1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
187 
A FARMER AND PUREBRED STOCK. 
I am glad there is one “cow” brave 
enough to stand on the track and bellow a 
warning to the unwar}’ to keep their eyes 
open while crossing the track. Most of 
the bellowing, though, seems to come from 
the other side. It reminds one of the scor¬ 
ing Lawson got when he first intimated 
that life insurance presidents were not 
naturally entitled to a halo. In these days 
of investigations it will not do to claim 
that one’s calling or profession alone in¬ 
sures him the right to a souse in the “im¬ 
munity bathtub.” In the end it will not 
harm the blooded stock interests to ad¬ 
mit that there may be tricksters as well 
as tricks in their trade, and the sooner 
they are disciplined the better for all con¬ 
cerned. The fears of the Country Gen¬ 
tleman that The R. N.-Y. will be run over 
are groundless. Had Stevenson lived 
till these Harriman days he would have 
learned that in railroading, the “cow¬ 
catcher” is not always the point of great¬ 
est danger, and an engineer hesitates 
about butting into a drove of 100,000 
paid-up followers. 
But going back to blooded stock, I will 
state a case that shows the need of some 
system of “regulation” or arbitration, for 
at present the gold-brick buyer has the 
advantage; he can appeal to the postal 
authorities and it’s “show me,” or your 
mail stops. A young man heavily in debt 
on a big farm, came so near the front at 
the cheese factory with his small dairy 
of native cows that he resolved to try 
building up with Holsteins. He corre¬ 
sponded with several breeders and was 
surprised to learn that none of them 
practiced weighing each milking, as he 
had been doing, and supposed was an es¬ 
sential part of dairy improvement. He 
paid three times what his best natives 
cost him for two five-year-old cows and 
a two-year-old bull. Cows bred to calve 
in March and May—“gave 60 pounds 
when fresh and right now August 15 giv¬ 
ing on grass alone 35 pounds.” He wrote 
Secretary of Holstein Friesian Associa¬ 
tion as to reliability of breeders, sent 
money in advance, and had cows come 
by express to avoid shrinking milk, as 
he needed their help on his record at the 
factory. The day of their arrival he re¬ 
ceived a letter from breeders saying that 
“by mistake one cow had been turned in 
with a bunch to be dried off, so for three 
weeks had only been milked once a day, 
but she would soon come back to full 
flow with good care.” The fact is, she 
has not gone above nine pounds, and the 
other 18 pounds, and both now nearly 
dry. A grade Short-horn under two years 
has given more than the two together, 
after turning off a veal of 200 pounds at 
six weeks old. C)n arrival of cows buyer 
wrote how unsatisfactory they were, one 
with large extra teat that bothered about 
milking,and one practically dry when milk 
was what he wanted. Receiving no 
answer, he wrote the paper where parties 
advertised. It took the matter up 
promptly and after some time, breeders 
Avrote them that was the first they had 
heard that buyer was dissatisfied and 
“disliked dealing with a boy who didn't 
know good stock when he saw it,” etc. 
Later when asking return of crates, noth¬ 
ing was said about this inquiry, but, 
“hoped stock was doing well and knew 
he would be delighted when the cows 
came in.” After further complaints from 
buyer breeders’ lawyer wrote asking 
what he would sell cows for if customer 
was found. He had already offered to 
sacrifice $100 and return the stock. Here 
the dairy paper dropped out as unable 
to “settle differences of opinion,” and as 
Dooley says “there ye ar-re.” Instead 
of proving the benefit of blooded stock, 
and book farming as he had planned, his 
neighbors are joking him on being “bun¬ 
coed” by his friends. While this man 
hasn’t the money to put up a fight, his 
father offers to furnish enough to show 
up the game if some one will tell how, 
as breeders reside in another State. 
A MICHIGAN SUBSCRIBER. 
R. N.-Y.—This is a different case from 
the one which the A. J. C. C. will inves¬ 
tigate. There seems to be no question 
here about the identity of the cattle. It 
is possible that these animals may prove 
.themselves later on. We can well under¬ 
stand what a disappointment this deal 
has been to the young man. Under the 
•circumstances how can he help feeling 
-that he has been victimized? The most 
.•annoying thing about such matters is for 
:a man to refuse to answer letters or try 
lo give satisfaction. “Deal only with 
.honorable men,” is good advice, but a 
farmer will naturally ask how he is to 
fenow where to find them! 
v _ __ 
MILKING MACHINES. 
On page 137 we gave picture of a milk¬ 
ing machine which is operated by foot 
power. This week we show a machine 
which may be operated by hand or power. 
A pamphlet from the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture thus describes it: 
The milking machine consists of a simple 
air pump, composed of two cylinders, each 
of which is independent of the other in its 
action. One cylinder milks one cow. and one 
the other. The valve chambers, supported 
at the ends of the rods, are for the purpose 
of keeping the milk from running back into 
the pump, and also to give the pump suffi¬ 
cient and continued suction for t lie space of 
about 10 to 15 seconds. When the pressure 
is off one of these valve chambers the milk 
flows from it of its own gravity into the pail. 
Each cow can be milked separately, or both 
can be milked into one pail, as desired. 
Cows can be milked into either open or 
closed pails. The machine is operated by 
either hand or power, the hand machine be¬ 
ing convertible into a power machine by sim¬ 
ply bolting an air device to it. In the opera¬ 
tion of the power machine it is necessary to 
pipe the stables, a compressed air tank being 
required, which must be filled by some power 
running an air compressor. There are no 
pulsators or vacuum pumps in the construe - 
tion of the machine. The teat cups are pro¬ 
vided with a rubber sleeve. 
The machine is made by the Calfette 
Machine Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and many 
dairymen appear to be trying it. 
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