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'C'hc  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
stall  constantly  before  them.  The  best 
results  are  obtained  if  each  bucket  is 
filled  up  at  9  or  10  P.  M.  each  night  and 
some  more  clover  or  pea  hay  provided 
if  the  rack  is  empty.  The  horses  should 
not  be  exercised,  but  the  feeding  should 
be  commenced  gradually,  with  ground 
oats,  barley  and  peas.  The  first  feed 
should  be  given  early,  of  the  grain.  About 
!>  A.  M.  should  be  given  a  slop  mash  of 
bran  and  molasses,  at  noon  a  grain  feed 
and  at  3  P.  M.  a  slop  feed  of  bran  and 
molasses  and  at  5.30  P.  M.  a  grain  feed. 
To  the  grain  feed  should  be  added  one- 
third  pound  of  old-process  linseed  oil 
meal,  pea  size,  three  times  a  day.  These 
horses  should  be  given,  an  hour  a  day,  a 
good  rubbing  and  brushing,  and  the  grain 
and  hay  diet  should  only  he  limited  by 
the  amount  they  will  clean  up.  A  week 
before  the  sale  the  horses  should  he  led 
out  for  15  minutes  in  a  walk  and  in¬ 
creased  to  one  hour  by  day  of  sale.  Plenty 
of  feed  and  water  and  no  exorcise  is  the 
secret  of  quick  gains.  Salt  should  be  be¬ 
fore  them  at  all  times,  so  they  may  eat 
as  much  as  they  want  of  it.  F.  w.  Okie. 
Virginia. 
at  various  dairies  in  the  vicinity,  some  of 
which  are  producing  certified  milk, 
Scituato,  Mass.  A.  J.  B. 
It  is  true  that  in  the  production  of 
market  milk,  it  is  very  essential  to  cool 
the  milk  as  soon  as  possible  and  here 
the  milk  cooler  has  its  place.  However, 
in  setting  milk  in  shallow  pans  to  get 
cream  for  butter  making  or  other  pur¬ 
poses,  T  should  not  judge  from  your  ex¬ 
perience  that  the  cooler  was  advanta¬ 
geous.  It  is  a  fact  that  warm  milk 
placed  in  a  refrigerator  will  yield  a  heav¬ 
ier-bodied  cream  than  the  same  milk  if 
cooled  over  a  cooler  before  it  is  put  iu  a 
refrigerator.  The  reason  for  this  seems 
to  be  that  in  the  ease  of  the  milk  placed 
in  the  refrigerator  warm,  the  fat  glo¬ 
bules  i,n  the  milk  have  a  tendency  to 
unite  and  come  to  the  surface  quickly. 
The  cold  air  of  the  refrigerator  striking 
the  surface  of  tin?  milk  hardens  these 
clusters  or  fat  globules  and  so  forms  at 
once  rather  a  tough  scum  of  cream  oyer 
the  surface  of  the  milk.  When  the  milk 
is  run  over  the  cooler  the  fat  globules 
retain  their  individuality  and  rather  than 
being .  allowed  to  unite  are  split  up  if 
anything.  The  milk  then  being  put  in 
the  refrigerator  is  practically  at  the  same 
temperature  as  the  refrigerator  itself. 
The  tiny  fat  globules  rise  more  slowly 
and  the  temperature  of  the  air  and  milk 
being  equal,  the  effect  is  different  from 
when  the  air  is  cold  and  the  milk  warm. 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention 
The  Rural  New-Yorker  and  you’ll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  " square  deal.”  See 
guarantee  editorial  page. 
Accurate 
in  Capacity 
I  Each  Sturges  Milk  Can  is 
f  made  to  hold  just  so  much  and 
no  more.  Always  agrees  with 
the  city  sealer’s  measure. 
Only  highest  grade 
steel  plate  is  used  in  _ ,  „ 
Sturges  Milk  Cans. 
That's  why  they  -- 
last  longer  than  _  — —.5? 
usually  expected. 
Carefully  tinned, 
sc-nms soldered  smooth  — "y 
as  a  china  bowl— easy  Ayn  ...  L  ’«  -i 
to  keep  clean.  Write  rtfj/ 
for  Catalog  No.  60. 
i  Slurgesa  Burn 
k  Mfy.  Co.  I 
h.  608  So.  Green  St.  A  W.  1 1 
BL  Chicago.  III.  BE  f  If 
Established  186$  AH 
Nearest  to 
\Nature's 
Dairy 
Economy  ^ 
The  Empire  Milker  is  easy 
to  install,  and  begins  making 
you  money  right  from  the  start. 
One  double  ortwo-cow  unit  takes 
care  of  20  to  30  cows  per  hour, and 
two  hands  can  do  the  work  of 
seven  in  about  half  the  time. 
The  cows  like  the  sensation 
produced  by  the  natural  air  pres¬ 
sure  system,  and  in  many  cases 
there  is  an  increase  in  milk  yield. 
High-Testing  Cream 
In  talking  with  a  local  milk  dealer  ho 
mentioned  the  fact  that  ho  sold  cream 
testing  90  per  cent,  to  95  per  cent,  butter 
fnt.  This  surprised  me,  as  I  did  uot 
think  it.  possible  to  produce  cream  with 
such  a  high  per  cent  of  fat.  The  thought 
occurred  to  me  afterwards  that  even  but¬ 
ter  has  but  about  85  per  cent.  fat.  Do 
you  think  he  Was  correct  in  his  statement, 
and  if  so,  how  is  such  cream  produced? 
Northampton,  Pa.  v.  i\  s. 
Apparently  the  milk  dealer  of  whom 
you  speak  must  have  been  uncertain  s  to 
what  his  cream  was  testing,  or  else  you 
must  have  misunderstood  him.  It  is 
hardly  possible  to  skim  cream  which  will 
test  more  than  CO  per  cent,  fat,  and  then 
only  when  the  milk  is  at  a  high  tempera¬ 
ture.  Richer  cream  than  this  will  clog 
the  separator  bowl ;  40  per  cent,  cream  is 
about  the  richest  cream  found  on  the 
market,  as  a  rule.  II.  f.  j. 
Alfalfa  Silage 
Recently  I  read  an  article  in  The  R. 
N.-Y.  stating  that  silage  made  of  Alfalfa 
was  quite  unsatisfactory,  It  may  be  of 
interest  to  know  that  I  have  had  a  very 
different  experience.  Last  year  I  put  the 
third  cutting  from  an  acre  of  Alfalfa  into 
the  silo  all  in  one  lump,  ou  top  of  about 
30  tons  of  corn,  and  wi.th  as  much  more 
corn  on  top  of  that.  It  was  cut  and 
blown  in  the  same  as  the  corn.  On  being 
uncovered  iu  the  Winter  it  came  out 
green,  with  a  very  pleasant  odor.  The 
stock  was  greed.v  for  it  and  immediately 
increased  the  milk  production  with  no 
increase  in  grain,  then  fell  off  again 
vshen  the  Alfalfa  was  gone.  This  year  1 
put  Alfalfa  from  three  acres  together 
with  the  corn,  throwing  an  armful  of 
corn  onto  the  table  of  the  machine  and 
then  a  forkful  of  Alfalfa,  thus  mixing 
the  two.  Right  now  I  am  feeding  some 
of  the  best  silage  I  ever  saw. 
DUDLEY  WABD. 
Berkshire  Co.,  Mass. 
SWINE 
Mechanical  Milker 
Nearest  to  Nature,  because  the  Em¬ 
pire  Teat  Cups  massage  the  teats  with 
a  wonderfully  soft,  firm  touch.  Sore  or 
inflamed  teats  or  udders  impossible. 
During  the  past  ten  years  tvo  have  sold  more  regis¬ 
tered  Berks!  tires  than  any  three  other  bvoedors  in 
tho  United  States.  No  Swine  Breeder  (any  breed) 
approaches  our  record.  The  High  wood  Type  is  the 
reason.  Increase  the  size  of  yo  nr  animal  swi  to  a  High- 
wood  hoar.  H.  C  8  H.  B.  Harpemiing,  Box  15,  Dundee,  N.Y. 
BERKSHIRES.% 
I  offer  you  one  of  tho  host  lots  of  Berkshire*  that  I 
ever  owned,  an  especially  fine  showing  of  gilts.  Come 
and  make  yonv  own  selections.  If  yon  can’t,  come, 
writu  your  wants  HI  Brnwn  Walerport ,  Orleans  Cu.,  N.  Y. 
Springbnnk  BERK  SHIRES 
Boars  and  Bred  Hilts  of  March  and  April,  19!5,  far¬ 
row.  J.K.  WATSON,  -'Vlnrblodu.le, Connecticut 
EMPIRE 
Cream  Separator 
has  been  growing  in  ‘avor  among  the 
shrewdest  dairymen  ior  25  years.  Quiet 
and  smooth  because  perfectly  made. 
Send  for  circulars  and  pictures  that  il¬ 
lustrate  the  milker  and  separator  in 
use.  It  will  mean  more  cow  money  for 
you.  Get  our  offer  on  Empire  Engines 
and  Empire  Star  Feed  Mills. 
Write  lor  Catalog  No.  23  M. 
Empire  Cream  Separator  Co. 
Bloomfield,  N.  I. 
Chicago,  III.,  Dcnvor,  Col.;  Portland.  Ore.; 
Son  Francisco,  Cal.;  Montreal,  Toronto, 
Winnipeg,  Can. 
Bred  (lilts,  service  boars  and  fall 
lies  of  ltookwood's  Champion  hreed- 
,BI)  E.  W  A  1 8,  Lebanon,  N.  J. 
LAKESIDE  BERKSHlRES-,?r.>(P.5SS: 
H.  GRIMSHAW,  .  North  East,  Pa. 
Profit  in  Purebred  Hogs 
If  breeding  cuts  off  from  two  to  five 
months  in  finishing  n  hog,  then  why  not 
get  good  blood?  The  butcher  says  he 
can  make  most  money  on  a  porker  which 
weighs  200  pounds  dressed.  If  a  farmer 
can  produce  a  hog  which  will  dress  this 
much  in  seven  or  eight  months  he  is  from 
$6  to  $15  ahead  on  each  animal  of  the 
man  who  must  wait  from  10  to  12  months 
to  get  the  desired  weight.  Breeding 
stands  between  profit  and  loss  on  hogs. 
They  say  it  is  just  as  cheap  to  keep  a 
purebred  as  a  scrub,  but  I  say  it  is 
cheaper.  It  costs  little  to  get  purebred 
swi.no,  and  they  grow  into  money  more 
quickly  than  larger  stock.  On  high- 
priced  land,  and  in  feeding  high-priced 
feeds,  the  well-bred  efficient  producer  is 
the  animal  which  should  be  kept  to  the 
exclusion  of  all  others.  ir.  g. 
Preparing  Cows  for  Testing 
I  see  a  report  of  an  Ayrshire  cow 
which  gave  a  fine  yield  of  milk  and 
butterfat  under  test..  I  would  like  to 
know  more  about  the  way  such  cows  are 
bred  and  handled  to  prepare  them  for 
these  tests.  8.  j. 
In  order  to  get  the  best  results  from  a 
cow  after  freshening,  both  in  dairy  pro¬ 
duction  and  in  the  health  and  strength 
of  her  calf,  it  is  advisable  to  let  tho  cow 
go  dry  for  a  month  or  two  before  fresh¬ 
ening. 
If  you  mean  at  what  age  are  these 
record-cows  bred  for  thei.r  first  calf,  there, 
is  a  difference  of  opinion,  some  claiming 
that  if  bred  between  two  and  throe  years 
of  age  for  their  first  calf  they  develop  a 
greater  milk-tendency,  while  others  claim 
that  a  heifer  should  not  calve  under  three 
years  of  age,  in  order  to  get  more  growth 
and  strength.  If,  however,  you  mean  how 
soon  after  365  days  does  the  cow  freshen, 
she  is  usually  bred  to  freshen  not  under 
15  months  after  her  preceding  calf. 
Some  of  our  best  long-time  records  have 
been  from  cows  that  dropped  a  calf  each 
year,  but  some  of  the  ambitious  owners 
do  not  breed  the  cow  until  she  has  closed 
her  record,  but  it  i.s  an  unsafe  practice, 
as  the  cow  is  liable  to  lose  her  habit  of 
breeding.  C.  M.  WINSLOW. 
See.  Ayrshire  Breeders’  Ass’n. 
For  Sale— Purebred  Poland  China  Boar  Pigs 
bred  from  Large  type  stork  and  about  15  months  old. 
B.  F.  WRIGHT,  Ransomville,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y. 
PFOIRRFFn  c-  WHITE  AND  0. 1.  C  SWINE,  Brood  sows 
service  boars  and  pigs.  Keg.  Free 
ENTERPRISE  DAIRY  FARM,  John  L.  Van  Horn,  Prop.,  Troy,  Pa 
O.  I .  C . ’S-Purebred  Boars'^!. 
L  _  _1_  ^  _  _  —The  New  York  Formers' 
Ldliesnires  Wu  liave  somo  very 
VJUL/OI111  young  gilts  ready  to 
breed  and  we  are  now  booking  orders  for  pigs  for 
spring  delivery.  Fur  particulars  address  The  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Animal  Husbandry,  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Dairy  of 
E.  W.  Brown, 
New  Castle,  Pa. 
Milk  is  selling  here  at  present  at  $1.05 
per  eight-gallon'  can  net,  the  Milwaukee 
price  beiug  $1.20  am!  transportation 
charges  are  15c.  per  can  by  motor  truck 
for  the  17  miles.  Cream  is  eight  cents 
above  Elgin  for  butter  fat  for  No.  1 
grade  and  four  cents  above  Elgin  for  No. 
2  grade.  Good  cows  sell  at  public  sales 
at  $75  and  $100;  bran  ensts  $23,  mid¬ 
dlings,  $25;  dried  grains,  $28;  wet  grains, 
$7  per  ton.  There  is  hot  little  grain 
grown  here.  About  oats  enough  for  horse 
feed  and  most  of  the  corn  is  put  in  the 
silo.  Mole  Alfalfa  is  grown  each  year. 
One  large  farm  near  here  has  150  acres 
in  Alfalfa.  On  most  of  our  land  it  i.s  as 
easy  to  raise  Alfalfa  as  Timothy  or  clover 
and  the  yield  is  greater.  There  are  a  good 
many  potatoes  grown  here  for  the  Mil¬ 
waukee  market.  Most  of  them  are  sold 
at  digging  time,  farmers  hauling  to  Mil¬ 
waukee  and  selling  direct  to  the  con¬ 
sumer,  The  price  last  Fall  was  $1  per 
sack  of  90  pounds.  Many  of  the  con¬ 
sumers  buy  enough  to  last  until  they  can 
buy  home  grown  early  potatoes  the  next 
season.  What  we  receive  for  potatoes  are 
not  35-con t  dollars  but  full  onc-huud reti¬ 
cent  dollars. 
Waukesha,  Wis.  Cl.  E.  G. 
SIJELDON  FARM  REGISTERED  DUROCS 
Pigs  of  both  sox.  Bred  sows.  Service  boars. 
Best  of  breeding.  C.E.  BARNES,  Oxford,  N.Y. 
Registered  Duroc  Jersey  Pigs  enIo%ana  itT™ 
September  farrowed.  J.  G.  Schilling,  Stuckbridge.  Mass. 
SWISS  MILCH  GOATS 
T0GGENBURG  BUCKS, 
$10  and  up. 
Order  spring  kids  now  at  special  prices. 
Inquiries  containing  stamp  auswnred. 
VRPLES.  -  Centre  Square,  Pa. 
FOR  HAT.F 
Farrowed  April,  1815 
Weight,  In  good  breeding  condition,  225  lbs.  These 
hoars  are  good  individuals,  right  iu  every  way  and 
by  Hl'TOKits  Co  box  ki,,  he  by  GOLDSMITH.  For 
price  and  other  particulars  write 
FAIRIIOLMC  FARMS.  NEW  MARKET.  N.  J. 
li.  A.  FAlUBAlItN, Owner  WM.  CARTER.  Mgr. 
F7  IT*  R  I?  17  TP  C— Single,  Pairs,  and  Dozen 
,,,  ,  lots.  Guinea  Pigs, Rabbits, 
loulouse  Geese.  C.  JEWELL,  Spencer,  Ohio 
FOXHOUNDS 
FIELD,  Somers,  Const 
10  week*  old.  also  hours  ■  JtT$| 
ready  for  service,  sows  A 
for  brooding,  (  Jersey  t-  .•  '  B 
cows,  9  heifer  and  bull  J 
calves. 6 mos. tolyr. old,  L  jtiB 
Lincoln  Sheep,  \  anetj  S 
of  Poultry. 
Write  for  circular  and  prices. 
EDWARD  WALTER,  Dept.  R,  Eureka  Slock  Farm,  Weil  Chester,  Penns 
GREAT  DANFS  also  p  ups. 
-JyTA  AYY7 Photos  on  request, 
TARGET -ROCK  FARM,  Huntington,  N  Y. 
Thin  Cream 
I  milk  five  cows,  none  testing  below 
4.5  and  none  above  5.5;  milk  is  all  mixed 
and  run  through  cooler  immediately  after 
milking,  and  set  away  in  shallow  pans 
(four-cmart)  in  the  i.ce-cliest  for  cream. 
It  is  allowed  to  set  24  hours,  when  it  is 
skimmed.  The  cream  is  very  thin,  heing 
difficult,  if  not  practically  impossible,  to 
whip.  Milk  that  is  not  run  through 
cooler  forms  cream  that  is  so  thick  it 
is  hard  to  pour.  I  have  tried  dividing 
the  milking  by  putting  half  through  the 
cooler  and  the  other  half  set  away  warm, 
with  the  same  result.  1  believe  it  is  the 
accepted  theory  that  the  quicker  the  milk 
is  cooled,  the  less  chance  for  the  devel¬ 
opment  of  bacteria,  hence  purer  milk 
and  better  cream.  Cows  arc  kept  iri  com¬ 
fortable  tie-up,  which  is  washed  down 
every  day.  Cows  are  cleaned,  that  is 
carded  and  brushed  and  their  udders 
washed  and  thoroughly  dried  every  milk¬ 
ing.  They  arc  fed  a  balanced  ration, 
about  one  pound  to  three  of  milk.  I 
have  thought  it  might  be  the  tempera¬ 
ture  of  the  ice-chest  but  if  it  was  it 
would  affect  both  the  cooled  and  the 
warm  milk.  Everything,,  as  I  see  it, 
points  to  the  cooler,  although  it  is  used 
SENATOR  VEST  WAS  RIGHT 
Try  an  Airedale 
Burlington,  N.  J. 
A  Man’s  dog  stands  by  him 
in  Prosperity  ami  Poverty. 
W.  A.  loyVhkk,  _ 
FOR  SALJJ 
fShceCollie  or  Cow  Dog,  $1 5 
Peter  J  .Wagner,  North  Branch,  Sullivan  Co. ,  N.Y. 
FOR  PURE  BRED  fAMWORTH  SWINE 
write  or  visit  WKSTV1KW  STOCK  If  ARM.  R. 
F\  D.  No.  l,  Winston-Salem.  North  Carolina 
Registered  Holstein  Bull 
old  i1.1  March;  beautifully  marked;  STRONGLY 
BRED,  Combining  the  blood  of  ninny  of  tho  world  a 
nmoua  animals.  E.  H  WOOD  &  SON,  Cortland.  New  York 
Fosterfields  Herd  Registered  Jerseys  s“L” 
Cows,  Heifers,  and  Heifer  Calves.  latter  from  one 
month  to  a  year  old.  Prices  very  lv.-tnonablo. 
Charlei  G.  Foster, P.O.Box  173, Morristown,  Morris  Co  .N  J, 
REGISTERED  r*ERCHER0NS  For  Sale 
Two  black  studs  coming  four  years  old,  Two  black 
mares  coming  throe  and  four. 
ABRAM  MARTIN,  *  Clarence  Center,  N.  Y. 
Insure  Bigger  Pig  Profits 
Buy  Jersey  Reds  -they  pay  best.  Turn  anycommou  mL 
feed  into  uncommonly  fine  meat,  most  desired  z. 
by  packing  houses.  My  free  Book  of  Facts 
tells  how  to  raise  hogs  that  average 
300  to  375  pounds  in  9  months! 
Write  for  it.  today. 
ARTHUR  J.  COLLINS 
IMPORTED  PERCHERON  STALLION  sale 
On  account  of  tho  death  of  my  husband,  I  am  obliged 
the  Imported  Porchoron  Stallion  GAR  I KK 
(70068)— 519R0.  No  reasonable  offer  refused.  Do- 
sen pt, Ion  and  Pedigree  or*  rmaiest.. 
Mrs.  TIIOS,  M.  VOSltURG.  flue  l*luLu«,  N,  Y. 
Moorestown,  N.  J, 
