| Show SHORT HOME COURSE COUT IN I 1 LIVE STOCK FARMING FA OR WIL C V gregory Gro cory expert give r some valuable information on windbreaks and inexpensive j buildings for stock N purls ut ot countr it Is 19 ur tu to pro iro ide sunn time son sort ot or fur for the stuck idill ing a ta toil ii portion ut cit the mur ear good buildings s are tire cx distio nil it takes a nu number III ber of t it ais 14 tit 1 I 1 I 1 ito fanu farin improved us it should ht b ll 11 IS having it tilte plan in ili tio ho ever every building that Is 14 put up III LUU lan be anade to conform nii tu to that ati it plan and the final hlll III bt bi much better than if be work had been one at tit in ili a haphazard manner lueie la 1 usually a rise of ground etire along the road that dinakis a good ull dlug bite natural drain ago Is vs r as thu the bards arda will b sloppy nougie at abst in a net t season laiq first step after the site has bf lii la Is to provide a good i on ott the north and west iest there Is tio nothing thIng so lff tte for a it windbreak ay as an tin eurg nen illdage ilip ilat b st to use foi fot this purpose Iu rose tire the pluis of thebe the scotch chic 13 1 oue one of the and la is also a fairly rapid grotter it doea does not nilly us as good it 11 tl 14 s saml of jhc ott ottlia lis ti hoer oer I 1 alln all Au austrian stirlan and bull pines jre are among the tile host best for alto blui la is 1 a rapid grown and Is 14 valuable for ihen it hUll kluit size it worst with it 14 1 thir it 1 Is 14 4 rethor tender ht it 1 iha I ht illde A FIU flo til tit OO individual 1100 MOUSE Is 14 an fill cu et ellent arte in growing ilal il dl and making a it dense ht alge 1 it Is 14 of little value tolue for timber purpose liot rr setting the windbreak jo rua of aie lie dent clent for tin if set sixt tt fett apart tip iett the tile breci in ill tile roi ro opposite the pacts spaces in ili the tirl first the tha vw iu in a it f years form forta a enss that nall be practically all x N Nl allon llo attala is and other buich groI groling tg arli tri ts make fair i and groft grov up quickly autel 1 enough ellough to be u cupful eftia foi I 1 number ot of ceiri bo bufore fore the are big enough to do au an good anle unless 4 plant ed acry much of ir em czi Is 14 lost loit in abo at the MT er lime nhen thoy they are most beetled it Is 1 a good pric printice tice to plant a fen fell of these lugol growing treed file eurg llie ahey it itel el both 1 lie file err and the build ings in until tile former ure large enough to be iff ettive clitu the temporary trees 4 tan lan bf be cut ut down for posts and wood it Is 14 1 4 4 hird to kill lill iI illions lIoNs after they one get a start but with tile 1111 aid of it dpn f sheep or goats this 4 IL JU be Is lied little eare Is fielded to get a stand of dilou but nith bergreen tier ter greens green the case Is ii din dinant Tnt fit A strip of land three or four feet ulde id zihere berf the row la Is to be should be Il loed in the tile prairie stans spring id Is the th beat best time to to four our year old trees are giue rall used the greatest cause of failure with evergreens Is lit allo allow lug ing the root system to dr after the roots jre are once dr tile lit tree might as well mell be thrown ava o 0 as it will vill not grow grov As soon as tin the trea are talen frontu the tile picking kuig of wet et moss in ill which they are ret ellred should be b placed in fit a pull pall of ater they should not be removed from this until the file lol in which ther a a to 0 o go Is 1 dug then the they should be lu in he the hole jai med mediately lately and covered with floe fine dirt it Is 1 important to tamp this dirt cigut ly ir about thu the roots if the tile soil boll la Is packed well enough watering at ering will ill not bo necessary la ia most cases the he trees will oe ue better off without it eer greens should not be cut back in trans phrot nig ns as Is done with other trees an this causes uneven growth if lf a strip on each eldo side of the trece trees ie Is cut for a few years the trees will crow grow faatea and be more vigorous building material the tile question of building mater lil Is an important one on the farm where there Is much lull ding to be done lumber ts Is undoubtedly the most con and it IL most cases probably tit tin also when durability is 1 considered li however liever ever lumber Is inferior to other in her Is this ifa 1 especially true of the tile quality tr of lumber tint thit 1 coining on oil the market in thi tho last few airs cement ins 1114 been much lauded landed aa as a it lull ding material it lias funny used uses end and advantages there 14 1 a ton tendency dency however to 0 vrest I 1 mite the t III alue I 1 e f 11 Dt and to ill look at it as ilio tile best possible material indr nil conditions and circumstances 3 bior floors door s walks walk finlo etc there Is li nothing better but for the buildings building i thun selves other materials are just as its good as oi OL beatti than cement if built hullt solidly a bough nough to be ip safe ind and pertinent permin ent nent fillot of a betm nt building Is 14 high the cost of 0 forms i to a greit deil and it run min who 14 1 cil in handling ce anent Is 14 tit tah d to insure a good job jot A more building ina berial in ino most it cases Is 14 hollow brick or building bul iding tile I 1 hese brick cin c in be read ill 11 in ili most sections of the file country I 1 he lie oat cost 1 Is 14 4 little higher than that that of lambir and they will last as ag long is 11 A tile building 14 vart warmer ner than I 1 single walled c one on account of the dead nir air spate in the walls i ails it takes much less alil to put up 1 i I tile than one of cement and consequently the cost of 0 construction will be lei less 4 lor the stu smaller aller building 4 the tile tile may be nut mit up lip edgewise lre in building the bar baro it will be neco to lay jay thein no to to the ln ili floor prom there up tit thel may bo be set on oil idge the should be laid in ili strong benu nt fit mortar cc ment ilo blocks ks may tutty bo lie used in the same manar ng the tile rocas and floors duliere are fire ining rooting roof ln miter lils thit that tan be usco in ili place of shingles bome somi of those eliise tan an be purchased a little helper heaper but in ili listing tire are tittle little latt better r than rood good shingles ilie life of shingle shili files 4 ian call be luer increased eased three or four linit by treating them with ith i is vi d rl bd in ili article ardele I 1 rhe oui trouble with tills 4 is the discomfort ot of handling lund ling the treated for por floors there li l i nothing bettor thin CLIl tine lent tit Cen cement ilin floor 4 are much more durille than ail aidi other kind lind and cost only i ii little more to biart with I 1 or the tile sm llor buildings the floor can be built clr birst at and the tho set of on it with no tio other foundation ilca buildings like birns should have solid stone foundations the hog bouse house floor ician duj be built to extend out about feet reet of on each side thus making a if dean clean fet fading fling floor for the fattening hoga hogs or a st sunning inning place for tile early pigs ahe I 1 he foundation for a conic tit floor should consist of six inches or more inore of cinders or arnul if the location Is 19 not birli and well mell drained a line of tile should be laid through this mate rial to carry a ft aa a any liter that may collect on this foundation a layer of concrete should be laid thice to the tile inches filches thick according to the purpose for which the floor is to be used horse stable floors need to be much stronger thin those for a hog house or machine shed bior or most farm purposes the bast proportions proportion to mix this concrete are ott one part cement three parts clean sand and six air parts broken stone or gri gruel sel this should be spread smoothly and nod tamped camped As soon as it ba baj bai i set for a few houra hours it Is 1 ready for the finishing coat A finishing or wearing surface Is pi esbar where the floor la Is subject to much use it Is also smoother and easier to keep leep lean it should be made of one part portland cement cemen t to one and one half parts sand and be put on to a depth of from one to one and one half inches filches As soon as it has begun to set it can be grooved into blocks block about six inches square to prevent the animals from slipping the floor should be covered with ith about an inch of sand and sprinkled dally daily for two or chrep weeks when it will be ready for use cement tank tanks cement tanka tanks are durable and comparatively ively cheap small one in the different yards connected with the well or wl with b an elevated tani by underground pipes ore are a creat convenience ven veni lence ence the water vi small tanks is liati hanack zed often and hencir la Is kept freab fresh where the pu roping la Is done by a wind ind mill there la Is langer of a small tank going dry during a alm calm but with a storage tank or a gasoline engine 10 pump ibis 1 rouble trouble Is eliminated A foundation of gravel or should hould be made niu I 1 the same as for a floor ruusu rough boards can ix bt used to male make forms 1 I 1 bese hese should be grea greased sed on the inside the tancrete ton on crete mixed to the tile consist nev of jally aud poured in and tamped woven aire w ire makes make 4 good enforcing re for senall a tanks for lar jar ger ones abeel rods 4 will be needed the proper mixture for a concrete tank Is 14 ight parts cement two tuo parts sand and four pirth gravel ube side should slop out outward ard toward the top IF via FIG IV task WILL NOT HUST olt 01 HOT LOT si sit tit thit it tile NN will III not be er cricked tead ba b lie ice in 1 inteer frei it tie e forms artre humid III ingali alij be inside of tit the tank ata I 1 pi tte of u pure lement to pr vent un tin li it ilage in III locktin the buildings blip con twe always in aind mind ind figure to 6 1 e ns is luan batups in ili doing chams is I 1 lossl oz isible ble do not have tile lie barn too fin im n au a froni from tile bouse house if you build a silo le 1 it at it the end of the ilie stable ele most of tile ellige will bloused icae ill the buildings 4 n ili liro re atoo h Is kept us as close clo ic toe thir r as possible and of and granaries ra narles clo so ii lo 10 eich e icci building ilits mattir of liilie 1 w att ps 1 Is i not regarded is careful ll 11 a s 4 it should bo be 11 ever er del de ice 1 aich iea lessens ena the actual labor on a firm Is 14 1 of cott consideration and the step stell saving a ing scheme iby no weins trivial |
