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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
November 8, 1910 
H ERE’S what you have been looking for— a 
complete light plant. Our 40 light “F” outfit is 
Fairbanks-Morse quality throughout — and 
comes all set up on one base. The low speed engine 
with ball bearing dynamo assures long life—less atten¬ 
tion—lower maintenance cost. Engine is the famous 
ce Z n throttling governor. Construction is extremely 
simple — workmanship and materials, the best 
possible. Push a button to start and another to 
Stop,, 
When you buy this “F” plant, you get a combined 
light and power service, as engine will also run a wash¬ 
ing machine, churn or cream separator, independent 
of the dynamo, either direct or through a line shaft. 
There is a dealer near you who will carefully explain 
all details and also prove why it is the one practice!, 
combination plant for which you have long 
been waiting. M „ 
40 LIGHT F PLANT 
1325 
( Complete F. O.B, 
Indianapolis) 
A distinctive 
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is offered as 
below: 
65 Lights 
100 Lights 
i 200 Lights 
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40 Light F Plant 
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One of the Easiest Running Mills Made 
Grinds ear corn, shelled corn, oats, 
wheat, barley, rye, kaffir corn, 
cotton seed, corn in shucks, 
, alfalfa, sheaf oats, or any 
kind of grain. Bagger has a 
double spout attached to 
either side of mill. Wo 
furnish extra hopper for 
grinding small grain and 
ear corn at the same time. 
Made with double sol 
of grinders or burrs. 
Have a grinding surfaco ol 
I just double that of most 
mills of equal size, there' 
fore, do twice as much work. Roqulres 25% less power. 
Especially adapted for gasoline engines. We make 7 sizes. 
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1 Threshes cowpeas and soybeans 
DULVIjII front the mown vines, wheat, 
oats, rye and 1 barley. A perfect 
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Roger Pea & Bean Thresher Co..Morristown,Tenn. 
Grain in Silage. —At silo-filling time, 
I told how many of the ears on our 
Luce’s Favorite silage corn were so hard 
that the kernels shelled off the cob as 
the corn went through the blower. I 
also told how a considerable difference of 
opinion developed at that time as to 
whether or not the cows would digest 
these whole kernels in the silage. We 
have been feeding this silage now for 
over three weeks, and have gotten down 
to some of it that had the most grain 
in it. There is no appreciable evidence 
to date that the cows arc not digesting 
practically all of the kernels; so as far 
as this phase of the question is concerned 
it seems to be pretty well disposed of, 
in this case at least. On the other hand, 
we are disappointed with the results that 
we are getting from this silage, full as 
it is of grain. Counting on it, perhaps 
more heavily than we should, we have 
cut out the hominy in our ration. The 
results today are not at all satisfactory, 
either in milk flow or condition of the 
cows. This whole question of grain in 
the silo has a good opportunity to be 
thoroughly tested out this Winter, and 
it will surely be worth while to get the 
opinion of practical dairymen as to 
whether or not it is going to pay best in 
the future to leave the mature ears on 
the stalks or to pull them off and to 
feed them separately. 
Keeping Cows Clean. —Now that the 
cows are in the barn practically all the 
time, the question of keeping them clean 
becomes quite a problem. As we get to 
it, we are planning to treat our milking 
cows about as follows: We will take 
conditions were most favorable. But all 
in all. the experience has decided us 
against the plan. We are starting in 
now to haul each day’s manure directly 
to the field. dairyman. 
Stable Ventilation 
In barn ventilating systems I cannot 
sec or understand why the cold air from 
the floor of the barn or stable should rush 
to the top of the barn and thereby draw 
in the fresh air from the outside. If the 
wind were blowing perhaps a ventilator 
on the ridge side of the roof might make 
suction enough to do it. but frequently no 
wind is stirring. I have plenty of stone 
on my farm, and from an architectural 
viewpoint I desire very much to make the 
basement of barn of stone. c. R. 
The King ventilating system is operated 
very largely by the force of gravity. It 
relies upon natural causes for its motive 
force, the same causes that make the wind 
blow. The difference in weight between 
the outside cold, dry air. and the warmer 
and moister air inside is utilized by the 
arrangement of the flues to secure a 
change of air in the stables. The air in 
the stable, even near the floor level where 
the chief openings in the out-take flues 
are situated, is warmer and contains more 
water vapor from the breath of the ani¬ 
mals housed than the colder and drier out¬ 
side air, if the stable is tightly aud warm¬ 
ly built, and the King system should be 
installed in no other kind of a stable but 
a tight aud warm one. This difference in 
temperature and moisture content causes 
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Spraying for Hog Lice at Ncic Jersey Experiment Station 
sheep shears and cut off the brush square 
with the end of the bone, and then clip 
the long hairs off the tail. We will then 
take clipping machine and clip the legs, 
flanks and belly of the animal to a line 
running between the hip bone and a point 
a few inches ahead of the udder. We 
have handled the cows in past seasons 
in this wav and find it very satisfactory. 
Manure will not adhere to the short hair 
on the tail and flanks, and if a little does 
got on, it can easily bo brushed off. <M 
course, it gives the cows a sort of a 
■ ragged appearance, hut it certainly pays 
; in cleanliness and comfort to the milkers. 
1 Saving Labor. —A good many steps 
are easily wasted taking care of cattle 
in the barn. This is something that every 
man who builds a barn aud plans a 
stable should have in mind. Many of 
our old barns are very inconvenient. 
Even in them, however, I believe it is 
possible to save labor by a little planning. 
We were talking about it the other day. 
and here are two or three things we think 
we can do that will be a saving in both 
time and labor. We can throw all of 
the silage down that is needed for one 
day at the one time. We can do the 
same with the hay. By using plenty of 
straw, we can clean the box stalls out 
twice a week instead of every day. By 
putting in water buckets, which is an ex¬ 
pense that we are figuring on. we can get 
along with turning the cows out once a 
day; and by cleaning the stables at that 
time and sweeping up after the cows 
are hack in the barn, eliminate the labor 
that is always necessary to clean up the 
floor after the cows have been out. These 
arc some of the main things that we have 
thought of. We are going to seriously 
consider this problem some more and try 
to cut down the labor cost to its very 
minimum this Winter. 
Handling Manure. —The question of 
handling the manure on a farm with a 
lot of stock on it is one that seems to 
differ considerably with different farmers. 
Until last Winter we always made the 
practice of drawing the manure to the 
field every day. Last Winter we put in a 
litter carrier, and the first thing we 
knew we had neglected to got out the 
team on a stormy morning and had a 
manure pile started; and how that pile 
grew ! We never caught up with it until 
Spring. Now the plan had its advantages: 
It saved taking the team out in bad 
storms, enabled us to do the chores more 
quickly, and to draw the manure wheu 
a difference in weight, and a state of un¬ 
balance is made to exist, the colder and 
heavier outdoor air flowing in through the 
intakes, and forcing the warm and moist 
inside air up and out the out-take flue. 
The incoming air being warmed by con¬ 
tact with the animals and mixing with 
the warm stable air is in turn expanded 
and forced up the flue, making the flow 
continuous and securing ventilation. The 
warm air goes up for the same reason 
that a cork rises to the surface of a pail 
of water, or a balloon ascends. An equal 
amount of water in oue case or of cold 
air in the other is heavier than the object 
itself, and the lighter body is 'displaced 
by it. forcing it up. 
The aspirating effect of the wind blow¬ 
ing across the top of the out-take flue by 
decreasing the pressure at this point also 
aids in maintaining a flow of air upward 
in the flue, as does also the pressure of the 
wind on the intake openings, situated 
upon the windward side of the barn. The 
forces causing this action in the King 
system are so small that every protection 
must be given to secure proper action. 
The stable must be built warm and, aside 
from the out-take and intake flue open¬ 
ings, tight. The out-take flue must extend 
to a point above the ridge by the most 
direct route possible, be smooth on the 
inside, tight, to prevent air leakage, aud 
built warm to prevent the cooling of the 
air column within it. 
It is true that ventilation would he 
hastened by taking the warmer air from 
near the ceiling, and a register is usually 
provided in the out-take flue at this point 
for this purpose. When opened it hastens 
ventilation at the expense of heat. Trof. 
King in his experiments, however, found 
that a considerable amount of the moist 
impure air settled too near the floor, and 
that stable odors arising from manure 
had their source there, so that a smaller 
amount of foul air taken from this level 
gave equal purity or ventilation to a 
larger amount taken from a higher level, 
with the net result that the stable could 
be kept warmer and at the same time 
have the air equally fit to breathe. IIis? 
general recommendation was to use four 
square feet of out-take flue opening for 
every 20 cows, and enough small intakes 
well placed about the walls to secure a 
total intake opening somewhat in excess 
of this, the intakes being small and scat¬ 
tered to insure that fresh air went to all 
parts of the stable, and at the same time 
caused no draughts. B. H, s. 
