VOLLX
INDIANAPOLIS, SEPT. 16, 1905.
NO 37
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HOW
TO    BUILD    A   FROST   PROOF
"WARA1  HOUSE"
Have Dead Air  Space.
1st Premium.—I have a uood room, built
to keep our supply water tank iu for
house use, tint! to keep milk aud butter.
'Iho dimensions of my room aro 10xSx8
ft., (any size would do) with an outside
door, 0 ft. 8 Iti. by 2 ft. 8 in., at ond end,
nnd u wimlow in the opposite end 21 ln.x
:t0. The studding of room ure 2 iu. by 8
in. Ends of room havo two thicknesses of weather boards, with building
paper t.etwcen; 1x2 in. strips nailed to
studding up and down, lathed and plasterer!; then another thickness of paper with
a dead air space; theu plastered on inside
of room. 'J'he side wall is between other
rooms si ml has four thickness' of plastering 1x2 in. strips nailed to middle of studding lathed ' and plastered on
each tide, leaving two dead air
spaces, then lathed and plastered on
each side. Overhead plastered same as
ends "ith tight iloor above.
Our room is built on a level with the
ground. Might be dug down a few inches
if desired. Has a brick floor laid in
si.nd. We  like    brick  better than   ce
ment fur a warm room lloor, because the
air eau- pass through brick, keeping the
room cooler in summer. We have a common door, also screen door and screen
over wimlow. In summer I open the door
and window of nights, closing through
the day, aud the room is tool as a cellar.
In the fill remove screns ami hang storm
door and shutter. In the winter, in fcero
weather, if the themometer gets down to
freezing in the room, I hang a lighted
lamp or lantern in room, a few minutes.
We have used this room for three years,
nnd I know it to be a success.
Hamilton Co.
Make A   Double Frame.
od Premium.—Excavate the location
two feet deep, making it 12x11 feet.
I.tiild u cement wall two feet thick and
six   inches   nbove   level   of   ground.    Kill
near house, hut so you can drive a load
of apples or potatoes to the door. ln
t'je sprh-g use plenty of lime inside, and
you -.vill have a nice, sweet, cool house ull
summer.        We keep    nbout    everything
Have Plenty of Shelves and Bins.
2d Premium.—The warm house I am
going to tell about was built on my grandfather's fann. It was a-bout 10x20 ft.,
and 8 ft. to ceiling. This house was made
of heavy, well seasoned lumber. It was
double walled, with double doors. The
distance between the walls was aliout 2V_.
11. This space was packed witli sawdust
Tne space between the ceiling and roof
was filled with sawdust also. The floor
was of lumber; but it could be of sawdust or earth, just so it is frost proof.
There was a pipe through the ceiling and
roof to give ventilation.
The inside of the room contained shelves
aid bins; these were all around the
walls, except the door. The bins were on
the floor and were about 2\f* ft. wide and
3 ft. deep; these were used for potatoes,
turnips, pumpkins and other vegetables,
grandfather cared to store away for winter. Above these bins were shelves of
heavy lumber. They were about 2V£> ft.
wide ami 2 ft. apart aud reached to the
ceiling. Ou these shelves were placed
Epples. pears, canned fruit, etc.
What a comfort -s well as pleasure this
fruit house, as we all called it, proved to
be on a cold winter day and evening,
when wc could go to its well filled shelves
nnd fill our Uisltets with the luscious fruit
tliey held.
The warm house may be improved by
building it of tongucd aud.grooved lumber,
and using heavy paper and tar, as is used
in building silos, but I think it would be
. hard to 'mprove the taste of the fruit that
came from "granufather'g warm house."
Medltater.
yrarly, and tho temptations to "speculate," as it would seem by the reports of
those getting into trouble almost daily,
ever present, consequently when young
men seik oilice, and selected by tlieir
friends for responsible positions, requiring
■security for tho performance of the duties imposed upon llicin by the laws of
Ihe stale, they should in fairness to all
concerned look to their associates, or better pay the premium fee to a trust or Insurance company, that can better take
the chances nml keep nn observant eye
on the performance of their duties.
It is becoming too'hazardous to risk au
'ability" and character as it is quite common to choose an- ollicial for that supposedly; regardless of what they may share
in the matter of taxation, as many have .
little or no property, and other than the
■attributes of honor and sworn rites reiterated; nothing to bank on; consequently
the slow, sturdy common- wealer may just
u.s well exercise his caution to keep out
o" the swirl where tempting turns beset
the pathway of pot-house aspirants for oflice. Miller.
(irant   Co.
Drilled "Ideal White Corn, grown by C.   S. Hunter, Butler County, Ohio.
WHAT AILS THE CLOVEK.
r.illlora Indtana  Fanner:
What is the matter with my clover?
I broke my ground reasonably early, in
1003, it was in wheat the year previous;
got seed bed in good shape, drilled wheat
V/< bu. to acre Oct. 1st nnd 2d; aver-
nged lo bushels good wheat to i-cre; sowed clover February 17 and 18, 1001; cut
witeat July 5 nnd 0; clipped my clover
almut .August 1st and had a fine stand;
pastured some iu fall and spring; pastured reasonably late in spring; cut June
27 nnd 28 and had good hay crop, uot
many weeds; then the clover seemed
• o nearly nil die; uot enough clover on
12 acres to make a good stand on 1 acre.
Any one-having like experience please
tell what is tlie matter, the field is good
bottom land. !">.  II.   S.
lt»>ckville.
—It may have been infested with the
ciover leaf beetle, or the stem borer;
either of these pests might have caused
the mischief. Examine the  plants and
roots carefully, and you will probably
find signs of one or both of them. You
| will have to sow clover in some other
field for a while.
inside, six or eight inches, with gravel
aud cement Take 4x1 oak and make n
double frame, with 2x1 studding every
1(j inches: outside frame to be 10
feet high: inside eight feet. Place joists
2x0 ou iiriide frame, allowing every other
■ me to extend to outside frame, and nail
them securely. Use ship-lap on out and
inside. Weather hoard   outside  as  you
would n dwelling house, and paint. On
ii.side lath nnd plaster, as a room in
house. This makes it perfectly tight,
with no chance for ants or mice to make
any trash in house. Fill between waills
with dry sawdust, or some similar sub-
Htnnc. Put a good roof on this building. Make a doufclc door where convenient. I.et outside door be strong and
hemy. Inside door    a    heavy  screen
door, so in summer or fall if you want
extra ventilation you can leave the outside door open part of time.
in our house hut cabbage and onions. The
latter  could   be   put   in   dry'   ilirt  an-d   be j
o. k. W. A. M.
No. 49-8. Sept. 2:!.—Tell how to build a
g<od ice house nnd how to pack ice so
it   will  keep.
N'o. 4!)'J, .Sept. 30.—(.Jive plans of a first
class poultry house.
THE OFFICE SEEKER'S BOND.
Editors Indiana Former:
Not long ago tho glad hand of fellowship wns extended from an unexpected
source, with so much suavity of manner I .jaml)
as almost took my breath, for what was
to happen, when my caller, with nocha-
lant expression, asked that I become
surety, on the young man's bond, for a
sum not less than twelve or fifteen thousand dollars.
i     Having no political  ambitions,  lending
In winter i up to that point where favors nre to be
GAS IN WELL.
Editors Indiana Fonrer:
What will take the gas or "damps" out
of a well? 1 have a well 10 feet deep.
I wanted it cleaned out, and when the
man came he let a lantern down in the
well and it went out. He said it had
• he "damps," and he would not go down.-
If you know of any way of removing
the   gas   please   let   me   know. The
Farmer is a splendid paper and gets better  every  year. J.   G.
—It is    carbonic gas,    which forms in
localities,      and  hence    is  called
and   tack
take  heavy   carpet  paper
both sides if screen door.
Make a ventilator two feet by 14 or 10
inches iu end, to open aliovc sawdust. This
you can open and shut ns you desire and
weather indicates. I have an outside
hoiise of this make. We have used it
for 30 years and it is frost proof       Place
on | asked, I denied the young scion of office-
holding tendencies, from the fact many
places of trust where thousands of dollars are to be handled by men unused to
being custodian of a few hundreds of
dollars in a life time, to say nothing
of the public exchequer, where many
tiui-s a like amount are at their disposal
"damps." It is poisonous, bnt can be
diiven down into the water by pouring a
few buckets full of water into the well,
or can be f- reed out hy creating a strong
draft ir tht well, by burning turpentine or
coal oil. in a kettle let down to the surface
oi   tin:   wate-. Test  the   air  with   the
lantern before the man goes down, and
nee. that, the light burns clear and stealy.
Is there a law against dehorning cattle? Hamilton.
Answer:—No; unless it is done in a
needlessly cruel manner. Then it
would come under the luw against cruelty
to animals.