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ENLARGING A BARN. 
I have a barn that I wish to enlarge. It 
is now 30x40, bay 16 feet, barn floor 13 
and stable 11 feet. I wish to add 20 feet 
on to the south end for more stable room. 
That will make the stable 31 feet long, 
but only 30 feet wide. As the barn has 
hipped roof that gives me plenty of room 
for all kinds of dry fodder, with mow and 
scaffold over the whole 31 feet of stable 
room. IIow shall I plan the stable to be 
handy and yet hold all the stock I might 
wish to keep? I would like to have room 
for three horses and seven cows, also some 
box stalls for young stock, etc. The stable 
being only 30 feet wide there is not room 
for two rows of stalls or stanchions. There 
will also be a silo on south end. e. r. f. 
New York. 
If a space 30x31 feet is to be given 
up to seven cows and three horses, I 
should like the arrangement of stables 
shown in the accompanying diagram. 
The stable should be tightly ceiled over¬ 
head, and trap-doors may be provided 
for letting down fodder. The horses 
are fed from above or from the main 
barn floor, and the manure from their 
stalls may be disposed of by using it as 
an absorbent behind the cows. Enough 
windows should be provided, particular¬ 
ly on the south and east sides, to flood 
the stable with light, and the King sys¬ 
tem of ventilation can well be installed. 
This plan separates the horses from the 
cows, gives ample alley and feeding 
space, makes removal of manure conve¬ 
nient, and provides exit from all four 
sides of the stable- The silo is con¬ 
nected with the stable by an enclosed al¬ 
ley. I give the following standard 
stable dimensions to aid you in planning 
any desired changes: Stable ceiling 
should be eight to nine feet high; plat¬ 
form for cows 4 /z to five feet from 
stanchion to gutter, depending upon size 
of cows; gutters 16 inches wide, eight 
inches deep next to platform, six inches 
next to walk; cows should have from 
3J4 to four feet each of space on plat¬ 
form, and box stalls for them should be 
about 3x10 feet in size. Horse stalls 
should be five to six feet wide and 6 l /t 
feet deep from manger to drop. 
THE RURAL -A’OKIv ER. 
March 15, 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Breeding Filly. 
I have a registered filly coining two in 
June, weighs at present 1150 pounds. Will 
you advise whether she should be bred 
this Spring? And would you advise work¬ 
ing her some this Summer. H. w. B. 
Virginia. 
If the filly is very well developed, she 
may be used for breeding, You state that 
she weighs 1150 pounds, but you do not 
mention her breed. That would be a sat¬ 
isfactory weight for a general purpose or 
light draft farm horse, but insufficient 
for the heavy draft animal of the age 
mentioned. A yearling draft filly perfectly 
developed ought to weigh in the neighbor¬ 
hood of 1100 to 1200 pounds. As a general 
thing, it is best not to breed from fillies 
under three years of age. a. s. a. 
Fits. 
I have six pigs that are three months 
old; they weigh from 50 to 60 pounds 
each. A few weeks ago one was taken 
thus: lie would go backward and around, 
fall over and gasp a few minutes and then 
get up. These spells would come on at 
feeding time. They are kept in a pen 
10x12 feet, ground floor and fed wheat 
middlings, 15 quarts, per day, wet with 
boiling water. Now another is taken in 
same way. Can you tell me what to do for 
them? II. M. KELLOGG. 
New York. 
The pig in question has a fit. Such at¬ 
tacks usually are induced by lack of exer¬ 
cise in animals that are growing very fast 
on account of heavy or rich feeding. Make 
the sow run out daily for exercise and ma¬ 
terially reduce her rations. Where pigs are 
weaned, it is also necessary to give ample 
exercise and if indigestion is indicated by 
lack of appetitie, vomiting, staggers or 
scouring, it is well to mix lime water in 
the feed at the rate of one ounce to each 
quart of slop fed. Try to provide these 
pigs with some laxative food, such as roots 
or silage ; clover or Alfalfa hay also would 
be beneficial. a. s. a. 
Spoiled Udder. 
I have a good Holstein cow that got 
Into the wire fence a short time after com¬ 
ing fresh and cut one of her teats very 
bad. The udder became caked and swollen 
on one side and the milk ceased in two 
teats save a lot of string. I bathed and 
tried to get the stringy milk out but the 
two teats have gone nearly dry. The 
teat has healed up and the udder is nor¬ 
mal now. Will the milk flow come back 
when she comes fresh again or had I better 
beef her? m. s. c. 
New Jersey. 
The injured quarters of the udder are 
ruined for milk production and it will not, 
therefore, pay you to retain this cow for 
dairying. She should be sold to the butcher 
for immediate slaughter, if in good flesh ; 
or you may consider it worth while to feed 
her off for slaughter. Unless taken at the 
outset of attack and properly treated with 
antiseptics, barb wire wounds that severely 
lacerate the udder commonly fesult In con¬ 
ditions such as you describe. We cannot 
too strongly impress upon the minds of 
owners of dairy cows that all diseases or 
injuries of the udder should receive imme¬ 
diate attention. Otherwise the animal will 
prove a source of great annoyance and 
financial loss. a. s. a. 
[Indigestion in Cow. 
What can I do for a cow that tries to 
lick or cat the ground every few weeks? 
Her manure is of a greenish color, and she 
does not give near the amount of milk she 
did. I give her plenty of salt, also good 
feed and all the hay silage she can eat. 
New York. j. b. p. 
Do not allow more than one ounce of 
salt a day. She may be taking too much. 
Cut the allowance of silage in half and add 
oats, bran and cornmeal to the ration, 
along with best of mixed hay. Mix pow¬ 
dered wood charcoal in the feed if trouble 
continues. It is taken for granted that 
you have had the cow tested with tubercu¬ 
lin, as every sensible man always should 
test each of his cows to make sure that he 
is not feeding and milking tubercular ani¬ 
mals. The test is harmless and reliable. 
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