1904 
Fire proof Paints For Shingles. 
If. R., Sangamon Co., III .—Is there any 
reasonably cheap paint that when applied 
to a shingle roof will make the roof fire¬ 
proof against the sparks that come out of 
the chimney? My chimneys are fairly tall 
and come out near the top of the roof, and 
yet when I reshingled a couple of years 
ago I found a hundred or so small burnt 
or seared spots on the old shingles, and 
one or two were two inches across, show¬ 
ing that 1 was dangerously near having a 
bad fire. 
Ans.—S hingles may be so treated that 
the sparks that may alight upon them 
will expire before they can effect a blaze 
with the wood. Whitewash is one of 
the best fire-proofing materials for the 
purpose. Dip the shingles in a thin, 
fresh lime wash, when the wood is per¬ 
fectly dry, and the addition of salt and 
wood ashes improves it. The color of 
course is not pleasing. Whitewash in 
two or three coats is a good fireproof 
material for all woodwork. Water glass, 
thinned with seven parts of water will 
make a wooden surface fireproof. Use 
soft or boiled water. In about 24 hours 
apply a second coat, and even a third 
may be advisable. Use a new brush, and 
wash it out well in clean water when 
done, to preserve the bristles. The sur¬ 
face treated must be free from grease 
of any sort. A more elaborate but very 
effectual shingle fireproofing paint may 
be made as follows: Sulphate of zinc, 
20 pounds; alum, 20 pounds; caustic 
potash, eight pounds; manganic oxide, 
eight pounds, and add sulphuric acid, 
eight pounds. Dissolve these in a barrel 
of hot water. Pack the shingles loosely 
in another barrel and fill with the liquid, 
holding the shingles under the mixture. 
Fill up the first barrel also with shin¬ 
gles, soak for three hours, and pile up 
to dry. Repeat until all the shingles are 
done. After the shingles have been put 
on the house give them a coat of oxide 
of iron paint. Any other color of paint 
may be useu. A shingle roof may be 
fireproofed by coating it over twice with 
a hot saturated solution of one part 
green vitriol and three parts alum. 
When the wood has become quite dry 
£ive it a coat of a weak solution of green 
vitriol in which pipe clay has been 
mixed to the consistency of paint. This 
coat must be renewed from time to time. 
Water glass is affected by the weather, 
hut while it lasts it is certainly a great 
fire resister. Any earth paint, like ocher 
or oxide of iron, is a fireproof paint to 
a certain extent, as the hard surface 
which they offer retards the progress of 
the flames or the cinders for a Lime, and 
a minute of time in case of a fire is of 
great value. a. a. k. 
EXPERIENCE WITH BLOOD MEAL 
Not with Separator Milk. 
1 used soluble blood flour for calves, 
which is the same as the meal except that 
it is ground to a greater degree of fine¬ 
ness. 1 have fed from one teaspoonful to 
a half pint at a feed in skim-milk (sepa¬ 
rator). After a thorough trial I am con¬ 
vinced that good calves cannot be raised 
in this manner, no matter how much blood 
meal is used. 1 have not found it good 
for scours in calves, as is often claimed. 
We are all aware that skim-milk is high 
in protein and deficient in carbohydrates 
and fat. Then how can we balance it by 
the use of an article which is wholly pro¬ 
tein? Cornmeal is undoubtedly the best 
substitute for the butter fat. When made 
into mush and added to the milk hot K 
warms it just right for the calves and 
they seem to like it better. I have not 
tried blood meal on calves getting whole 
milk, but theoretically it would be an ex¬ 
cellent material for balancing Jersey 
milk, which is too rich in fat for growing 
calves. In such a case I should use one 
part water to two parts milk with about 
two ounces of blood flour to the feed. In 
feeding blood meal to milch cows I noted 
an immediate increase in the milk flow. 
In using it with corn or cornmeal the lack 
of protein is supplied in a highly digestible 
material, and by its use I see no reason 
why cornmeal would not be balanced to 
analyze almost Identical with wheat bran, 
and accordingly be made a desirable feed 
for milch cows, brood sows, pigs, calves* 
brood mares, laying hens, etc.; while it 
is a well-established fact that corn In 
itself is adapted for none such, I should 
use about 10 pounds of blood meal with 
00 pounds of cornmeal. This would form 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
165 
u mixture carrying something like 18 per 
cent protein. This compound would cost 
auoui $1.35 per fix) at the present prices, 
and would be superior to middlings, as it 
would not have a binding effect. Blood 
meal certainly is a valuable adjunct to 
our feeding list, but 1 could not recom¬ 
mend it for calves on separator milk. 
Illinois. M. S. ANDERSON. 
Feed it with Caution. 
To young calves we begin feeding w'hen 
a week old. We add some separator skim- 
milk to the full mother’s milk and put in 
a very little—about the size of a bean of 
blood meal. As we feed more skim-milk 
we increase the amount of blood meal. At 
three weeks old the calf gets all skim- 
milk—five pints with one-half teaspoonful 
of blood meal three times daily. Now we 
slowly increase amount of blood meal till 
we give three heaped teaspoonfuls per day 
in skim-milk. This seems to be very small 
doses, indeed, but we have learned by ex¬ 
perience that more of the stuff will cause 
trouble. Before we took to feeding blood 
meal we used vegetable compounds—calf 
meals, stock foods, flaxseed, etc.—but we 
w’ould not use them again if given to us 
for the following reasons: 
Blood meal is a good deal cheaper to 
begin with; no bother boiling and mixing; 
just throw in pail and pour milk on it; it 
will dissolve nicely. Calves raised on 
skim-milk and blood meal will gain more 
and look better than calves running with 
their dam. That sounds big but it is true. 
1 have seen them side by side; Short-horn 
cattle. If fed carefully as above told 
calves will not see a sic(t day; always 
smart and active, bright-eyed and with a 
shiny coat. We haven’t had a case of 
scours on the place since we learned how 
to feed blood meal. I have cured scours 
in neighbors’ calves by feeding blood meal 
to them. Before feeding blood meal I used 
to keep a good supply of drugs on hand 
to stop scours in calves promptly, but 
don’t keep any now. Calves raised on 
blood meal will learn to eat grain and hay 
earlier than when fed the old vegetable 
compounds. We have two youngsters in 
the stable now; one only 14 days old eat¬ 
ing crushed oats like a veteran; the other, 
only nine days old, is nibbling at it quite 
smartly. But remember, feed carefully and 
with caution. Don’t think because your 
calves look well that a little more blood 
meal will make them better. It will turn 
out the opposite, sure. We tried that. 1 
urge every farmer raising skim-milk calves 
to give blood meal a careful trial. 
PAUL M. ROEMER. 
Tarring Corn.— The very beet way to 
fix corn so the crows will “vote you no 
gentleman” that we have found, Is to take 
a little water-gas tar put on the corn dry. 
It goes over it almost as if by magic, 
kernels never stick together, it dries quick¬ 
ly, needing no drier; in fact far ahead of 
any other method we ever tried. s. b. 
Mass. 
Lightning and Tin Roofs.— I have al¬ 
ways heard that a tin roof was a great 
protection against lightning. I have seen 
two buildings that were struck by light 
ning, one a new dwelling covered with tin. 
This building was damaged very much, 
two of the corner posts being torn out and 
other timbers badly splintered. The other 
building was a stable covered with 
shingles. This also had the corner posts 
torn out. Now this stable was empty, 
having no feed of any kind in it. 
Greenwood, Va. J. w. m. 
The Cow: “Gee! I’m thirsty. I wish 
I belonged to a Wall Street syndicate.” 
The Rooster: “Why do you wish that?” 
The Cow: “ ’Cause they never forget to 
water their stock.”—Puck. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
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ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK? 
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It used to be considered that only urinary and 
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kid¬ 
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all diseases have their beginning in the disorder 
of these most important organs. 
The kidneys filter and purify the blood—that 
is their work. 
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out 
of order, you can understand how quickly your 
entire body is affected, and how every organ 
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If you are sick or “feel badly,” begin taking 
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Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible 
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How to Find Out. 
If there is any doubt in your mind as to your 
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it stand twenty-four hours. If on examination 
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bladder troubles. 
DR. KILMER’S 
Kidney,Liver & Bladder 
CURE. 
DIRECTIONS. 
may take one, two or three 
teaspooufuls before or After 
meals and a t bedtime. 
Children less according to age. 
May commence witn small 
doses and l ncrease to full dose 
or more, as the case would 
seem to require. 
This great remedy cures all 
kidney, 1 Iver, bladder and Uric 
Acid troubles and disorders 
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catarrh of the bladder, gravel, 
rheumatism, lumbago and 
Bright's Disease, which is the 
worst form of kidney disease. 
It is pleasant to take. ( 
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but remember the name, Swamp- 
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and the address Binghamton, N. 
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