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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

When you build that new barn there
are certain things that you will want,
and in order that you may get them
it is well that you consider what they
are. We are supposing that this is
to be cow barn, or at least that there
is to be stable connected with it.
You will probably use concrete for
the floor and perhaps for the founda-
ton, and also for the drive floor, If
there is one.
With a good wall the stills can be of
plank-in fact, the entire frame may
be made of plank at a considerable
saving. You viii want hay loft over
the cows, even though you only use it
for straw, because you can get the
room here at less expense than else
where. If considerable storage room
is desired there should be a gambrel
roof. This will give you more room
for the same height of posts.
A barn for two rows of cows should
not be less than 80 feet wide; and
anywhere up to SO feet is better.
If you cannot readily get sawed tim
bers as you want for the beams, you
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Floor Plan of Combination Barn.

own anxieties by assuming cares that
do not belong to them-which form no
real part of their duty or their work.
Some of these burdens are pure crea-
lions of ones own excited or morbid
imagination, while others appertain
to the life or duty of others, and not
to us.
1t is the part of prudence, especially
in disturbed times, to slough off all
needless anxieties, to decline the
proftless social engagement, to elm
mate the foolish waste, and to drop
the needless care. What is our par
ticular temptation in the line of wor-
rying? What is our petted melan-
choly? What kind of sadness makes
US happy? Whatever it be, let us get
rid of it at once, for it is hindrance
and not a help in our religious life
and our civic relations. We should
detach ourselves not from duty, but
from the worries that gather about
other peoples duties. This sentence
may well serve as a motto in trou-
blous times: "Be content with doing,
without excitement, the little which
depends on you, and let all else be
to you as if it were not."-Exchange.
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VENTILATED. The size is sufficient to

ventilated. The size is sufficient TO
meet the needs of the average farm.
We wish to say that an investment
In a building of this character should
be regarded in the light of a perma-
nent improvement from which saw
Ing will be effected, and not as an
item of unnecessary expense.
VentiIatlng System Important.
One of the best investments the
dairy farmer can make is ventilating
system for his barn.
Almost every dairyman IS satisfied
beyond a doubt that ventilation in his
dairy barn is necessity, but very few
dairymen have any idea what cpnsti-
tutes proper Hentilating. system. Ven
tilation is not hard problem if you
do not take into consideration the fact
that you want to conserve the animal
heat, as it is the heat from the ami
mails which is going to keep the barn
warm.
A proper ventilating system will cir
culate the air through the building rap
luiS W hNNp tAC CT ARPA|-NA
mately pure, and still conserve the
animal heat in the stock room. If the
ventilating system is to do the work
it must be planned according to the
building, to the height of the ceiling,
number of head of stock, size of the
windows and doors and other openings.
Each barn presents a ventilating prob
lem of its own.
The only kind of barn which needs
ventilating system is a tight barn.
If the barn is not built tight there
is no necessity for ventilating sys-
TEN, because all that ventilatlng sys-
TEN can do Is to supply fresh air to
the animals at all times, take the foul
air out of the barn, and do this with
out destroying the purpose of the barn
which was to keep the animals warm
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
COUNTY AGENT
BECOMES LEADER
Has Come to Act as Clearing
House of Cooperation Be-
tween City and Country.
CAN DIRECT WHERE NEEDED
None of His Time Can Be Devoted to
Work That Does Not Concern
Agricultural Development
Likely to Be Busy Man.

The growth and the Strengthening of
the county agent system has resulted
In almost all cases in the county agents
coming to be recognized as the agri-
cultural leaders in their counties, ac-
cording to reports to the United
States department of agriculture.
Help for City and Country.
The county agent has come to act
as the clearing house of cooperation.
He is available to both the city man
and the country man and can trans
nit from one to the other requests for
help and offers Of help. He can d.
rect, to places where 1t Is needed, farm
labor offered; he can assist farmers in
their problem of cooperative market
ing; he can inform chambers of com
merce, county councils of defense,
merchants associations and other ur-
ban bodies, of the problems before the
farmers in his county; In general he
Is in position to act as the medium
through which the town will meet the
needs of the country and the country
will meet the needs of the town.
Must Concentrate Efforts.
Every county agent Is required to
know and observe that his services be-
long to all the people in his county.
but it is evident that none of his time
can be given to work that does not
concern agricultural development. He
is placed in the county to stimulate
good farming. Therefore, he must con-
fine himself to work on definite prob
lens affecting farmers. 1t is neces-
sary for him to utilizesthe aid of COM
munity organizations to the fullest
extent and it is within his duties to
impress upon the town people how
vital their interest and help is to the
farmers.
In the war emergency the county
agents are not only representing the
agricultural colleges and the depart
ment of agriculture, but are assisting
the food administration, the treasury
department, the war department, the
navy department, the department of
justice and the department of labor.
Help In Direct War Work.
They have aided, in addition to
their regular activities, In such work
as food surveys, seed surveys, seed
distribution, obtaining credit for farm
ers, selling Liberty bonds, eradication
of livestock diseases, surveys Of live
stock diseases, surveys of insect pests
and campaigns for their destruction,
marketing farm products, preferential
or priority shipments by railroads Of
farm products and all farm supplies,
and the dissemination of information
given out by the war department, the
council of national defense and the
committee on public information re-
garding the war and other matters af-
fecting the national policy under war
conditions.
Thus it can be seen that the county
agent Is likely to be a rather busy
| man.
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can build them up from plank, spiked
and bolted together, with the joints
broken.
In a modern plank frame COW barn
the joists are of 2 by 8's, run cross
wise, and rest on built-up timbers or
Orders which are supported by iron
columns in the row of stanchions, en-
tirely out of the way.
Good Siding Desirable.
It will pay you to get a good grade
of siding. You will get better barn.
1t can be made to look better and can
be kept looking better, for of course
you will want to paint it.
Have plenty of windows. The rule
is A square feet for each COW or
horse. Windows on the end will admit
more light than when on the side.
When there are two rows of cows
it is an advantage to have them face
in toward the center of the barn; but
there are good reasons also for hav-
ing them face out. The barn can be
cleaned out and kept clean easier with
the latter arrangement.
Now that silo: You may not be
ready to build, but you can at least
plan so that when you do build you
will not make extra work getting
ready. Also make some provisions for
running water in the barn. In short,
plan for the future and make every
step count toward the final result.
Take. for instance, the 60-foot gam
brel roof barn illustrated In the ac-
companying design. 1t is a commodi-
Gus combination barn. 1t provides ac-
commodations for 20 dairy cows and
s horses. The large central feeding al
ley is a feature that will be appre-
ciated by many.
This barn Is well lighted and well
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
SPEED GOOD ROADS BUILDING
Federal Supervision of Nations High
ways Is Being Ureed-MiIitary
Value Is Shown.

A few days ago big government
motortruck stuck hard and fast in Il
rut on the road between Washington
and Baltimore. A commercial truck
tried to get around it from one direc-
ton and another government truck
from the other direction. Both of
these also stuck. Soon this over
Travelled road, for a mile each way,
was jammed with squawking ears and
trucks. All traffic was stalled for the
better part of day, with the result
that war work was delayed, suburb
antics were late to dinner and thirsty
Washingtonians were unable to reach
the Maryland oasis.
This incident is no special discredt
to the Maryland roau builders. The
Washington-Balti road was not
built for the amount and kind of traffic
it is now bearing. The same is true
of many other highways in all parts of
the country. More and more motor
trucks are taking over what used to
be short haul' railroad freight. And
the short haul that is accomplished
by mOtortruck has gradually length
ened from ten or fifteen miles until
now much freight is carried 200 miles
in trucks.
Such facts are the basis of drive
being made on congress for legisla-
ton to empower the federal govern
ment to unity roads of the country into
a comprehensive system and to spend
the money necessary to make the
roads adequate to meet the new re-
quirements. The federal government,
1t is claimed by proponents of the
plan, must do the work, because n
central authority is absolutely neces-
sary to the perfection of a national
system of roads.
The federal government should
spend the money, they say, because
their military value makes the roads
great national asset. This military
value of good roads is already shown
| by the dependence which the govern
ment is placing upon them for the
moving of troops and supplies. In Eu-
rope 1t has been even more convinc-
ingly demonstrated. 1t has been said
that good roads saved France and the
lack of them defeated Russia. 1t is
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
Sand and Gravel Piled on Subgrade
Ready for Use on Experimental Con-
crete Road, Chevy Chase, Md.

certainly true that the French had
the best roads in the world when the
war broke out and that the men and
supplies which checked the first Ger
man rush went forward largely By
motor. 1t is also true that break
down of all transportation facilities
prevented Russia from effectually mo-
bilizing her tremendous resources.
There is now federal office of good
roads, operating under the federal
road act, whereby the government APP
propriates funds for roads, provided
the states in which the roads are to
be built will appropriate a similar
amount This gives the government
the power to recommend the improve
ment or building of certain roads and
to disapprove the improvement or
building of others. 1t may exercise a
sort of advisory and mildly compul-
sorry power toward the establishment
of a unified national system of roads.
But this power, it is argued, is by no
means sufficient in an emergency like
the present. What is needed is the
power to form a definite plan for a
system of national highways, and the
funds to carry that plan into execu-
ton as rapidly as possible.
For this new national system of
highways must not only be thorough
ly co-ordinated, but must be radically
different from that of most of our
present roads. The failure of these
latter is largely due to the fact that
roads which sufficed very well for the
traffic of light pleasure cars and farm
ers' wagons vii! not stand up under
the strain of heavy truck traffic. A
truck highway, to meet the require
ments now being laid upon it, must be
pared highway with concrete base.
Such a road is very expensive to
build; 1t costs from $4,000 to $4,000
mile.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Aid Farmers.

When q business concern wants to
borrow money 1t makes business
statement showing the inventory-Or
money invested at the beginning and
end Of the year-the money taken In
during the year, the expenses and the
profits. With this statement q banker
knows whether or not 1t is safe to
loan money to this company-in other
words, whether the company has
good chance of securing profitable re-
turns from q further investment In
their business. A company with
good business as shown by such a
statement, usually has good credit
and can borrow money cheaply.
There are many farmers In this
country who keep records Of what
they have on hand at the beginning
and end of the year and of what they
take in and what they spend. These
men can borrow money more easily
and cheaply than most farmers be-
cause they have the figures to show
the banker.
But before a farmer borrows any
money he should have very clearly In
mind what he wants to use it for,
and be very sure that in the end IL
will pay him to borrow.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
Rice In the United States

During the last two years the pro-
duction Of rice in this country has
been at its maximum, between 36,000,-
600 and 100000 bushels or, roughly.
one and one-fifth billion pounds. SO far
as climate and soil are concerned, the
rice acreage in the United States
might be increased many fold. accord
ing to the United States department
of agriculture, since in the states Of
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Cali
fornia, as well as in small areas in
Missouri, millions of acres are adopt
ed to the cultivation of this crop.
while less than one million acres To-
Gated within a comparatively few
states are now occupied by rice. One
of the quickest ways of increasing the
crop, the federal specialists say, Is
to expand the acreage in the areas
where rice is already probably
grown.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
working bee"

D a LV u
while he became used to his laziness
and was a regular little male bee-do-
ing nothing. But, oh, how often he
envied the ones who could work, and
how often he wished he hadn't been
born a gentleman bee.
"If / had my way" he said, IT would
only make my enemies gentlemen bees
If it always meant they couldn't do
any work"
But of course, one poor little baby
bee couldn't change all the rules Of the
Bee World
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
Constant Attention.

Every girl knows enough about
household duties to realize that clean.
Illness and order and beauty in home
depend on constantly putting things
to rights. Try to realize, too, that or
der and beauty in your thoughts de-
mand constant attention. If it is nee
essary to make your bed every morn
ing, and dust the parlor daily, it is
quite as essential to put the heart In
order not once week, but every day.
Girls Companion.
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ct bee.
Nothing, my DEAR" answered Mr..
Bee.
Can people or bees talk about
nothing?" asked Baby Brother Bee.
Dear me, dear me-" said Mr.. Bee,
NOW isn't that just like bright childi
He is asking such clever question.
"Of course, dear Baby Bee" said Mr..
Bee, "you are quite right. They aren't
talking about nothing. What l really
meant to tell you was that what they
were talking about need not be no.
ticed by you. But ] didn't say just
that, and you were so clever you want
ed to know just what l did mean by
what / said"
81 really don't understand even
now" said Baby Bee. II am afraid
am not as clever as you think"
eyes, you are clever, buzz, buzz,
you are clever" said Mr.. Bee, and
Brother Bee said:
'Buzz, buzz, you are clever baby
brother. You are n smart little bee.
II am not so smart just doing moth
ing, am II" asked Baby Bee.
"Ah buzz, buzz, that is what makes
you so smart-that and the bright
questions you ask"
81 feel very stupid" said Baby Bee.
listen, my dear little Bee, and I
will tell you" said Mr.. Bee. And all
this time the sister bees were saying
to each other:
Hurry, hurry. buzz buzz, work and
work and work There is no time to
waste, buzz buzz. There Is no time
TO waste!"
And In the center Of all the other
bees was a beautiful Queen Bee who
was constantly fed the most delicious
of goodies and who never did anything
but eat all she could get and lay eggs
] time.
In n way she was doing something
for she was making many subjects for
her kingdom. She was having a big
and splendid kingdom of bees over
which to reign, and she knew that IL
she didn't do her part and didn't have
plenty of subjects, they would take her
off the throne and make another bee
the Queen.
But Mr.. Bee Brother Bee and all the
other Mr. Bees were doing absolutely
nothing at all. The new little bees
who kept coming into the bee world
were made assistant workers to the
ones who were already working so
hard. But none of the Mr.. Bees, or the
male bees did any work at ALL
"Baby Bee" Mr.. Bee said, 1--WE aren't
supposed to work. In the Bee World
only the ladies do the work. It's a
fine, sensible arrangement think. We
can be lazy and do nothing. There is
something very fine about doing moth
ing when we see others about us so
very busy. They rush about in such
hurried, common fashion! We're
such little gentlemen"
Baby Bee listened. He was q little
male bee, and later on he would be a
full-grown Mr.. Bee. How dreadful
| his life was going
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
unaduertised Kindness.

Kind deeds which the doer advertises
do not commend themselves especially
to the discerning. And the girl who
takes pains to let all her friends know
it every time she makes a little sacrl-
fee, misses the best satisfaction life
gives. The kindnesses which are a
little secret between the Heavenly Fa-
Their and ourselves, are the ones which
pay the highest rates of joy.-Girls'
Companion.
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to be.
"Must i be a lit
tie g e n I'll e m a n
bee?" he asked.
"Of course |
Isn't 1t wonder
full I" exclaimed
Brother Bee, and
Mr.. Bee buzzed.
isn't it simply
magnificent !"
I'D rat h e r
work." said the
little bee. "It's
so stupid to do
n o t h / n g, a n d
there's no fun In
being lazy. I wish
I'd been born a
working bee"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
RED CROSS PIG CLUB

The county agent in Carroll
county, Mississippi, started out
last winter to combine pork pro-
ductlon and Red Cross work.
He tried to get $500 people
each to raise one pig to be
known as Red Cross pig. In
stead of $500 members, he got
5000 in a county that has only
1,600 voters. In September
the club members are to send
5000 hogs to the st. Louis mar
ket. This will mean a contri-
button estimated at $4,000 to
the Red Cross, In addition to
more pork for the country and
more money for Carroll county.
A $25 registered pig Is given
each month as prize to the
member whose pig has made
the greatest gain.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
HOW RECONSTRUCT
GOOD DAIRY BARN
Entire Frame May Be Made of
Plank at a Saving.
GOOD SIDING is DESIRABLE
Building Should Have Plenty of Win
dows and Ventilating System
Is Profitable Invest
ment.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm. for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacture, he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill, and only inclose three-cent stamp for
reply.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
In Food Production Army.

More than 5000 men and women
6,166 June 1-are carrying to every
community In the United States the
food production and food conserving
knowledge that has been tested by
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11
DANISH ALL NEEDLESS CARE
Too Many People Add Unnecessarily
to Burdens Which They Have
No Need to Carry.

Humanity is prone to worry, and
some portions of it have good right
to be anxious. Many burdens press
constantly on all earnest natures, and
the routine performance of almost any
duty involves more or less drudgery,
and perhaps friction. Most people,
however, add unnecessarily to their
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=
to work, get to
work." said Miss
Bee to her sister.
II am hurrying
as fast as | can, :"
buzZed her sister.
er Bee.
"T Ii ere is a
great deal of work
to do" said Miss
Bee.
81 know 1t, I
know it." said Sis
ter Bee.
"What are they
talking about 2"
asked Baby Broth
~. pao
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-07-11

federal specialists. They are extern
sion workers of the United States de-
partment of agriculture and the state
colleges.
The number now at work represents
an increase of more than 1000 over
those Mt work July 1, 1917. About 600
emergency agents over the number
working in May, 1913. We're at work In
June, 1918.
This Is the strength of this division
of the food production forces:
Taf~
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DADrYSEVENDNG
ARY TALL ell
BEE WORLD.
81 MARY AHAN-BQNNkR

Buzz, buzz" said little Mr.. Bee.
Buzz, buzz" answered Brother Bee.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
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Picnic Wednesday For
Whee|ing'S Orphans

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viii VI" sil"l. ih"j. a"I.un! ir'H ny the
m,.r1l".r4 ~ ln.. .trit;.. Valley .hut"In"hiIG
rIrh W..in. stay wnru t." ;nin'ih! r'"-
rr. vaii t., r".I and 'i''r are looking
g.. rna.! e. IL" da;,. Win "I."r ant!rIpa-
tom.
I'lnn~ AT" ~ril under va! and every
,'iu. - ready r...:hry members have
,.i"d-"d their machines bal ;h" niil"t-
alS ni tn. ..iub fear ;icy VIII Mood more
n!id inyjt" nuH"ln' awning machine 10
join in III" ;un. Persons wishing t" do
mai" their rnitrhin'.>. are asked "a cal!
National Iirnuc. G>S-N or l;"il rhoHr
%aiI rs soon a$ possible. All cars WIZ
report at thu E.lks club III o'clock
Wrdn' SHAY morning.
Those who are L.. inIulc" IN th"S"
pleasures include. ia" gIrt$ ul -. Vim
,"nl's and h"ys IL -. Johns homes AT
Elm ,;ruyr. III" SiIdi"s from the Woods
dab rrui.. IT,. rhtiir"n from 81. Al
r;iuu>uS' h"'n. from III" Kings Daugh-
'"rs' Day Nursery ana ih" girls "t The
Florence. t,riIt"ninu Home.
w II. C"tyir l. chairman "i tn" whole
affair. wiIh the following CaTahi" r"rl-
iuiii",.: =. y. Robinson. II. W. Gee.
Edward $,rfrl. Harvey Pollock. Singh
,un paul and ~ y. Wilson.