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Partitioning a Silo. 
I HAVE a silo that is too big for me, 
and I have, been thinking of putting a 
partition in it. I would like your ad¬ 
vice about it. Some thought the corners 
would not settle well enough, but I would 
pack it well there. Do you think if I 
make it airtight every way it will do? 
1 cannot keep cows enough for the one 
I have now, so I thought if I could make 
two of it I could feed them Winter and 
Summer. E. H. A. 
Woodstock, Yn. 
Certainly it is feasible to divide the 
silo, making two pits out of the one. My 
understanding is that you will continue 
to fill it, but want to save half for Sum¬ 
mer feeding. These narrow pits would 
have more proportionate wall friction 
than a large silo, and .would require more 
care in filling to make it compact along 
the walls. You can easily make it air¬ 
tight by using matched flooring nailed to 
the 2x4’s for the partition frame. In 
the corners, nail half .of an 8x8 sawed 
cornerwise, well painted in with gas tar. 
As you would fill in both sides with the 
silage , at the same filling, the pressure 
would keep the partition in place, but 
when feeding out one side, should you no¬ 
tice it springing out, it will be easy 
to stay it across.' the silo to the other 
side with light timbers of some kind. I 
am inclined to believe that if you feed 
through the Summer, you will not need 
a partition, .as the-removal of two lay¬ 
ers a day, will'keep ahead of any loss 
by fermentation, and. that the loss at best 
would not approach tin 1 ' cost of a parti¬ 
tion. If you will in the Summer—after 
each removal of silage—sprinkle a pail 
of fresh water with a garden sprinkler 
over the silage surface, it is probable you 
would have no trouble, of course being 
careful not to disturb the remaining sil¬ 
age more than possible. An old canvas 
spread over the silage between feeding, 
would be a considerable help. 
JOHN GOULD. 
Plans for Cow Barn. 
W ILL you give me plans for ventilat¬ 
ing, lighting and arranging floor 
space for cowbarn I am going to 
make in a part of my farm? Floor space 
16%x45 feet. I want 12 cows. Is it 
too many? Cement floor; planks for 
cows to stand on. solid cement gutter; 
cement feed trough, water turned into 
feed trough for cows. How much room 
for each cow? How long a cow platform? 
How deep and how wide gutter? Is this 
plan feasible? To slant the gutter slight¬ 
ly toward one end and have at the lower 
end a drain of four-inch tile to collect and 
carry to manure pit the excess liquid? 
Would this trap catch loose manure 
and if cleaned out when necessary prevent 
tile pipe from becoming clogged? It 
would be a great saving in absorbent ma¬ 
terial. Please tell me how to make a 
manure pit for 20 head. c. c. 
Massachusetts. 
A stable 45 feet in length will accom¬ 
modate 12 cows and give needed passage 
way at the side. Cows should be given 
from 3% to four feet of platform each. 
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and this platform should be from four to 
five feet in depth from stanchion to gut¬ 
ter, the depth depending upon the size 
of the cow. Wh n standing in natural 
position, the cow’s hind feet should be 
close to the edge of the gutter. The gut¬ 
ter should be wide enough to admit 
readily the ordinary stahle shovel; 15 
inches being a good width; and a depth 
of eight inches in front and six inches at 
the rear is a convenient one. The walk 
behind the gutter and the cows should 
be about four feet in width and two inch¬ 
es lower than the standing platform of 
THE RURAL 
simply reservoirs of the required size with 
water-tight sides and bottom to hold the 
liquids. They are usually rectangular in 
shape and not more than four feet in 
depth; two feet of the pit may well be 
above ground if the walls are built of 
concrete, as they usually are. The bot¬ 
tom may be of concrete or puddled clay. 
If placed where a wagon may be loaded 
Side view Gutter for l£ co tvs 
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Urine 
Drain to 
Manure Pit 
Heavy pitch to same 
from either side of the pit some labor 
is saved. The size will depend upon the 
number of cattle and the length of time 
that will intervene between the removals 
of the manure to the fields. M. b. D. 
Bottom view, Gutter 
Gutter 
hole and 
Grating 
the cows. This slight elevation of the 
cows gives them a better appearance to 
an observer behind them; 16% feet will 
provide sufficient room for cows and the 
feeding alley in front of them ; this latter 
should be from four to five feet in width 
for convenience. I see no reason why 
your plan for carrying the liquid manure 
to a pit is not feasible, though if the 
horse manure or some other good absorb¬ 
ent can be used in the gutters such a 
drain is not needed. Manure pits are 
age 
Fencing in Sheep. 
I AM keeping sheep and our neighbor 
refuses to fix his fence. I notified him 
when I got the sheep. Am I respons¬ 
ible for damages done by sheep on his 
farm when they go through his fence? Is 
he obliged to fence against sheep? If so, 
how .should I proceed to make him fix the 
fence? s. w. w. 
New York. 
If the electors of your town have some 
rule as to what shall be deemed a suffi¬ 
cient division fence in your town and 
your neighbor is not complying with the 
rule, he could not recover against you 
for damage done by your sheep. In the 
absence of any such rule, and if your 
neighbor maintains a fence of the height 
or strength of division fences generally in 
that town, you would ne liable for the 
damage done by your sheep if they escape 
on to his land. Division fences are not 
generally of a character to keep sheep 
out, and if you wish to keep sheep, you 
will have to fence them in or be liable 
for damage, unless, as said before, the 
electors of the town have made a rule 
in regard to fences. M. D. 
Ration for Milch Cow, 
W ILL you advise me whether the fol¬ 
lowing feed for a cow is calculated 
to secure the largest yield of milk? 
Morning and night two pounds bran, two 
pounds stock feed. Cow is on pasture 
during day, gives about 10 pounds milk 
at morning milking and eight pounds at 
night. Milk very rich in cream. Cow 
is about size of Jersey; six years old, and 
called a “dark Jersey.” I am aware that 
18 to 20 pounds milk per day is not k ge, 
and trust you can suggest r feed formula 
that will tend toward an increased yield. 
Massachusetts. j. w. c. 
I am not familiar with the stock feed 
you mention, but assuming it to be like 
most of the compounded feeds on the mar¬ 
ket, I believe the following will give bet¬ 
ter results: Bran, one pound ; brewers’ or 
distillers’ dried grains two pounds; corn- 
meal one pound. Feed at morning and 
night, as at present. Eighteen to 20 
pounds daily, it is true, is not a large 
production, yet if the milk is very rich 
it is by no means a bad performance for 
a small cow, and as you are feeding very 
well at present you can hardly expect a 
large increase of milk by a change of 
ration. c. L. M. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Horse Walks to One Side. 
W HAT is the matter with a horse 
when he persistently walks to one 
side? Mine walks to the left on the 
farm and on the road. Is it an indica¬ 
tion of pain or weakness that might be 
remedied? L. w. K. 
Michigan. 
A horse tends to walk away from the 
shoulder that is sore; but if no such sore¬ 
ness exists one may conclude that per¬ 
sistent abnormality in walking is a mat¬ 
ter determined by the brain or spinal col¬ 
umn and that such an abnormality is in¬ 
curable. A. 8. A. 
NEW-YORKER 
pasture he stands with his head down 
much of the time. His eye is a little 
dull at present, but much brighter than it 
has been. 11 is appetite is good and his 
hair looks well. His mouth, tongue, and 
teeth look stained much as a boy’s after 
he has been eating choke-cherries. What 
is the trouble with the colt and tell me 
the remedy, if any? L. r. n. 
New York. 
Inco-ordination <>f motion indicates dis¬ 
ease of the spinal cord, or pressure from 
an abscess, or collection of serum; or it 
might come from lightning shock, or 
osteo-porosis (big head). Without an ex¬ 
amination we are unable to confidently 
prescribe treatment in such a case, hence 
we should advise you to consult a local 
expert. a. s. a. 
Turnips in Silage. 
W HEN I planted my corn I mixed 
some Swedish turnip seeds in with 
the fertilizer, and now they are 
quite thick and heavy in places. I am 
thinking of cutting them up. roots and 
all, together with the corn into the silo. 
If I do, what will be the effect on the sil- 
Will they hurt the keeping qual¬ 
ity. A. s. 
New York. 
We have had reports from farmers who 
mixed -mangels in with the corn. The 
mangels were'put right into the cutter, 
chopped or pulped and blown into the silo. 
They made a wet pulp which mixed in 
with the corn and made a good feed. We 
do not know of cases where turnips have 
been used in this way. We think they 
would give a .bad taste to the silage. lias 
anyone tried it? 
Locomotor Ataxia. 
I HAVE a colt about 15 months old. He 
has developed nicely and grows rap¬ 
idly. About five weeks ago I noticed 
that he did not travel right. He drags 
his hind feet, staggers one way and an¬ 
other and blunders along. He appears to 
have lost part control of his legs. In the 
Controlling Dogs. 
M Y ideas of controlling the dog nuisance 
are as follows: First I would bell 
the dogs in place of sheep. Let 
the State furnish the bells to the trustees 
of each township. Charge all dog owners 
say .$2 for first bell $4 for second and 
for female $5. Have the law to compel 
every constable to kill all dogs not belled. 
Also anybody may kill them if he wishes 
to; only protect the dog that is properly 
belled. Have good shrill-sounding bells, 
so they can be heard a long way. Then 
if the dog gets after sheep you can hear 
the bell and go to the sheep’s rescue. 
Also the dog owner can tell where his dog 
is by the bell. Yours for better sheep 
husbandry. a. d. wolverton. 
Indiana. 
Sore. 
M Y horse in some way knocked off a 
patch of skin the size of a quarter 
on the inside of his right foreleg 
just at the knee; this was about six 
weeks ago. I have washed it with disin¬ 
fectant, and peroxide of hydrogen, but it 
does not heal, exuding bloody matter al¬ 
most continually. What can I do for it? 
There seems to be no single opening, for 
the matter to exude from; it exudes all 
over its surface. The flies bother it, and 
the horse rubs it and starts fresh bleed¬ 
ing quite often. This horse also has 
round bunches come under the skin about 
the size of a cent or smaller; these re¬ 
main for a time and then disappear, to be 
replaced by others. They do not fester or 
break except under collar, then they will 
bleed a little, scab over and finally heal. 
Massachusetts. w. g. f. 
Once daily swab the sore with tinc¬ 
ture of iodine and as often as found nec¬ 
essary to keep it dry and keep flies away 
dust it with a mixture of one part of 
iodoform to two parts each of powdered 
charcoal, sulphur and slaked lime. Tie 
the horse so that he will be unable to 
bite or rub the sore. The “bunches” 
might indicate farcy, the skin form of 
glanders, and on that account it would 
be well to have the horse examined by a 
graduate veterinarian, or they may be 
due to derangement of the digestive or¬ 
gans and skin. Reduce rich feed. In¬ 
crease exercise. a. s. a. 
Spavin. 
C AN a bone spavin on a horse be cured? 
If so, how? If not, what will take 
the lameness out? E. R. 
New Jersey. 
The bone spavin cannot be removed, 
but the lameness may subside if you have 
the spavin and entire hock joint fired and 
blistered by a graduate veterinarian, and 
then tie him up short in a narrow stall 
for a six weeks’ rest. Better postpone 
the operation until late Fall, when flies 
are gone. a. 8. a. 
Supernumerary Teat. 
O NE of our four cows (a heifer) when 
she freshened milked from five teats. 
The fifth one is about one-half size, 
and I have milked it for several months. 
It is a great nuisance, taking as long as 
the other four sometimes. Will it be all 
right to let it dry up? 2. Another heifer 
sometimes is slow in urinating. One day 
she will pass off a good stream' and the 
next it will be slow and scanty. What is 
the matter with her?-She is in good flesh 
and large size. One of her teats seems 
closing up; what causes that? k. b. 
1. The extra gland may be dried up 
now, by leaving milk in it daily and rub¬ 
bing well with camphorated oil twice 
daily, or may be obliterated by cauter¬ 
ization when she is dry. It would even 
be possible to amputate the teat, as well 
as do away with the secreting function of 
the gland, if you can employ a graduate 
veterinarian for the work. 2. An exam¬ 
ination will have to be made as some ob¬ 
struction probably is present in the va¬ 
gina, urinary passage or bladder and may 
be removable by oper .tioii. Closing of 
the teat duct likely is due to a warty 
growth which should, be removed or slit 
through in four directions hy means of a 
sterilized teat bistoury, or you might try 
the effect of dilators (teat plugs) to be 
bought from a dealer in veterinary in¬ 
struments. a. s. A. 
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