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tmm rural nkw-yorker. 
August 3 
and Dairy 
DAIRY NOTES. 
Late Haying. —On July 15 haying was 
in progress, with the outlook that the 
fcrbt) ki bUr ifflfflediate locality f]|^rhaps 
i might ih'ciudfe ttis hortilern tofk 
section) will be a very satiskctOr^ 
growth. 'Every spear, however, that 
stands later than July 4 has been stead¬ 
ily losing value. We need a revolution 
in our nations of haying. When we dis¬ 
cuss feeding we place especial stress 
On the concentrates; what kinds to feed, 
kbW much tb feed, lirliat to bii^ diid hbW 
and tVhen tb btiy, -vi^lieh the hay really 
iS the rdbst iinportaht iteih, that iS; 
where hay constitutes the bulk of th6 
coarse food. Every observing feeder has 
noticed how quickly the cows responded 
at the pail when a change was made, 
either by accident or design, from poor 
hay to good hay, and yet we go on year 
after year, waiting for the grass to get 
‘‘sbhie stlbstahce*’ before chtting. We 
ought not to need the chemist to helb 
us out. Our flow of milk always keeps 
up until about June 20 to 25 in this lati¬ 
tude, provided always that food is in 
abundance. The shrinkage, if it comes, 
does so not from lack of “substance,” 
but from lack of iiounds. 
Late Cut Qbass.— At about the 
time this so-called “substance” begins 
to shots- up, if the milk flow is kept at 
fthyWhei-e near a normal one, the con¬ 
centrates must be poured in, and quite 
liberally, too. We have not reached per- 
fec^tion yet on our farms, having to cut 
after July 15 to flnish, but the extreme¬ 
ly late wet Spring pushed everything 
away from us. We made a commence¬ 
ment June 23, and had six days in suc¬ 
cession without a drop of rain, perfect 
hay weather. We secured 75 tons of as 
nice clover hay as a man could wish on 
one farm. It won’t require 10 or 12 
pounds of protein food next Winter to 
get milk with such hay, fed with corn 
silage. The protein question which we 
have so frequently alluded to as a burn¬ 
ing dairy problem, may be partially 
solved at least by a more determined ef¬ 
fort to cut grass and not hay. It Is not 
done by simply writing or reading about 
it. With the increased corn acreage 
over former years, and the labor in¬ 
volved in caring for it during the month 
of June every year, and this year two 
weeks more must be added, before the 
cultivators can be laid aside, there are 
two avenues of escape; more labor or 
less corn! Corn we must have. 
The Labor Problem is not always 
solved so easily. If the dairy farmer 
who buys feed will stop with his load 
and flgure with a one-cent pencil he will 
soon surprise himself by finding out that 
a ton of bran, costing $18, and feeding 
30 cows 10 days, will hire a man in hay¬ 
ing for 10 days, or a much better plan, 
hire him for nearly three weeks before 
haying, and get other work out of the 
way, permitting the regular farm labor 
to do this haying job, which always 
costs more per day than other farm 
labor. We are therefore prepared to get 
in from 40 to 50 tons of early-cut hay 
that may lack “subsitance,” but cows fed 
upon it will not only make milk, but 
keep in condition as well. This 40 tons 
of hay will, to a most obstinate farmer, 
be considered worth $1 a ton more, I 
say $2, and it can be demonstrated any 
time with a good dairy cow in a warm 
barn in midwinter. This $18 investment 
in labor has returned us therefore a 
pretty good interest. 
Think of This.— The man who for¬ 
gets to put in the draw-bolt never starts 
his load, although it is a small piece of 
round iron weighing not over one pound. 
It would be false economy to spare the 
money to buy this bolt under the cap¬ 
tion of frugality. Much false economy 
is practiced every day on the farm, and 
a lack of labor at a critical time may be 
truly classed as one form. Some days 
a man can earn $1.50 if we are only wise 
enotigh td have him ready on the right 
day. We haVfe lievfer been stingy with 
labor; in fact, it has beeii a friendly 
neighborly criticism that we hired twice 
the men necessary, and if one were look¬ 
ing for extra men he would no doubt 
find them at Ckmk’s, and sure enough I 
have wondered where they all got their 
pay, but While it has been a hard rub 
the machine still rllhs. It is too late to 
cut hay in June this year; 1 only hope 
that every dairy farmet Who reads this 
will begin a careful study of hay valUeSj 
and study from now until next June on 
how to get the farm word dovetailed, 
and haying for northern latitudes out of 
the way before we celebrate our inde¬ 
pendence. One point more. The clover 
stands large enough as I write to cut a 
small swath upon the early-cut field, 
and with occasional showers will again 
cut a fine crop in September of one ton 
of cured fodder to the acre, and with 
abundant rains must exceed this 
amount. Do you know of anything bet¬ 
ter in the Fall months than second- 
growth clover and grasses, which are 
always worth more on a dairy farm to 
feed than for manure and mulch? The 
ordinary pasturing of meadows as prac¬ 
ticed is no more or less than criminal 
farm practice, but the feeding of a fine 
second growth is a good business propo¬ 
sition, and we practice it. 
Grain and Grass. —^With the heavy 
growth of green forage crops I was quite 
determined not to feed any grain feeds 
this Summer, feeding not only liberally 
but lavishly of oats and peas, but the 
cows could not eat enough of it. We 
have therefore commenced with a grain 
ration of four pounds a day, two pounds 
middlings, one pound ground oats, and 
one pound dried brewers’ grains. This 
small ration seemed to fill a demand. 
The milk shrinkage was checked and a 
slight gain recorded, not quite enough 
to pay for the extra food. Before feed¬ 
ing oats and peas Alfalfa and other 
clover was fed for two weeks. When 
the change was made a noticeable 
shrinkage took place. The oats and peas 
are so very rank that it is a physical im¬ 
possibility for a cow to get dry matter 
enough out of them. It is dry matter 
she must have, provided it comes in the 
right form. The smaller growth of Al¬ 
falfa gave more dry matter and prob¬ 
ably a little more protein. We shall 
soon change back from oats and peas to 
the second cutting of Alfalfa. We shall 
then be able to give results again. 
Enough dry matter in an easily digest¬ 
ible form we must have. The short pas¬ 
ture grasses are concentrated goodness. 
The oats and peas do not contain as 
much easily-digested dry matter, hence 
the animal demands the extra grain ra¬ 
tion. 
Germ Life is now in Its most active 
growth. Every source of contamination 
needs attention. A fruitful medium Is 
found in the low, wet, marshy places 
where cows are wont to stand these hot 
days. Stagnant water and animal ex¬ 
creta combine to make a most favorable 
breeding ground. Every handler of milk 
is familiar with the barnyard flavor, so 
called. The germ gets on to the flanks 
and udders. The udder appears clean, 
and the milker soon has germs and milk 
combined. The very rapid development 
causes trouble the next day. This is one 
of the germ flavors we find so diflacult 
to destroy with lactic acid. It will still 
remain in cheese after curing as pro¬ 
nounced as when first developed in the 
curd. A double furrow through the cen¬ 
ter of a stvampy place, and then one fur¬ 
row plowed in the subsoil, will drain out 
these objectionable places, and do away 
v/ith the trouble, and more, the cows 
will not drink this stagnant water, 
which is detrimental to health. I do not 
think the effect will be noticeable in the 
milk to such a degree as we have been 
wont to believe, the trouble being an 
external one, by open contact, 
Milk Troubles. —^The troubles with 
milk occasioned by food and water are 
rare. The troubles arising from germ 
contact after milking are not rare. I 
know of no way from a business stand¬ 
point to deal with these problems but 
to put milk at a temperature where the 
germs will not develop. It is gratifying 
to note the change of sentiment from 
Pasteurization instead of towards it— 
obtaining the same or more satisfactoiy 
results by refrigeration and sanitation. 
We might cite the great interest and 
spreading activity for farm separators 
in the creamery sections. I believe this 
sj^tem is well grounded upon a right 
principle, viz., that of reducing at once 
the volume of corruptible matter and 
placing the comparatively small amount 
of cream at once under low tempera¬ 
tures. It seems to me that the success 
must depend upon this idea as a founda¬ 
tion principle. The great milk-shipping 
interests of New York fully understand 
the necessity of getting the milk into 
cold water at once after milking. I have 
studied the care given to milk for New 
York shipment, and the attention given 
to milk peddled in our small villages 
with the firm conviction, backed up b/ 
drinking milk in New York and nearly 
every town in our State, that New York¬ 
ers get better milk than the small coun¬ 
try towns and cities, a’though trans¬ 
ported from 100 to nearly 400 miles. 
Immediate refrigeration is responsible. 
I am earnestly looking forward to the 
time when milk for cheese making wi 1 
receive the same treatment accorded to 
milk for long shipment. This may in 
part answer a question from a friend in 
the cheese section of western New York 
to give some rules for care of milk for 
cheese making. Briefly, after milking 
cool the milk as rapidly as possible to 
60 degrees, and keep it there until the 
maker gets 'it. If this is done, the morn¬ 
ing’s milk may go unmixed, without 
cooling at all. ii. e. cook. 
Crimson Clover Hay for Horses. 
Is Crimson clover hay a safe feed for 
live stock, especially horses? When Is the 
best time to cut and cure it? h. c. c. m. 
A number of cases are reported from 
Delaware where horses were killed by 
eating Crimson clover hay. This hay 
was too ripe before It was cut. When 
over-ripe the long head of Crimson is 
covered with hard sharp hooks or 
spines. In the cases mentioned, large 
hard balls were found in the stomachs 
of the horses, and it is supposed that 
they were formed around these over¬ 
ripe clover heads. We have fed the hay 
to horses without injury, but would pre¬ 
fer to feed It to cows. We prefer to cut 
the clover just before the bloom Is at Its 
best. Crimson clover is not very satis¬ 
factory as a hay crop, for it must be cut 
at a time when we are pretty sure to 
have rain. _ 
When you write advertisers mention The 
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For 
Spavins, 
Ringbono 
Splints, 
Curbs, 
and all forms of 
Lameness, 
bunches or bony 
ezUargementfl* 
. Jan. 17th, 1900. 
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can say that it haa (riven entire satisfaction} aa a spavin cure it 
has no equal. Yours very respectfully, JAMES F. McQUADE* 
As a liniment for family use it has no equal. Price $!•, 
•lx for *6. Ask your druggist for Kendall’s SpaTln ture; 
also “A Treatise on the Horse,’’ 
OR. B. J. KENDALL CO., ENOSBURG FALLS, VT. 
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JERSEY BULL 
Yearling—registered, from a great show cow; al¬ 
most faultless, by a producing sire. Farmer’s price 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg. Pa. 
123 HOLSTEINSrc. 
DELLHURST FARMS, Mentor. Ohio. 
rUlf wALC Registered Bulls ready for service 
Also Bull Calves. All of above from best families. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull 
ready for service, and a fine lot of Bull Calves. Best 
of breedlLg, and from deep producing families. 
C. K. RECORD, Peterboro, N. T. 
F or sale—T horoughbred 
IlOLSTMN-FKIESIAN CATTLIS 
of the best families. Also, 30 high-bred BnUs at 
rt isonable prices. Write the MAPLES STOCK 
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legistered Holstein-Friesian Bull 
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Calves for sale cheap. From seven to one 
month old. Large, handsome, nicely marked 
individuals. Sire Dora DeKol's Count ‘JST.iT, bred by 
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choicest dams. Inquire P. B. MCLENNAN. 
Ischtia, Cattaraugus County, N. Y. 
QrQlfQUinEQ—Best quality and breeding. 
DCnAdnillCd Imported sire. Ohio Farm, 
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Reg. P. Chinas, Berkahirea 
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8 weeks old, mated not akin. 
Bred Sows and Service Boars. 
Poultry. Write for hard Umu 
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This cow 
WBS aUrror 
to milk 
- prior to 
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ecDts worth Shoo-Fly. Had it been 
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