LIVE STOCK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3574, 19 September 1905, Page 4

LIVE STOCK.

BARN AND MANURE SHED,

Jnat the Kind of a Structure Heeded by Fitmcr.l Who Cannot Spend Much Money. I offer the plan of a small bam and manure shed, cheap and thoroughly strong. It is 30x50 feet, shed and all. The shed is for manure and can be used for a place to drive in to unhitch or to leave team hitched during rain, etc. In t 1... ! irn there is no expensive bridge t.uild or. strong barn Door to cor: ' " .■ the driveway on level ground •)! tground r «..>eu t r ei*t ly to keep u-!'. 4 . I-iis aiuiw v driving in easy u. t:■.■ ■■ • <•!; down a steep grade to get out. i ■>('i e are slide doors so as to drive clear through. The bay on the right of main driT«*

way i.i !f. nnd could be made 13 fctt by t mling. Joists .out over di :■ .> •in not, This would still lt-av i. nom. If I lie bays on left :■ used for hay it a .• 30 feet long. in. :.'i in.:: all b. illt* same depth, as the rani {four is higher than the rest, ll should be about 12% feet from floor to-yauund. This will make It so a lamy load of hay can pass through (■:> s.i Iy. (f this shed is built on the -i.il .-ml of barn 1 would weathei Im.u o beUveeu the two west

PLAN OF BARN. O S, open shed; B S, bos stalls; S, stalls; S D, slide door; D, driveway on level ground. posts and hang a large slide door on west aide to keep out storm. This would put three slide doors on the west side of barn, but they can work all right, if they are not all wanted open at once. If this barn is all used for hay it would hold over 30 tons, but if the shed mow is wanted for straw I would fill the other with hi\v built up straight; then with a buy sling the straw could be thrown over the fi•;y mow easily an I would be convenient to get for bedding. Thirty feet in .piite a narrow barn, but it can be enlarge’! to almost any size desired. This stable has a box stall in each end and stalls enough for ten horses or cows, .and by cut ting oil one end of the driveway with a light rack to keep feed in, the. rest could be used to stable a bunch of sheep or calves by hanging light racks on wall, for mangers. I think this barn would suit a small farm in many respects. I would not keep any bulk grain iu a barn. Haymows, grain bine and rata don't suit in one building.— W. D. Wataoc, to Ohio Fanner.

Horse* Reqnlre Good Wain. If a horse could speak be would at times remonstrate against the treatment accorded him by his masters. For instance, when driven to a stagnant pond or muddy creek for a drink would be one occasion for him to express his displeasure. But ha cannot fcpeak and apparently his master, in too many cases, cannot see, and the result is the faithful beast drinks water with a green skum on it from a shallow pond teeming with all kinds of “animals,” or from a milk-warm creek or branch that happen# to be handy. Good water is abundant everywhere; if not on the surface it is beneath only a few feet perhaps. Dig it out from the bosom o# the earth and enjoy the bounties of nature.— Formers’ Voice. Noonday Real tor Bewia. Except in haying and harvesting 1 never permit a team to be worked in the middle of the day when the thermometer is high. There is no need of it, if the farmer has his work in hand. Getting to work two hours before breakfast and working until dark will give a very long breathing spell in the hottest part of the day. It may require some extra help to do the chorea, under such a system, but on a farm on ■which considerable help is employed affairs can be so arranged that some of the men who are not driving teams can do the chores night ana morning, including the milking. At all events the saving of the horse in the middle of the day is a valuable feature in farm management,—Agricultural Epitomist. Keep the pigs growing from start to finish. When they cease to grow they cease to be profitable. Save seeds of everything from the best in this patch. Do not forget this.