A MODEL DAIRY FARM II 



three-ply felt paper. Over this was placed a per- 

 pendicular layer of boards, and covered with tar. This 

 silo was used in this condition for sixteen years, 

 and we never lost any silage. After the new silo was 

 constructed, a few years ago, the old chicken-house 

 silo was torn down, and to my surprise only three 

 unsound boards were found in the entire building. 

 The sound boards were used in part in building an 

 addition to the barn. I do not think there is any- 

 thing better for the interior of a silo and the cement 

 stone walls than a good coating of gas tar. In fact, 

 it not only preserves the wood, but keeps the interior 

 in splendid condition from a sanitary point of view. 

 It does not injure the silage in the least. 



" With so many animals, I should think you would 

 be obliged to buy a great deal of litter for bedding, 

 etc.?" 



" I have never bought a pound of straw or litter 

 of any kind. Everything that I feed and use is 

 raised on this fifteen-acre farm, with the exception 

 of cencentrated feeds, such as bran, linseed, gluten 

 cottonseed-meal, etc. I still have one stack of 

 straw, which was put up June 6, 1901. I have 

 been cutting and using this for bedding since April 

 I, 1902, and still have a large quantity of it for fu- 

 ture use. It is as bright and sweet as new-mown 

 rye straw." 



HANDLING THE MANURE 



" I notice that your barnyard is clean, and that 

 there is no rubbish or general litter around your 

 stable or place. How do you handle the manure 



