1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
483 
BRIEF DAIRY NOTES. 
Late last Summer we were feeding the 
cows fresh mown rowen in the barn nights, 
and Saturday struck into the best piece 
we had and brought in enough for two 
feeds. While feeding that night we 
thought what an extra good treat we were 
giving them of rich clover just in blos¬ 
som, but soon noticed that none of them 
scarcely was eating it, just smelling of it 
and quietly turning up their noses, and 
there it stayed until we cleaned out the 
mangers in the morning. This was a new 
proposition, but we remembered we had 
given this field a heavy coat of manure as 
soon as the first cutting of hay was taken 
off, and the grass was probably tainted by 
it. We had to take it all out of the barn 
and cure it and the rest of the field for 
hay. Something new turns up every day. 
We were recently handed the annual 
statement of the Simsbury, Conn., Cream¬ 
ery. This is one of the smaller co-oper : 
ative creameries, which does a small but 
safe business. There are 64 patrons fur¬ 
nishing cream, and these keep a total of 
about 600 cow. They were paid for but¬ 
ter fat 28 1-12 cents per pound, receiving a 
total of $28,614.39. Total expense for 
making, which includes collecting cream, 
making butter, delivery of same, collec¬ 
tions and management was V/\ cents per 
pound, which is much below the average. 
The cows averaged to make 212 pounds 
of butter each per year. This seems small, 
but is considerably above our State aver¬ 
age, and is very good for the average run 
of dairies. 
Every Spring he gets the “moving 
fever.” If a renter he hunts up a new 
place, or if he has bought the farm he sees 
glorious chances in some new place, and 
sells at a sacrifice in order to try a new 
field. These moves cost a lot of money 
and time, and when he gets fairly settled 
and the hang of the farm he pulls up 
again. He has to have new machinery 
every time he moves. Often has to raise 
crops with which he is not familiar, and 
has to hunt up new customers; all this to 
satisfy that insatiable greed for change. 
I have considerable respect for the man 
who wouldn’t sell his home, though of¬ 
fered twice what its market value would 
seem to be. 
We were offered a car of rape seed 
meal with a guaranteed analysis of 23 
per cent protein and seven per cent fat, 
which is just the same as genuine Buffalo 
gluten feed. The price was reasonable 
and the sample looked good and tasted 
good, although we don’t take much stock 
in tasting feeds; prefer to let the old cow 
do that. Looks, feels and tastes similar 
to linseed meal, so we were interested, 
and looked it up in our books on feeding. 
Not a word could we find concerning its 
use and value and so tried our experiment 
station. They report its being used in 
Germany; could not find of its being used 
here; that it resembles oil meal; that cows 
do not take to it readily, but have to be 
“broke in;” that if fed in quantities larger 
than three pounds per day it is liable to 
taint milk; also that it is frequently adul¬ 
terated with mustard seed. We should 
really like to try it, but- 
He lives in town, has a little land, and 
keeps two or three fine Jersey cows. He 
came to the house the other day and said: 
“I want a load of good early cut hay.” 
We had to tell him that we needed all of 
that kind for our own use; that we had 
hay, choice bright Timothy, but that was 
not the kind he was looking after. He 
wanted hay for milk, and knew that kind 
didn t have milk in it. We told him that 
no good farmer would sell him his best 
early-cut hay. He said: “The trouble 
with most of them is they don’t know what 
real early-cut hay is. They let it stand 
until it s almost ready to fall down before 
they cut it. Hay cut in July and August 
isn’t early-cut hay. T bought a load of a 
man that he called early, but cows shrunk 
up right off.” You can’t fool the cows, 
even if you can deceive their owner. 
Names of Feeds.—I have received the 
following letter from R. W. Chapin, Buf¬ 
falo, N. Y.: 
We note your article in The R. N.-Y., 
wondering why feeds are put out under so 
many different names. The reason is plain. 
When a man sells gluten feed or distillers’ 
grains the price on his article of manufacture 
is immediately set by any worthless or in¬ 
ferior article which sells under the same 
general name. Our Ajax Flakes, Merchants’ 
and Manhattan feeds are so branded be¬ 
cause the manufacturers won't sell their 
goods except under their own brands, and 
are all what is known as “alcohol” grains, 
in which the starch is taken from the corn, 
leaving the highest content of protein. 
There are other distillers’ grains, ranging 
from 16 to 28 per cent protein, according to 
whether they are made of rye, barley and 
other cereals as well as corn, and some 
manufacturers mix high-grade grains with 
the low grade. You can see if the manufac¬ 
turer did not put a proprietary name on his 
feed he would be at the mercy of any un¬ 
scrupulous seller, notwithstanding all the 
feed laws. h. G. MANCHESTER. 
A PLEA FOR THE OLD HORSE. 
This last Winter I frequently saw an 
old horse, lame and stiffened by years of 
hard work, turned out to pick his living 
in the cold and snow-covered fields. No 
shelter had lie by night, no feed but what 
he picked. He had been some one’s faith¬ 
ful servant for years, but now of no more 
service. There was no one to care for 
him. I pitied him, but could not aid. But 
it made me think more kindly of our old 
Jake, and resolved never to turn him out 
in like manner in his old days. Jake was 
born on our farm 20 or more years ago. 
He started to work for us when he was 
three years old. Worked three days only, 
then he started to take my two girls to 
school, aged 12 and eight years. It 
seemed quite a risky thing to do to drive 
a colt that had been driven only that little 
time and only once alone. Some said: 
“Davis is a fool to trust his girls with a 
colt that way.” But I believed Jake to 
be honest and trusty. He did not disap¬ 
point me. For five years Jake took the 
girls to school Winter and Summer, 
through all kinds of weather and over all 
kinds of roads, with never a breakdown, 
runaway, or accident of any kind. Jake 
was an intelligent horse, knew just how to 
do whatever task we set him to. I never 
had any trouble with Jake; always ready, 
no matter when I wanted him to go; if 
the day was fair and roads were good, or 
if it was night and stormy and roads the 
worst, Jake would go and go his best. If 
I had a hard day’s work to do Jake did it. 
If I wanted to go on a drive Jake would 
go, and often showed himself off in great 
style. He was a very handsome horse, 
and for a Clyde a lively one. At those 
times we were proud of him. How well 
I remember the many pleasant drives I 
have had with him. If I had a big load 
to pull he was hitched to it and pulled it. 
I knew he would. Often there came to 
our house lots of children. They must 
have a horseback ride, so Jake would be 
brought out. He had a reputation among 
the children, and how they gathered 
around and on him; they enjoyed those 
rides greatly, and they always got through 
without anyone getting hurt. Jake was 
the horse I used to ride after the mail be¬ 
fore R. F. D. came. Think what news in 
those 20 years he has brought me. I al¬ 
ways talked a good deal to him. It was 
a pleasure to me, and I believed he liked 
to hear me. Jake’s work days are nearly 
over. He only helps when we are 
very busy. Occasionally he and I have a 
gentle little drive. We seem to get along 
so well together. I read in a farm jour¬ 
nal the other day an article from a prom¬ 
inent writer advocating killing the old 
horses. "What,” I said, “murder that 
faithful old servant after toiling all these 
years for me! Kill him, he who helped 
educate my children, who helped me build 
my barns and make a home; helped me 
raise my crops and helped me pay my 
debts! Kill the horse that brought the 
doctor on one of the worst storms and 
roads for years, and helped save a life?” 
There may be possibly a few dollars made 
or saved by killing him. But where would 
be my charity, where would be my grat¬ 
itude? No, that gentle old horse that 
has served me uncomplainingly and has 
been such a trusty, faithful servant, yes, 
more, a companion so long, I think he has 
earned an age of ease by a life of toil, and 
I think I shall take pleasure in seeing him 
enjoy himself, and patting and talking to 
him as of old. byron davis. 
Iowa. _ 
THE CASH VALUE OF SILAGE. 
I have had experience in selling silage 
from the silo by the ton. This silage was 
made from yellow dent corn that would husk 
100 baskets of ears of corn to the acre, the 
entire crop being put into the silo. The 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
$100.00 REWARD. 
Cures all species of lameness, 
curbs, splints, contracted 
cords, thrush, etc. , in horses. 
Equally good for internal 
use in colic, distemper,foun¬ 
der, pneumonia, etc. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed or money 
refunded. Usedandendorsed 
by Adams Express Company. 
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 
TIITTIiK’S FA MILT KMXIIl Cutes rheumatism, sprains, 
bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our 100-page 
book, “ Veterinary Experience,” Free. 
TOTTIjK’S KMXIR CO., 80 Beverly 8t., Bsston, lass. 
Beware of eo-called Elixirs- none genuine but Tattle’s, 
void all blisters: they offer only temporary reliaf if any. 
silage was well preserved, and of good qual¬ 
ity. I sold it at an auction sale for $2 per 
ton. The purchaser drew it on sleighs eight 
or nine miles, having first put it into sacks 
and weighed it. He had a silo at home near¬ 
ly empty, and the purchased silage was put 
Into his own silo, treading it down as firmly 
as possible. He fed it out at once, and as 
the silage had kept well, it was relished by 
his stock. I would state, however, that the 
weather was cold, being the last of February. 
The expense in moving the silage was not 
quite so much as it would have been to move 
an equal amount of hay. The buyer was 
well pleased with his purchase, and consid¬ 
ered the silage worth more to him than hay 
would have been at $8 per ton. j. b. 
Pompeii, Mich. 
Referring to the question about the selling 
price of silage, page 396, I have known of 
two cases w’here it has been sold at public 
sale 'on account of sickness. One parcel 
sold at near 50 cents per ton and the other 
two or three years later when feed was 
scarce sold for about $2.25 per ton, and that 
was hauled over three miles. e. w. s. 
Ohio. _ 
A fly and a flea in a flue 
Prevents and cures disease 
Pratts Poultry Food. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
If you skim bv the old getting method yon leave 
cream in the skim milk which you feed to your 
stock. This is in reality feeding butter, which you 
cannot afford to do. A National Separator will 
take all the butter fatout of your milk. It will in¬ 
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you warm sweet skim milk for feeding. The 
Were imprisoned. Now what could they do? 
Said the fly: “Let us flee!” 
“Let us fly,” said the flea— 
So they flew through a flaw In the flue. 
—Puck. 
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