1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
18S 
BEST ROOF FOR A BARN. 
J. L. F., Castile, A'. Y. —I intend build¬ 
ing a barn next Spring, and I would like 
to get your opinion as to what is best to 
use for ’shingles. I can get the so-called Red 
cedar shingles at $4 per 1,000, and a cypress 
shingle at $4.50 per 1,000. Some carpenters 
tell me that the cypress will outlast all 
other shingles, and are cheap at twice the 
price of cedar shingles. Others say they 
are no good at all in this climate. Some 
people advocate galvanized rooting. What 
Is your opinion as regards galvanized apd 
the other kinds of rooting so extensively 
advertised ? My barn is to be 72 by 3(5, 
gambrel roof. 
Ans. — I doubt if there is much dif¬ 
ference between the two. The particu¬ 
lar lot of either will count for more, 
than the kind of wood. I do not think 
cypress has been used long enough here 
for anyone to know. I have some laid, 
and they are apparently wearing well. 
I have had Red cedar that lasted 40 
years, and others that scarcely stood 
15. I have laid some galvanized iron, 
in the past few years. It is cheaper than 
shingles, better protection against fire, 
and fully as desirable as the present 
day shingles. If I were putting up a 
new barn, I would make the frame a 
little stronger, and put on slates. They 
are indestructible by the weather, do 
not hold the snow, and afford protection 
against fire and lightn'ing. Tf first- 
class slate and well put on, they need 
no repairs, and you need never have 
trouble about another roof. The cost 
is not much greater than shingles. I 
have been in the slate country this Win¬ 
ter, where they are laying slate for $5 a 
square. This is cheaper than your 
shingles. You would have to pay more 
in freight, but it will be money well ex¬ 
pended. EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
If this barn is to have a roof with 
the ordinary slope, quarter or third 
pitch or gambrel, I do not believe the 
inquirer can use any roof so economical 
in the end as one of cypress. Of course, 
I mean Southern cypress. The trouble 
with all metallic roofs is that unless 
often painted they soon have holes come 
in them, and especially is this true of 
roofs used on barns. The gases pass¬ 
ing up will in time cut out any of these 
roofs, even if the outer surface is kept 
painted. I have an opinion, and if I 
was going to build a new barn I would 
try it, that if a barn was roofed with 
a substantial roof having only one-fourth 
or half-inch fall to the foot, say if the 
roofing joists were made heavy enough 
to hold it, that it might be roofed with 
a cement roof say three-quarters inch 
thick, made of sharp sand and best 
cement of the proportion of one cement 
to two of sand. It would not be ex¬ 
pensive and would last indefinitely. A 
roof made of best roofing pitch and 
gravel laid over best felt, if properly 
made will be very durable, but all roofs 
of which pitch or asphalt form a part 
will sooner or later give out. The 
trouble with some of the roofings ad¬ 
vertised is that the sun causes them to 
shrink and tear at the seams. a. b. 
We know good shingles are all right 
when they can be bought at the prices 
C. L. F., says, cedar, $4; cypress, $4.50 
per 1 , 000 . Regarding galvanized metal 
roof for barn, should the metal be ap¬ 
plied to lath as laid for shingles nine 
inches apart, it would not be satisfactory 
on account of moisture forming drops of 
water caused by the warm atmosphere 
in barn coming in direct contact with 
cold metal, causing condensation to drop 
continuously, especially when cattle are 
in the barn, so as to keep everything 
wet. To overcome this trouble with 
metal roof it would be necessary to lay 
a board roof tight, then metal could not 
cause the drops of water that fall, but 
this would be very expensive. The 
board would cost $17 per 1,000, and 
metal about $3 per 1,000, so you see it 
would be a great deal more expensive 
than a good shingle roof. The metal 
roof can be used on all kinds of open 
sheds such as cow shelter, wood shed, 
wagon house, corn crib or any building 
where the temperature inside is about 
the same as outside, with satisfactory 
results to a practical farmer. One thing 
in favor of metal roof is a very import¬ 
ant consideration. It will resist lightning 
better than shingle if connected at the 
four corners with copper wire to 
ground. I am convinced that a building 
so wired is safe from lightning damage. 
Camden, N. J. n. s. c. 
Destroying Snails and Aphis. 
R. A"., Hazleton, l’<i .—1. Please inform me 
how (o destroy snails in vegetable hotbeds. 
2 . Also these green and brown anhis in 
small greenhouses. 3. Can you inform me 
the time it will take to mature the various 
garden crops from time of planting? It 
seems I have seen it in a seed catalogue. 
Ans. —i. Trap the snails by putting 
pieces of turnip, cabbage or potato in 
the hotbed, gathering up the pieces and 
killing the 'snails. Dusting lime about 
the plants will keep them away; so will 
a line of salt along the edges of the bed. 
2 . Fumigation with tobacco stems is the 
most practical way of getting rid of 
aphis in greenhouse. It should be used 
with caution if a variety of plants are 
in the greenhouse, as there may be some 
tender subjects that suffer from the 
smoke, especially if they are in bloom. 
Kerosene emulsion or tobacco water 
spray will destroy them, also fish-oil 
soapsuds and a commercial fir-tree oil. 
There are a number of preparations for 
this purpose offered by dealers in green¬ 
house supplies. 3 . The following garden 
crops, with time of maturity reckoned 
from sowing of the seeds, are given 
in the “Horticulturist’s Rule Book”: 
Beans, 'string, 45-65 days; beans, shell, 
65-70 days; beets, turnip, 65 days; beets, 
Long Blood, 150 days; cabbage, early, 
105 days; cabbage, late, 150 days; cauli¬ 
flower, no days; corn, 75 days; egg¬ 
plant, 150-160 days; lettuce, 65 days, 
watermelon and muskmelon, 120 to 140 
days; onion, 135-150 days; pepper, 140- 
150 days; radish, 30-45 days; Summer 
squash, 60-65 days; Winter squash, 125 
days; tomatoes, 150 days; turnips, 60-70 
days. _ 
NORTH DAKOTA WARM. 
We have lots of snow, and very cold 
weather here, but still we know it is “(Jod’s 
country,” and wo like it. I like it better 
than the East. I was east two years ago 
and tlie country seemed full of rocks and 
liIlls. When 1 was passing through some 
parts of the country, I looked out of the 
cars and told my lilisband “See the cord 
wood they have stacked up all over the 
country.” lie laughed and said they were 
stone walls, and then lie tried to make me 
believe that apples grew wild in places, 
real good eating apples. That was the limit, 
but when I got to Vermont, I was cold 
nearly all the time and some of the time I 
wore a shawl in tlie house. 1 noticed hus¬ 
band stayed close to the stove too. The 
East is colder than the West. When we got 
back home it was nice and warm here'. We 
informed our eastern friends of the fact, 
and they immediately sent us a fan. 
North Dakota. Mrs. e. f. s. 
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ROOFING 
Requires no Coating or 
Paint. 
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Elastic and Pliable Always. 
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Climatic Changes Do Not 
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Practically Fire Proof. 
Can He Used on Steep or 
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Any Workman Can Put 
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Improvements in Corn 
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Great improvements have been made 
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the round-hole fiat drop was pretty 
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Well, some inventor thought that the 
grains being more nearly uniform as to 
thickness than they were as to size 
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