THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 7 
8 io 
A Guernsey Man Talks. 
A. B., Morris County, N. J.—An old 
adage is called to mind by N. B. W., page 
786, “ Cap fit, cap wear.” He is much 
like his favored Jersey, sensitive and 
easily nettled by what any one but a 
Jersey breeder would call a very fair 
comparison of sister breeds. The Guern¬ 
sey cannot be compared with the Jersey, 
because they are both striving for the 
purpose of producing a rich milk for 
cream or butter. While he probably is 
broad in stating that The It. N.-Y. sub¬ 
scribers are mostly breeders of Jer¬ 
seys, even that should not bias the edi¬ 
tors, as they ought to be entirely with¬ 
out prejudice for any individual breed. 
If facts are wrongly stated, why not 
correct them ? The Jersey idol being 
shattered by the unreasonable assertions 
of “ those who think they know,” anj^ 
other talk is false and misleading in 
their estimation. If he were “ up to 
date,” he would know that the boom, 
caused by English and American fan¬ 
ciers, did more injury to the Jersey than 
the agricultural press could in a cen¬ 
tury ; color and high percentages of 
fancy strain, were the reasons for plac¬ 
ing on the market animals which, with¬ 
out a pedigree, would not have been 
given barn room. Having bred Jerseys, 
my sympathies are extended to cur 
friend. Referring to size, if he will only 
brush up his memory, it is shown that 
the producing, healthy Jersey is of the 
type termed “ large,” and not a “ little 
thing of beauty.” For one to advocate 
the idea of a dairy cow being‘‘high 
strung,” is too absurd to notice. To get 
the greatest profit from care and feed, 
the dairyman must use the Guernsey. 
This is shown in all the comparative 
tests of the experiment stations. Accord¬ 
ing to N. B. W., the Jersey heifers get 
fat on pasture ; well, why not also the 
Guernsey ? 
Strawberries and Crimson Clover. 
D. H., Rochelle, III.—My pot-grown 
strawberry plants are going into winter 
quarters in a healthy condition, but not 
so large as 1 had hoped for ; still 1 hope 
for a quart from each plant next season. 
The varieties are Parker Earle, Timbrell 
and Brandywine. They were set the 
last day of August, seven days after a 
rain of 2 % inches, the only one we had 
from June up to November 3. Previous 
to the rain, however, the ground had 
been subsoiled to a depth of 14 inches ; 
the surface was given a liberal coating 
of rotted barnyard manure, thoroughly 
raked in. So far as I know, every plant 
is alive. 
The Crimson clover is as fresh and 
green as ever, but very small ; it was 
sown the last of August, the ground be¬ 
ing too dry earlier in the season, in 
standing corn. The stalks will probably 
protect the plants to some extent duriug 
the winter. The season being so dry 
until so late, it was thought safer to 
keep the most of the clover seed in bags 
rather than to risk it in the ground ; 
still, three acres were sown as a test. 
Ice in a Straw Stack. 
J. D., Zanesville, O.—The exorbitant 
prices charged by ice retailers, have 
caused quite a number of farmers to 
construct ice houses of their own. Some, 
however, who have not the necessary 
lumber on hand, and who clo not wish 
to incur any great expense in the con¬ 
struction of an ice house, may be inter¬ 
ested in a little strategy in the curtail¬ 
ing of expense. It occurred to a man in 
this neighborhood, last year, that an old 
straw stack, properly manipulated, would 
do to save ice in. He removed enough of 
the top of the stack to enable him to un¬ 
load the ice from the wagou easily, and 
with a hay knife cut a square hole to 
the bottom. He then hauled a few loads 
of sawdust, put a few old rails in the 
bottom of the hole to insure drainage, 
filled up to the level of the rails with 
sawdust, and was ready for the first stiff 
freeze in the creek that runs through 
his farm. When the freeze came, by 
pumping some water over the ice already 
frozen, he managed to get a fair thick¬ 
ness of ice. This was carefully packed 
in the hole at an angle that kept all the 
melted water off the ice. The body of 
the ice was surrounded with about eight 
inches to a foot of sawdust, and was 
covered on top with two or three feet 
additional of straw on top of the saw¬ 
dust. I asked how long it took to get 
the stack ready to pack the ice. He said 
that three of them started at 9 o’clock 
in the morning, and had it ready for the 
ice at noon. I then inquired how long 
the ice was kept. He said that they used 
a great deal more ice than they would 
have used had they bought it, but that 
it lasted till the first of July. It would 
have kept much longer, had they put up 
a greater bulk, lie said that there was 
no outlay except the time, and as ice 
here costs 20 cents a hundred, he figured 
that he had saved $10 to $15 in the ex¬ 
periment, or had, at least, saved enough 
to pay good wages for the time employed 
in packing it. 
Another Gasoline Man. 
G. E. K., Carey, O. —Surely, the parties 
advising steam power, on page 712, are 
not posted as to the relative merits of 
steam and gasoline engines, for the facts 
are, all things considered (except when 
steam has to be used for purposes other 
than power) the gasoline engine is as 
far ahead of steam, as steam is ahead of 
horse power. Some of the engines on 
the market 1 would not buy at 50 cents 
on the dollar, while others are satisfac¬ 
tory in the hands of even a boy 10 years 
old. If power is needed, look up gaso¬ 
line engines carefully before you invest 
in steam. 
Cost of Silo Filling. 
C. T. S., Collins, N. Y. —In filling a 
silo which holds 100 tons, the cheapest 
and best way we have found is to hire a 
McCormick corn harvester for cutting 
and binding at $1 per acre ; the twine 
will cost 25 cents more. The $1 per acre 
is cheaper than it can be done by hand 
at the usual wages, when the corn is 
drilled in rows three feet apart. Then 
time enough is saved in loading and un¬ 
loading when hauling, to more than pay 
for the twine. We filled the silo in two 
afternoons, or 11 % hours’ work, with a 
20 -inch Ross cutter, cutting 100 loads. 
We hauled two whole days with three 
teams. In the forenoon the teams drew 
25 loads each day and we stood it up 
near the cutter. In the afternoon, the 
cutter gained enough on the teams to 
have it all in by night : 
COST OF FILLING SILO. 
Two men in silo one day at 75 cents. $1.50 
Two men at tlie cutter one day at 75 cents.. 1.50 
Three teamsters two days. 4.50 
Two loaders two days.\. 3.h0 
Engine one day. 2.00 
Cutter one day. 2.00 
Fireman one day. 1.50 
Feeder one day... 1.50 
16 days’ board at 50 cents. 8.00 
Total.$25.50 
It is better to use the large cutting 
machine, because the stalks can be put 
through very rapidly, and at the same 
time cut very short. We cut one-half 
inch. 
Some Good Crimson Clover. 
E. P. B., La Plume, Pa.—I mail a 
plant of our Crimson clover ; the seed 
was sown the last of August, after early 
potatoes. After digging the potatoes, 1 
drew off the vines, harrowed the ground 
thoroughly, sowed the seed, and rolled 
in all but a small plot, which was har¬ 
rowed in, and which did not come up 
nearly so well as that which was rolled. 
I think that there were two reasons for 
it: First, there was a little shower the 
next morning after sowing, that wet the 
surface and did not wet down any, so 
that the seed harrowed in did not get 
the benefit of it. Second, it was covered 
too deep. I think that the plants show 
a remarkable growth when one considers 
how dry the season has been. These are 
no picked plants, but the ground is cov¬ 
ered with a perfect mat like them, which 
does one's eyes good to look at. 
R. N.-Y.—The roots of these plants 
averaged nine inches in length, and the 
tops grew about four inches h gh. It is 
underground growth you want before 
winter. Get that and the plant will 
take care of itself. These plants are, 
indeed, good for the eyes. They make 
sore eyes soar up higher. 
Dwarf Essex Rape. 
H. P. Miller, Delaware County, O. — 
The Dwarf Essex rape has proved a 
satisfactory addition to our list of forage 
plants. It grows better in a dry season 
than any other plant, except corn, with 
which I am acquainted. The cabbage 
louse is its worst enemy ; it attacks the 
early-sown crop and, if allowed too 
strong a foothold before stock is turned 
upon it, they refuse to eat it. Rape is 
especially valuable late in the fall, as 
frost does not injure it. It may be sown 
at any time from the middle of April to 
the middle of July in this latitude, when 
there is moisture enough to sprout it. 
It is a biennial, forming seed the second 
year only, but it does not endure the 
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