1906. 
ANOTHER BARN PLAN. 
R. M. D., page 78, wants to build a 
barn 32 x 50. As Mr. Cook’s plan (45 x 
50) may not suit, I submit a plan, al¬ 
though you will see that I use the same 
arrangement for stalls. Stalls occupy one 
side of barn, but may be turned to suit 
convenience. Plan allows stable for cows 
25 x 13; passage 5 x 13, horse stalls 
(four) 20 x 13. As you enter the barn 
a stairway at right takes you to loft; 
next comes carriage room 9 x 22 (stair¬ 
way is three feet wide) ; then grain room, 
opposite passage, and equally convenient 
to horses and cows, 5x9; next harness 
room 7 l /2 x 9. Harness room should have 
closet for fancy driving harness, robes, 
blankets, etc.; a wash stand would also 
be convenient. Last but not least, an 
implement room, 12J^ x 9, which every 
farmer should have. Here may be stored 
a multitude of small implements, safe 
from the weather. This room may have 
a work bench; should have if you have 
no shop. Driveway 10 feet wide runs en¬ 
tire length of barn. It will be seen that 
I have planned for lots of daylight; when 
the universe is brimfull of it it seems too 
had to shut it out—it is sanitary, too. By 
all means lay no floor under the carriages 
—by keeping them on the ground you 
save much shrinking of rims, and expan¬ 
sion of blacksmith’s bills. As to cost—if 
R. M. D. can get his frame out for $200 
and will work like a nigger—an indus¬ 
trious nigger, mind you—he ought to 
build a barn 32 x 50 for $800 and have 
something left. Discharge your carpen¬ 
ters when the frame is up, if you are at 
all handy with tools. Putting in windows, 
building doors, etc., isn’t such an under¬ 
taking as you might think. Make it 
warm, light and airy, but not draughty. 
P. S.—And don’t forget to talk parcels 
post. f. B. R. 
West Buxton, Me. 
AN EXPERIENCE WITH GAS LIME. 
I notice a question about the use of gas 
lime on page 155. Three years ago I 
spread 125 bushels on an acre of meadow 
land to kill out the Witch grass, as I had 
been told that this would do it. At the 
time the lime was spread, there were about 
two feet of snow on the ground, with a 
good hard crust, (about March l). In 
less than a week the lime had turned from 
yellow to the white of ordinary lime, and 
the snow had melted a foot more where 
lime was spread than the surrounding 
country. Land was plowed in the Spring 
as early as possible, and peas and corn 
were planted where Witch grass was the 
worst, and strawberries set out on the re¬ 
mainder. I did not obtain the result that 
I sought, but the soil has been more mel¬ 
low and easier to work since that time. 
I could not see that any of the crops 
were injured in any way by the lime, and 
the Witch grass seemed to be benefited by 
it. 1 had been warned that nothing would 
grow the next year, but I think that the 
impurities of the lime were taken out by 
the March winds. The lime cost me one 
cent per bushel at the gas house and $4 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
239 
to get it on the land, but I think that the 
soil was benefited enough to pay for the 
trouble. K. L. r. 
Florence, Mass. 
WORK OF A GASOLINE ENGINE. 
I use my gasoline engine for spraying and 
turning grindstone. It does those two things 
well. I think it could be used, to good ad¬ 
vantage for grinding feed, shelling corn, cut¬ 
ting fodder, also for churning and washing. 
Some farmers use them for sawing small 
wood. I saw one the other day, 1(4 horse 
power, attached to a feed mill, and it did 
the work satisfactorily. Mine is 2(4 horse 
power. I place it on the hind end of the 
wagon, back of the tank,, with a cover over 
it strong enough for a man to stand on, 
and operate a lead of hose, I also have a 
guard rail around to protect operator, and 
have reins fastened to rail so that the man 
spraying from the wagon can drive the 
team. Another lead of hose 50 feet long 
is used by the operator on the ground. My 
son, a boy 14 years old, operated the engine 
and the lead of hose on the ground last 
season. The engine usually needs no care 
after starting while we are spraying out 180 
gallons of mixture. The boy oils and cares 
for the engine while I drive from the orchard 
to the place we get water. I have a suction 
hose long enough to reach from the pump 
down into a spring or ditch, and by opening 
the pressure valve pump the water into the 
tank with the engine, thus saving considerable 
hand labor, and make spraying comparatively 
easy by the side of the old way of pumping 
the water in the tank and pumping the mix¬ 
ture out again by hand. b. m. smith. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
WONDER ELECTRIC LIGHTING OUTFIT. 
For the Farm, Shop, Cottage or Pri¬ 
vate Residence. So simple anyone 
can operate them. This is the 
first out!! t ever offered for sale 
at such a price that you can¬ 
not afford to be without one. 
Think of it; only 
one-tenth of a 
cent per hour 
for each IB 
C. P. lamp. 
You can also 
use engine 
. —. _ _ - - . during the 
day for other purposes. Outfits from $110.00 up. 
Send for comnlete catalog. The R. M. Cornwell 
Co., 444 So. Sallna St., Syracuse, N.Y. 
THE 
COLUMBUS 
Gas and Gasoline 
Engines. 
Simple, effective, 
easily started and 
adjusted. 
Columbus Machine Co. 
Columbus, Ohio, 
Send for Catalogue 
No. 62. 
Gas and Gasoline 
Engines. 
The Fairbanks engines are 
made to do the work of the 
every day practical man. They 
are not fussy. They don’t stop 
at unexpected times. 
We make and sell the kind of 
engines that give results be¬ 
cause we are practical power 
men and know what the farmer 
needs. Write us. 
Fairbanks Farm Power Dept, 
is ready to give any reader of 
this paper practical, helpful 
suggestions on any power or 
engine matter free of charge. 
Write for our Farm Power 
Book. Address 
The Fairbanks Co., 
NEW YORK. 
Albany, New Orleans, 
Boston, Philadelphia, 
Buffalo, Baltimore, 
Syracuse, Pittsburg, 
Hartford, Conn. Bangor, Me., 
London, Eng. Glasgow, Scotland. 
A Never Failing Water Supply, 
with absolute safety, at small cost may be had by using the 
Improved Rider Hot Air Pumping Engine and 
Improved Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engine. 
Built by us for more than 30 years and sold in every country in the world Exclu¬ 
sively intended for pumping water. May be run by any ignorant boy or woman. 
So well built that their durability is yet to be determined, engines which were sold 
30 years ago being still in active service. 
Send stamp for “ C4 ' Catalogue to nearest office 
RIDER-ERICSSON ENGINE CO„ 
35 Warren St., New York. 232 Jrauklln St., Boston 
40 Dearborn St., Chicago. 334 (:ral « St.,West,Montreal, P.Q. 
40 North Ith St., Philadelphia. 32 Pitta St., Sydney, N. S. W. 
Tanlente-Bey 11, Havana. Cob*. 
The Stoddard Combination. 
The Rack Breaker Combination. 
^T^HE STODDARD COMBINATION is a money-making and a labor- 
A saving investment. It adds dollars to your bank account and lightens your 
work. It is the most complete sawing outfit manufactured. 
T HE STODDARD ENGINE is always ready in cold weather as well as 
warm, the Material, Workmanship and Horse Power are guaranteed. It 
will operate any piece of machinery that requires power, and will do its work on a 
very small amount of gasoline. 
Drag Saw Outfits if Preferred. Write for Catalog E. H. 
Stoddard Mfg. Co., 
Rutland, Vt. 
11 
ABENAQUE” 
Write for Free Cat. O. 
COMBINATION CIRCULAR AND DRAG 
SAW OUTFIT WITH 5 H. P. ENGINE. 
Everything 
on one sot 
of trucks. 
Simple, 
Strong, 
Easy to 
Operate. 
GASOLINE 
ENGINES 
and 
SAW RIGS. 
ABENAQUE MACHINE WORKS, WestminsterSta., Vt. 
IOO Gallons 
30 Foot 
I Cont 
F airbanks-Morse 
Domestic Water Supply 
Provides all the convenience* of city water 
works at moderate cost 
Gas, Gasoline or Kerosene Engines for all purposes 
from 2 h. p. up. 
Cut out complete advertisement and send to 
Fa-irba-nks, Morse (Si Co. 
Monroe St. Chlcecgo, Ill. 
Please send me Illustrated Catalogue No. W 598 
Gasoline Engines. 
I may want..h. p. to.. 
. Street No._ 
.State 
A POWER 
(f 3 on Every 
Farm 
T here should 
power of some 
on every farm. 
It saves labor, time and 
money, and increases the 
earning capacity of the farm. 
It will work the raw material 
the farm into a finished product. 
All up-to-date farmers agree that 
the modern gasoline engine is the 
best farm power. 
Our I. H. C. gasoline engine is 
the best gasoline engine. 
It is strong, durable, long lived 
and is of full rated, actual (not esti¬ 
mated) horse power. 
It is easy to operate and is easily 
kept in working order. 
It developes the maximum of power 
with the minimum of fuel. 
Specially adapted to cutting dry 
fodder and ensilage, husking, shred¬ 
ding and shelling corn; threshing 
INTERNATIONAL 
HARVESTER 
and grinding feed; sawing wood, 
separating cream, pumping water,etc. 
Indeed there is no service required 
of a power that will not be performed 
most satisfactorily by this engine. 
I. H. C. gasoline engines are made 
in the following styles and sizes: 
Vertical—2, 3 <0. 5 Horse Power; 
Horizontal —(Portable and Station¬ 
ary), 4, 6, 8,10,12 <0 15 Horse Power. 
} If you are notintendingto purchase 
an engine now, you may want one in 
the future and really ought to know 
more about them. 
Call on our Local A^ent.Iet him show you 
the engines and supply you with catalog, or 
write for further information. Do it now, 
COMPANY OF AMERICA, CHICAGO, ILL. 
(INCORPORATED.) 
DON’T BUY GASOLINE ENGINES 
all one-cylinder engines; revolutionizing gas power, 
tionary ur traction. Mention this paper. Send FOR Catalogue. 
buy am 
THE 
UNTIL YOU INVESTIGATE 
‘‘THE MASTER WORKMAN." 
a two-cylinder gasoline engine superior to 
Quickly, easily started. No vibration. Can be mounted on any wagon at small cost—portable, sta- 
TEMPLE PIMP C'O., Mfru., Meagher A loth St«., t’hleugo THIS IS OUR PIETY-SECOND YEAR. 
