The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1924 Page: 4 of 6
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fears old and In Europe there are
many more than 500 years. Most of
it house built
amateur.
from the plans of an
THE CARTER EXPRESS
Gambrel Roof Dairy Barn Designed
to Accommodate Herd of 75 Cows
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. Wljllaio A. Radford will answer
°nS and glv® adv*ce FREE OK
cost' on atl Subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm,
ror the readers of this paper. On ac-
count of his wide experience as Editor,
Author and Manufacturer, he Is. with-
out doubt, the highest authority on all
w,*,?,bJecU- Agrees -all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 1827
Frame avenue, Chicago. III., and only
Inclose two-cent stamp for reply.
With the Increasing emphasis placed
on the Importance of dairy funning
and the growing knowledge thut the
dairy farmer is escaping rnuny of the
woes of the grain rulser in the past
few years, has coitie a renewed Inter-
est In dairy buildings.
The gambrel roof dairy barb shown
here was designed for a dairyman with
a herd which numbered nearly sev-
enty-five cows. It Is a fine example
of modern dulry barn construction.
On the first floor there are sepurute
stalls for seventy-four cows, the
stanchions being divided Into four
sections. Twin silos at the rear of
the bam connect jvlth the alley In
the center and overhead Is a carrier
track which connects the barn proper
with tiie feed room, which is between
the silos.
Drinking cups are placed at each
stall heud and a suction venniation
system provides the animals with
fresh air. In the Inrge space In the
mow is plenty of space for the stor-
age of roughage for the number of
animals the barn is designed to accom-
modate. The building is of frame
construction with a concrete floor.
Woodwork Plays Part in
Harmonious Appearance
A room is Just us beautiful us its
woodwork. Many a color scheme is
upset by cheap, homely woodwork
painted or stained a weird shude that
never hartponlzed with anything In
the house. In such Instances, the
housewife usually tries to cover the
offending wood with wide curtulDS, to
bide us much of Its ugliness as pos-
sible, but Jt still Insists on peeking
out at some vital spot und spoiling
the whole setting.
For a long time, it was believed that
a house Imd to keep the woodwork
which a wise or otherwise builder bad
seen fit to bestow upon It. But the
housewife of toduy Is Inclined to fol-
low nobody's tuste but her own In dec-
oruting her home, but the woodwork
comes in for a renovation Just us the
walls do.
Tiie housewife who can choose the
woodwork for u new home wlthuut re-
gurd to cost, will, of course, choose
hardwood with u waxed Unish to bring
out its beautiful grain. . If It proves
too expensive, she cun choose Its best
aubstitute, soft wood, with the stlpu-
'.utlou thut It must be well finished
Soft wood, when new, muy he given
a nutural finish, which allows the
g.-aln of the wood to show through
a coat of wax, or tiie Hat furnish,
which has taken the pluce of the oid-
tlrne highly-glossed vurnlsh. If Uila
treatment Is to be given to oak. chest-
nut or other open-grained woods, a
coat of paste wood filler should be ap-
plied on the bare wood to fill the grain
aud pores and form a smooth bard
surface for the finish. Close-grained
woods, such ns pine, cypress and
birch, do not require a filler and the
,.’nx or varnish may be applied direct-
ly to the bare wood.
Good Construction Will
Pay When Building House
In these Uuys when building costs
so much more thuu formerly It |s
doubly important to get one's money's
worth in good substantial material
thut will lust. It la fur better to
build u small bouse of good material
und add to It later than to build u
larger house of flimsy construction
for the same money with cheap trim-
mings and material thut will not last.
Tiie life of a cheaply built house is
seldom more than thirty-five years; by
that time the amount of repairs it has
required to keep It standing is almost
equal to the cost of rebuilding it,
There are many houses of masonry la
this country which nre more than luo
these houses are giving good service
today.
Good construction does not deterior-
ate or depreciate. Get a good con-
crete foundation and a good cellut
wall of concrete or concrete block.
When you get Up to the ground level
It costs very little more to curry the
same construction to the roof line. A
more beautiful type 0f house construc-
tion than good concrete block walls
covered with Portland tSkient stucco
or special concrete cemeiff faced units
cannot be obtulned. A wall of stucco
or concrete facing does not require
frequent mending and repairing.
Sleeping Porch Should
Be Open on Three Sides
Growing Interest Is being mani-
fested In the sleeping porch, that
curious modification of caveman’s
standards, writes Estelle H. Bets In
the "American Builder." Uuinun per-
versity is such thut If we had to
be exposed to the wind and the cold
and the ruin we would be more tliun
likely to rebel.' But the plun has
so many advantages iu hardiness and
the sense of welibelng that comes with
out-of-doors sleeping tiiHt It hus wide-
ly commended Itself. Especially when
uil the dungers have been eliminated,
as In our modern sleeping porches, Is
tills reversion to an ancient practice
worthy of continuance.
Tiie sleeping porch should be open
on three sides, but screened in sum-
mer with rustproof screens und pro-
vided with sliding windows for win-
ter. If it is located cu the second
floor of the house it will have greater
privacy and less possible annoyance
from Insects and traffic.
Beopie who like sleeping porches
have found It convenient to build one
over a first story veranda. Tills Is
called a double-deck arrangement and
Is convenient and inexpensive to con-
struct. Such an arrangement, extend-
ing nt the sloe of the bouse in the
form of a wing, may be covered by the
main roof of the bouse und increase
its appurent size.
Better Have an Architect
Often home builders start out with
anything but a clear Idou of what they
want III the way of a house or actu-
ally start building operations from
sketches worked out alone. Such
liomtes rarely prove satisfactory.
I’HUally. changes must be made as the
house Is being built, which is costly.
It Ih best never to attempt building
unless there is n plan which satisfies
the owner, and which lias been drawn
or completely checked hy a compe-
tent architect. It is difficult to sell
NURSE FOG
"Well," said Nurse Fog, "I've cer-
tainly Just heard a funny thing.”
The Mist grandchildren were play-
ing about and having a beautiful time
and Nurse Fog was looking after
them.
"Won’t you tell us what you heard?”
they asked Nurse Fog.
So Nurse Fog told them.
"I heard someone sny that the fog
was so thick you couldn’t cut It with
a knife,” she said.
Dear me," said each of the little
Mist grandchildren, "will we be cut
with knives?” And they shivered,
little dnmp, misty shivers.
“No,” said one, "that couldn't be,
ns you Just said the person remarked
that the fog could not be cut with a
kpife.”
"It was a very funny' Rpeech to
make," sold Nurse Fog. “Of course
we couldn't be cut with a knife. It
was silly even to huve said such a
thing.
“It Is not beenuse we’re so thick
that we can't be cut with a knife.
“Wo can't be cut with a knife any-
way I
‘If we were sandwiches of fog or a
pie crust of fog as I said, then we
could he cut with a knife, but we’re
Just plain, regular Fog people, and so
I consider such a speech very silly."
“Very silly,” said all the Mist grand-
children.
"Of course the person meant that
there was a great deal of fog today,
SAN ANTONIO MAN
PRAISES TANLAC
Medicine Corrected Stom-
ach Trouble and Restored
Weight, Says Filippone.
Among the vast number of people
everywhere who have publicly ex-
pressed their indebtedness to Tanlac
for that much-needed “lift" which has
put them on the road to normal
weight, health and strength, Is Jos. J.
Filippone, 214 Arryo St., San Antonio,
Texas. Mr. Filippone Is that genial
gentleman who represents the Mer-
chants Transportation Co. as bus dis-
patcher at the Gunter Hotel. Mr. Filip-
pone has had a most gratifying ex-
perience with Tanlac, which he re-
lates as follows:
”1 have nothing but the best to sny
for Tanlac. two bottles and a half
started me up hill nearly four years
ago amj I have been climbing ever
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since. I weighed 125 lbs. then and
was in a badly run-down condition. I
had no appetite, digestion was bad,
nerves undone, my sleep unsound and
that tired, dizzy feeling was on me alt
the time. •
“Tanlac boosted my appetite from
the very first. Then rtiy stomach and
nerves got right and I began to take
on weight and strength. Since that
time I have not had any more troubles
with my health, I now weigh 155 lbs.,
a gain of 30 lbs., and I couldn’t ask to
feel better. A little Tanlac certainly
did a big Job for me and I am strong
for it."
Tanlac Is for sale by all good drujr-
glsts. Accept no substitute. Over 40
million bottles sold.
Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipa-
tion: made and recommended by tho
manufacturers of Tanlac.
Airships of Steel
In England they’re building air ex-
press ships entirely constructed of
steel, Including propellers. .They will
have a sailing radius of 1,000 miles and
a speed of 100 miles an hour. .Each
ship will be fitted out with an electric
kitchen.
Marriage Record
Rev. Walter Scott I’rlcst recently
married five cousins In five hours—
which is a record of Its kind for the
state of Kansas. Incidentally the five-
In-five hours record marked the 219th
ceremony at which Rev. Priest hua
officiated.
Iren
•Dear Me,” Said Each of the 'Little
Mist Children.
a very dense fog, but the speech made
was foolish.
“I heard the people In one house say
they couldn't see the dog across the
street.
"Now that particular dog across
that particular street where those
people live has a way of leaning out
of the window. He puts his front
paws out of the window and he leans
his head out and looks up and down
the street.
"His ears flap in the wind some-
times.
“He has been away to the seashore
and the people across the street have
been so glad to see him back home
again, for they tmd missed him.
"But they can’t see him because
of os,
“That’s what we do I We hide
people and dogs behind our great mist
and fog."
The Mist grandchildren seemed
pleased that th?ir playing was such a
success.
"The cows have all gone In the barn,"
said Nurse Fog, "and a calf who wae
bounding about Is now quiet because
they can hardly see what they’re about.
“We've Just spread all over today.
“We’re the ones who’re having theii
say toduy.
“I heard Prince Icicle say that be
fore long he and his family were going
to come out and decorate the fenret
and the benches nnd the trees, and
mnke some lovely pictures and works
of art.
"But they are resting now nnd they
won't toe doing this for quite a few
weeks as yet.
“Yes, todny Is our day. We're hav-
ing such fun nnd we enjoy It when
we make the whole world seem small.
"People cnnlt see any distance.
Once I henrd a small boy who went
for an automobile ride say:
“’Are we still In the world?’ He
had gone so far he thought surely the
world could not he so big
“Well, If he notices us todny he will
not see a long distance, nor really
dare to go a long dlstunce as he did
that day.
“For we are having our own way.”
“Yes, we're having our own way,"
the Mist grandchildren said.
And ho • happy they were that they
had a nurse who let them have tbelr
own way and who liked them to have
their own way.
Truly, they thought, they were 7ery
fortunate.
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arms and Children all ages of
Constipation, Flatulency, Wind
Colic and Diarrhea; allaying
Feverishness arising therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach
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To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of If
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Never Ridiculed
I have lived one hundred years; and
I die with the consolation of never hav-
ing thrown the slightest ridicule upon
the smullest virtue.—Fontenelle.
. The good die young. Ah, well; they
wouldn’t get on the first page any-
way.
At the Concert
“Why are you tying a knot In your
.liundkerclilef?” “So tliut I’ll remember
tills tune when I get home."
A professional diver broadcast
from the bottom of the ocean off At-
lantic City a description of the wrecks
he encountered nine fathoms down.
use
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Cain, George W. The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1924, newspaper, October 31, 1924; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956194/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.