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T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 16, 
SILAGE UNDER GROUND. 
Will silage keep as well in the bottom of 
a silo (hat is lowered into the ground four 
feet, well cemented on bottom and sides, as 
in one built on the surface? A. s. 
Indiana. 
Yes; be sure, however, that it is per¬ 
fectly tight, made so with a cement veneer 
against the main wall or a solid cement 
foundation putting the bottom in after 
side wall is laid. This will make a better 
job than to put bottom down first and 
lay wall thereon. H. e. c. 
DIARRHOEA IN COWS. 
My milch cows are taken with diarrhoea. 
The evacuations are very sloppy or watery. 
They do not s*eem to have any fever; at 
least, (hey drink but little water. Some eat 
but little, while others eat about the usual 
amount of feed. They look rough, hair 
standing up. The (low of milk diminishes 
just before (hoy have diarrhoea. They give 
scarcely any milk. Trouble lasts from four 
to 10 days. j. g. 
Newport, O. 
This diarrhoea occurs frequently in 
herds in various parts of the country. It 
is no doubt a germ disease, although in 
books that I have it is not classified. I 
had the same experience quite a long 
time ago, and come into contact with it 
frequently. I have many times known of 
its becoming epidemic in a community, 
which might lead to an opinion that it 
was caused by a bacterial growth upon 
the hay. 1 have never known it to become 
fatal. Common salt is a good remedy. 
Take off the feed giving only wheat bran 
and oil meal three to one, not over three 
pounds a day. The salt is an antiseptic 
and a mild cathartic. After three or 
four days give half pound Epsom salts. 
The amount of common salt will depend 
sontewhat upon the individual. Give half 
pound a day for two or three days, and 
watch the effect? If it seems to physic, 
and one can usually note the difference 
between a diarrhoea and effect of a ca¬ 
thartic, then let up; if it does not, give 
more, three-quarters to one pound. No 
doubt your trouble will have passed be¬ 
fore this reaches you. Thorough disin¬ 
fection will be helpful. li. E. cook. 
GOOD CARE FOR GOOD COWS. 
On page 186 F, A. C. told of his live good 
Jersey cows. lie now tells how they are 
cared for. 
If I were to tell others how to get a 
large average per cow, 1 should say in 
the first place get the cow. This is the 
first step. There are many others, but 
this is first. It is not the cow that gives 
40 pounds per day in flush of feed, and 
when short feed comes quits, but the cow 
who will give you a fair mess about 330 
days in the year. The second step is 
that a man must be willing to literally 
hold his nose to the grindstone seven 
days per week for 52 weeks. If you can¬ 
not do this do not expect unusual results. 
Now as to how 1 get 6,000 pounds aver¬ 
age per cow, 1 am milking five now, 
three fresh, one farrow, and one strip¬ 
per. For January 1 received 3,337 pounds, 
an average of 667% pounds per cow. I ' 
fed one bushel silage night and morning, 
with hay at noon. The grain ration was 
two quarts cornmeal, two quarts bran, 
two quarts molasses feed, one quart 
gluten, twice per day. I try to milk as 
near the same hour each day as possible, 
and always milk them myself if 1 can. 
Stable never freezes in coldest weather. 
They are bedded fresh each day with 
straw, as the more comfortable they are 
the more milk you will get. 1 water in 
yard with running water at noon on cold 
days, twice each day when weather is 
warm. I commence to feed grain in 
Summer as soon as they begin to shrink. 
For green feed I use mostly oats and 
peas. I commence about June 20 to feed 
clover and about July 10 oats and peas. 
I usually sow peas three times, so that I 
have fresh ones until corn is matured. 
I do not know that I can tell you more 
about my methods. There is no secret 
about it; all there is to it is to get a good 
cow, then feed and care for her. A cow 
must have all she wants to eat if she 
gives milk. The secret of a good cow is 
a capacity to convert a large amount of 
feed into milk nearly every day in the 
year. I expect to make a better record 
this coming year and will write you 
again. Price for January was $1.65 per 
100; 3,337 pounds at $1.65 per 100 is 
$55.07. _ F. A. C. 
Raising Gkesk.—O n page 91 O. E. II. 
asks about raising geese, and Fred Aiiny an¬ 
swers, but in a way to make me think dial 
geese in It. I. are entirely different from geese 
in the good old Keystone Stale. Our way 
is, if set under a lien, (o keep the eggs thor¬ 
oughly dampened, as a goose will attend to 
this part herself, and as soon as a gosling 
is hatched and dry. (nils its legs into cold 
water to strengthen them. Then we give 
them cornmeal mixed with water, but not too 
thin, with plenty of salt, and feed this as long 
as they need feeding; then let them run in 
pasture the same as cattle, and they will 
raise themselves. it. s. G. 
✓ Pennsylvania. 
Begin the 
Horse Right 
if you would have the right liorse. 
Don’t handicap a promising colt with 
unwise management during the first few 
months of growth. Make the grain 
and feed he gets more beneficial by giv¬ 
ing a little of Dr. Hess Stock Food. It 
increases digestion by supplying the sys¬ 
tem with bitter tonics, iron lor the Wood, 
nitrates toexpel poisonous material from 
the system: such ingredients being re¬ 
commended by Professors Winslow, Quit- 
man, Finlay Dun and all the noted 
medical writers. 
D s HESS 
STOCK F0GD 
the prescription of Dr. Hess(M.D.,D.V.S.) 
is especially designed to make market 
stock take on flesh more rapidly and cows 
give more milk, besides curing and pre¬ 
venting stock disease. 
Sold on n Written Guarantee. 
100 lbs. * 5.00 \ Eirrpt In fnnsda and 
25 lb. pall * 1.60 / F.xtr.mo Went and South. 
Smaller quantities at a slight advance. 
Where Dr. Hess Stock Food differs in 
particular is in the dose—it’s small and 
fed but twice a day, which proves it has 
the most digestive strength to the pound. 
Our Government recognizes Dr. Hess 
Stock Food as a medicinal tonic, and 
this paper is back of the guarantee. 
If your dealer cannot supply you, we will. 
Dr. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio 
Also manufacturers of Dr. Hess Poultry 
Pan-a-ce-& and Instant Louse Killer. 
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Try a Boss Cream Raiser 
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Lightest running: closest, skimmers. 
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Write for free descriptive booklet of 
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ECONOMY SILO 
Strong and air-tight, but simple is con 
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Doors are continuous from txrttom to top. fit 
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Hoojw form a convenient permanent ladder. 
Made from best materials and fully guaranteed. 
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THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY 
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Y tells 
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A HEALTH TONIC 
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