THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
63 
t 
1901 
MANCHESTER'S DAIRY NOTES. 
Cut Marsh Hay and Horses.— If salt 
marsh hay was run through a hay cutter 
and cut into small bits, then fed in this 
condition to a horse, would there be any 
danger of the sharp edges of the finely 
cut hay working their way through the 
walls of the horse’s stomach, especially 
if mastication was not thorough? s. c. 
Pomerania, N. J. 
We should not expect any trouble 
from feeding the hay mentioned. The 
walls of the stomach are especially 
thick and strong, and have been liken¬ 
ed to “a hollow muscle.” The juices of 
the stomach would soon act upon the 
hay to soften it, and this is well start¬ 
ed in the mouth. Horses often eat 
briers and thistles without apparent 
harm, and almost everyone has occa¬ 
sionally seen a horse pick out briers in 
pieference to good grass in the pasture. 
Cow Gives Bitter Milk.— I have a Jer¬ 
sey cow that gives bitter milk. She will 
fieshen the latter part of March. Two 
months ago she gave about 2V 2 gallons of 
milk daily on poor pasture; now she gives 
scarcely a gallon, and it is very bitter. 
Her feed consists of bran one gallon, 
crushed corn in ear one gallon twice a 
day; also clover hay and corn fodder. Ap¬ 
petite is good but she. acts as though 
drowsy. T notice some lumps on her back 
under the skin, but think that is caused 
by a fly during the Summer. I would like 
to know what the trouble is? J. a. b. 
Jackson, Mo. 
We do not know the exact cause of 
the bitter milk, but should change our 
plan of caring for the cow, and should 
expect when she came in again that her 
milk would be all right. She is getting 
loo much feed, in our opinion, and it 
being nearly time to dry her off may be 
the cause of it. As near as we can esti¬ 
mate it she is getting 14 to 18 pounds of 
grain a day, which is by all odds too 
much for a cow that ought to be dry 
within a month. We should drop all 
grain and feed only the clover hay and 
corn fodder until within two weeks of 
calving when we should give her from 
two to four quarts of bran a day, and 
after calving increase the quantity add¬ 
ing gradually of the corn until she 
reached a profitable maximum flow. Is 
the milk bitter when first drawn or does 
it appear upon standing? If only the 
latter see that, all utensils are strictly 
clean and well scalded before using. Is 
the clover hay clean and bright? Musty 
hay or corn fodder will sometimes af¬ 
fect the flow of milk. 
How to Pasteurize Cream.— Will you 
tell me how to Pasteurize cream? w. l. 
Vineyard Haven, Mass. 
Small amounts of cream may be Pas¬ 
teurized by using some kind of appara¬ 
tus on the double-boiler plan, like those 
used for cooking our breakfast cereals. 
What we wish to do is to heat the 
ciearn quickly and have all in the ves¬ 
sel at a uniform temperature. Let it 
stand about 20 minutes when reaching 
140 degrees and then cool rapidly. We 
wish to avoid the cooked flavor, which 
is done by not heating above 140 de¬ 
grees, and keeping all of it at a uniform 
temperature. The better way is to place 
the cream in some can that will float in 
a larger vessel. The water should be 
already hot in the outer vessel when 
the cream can is placed in it. . Stir the 
cream constantly during the whole op¬ 
eration, as the parts against the outer 
walls would become much hotter than 
that in the center. After getting the 
cream up to 140 and letting it stay at 
this temperature 20 minutes, set the 
cream in cold or ice water, stirring con¬ 
stantly until you get it down to about 
50 degrees. A simpler method but a lit¬ 
tle more risky, is to have a large asbes¬ 
tos mat which is set right on the stove, 
and the cream, in a wide-bottomed can, 
is set directly upon this. It will heat 
quickly, and will not burn on the bot¬ 
tom, but look out, the stirring must be 
constant, and there is danger of get¬ 
ting the cream too hot on the bottom. 
Grain Feeding For Cows.—“That 
cow never had a pound of grain in her 
life, and when she gets your care and 
keeping (note the subtle flattery here) 
she'll do great things.” We have 
bought a number of this kind of cows, 
and have always been disappointed in 
them. Instead of grain having the an¬ 
ticipated effect they do not do as well 
as cows that are accustomed to it. We 
have also seen people who were afraid 
to buy cows from us on the plea that 
they had been used to lots of grain, and 
if they had less thev wouldn’t do any¬ 
thing, when in fact we probably fed less 
grain than the man who was talking. 
Because we feed grain the year around 
people sometimes think we are heavy 
feeders, yet we would almost vouch that 
in the six or eight months during which 
they fed a heavy and often one-sided ra¬ 
tion they fed much more per cow than 
we did for the year. When silage is 
short instead of the usual custom of two 
feeds a day, we should cut to one rather 
small feed. Cows like a variety of food, 
and by the above plan we can make this 
variety cover a much longer period. 
Silage is a succulent feed that helps 
keep the bowels in good working con¬ 
dition, and we should want it to last as 
long as possible. By the use of silage 
cows do not have to drink as much out¬ 
side water as where all dry feed is fed. 
H. G. MANCHESTER. 
VARIOUS POULTRY QUESTIONS. 
1. May Golden Sebright Bantams in the 
same family have single combs, while 
others have double combs, and still be 
purebred stock? 2. At what age do 
pigeons commence laying, and about what 
age do they stop laying? 3 What per 
cent of weight will a turkey lose in dress¬ 
ing? 4. What is the greatest weight a 
turkey has been known to attain? 
Oswego Falls, N. Y. h. a. b. 
1. Many of our rose-comb varieties of 
poultry will occasionally produce young 
with single combs. This does not, how¬ 
ever. denote any impurity of blood but 
such birds should not be used for breed¬ 
ing, as it will tend to aggravate the 
trouble. 2. Pigeons will usually begin 
work at from four to eight months of 
age, according to the season, the breed 
and their household conveniences and 
surroundings, and the length of time 
they will continue depend much on same 
conditions and the chance they have for 
living. I have had birds to do well at 12 
to 15 years of age, but the average 
breeders have probably seen their best 
days at from six to eight years. 3. The 
loss in dressing turkeys varies as with 
all other kinds of poultry; much de¬ 
pends on the method, but five to six per 
cent will be close lo the general aver¬ 
age when nicely dressed according to 
New York market requirements. 4. I 
have heard of exceptional Bronze gob¬ 
blers weighing as high as 56 pounds but 
never handled a bird that weighed more 
than 44 pounds, which is considered 
heavy. j. e. s. 
He was a philosopher and a talker. 
She was a woman of action. They stood 
together on the bridge and watched a 
tug that was hauling a long line of 
barges up the river. “Look there, my 
dear,” said he. “Such is life. The tug 
is like the man, working and toiling, 
while the barges, like the women, are”— 
His wife gave him no time to finish the 
sentence. “I know,” she said: “the tug 
does all the blowing and the barges bear 
all the burden.”—Credit Lost. 
SEND US 
A COW, 
Steer, Bull or Horse 
hide, Calf skin, Dog 
skin, or any other kind 
of hide or skin, and let 
us tan it with the hair 
on, soft, light, odorless 
and moth-proof, for robe, 
rug, coat or gloves. 
But first get our Catalogue, 
giving prices, and our shipping 
tags and instructions, so as to 
avoid mistakes. We also buy 
raw furs and ginseng. 
THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 
116 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
MILK FEVER 
WHY NOT PREVENT IT? 
PREVENTION 18 CHEAPER THAN CURE. 
Write for Moore Bros. “General Cow 
Drink” Pamphlet, Free. 
Address, MOORE BROS., V. S., Albany, N. Y. 
WITH HUSKS.OH 
or off, cob corn or shelled, all 
grains. It will not choke. 
There’s speed and fine or 
Coarse grinding with 
Kelly 
DUPLEX 
Grinding Mills. 
J Steady force feed. Doub¬ 
le breakers, double set burrs. 
Little power,any kind,runs 
them. 4 sizes. Catalog free. 
he O. S. Kelly Co., Springfield, Ohio. 
You Try It. 
It costa nothing. Re¬ 
turn at our expense if 
this mill fails to grind 
shelled corn, ear corn, 
all grains or mixed 
feed stuffs, easier, fast¬ 
er and better than any 
other. 
New Holland Mills 
are the practical, every day mills for every 
day wants. No other good mill at so low a 
price. Made in 3 sizes. Adapted to any kind 
of power. Don’t fail to got our free catalogue 
before buying. 
NEW HOLLAND MACHINE CO., 
^ Box 1 IB, Now Holland, Pa. ( 
More Cow Money 
You can invest in nothing that will bring 
you larger cash returns than the 
EMPIRE 
Cream Separator 
Guaranteed to turn more easily, to last longer, 
to lie more easily cleaned, to give less trouble 
and to be more satisfactory in every way than 
a ny other separator. Simplest in construction. 
Investigate our claims—ask any Empire user. 
Handsome Catalogue Free. 
EMPIRE CREAM SEPARATOR COMPANY, 
Bloomfield, N. J. Chicago, III. 
We alone make the 
Tubular, all competi¬ 
tors make the old style 
bucket bowls. They 
cannot make tubular 
bowls because of our 
patents. The Tubular 
is worth fifty per cent 
more than any of the ! 
old style bucket bowl 
separators, as thousands of dairymen will | 
testify. Write for Catalogue No. 153 
THE SHARPLES CO., P. M. SHARPLES, 
Chicago, Illinois. West Chester, Pa. 
DE LAVAL 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
are the most efficient and dur¬ 
able in the world, excelling in 
every feature all other creaming 
machines and methods. 
Send for catalogue and local agent’s name. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 
CHICAGO I NEW YORK 
Randolph & Canal Sts. | 74 Cortlaiult Street. 
Superior 
Cream 
Separator 
GET ALL THE CREAM 
Complete separation is made in HO to 
SO minutes by cold water circulat¬ 
ing through the specially constructed 
center water columns and outer water 
Jacket. Simple and practical. Does 
not mix water and milk. Surer results 
with less trouble and expense. 
We Give a Binding Guarantee 
and refund your money if not satis¬ 
factory. Write today for full particulars. 
Superior Fence Machine Company 
301) Grand River Ave., Detroit, Mich. 
XUB CHAIN-HANGING 
Cattle Stanchion 
The most practical and humane Fastener ever in¬ 
vented. Gives perfect freedom of the head, illustrated 
Circular and Price free on application. Manufactured 
by O. H. ROBERTSON, Forestville, Conu. 
PRESCOTT’S S 
WINGING 
WIVEU 
TANCHION 
KEEPS COWS CLEAN 
Swings forward while get¬ 
ting up or lying down. Locks 
back while standing. Full 
particulars free. PRESCOTT, 
59 Beverly St., Boston. Mass 
SILOS 
« 904. 
Six Kinds of Wood. 
II n til to build, plant, fill and 
nUll feed. Yonr post office ad¬ 
dress calls for free illustrated Jour¬ 
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many things you should l\ II U TV 
Kalamazoo Tank & Silo Co* 
Michigan. 
Implement Co., Box 10, Monroe, Mich 
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. 
Pinsfor f astenlngwlth every 
Stanchion. Send for testi¬ 
monials. WlLDEU— STRONG 
Made for the Man 
Who Wants the 
Best. 
The Endless Apron Great Western 
anure Spreader. 
OnnCinQ and pulverizes all kinds of ma" 
0IM LflUu nure, fresh, well rotted, mixed, full 
of straw or cornstalks, sheep manure. No matter 
how tough, we guarantee our spreader to 
spread it so evenly that one load will do 
more good than three spread by hand. End¬ 
less Apron is always ready to load. No 
turning back after each load is spread 
Front wheels cut under and machine can 
be turned in its nrni|| ITCIl while in 
own length. nbUULnilLU motion 
to spread thick or thin. Our non-bnncliahle rake holds all large chunks on top of beater until they are thoroughly pul¬ 
verized. Combined Hood and End Gate keeps manure away from beaterwhileloading and acts as wind hoodin spreading. 
I IPUTCOT noi CT ever produced on a manure spreader, because front and rear wheels track and theload is nearly equal- 
LiUll I to I linflr I ly balanced on front ami rear axles which brings load up close to horses. Send for free illus¬ 
trated catalogue giving full description and how to apply manure to secure best results, Saves t till e, labor, money- 
SMITH MANURE SPREADER CO., 16 & 18 S. CLINTON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 
