1908. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
J27Y 
PORTABLE HOG HOUSES. 
Bulletin No. 153 of the Wisconsin Ex¬ 
periment Station (Madison) gives a 
good discussion of portable houses for 
hogs. It is well known that a good 
TIIE “A" PORTABLE IIOGIIOUSE. 
many hog raisers prefer to have the 
breeding sows scattered about in in¬ 
dividual portable houses which can be 
moved here and there. Such a house is 
shown above with frame below. This 
house is floored, 8x8 feet, and there 
are three stringers eight feet long which 
serve as runners for moving the house.' 
The pictures show how the house is 
made. 
trate of potash contains both potash 
and nitrogen it is better for corn, still 
it is not a complete fertilizer, since it 
does not contain any phosphoric acid. 
It is not probable that you can buy ni¬ 
trate of potash cheap enough to use or 
corn. Figure on it, as given back on 
page 99. You will see that the 905 
pounds of potash in the ton of nitrate 
will cost about $40 in the form of mu¬ 
riate, while the 254 pounds of nitrogen 
will cost $45 more if you buy it in ni¬ 
trate. Now what can you buy nitrate 
of potash, guaranteed, for? That is 
the best way to figure it out. We would 
rather use dried blood or tankage and 
muriate of potash for the corn. 
Concrete Floors. 
R. IF. J., Northboro , Mass .—Can you tell 
me whether it would be practicable to lay 
a concrete floor on wooden sleepers, using 
the wire reinforcing made for the same 
purpose when steel I beams are used? Is 
concrete satisfactory for stable floor? Is 
there any better way of making a water¬ 
tight floor in stable where basement is to 
be used for storage? 
A ns. —There is no way so good to 
construct a floor, for the purpose named, 
as of concrete, with the wire rein¬ 
forcing. When wood is used, for such 
a stable floor, it will swell from the 
liquid excrement, often leak, and at 
best is not durable. The wire must be 
strong and properly placed, and the 
beams heavy enough to support the 
greater weight of the concrete. Before 
putting in such floor I would advise 
consulting with some one who has prac¬ 
tical working knowledge of these ma¬ 
terials. EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
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POTATO We sell a Good Crate the cheapest, 
__ in the shook or nailed. 
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CHEESE AND CREAMERY REPORT. 
The following report of Hannibal 
Cheese Factory and Creamery for the 
year 1907 is made public: Number 
pounds of milk received, 3,477,448; 
amount of money paid to patrons, 
$45,243.29; average selling price of 
cheese, 12.85 cents per pound; average 
selling price of butter, 30 cents per 
pound; number pounds of milk per 
pound of cheese, 9.14. Average net 
price to patrons per 100 pounds milk for 
the year, $1.30. This is an average in¬ 
crease over 1906 of about 17 cents per 
pound of milk. With the price of but¬ 
ter and cheese the same this year as 
last, we shall he able to increase the 
price of milk still more, as we are put¬ 
ting in special machinery for that pur¬ 
pose. The past season was the banner 
year of the factory, but we shall aim to 
pay our patrons the very highest pos¬ 
sible prices for the coming season. 
E. B. TUCKER AND SON. 
NITRATE AND SULPHATE OF POJASH. 
F. IT. P., Fishers Ferry, Pa .—Would you 
give me a full explanation regarding the 
difference between nitrate of potash and 
sulphate of potash? Also state which kind 
is the best for potatoes and corn, and also 
tomatoes. 
Ans. —Here is a fair statement of 
the difference in plant food between 
nitrate and sulphate: 
POUNDS IN ONE TON. 
Nitrogen Potash 
Nitrate of potash.254 905 
Sulphate of potash. 0 1000 
Thus the nitrate is a combination of 
potash and nitrogen, both of which are 
needed by plants. The sulphate com¬ 
bines potash and sulphur—the latter 
not being needed in most soils, and 
therefore not having a fertilizing value. 
We must remember that it is not pos¬ 
sible to use nitrogen, potash and phos¬ 
phoric acid in a pure state. They 
would either escape as gas or destroy 
the plants if they could he used alone. 
They are used in chemical combination 
with other substances. The element 
which holds another element in this 
way gives a certain character to it. For 
example, common salt is a chloride— 
that is a combination of chlorine and 
soda; cooking soda is soda combined 
with carbonic acid, while nitrate of 
soda is the soda and nitrogen. As ni- 
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