The Oklahoma County News (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1921 Page: 16 of 20
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THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY NEWS
HRMICESSITY
Type Shown Here Has Advan-
tages That Will Appeal
LATEST DEVICES INSTALLED
It la of Gambrel Roof Frame Con-
atructlon With Hollow Tile Foun-
dation and Will Accommodate
Horses Cowa and Calves
By WILLIAM A RADFORD
Mr William A Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE! OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm for
the readers of this paper On account of
his wide experience as Editor Author and
Manufacturer he Is without doubt the
highest authority on all these subjects
Address all Inquiries to William A Rad-
ford No 1827 Prairie avenue Chicago
111 and only Inclose two-cent stamp for
reply
When planning a new barn the aver-
age farmer has to consider his limita-
tions In the way of cost and utility On
the larger dairy farms the dairy barn
Ib built for the exclusive use of the
dairy herd and no provision is made
for other animals On the genernl-pur-
pose farm however where the farmer
hns a small herd and also a few horses
he generally wants a barn that will
take care of both The general type
of dairy barn Is needed with pens for
horses Such Is the barn shown here
with iloor plans
A handsome looking structure built
of frame with a substantial hollow
tile foundation It has been designed
to accommodate nine cows six horses
and several calves The roof is the
familiar gambrel shape with modern
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roof ventilators and root dormers pro-
viding excellent ventilation for both
lower floor and hay mow Fresh air
Intakes located at the proper Intervals
about the lower barn floor furnish a
continual supply of fresh air while
foul air flues carry off the Impure air
which Is so dangerous In buildings
where animals are housed While
barns are built more for utility than
appearance it Is wise to make them
appear somewhat attractive This
building is an excellent addition to
any farm
Modern barn construction lays par-
ticular emphasis upon Interior arrange-
ment and labor-saving equipment
These two points should be kept fore-
most In mind when designing the
buildings Upon them depends the ef-
ficiency of production and the satisfac-
tion of help That Is why carrier
tracks for litter and feed carriers have
been installed In feed and litter al-
leys The track running through the
feed alley runs to the grain spouts
at one end of the building The car-
riers are filled from these spouts
which tap the graiu bins on the floor
above The litter track connects each
litter alley with the manure pit on the
outside of the barn These carriers
have helped to lift a very heavy bur-
den from the shoulders of the farm
' help and the ‘farmer’s hoys who take
an active Interest It Is less liable that
- they will seek the alluring positions
of the city If modern labor-saving
conveniences on the farm make their
work more pleasant and give them
more time for amusement and pleas-
ure All cow stalls horse stalls pens
etc are divided off by modern steel
atnll equipment The Iloor Is concrete
with ennitnry manger troughs and
gutters Stanchions and water cups
4 re an essential part of this ham
equipment At one end of the barn
are the cow pouo and box stalls Tbs
affect of this sanitary and efficient
equipment has been demonstrated in
the Increased production of the ani-
mals Contented cows will not oily
produce a high-grade milk hut plenty
of It Prinking cups provide a cou-
tluuul sourco of fresh cleun water
which-Is an Important factor In milk
production '
Because of the many factors enter
lng Into form production at the pres-
ent time It pays the farmer to Install
the best equipment he can procure at
the very beginning While the Initial
expense Is larger than If he had used
old material the results will soon pay
for the difference in cost Not only
will he get better products but more
of them and at the same time he will
be protecting himself against future
desertion of the property which he has
worked so hard to build up The
younger generation has become edu-
cated to the advantages -of modern
conveniences and If they cannot get
them on the farm they will go to the
cities and towns Undesirable condi-
tions heretofore have been largely re-
sponsible for this exodus which threat-
ens the very foundations of our so-
cial order Progressive farmers have
learned the lesson of well-built build-
ings and modern equipment In dine
all of the farmers will demand the
best buildings and the best equipment
OF INTEREST TO TRAVELERS
Brander Matthews’ Suggestion of a
"Guido Book to tho British
1 Isles" Is Worth While
Among the “general hints” prefixed
to the English -version of Baedeker’s
‘Guide to the United States” there is
to be found a cautiously selected
glossary to' enable the W'andering
Briton to translate the unaccustomed
Americanisms he Is likely to hear Into
tl£' corresponding Briticisms with
which he hns always been familiar
And there ought to be a similar glos-
sary In the “Guide Book to jhe Brit-
ish Isles” for the benefit of the voyag-
ing American writes Brander Mat-
thews in Scribner’s
We may assume that this Baedeker
glossary was prepared by Mr Muir-
head an Englishman long resident in
the United States It catalogues about
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-BTTESrtaV
a hundred instances of tlie diverg-
ence of vocabulary and to the untrav-
eled American this list Is Instructive
It is an aid to his understanding of Im-
ported Action It informs us that
what we call a “bedspread” Is known
In England as a “counterpane" Our
"bureau” Is their “chest of drawers”
our "muslin” Is their "cotton cloth”
our "calico” Is their "printed cotton
cloth” j our "notions” are their "small
wares" and our "spool of cotton’ Is
their "reel of thread"
It falls to mention our “commuta-
tion ticket" which is their "season
ticket” and which has given ns "com-
muter” to describe a resident of the
remoter suburbs — a word quite In-
comprehensible to the Londoner It
defines Americanisms -for which there
are no equivalent Briticisms because
the things themselves are more or less
unknown in Great Britain— for exam-
ple "cowboy" and “cuspidor" It
seems to Imply that we always sub-
stitute "fall” for “autumn” “rooster?
for “cock” "deck” for "pnek” (of
cards) and “wilt” for “wither" and
this implication Is unwarranted since
we use both "fall" and "autumn”
“rooster" and "cock” "deck” and
“pack" "wilt" and "wither”
“Ain’t" -Still Is 8nubbed
The use of the word “ain’t” has
never yet been admitted to correct
English although numerous attempts
hnve been made to have this done
The principal objection probably Is
that It Is used with such a vnrlety of
meanings and Impartially In all per-
sons ‘ Originally It prohnbly was an
abbreviation for Am Not the need
of one for which yls often- felt But
we say' “I ain’t you nln’t he ain’t”
which menus “I am not yon nre not
lie Is not” And good grammarians
will not allow Its use In correct Eng-
lish no mutter how prevalent Its use
muy he
An Exoeptlon
Mrs Flnthush — You know every-
thing changes In this world
Mr Flutbusii— Oh I don’t know
about that There doesn’t seem to be
much change In ear-muffs
GARDENS REDUCE
MG EXPENSE
lust as Important for Food Sup-
ply Now as Any Time Dur-
ing Past Few Years
ONE-TENTH ACRE IS ENOUGH
According to Agricultural Specialists
Spacs Will Supply Enough Vege-
tables for Average Family In
Many Large Cities
(Prepared by the United Statee Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
Home vegetable gardens will be just
as Important In stabilizing the food
supply in 1921 as they have been at
any time during the past few years
say garden specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture-
Urgent ned fur Increased production
of food during the war caused thou-
sands of ruraland urban residents to
plant gardens which resulted lu es-
tablishing tlie gardening habit This
year specialists say home gardens
will pluy an Important part lu thrift
and economy Thousands of acres of
uncultivated land In and about many
large1 cities will be utilized this year
to furnish employment and recreation
to home gardeners who know that by
raising their own supply of vegetables
they can materially reduce their liv-
ing costs-
Enough for Average Family
One-tenth of an acre of fairly good-
ground — a square about 65 feet each
wuy — will supply the greater part of
the vegetables needed by the average
family say garden specialists of the
department - The cost of all seeds
and fertilizers for a garden of jthls
size should not exceed $15 to $18 and
may not cost more than $5 or $10
Experience has shown that not more
than 100 hours should be required for
planting and caring for a tenth-acre
garden This time Is so distributed
throughout the season that the work
can be easily done by most persons
working In factories stores or offices
It meqns an average of about five or
six hours a week for a period of 20
weeks or merely enough time for prop-
er outdoor recreation and exercise
necessary for good health More time
will be required early In the season
while the garden Is being prepared
and planted than during the summer
wlied ' not more than two or thre(e
hours a week will 'be necessary to
keep the garden In good condition
A little time during mornings eve-
nings and on holidays spent In the
gnrden Is a good Investment A gar-
den Is like a farm however In that It
Gardens Furnish Recreation ae Well
aa Food
produces according to the attention
given It A well-cared-for garden will
produce much higher yields than one
which Is neglected The average re-
turn In money value from a tenth-acre
plot of ground usually Is about $85
for a season
Fresh Vegetable Supply
Plenty of fresh vegetables direct
from the garden to the table Is of
vastly greater Importance than the
money value the cutting out of mid-
dleman’s profits or transportation
problems The question of saving and
cost however ma prove a very Im-
portant factor before the close of an-
other year Already there Is much
unemployment of labor nnd the local
or home production of foods In the gar-
den Is the surest way of safeguarding
the family food supply It Is said that
the farmers of the country could cut
themselves off from the rest of the
people and live comfortably for an
Indefinite period because they can
produce practically everything that
they need Gardens furnish an Im-
portant part of the living of families
on farms nnd tho same principle will
apply to people who live In cities
towns and villages who have access
to a small tract of land on which to
grow a gnrdon
There Is nothing connected with the
work of cultivating a garden that has
a tendency to Injure the health unless
overexertion la Indulged In Persons
who hnhltually work Indoors should
be rather careful when they first be-
gin working In the direct sunshine
When the work to first started the
muscles are stiff and weakened from
Inactivity and It Is necessary te go
slowly until they get Into play
PRIMARY OBJECT OF
PARCEL POST TRADE
Difficult to Solve Problem of
Fair Prices
Producer 8eekd to Soeure Increased
Prices and Consumer Wants Bettor
Products— Agreement Should
Bo Fair to Both
(Prepared bf" tho Unltod States Deport-
ment of Agriculture)
As the object of parcel post deal-
ing la to obtain slightly Increased
prices for the producer and better
products at the same price or the
same class of products at lower prices
for the consumer the question of ar-
riving st prices fair to both Is Im-
portant and also difficult Bay mar-
keting specialists of the United States
Department of Agriculture
It Is not likely at least -not for
some time to come that eggs will be
marketed so largely by parcel post
that the ordinary market quotations
can not be depended upon In arriving
at prices -
It should be comparatively easy for
a producer and a consumer to agree
upon stipulated market quotations as
the basis for determining prices A
Eggs - to Be Shipped by Parcel Poet
Should Be Packed to They Will Not
Touch Each Other and Break
consumer may desire' 5 dozen eggs a
week-the price to be on agreed-upon
figure above the wholesale quotation
for the best grade of eggs on the innr-
ket that week The necessary rela-
tions In this matter can be maintained
only by scrupulous honesty and mu
tual trust -
The nature of the agreement be-
tween the producer and the consum-
er whether reduced to writing or not
shouli he made to suit the circum-
stances and be - fair to both per-
haps the first agreement should be
In writing but later If mutual con-
fidence and trust have been thorough-
ly established the contruct may be
verbal '
The matter of frequencyarid meth-
od of payment can he arranged ln
various ways For the first agreement
term which may be a ‘year or less
rash In advance might be satisfactory
until n definite system of orders and
payments is establlsned
' For the reason that eggs are abund-
ant In the spring and scarce In the
autumn and early winter the con-
tract should specify the quantities to
he supplied each week throughout the
year The producer making an agree
ment with a consumer should under
take to replace or allow rebates foi
eggs lost by breakage In shipping
best vegetables to plant
Many Beginners Make Mistake of
Planting Everything In Cata-
logue— Pulverize Soil
Rome beginners In gardening be-
come very enthusiastic In early spring
when they look through seed cata-
logues They have a desire to plant
every kind of vegetable elaborately
described and favorably Illustrated
As a rule not more than- 15 or 20
kinds of vegetables should be planted
In the average home garden say spe-
cialists of the Ylnlted States Depart-
ment of Agriculture Few beginners
also realize the Importance of well-
prepared seed beds Pulverize the soli
ns deeply as It Is plowed If the soli
Is coarse and lumpy even though Its
surface Is well broken up the plants
will not thrive Large air spaces In
tho soli are Injurious but a great num-
ber of small ones are beneficial
BUY EGGS ON QUALITY BASIS
Uniform Color 8izo Clean and Fresh
Product Will Command-High
Figure on Market -
Nearly all market poultry and egg
buyers are now buying on a quality
busts A case of good eggs of uni-
form color averaging two ounces to
ihe egg dean sqund and fresh pro-
duced by a flock of standard-bred
hens 1s worth more than a case of
mixed white and brown eggs of odd
sizes and qualities laid by odd chick-
ens In a scrub flock
GOOD TREES FOR WINDBREAK
Black Hill Spruce or White Spruoe
Are Fine Evergreens— Willow and
Poplar Grow Quickly
Rend In an order for enougl trees
for a good windbreak Black Hill
spruce or White spruce are good
evergreens to use Willow Norway
poplar and even Box elder are quick
growing but not lasting trees
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HUH
GIVE BREEDERS FREE RANGE
Meet Desirable for deduction of Far
i tile Egga Intended to Be Used
in Incubator -
(Prepared by the Unified 8tatee Depart-
meat of Agriculture)
Hazards which sometimes i coal-
puny the Incubation of eggs are large-
ly avoidable' Fertile eggs from vigor-
ous breeding stock are necessary la
order to obtain good hatches
Free range for the breeders Is most
desirable for the production of fertile
eggs with vigorous germs but all eggs
produced from such hens should not
be used for Incubation Eggs that are
abnormally small and poorly shaped or
those having thin or very poor shells
should be eliminated Dirty eggs or
those bailly soiled should not be used
If it Is found necessary to set slightly
soiled eggs they may be cleaned by
rubbing lightly with a damp cloth care
being taken -not to rub off any more
of the natural bloom than Is neces--sary
It Is never advisable to use for
hutching eggs that are more than two
weeks old In freezing weather eggs
should be collected two or three times
a dny so as' to prevent their being
chilled Neither a hen nor an Incuba-
tor will hutch strong chicks from eggs
containing weak germs or from those
which have not received proper care
In preparing the nest for the sitting
ben put from three to four Inches
of damp earth or a piece of grass sod
In the bottom of the nest before the
nesting material Is put In to' provide
moisture When tlie hen becomes
btoody and before she Is transferred
to the nest for sitting site should be
dusted with Insect powder or sodium
fluoride In doing this hold the hen
by the feet with the head down work-
ing the powder well Into the feathers
ThlB should be repeated about the
eighteenth day of incubation so as to
be sure that there are no lice present
when the chicks are hatched -
The hen should be' moved at night
fiom the regular laying nest Into the
nest where she Is to be set The lat-
ter nest should be In some out-of-the-way
place where the hen will not be
disturbed In order to make sure that
thu hen will continue to stay In tlie
new nest she should be started with
one or two china nest eggs If at
Provide - Comfortabls Quarters Tor
Poultry Fleck
the end of the second day when tho
hen should be permitted to leave her
nest for flood and water she returns
In a short time the nest eggs may be
replaced with the eggs that are to be
Incubated
Throughout the period of Incubation
the eggs and nests should be kept
clean Sometimes It will be necessury
to change the nesting material Eggs
should be -tested twice during the In-
cubation period preferably on the sev-
enth and fourteenth days and all in-
fertile eggs and those with dead germs
should be removed When the eggs
begin to hatch the hen should be con-
fined and not disturbed until the hatch-
ing Is complete If she becomes rest-
less remove the chicks as they are
hatched and keep them in a warm
place until the hatch Is complete when
all should be returned to the mother
hen
INCREASED EGG PRODUCTION
Highest' Numbtr of Eggs Obtained
From Mash Composed of Moat
8crap and Cornmoal
The highest egg production in poultry-feeding
tests conducted by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture were obtained from a pen receiv-
ing a mash composed of four pounds
bran four pounds middlings 26
pounds meat scrap and 66 pounds
cornmeal -
This ration has been one of the
best' mashes giving consistent high
production over- a period of several
years nnd Is not distinctly different
from the mash used In the wheatless
ration which has also given very good
production
SIMPLE HINTS FOR POULTRY
To Koep Young Brogd In Hsalthy Con-
dition 8upply Clean Water and '
Plenty of Grit
A successful poultrymnn offers a
few simple hints for keeping the
young brood In health aa follows:
Give clean water supply plenty of
grit feed a variety of cracked and
whole grain mostly In a dry state
keep chicks’ out of tho grass when wot
with dew or rain
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BETTER
ROADS
GIVE CONCRETE ROADS-CARE
All Contraction Joints 8hould B
Cloanod and Filled With Hot Tar
Twlco a Year
With the Increase and use of con-
crete roads and pavement the proto- '
lem of proper maintenance becomea -one
of prime Importance All con-
traction Joints should' be given atten-
tion at least once a year and where
'the traffic la very heavy this should
be done at least twice every year
The -months qf April and Ocfbbe ‘
will usually be round to be suitable
for this work All joints should be
-carefully cleaned and filled with hot
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Splondid Type of Concrete Road
tar whose melting point as deter-
mined by the “cube In water” method
Is about 105 degrees Fahrenheit It
Is Important that tests be made to-
determine the melting point of the ma-
terial to be used If the melting polnt-
1s found to be too high It may be re-
duced by the addition of creosote If
too low It may be brought to the de-
sired consistency by the addition ot
tar of a melting point higher than 105-
degrees DEATH TRAPS ON ROAD SIDES
Highway Authority Condomno ProoonL
Typo of Construction— Not Suf-
ficiently Wide
The present type of highways to-
equipped with death ' traps on each
Bide says George C Diehl chairman
of the good roads board of the Amer-
lean Automobile association In aa
article lu Motor He condemns ths-
present ditch system of drainage and-
advocates a system of underground
drain pipes making ditchless roads ot
our highways
v "The highways of the future” says
Mr Diehl “must have roadways of'
sufficient width not merely for safety
but for the comfortable confidence of '
the driver A ’ car owner may come
through alive at the end of a day’s
run ou a popular thoroughfare but
the condition of bis perves after he-
has balanced himself 50 times an hour '
between a yawning ditch at his right
and whizzing cars at his left Is some-
thing that Heed not be described to-
the average driver because ' he haw
been there '
“Fear' of an open ditch breeds over-
caution that drives men to the other
extreme and brings about collisions
Ou fairly wide roadways with deep
ditches drivers are reluctant to use
only one-half of the roadway 'since -a
momentary slip mqans disaster At- -lowance
for a two or three-foot mar-
gin of safety by drivers between their
cars and the ditch reduces the effec-
tive width four or five feet Safety
and comfort demand the discontinu-
ance of deep ditches
"On a pleasant Sunday afternoon In
tlie touring season probably most of
these people are on the road "Every
effort should be made to care for their
rafety The reads ought to be made
as safe as human Ingenuity can make
them Instead of being fitted with
death traps on each side" he con-
cludes FARM-TO-MARKET HIGHWAYS
Definite Plan Inaugurated by Illinois
Agricultural Association for
Bettor Roado
(
- The roads and legislative commit-
tees of the Illinois Agricultural asso-
ciation have started on a definite pro-
gram to get more and better market
roads for Illinois The association fa-
vors the adoption of the patrol system
of maintaining roads on a -large scale
Farmers want good roudsi to their
markets and they want them now A
trip to Wisconsin studying their pa-
trol system of maintaining rorfda re-
veals the fact that they surpass Illi-
nois and Iowa on good muds and at
less expense than we nre building a
few miles of concrete roads
Detriment to Rural Progress
We hoed more good roads There
Is fm one fnotor which retards agri-
cultural development more or which
more detrimentally affects a rural
spirit of progress than the present at
most Intolerable roads
' Dollar Par Foot
Pennsylvania Is spending $5000 a
mile — almost a dollar a running foot—
for maintenance and $02500 per mile
or about $12 per runring foot for tha
construction of state highway
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Keyes, Chester A. The Oklahoma County News (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1921, newspaper, April 1, 1921; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1749925/m1/16/?q=Amanda+Montgomery: accessed July 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.