Season for Well Drilling 
I intend to Lave a new well drilled in 
order to insure haying water in the dry 
season. Would it. he better to have it 
done in Autumn or in Spring? H. b. 
New York. 
Presumably your question is based on 
the thought that the ground water supply 
would be more plentiful at one season 
than ut another, and you wish to. choose 
a time when the water table is at the 
lowest point in order that the well, when 
drilled, will afford a plentiful supply of 
water at all times. If this is the case, 
I think that there is little choice of sea¬ 
sons. the choice, if any, resting on the 
time when help and a driller could be 
most easily and cheaply obtained. While 
it. is desirable to sink a dug well at a 
time when the ground water is at its 
lowest, there seems little need of this 
precaution in the case of a well that is 
drilled. Such a well is cased in prevent¬ 
ing the entrance of surface waters and is 
continued down to such depth as is ne- 
quired to strike a free supply of water 
and a permanent, supply. 
Power from Motorcycle 
I have a two-cylinder motorcycle which 
I would like to use for power. I wish to 
know how to mount, the motor and how 
to start it. Would you give full par¬ 
ticulars? A. R. N. 
It is not likely that you can get any 
satisfaction from your motorcycle engine 
xvliru used in this way. It is designed to 
be cooled by the blast of air caused by its 
rapid passage through the air. and would 
quickly heat lip if run without this move¬ 
ment unless the air blast could he sup¬ 
plied by a fan. Moreover, while used for 
the purpose for which it was made—the 
propulsion of a motorcycle—the engine is 
seldom working at. full load. If an at¬ 
tempt were made to use it. for power, full 
load would he likely to lie imposed upon 
it for considerable periods of time, with 
the result that the cooling system would 
be inadequate and the motor would over¬ 
heat. Attempts to use an engine in this 
way are likely to result, in failure. The 
purpose of using an engine for power is 
to lessen the work of the operator, or to 
sa ve time and enable him to do more work 
I witln the same effort. An engine not de¬ 
signed for the purpose for which used is 
likely to fail in these respects. It is like 
trying to use a trotting horse, bred for 
generations for speed, on the plow, where 
strength is the chief requirement. 
Barn Construction 
I am building a barn SO ft. long and 
30 ft. wide. How many windows are 
needled in the basement to provide suffi¬ 
cient light for cows and horses? Would 
you give me details of construction of 
concrete wall and floor of barn of this 
size? r. a. j. 
In a barn 30 ft. wide and containing 
two rows of cows spaced 3 1 4 ft. apart 
in the row, each cow occupies approxi¬ 
mately 03 square fuel of floor space. A 
popular rule for window area is to pro¬ 
vide four square feet of glass for* every 
animal: and. with the above facts in 
mind, this can he changed to one square 
foot of glass for every 15 squaije feet of 
floor space. In your case this would 
mean about 102 square feet of glass. The 
windows used to make up this area should 
he well distributed, should he rectangular 
rather than square in shape, and placed 
with the long dimension up and down 
and with the top close up to the ceiling. 
This position admits the most light. 
Also, for appearance sake, try to have 
the tops of windows and doors at an even 
height on the outside of thie building. 
This can he accomplished by placing a 
transom over the door if it is not high 
enough otherwise. 
A barn of this type should not he built 
without a good ventilating system being 
installed. The King system sneins best 
adapted to dairy barn ventilation, as it 
conserves the heat and at the same time 
supplies fresh air to the stock. The 
foundation wall, if of concrete, should not 
be less than 10 in. thick and should ex¬ 
tend 3.4 ft. below the surface of the 
ground. The footing should he 13 in. to 
20 in. wide and should rest on solid 
earth. If good materials are used, dean 
sand anti gravel, the wall can he made 
from concrete mixed in the proportion of 
one part cement, 2Vj parts dean, well- 
graded sand, and five parts gravel which 
lias been run over a 4;j-in, mesh screen 
and the sand screened out. The portion 
of the wall below ground can have a lib¬ 
eral supply of small field stones imbedded 
in it. 
The s*atne mixture can bet used for the 
floor, making it 5 in. thick where heaviest 
loads are to comte. and 4 in. where load 
is lighter, as in the feeding alley. The 
standing platform should have a slope of 
about 1 in. toward gutter, while the clean¬ 
ing alley behind should slope toward gut¬ 
ter at. the rate of about Vi in. i*cr foot. 
(I utters should slope toward drains about 
1 in. in 25 ft. to secure drainage when 
flushed out. flutters may have a richer 
mixture of mortar troweled on while they 
are still wet to make them smoother for 
cleaning. There should he no attempt, 
however, to make the floor smooth, as this 
causes slipping. 
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