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Che  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
•Tannar.v  20,  1016 
Live  Stock  and  Dairy 
An  Ohio  Brown  Swiss 
The  picture  shows  the  Brown  Swiss 
cow,  Ethel  B.,  owned  at  Anna  Dean 
farm,  in  Summit  County,  O.  Ethel  B. 
has  a  yearly  record  of  17,843.4  pounds 
milk  and  710.99  pounds  fat.  The  Brown 
Swiss  fit  in  well* as  a  general  purpose 
'  breed — good  milkers  and  good  beef. 
A  Discussion  of  Rich  Milk 
In  The  U.  NY.  on  page  1.194,  Xov. 
27  last,  there  is  an  article  signed  “.T.  C. 
<4.,  Xew  York.”  lie  treats  of  dairying 
in  general  and  of  the  advantage  of  high¬ 
est  milk  over  low-test  milk  in  particular. 
He  gives  some  very  interesting  figures  to 
prove  the  desirability  of  high-testing 
milk.  The  average  number  of  pounds  of 
more  than  one  giving  only  82  pounds.  I 
am  glad  Mr.  Sarlc  brought  this  matter 
up.  as  it  made  me  do  some  figuring  I 
would  never  have  thought  of  without  it. 
After  all  is  said,  the  kind  of  cows  to  keep 
depends  on  the  individual.  The  kind  one 
likes  is  the  best  for  him.  For  myself 
I  like  a  good  cow.  I  care  not  if  she  is 
black  and  white,  fawn  and  white,  ringed, 
streaked,  or  speckled.  j.  c.  G. 
Qualifications  for  Registry 
I  have  a  heifer,  black  and  white,  two 
years  old  last  May.  She  had  her  first 
calf  on  June  7.  Up  to  January  1,  after 
milking  her  six  months  and  24  days,  she 
has  given  7960  pounds  of  milk  testing 
o.4.  Is  such  a  cow  entitled  to  be  regis¬ 
tered?  Her  dam  is  a  Guernsey  testing 
Draws  Milk 
In  Spurts 
Brown  Swiss  Cow  Ethel  B 
mill;  per  cow  for  the  month  was  90S.  test¬ 
ing  fi,8%,  which  is  equal  to  552>94  pounds 
of  butterfat.  Tlie  stated  price  fur  4.7i 
milk  was  .$2.10  per  hundred  pounds  plus 
in  cents  barn  score,  plus  10  cents  bac¬ 
teria  count,  making  the  stated  rate  $2.80 
for  1.5  milk,  assuming  that  the  man  had 
barn  and  bacteria  counts.  There  was 
four  cents  premium  for  each  tenth 
(.1%)  above,  and  a  discount  of  three 
Cents  for  each  tenth  (.1%)  below  the 
4.5  standard. 
Let  us  consider  just  what  this  52.894 
pounds  of  butterfat  would  be  worth  per 
pound  and  in  total  if  liis  milk  had  been 
lower  testing.  The  following  table  will 
make  the  matter  clear: 
Value  of 
52.804 
lbs.  Imt- 
Milk 
test 
Trice 
por 
Price  per  ll>. 
ter  fat 
P.  C. 
100  lbs. 
milk 
butter  fat 
in  milk 
8.5 
$2. 
30  miuus  .30 
eq.  $2 
$0,071 
$30.20 
4.0 
$2 
.30  m. 
.15  eq. 
.  $2.15 
$0,537 
$27.40 
4.5 
$2.80 
$0.51 
$27.03 
5.0 
$2.30  p. 
.20  eq. 
$2.50 
$0.50 
$20.45 
5.3 
V' 
*r* 
'.30  p. 
.32  eq, 
$2.02 
$0,404 
$20.13 
From  these  figures  it.  appears  that  this 
man  would  have  received  $4.07  more  for 
his  52.894  pounds  of  butterfat  if  it  had 
been  in  mi  He  testing  8.5%  rather  than 
5.8%  :  $4.07  per  cow  would  amount  to 
a  considerable  sum  in  a  dairy  of  20 
cows  in  one  month.  It  is  up  to  us  as 
farmers  to  find  the  cow  that  will  produce 
the  pounds  <>f  butterfat  efficiently.  From 
the  above  figures  it  can  he  seen  that  if 
the  cow  gives  the  pounds  of  butterfat  it 
is  not  necessary  that  she  concentrate  it 
in  a  few  pounds  of  milk. 
Cl  I  AS.  F.  SARLE. 
Tompkins  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Reply  by  J.  C.  G. 
I  have  examined  the  figures  given  by 
C.  F.  Sarle  with  great  interest,  and  they 
prove  that,  the  premium  for  high-testing 
milk  is  too  low.  Probably  the  reason  is 
that  the  amount  of  butter  and  cream  sold 
by  this  company  is  small  compared  to 
the  amount  of  milk  sold,  and  the  price 
:ts  now  fixed  is  a  sort  of  a  compromise 
between  quality  and  quantity.  But  while 
we  are  at  it  let  us  figure  a  little  further. 
The  998  pounds  multiplied  by  5.3% 
equals  52.894  pounds  of  butterfat.  Di¬ 
vide  this  by  8.5%  gives  1,511.25  of  milk 
that  a  cow  testing  3.5%  would  have  to 
give  in  a  month  to  give  an  equal  num¬ 
ber  of  pounds  butterfat  or  48.75  pounds 
of  milk  per  day  (31  days  in  month  of 
Doc.).  Now'  doubtless  there  are  pleuty 
of  such  cows  in  the  country,  but  when 
you  find  one,  and  get  the  owner  to  name 
her  price,  he  prepared  for  u  shock.  The 
cows  that  made  the  record  referred  to 
cost  me  on  an  average  a  trifle  less  than 
$09  apiece.  Now  $00  won’t  go  very  far 
towards  a  48.75-pound  cow.  Not  if  the 
owner  knows  it.  It  is  true  I  would  have 
received  $4.07  more  for  the  milk,  but  it 
would  have  cost  more  to  get  it,  as  it 
stands  to  reason  that  a  cow  giving  near¬ 
ly  50  pounds  of  milk  is  going  to  eat 
*TpHE  sucking  calf,  the  hand  milker  and 
the  Empire  Milker  all  draw  milk  in 
spurts.  Between  spurts  the  teat  is  given 
an  instant  of  rest.  Thus  there  are  no 
ill  effects — nothing  unpleasant.  The  Empire 
has  a  gentle,  massaging,  uniform,  natural  air 
pressure  that  really  increases  the  milk  flow 
EMPIRE 
Mechanical  Milker 
One  double  or  two-cow  unit  takes  care  of  20  to 
30  cows  per  hour.  One  man  can  operate  two 
double  units.  The  Empire  cuts  down  hired 
labor  and  increases  your  profits.  The  Empire 
is  easy  to  install  and  to  operate,  requiring  but  onetank  and  one  pipe  line.  Farmers 
owning  prize  herds  favor  the  Empire  because  it  cannot  injure  the  stock  in  any  wav— cannot  cause 
sore  or  inflamed  teats  or  udders.  I  nsurcscleaa,  sanitary  milk,  free  from  dirt,  germs  and  stable  odors. 
Let  us  send  descriptions  and  pictures,  showing  the  Empire  Marker  and  Empire  Separator  in  use. 
W  e  will  also  send  you  our  offer  on  Empire  Gasoline  Engines  and  Empire  Star  Feed  Mills. 
Auk  for  Catalog  A to.  23 
EMPIRE  CREAM  SEPARATOR  COMPANY.  Bloomfield.  N.  J. 
Chicago,  Ill.  Denver,  Colo.  Portland,  Ore.  Toronto  and  Winnipeg,  Can* 
HARR__  , 
Barn  Equipment 
GUERNSEYS 
0.7.  and  her  sire  is  a  grade  Holstein. 
Silo  is  at  present  milking  24  pounds 
daily  under  ordinary  conditions.  I  am 
feeding  equal  parts  of  middlings,  wheat 
bran  and  gluten,  but  she  is  in  rather  poor 
condition.  Can  you  tell  me  what  to  feed 
to  put  flesh  on  her?  n.  n.  t. 
Circlcville,  N.  Y. 
This  is  a  good  cow,  but  you  cannot 
have  her  registered  in  any  of  the  live 
stock  clubs  or  associations.  The  registry 
is  not  for  performance,  but  for  pedigree. 
No  cow  can  be  registered  unless  both  par¬ 
ents  were  also  recorded  in  the  herd  book. 
This  cow  is  a  grade  and  neither  the 
Guernsey  nor  the  Holstein  associations 
could  accept  her.  The  object  of  these 
registries  is  to  maintain  the  breed  in  its 
purity  without  introduction  of  any  other 
blood.  Often  a  grade  or  a  cross  of  two 
different  pure  breeds  will  make  a  super¬ 
ior  dairy  animal,  but  of  course  it  is  not 
purely  bred,  and  thus  cannot  be  regis¬ 
tered.  In  the  case  of  this  cow,  who  can 
ever  tell  which  breed  is  most  responsible 
for  her  good  qualities? 
Milk  Regulation  in  New  York 
There  is  a  tendency,  I  believe,  on  a 
part  of  a  majority  of  dairy  farmers  to 
feel  that  tin1  present  hoard  of  health  regu¬ 
lations  ns  to  care  of  milk  are  too  severe ; 
that  too  muck  stress  has  been  placed  on 
non-essentials  and  that  those  regulations, 
when  applied  by  an  over-zealous  health 
officer,  often  work  an  injustice  to  the 
farmer.  I  am  in  favor  of  a  reasonable 
regulation,  but  in  the  light  of  the  latest 
bulletin  received  from  the  New  York 
Agricultural  Experiment  Station  at  Gene¬ 
va  (No.  409,  which  should  he  read  by 
all  boards  of  health)  it  would  seem  ns 
though  milk  producers  had  been  imposed 
upon,  and  that  some  of  the  restrictions 
were  unreasonable  and  that  the  dairy 
man  had  a  right  to  feel  a  little  indignant. 
The  bulletin  is  entitled  “Milk  Receives 
Few  Bacteria  from  Stable  Air”  (Popular 
edition),  and  starts  off  with  this  state¬ 
ment:  “Careful  investigation  of  pure 
milk  problems  is  proving  that  many  cur¬ 
rent  beliefs  and  practices  are  ill-founded. 
The  importance  of  many  factors  has  been 
over-estimated,  as  shown  in  recent  bulle¬ 
tins  from  this  station  which  prove  that 
‘over  refinement  in  securing  stable  clean¬ 
liness  and  in  certain  grooming  processes 
is  without  effect  in  reducing  bacteria  in 
milk’;  also,  ‘that  dairy  score  cards  are 
not  reliable  indexes  to  the  quality  of 
milk  produced  in  the  stables  scored’ ;  also 
‘that  with  some  cows  the  interior  of  the 
udder  supplies  large  numbers  of  bacteria 
to  the  milk.’  ”,  Further  on  in  the  bul¬ 
letin  is  stated  “the  very  careful  studies 
Anna  Dean  Farms 
O  ffer  for  Sale 
GUERNSEY  BULL  NO.  735 
SIRE:  Imp.  Gnldsceker  of  Anna  Dean  Farm 
No.  20100.  The  best  May  Rose  bull  in  America, 
llis  sire  is  Golden  Secret,  the  wonderful  son 
of  Rose  of  Gold.  “Goldsceker“  is  a  full  brother 
to  the  dam  of  Langwater  Hope,  the  leader  in 
Class F,  with  a  record  of  15.078 pounds  of  milk, 
778  of  fat. 
DAM:  Has  an  A.  R.  record  of  442  pounds  of 
butterfat  as  a  two-year-old.  Stic  is  a  sister  to 
Julie  of  the  Chetie,  17,661  of  milk,  053  of  butter¬ 
fat:  Jehanna  Chene,  16,180  of  milk,  803  pounds 
of  fat  as  a  three-year-old  and  twenty  others 
with  large  records. 
PRICE,  $250.00.  Ready  hr  Service 
BARBERTON,  OHIO 
LEDYARD  BAY  GUERNSEYS 
Do  you  want  a  bull  ?  I  have  them.  Big,  strong, 
growth y  fellows  with  pleuty  of  bone  and  dairy  ca¬ 
pacity.  I  must  sell  to  make  room,  Now  is  your 
chance  to  get  a  bull  this  fall  at  half  what  they  are 
worth.  Write  now  for  prices  and  pedigree. 
OTTO  W.  POST,  •  Ensecere,  N.  Y. 
BELLMATH  GUERNSEYS 
We  h  nve  for  snle  young  Guernsey  bull  calves,  rich 
in  the  best  blood  of  the (tIcii woods,  No  females  for 
sale.  H.  C.  Crock  or  &  Son,  Sell  tie  It,  New  York 
fillftriKPV  R II  I  P.aIvp« Registered.  1<.  xen  I  lent  breed - 
UUBrnsey  Dunuaives  j„g  From  :i  to  16  months  old. 
Prices  reasonable.  SUNNYBROOK  FARM,  Smilhtown,  N  Y 
fiUERNSEY  BULL  FOR  SALE.  May  King  breeding.  4  yr.old. 
M  Dewing  Bros.  Stock  Farm,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4,  Binghamton. N.Y. 
r,raJ„  r.nernieve  FOR  SALE-10  cows,  some 
uraae  Guernseys  just  tlesh  or  (1ue  bl 
spring.  3  two-year  olds,  tiled.  3  yearlings. 
FRED  M.  BENNFT,  Mohawk  Farm.  Fuitunville,  N.  Y. 
sale-15  Head  High-Grade Guernseysi14R*tmu 
Prices  reasonable.  Address,  F»re*l  Dale  Farm,  Amsterdam,  N.  1. 
Wanted  Guernsey  Bull 
::  HOLSTEINS  : 
SPOT  FARM  HOLSTEINS 
c,P  Or 
J.  C.  K  EAGAN 
%  Holstein  heifer  calves  I 
week  Old  $16  eneii.  8  regist¬ 
ered  heifer  niilves  2  to  to 
months  old  $10o  each.  Reg¬ 
istered  hull  calves $•>;,  to $60. 
Express  paid  In  lots  of  5. 
3  ready  for  service  $011  to  $75 
each.  Registered  cows  $126 
up,  high  grade  cows  $50  up. 
I  carload  of  6-year  olds  $55 
each.  We  are  in  tlie  heart 
of  the  Holstein  section,  see 
us  before  you  buy. 
TULL  Y,  N.  Y. 
East  River  Grade  HolsteinsFor  Sale 
GO  Cows  just  fresh,  the  kind  that  (ill  the 
pail,  come  and  see  them  milked  or  milk  them 
yourselves. 
30  Cows  due  to  calf  soon. 
10  Registered  bulls,  extra  good  breeding, 
25  Heifer  calves  ten  days  old.  all  sired 
by  registered  bulls. 
JOHN  B.  WEBSTER, 
Oopt.  V,  Cortland,  N.  Y.  Dell  Phone  14.  F.  5 
Ontario  Ooo 
white;  ready  for  service.  Site,  35.61  lb.  bull;  dam 
royally  lived  twin  heifer,  18.52  lbs.  at  2  yrs.,  ti  mos 
I  nee,  *250.  and  worth  30  ordinary  bulls  Send  for 
pedigree.  Gloverdulo  Farm,  Charlotte,  N.  Y 
SPRINGDALE  FARMS  £thb*£es*  ^ 
Holstein-s.  300  fancy  cows  and  heifers  to  select 
from-  F  .  P.  Saunders  &  Son,  Cortland,  N.Y. 
Holslein-Friesian  Bull  Calves  rfor0  f 1 
offer.  THE  GATES  HOMESTEAD  FARM,  Clmtenanau.  N.  Y. 
Holstein  BULL  CALVES 
ami  Berkshire  Jiuar  pigs  from  well-bred  Sire  and 
Dam.  Price  reasonable. 
SPENCER  VALLEY  FARM.  -  R  D.  1-46.  Chatham,  New  York 
HOLSTEIN  BULL  CALVES  y; 
tlY  JvA - -  -  mmmmm  m  mm  w  AVIA  I  Ullliac. 
'Jr  .®ev*n  dl\n  30  HK.M.  They  are  extra  ffood 
individual*,  nU  from  A.  It  O.  dam*.  Write  for  pedi¬ 
gree*  and  price*.  HIE  YATF.8  KAHM.S,  Oroltard  P»rk,  N.Y. 
sale- A  Son  of  King  of  the  Pontiacs 
at  a  great  bargain  to  provont  inbreeding.  Write  at 
once  for  price.  T.U.METTLER,  East  Millstone.  N.  J. 
JERSEYS 
_ JERSEYS 
JERSEY  CATTLE  FOR  PROFIT 
Bull  calves,  $25  and  up;  heifers,  *50  and  up.  All 
registered  R.  F.  SHANNON,  Rcnshaw  Bldg..  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
For  Sale-Two  Jersey  Bull  Calves 
out  of  adv.  Registry  bull.  *35  each.  And  15.8,0. 
White  Leghorn  cockerels,  $1  euch. 
GEO.  L.  FERRIS  &  SON,  -  At  waters,  N.Y. 
QUALITY 
PHR  CAIC  Jersey  Bull,  bid  enough  for 
run  uHLL  service;  he  has X dams  with 
yearly  records  averaging  10.104  lbs.,  r*  t«.  milk 
and  BIT  lbs.,  1  oz.  estimated  butter:  these  dams 
have  14  daughters  with  authent  h  ated  records: 
lie  also  has  la  sires  with  251  tested  daughters. 
We  also  offer  SO  heifers  and  heifer  calves  from 
Register  of  Merit  sires  and  dams.  Address. 
E.  W.  MOSHER,  Prep.,  or  H.  E.  CROUCH,  Mgr. 
BHIGHTS1DE  FARMS.  AURORA.  N.  Y. 
Registered  Jersey  Cows  for  Sale 
Several  in  Register  of  Merit.  One  has  record  of  573 
pounds  of  butter  in  one  year,  and  lias  two  daughters 
m  Register  of  Merit.  Another  has  millcml  53 pounds 
per  day,  and  over  13.000  pounds  in  year.  If  interest¬ 
ed,  address  Joues’  Jersey  Farm, .Sauqnoit, N.Y. 
Meridale  Jerseys 
For  nearly  thirty  years  Meridale  Jerseys  have  been  famous  for  their 
proven  superiority  both  in  dairy  type  and  dairy  performance  Wo 
have  never  offered  so  Dne  a  lot  of  youngsters  of  both  sexes  as  are 
available  from  the  herd  this  winter.  Write  fordetuilcd  descriptions 
ayer  &  McKinney 
300  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
