dairyman should be sure that his herd sire nas better breeding than the cows in The herd. In no other practical waj; can the producing capacity of the jherd be increased. Powdered akim milk may be substituted for fre«h skim milk for calves after they are a few weeks old. It should be mixed at The rate of one pound of powder to nine pounds of water and fed in the same manner as fresh skim ijnilk.

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Cornstalk Tests Show Deficiency Farmer Is Enabled to Identify Faults in Plant Food and Soil. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Cornstalk testing by chemical methods has proved valuable by enabling the farmer to identify deficieh--1 cies in the plant food in his soil. Nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus ; salts are the plant foods most often , found to limit the crop yields. George i N. Hoffer, of the United States Dei partment of Agriculture, describes the symptoms and the chemical tests ■ by which the farmer may establish shortages of nitrogen and potassium. Nitrogen Starvation. “Corn plants growing under soil conditions of nitrogen starvation,” he says, “display a yellowish green to yellow color of the leaves and stalks. By splitting open cornstalks and applying to the tissues a few drops of a solution of diphenylamine in concentrated sulphuric acid the presence of reserve nitrates is indicated by the production of a blue color. The absence of any reserve nitrates is indicated when the chemical produces no change in color. The chemical is applied to the split stalk between the nodes or joints. “Potassium starvation is not indicated directly by chemical test, but it has been discovered it usually happens that iron accumulates in the joints of Hie stalk. Potassium deficiency usually shows in marginal leaf firing and by a tendency of the plants to die prematurely or to produce chaffy, starchy ears. Iron accumulation in the joint may be identified by applying to the joint tissues of a split stalk a few drops of a 10 per cent solution of potassium thiocyanate and then adding a few drops of dilute (1 to 21 hydrochloric acid. If potassium is deficient the joints will discolor.” Qualitative Tests. These tests, Mr. Hoffer makes clear, are qualitative, rather than quantitative. They do serve to show the element which is limiting the best growth and productivity of the plant. When used as a guide for the interpretation of the direction in which increased fertility shoulo be established they are valuable and practical, and the tests may make possible important savings in the fertilizer bill, or else indicate that increased expenditure for some fertilizing element would prove profitable. Testing chemicals are inexpensive and should be used at the time the ears of corn are maturing. Valuable Constituents Lost From Manure Pile A manure pile under the eaves, against the side of the barn, or manure lying for months in an open barn yard is a sight all too common on, American farms. When this product is exposed to the leaching action of the raips, the losses are great, even amounting to half of the total value in periods of two to five ihonths. Obviously, the loss falls fm constituents, which are very soluble and therefore are most quickly available to plants. Through fermentation a large share of the nitrogen in the manure may be dissipated into the air as a gaseous product called ammonia or gaseous nitrogen. The strong smell which every farmer has noticed in close, poorly ventilated horse stables is due to the escaping ammonia produced by the breaking down of nitrogen compounds. In the hot fermentation which takes place in dry, loosely-packed litter, the temperature may rise high enough to cause “fire fanging,” when as much as 80 per cent of the nitrogen may be lost Phosphoric acid and potash are not lost through fermentation, but heavy losses of these constituents may occur through leaching.

I Agricultural Hints Fall-plowed land is best for al--1 salsa; the plowed soil is firm and compact i Most weeds have little or no feed- ! ing value while some are poisonous and some flavor the milk. • * • Contrary to former belief and practice, continued cultivation of corn, potatoes and similar crops on most soils is unnecessary after weeds are eradicated. The growing of legumes, such as sweet clover, previous to the growing of wheat is a method followed by many farmers that is resulting in I wheat of higher protein content Quack grass, Canada and sow thistles, and leafy spurge may be killed by spraying the foliage several times with sodium chlorate. A barn protected by lightning rods can laugh at a thunder storm. ♦ * ♦ Soy beans are more prolific growers than cowpeas and would benefit soil more in proportion. • * • Trimming, removal of diseased leaves, and discarding injured or diseased specimens are necessary to give the bunch or pack of vegetables a neat appearance and to check the spread or development of disease. * • • Low farm power costs may be obtained either with horses or with tractors. The determining factor is proper organization and use of power so that It is utilized most efficiently. * * • Promptness in harvesting and marketing perishable crops is of great importance in hot and wet weather. Lettuce may become almost worthless in a day after the heads are formed. Sweet corn often loses much of Its sweetness and becomes tough if allowed to stand in the field a day too long or is not marketed very soon after being harvested.

° ®irArf 0 TO KEEP WINTER APPLES ENTICING Expert Suggests Five Rules • for Storing Fruit. Five rules for keeping that “early I fall complexion” on apples throughout the winter are suggested by a Wisconsin horticulturist fri a statement received by the agricultural publications office at the Ohio State unlver--1 sity. To keep winter apples plump and juicy Horticulturist C. L. Kuehner recommends: First, properly ripened fruit that is to be kept during the winter should be hand picked. Apples should not be overmature when picked as they keep better if they are firm but still mature. Second, handle the fruit with care, as bruises and punctures cause decay. Only sound apples, free from disease, should be selected. Third, apples should not_be stored in bins. Bushel baskets and the common apple box are more satisfactory for storage than the larger containers. Fourth, as soon as the fruit has been picked and placed in baskets, it should be set where it will be shad ed and yet protected from the rain I The north side of a building is often ■ used. Apples may remain out-doors 1 until time of hard frosts, at which time they should be removed to the' i cellar for winter storage. Fifth, the cellar should be cool, kept as near 32 degrees Fahrenheit as possible. It should also be airy and ventilated at night. A false slatted floor should be laid so that air may circulate underneath the apples. If the cellar has a concrete floor, it should he sprinkled frequently so that the apples do not shrivel. Time of Picking Apples for Storage Important (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Picking apples at the right time to catch the qualities most desired in the markets and to avoid injuries in storage is important to growers. The picking maturity varies with the different varieties and with the condition of storage which they will undergo. Department Bulletin, 1448-D, which may be obtained by application to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D, C., includes the tests to be applied to the principal varieties. Color, firmness, and the tenacity with which the fruit adheres to the tree, are the p-riliCipal polfifs to be observed. . In several varieties, /otherwise similar, a few days difference in picking may produce wide differences in keeping qualities and dessert values. The use of pressure test apparatus for determining the firmness of the fruit is advised. This apparatus measures the pressure required to force a plunger of stated size into the pared fruit for a given distance. At this distance an electric contact is made and a'flashlight indicates the point at which the reading should be made. The Arkansas Black apple usually tests 25 pounds when in picking condition, while the Mclntosh is ready for storage when it registers not less than 14 or 15 pounds.

To Prepare Trees and Shrubs for Cold Winter Young trees, shrubs, and small fruits should not be hoed or cultivated any more this fall but allowed to harden and to get ready for winter. Weeds may grow up around them to help stop the rapid growth of the young shoots. If the late fall is extremely dry, the ground should be soaked and the trees and shrubs put into the winter “with wet feet.” Winter killing is probably more often due to drying out of the roots than to extreme cold weather. A mulch of straw or leaves will help conserve moisture around the roots. Care should be taken that mice do not work in the mulch and eat the bark off the trees or shrubs. Pennsylvania Carrying on Important Tests The Pennsylvania experiment station has under investigation the problem of orchard culture and fertilization in a number of orchards with a variety of soils, varieties and other conditions. This work has been in progress for six years and shows most striking results from the use of fertilizers. The conclusions of this station are based on “13 experiments involving 10 soil types, 12 different locations, 2,653 trees and about 34.610 bushels of fruit in the last 5 years.* Winter Tree Injury Winter injury to trunks of trees occurs on the south and southwest sides. It is sometimes called sunscald, but does not occur in the summer. It is associated with the absorption of heat from the sun by the darkcolored bark. It can be prevented by whitewashing the trunk and main branches of the tree. Leaning a beard against the trunk will have the same effect. The sole object of the treatment Is to prevent the absorption of heat Control Peach Borer Paradichlorobenzene treatment is recommended as a control measure against the peach borer, which is one of the most serious insect pests that infest peach orchards. Each year this insect causes, directly or indirectly, the death of many peach trees in both home and commercial orchards throughout the southern states. Feach trees of all ages are attacked. Young trees are sometimes completely girdled, and older ones more or less severely injured. X?

POULTRY • EtfLTS ♦' LAYING HOUSES IN NEED OF CLEANING k! Scrape and Scrub Various Utensils Made Use Os. Information to poultrymen concerning fall cleaning of poultry houses is given in a statement just issued by , Hoyt M. Wells, poultryman for the Colorado Agricultural college. “The laying house for the pullets should be given a thorough cleaning,” says Wells. “All dropping boards, roosts, nesting boxes, feeders and drinking containers ought to be scraped and scrubbed with a good disinfectant. Roosts may be painted with a carbolineum product to control red mites. Old litter should be removed from the floor, and if the floor is wooden or concrete, it should be scraped and sprayed with a good disinfectant. “White-washing walls and ceiling will give greater sanitation and provide more light in the house in wintertime. White-wash may be applied best with a force spray pump.” This mixture gives good results: Slack lump lime with water to the consistency of cream. Take five quarts of this, add one pint of good toal tar disinfectant and one quart of kerosene, stir thoroughly, and add an equal amount of water. Strain the .whitewash through a fine screen or a piece of burlap before using it in the sprayer. “Window lights should be cleaned and broken ones replaced. Sweep down all muslin curtains, and replace with new muslin those that are too or torn. “This is the best time of the year to repair tlie roof, or put on a new one. Check over all seams on patent roofing for leaks. “A -good deep litter should be put In the laying house next, and new nesting material in the nest boxes. Remove old litter and replace with bright, clean straw every four weeks or oftener, if necessary.” Scratching Found Not Essential to Fowls Three flocks of Rhode Island Reds and three White Leghorns at the University of Illinois indicated that hens do as well when fed grain in boxes as when they are obliged to scratch for it in deep litter. This method has the advantage of being much cleaner and more sanitary. One lot of each breed was fed dry .mas’r fc- and scraß'ib grain, morning and night' lii'-£traw litter.'' A second lot received dry mash in hoppers, but the grain was fed twice daily in shallow troughs. For the third lot the scratch grain was ground and mixed with the mash and the whole ration self-fed in hoppers. No high records were made, but the egg yields were hot affected materially by the methods of feeding. The test ran for 41 weeks. The grain mixture was shelled corn, 70 pounds and oats, 30 pounds. The mash R was made up of'l7 pounds each of ground corn, ground oats, wheat bran and flour middlings, 25 pounds of dried buttermilk, 5 pounds of bonemeal and 2 pounds of salt.

Poultry Facts »»»*»*»»*****»*****»»»*»»» Shut up. the broody hens each night. ♦ ♦ ♦ Infertile eggs do not spoil as readily as fertile eggs do. » • • Eggs are a food which is quickly and easily digested. ♦ « « Cleanliness is next to Godliness. In the chicken business it spells success or failure. • * * A little extra feeding now may give you more late summer and fall eggs. Hens won’t eat much in the real hot weather, and a bit of extra weight put on them now will help them to lay later on. • • • Don’t forget the water pans. Eggs are not produced without a constant supply. • • • For the gosling a mixture of corn meal, bran and ground oats mixed with the table scraps and moistened with milk or water to a crumbly consistency is Records kept by poultry flock owners show that culling of flocks and marketing of unprofitable layers and surplus broilers are highly profitable practices. « • • Eggs from hens have a higher rate of hatchability than those from pullets,and produce larger and more vigorous chicks. • • • Charcoal is good for turkey poults —sweetens up their digestion. It’s a good idea to keep a pan of it where the poults can help themselves. • • • If there are mites in the poultry house keep the chicks outside. The mites can live for six months to a year without the chicks, but the chicks can’t live six days with the mites. ♦ * • Hawks and crows are often blamed for chick losses that trace to stray cats. These thieves can be caught in box traps, set near the poultry runs, and baited with a dead chicken. • • • Clean management is important in growing healthy chicks. Take precautions to prevent carrying disease from mature stock to the chicks on the clothes and shoes of the persons caring for the poultry. Disease may be spread also on poultry equipment and by allowing old and young stock to run together.

tvV Y Y hue \ • I £ ROSA ; MIMI ;; IvTTWWfWWrVVTVTVTVrVV* JJWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWMWWWWJ, The New Man XX7E HAVE tiad so much talk about * * the “new woman.” with her ballots and bobs that it’s about time to sign off on that theme and turn to the subject of rhe “new man." If there’s a “woman problem.'’ thore's a “man problem.” too. One requires the specialist, the other an alienist or horse doctor. Most of the men that science has studied have Deen old and fossilized—the .Java man. Mocha man. amt the Cro-Magnon gent. For it’s always men who are dug up hy the excavatori. Now what about a uew man ot some sort? It was thousands of years ago that men laid the tracks of their lives, and they huve been running on them ever since, for the history of man is as old and crooked as some railroads It’s about time that the new man made his appearance, if he’s ever going to step up alongside the flappers ot today. I know we see signs oi the nouveau homo who is different from the boys who wore the toga, armor, and the frock coat These fellows are clad in kiilekers. belted coats, and caps like Little Lord Fauntleroy. If they are the new, then the old ones do not seem so bad. We girls are not on the lookout for the Superman who has been promised us. but we’d like to see a species ot masculine bipeds whp are really up to date. The so-called new man is only the old one in a new “ pair of Moe Levy’s. Time was when women were simply amazed at the stunts which men pulled off in making war, money and love. But now we’re on to these games and so demand that the old dogs learn new tricks. I’m not here to outline a program for the man ot the future, tor I’m uot an efficiency expert, but I do want to say that the new man will have to learn the real art of love. Now that’s that, and I don’t mean mebhe. Women accepted the kind of love that men used to offer the way they took poor goods for the sake of the trading stamps. It was of the do-p mestic variety. But now that women can make their own livings, they are beginning to demand genuine love. The new man will have to learn that art. which he can’t pick up at a correspondence school or acquire in ten lessons on the tike. Love is an art. and the new man will have to learn it the way artists learn their tricks. 1 know that men practice a lot. but they don’t seem to learn the {esson. Lave May more Varsity Drag, but it’s more satisfactory. Have Women a Sense of Honor? WHAT a question to ask! And yet I saw something to that effect in a horn-rimmed magazine wherein the professor attributed honor and beards to men. I like his nerve, and wonder what the Ph. D. guy meant Male honor, if it is male, is a funny thing. They call it ‘personal honor” when it isn’t personal at all. It’s the ideal of the gang, the tribe, the club. It keeps a tough from squealing, and makes a man pay his gambling debts. Then it keeps him frotn< tattling on the other fellow, and makes him lie to save his pal’s face Men are' so funny. Women have not had this sort of social honor for the reason that they have never been organized in gangs and unions the way men have. Men are naturally joiners. They aren’t happy unless they belong to some thing. Women have their sewipg circles, or used to have ’em when they sewed. They have Foreign Missionary societies and Ladies’ Aid societies, and now they have their clubs. These aren’t the same, however, amj women aren’t lady Elks. But, if woman has not had the peculiar kind of honor which comes from the group, she has always had a personal sense of dignity. Her honor has Involved herself, her family her sex. Women always view questions from the standpoint of personality. Her sense of honor is a dress which she cuts and trims according to her own pattern. But times are changing in this old world. It used to be social for the men and personal- for women, this honor business. But womtin, who has been imitating other things masculine, is getting some ot man’s sense of gang-honor. She doesn’t tattle and gossip the way her grandmother did. Business wouldn’t stand for it. Now, will woman with her new sense of honor let up on the old kind? Weil, that may be the natural tendency, but 1 think you’ll find that woman Isn’t going to let her personal dig nity slip out of the picture. But this Is one of woman’s problems. Woman’s old sense of honor may have gypped her out ot a lot oi fun, but just the same, she won’t cut out her ideals when she cuts ofl her hair. The modern woman shows a tendency to lead her own life in her owr way. She’s tired of being the female of the species, and wants to be a woman. (© by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) Safety Precaution Before the year 1846 the two sides of a ship were called the larboard and starboard sides, but on account of the many accidents that occurred due to the similarity of the two names they were changed in the United States navy to port and star board. Daily Thought When our friends have deceived us we owe them but indifference; to the tokens of their misfortunes we always owe them pity.—Rochefoucauld.