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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 17 
A SEPARATOR ON WHEELS. _ 
The papers often contain an account of 
some man in the West who has fitted a 
separator on a wagon and goes from farm 
to farm separating milk as desired—haul¬ 
ing the cream to a creamery. Is it prob¬ 
able that these reports are true? It is 
easy to see how such a thing would sim¬ 
plify the cream-gathering business, but 
we do not see just how a separator could 
be worked to advantage under such con¬ 
ditions. 
We do not know here of the portable 
skimming station to which you make 
reference. This is not new, however, as 
you know. There have been a number 
of attempts of the kind before. Beard 
Bros., of Decorah, Iowa, were about the 
first, we think, to attempt it. They put 
out several wagons, using one of our 
dairy steam turbine machines with a 
small boiler, and one of the Beards took 
out a patent on an adjustable balancing 
device for the separator, and also on the 
combination outfit thus employed. They 
sent these wagons about from farm to 
farm, and considered the scheme a suc¬ 
cess. Soon after instituting it, how¬ 
ever, they were forced into liquidation, 
and their business went to pieces. This 
was seven or eight years ago we believe. 
As to the practicability of the project, 
it is all right in theory, but we have 
never looked upon it as practical, 
though it is only fair to say that we 
have not given it serious consideration. 
It is absolutely necessary, as you may 
know, that a separator stands at perfect 
level when in use. This is difficult to 
arrange quickly with an outfit of this 
kind, and we think there would be a 
great deal of wear on a machine carted 
about in such a manner, as well as a 
material impairment of the thorough¬ 
ness of separation under the conditions 
of use. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 
We do not know of a single case 
where this has ever been tried where it 
proved satisfactory. For several years 
past we have had occasional inquiries 
from parties who purposed trying this 
plan, but we do not know of a single one 
that has operated it. In the first place, 
the separator would have to be leveled 
up every time it was used, as in opera¬ 
tion the separator must stand perfectly 
level; furthermore, the different pat¬ 
rons’ milk would all be getting cold 
while the separator was being taken 
from patron to patron, and good close 
skimming would thus be well nigh im¬ 
possible. The time required in going 
from place to place and leveling up the 
machine and getting it in shape to op¬ 
erate would be considerable; in fact, as 
much, if not more time, would be con¬ 
sumed in going from farm to farm as 
would be required in the process of sep¬ 
aration. Different adjustments of the 
cream screw might also be necessary 
among different herds of cattle, and 
when such different adjustments of the 
machine were advantageous or desir¬ 
able you will at once readily see how it 
would still further complicate matters. 
Another great disadvantage would be 
the impossibility of providing a good 
firm foundation for the separator when 
mounted on a spring wagon, unless of a 
special construction, so that the plat¬ 
form of the same could be shored up in 
some way. A separator, in order to do 
good work at the high speed necessary, 
must set on a good solid foundation; 
otherwise it is impossible to produce 
the best results with it. Again, carting 
a machine like a cream separator con¬ 
stantly about over roads more or less 
rough would necessarily disturb the ad¬ 
justment. We do not believe it would 
be possible to keep any cream separator 
that was ever built in good adjustment 
under those conditions. Other objection¬ 
able features might be named, but we 
think the above are enough, and more 
than enough, to deter anyone from wast¬ 
ing his money on an investment of that 
kind. V. M. SlIARPLES. 
We have heard from several different 
persons in regard to an attempt to carry 
a separator around in a wagon from 
place to place, separate the cream at 
farmers’ houses, and then carry the 
cream on to the creamery. We know of 
one man to whom we sold a separator 
who attempted this plan, but so far we 
do not know of its having been a suc¬ 
cess. It looks practical, and ought to 
be feasible, except that it is necessary to 
have the separator set level, and this is 
not always easy to do, because of its 
being impossible to get the wagon al¬ 
ways level, but if the operator will ex¬ 
ercise some ingenuity, so as to enable 
him to level his separator quickly at 
each place, we cannot see why it is not 
entirely practical, using a gasoline en¬ 
gine for the purpose. Our judgment is 
that it would be much more satisfactory 
for each farmer to have his own separ¬ 
ator and separate the milk fresh from 
the cows. The conditions of separation 
would then be much more satisfactory, 
and the farmer would have his skim- 
milk'warm and ready to feed to his 
calves and hogs just at the time that he 
desired it most. The only feature that 
we see to recommend the arrangement 
is to save the farmer the expense of 
purchasing a separator, but we consider 
this would be more than offset by the 
advantage of having a separator to sep¬ 
arate the milk fresh from the cows, and 
have the skim-milk ready for feeding at 
just the proper time. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. 
Fow/s With a Cold. 
What shall I do for a disease which has 
Shown itself for the first time this Sum¬ 
mer among my poultry? It affects both 
this season’s chicks and the yearlings. 
A sudden and very pronounced swelling 
around one or both eyes, and within 12 
hours a sudden drooping and death. As 
there is no other pronounced symptoms 
except the swelling at the eyes, no dis¬ 
charge from nostrils, offensive odor, etc., 
and as a generally healthy condition, with 
good appetite, seems to continue until the 
time of sudden drooping, it does not ap¬ 
pear to be roup. The poultry have a 
thoroughly clean and roomy house, ample 
dust baths and grit, and the range of the 
whole farm of 70 acres, including orchard, 
and meadow with running water. s. w. 
West Chester, Pa. 
The symptoms of fowls, as described, 
would indicate, apparently, a cold which 
is liable to develop into roup. This 
Summer has been especially trying for 
poultry, owing to sudden changes in 
temperature, extremes of heat and cold, 
dry and wet. These birds are probably 
sufferers from overheated quarters the 
first half and underheated ones the lat¬ 
ter half of the night. I would advise 
dissolving an ounce of chlorate of pot¬ 
ash in one quart of warm water, and 
give them a teaspoonful twice a day. 
Examine their nostrils and squeeze 
them to see if any liquid matter comes 
out. If so, inject a few drops of kero¬ 
sene and sweet oil mixed in equal pro¬ 
portion*. F. E. w. 
Eggs in October. 
I do not know of any reliable method 
of forcing hens so that they will lay in 
October. Some hens, fed a fairly nitro¬ 
genous ration containing considerable 
old-process linseed meal, finished moult¬ 
ing earlier than others having a ration 
containing considerable starchy and 
fatty foods. After hens have begun to 
moult I should feed a liberal and rather 
narrow ration containing animal food 
and some nitrogenous grain foods mixed 
with the ordinary grains, and feed this 
ration also for a few weeks before 
moulting. Perhaps it may be found of 
advantage to feed a lighter and less 
stimulating ration until laying is dis¬ 
continued. With Leghorns it has al¬ 
ways been easier to secure the October 
eggs from early pullets, the nens very 
seldom laying until late in November, 
probably because they continue laying 
late in Summer. On the other hand. 
Cochin hens, which are hardly to be 
considered with the Leghorns for gen¬ 
eral laying, have often laid well during 
October, beginning even in September 
and continuing through the Winter. I 
have had hens of Game and Asiatic 
blood lay well in the Pall. So far as my 
personal experience with old hens goes 
I am inclined to the opinion that best 
results can be secured from the Ameri¬ 
can, or possibly some of the Asiatic 
breeds in October eggs, but I would 
rather depend on Leghorn pullets. I be¬ 
lieve that early moulting, an essential 
with hens which are to lay in the Fall, 
is largely an individual characteristic, 
and that improvement can be made by 
selection in breeding, w. p. wheeler. 
Food for Peacocks. 
What Is the proper food for peacocks, 
young and old; also care required? 
Marquette, Mich. h. a. b. 
From what I have learned from breed¬ 
ers of peacocks the food and care should 
be much the same as for young turkeys. 
They are even greater wanderers than 
turkeys, and must have plenty of range 
to do well, and they will gather their 
own food to a great extent. j. e. s. 
Mixed Crops in the Silo. 
Is it a wise plan to mix Soy beans, cow 
peas or similar crops with the corn when 
filling the silo? In theory this ought to 
give a better quality of silage, but is it 
practical? 
In my opinion it would not be wise to 
try to balance the silage ration by mix¬ 
ing cow peas and beans with the corn 
silage in the silo. My experience with 
trying to silo liighly nitrogenous plants 
has been far from satisfactory. Then, 
too, usually the beans and peas are not 
at the proper stage for silaging when 
the corn is in the best condition. We 
have tried not only cow peas and Soy 
beans, but Canada field peas. The lat¬ 
ter give better results than the former, 
but all are far from satisfactory. Corn 
is the great silage plant and ever must 
be—easily raised, seed costing but lit¬ 
tle, yield large and the crop serves to 
clean the land when properly tilled. Far 
better silo corn alone and balance up 
the ration with cotton-seed meal, bran 
or other nitrogenous concentrated foods. 
Then, too, a ton of cotton-seed meal or 
bran can be purchased nearly as cheap¬ 
ly as can a like amount of nitrogenous 
foods be raised, and since these meals 
and brans are concentrated and quickly 
digestible, they are much to be preferred 
to coarse or unconcentrated nitrogenous 
forage plants. So many have practiced 
balancing the silage ration by mixing 
carbonaceous and nitrogenous plants to¬ 
gether, and have abandoned this prac¬ 
tice, that it seems hardly worth while 
to experiment along this line even in a 
small way. [Prof.] i. p. Roberts. 
“I.S Crimson clover hay a safe feed for 
live stock, especially horses?” Yes—the 
editor of The R. N.-Y. to the contrary 
notwithstanding. I have been feeding 
Crimson clover hay to five horses three 
times a day for 10 months, not only “with¬ 
out injury”—but with the most satisfactory 
results. I prefer it to Timothy—or any¬ 
thing else—for horses. 
Delaware. Joseph e. Holland. 
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