The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-06-01
How to Build q Barn.
From the Board of Agriculture Bullet

SOUTH BROOKS. The people in this
vicinity take quite an interest in raising
cucumbers and if they can get contract
this year there will be quite lot planted
There were SO acres planted last year and
there will be more this year. Farm prop
erty seems to be in better demand than it
has been for number of years. | think
that barn for keeping stock should be
built SO you could have a IA foot Inter,
12foot floor, and and 49, foot place for
| fodder; the Inter on the south side, with
cellar underneath. The length of the
| barn to be according to the size of farm,
and the barn floor to go through the barn.
with big doors at each end 50 you could
drive in at either end. would have my
barn connected with my house by all
means. Joseph Ellis, (Member).
LIBERTY. The construction of new
| barns is not so material as very few are
being, or may be, repaired. The greatest
fault of old barns is the narrow lean to,
and good and cheap way to repair them
is to build a shed 6 feet wide and cut the
old lean-to into the shed, thus making
| the lean to feet wider, and by putting
windows in the shed, the cattle may have
| plenty of sunshine and light. The ex-
pense is small, while the arrangement is
very satisfactory. | have built shed of
this kind with good results and little ex-
pense. The shed may be set on posts or
underpinned with stone. If there is
middle part in the sides of the barn, it
may be left there with no especial incon-
venience. VIM. H. Moody.
MONROE. Where the location is such
that barn can be built with we'll drain
ed and well-lighted basement, it is no
doubt advisable to have one, as it adds
| 10, +,,t
| extra walls or roof to cover Unless a
basement can be we'll lighted and drained.
it would be better not to have one, as a
dark and wet cellar under barn is not
calculated to add to the health or comfort
of the farm stock. No material changes
| have been noted in methods of barn con
struction in this part of the State. Most
| farmers try to have the quarters for their
stock as comfortable as possible, but the
barns are mostly built on the same gen
eral plan. For tying cows in the barn,
chains are mostly used Some keep sheep
in the basement. Is this good practice?
Is there standard of weight for Jersey
cows if So what is it? [Enoch c. Dow
NorE.-Sheep should not be kept in a
basement, unless it is light and perfectly
dry. Sheep are much injured by dampness.
| They Will stand the cold all right if protect
| ed from driving winds and wet feet.
We know of no standard weight for the
Jersey cow. She Will average to weigh
about 1000 pounds, The Jerseys have in
creased somewhat in size since they We're
imported into Maine. TSecretary
BELMONT. | have not had the chance
to visit other farmers enough to know the
| best method OF barn constructions
think it would be well to have plenty of
sunlight in the lean to, as | believe sun
| al TO llo til of II Iva
stock. | advocate a barn cellar but
would have both that and the barn well
ventilated, and the barn well clapboarded
OF shingled, as | believe that this is
cheaper than feed L. F. Alenwood
WALDO STATION. l want to build a
good barn for a small amount of money
and shall expect next bulletin to help me
out VIII Bug Death take the place Of
Paris Green for distressing potato bugs?
Does it amount to anything toward keep
ing off rust? II G. Harding,
NOTE. From what we have learned of
Bug Death, we are of the opinion that it can
| not possibly be made to take the place of
Paris green for killing potato bugs. We
| can not see low any non poisonous sub
| stance can do this They must be killed +,
| and some arsenical or other poison must be
used to do it. 1t is claimed that there are
other preparations which are cheaper than
dllS green, ana lullN as e0eCuNe, notably
| white arsenic as indicated in the last bulle
| tin, but they all poison. Potato bugs are
not amenable to moral suasion. Then as
the Bug Death, if applied according to the
| directions given on the manufacturer cir
cuar, will cost one dollar per acre each
application, it hasn't even the claim of cheap
ness in its favor. We have no evidence
| whatever of Its usefulness as "A fungicitie
| Better rely on some well known and etfec
| tive preventive ike Bordeaux Mixture -
| Secretary.
MoNTyILTE. The housing and caring
for the domestic animals at our command
deserve much more at our hands than
they generally receive. The barn should
shelter all stock that is kept on the farm,
| with separate rooms for each division.
Barns should be SO constructed as to have
pure air from the roof or high above the
stock. There should be plenty of light,
say glass windows protected by wooden
Stats covering the entire length Of stalls.
Each animal should have a separate box
stall so as to have his share of food given
him without interfering with his next
neighbor Cattle should be fastened with
tie chains, and horses with halter; sheep
should have board partitions and be fed
through Stats. That is my idea on the
subject. F. Hahn.