1910. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
185 
A GOOD DAIRY BARN. 
In reply to J. E. X., of Pennsylvania, 
who requested the plans for a dairy 
barn, on page 75, I send the following 
plans and bill of materials: The old 
stone walls that he mentions will be 
the thing for concrete; they should be 
broken up as for pike rock. He does not 
mention the size of the timbers in the 
PLAN OF LOFT. 
old buildings, but we will take it for 
granted that he will get new material 
where it requires it. The floor plan is 
36 x 40 feet. 16 feet to the eaves; the 
pitch of the roof is between a third and 
a fourth pitch, which is better than a 
steeper roof for metal (galvanized iron). 
The floor is all concrete. The silo is 
12 feet in diameter and 24 feet tall, made 
of cypress staves. The silo may be left 
off, but it is the greatest link in the 
chain, as a money-maker. The floor 
may be used without either concrete or 
wood, but a man loses money every day 
he does so. The concrete floor may 
cost a little more at first, but it is 
the cheapest in the end. The bottom of 
the windows are set five feet from the 
floor and work on slides. At each end 
of the driveway there is a roller door, 
8 x 10 feet. At the end there are two 
doors that run on tracks, and one just 
above them that is hung on hinges; this 
is where the feed is put into the loft, 
with the hay fork and carrier. There is 
a ladder way up into the lift. The feed 
is mixed up stairs and put down through 
the opening over feed alley. Hay for 
the stock in the box stalls is put down 
through the hole at the stairs. 
Material used in the construction. 
Posts. Inches. Feet. 
10 
6x0 
22 
10 
0x0 
16 
Pieces. 
15 
0x0 
12 
X 
0x0 
10 
10 
2x0 
12 
10 
2x0 
16 
82 
2x4 
10 
50 
2x4 
12 
10 
2x6 
S 
16 
2x6 
10 
42 
2x4 
16 
42 
2x4 
8 
50 
2x4 
10 
end nail ties and plates 
rafters. 
3000 feet, ship lap siding (surface measure.) 
2000 feet, common sheeting, S 2 S. 
1500 feet, flooring for the loft. 
250 feet, 1x4 inches, for partition slats. 
200 feet, 1 in. 1 x 2. bed mold, for cornish. 
18 12 It. 10x12 inches. windows. 
4 sets of hangers for rotter doors. 
6 pair, strap hinges, 10-inch. 
1300 sq. ft. concrete, (including pillars for 
posts.) 
I give no prices, as they are so dif¬ 
ferent in differed places, and are so 
misleading in figuring up the cost of a 
building. The above plan is suggestive 
of many changes, especially in the ar¬ 
ranging of the room in the loft and also 
the stalls. j. w. c. 
Kentucky. 
PULLETS EAT EGGS. 
I am just starting with purebred poultry, 
S. C. Black Minorcas. Pullets batched last 
May have been laying about two weeks. 
They eat tbe eggs as fast as they lay them. 
I have kept oyster shells, dry cracked bone, 
grit, charcoal, dry mash and beef scrap in 
hoppers before them all the time ever since 
they were two weeks old, so I really don't 
know what to do for them. I have given 
them raw beef for the last week; that is, 
three times last week, but it has not made 
any difference as yet. I placed a half 
dozen china nest eggs on the floor; they 
just tumbled over each other to get at them. 
I have let the china eggs remain on the 
floor but it does no 'good. I have always 
kept mongrel hens; have had extra good 
results from them, which prompted me to 
get the pitrebrvds. I paid a high price 
for Minorcas as they are from a heavy lay¬ 
ing strain. Rather poor results after wait¬ 
ing about eight months, so naturally feel 
discouraged with purebreds, though I know 
they are not all alike. J. a. m. 
Yonkers, N. Y. 
Even as “all signs fail in a drought” 
so all methods fait when hens get in 
the condition of these Minorca pullets. 
Years ago we had a pen of Indian 
Games that were such confirmed egg- 
eaters that they would gather round one 
of their number laying and wait for the 
chance to get at the egg. With the ex¬ 
ception of this pen I have never had any 
trouble to check egg-eating which gen¬ 
erally comes from lack of shell material. 
In this case it seems that every reason¬ 
able want has been supplied, although 
nothing has been said about exercise, 
and hens need lots of exercise, which 
the modern method of hopper feeding is 
lacking. I should take out all old nests 
and substitute nests made of common 
nail kegs sawed into with the nests at 
the bottom, this gives room for the hens 
to lay but not to cat their eggs, nor can 
they reach them from the edge of the 
nests. F. Q. WHITE. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Butter. — Extensive drops in price 
throughout, the East and Central West have 
been noted during the past two weeks. In 
New York the decline amounted to six cents; 
in Cincinnati, four; in Washington, St. 
Louis and Elgin, six. These drops have been 
caused not so much by the increased pro¬ 
duction as by the fact that consumers have 
been economizing, using butter as a luxury. 
They considered the retail prices outrageous 
and took tbe only feasible means of self¬ 
protection. An occasional farmer may have 
profited by the recent high prices, but by 
far the greater bulk of profit has gone to 
speculators who early in the Winter began 
trying to “educate” the public by newspaper 
articles showing why butter was sure to 
sell for 50 cents before Spring. It is a prin¬ 
ciple of common sense business, well recog¬ 
nized by those who have given fairly careful 
attention to the current of trade, from 
source to terminus, that squeezing the con¬ 
sumer to the limit of endurance is a bad 
policy, even though he has no means of re¬ 
taliation except buying on the basis of ne¬ 
cessity' considered in its most restricted 
sense. This fosters a feeling of ill will, 
which is sadly out of place in trade. Be¬ 
tween the extremes of barest necessity and 
the first approach of extravagance in the 
matter of food, clothing and housing there 
is a field of comfortable living toward which 
most people of moderate means aim, and 
tradesmen usually learn that it pays to 
foster this condition rather than put askew 
the feelings of consumers. 
Regulation of Storage. —Bills to remedy 
the alleged evils of storage are being con¬ 
sidered in various legislative bodies at 
present. In some cases the idea is to limit 
storage of perishable goods to six mouths. 
There would be some merit in this from 
the standpoint of health, but with many 
products it would be difficult to prove, cither 
by analysis or an eating test, that they are 
not as wholesome a year old as after six 
months' storage. This would give good lever¬ 
age for showing the law unconstitutional in 
putting an unjust hardship on those who 
have money invested in storage plants. The 
remedy' for the speculative evils of storage, 
which result in the “corner" of necessities 
and consequent extravagant prices is not in 
limiting the period of storage hut in com¬ 
pelling a public statement of the amount of 
goods Ihus held. Railroads and other cor¬ 
porations have to make public similar es¬ 
sential details about tlieir business and this 
is not considered a violation of constitu¬ 
tional right, but in the best interest of the 
whole public. If the quantity of butter, 
eggs, wheat, corn, cotton, meats, etc., in 
storage be made public the danger of 
corners and unwarranted prices will be 
slight. Under such conditions prices regu¬ 
late themselves. This suggestion has been 
frequently made, hut legislators have hand¬ 
led it very gingerly, knowing the powerful 
interests that are piling up millions through 
secret storage, w. .w. h. 
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Are you planning to fit out a 
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