1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
523 
CHENANGO VALLEY NOTES. averages below four per cent, he ought 
Stray Bits of Iftilk and Fodder Facts. J? a<W a te ". ric ! 1 mllters -" 
like some other dairymen, is not loaded 
Tin. Ha\ Substitute question Is an down with cordial feelings toward cer- 
impoi taut one for central New York this tain congressmen who seem to be ca- 
season. Owing to the drought, grass in tering to the oleomargarine interests, 
that section was very light. I heard of jj e does not wish them any harm, but 
one man who got two loads of hay from would like to be one of several thousand 
11 acres, and he had another field that to see that they are not elected again, 
vas still worse. Some farmers say that jf they could be retired to their farms 
the> scarcely know what to do, and talk anc j spen d a few years in dairying under 
of selling pait of their cows. Others, as the present conditions, they might come 
soon as they saw indications of a short- ou t better fitted to serve their constitu- 
age, sowed millet, corn, or some other en t s . “Why,” said he, “if oleo were 
fodder crop. The silo is highly appre 
ciated, the tub style being a favorite. 
sold for wnat it is. we would not be 
troubled with a milk surplus in New 
Pounds vs. Quarts. —There is quite a York. The butter demand would take 
difference of opinion in regard to the a11 the extra milk.” Perhaps he is 
most desirable methods for measuring right, 
milk sold to creameries or bottling fac¬ 
tories. The main objection to weighing 
is that some milk sticks to the can 
w. w. H. 
' FEEDING HORSES FOR MARKET. 
There is a great deal more money 
when it is emptied, and is thus weighed made in feeding horses for market, if a 
over again with the cans and charged man understands the business, than 
back to the seller. This seems like a there is in feeding cattle, in fact, a well- 
small matter, but it counts up to quite selected and well-bought lot of horses 
an item for the season. Where the quart will make $3 per head where cattle will 
is taken as the standard, and the cans make $1. A man to select horses to 
are of uniform size, say 40 quarts each, buy and feed must be a horseman; he 
all that is necessary is to count the cans; should understand the requirements of 
but where odd sizes are used or parts of the market, and what constitutes a mar- 
cans delivered, there is more or less an- ket horse. He wants a blocky-made, 
noyance, and in many cases no allow- well-shaped horse of good bone and 
ance is made for parts of quarts. While quality, weighing from 1,200 to 1,600 
there is an opportunity for dishonest re- pounds, four to seven years old. It 
ceivers to cheat with either method, it should be of one of the three following 
would seem as though, taking every- classes: A “chunk,” with shape and 
thing into consideration, weight were quality, weighing from 1,250 to 1,350 
the better plan. When milk is received pounds; express horse, 1,300 to 1,500, or 
by the Borden people, each can is put a draft horse, weighing from 1,500 to 
over a live steam jet after being emp¬ 
tied. This scheme ought to be adopted 
1,800 pounds when ready for market. 
They should be fed well from 30 to 90 
at every receiving station where live days. Of course a horse that is in good 
steam can be had, and there should be condition when bought might shape up 
a law compelling New York dealers to j n 30 days, but from 30 to 90 days gets 
steam every can before sending it back most any horse in good shape. The next 
to the cot "tiy. Some cans are abom- class most profitable to feed, and more 
in ably filthy, and do not get thoroughly profitable than the above-named classes, 
cleaned from one year’s end to another. if selected and bought by a competent 
Jersey and Holstein—A mixture of Judge, is a coach or carriage horse, or a 
the two is considered desirable where roa< J horse from 15.3 to I 6 V 2 hands, 
milk Is sold for ordinary trade. Of wei'gning from 1,100 to 1,300 pounds, 
course there is quite a business in fancy when fed and handled so as to be well 
milk, and there are a good many herds broken and handy, and fit for imme- 
entirely Jersey or Guernsey. The Shef- diate use on the road in a spider, or 
field Harms Co. sell part of their product stanhope, or carriage. This class must 
for 15 cents per quart, and Eilerslie be sound, possess all the shape and qual- 
Farm, Echo Farm, Alex. Campbell Milk ity required, and is very salable. 
Co., and some other concerns, get prices In feeding horses, the best methods 
ranging from eight to 12 cents; but a should be adopted to obtain the largest 
milk bill at such prices is not consistent gain for the same amount of feed. I have 
with the income of the average man. always found it most profitable when I 
Four or five cents per quart is more in could keep horses in box stalls or large 
line with his pocketbook. Probably pons on the ground. Horses will not do 
more milk is sold in New York for four a s well to stand on a plank floor or in 
cents than most people think. Grocers common stalls, as their feet dry up and 
and bakers handle large amounts at only get in bad condition; they must have 
a slight margin above cost, just to draw sufficient moisture to keep them healthy 
■trade for their other goods. The idea of and growing. They should be kept 
some people that seven cents is the warm, and still have plenty of air. They 
average price for milk sold in New York should be fed all the grain and water 
is wrong; between five and six cents they want three times a day, with good 
would be nearer correct. hay that is not musty, but cut when 
is well green ancl wel1 cured, or corn fodder is 
Unlawful Skimming. —It 
known that New York dealers skim part 
of the milk they handle getting a fair 
percentage of their cream supply in this 
way. Milk that runs above the average 
will stand considerable of this doctor¬ 
ing, and still come out with the legal 
good, if cut up when green, good, short 
and well cured, and not allowed to dry 
too dry. f. j. berry & co. 
Soft-Shelled Eggs. 
I think the most frequent cause of 
amount of butter fat, thus protecting the soft-shelled eggs is a derangement 
dealer, so that no fault can be found so of the egg-producing organs, brought 
long as he is not caught skimming the on by overfeeding and indigestion, 
milk. Of course, according to the law, though the hen may not be over 
he has no right to remove any of the fat. In fact, I believe that there are 
fat, even if it run three per cent above very few hens that get too fat to lay, 
the legal standard. One man from south and the few that do are probably in 
central New York suggests the following that condition before beginning u) lay. 
remedy: “Increase the legal standard to In my opinion it is impossible to get a 
four per cent. Herds that will not aver- laying hen too fat to lay, unless by feed- 
age this ought to be improved. This will ing corn exclusively, with the fowls con- 
leave so small a margin that the dealer fined where they can get no bulky food 
will not dare to take off enough cream of any kind. While corn is the very 
to pay him for the bother. If a farmer best of the grains to “tie to,” other 
has some cows that fall below this mark, grains should be occasionally given them 
he can fix vhis by mixing the milk before for variety, and they should have an 
putting it into cans, the best plan, any- abundance of green food, clover hay, or 
way, as the product is thus always uni- other bulky food, and at least three 
form. If his herd is so poor that it pounds of meat daily for each 100 fowls. 
This meat may be either cut green bones 
and meat, Iboiled meat, or the regular 
ground meat that can be nad of any 
poultry supply dealers. It is the most 
convenient, as it is thoroughly cooked 
■and dried, and will keep all right till 
used. Feed no more than they will clean 
up, and have an abundance of good 
sharp grit kept within reach; this is 
very important. It is impossible for a 
bird to have good digestion, unless sup¬ 
plied with sharp grit, either natural or 
manufactured, and there are very few 
parts of the country where there is 
enough gocd sharp grit in the ground to 
supply a large flock of fowls any great 
length of time, unless gravel is hauled to 
them. Even then, the gravel will usual¬ 
ly be found to be rather unsatisfactory, 
on account of its being too smooth. They 
need something hard, with sharp cor¬ 
ners. I have used broken glass with no 
bad results, although I do not recom¬ 
mend it. I prefer it to depending entire¬ 
ly on gravel. 
The popular opinion appears to be 
that hens must have oyster shells to pre¬ 
vent them from laying soft-shelled eggs; 
yet there are thousands of hens that 
never see a piece of oyster shell, and 
they put shells on their eggs. There 
may be considerable lime m oyster 
shells that the hen can utilize, but in 
my opinion she will have a much easier 
bask getting lime needed for shell ma¬ 
terial from her food than from shells. 
j. e. s. 
Various Questions. 
1. Does it injure a cow to eat the after¬ 
birth? 2. What are wolf teeth? Do they 
affect a horse’s sight in any way? 
Irwindale, Cal. w. c. r. 
1. No. Eating the afterbirth will not 
injure the cow. 
2. “Wolf teeth” are rudimentary mo¬ 
lars, one on each side of each jaw, in 
front of the true molar teeth. Frequent¬ 
ly there are two in the upper jaw only, 
or all may oe absent. They are usually 
shed with the first molars, and not re¬ 
placed. They do not affect the horse’s 
sight in any way. f. l. kilborne. 
MoNGAur Valley Creamery. —During 
the month of June last we received 
147,122 pounds of milk. In June of this 
year we received 251,205 pounds, and 
though the exchange creamery has 
thrown out a little bait by raising the 
price five cents a can, and for the first 
time has placed a card on the outside. 
This creamery will pay 72 cents a can. 
Our patrons stand firm by us. I am sat¬ 
isfied c.mt if the farmers in the five 
States will stand as firm as they are in 
this section, there is a brighter future 
before them. One thing should be well 
circulated in all rural papers, and that 
is a warning against naving creameries 
built without first inquiring from neigh¬ 
boring creameries. f. b. 
Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
Rye Hay. —“This Spring I was short 
of hay,” said a New Jersey truck farmer 
recently. “Our farms are small, and we 
do not raise much hay. I had a growth 
of rye in our pear orchard, and I made 
up my mind to cut it and cure it as hay. 
It was cut before the heads were fairly 
formed and cured as 'hay, and hauled 
into the barn. My neighbors said my 
horses would all be dead before the 
Summer was over, and that the rye 
would kill them. There they are, how¬ 
ever, traveling well, and working every 
day, and no signs of death yet. The 
rye hay was pretty coarse and hard, but 
the horses have eaten it well, and it has 
saved Timothy hay at $20 per ton. By 
using grain hay in this way, many of oui 
truck farmers can do much to save the 
hay bill. Rye or wheat will grow in the 
young orchards or after melons, and 
make a fair growth, which can be cut 
in the Spring and cured, in time to plow 
the stubble under for tomatoes or simi¬ 
lar crops.” 
There are about 12 or 15 farmers in this 
vicinity who use cattle for farm work, do¬ 
ing most ail of their work with them, al¬ 
though they also keep one or two horses, 
and I would remark that they are the most 
prosperous farmers hereabouts, always 
ahead with their work, and are making a 
little money each year g. e. f. 
Falls Village, Conn. 
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the 
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Strange how a man will take crop after crop off the farm, putting nothing back, and then expect 
to be prosperous. If you handled the manure you have on the farm properly, results 
would be different and you should not need to be be buying commercial fertilizer. 
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Husband the fertility of your farm 
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you will get a paying crop. 
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