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THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
SLATE ROOFS AND LIGHTNING. 
On page 165 Edward Van Alstync 
answers J. L. F. concerning the best 
roof for a barn. If lie means to be 
understood that a slate roof is a pro¬ 
tection against lightning I must take ex¬ 
ception, when it comes to this section. 
Two years ago last July our house was 
struck by lightning in three places. The 
largest hole was over two feet across, 
the bolt going down the rafter tearing 
it to splinters and scattering the slate 
for a distance of 50 feet. The house 
was roofed with black ribbon slate. It 
being a cold bolt it did not set fire to 
the building. This is only a common 
occurrence, as we have slate roofs struck 
by lightning every Summer. Last sea¬ 
son we had a tile house roofed with 
slate near us struck by lightning. But 
if I were going to build a barn by all 
means roof it with slate, the “sea green,” 
and give the slate the German lap, as it 
only requires two-thirds the amount of 
slate, costs two-thirds as much as the 
shingle lap, and I believe it is no heavier 
than wet shingles. It has been used 10 
years in this section, and some people 
are now using it on dwelling houses, 
and say it does not leak. Slaters here 
put it on for $5 per square with paper, 
or $4.7") without paper. I would prefer 
it without paper, as it gives the roof a 
better chance to free itself from snow 
if livestock arc kept in the barn. With 
a 14 x 24 inch slate, lap it three inches 
on the side and four inches on the end,- 
placing the lap toward the south or east 
(suits this section best). You have the 
roof for your time at_ least. Black rib¬ 
bon slate is not proving satisfactory 
with us as it becomes very brittle in the 
ribbon, which has a formation of lime, 
and should the ribbon cross the middle, 
a dashing, freezing rain will cause many 
to break. They break more easily the 
longer they have been exposed to the 
weather. e. h. miller. 
Ohio. 
FUMIGATING FOR LICE ON HORSE. 
On page 182 G. V. W. asks for a rem¬ 
edy for chicken lice on colt. I herewith 
give one which was used by my father 
with good success many years ago. It 
was strong tobacco smoke, and was ap¬ 
plied with an arrangement of which I 
will make a rough sketch. 
A is an old-fashioned bellows, B is a 
cylinder made of tin in two parts, a and 
b; h is made so to fit tight on a when 
they are put together as shown at B. 
There was a wire cloth or strainer put 
in at c; to use it the part b was partly 
filled with fine tobacco, and then some 
live coals put in a, and then shoved to¬ 
gether when it was ready for use; by 
blowing with the bellows, a strong smoke 
FUMIGATOR FOR LIVE STOCK. 
was emitted from the small hole at d. 
This smoke was blown into all parts of 
the hair on the animal, and after thor¬ 
oughly going over the back, a blanket 
was thrown over, and the remainder of 
the smoking done under the blanket. It 
took but a short time to do it, and as I 
remember : t was very effectual. It has 
been over 40 years since I saw it used, 
and I may possibly have omitted some 
detail. c. w. chadwick. 
BARN ALTERATIONS. 
I am planning to turn our barn around 
and put it on an eight-foot wan. I would 
like your opinion as to which would he 
the cheaper way of doing the work, con¬ 
crete or stone wall. We have plenty of 
stone, mostly large, and a moderate lot of 
lumber. The barn is 50 feet, long and 50 
feet wide, would have 12 ordinary barn 
windows and 10 feet for door space. What 
advice can you give'/ M. c. 
Darien Center, N. Y. 
If you have plenty of stone suitable 
for laying, and can get a good mason 
to lay it, without paying too high a price 
for the work, that would probably be 
the cheaper; if you had to buy the lum¬ 
ber to make the frames for the concrete, 
especially for that purpose. If the 
mason is as slow as the average, and 
wages are $5 or $4 a day, it will be 
expensive, the best way you can fix it, 
for you will have to lay the wall in 
cement mortar. If you can use the lum¬ 
ber elsewhere, then I would put up a 
concrete wall. It will cost less, and last 
longer. With this you do not need so 
much skilled labor, and in the wall you 
can lay a good many rough stones, 
which will further reduce the cost. Were 
it mine, I should use the “lime con¬ 
crete” I have described in these col¬ 
umns, in which you can use a lot of 
cheap material, as well as some rough 
stones. This will take longer to harden. 
You will remember that the best cow 
stable has a wood rather than a stone 
wall. Why not lay a light wall to hold 
the sill and make the eight feet of 
wood, sheathing lined with paper? If 
you use concrete, bed h ilts in the wall 
to hold the frame. e. van alstyne. 
REMEDIES FOR “HEAVES.” 
1 saw in a recent issue an inquiry about 
heaves in mules, and your answer is good, 
only I have something better. I have si 
horse that had something like heaves and I 
spent quite a lot of money for things I 
saw advertised, and they did me no good, 
but I got something that did help the horse, 
and he is practically cured, does not cough 
or blow now. and I use him for heavy 
work. lie weighs 1,500 and is 10 years old. 
Grass is as bad as hay, if handled the 
same. Keep hay away; cornstalks are 
ranch better and si ill better I think is 
sorghum. Drill it in like oats and cut it 
with a binder and feed one bundle three 
times a day. This is the best thing I ever 
fed for heaves. When 1 commenced feeding 
my medicine I only gave us much hay as 
would make a lien’s nest at night and wetted 
it well. This was till the hay, grass or 
straw he got; hut I increased my grain 
and he commenced to pick up, and now lie 
looks fine. a. g. c. 
Ohio. 
The correspondent does not say the 
but -;e bad heaves, but “something like 
heaves,” nor does be say the trouble is 
cured, but that it “is practically cured 
and he does not cough or blow now,” etc. 
All of these effects are quite possible in 
a starting case of heaves, and the treat¬ 
ment suggested here so often and again 
in our correspondent’s letter will relieve 
the distress so that the horse can work. 
But an established case of true “heaves” 
(emphysema of the lungs) is incurable, 
as we have often said. It always returns 
when treatment is stopped or the old, 
improper way of feeding coarse, bulky, 
somewhat innutritious food is recom¬ 
menced. The writer always is willing 
and pleased to tell readers of any help¬ 
ful medicine he has used or heard of. 
Why does not our correspondent do this 
also if he really has something beneficial? 
A. S. ALEXANDER. 
SILO INFORMATION. 
T desire information in regard to a silo 
built as described in The It. N.-Y. with 
wood got out like wagon felloes and nailed 
on top of each other until the desired 
height was reached. My plan would be 
to get the pieces out two inches wide, 1 % 
inch deep and three feet long, and lay 
them so they would break Joints, and then 
paper on the outside with building paper, 
and hoard up and down with matched 
lumber, pine or spruce. What would he 
your opinion as to lasting qualities of such 
a silo with the inner course built of hard 
wood? Could it he treated with any wood 
preservative that would add to its lasting 
qualities, and would asphalt: be a good 
preservative? I do not speak of such a 
silo thinking it would be cheaper than the 
stave silo, but because it would not blow 
down nor the hoops have to be tightened or 
loosened. A year ago in my town 28 
stave siloes blew down in one wind. 
New York. c. h. 
In the silos referred to I did not 
mean the hoops were continuous from 
bottom to top, but had spaces between 
them. That is, one set of hoops, six 
inches wide, were at the bottom, the 
next were eight inches above that, held 
in place by temporary supports. The 
third 12 inches above the second, and 
increased distance between them of six 
inches as they went toward the top, 
where the pressure is less. After a few 
hoops are on boards are nailed on to 
keep them in place. Such a silo, sided 
up and down with one-inch unplaned 
boards, and then plastered, would he 
much cheaper than a stave one with iron 
hoops, and not open to the objections 
stated, which are serious. The hoops 
can be one-half inch elm, oak or chest¬ 
nut, sawed three inches wide, then 
doubled, with broken joints, and sprung 
into a hoop around a frame arranged 
for the purpose. Set them in place, 
and as they are raised up, nail siding 
to them. You can get these sawed more 
readily than in a semi-circle. 
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