HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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knowledge, and workmen of ordinary in- 

 telligence can successfully follow the 

 plain directions contained in handbooks 

 of cement construction. 



In constructing dwelling- houses the ad- 

 ditional cost of making the foundations 

 rat-proof is slight compared with the ad- 

 vantages. The cellar walls should have 

 concrete footings, and the walls them- 

 selves should be laid in cement mortar. 

 The cellar floor should be of medium 

 rather than lean concrete. Even old cel- 

 lars may be made rat-proof at compara- 

 tively small expense. Rat holes may be 

 permanently closed with a mixture of 

 cement, sand, and broken glass, or .sharp 

 bits of crockery or stone. 



On a foundation like the one described 

 above, the walls of a wooden dwelling also 

 may be made rat-proof. The space be- 

 tween the sheathing and lath, to the 

 height of about a foot should be filled 

 with concrete. Rats can not then gain 

 access to the walls, and can enter the 

 dwelling only through doors or windows. 

 Screening all basement and cellar win- 

 dows with wire netting is a most neces- 

 sary pT'ecaution. 



FOR SALE: 100 bushels Certified 

 Seed Potatoes. Best quality. Wm. Ba- 

 ker, Jr., Chesterfield, Mass. 



FOR SALE: Certified Seed Potatoes. 

 Can hold till spi'ing if ordered now. 

 Homer Granger, South VVorthington, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE: S. C. White Leghorn pul- 

 lets from high producing strain. Free 

 from B. White Diarrhoea. Fine founda- 

 tion stock. Emory Bartlett, Enfield, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE: Certified Seed Potatoes. 

 E. L. and A. E. Dodge, Chesterfield, Mass. 



FOR SALE: Certified Seed Potatoes. 

 We can store a limited amount till spring. 

 Order now. E. M. and A. T. Cole, So. 

 Worthington, Mass. 



FOR SALE: 1.'') Cockerels direct from 

 M. A. C. Stock. Wm. J. Constant, Gran- 

 by, Mass. 



FOR SALE: Certified Seed Potatoes. 

 Fall or spring delivery. G. R. Tedford, 

 Cummington, Mass. 



POULTRY CORRESPONDENCE 



COURSE 



The present Correspondence Course in 

 Poultry Husbandry is now in the process 

 of revision. This revision is necessary 

 because of the increasing costs of opera- 

 tion of the fifty-two lesson course on the 

 seasonal basis. When i-evised there will 

 be several courses in Poultry Husbandry 

 such as Breeding and Incubation. Brood- 

 ing and Rearing Chicks, Flock Manage- 

 ment, etc. A charge of five dollars will 

 be made for each course. 



Until this revision is accomplished and 

 the courses are made ready for students 

 the present course will continue to be 

 available. Students enrolling in the pre- 

 sent course will have the option of con- 

 tinuing it to completion or continuing 

 their study in one of the new courses 

 when these are ready, which we expect 

 will be about December 1. 



Thus an exceptional opportunity is of- 

 fered to persons interested in poultiy 

 husbandry. For the very small fee of 

 five dollars they may secuie the privilege 

 of the seasonal course covering the cur- 

 rent problems through the present season, 

 and then select a special subject for study 

 with no additional charge. 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



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FOR SALE: Torrington Electric 

 Sweeper with attachments. Used very 

 little. Price right. Mrs. E. C. Searle, 

 Southampton, Mass. 



You 



Sell 

 Rats 



—Why Fatteia Them? 



Each rat on your farm probably eats from 45 

 to 50 pounds of grain a year. He may destroy 

 many times this. 



The loss to you is just the same as a loss of real 

 money. It is a loss thiit amounts t j a good many 

 dollars, v\ hen you come to figure it up. Yet this 

 loss can be stopped cjuickly a:id easily — build 

 your floors, foundations and corn cribs of 

 Concrete. 



Concrete is permanent. It is solid. It is fire- 

 proof. It is economical. It provides no nesting 

 place for rats, and of course they cannot gnaw 

 through it. 



Every day you postpone putting in Concrete 

 improvements it is costing you money. Remem- 

 ber, you can't sell rats — why fatten them ? 



Send for Free Book 



Let us stnd you a free copy of "A Hundred and 

 One Furm Uses of Concrete." It is simple and 

 pTuciical. It contains diagrams and all necessary 

 i'/nrnifilion nhout /linn to hu'hl Concrete im- 

 provements. Write fur it today ! 



PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 



10 High Street 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



0/4 National Organization to Improve and Extend 

 the Uses of Concrete 



Offices in 29 Cities 





