1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
5i I 
FEEDING APPLES. 
Instructions have been given how and 
when to feed apples; the quantity, from 
four quarts to half a bushel, cut and un¬ 
cut, in one instance the wormy ones 
thrown out (perhaps for cider?). From 
all these opinions one might infer that 
apples are a somewhat dangerous food to 
handle, and after all it might be the 
wiser course to let them decay in the or¬ 
chard rather than run the risk of a dried 
up or choked cow. After associating 
stock and apples together for 20 years I 
almost wonder how it is that I ever had 
any of the desired lacteal fluid or in fact 
a living animal left. My practice has 
been something like this; After secur¬ 
ing all I wish of the culled fruit and 
feeding the stock for a week a few 
quarts twice a day, I turn them all in 
the orchard to help themselves. Some 
years they will have several thousand 
bushels to start with. My experience is 
that a cow will seldom or never choke 
in the orchard. The danger lies in their 
first greedy introduction to the fruit; in 
the orchard they will pick up and eat one 
at a time and are in no particular hurry 
since the supply is unlimited. These 
apples will furnish them torage until 
they freeze up, then the fruit put in 
store will come in play. If the orcnard 
is handy to the barnyard colts and 
horses not kept for use can run out and 
pick up apples to their advantage. I 
know of no kind of stock that will hurt 
themselves on apples after they have 
become accustomed to eating them. 
Lockport, N. Y. e. a. b. 
GRINDING COB WITH CORN. 
In my opinion for feeding cattle to a 
high finish it will pay to grind corn and 
cob instead of feeding it in the ear, for 
as soon as corn gets hard and dry cattle 
will not eat it well, as it will make their 
teeth sore to crush the cob. I claim but 
little nourishment in the cob, but when 
ground it lightens the feed, making it 
more bulky, and my experience is that 
clear corn is a very dangerous feed for 
cattle, or in fact any stock. I also think 
that cattle will do better on a less 
amount ground than when fed whole. 
My ideal cattle feed is two parts ground 
corn-and-cob, one part ground oats, one 
part wheat bran, with a little old process 
oil meal and good clover hay. There 
may be exceptions when it would be 
more profitable to feed the corn to cattle 
whole with hogs to follow than to grind, 
for instance when corn is very cheap and 
grinding expensive. The feeders here 
produce what is called baby beef, feed¬ 
ing cattle off at from 15 to 20 months of 
age, making them weigh around 1,100 
pounds, and this kind of cattle do not 
thrive on whole corn. With sheep and 
hogs I feed all corn whole, either shelled 
or just crushed on cob, mixed with one- 
fourth oats and add a little oil cake, 
pea size. ii. o. iiutson. 
Randolph, Ohio. 
New Forage Crops for Sheep. 
I have used rape quite successfully for 
sheep and hogs. I have found nothing 
better than clover, but when you have 
not clover sow rape for quick returns for 
sheep and hogs. Sow corn (flint) or si¬ 
lage for cows by drilling It in. It can 
be cut with binder (grain). Drill in up to 
July 15. j. w. Q. 
Beaver Dam, Wis. 
I have used a few of the new forage 
crops and am well pleased with results 
obtained. Of course it is almost univer¬ 
sally conceded that few, crops are equal to 
or better than clover and pasture grasses. 
1 am well aware of the necessity of the 
above, but I believe that a variety of feeds 
is essential to successful stock raising. I 
And that stock fattens more readily on 
a variety of feeds and the secret of suc¬ 
cessful stock raising is securing the most 
pounds In the shortest time. This is 
made possible flrst by good feed and con¬ 
stant attention. Any of the new forage 
crops advertised are, I consider, a great 
gift to stock men, are easily grown and 
not expensive. Hence It la money easily 
made for the stock man to Invest a few 
dollars in such feeds and ignore the anti¬ 
quated Idea that one kind of feed is all 
that is necessary for stock. f. b, h. 
-tincasile, Ind. 
CRIMSON CLOVER IN MARYLAND. 
The Maryland and Delaware peninsula 
can be truly termed the home of the 
Crimson clover. As a cover crop for 
Winter protection to land I feel safe in 
saying it has no equal. As a soiling crop 
for green feeding nothing surpasses it. 
For hay it is equal to anything I have 
ever used, but just here I wish to say a 
few words in explanation. It must be 
cut, if fed to horses, as soon as it is fair¬ 
ly in head or a little before, for after the 
seed begins to form it is not a very safe 
food for them; they like it so well that 
if fed all they would eat of it, they will 
eat entirely too much, and when full of 
seed it will not be digested soon enough 
and may cause trouble. But when cut 
before the seed forms and thoroughly 
cured there is no feed of the hay kind 
we ever fed that will equal it for putting 
flesh on a work team, nor is there an¬ 
other food they relish so well. We are 
now feeding it with good Red clover hay 
just cut and horses will not touch the 
Red clover as long as a bit of the Crim¬ 
son clover hay remains in their reach. 
To cure it for hay, cut it when in full 
bloom before seed forms. Cut after the 
dew is off; let it remain in swath until 
it is pretty well cured, and then put it 
cocks for a few days, or until there is no 
sap in the straw, and you will have the 
very best of hay either for horses or 
cattle. 
We on the Eastern Shore sow it with 
buckwheat, using from 200 to 300 
pounds of phosphate running about 10 
per cent phosphoric acid and two to 
three per cent of potash, with one bushel 
buckwheat and 15 pounds of Crimson 
clover seed to the acre. Sown from the 
twentieth to the last of July on soil 
thoroughly prepared, we are almost sure 
of a stand of clover, and we get enough 
buckwheat to pay for phosphate and 
seed. We have just thrashed 8 y 2 acres 
of seed grown in this way. We had 70 
bushels of flne seed just as it came from 
the thrasher. This crop was grown on 
a wheat stubble plowed late in July of 
last year, after the wheat had been 
thrashed. We feel certain that wherever 
this clover will grow it has no equal as 
a catch or cover crop. If one does not 
want to use it for hay or soiling pur¬ 
poses then use it on any ground that 
has no sod on it, and plow it under for 
corn in the late Spring, as it will be a 
thick mat on the ground before the other 
clover has fairly started. We had about 
three acres that we sowed in corn at the 
last working last year. We pastured it 
until the last of December with the year¬ 
lings, and this year we cut six big loads 
of hay from it beside cutting and feed¬ 
ing four work horses from a part of the 
piece for four or five weeks, f. c. r. 
Denton, Md. 
CEMENT NOTES FROM INDIANA. 
Cement Is used somewhat here. A barn 
stable floor was built near here this Fall. 
They said it was costly, but I think the 
labor cost more than the cement did. Two 
farmers near here use cement for fence 
posts, and it seems to answer the purpose 
all right. One man’s wire fence was put 
up so strong and solid that the wires broke 
Instead of the posts giving. He says he 
would not give a man 10 cents a day to cut 
timber posts for him. The end posts are 
made with a piece of old scrap iron in cen¬ 
ter from top to bottom to give strength. 
Albany, Ind. l. c. h. 
The flrst concrete that I used was about 
12 years ago. I made the floor of my cow 
stable using Louisville cement one part, 
sharp sand two parts and mixed that soft 
enough to run through set stone; the 
stones were not over four inches high, and 
after the concrete was well worked down 
we top-dressed that with one Inch of half- 
and-half and troweled it down very smooth 
when It was setting. We put this two feet 
wide under horses’ hind feet, and used two- 
inch oak for the drop, which la eight inches 
deep and 10 inches wide. The concrete Is 
as good to-day as when flrst used, but the 
oak is decaying and will have to be re¬ 
placed before another Winter. Four years 
ago we used concrete for our horse stable 
floor (cellar stable), using one part Louis¬ 
ville cement, two parts sand and four parts 
crushed rock, and packed this vary solid, 
top-dressing with half-and-half. We laid 
fence boards over this the flrst Winter and 
It is as good to-day as when laid, except 
where two of the horses with sharp-toed 
shoes have stood with their front feet; 
they have cut down to the crushed stone, 
but I think they will do no further harm 
to the floor. What concrete I use in the 
future will be made of Portland cement, 
as the cost is so little more, I would not 
lay a stable floor of wood, bar 
Clark Co., Infl. 
ROUND SILO 
The “Philadelphia,” 
The only Perfect Continuous 
Open Front Silo made. See our 
Patent Roof. Ask for catalog. 
E. F. SCH LIGHTER, 
331 Vine Street, 
PHILADELPHIA, PA, 
Also made in the West by the 
DUPLEX MFQ. CO., South 
Superior, Wis. 
Throwing 
utter 
Away 
by 1_ 
Tnetboa of skiinminff 
railk ih rank folly. With a 
ivAtioiinl Creiiin ^cparutoi* 
you can save 80 por cent, of the 
Dutter-fat you are now throwing 
it separates warm milk, and 
rnuk ora temperature as low down as 
Bjxlegrees, lipht or heavy cream and 
skims practically clean, W e send it 
Free for I O Days 
trial. Let vou test it—see for your¬ 
self the saving it makes. If not 
satisfactory send it back—we 
pay ail costs. Catalogue free. 
National Dairy nachino Co., 
Newark^ N, J, 
SEND KOU CATALOGUE AND 
PRICES OF THE 
DIRIQOSILO 
Manufactured by 
D.B. STEVENS & CO., 
AUBURN, MB. 
AGENTS WANTED. 
Wilder’s Stanchion 
—being an improvement 
over Smith’s. Lightest, 
strongest, quickest, safest 
Stanchion made. Has steel 
latch and automatic lock. 
Becomes stationary when 
open. Animal cannot turn 
it In backing out. Made of 
best seasoned hard wood. 
Pinsforfasteningwith every 
Stanchion. Send for testi¬ 
monials. J. K. WILDER & 
SONS. Bo.v 20, Monroe, Mich. 
PRESCOTT’S S 
WUNGING 
WIVEL 
TANCHION 
KEEPS COWS CLEAN 
Swings forward while get- 
V.ng up or lying down. Locks 
back while standing. BhiU 
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i9 Beverly St., Boston, Mas*. 
THE CHAIN-HANGING 
Cattle Stanchion 
The most practical and humane Fastener ever in¬ 
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Circular and Price freeon application. Manufactured 
by O. H. KOHEKTSON, Eorestville, Conn. 
05eaaiv5q>Aiat0Fs 
If we cannot show you wherein our 
separators are worth at least fifty per 
cent more than other separators, don’t 
buy them. We want you to know that 
you have the best when you buy a Tubu¬ 
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you examine a Tubular. You will find it 
entirely different from other separators. 
Write for free catalogue No. 153. 
THE SHARPIES CO.. P. M. SHARPIES, 
Chicago, Illinois. Watt Chaster, Pa 
DitAluL 
CreahSeparators 
For twenty years the World’s Standard 
_ Send for free catalogue. 
The De Laval Separator Co., 74 Cortlandt St., N.Y, 
Dairy DOLLARS 
We claim that tba 
EMPIRE 
Running Cream Separaior 
will make you more money than any other I 
separator can or will, because the Empire 
turns more easily, is more easily 
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Send for our book, “A Dairy¬ 
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^Empire Cream SeparatorCo. | 
Bloomfield, N. J. |^V/| 
Western Office, Fisher Bldg,, 
Chicago. 
DON’T BE HUMBUGGED 
by Cream Extractors that mix water with 
the milk and do not extract. 
The Superior Cream Extractor 
(No Water Mixed with the Milk) 
effects a complete separation in an hour 
by a clrculatlou of cold water In an outer 
jacket, A trial convinces, and every can 
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catalogue. 
SUPKUIOR FENCE MACHINE CO., 
183 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 
THE LUCKY “4-LEAF CLOVER” 
Plymouth Cream Extract¬ 
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Inner can quickly remova¬ 
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under milk; has far greater 
cooling surface than any 
other. No water required 5 
months In year. Special air 
chamber with ventilator. 
New and original faucet. 
Impossible to leak or sour. 
Express charges prepaid. 
Catalogue free. 
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THE ARRaS 
Cream Extractor 
The leading Cream Extractor 
on the market because milk and 
water are not mixed. You al¬ 
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home use and not diluted for 
feeding. The most convenient 
extractor made for handling 
your milk In Winter as well as 
in Summer. It saves all can 
lifting, skimming and washing 
of crocks. It Is easily kept 
clean. Write for descriptive 
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CREAM SKUAKATOK CO. 
Pat. May 21,1901. Bluffton, Ohio. 
CREAM EXTRACTOR 
FREE 
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offer made to introduce the Peoples 
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PEOPLES SUPPLY CO., 
Dept. 86. Kansas City, Mo. 
When he sees it, which is 
the reason he takes so much 
pride in the 
CREAM 
SEPARATOR 
s many points 
hut the fol- 
are sufficient 
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Bm mk World’s Record. 
r Safety.—All gears entirely en- 
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4 Durability.—Most thoroughly 
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For Western Customers, we tr.msfer our separators from Chicago, La Crosse, Minneapolis, 
Sioux City, and Omaha. Address all letters to Bellows I’aUs, Vt. 
Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
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