1911. 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKER 
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A VIRGINIA STOCK BARN. 
The two pictures shown at Figs. 364 
and 365 are a feed and stock barn 
which I built on my farm in 1910. This 
barn is set on a 10-inch concrete foun¬ 
dation, 40x80 feet, with a 16-foot drive¬ 
way through the short way, and has a 
10-foot feed-way through the long way 
of it. By doing this you then have four 
l)ox pens 15x32 feet for cattle, or stalls, 
whichever you like. It is 20 feet to the 
square or rafters. The first floor or loft 
is only 13 feet from the sill, enabling 
you to pitch anything with a fork in 
the mow, and still high enough for 
stock and even high enough to drive 
A VIRGINIA STOCK BARN. Fig. 364 
through and load the manure on a 
wagon of a manure spreader, whichever 
is convenient. This saves a lot of 
handling of the manure by being able 
to drive right in the barn and loading 
on the wagon, especially if it is snow¬ 
ing or raining. It has rolling doors 
11x13 at each corner on the outside, and 
rolling doors across the 16-foot drive¬ 
way in the center on the outside, two 
doors on each side, 9x18, and then four 
gates in the center to make each box 
entirely separate. These gates are 11x6 
feet. By opening all doors and gates 
one can drive anyway in it with manure 
spreader. Over the drive-way in the 
center the floor is four or five feet 
higher than the rest of it, enabling one 
to drive a thrash box through or a load 
of hay, leaving an opening in the center 
big enough to unload hay with a hay 
fork. Each crack in the floor has a 
strip under it to keep hayseed from 
sifting through. By having the floor 
only 13 feet high it is seven feet to the 
rafters and then the slope of the rafters, 
which gives a world of mow space for 
hay or wheat; in fact it holds all the 
END VIEW OF VIRGINIA BARN. Fig. 3G5 
feed I can raise on my farm. The 
rafters are in two sets. On either side 
of the 10-foot feed-way in the center 
there are 8x8 posts 27 feet one inch, set¬ 
ting 10 feet apart, and on top a plate to 
support the rafters, enabling it to hold 
up the heaviest snow. It has a hay¬ 
fork running on a wire cable and un¬ 
loads from the center from each way. It 
is covered with burlap gravel roofing, 
which took about 44 squares. It only 
took about 40,000 feet of lumber to build 
it, and it is a pleasure to go there in 
a rough Winter day and have all the 
stock in there warm and dry, and it 
does not take near the feed it would if 
it was fed on the outside. j. o. wood. 
Bath Co., Va. 
Terrier Shedding Hair. 
We have a young fox terrier about IS 
months old, Tioalth.v and vigorous in every 
way, hut he has been shedding ever since he 
was six months old. He is a line ratter and 
a great pet, but we find this is a very dis- 
agreeabie condition, especially as he is a 
house dog. What shall I do to cure him? 
I have used creolin, to no purpose, c. e. b. 
Ohio. 
Let the dog live an outdoor life and oc¬ 
cupy an outdoor kennel. Feed him once 
daily, in the evening. Do not feed sweets 
or potatoes. Give him a good washing 
once a week in a bath of coal tar dip, and 
use a hard brush often on his coat. 
A. S. A. 
VETCH AS HORSE HAY. 
I have just read the inquiry of H. B., 
of Virginia, in regard to Hairy vetch as 
hay for horses, and as I have had eight 
years’ experience in growing it for that 
purpose I may be able to add a little to 
the very excellent advice given by Dr. 
Shamel. First of all, let me say, do not 
sow the vetch alone; sow either with 
Virginia Gray Winter oats or some 
good variety of smooth wheat. If sown 
alone you will find it next to impossible 
to harvest it, as it will sprawl out flat 
on the ground. Here in Norfolk 
County I can sow any time from August 
20 to October 20 with good results, 
but the last half of September is best. 
Cut for hay when the grain sown with 
it is just going out of the milk stage. 
Like many other legumes, vetch rarely 
does its best when sown for the first 
time on a piece of land. I get as good 
results from one-half bushel of vetch 
seed mixed with the regular amount of 
oats or wheat as from a bushel of vetch 
and a bushel of grain per acre. If it 
does well one vetch plant to the square 
yard will cover the whole field with a 
thick mat of vines, leaves, blossoms and 
pods. I always let a small plot ripen 
and thrash for seed. Do not sow on 
land where you expect to grow wheat 
for grain, as the vetch will reseed itself 
and come up in the wheat. I make a 
business of boarding city horses, and 
feed large quantities of hay from oats 
and vetch, and have always got good re¬ 
sults. JOHN B. LEWIS. 
Norfolk Co., Va. 
R. N.-Y.—The Winter oats will not 
answer north of Philadelphia. The 
dates given by Mr. Lewis refer, of 
course, to southern Virginia. Septem¬ 
ber 1 is about the limit for northern 
seeding. 
Dropped Sole. 
*1. Is there any truth in the belief that 
a horse will get blind if oil ineal is used 
In a small or a large quantity? 2. Is a 
flat-footed horse incurable? M. D. 
Connecticut. 
1. Certainly not. 2. We presume you 
mean that the horse has dropped sole fol¬ 
lowing an acute attack of founder. If so 
there is no cure for that condition. 
A. S. A. 
Heaves. 
I have a horse that has a cough caused, 
I believe, by a clogging tip of the bronchial 
tubes. He experiences much difficulty in 
breathing at times, and seems to he choked, 
also coughs up phlegm. Sometimes he can 
scarcely get bis breath, then will go for a 
day or two, and one win hardly know there 
is anything wrong. I thought for a while 
it was heaves, but am sure it is not now, 
although being stopped up causes the ani¬ 
mal to heave. B. R. P. 
Maryland. 
The disease is heaves, and it explains all 
of the difficulty in breathing. It affects a 
horse iu about the same way as does asthma 
n person : hut in heaves there also is chronic 
indigestion present, and incurable tissue 
changes (emphysema) in the lungs. Wet all 
food. Let him have grass in Summer and 
oat straw in Winter. Add oats and bran 
as the concentrate. Feed no bulky food at 
noon, and do not work horse soon after 
a ineaL Give, half an ounce of FowFr's 
solution of arsenic night and morning, and 
if cough persists add half to one ounce of 
glyco-lieroin. A. s. a. 
Ascites. 
My cow, 12 years old, fresh a month ago, 
is a good milker, but in poor flesh and very 
paunchy. She is being well fed and pas¬ 
tured. She seems to have great labor in 
getting her breath. While she does not 
wheeze or make any fuss about it, yet her 
whole body heaves to and fro at each res¬ 
piration, as though she had just undergone 
great exertion, although she may not have 
been out of the stable. This condition was 
in evidence last Summer also but in milder 
form. What Is it? J. G. m. 
Pennsylvania. 
It seems most probable that cow has 
ascites (dropsy of the abdomen) associated 
with tuberculin to settle the matter. It Is 
disease of heart, liver or kidneys. As it is 
quite possible that she simply is badly af¬ 
fected with tuberculosis have her tested 
not a case for which we would feel justi¬ 
fied in prescribing treatment, as the use of 
milk from such a cow is questionable pol¬ 
icy, and it herefore would be best and saf¬ 
est to have a careful examination made by 
a graduate veterinarian. a. s. a. 
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See D. J. Grindell’s Exhibit at 
New York State Fair 
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From 11th to 16th of September, 1911, consisting of 
20 Head of Young Percheron 
Stallions and Mares 
Imported and Home-Bred, Registered Pure-Bred; from Yearlings to 
• Five-Year-Old 
Will be pleased to show this stock to all prospective buyers and admirers of 
fine horses, at prices to suit die times. Prospective buyers will never have 
a better lot of Percheron Horses to select from, and right at your home. 
Don’t Fail to See This Stock, Your Price is Ours 
D. J. Grindell 
Kenton, Ohio 
T HAVE just 
arrived 
from Belgium, 
F ranee and 
Germ any, 
where I pur¬ 
chased an ex¬ 
tra fine lot of 
STALLIONS 
and MARES 
of the differ¬ 
ent breeds, 
which will ar¬ 
rive at tl io 
Sharon Valley Stock Farm, 
Newark, Ohio, 
in the next ten days. Will be clad to welcome any 
customers to the farm. Will also exlubit at all the 
leading fairs in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vir¬ 
ginia, where 1 will be glad to meet friends and 
customers. Col. G. \V. CRAWKOK1). 
STALLION FOR SALE OR TRADE, 
KUSHIRO, Trotting Stallion, a first-class siring 
son of .Kremlin, is offered for sale lor $505, or will 
trade for a first-class "'roadster automobile." This 
stallion has a mark of 2.08, is pronounced sound 
by J)r. Kdward Moore of Albany, N. Y., is guaran¬ 
teed fearless, kind and gentle in all harness, and 
has never hart u fly. Particulars by letter. 
B. It. ANDERSON. 
Maple Hurst Stock Farms, Guilford, Conn. 
AYRSH1RES FOR SALE-?™^& 
and dam: three Cows and throe Heifers. Cheap. 
W. 31. LORENTZ. East Geeex\uja,k, Pa. 
Snowcroft Hampshire Downs 
150 Rams and Ewes from best English Foundation 
stock. All shipments guaranteed as described. 
See STATE FAIR EXHIBIT. 
DR. S. F. SNOW. 713 University Block, SYRACUSE. N. Y. 
Black-Faced Highlands EXCHANGE-t°o 
avoid inbreeding— 4 FllKE-BJlKl) RAMS. 
BFSSB080 FARM, Westport-on-Lake Champlain, New York. 
FOR MENDING HARNESS 
It takes . shot's, tents, awnings, pulley belts, car- 
a wax -sajL pets, saddles, enit cases, buggy tops, 
thread, da si: boards, or any heavy material, 
feeds Stewakt’s Automatic 
from spool and Awl is the only per- 
does the work of \ JiT 1 Sewing 
any harness maker / V Aw 1. 
machine. It is indJr 1 
peosable for farmers. 'SsgjjCN ,-.'.i, / la 
Agents wanted. Sent prepaid pN 
for $1.25, Send at once Tor F® 
catalog. SIEWART-SK1NNER GO. 
35 Mention Street, Worcester, Mass. 
5AVE-TH E-HORSE 
T«»Ot MASK 
Spavin 
Remedy 
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for CODY, BOOKLET and LETTERS, from Bankers, 
_ a partners and Business men on every kind ol case. l"er- 
eolty Cores Bone nn<l Bog Spavin, Thoroughpin, Ringbone 
(except low). Curb, Splint, Capped Mock, Wlndputr,Shoe Boil, 
Injured Tendons and nil Lameness. No sck. or loss of 
hair. Horse w orks as usual. Dealers or Express prejmid. 
Troy Chemical Co., 21 tuauuercUi Are., Binghamton, N. X, 
FASHIONABLY BRED BERKSHIRES. 
A few Spring and Summer PIGS l’or sale at. rea¬ 
sonable prices. Dts. J. K. ALLEN, Orwell, N. Y. 
Phochiroe Bargains in Registered Yearlings and 
UllCollllCo j u |y Pigs, both sex. Bred from N. Y. 
State Fair whiners. Ralph E. Owen, Fulton, N. Y. 
FOR F~ 200 S.C. WHITE LEGHORN YearlinoHens, 
l v/iv o/iLL thoroughbred strain. Good layers 
and in a healthy condition, 81.SO each. Address 
J. M. WAY, K. F. I). 2. Hockbsstt. Del. 
S. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS 
FOR SALE—23 COCKERELS AND PULLETS 
of Cook's Exhibition strain. Price, $3.50 to $5.00. 
OH AS. SCHLAEFER. Box 452, Montieello, N. Y. 
For Sale or To Lease 
Farm on Staten Island 
About 300 acres. Ideal Dairy Farm; barn well 
equipped for 80 head of cattle. Would also make 
desirable Truck Farm. Near New York markets; 
excellent water supply; railroad and navigation 
bordering on farm, W. W. G.,care Rural N.-Y. 
FOR <JA| F~ If Y° u 'want the best farms f..■ tho 
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HALL’S FA EM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga Co., NY. 
FARMS WANTED FaMis 
We have a number of earnest people with moder¬ 
ate means wishing to buy good, productive farms 
costing between $2,000 and $4,000, with or wii bout 
stock, within a radius of 200 miles of Now York 
City. Ours is a philanthropic organization, and we 
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prices must therefore he quoted. Address THE 
.JEWISH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL 
AID SOCIETY, 177 Second Avenue, New York. 
W E SELL FARMS in Oceana, best County in U. S. 
Fruit, Alfalfa, Grain,Vegetables, Stock, Poul¬ 
try. J. D. S. HANSON & SON, llart, Mich. 
|cn Farme KOU sale fertile 
IJU idllllo Delaware Valley. Now catalogue 
and map free. Hokack G. Rkimier. Newtown, Pa. 
FARM? Circular free. Dept. 151, I,«*l:m«ls’ 
I HllfflO Farm Ageucy, 31 Milk St., Boston 
A YOUNG MAN, 26 yrnr« old, would like a position as puuitry- 
maii j under*InnA h incubators, care of young chick*, cure of 
hens for fi‘J» production. Frank W. Btrykkk, Gilbon, N. Y. 
S MART, energetic young man desires position 
as Orchard Manager. Understands spraying, 
pruning, care of fruit, etc. Best of references. 
"‘Energetic,” R.D. No. l.Box 15, Mechanicsburg. Pa. 
W A NTF n~ BOY ot K'-Somc experience in pro- 
Vl All I LU duetion of certified milk — desires 
position in small up-to-date dairy: preferably with 
Catholic family in New York State. Wants a place 
where a willing, earnest worker would he appre¬ 
ciated. “L. A. 8.," care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARMER WANTED - h™«SS‘S.“‘S; 
stands all farm machinery and crops. One who is 
willing to work himself and properly manage a 
farm about thirty miles from New York City. State 
wages required, family, nationality, experience and 
references. “M. M.„” care The Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM MANAGER WANTED 
Wanted—a practical Farm Manager of executive 
ability: thorough knowledge of all branches of 
domestic farming. Must have good references as 
to character and reliability. State age, family (if 
aim, experience, and wages required. Address: 
R. X. L., 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 
