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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE THREE-STORY BARN. 
The barn shown on page 413 is a 
common thing in the central part of 
Delaware County, N. Y. In 1871 my 
grandfather built one of three stories 
and manure cellar, or four in all. His 
neighbors asked what he would do with 
so much barn. Now the neighbors have 
them twice as large. There it is the 
custom to build a portion of the bridge 
of plank (nearest the barn), thus allow¬ 
ing for an entrance to the second floor 
directly under the upper doors. The 
haymows, each side of the upper floor, 
extend down to the top of the stable, 
and the second floor, between the mows, 
affords room for granary and for stor¬ 
age of farm machinery. If grain is 
thrashed in the barn, it may be dumped 
through a trap-door into the granary. 
A hill can usually be found against 
which to build such a barn. I have 
seen one barn into which the loads of 
hay went down hill to the third floor. 
With such a barn one does not need a 
horse fork. And if a wide enough barn 
is built, the top floor may run length¬ 
wise, high up in the peak, so that not a 
forkful of hay goes “uphill.” 
In 1896 I saw a barn of four stories 
and two sets of drive floors, near the 
Susquehanna River in the vicinity of 
Oquaga, N. Y. I have seen many large 
barns, but this one takes the premium. 
Perhaps some reader of The R. N.-Y. 
who knows this barn may be able to tell 
us more about it. edwin w. wheat. 
New York. 
“One hundred ways to cook an egg,” 
read Mrs. Newlywed from a new cook¬ 
book. “Oh, dear! I can only cook this 
egg once!”—Judge. 
Corn is our greatest Crop 
It is worth more than any other crop 
It costs more than any other crop 
A big item in this cost is over one hundred million dollars 5 worth of actual 
potash, which the corn crop takes from American soils every year—more than 
eight times the total importations of 
POTASH 
The corn plant uses over 
a pound and a quarter of 
potash for every bushel of 
ears produced. 
It uses more than twice as 
much potash as phosphoric 
acid. 
Supplement the manure or 
clover sod by 400 to 600 lbs. 
per acre of a fertilizer con¬ 
taining at least as much 
potash as phosphoric acid— 
0-8-8 or 0-8-10—or broadcast 
300 lbs. acid phosphate and 
100 lbs. muriate of potash per 
acre after plowing and before 
Write for prices and for free pamphlets on profitable use of fertilizers 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York 
Chicago, Monadnock Block New Orleans, Whitney Central Bank Bldg. Atlanta, Empire Bldg. Savannah, Bank & Tru*t Bldg. San Francisco 
harrowing, and drill in with 
the seed 100 lbs. per acre 
2-8-8 goods. On muck lands 
broadcast 100 to 200 lbs. 
muriate of potash per acre. 
To drive away cut worms 
and root lice, drill in 100 lbs. 
Kainit per acre with the seed. 
Potash makes more sound 
ears in proportion to the 
stalks. It makes much more 
and much better corn for 
eithercrib orsilo. PotashPays. 
•We sell p otash in any 
amount from one 200-lb. 
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