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hinNilsiacelieditayisame ground year after year.be either double sash, to ralBe andIt probably If true that free range|iower, or the patented ventilating has delayed trouble by spreading in- type. Rolling doors are best wher-►sti-akefection over a wide territory, but the eVer possible, as this type does not ultimate prevention of many poultry sag and is less in the way. For hotills cannot be successfully accomp- weather it is well to provide open lished until yards are provided with 8lat doors or gates for all outside op-a systematic rotation that will make enings. This will permit good ventl-;. A jit possible for the chickens to run iation, protect animals from intru-the on fresh ground each year. Another igion of other stock, and make the for 1 reason for practicing sanitation to [barn cheerful, the keep down poultry diseases is thatFeed bins should be located soled. certain diseases of fowls such as tu- that they may be filled from out out-m-berculosis and coccidiosis are com-|8ide, preferably by an elevator. The igh-‘ municable to ether farm animals, bins should be grouped close togeth-dip, j Avian tuberculosis spreads to swine er and have direct connection with dip. in 60 to 90 days through direct or the feedroom. Hay chutes must be:on- indirect association .while coccidial located at most convenient points,are 1 intyed iinfections in poultry are a source of and, if boarded up solid and fitteddanger to calves.BARN PLANNING ANDwith necessary shutters, they will serve as ventilating shafts. Over each chute or ventilator should be aofEQUIPMENTfluc-n a Ton outpec-ure.(By Benton. Steele, Harvey County, Kansas).Many farmers and stockmen areturning their attention to providing new and better barns. Modern methods and conditions call for better-planned and better-equipped farm buildings in general. The successful ac- barn, like the successful manufactur-■ e. ing* plant, must be well-planned, well-built and fully-equipped with mechanical devices that will lower the cost of all barn work, ensure de- comfort for the stock, and provide lorn j proper sanitary conditions. “The re-inds ally successful barn requires as much skill and judgment in its designing as the house that properly goes with it.*’ This is quite true, for the barn is more important in many waysthan the house.Dumb animals respond to kindcoupla, or regulation ventilatorproper size.Provision should be made for an easy stairway leading to the mow floor. If possible, the stairway should begin at or near the feedroom and land near one of the haychutes.ons,The combination horse and dairy-barn will require both harness and feed-rooms. These may be worked in some place in the stall lines and made convenient and accessible.ere-the to last e to ling,Proper watering facilities are of great importance. In most cases it is best to water stock outside the barn, and provide tank heaters for cold weather. For a variety of stock it is best to have more than one tank, unless the latter be of very large capacity, and fits* into connecting points of two or more lots.d of treatment, comfortable surroundings, and' proper food and good sanitation as ^or °^er ,g it'readily as human beings. Therefore, in designing a barn, nothing shouldforlat-lter-thisbe omitted that will aid in providing these things. Among the items that should first be considered when laying out the ground floor arrangement hus-! is the provision for shifting stock in and out of the barn and from oneicalfision-ouis, he ssoc-scessroanhreeesh,wasWhere animals are kept for any length of time in stanchions or tie-stalls, the stall platforms should be of plank, wood blocks or cork-brick.groundfloor, the paving should be of concrete with a rough-finished top, avoiding so far as possible steep inclines and sharp corners. The floor should be several inches above theoutside grade-line, with a provision for draining and washing.it in long rain 11 slled ! ate Dur-compartment to another with ease, speed and safety. This may be ac-pro. j complished by the proper location and size of doors, gates and passages. The storing and distribution of feed and means of cleaning the barn are matters that require careful arrangement. Proper light and ventilation are mechanical necessities in every well-regulated barn.Let us consider the more import-theiant features barn planning in the order of their importance. Even before the size of the barn is determined come the size and arrangement of stalls, stanchions and pens for loose stock. Tiestalls and stanchions should never face strong light, as it is injurious to the eyes, and makes animals nervous. For the same reason, the mangers and racks in pens or boxstalls should face away from jthe strongest light.All animals, whether tied or loose, should have plenty of room to lie down and get up as nature intended. The manner of confinement should — __iin no way interfere with natural H Y i movement while eating. Mangers,FI troughs and racks should be constructed so as to prevent the waste of feed, so far as possible. Most animals feed with their heads near theIn order to make the barn as near fire-proof as possible, the main wall and the mow floor should be madeof reinforced concrete, which is no more expensive, in most cases, than wood construction. A barn built in' . S ? W' ■ '« - ' f'j «. • - , ‘ •_ ■■ , i ' - i *-W’this manner is rat-proof, rot-proof, fire-proof, storm-proof, rust-proof and as nearly expense-proof as it can be made.—Builders’ Gazette.PROGRESSRAPID IX PAST TWENTY YEARSwasandlailycornTheas aaundclearriousbe-ilogyliegehichtheground; therefore, do not make the common mistake of building mangers and racks excessively high. Mangers should not be much above the knee-line, and rack openings areIllinois made more real agricultural progress in the past twenty years than in the preceding hundred years, according to William Webb, a director of the Illinois Farmers’ Institute. Webb gave some of his “farm impressions” in a talk broadcast from WLS, the Sears-Roebuck I Agricultural Foundation Station inChicago.“Twenty years ago no one thought jit possible to produce 75 to 100 bushels of corn per acre, 50 bushels of wheat, 80 to 100 bushels of oats, nor was it thought possible for one cow to produce a thousand pounds of butterfat in one year,” Mr. Webb said. “Ten years ago there ivas but one cow that produced this amount of butterfat in a single year; today there are 90 or more cows that have1!produced above a thousand pounds of butter fat.more satisfactory if they are notabove the shoulder-line. This applies “At the state corn show held last more especially to cattle. For horses ; winter there was not a single out-the manger-line may be from 8 to standing sample of corn. They wereig toe di-12 inches higher.nearly all good, and many of themMangers should be roomyand | were so nearly alike it was hard torather deep; the same may be said :^11 which were best. This merely of troughs. Rack openings should proves that we are constantly probe just wide enough comfortably to greasing toward better varieties, admit the animal s muzzle. All racks j through care in selection and moreor careful breeding. Nearly everyIZI manger at the bott om, so as to pre-j farmer tests his seed corn before lures ' vent the waste of feed. Stalls should j plant ing to determine whether it willmin-bac-rtun(should be provided withbunkbe so constructed that animals will germinate or not.fornot be tempted to crawl, or jump; Alfalfa.„ par, iu farui progressfreeover. In a combination barn, horses fame |n fQr a |ribute by Mr Webbisiticland cattle should be isolated as much L,as possible, for obvious reasons.Alfalfa is the fastest growing plant ,we have, and it is the cheapest feedningThere should be a complete system fpi* hay because jg ;of overhead feed and litter carriers, j abiy to ajj 8lt;ock on a The Utter track should extend well beyond the barn to the manuremys-to dump, or, better, to a concrete pit (j0gVithat will take care of liquid, as well tbe as solid matter.the farm. ItthetheThere should be all the windows that space will permit, These shouldmakes three good crops in one season, aud if the farmer uses the right kind of improved seed on good soil, it will smother out Canadian thistles in two seasons. On soil that Is wellwillbalanced with phosphorous it make a large yield year after year
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Polo Ogle County Farmer
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