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T>'he  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
August  5,  191G. 
New  England  Notes 
it,  and  lie  foil  off  in  condition  very  no¬ 
ticeably,  seeming  to  lose  spirit  and  am¬ 
bition  and  putting  on  a  rough,  dull  coat. 
The  daisy  is  also  very  conspicuous  in 
the  older  mowings.  While  well  enough 
in  stock  hay,  it  is  not  welcomed  by 
farmers  who  sell  their  surplus  bay  t<. 
city  buyers.  Daisy  hay  is  certainly  not 
pure  Timothy,  although  the  daisy  plant 
lias  about  the  same  amount  of  protein  as 
Timothy  and  nearly  us  much  starch  and 
fat.  and  compares  well  also  in  digesti¬ 
bility.  As  for  (he  wild  carrot,  about  all 
one  can  say  for  it  is  that  it  does  a  little 
police  duty  in  warning  the  farmer  that 
it  is  time  to  turn  the  sod.  It  it  wasn't 
for  foul  growths,  some  farmers  might  he 
tempted  to  leave  a  mowing  lot  until  there 
wasn't  grass  enough  to  bide  a  hopper, 
instead  of  turning  it  while  there  is  life 
enough  in  the  sod  to  do  a  tillage  crop 
some  good.  Short  rotations,  clean  seed 
and  late  mowings  seem  to  be  best  treat¬ 
ment  for  infested  fields,  n.  f. 
TTNCLE  SAM’S  MARKET  AGENTS. 
The  government  market  agency  has  now 
been  at  work  for  several  months  in  its 
office  at  the  Customs  Building,  Boston, 
and  a  fairly  good  idea  may  be  bad  of  the 
scope  of  its  activities,  ll  is  one  of  nine 
similar  branches  located  in  the  large 
cities,  and  all  engaged  in  collecting  and 
publishing  market  news.  They  report 
the  amount  of  produce  leaving  shipping 
points  and  the  amounts  arriving  at  mar¬ 
ket  centers,  also  the  wholesale  prices  for 
less  than  carload  lots.  Not  all  crops  are 
reported  as  yet,  but  only  a  few  promin¬ 
ent  ones  produced  over  a  wide  section  of 
the  country  and  sold  in  all  the  large 
markets;  peaches,  cantaloupes  and  pota¬ 
toes  just  now,  and  apples  when  the  sea¬ 
son  opens.  Agent.  Gilbert,  remarks  that 
lie  would  like  to  include  a  wide  range 
of  native  local  products,  but  is  limited 
by  the  facilities  and  funds  at  bis  dis¬ 
posal.  Under  these  conditions  the  news 
is  of  more  value  to  dealers  and  distant 
producers  and  shippers  than  to  local  pro¬ 
ducers,  since  many  of  the  crops  reported 
are  not  grown  much  in  this  section.  The 
plan  may  be  expanded  considerably,  later 
on.  At  present  there  are  lb  men  at  work 
in  the  South  and  Southwest.,  in  Califor¬ 
nia,  Texas,  South  Carolina,  Georgia, 
Arizona,  Tennessee,  Missouri,  Virginia, 
New  Jersey.  They  will  move  from  sec¬ 
tion  to  section  to  follow  up  the  crops. 
They  take  a  few  of  the  highly  perishable 
crops  and  those  which  are  considered  to 
have  suffered  most  from  lack  of  a  central 
selling  organization.  Strawberries  wore 
about  the  only  local  crop  reported  so  far. 
Cabbage,  lettuce  and  onions  will  be  taken 
up  IntW,  besides  apples  and  peaches.  Bo¬ 
cal  producers  are  beginning  to  show  some 
interest  in  the  prospect  of  such  reports, 
a  ad  are  calling  far  them  to  a  consider¬ 
able  extent,  through  the  county  agents. 
if  the  brief  summaries 
of  market  centers  is  to 
as  accurately  as 
dealers 
for  Better  Fat  Stock 
and  Dairy  Profits 
CORN  cut  by  Silver’s 
“Ohio"  Silo  Filler  makes 
better  silage  according  to 
the  records  of  “Ohio"  users. 
There’s  a  difference  In  silage  just  as 
there  is  a  difference  in  the  machines 
that  cut  it.  Some  silage  goes  into  the 
silo  with  long  shreds  and  leaves 
which  form  air  pockets  and  spoil  the 
silage.  Other  silage  is  cut  in  uneven 
lengths— the  sugardocs  not  get  out  to 
properly  act  in  the  fermenting  proc¬ 
ess.  Silveilzed  silage  is  cut  in  short, 
even  lengths.  The  sugar  juices  around 
the  joints  of  the  cornstalks  are  re - 
teased—  the  silage  packs  down  air  tight 
in  a  homogeneous  mass.  Makes  the 
right  kind  of  food  to  bring  maximum, 
milk  yield  from  dairy  cows— or  to  put 
•weight  on  fat  stock. 
etc.  The  idea  o: 
from  a  number 
give  general  conditions 
possible  and  let  shippers  and  .  . 
draw  their  own  conclusions.  The  in-  during  the  time  of  high  mortality  though 
formation  should  tend  to  prevent  ex-  the  litter  was  changed  frequently  and 
treme  supply  of  some  markets  and  scar-  disinfectant  used  freely.  Only  about  one- 
city  in  others  at  the  same  time.  Agent  third  of  these  chicks  appear  to  have 
Gilbert  is  also  making  quite  a  study  of  bowel  trouble.  During  the  first  week  they 
conditions  special  to  the  Boston  market,  show  every  sign  of  gornl  vitality.  We 
He  seemed  to  be  impressed  by  the  preval-  have  examined  at  least  100  of  them  and 
enee  of  the  Boston  market  box,  well  finG  in  considerably  more  than  00  per 
adapted,  lie  thinks,  for  cucumbers  and  cent,  the  unahsorbed  yolk  varies  from 
some  other  products,  and  convenient.  t<»  the  size  of  a  beau  to  that  of  a  nearly 
handle  whether  full  or  empty,  but  not  completed  egg  in  a  laying  hen.  In  gen- 
quite  right  for  some  crops  for  which  it  is  oral  the  yolks  are  larger  in  those  that 
used,  lie  was  surprised  to  find  that  the  die  first,  although  in  one  chick  about  six 
boxes  usually  hold  about  20  per  cent,  weeks  old  we  found  a  full-sized  yolk 
more  than  a  legal  bushel,  even  without  which  was  quite  hard,  similar  to  the 
heaping  or  the  use  of  end  raisers.  yolk  in  a  hard-boiled  egg.  In  some  cases 
«  ,  .  .  .7I,  the  intestines  seem  to  have  rotted.  The 
datsa  hay  in  new  England.  same  odor  has  been  prevalent  in  all  cases. 
As  a  novitiate  in  farming,  especially  in  In  your  opinion  are  we  correct  in  con- 
Now  England.  I  would  like  to  ask  the  eluding  that  we  are  feeding  too  soon? 
author  of  "New  England  Notes"  just  New  York.  F.  C.  K. 
where  in  New  England  and  at jvhnt  time  Fortv_eight  hours  from  hatching  is  not 
!n  t.hp,  .J'thatVows  won’t  to°  Suon  to  fce(1  y<>nn£  chicks,  being 
js  likely  to  be  so  bitter  that  cows  won  r  l  f  ,  c  m ...  fpndine-  Mem 
eat  it?"  In  this  section  of  Connecticut  ^  $L  to^iSTSfred IS 
if  there  is  one  invading  _  weed  w  the  unutitv  fod  ratber  than  in  time  if  you 
meadow  at  winch  the  dairyman  smi des  ^  m,.als  of  bread  and  milk  daily, 
that  weed  is  the  white  daisy,  which  just  fogl,thpr  with  two  feedings  of  chick  feed 
now  is  Hi  preparat urn  ’  in  the  litter  and  dry  mash  constantly  be- 
un counted  billions  of  stems.  In  tin,  .  foro  the  chicks  in.  troys.  Five  meals  per 
tion  a  farmer.  w-»lkiug  through  a  meado\  j  jg  sufficiently  often  to  feed  chicks, 
white  With  its  bloom  may  he  s c  ;m'(1  t„o  often  if  they  are  overfed  at  each 
such  times  plucking  these  ypHow-ubit  meals.  If  dry  mash  is  kept  be- 
flowers  and  chewing  them— even  swallow-  f  th(,  chick%  motet  mash  should  be 
mg  the  pulp  when  masticated.  I  ven-  f(d  .ir,„lv  and  alternated  with  hard 
turo  that  no  other  lmy-grass  or  plant  hls  I)o'not  “stlI|Y”  young  chicks; 
indigenous .  to  Cortot  >'•;  there  is  much  less  danger  in  unde, feed- 
times  w. linn  n  y  own  obsei  v.ition  such  ftan  ir,  „vorfeeding.  particularly  if 
palatable  succulence  ^  ‘Uniai  taste  .  s  £  ma  are  used.  With  your  next 
lias  the  lower  and  stem  of  o,m  white  ,  of  chicks  j  Would  suggest  feeding  the 
daisy  ^r  M  cow  M  J1  W  bread  crumbs  dry,  or  only  slightly 
own  barns  tins  daisy  hay '  a ■  ™  moistened,  and  much  less  of  this  food, 
a  relish  which  So-_Boss  dw-sn  :  u  i  ce  Mak  u  balance  with  hard  chick 
toward  several  varieties  oL  nicely  cu  ed  -  r”llcfl  oats  aiu|  <lrv  „msh,  giving 
grasses  that,  are  cut  from '  mogdows.  |h  ^our  milk  from  the  start  in  small 
Has  the  N ewEngland  drinking  fountains  or  protected  dishes 
fused  the  white  daisy  w  ith  the  black-  wMo]j  rnsily  denned.  The  same 
eyed  Susans  uliicli  every  fannei  i  •  that  is  used  dry  may  be  moistened 
detests,  and  which  many  of  them  fight  m  milk  or  water  for  soft  food.  But. 
systematically l  1  bese  are  bitter  n  .  do  not  stuff  chicks  with  moist 
bloom  and  stem,  ns  ..nyonc  may  ffife,  -  «  wbich  they  can  easily  gorge 
me  from  a  taste.  lo  confuse'  these  eutn  .  ,  1 
the  white  daisy,  however,  is  to  give :  a  A  mortaiity  0f  50  pot  cent,  from  the 
damaging  reputation  to  ^onnectient.  (.  thf,  £,mrth  wopk  is  strongly  Bug 
•daisy  hay  —a  feed  that  finds  pi  a, so  H  of  H0iue  disease.  White  diarrhoea 
from  every  tanner  whom  I  ye  hem  d  Jroduce8  SOIUl.  (1f  the  conditions  that  you 
speak  on  the  subject.  READER.  mention,  particularly  as  to  the  time  ane 
>x torel,  tome.  _  duration  of  its  ravages,  from  the  first 
The  enthusiasm  of  this  daisy  eh  am-  to  fourth  week,  the  occurrence  of  un 
pion  recoils  the  chorus  of  an  old  song  absorbed  voiles  varying  in  size  from  thal 
which  ought  to  have  been  written  by  a  ,,f  a  pr.a  'to  that  o‘f  a  full  egg  yolk,  tin 
resident  of  the  Uonnecticut  daisy  region:  kigh  rate  of  mortality  and  diarrhoef 
“Dal-de-ral-de-dal-da.v-day,  shown  by  a  whitish,  pasty  discharge  oi 
We'll  cut  tlie  daisies  and  hay,  day-day.  more  or  less  severity.  In  addition,  chicks 
Sing  heyday  day  and  a  heyday  day;  affected  with  this  disease  present  < 
We'll  ciit  the  daisies  and  hay.”  droopy  appearance,  with  rouglicnw 
But  the  plant  which  the  present  writer  plumage,  protruding  abdomen  and  lea 
had  in  mind  was  the  wild  carrot.  Borne-  sened,  or  lost  appetite.  1  liey  someuiie. 
timps  called  whiteweed.  a  term  more  usu-  {)0,'P  plaintively  as  if  in  pam,  IM  u 
ally  applied  to  the  white  daisy.  In  sec-  lnrly  when  voiding  excrement.  I  e  , 
tions  in  and  near  the  lower  Uonnecticut  pearanee  of  clocks  m  an  advance. 
Valiev  and  in  many  other  places  the  car-  stage  of  tins  disease  js  Hi;irnetonsi<:  am 
rot  is  a  big  nuisance  in  mowings  all  easily  ivcogmzed  liy  those  wh"  have  b« 
through  the  season,  and  especially  in  the  *ora  sc,,n  ^hite  dian  a  a. 
second  catling.  Once  while  I  was  run-  <>ver.  may  conj*  from 
ning  a  village  farm  in  the  section  til-  other  than  those  due  to  the  g.  r 
luded  to.  I  cut  a  lot  of  carroty  hay  from  winch  is  the  Hpemfic  cause  ot  t  u. 
a  piece  so  badly  infested  that  the  owner  bacillary  white  diarrhoea.  M.  u.  l. 
gave  me  the  second  crop  for  the  sake  of  - 
lniA'ing  the  piece  mowed  over.  The  hay  •  11.1.1  ,  •  , 
of  course  had  a  very  acrid  taste  and  noth-  Tommy;  My  uncle  hatches  chicken: 
mg  seemed  to  relish  it  except  the  horse,  in  an  indicator.  "Villie:  1  guess  yoi 
Accordingly  he  Lad  to  eat  about  all  of  mean  an  incubus.  —Boston  transcript 
The  Logical 
Silo  Filler 
*‘Ohlo’’cnt  silage  Is  cut  finer  and  m  ora 
uniform  than  ordinary  silage.  Shorter 
lengths.  .Not  Just  in  spot*  hut  all  the 
way  from  bottom  to  tho  top  of  the 
silo.  The  reason  is,  tho  knives  hold 
their  position.  For  example,  it  you 
set  them  at  half  Inch,  they  cut  half 
inch  right  along.  Pressure  of  the  ma¬ 
terial  cannot  spring  them  outot  place. 
They  are  of  tho  sturdy  cylinder  type, 
with  bearings  at  both  ends.  Have 
accurate,  patented  adjustments  for  a 
quick,  short,  clean,  shearing  cut.  The 
material  is  cut  to  a  mold-proof  semi- 
pulp— fine  and  free  from"rdr pockets” 
and  uncut  leaves. 
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