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III51same ground year after year.be either double sash, to raise andIt probably If true that free range lower, or the patented ventilating has delayed trouble by spreading in- type. Rolling doors are best wher-fection 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 hot ills cannot be successfully accomp- weather it is well to provide open lished until yards are provided with 8iat doors or gates for all outside op-a systematic rotation that will make Lnlnga. This will permit good ventl-it possible for the chickens to run hation, protect animals from intru-e on fresh ground each year. Another r1 reason for practicing sanitation to 0 keep down poultry diseases is that certain diseases of fowls such as tuberculosis and coccidlosis are communicable to ether farm animals. Avian tuberculosis spreads to swine in 60 to 90 days through direct or indirect association .while coccidial infections in poultry are a source of danger to calves.”BARN PLANNING ANDEQUIPMENT(By Benton. Pteele, Harvey County, Kansas).Many farmers and stockmen areturning their attention to providing - new and better barns. Modern meth-a ,ods and conditions call for better-planned and better-equipped farm buildings in general. The successful barn, like the successful manufacturing* plant, must be well-planned, well-built and fully-equipped with mechanical devices that will lower i, the cost of all barn work, ensure i-j comfort for the stock, and provide nj proper sanitary conditions. “The re-s; 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 kind treatment, comfortable surroundings,proper food and good sanitation as For other Portions of theI.oItosion of other stock, and make thebarn cheerful.Feed bins should be located sothat they may be filled from out outside, preferably by an elevator. The bins should be grouped close together and have direct connection with the feedroom. Hay chutes must be located at most convenient points, and, if boarded up solid and fitted with necessary shutters, they will serve as ventilating shafts. Over each chute or ventilator should be a coupla, or regulation ventilator ofproper 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 hay chutes.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.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 fltliP into connect-lt;• * * ' • »» v «r, ,-r r •* «. - i- (^lt;9‘5F. ’. ■ 9 •' w'* -*V * m :,*v * *' ’*'*lt;• Si* ’ *|||B C °ing points of two or more lots.Where 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.groundit readily as human beings. Therefore, r j in designing a barn, nothing should be omitted that will aid in providing these things. Among the items that ■-1 should first be considered when lay-g ing out the ground floor arrangement j. is the provision for shifting stock in and out of the barn and from oneIfn-nn1r-compartment to another with ease, speed and safety. This may be accomplished by the proper location and size of doors, gates and passages. The storing and distribution of feedand means of cleaning the barn arematters that require careful arrangement. Proper light and ventilation are mechanical necessities in every well-regulated barn.Let us consider the more import-iant features of 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 rea-floor, 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 the outside grade-line, with a provision for draining and washing.In order to make the barn as near fire-proof as possible, the main wall and the mow floor should be made of reinforced concrete, which is no more expensive, in most cases, than wood construction. A barn built inv v * ?' v-/* v. * * * ^ jc W , V: ' -^* ^‘ ft *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.LLIXOIfi FARM PROGRESS RAPID IX I* A ST TWEXTY YEARSiynieaIllinois 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 hisor boxstalls should face away fromson, the mangers and racks in pens1 «lt;the 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 in no way interfere with natural movement while eating. Mangers,e-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 the ground; therefore, do not make the common mistake of building man- i gers and racks excessively high. Mangers should not be much above jthe knee-line, and rack openings aremore satisfactory if they are not j above the shoulder-line. This appliesfarm impressions” in a talk broadcast from WLS, the Sears-Roebuck j 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 was but one cow that produced this amount of butterfat in a single year; today there are 90 or more cows that have produced above a thousand pounds of butter fat.“At the state corn show held lastietoi-reii-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 were12 inches higher.nearly all good, and many of themMangers should be roomy rather deep; the same may be saidjtdl which were best.and were 80 nearly alike it was hard toThis merelyn~s-of troughs. Rack openings should j proves that we ate constantly probe just wide enough comfortably to greasing toward better satieties, admit the animal’s muzzle. Ail racks through care in selection and moreor careful breeding. Nearly everyshould be provided with bunk manger at the bottom, so as to pre-jfar,1!er i®8*8 his se*'dcorn beforevent the vuaste of feed. Stalls should j plant ing to determine whether it will be so constructed that animals will j germinate or not.ornot be tempted to crawl, or jump over. In a combination barn, horses and cattle should be isolated as much as possible, for obvious reasons.Alfalfa's part in farm progress came in for a tribute by Mr. Webb. “Alfalfa is the fastest growing plantj we have, and it is the cheapest feedThere should be a complete system for hay because it can be fed profit-ig ; of overhead feed aud litter carriers giThe litter track should extend well beyond the barn to the manure l01 dump, or, better, to a concrete pit that will take care of liquid, as well ! as solid matter.There should be all the windows that space will permit. These shouldably to all stock on the farm. It makes tiiree 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. Ou soil that is well balanced with phosphorous it will make a large yield year after year.”
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Polo Ogle County Farmer
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