ATLAS 
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Concrete  farm  buildings  are  strong,  fireproof  and  per 
manent;  vermin-proof  and  quickly  erected.  Attractive  — 
increase  farm  valuation.  Need  no  repairs  and  painting. 
Concrete  Barn  for  instance 
is  sanitary — easily  cleaned — mois-  Warm  in  winter,  cool  in  summer 
ture-proof.  No  rat-holes.  Never  Stock  is  healthy.  Bam  and  con- 
manure-soaked — liquids  run  away  tents  are  safe  against  fire  and 
through  gutters  to  manure-pits.  secure  lowest  insurance  rates. 
Free  Farm  Book 
telling  how  to  build  concrete  barns,  silos,  feeding  floors,  troughs,  etc. 
Ask  any  Atlas  Cement  Dealer  for  a  copy  or  use  coupon  below. 
The  Atlas  Portland  Cement  Company 
Members  of  the  Portland  Cement  Association 
New  York  Chicago  Philadelphia  Boston  St.  Louis 
Minneapolis  Des  Moines  Dayton 
On  page  627  there  appeared  an  inquiry  cause  they  have  control  of  their  men  in 
concerning  the  advisability  of  farmers’  sickness,  and  own  the  man  who  gives 
arranging  for  medical  treatment  through  medical  testimony,  and  know  what  bis 
contract  or  lodge  physicians  in  order  to  testimony  will  be  in  case  an  action  for 
curtail  expenses  in  these  times  of  high  negligence  arises  in  court, 
prices.  On  page  614  a  short  editorial  com-  This  may  seem  an  indictment  upon  the 
ment  voices  a  desire  for  expression  of  medical  profession,  but  there  is  no  class 
opinion  from  sources  of  experience.  of  men  that  is  proof  against  temptation  to 
As  a  subscriber  to  Tins  It.  N.-Y.,  as  a  greater  or  less  extent,  if  the  reward  is 
one  who  is  interested  directly  in  the  wel-  great  enough.  I  do  not  wish  to  be  un¬ 
fare  of  farmers  through  the  ownership  of  derstood  that  this  state  of  things  iuvari- 
a  farm  and  further  as  one  who  has  prac-  ably  exists.  I  merely  wish  to  state  that 
ticed  medicine  for  over  20  years  and  lias  it  does  exist  to  a  very  considerable  de- 
seen  the  lodge  method  of  medical  treat-  gree,  and  that  the  system  is  such  as  to 
ment  carried  out  on  a  very  extensive  stimulate  just  the  condition  of  affairs  as 
The  Lodge  Plan  of  Medical  Treatment 
Lamp  for  Henhouse  Water  Supply 
scale  I  am  impelled  to  send  you  a  few 
lines  on  the  subject,  realizing  from  ob¬ 
servation  and  experience  the  great  im¬ 
portance  of  the  thorough  understanding 
by  the  people  of  this  particular  method  of 
giving  medical  aid. 
In  the  first  place  let  me  say  that  the 
oft  repeated  aphorism,  “you  get  what  you 
pay  for,”  applies  just  as  strictly  here  is 
elsewhere  and  perhaps  even  with  greater 
emphasis.  The  lodge  or  contract  method 
of  dispensing  medical  aid,  as  at  present 
practiced,  is  undoubtedly  the  most  unfor¬ 
tunate  and  about  the  worst  arrangement 
that  Could  be  devised.  It  meets  none  of 
the  requirements  of  either  side,  and  is  a 
disappointment  to  both  the  doctor  and 
the  lodge  members,  as  is  evidenced  by  the 
fact  that  there  is  not  a  lodge  in  existence 
where  satisfaction  is  shown  by  any  re¬ 
spectable  percentage  of  the  membership. 
No  man  of  successful  practice  mid  exten¬ 
sive  experience  can  be  induce'1  to  under¬ 
take  to  carry  out  such  a  proposition  for 
the  direct  result  of  the  income,  inasmuch 
as  the  prevailing  price  of  one  dollar  or 
less  per  head  per  year  is  totally  inade¬ 
quate  to  support,  auy  physician  in  a  man¬ 
ner  that  would  enable  him  to  carry  on  a 
successful  practice.  The  necessary  ex¬ 
penses  of  physicians  for  hooks,  instru¬ 
ments  and  different  apparatus  incident  to 
the  carrying  on  of  a  successful  practice 
are  so  great  that  it  would  he  impossible 
for  a  doctor  to  exist  even  if  lie  had  a 
good  many  times  the  number  he  ordinar¬ 
ily  depends  upon,  except  in  a  way  that 
would  destroy  his  usefulness.  Physicians 
who  accept  such  propositions  for  the  be¬ 
fore-mentioned  ultimate  purpose  are  look¬ 
ing  for  the  results  of  surgical  work,  and 
in  too  many  instances  are  tempted  to  op¬ 
erate  when  it  might  have  been  averted, 
and  to  nsk  a  division  of  the  operation  fee 
from  the  surgeon  who  does  the  work. 
Moreover,  they  are  very  apt  to  have  a 
regular  practice  from  which  they  derive 
their  principal  income,  and  to  neglect  the 
lodge  business,  and  relegate  it  to  a  second 
place  to  he  attended  to  when  the  good 
business  is  not  too  pressing.  The  effect 
upon  the  patient  is  neglect,  poor  treat¬ 
ment  and  in  many  instances  extortionate 
fees  where  surgery  or  consultations  come 
in.  in  order  that  deficiencies  may  be  made 
up.  The  effect  upon  the  physician  is  a 
tendency  to  do  slips  laid,  poor  work,  to 
lend  himself  to  political  tricks  in  order 
to  maintain  himself  in  the  lodge,  to  be¬ 
tray  his  patients  to  extortionate  fees  and 
to  belittle  the  respect  of  the  community 
towards  himself,  posing  as  he  does  as  a 
cheap  physician  and  one  well  versed  iu 
machine  politics. 
The  corporations  like  this  method,  be- 
is  represented  in  the  foregoing  outline  of 
the  results  of  the  application  of  such 
methods  of  practicing  medicine  on  the 
lodge  plan.  .JOHN  V.  WOODKUFF,  m.  n. 
The  Anti  Water-freezer 
In  a  recent  issue  there  appears  a  re¬ 
quest.  for  information  concerning  a  device 
to  keep  water  from  freezing  iu  a  hen¬ 
house.  The  writer  has  seen  numerous 
devices,  and  has  used  some  of  them,  but 
the  greatest  satisfaction  has  been  ob¬ 
tained  from  a  homemade  affair  such  as 
will  be  described. 
The  lamp  is  made  from  an  eight-inch 
pie  tin  inverted  upon  a  cake  tin  of  like 
dimension  and  soldered  where  t lie  two 
rims  come  together.  Before  soldering, 
holes  are  cut  in  the  pie  tin  slightly  small¬ 
er  than,  and  to  accommodate  the  respec¬ 
tive  collars  into  which  the  filler-cap  and 
lamp  burner  screw.  The  burner  is  of  the 
“zenith”  type  which  operates  without  a 
chimney.  It  can  be  ordered  complete 
with  collar  through  any  hardware  dealer. 
The  filler  cap  should  likewise  be  -ordered 
complete  with  collar.  These  collars  are 
soldered  over  their  respective  holes,  which 
completes  the  lamp. 
The  lamp  box  is  made  from  scraps  of 
galvanized  iron  roofing  and  is  12  inches 
square  and  014  inches  high.  The  piece 
which  forms  the  bottom  is  bent  up  around 
the  edges  for  one  inch  and  is  let  up  into 
the  box.  This  gives  an  air  space  under 
the  box.  An  eight-inch  hole  is  cut 
through  the  top  and  it  is  desirable, 
though  not  necessary  to  turn  its  edge 
down  at  right  angles,  thereby  making  the 
top  more  rigid.  A  door  is  cut  through 
one  side  to  admit  the  lamp,  over  which  a 
cover,  a  little  larger,  is  hinged.  A  turn- 
button  keeps  the  cover  in  position  when 
closed.  Holes  are  cut  through  at  top  and 
bottom  on  all  sides  to  provide  ventilation 
for  the  lamp  and  iu  the  box  shown  these 
are  one  inch  in  diameter.  A  hole  for  the 
purpose  of  observation  is  cut  in  the  cover, 
and  in  the  box  shown,  is  covered  with  a 
sheet  of  mica. 
The  heater  is  now  complete.  With  an 
oil  fountain  which  holds  nearly  a  week's 
supply  of  oil  for  the  %-ineh  burner,  at¬ 
tention  is  reduced  to  a  minimum.  Each 
day  the  lamp  is  withdrawn  and  the 
charred  portion  of  the  wick  removed  with 
a  match  or  rubbed  off  with  a  woollen 
cloth.  Once  a  week  the  wide  is  trimmed 
if  found  necessary.  There  is  no  chimney 
to  smoke  lip  and  thereby  extinguish  the 
flame.  The  wick  is  of  larger  size  than 
wicks  generally  used  in  similar  devices 
and  will  not  char  to  such  an  extent  as  to 
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