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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER.' 
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April 2 
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FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Ventilating a Henhouse. 
IS. O. IK, Trumansbwrg, N. 7 .—How does 
Mr. Cook ventilate his henhouses? 
J. R. W., Adamsville, N. 7 .—Will H. E. 
Cook tell how to build a henhouse so as to 
keep a temperature of from 37 to 42 de¬ 
grees on the inside with the thermom¬ 
eter from zero to 20 below on the outside? 
Ans. —The King system v r as placed in 
this henhouse four years ago, but was 
rc-ally of no value then, because of the 
comparatively low temperature. We are 
carrying a much higher temperature 
now, but do not use it. This room is 
ceiled upon the inside with unmatched 
boards, the side walls filled with straw', 
about 10 inches space. In the loft straw 
is put in loosely and the space between 
the boards caused by shrinkage is left 
open into the loose straw above. The 
door into the room does not shut air¬ 
tight, and therefore serves as an intake 
for fresh air, then very slowly passing 
into the straw above. In this way it 
would seem that a much slower circula¬ 
tion takes place than would if there 
was an opening cut directly into the loft 
and the circulation left free, as it would 
even through an ordinary out-take flue. 
I do not feel like speaking with much 
authority upon the hen business, but it 
is rather a lingering belief that hen¬ 
houses as a rule are troubled with too 
much change of air rather than a lack 
of it, and furthermore that the apparent 
need of ventilation when one goes into 
a house comes largely from filth, and a 
lack of sanitation due to droppings long 
preserved. The amount of air necessary 
for a given number of hens, as compared 
to cows, will surprise one. If we figure 
upon live weight alone, an average cow 
weighs 1,000 pounds. This would equal 
200 hens. We put the cow into a space 
equal to 500 or 600 cubic feet as the ex¬ 
treme space needed. To match this for 
200 hens we should have a room 20 feet 
long, 10 feet wide and three feet high, 
pretty close quarters for 200 hens. That 
is three cubic feet for a hen. The rule 
calls for five square feet of floor space 
per fowl, and the height is usually six 
feet, which figures 30 cubic feet per 
fowl, or 10 times the amount required 
upon a cow basis. Or this same rule, 
applied to cow r s, would give each cow 
5,500 cubic feet of air space equivalent 
to a room 35x20x8 feet high. Do you 
think ventilation would be an import¬ 
ant question in that stable? 
I am not inclined to belittle the neces¬ 
sity of pure air, but to magnify the 
value of cleanliness, and so secure pure 
air with less frequent change. Our 
judgment is often wrong because we 
have not the correct point of view. I 
was helping a carpenter “lay out” a 
building not long ago. We sighted past 
another building to get a corner stake, 
when suddenly we both observed that 
the corner of the building was not per¬ 
pendicular. We very quickly saw that 
our judgment was formed from a stand¬ 
ing pole not far distant that caught the 
eye, which was not plumb. Another 
thing which we have done this Winter 
not found in the books, has been to give 
the hens less than two square feet of 
floor space. I will not vouch for any 
advice that it is the thing to do. The 
hens may all die any moment. All I do 
know is that they are healthy, hearty, 
and lay real eggs, fresh eggs, too. Just 
a word though. They have laid regular¬ 
ly without regard to outside weather 
because they have been warm, not in 
spots, but all over all of the time. A 
ben if uncomfortable one day in a week 
will do business the other six daj's up¬ 
on that day’s treatment. Now in this 
henhouse there was no other way of se¬ 
curing such a comparatively high tem¬ 
perature, but to put in as many hens as 
possible and let them warm it. h. e. o. 
Tarring Corn.— Here is my method: I 
take a box that will hold about a bushel, 
not so tight that water will not run out of 
It; put in one-half bushel of corn, pour on 
a pailful of hot water. When drained off 
put on a big spoonful of coal tar and stir 
with a stick until the corn is all tarred. 
For a drier I use sifted wood ashes. I sift 
the ashes out of the corn whether I plant 
by hand or hand planter. b. p. m. 
Cleaning a Chimney.— On page 210 I read 
an answer to a question previously asked, 
how to clean soot from a chimney. The 
brush is very good, but lots of work. For 
a number of years I have tried the follow¬ 
ing with success: I save all the pieces of 
zinc, old or new that I can find and when¬ 
ever I think there is an accumulation of 
soot, either in pipe or chimney, I put a few 
pieces on the fire when it is very hot and 
it will clear both of soot every time. Thy 
it. MRS. s. e. v. 
Warren Co., N. Y. 
Children and Dogs.— In answer to A. H. 
P. of New Hampshire would say that we 
have always kept dogs and have f: und that 
it is not the breed so much as the individual 
dog that is safe with children. Fox terriers 
are so excitable that they are undesirable 
as playmates for small children. I have 
had French poodles that could be trusted 
with anything except a boy determined to 
be aggravating, and I have had a red set¬ 
ter that no amount of teasing would make 
other than gentle, patient and forbearing. 
We have now a purebred Boston terrier 
that is an ideal companion for anyone, 
from the dawn of infancy to the last twi¬ 
light ray of old age. Black and tans are 
supposed to be of a nervous temperament, 
but I have had one of the liveliest kind, of 
about eight pounds weight, who was a 
friend of children all his life long, and 
never once showed any irritation, though 
a great fighter with other dogs. Of course 
children should be taught to treat dogs 
sympathetically and certainly no greater 
or more enduring pleasure can be given a 
child than the fellowship of a good dog. 
Select your dog and treat him right, that 
is the secret. _j. b. e. 
She: “What reason have you for 
thinking women have no aim in life?” 
He: “I have seen several of them at¬ 
tempt to throw stones.”—Chicago Daily 
News. 
Automobile Dealer: “This machine 
we guarantee can be stopped in three 
lengths, going at full speed.” Prospec¬ 
tive Purchaser: “Um-m-m! Which side 
up?”—Town and Country. 
Mamma: “Why did you take little 
brother’s candy and eat it up? Why 
didn't you ask him if you could have 
it?” Little Alice: “Why, I did, mamma, 
and he said I couldn’t.”—Cincinnati 
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DROVER NURSERY Ce.’ , S3t»f. 
Hardy Flowers and Ferns 
A collection of 15 varieties of hardy plants for II .0<] 
If you mention this paper. 700 varieties of Dahlias, 
10cto$5eaeb. Sena for catalogue. NORTH SHORE 
FERNERIES, Growers & Importers, Beverly, Mass. 
Hoyt’s Trees 
“Hoyt” ought to know something about 
growing trees—been at it more than 50 
years and has more than 500 acres in 
nursery stock. Our stock is all grown on 
rich soil of New England’s rugged hills; 
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We have an extra largo nnd fine lot of Peach Trees 
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•14* Barclay Stf NEW YORK- 
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have the quality that give both 
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Marblehead, Mass. 
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Philadelphia 
Pronounced l>y experts to be “the most mag¬ 
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It is a descendant of the Old Crimson Rambler, 
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The plants are hardy as oaks and will grow 
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introducers of tins beautiful rose,and now have 
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PRICES 
Extra Size Field Grown Dormant Plants. 
Before shipping these we trim them back to 
proper size for planting. 
2 to s ft. at 75c each 5 for Ss.oo, express. 
8“ 4 “ “$1.00 “ 5 “ 4.00 “ 
4“ 5 “ “ 1.50 “ 6 “ 6.00 “ 
Send for Special Trices In large quantities; 
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about Roses and 400 other choice plants. Free. 
THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY, 
Box 4, West Grove, Pa. 
"Growers of the Best Boses in 
America." 
FRUIT TREES 
Guaranteed by us to bear fruit of best quality We 
pay freight Instructive illustrated catalogue FREE. 
CENTRAL MICHIGAN NURSERY 
Write to-day._ KALAMAZOO. MICH, 
THE WARD BLACKBERRY 
THI8 IS something new and of real merit. * Very 
* few new fruits have as high endorsement. Sendfoi 
illustrated circular and pricellstl a quantities. Small 
well-rooted plants by mail, $1 per dozen, $4 per bun 
dred. Also Peach and other Fruit Trees, Strawberry 
and other Small Fruit Plants at reasonable prices 
All stock packed in first class order free of charge. 
Address CHARLES BLACK, Hightstown. N. J, 
If yon cannot securo from your Seedsman, 
GROFF’S HYBRID GLADIOLI 
[GENUINE] 
in their several sections, write me and I will mail my 
1004 illustrated catalogue in which I offer the high¬ 
est qualltywhich can be seen red in the world at 
prices which are much below the value furnished 
ARTHUR COWEE, gladiolus specialist, 
IVTeiidowvalo Farm. Berlin, N. Y. 
STOKFSIA CVANFA Fluent hardy border plant. I year 
a I WACOIA U AINC/Y oW Ill#nt8) ^_ 00 per 1 on. Seed,$1.00 
per <•/.. For 12.00 per 100 exp. you can Imy 100 Geranium*, Can nan, 
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plants. Send for list. BKN.L CONNELL, Florist, West Ornve, Pa. 
Woodview Nurseries. 
Apples, 6 — 13c.; Peach, 2 — 8c.; Cherry, Plum, 
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NEW WAVERLY OATS ff.SSFS&S 
■■ this country in 1903 $1.25 per bush, while they 
last; b gs. It c. Seed stock imported from Scotland. 
I offer choice Timothy, Alsike, Alfalfa, lied Top, 
Blue Grass, Orchard Grass. Millet Hungarian, Spring 
Wheat, Spring Hye, Barley. Buckwheat, Essex Rape. 
Spelt/., Soja Beans, Sorghum, Cow Peas, Potatoes 
I reaming ana Prlaeofthe North Corn, Yellow State 
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TOUNG & H AISTKAD, 2 and 4 Grand St., Troy, N. 7 
PURE TESTED SEEDS 
fAL.1. PER BUSBEL). 
Medium Clover, $7.75; Mammoth Clover, $7.75 Al¬ 
sike Clover. $0.50; Alfalfa, $9; Crimson, $3 50; Tim¬ 
othy, $1.75; Fane/ Blue Grass, $1.25: Orchard Grass, 
$1.75; ltedtop,$120: Spring Bye. $1.25; Spring Wheat, 
$1.40; Seed Oats. 70e.; German Millet. $1.10; Hunga¬ 
rian. $1.25; Spelt, $1; Kaffir Corn, 90e.; Cow Peas, 
$1.75; Sola Feans. $2; Seed Barley, 85c.; Learning 
Corn,$1.25; Pride Corn, $1.25. 
Write for our Seed and Poultry Supply Catalogue. 
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UHflnLtd r. >AUL, SVRAC-USE, N. Y. 
DWYER 9 S 1904 
Sent free on request. Full of information 
about fruit and ornamental trees, small 
______ fruits, vines and plants for garden or lawn. Grown on our own 
B^U Bw grounds; true to name; guaranteed to grow. Prices just right. 
T. J. Dwyer's book on hardy trees , plants and 
tm HTM M vines, 50 cents. Sent free -with siming orders. 
BiMw^ B T. J. DWYER & CO., Orange County Nurseries, Cornwall. N. Y, 
Early Asparagus I Strawberry Plants 
111/-L- rrrAu'inrr earNl Kirr etalb I C 4 /./. 1 , ^.. — «.V It _ 
The quick growing, early, big stalk sort, 
our leader. Giant Argenteull. Delicate 
green, tender and succulent. Very pro¬ 
lific. Donald's Elmira, Palmetto and 
other good kinds. Large stock. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES 
Stock complete of strong, well rooted, 
vigorous plants, best varieties. \Ve rec¬ 
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way, Louis Hubach and Marie. All 
the choice kinds. Get free fruit catalog. 
. Box 29, BERLIN, MO. 
Choice re-cleaned, se~d for all purposes. 
Dreer's Permanent pasture grass is recommended 
to those who desire quick results. We furnish Grass 
and Clover Seeds of all kinds and in any quantity 
desired. Write for prices on any seed needed. 
HEhlRV a, DREER, Phila., Pa. 
DIBBLE’S SEED POTATOES 
The best that can be obtained anywhere from any one at any price, because grown from selected 
seed on virgin soil in the cold North, stored in frost-proof warehouses, therefore will grow.'' All 
new. standard sorts. Catalogue Free. KUWAKD F. DIBBLE, Seed Grower, Uoneoye Falls N V 
U. S. DEPARTMENT 
OF AGRICULTURE 
reports a yield of our CORN of 
ONE HUNDRED BU. OF SHELLED 
CORN PER ACRE. 
From a letter received from the Department we 
quote the following: “We grew 77 stalks, which 
produced 70 good ears and 24 poor ones, 
making a total weight of 73lbs. All the 
stalks produced ears.” This is 101-pg bushels of 
shelled corn per acre planted three and one-half feet 
each way, two stalks to the hill. 
Prices for COLLING WOOD and TALIAFERRO 
corn Packet postpaid, 15c; two packets, (one of each 
kind ,25c.; by express or freight, $1 00 per bu.of ears. 
P. B. CROSBY Ait SON, Catpnaville, Md 
$5# 
Brand registered I 
"I niEU.S.ANDCAN- 
STANDARD 
OF 
excellence: 
cleanliness 
^ purity 
Grass Seed 
These Brands of 
Timothy and Glovers 
Sold Only in 
Machine Sewed Bags 
Ask Your Dealer for Them 
PINE TREE 
