| Show ALL ABOUT THE FARM SUBJECTS interesting TO RURAL READERS dairy department in nil it experiment station A windmill that answers all lic dairy deportment department in the accompanying engraving the first shows the floor plan of the now new creamery and the second presents a perspective view of the new dairy biru barn which have recently been added to the equipment of 0 the maryland experiment station this addition has been W MR 1 I 1 va 1 9 af 6 MG C GrO GROUND PLAN OF creamery made la in order to keep pace with changing conditions of the agriculture ng ri culture of the state I 1 many s section ahn t were but a few years ago grain producing are now becoming dairy centers in lles there were loss less thin than six creameries crea meries in tile the state but now there ire are eighty in operation tile the work at present of the station will be to illustrate the best methods of work with the average conditions as they exist in the state illustrations trat ions bow to go about selecting and rearing a profitable butter lierd herd will be a prominent feature a 1 herd berd that will produce pounds or over per cow instead of the present low state average of pounds per cow it will also be the alm aim of the station in its every day work and by means of accounts to show how it is possible to carry arry c a cow per acre instead of using four or five acres as Is usually done the more technical work will be with feeds ind and improved methods of handling and I 1 nd care of products the dairy barn Is fitted up with a number of kinds of stanchions newton cow ties bidwell stalls 11 b aa I 1 1 7 1 1 T at k t I 1 r 1 1 1 ar T na 6 perspective VIEW OF DAIRY 13 A and the old fashioned mangers and many conveniences tor for preparing and handling feeds american agriculturist A homemade windmill A windmill such as Is portrayed below can be made by any ingenious f farmer armer at a I 1 trifling expense for an upright to place the windmill on I 1 use 6 by 6 inch elm elin scantling cut a 2 inell inch strip four feet long front from the center and run it down on the cribbing of the well two bolts a a were riveted through upright to cribbing two braces b of 2 by 4 inch scantling make the upright secure to upper end of upright Is bolted a piece of old pump piping lipid about two feet long for the sucker rod e c c to work through as well as for the windmill to turn and face the wind the crosspiece upon which the windmill works d contains a hole jua large enough to al allow low it to turn easily on this pipe the si shaft aft from the windmill to pitman passes clo close at one side of this pipe the tall tail or vane Is put on the opp opposite osite side of the crosspiece to the fan fail and balances it to prevent the main vane from holding the fari fan too straight to the wind in a f C C 0 A CHEAP storm I 1 placed a smaller vane e c at the side elde strong winds press against the smaller vane turning the fan fall out enough to prevent breaking the crosspiece la Is 6 by 6 inches at about one third of the distance from the pipe to pitman Is placed a standard g for a lever f to work on these parts wore were made by a blacksmith sly windmill has been in operation oyer a year and since placing the smaller vane e on the side I 1 have had no trouble with lt it before then a storm would break the leaves R M B in farm and home good advice vicc the habit babit of calling attention to defects about homes by apologizing for them Is a bad one aud and one that no self respecting woman should follow the following advice given to a young married woman who was visited by another older and more experienced one may be helpful to some of our readers when abe the visitor rose to go the hostman came with her to the door and out upon the piazza which ho however weyer looked it little dusty lu in the corners oh deir dear said raid the yon wife how provoking the servants ili are I 1 told mary t to sweep tile the piazza thoroughly and rl now look how bow dusty it Is grace gr ico said the older ider 0 woman looking into the disturbed young face with humorous eyes 11 1 1 I 1 am at an old housekeeper let me give you a bit of advice never direct peoples attention to defects unless you do 10 so they will rarely see then them now if I 1 had been in your place and noticed the dirt I 1 should have said ilow how blue the sky Is or how beautiful the clouds cloud i are or how bracing the air is then I 1 should have looked up lit at that ns as I 1 spoke and should have gotten you down the steps and out of sight bight without your seeing the dust there Is a good lesson here for many of us of early foil fall plowing Plow inc iniz in all our experience we have never seen any but the best results from early fall pl bloing while on tile the other hand we have often seen the III effects of late plowing on the next crop at one time we tc began the plowing of it ft field containing eighty acres while still engaged in stacking the wet net weather having interfered with the latter says a writer in the homestead plowing was continued at odd times till late in the fall call ind and the following year the entire field was planted in corn durdil during tile the summer the groN growing grooving ving corn told of the difference in time of plo plowing winz ill the crop being the best on the early plowed art ail tile the poorest ou on the late plowed with our experience in plowing stubble ground for a crop of corn we would much prefer spring plowing to that of 0 the late fall the only thing to bo be said in favor of the latter being that work Is not UStia usually lly so pressing in ill the fall as lu in the spring but early fall plowing is tar far better than either whether for corn or small grain and if the surface of the soil does docs become packed all th better for the crop it will show its apar appreciation as soon as it secures a foothold poultry pointers when hens lay thlu thin shelled eggs they are in need of little lime the roosts boosts should be low especially tor for large beav fowls build the house ten by ten feet for ten fowls and the yard ten times larger ducklings Duc klings are marketed at five pounds weight lit which they attain in ten weeks placing an old cock bit bird in a run of cock cockerell cockerels berels els will prevent the latter fron from fighting ten dozen eggs a year Is the average estimate given as the production of the hen thirteen eggs are considered a setting though many breeders bleeders bre eders are now giving fifteen bettor better for the wife to earn her pin motley money with poultry than to take in washing or sewing in shipping live poultry it is poor econ economy only to ship the best wita the poorest grade them dont forget to clean out the tests nests and put in new litter for the lice are still with us better strew a handful of insect powder in the nest to help drive the enemy out attention to poultry pays on the farm and during these times when country produce is selling at such low prices there is no product on the farm that brings cash so readily as poultry and eggs aim for the top As long iong as the highest prices are paid for the best the most enterprising farmers will spare neither pains nor expense p se to produce the best and if their neighbors do not exert themselves to keep up they soon will find themselves lit in the background our farmers must keep abreast of the times they must think they must read they must study aney must experiment they must exert their minds to the fullest extent to dral drag out from mother earth her secrets of fertility let them do it and she will reward them with willi fertile fields and good crops in abundance and they will enjoy the richest blessings of the most satisfying and noblest occupation ou on earth the wideawake wide awake farmer who has studied up tip agriculture can always live as good as any other professional man very often much better lor for pure and fresh fruits vegetables butter eggs and meat there Is no one to compete with the farm farmer er practical farmer I 1 teach roys poya how flow to farm to make farm life a success and df af si rable the farmer must teach his boys and girls that there Is no other p profession within the bounds of civilization as ludeen independent dent honorable and ennobling aliu as life on oil the farm this growing practice of sending our boys to school to be educated for some other profession Is mal making ing all our farm boys anxious to leave the old homestead and crowd into the cities where every profession Is o overdone and trickery the only door left open to the educated boy it is not enough to teach boys how to farm the foundation of success is in teaching them contentment on the farm horticultural ninta cutout the raspberry canes that have borne fruit this year v so 0 o long as the pear pulls hard bard in taking off it is not thoroughly ripe cuttings of currant or gooseberry plants may be made this month judge emery of kansas says irrigation will double the life and product of auy any ore orchard bard market gardening Is a profitable business it if the market is near jut it Is a in laborious business t celery should not be banked up until within five or six weeks of the time when it to is wanted for use |
