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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 13, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A TALK ABOUT DAIRYING. 
The hand separator on the dairy farm 
has come to stay. Its superiority over all 
other methods of getting the cream 
has been demonstrated so often that 
argument along that line is unnecessary. 
J lie butter of the future will be made 
either on the farm or in large butter fac¬ 
tories. 1 he cream gathering system will 
become popular in regions remote from 
the centers of population, and a single 
factory will be able to do the work which 
TRUCK FOR HANDLING SILAGL. 
Fig. 34. See Page 19. 
requires several under the present sys¬ 
tem, and at correspondingly less expense. 
This will continue to be the best method 
for those farmers who arc unable to mar¬ 
ket their own product; but the farmer 
who lives within driving distance of any 
of our large villages or cities would bet¬ 
ter become his own buttermaker, and he 
can always obtain a price that will pay 
him well to do so. I do not mean that 
he should skim the milk and then turn 
the cream over to the women folks to 
be made into butter, but that he should 
learn the business from A to Z, and do 
it himself. If you can induce the wo¬ 
men to wash your separator, butter- 
worker and churn, well and good, if they 
do it well, but butter-making is a 
man’s business, every part of it, and 
if you make it yourself you are 
in a position to recommend it. You 
can look your customer in the face and 
ask a good price for it. You can 
tell him that you know it will turn out 
well, for you made it yourself; that it 
was made according to the latest and 
most approved methods, that all the con¬ 
ditions surrounding the making of it were 
perfect, and that now you want your pay 
for it. And you will get it. I know of 
nothing for which people will more cheer- 
fullv pay a good price than for good 
butter—but—they want the “goods,” and 
you must see that they continue to get 
them. I presume Mr. Mapes would say 
the same thing about eggs, but then he 
is half hen, while T am half cow; besides, 
eggs arc practically raw material, while 
butter is a manufactured article. Given 
SIT/) AND BARN ARRANGEMENT. 
Fig. 16. See Page 19. 
a herd of good cows, with plenty of 
good feed, you can give them all they 
will eat, and then sit down with a pail 
between your knees, and draw your pay, 
not for the feed only, but a good profit 
besides. 
It is hardly possible to feed a good 
cow so much as to make it unprofitable, 
but it is entirely possible to feed one so 
little as to make the cow not only un¬ 
profitable, but a damage to you. But on 
the whole, how little uncertainty there is 
in this business of dairying! A cow 
can be made to produce 300 pounds of 
butter in a year. At 25 cents per pound 
that is worth $75. Multiply that by the 
number of your herd, and you know ex¬ 
actly what your income will be, and it 
comes along regularly; you have money 
in your pocket all the while, and that 
makes you happy. With what else on the 
farm can these things be as truthfully 
said? Take hogs, sheep, fruit, grain, or 
cotton; after a long season of hard work 
and worry, you may either not have any¬ 
thing to sell, or you may have a quan¬ 
tity, only to find that there is no market 
for it. Less than $150 will equip a per¬ 
son with all the necessary machinery suc¬ 
cessfully to care for a dairy of 15 cows. 
A good separator of some standard make 
is needed, churn, butter-worker and Bab¬ 
cock tester; less money than a good horse 
will cost, and yet people often advance 
the argument that they can’t afford the 
cost of installing the machinery. That 
brings us to the question of the number 
of cows a person should own before a 
separator would be profitable. If less 
than five cows are kept it is evident that 
they are kept only as a convenience or 
from habit, and not for the profit to be 
derived therefrom. The work of taking 
care of the milk of any number of cows 
under five can be as easily performed by 
one method as the other. It is as much 
trouble to wash a separator after it has 
skimmed the milk of one cow as after 
it has skimmed the milk of 15. But with 
five cows or over the difference is all 
in favor of the separator. Not only is the 
labor less, but the quality of the product 
is very much improved, and is not af¬ 
fected by the weather or the season; the 
increased amount of butter from a given 
quantity of milk is in all cases consider¬ 
able and in many nearly doubled. With a 
cow capable of producing 300 pounds of 
butter fat in a year, and with butter at 
25 cents, a profit of $10 per cow per year 
is a very conservative estimate. A good 
separator with careful usage will do your 
work for 20 years. I have one that 
hasn’t skipped a milking in five years of 
365 days each, and is to-day in as per¬ 
fect condition as when I received it from 
the factory. Fifty cents a year will easily 
pay all the expense that I have been out 
for repairs since I have owned it. and 
with it my little herd of nine cows made 
for me an average of 319 pounds of but¬ 
ter each, besides the milk and cream used 
in the family. This they did last year, 
and the prospects are that they will do 
a little better this year. 1 have placed 
my figures at 400 pounds for each cow, 
and will not be satisfied until I reach 
that amount. h. a. g. 
Albany Co., N. Y. 
You 
ean pul- 
v e r 1 * o 
more thor¬ 
oughly and 
■pread more 
evenly with the 
Standard 
Manure Spreader 
becaune It hag a (litrerent Heat¬ 
er, a different Rake uml Hood— 
load not thrown high In ulr and 
blown about. Spreads full width 
and does not vary In width. 
Endgatt Moves Away From Load. 
One lover raises endgato and puts en¬ 
tire machine In operation. Non-break- 
able mechanism to change feed. 
Spreads 5 to 35 Loads per Acre. 
Two apron chains. Write for 
catalog describing simplicity 
and strength. 
THE STANDARD HARROW C0„ 
Dopt. K» Ullca, N. Y. 
J1 laker* of Harrow a. Cultiva¬ 
tor a, Jntato //(irwatin, 
JBt4» 
Don’t 
Bind 
on the 
Track, 
Can’t jump 
off, don’t break 
the fork pulley, 
trips easily—Bright 
marks of the 
ILouden HayCarrier 
A complete line and the only one that can he 
depended on for perfect working. Wo make 
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Flexible Barn Door Hanger is the best In the 
world. Save money by seudlng for our complete 
catalog of the above and other hardware special¬ 
ties. ft describes farm appliances that are adapted 
and that work. Mailed free for the asking. 
LOUDEN MACHINERY COMPANY, 
38 Broadway, Fairfield, la. J 
AS THEY 
50HETIMES 
• ARE 
When you write advertisers mention The 
I t. N.-Y. and you'll get a tjuick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
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cures lameness, splint, curb, 
thrush, colic, founder, distem¬ 
per, etc. Standing offer, good 
everywhere: 8100. for a failure 
where we say it will cure. "Vet¬ 
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doctor. Write for a copy. 
Tuttle’s Elixir Co., 
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RffglHtered Trade Mark 
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Write us before you fire or blister. 
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A COW, 
Steer, Bull or Horse hide, 
Calf skin, Dogskin, or any 
other kind of bide or skin,and 
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soft,light,odorless and moth- 
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But first get our Catalogue giving 
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catalog. We buy raw furs but no 
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THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY. 
116 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES &"”!*; 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
M KA DOW BllOOK STOCK FA KM. Rochester, Mich. 
Keg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin, Bor 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund money if not satisfactory. Reg 
Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
'•'('•lie Hamilton&Co.. ffrcHdenn. Chester Co., Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Five strains not akin; Aug. and Sept, farrow. 
Registered stock: prices low. 
F. .1- SCHWARTZ, East Plmrsaliii, N. Y. 
RFRIfCIIIDE CnUfC A few good onos 
Dcnivomnc OUTvOi cheap from my im¬ 
ported boar and well bred dams. R. F. SHANNON, 
907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
ALL ABOUT H0LSTEINS 
Scinl postal card for 64 -page Illustrated pamphlet, 
describlngthls great breed of rattle. 
F. L. H0UQHT0N, Sec’y, Braltleboro, Vt. 
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. 
THE BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
are bred for large Production, Good Size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these arc the kind you want write or conio to see 
them. 126 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to oiler at prices that will please you.^ 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTKLYOU. Nesbanic. N. J 
A Lady can hold him. 
of the BEERY BIT’ 
FOUR OITS IN ONE 
Cum klrkern, Kun.wujs i'ulhrs, 
Nhyrn, ete. Send for lilt on Ten 
War*’ Trtsl and circular showing 
the four distinct ways of using It. 
Prof, j.a livery, I'leksut 111 11, Ohio. 
KENTUCKY JACK FARM. 
A fine lot of big Black well-bred 
KENTUCKY JACKS, also Im¬ 
ported SPANISH JACKS, 
selected by me personally from 
the very best breeds of Jacks in 
Spain. Wo furnish a certificate 
of pedigree with each Imported 
Jack. Come and see me or write 
for prices. I can please you. 
JOE E. WRIGHT, Junction City, Ky. 
KENTUCKY JACKS 
X AND STALLIONS. 
One hundred head of 
Jacks, Jennets, Saddle 
rn and Trotting Stallions. 
for sale reasonable, 
J. F. COOK & COMPANY, Lexington, Ky. 
Brunch barn, Marlon, Kansas. 
May you live lon<>* 
and happily and love 
your stock enough 
to feed them Pratts 
Food. 
EAR TAGS 
pr- in 
[F.S.BURCH] 
BUTTONS' 
LABELS 
(Best, Most Durable and Cheapestl 
I Illustrated catalog m ailed FREE upon request I 
F. S. BURCH h CO.. 177 Illinois St.. Chicago 
A BAD HITTER. 
His Bunches and Bruises can be re¬ 
moved quickly without stopping 
work with 
ABSORBINE 
This remedy cures Lameness, kills 
Pain, removes any .Soft Bunch with¬ 
out blistering or removing the hair, 
a n d pleasant to use. #2.00 per 
bottle, delivered, or at dealer’s. 
. ABSORBINE, JR., for man¬ 
kind, #1.00 Bottle. Allays Inflam¬ 
mation rapidly. Cures strains. Book 11-B Free. 
W. F, YOUNG, P.D.F., 88 MonmouthSt..Springfield,Mass. 
IT’S A FACT 
That we now have more young cows of milking ago 
than we can possibly stable this coming Winter, 
they are bred to such bulls as DeKol 2d’8 Butter 
Boy 3d, Beryl Wayne's Paul DeKol, and the Imported 
hull Karel Bos 1st, PRIZE and CHAMPION at the 
New York State I 4 air. We will make a reduction in 
Price in all linos. This Vs an opportunity you should 
not overlook. Send for further particulars and folder. 
THE STEVENS HERB. Established 1870. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON. 
Brookslde Stock Farm, Lacona, N, Y. 
uni CTC|I| Rill I FOR SALE. “Adalbert 
flULoILm DULL souiene” 39259. 
Born Oct 15,1904. Little more black than white. 
Sire, “Soldene Clotliilde Artis”, Sire of 9 A. R. O. 
daughters whose (lam made 544.7 Jbs. milk, 21 
lbs. 13 oz. butter 7 days. 
Dam, "Felicia 3d” at 3 years made 411.7 lbs. milk, 15 
lbs. 14.9 oz. butter. 
This one will please you. Will be sold cJwxip. 
T. A. MITCHELL,_WEEPSPOKT, N. Y. 
R egiht’D jersey Oawlc. Lin¬ 
coln, Shropshire. Hamp¬ 
shire and South Down Hheep: 
Chester V. hite, Poland China 
and Berkshire Pigs; Scoton 
[Collie Dogs and a variety or 
• Poultry. Como see my 
'stock and make your own 
„ selections. Bend 2c. stamp 
Fancy ofhnreKn 130R91 for New Catalogue. 
EDWARD WALTKR. West Chester, Pennu 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. 
YEARLING BULLS, YEARLING HEIFERS 
BULL CALVES. HEIFER CALVES, 
A. R. O. COWS, ALL AGES. 
Correspondence solicited. Visitors welcomed. 
'VlngR. Smith, Lakeland Furm, Syracuse, N. Y 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS 
Official records from the office of the Supt. of Ad¬ 
vanced Registry: 
1st. Anggie Cornucopia Pauline Count, No. 29042. son 
or A aggie Cornucopia Pauline, today’s World’s 
< hanipion Cow. Official record in seven days 
34.31 lbs. butter. 
2ml. Mercedes Jullp's Pietertjo’s Paul, No. 29830, son 
of the 1900 World’s Champion Cow. Official seven 
day record, 29.34 lbs. butter. 
None but a reckless person will dispute official 
records. These are the TWO GREATEST SER¬ 
VICE BULLS IN THE WORLD, and they head 
STAR FARM HERD. The largest and best herd 
of registered Holsteins in the world. 
300 Head to select from 300 
4p. c. 4.2 p.c, 
Illustrated circulars and literature sent free on 
application. 
Horace L. Bronson, Dept. D, Cortland, N. Y. 
I also have for sale the choicest line of grade 
olsteins ever before offered. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A.K. O. Dams, and by such sires aB 
Beryl Waynes Paul DeKol and Bir Korndyke Manor 
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 oa 
anything needed In Holstein-Frleslans. 
wnOOCREST FARM. Rifton. Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
WOODLAND 
—Shorthorn Cattle and 
Tunis Sheep. W. I. 
WOOD, Williamsport, O. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
of Pedigree BERKSHIRES 
FLO RETT A'S litter of Pigs by Grand 
Premier, 80005 farrowed .1 une 12,are beauties. Floretta 
is the dam of the Champion Boar Nutmeg, at N. Y. 
State Fair in 1903. 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. 
All of the Very Highest Quality. 
If you desire the best to bo had at a reasonable price, write us 
at once, stating just what you want. We guarantee perfect 
satisfaction to overy enstomor who trusts us with an order. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
ENG. BERKSHIRE SWINE 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS e. h. knapp & son, - fabius, n. y. 
