OlO 
the rural new-yokkek 
April 18, 
DESK FOR MILK RECORDS. 
I suppose there are no dairymen will¬ 
ing to answer to that name who do not 
keep records of the milk their cows give. 
We have kept tally of our cows for about 
20 years and either tested samples of the 
milk or had it done for us. so that we 
know what our cows are doing. Most 
dairymen keep tally sheet tacked to the 
wall, but we found a handier way by 
making a sort of desk hinged to the wall 
at a convenient height, with a hinged leg. 
the end of which rests on a block, but 
may be let down so as to be flat to the 
wall. Here in Maine we can get blanks 
from the Department of Agriculture free, 
by filling out other blanks which they 
send with our year's work and return¬ 
ing to them. The blank for 20 cows is 
13x17 inches. I took two planed boards 
the changes to a much mpre marked de¬ 
gree than with the flues. Wind pressure 
affects every form of gravity or direct 
ventilation but with the flues it is re¬ 
duced to a minimum. 
I have made a combination of the flues 
and curtain for early Winter, that is late 
Fall and late Winter or early Spring 
use. There is a time when the flue cir¬ 
culation is sluggish and the muslin is 
helpful as an assistant. Of course for 
those who have no flues by all means put 
in muslin at once; the change will be 
surprising. h. E. cook. 
One day Mr. Smith went to ’ buy a 
bushel of buckwheat for sowing. The 
man who sold the wheat was away, but 
the wife undertook to make the sale. She 
found a peck measure, and they went to 
the granary. She filled the measure 
of that size and hinged them together 
with screw rings in the outer edge of 
one and a hook on the outer edge of the 
other, so that when they were shut up 
the hook would catch over the screw eye 
and the screw eye was left to hang the 
board on. Tack the sheets on the inside 
of the boards and when not in use they 
are kept nice and clean. The top of the 
desk is 141^x34 inches, just right to lay 
the open sheets on. We use a short pen¬ 
cil, and instead of a string we use a 
block of inch-board lx^xl 1 ^ inches with 
a hole in the middle of it. The scales 
are hung on a wire, fastened overhead. 
The picture explains the device. 
Maine. c. H. fuller. 
Muslin Curtain Ventilation for Stables. 
I would like to have some information 
on ventilating barns by the muslin cur¬ 
tain method. In your issue of June 15, 
1907, II. E. Cooke, in answer to an in¬ 
quiry, said that he had not tried the mus¬ 
lin curtain, or rather had not studied the 
system long, but that if he was building 
a new stable he would put in the cloth 
curtains and try them thoroughly, before 
resorting to any other means. I have 
not seen that he has made any comment 
on the subject since, and I wonder what 
his views are now. I would like, to know 
if this system requires an outlet flue, and 
also if the barn walls have to be so 
carefully insulated as the King system 
requires. c. B. C. 
Indiana. 
Yes, I have had considerable experi¬ 
ence with muslin curtains since 1907, at 
my farms and also at the State School 
of Agriculture at Canton. My experience 
and observation would sum up about like 
this; Muslin curtains are useful, and 
have a place in barn ventilation, but they 
do not take the place of flues. In a 
poultry house muslin does the work to 
perfection, and flues are a nuisance, as 
draughts of air will form downward and 
disturb the fowls. In fact, the poultry 
house does not require so frequent a 
change of air as a cow stable, and the 
curtains are just right. In a stable, 
however, where two pounds of live weight 
are kept to each cubic foot of air space, 
and a steady constant inflow and out¬ 
flow of air is necessary, the curtains are 
not efficient unless the space is so large 
that temperatures are low and uncom¬ 
fortable for dairy cows. Under such 
very large exposure and low tempera¬ 
ture the air will show less humidity than 
with the flues, but the gain will not off¬ 
set the low temperature. There is really 
no scientific principle involved in a mus¬ 
lin curtain ventilation ; it is just simply 
a hole in the wall so finely divided that 
a direct draught is not formed against 
the animal. Wind pressure will control 
twice, poured the contents into the bag 
and began to tie it up. “But, Mrs. Law- 
ton,” said the man, “It takes four pecks 
to make a bushel.” “Oh, does it?” re¬ 
plied the woman, untying the bag. “Well, 
you see, I never had any experience in 
measuring grain before I was married. 
I always taught school.”—Harper’s 
Magazine. 
Power 
oi Concrete 
Cement largely determines the pow¬ 
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concrete. 
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516 Walnut Street, Niles, Ohio 
DIRECT 
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10 x 24 92.23 
12 x 26 118.25 
14 x 28 144.65 
16 x 30 173.89 
Other sizes in proportion. Ask for Catalogue. 
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UNADILLA 
The Silo that 
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No braces obstruct the continuous door 
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Tie W-Lif< 
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338 West St., Rutland, Vt 
Light fjern ning 
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WW simplicity, strength and durability, its 
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ALL SIZES EQUIPPED TO SUIT 
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WITH 
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& GUARDS 
225 
Main St. 
Richmorvd, Irvd. 
