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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 11, 
Live StockandDairy 
BUTTER FROM HOLSTEIN CREAM. 
One of our readers wants to know whether 
the cream from Holstein cows requires spe¬ 
cial treatment for butter making. He says 
he bad two cows, one a Jersey and one a 
Holstein. \Yhen the cream was mixed the 
butter came properly and made a good arti¬ 
cle. He was obliged to sell the Jersey cow, 
and now he says the cream from the single 
Holstein will not churn as the mixed cream 
did. In your experience, is there any dif¬ 
ference in the churning quality of the two 
kinds of cream? In case there is. what 
treatment would you give Holstein cream in 
order to get the best results from it for but¬ 
ter making? 
Butter is made from the fat in milk, 
and is about 85 per cent pure fat. This 
fat is found in globules which are in sus¬ 
pension in the milk; that is, floating 
around in it. These are of varying size, 
and can be. seen under the microscope. 
These all have a very thin, hard outer 
covering. The fat globules found in av¬ 
erage Jersey milk are larger in size, and 
where milk tests live to six per cent are 
quite numerous. In Holstein milk run¬ 
ning 2 J /2 to four per cent they are very 
much smaller, and of course less numer¬ 
ous. In churning we break up this outer 
covering of the fat globules, and they 
are united to form butter. As the Jer¬ 
sey globules are larger they break up and 
unite .more easily than the Holstein. 
This is the whole thing in a nutshell. 
The only thing I can suggest is thorough¬ 
ly to ripen the Holstein cream before 
churning. h. g. Manchester. 
The butter-fat globules of Holstein 
milk arc smaller than from the Jersey. 
The cream rises with more difficulty, and 
also churns more slowly, and would be 
more troublesome to handle. This is 
especially true if the cream is raised by 
the gravity methods. If the facilities for 
ripening are complete, and a separator is 
used, there should be no trouble in mak¬ 
ing butter from any kind of milk. This 
brings to mind an experience of 15 years 
ago. We were to begin the manufacture 
of butter at the close of the cheese fac¬ 
tory season, when milk was all so-called 
stripper milk. Some of our patrons said 
we could not make the butter come in 
Winter; that they always had trouble 
then. We took this same stripper milk, 
put it through a separator, ripened it 
with care and it churned out as quickly 
and as freely as it did later when we had 
milk from fresh cows. Probably 90 times 
out of 100 all of this fuss and trouble 
with butter comes from improper ripening 
and handling of the cream. 
H. E. COOK. 
Conditions often arise under which it 
is difficult to cause butter to come. This 
condition is most likely to take place 
when cows have been long in milk. At 
this time the fat globules are smaller and 
harder, and the milk is often more viscous 
than with fresh cows. These conditions 
make it more difficult for the fat globules 
to -stick together in the cream when 
churning. Cotton seed in the ration tends 
to make the fat globules harder, and a 
higher temperature of the cream is nec¬ 
essary in churning. Thin cream is more 
difficult to churn than heavy cream. A 
low temperature is unfavorable to quick- 
churning, and sour cream churns more 
readily than sweet. In the case under 
consideration T would advise that as little 
milk as possible be taken off with the 
cream; add a pint of sour milk to the 
cream 12 hours before churning, and let 
stand in a warm place, and churn at a 
temperature of 70 to 72 degrees. 
Conn. Agl. College. c. l. beach. 
I imagine that the difficulty of your cor¬ 
respondent, which occurred as soon as his 
Jersey was sold, was due to the fact that 
the Holstein cow was well advanced in 
her period of lactation. At such times the 
cream of any cow is churned with greater 
difficulty than when she is fresh or giv¬ 
ing a large flow of milk. It might be 
also that the character of feed was rad¬ 
ically changed about the time the Jersey 
cow was sold. I do not think the breed 
was wholly or even in large part respon¬ 
sible for the marked change that is re¬ 
ported. As the fat globules in Jersey 
milk are larger than those in Holstein 
milk we would naturally expect cream of 
the former to churn the easier, but when 
cream is well ripened and handled it is 
doubtful if any great advantage would be 
noticed. R. a. pearson. 
Cornell University. 
FEEDING YOUNG PIGS. 
Will you tell me which would be better feed 
for young pigs, new sweet milk just as it 
leaves the hand separator, or milk that has 
stood until sour? I can feed it sweet and 
warm, or I can let it stand and sour. Would 
it he best to feed the same until pigs are one 
year old? H. H. 
Clymer, N. Y. 
If by young pigs is meant pigs from four 
to six weeks old, I would advise feeding sweet 
milk at first, gradually changing to sour, for 
1 think pigs over two months old would do 
best on slightly sour milk. If the swill bar¬ 
rel was washed out, and scalded occasionally 
the pigs would do enough better to pay for 
it. Too sour milk is not as good as milk 
slightly sour. It is said the lactic; acid de¬ 
veloped by the chemical changes in the milk 
sugar during the souring of milk renders the 
grain food more digestible. Pigs under wean¬ 
ing age should have sweet milk, and if they 
have lost their dam feed the milk warm, di¬ 
luted, and add a little sugar. It will pay 
to feed grain in addition to the milk. Feed 
four pounds of milk to one of whatever grain 
is fed at first, and lessen the proportion of 
milk as the animal approaches marketable 
age. I would not feed a hog for a year if it 
was intended for market; eight or nine 
months is plenty long enough. In regard to 
feeding sweet or sour milk, why not experi¬ 
ment with two pens of hogs, feeding one pen 
warm sweet milk, and feeding the other milk 
allowed to sour, and thus settle the question 
to your own satisfaction and profit? Write 
for Bulletin 199 of the Cornell Experiment: 
Station, and ask your Congressman to obtain 
for you Bulletin 47 of the Bureau of Animal 
Industry. Read them carefully; they are 
summaries of the conclusions of careful ex¬ 
perimenters: then try the experiment for 
yourself. It would be’ interesting and profit¬ 
able. n. T. 
Not BETTER than the BEST, 
BUT . 
BETTER 
THAN THE 
REST 
IS THK 
RECORD 
OF THE 
PARSONS 
"LOW-DOWN” WAGON WORKS, 
BUILT AT 
EARLVILLE, N. Y. 
\ Lady can hold him. 
TR I A 
ofthe BEERY BIT 
FOUR DITS IN ONE 
(iire* Kickers, tinnawajs, Fullers, 
Skyers, cie. Send for hit on Ten 
Days’ Trial and circular showing 
the four distinct ways of using it. 
Frnf j.q. Beery, Flcasant Hill, Ohio. 
AND 
HIDES 
1 0 to b0% more moDey for you to ship Raw Furs, 
Ilorse and Cuttle Hides to us than to sell at home 
Write for Price List, market report, shipping tags 
feooK Hunters’andTrappers’fiuitle 
.Bent thing on the Bubject ever written. 
^Illustrating all Fur Animals. Cloth 
^ bound. 300pages. Price®1.50. XoHide 
and Fur Shippers, #1. Write today. 
AHDEKSCH BROS. Ocpt. Minneapolis, Minis 
COOK YOUR PEED 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 make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and Steam 
Jacket Kettles, Hog Scalders, Cal¬ 
drons, etc. 03- Send for circulars 
IX K. SPERRY & CO.. Batavia, Ill 
KENTUCKY JACKS 
A big lot of Kentucky Registered 
Mammoth Jacks and Jennets. 
Also, Spanish Bred Jacks. 
Some nice SADDLE STALLIONS 
and POLAND CHINA HOGS. 
Write for what you want. 
J. F. COOK & COMPANY, Lexiugto. , Ky. 
Lame horse? Stiff 
leg? Rheumatism? A 
bad sprain? Quickly— 
Pratts Veterinary 
Liniment, a marvelous 
pain destroyer, a 
wonder worker. 
SEND US 
A COW, 
Steer, Bull or Horse hide, 
Calf skin, Dog skin, or any 
other kind of hide or skin,and 
let us tan it with the hair on, 
soft,light,odorless and moth¬ 
proof, for robe, rug, coat or 
gloves. 
But first get our Catalogue giving 
prices, and our shipping tags and 
instructions so as to avoid mistakes. 
We also manufacture and sell direct 
to consumer, Galloway and other fur 
coats and robes. Prices given in 
catalog. We buy raw furs but no 
ginseng. Ask for raw fur price list. 1 
THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 
116 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
SHROPSHIRE RAMS. 
Large and heavy wooled. 
NUTWOOD FARMS, R. 
Prize winners. Im¬ 
ported and home bred. 
F. D. 4. Syracuse, N. Y. 
50 LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRES 50 
50 Spring, Summer and Fall Pigs from mature sire and 
dams, representing the best English and American 
breeding, pairs and trios not akin. All pod. animals at 
reasonable prices. Richard H.Stone,Trumansburg,NY 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Descriptive circulars 
and price-list on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg-, Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Five strains not akin; Aug. and Sept, farrow. 
Registered stock; prices low. 
_ yvaj 
F. J. SOU ' 
LUTZ, Fast Pliarsalia, N. Y. 
0 1 A PIGS, August and September farrow, 
a I ■ Ub also mature sows. Bred and registered; 
choice stock, prices low. S. T. WITMER, Union 
Deposit, Pa. 
DEG. SHROPSHIRES and O. I. C. SWINE of all 
ages: both sexes, from the right place. 
CEDAR LAWN FARM, Ludlowville. N. Y. 
H 
Breeders’ Directory 
ICHLAWN FARM 
HIGH GLASS HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 
IF. F. KNOWLES, Auburn, Mass. 
BULLS IN SERVICE. 
Canary Mercedes’ Son, whose dam, Canary 
Mercedes, has an official record of 25 lbs. 2 oz. Butter 
in 7 days. Her milk averaging 4.32 per cent butter 
fats and 4.5 per cent lat for 30 days. Her milk, and 
that of her five daughters, three of them with records 
over 20 lbs. ail in official tests averaging 4.15 per cent 
butter fats. 
Oakland Sir Nanette, whose dam, granddam and 
sire's dam have official butter records that averaged 
22 lbs., and whose milk averaged 4.27 per cent fats. 
Write for information and prices on choice animals. 
HILLHURST FARM HOLSTEINS 
PREMIER SIRE 
Sir Korndyke Manor DeKol, Jr., 35135 
The greatest Butter Bred Bull of the breed. 
Royally bred; large producing. Cows and Heifers 
bred to above Bull at astonishingly low prices. 
BULL CALVES AT FARMERS’ PRICES. 
Write for pedigrees and photographs, 
RIVEN BURG BROS., ONEIDA, N.Y. 
TTTIT T.T. F'iYniYI 
Holstein Cattle. 
Home of Lord Netherland DeKol. Great sire of high 
testing butter cows. He has 34 A. R. O. daughters. 
High class stock at prices that will make you a profit. 
Let us quote you prices on anything you may need. 
E. C. BRILL, I’ougliquag, N. Y. 
COTTAGE GROVE STOCK FARM 
has for sale Jersey Cattle, Poland-China Swine and 
Oxford Down Rams. Address, 
S. E. GILLETT, Proprietor, Ravenna, Ohio. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
are bred for large Production, Good Size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to see 
them. 135 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred But,!. Cai.vks. 
A. A. COKTELYOTT. Neshanic N. J 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send prmtal card for 64-page illustrated pamphlet, 
describing this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Brattleboro, Vi. 
On Thursday, Nov. 10, 1905, I will dispose of the fol¬ 
lowing herd of Jersey cattle, at public sale:—One stock 
bull, Six cows, all registered. Two heifers in calf, Two 
heifer calves, and Three yearling bulls, all eligible. 
Sale to be held on my farm near Reading and to com¬ 
mence at 1.30 P. M. GEO. A. RICK, Reading, Pa. 
Large English Berkshires, $5 each; pairs not related, 
$9.50. 9 Shropshire Ewes cheap. B. P. Rock and Buff 
Orpington cockerels $1 up. W. A. Lothors, Lack, Pa. 
GENTLEMAN FARMERS desiring bargain in fancy 
XX* OHIO IMP. CHESTER WHITE SWINE 
call on me immediately. Examination only true test. 
Letters cannot do them justice. Two Boars, three 
and one year respectively, and a Sow safely in pig by 
the former. Am retiring from business, cause ot 
sale. Again I repeat, don’t write come and see them. 
The elder Boar and Sow easily took first prizes at 
Westchester County Fair this year. Some wise man 
is going to get a big bargain here, if he acts quickly. 
Pedigrees furnished. _ , 
L. T. CARTER Rockville Center, New York. 
Jeg. t Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. Ser 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re- 
fund money if not satisfactory. Reg. 
_ _ Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cowu 
mCalf. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester.Mich. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
of Pedigree BERKSHIRES 
FLORETTA’S litter of Pigs by Grand 
Premier, 80005 farrowed June 12,are beauties. Floretta 
is the dam of the Champion Boar Nutmeg, at N. Y. 
State Fair in 1003. Grand Premier, 80005, is the best 
bred son of N. H. Gentry’s Lord Premier. 50001. They 
are all for sale—and are champion material—also 
some sows bred for Fall litters. 
J. E. WATSON, Prop., Marbledale, Conn. 
Pure Bred Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
From Registered and Record stock. ALFALFA 
SOIL from lots that have raised alfalfa for the past 
five years. Prices moderate. Write promptly. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, New York. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS 
FOR SALE ready for service; also BULL CALVES 
from 80 pound cows with oi dinary feed and care. 
None of our cows are fed for 7 or 30 days test. Wm. B. 
Clark, Mngr.," Long Meadows,” Baldwinsville, N. Y. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD A GRADE 
when 1 will sell you a registered JERSEY BULL, 
best dairy stock; ready for service: at farmer’s price. 
K. F. SHANNON, 905 f ibo-tv st.. Pittsburg, Pa. 
WANTFn- Fi£teen extra Good Young; fresh 
if nil I LIJ Milk Cows, about four years old. No 
Holsteins. 
, pure! 
C. E. 
HAMILTON, Cliazy, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. R. O. Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Waynes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Mano" 
DeKol. We will make attractive prices on these 
youngsters as they must be disposed of to make room 
for our crop of Winter Calves. Write for prices on 
anything needed in Holstein-Friesians. 
WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
$25 
You can buy registered Hol¬ 
steins at Star Farm $25 to 
$50 per head less than else¬ 
where. Isn't that worth saving ? 
$50 
4- p, C. 
14.2 p. c, 
The milk of the entire herd 
has averaged over 4 p. c. 
Butter Fat for the year 1905. Isn’t that just as 
important as prices ? 
266 Head to select from 266 
Circulars sent free on application. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, 
Department D, Cortland, N. Y. 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM, 
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. 
J. CROUCH & SON, Proprietors 
Largest Importers of Oldenburg German Coach, Percheron and Belgian 
Stallions in America Have Impoi 357 head in the last fifteen months. 
We 
our 
• -—--uo- Portland, Oregon, at the American Koy!- -- - 
Missouri, and at the Toronto Exposition at Toronto, Canada, and all tho leading .State r airs and Horse 
Shows in th ■ United States in the last two years. We have the prize winners of the world and our prices 
are no higher than others. Write us for further information. J* OBOltli A: SON, Larayette, 
Indiana, Staunton, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee. 
We have just received in our Barns from Europe, 100 Head of HIGH CLASS GERMAN 
COACH, PERCUEKON and BELGIAN STALLIONS. 
If you are going BULL, and will write us 
to buy a ^ ■ a _JL ™ * b-J-XJ just what you want, we will 
send full pedigrees and descriptions, together with prices that w-ill convince you that we have high-class 
animals at low prices. The Stevens Brothers-IIastings Company, 
BROOKSIDE HERD. Lacona, Oswego Co., N. Y. 
