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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 30 
Live Stock and Dairy 
DAIRY AND FARM NOTES. 
Soiling vs. Pasturing. —Will cows 
give more milk to graze their food than 
when it is cut and fed to them? I do not 
think the same food has any more value 
in either case. It is one of those cases 
from which false judgments are derived. 
When we soil stock only a large growth 
is fed, which means that less milk will 
result than from an equal amount of 
short green growth. When the animal 
is turned upon the field she feeds at 
once upon the choicest hits, reserving 
the coarser and less palatable portion 
until later. When cut and fed, good and 
bad are together presented and taken. 
I have always observed a much more 
uniform flow from soiling. Oat and pea 
green feed have been decidedly poor this 
year. Second growth clover with a 
showing of Timothy was worth $1.25 a 
day more than oats and peas, in a 35- 
cow dairy. The second cutting is fully 
equal to the first crop in tonnage upon 
the early-cut fields. 
Fat Cows.—I have been watching a 
few cows that have during the Spring 
and Summer carried an unusual amount 
of flesh. These cows are holding their 
milk flow better than some others that 
were fed more heavily upon protein 
foods, and consequently at the time gave 
more milk. I coming to the conclusion 
that these rich nitrogenous foods must 
not, for the well being of the animal, be 
fed in sufficient quantities to over-stimu- 
lat.e the milk glands and decrease the 
fleshy condition. Particularly is this 
true under present meat values. In case 
of udder failure the fat cow nearly buys 
a fresh milker. 
Selling Experience.- —The difference 
between a regular market and a commis¬ 
sion sale is forcibly illustrated from one 
case of eggs shipped recently as an ex¬ 
periment to a commission house in 
Brooklyn. They were sold at market 
quotations yet netted .04 a dozen less; in 
both instances reliable men haci the 
stuff. The eastern producer must look 
for special markets. Usually but little 
effort is required to find them, that is, 
markets willing to pay a small premium 
for good stock. Beyond this they do not 
willingly go, and the extreme fancy 
prices are, in my observation and experi¬ 
ence, not so easily secured. One of the 
difficulties which we have met has been 
an interference from dealers who would 
offer goods at lower prices. An experi¬ 
ence this season may suffice to illustrate. 
A good trade with a very reliable house 
was well established. They soon began 
ordering off a portion of the weekly 
shipments, and finally asked for a com¬ 
plete discontinuance without one word 
of complaint in regard to quality, pack¬ 
age or shipment; only price was too 
high for the competition they met. 
Through a peculiar circumstance not 
necessary to mention we found that a 
local dealer was making low prices 
which, of course, lasted for a time. Later 
the good customer came back to us and 
pledged a weekly order if we would only 
again begin shipments. The goods had 
been placed in other channels quite as 
satisfactorily, and there continue. 
Good Milk Prices. —I am looking for¬ 
ward to satisfactory prices for milk in 
the East this Winter, not higher than 
last year, but probably at less food cost. 
While our eastern corn crop is nearly a 
failure we have a good crop of other 
coarse forage and this is coupled with 
prospective low prices for concentrates. 
Values are already beginning to weaken. 
Dealers do not care to have stock on 
hand when the new grain crop begins to 
appear. Ordinarily we should expect 
lower milk prices to follow lower cost of 
food. It seems doubtful, however, wheth¬ 
er the dairy stock in sight is more than 
sufficient to meet current wants at pay¬ 
ing prices. There seems to be good 
sound reason for believing that city con¬ 
sumers are becoming less prejudiced 
against dairy products and more con¬ 
vinced of their comparative value. A 
slow process of evolution brings about 
these favorable or unfavorable economic 
results so slow we hardly perceive the 
change. These are the changes, how¬ 
ever, that make for better living a high¬ 
er standard of ethics and nobler and 
purer citizenship. It is not the work of 
the revolutionist and the following of 
revolutionary theories that excite the 
crowd often momentarily, causing disas¬ 
ter and ruin, that we need. Dairy farm¬ 
ers, continue to improve the character of 
the goods you market and the great 
work of fixing a price on your product, 
will nearly take care of itself. 
Ice House; Hogs. —I read the wisdom 
occasionally revealed in regard to build¬ 
ing an ice house and packing ice. Then 
look at our ice house built in 1876 of 
cheap hemlock lumber upon cedar posts 
set in the ground, left open so a strong 
wind will blow your hat off inside the 
building, yet one can see the snow upon 
each cake when it is taken out from day 
to day. A little snow is often filled into 
small crevices between the cakes. We 
use sawdust for covering. The building 
being open at each end keeps the saw¬ 
dust upon the top much drier and hence 
there is less evaporation of moisture. 
The dry sawdust seems to have the same 
effect that the dry earth mulch has upon 
the soil. It is really surprising to see the 
amount of green forage hogs will eat 
when confined in yards or pens. Breed¬ 
ing stock do much better when allowed 
a run upon sod, receiving the exercise 
necessary. But fattening or more prop¬ 
erly speaking growing hogs for the 
butcher will develop faster in small quar¬ 
ters if supplied with green food, char¬ 
coal and salt with foods necessary for 
growth. The hog is a profitable adjunct 
to every dairy farm. it. e. cook. 
WORKING WITH ENSILAGE. 
There are other crops besides corn 
that have been successfully made into 
silage. There are other crops, such as 
cow peas and Soy beans that mixed with 
the corn in the silo go a long way to¬ 
ward balancing the ration, but whether 
it pays the farmer to make the combina¬ 
tion or not each farmer must calculate 
for himself. I doubt, however, whether 
it ever pays to grow cow peas with the 
corn and have the corn and vines mixed 
and tangled into an abominable, insep¬ 
arable mass. I have met men who have 
said that by planting cow peas with the 
corn the tonnage over corn alone was 
increased per acre to the extent of 30 
per cent, while the expense of harvest¬ 
ing the ton of the mixture was 20 per 
cent over the ton of clear corn. I have 
never been able to get Soy beans to grow 
with my thick silage corn to amount to 
anything; and when I now want to mix 
either the beans or cow peas with corn 
in the silo, I plant them separately and 
make the mixture by cutting a load of 
the legume between two loads of corn. 
I am strongly of the opinion that ulti¬ 
mately we shall all come to the conclu¬ 
sion that the corn plant is the proper 
occupant of the silo in corn countries. 
For silage I grow the largest foddered 
corn T can get and want it to grow 12 
to 16 feet high. I cut it close to the 
ground, for I value the lowest inch just 
as highly as I do the middle inch, and 
when this corn is cut with a harvester 
and bound in the smallest possible 
sheaves, or when cut by hand and placed 
in nice little bundles, it is hard work 
loading silage in the field. I always 
hated the man who bore on too hard 
when I was a boy turning the grind¬ 
stone, and by the same token 1 believe it 
pays to make the hard work easy as may 
be wherever possible. I have low 
wagons and instruct the loaders not to 
carry the corn to the wagon but to drive 
so it can be simply gathered up and 
loaded, by taking only two steps. At 
the cutter also it pays in human good 
humor and cheerfulness, and more effi¬ 
cacious labor as well, to have platforms 
and tables built so as both to reduce the 
labor to a minimum and show the labor¬ 
ers that one has been thoughtful of 
them. I know that one may take all the 
thorns out of the paths of some workers 
and get no better nor more appreciative 
service for doing so, but one always feels 
better for having done the best he could 
for the other fellow. When I am not 
going to cut silage the next day I gen¬ 
erally cut the last load that comes in 
even if we do have to run a little late; 
but if we expect to be at it the next 
morning, I let the last load stand over, 
rather than work the boys overtime. 
W. !•'. M’SP ARRAN. 
A HOG with 
a HISTORY 
The history of the famous Q. |. C. 
hogs is summed up in the word success 
For breeding or fattening for market the 
O. I. C.’s are the hogs that pay. 3!) years 
devoted to the perfection of this breed— 
without the loss of a single liog 
through disease. We will ship a sample 
pair of hogs on time, giving their full pedi 
greeand allow you agency for your commu¬ 
nity. Two O. I. C.’s weighed !l,806 
lbs. Write for particulars. 
Ii. B. SII.VF.R CO.. 135 Hog Building, Cleveland, 0. 
Breeders’ Directory 
500 White Wyandotte Pullets 
for sale September 1. Farm-raised, unlimited range. 
Money-makers; bred from onr best layers. Also a 
few choice oockerels and yearling breeders. Eggs 
15 for $1. H. A. HATHAWAY, Greendaie, N. Y. 
TR'RSFYS' Three grandsons of Exile, 
J X tJ solid color 3 5 and 7 months old. 
Good. J. ALDU8 HERK, Lancaster, Pa. R. R. 4 . 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street. Pittsburg. Pa. 
A Foundation Herd of 10 or 20 young registered 
HOLSTEIN COWS Is offered at a special price 
by DELLHUR8T FARM, Mentor, Ohi«. 
C-.- purebred holstein- 
“Ul 9 oIo FRIESIAN BULL CALVF8 
and SCOTCH COLLIE PUP8 from registered stock. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
The high-bred herd of Holstein-Frleslans at 
the MAPLES STOCK FARM, Binghamton, N. T. 
Address WM. ROOD, Proprietor. 
CHENANGO VALLEY STOCK FARM8, Greens, 
^ N. Y.—Dutch-Belted and Jersey Cattle, Dorset 
and Ramboulllet Sheep. Polan<UVhina and Jersey 
Red Swine; 16 varieties Land and Water Fowl 
Eggs cheap In season. 
At Farmers’ Pricesr4,.“”» 0 ““;“, 
Yearling Bull, “ Verbank Chief,” ready for service. 
Also a registered Guernsey Bnl) Calf, from prize 
stock. MANAGER, Hilltop Farm, Littleton, N. H. 
DAIRY SH0RT-H0RHS7K.7S Si 
winners. FLORA V. SPENCER, Spring Creek, Pa. 
Dorset Ram Lambs 
ready for delivery now, at $10 to 116 each. Regis 
tered In purchaser’s name. 
MAPLEMONT SARGENT, Albany. Vt. 
The Cheshire 
have them. MORNING811)E FARM. Sylvania, Pa. 
IMPROVED URGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester, Mich 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshire^ and C. Whites. 
Choice Pigs. 8 weeks old, mated not 
akin. Bred Sows and Service Boars. 
POULTRY. Write for hard times 
_ _ prices and free circular. 
HAMILTON & CO.. Rosenvlck, Chester Co., Pa. 
|HPf||)l fSfllTC are handsome, hardy and 
AliUUnA Oil A I V profitable. Prize stock. 
Low prices. Large cir. E. W. Cole & Co., Kenton. O. 
Ho Wall Street Tip Equal* tba Beak Bam Ttp. 
BUY ANCORA COATS. 
For Registered Stock addreaa 
BOSWYCK FARM, RIDGEFIELD, CON2L 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnifi¬ 
cently bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wis. 
ia nr|A| PA of the purest breeding. ®5 
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S. B. ARTHURS, Brookvllle. Pa. 
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