393 
for  mating  purposes;  neither  should  the 
self-feeder  be  used  with  breeding  males, 
as  they  will  put  on  too  much  flesh.  It 
is  an  extravagant  means  of  feeding  breed¬ 
ing  animals  other  than  brood  sows  nurs¬ 
ing  pigs.  It  has  been  demonstrated  ex¬ 
perimentally  that  the  grinding  of  feed, 
especially  corn,  for  swine  is  not  neces¬ 
sary,  for  ear  corn  is  quite  as  well  adapt¬ 
ed  to  feeding  swine,  if  not  better,  than 
the  feeding  of  corn  meal.  Soaking  the 
product  for  ten  or  twelve  hours  before 
being  fed  will  make  it  quite  as  digestible 
as  grinding  wril,  and  when  i,t  is  neces¬ 
sary  to  prepare  any  product  for  feeding 
in  this  way,  I  prefer  soaking  to  grinding. 
Rye,  wheat  and  barley  may  serve  an  ex¬ 
ception  to  this  general  rule,  hut  it  cer¬ 
tainly  applies  to  corn.  The  self-feeder 
can  he  made  by  any  carpenter,  and  its 
use  has  clearly  passed  the  experimental 
stage.  F.  c.  M. 
they  could  starve  the  city  into  submitting 
to  any  prices  they  might  dictate  within 
reason.  The  man  hack  on  the  hills  has 
the  whip  hand,  but  he  does  not  know  how 
to  use  it.  He  will  have  to  take  lessons 
from  “Tuck”  of  the  Lorraine  creamery, 
whose  company  pays  12  per  cent,  divi¬ 
dend — and  then  some. 
This  matter  of  salesmanship  is  the 
weak  point  in  the  whole  dairy  business. 
Immense  strides  have  been  made  in  milk 
production  in  a  decade.  Right  in  Oneida 
County  the  first  44-pound  cow  in  the 
world  was  bred.  The  price  she  brought  a 
couple  of  years  ago — $10.000 — astounded 
people.  Her  son,  a  $15,000  bull,  bears 
up  the  reputation  of  the  family.  Every¬ 
where  farmers  are  grading  up  their  herds. 
AJAX  FLAKES 
THIS  valuable  distillers’  grains  contains  about 
31%  protein,  13%  fat.  It  is  twice  as  strong  as 
bran.  You  cannot  make  milk  economically  if  you 
use  bran.  One  pound  of  AJAX  FLAKES  does  the 
work  of  two  pounds  of  bran,  and  saves  $14  per  ton. 
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AJAX  FLAKES 
Holds  hundreds  of  official  records  and  many  world's  records.  It  is  used  and 
recommended  by  Cornell  Agricultural  College,  Pennsylvania  State  College 
and  prominent  breeders.  You  should  lay  in  your  supply  now, 
Send  for  Feeders’  Hand  Book,  with  tables  and  feeding  instructions 
BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS 
CHAPIN  &  CO..  Dept.  R  HAMMOND.  IND. 
New  England  Milk  Problems 
Transportation  of  milk  is  the  coming 
question  throughout  the  Eastern  produc¬ 
ing  territory.  Delegates  of  the  various 
milk  interests  in  the  Middle  States  are 
closely  observing  the  progress  of  the 
hearing  in  Boston  before  the  Interstate 
Commerce  Commission.  As  milk  prob¬ 
lems  are  much  alike  everywhere,  any¬ 
thing  that  will  lead  to  daylight  in  New 
England  may  well  he  studied  with  refer¬ 
ence  to  the  situation  in  the  New  York 
and  Philadelphia  territories;  Producers 
should  get  ready  with  care,  appointing 
representatives  of  leading  farm  interests 
and  reaching  agreement  on  united  ac¬ 
tion  so  far  as  possible.  The  conflict  of  a 
dozen  more  or  less  separate  interests  at 
the  Boston  hearing,  tends  toward  slow, 
uncertain  progress.  Farmers  should  boil 
down  their  wants  in  advance  of  the  bear¬ 
ings.  They  might  well  urge  the  com¬ 
mission  to  send  examiners  to  Convenient 
meeting  points  in  the  shipping  sections 
of  each  State,  so  that  the  evidence  of  real 
producers  may  be  taken  at  first  hand. 
Farmers  cannot  leave  their  farms  to  at¬ 
tend  hearings  in  distant  cities,  hence  the 
railroads  and  the  lawyers  are  too  much 
in  the  foreground,  while  at  the  country 
hearings  the  practical  man  has  a  fair 
c-lmnce  to  attend  and  to  tell  just  what  he 
wants  of  the  powers  that  in  part  control 
his  income. 
Vermont  milk  shippers  are  none  too 
prosperous  this  Winter,  with  the  grain 
going  up  and  the  milk  price  generally 
two  cents  per  can  lower  than  last  Win¬ 
ter.  The  nearby  sections  get  38  to  30 
cents  per  8*4  quart  can  at  the  car,  and 
the  distant  sections  get  33  to  34  cents. 
Dairying  and  related  branches  are  so 
much  the  backbone  of  Vermont  prosperi¬ 
ty  that  pretty  much  everybody  i,s  inter¬ 
ested.  Leading  business  interests,  assum¬ 
ing  that  the  milk  price  is  a  matter  of 
supply  and  demand  are  suggesting  a 
campaign  of  education  to  show  the  public 
the  value  of  milk  as  a  food,  likewise  the 
value  of  skim-milk  and  the  points  in 
favor  of  pasteurized  milk.  Here  at  least 
is  one  field,  that  of  mi.lk  advertising,  on 
which  the  producers  and  dealers  ought 
to  be  able  to  get  together. 
Some  people  who  believe  in  New 
Hampshire  have  organized  a  movement  to 
advertise  farms  and  land  in  the  State 
when  offered  by  the  owners  at  fair  prices. 
The  State  Department  of  Agriculture 
and  the  Oranges  are  back  of  the  plan. 
The  Orange,  by  the  way,  is  stronger  than 
ever  in  New  Hampshire.  State  Master 
Wesley  Adams  is  starting  new  ones  every 
week.  Not  a  place,  he  says,  with  people 
enough  to  give  50  members  is  without  a 
Grange.  There  are  270  with  30.1)00  mem¬ 
bers.  The  county  agent  movement,  ton, 
i,s  very  strong,  with  five  counties  organ¬ 
ized  and  more  coming  soon.  a.  b.  f. 
Cheapest  Feeds 
quickly  develop  big.  profitable 
purkors  if  you  raise  this 
iproducimr  strain.  Valuable  * 
iL  v,  book  Free.  / 
I  am  about,  to  quit  the  dairy  business,  and  will 
sell  my  entire  herd  of  cattle,  consisting  Of  1  re¬ 
gistered  Ayrshire  bull.  8  registered  Ayrshire 
cows,  4  Ayrshire  heifers,  eligible  to  registry, 
and  5  grade  eons.  These  cows  are  young  and 
all  right;  will  he  priced  right  to  a  quick  buyer. 
fars aptfly  to  J.  A.  DOREMUS,  Gladstone,  N.J. 
ForSale-2MilkingGoats  ^‘h  %*§ 
Nannie  kids  now  3  weeks  old. $7  each,  limits  kids, 
4-5  I'oggQubarg,  It.  INGERBOLL,  Mt  Kisco,  X.  V. 
During  the  past  ten  years  we  have  sold  move  regis¬ 
tered  Berk  si  i  ires  than  any  three  other  breeders  in 
the  United  States.  No  Swine  Breeder  (any  breed) 
approaches  our  record.  The  Highwood  Type  is  the 
mason.  Increase  the  size  of  vmir  animals  with  a 
H  iglnvood  boar.  H.  C  &  H  B.  HARPENOING,  Dundee.  N.Y. 
GUERNSEY  BULL  CALF 
Write  for  pedigree.  H.  G  BINKLEY,  Sale  Harbor.  Pa. 
A.  Grandson  of  the  $50,000  Bull 
from  an  A.R  (). heifer.  Price,  Shu)  f.o.h.  registered. 
C.  31.  LIBBY,  -  Forest. ville,  X.  V. 
BERK  SH  IRES  LA 
I  offer  yon  one  of  the  best  lots  of  Berkshlres  that  I 
everowned,  an  especially  tine  showing  of  giits.  Come 
and  make  your  own  selections.  If  you  can't  come, 
write  your  wants  H  L.  Brown.  Waterpoft.  Oi  leans  Co. ,  N.Y. 
Pays  The 
lireen  Freight  & 
VJ1  Buyers  fare 
offers  more  Stallions  of  service¬ 
able  age  by  the  tqj.UuO  Champion 
CARNOT  (liUtidii)  than  does  any 
other  breeder  In  America  For 
PeroherouB,  Belgians.  Holstein 
Cattle  or  Shetland  Ponies,  write 
for  cat.  Prices  right.  Terms  tosuit. 
A.  W.  GREEN. 
Middletield.  Ohio  K.  K-  Station, 
hast  Orwell,  O.  on  Peima.  H.  R. 
Spnnghank  BERKSHIRES 
Boars  and  Bred  Hilts  of  March  and  April,  1915,  far¬ 
row.  J.K.  YV  AT.sOX,3IarbIe<Iale,Connecticut 
LAKESIDE  BERKSHIRESi?”1 
H.  GR13ISHAW,  -  North  East,  Pa. 
Ora  W.  Tucker 
BFRK^HIRFS — The  lonK>  deep,  heavy,  hone  type 
kJLiinuiiuiLO  i4mwIl  f()r  breeders  and  guaranteed  as 
represented.  Prices  right.  A  C.  HOOPER,  Borman,  Md. 
Hero  we  have  four  milk  testing  associa¬ 
tions  out  of  the  103  that  in  ID  15  repre¬ 
sented  the  total  number  of  associations  in 
the  nation.  Wt  are  weeding  out  the 
“lady  boarders";  we  are  studying  rations; 
we  are  planting  the  best  silo  corn  and 
getting  big  yields  of  milk. 
The  transportation  proposition  lias  been 
adequately  solved.  There  is  never  a  mo¬ 
ment.  night  or  day,  that  some  part  of  the 
service  is  not  in  motion.  Trains,  cars, 
cans,  arc  run  in  duplicate.  About  the 
time  the  last  wagon  is  loaded  and  rumbles 
away  through  the  empty  streets  of  New 
York  iu  the  uncertain  light  of  early  dawn 
to  put  on  the  dumb  waiters  of  the  city 
and  on  front  porches  the  bottled  product 
of  the  day  before,  back  on  the  hills  in  the 
North  Country  farmer  hoys  are  going  out 
with  their  shiny  pails  for  the  next  day’s 
.supply.  But,  for  all  that,  two  to  three 
cents  a  quart  is  not  enough  money  for 
the  dairymen.  Interest  on  investment, 
wages  and  profit  can  hardly  be  pieced  out 
of  two  or  three  cents.  There  is  some¬ 
thing  wrong.  The  farmer  feels  he  should 
have  a  greater  share  in  the  price  lie  hears 
is  paid  in  New  York.  This  is  why  up 
here  we  are  watching  the  development  of 
the  Department  of  Foods  and  Markets 
with  close  interest.  We  are  waiting  to 
get  our  share  as  the  apple  growers  got 
theirs.  WALTER  H.  MAIN. 
Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y. 
King  Locomoco 
Mahogany  hay  stallion,  1S_S4  hands  high,  weighing 
1  lOiipounds.  Sire,  Xowal  King,  Dam,  Pearl  Lorame. 
Record.  •J-IS'h.  Trial.  2-10, 
D.  H.  McHUGH,  MIDDLEBURY,  VERMONT 
-Bred  Gilts,  service  hoars  and  fall 
iiigs  of  Rockwood's  Champion  lived 
V.  K  I)  JE  YV  A  I  8,  Lebanon.  N.J, 
O.  I.  C.  WHITES  siiL  and  Aall 
Pigs.  They  give  satisfaction.  YY'  A  YSIDE 
FA  UNI,  CHATHAM,  N.  J.  Address  A.  L. 
l’nge,  (Owner),  tjg  Cortlaudt  St.,  N.  City 
Pair  Well  Matched  Colts  for  Sale 
Two  and  threeyears  old,  sound,  sorrel  chestnut. with 
■«  hite  stripe  in  face  and  white  hind  ankles.  Dam. 
Morgan;  Sire,  Standard.  With  careful  handling  this 
team  should  nearly  double  in  value  and  earn  their 
feed  right  along.  1.  C  LITCHFIELD,  Middlebury,  Vt. 
0.1.  C.  ’S  Purebred  Boars 
Prices  reasonable.  J.  0.  Shelmidine  8  Sons.  Lorraine. N  Y 
PFDIGRFFD  c-  WHITE  AND  0  ■  C.  SWINE.  Brood  sows, 
nirrnnn.,,  ..2rv'l'’!  boars  ano  pigs.  Reg.  Free, 
ENTERPRISE  DAIRY  FARM.  John  L.  Ifan  Horn,  Prop-,  Troy,  Pa 
sale-Two  Registered  Percheron  Stallions 
two  and  five  yeai  sold.  J.  P.  WILSON,  Newark.  Delaware 
REGISTERED  PERCHER0NS  For  Sale 
Two  black  studs  coming  four  years  old,  Two  black 
mares  coming  three  and  four. 
ABRAM  MARTIN,  -  Clarence  Center.  N.  Y. 
Y'1 1-  _  1  *  —The  New  York  Fanners’ 
t^neshires  ,M.'g  w*  some  wry 
nice  young  gilts  readv  to 
breed  and  we  are  now  hooking  orders  for  pigs  f.>r 
spring  delivery.  For  particulars  address  The  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Animal  Husbandry.  Cornell  University,  Ithaca.  N.  Y. 
Pedigree  Chester  Whites  stkofEfa‘ 
KUlgely  Manor  Farm,  -  Stone  Ridge,  N.  Y. 
NEW  YORK  STATE  DRAFT  HORSE  BREEDERS’  CLUB  offers 
sound  rn-climaie  l  Percheron, Belgian  and Snf- 
folk  Stallions  at  less  than  dealers'  prices.  Write 
El  wood  Akin.  President.  Walnut  Ave.,  Syracuse.  N  Y. 
Highland  View  Stock  Farm 
sFfl?E-Two  (2)  Chester  I 
Berkshire  Boar,  a  v 
breeding  andexhihitinji 
double. 
er  White  SovsiC,'iT8i:;V,,Ii 
wonderfully  fine  specimen  for 
-  \\  ill  sell  a .  i, $25 each,  worth 
W  B.  McVICKAR,  115  Broadway,  Lynbrook,  N.  Y. 
Our  barns  are  Ailed  with  the  best  Percheron  and 
Belgians  at  the  lowest  prices 
0.  N.  WILSON,  Prop.,  •  Kittanning,  Pa. 
Registered  Duroc  Jersey  Pigs  kin3 
September  furrowed.  J  G.  Schilling,  Stockbridge,  Mass! 
ILE—  One  Registered  l’erc heron  Stallion 
v,  three  years  Old;  sound  ami  light  in  every 
Has  sire  and  quality  and  can  win  in  any  shew 
Weight.  1.900,  Photo  and  description  on  re- 
ARDMORE  FARM  P  0.  Glen  Spey  Sullivan  Co.  N  Y. 
CH ELDON  FARM  REGISTERED  DU  ROCS 
y  Pigs  of  both  sex.  Bred  sows.  Service  hoars. 
Best  of  breeding.  C.  E.  BARNES,  Oxford,  N.Y. 
2  Large  Mammoth  Jacks 
large  young  Males.  Write  CLARK  BROS.,  Freepnrt,  0 
FOR  PURE  BRED  TAMWORTH  SWINE 
visit  YVESTY  IEYV  STOCK  FAK3I.R. 
>  1.  Winston-Salem,  North  Carolina 
FU  R  pprrL  imported  and  regis 
SALE-rercneron‘5Iaulon  tered:  color,  black, 
with  iv  hi  to  strip:  perfectly  gentle;  weighs,  1.600  His. 
IBbi  hands  high  In  years  old  JS.  Burnham  Cortland. N.Y 
For  Sale— Purebred  Poland  China  Boar  Pigs 
fired  from  Large  type  stock  and  about  fi  months  old. 
B.  I.  \\  RIGHT,  Ransomville,  Niagara  Co..  N.  Y. 
Hogs  Grinding  Their  Own  Feed 
Is  there  any  more  information  to  be 
had  about  “hogs  grinding  their  own  feed” 
as  referred  to  in  your  article  in  The  It. 
N.-Y.  in  1915,  page  6SS?  e.  d.  l. 
Middletown.  X.  J. 
A  number  of  devices  have  been  placed 
upon  the  market  designed  to  enable  the 
pig  to  grind  his  own  feed.  It  is  my  be¬ 
lief  that  the  grinding  machine  that  na¬ 
ture  gave  to  the  pig  excels  any  device 
that  may  be  invented  by  man,  especially 
is  this  true  relating  to  the  feeding  of  corn 
products.  Experience  prompts  that  in 
case  the  self-grinder  is  utilized  the  pigs 
do  not  feed  to  their  full  capacity. 
We  have  found  the  sell'-feedcr  a  dis- 
tinet  advantage  in  the  feeding  of  sows 
nursing  pigs,  in  feeding  fattening  ani¬ 
mals,  and  in  furnishing  a  means  of  feed¬ 
ing  shotes  that  are  finishing  mi  forage 
crops.  The  self-feeder  should  not  he  util¬ 
ized  with  brood  sows  in  pig.  or  with 
breeding  animals  that  are  being  reserved 
Kentucky  Jacks  and  Saddlers 
Always  a  good  lot  of  Kentucky  Mammoth  .lacks 
ami  .Jennets.  Saddle  Stallions,  Biddings,  Mares 
and  Colts.  Write  ns  fully  describing  ynqr  wants. 
THE  COOK  FARMS,  Box  436  L.  Lexington,  Ivy. 
SPANISH  JACK  FOR  SALE 
8  years  old.  Black;  weight,  shout  950  lbs  ;  sure  foal 
getter,  and  will  more  than  pay  for  himself  every 
year.  GEORGE  A.  BLAIR,  Lebanon,  N.  Y. 
Sides  are  heavy  Book  Board,  Imita¬ 
tion  Leather  Back  and  Corners, 
Cloth  Sides,  Two  Tongues  Inside, 
Inside  of  Cover  Neat  Lining  Paper 
Stamped  in  Gold—  ’'Ritual  New 
Yokkkr”— on  outside. 
Bobby  :  “Dad.  what  is  a  mutual 
friend?”  Mr.  Fogg:  "He  is  generally 
one  who  makes  it  his  business  to  set1  that 
you  don't  miss  hearing  the  nasty  things 
yur  neighbors  say  about  you." — Credit 
Lost. 
FTT  D  1?  F  ’  I '  C  Singly,  Pairs,  and  Dozen 
45  tv  Iv  15  X  O  lots  <  i  idima  Pigs,  Rabbits. 
Toulouse  Geese,  t.  JEYY  ELL,  .Spencer,  Ohio 
Will  hold  04  issues,  or  more. 
Sent  prepaid  upon  receipt  of 
price,  50c. 
C1RF  AT  DANFS  A  1  so  v  1  v " 
ELiO  photos  oil  roquest, 
TARGET-ROCK  FARM,  Huntington,  N  V 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
333  West  30th  St.  New  York  C 
FOXHOUNDS 
-Head  ad  R.  N.-Y.  Feb.  19th 
H.  0  PUMEROY.  Lockport,  N  Y 
Airedale  Siud  Puppies 
Dr.  W.  A.  Henry’s  standard  work  on 
live  stock  feeding  Inis  been  entirely  re¬ 
written  with  the  assistance  of  Prof.  F. 
B.  Morrison,  and  is  invaluable  to  all 
who  feed  live  stock.  Price,  postpaid, 
$2.25.  from  The  It.  N.-Y.,  333  \V.  30th 
St.,  New  York. 
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