Show TO PREVENT WASTING OF HAY run a round stick through one side B of the manger about six or eight inches from th end of the manger bore two holes op each other one on each side or manger procure a round stick long bar to hold hay in manger enough to slip through the holes and project one or two inches at each end A nail may be driven through the end ot the stick suggests prairie farmer to prevent it from slipping through ha bole in filling the manger with bar the stick can be slipped out THE CLEAN BARNYARD J it ts absolutely essential to the pro of pure milk y the barnyard Is a considerable factor in the maintaining of good dairy conditions it Is impossible with a dirty barnyard to maintain good dairy conditions this Is because the barnyard Is used every day and it it Is contaminated the cows also will be contaminated and the air also in the vicinity of the barn will be contala s IF the necessity for keeping theiarn yard clean Is now so well recognized that no one thinks of produce the best of milk without having a barnyard that is also clean even haa been resorted to to give the necessary conditions or cleanliness the clean barnyard does not have dirty water standing in ft it Is so well drained that the water Is drawn off as fast as it comes down in the form of rain the shorter the period during which water Is in the barn yard the less plant food will it carr off because the lesa time win it have in which to dissolve the fertilizing materials it haa been found that in barn yards on quite heavy clay the drains should be laid under the fences along the side of the barnyard otherwise the animals tramp the clay bard over the tile and make it impossible for the water to get down to it some farmers are going to the ex tent of paving their barnyards barn yarda with different materials that will not be come muddy when the rain falls some use cinders and some coarse gravel in some experimental barnyards cement has been used as a baes BAN ON BOX MANGERS dairy barns now being built with out them there are many farmers who do not i approve of the use of box mangers the best dairy barns are now built without them it haa been zeil that they are not only an unnecessary encumbrance but often they are extremely dangerous the box manger can not be kept clean it hinders ventilation and it prevents the cow from feeding in her natural position with small corners and tall aldes the box can not be satisfactorily swept nor cleaned of the odd scraps ot feed which collect this accumulating dirt and dust becomes mildr and rotten and attracts falci and tats it Is further harmful in that it becomes gradually eaten by the cow ane is harmful to her the box manger affords a ro place for chickens whose droppings become mixed with the cows feed with injurious effects sweeping or shoveling the waste material from the manger does not thoroughly clean the box but removes only the very largest alecea of dirt the small particles and dust remain ang being able to do as much harm as the larger ones DAIRY NOTES working in falth about the dairy it i only a habit plant fodder corn and lots of it then drill in some more the successful dairyman Is kind to his family becaas he Is a kindly man there is no reason why the barns i should not be clean at athla time of tho year when a man says he haa a hard time drying up a cow you may knois he has a good one the farmer in medium circumstances can readily put himself in the well off class by handling a dalry herd the average cow produces only about pounds of butter she would produce more it she ha the chance throw some corn fodder over the fence to the cows if you cant spare the time to put them in the bar and feed them there creamery success the fate of any creamery resta with the farmers they are the ones who are to say whether a sufficient supply of milk and cream shall be to arake it a success |