Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-02
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.


ETC., and yet do 1t In an economical
manner; and the many farm barns
that are to be seen, with their
chopped up and checkered appear
ance, indicate that this matter has
not had proper amount OF study
and fOrethought. The farmer goes
on and builds little at time, never
thinking or looking far enough ahead
80 know what his wants really may
ne when his farm Is being worked to
its proper capacity.
II you own farm, and intend to
I've a. good farmer, start out with a
determination to have only suitable
!arm buildings, such as will look we'll
from your neighbours house. Let
Jour barns look like barns, your
houses like houses. We would not
for anything have your barns be mis-
taken for houses, or your houses for
barns; for such things we have
seen, and 1t makes us feel
as IL there was screw loose
somewhere. Barns should not
be built for show. They should, of
course, be made to look we'll, and be
pleasant spots in the landscape, and
built in the most substantial manner
possible-should be arranged to save
as much labor as possible in the care
Of the animals that are to be housed
and fed in them. Lot them be well
ventilated and lighted, properly
scored; the stone work OF the founda-
zion thoroughly built, not dry, but
.aid up in good cement mortar.
Don't invite the rats, as they will
cone without. And it has always
been mystery to us why the farmers
have not, In general way, Teen wide
awake enough to their own interests
to properly house their fowls, instead
OF letting them run wild over The
whole place, and letting them roost
on wagons, carts and agricultural
implements when not in use and
sto ed; to let them lay their eggs
where they please, and then have the
pleasure (?) of hunting for them, and
often finding them at late day
such certainly must be the case, else
why so many bad eggs among those
mice fresh country eggs" Chickens
are one of the most profitable ad-
juncts to any farm. and it is very
easy matter to keep them where
there is a number of cattle to feed.
The hennery here shown was car
ried out as an addition to barn at a
hillside farm. and shows what we'll
regulated hennery should be to make
1t both a pleasure and profit. AS
the shed below Is necessity in con-
nection with barn, and roof indis-
pensable, the only additional expense
is the floor, one side and ends, with
interior fittings, to make a hennery
which will accommodate easily one
hundred to two hundred. The floor
should be tightly boarded, then COW
cred with coat Of boiled pitch and
tar, on which spread soil two or three
inches in depth. This will give
an excellent scratching and wallow
ground. The windows all arranged
to slide sideways, the openings on
outside being covered with wire net
ting; the feed-bin built so as to hold
several bushels, and arranged to take
care Of itself, by constructing the
DOutOh oo 40 w empty ibVo a oiudil
trough into hennery, in front Of
which 1, placed perch; the chicks
to feed in space adjoining marked
Chickens" which is inc osed by pick
cts, open enough for them to run
through. Nest boxes are arranged in
tiers, one above another, and loose,
SO they can he taken through into
restroom, and emptied, and for set
ting hens, turned around and fed
from restroom. The fattening room
is arranged so as to be darker, and
will be found desirable for fatten-
ing poultry for market or home con-
sumption. A running stream of water
should be so arranged as to always
supply fresh water in the henn cry,
and which should be had in barn for
cattle. This could, as in this case,
be brought in pipe from a spring in
the hillside, short distance above
the barn, and which not only SUP
plies the barn but the house with u