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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
By WILLIAM A.. BRADFORD


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 ac-
count of his wide experience as Editor.
Author and Manufacturer he is. with
out. doubt. the highest authority on all
these subjects. Address all inquiries
to william A. Radford. No. 1927
Prairie avenue. Chicago. ILL.,, and only
inclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The barn on a modern dairy farm
is a combination milk factory and
warehouse for the storage of raw ma
teridlS which the cows turn into milk.
The manufacturing processes are per
formed on the ground, or stable floor.
ABOVE is the storage or warehouse,
where the, raw materials In the shape
of feed, are readily available.
Production, or rather the labor at
tendalit upon production, is performed
efficiently, at the least expenditure of
labor. To accomplish this labOr-sav-
ing equipment is installed. There is
the litter carrier which serves the
double purpose of transporting feed
direct TO the cows managers and TAX
ing the refuse Out Of the stable. There
are the drinking bowls at each COW
stall which automatically provide the
cows with fresh drinking water when.
ever the Matchmaking plant needs il.
There Is the ventilating system that
carries out the foul air which the COW
has bFeathed and sucks in the fresh
air that she needs. There are the
stanchions which hold the animals Sc
curely in their stalls, but permit the
greatest freedom of movement. And
then there is the sanitary steel stall
partition. All of this equipment is
found In the modern dairy barn, and
with II dairymen are performing the
regular tasks of caring for a dairy
herd at the expenditure Of the least
amount Of labor. which means greater
profits,
The barn shown in the accompanying
Illustration is the modern type of
milk-manufacturing plant. This barn
is efficiently planned. II is of the
required size TO house the COWS com
fOrtably and at the same, time there
is no waste space. The building is
wide, enough to permit two rows of
stalls. a driveway and feeding alley
through the center, and litter alleys
along ZACH wall. Forty-four COWS are
held in stanchions, % on each side
and facing the. central feed alley. Be
sides there are pens for the bull, the
calves and for three cows.
The barn is SO feet wide, which is
ar economical width, and 1875 feet
long. &" The concrete %four1ation also
provides a concrete floor. The super
structure Is of plank frame construc-
ton, with a gambrel roof. This method
Of construction. eliminates supporting
columns In the hay NOW above the
stable floor, the roof being seif-sup-
porting. The building is provided with
lightning rods and suction roof venti-
lators, which suck the foul air out of
the stable through the ventilating
fiues.
At the far end of the building is the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Observing Arbor
Day Is Big Event
Associated With Patriotic
and Esthetic as Well as
Economic Ideas.
prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture1

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture3
Arhor day has become associated all
over the United States With patriotic
and esthetiC as wen as economic ideas.
II is at Cnce a means If doing prac-
tica1 good TO the community and an
incentive to civic setterment, says the
United States Department of Sgricul-
ture. The planting of trees by school
children is usually accompanied by
ceremonies intended both to impress
upon those present the beauty of trees
ard tIeir effect in improving the APP
pcarance of school grounds, streets.
parks and highways and to lead them
TO a realization of the value of com
munity national foresight.
Time Of Observance Varies.
The time Of observance of Arbor day
varies greatly In different states and
countries, being determined somewhat
by the climatic conditions. Sometimes
a day which is already a holiday is
selected, as in Alabama and Texas,
where W~ashlngton's birthday has been
chosen. In many states of the Union
1t is combined with bird day" In
general the date is early in the year
In the South and Is set further along
toward summer in the more northern
states, beginning in February and end
ing In May. More than half the states
have enacted a law for the observance
Of that day.
Planting Of trees IN Arbor day can
provide q direct economic resource
only in comparatively treeless regions
or where windbreaks and timber and
fuel for the home and neighhorhood
use are needed Forest plantations,
whose chief purpose is the raising of
timber for commercial use or the pro-
lection of watersheds upon which
cities and towns depend for their wa
However, yearly paintings accompa-
MED by appropriate exercises serve to
keep the people continually reminded
of the value and necessity Of the work
Of the fOrcsters, and they have such a
~far-reaching effect on the community
split anu thiouSH titt WI teoilDliiC
and social hetterment, that no commu-
nifty can afford to neglect Arbor day.
Teach important Lesson.
An eve o important lesson-the
damage done 20 our natural parks and
woods by the thoughtless and selfish
vandal-mGy be taught through a ju-
dicious observance of the day. What
fire Is to the forest, this marauder Is
to the community park and woodlands
In the destruction of ornamental trees
and shrubs. The national and state
governments are using every possible
means to educate the public In the care
of the forest, whose relation to the
welfare of man Is becoming more and
better understood with every passing
year of education and cooperation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Weather Strips Will
Keep Your House Warm

A warm house In winter time is
practically impossible without wealth
er stripping, The settling Of the
house, even on the best foundations
is sufficient to cause air passages to
appear with resultant drafts and
waste of heat.
The metal weather strip Is the only
means by which a permanently air
tight window can be adjusted. These
strips cost very little in comparison
with the saving In fuel, the comfort
attained through a warm home and
the economy in cleaners bills caused
through the lessening of infiltration of
dust and SCOT.
Metal weather strips are so firmly
adjusted to the window casing and
frame that all shrinkage is taken up
without interfering with the ease of
opening or closing, a point highly APP
preciated by those who have had trou-
BILE with windows sticking.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Winter Time to Make
Renewal and Repairs

Stucco can be applied as an ex-
terror covering, nc matter how cold
the temperature; In fact, winter Is
the best time In which to do this work.
as labor is more available and, not
being rushed, Will do a much better
job.
The home owner contemplating
changes In the interior of his house
will by the same token find ne can
do his work with much less expense
and at the IN time secure the nee
essary skilled labor, which In a few
months will be in such demand that
their services will be almost impos.
sible to secure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Dairy Profits Increased
by Using Pure Bred Bull

The use of a good pure bred bull is
the easiest and most economical way
to improve a herd, increase the milk
production, and eliminate such dis
eases as tuberculosis and contagious
abortion, advises w. II. Roberts, dairy
expert ut the New Jersey experiment
station.
To prove his statement regarding In,
creased milk production. Mr.. Roberts
. uses the results of experiments at the
Iowa College OF Agriculture. Some
scrub COWS which averaged 3,6S9
pounds of milk and ITS pounds of but
terfat in a lactation period were bred
to a good pure bred sire. The result
ing daughters averaged 6,74T pounds Of
milk and 276 Of butterfat In a lacta-
ton period-nearly twice the amounts
7, oduced by their mothers. These
daughters, bred to a. good pure bred
sire, produced offspring winch aver.
aged 10,325 pounds OF milk and 800
pounds OF fat-almost three times the
output o. their grandmothers." :
'Marvelous improvements that have
been made with all breeds Of cattle,
conclusiveiy prove the effectiveness Of
pure bred bulls. .
1T is true that high producing herds
can be obtained by purchasing good
cows, but this method is too expensive
for most dairymen and the number OF
pure bred cows Is not sufficient to sup
ply such a demand. Furthermore, the
constant introduction of new COWS TO
the herd incurs the danger of bringing
In contagious abortion and tuberculosis.
BY using a carefully tested bull Of good
ancestry and raising your W heifers
this danger Is avoided"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Concrete House May
Be Built in One Day

Utilizing principles that he devei-
oped in designing concrete ships, a
well-known inventor of submarine
boats has perfected a method of man
%ufacturing houses of any size and any
style of architecture and slabs speci-
fed, from precast concrete clabs of
standard sizes, which he declares can
be put up like Aladdin's palace. vir-
tuallys overnight.
The houses, their inventor writes In
Popular Science Monthly. may be OF
any type, from a small bungalow to a
skyscraper. according 10 the archl-
tect's plans. The exterior finish may
be brick, stone. shingles. stucco or
whatever else Is desired. The houses
are said to be rainproof, molstproof.
cold and heatprool. and all but indie
structible and their inventor declares
they can be built for one-half the cost
Of brick or frame construction. Small
houses. he says. can be built In a day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20

Many methods have been devised for
constructing buildings from precast
slabs, but the houses, according to their
inventor. are unique in that each house
built by this method will be different
from every other house, even though
slabs of the same standardized sizes
are used in the construction Of all.
Distinctive decorative effects, the In
ventor explains, are produced by plac-
ing a veneer" of the desired mate
rial on the surface when casting. while
different good-siZed rooms and walls
Of varying heights may be obtained by
combining slabs of various sizes. All
construction work is performed by ma
chinery, the slabs being cast at a cen
trail plant, transported to the building
site and there lifted into place by
derricks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Alfalfa Is One of Most
Profitable Farm CrOps

Where the soil is suitable for al
falfa, II is M Of the most profitable
crops for The stockman, the diversified
farmer, or the cotton farmer, and
where possible, every farm should
have an alfalfa patch. the size TO be
governed by the amount of hay and
pasturage needed TO maintain the live
stock kept o n the farm. Many have
been discouraged because some writer
would have one think that It's require
m.nts are such as TO exclude the aver
age dirt farmer. BY following a few
simple suggestions any farmer can
tell whether his soil is suited to grow
alfalfa. and should the soil be suit
ed, he can, by CAREFUL. observing a
few points, grow 1t successfully and
with profit to himself.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Farm Suggestions

Hogs will stay in flth-if men make
them.
One row well hoed is worth many
rows full Of weeds.
The man who negiects his farm for
his car stands IN awfully good chance
TO lose,
The dairyman who Is receiving less
than 200 pounds Of butterfat from his
cow is being poorly Paid for his labor.
How about a home strawberry bed?
All about starting II can be found In
Il SO, an illustrated pamphlet the
ute college Ut Ithaca, N. Y, can senc
yoa.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Reduction Made in Cost
by Using Very Best Seed

IL farmers had TO use the seed gen
orally grown fifty years ago, many of
them would be bankrupt and the re-
mainder would be producing crops al
40 per cent greater cost than at the
present time. Likewise II would he
possible 10 make a further reduction
of 15 per cent by using today the very
best seed Of varieties known to be
adapted to u conditions. These
statements are based on figures com
piled by the Kansas State Agricultural
college In which seed such as was
used In early DAYS has been compared
Nth varieties generally grown at tn
Jreseni time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Value of Rear Entry

The G a entry or vestibule serves
a number Of very important functions.
II provides a convenient alcove for
the refrigerator and makes possible
the delivery Of ice and groceries with.
out tracking up the Kitchen. The
ear entry also serves the purpose OF
the storm door arrangement. keeping
drafts from the dtchen.-Home Elk.
position Article.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20

silO, with a feed room built around 1t.
The overhead track extends to the
feed room, so that the silage may be
shoyeled into the. carrier and taken
directly to the hangers, where 1t is
fed to the cows. How the interior
of the barn is arranged, and the 10
cation Of the l~abor-savtng equipmen
is shown on the floor plan.
Cows to be productive must be
we'll fed, have plenty of water and
fresh air, and above all things be
comfortable. Such u modern dairy
barn las the n illustrated provides
all of these features.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Great Value of SKINNED
Milk Is Protein Source

Many farmers consider the skinned
milk they get from their cows equally
as valuable as the butterfat. Many
farmers, however, do not get the full
value out of this by-product. The
greatest value of Skinned milk is as
a source of protein for pigs, calves,
and chickens.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Ready Witfed

"TonIny, why are yon sa, later"
"Please, teacher, the 'ad WIS SO
slippery that every step ! took ! went
ack two"
Then how did you get teref"
"ul.,' replied TonEy y, II started to
walk back '.at .e."-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Rifle Fence Around Cabin

A fence of. ria. barrels collected
from the tattlrfelds of the Civil
war surrUUncs the cabin la which Pres
ident Grant orc lived when he ped
died wood I'm ST. Louis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Chevrolet Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan
DiVision Of General Motors CORPORATION 2
Local Heat

He-It didn't do any good TO cali
down the ~Ianitor about III cold
rooms, did III
She-Yes, IL did. I got all warmed
mp after ! got through chasin' him
around the engine room with a polier
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Her VieU

"Girlie, have you ever met the only
manT"
"No, 1 don't want to be narrow"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20

The man who horrows takes things
easier than the man who lends.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Will Your Family Be Happy This Spring!

If yours is on Of the few remaining families lacking an
automobile, no doubt you have finally decided to get one
within the next four months.
A low-priced modern automobile like the Chevrolet has be-
come indispensable to the family of ordinary income. A
million other families a easily prove o you that the better
way is with Chevrolet. The beauties of nature, the interesting
and educational features of other places and ways of living,
remain things o read about or seen dinly in cold photographs
until you are free TO ettothem at your convenie and peasure.
But. suppose you have definitely decided TO buy n Chevrolet
this spring. This does not necessarily mean you are going to
viii. tell you that thousands of families IRE going TO be unable
for the last ter years. There are just two ways of making ire
breezes of spring lure you - the country roads-buy IL noD
or order IL no.p.
If you do not want TO pay for Ii In full at this time, any
Chevrolet dealer will arrange terms tic suit your convenience.
You will be surprised to learn how easy IL Is to pay for q
Chevrolet and use 1t while you are paying for It.
and we mean just what w e say about the possible difficulties
then to order IL, The only way to be sure of a Chevrolet
this Spring Is to order il NOW. ~
Prices f. o. b. Flint, Michigan
Superior Roadster s4Se supedors Sedan -: 1928
Superior 4P1s Coupe 7is Utility Express rukc hssds $50
Fisher Bodies o all Closed Modeh uHs
Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan
DiVision Of General Motors Corporation
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
TONS|L|T|S LAID
To CROWD|NG
IN ROOMS
Physicians Blame CossipIng
Habits Of Nurses for
Spread Of Disease.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 1S.-Crowdiug
into small rooms during the winter
season is responsible for the spread
Of tonsilitis, physicians at Johns
Hopkins Hospital said today.
Drs. A. B. Felty and A. b.
Hedges, in a report on the results
Of their study Of tho spread Of
the disease 70 forty OF tho 200
nurses Of tho institution, state that
though ''there was more oppor-
tunlty for infection In dormitories
than elsewhere. It ID remarkable
that no evidence at all was forth
coming Of infection resulting from
general mingling of nurses in the
dining hall, assembly and wards.
"The only opportunity for ade-
Quate contact came when the
nurses were crowded into small
rooms. engaged In active talking,
laughing and coughing.
Sleep Two In Room.
The student nurses for the most
part sleep two in a room. This
fact. however, was not blamed for
the spread of the disease. Crowd
ing into rooms of the more popular
or more hospitable members Of the
class was blamed.
Every room seems to belong to
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
FARMERS QUIT
LAND, SAYS
WALLACE
Secretary Thinks
Other Industries Have Claim
ed Million and Half
By GLADSTONE WILLIAMS,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

Cosmopolitan News service.
IF q census were taken this month.
It would probably show that more
than 10000 farmers have quit
their farms and gone into other in
dustries since the last national cen
sus, according to Secretary Henry
w. Wallace Of the Department Of
Agriculture.
In q letter to Congressman
Thomas Dem.) Of Oklahoma, who re-
Quested information from the de-
partment regarding the agricultural
population Of the United States and
the value of American farms, Score.
tary Wallace said officials have est
mated that not more than 10000, OOO
this country. The last national cen.
9us showed the rural population to
b 81,e14,26S.
Depression Blamed
Farm leaders attribute the exodus
to the depressed agricultural condi'
tons which have prevailed through.
out the West and Middle West dur.
ing the past few years.
According to the last census the
number Of farms In the United
States was 6,448,343," Secretary
Wallace's letter said. "The last
three years have served to diminish
this number.
AN unofficial estimate Of the
wealth owned by actual farmers q
Of January, 1920, is $74, 200, 000, 900
This leaves out Of account $21 ,OO0,'
100000 Of farm assets belonging to
farm land lords not engaged in farm
ing. OF the $4,000, Oo0, 900 owned
by actual farmers, about 10 per cent
or nearly 100000 consists Of
wealth other than farm assets. This
leaves $64, 000, 000, 900 Of farm assets
owned by actual farmers.
Farm Assets Cited.
adding the farm assets owned
by actual farmers and the assets be-
longing to farm landlords not en-.
gagged In farming, the total value OF
property used in farming at the
date indicated was $S5 600, 900, 900.
THE estimate for cash and de-
posts belonging to actual farmers
is about $1,000 ,000,0 as Of 1929.
IAN estimate Of the amount owed
by actual farmers, as Of January,
1920, is 81, 1886, 900 900. This leaves
out Of account the debts of land
lords not engaged in farming,
whose farm mortgage Indebtedness
Is estimated to have been $685..
100000, or 21.4 per cent of the total
mortgage debt OF the $11 1856 ,0O0,-
600 owed by actual farmers. 56 per
cent Is estimated to have been
secured by farm mortgages. OF
the balance of the debt, of actual
farmers, $3,455, O00. 900 is estimated
to have been bank credit, the re.
mainder estimated to nave been
owed to merchants and other In.
dividualg."
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
REDUCTION IN COST
} OF GOVERNMENT LISTED

A slight reduction In the cost Of
government In the six months end
ing December 81, 1928, over the
corresponding period Of 1929 was
announced at the Treasury today.
Total ordinary expenditures in
the 1928 period were $1.679, 1888. 1906
compared to $1,62S,2S0. $50, Q cut Of
$48, 890,S45.
A reduction Of $2,l93,877,SS8 In
the public debt during the same
period was set out In the financial
statement, the total debt at the end
of 1928 being given as $1,393, O62 ,742.
Total public debt retirements
chargeable against ordinary receipts
increased $69,214.S00 in the 1923
period.
At the close Of 1923 the principal
part Of the public debt consisted Of
1896, 02S,000 in certificates Of in
debtedness and $141, 025.000 In third
liberty bonds.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
See the Instructive Motion Pictures
at 1890, 4 and 8 p. m.

Among the exhibits are machines that auto
natically put coal on fire. keep it burning and
remove the ashes; self-feeding devices for fur
naces special CRATES for burning buclxwheat, rice
and barley, and other installations that save fuel,
secure better combustion and reduce waste.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
WE IS WILL
MEET IN D. {.
CONCLAVE
Conference Of Association
Against 'Dy" Amendment
Opens Monday.

A ''face the facts conference IS
with 1000 delegates present, win
DO held here Monday under the
auspices Of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, Capt.
w. n. stayton. head Of the organ
ization. announced today. This
number, he said. includes State Off
GERS Of the body. and men ana
women prominent in public life.
Senators Bruce Of Maryland and
Bayard Of Delaware ana Congress.
man John Philip HIN Of Maryland
are scheduled to make addresses
Monday afternoon at the Willard.
Others who WIN speak either at
the meeting or the dinner are
Charles 8. Wood. Of the PennsyI
vania division Of the association;
Mrs. W. W. Montgomery. jr., Of the
Pennsylvania Molly Pitcher Club;
Randolph w. Childs, Of Philadelphia;
Frank W. Russell, OF Winnipeg,
Manitoba: Capt. William L. Fish, Of
the New Jersey division Of the
association, and Nathan Matthew'S,
of Boston.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18

all the other jewellers on the floor. "
the report said.
"They constantly gather In the
rooms when off duty, Al many On
six to ten at once, or a. many as
can squeeze in, and remain to-
gether, laughing, talking and eat
ing, for hours at O time"
Only In Cold Weather.
The investigators concluded th@&
tho prevalence Of the disease IN
mid-w1nter 10 due entirely to habits
OF congestion at that season. The
fact that few cases occur at other
seasons, they concluded. was due
to the fact that after the mid
winter cold the nurses do their
gossiping in groups out Of doors.
The lessons learned by this In
vestigation win be impressed upon
the nurses an part Of their educa-
ton and protection. The ply
sic1ans at the hospital believe that
there IL much Of value TO other
institutions in the conclusions
reached.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
SENATOR BALL PLEDGES
SUPPORT FOR ARMORY

Gen. Anton Stephan. Of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton, headed y delegation which con-
ferred with Senator Ball. chairman
of the Senate District committee,
over the erection of new armory
here yesterday.
Senator Ball IL interested in the
project Of expanding armory facili-
ties for the use OF the National
Guard ana other military organiza-
lions, and he informed the delegation
that he win bring the matter to the
attention OF the District committee
in the near future.
The Washington times., 1924-01-18
ELEPHANTS KICK ISN'T
JOKE TO CIRCUS WORKER

CHICAGO. Jan. 1S.-John J.
Dent, twenty-three, realizes today
that when an elephant kicks one
It IL nothing to laugh at.
One Of the big beasts let him
have It last fall when he was work
ing in San Antonio. Tex. for a
circus In winter quarters there. It
broke his knee cap. He started back
to Chicago. More than q month
later he collapsed on q Chicago
street al q result, according to
doctors. Of the elephants kick.