1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
483 
EXPERIENCE WITH MILCH GOATS. 
I have kept them for four years, and 
like them very well to supply milk for 
table use. As is always said, their milk 
is very rich, and not in any way un¬ 
pleasant in flavor, but there is an erron¬ 
eous impression about their giving two 
quarts of milk a day. There is a man 
near who says he had one goat that did 
actually give a full quart at a milking 
twice a day. I have one that the seller 
told me would give three quarts a day 
when she was fresh, but I have had her 
fresh twice, and I never have been able 
to extract more than one pint at a milk¬ 
ing twice daily. I have a young doe that 
dropped her first kids, triplets, last Au¬ 
gust ; she gave one quart a day for three 
months, then gradually slacked off; is dry 
now, will kid again shortly. They will 
milk from seven to 10 months; are very 
easy keepers and will learn to eat about 
everything that comes from the kitchen. 
Does arc gentle and not vicious, but the 
bucks get “fighty” sometimes. Mine arc 
the Mexican or common short-haired 
goat, and cost from $4 to $8 a head; have 
from one to three young at a time. I 
think about three does would supply a 
family of two to four persons with milk 
for table and cooking pretty fairly the 
year round. I have never tried the mak¬ 
ing of butter from them. I bred my young 
doe the first time to a fullbred Angora 
white; she is dark brown. One kid is 
light brown, the other two pure white. 
Their hair now, at six months old, is 
about 2'/2 inches long and as fine as fur; 
pressing the hand over their sides feels 
like stroking a fur coat. The kids arc in 
good demand here for pets for children, 
at from $2 to $3 a head at four weeks 
old. A. A. FRADENBURG. 
Ohio. _ 
THE LINDEN LEA COW STALL 
This requires but little material for its 
construction, and involves no patents, 
so is not expensive. As cattle in this stall 
have the greatest possible liberty con¬ 
sistent with safety, and as it is airy and 
easily lighted it affords the maximum 
ilk 
amount of comfort for animals and 
convenience for the herdsman. It is a 
thoroughly practical rack and manger for 
all kinds of feeds, the position of the 
trough being such as to catch all shutter¬ 
ings from the rack and the shape admits 
of its being easily cleaned. 
One special feature of this stall is 
that cows will not foul themselves 
when it is properly constructed. The 
reason is that the cow steps forward 
from her regular standing position to lie 
down, lying with her head under the 
trough and avoiding the filth, whereas 
with other stalls, in order to avoid the 
manger she is compelled to step back 
to lie down, thus surely fouling herself. 
As the bedding in this stall is never 
fouled, it lasts indefinitely. Much has 
been said in favor of the “drop” sys¬ 
tem for keeping cows clean, but in three 
hours time after cows were tied in a 
stable with varnished stalls and using 
the “drop” system the writer saw more 
fouled cows than we have seen in our 
barns during the entire three years we 
have used this stall. 
I he cut shows a side elevation of 
partition between stalls. The lumber 
should be some variety of hard wood 
fully one inch thick when dressed. The 
feed-trough, the end of which is shown 
at A, is made of staves one inch by three 
inches or four inches and of any length 
that is divisible by three feet six inches 
which is the width of stall. Thus a 14- 
foot trough would be long enough for four 
stalls and would have a “head” at each 
end and one at each stall partition or 
five “heads” in all. These “heads” are 
two feet two inches long by nine inches 
wide with one edge cut in a true arc of 
a circle containing 150 degrees with 14 
inch radius. The staves of the trough 
are beveled sufficiently to open the joints 
slightly on the inner side so that dust will 
collect in the joints and fill them up. The 
staves and heads are held in position by 
a clamp formed by the thrcc-eighths-inch 
iron hoop B, which has a thread and nut 
on each end, passing through each end 
of the 1 x 2-inch wooden bar C. The 
trough A is held in position by the post 
D, under back end of bar C and front 
end of bar C maj* be nailed to lower 
edge of partition E, or a post may be 
placed under front end of bar C also. 
The partition E, 1 foot 4 inches by 5 feet, 
cut to shape as shown, is supported at 
front end by two 1 x 4-itich strips K, 
which engage ceiling at top ends and 
bolted to metal footing at lower ends. 
An old plow share built into the concrete 
floor answers well for this footing. To 
complete the partition a small cedar post, 
but preferably a two-inch gas pipe, is set 
as shown at F. This post, F, prevents 
cows from stepping on one another’s ud¬ 
ders and is much more convenient than a 
continuous partition for the herdsman to 
pass in by the side of the cows to tie 
and untie them. The back of the rack. G, 
is made by nailing matched flooring 
to back ends of partition boards. E, 
and front of feed-rack is made of slats 
which are nailed to the girths H, I. 
These slats which are 1x2 inches are 
spaced to seven inches on centers, hang 
down into trough at lower ends but 
do not engage it. The floor of feed 
alley should be one foot above the floor 
of stalls. The sill S, 4 x 5 inches, 
and about three feet long, should be placed 
across the back part of each stall separ¬ 
ately, and be made adjustable to accom¬ 
modate large or small cows. A large bolt 
may pass through this sill near each end 
and run down into the gaspipe pockets 
o o o o , which are set in the concrete 
floor for that purpose. Back of the sill 
S the floor should slope slightly, but 
not too much, as the cows always stand 
with their hind feet back of this sill, and 
only step in front of it when they lie 
down. Dimensions given are for cows 
weighing 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. For very 
small cows the sill would need to be 
moved forward and perhaps a false floor 
put into stall raising it four or five inches. 
Midway between each partition a tie-chain 
28 inches long is attached to under side 
of trough with a swivel joint, the opposite 
end of chain having a spring-snap which 
hooks into a ring on the neck-strap worn 
by each cow. If a headstall is used in¬ 
stead of neck-strap the chain should be 
a few inches longer. Many of these de¬ 
tails may be changed to suit the builder 
of this stall but the shape and location of 
trough and sill are vital requirements. 
Cass Co., Mich. h. s. chapman. 
NOTES ON DISHORNING. 
About 90 per cent of cattle are dishorned 
in this vicinity, mostly as yearlings. I be¬ 
lieve that all cattle should be without horns. 
Rensselaer. Md. R. b. h. 
I have done a great deal of dishorning 
myself. Feople bring most of the cattle to be 
dishorned when they are coming two years 
old. My plan of dishorning animals of my 
own raising is to stop the horn from grow¬ 
ing when the calf is from one to three weeks 
old with a dishorning pencil. It only takes 
a few minutes to do it then, and does not hurt 
the calf at all. Most farmers neglect this 
when the calf is small, but in my judgment 
that is the proper way of dishorning. 1 think 
I am safe in saying that 85 per cent of the 
cattle in this country are dishorned. It is 
hard to sell a hunch of feeders that have 
their horns. If a man has fed a load of horn 
cattle and then fed a load of dishorned I do 
not think he will want any more horns. Dis¬ 
horned cattle are a great deal more cpiiet, 
will feed with one-third less room, and gain 
faster, and when finished will sell from 20 
to 25 cents per hundred more than the same 
quality cattle with horns*. T know this to be 
a fact from my own shipping experience. 
Princeton, Ill, w, r, q, 
25 Years Of 
DE LAVAL 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
This is the record of the DE LAVAL machines, which is of 
itself a mountain of strength beside which the records of all 
would-be attempting cream separators are hut mole-hills. 
It means a feeling of confidence in the purchase of a cream 
separator to know that you are putting your money into the 
machine which was FIRST and which has LED in every single 
step of cream separator IMPROVEMENT, all imitating machines 
simply taking up such old features as expiring patents leave 
open to them. 
It means something in putting your money into a cream 
separator to know that you are not only getting the machine 
which will DAILY give you the best results, but one of which 
there ai*e a'ready many thousands an average of TWENTY 
YEARS in use, while the average life of imitating machines is 
not over five years and most of the so-called “cheap” machines 
of to-day are not likely to last two years. 
A De Laval catalogue, to be had for the asking, must con¬ 
vince you that De Laval machines are not only the best but 
ac tually the cheapest. 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
Randolph & Canal Sts. 
CHICAGO. 
1213 Filbert Street 
PHILADELPHIA 
9 & 11 Drumm St.., 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
General Offices: 
74 Cort/andt Street, 
NEW YORK. 
109-113 Vouvilla Squar® 
MONTREAL. 
75 & 77 York Street 
TORONTO. 
14-16 Princess St., 
WINNIPEG. 
What You Gain 
In a few words, you gain this by using 
Tubular: (1). One-quarter to one-half more 
cream, because Tubulars skim by centrifugal 
force, which is tnousands of times stronger than the force of gravity that makes cream 
rise in pans. (2). One-half to twice as much for butter, because Tubulars remove dirt 
and bacteria, thus making gilt-edge butter possible. (3). Half the work saved, because 
you finish skimming five minutes after milk- 
ing, feed warm skimmed milk at barn, and 
have only the can of cream tocare for. Write 
today for catalog W-153. It tells all plainly. 
THE SHARPIES SEPARATOR CO. 
T0R0HT0, CAH. WES? CHESTER ’ PA ‘ CHICAGO, ILL. 
£harpl« s 
Cl TUBULAR 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
URES WHILE HE WORKS 
Bickmore’s Gall Cure prevents laying aside a good horse because he" 
Is suffering from galled shoulders or back. You can work your 
horse and cure him quickly and surely with the old reliable 
BICKMORE'S GALL CURE 
Equally sure for all cases of chaps, bruises, speed crack, wire cut 
or cracked cows teats. Guaranteed. Avoid substitutes; look for 
trade mark. Every horse owner can have our new illustrated Horse 
Book and large sample box Gall Cure for 10c to pay postage. Write. 
Sold by dealers. Bickmore Gall Cure Co., Box 912, Old Town, Maine. 
Horse Owners! Use 
GOMB AULT’S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
A Safe, Speedy, and Positive Cure 
The safest, Best BLISTER ever used. Take* 
the place of all ltnaments for mild or severe action. 
Removes all Bunches or Blemishes from Horses 
and Cattle, SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OK FI KINO. Impossible to produce scar or blemish 
Every bottle sold Is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price SI. 50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent 
oy express, charges paid, with full directions for 
,ts use. Send for descriptive circulars. 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland. O. 
DAVIS 
) Get It direct lrom 
factory at factory 
prices and save 
20% to 50%. 
Tho simple cream separator 
which doubles protits and cuts 
dairy work In two. Absolutely 
the simplest, easiest running, 
easiest cleaned separator In the 
world. Just belt high to a man. 
Its three-piece bowl gets the 
last drop of cream. Investigate 
ourliberal selling plan. Send 
your name and address to us on 
a postal card and get our 
money saving catalogue No, 
140 by return mail. 
Davis Cream 
Separator Co., 
56 ^N^Untoi^L^Chlcago^l 1 j 
ACCIDENTS 
will happen. The colts will get 
hurt. Any Soft Inflamed Bunch 
can be removed in a pleasing 
manner with 
ABSORBINE 
No blister. No hair gone. 
Comfort for the horse. Profit 
for you. 82.00 per bottle de¬ 
livered. Book 4-B free. 
ABSORBINE, JR., for man¬ 
kind, $1.00 Bottle. Removes the 
black and blue from a bruise 
at once. Stop Toothache, Re¬ 
duce Swellings. Genuine manu¬ 
factured only by 
W. F.Y0UN6, P.D.F., 88 Monmouth St. Springfield,Mass. 
SHOO-FLY 
THE 
ANIMALS* 
FKIKND 
Kills ©T©ry fly It striked. Keeps the reat off cows in 
pasture longer than any imitation. Absolutely harmless to 
man or beast. Cures all sores. Used by same dairymen 
since 1885. Kills 11c© and raltcA. If dealer offers sub¬ 
stitute, send us $i for Improved S-tube Bprayer and enough 
Shoo-Fly to proteot 200 cows. $ l returned if cows not 
protected. Name express offioe. Froo booklet. 
tthoo-FIy Mfg. Co., iois Fairmount Are., Philadelphia 
STEEL STANCHIONS 
Write for new circular and prices. 
F. R. & H. J. WELCHER, 
BUTLER ST„ NEWARK, N. ?, 
Cream Raisers JQ a U ,f tt 
IIIU.LU *100.00 sep¬ 
arator will. Bunt 
Itself, no crank t<. 
turn, no complicated 
machinery to wash. 
Raises cream between 
milkings, gets more 
cream therefore more 
butter. Gives sweet, 
undiluted skim-milk 
for house use. calves 
and pigs. Nocrocks or pans to handle, no s k 1 m m 1 n g 
50,000 gravity separators sold In 1905, more Boss than 
any other kind. Best and cheapest separator made. 
Free Trial Given. Catalogue Free. Write today. 
Bluffton Cream Separator Co., Box .>1, Blutfton.O. 
CHAIN-HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
sale by 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestvllle. Conn. 
WARRINER’S hSKSIKg STANCHION 
I. B. Calvin, Vico-Presi 
dent. State Dairy Associa¬ 
tion, Kewanno, Ind.,says: 
“I think them 
PERFECT.” 
Send for BOOKLET. 
W. B. CRUMB, 
73 Main Street, 
Forestville, Conn 
