Show I r A CATTLE BARN A Plan TTliJcli Is Rstommendcd for Ita Convenience and t Cheapness The barn here illustrated was original origi-nal v described i Country Gentleman by a Pennsylvania farmer a follows 1 a TffJ rWZ r J 11 FIG 1THE BARN COJIlLETE I built a barn 30x00 for horses and cattle and have since extended it fifty feet for sheep building narrow the frame can bo light There is an alley in front of horses and cattle for feeding A I catte I tube A runs from that alley t top of hay mow It gives a good wide alley at the the rear of cattle The barn can at anytime any-time b extended to any length and still be convenient I IA O MANGERS t u DOJ S lllS JlttY FIG 2 INSIDE ARRANGEMENT For convenience cheapness ventilation ventila-tion light etc I would not change this for any cheap barn that I have ever seen Artificial Heat in tho Poultry House We glean the following from Poultry Yard Artificial heat within the poultry house is of no account ordinarily The fuel consumed in a stove for instance a plan that is occasionally tried in the fowl house costs more than all that can al be gained by such a attempt to make your fowls comfortable And a a rule i it be followed up day and night for any length of time more lice will be bred upon the premises than you can well take care of It i necessary only that your fowl house be tight in the roof and walls and that the birds be kept out of tho reach of rough winds and excessive exces-sive frosts They will bear a great deal of dry cold weather but should be so sheltered that snow sleet and rain shall not trouble them Give them fresh air daily Close up the building at night carefully Allow them a range outside when the weather will permit and feed them more generously during the chilly season than you need to do in summertime summer-time and they will get through the winter health comfortably remain in good Poultry Yard Notes The hen house more especially where wooden floors are in use is not generally gener-ally appreciated Any kind of clean loam or clay soil will answer Occasionally Occa-sionally a portion of this fresh earth may be thrown around the floors or scattered under the rdosts A compost heap may shortly be begun Mix the droppings from the roosts where the fouls pass the night with some of this Rake it away one or twice in a fortnight and next spring you will have a rich mass of manure for your vegetable garden gar-den or top dressing for the grass or fawn around the house that cannot be excelled for its quality It will cost you nothing but a little easy labor once a week The earth will help to keep your house atmosphere pure says Poultry Yard from which the foregoing is taken A Good Whitewash Takebalf a bushel of best unslacked lime slack it in boiling water and cover it during the process to keep in the i steam Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer and add to it a peck of Bait previously dissolved in warm water three pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste onehalf pound of powdered Spanish whiting and one pound of clear glue dissolved in warm water Add hot water to the mixture to reduce it to the proper consistency and let it stand covered cov-ered up when used apply as hot as possible pos-sible with a paint or whitewash brush A cheaper wash for outside work maybe may-be made by slacking half a bushel of lime in a barrel add a pound of salt half a pound of sulphate of zinc and a gallon of sweet milk Cause of Rust In Grain After a thorough investigation as to the cause of rust in wheat and other grains the Guelph Ont Agricultural college has arrived at the following conclusions con-clusions 1 Seasons are the chief cause of rust sudden changes of temperature rain accompanied by close still weather are favorable to its increase 2 Low lying rich soils are most subject to attack 3 An excessive use of manures rich in nitrogen ni-trogen encourages the disease 4 Late sown grain is most subject to attack 5 Thinly sown crops seem most liable to injury in-jury 0 Red wheats are less affected than white varieties 7 Rust is more common in the vicinity of barberry hedges than it is at a greater distance Agricultural Note As no two animals are alike it is wise to consult their special appetites and desires de-sires when feeding them Hay for horses ought to be of the best quality it should never be overripe The clematis is a favorite climber with everybody who bas grown it The general opinion is that cows improve im-prove until they are seven or eight years old It pays to take good care of the heifers In four foot rows it will take about 3000 asparagus plants to the acre Individual peculiarities of form have much to do with the amount of waste in animals and the flavor of rna is greatly great-ly dependent upon what the animal line been fed Always hatch eggs from healthy fowls eggs of fair size If your pulleta df voi lay they are probably too fat feed lesi grain Poultry Pickings Fowls that are confined heed plenty of green food In shipping young poultry at this time see that they are well watered and fed before cooping and do not crowd too many into the coops Poultry associations promote the interests in-terests of breeders Poultry shows promote pro-mote the interests of the public The value of lime in the poultry yard cannot be overestimated A A flock of ducks turned into the pot po-t opittchi will often prove themselves c valuable in destroying the bugs so destructive de-structive to potato vines The American Poultry association recognizes under games game bantams ban-tams Sumatra game and Malay breeds rame and game bantams include black breasted red brown red golden duck wing silver duckwing red pyle white and black varieties One can depend with close careful plucking upon an average of one pound cf featlfcra per bird from a flock of common com-mon geese per annum |