793 
7She  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
sample  of  their  butter  to  the  college  at  with  either  sheep  or  cattle,  and  partly  be 
any  time,  for  moisture  test. 
We  may  all  ask  why  is  the  percent  of 
moisture  in  our  butter  so  low,  and  how 
are  we  going  to  raise  it?  From  studying 
the  answers  given  in  reply  to  the  ques¬ 
tions  asked  in  regard  to  the  making  of 
the  butter  tested,  the  only  auswer  that 
can  be  given  is,  that  many  of  the  churn¬ 
ing  conditions  are  not  as  they  should  be. 
and  churning  records  are  not  kept  and 
studied.  To  improve  this  condition,  the 
butter-makers  should  keep  records,  par¬ 
ticipate  in  educational  scorings,  and  get 
hold  of  our  best  bulletins  on  farm  butter¬ 
making. 
It  is  easier  to  make  butter  of  high 
moisture  content  in  Spring  and  Summer 
than  in  Winter.  To  get  like  results  in 
Winter,  churning  conditions  must  be 
changed  to  suit  the  season  of  the  year. 
Briefly,  the  following  directions  should 
produce  a  butter  containing  13  to  15% 
moisture  at  this  season : 
1.  Feeding  of  succulent  feed. 
2.  Percent  fat  in  cream,  30  to  35. 
3.  Acidity,  sweet  or  slightly  sour. 
4. t  Churn  to  be  about,  one-third  full. 
5.  Churning  temperature  58  to  62  F. 
6.  Cream  held  at  churning  tempera¬ 
ture  one  to  three  hours,  at  least. 
7.  Time  to  churn.  30  to  45  minutes. 
8.  Butter  to  come  in  granular  form. 
0.  Temperature  of  wash  water  58-60 
cause  it  seemed  to  me  that  Alfalfa  does 
not  do  its  very  best  when  it  is  pastured. 
Sweet  clover,  I  think,  does  Just  as  well 
when  pastured  as  if  it  is  mown,  and  this 
makes  it  highly  desirable.  It  has  one 
disadvantage,  of  course,  in  its  being  a 
biennial  plant  that  will  die  out  the  second 
year,  but  we  get  away  from  this  trouble 
by  sowing  the.  seed  twice  in  succession. 
8o\v  some  this  Spring  and  more  uext 
Spring,  then  do  not  pasture  so  hard  that 
you  prevent  seed  from  funning  on  the 
plants.  This  will  give  you  a  continuous 
crop  for  probably  four  years'  time.  After 
that  in  my  neighborhood.  Blue  grass 
would  probably  come  in  and  crowd  the 
clover  out.  Using  the  new  scarified  seed, 
10  pounds  per  acre  is  sufficient. 
Ohio.  CTIA8.  B.  WING. 
185  Head  of  Holsteins 
-  SIDNEY  SALE  - 
TRI-COUNTY  HOLSTEIN  BREEDERS 
Sale  will  be  at  Sidney,  N.  Y.,  May  25th-26th 
185  HEAD  and  they  are  good  ones.— 37<  of  animals  of  milking  age 
have  A.  R.  O.  records.— 5<K  of  animals  in  the  sale  have  A.  R.  O.  dams. 
—  95  of  the  females  are  bred.— There  are  some  fine  yearlings  and 
two-year-olds  that  will  surely  attract  attention 
Tlio  Consignors  Inclucie 
M.  C.  Johnston,  Sidney,  N.  Y. 
H.  C.  Swarthout.  Hartwick  Seminary,  N.  Y. 
Otto  L.  Ives,  Guilford,  N.  Y. 
W.  B.  Hanford,  East  Meredith,  N.  Y. 
Ralph  Corbin,  Bainbridge,  N.  Y. 
N.  V.  Blanding,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
P.  R.  Bennett,  Milford,  N.  Y. 
Every  Brothers,  Bloomville,  N.  Y. 
Ward  C.  Loomis,  Bainbridge,  N.  Y. 
J.  H.  Vandervort,  Sidney  Centre,  N.  Y. 
G.  T.  Every,  Bloomville,  N.  Y.  Stevens  Bros.  Co.,  Liverpool,  N.  Y 
Dunham  Brothers,  Bainbridge,  N.  Y. 
H.  C.  Scott,  Unadilla,  N.  Y. 
Mrs.  W.  L.  Terry,  Walton,  N.  Y. 
Lee  Kinne,  Hartwick  Seminary,  N.  Y. 
Geo.  O.  Waterman,  Delhi,  N.  Y. 
Henry  K.  Jarvis,  Weedsport,  N.  Y. 
E.  E.  Risley,  Walton,  N.  Y. 
H.  B.  Weeden,  Sidney,  N.  Y. 
E.  L.  Hall,  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 
R.  W.  Siver,  Sidney,  N.  Y.  Ira  S.  Jarvis,  Hartwick  Seminary,  N-  Y, 
10.  Butter  washed  twice  at  least,  hut 
given  only  three  to  five  turns  in  wash 
water  each  time. 
11.  Salt  sprinkled  on  butter  while  in 
granular  form  in  churn  at  rate  of  l^A 
ounce  for  each  pound  of  butter.  Add 
same  amount  of  water,  at  60  F„  as  salt. 
Revolve  churn  a  half  dozen  times  to  mix 
butter  and  salt,  and  get  granules  to¬ 
gether. 
12.  Place  butter  on  worker  and  work 
under  roller  about  six  times. 
The  writer  has  experienced  no  difficul¬ 
ty  in  making  dairy  butter  containing 
14%  moisture,  by  following  the  above 
directions. 
By  studying  the  question  blanks,  all 
the  buttermakers  seem  to  be  observing 
some  of  the  above  directions,  but.  not  all 
of  them.  An  accurate  dairy  thermometer 
should  be  the  butter-maker's  guiding 
star.  Many  do  not  make  use  of  such  an 
instrument.  A  ease  of  where  it  is  folly 
to  follow  all  of  the  directions  except  one 
or  two,  would  hi'  to  do  everything  ns 
prescribed  until  the  working  process,  and 
then  literally  work  the  butter  to  death 
on  a  table  worker,  working  out  the  moist¬ 
ure  that  should  be  maintained.  This  is 
apparently  one  of  the  most  common  mis¬ 
takes. 
In  closing,  I  would  urge  our  butter- 
makers  to  keep  some  such  record  as  the 
following : 
BUTTER  MAKING. 
Date . 
Pounds  of  cream . 
Percent  of  fat . 
Pounds,  of  fat.. . 
flow  ripened  . . . 
Ripening  temperature  . 
Time  at  ripening  temperature, .  . 
Acidity  of  cream . 
Churning  temperature  . 
Amount  of  color . 
Time  to  churn . 
Size  of  butter  granules . 
Condition  of  butter . 
Temperature  of  buttermilk . 
Pounds  of  buttermilk . 
Test  of  buttermilk . 
Pounds  fat  in  buttermilk . 
Amount  wash  water . 
Temperature  of  wash  water . 
Times  butter  was  washed . 
Method  of  salting . 
Rate  . 
Atnouut  salt  used . 
No.  of  revolutions  worked . 
Condition  of  butter. .  . . 
Pounds  of  butter.  . . 
Pounds  overrun  . . 
Percent  overrun  . 
Percent  moisture  . 
Conclusions : 
H.  L.  JUDKINS. 
Don’t  Miss  This  Sale - It’s  a  Good  One 
-  For  Catalog  of  Sale  Address  - - 
Liverpool  Sale  &  Pedigree  Co.,  Inc. 
Liverpool . New  York 
Coming  Live  Stock  Sales 
Holsteins,  New  England  breeders,  Wor¬ 
cester.  Mass.,  May  22-23. 
Holsteins.  Tioga  Breeders’  Sale, 
Owegn,  N,  Y.,  May  23-24. 
Tri-county  Iloistein  Breeders’  Sale, 
Sidney,  N.  Y..  May  25-26. 
Shorthorns.  Harrison  County  Short¬ 
horn  Breeders’  Association.  Cadiz,  Ohio, 
.Tune  10. 
Shorthorns.  Illinois  Shorthorn  Breed¬ 
ers'  Association.  Galesburg,  Ill..  .Tune  20. 
Shorthorns.  Sauk  County  Shorthorn 
Breeders’  Association,  Bamboo,  Wis.. 
Nov.  3. 
SWINE 
SWINE 
Of  C  9  —  Bred  sows  for  August  farrow,  $35. 
•  A.  Vw»  S  Hoars  and  gilts  ready  for  service, 
_ _  _ _  *25  4  months,  $15-  Pigs  all  ages. 
HERBERT  HAITH  -  Manilas,  N.  Y. 
LEE  PREMIER’S  RIVAL 
O  .1  O  *  o  Hred  or  open  Gilt*.  Boar*. 
‘  Spring  Pigs.  Pairs  not  a-kin. 
KETNER  FARMS  .  Baltimore.  Ohio 
Invincible  Rival’s  Last  and  Invincible 
Rival’s  Successor  head  our  herd  of 
supremely  bred,  superior  Berkshires. 
We  can  supply  anything  in  the  Berkshire  line: 
Fall  Pigs  Boars  and  Sows 
Bred  Gilts  Open  Gilts 
Bred  Sows  Open  Sows 
Service  Boars,  Trios,  not  related,  and 
Foundation  Herds 
Satisfaction  Guaranteed.  Visitors  Welcome 
Correspondence  Solicited. 
Address,  BRANFORD  FARMS,  Groton,  Conn. 
PFOIGRFFD  c  wh,te  flND  0  *  c  SWINE,  Brood  sows 
‘ Lru  service  hoars  and  pigs.  Reg.  Free 
ENTERPRISE  DAIRY  FARM ,  John  L.  Van  Horn.  Prog. ,  Troy,  Pa 
Chester  Whites  and  Guernseys  A1*  ff,®5 
ELMER  0.  WHISLER.  Twin  Brook  Farm,  Ncwville.  Penn'a 
IIiram  :  “Yes.  old  Cyrus  Kale  wont  to 
the  town  paper  and  advertised  for  a  cook, 
laundress,  seamstress,  wood-  cutter,  milk¬ 
er.  barn  yard  attendant,  soap  maker — ” 
Silas:  "Stop!  How  in  tarnation  much 
space  did  all  of  them  advertisements  take 
up?"  Hiram:  "Tlmr  was  only  one  ad¬ 
vertisement.  Old  Cy  advertised  in  the 
personal  column  for  a  wife.’’ — Woman’s 
Journal. 
CHE  LOON  FARM  REGISTERED  DUROCS 
Pigs  of  hotll  sex.  Bred  sows.  Service  hours. 
Best  or  breeding,  C.  E.  BARNES,  Oxford,  N.Y. 
FOR  PURE  BRED  TAMWORTH  SWINE 
write  or  visit  WESTVIKW  STOCK  I  \KM,R. 
rVI>.  No.  1,  Winston-Salem  Norrh  Carolina 
RmGELY  manor  farm  G hester W  hites  Kutstt 
to- sob  of  *■  vv lid wood  Prince No.  88531.  stoke  ridge  h  i 
TUNIC  DimHC-'’110'00  1°E  teady  for  service. 
lUilld  If  AlVI  v  Also  M  u  1  e  -  f  oo  t  H  ogs. 
Write  for  litoratureand  prices 
to  J.  N.  McPherson,  Pres.  A.  T.  S.  B.  Assn.,  Scoltsville  N  Y. 
Sows  bred  to  Successor’s  Longfellow,  180594, 
admitledly  one  of  the  greatest  boars  in 
America.  Also  service  boars  and  Spring 
pigs,  both  sexes.  Write  for  circular. 
TYWACANA  FARMS 
A.  E.  Wright,  Supt.  B.n  68.  Farmingdale,  L  I..  N.  Y 
luv  «m  musi)  Registered  Jersey  Bull  Calves 
COWESn  FARM.  West  MJ'isticlii,  Miss  ?  0.  Alllehoro.  Mass..  R  3 
sale  Registered  Berkshire  Boar  *Jft 
by  Successors  Longfellow  No.  180594,  the  $1 ,300  boar 
owned  by  theN.J.Kxj*  Station;  J.ai’ge uniform  lit- 
tors.  Price,  j20il.  HILL  TOP  STOCK  FARM,  Craryville.  N.Y. 
\  The  New  York  Farmers' 
Ldiesnires  ,i;,e  ''av*r  s°m8  ,ve,y 
,  ,  nice  young  gilts  ready  to 
breed  mill  ivn  are  now  booking  orders  for  pigs  for 
spring  delivery.  Pur  iiartieulnvs  address  The  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Animal  Husbandry,  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  V. 
^-Registered  Jersey  Ball  Kffi s, 
Mart'll.  1014.  Solid  color  Sire.  BEAUTY'S  GOLDEN 
EMINENT,  Darn.  GALE'S  MFLIA  ANN  MARIGOLD.  I’ati  he 
seen  at  Mr  FRED  DREW  S.  Shelton,  Conn.  Lower  White  Kills 
LARGE  BERKSHIRES  AT  HIGHWOOO 
Seventy  selected  fall  boars,  weighing  in  growing 
rig,  not  Tat.  225  to  320  pounds  at  six  and  seven 
months.  Sired  by  thousand  pound  hoars.  You 
cannot  buy  bigger  or  better  ones.  Semi  for  list. 
H.  C.  &  H.  B.  Ilurpeiulmg,  Box  IS.  Dundee,  N.Y. 
CM  I  IF  PUPS- The  intelligent  kind 
CL/LLIC  rurD  Nelson  Bros.,  Grove 
30  ChesterWhilePigs 
10  weeks  oid.  also  liunc 
ready  for  -erv4ee,  so\>  s 
fur  breeding,  4  .lersev 
rows,  y  heifer  mid  tm  1 1 
en  Ives,  ii  tnos.  to  1  y  r.  oli  l . 
Mucoln  Sheep,  Variety 
For  Sale— Ber kshire  Boar 
and  exhibition  purposes- one  ami  olie-balf  year 
old.  Perfect  condition.  If  called  for.  835.  Shipped, 
crated,  $4U.  W.  B.  McVICKER,  Box  532,  Lynhrook,  N.  Y. 
Airedale  Terriers 
of  Poultry.  ' 
Write  for  circular  und  prices. 
EDWARD  WALTER,  Dept.  R.  Eureka  Stock  Farm,  West  Chester,  Penna 
Springbank  BERKSHIRES 
Boars  and  Bred  (Jilts  of  March  and  April,  1915,  far¬ 
row.  J.  E.  WATSON,  Marbledale,  Connecticut 
Registered  Duroc  Jersey  Pigs  ffr*\ 
rowed.  Pairs  and  tvios.llO  each.  Also  brood  sows 
Sept,  farrowed.  $15.  J  G.  SCHILLING,  Stackbridfle,  Mass^ 
For  Sale-Registered  Boars,  Gilts  and  Tried  Sov/s 
Breeder  of  the  largest  typo  Poland  China  Swine— 
easy  keepers.  W.  T.  BRADLEY,  Batavia,  N.Y. 
30  Fine  Berkshire  Pigs 
Angus  cattle.  Write  Clark  Bros.,  Freeport,  Ohio 
Shetland  Pon iesiXffiM!;! 
heril  In  t'i^xcet  Shetland  Producing  County  In  U.  .S.  >:»  t . >  |p,M> 
Berkshire  and  O.  I.  C.  Swine 
Wo  offer  for  sale  ono  Berkshire  boar,  old  enough  for 
service,  Berkshire  gilts,  bred  nnd  open,  ami  pigs 
of  both  breeds.  Good  individuals;  exeollent  breed¬ 
ing;  satisfaction  guaranteed.  Prices  reasonable. 
TARHEEL  FARMS,  Smitliville  Flats,  N.  Y. 
For  Sale— Registered  Shetland  Mare  ^2  Ti"-Ttes  lar  .u 
outfit.  J.  CL  GREENE,  K.  3,  Rochester,  N.  V 
Sweet  Clover  lor  Hog  Pasture 
II ns  C.  B.  W.,  Ohio,  who  answer.-  (}. 
D.  W.  on  page  582.  had  any  experience 
with  Sweet  clover  as  hog  pasture?  I 
have  a  plot  of  about  two  acres  which  I 
seeded  to  Alfalfa,  and  after  two  years  as 
hog  pasture,  the  Alfalfa  disappeared.  I 
would  like  to  make  a  permanent  hog  pas¬ 
ture  of  the  lot,  and  while  I  think  I  gut 
my  money  hack  in  the  two  years  of  Al¬ 
falfa.  if  Sweet,  clover  is  any  better  or 
more  permanent  would  try  it.  How 
much  seed  should  I  use  and  how  soon  can 
it  be  used  for  pasture?  F.  B.  P. 
New  York. 
I  have  used  white  Sweet  clover  for  hog 
pasture  and  consider  it  the  greatest  hog 
pasture  that  I  have  ever  used,  even  better 
than  Alfalfa,  because  it  stands  punish¬ 
ment  better ;  the  hogs  thrive  equally  well. 
I  have  never  been  enthusiastic  over  pas¬ 
turing  Alfalfa,  partly  because  of  bloat 
MORGAN  HORSES  FOR  SALE, 
Suitable  for 'ridfiwr .  Urivuur  and  breeding-  purposes. 
C.  C„  STILLMAN,  163  Broedway v  New  York. 
LAKESIDE  BERKSHIRES-S^;^; 
H.  GRIMSIIAW,  .  North  East,  Fa. 
COR  SALE-Oue  Registered  I’ercheron  Stallion 
Grey,  three  years  old;  sound  and  right  in  every 
way.  Has  size  and  Quality  and  can  win  in  any  sin  w 
ring.  Weight,  1.900-  Phi i to  and  desn iptbm'  on  re¬ 
quest.  ARDMORE  FARM,  P.  0.  Glen  Spey,  Sullivan  Co..  H  Y. 
Purebred  Berkshires 
Feeders  cheaper.  CLOVERDALE  FARM.  Chai lotte,  N  Y 
Kinderhook  Duroc-Jersey  Swine  Asso."”®*^ 
in  the  East  for  registered  stock  of  all  ages.  Best 
of  breeding.  Free  from  disease. 
C.  M.  PALMER,  Sec’y-Treas.,  Valatie,  N.  Y. 
Highland  View  Stock  Farm 
T6  Toggenburg;  hornless:  4  years;  doe  kid.  2  yeai 
buck.  J.  G.  GREENE,  R.  2,  Rochester,  N.  Y, 
Our  barns  are  Ailed  with  the  best  Percheron  and 
Belgians  at  tbe  lowest  prices. 
0.  N.  WILSON,  Prop.,  -  Kittanning,  Pa. 
Rpokiprpri  fl  I  P,  V  6  weeks  old.  Bred  from  large. 
uBglSlBlBQ  U.  I.  l».  S  healthy,  prolific  stock.  Satis 
faction  guaranteed.  Nelson  M.  Alexander.  Harriman,  N.Y 
K.  INGKRSOLL,  Jr. 
Mt.  Klsco. 
Green 
Buyers  fare 
offers  more  Stallions  of  service¬ 
able  age  by  the  *IU.00U  Champion 
CARNOT  (6666B)  than  does  any 
other  breeder  In  America  For 
Percheron s.  Belgians,  Holstein 
Cattle  or  Shetland  L’onles.  write 
forcat.  Prices  right,  Terms  tosnlt. 
,  A.  W.  GREEN. 
MldUleftnld,  Ohio  Et.  B.  Station, 
East  Orwell,  O.  ou  Penna.  it.  jt. 
