1904. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
775 
A WOMAN’S FARM NOTES. 
Second-Hand Implements. —We had 
our Winter supply of wood sawed by a 
neighbor who owns a gasoline engine. 
The engine and saw are mounted on a 
wagon and can be hauled from place to 
place. The engine was bought second¬ 
hand at quite a reduction in price, and it 
does very satisfactory work. One can 
sometimes make a great saving in buying 
second-hand implements, but not always, 
by any means. It is not a wise thing to do 
unless one thoroughly understands the 
machine lie is buying, and so can tell the 
condition of the parts that come to the 
most wear. One who has not studied up 
such things will do better to buy new, 
unless he can get expert advice from 
friends. At auctions one can often pick 
up harness or farming tools at very low 
prices^ and he can usually have an op¬ 
portunity to examine the articles before 
the sale begins. It takes a long time, 
however, for one without experience to 
learn where to look for defects or weak 
places. It is very uncertain business buy¬ 
ing second-hand things that have been 
fixed up to sell again, especially if they 
are made of wood. Paint covers a mul¬ 
titude of defects. A buggy or a farm 
cart can be fixed tip to look as good as 
new. One is surprised at the low price 
and thinks he has secured a bargain, but 
after he has had a wheel give out at a 
critical time his confidence is somewhat 
shaken, and at the end of a year, if he 
adds the cost of repairs to the original 
price, lie finds it was not so low after 
all. We bought a buggy one Spring that 
was painted and varnished and looked 
very nice, but it was a sham, and the 
wheels gave out, so that we had to buy 
another one in the Fall. This time we 
got one that was sadly in need of paint 
and varnish, but it was strong and well 
made and has given good service. 
Clipping Horses. —Last Fall we had our 
horse clipped, and we intend to do so 
again this year. At first thought it seems 
cruel and unreasonable to take off a 
horse’s coat j ust as cold weather comes on, 
but I am convinced that it is the best 
thing to do in some cases, if not in 
all. Our horse has a very heavy coat, and 
she sweats freely. Consequently, when 
she is driven faster that a walk, even on 
quite a cold day, she comes home with 
sides, neck and shoulders wet. If it is 
afternoon or evening, that thick hair stays 
wet till the next morning. If she is driven 
in the rain or in muddy going, her fet¬ 
locks are soaking wet and remain so for 
a long time. The day she was clipped, it 
was raw and chilly, but in spite of this, 
and driving her slow, her sides and neck 
were wet and cold. These wet places 
bother about the clipping, so one should 
drive not faster than a walk when going 
to the clipper. She did not seem to, mind 
the clipping, and she came home briskly. 
A light blanket was put on her, and in¬ 
stead of having patches of cold wet hair 
on her, she felt dry and warm all over. 
In muddy times her fetlocks can be 
brushed off, and then they will be dry 
almost immediately. 1 had to be careful 
to blanket her when f left her standing 
even for a few minutes, but this trouble 
was more than offset by the added comfort 
the horse enjoyed, for she never seemed 
to feel so well before, and by the greater 
ease in keeping her clean, not to mention 
the better appearance. 
Wiping Separators. —In some of the 
dairy paoers, I see the users of separators 
advised not to wipe the pieces of the 
machine after washing them. I once saw 
a machine that was cared for in this way, 
and it was quite rusty. Our machine, 
which has been washed twice a day for 
two years and four months, is very free 
from rust. I tried drying it according 
to direction, but ! found it would not dry, 
so I have wiped it since. Tin cools off 
very rapidly, and after it is cold it dries 
very slowly. If it is rinsed in boiling 
water, it can be wiped very quickly. 1 am 
careful to use a clean towel. Some dairy 
authorities advocate the use of brushes 
in washing separators, and condemn cloths. 
It seems to me that both are useful, but 
that both need care. Either one neglected 
becomes very foul, the brush fully as much 
so as the cloth, and I find the cloth much 
easier to keep sweet and clean. 
A Blinder. —Our horse is one of the 
hungry kind, and if there is anything in 
sight to eat, she keeps stepping till she 
gets it. This is very troublesome when 
one is loading hay or wood. Some people 
would try an application of fork handle or 
cord-wood stick, but we have a much 
simpler way. We carry along a light¬ 
weight coat, or a “jumper,” and put it 
over her head, letting her ears go into 
the arm-holes and buttoning the garment 
under her throat. It works like a charm. 
She stands motionless, and we drive her 
about the field or lot till the load is on, 
then take off her blinder, and she looks 
about in a surprised way as if to say, 
"Why, how aid I get here?” 
Times of Depression. — I have seen 
somewhere lately, but cannot give credit, 
the advice not to decide important ques¬ 
tions while feeling depressed. This is 
especially good advice for the woman 
farmer. I think that, as a general thing, 
women are more emotional, and more 
subject to panic, than men. There are 
discouraging times, which we must all 
expect to encounter, when things look 
dark and everything seems to be going 
wrong. At such times we are inclined to 
become worried and nervous, and we are 
in no condition to judge of our affairs 
in a quiet and sensible manner. We plan 
out things to do and changes to make 
which seem very sensible and practicable, 
but after the depression is past and we be¬ 
come more sane, we see that they are not 
feasible. So it is better, when we have 
these blue times, to avoid making plans, 
and, instead, try to find out the cause of 
the depression. Oftentimes it has its 
rise in physical weariness. Overwork is 
hard to avoid, at times, and with some 
temperaments it becomes a habit even 
when it is not necessary. It is a form of 
intemperance. Susan drown robbins. 
Blood Foods.—T he following note concern¬ 
ing Hie article on page 679 Is from Swift & 
Co. : 
“Dried blood ho quotes at $35-$45 per ton. 
Ordinary fertilizer blood, manufactured with¬ 
out any special effort to produce a sanitary 
and edible product, Is worth to-day f. o. b. 
packing house $49 per ton, and several large 
sales have recently been put through at that 
figure. Blood meal and soluble blood flour, 
which are especially manufactured for stock 
feeding, are handled in a manner entirely dif¬ 
ferent from thiTt used in producing dried blood 
for fertilizer purposes. Blood meal Is worth 
to-day $55 per ton f. o. b. packing house, 
while soluble blood flour sells to retail trade 
at $65 per ton f. o. b. packing house to farm¬ 
ers and feeders. Tankage Is quoted at $25- 
$35 per ton according to its composition. 
Twelve per cent ammonia fertilizer tankage 
is selling in lots of several thousand tons at 
$29 per ton f. o. b. packing house; 60 per cent 
protein tankage manufactured especially for 
feeding purposes is selling in car lots to 
farmers at $33 per ton f. o. b. packing house. 
Business in animal foods Is growing at a mar¬ 
velous rate, and the packers are spending 
money freely to perfect tne process of manu¬ 
facture. New York State dairymen are buy¬ 
ing blood meal and blood flour in large quan¬ 
tities.” 
Fowl Cramming Machine. —Mr. Mapes on 
page 711 speaks of “no experience with a 
cramming machine in place of a natural appe¬ 
tite.” The Martin crammer, used in France 
and Europe generally, is not exactly that; a 
good deal is in the food being prepared to 
pass out of the feeder and present no obsta¬ 
cles to the fowl's digesting it. I have seen 
the apparatus at work in the Paris Zoolog¬ 
ical Harden, where the inventor, or his de¬ 
scendants, have a space for the show. It is 
a column of coops revolving on a spindle per¬ 
pendicularly. Around it a man may rise by 
pulling on block and tackle as he sits in a 
chair. lie carries with him the food and an 
ejector. He begins at the base, taking out a 
fowl, and giving it a dose. When he has 
done one coop he rises and attends to the 
next. The fowls are only “finished off” this 
way. Martin has never been interfered with 
in France; on the contrary, has medals, etc. 
But in England I know his exhibition was 
stopped at a county agricultural show by the 
S. P. C. A. The same process is carried out 
by hand throughout England, but that could 
not be prosecuted. The operation does not 
look more cruel than giving a dog a pill, but 
I will admit that the fowls seem preternat- 
urally quiet. But it does fatten them, and 
the figures prove that it is money making. 
Still, our quietest fowls are wild compared 
with French ones, who would come tip on see¬ 
ing the ax and lay down their heads for the 
chop. ‘ henry l. williams. 
WILL you buy a separator because 
the agent is a “good fellow?” 
Some people do. We hope such will 
read this. The Tubular talks for 
itself and is bought for itself. 
1'f You Have a Brand New Separator 
not a Tubular, put it in the garret. 
AVe will sell you a Sharpies 
Tubular, guaranteed to make 
enough more butter than the 
other from the Name milk to 
pay 25 per cent yearly dividend 
on the whole cost of the ma¬ 
chine. You test them side 
by side. 
Pierpont Morgan is 
hunting a place to 
put money at 6 per 
cent: hcreis a guaran¬ 
teed 25 per cent to you. 
While this dividend 
pays your bills the 
Tubular makes your 
life more pleasant by 
pleasing your wife. 
A waist low milk 
vat saves your back. 
Simple bowl—easy to 
wash—the only one that is so. Auto¬ 
matic oiling; the only one that has. 
Easier to turn than others and 
safer. Catalog A-153 explains better. 
Sharpie* Co. P. M. Sharpies 
Chicago, Illinois West Chester, Pa. 
When you write advertisers mention Tiib 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
Veterinary rnrr 
.Advice F Kllilli 
Dr. S. A. Tuttle, a veterinary sur¬ 
geon of long experience has writ¬ 
ten a book entitled “Veterinary 
Experience” on the diseases of 
horses, giving symptoms and 
treatment in plain terms. It is 
fully illustrated with diagrams 
showing the skeleton and circu¬ 
latory and digestive systems with 
Preferences that make them plain. 
'Tells how to buy a horse and 
know whether it Is sound or not. Every horse owner 
should have one. It is sent to any one. 
TUTTLE’S ELIXIR 
Is the only guaranteed cure for Colic, Curb, recent 
Shoo Boll* and Callous. It locates lameness, relieves 
and cures Spavins, Ring Bono, Cockle Joints. Croass 
Hssl, Scratches, Catarrh, etc. Send today anil get the 
book free and information about Dr. Tuttle’s specifics. 
Tuttle's Elixir Co. 30 Beverly St. Boston, Mass. 
Avoid all blisters; they are only temporary relie/m 
Baldwin and Gale-Baldwin 
Easiest Running, 
Fastest. 
Self 
Feeding 
Safe 
Built to 
Last 
Ensilage Gutters, 
Machines approach perfection in both cutting 
and elevating. Adjust for four lengths cut. 
Side or straight away delivery. All sizes for all 
powers. Write for catalogue. 
THE BELCHER & TAYLOR A. T. GO* 
Box 76, Chicopee Falls, Maas. 
Can Save a Lot of Work! 
Can Save a 
1 Can - 
Increase 
Your ComfortsI 
U Can 
Increase 
Your Profits! 
If you are interested In those things ^ 
we’d like to send you our new book about 
ELECTRIC Wheels 
and the 
ELECTRIC Wagon 
■ More than a million and a quarter of them are 
In use and several hundred thousand farmers say 
that they are the best Investment they ever made. 
They’ll save you more money, more work, give bet¬ 
ter Bervice and greater satisfaction than any other 
metal wheel made—because They're Made Bottar. 
By every tost they are the best. Spokes united to 
the hub. If they work loose, your money back. 
Don’t buy wheels nor wagon until you read our 
book. It may save you many dollars and It’s free. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., 
Box 88 Quinoy, Ills 
CUTTERS 
AND SHREDDERS 
FOR ENSILAGE A DRY 
fodder. Also Latest 
Improvements in Car¬ 
riers. HARDER MFG. CO., COBLESKILL, n. T. 
Here’s the Power 
that’s simple and efficient and reliable. Not the 
whimsical wind or the unreliable gas 
engine. It’s steam and it’s 
A Leffel Engine 
After all others are tried out you come back to 
steam for ensilage and feed cut¬ 
ting, sawing, grinding, etc. Leffel 
is the line adapted to all 
farm uses. Many 
styles, horizon¬ 
tal and upright, 
all of same ef¬ 
ficiency. Quick 
steaming power 
that’s sure and 
equal to every 
duty. “Leffel 
quality.” Write 
for large free 
catalogue. 
The James 
Lelfel 
& Co., 
Box 146, 
Springfield, O 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Empties its 
kettle in one minute. The simplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also mnke Dairy and 
Laundry Sfovea, Water and Steam 
Jacket Kettles, Hog Scaldera, Cal¬ 
drons, etc. a?- Send lor circulars. 
D. It. SJPERIiY & CO.. Batavia, 111. 
