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<THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 1, 
BUILDING BLOCKS; CONCRETE STABLE 
FLOORS. 
BUTTER MAKING IN OHIO. 
The recent butter discussion moves me 
E. A. P., Pennsylvania .—Can you refer 
me to anyone who has used the vitrified 
conduits for building barns? My barn was 
burned about a month ago, and I am plan¬ 
ning a new one. When used, do they re¬ 
quire any reinforcement? Do you know 
of floors of mows and the floor to drive in 
over the stables being made of concrete, so 
as to keep fire away from the stables? 
Ans. —Outside of use in the construc¬ 
tion of silos and small barns built in 
connection with country estates, and 
dwelling houses, hollow building tile 
have not yet attained any extended use 
in the country. Hollow building blocks, 
so far as the principles of construction 
are concerned, are well adapted to use in 
barn building and it is only the first cost 
that stands in the way of their being 
widely used. We had occasion to look up 
the matter of the cost of good vitrified 
building blocks about a year ago, and 
found then that an eight-inch wall would 
cost, for the Mocks alone, including 
freight over a distance of 500 miles, a 
little more than 12.5 cents per square 
foot of wall face. This is on the rate 
for freight in carload lots. At this cost 
for material a barn 100 by 34 feet, 20 
feet high, would cost $714.71 for its 
walls and gables, not counting the cost 
of laying the blocks. The walls would 
not need to be reinforced except to make 
provision to avoid spreading. With 
lumber at $30 per thousand, or even at 
$40 per thousand, the cost of material 
for the walls would be several times less 
than in the case of building blocks. 
There is no practical difficulty in mak¬ 
ing the ceiling of a basement barn and 
the floor of the structure above entirely 
of concrete, so that the lower story 
would be practically fireproof. In this 
case, however, as in the case of the hol¬ 
low building tile for the walls, the first 
cost would be more than where the floor 
is built in the ordinary way, if rein¬ 
forced concrete is used in its construc¬ 
tion. The high cost of reinforced con¬ 
crete work is due in a large measure to 
the expense involved in making the 
necessary forms which consumes a large 
amount of both time and material. It is 
my judgment, however, that a nearly 
fireproof stable may be constructed by 
laying a cement floor of sufficient thick¬ 
ness directly upon a floor of cheap lum¬ 
ber, taking care that the joists are suffi¬ 
ciently rigid so that the floor is not in¬ 
jured by springing. We have used, in 
our small stable for horse and cow, ce¬ 
ment laid directly over the. floor, with 
entire satisfaction, and I can see no 
reason why, if a layer of concrete three 
inches thick is laid under the bays and 
across the barn floor in blocks four to 
six feet square, as they are laid for 
sidewalks, this would not insure the 
lower story against serious injury from 
fire. Such a construction would give a 
warm stable, because the concrete would 
make the ceiling absolutely airtight, and 
the layer of boards under the concrete 
would be a sufficient non-conductor to 
make the ceiling warm. At the same 
time the cost of joists and cheap floor 
would hardly be more than that which 
would have to be incurred in building 
forms and buying iron for reinforcing. 
The only danger from fire would come 
from the possibility of the concrete be¬ 
coming sufficiently heated to set fire to 
the joists and floor but, being on the 
bottom, I doubt if sufficient heat could 
be communicated through the concrete 
to start a fire. f. h. king. 
Controlling a Vicious Horse. 
I saw an inquiry in December from 
G. D., Pennsylvania, asking what he 
could do to break a horse that would 
kick, strike and plunge. I will give you 
a sure remedy from my experience: 
Tie one end of a three-eighths rope in 
the upper ring of halter just below the 
ear; pass around through mouth and 
up through ring on opposite side of 
head, and when the horse kicks, plunges 
or strikes, give him a jerk. He will soon 
yield to his master. By all means do not 
whip the horse, or say a word, only 
when he is bid to stop or start. 
Jefferson Co., N. Y. geo. a. knox. 
to tell something of the experience of 
Ohio butter makers, that has come under 
my observation during the past few years, 
and also speak of the present status of 
the small manufactory or creamery con¬ 
ducted in some farmers’ kitchens. It 
seems to me the women about here who 
make butter for sale instead of sending 
their cream to the creamery, are the ones 
who have nice little incomes, and who 
are independent, in spite of the fact that 
it is pointed out by many that butter 
making doesn’t pay. Personally I know 
a number of widows who were left on 
mortgaged farms with good-sized fami¬ 
lies to support, who have paid their 
debts and reached independence in a few 
years through butter making. One espe¬ 
cially whose children were too small to 
do heavy work, commenced with a few 
cows and worked up to 50 or GO pounds 
per week, and she had no trouble in 
finding customers at two arid three cents 
above the grocery price, and that the 
year ’round. In less than 10 years she 
was an independent woman, and is to¬ 
day in possession of a fine farm saved 
by the useful cow and hard work. 
My own butter, which sells readily 
at five cents more per pound than the 
groceries pay, and the customers eagerly 
come for it, is made with the old- 
fashioned dash churn, and is hand-work¬ 
ed, with an old-fashioned wooden pad¬ 
dle. It is not a tedious process, and the 
butter is said to be delicious by those 
who buy it. At any rate they will not 
use creamery butter unless forced to it 
as a last resort. The milk is separated as 
soon as brought from the barn and the 
cream set in a cool place until the jar 
is full, and then churned immediately. 
Of course, it js watched and stirred to 
ripen it evenly, and is churned the min¬ 
ute it sours, or as soon thereafter as the 
churn can be made ready. Everything 
used about the work is thoroughly 
scalded, and the butter remains sweet 
and good for weeks. One lady who 
bought a crock of it went away for a 
visit, and left the crock standing in her 
cellar in late September and the first of 
October for three weeks. At the end 
of that time she came home, and told me 
it was better than perfectly fresh cream¬ 
ery butter which she purchased, thinking 
the butter in the cellar must be spoiled. 
She used the creamery for the cooking 
and the other for the table. At present 
we have six cows. 
And as to building up farms with the 
fertilizer, farmers about here think there 
is nothing like cow manure for this pur¬ 
pose. Many a run-down farm has been 
restored to its former fertility by putting 
a dairy on it, or a herd of cattle, so that 
butter making is profitable from every 
standpoint. Many city people send to 
their country friends for their butter 
and eggs, and there is a steady demand 
which is ever increasing for the pure, 
clean home butter made by the farmer’s 
wife. MRS. W. C. KOHLER. 
Hardin Co., O. 
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The upper woman in¬ 
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The lower woman’s husband 
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