THE YOUNG FARMER 



binder in order to get the grain harvested at 

 the proper time. 



Among the machines requiring a consid- 

 erable investment for the number of days 

 used may be mentioned hay loaders, hay ted- 

 ders, corn-binding harvesters and lime 

 spreaders. There is a certain class of labor- 

 saving devices, however, for which there is 

 more or less constant need, as, for example, 

 means of pumping water, methods of 

 handling manure, both from the stable to 

 the manure shed, and from the manure shed 

 to the field. This leads to the remark that 

 there is at present great need of modifying 

 our traditional ideas concerning farm barns. 

 Why do persons usually sleep on the second 

 floor, while horses and cattle are placed in 

 the basement? Three things have brought 

 about the need of a radical revision of our 

 practices concerning the planning of barns: 

 (i) Our present knowledge of the differ- 

 ence in the function of food in keeping the 

 animal warm, and that of producing work, 

 flesh or milk; (2) the discovery of the 

 bacillus of tuberculosis; and (3) the inven- 

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