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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 18 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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CONDENSED MILK COMPANIES 
AND SILOS. 
E. M. D., Brewster, N. F.—The last six 
months I produced and delivered to the 
Borden condensery an average of 23 40- 
quart cans of milk daily, and on account 
of the severe drought have been obliged 
to order silos for my feeding the coming 
Winter. As Borden’s people refuse to take 
milk made from silage I am now looking 
for a way to dispose of it from October 
1 to April 1, and, In fact, at all times In the 
future. If I can find a firm that will handle 
It, and have satisfactory results all around. 
Surely the farmers ought to be in position 
this coming Winter not only to receive a 
fair price for their milk but have it 
handled in a more business-like manner 
than it has been for the past. 
We do not feel that the condensed 
milk companies are justified in refusing 
to handle the milk from dairies where 
good silage is fed. In order to learn 
if there is any good reason why milk 
from silage-fed cows is unfit for con¬ 
densing we have written some of the 
best authorities in the country. Read 
what they say;— 
Silage Milk Perfectly Good. 
I may say, that the results of studies 
concerning the influence of silage upon 
quality of milk, show that where silage 
has been properly made, and by that I 
mean, where it has been reasonably 
mature at time of cutting, and packed 
in a tight silo, it does not unfavorably 
influence the character of the milk from 
the standpoint of direct consumption 
or butter-making, if properly fed. By 
pioperly fed, I mean fed mainly as the 
source of roughage; that is, from 30 to 
35 pounds per day, and not fed as the 
exclusive ration. The necessary nu¬ 
trients to balance it up to be derived 
from other food products, as bran, cot¬ 
ton-seed meal, cornmeal, gluten meal, 
etc., and further, perhaps, that it should 
be fed each time after milking, so that 
no odor of the silage can be absorbed 
by the milk. I think, too, that most 
condensing establishments will admit 
the facts as above stated, but their con¬ 
tention is based upon the fact that all 
dairymen are not particular enough. It 
seems to me, that instead of refusing 
to take milk from farmers feeding silage, 
they should only condemn the product 
when the above precautions are not 
taken. e. b. vookhees. 
N. J. Exp. Station. 
I fear that I can give you no informa¬ 
tion of much value since I have had only 
a little practical experience with the use 
of silage. I am personally of the opin¬ 
ion that if care is taken in its use silage 
is perfectly satisfactory. One of the fin¬ 
est dairies in the country is using it with 
greatest success. I think that the 
trouble in its use is not in feeding it to 
the cows, but in getting the silage into 
the milk. h. w. coim. 
Wesleyan University. 
Silos Advocated in Michigan. 
l am much interested in this, because 
we have been going over the same 
grounds at Lansing, where we have one 
of the largest condenseries in the State, 
and where the owners of that condensery 
are urging their patrons to build silos 
and feed silage. At Howell, also, where 
ajiother establishment takes in over 
100,000 pounds of milk per day, the con¬ 
densery people are urging the patrons 
to build silos. I could never see on what 
grounds the Gail-Borden concerns could 
place their objections to milk from cow's 
fed silage if the feeding is properly done. 
I tried quite a lot of experiments myself 
with silage to test this very question 
and the results were all in the direction 
of no bad flavor given to milk from the 
silage if properly handled. Naturally, 
if the milk is allowed to stand in the 
barn for some time after the cows are 
fed silage, there may be and probably 
■would be an undesirable odor given to 
the milk, although on this point I have 
some strong negative evidence. 
Mich. Exp. Station. c. d. smith. 
I believe that as good milk can be 
produced from silage as from any other 
food, and that such milk can be used in 
condenseries without injury to the pro¬ 
duct. This presupposes that the silage 
is of good quality and that it is fed with 
discretion. It should not constitute the 
total ration, and should be fed directly 
after milking, never before. The Michi¬ 
gan Condensed Milk Co., with factories 
at Lansing and Howell, issued a pamph¬ 
let a few years since, urging their pat¬ 
rons to feed silage. At the same time 
they insisted that well-matured corn 
only should be used. The prejudice 
against silage dates back to the time 
■v^hen silos were mostly filled with very 
green corn. s. m. babcock. 
Wisconsin Exp. Station. 
Why Not Inspect the Silos? 
There are practically no scientific facts 
regarding this matter on record. The 
results of investigations made by the 
condenseries are not made public, and 
so far as I know no station has ever 
taken it up. Whether or not the con¬ 
densery people are justified in excluding 
the milk from cows that are fed on 
silage is to my mind largely a business 
question and not a scientific one. My 
judgment is that when silage is of good 
quality and properly fed, first-class con¬ 
densed milk may be made from the pro¬ 
duct of cows so fed. The dangers are 
in the abuse of silage rp.ther than in the 
right use. Speaking from the stand¬ 
point of an outsider, it seems to me that 
proper inspection by experts with regu¬ 
lation of the kind and amount of silage 
fed would be more sensible than exclu¬ 
sion of silage milk. With a large num¬ 
ber of our best farmers the silo is an 
economic factor that is not to be de¬ 
spised. The exclusion of the silo places 
the milk producer at a disadvantage, and 
doubtless increases the cost of milk pro¬ 
duction. I understanfl that at least two 
condenseries in this State take milk 
from cows fed on silage. It is on record 
that the Borden Company, which i)re- 
ceded the New York Condensed Milk 
Company, advocated the use of silage 
when it first came into use in the United 
States. Shortly after this company had 
much trouble in a condensery and on 
inspection found some farmers feeding 
spoiled silage. It was found easier to 
forbid the use of silage than to make 
sure that it was properly fed. It has 
been intimated to me, though I have no 
proof of the fact, that officers of the con¬ 
densed milk companies have in some in¬ 
stances privately admitted that the 
proper use of good silage does not in¬ 
jure milk for condensing purposes. 
N. Y. Exp. Station w h. Jordan. 
They work at night, and with a lan¬ 
tern, one could soon go over a bed and 
pick them. In a corn or other larger 
field, I should resort to a dose of poison. 
A narrow strip of salt seems to keep 
outsiders from getting into a bed of 
seedlings. m. v. sdingekland. 
The Eucalyptus Tree. 
J. E. IL, Carrollton, O.—l saw the state¬ 
ment that “of all forest trees the Eu¬ 
calyptus is the most beneficial to man¬ 
kind.” Can you give me any information 
concerning it? Is It Known by any other 
name than Eucalyptus? Is it a kind of 
timber that will remain sound if it is ex¬ 
posed to the weather for any length of 
time? Will it grow in Ohio, and is ft native 
to this country? Is it a species of the 
gum tree? 
Ans. —There are over 140 species of 
Eucalyptus, a genus of trees very abun¬ 
dant in forests in Australia and the 
East Indies. The different species vary 
much in value; many are exceedingly 
useful for timber or medicinal purposes. 
None bears frost to any degree and may 
only grow in semi-tropical regions. A 
considerable number of species have be¬ 
come naturalized or cultivated for tim¬ 
ber and ornamental purposes in south¬ 
ern California, and it is likely that some 
of the hardier ones will thrive in the 
■South Atlantic States. Eucalypti are 
locally known in Australia as gum 
trees. It is not likely that any species 
will live as far north as Ohio. Exten¬ 
sive information on these valuable and 
very interesting trees may be had by 
addressing the Secretary of Agriculture 
at Washington, D. C. 
The Cultivation of Saffron. 
S. S., Cardenas, Cuba.—Can any of the 
readers of The R. N.-Y. tell me anything 
about the cultivation of saffron, planting, 
care, harvesting and preparing for market; 
The price Is very high here, and I wish to 
experiment with it on a small scale. If I 
succeed I will report the same and plant 
a large piece next year. 
Ans. —Saffron is a product of a hardy 
bulbous plant. The species generally 
used in the Crocus sativus, a*though 
all the species of Crocus with yellow 
stamens are also grown for the purpose. 
The cultivation consists in planting the 
corms about three inches deep in well- 
worked and thoroughly-drained soil. 
They may be set in rows, 12 or 14 
inches apart, and three inches apart in 
the rows. The cultivation at the pres¬ 
ent time is chiefly confined to France, 
Spain and Italy. In these countries 
planting takes place in late August or 
September. The soil is kept clean and 
well cultivated until frost, and usually 
a light covering of coarse grass is put 
on at the beginning of cold weather 
to prevent heaving. The stamens and 
pistils from which the yellow coloring 
matter is obtained are gathered daily 
as the flowers open, and carefully dried 
in the shade. While the price of the 
dry product is high it takes a consider¬ 
able area of blooming plants to harvest 
a perceptible weight of the product. 
The cultivation of saffron seems to be 
one of the specialities that should be 
very carefully looked into before large 
plantings are made. 
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Snails Destroying Tobacco Plants. 
S. 8. C., Elmira, N. Y .—Snails nearly de¬ 
stroyed some of my beds of tobacco plants, 
and are still working at the plants in the 
beds. What will be the best method of 
guarding against them another year? 
Ans. —Many moisture-loving animals, 
like snails and thousand-legged worms 
have been unusually numerous and de- 
struotive this Summer. It seems quite 
reasonable to think that the excessive 
moisture of last year enabled them to 
breed in unusual numbers. We are 
now getting reports of snails injuring 
corn, and similar damage was reported 
last year. As the snails feed openly 
upon the surface of the plants and eat 
much like a biting insect, it is reason¬ 
able to suppose that they would suc¬ 
cumb to a dose of poison, but some 
report little success from the applica¬ 
tion of Paris-green. I still have faith 
that they can be effectively poisoned. 
I should think they could be hand¬ 
picked with profit in a bed of seedlings. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
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THISTLE-INE 
Feb. 28,1903. 
Gentlemen: Duringthe 
past year I gave your 
Thistle ine a test on the 
Kent County Poor F'arm in 
Paris Township, Mich. I 
tried iton Canada Thistles, 
Milkweed, Yellowdock,Bur¬ 
dock, Willows, and found it 
does kill them just as you 
claim it will do. 
Very resp’3 % N. D. Edmonds. 
Keeper of Kent Co. Poor Farm. 
5 lb. can makes 5 gallons of the liquid, 
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