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THE RURAL) NEW-YORKEB 
April 1, 
WINTER WORK IN WISCONSIN. 
We want to get the truth about locali¬ 
ties. The country seems to be full of 
people who are trying to sell land in 
one section or another. Most of them 
tell only the good things which may 
possibly be said of their locality, and 
carefully cover up anything that might 
throw a shadow on their bright pic¬ 
ture. That is why it is hard to tell a 
man just what he may expect in a new 
locality. The following report is sent us 
from Rusk County, Wis. It may make 
some of our Texas or Florida friends 
shiver, but Mr. Hazen puts it well when 
he says that a hustling poor man can 
box stall next the cows. The platform 
on which the cows stand will need to 
be from four feet to four feet 10 inches, 
to accommodate the different length of 
cows. This may be graduated, with the 
short ones in one end, the long ones 
in the other, or with a fastening device 
that will set them back or forward. Then 
four feet six inches will accommodate 
everything, except very long ones. The 
gutter should be 16 inches, with eight 
inches drop behind the cows, and six 
inches with the walk behind. Whether 
the cows shall stand face to face or 
“tail to” is largely a matter of individual 
preference. Personally I like the former 
way, as more convenient to feed. If one 
can drive through with a team it is 
better to have them face out; then the 
manure can be loaded from either side. 
A WISCONSIN FARMER’S WINTER WORK. Fig. 150. 
earn a home while a lazy man will 
starve. The curse of some warm coun¬ 
tries is the fact that a lazy man need 
not starve: 
The sawmills around Ingram have shut 
down for the last two years, and the only 
thing the farmers can do in the Winter now 
is to make railroad ties and pulp wood. 
The load I have on the sleigh is worth 
$2.50 at the paper mill, or $2 at railroad 
track. There are three big paper mills at 
Ladysmith, 14 miles from here, where they 
take hemlock, balsam, poplar and willow at 
$2.50 per cord and spruce is worth $6.50 
per cord. Railroad ties are worth at the 
track 20 cents, 24 cents and 10 cents re¬ 
spectively. A poor man who is a hustler 
can make a living here and pay for a piece 
of land, but a lazy man will starve in 
three months. d. h. hazen. 
This is desirable in the event of using 
a milking machine. The platform and 
gutters for both sides will occupy. 12 
feet and four inches; 10 feet and eight 
inches will make a good driveway. This 
will make 23 feet, from four to five feet 
wide. Leave a good space for feeding 
mangers and alleys on either-side. If 
one wished he could make some calf 
pens in the eight or nine feet left. 
There is no floor so economical for a 
stable as cement. The objection to its 
being cold is overcome by putting a 
heavy tar paper between the upper and 
lower layers of cement, tarred on both 
sides to make it stick. This will cut 
off the dampness from below. Such a' 
floor will absorb the heat from the 
cow’s body, and is really warmer than a 
board one. edward van aestyne. 
PLANNING A BARN. 
We are going to build a new barn tbis 
Spring 120x40 feet. Would it be better for 
us to build a basement stable or not? That 
is, could we ventilate the basement as well, 
and would it be as warm aud stock as 
free from disease as if the stable was in the 
frame? We have some very cold weather 
here, sometimes 20 below zero. We wish to 
stable about 50 head of cattle and four or 
six horses. Please give us some floor plan. 
What would be the best way to ventilate? 
We could place this barn so we could drive 
in the gable end aud thereby do away with 
a hay fork. Would this be advisable? 
Chateaugay, N. Y. e. h. p. 
I would advise having the stable in 
the frame, rather than in the basement. 
With the latter there is always more 
danger from dampness, and there is 
usually no economy of construction. 
With a well-lined and ceiled wall there 
is no trouble about having the stable 
warm enough. I consider 40 degrees 
about right. If the sides are lathed and 
plastered, or covered with plaster board, 
as many use, this will add to the 
warmth, appearance and cleanliness. 
With a new barn and stable I would 
recommend the “King system” of ven¬ 
tilation, with an intake for the air to 
come in near the ceiling, and the out- 
take near the floor, with the flues ex¬ 
tending above the peak of the roof. It 
certainly is an advantage to be able to 
drive in the gable end, so long as you 
do not have to rise too heavy a grade 
to accomplish it. 
A cow will need about three feet six 
inches of space; 25 with this distance 
between them, with an alley to pass 
through, would mean 90 feet in length. 
Two rows would accommodate 50 cows. 
This will leave 30 feet in the.end for 
the horse stalls, closets and granaries, 
and perhaps a place for a bull pen and a 
CLIP YOUR HORSES 
IN THE SPRING 
Clipped horses have the best of it in every 
way. They not only look better, but they 
are fresh and full of life and vigor. Their 
feed does them more good, they rest better 
and do better work. They are not subject 
to coughs, colds, pneumonia, etc., which 
ruin many good horses. Clip before you 
put the horses at the spring work. You 
can clip a horse in 30 minutes with this 
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Anyone can operate it 
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In 
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Feeding 1 milk to a calf robs 
\\\jjW you of 50 to 75 cents per day. 
>'W Gregson’s Calf Meal is a perfect 
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r keep your best calves, raise them 
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