Ibt RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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A Maryland Henhouse 
I am sending drawing of my henhouse. 
It is 16x32 ft. Some consider it too nar¬ 
row, but the narrow house gives more 
light at the back, than the wide house, 
and as the roosts are in east end the 
damp southern winds do not blow on the 
hens. The 4-ft. door is covered with mus¬ 
lin. Muslin windows are open at all 
times, except when a southerly storm is 
on. There is an S-in. strip of muslin be¬ 
tween top of windows and eaves, from 
door to end of house. Have never seen 
dampness or frost on inside of house, 
and in the three years of use, have not 
heard a hen sniffle. 
The floor is 4-in. concrete. Dropping 
such a poultry-house as you contemplate 
putting up of cinder concrete. Unless 
upon an open gravel soil, this underpin¬ 
ning should extend well into the ground 
and to any desired height above it. A 
thickness of 6 to S in. should be suffi¬ 
cient. The floor might well be made of 
the same material and continuous with 
the wall, though underlaid by a layer of 
field stones several inches in depth to 
provide drainage. It must be remem¬ 
bered that cinder concrete is porous and 
much lighter than that made from sand 
and gravel. 
I see no reason why glass cloth should 
not replace window glass in poultry- 
house windows, and no advantage in 
boards 3 ft. above floor; nests, feed hop¬ 
per, etc., IS in. above floor, allowing all 
space for scratching. o. T. 
Maryland. 
using it. Most poultry-house windows 
should be stored in the barn for the 
greater part of the year, anyway. 
M. B. p. 
Cement Foundation for Henhouse 
I intend building a large poultry-house, 
size about 20x30 ft., with a cement foun¬ 
dation. I read in The R. N.-Y. of mak¬ 
ing a; foundation of ashes and cement in 
the proportion of one cement, eight ashes. 
Will this stand up for a foundation? 
IIow far above ground and how far be¬ 
low and how thick? Also, what do you 
Ihink of a cement floor in poultry-houses, 
and also of using glass cloth in place of 
windows? A. m. 
Centre Moriches, N. Y. 
The use of coal ashes or cinders in 
the making of concrete appears to be 
taking some risk, not, apparently because 
they cannot be successfully used, but be¬ 
cause there is considerable variation in 
their composition, due to their source 
and accidental mixtures of other materi¬ 
als. I have before me a letter from an 
engineer of the Portland Cement Asso¬ 
ciation in which he says: “Cinders from 
both hard and soft coal have been used 
extensively in reinforced concrete con¬ 
struction, particularly to encase columns 
for fire protection and, in many cases, 
in floor slabs. Their use is quite common, 
particularly in those parts of the work 
where great strength is not required.” 
“The proportions used in making cinder 
concrete vary, but a 1:2:4 mixture is 
most common, viz.: One sack Portland 
cement, 2 cu. ft. of clean coarse sand and 
3 cu. ft. of good cinders.” This latter 
figure “3” is evident a misprint for “4.” 
One of our correspondents, Elmer J. 
Weaver, wrote, several years ago: “We 
have been using concrete walls at the 
base of all our greenhouses to a height of 
2 to 4 ft., and 5 in. thick. These walls, 
some of which have stood for six years, 
show no signs of disintegration, though 
it is absolutely imperative that only ashes 
from bituminous coal be used.” “I have 
seen walls erected with anthracite coal 
ashes fall down after a few season's 
freezing.” 
The concrete block which I spoke of 
making from cement and unscreened an¬ 
thracite coal ashes, in the proportion of 
1:8, is outside a kitchen door, where it 
serves as a stepping block to the en¬ 
trance. It has remained intact after sev¬ 
eral years of exposure. 
My own conclusions are that either 
hard or soft coal ashes make a sufficient¬ 
ly strong wall for a light building, that 
the proportions of one part cement and 
six of cinders is a safe one, and that the 
use of sand with them, while adding 
strength, is not necessary. I should not 
i 
hesitate to build the foundation wall of 
Everted Oviduct 
Can you tell me the cause and if there 
is a cure for my chickens, hatched last 
June? They appear healthy and eat 
well, but I have noticed several are full 
of blood around the vent, and it seems as 
though the egg bag is out. h. s. 
Connecticut. 
Eversion of the oviduct, in which a 
portion of this organ is turned inside 
out and projects from the vent, is caused 
by attempts to lay over-sized eggs, or by 
some obstruction of another nature, or 
perhaps by inflammation of the oviduct 
from still other causes. It is frequently 
seen in heavily fed pullets, less often in 
mature fowls. When present, the pro¬ 
truding parts may be cleansed, oiled and 
returned, in the hope that they will stay 
in place. The birds affected should be 
placed by themselves, given a laxative, 
such as a small teaspoon of Epsom salts 
dissolved in a little water, and be lightly 
fed, with plenty of green stuff in their 
ration. If they do not recover promptly, 
they are likely to be of little value in the 
flock, for there may be an inherent weak¬ 
ness that will prevent their ever becom¬ 
ing good producers. m. b. d. 
Heating Brooders 
I have 30 Leghorns; they do pretty 
well. Do you think that an oil stove in 
a steel barrel, to heat two brooders, 
would be all right? The coops are each 
4x6 ft. About how many chicks would 
they hold? I use hens for hatching. 
Bucks Co., Pa. i. b. 
You don’t tell me enough about this 
plan of using an oil stove in a steel bar¬ 
rel for heating two brooder houses to en¬ 
able me to see how you intend to do it. 
It is a new idea to me, and I should have 
to have a pretty clear description of 
your plan to form any opinion as to its 
practicability. Perhaps you have seen 
something of the kind and know about 
how it works. If you are going to hatch 
under hens, why not use hens for brood¬ 
ers? They are really the best brooders 
in the world, and the chicks will do far 
better with them than in any brooder 
that you can make. Sitting hens should 
be freed from lice by using a good louse 
powder each week while the hen is sit¬ 
ting. or by smearing a bit of blue oint¬ 
ment about the size of a pea over the skin 
just beneath the vent and under each 
wing once before the chicks come out. 
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CORNELL S. C. W. LEGHORN CHIX 
from certified cockerels and selected hens, $20 per 100. 
Tristram F. Coffin Stanfordvllle, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
Hummer’s Famous Baby Chicks if Ta\ B f7 1 e 
priced. Mixed Chicks, $12 per hundred 
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World’s Official Record-313 Eggs 
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Send for Catalog. 
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Georgetown J»cpt. A Delaware 
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Contest, records of last year—270 at Ntorrs, 2(54 at 
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Barred Plymouth RocksS c e chicks'. $ Ii 
State tested, vigorous chicks ; priced Recording tomat- 
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Hatching Egga 
Day-Old Chicks 
White Plymouth Rocks 
From officially trap-nested stock. Ovor 200 eggs per 
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Wild Turkeys, Pheasants,Quail, Rabbits, Deer, etc. 
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MAHOGANY STRAIN 
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Winners State Fair; many other shows; large type- 
prolific; green sheen. Also Barred Rocks, Thomp¬ 
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good, breed them, better get the best. Eggs, $2 for 
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S. C. White, Buff, Black Minorcas 
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