1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
121 
A THREE-STORY HENHOUSE. 
In regard to what Mr. Mapes tells W. 
0. B., page 62, I would say that I have 
used and am still using a barn 36x40 feet 
as a three-story henhouse. The lower 
story is a basement open to the south, 
second floor is on the level with all the 
land except south of barn; third up one 
flight from entrance. In Summer I let 
each floor run as one flock, having a 
large field and orchard, and only have 
division fences running about 300 feet, 
and I find that a hen very rarely gets 
around the end. The upper flock have a 
run which starts about 10 feet from end 
of barn, and runs through the middle 
pen to the ground. I use poultry wire 
for partitions and doors. I have no 
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A THREE-STORY HENHOUSE. Fig. 53. 
walks, and have doors rigged with pul¬ 
leys and weights so that they keep shut. 
Troughs are made of 10-inch boards for 
mash, and I feed dry grain on floor in 
litter. Water dishes are elevated on a 
wide board about 12 inches from ground, 
which keeps water clean. For roosts I 
use 2x3-inch pine planed and simply laid 
on stringers two feet from ground, which 
makes them easy to clean, and roosts 
are placed so that two flocks roost close 
together. Some time I want to use the 
space over the big beams as a pigeon 
roost to raise squabs. I am only using 
two floors this Winter, as I have but 400 
hens, but I would not exchange my barn 
for any henhouse, as the work is all in 
a bunch. Fig. 53 shows it. a. w. n. 
Warren, Me. 
IMPROVED STOCK NEEDED. 
I was somewhat hurt by the article by 
Jared Van Wagenen, Jr., in which he 
discouraged common dairymen in trying 
to breed purebred cattle. There is no 
earthly reason why any farmer of ordi¬ 
nary intelligence and a common school 
education cannot succeed as a cattle 
breeder. Of course I do not mean that 
any old “hayseed” that follows the meth¬ 
ods of 50 years ago can be a successful 
cattle breeder. The agricultural papers 
seem shy about advocating the breeding 
of purebred cattle. You recommend spe¬ 
cial tools for doing farm work; you do 
not hesitate to recommend a Cutaway 
harrow to fit a field for grass. You 
would not advise a man to use an ice 
plow. Yet you are rather shy about ad¬ 
vising a man to use Jersey cow's for 
making butter; but let him go on with 
the beef cow or “any old cow” that is 
about as useful for making butter as an 
ice plow would be in the preparation of 
the meadow. I think that the hired man 
problem will do much towards changing 
the methods among farmers. At the 
present price of farm help it does not 
pay to milk cows that hardly pay the 
milking, or to use any but the best and 
most practical tools. j. a. m. 
COW POX. 
I have two cows, fresh milkers with 
teats very sore from cowpox. Can you 
give a remedy? g. 
New York. 
You do not give the symptoms of cow- 
pox, but ask for treatment. This is very 
simple. The affection is not often no¬ 
ticed. and so many forms of eruption 
are observed on the teats that it is some¬ 
what difficult to detect the true from the 
false varieties of cowpox at certain 
stages of the eruption. This disease has 
claimed a very large share of attention 
on the part of scientific men. From 
Jenner’s discovery in the dairies in Eng¬ 
land he observed that the people milk¬ 
ing cows with the cowpox suffered from 
an eruption on their hands but never 
had the malignant smallpox of the hu¬ 
man being. On account of the soreness 
of the teats it is almost impossible to 
milk with the hand, and the milk tube 
should be used. If there is much fever 
a dose of physic should be given, one 
pound of Epsom salts and an ounce of 
ginger dissolved in one-half gallon of 
water at one dose. After the physic has 
operated give half an ounce of nitrate of 
potash twice a day in drinking water for 
three or four days. If the udder is 
swollen and hot bathe it with hot water 
three times daily, and after each bath¬ 
ing use a little of the following: Acetate 
of lead one ounce, water one quart, mix 
and apply. If there is no fever and no 
swelling of the udder, only the eruption 
on the teats, apply a solution of the fol¬ 
lowing: Creolin one ounce, water four 
ounces. If properly handled cowpox will 
run its course in two weeks if not irri¬ 
tated. c. e. hatch, v. s. 
A Hen Record.—! began with 60 laying 
hens and in just 12 months I sold $95.36 
worth of eggs besides the eggs we used 
in a family of five, not counting any of 
the young cockerels we ate. I know eggs 
used and poultry consumed at home would 
pay for all feed the fowls eat. I keep 
pure-bred Single Comb White Leghorn 
and Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. 
Castorland, N. Y. w. s. G. 
Mother: “Now, Bobby, you must not 
get into any fights with the neighbors’ 
children.” Bobby: “But, mamma. I’ve 
got to get acquainted with them some 
way.”—Puck. 
A Low 
Wagoiv 
Half Price. 
The cheapest, the 
easiest and the best 
way to get a low wagon is 
to buy a set of Electric 
Steel Wheels to fit your farm wagon. If you 
don’t want to bother with changing the wheels 
buy a set to fit your old gear. If you have no old 
gear you can buy one for a song, as there are 
thousands of them lying around the country. 
A set of Electric Steel Wheels costs less than 
one-half the price of a low wagon. They are 
made to fit any wagon. They make a new 
wagon out of your old one with wheels that 
cannot rot or break. Made with straight or 
staggered spokes, wide or narrow tires. Save 
blacksmith bills, Write for our Handy Farm 
Wagon Catalog. Tells about our full line of 
Electric implements. It Is Free. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.. 
Box 88 Quincy, Ills. 
Save Cream 
Save much on the cost, save labor 
of cleaning and operating by 
buying the 
AMERICAN 
CREAM SEPARATOR. 
We send to you to put It on trial. 
It will prove these things to any 
ma n’s satisfaction. You should know 
about it. Ask for the free catalogue. 
lAmerlcan Separator Co. Box 1066, Bainbrldge.N.Y 
Good 
News 
tor Stockmen 
During this month, if you will write 
giving statement of symptoms und 
conditions, 
DR. HESS >>’v V 
The Eminent Veterinarian, 
Will Prescribe FREE 
for any of your ailing animals. 
This service would likely cost you 
a good many dollars if secured in 
the usual way. Absolutely no 
charge—send 2 c stamp for reply. 
Say what stock you have—how 
many head of each—what 
stock food you have used, 
and mention tills paper. 
DR. HESS A- CLARK, 
Ashland, Ohio. 
Makers of Dr. Heia Stook Food. 
The 
EMPIRE 
CREAM SEPARATOR. 
There is no other cream separator like 
it—no other cream separator which will 
make you so much money and save you so 
much work. It is without question the 
simplest in construction, the easiest in 
operation, the most durable, the most 
satisfactory in every way. If you milk 
cows, few or many, send for our 
books. They’re worth reading. 
EMPIRE CREAM SEPARATOR CO 
Bloomfield, N. J. 
Chicago, Ills. 
STEEL ROOFING. 
lOO SQUARE FliKT.$2.00 
We Pay Freight East of Colorado. 
Strictly new, perfect, semi-hardened 
steel sheets, 6 and 8 foot long, the best 
roofing, siding or ceiling you can use. 
Nails free, l’ainted two sides. Flat, cor¬ 
rugated or V crimped. Write for free 
catalog 57 on material from Sheiilfs’ 
and Receivers’ sales. 
CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING Co. 
West Both «fc Iron Sts., CHICAGO. 
SEND US 
A COW, 
Steer, Bull or Horse 
hide, Calf skin, Dog 
skin, or any other kind 
of hide or skin, and let 
us tan it with the hair 
on, 'soft, light, odorless 
and moth-proof, for robe, 
rug, coat or gloves. 
But first get our Catalogue, 
giving prices, and our shipping 
tags and instructions, so as to 
avoid mistakes. We also buy 
raw furs and ginseng. 
THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 
116 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
isharple: 
1 TUBULAR FARM. 
mms] 
Right Now 
we are ready to show you 
wherein the Tubular is 
better than other separa- x 
tors and why thousands of dairymen 
buy them in preference to other sepa¬ 
rators. We don’t ask you to buy as a 
favor to us or for any other reason 
than that 
THE TUBULAR 
■ is a different machine from the oth¬ 
ers and one that is sold on the strength of 
what it is “Right Now." Send for catalog 153. 
The Sharpies Co, P. M. Sharpies, 
Chicago, 111. West Chester, Pa. 
DE LAVAL 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
are the most efficient and dur¬ 
able in the world, excelling in 
every feature all other creaming 
machines and methods. 
Send for catalogue and local agent’s name. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 
CHICAGO I NEW YORK 
Randolph & Canal Sts. | 74 Cortlandt Street. 
SEPARATOR CDCC 
This is a genuine M M * 
offer made to introduce the Peoples 
Cream Separator in every neigh¬ 
borhood. It is the best and simplest 
in the world. We ask that you show 
it to your neighbors who have cows. 
Send your name and the name of 
the nearest freight office. Address 
PEOPLES SUPPLr CO. 
Dept. 86 KANSAS CITY, MO. 
i 
The Coming 
Unloader! 
Louden Hay Sling 
The easiest and speediest means of unloading 
hay, hound grains, forage crops. Can Be 
Used With Any Hay Carrier. Raises 
Half a Wagon Load 
where there is barn room to handle it. Cleans 
the rack and deposits flat in the mow as it was 
on wagon. Best Lina Hay Tools In the World 
for Held, stack and barn. Hay Carriers, Hay 
Forks, Steel Tracks and Switches, Hay Hack 
Fixtures, Feed and Litter Carriers, etc. Our 
Flexible Barn Door Hangers are the best on 
Earth. Ask for complete catalog of Hay Tools, 
Appliances and Hardware Specialties. It Is 
Mailed Free for the Asking. 
LOUDEN MACHINERY COMPANY, 
39 Broadway, Fairfield, Iowa. 
VICTORY FEED MILL. 
Oldest and Best GrindingMill 
Made. Will crush and grind 
corn and cob and all kinds of 
grain, mixed or separate. 
Grinds faster, finer and with 
less power than other mills. 
Are built strong, well made of 
good material, and will last 
a lifetime. Small size adapt¬ 
ed for windand tread power. 
Made in four sizes for 1,4 ,8 
and 10 H. P. Free Catalogue. 
T1IOS. ROBERTS, 
Box 93. Springlleld, O. 
Made for the Mao 
Who Wants tha 
Best. 
The Endless Apron Great Western 
manure Spreader. 
CDDCinO and pulverizes all kinds of ma* 
urnL.AU3 nure. fresh, well rotted,mixed,full 
of straw or cornstalks, sheep manure. No matter 
how tough, we guarantee our spreader to 
spread it so evenly that one load will do 
more good than three spread by hand. End¬ 
less Apron is always ready to load. No 
; turning back after each load is spread 
t Front wheels cut under and machine can 
be turned in its nrpi|| ITCI1 while in 
_ own length. nLUULAICU motion 
to spread thick or thin. Our non-hunchablc rate holds all large chunks on top of beater until they are thoroughly pul¬ 
verized. Combined Hood and End Gate keeps manure away from beaterwhileloading and acts as wind hoodin spreading. 
I IPUTCOT no ACT ever produced on a manure spreader, because frontand rear wheels track andtheload is nearly equal- 
LlUtl I Ld I UltAr I ly balanced on front and rear axles which brings load upclose to horses. Send for free illus¬ 
trated catalogue giving full description and how to apply manure to secure bestresults. Saves time, labor, money. 
SMITH MANURE SPREADER CO., 16 & 18 S. CLINTON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 
RIFLE ®. PISTOL CARTRIDGES. 
“ It’s the shots that hit that count. ” Winchester 
Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, 
they shoot accurately and strike a good, hard, pene¬ 
trating blow. This is the kind of cartridges you will get, 
if you insist on having the time-tried Winchester make. 
ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. 
