The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
ABOUT BUILDING 0ARNs. BAR.
RACKS AND STABLES.
Where Glover seed 10 Ossvn-A Pa
thstlo Pig stosy-Soms ec'.ntiho
EIpe Rim en-, s. IT Oct NsssA aud
Domestic HslpI
n.rn.. n.rrass. .na stables.

BAras. barracks sad stables
Any farmer Is at u disadvantage who
has not sufficient barn room TO store
all his hay. grain and fodder writes
Waldo I. Brown in the Practical
Farmer. and shelter his stock as no IL
certain 10 lose more than the interest
on barn from exposure Of grain and
| stock. Any one intending 10 build
barn, should study his plan thor
oughly before hand. aud should also
prepare his material and have II on
hand In good shape Some farmers
have barns large enough for storing
feed and grain but lack stable room.
and 70 such would suggest the plan
| OF a "lean-to" shed. across one ond
VI tho barn. Such shed can be
bull, very choaply and without tho
aid OF a carpenter II need be. and with
II barn. thirty foot wide or moro. will
glyc stable large enough 10 accom-
mediate quite large amour, OF stock.
The weather boards or siding can be
removed from tho end OF the barn All d
used for enclosing the addition. and
this makes tho stable In tho she'd easy
o! access from the barn. The rai,ers.
OF course. will DO quite long. n tho
stable Is made wide. and | would re.
commend that Il bo not less than six
teen feet; but uprights four Inches
square may bs &c, up under the natter,
To support them. so rs To proven, amy
sagglng. These uprights also enable
you TO make IA mangcr easily. and II
you should wish stalls. they may DO
Nst- H.. s-L n III
form tho partition. would recon-
mend. however. that the stable bc used
for colts. sheep. o. young cattle and
used without stalls II located al
tho rear %! tho hor.. stable III. man.
gc. should b, omitted for spac, o!
four foo, IN the center. 70 that the ma
nuru from the stable can b- thrown Ia
and Spread each day. and when our
shcd stable l. 10 be- used IN this way 1,
should always b. sixteen fec, wide
aud high enough 20 you can drIv.
through 1, With "a wagon. to clean GU,
tho manur,s aud thor, should b. double
doors n, zach 'nd for ihi, purpose A.
tho lcndin. supports which arc pr, un.
der tho roof will have n tendency TO
push tho building away from tho barn.
the ralirrs should be spiked fa., to n
strong No or beam nj tho upper ond.
II one has mn old barn nni does no,
wish To put much expense on H. shed
VI this kind may DO mad. wiih board
root which Will last for many years
| Tho Orr, OF those sheds that I ever
,Aw. was made with quit. = steep roof
o! boards, and the owner told mo tina,
II did scrs.c, for nearly twenty
year. On every farm where cover
seed Ia grown. 1; will DO economy 30
build bnrrArs. TO store 1, under. Most
o! tho huliing n! clover 1, don, la
September and October. season whoa
tho sun has little po~or md tina dows
nrc heavy. md often tho rnin. FRO.
quont In tho best of weather when.
as !. tho nlnos; universal practices. tho
throsh!ng 10 done from tho field \; {.
usually 10 or II o'clock before the
machine can star. and often an cu,!r,
week !. lost rs there will no, b,
enough drying weather br,wocn tho
rain. 10 Of tho clover for hulllas.
This no, only mako. extra expense.
bu, !. annoying In tho house "a well
~ out. tho WHO IL never sure whom
. tho machine will come or how long
Il will stag. We, wca.hor also cause.
In many casos n loss Of largo por
cen, Of III" seed. for after clover Ia.
lain ou, and bccom. halt rotten. II IL
mus, DO turned TO dry. much OF III
seed. sha,,cr OF. and when IA Is .ono
times tho case II mus, DO turned two
or ,hr.o tim = ,hcro ia ii,,is ,ued loft
Tho work Of hulllng can b. done with
ihrc'. or a, most. four mon besides the
machine hands II it's in barracks or
stack. while 1, r1.ulrcs ihrvo or four
teams with hands Ia man ,hcn. II you
take I, from tho field Only roof
will be required 10 pro;oc, Il II you
mako hnTrack. but on FIRMS where
clover seed Is quite n regular crop 1
believe IL would pay - also enclose
the building but would make 4, with
large doors 10 open on all sidcs 20 ms
10 get circulation OF air though 1, TO
blow out tho dust when hu,ling. Cheap
barracks tina, will answer quito well
10 thol'cr from ten 20 twenty acres o.
seed. can DO made with poles md
boards only. nnd ,horc are such In my
ncishborhood