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Gambrel Roof Dairy Bam of Up-to-Date Construction CwPen iCflir^N CaltPen Y_ '_&U V. hSaRUBA- T«A m ® \l I ft] kU^bLu rlJTbU&idUA.'l tlTTEg'Ali.^ I I Floor Plan. 1 By WILLIAM A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and (rive advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building work on' the farm, for the readers of this paper. On ac count of Ills wide experience as KUItor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, with out doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford. No. 1827 Prairie avenue. Chicago, 111., and only Inclose two-oent stamp for reply. This a gambrel-roofed dairy barn with cement foundation and frame up per structure and Its plan emphasizes Uie kind of care such a structure should have in the building. It has been arranged to Insure the best pos sible light, ventilation and cleanliness for the cows, the workers in this na tural food factory, and also to make the work of the dairy farmer more efficient and therefore less heavy. With its silo It should require the most careful planning from the farm er, botli to have it lit logically into the farm building group of the farm and have the buildings represent a har monious and well-balanced whole, and also to have It handiest to the feed lots, the pasture, the wind brenk and the lay of the land. The open yard shown In the illustration should be, by preference, to the south, enabling the dairy herd to he turned out for exerclsiug at least some hours even in the winter. The barn itself ought to run north and south, as this will fMvs it the maximum amount of sun light obtainable. And sunlight, we know, is about the best conditioner, the best antispctlc, any herd can have. The dairy stable portion Is about 0 feet in height. Nine feet is a good height; one might have less,. In order to gutn the greatest amount of mow space for hny storage above. Ob serve that tlie width is 86 feet. Au thorities concede that tills is an Ideal width, since It provides for two rows of stalls without crowding, and the litter and feed alley are left of an Ample width to make work easy. Here It may he well to observe that 30 to 38 feet is a good barn width. If you t want a bigger barn than the one shown, Built-In Feature Lees ■ Costly If Part of Plan Considerable expense can be saved • If the built-in features of the home are planned and arranged to be In cluded in the specifications. It Is the changing front one idea to another in home building that pyramids the cost and makes the original figure grow to unexpected size. The kitchen arrangement should re quire considerable thought and the bullt-ln features which make house work easy Incorporated in the plan and made part of the origlual specifi cations. This feature Is and should be the wife’s part of home planning, It Is a unit of the construction which should be hers to arrange and plan as she wishes and of which Bhe has a far greater Intelligent understanding than the mule end of the firm. . The great advances made during the last few year.. in the practicability and convenience of bullt-ln features has done much to eliminate wasted 6pace, rugfhent living cotu{prt and reduce building Cost. The bullt-ln feature costs about the same as the portable type and from point of service and appearance has set au entirely uew standard of excellence. The cabinet kitchen with Its built in refrigerator, work table and pantry in a single unit Is an excellent feature. .These cabinets are built with an at tractive arrungement of compartments for flour, sugar, tea, cofTee, etc., wltb ■ convenient dispensing features, to gether with receiving door and stor age compartments. The cabinets oc cupy the least possible space, are (wired for electrical equipment and are [complete In every detail. . The breakfast room, or nook, has [become highly popular and Is an ac eepted feature In all modern homes. This room Is a great labor saver, espe cially where there are children, and can be arranged in the smallest pos sible space with folding table and built-in seats. Proper arrangement of wall sockets for electrical equipment should be considered. The wall or door bed is a feature which every home should take Into consideration. Their installation ar rangements are so perfected that It affords n perfect concealment, and when used nre found to give the great est amount of satisfaction and com fort in the knowledge that one has a utility bed for occasions which ars always liable to come up. Mothproof closets are being given considerable attention, and can be constructed at a very moderate cost. Overheated Roome Are Dangerqu* to Health Precautions for avoiding the on slaught of pneumonia, now on the In crease in Detroit, are given by Dr. Henry F. Vaughan, health commis sioner of that city, who states that one way of combating the ravages of this disease during the cold season Is to fortify the body egalnst tempera ture changes. This, he says, can bs done by living In cool rooms, by cool morning showers and by dally walking exercises In the open. “We have developed a pernicious habit,” declared Dr. Vaughan, “of liv ing In atmospheres of 75 degrees to 80 degrees. Instead of 65 degrees to 70 degrees. It seems to be a difficult thing to keep cool in winter. Homes are too hot, and so are restaurants, theaters, stores, schoolrooms of fice*.” the preference would be to extend It the long way, rather than ncross. A very wide burn requires too much extra foundatlonlng In the shape of beams, and the framing of It becomes more complicated, not to mention the mutter of lighting. It would make the Inner row of stalls too dark to be any good for the cows or the ones whose chore It Is to attend them. A very long barn Is os much to he ad vised against ns a very wide one. Mak ing the barn trim around into an L or a U shape gets around the difficulty nicely, and besides has the added ad vantage of making a very sheltered yard. In this barn the cows face each other ncross the central feed alley, with litter or cleaning alleys at the sides. The advantage of this Is that sunlight falls on the gutters and stalls and keeps them sanitary. Then, too, the question of ventilation becomes more easy when the cows face In ward. ventilation ducts can be built Into the walls and so placed as to be quickly opened or adjusted to care for varying drafts. ■ The usual stall runs from 3 feet 2 Inches to 3 feet 8 Inches. The very narrow stall Is not economical or ef ficient, nnd the advantage on the score of cleanliness Is offset by discomfort caused the cows. The average wide stall allows the manure to fall to the gutter without too much soiling of the bedding or the stall. Since the gutter ought to be a little below the level of the stall—3 Inches Is a good drop— the matter of draining and cleaning Is fairly well taken care of, without too much effort. There are four box stalls: the bull pen, a cow pen and two calf pens. These are essentlnl to any dairy barn, nnd the bull pen especially needs a tittle thought. It ought to be made about 0 feet across, to discourage Mr. Hull’s efforts te try his strength In bracing nnd often bursting the pen. The floor may be of hollow tile, con crete, wood blocks or of cork brick. The silo Is placed at one end, In the most convenient position for easy feed ing. . jWintering of Pullets Reauires Great Care ICulls Should Be Disposed of for Meat Purposes. A poultryman must think ahont many things if he wishes to get his pullets In condition for a good total yenr's lay. First, the pullets should be handled and graded into four clusses—good,; medium, poor and culls. The culls and poor birds should be sold for j meat purposes. A pullet five months i old, weighing less than three pounds, j loose feathered and weak, Is consid- ’ ered poor or a cull. The next step Is to grade and house the good and medium classes accord- j ing to size and maturity rather than age. This will prevent a molt and will make feeding more efficient. Every bird should be treated with a j good lice killer. A thorough cleaning j and whitewashing should be given to ; all the pens. AH leaks In the roof j should he mended and the floors made dry. Straw should cover the floors to j a depth of six Inches. After the pul- ! lets are penned they should not be al- i lowed out of doors until late In the Spring. Do not put more pullets In a pen than the roost and floor space can ac commodate. Keep the honse well open on the front, but have the sides and back tight against drafts. Use cur- j tains on the windows when freezing weather begins. Pullets require 12 pounds of scratch I feed a day per hundred birds. This should be made of equal parts of crocked corn and wheat. If artificial lights are used, then 14 pounds of scratch feed should be fed each day. Mash should be available to the birds at all times. Do not allow the pul lets to lay more than 50 per cent of normal production for the next few months. Pure Bred Live Stock in Kentucky Is Progressing Kentucky, long famous for Its fine horses and blue-grass pnstures, is not content with past laurels, but Is making rapid strides In Improving the quality of Its food anlrauls as well. According to Wayland Rhoads, field agent In animal husbandry of the Ken tucky extension service, who recently visited the United States Department of Agriculture, scrub sires are being replaced rapidly with pure breds. Ac cording to best estimates 18 per cent of the dairy bulls and 20 per cent of the beef bulls In the state are now pure bred and the proportion Is in creasing. A few years ago one-half of the east Kentucky mountain, coun ties had no pore breds at all, a»d the state was losing $15,000,000 a year due to scrub bulls and boars alone. The reports of Mr. Rhoads are sup ported by figures obtained In the "Bet ter Sires—Better Stock" movement, in which Kentucky now ranks third among all the states. A total, of 1,508 farmers In Kentucky have signed writ ten agreements that they will use pure bred sires exclusively for all classes of live stock kept and will follow methods leading to further Improve ment. DS DS Most people have to work. That is why they do it. Men who mean what they say nev er say much. <j <g ] Gfitf) One Blood Transfusion and One Skin (•rafting Operation—.Hospital Has its Largest Number. The Shelby Public hospital last week had 25 patients, the largest1 number that has been in this institu tion at any one time since it was op ened last summer. Within the past few days, Drs. Har bison and Scruggs have performed two very difficult and unusual oper ations. Bobbie Rudasill, Shelby foot Imll star, gave up a quantity of blood from his veins which was transfused into the veins of his sister, Mrs. Jas. Willard. Mrs. Willard is doing much bettor no wsince the transfusion. W. II. McSwain who has been a pa tient for some time suffering with a carbuncle on his neck, had skin trans planted from his leg to the bnck of his neck by Dr. Harbispn. The car buncle was as large as a tea cup. Dr1. Harbison used the “pinch” method of skin grafting—picking up small pieces of skin from Mr. McSwain's leg and transplanting it on the back of his neck where it is growing and spread ing so that, it is gradually covering the sore. Mrs. Margaret Doggett., widow of the late Minor Doggett is a patient, having gone tothe hospital Sunday. She suffered a fall but no bones were OWN YOUR OWN HOME If you are now paying rent, take oat a few shares in our Building and I,oan and you’ll soon have the start, and then rent will stop. Twenty cents a week will carry one share and so oi\} It is the easy way to own your own home'— and no better*'iva.r to save and a fine way to nivest your.mon Own Home Already Tarry a few shares and help the fo.'ow 'who does not owp his own 'hone to b\Vn it. While you' are helping the other fellow you heTf)1 your sef. We pair you six or better, non-texable, and we se’! paid up shares—doing it every day. Come To See Us Today Cleveland Build ing & Loan Asso., ’Office With tii . ■ Cleveland Bank & Trust Co., Shelby, N. C. “Yes, I know that, Hi, but how am I to know how soon he’s going to stop barking?” t Twenty Years of Successful Automobile Building9 January 23, Duick celebrates its twentieth birthday. Proud as Buick is of its growth within the short space of two decades, it is not in i4s vast organisation that BuicV takes its greatest pride. Rather it is in what these attainments indicate. Buick's position of leaders''' ip has been ach.eved solely by the accomplishments of Buick cars in the hands of mere than n tril lion owners. In their dependable performance, in their satisfying comfort, and in their year by year fulfillment of every demand of motoring, Buick cars have w.n the place they occupy. From the rich background of < xporience—with all of its un equalled m anufacturing facilities—and inspired by a deep sense of personal obligation to Buick friends, owners end the general public—Buick will seek ever to maintain on an even higher level the confidence of the public which it now enjoys. SHELBY ^&/**%***> c— broken. Hewitt Dellinger son of Graham Dellinger is there for an operation for appendicitis. E. M. Ford of Boiling Springs is getting along nicely. Mrs. B. E. Pearson of South Shelby is resting well from an operation, Miss Rebecca Bridges of Boiling Springs is there for treatment. Fred Guffey of Kings Mountain is there for an operation for appendici tis. Clyde Mull of Lawndale is resting well from a chest trophic for which he has been receiving treatment. Miss Lola Hamilton of S. Shelby is a patient for treatment. Miss DcnniK Byers of Patterson Springs is doing well from an oper ation for appendicitis. Mrs. J. F. Cline of Lawndale who has been under treatment is doing nicely. L. E. Dellinger of King3 Mountain R-4 is resting well from an opera tion for appendicitis. Broadus Newman is doing well and will be able to go home this week. It will be remembered he shot his foot ibout ten days ago. Mrs. J. M. Black who is undergo I ng treatment is doing nicely. S. Lattimore of No. 8 township I iff recovering nicely from an operatio' . Mrs. M. F. Hamrick of Caroleen 's j a patient for treatment. Mrs. F. P. Patton of Shelby, operr tive patient is recovering rapidly. ! Mrs. Clarence Leonard was able l j go home Sunday, after an operatioa for apppcndicitis. I Mrs. C. F. Humphries of Symrna, S. C., is a patient suffering with a fractured hip. .John Wylie Smith was operated tn late Saturday night for acute appen dicitis. \ W hat One World Is cDoin& CAS o£EX BY -POPULAR ^MECHANICS zMA ',AZIXE Sun’s Rays Make Alarm Clock of Cannon Sunlight is called upon to inform the residents of a community in southern | Europe when high noon has arrived, by | setting off the charge in a rnrv n. Fried to the piece is a small lens that. focuses the raj’s on the touehhoh of the pain in such a way that they do icnrti the powder until the sun’s jrv- i-i direr1- i ly in line with a tiny oju n.i. The sup- | porta of the “alnm't” arc arrangt d Vo ad- i iuat it to the ''At beams t the same l ime every day of the veer (tfjen the ievice fails to work bee; use of cloudy kies that prevent .->u!hcie.d heat from’ caching it to ignite the . v.|„ Th«» lours are indicated on a eloclU iic dial ’ * * t Grcyh *nrd !s Soecd Demon of A. i;na! Kingdom Through a s» n< s of reeeuily completed . testa, the speed !< -i an ni.ds ,.re >orfe I I o have been d* 'erm.iied as follows: the! greyhound; race h. -rse, prang -homed an elope, hare, ih ;; jackrabbit, common ;ov. coyote, foxhound, arid gray wo!> rtie records were made by noting th< lumber of bounds made 1>>- each aniina' a a given space of time, by means pf a cop watch,' and then measuring tlm *eng:h of the leap. The greyhound, 1 *** sacertained, ran travel a sluo*-t, d» ‘wr.ee at 35 miles an hour, about four miles an hour faster tbwi the hare. Norm of those studied however, ear keep up the r speed for any eonsider.il do distance, at hough the fox and wolf ran beat either tf, greyhound or race bora, in this re Bees, Color-Blind, Must Le.trn Way by Experience Bees arc color-blind and they le.irr their way' about by experience either than by instinct, ,recording to '*>n ri cently conducted by .scientists. The j ports show that to these honey-rriakimj l insects, red and black look alikt or.nr, and yellow are the same ns ureeti, and ‘here is no difference in the appearance of blue, violet., and purple1. However they can see ultra-violet rays, which art invisible to the.human eye It was found that the guiding inf’uence which takes r them back, home is nothing, more than experience. It. has been lone known tire bees locate hiv csH(b:. her. the Ion : r they have occupied them. During fli ■ exper. • ments some of them were put to slee > by ether, taken from » new hive, an 1 moved 12 yards away. On the third day 30 per renf returned and 90 per cent h.,d reached home on the eighth day. * * * Auto Stored on Sliding Shelf to Save Space in Garage Polled from a driveway onto pi >f forms lhat slide to their storage spaces bn s*eel r:d.s imbedded in the floor, automob.les | can lie parked in garages with great sav n<< of room and I ttle danger of damage from contort with posts, walk, or other r-iir*. by the invention of a mid-western engineer. Tlie system, it is avid, permits j a third mure machines to be aceomnio-' ia»«_•«f ‘.hin by other methods. Any of the r.io' .nx 'helve/' can he pushed to the psgfltfti wa: > for loading and returned Mi t>ok;iion in •> few moments. Owing to the e,iv. »v;111 which they can be moved, i.iii.l power alone lri required. Attend in'' a:o also ’elicved of the trouble of manipulating the cues to guide them into .alls of crowd'd garages. • * * A Novel Dairy Farm Milling and feeding go together, and di ref ore provision should be made to tniik and feed at the same time. A novel da rr burn, wk.cjt is arranged to permit this, Li shown in the drawing. The hay manger is located above the heads of tin cows -so that they have to reach up a trifle io pull the hay out; the bottom has a row of -in. bars to allow this. A hay manger of this type has the advantage of containing enough hay to last the cows for a number of days. Tl>e imp door of the hay manger hangs out ward on chains and can be pushed back into vertical position whenever necessary, as in cold or stoiinv weather. 1 he grain manger is of the ordinary f.v.pt', except that it is much larger and also lower. Both mangers can be filled from the outside, from a wagon or truck, the surplus hay being temporarily stored on the roof, r -uiy to be raked into the manger when needed. Another interesting feature of t>i* dairy harn is the eh.i n cow tie, which is % aD improvement, on the stanchions usu ally used, as the cows have "reatcr free dom to move their heads around, the bars permitting the chain to be moved 0 up and down, but preventing the cows from moving backward. w* % Vs I I jm Armstrong's Linoleum Pugs LINOLEUMS Paragon Furniture Co. L-...~.~ ■ “ON THE SQUARE.’ ► ► Another one of those “surprise events” that bring joy to the hqusewife. Good reliable grades of Linoleum at such prices as we’ve made, should be of in terest to every woman. DECORATIVE FLOORS FOR YOUR HOME In the decoration of your home, the floors must be considered. The floor is just as important as the woodwork, wall paper and draperies. Let us show you by actual demonstration how to get the best effects through the selection of ap propriate patterns. 1 • tt ..n.°Ur !irKi of.Arm'str°ng’s Linoleum includes pat terns suitable for affy room. Let us give vot> an estimate of cost. < s i
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