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THE KUKAb NEW-YOKKER 
April 13, 
A SATISFACTORY HENHOUSE. 
You wish to know the “outs” of open 
front poultry houses. To my mind there 
are several. In the first place no hen 
will stay in her sleeping and laying 
room if she can help it, and she does 
not like too much company in her lay¬ 
ing apartment. It is difficult to provide, 
in a house, a dusting place deep enough 
and large enough to enable the hens to 
wallow to their hearts’ content. Un¬ 
less the house is unnecessarily wide it 
is too shallow to avoid draughts and 
the blowing in of storjns, so the cur¬ 
tains have to be drawn in rough 
weather. Unless the nest boxes are 
lifted from the floor they and the dust 
bin take up too much valuable room; 
the large floor space means lumber, 
and lumber is expensive. We built 
some houses that were inexpensive and 
seem to us to be a great improvement 
on open fronts. I enclose a plan, see 
below, which may give an idea, though 
it is not drawn exactly to scale. The 
slant on the south wall of the house 
admits the sun in the Winter clear to 
the north wall of the scratching shed, 
A SATISFACTORY POULTRY HOUSE. 
and the floor of the shed is the ground, 
always dry and dusty and kept well 
supplied with leaves. The front is en¬ 
tirely open and no storm, except one 
directly from the south, can beat in to 
any extent, and there are no draughts, 
as the building is boarded to the ground 
and covered with heavy roofing paper 
on three sides. Opposite the door is a 
window 2feet square, which is taken 
out in the Summer. The opening into 
the shed is in the middle of the line of 
nests, which extend the length of the 
house, 10 feet under the droppings 
board. The hens are outdoors all Win¬ 
ter, lay through all the cold snaps and 
are tough and hardy White Wyandottes. 
M assachusetts. e. b. 
Feeding Shotes. 
We have some shotes to feed for June 
market, and will have to buy some feed. 
Which would we better buy, corn or tank¬ 
age? We shall have separator milk with 
which we mix middlings to feed them. 
Elida, 0. J- M. s. 
If these pigs are five or six months 
old they will need 6.5 pounds of pro¬ 
tein, 2.5 of carbohydrates, and eight 
pounds of water per 100 pounds of live 
weight. Such a ration may be made up 
as follows: Skim-milk, eight pounds; 
corn, three pounds, and tankage, one- 
half pound, the corn to be ground and 
the ration fed in the form of a slop. 
Another ration: Milk, eight pounds; 
middlings, three pounds, and corn, one 
pound, both rations being for each 100 
pounds of live weight. If clover or Al¬ 
falfa pasture be available, the middlings 
or tankage could be cut out and more 
corn fed. It would seem desirable to 
buy some corn and tankage, the amounts 
depending on the length of feeding 
period and the number and size of the 
pigs. If the above rations be fed the 
pigs should have access to salt, char¬ 
coal, airslaked lime, bone meal and 
wood ashes, each kept in a separate box 
or compartment of a trough, for best 
results. Corn and other feeds are high 
in price, and where one must buy it is 
difficult to advise without knowing more 
about the pigs and the local cost of the 
feeds in question. However, I would 
suggest buying corn and tankage in the 
proportions given in the first ration: 
Six pounds of corn to one of tankage, 
the tankage to have 48 per cent of pro¬ 
tein. W. E. DUCKWALL. 
Ohio. 
Near Silage. —Tell I. F., page 373, to 
try cutting his corn fodder dry, as he 
would silage, a barrel full as wanted; put 
in a tight barrel, pour in a gallon or two 
of boiling water, cover tightly for 12 hours, 
then feed, and he will find It a fair sub¬ 
stitute for the real silage for his one or 
two cows. A trial Is not expensive. 
Keanewick, Wash, L. s. 
Creamery or Dairy Butter. 
I have a separator and separate as soon 
as I get through milking; everything is 
perfectly clean, cream taken best care of, 
and I make fine butter, as my customers 
and others tell me. I put butter in one- 
pound prints and call it creamery butter. 
I sell surplus to grocer, who says my 
butter is as good as creamery and better, 
but it is not creamery, but dairy butter. 
Am I right? Is it creamery? a. c. h. 
New York. 
Some markets would classify your 
butter as “separator,” other markets as 
“dairy,” but I do not think that any 
market would classify it as “creamery.” 
Creamery butter may not be, and often 
is not, any better than separator or 
dairy butter; but it is the product of a 
creamery where a large amount of milk 
is worked up together, and hence a more 
uniform product is made. In our Ca¬ 
nadian markets separator butter is the 
product of home dairies \ here a sep¬ 
arator is used; and dairy butter—often 
quoted as dairy rolls—is the product of 
home dairies where no separator is 
used. c. s. m. 
“ Liquid Smoke ” for Curing Meat. 
What can be said of the preparation 
known as liquid smoke? It is supposed to 
be painted on ham or bacon to take the 
place of smoking meat. 
SEVERAL SUBSCRIBERS. 
We applied to the Bureau of Animal In¬ 
dustry for information and were told : 
"The regulations of the Secretary of 
Agriculture governing meat inspection do 
not permit the use of liquid smoke in the 
preparation of edible meat food products at 
establishments having Federal inspection. 
Thresh and Fortner, in their work on 
'Preservatives in Food and Food Examina¬ 
tion,’ under ‘Pyroligneous Acid,’ which is 
the chief constituent of liquid smoke, make 
the following statements : 
“This is the crude acid obtained by de¬ 
structive distillation of wood and contain¬ 
ing large traces of creosote and other tarry 
matters capable of imparting to fish and 
flesh the odor and taste of smoked pro¬ 
ducts. * * * There is no doubt that 
the anesthetic principle in both cases is 
creosote, an acknowledged poison. How 
far the use of such a powerful drug is per¬ 
missible in the preserving of foodstuffs may 
be a debatable question, but, according to 
Brunton, creosote destroys low vegetable 
organisms and prevents the fermentation 
which they cause. When administered to 
small animals it causes great dyspnoea, 
weakening of the heart’s action, paralysis 
and often sudden death. It destroys the 
epithelium, and large doses cause nausea, 
vomiting and colicky pains.’’ 
Horse with Corns.—T ell E. B., of 
Penn., page 376, to pull offfront shoes and 
work mare on the farm three to four 
months, and he will miss the corns. This 
seldom fails. I would advise the bar-shoe 
treatment if she is to have much road 
work. e. H. c. 
fef 
HRIFTY 
STOCK 
PAYS 
MORE MONEY 
GIVES 
MORE SATISFACTION.! 
NO STOCK CAN THRIVE IF PESTERED 
WITH LICE,TICKS,MITES, FLEAS, 
SCAB,MANGE,AND OTHER SKIN 
DISEASES. 
TO CLEAN OUT THESE 
PARASITES, GUARD AGAINST 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, 
CLEANSE, PURIFY, AND 
DEODORIZE.USE 
Kreso 
Dip NS1 
BETTER THAN OTHERS,BECAUSE, IT IS 
STANDARDIZED, 
UNIFORM, DEPENDABLE, EFFICIENT. ONE 
GALLON OF KRESO DIP NO.I MAKES 60 
TO 100 GALLONS OF SOLUTION(DEPENDING 
UPON WHAT USE IS TO BE MADE OF IT.) 
A REAL NECESSITY ABOUT 
MORSES,CATTLE,SHEEP,SWINE, 
DOGS, GOATS AND POULTRY. 
FOR SALE BV ALL DRUGGISTS. 
WRITE FOR FREE CIRCULARS. ASK FOR LEAFLET 
DESCRIBING A NEW CEMENT H06 WALLOWJF YOU j 
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DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL 
\ Y\ INDUSTRY. 
; DETROIT,MICH// 
\ \ U.S.A. 
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—One Man Milks 
Three Cows At One Time - 
Save your time and the cows’ feeding time at eaiTy 
morning and at the close of the day. You can cut 
down the milking time from Yz to Yz by using 
THE HINMAN MILKER 
One man or boy can tend three pails at one time. Each 
pail gets its milking power from separate pumps; chang¬ 
ing one pail does not stop the milking of that machine 
or any of the others. 
Easy to Operate— A Boy Can Milk 20 Cows 
Yon cannot afford to do hand milking. Here is an 
experience that makes dairying a pleasure. 
Hinman Milking Machine Co. Feb. 28, 1912 
Oneida, N. Y. 
Dear Sirs:— 
I keep a dairy of 20 cows and have used a Hinman Milking Machine for the last 3 
years, with good success. I use a Gasoline Engine for power to run it. 
I have a boy 9 years old that has done the milking when I have been gone. My 
cows freshen in the fall and it is fine for heifers as it prevents sore teats or cures them if 
they are sore. You can use what you wish of this as a testimonial. 
Yours truly, 
H. H. MARLETTE. Mt. Vision, N. Y. 
The Hinman Milker is past the experimental stage. It has been in practical ser¬ 
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Elba D. Dye, Edmeston, N. Y., has sold 126 machines in Otsego Co. alone. 
Write us today for printed matter that explains 
the Hinman Broken Vacuum principle nvhich 
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DO NOT KEEP 
The Parker Governor Pulley 
If it does not run 
your (Jroam Sepa¬ 
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we will pay the 
freight both ways 
after thirty days 
trial if it is not 
just as we tell you. 
Itwill run in either 
direction, and can 
be adjusted from 
35 to 65 revolutions 
without stopping 
your separator. 
Write for prices 
and our guarantee. 
BROWNWALL ENGINE 8 PULLEY CO., Lansing. Mich. 
Will reduce inflamed, strained, 
swollen Tendons, Ligaments, 
Muscles or Bruises, Cure the 
Lameness and stop pain from a 
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So blister, no hair cone. Horse can ba 
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Reduces strained, tom ligaments, enlarged glands. 
Veins or muscles—heals ulcers—allays pain. Price 
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Don’t Pay for This Sheep Shearing 
Machine Until You See and Examine it 
Most dealers have it. If yours hasn’t, ask him to get one for you, and when it comes 
have it set up and try it. If you are convinced that it is what you want, buy it and try it on 
your sheep with the distinct understanding that it must do th<- work O. K. or no sale. 
This STEWART BALL BEARING MACHINE No. 9 
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A boy can run it all day without tiring. It is ball 
bearing throughout, including a ball bearing shearing 
bead, shears quick and evenly all over. 
The price including four sets of knives is only 111 i22 
It is really a wonderful machine and you * * 
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Get your dealer to send now, or if you prefer send *2 
and we will ship C. O. D. forbalance and you may try the 
machine and if not satisfied we will refund all you paid out. 
Send for copy of new 1912 catalague and Expert In¬ 
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CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
143 La Salle Ave., CHICAGO 
