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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
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eMALL FARM DAIRY HOUSE.
Building Which viii Prove Convenient
and CIeanIy.

II have five or six COWS, and am
anxious to have clean milk. therefore,
would like to build a small dairy house
not too expensive, and would ask if
you have any plans for small dairy,
or If not, could you tell me where to
get them?" So writes a correspondent
of the Country Gentleman, to which
query the editor replies as follows:
l can appreciate the situation that
our correspondent is in, for remem-
Der being in just such fix about fif-
teen years ago. At that time l wrote
to one or two farm papers for advice,
visited several dairy farms and finally
went to work and built small dairy
house with my own hands at very lit
tie expense, aside from the material
We were milking but half dozen
cows, but / decided to increase the
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
Building of Railroads.

Canada has built at least one rail
road for the development C the eoun-
try and has subsidized others. The
building of the Canadian Pacific was
accomplished through the efforts of
the government by giving large sub
sidy to a syndicate of English cap
italists and thus the provinces on the
Atlantic were connected with those on
the Pacific by a continuous line. In
more recent years the government
has made a large grant TO the Grand
Trunk Pacific, for a line paralleling
the Canada Pacific several hundred
miles north of it, and this line is now
in process of construction.
Since the Canadian people have
shown a disposition to make liberal
grants for railroads to open up new
areas, it would not be surprising if
they also made similar provisions for
the network of highways that usually
forerun the iron horse.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
Our Road Beginnings.

Early in the nineteenth century the
American colonies, then having a pop
ulation about equal to the population
of Canada today, built the old Nation
al road from Cumberland, Nd, to St.
Louis, Mo-, and this had much to do
with the pushing West of the early
pioneers of the countr-- and was
doubtless a strong factor in settling
that country.
While hte population of Canada is
small, only about 100000, it would
seem that over that vast area it would
be a hopeless undertaking to build
good roads everywhere. The popu-
lation is scarcely more than three
times that of Kentucky and yet the
area is, as mentioned above, greater
than that of all the United States.
But so far the efforts of the Govern
ment towards building roads has nee
essarily been confined to the provinces
containing the major portion of the
population such as Ontario, Quebec
and the Maritime Provinces, and in a
smaller way to Manitoba, the terrific
ries and British Columbia.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09

the funds will be distributed, either
by resolution, bylaw or according to
road mileage. In other cases it is
distributed according to the necessi-
ties of the case only, and this is the
true and correct basis.
Throughout the parts of Canada to
which the Highway Improvement Act
is applicable a substantial and very
encouraging improvement has been
witnessed. By this act one-third of
the cost of Improvement of county
roads is borne by the Government.
An educational movement is going on
which is cumulative rather than rev.
dictionary. Over forty per cent of
the Province of Ontario is construct
ing improved systems. of leading
roads. Other counties are falling In
line constantly. To date aboct ST.
100000 has been spent by the govern
ment in the Province of Ontario alone
for this purpose, and 1850 miles of
roads have been improved on this
plan. The roads are being construct
ed on a permanent basis, attention
being given to drainage, grading, COW
ering with broken stone or gravel, and
the use of modern road-making ma
chinery, such as grading machines,
rock crushers and steam rollers.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09

which, because of lack of system and
intelligent direction, accomplishes lit
tie good of permanent character.
Some such plan as this adopted by
Canada would, if applied throughout
the States, result in rapid improve
ment of our highways.
And when we cease our tribute of
toll, inconvenience, energy, loss Of
time, loss of money, through failure
to reach market at the proper time,
damage to property and often to per-
son, these and the many other losses
which we suffer from the bad man
agement of our highways, we shall
find that he cost has been small In
comparison with the benefits receiv-
ed. And then our farm life will be
more attractive and more profitable
and our sons and daughters viii be
encouraged to stay at home.-The
Kentucky Farmer.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
Care of Roads.

The legislative measure designed to
improve the highways throughout the
country is known as tn Highway I'm
provement Act. 1t applies exclusively
to county systems and only through a
county system can the municipalities
receive its benefits. Wherever coun-
ties have adopted it, they have found
it very successful. By this means the
roads are so classified that those most
important and most heavily travelled
receive the attention which their i'm
portance demands. The roads which
receive the benefits of this act are
those which, if provided, will be the
most used by the public and which
will best serve the requirements of
the people in eac hsection. One road
in each township (precinct) is i'm
proved or perhaps parts of several
roads, somehow to make network of
roads leading to the principle mar
ket-place of the farmers.
Then when the system is completed
in one township, or precinct, it is the
aim to have them connect with a sim
liar system in the joining precinct
so as to from a continuous system.
But this is not always feasible. In
some cases all the roads lead to one
common market center. In others,
conditions are different. The aim is
not necessarily to have a continuous
system but to have a useful one. APP
parently the so-called county roads
comprise about one-tenth of the total
road mileage of the counties.
Those matters of detail as to de-
termining what are county roads on
which government funds should be ex-
pended, are left to the judgment of
the county councils which comprise
sort of fiscal court. The actual i'm
provements may be placed wherever
they vii bring the best results to the
greatest majority.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09

not like the idea of having the dairy
room contaminated with the odors of
either the barn or kitchen, so built
my dairy-house about half way be-
tween the two.
made the structure IA by Is feet.
and feet to the caves, using hem
lock bill stuff for framing. The outside
was covered with German lap siding
and good shingle roof, and the build
ing complete cost me less than $50.
did all the work myself, and at this
time of the year when was not busy
Now is a good time to erect such a
small dairy-house and have it ready
when the cold weather comes on.
l laid a wood floor in my dairy
house at that time, but | should not
do it again. 1 should lay a good foun-
dalton wall Of stone, set deep enough
to prevent any bad effect from freez-
ing, and make it only just high enough
to secure good drainage. Of course
this would depend on the location and
the surrounding surface drainage. In
stead of putting in floor stringers and
hardwood floor, | should fill the
space up to the required height and lay
solid cement floor about four inches
thick. Curve the edges up with &C.
ment to form Dashboard section
about six inches high, and fill in be-
tween the studding. Finish the top
surface with a strong mixture of &C.
ment and sharp sand, two to one. The
top of the base should be flush with
the ceiling laid on the inside OF the
studing.
The picture shows the interior Of
the dairy house, which was ceiled
with matched pine some time after the
house had been used for butter-making
purposes. At first it had no ceiling,
except up about three feet from the
base to form a sort of wainscoting
The cement floor should have a good
slope to one side, or end, with a solid
cement gutter connecting with a good
drain and trap into sewer that runs
out some distance from the building
Such floor can be kept clean by fire.
Quent flushing with plenty of water,
and is about the best and most sani-
tary arrangement l have ever seen.
Our dairy house was about 100 feet
from the barn. Each pail of milk was
carried directly into the dairy and
turned into the separator feed pan.
The picture shows the separator in
motion and the mistress of the farm
manipulating the crank. She has
never turned the machine while sep
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
Lessons to Learn.

Thus it is seen that our sister coun-
try to the North has taken advanced
ground In most important economic,
and we might say, social question. 1t
is a step which the States Of this
Union might do well to consider. IN
der, our present system of road man
agement most States are expanding
vast amount in labor and capital
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
No Federal Obstacles.

In Canada there is no Federal pow
er scepter to rise up as in the United
States when a question for the gen
eral good. of the provinces as units
arise. All provincial matters are
regulated by the general government
at Ottawa as are matters of inter
state commerce in this country. The
improvement of the public highways
and all other affairs of similar char
acter is the work of the Department
Of Public Works. An assistant to
the head of this department has
charge Of the matter OF road improve
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
chief JustIce,s coli stroke.

The lord chief justice, on circuit at
Birmingham, had curious experience
while playing golf over the Edgbaston
course with Walter Whiting, the local
professional. At the second hole hi
lordship drove into bunker. the ball
lying badly under the bank. Taking
his niblick, he hit hard. The bail
jumped into the air and dropped into
his right-hand jacket pocket.-London
Standard.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
The Road Builder. .

tits his business and that Of his
efficient corps of engineers to go to the
various municipalities to give inteli-
gent instructions regarding road
building, and also to supervise the ex-
penditures of government money as
granted for public highways, and
generally to educate the public to
realization of the nearness of the
question to the public welfare More
than $50 municipalities in Canada
are dealing with the question. Grad
ually the country is outgrowing the
statute labor system as the inefic-
iency of it is being realized. Under
this system fully ninety per cent of
the cost of matchmaking is for men
and teams, thus leaving a very small
fraction for the purchase of material
The wastefulness of this system is
everywhere being appreciated and a
better system is known to be avail
able.
In one county, where the old system
Of road-making is still in vogue, it
was recently shown that from 1896
to 1905 1929 days of statute la
Dor had been expended on the roads
in addition to $50, 436 in money. Es-
timating day of statute labor at the
low price Of 81 and the expenditure
amounted to $28O,666 and yet with
this great cost, nothing had been ac-
complished beyond temporary patch
and repair. This amount judiciously
expended under expert supervision
would have built many miles of good
roads, and a similar amount expended
during another decade would go far
towards solving the road problem for
The county. And yet in that very
county the facilities for road i'm
provement were at hand and only for
the want of any investigation of the
subject is the condition of bad roads
allowed to continue.
So well, however $has the system of
the general government worked that
there remains but few counties in the
Province of Ontario-Out of nearly
where good roads have not been
realized, at least partially.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
You Cannot Answer These Questions!

Why do you continue
bathing your knees and elbows
one "a. a time, when you can
stretch out in a full bath tenn
pered to suit you, and can do so
every morning if you wish?
2-Why pump and carry wat
er for your kitchen and laun-
dry work when you can have it
at hand for the turning of a
faucet?
3-Why take chances on
drinking germ-filled cistern wat
er when you can get it from a
large reservoir filtered through
the best filter plant South of the
Ohio Riverf
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09

4-Why have a dry, dismal
looking yard when you can have
it filed with green grass and
blooming flowers, and can at the
same time get rid of the dust In
the street,
5-Why suffer other incon-
veniences when you can have
everything for the comfort and
health of your family right In
the. housed
els it not true that the an
swer is not '1ack Of money" but
lack of economy and enterprise
and Indifference to getting the
most out of lief
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
ONLY Needed : STAR.

One night little Margaret, on kneel-
Ing by her mamma to say her prayers.
finished: Now / lay me-" and for
got. Mamma" she said. you Just
start me and then / can go a-whiz-
ding. [Delineator.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
HOW CANADA HAS GOOD ROADS
System Has Made The Dominion Network Of First Glass HiQhWays
From Town To Town How Kentucky May Learn.

ment. This deputy minister is under
the civil service rules, and like the
Judges of that country, he is appoint
ed for life and good conduct.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09
General Road Conditions.

A recent Washington dispatch says
that President elect Taft favors SELL
ing bonds for internal improvements.
The report goes on TO say that there
are in the United States 2,150,000
miles of roads, of which only 100000
miles are improved roads; about 7
pc recent. The average haul by the
farmer in getting his products to mar
KIT is nine miles. A load of 600
pounds requires two horses five
hours to haul to market on an unim-
proved road, while a load of 1920
pounds can be haudled by one horse
in two hours the same distance on an
improved road. An estimate made by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
places the total amount of products
hauled at 25O,OOO,OOO,OOO pounds.
On the basis of these figures improved
roads would result in saving an
nually of about 1905, 100000.
Canada, being alrger in area than
the United States mot reckoning
Alaska) it would seem, would event
ually have almost as great a mileage
of public highways as the United
States. For many years to come, of
lcourse, a large part of Canada will
be unsettled, and the question of
roads in that portion of the country
will require little attention. But the
old idea taught us in our biographies
and histories that the country to the
north of us is largely a frigid and
barren waste is mistaken one, as the
immigration of hundreds of thousands
of Americans into Western Canada
during the last few years has taught
us, and it is only matter of time
when the greater portion of the coun-
try will be settled and populated per-
haps as generally as Russia.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09

The question of good roads has
always been a vital one with all coun-
tries. Cicero said that the enemies of
Rome would laugh at and despise her,
Situated among mountains and val
leys, stuck up, as it were;-and raised
aloft, amid garrets, with poor roads,
and with very narrow streets"
Just as In ancient times Rome was
laughed at for her shortsightedness in
this respect, SO the intelligent and
for seeing leaders of today are com
miserating the shortsightedness of
those who cannot see the wisdom and
practicability of a universal good
roads system.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09

Interior View of Farm Dairy House.
number gradually, as we made con-
tracts to furnish fine butter to private
customers in the nearby city. l did
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-09

At Maple Street and Lexington
You'll be surprised at how these privileges
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-06
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.
Whole Body a Mass of Raw, Bleeding,
Torturins Humor - Hoped Death
Would End Fearful Suffering.
In Despair; Cured by cuticura.

'FWords cannot describe the terrible
eczema I suffered with. 1t broke out
on my head and kept spreading until
it covered my whole body. /
was almost solid mass of sores from
head to foot. l looked more like a
piece of raw beef than human be-
ing. The pain and agony endured
seemed more than I could bear. Blood
and pus oozed from the great sore on
my scalp, from under my finger nails,
and nearly all over my body. My
ears were so crusted and swollen
was afraid they would break off.
Every hair in my head fell out.
could not sit down, for my clothes
would stick to the raw and bleeding
flesh, making me cry out from the
pain. My family doctor did all he
could, but got worse and worse. My
condition was awful. I did not think
I could live, and wanted death to
come and end my frightful sufferings.
TN this condition my mother-in-law
begged me to try the Cuticura Rem
edies. ] said would, but had no hope
of recovery. But oh, what blessed re-
lief I experienced after applying Cuti-
cura Ointment. 1t cooled the bleeding
and itching flesh and brought me the
first real sleep had had in weeks. 1t
was as grateful as ice to burning
tongue. I would battle with warm
water and Cuticura Soap, then apply
the Ointment freely. I also took Cuti-
cura Resolvent' for the blood. In a
short time the sores stopped running,
the flesh began to heal, and I knew
was to get well again. Then the hair
on my head began to grow, and in a
short time I was completely cured.
[ wish could tell everybody who has
eczema to use. Cuticura. Mrs. Vim.
Hunt, 1875 Thomas St, Newark, N. T.,
Sept. %, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp Sole Props, Boston.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-06
YOUTHFUL MIND AT WORK.
Deduction Mother Must Have Found
Somewhat Hard to Combat.

Miss Marjorie, aged five years, is
one of those bright children who make
the lives of their parents and teach
ers a burden. Quite recently she paid
her first visit to kindergarten. Upon
her return home she grew enthusi-
astic, begging her mother to allow
her to attend the school regularly.
''It was so very nice!" she declared
sweetly. And the teacher, Miss Lee,
is so very. nice, too! She told me If
I was a good little girl would grow
up into pretty lady, but if l was
naughty I would grow up an ugly
one!"
THAT is quite true, DEAR" her moth
err answered with smile.
Silently Miss Marjorie regarded the
fire Of pine logs. Presently she burst
out: Then what naughty, naughty
little girl Miss Lee must have been"
The Bohemian.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-06
GOOD CHANGE
coffee to Postum.

The large army Of persons who have
found relief from many chronic 81,
ments by changing from cones =
postum as a daily beverage y sro"'
ing each day. 4..;n+,
Il is only simple question q u, 100 IS,
it for oneself in order TO KNOW ~ 80 !,
III returning health as realized W =
MS young lady. she writes: 81.
III had baen 4 coffee drinker nearly
ali nv life and 1t affected ray stomach
caused insomnia and ] was ssauo ..a
yv,fhout a headache. I had heard aoous
Postum and how beneficial Y was =
concluded to quit coffee ana tFy 800, ).
II was delighted with the ena as.s,.
can now sleep well and seldom s, e IN
have headache. MY stomach mas 800, !,
strong and I can eat without $50 .rats,,,
afterwards. think my Wilols 6 -.
greatly benefited by Postum. s.o,n.
aMy brother also suffered ron rs. sse nj
ach trouble while be drank Coz sasss "a u
now since using Postum % lei ,s.p 4
much better he would not % -
coffee for anything. Rattle
Name given BY Postum 80 ~, !, Wen
Greek, Mich. Read The ROAD p = Al, Y
yille,s in pkgs. There's 2 isss.'' nevs
r.,or r..a tbe above Letter. sa.,.e. Tshey
o.1 snnaara from 4lrae 81 .,s M hwnaam
are genuine, truce aMa
gnterest.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-06
The Balanced Ration Fad.

We have heard a great deal about
balanced rations during the last few
years. Balanced rations for COWS, for
feeding cattle, sheep, hogs, human be-
ings and poultry, until good many
people really believe that great deal
of feed is wasted unless it is properly
balanced and contains due percentages
of protein and carbohydrates.
Prof. Hacker gave some of the the
cries about balanced rations for cows
a sad shock by proving that it is not
necessary to feed dairy cows SO care
fully, and Prof. Davenport said to me
one time that it was often good econo-
my to waste little cheap feed rather
than buy costly one in order to make
balanced ration.
Mr.. Mapes of New York announced
that he was a hereto as far as feeding
balanced rations to poultry by telling
how he gave his hens mixture of all
kinds of feed and let them select what
they liked best.
While l have never tried to feed sci
eutifically balanced rations to my poul-
try, have roughly guessed at the
proper feeds SO the hen might have
enough protein to produce eggs and
carbohydrates enough to prevent the
waste of protein, and have been very
well satisfied with the results.-Mil-
Ter Purvis.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-06
Stick by the Live stock Business.

StlCR py the Live SkQCh 6uSIaSsss
Men are encountering new set OF
conditions in the Central West. A
corn crop below normal in 1907 ana
another of the same in 1908 has maze
the grain prices look very high to
the feeder, and it is not surprising II
it tests the nerve even of the old
timers. When men can sell corn oil
rect as high as 70 cents bushel the
incentive to feed it to either steers
or hogs with the possibility of not
getting over cents for the weight
put on is not very great. and the
quickest way out of it is to simply
make a cash deal and sell the corn.
To change over to the grain selling
policy, however, is not farming in the
best sense of the term. 1t is SOIL
robbing. Values will eventually be
adjusted so as to offer sufficient slim
ulation to men to feed their own
grain. But those among our farmers
who are wisest in their day and gen
Grafton will not change, but will con-
tinue the policy of feeding as usual
even if for no other purpose than
that of maintaining the soils fertility
supply.
1t seems difficult for men to re-
member that land we'll filled with hu'
mus such as is derived from an APP
plication of farmyard manure is in
much better shape to withstand
drouth, and it is likewise better abba
to go through a wet spell than is poor
and. In other words, taking it one
year with another, such soil would
be vastly more profitable than one
farmed under the robbing system.
This being true, we would very much
like to see men go on just about as
they have in the past. If they have
been making so many pounds Of beef
in a year, let there be no change III
the policy; and, likewise, let the hogs
that are on hand be carried to a good
market weight regardless of the
temptation that brisk prices for grain
will make.
The wisdom of carrying out the
same policy by men who are engaged
in breeding animals cannot be ques-
toned for a moment. We cannot see
why any man who has raised fair
crop should keep a single sow less
than his usual quota, and the same is
applicable to cattle. 1t will be a
sorry day for agriculture when little
furry in market values will prevent
the carrying out of a sane policy "
famers, policy that in the main
keeps up fertility. This is the most
profitable policy and on that ground
alone it ought to be advocated more
and more.