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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER; 
March t 3 
PROBLEMS IN BARN BUILDING. 
Building a Michigan Barn.— T wish to 
build a barn 30 x 50 feet; a general-purpose 
barn for five horses, eight or 10 cattle, 50 
sheep; a granary to hold 2,000 bushels of 
grain and a driveway where a loaded wagon 
may stand in case of storm, also a box 
stall; over the ground floor a mow for hay. 
What is the best timber for sills, and what 
material is best as regards cheapness and 
durability for roofing? At a rough guess, 
what would be the cost of such a building 
in southern Michigan? What is the most 
convenient plan for same? L. e. m. 
Climax, Mich. 
It is a difficult matter to plan a barn 
without knowing more about the details 
wanted. We present at Fig. 47 a ground- 
floor plan arranged for the cows and 
horses. This is offered as a suggestion, 
and can no doubt be improved upon or 
changed to suit the local conditions. 
The plan we have drawn contemplates 
a basement barn. The horses could pos¬ 
sibly be put upon the upper floor to ad¬ 
vantage, and the sheep may be housed 
in the basement. There is danger that 
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BARN. Fig. 47. 
the basement may be too warm for the 
sheep, unless they are shorn when 
brought up in the Fall. The plank- 
frame barn is becoming quite popular, 
and is well thought of by those who 
have constructed after that style. The 
plan of constructing a plank frame is 
shown at Figs. 48 and 49. We suggest 
that L. E. M. write to Shawver Bros., 
Bellefontaine, Ohio, for model and com¬ 
plete bill of materials necessary. These 
will be furnished at a slight cost. 
The most durable material for roofing 
is either slate or tile. But their great 
weight and the extra cost usually pre¬ 
clude their use on barns. A good slate 
roof will cost about 75 per cent more 
than a good shingle roof. We would 
recommend good cedar shingles. The 
Farmstead, a book by Prof. I. P. Rob¬ 
erts, gives many valuable suggestions 
about barn arrangement and construc¬ 
tion. 
A Plank-Frame Barn.— I want a new 
barn for a 40-acre fruit farm. Would l 
save anything from building the old frame 
way by doing it the Shawver or plank- 
frame system? u. o. 
South Haven, Mich. 
The plank-frame barn is rapidly 
coming into favor, and those who have 
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END BENT OF PLANK-FRAME BARN. 
Fig. 48. 
built such barns speak very highly of 
them. Fig. 48 shows the construction 
of the end bent of the plank-frame barn, 
and Fig. 49 shows one of the interior 
bents. The interior bent is so arranged 
that no timbers or braces will interfere 
with the working of the hay carriers. 
A plank-frame barn has recently been 
built by the State College of Pennsyl¬ 
vania. One has also been erected by the 
George Junior Republic at Freeville, 
N. Y. Both are models of cheapness and 
durability. In the Farmstead the fol¬ 
lowing description of the plank frame is 
given: “The plank frame has now been 
so modified and improved that it serves 
well for the largest farm building. All 
the frame timbers are sawed two inches 
thick, and of variable widths as desired. 
Instead of uniting the timbers by means 
of mortise and tenon, they are fastened 
with wire spikes. The new method se¬ 
cures as strong a frame as the old and 
saves from 30 to 40 per cent of material, 
while the plank frame is more easily 
and cheaply erected than is the large 
timbered frame. The two-inch frame 
material can be so placed as to direction 
and position, and it will secure the 
maximum of strength with the minimum 
of lumber. Since long, large timbers 
have become expensive it is probable 
that the plank frame will become as 
common in the near future in barn build¬ 
ing as the balloon frame is in house 
building.” Shawver Bros., Bellefontaine, 
Ohio, furnish models and bill of material 
for plank-frame barns at a low cost. 
The outline of the plan furnished seems 
well adapted to the purpose. 
PORKMAKING IN CANADA. 
D. M. McPherson, of Glengary Co., 
Ont., is a very large farmer, and be¬ 
sides has a very large combination of 
cheese factories all through eastern On¬ 
tario. He raises from 300 to 600 pigs 
annually at a cost, he says, of less than 
three cents per pound for bacon pork. 
He said: — 
“I use a cross between Yorkshire and 
Berkshire. I cross both ways, but like 
Yorkshire dams and Berkshire sires. I 
keep my sows in roomy, warm quarters, 
feeding early roots and shorts (wheat 
middlings) and only enough to keep in 
good thrifty condition. I have pigs far¬ 
rowed in February and March. As early 
in Spring as possible I sow a field, made 
very rich and fine the previous Autumn, 
to at least 20 pounds Mammoth Red 
clover and 15 pounds Timothy seed per 
acre. When this is three inches high I 
turn the pigs on it for the Summer and 
INTERIOR BENT OF PLANK-FRAME BARN. 
Fig. 49. 
feed them in addition all the skim-milk, 
Whey and wheat middlings they will eat 
clean three times a day. I regard whey 
as a very valuable food, but it must be 
properly cared for. The whey vat must 
be cleaned out and scalded in hot 
weather with live steam every day. 
“By November my pigs will be ready 
for market at from 250 to 300 pounds, 
and at three cents will pay for all the 
feed eaten and leave me a return of from 
$25 to $50 for the grass on each acre. 
But this is not the best part of it. By 
feeding so much milk, whey and mid¬ 
dlings on the land, it will become so 
rich that the next year it will give me 
an immense crop of hay. Last year, 
1897, I cut from a field so treated in 
1896 over six tons per acre cured clover 
hay in two cuttings, and this year from 
the same land 4^4 tons clean Timothy 
in two cuttings. The same sows that 
raise the Spring pigs will farrow again 
in September, which litters sell well for 
light pork and roasters in later Fall and 
Winter.” ___ J - s * w * 
It is just possible that the Jersey cow 
is to blame for the introduction of com¬ 
mercial “butter” color. Not because she 
needed it, but didn’t the “other fellows” 
invent it in order to secure artificially what 
she naturally possessed? Was it ever 
heard of before Jerseys were discovered?— 
Jersey Bulletin. 
Thirty years ago a physician told me 1 would 
soon die of consumption. I was troubled with 
constant coughing. Twenty years ago I com¬ 
menced to use Jayne's Expectorant, and when¬ 
ever troubled with colds and hoarseness have 
used it freely ever since. It has never failed to 
bring relief.—(Rev. ) I. N. WILLIAMS, Tarentum, 
Allegheny Co., Pa., January 16, 189?. 
If bilious take Jayne’s Painless Sanative Pills. 
. .BeforeBuyingaNew 
Harness 
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alogue 100 styles of single and double oak-tanne<l 
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KING HARNESS COMPANY. Mfrs. 
£12 Church St., Owego, N. Y. 
4 Buggy Wheels, with tire on, @6.75 
With Axles and Boxes set, @9.75 
I make all sizes and grades. Carriage and 
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tree. W. R. BOOB, Center Hall, Pa. 
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lor all time is the 
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STEEL WHEELS and HANDY WAGONS 
of every style and price are made in our 
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We supply all trucks used by U. S. Govt. 
Farmer’s Handy Wagon Co., Saginaw. Mich. 
Can we Save 
You Money 
on a vehicle, harness, 
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Because we have no agents. 
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wlthontyou sen ling a single cent, and let you look it over at your 
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Marvin Smith Co. 55-59 N. JeffersobSt. U-16, Chicago, ILL 
Stakes pull out and 7 x 1C 
ft. flat platform, only 82 in. 
from the ground, rests on th< 
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It has 6 in. tires, short-turn" 
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=• load steady on a short turn. 
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FARMER’S HANDY WAGON CO., 
SAGINAW. MICH. 
WALKER CARRIAGES 
AND HARNESS 
are sold direct from factory at 
WHOLESALE PRICES 
Highest quality, finest workmanship and perfect finish, yet at lowest 
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EDWARD W. WALKER CARRIAGE CO., 91 Eighth St. T Goshen, Ind. 
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have been in this business. To do this we sell 
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has buiit us up until we are now the 
largest manufacturers In the world 
selling vehicles and hnrness to con¬ 
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Send at once for a copy of our large 
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Carriage & Harness Manfg'. Co., Elkhart, Indiana. 
No. 816—Canopy Top, Two- 
spring Carriage with side curtains, 
storm apron, sun shade, lamps, 
fenders, pole or shafts, 865. Saiu# 
as sells for 835 to $50 more. 
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We make harness as well as carriages 
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THE COLUMBUS CARRIAGE & HARNESS CO. 
Columbus, Ohio. 
No. 3094 Buggy; 
made with surrey seat. Price 
|47.05 with leather quarter top. 
No. 2042 Canopv Top Surrey. 
Price $82.95. 
No. G04 Team Harness. 
Price $22.55. 
No. 3034 Buggy. 
Price $38.30 with 
leather quarter top 
