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Scientific American Supplement 1543 contains an 
article on Concrete, by Brysson Cunningham. 
The article clearly describes the proper com- 
position and mixture of concrete and gives the 
results of elaborate tests, 
Scientific American Supplement 1538 gives the 
proportion of gravel and sand to be used in 
concrete, 
Scientific American Supplements 1567, 1568, 1569, 
1570 and 1571 contain an elaborate discussion 
by Lieut. Henry J. Jones of the various systems 
of reinforcing concrete, concrete construction, 
and their applications. These articles constitute 
a splendid text book on the subject of reinforced 
concrete. Nothing better has been published. 
Scientific American Supplement 997 contains an 
article by Spencer Newberry, in which practical 
notes on the proper preparation of concrete are 
given. 
Scientific American Supplements 1568 and 1569 
present a helpful account of the making of 
concrete blocks by Spencer Newberry. 
Scientific American Supplement 1534 gives a 
critical review of the engineering value of re- 
inforced concrete, 
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Scientific American Supplements 1547 and 1548 
give a resumé in which the various systems of 
reinforced concrete construction are discussed 
and illustrated. 
Scientific American Supplements 1564 and 1565 
contain an article by Lewis A. Hicks, 1n which 
the merits and defects of reinforced concrete are 
analysed. 
Scientific American Supplement 1551 contains the 
principles of reinforced concrete with some 
practical illustrations by Walter Loring Webb. 
Scientific American Supplement 1573 contains an 
article by Louis H. Gibson on the principles of 
success 1n concrete block manufacture, illus- 
trated. 
Scientific American Supplement 1574 discusses 
steel for reinforced concrete. 
Scientific American Supplements 1575, 1576 and 
1577 contain a paper by Philip L. Wormley, Jr., 
on cement mortar and concrete, their prepara- 
tion and use for farm purposes. The paper ex- 
haustively discusses the making of mortar and 
concrete, depositing of concrete, facing concrete, 
wood forms, concrete sidewalks, details of con- 
struction of reinforced concrete posts, etc. 
Scientific American Supplement 1583 gives valu- 
able suggestions on the selection of Portland 
cement for concrete blocks. 
Scientific American Supplement 1581 splendidly 
discusses concrete aggregates. <A helpful paper. 
Scientific American Supplements 1595 and 1596 
present a thorough discussion of sand for mortar 
and concrete, by Sanford E. Thompson. 
Scientific American Supplement 1586 contains a 
paper by William L. Larkin, on concrete mixing 
machinery in which the leading types of mixers 
are discussed. 
Scientific American Supplement 1626 publishes a 
practical paper by Henry H. Quimby on con- 
crete surfaces. 
Scientific American Supplement 1624 tells how to 
select the proportions for concrete and gives 
helpful suggestions on the treatment of con- 
crete surfaces, 
Scientific American Supplement 1634 discusses 
forms for concrete construction, 
Scientific American Supplement 1639 contains a 
paper by Richard K Meade, on the prevention 
of freezing in concrete by calcium choloride, 
In Scientific American Supplement 1605 Mr. 
Sanford E. Thompson thoroughly discusses the 
proportioning of concrete. 
Scientific American Supplement 1578 tells why 
some fail in the concrete block business. 
Scientific American Supplement 1608 contains a 
discriminating paper by Ross F Tucker on the 
progress and logical design of reinforced con- 
crete. 
A SET of PAPERS CON- 
MAKING A COUNTRY HOME 
By E. P. Powell 
V. THE COUNTRY HOME COW 
Ae home has three special 
privileges: the family horse, the pet cow, 
and the fresh vegetable garden—I do 
not know which of these is the most important, 
for we can not get on well without all three. 
The cow is perhaps the most absolutely impor- 
tant where the family is large. Milk does 
everything in the way of giving comfort and 
health. ‘Then there is the waste which goes 
to keep the family pig and make the hens lay 
eggs. I am glad to see that the sour milk, 
which used to be rejected from the table, 
is getting to be an important item of diet. 
Give me a good bowl of sour milk twice 
a day, and above all the so-called “lobbered” 
milk, with a dash of nutmeg and sugar, and I 
will leave the sweet milk to others. It has 
been recently discovered that this is not only 
one of the most healthful, but one of the best 
flesh-making foods. Then we have the charm 
of churning our own butter, and that wonder- 
ful by-product, buttermilk. The one thing 
that I wonder at most, at my winter home in 
Florida is, that with cows everywhere in sight, 
we find it so difficult to get a pail of sour milk 
or a bowl of buttermilk. Even with oranges 
I do not feel quite satisfied without more of 
the preduct of the cow. 
Probably the best way in a country home 
of ten or twenty acres is to keep two cows; 
one of these to have her calf in the spring, 
and the other in the fall. This insures us 
plenty of new milk all the year round. How- 
ever, I find that a single cow, if milked with 
care, well housed and well fed, leaves a gap 
of only about one month when milk must be 
purchased. The only economic method of 
keeping a cow on a small homestead is to turn 
every foot of pasturage into garden or orchard, 
and feed her with cut fodder. I began with 
sowed corn, constantly reducing the size of my 
pasture, until I had only a large yard of about 
fifty feet square. I found, however, that I 
could use the corn ground more profitably for 
berries, and then changed my feed to lawn 
trimmings and June-cut hay. With this, once 
a day, went a pail of table waste. Every 
household can furnish at least one pail a day. 
To this add a liberal cutting of beets, carrots 
and other vegetables. Feeding a cow in this 
manner will teach careful economy in house- 
hold affairs. You will find that nearly all 
waste comes in as a valuable factor in pro- 
ducing milk or elsewhere adding to comfort. 
If you wish a-plenty of milk for the whole 
year, you must provide early June-cut hay. 
You see I am not talking at all about mill 
stuff, because that costs a large amount of 
money, and often entirely neutralizes the 
profit of a cow. I rarely feed anything of the 
kind, or spend a dollar on cow feed, outside 
of my own garden and orchard. Cut your 
hay between the first and tenth of June, when 
it has in it all the richness and sweetness that 
goes to make milk. July-cut hay is of very 
little value to any animal, least of all the cow. 
Alfalfa is one of the best possible feeds, and 
millet, if early cut, is another. A very small 
patch of alfalfa, cut three or four times, right 
in the milk of it, will delight your cow, and 
keep her in the milk mood all summer. ‘Then 
be sure to have a mow of it for winter. There 
is a lot of rowen or aftermath left uncut all 
about the country. Many of our common 
grasses and weeds that are supposed to be 
utterly useless make first rate cow feed. The 
common ox-eyed daisy if cut just as it opens 
its eyes will be relished by the cow, and will 
at least help to keep up her flesh—it is full of 
