1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
587 
DAIRY AND FARM NOTES. 
Weather tb. Work. —Bach passing 
season teaches some lesson to those who 
may reflect occasionally and compare. 
To me this season has taught how in¬ 
significant is a man’s power when he 
meets Nature in full force. Many were 
the plans made for the Summer in crop 
growing and general farm improvement. 
None of these plans matured as they 
would under ordinary conditions, such 
unprecedented rains have made all farm 
work expensive, and much of it was ut¬ 
terly impossible of execution. These are 
after all blessings in disguise. They 
prove to us our limitations, and I am not 
sure but a man needs to know his con¬ 
fines as much as he should know his 
powers and capabilities. 
Silage Timber. —I have been much 
interested in watching the splendid 
growth of sunflowers. We mixed about 
two quarts of seed per acre with the 
corn and planted a portion of the silage 
fields. Corn with us is very inferior, 
and this light corn growth has given 
the sunflowers a splendid chance. They 
seem to relish the wet time and will 
make up somewhat in tonnage for the 
corn failure. I am also interested to 
know whether stock will take kindly to 
the silage when corn is in the minority. 
Will some one answer? 
Alfalfa. —This has been a fairly 
good Alfalfa season. It has been like all 
other crops, very late. The first cutting 
was nearly three weeks later than last 
year. The Spring sowing has surely had 
a nurse crop. Never did one see more 
weed seeds per acre. A second cutting 
has been made and it was a very good 
stand indeed of green stuff. The Alfalfa 
shows much more prominently in this 
last cutting. I am inclined to leave a 
fairly good stand upon the ground for 
Winter protection. Covering of this 
sort appears more effectual in our lati¬ 
tude for mulching than a dependence 
entirely upon a top-dressing of manure. 
The manure is needed for fertility, but 
does not contain light bulky material 
sufficient to protect the roots in case of 
unfavorable Winter weather. 
Oats and Peas. —I wish some shrewd 
Yankee would put up a machine to con¬ 
dense the feeding value of oats and 
peas. Oat straw standing six feet high 
with the peavines looking above for 
more room and both together so thick 
one cannot easily make passage through, 
all growing from iy 2 bushels of seed per 
acre, are certainly not a concentrated 
food, and cows fail to respond at the 
milk pail. Alfalfa and second-growui 
clover are more satisfactory. Bach year 
adds to the evidence that light seeding 
of grain is most satisfactory. Where 
seed has been graded and then sown 
with a drill, covering the seed uniform¬ 
ly, IV 2 bushel wheat and two bushels of 
oats per acre are ample. Broadcast 
seeding upon our soils is very unprofit¬ 
able. Thin seeding has a very notice¬ 
able effect upon the young grass and 
clover plants when sown together. 
Selling Cheese. —The Watertown, N. 
Y., Produce Exchange is the medium 
for selling most of the cheese of Jeffer¬ 
son County and a portion of Lewis 
County product, and really the basis 
upon which the products of 200 factories 
are sold, having a total yearly footing 
of over $2,000,000, has instituted the 
“call board” system, generally practiced 
in the cheese sections of Wisconsin. The 
system was fairly successful at the sec¬ 
ond trial, over 5,000 boxes changing 
hands at the auction. Much friction re¬ 
sulted at the first attempt. Salesmen 
were jealous of a combination among 
the buyers and at first refused to sell. 
A break was made and a portion only 
was sold on open board. Altogether too 
much sharp talk was indulged in be¬ 
tween buyers and salesmen, and accusa¬ 
tions made not easily proven. But few 
readers will be interested in the details 
of the Board’s doings. There is, how¬ 
ever, a lesson of general value to be 
drawn interesting to every farmer. Too 
much jealousy exists between farmers 
or their representatives, and the direct 
purchaser of their products, whether it 
be an agent or the firm itself. Probably 
neither party is wholly to blame. The 
producer is inclined to think that the 
dealer has only one motive, that of de¬ 
ception and combination. So far as de¬ 
ception may be credited to either party, 
the farmer in my judgment will rank 
first. Business men are forced by cir¬ 
cumstances to make honest and true 
representation regardless of their nat¬ 
ural tendency or disposition. In com¬ 
bination the dealer certainly is supreme. 
The few are more easily held together 
than the many. What we need is a bit 
of lopping off in each case, more com¬ 
bination and business, trust and experi¬ 
ence on the part of the producers, and 
less combination on the part of the 
dealers. More respect and confidence 
between buyer and seller would tend to 
less friction and higher prices. 
Dairy Outlook. —A question came to 
me a few days ago asking whether I did 
not think that the dairy business was 
on the road to permanently higher 
prices and consequently less arduous 
labor and more profit. A rapidly in¬ 
creasing population and a per capita in¬ 
crease in the consumption of milk and 
its products warrant a direct answer. 
Yes! A moment's reflection, however, 
will suffice to prove that milk prices are 
perhaps not relatively higher than other 
food products and necessities that dairy 
farmers must buy. A general high range 
of values confronts every purchaser, 
labor included. I do not think we shall 
soon return to the depression of the 
nineties, nor does there seem to be any¬ 
thing to warrant milk values in being 
out of proportion to other products. Al¬ 
though dairying presents a daily rou¬ 
tine, which is often termed drudgery, it 
is at the same time a daily source of 
revenue unlike crop selling, and it is 
the great conserving force in agricul¬ 
ture. The fact faces us that millions of 
acres of land in this country cannot 
stand up under crop selling, and dairy¬ 
ing offers really the only occupation. 
Our own county, Lewis, small and to 
many residents of more southern lati¬ 
tude, even in the Hudson Valley, sup¬ 
posed to be a portion of the Adirondack 
forest, whose inhabitants are chiefly 
bark peelers, is after all, one of the most 
uniformly prosperous sections coming 
under my observation. Fabulous re¬ 
turns are never received, nor is a com¬ 
plete failure ever known. The land is 
of such a character that dairying is a 
necessity, and no effort has ever been 
made to abandon it. An illustration will 
suffice to show the effect. A fence di¬ 
vided a strip of land—upon one side five 
tons of hay were cut from iy 2 acre, upon 
the other an estimate would not exceed 
one-half ton to the acre. Care and ma¬ 
nure upon one side, natural conditions 
upon the other. A vast territory of the 
West formerly productive is now feeling 
the need of dairy stock. Watch the 
course of such observing men as O. C. 
Gregg, superintendent of farmers’ insti¬ 
tutes in Minnesota; George W. McKer- 
row, superintendent in Wisconsin; Prof. 
Latta, in Indiana, and the State Board 
of Illinois, far-sighted observing men, 
all having one main object in view, a 
more productive soil and a knowledge 
that the dairy cow is the means to that 
end. It seems to me therefore that any 
prospective milk price abnormally high 
would be over stimulating, carrying in 
its train the usual result. 
Storage for Machines. —The in¬ 
creased use of machinery upon the farm 
each year adds to the demand for spe¬ 
cial storage buildings. We have turned 
over unused buildings which had been 
replaced by larger and more modern 
structures. This year, however, these 
buildings are in demand for hay and 
grain storage. The future barn builder 
must reckon with a tool barn as well as 
a cow stable. 
Poultry Profits. —One flock of 100 
White Leghorns, S. C., have made a net 
profit above food since January 1 of 
$57.91, another flock of 80 have made a 
net profit of $78.78 for the same period. 
They have all been fed alike. The last 
flock are superior in breeding size, and 
general conformation. These figures 
are for eggs alone. Our loss of young 
chicks was heavy, principally due to a 
lack of brooder and brooder house ac¬ 
commodation. They are a fine lot now 
and should make a record this Winter. 
_ H. E. COOK. 
Corn stover shredded by the McCor¬ 
mick husker and shredder is better than 
hay. Feed the stover and sell the hay.— 
Ado. 
A Fanners’ Creamery. 
The farmers’ cooperative creamery at 
Mongaup Valley, N. Y., is still doing a 
successful business. At the present time 
they are taking in about 4,000 pounds; their 
flush is about 7,000 pounds. The butter is 
now taken by Swift & Co. at their Port 
Jervis branch. The farmers carry home 
the skim-milk and feed it to pigs, calves 
and poultry. One of the encouraging indi¬ 
cations in the management of this cream¬ 
ery is the disposition to keep it up to date. 
They have just taken out a churn and but- 
terworker, not because the old ones failed 
to do the work, but because the new ones 
do better work and help produce a better 
article. The Sharpies separator, put in 
three or four years ago, when the cream¬ 
ery was first organized, is still doing effi¬ 
cient work. Last year the creamery paid 
its patrons $11,000 in cash. The directors 
have been wise in selecting local men to 
run it. Frank Beizer has had the business 
management from the start, and Benjamin 
Brown, a son of one of the oldest families 
of the town, is now in charge of the ma¬ 
chinery and butter-making, having pre¬ 
pared himself for the work by a dairy 
course at Cornell. There are two principal 
discouragements that this company has to 
contend with. The first is the failure of 
the producers to make sufficient Winter 
milk to operate the creamery on a paying 
basis. The other is the demand for milk 
during July and August by the Summer 
boarding houses, which draw their sup¬ 
plies from some of the largest dairies that 
at other seasons patronize the creamery. 
It is a county where Winter milk could be 
made cheaply, if the producers would make 
a study of the conditions necessary to 
produce it. A little more attention to the 
repair of by-roads leading to the creamery 
would also be a great benefit. Two Ital¬ 
ians have also set up little plants in this 
place and are taking considerable milk in 
the production of Italian cheese, in which 
they also utilize some skim-milk. d. 
You Lose Money 
eveiy time your horse is laid up 
with Sore SHovilders, Neck 
back. 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
cures them and Cvirb, Spllrvt, 
Sprained Cord.Spa.vln, etc. 
Given internally it is unequaled forColic, 
Distemper, Founder, Pneumonia, etc. 
Used and Endorsed by Adams 
Express Company . 
Tuttle’s American Condition Powders 
—A specific for impure blood and all diseases arising therefrom. 
TUTTLE'S FAMILY ELIXIR cures rheumatism, 
sprains, bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our 100-page book, 
“Veterinary Experience," FREE. 
Dr. S. A. TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. 
Beware of so-called Elixirs—none genuine but Tnttle’s. 
Avoid all Misters; they offer only temporary relief, if any. 
Standard Fly Killer flea*. Procioteoows from 
the torture 
of flies It 
pasture 
Whllemllk 
tag; wll. 
give 20 p c. 
more milk 
Harmless 
to man and 
beast. Eveflljr 
applied with our 
u .. — Sprayer Calves 
" nd young stock will 
- -■ .JStnrivo. Prevents disease 
end abortion, which Is Caused by a germ propagated 
by mnsanltary conditions. For #1 we will send to 
any address a Sprayer and enough Fly Killer digin- 
footaiitlo protect 160 cows. Agents wanted 
». B. SMITH & CO.. Utica, N. Y.. V. 8 A, 
COW-FLY 
KILLER 
Agents' Sample and Sprayer 
sent on receipt of $1. It will 
please you and help your 
stock. Agents Wanted. 
LEGGETT & BROTHER, 
301 Pearl St., New York. 
Shoo-Fly JiE 
THE 
ANIMALS' 
FRIEND 
Kills 
every 
fly it 
strikes. 
Keeps 
oft* the 
rest. 
Harmless 
to man 
Half cent’s 
worth saves 
2 quarts 
milk and 
much flesh. 
Cures sores, hoof ail¬ 
ments, etc. Shoo-Fly is the original 
stock protector used by same dairymen 
since 1885. Thousands have duplicated 10 
to 50 gallons seven consecutive years. Beware 
or beast, of imitations that last only a few hours and make sores. 
If your dealer does not keep Shoo-Fly send us $t.00 for 
latest improved double tube sprayer and enough Shoo-Fly to 
protect 2IH) cows, or 50c for liquid. 
Quart FREE to those naming Imit ation they have used, 
and promising to pay express. To these will send Sprayer for tide. 
BUG0LEUM 
is the most 
effectual 
SHEEP DIP 
Kills all Lice, Tick*. Cures Scab, Mange, mo rep*. The best 
known disinfectant. Prevents contagious abortion. Price $1.25 per 
gal. Add from 20 tolOO gals, water. Cattle dippod or sprayed in 
11 linoleum (1 to 30) will be free of ticks and pass the quarantine. 
SHOO-FLY MFC. CO. 1005 Fairmount Ave., Phila.,Pa 
Experience has proven Shoo-Fly to be O. K.— EDITOR. 
p-NO SPAVINS-j 
The worst possible spavin can be cured in 
45 minutes. Ringbones, Curbs and Splints 
just as quick. Not painful and never has 
failed. Detailed information about this 
new method sent free to horse owners. 
Write today. Ask for pamphlet No. 88 
Fleming Bros., Chemists, Union Stock Yds., Chicago. 
National Cream Separator free for 
ten days, to try in your own dairy, or 
on your own farm. If it. does 
not come up to our guar¬ 
antee, ship it back at our 
expense. The 
National 
Cream 
is the closest, skimmer and 
lightest running of all cream 
separators. It is substan- 
ally built, readily cleaned and easily man- 
i—'very practical; very profitable. Write 
illustrated descriptive book and full par- 
lars of free trial offer. 
TIONAL DAIRY MACHINE CO. 
Newark, N. J. 
DcIaVaL 
Cream Separators 
For twenty years tlie World’s Standard 
Send for free catalogue. 
The De Laval Separator Co., 74 Cortlandt St., N.Y 
IwTY 
Have 
a 
New 
Book 
which tells all about the 
EMPIRE Running 
CREAM SEPARATOR- 
If you own cows it will pay you to 
read the book, whether you want 
a separator or not. Let us send it. 
U. 8.BUTTER EXTRACTOR CO. 
Bloomfield, N. J. 
The Superior Cream Extractor 
“ It gets the Cream.” Twenty per cent 
more than by setting In pans. 
WATER IS NOT MIXED WITH MILK, 
therefore, impure water does not taint 
the oream. and the sktmmed milk is left 
pure and sweet. We pay the Freight. 
Descriptive oircnlars, reliable testi¬ 
monials and prices mailed on request. 
Write to-day. Can’t get In touch with 
such a money-maker too quick. 
Superior Fence Machine Co., 
188 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Mich 
It’s Almost 
Pa.st Believing 
the amount of time, labor and money this machine saves 
you, say nothing of in¬ 
creased crops its use 
siyr-Jo it 
» - ' V 
It spreads all kinds of manure, lime, 
salt, ashes, compost, etc., rapidly, 
evenly and better than it can possibly be done by hand. It makes no difference how hard. 
lum py, c^ked, coarse, strawy or stalky the manure is, 
TKe Improved Kemp Manure Spreader 
will tear It apart, make it fine and spread it just where you want it and In any desired quantity per acre. Greatly improved 
for 19012. Send for our new illustrated catalogue, which describes improvements i-S detail, and tells about “How to Grow 
Big Crops.” Catalogue mailed free. 
Remember* that the. only original and genuine Hemp Manure Spreader is the one 
•nude ,,,, „„. selves, KEMP A BURPEE MFC. CO., BOX 38, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
