Show A FIREPROOF BARN general plans for the construction such a building the general plans shown la M and 2 will both make good tf barn plan no 1 the inside details are properly out the windows should furnish about four square feet of light per cow a window 33 behind every cow will or nish abundant light I 1 think remain a writer in rural new yorker H I 1 preferable to make the barn wide aira then face the cows together and aw froni the light the rear of the cow should be toward the light giving best possible conditions for the pr of clein milk the light e ables the to see what h h doing and to notice quickly any deot or dust on the cow Furt hennee tho two rows facing a single floor gives the most convenient ar ran gement for feeding and that Is ot barn plan no 2 more importance than the work ri cleaning out the stable litter ew rier arranged behind each row at cows makes it very easy to clean the barn the king system of ventilation to best and can be arranged in this style of barn as shown in fig 3 the cat also shows a good arrangement at floor space either form of rot shown will be satisfactory it only needs to be made tight and durable the heavy stone walls will be expel tive to build and the thickness of the wall will cut out considerable light fig 3 A fireproof barn t would seem to me preferable t build of stone up to the bottoms of jie windows and finish from there to late with eight inch brick wall it no Is stored in the roof it will lot be necessary to use railroad iron or rafters wooden rafters covered rith iron or slate will be practically Ire and very much cheaper thae allread iron and very much easier as in position the space for tows should be arranged as follows valk behind cows five feet gutter 1 feet platform tor cows 4 feet banger two feet feeding floor alley cows nino feet this would make the room 33 feet wide instead if 30 and this Is as narrow as it be built W feet on the oat eide 33 feet in the clear inside corn stover for horses just try some shredded stover for horse teed this winter instead rf il urges a correspondent el orange judd farmer the former I 1 just about one half the price of the latter and Is just about as good that tl the testimony from the feeding teet judging by the way horses act be true if sou have plenty of the othy let this go to town and to the city man who will pay a good round price for it with ohp money buy some other things you need tak home with you some grain feed rich ab protein such as cottonseed meal gin en meal or bran with these feets clean bright corn stover the u bin atlon will furnish one of the beet sorts of w inter rations for farm stoc that ou can get ot only will ye hive a better feed than corn and tin dlhy together but you ft ill have cheaper one with money in ye pocket boot LIVESTOCK NOTES either silage or roots are for the ewes it you would raise lambs j don t breed the ewes until they ono ear old for it will tend lo 10 ej duce the constitution of the flock J we are feeding molasses to the ew horses as an experiment they and it seems to like them no cow is capable of doing her beet without proper food and care charity begins ab home when it comes to feeding eatock the cows need fresh air but give them too much these da the lee side of a wire fence learned from experience V hen I 1 wae a young man bangs I 1 wae always ready to hom 1 big end of the log and do all the ing now I 1 am elder I 1 delae h the small 1 and do all the lne |