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1 o v7 Ml 0) r fC run Ml ..I . .. .. J . ,i nM t. iiit to Jl 1 ' . 1 .... ' . - i (f. i. .. ;.. 1. ' In cocd Dann Fon mixed Fflnrm Good MBsost monty, but whea th farmer r once know that by the proper construction ot hli barn, and other outbuildings, he can orten aave tho work of a man, It wM readily be come clear to him that the Investment will pay blf Interest In the ton run. The barn shown, herewith war de lined by a Missouri man. ' ' The building '. 111 accommodate 14 cows, It hoUea, ha :hox-tall tor both the cov and horses, and also a large calf -yen, . iv . - - - . . - ' - - Manure and hay-carriers can eas ily bo Installed, and these are great labor-savers. ; The arrangement of the feed-room ai: 1 silo Is excellent The four-foot chute extends the entire length of the silo." It has small windows for light, a tight door' below, -separating the samo from the feed-room, and keep ing out dust and odors. , The, silage la dropped down "this chute; and from veer shoveled to the nlxlng-boxee one for the sows, and one. for the horses. There are two bins In the feed-room, and two more , may he lo!ated on the' floor above, and connected by a small spoilt for draw Ins ff the train. These" ip'oift may be (ocaled dlreotly over the tnlxlng boiea, - All bay la supposed to he fed from hove, one hay-chute feeing provided for each twe stall, " ! ; The mllkroom Is so located that the milk may be taken to It at once, and H contains plenty ot clean water. running water, It possible. Here, of course, should be located the sepa rator. - : . ; ' r The work-shop Is one of the neces sities of the farm; as with a few tools, many bllla for repairs can be saved here. wf t . The harness-room la located In the center of the horse-barn, and the two box-stalls provide room for both male ana female animals, as well as sick one,,- . t , ., The bay-bay Is open to the root, but this can be arranged differently. The partition separating the cows from the center section. Is boarded or plastered up tight, except the calf- pen, to keep out any odors, dust or dirt. . The box-stalls In both the cow- and horse-barn are so constructed that the Inmates can have a good view of the, other animals They like company! andwlll do better If they can see their neighbors. , . . The floors of the cow-stable, the milk-room, feed-room and alio, are of cement, the gutter being formed in the floor, with a four-Inch drain at the rear, leading to the manure pit The stalls are made to lit both long and short ' cows. The first sta-', In front, Is four feet wide and five foet long. The rear stall Is three feet six Inches wide, and four feet eight Inches long. The stalls slope from the front to the rear, each stall being slightly snorter than the one next to. It The floor of the horse-stable may be made ot 'cement or clay: but the writer prefers clay for horses, and we quite agree with him, for horses con fined on cement floors are apt to In jure the joints of their legs bv con tinual stamping; besides, ' we do not relieve that any animal should be al lowed to lie on a cement floor that Is not covered with board?. . The barn,, as ahown In the Illustra tions. Is SOxtO feet. It feet to the PLAN TO RAISE GTnAUDEnniESi NEXT YEAH FEW OTHER OCCUPATIONS AFFGHD LARGER OPPORTUNITIES 02 ' GIVE SUCH GUICK RETURNS v ' . By W. M. Burke. ; . ': .:.'-;- -auJUkt. . , 7. : - "7H ' ... MM . I m. i t"""! II MM , 1 UM I Government statistics tells us that next to the apple, the strawberry Is the most universally grown fruit In this country, and that the amount of annual revenue received from the strawberry crop is second only to that received from the apple crop. ! Viewed, therefore, from the stand point of ' pleasure and profit, the strawberry may be ranked among our greatest and most promising of pro ducts. ' v : First, let us consider the soil. The strawberry, although not requiring an extremely rich soil, - still Is a heavy feeder, and responds very quickly to generous treatment In that regard Any soil that wlU grow good corn, potatoes, or r. general line of vege tables, also will grow good crop of strawberries. However, light dress ing of barnyard-fertiliser, scattered over the plot during the winter or early spring, wilt aid greatly In pro duclng the desired results. plowing or spading should be done to the depth of six or eight Inches, depending upon the nature of the soil; an then It should be thoroughly har rowed until It Is aa line as an ash heap, when It will be ready for the reception ot the plants. If the soli be composed largely of sand, or what Is known as a sandy loam. It will be well to roll the plot Or drag plank over it before setting thi plants. This will firm the soil, anf. put It In just the proper condition for the plants. If the soli Inclines to clay, or Is a clay-loam, then this will be unnecessary, as the soil Is by na ture compact . , The next consideration is the qual ity of plants. During the last fifteen years, no other feature cf agriculture haa been .more strongly emphasised by the scientific and practical tillers of time. For the small trawberry-plot we would prefer to cultivate these plants by what Is known as the hill system. This means that no runner plants should be allowed to grow, hut that each plant as purchased and set shall be permitted to develop to the fui: Its own fruiting powers. These plants may be set 16x15 Inches apart ' Where the plot la somewhat larger. and Is to be cultivated with the hoe rather than with a horse-cultivator, the single-hedge system may he adopted if desired, and rows may be made SO Inches apart and the plants set 20 inches apart In the rows. Un der this system the grower will per mit the maturing of two runner plants from the mother, or original, plant set and these plants will be layered In line with the mother-plant In the row. . - ' This will give the grower three plants for fruiting In tho season fol lowing Instead of one plant and as there will be ample rorm for sunshine and air, there probably will be an actual Increase in the-quantity of fruit as compared with the hill system, al though It must ue said that the hill system la the one which will yield the greatest number ot large berries. ' In setting plants, there Is nothing so convenient In the way of a tool as the dibble. This is a large steel blade with a handle, and while the. plants are being set Is held In the grower's right hand. VThe dlbhle should be forced to the depth ot six Inches, when pressed outward, so as to make an opening large enough , to take in the roots of the plants. The roots should be placed In this opening before the1 dibble is with drawn. After the roots are placed in the opening and the dibble withdrawn. SPROUTED OATS FOR VH1TES1 FEED fore setting. The rule to observe Is to trim the roots by at least one-third. This may be done by taking a large pair of shears and cutting o the low. er end of the mass, ot roots. Then when you place these roots in the soil, spread, them out like a fan. The plants should be cultivated every ten days during the season, and a good rule to observe is that, after evttry rain. Just aa soon aa the soil will crumble In the hand, the plants should be cultivated. ' By so doing, the sur-f- ot the soil Is covered with line particles of earth which. In common parlance. Is a dust-mulch. This dust-n.ulch destroys capillary action, and Instead of the moisture in the soil evaporating Into the air, It can escape from the soil only through the plants themselves. , 1 Bet out your plants in April or May of 1912 and pinch off every blossom that appears during the entire grow ing season of 1912, but In the spring of 1913 every blossom should be al lowed to develop into a large and lus cious berry. After the plants have been culti vated the first season, and when the first heavy freeze has come, the plants should be mulched with straw of any kind. Mulching between the rows should be at a depth of from two to four Inches, depending upon the clim ate, and the mulching over the plants should be very light, indeed, except in the more rigorous climates. The strawberry is seldom killed by freezing. It is 'the alternate freezing and thawing, that causes the soil to hrave, that Is dangerous to the straw. berry. " But mulching serves many other and important purposes It helps to retain moisture In the soil; It adds to the richness of the soil, and It keeps There Is V generat "unanimity of opinion among experienced poultry- men that poultry do best upon soma form of green or succulent food dur ing the winter months. The function of such succulent food Is probably largely In the nature ot a digestive stimulant rather than as an addition jps urns auiruxi tu btfou. eaves, SJ feet to the peak. The silo is IS feet .Jgh. -' The construction of the foundation may vary, according to the material, and can be more easily and cheaply secured, but the man who builds any barn, on a poor foundation, is mak ing a bad Investment The founda tion should be riade to stand for all time. . ( TEE BUNTING NUISANCE By Bessie U rutnam. A Ijw years ago, when the plonenra along the Ilnee6mmencd to object to the degradations of the hunter they were charged by hunter and surround ing farmers alike aa stingy and un accommodating. But more an,', more Is there a growing eci.tlmcnt against , having one's faivn used as hunting Co . -d. . , At this season It Is very easy to start Arc, very dlfllrult to check one that has one commenced. Even though the majority of hunters are careful ever to toe aside a lighted cigar, never to strike matches In Improper laces, one aevur knows when )he iarelcss on may com along and do infold mischief. There Is , the annoyance to stork. The old saying. "One might as well he kfllcd aa -arrd. lit death," Is applic able will! peculiar fon.a. Sheep, wor rled by hunlcr aud dogs, soon iHwnmn o wild I hut not evn the owner can sproiuh them readily. ' t . Cattle have been known to stam pede when a gun wns fired In close proximity. Ruch treatment Is ruinous to the dairyman, to say nothing of the rrequnnt aciioenta, when a valuable animal la aacrlllced, the hunter mak ing off with his game and leaving the owno of the land that much poorer or nis generosity. Finally, the game Is raoldlv bein exterminated, and much of it Is really m larmers rnend. The quail, the clew note of which fills all bird lovers with Joy. la one of tho best Insect and wceu nestroyers. A flock of quail In the potato Dutch renders I ho use of Paris green unnec wiry, and llin detested cut-worm is tneir favorite dessert , Tho farmed "feeds the world" but inpre is no rcusnn why he should t erpertcd to tolerate a bund of tres passers every fall, ondangorlng the life of his posst-wlon. In many commun ities farmers ar banding together egainsi xiUL-QUaUd ' ' . : - - Jt Profitable Utrawterry i'atcii. f : , to the actual food constituents of "the ration. A green winter feed that Is greatly relished by fowls Is sprouted oats. Experience haa shown that In order to make a satisfactory gr-ea food, how ever, the oats must be grown very quickly. - In order to get quick growth it Is necessary to have three things: first warmth; second, plenty ot mols tvre; and, third, sunlight By sowing oats 1 In shallow, flat boxes about two Inches deep, and by sprinkling and keeping the box in a warm, sunny place, the' oats will sprout very rapidly, making a, grt vtS of from 4 to f Inches In a week or ten days. . The flats In which the oats are sprouted must be thoroughly scrubbed with half water and half formalyn every time before they are used, or the oats will mold In the sprouting. - The best way to sprout oats Is to bul'.d a "small closet Into which t'.ie flats can be slipped on cleats and sup. ply the closet either with a steam-pipe or If that Is not feasible, a small stove. eltber for wood or keroseaa. or. some times a large kerosene lamp may be used to maintain heat " Soak clean and JsoundrfoatS' -ver- 1 ight in a pal! of water. Next morn ing fill the flats about two Inches deep v. and put In the sprouting closet Place the freshly filled flats near Ihe top of -the closets, so as to get the maximum1 ' amount of heat and In that way start the sprouts quickly. , , Bake the sprouts thoroughly two or' 1 three times a day until they have be- . come .from halt to three-quarters of an inch long, then do not disturb them in any way. The oats should, be kept - quite wet They must be sprinkled at ' least three times a day. "v.y As the oats grow, the" flat re. moved to different positions ia the' closets. The taller the material gets, the nearer the flats ar moved' to tho tloor, as they then need less heat Feed when the sprouts are from 4 ; to inches In height at t,he rat pf a V piece of the matted oats about t or " t Inches square for each 100 bird per day. Break up so that eyery bird in , the pen may have some. ; . - It should be clearly understood that ' th.. purpose for which green sproujod oats are ted 1 their tonic and stimu lative Influence on the digestive or- gans. They are not fed for the food valuo of the oats themselves. If one " wishes merely to feed oaU. they tan be most economically fed not sprouted. Tho point of sprouting is to furnish fresh, succulent green food during the winter months. ', i , , ; . , . , ,; ... , i i i i i " proitui 'im incnea Long. A USEFUL WORM By 11. B. UucUiam. tht soli, than tb Imyortnce of good seed and good plants. . ' .- . . It one has room, say for 100 plants, he houk". select twenty-five plants each of an exta-early variety, twenty five ot the ao called early variety, twenty-five of the mid-season plants, and twenty-five tf the very late. Under ordinary conditions he would then have ripening strawberries over .&.nrinci.ff fnm fnuv tr e vm weeks of thrust It Into the soli about two Inches from the opening. Draw It toward yrfu, - thus pressing the earth firmly against the roots ot the plant When this Is dona, firm the soil with the lingers .bout tho crown of the plant leaving the top of the crown Just even with, or slightly above tho surface it the soli. In this 'connection, we should say that. all. .plant should be pruned 1 - down the" weeds while the crop of fruit Is coming on, thu Hindering it unneccesiary for any cultivation to go forward during this Important period. But to the lover ot fine.-clean fruit free from all grit and sand, the most important thing about this mulching la that It gives the fruit a clean carpet to ripen upon, and thu the fruit I to the table clean, and free trom e- erythln oblectlonable. ' Usually - the agriculturist Is i om pelled to keep up a constant eonfllot all during the growing season, with Injurious and destructive Insects; beetles and bugs and caterpillars and worms Innumerable, that would des troy bis crops In large measure, were it not for the fact that he succors his plants from their ruthless Inroads. It Is a continuous warfare, all summer long, between the farmer and the worm, to see which shall eventually come off victorious, and many a wide potato . field, stripped to the sterna testifies to the fact that the former I not always the winner, either. , But there 1 one species of worm, nevertheless, which the farmer should do all that he can to encourage; which has done more tor the cause of i grlculture than all other agencies combined, and to which he owe tn Incalculable debt: and that Is the book worm; the devoted- student of agriculture. Now the life of the tiller of the oil Is necessarily busy and active one, full ot duties to be performed, early and late, and U la but natural that he should look askance at every thing which resembles dwadllng away one's time in unproductive Idleness, but. nevertheless, ' If the farmer chances tg find a son ot his taking to "book learning", pouring over a vol ume of a useful or elevating charac ter, he should not be too hssty about having It put aside, and relegating Its reader back to the hoe. Let the boys .have a chance to read and stuay ' If they will, and If perchance they should display a love of books be yond the ordinary, by all mean en courage them, la a love of scholar ship. ' - ' - , '. Never mind about the prospective expense of educating a boy; there ar plenty of mean already at hand by which they. In one way or another may be met aa many a man can tes tify, who aa a poor boy went to col lege, though he had not a cent pocket at the start ' ' What our great and rapidly de veloping country needs most ot all. IJust at this time, is boy familiar with the agricultural problems of the day who are ready by earnest devotion to scientific training to set about finding the solution of these most pressing difficulties. Where would we be today were It not for the men of loyalty and far sighted wisdom who devoted their live to the caua of scientific agri culture? What ' marvels, veritable miracles, they have brought to pass In tho growth and cultivation ot plan? fc rms, educating nature herseU t perform her great wonders! Other must follow after them, to take up . their work a they lay It ak.de.' and no man Is better qualified to tollow In Ihvlr footsteps than he who has known the farmer' struggle from earllott boyhood. .Tile .-. Rignt; 'Eietures m m t f r .v. it , Acm 10 TIIEATO PROGRAM . 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