Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-03
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
81 DR. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

can stand, say for twenty minutes
at a time. Three treatments a day
are desirable, and after each treat
ment the udder should be very care
fully and gently kneaded SO as to
soften and reduce any inflammation
which may be present, and cause the
normal circulation to readjUSt it.
self. After each treatment the udder
should be thoroughly oiled or have
a salve put thereon to prevent chat
ing Vaseline will answer for this
purpose, and camphorated oil will
also be valuable.
You should remember that milking
the udder out very thoroughly and
completely is an essential matter.
This should be done at least two or
three times daily.
E. J., Forsyth, Ga, writes: I have
a hundred-acre farm and want a barn
that will accommodate ten cows, TWEEN
ty hogs, three mules, and enough feed
for all. particularly storage room for
hay. 1 would like to build one that
can be added to. l would be glad to
have suggestions from YOU as to the
best kind of barn to build.
A Barn Suitable for Small Farm
A barn such as you wish to build
should probably be about thlrty-tWo
by forty-four in outside dimensions.
A barn of this character could be
arranged so as to provide stanchions
for ten cows, three box stalls. feed
room, calf pen, and storage for 100
tons. To accomplish this end it
would Of necessity ned to have a
Gambrel roof This is a hipped or
jointed roof which gives a tremen-
dous storage capacity to a barn of
this size. The ordinary low, flat
roof put on a barn cuts down its
storage capacity to a minimum. Now
that we are working out of all-cot-
ton into diversified farming and en-
phasizing animal industries we must
of necessity build barns with great
er storage capacity for long fodder.
A barn of the character described
should have good solid foundation
of poured cement or bricks laid in
cement and plastered on the outside.
1t should have a cement floor and in
fact the whole interior structure,
that is box stalls and ALL could be
built of cement to advantage. This
is a much more permanent type of
construction ard will out last wood
by many years. 1t is true, of course,
that in building barn many people
generally make the mistake Of put
ting up a temporary structure which
cannot be kept in sanitary condf-
ton and is therefore under any cir
cumstances a relatively costly propo-
sition y
No provision has been made in this
barn for hogs, as you will see. II is
undesirable to keep hogs in a barn
of this type. They should have a
separate pen off by themselves. A
structure of this kind might have a
sloping roof facing the south. II
should have concrete foundation
and the feeding floor should be con-
crete. The place where the hogs rest
and sleep should, of course, be dry
and we'll hedded, but does not need &
cement floor A cement floor is like
ly tot engender rheumatism unless
great care is exercised in handling
the hogs.
A structure such as 7 have de.
scribed might have a single, or bet
ter still, a metal or composition roo1
and may be strung with wire latt
and plastered with cement mortar
inside and out. When this is done {
very permanent type of structure
will have been secured and the, archi
tectural effect pleasing. The cos
will not be greatly in excess of thu
use of a poor quality of lumber
which will quickly rot out unless
frequently painted, and painting, a!
you know, is q costly proposition.