285 
1907. 
SWEEP POWER AND A SILO. 
I notice on page 210 a query in regard 
to a sweep power for filling a silo, but 
in none of the answers does there seem 
to be any personal experience. I had the 
first silo in my town, and used to put 
the fodder in whole, but was not quite 
satisfied with it and as that was before 
there were any traveling engines (and I 
did not feel quite like buying one, for 
they were a new thing and ’way up in 
price) I decided to try a sweep power. 
I bought a grist mill and power combined, 
and it was a success as far as power 
and grinding were concerned, but I had 
lots of trouble to get my horses to work 
on it. When things worked all right I 
could cut a good big two-horse load in 
20 minutes, but it took longer most of the 
time. One trouble was that the outside 
horse had farther to go, and was always 
behind; then when there did not happen 
to be anything in the cutter it would 
run itself quite a spell, and the team not 
having anything to pull would slow down. 
1 lien when more fodder went in they 
NOTICE By volt cf thr Club On ami «(!,. I'ellruary i. 190,, a vktich o( lilt color marking! imul accompany each application for transfer 
The following sketch represent, the color markings of the animal I offer for transfer on other sale of this application : 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
up and buried later, and when coming 
for her found an egg there and a very 
lively and indignant hen trying to get 
hack in the house.” 
THE IDENTIFICATION OF CATTLE. 
We have the following note from Wm 
H. Caldwell, secretary American Guern¬ 
sey Cattle Club: 
I have been watching with much interest 
your discussion of the Jersey matter and 
note Trof. Plumb's article on page 135. We 
are the only club that checks up with the 
original description of the ainimal every 
transfer offered for record. I believe It an 
important matter, and it has saved us a 
lot of trouble. The sketch must agree or no 
transfer is given. 
The diagram shows the outline draw 
ings of cattle which must appear on the 
registry papers, and also on transfers. 
Color markings on the animal are marked 
F, fawn; W, white; R, red; L R, light 
red; O F, orange or dark fawn; B, 
brown; Br, brindle. In order to identify 
animals registered in the Guernsey regis¬ 
ter these outline sketches must be filled 
in with the marks which show the colors 
would start up quickly and throw the 
belt off, but as far as power was con¬ 
cerned T had plenty and to spare. My 
silo is in corner of barn, and goes down 
into the basement, so I do not have to 
elevate it so high. I had a fine pair of 
mares, and used them on it two years, 
but the second year the off one got to 
kicking so whenever a trace touched 
her I couldn’t work her on it, and rather 
than dispose of her I sold the power, but 
have been sorry ever since. Another 
reason why I sold it was the way my 
buildings are situated. I had no place 
for it, and it was always in the way, with 
no chance to put a building over it. I 
notice one man says cut two Toads and 
then level it. I have had 15 years’ ex¬ 
perience, and should keep a man in the 
silo all the time when the cutter was 
running. One great trouble in trying to 
do all the work with one team is that 
the corn is apt to get too ripe, for I 
found it a long job to fill a 25-ton silo 
that way, although I tried to plant at 
different times so it would not all get 
ripe at once, but sometimes we have a 
hot, dry spell about cutting time, and 
then the corn will get ripe quickly. A 
sweep power does not cost much, and if 
the man has a place for it (it needs about 
28 feet) and his team is all right (the 
man I sold to had the same trouble I 
did with horses) it will be safe enough 
to buy, for it will do the work and pay 
for itself in a short time. geo. b. hall. 
Connecticut. 
PARALYSIS OF HENS. 
What causes pullets’ logs to stiffen right 
out so they simply lie flat for some hours 
panting for breath ; and then in most cases 
they lay a soft-shelled egg and recover for 
some days at least? We have had a good 
many affected thus. They are comfortably 
housed, fed Alfalfa leaves, cabbage, Kaffir 
corn and a warm mash consisting of bran, 
shorts and fresh meat (plucks) every day, 
with grit and oyster shells always before 
them. What can be done to prevent them 
from getting “big livers?” I have lost a 
number in his way, and fed as above. 
Omaha, Neb. a. g. it. 
We shall have to submit this to the 
experts. Mr. F. Q. White says: “The 
fact that the hens recovered after laying 
an egg proves it is not rheumatism. But 
for the egg being soft-shelled, I would 
say the trouble was paralysis from the 
pressure on a nerve by the egg during 
its passage. This it not uncommon. I 
have found a hen apparently dead on the 
nest and thrown her outside to be picked 
and the marks must be certified to. This 
seems like a very sensible plan, and where 
the animal is marked in any characteris¬ 
tic way identification would seem to be 
sure. _ 
FOUR YOLKS IN AN ECO. 
Can any of your readers inform me if they 
ever saw an egg with four yolks? Last week 
a friend of mime came across one with four 
perfectly formed yolks as big as hickory 
nuts. J. c. 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
Double yolk eggs are very common, and 
I see nothing impossible in four yolks, 
although I have never heard of it before. 
It is simply a freak. One of our neigh¬ 
bors hatched a four-legged chicken last 
Spring that lived some days. I have 
found one egg inside of another, the inner 
egg a small, soft-shelled one, but with 
yolk and white. These are all freaks of 
nature, and as such are curiosities, but 
not to be accounted for in any other 
wav. FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
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