1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
739 
A MASSACHUSETTS DAIRY FARM. 
At the last writing, August 7, it was 
hoped that the hay would all be in the 
barn within a week, but the weather 
clerk did not send along favorable weath¬ 
er, so it was August 18 before the last 
load disappeared inside the doors. Every 
mow is filled to the very utmost, and it 
will be a problem where to put the rowen 
later on. The first of the next week the 
men went into the potato field, and were 
disappointed to find only half a crop, 
with the No. l’s just about equal in quan¬ 
tity with the No. 2's. Thirty bushels were 
dug to fill an immediate order, but the 
price wasn’t high enough to make it any 
object to dig them out at once, so they 
were left for awhile. One day was taken 
to build a pen 7.5 by 7.5 feet on the north 
side of the tobacco barn for the accom¬ 
modation of the five shotes which hitherto 
had been kept in the barn. Such a good 
time as those youngsters have had out 
there, and they arc steadily improving 
under the new regime. 
There are decided disadvantages con¬ 
nected with being a district road sur¬ 
veyor, as the proprietor has learned ere 
this. 'I he last three days of this week 
the two men and the team worked on the 
road, and the following Monday half a 
day was put in to finish up. Then it was 
back again to the potato field, but only 
long enough to dig out the red potatoes 
which are planted each season for family 
use. The name of this variety is a mys¬ 
tery to us, as we know it only as the red 
potato. The skin is of a clear red color, 
and the inside is a mealy white when 
cooked. One day this week the proprie¬ 
tor was fortunate enough to secure an 
old-fashioned five-pail brass kettle, and 
now there is rejoicing anew in the pig¬ 
pen. The farmer boils up a kettleful of 
little potatoes and mixes it with mid¬ 
dlings and milk, a concoction which Mr. 
Piggy is very fond of. Just now the 
farmer is busy getting rowen. Last year 
there was none to cut, but this year there 
will be at least six tons. When there 
isn’t anything to be done in the hayfield 
the hired man is busy wheeling the wood 
into the new woodshed and piling it into 
neat piles. It really begins to remind one 
of Winter to see those piles take shape 
and grow higher day by day. When the 
rowen is in the potatoes will have to 
have some attention, because it will not 
be very long before silage cutting time, 
with its hurry and bustle, will be here. 
Nineteen cows have been milked this 
past month, producing 156 cans of cream. 
This amount would probably have been 
much less had it not been for the millet, 
which is as flourishing as the sweet corn 
is dwindling. The first acre of millet 
yielded 3.5 tons, and lasted just five weeks 
to a day. The second crop is now being 
cut, and it will last all of four days. The 
other piece of millet, containing two 
acres, will yield even better than the first 
one. The sweet corn will not be good 
for anything except fodder, and that will 
not be of a first-class quality, as the sea¬ 
son has been so wet for it on our land. 
The farmer has four young Jersey heif¬ 
ers which he is very proud of. Neigh¬ 
boring stockmen pronounce them the very 
best of their kind, and they certainly are 
very beautiful creatures, with their big 
gentle eyes looking out at everyone who 
passes them. While not registered stock 
they are as near it as is possible under 
the circumstances. 
It is good food for reflection to com¬ 
pare the condition of this farm to-day 
with what it was 16 years ago. Then it 
would support only eight or 10 cows, the 
land was all run down, the fences were 
minus, and the places where they had been 
marked only by piles of rails and planks 
left there by the former owner, while ex¬ 
tending into every lot the width of the 
space from the fence to the road there 
was a solid hedge of elderberry bushes 
and sumach. All of this has been done 
away with, and neat wire fences have 
taken their places. Every roadside can 
now be mowed with the machine. Grad¬ 
ually all the fields have been cleared of 
the most obstructive stones, and the 
stumps have been cleared out of the pas¬ 
ture. A large tobacco barn has been put 
up, also a chicken house, and a silo has 
been erected. One of the latest innova¬ 
tions has been the separator, which has 
been in operation a little over two years. 
There are others which time will put into 
effect, we hope, and if all goes well the 
readers of The R. N.-Y. may hear about 
' them. _ g. n. e. 
BUILDING A CORN CRIB. 
J. II., Suffern, X. Y. —I would lie obliged for 
Information regarding the building of a house 
for corn. Most of these buildings are con 
structed of slats. Is it not better for the 
corn to have the walls or sides of the 
building weatherproof and have a floor of 
slats about 12 Inches above the floor of the 
building? Have openings in (his 12-inch 
space around the sides to admit air. and then 
make four or six ventilators in the roof to 
make a circulation of air up through the corn. 
I have a field of 10 acres in corn, and it is 
as fine a lot of .corn as I have seen this 
Summer. My idea in building a house for 
the corn would be to have a room in the 
building for a sheller and grinding mill. 
Would a building 10 x 20 and 10 feet high 
be large enough? I thought I could make the 
corn bin or storage room 10 x 13 and the 
shelling and grinding room 7 x 10. 
In reply to J. B., asking advice about 
buildin £ Cw rn cribs, will say that a room 
10x13 would be too deep to cure any kind 
of corn. A bin five feet deep and as 
high and long, is needed to get the ca¬ 
pacity wanted. A building 20x30, and 
eight feet high, with bins along the sides, 
leaving the middle floor space for shell¬ 
ing and grinding, is about right for the 
flint varieties. The boards on the inside 
walls of the bins should be left one inch 
apart to admit air. The dent varieties 
having larger cob. and containing more 
moisture, need a better ventilated crib. 
The old-fashioned outdoor crib built en¬ 
tirely of slats, with a good tight roof, is 
best for storing these varieties. 
New York. ralph m. simmons. 
I do not like plan of J. B. A crib for 
keeping corn can be built much cheaper 
than the way he purposes, and I think 
keep the corn much better. In the first 
placq, I think the bulk too great in a bin 
10x13. I would prefer a building 12x20, 
with flaring sides; the shelling and grind¬ 
ing room, 7x12, to have tight sides; the 
remaining 12x13 feet, to be slatted with 
four-foot crib on each side and four-foot 
alley between; a door at the end of alley 
and a trap door in roof over each crib, so 
they may be filled easier and to the roof. 
Tf all inside partitions are made of slats 
and a good roof with fair projection he 
need have no fear of spoiled corn. I would 
build on posts or brick columns with mov¬ 
able steps to guard against rats and mice. 
Columbia Co., N. Y. w. h. 
I have not had much experience along 
that line. My corn mostly goes in the 
silo, but I should be afraid to put so much 
corn together with no more air space than 
is suggested. I would use 2x6 for stud¬ 
ding, and put slats on the inside to give an 
air space around the bin, and I think it 
would be well to put one partition 
through the middle of bin to give it air, 
say 2x4 or 2x6, and slatted on both sides. 
I do not see any reason then why his corn 
would not cure out in good shape. As 
for size of work room, he- does not say 
whether he wished to put some power in 
the room or not. If he does I should 
think it pretty small. T would rather build 
four feet more on, as the cost would be 
but a fraction compared with a man’s time 
if things were badly cluttered up. I would 
be pleased to hear the opinion of others 
on this subject. w. w. r. 
Preble, N. Y._ 
In this section of Nebraska where feed Is 
usually plentiful, we simply husk the corn 
at the proper time and crib it, then turn 
stock in the fields for the Winter. The cutting 
and curing corn fodder is an exception, though 
there are a few corn binders used and now 
and then a shredder. The average man does 
not have enough stock to consume the extra 
feed that is grown on the farm. In the 
Spring many farmers rake and burn their 
cornstalks before putting in a crop. 
York, Nebraska. ( q. h . p. 
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CREAM SEPARATORS 
There was never before a time in the history of the country 
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such good prices as he has this year. 
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can not afford to buy himself a 
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, . If you already have a “cheap” or inferior separator “trade 
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