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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 14 
HOLSTEIN BREEDERS TALK. 
Are Holstein breeders generally satisfied 
with the results in the Model Dairy at Buf¬ 
falo? Should the value of the skim-milk 
be added to record of each cow, and if 
so, why? 
Our opinion ie that a cow should be 
credited with all that she produces, and 
hence we think the Holsteins would 
have made a better showing in the 
Model Dairy, for they gave much more 
milk, and the skim-milk, fed to Holstein 
calves or even to pigs, would have been 
quite an amount in this case. 
East Claridon, 0. knapp & pierce. 
I do not find the Holstein people dis¬ 
satisfied with the results or the system 
and management of the Model Dairy 
test, as they had prizes giving credit for 
total products, and which you will note 
were won by Holsteins, which shows 
that the Holsteins are the most profit¬ 
able for farmers to keep, as they not 
only made the most profit in total pro¬ 
ducts, but also made largest net gain in 
weight. The only objection which I can 
make, and which is made by the ma¬ 
jority of Holstein breeders, is the man¬ 
ner in which those results were publish¬ 
ed, as the column for total products was 
always omitted. You will note that the 
prize for net gain in total solids was 
won by Holsteins by a net profit of $26.44 
and the prize for net profit in total solids 
and gain in live weight was also won 
by Holsteins by a net profit of $31.63. 
Prizes for net profit in butter fat were 
won by Guernseys by a net profit of 
$4.66, and prizes for net profit in churn¬ 
ed butter were also won by the Guern¬ 
seys at a net profit of $5.86. This not 
only shows that Holsteins are the most 
valuable “all-purpose cows,” but also 
that Holsteins are the only “dual-pur¬ 
pose cows.” W. JI. BEXMNCKR. 
Benningers, Pa. 
In simple justice, as long as every 
pound of food the cow consumes is 
charged to her, why should she not be 
credited with every cent’s worth of her 
product which has a distinct market 
value? Skim-milk is selling in the 
Cleveland market at 55 and 60 cents per 
10-gallon can. There is a demand upon 
Dellhurst Farm for more than they can 
produce at 40 cents delivered on the 
cars in Cleveland; it costs us 15 cents 
per can to deliver. We think the only 
fair way to make a comparison of the 
business value, without prejudice as to 
the breed of cattle, is to charge them 
with all they consume and credit them 
with every cent they produce. The test 
of the value of butter fat is what it can 
be sold for on the market, and skim- 
milk should be judged on the same basis. 
Perhaps this is putting my favorite 
breed, the noble black and white, on too 
cold a business basis; but it seems to 
me eventually they must stand or fall 
accordingly. ir. b. van ceeve. 
Mentor, 0._ 
MARKET VALUE OF FEEDING STUFFS. 
How do we determine the value of the 
component parts of a ration (separately)? 
What is the market value of the protein, 
carbohydrates and fat as shown in the 
table in The R. N.-Y. of November 2? If 
I knew the price per pound on the various 
elements, I could use the feeding tables 
more intelligently. G. h. t. 
Bloomington, Ind. 
There is no market value in the ordi¬ 
nary sense, placed on the protein in a 
feeding material, or carbohydrates and 
fat. Chemists, however, on the basis of 
numerous feeding trials and chemical 
analyses, regard the digestible protein 
in one feeding stuff to be of the same 
value pound for pound with that in an¬ 
other feeding stuff. In the same way, 
the carbohydrates in one feed have the 
same food value that those in some other 
feed have. There is no market value, 
however, for a pound of protein, al¬ 
though those foods richest in protein are 
nearly always the highest priced. The 
market value of a food is largely based 
on its abundance. For example, when 
bran is very abundant, and other feed¬ 
ing stuffs quite common, bran will be 
cheap. I have bought it in Lafayette, 
Ind., for as low as $8 a ton. Now, how¬ 
ever, it is scarce, and is $20 a ton. Fur¬ 
ther, the price of bran seems to have no 
essential relationship to a large or small 
wheat crop. Several experiment sta¬ 
tions, notably those of Connecticut, Ver¬ 
mont and Wisconsin, have endeavored 
to place a money value on the nutrients 
in concentrated feeding stuffs, but thus 
far no satisfactory results have come 
from this. As Henry says in his work 
on “Feeds and Feeding”: “At present 
it is impossible to state the value of one 
feeding stuff in terms of another, from 
calculations based upon the nutrients 
contained in each.” We do know, how¬ 
ever, that if 1,000 pounds of cornmeal 
contain 80 pounds of digestible protein 
for an animal, and 1,000 pounds of glu¬ 
ten meal 250 pounds, then the latter con¬ 
tains three times the feeding value of 
the former so far as protein goes. In 
such a case, where there is so much dif¬ 
ference, the one having the least protein 
contains the most carbohydrates, so it is 
necessary to consider the other nutrients 
besides protein, if buying in the mar¬ 
ket. It, however, is quite well under¬ 
stood that those foods containing the 
most protein have their greatest value 
for producing lean meal or muscle, or 
milk, or supplying work, while the car¬ 
bohydrates and fat have their chief 
values in fattening. Protein foods are 
also of great value for growing animals 
that are not to be fattened, or for breed¬ 
ing animals. But as I have said before, 
wc have no satisfactory money stand¬ 
ard to establish uniform food values by. 
The feeding value of foods was origin¬ 
ally determined through feeding experi¬ 
ments on animals. Samples of the foods 
used were first analyzed by the chemist, 
and later the manures and excretion 
carefully collected and analyzed. The 
gains in weight or in animal product 
showed the amounts of digestible nu¬ 
trients in the food, after deducting the 
losses in excretion from the original 
food analyzed. From such analyses and 
experiments our feeding tables have 
been prepared. c. s. plumb. 
The Winter Lamb. 
Following is an interview with Clark 
Allis, who has made a success of this 
business: 
How long have you been raising early 
lambs? 
I always liked sheep, and have been 
at it since I was a boy 10 years old. Of 
course I have tried many breeds. From 
Henry Stewart’s book I got the idea 
that the Tunis would be good for Spring 
lambs, as there was no difficulty in get¬ 
ting them to breed early, and I have 
found them by far the best of any breed 
tried. 
How do they compare with Shrop- 
shires? 
The Tunis is an ordinary farm sheep, 
and has not been fitted for exhibition 
purposes so thoroughly. It is in raising 
early lambs that they show their true 
worth. We killed eight lambs for New 
York Thanksgiving trade. Six were 
Shropshires and two Tunis grades. The 
Tunis had as much fat on one caul and 
kidney as two of the Shropshires. All 
of the lambs had been on good pasture, 
and only one, a Shropshire, had had any 
grain. 
How about Dorsets? 
I used them for several years, but a 
comparative test with the Tunis showed 
that the latter brought from $1.50 to $2 
more per head. I now have about 60 
Tunis, the fattest lambs I ever saw to¬ 
gether, and neither they nor the ewes 
have had any grain. I never saw a Tunis 
grade that was not fat on his kidneys, 
and that is what sells a Spring lamb. 
How are they for wool? 
Tunis wool brings the highest price of 
any I produce. 
How do they compare in live and 
dressed weight with others? 
In lambs of the same live weight a 
Tunis will dress from two to four, and, 
in case of fine wool lambs, six to eight 
pounds of the highest quality of mutton 
more than any other breed I have tested. 
Breeders’ Directory 
JERSEY BULL 
Yearline—resrlBtered, from a jjreat show cow: al¬ 
most faultless, by a prodnc’ng sire. Farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, iW Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
123 HOLSTEINSn.:; 
DHLLHUR8T FARMS. Mentor. Ohio. 
"CHDR SALE!—Thoroughbred 
r holstein-fkiesian cattle 
of the best families 
reasonable prices 
Also, 30 high-bred Bulls at 
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—PURBBRBD HOLSTBIN-FRIESIANS 
from best families. Two registered 
bulls ready for service and bull calves. Also have 
purebred BERKSHIRE SWINE and SCOTCH 
COLLIE PUPS at low figures. Write for breeding 
and prices. W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
Notes from MHk Producers. 
Skimming station paid producers for the 
month of October 90 cents to $1 per 100 
pounds, station returning sKim-milk to 
producers. The milk shipping station paid 
94 cents net per 40-quart can for October; 
November they pay $1.05. About 75 cans 
are handled daily by shipping stations. 
Our creamery has not been rebuilt. Oats 
held firm at 45 cents per bushel; yield very 
light and very inferior in quality. Corn, 
60 cents per bushel; wheat bran, $21; wheat 
middlings, $22; gluten. $36: hay $8 to $10 
per ton; stock generally in good condition. 
Cows are selling for $25 to $35; sheep, $2 
to $3 per head; lambs, 3Vi cents per pound; 
choice or extra, four cents per pound. 
Many farmers are selling inelr entire flock 
with the v'iew of going Into the dairy 
business. M. d. w. 
Spencer, N. Y. 
The milk from this locality is all shipped 
to New York and to the Borden Conden- 
sery at New Berlin. At our station at 
River Forks we have a contract with the 
Mutual Milk & Cream Co. of New York, 
fo: six months beginning October 1. The 
price for October, February and March is 
2Vi cents per quart; for November and 
January, 24^ cents, and December, 2% 
cents. At present there are about 95 cans 
per day received and shipped. They pay 
monthly on or before the 10th of each 
month. Cows are in good condition and 
fodder plenty; some hay is being baled and 
shipped from this section. Feed of all 
kinds is very high; cornmeal, $26 per ton; 
hominy and gluten, $25; bran, $22. Farm 
hands are geting from $13 to $15 per month 
and board and washing, the farmers are 
w’ondering what the end will be. 
Unadilla Forks, N. Y. h. p. c. 
The milk business is conducted about the 
same as last reported. We are shipping 
from Stanton Station about 15 cans daily. 
The majority of this goes to Berth Amboy. 
The price received is $1.20 per 40-quart can 
(net to the shipper) for the six Winter 
months. The shipping station at Sunny- 
side is operated by James Wyckoff, who 
also operates a station at Clinton, the 
same shipping from 15 to 20 cans daily. 
The producers patrons of the shipping 
station receive New York Exenange price, 
less one-half cent per quart as station 
charges. Cows will go into Winter quart¬ 
ers in good condition generally. The price 
of feed is high; corn and oats feed, $1.35 
per 100 pounds; bran, $20 ner ton; shorts, 
$24; brewer’s grains, 26 cents per 100, 
which makes the price of milk too low 
when compared with the price of feed. J. 
B. Anderson, one of our progressive dairy¬ 
men, is laying the foundation foi a new 
house on the top of the mountain to cor¬ 
respond with the round barn erected three 
years ago. The place is known as Rock¬ 
land Farm. He has a herd of 30 grade 
Jerseys. w. A. 
Stanton, N. J. 
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.splints.contracted cord,thrush, 
grease heel, etc., by treating 
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the worst spavins that I ever saw on a horse^ and it entirely cured 
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TUTTLE’S FAMILY ELIXIR cures rheumiitlsm, sprains, 
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Beware of so-called Elixirs—none genuine but Tuttle’s. 
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Can You 
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Nbw Yobk. 
lorCOU PII1°>onthB; solid color. No further 
JcluCJ DUN use. Good size; dam 14-lb cow; sire 
better; kind & fine: won 6 prizes. Cheap: writeatonce 
Mammotli Bronze7m„e"kT,ii,‘‘6T:l?p“, 
—3 sows, farrowed 39 pigs. 
Prolific Swine 
Send 2-c. stamp for illust'd catalogue, history, etc. 
C. E. CHAPMAN, Peruvllle, N. Y. 
TC fortop Poland-China sow, bred for Spring. 
vZui I 0 These are the mellow, easy keepers. 
Reg. P. ewnas, BcrKsliires 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. 
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Light Brahmas and White Plymouth 
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a shipper of Fine Poultry. J. A. Roberts, Malvern. Pa 
Choice Barred and Buff P Recks; 
lOr wfllC also White and Silver Wyandottes. 
Price reasonable. Du. 8 C. MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
BIRQAiNS 
—200 cockerels at $1 each. Buff 
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