1907 . 
T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3o7 
A PLASTERED SILO. 
I have learned after 15 years’ experience 
that a lath and plastered silo is all right. 
Mine is in a corner of the barn, boarded 
with rough boards lathed and plastered 
with cement two parts, sand one. It is as 
tight as a jug, and seems like stone when 
finished. It is much better to wet the in¬ 
side before filling, no matter what material 
the silo is made of. If it is not filled all 
at. one time put on some more water on 
the part not filled. 1 use a spray pump, 
with nozzle taken ofT. It is best to keep it 
evenly spread and well tramped and not 
to fill too quick. I would not mind being 
a week filling a 30-ton silo. Some say 
there is ij£> need of weighting the silage 
after putting in, but I have found it to 
be a great deal better when I have loaded 
it with something to press the air out. I 
used to use stones, but for the past two 
years have used pumpkins; it makes a 
good place to store them, and they keep 
nicely, heed them to the cows before it is 
time to freeze up. They help out a lot 
when the cows are shifting from green 
feed to dry. Of course circumstances 
alter cases; I suppose if my silo went 30 
or 40 feet in the air 1 should not weight, 
hut it goes down in the basement eight 
feet, and by driving on the barn floor and 
having a staging up part way one man 
stands in the wagon and tosses them to 
the man on the stage; then it is not much 
of a job to weight the silage. 
Connecticut. CEO. b. hall. 
LINSEED MEAL FOR PI OS. 
I mn feeding my pigs a lllieriil rollon of 
linseed meal mixed with other feeds, such 
ns bran, cornmoal, etc. I have been feeding 
pigs for 30 years, lint have never fed linseed 
meal before. I am told that, my pigs will 
get slek and die. 'I'hey seem to be thriving 
wonderfully so far. If there Is any danger 
In giving linseed meal to pigs, why Is IIV 
Wlmt quantity cun bo given them without 
danger? w . Ki Mt 
Campbell, Va. 
I he persons who took such friendly 
interest in your pig feeding as to say 
that the animals would sicken and die 
if oil meal feeding continued must have 
had in mind cotton-seed meal and its 
dangerous results when used as pig feed. 
Of course pigs can be over-fed with oil 
meal, and so they can with any other rich 
feeds, but such is not the result from in¬ 
telligent feeding. Oil meal can be used 
with grain to the extent of one-third by 
weight. Possibly one-fourth is the safer 
proportion to use. Allow me to suggest 
that you drop out the use of bran as a 
part ration for the pigs. Experiments 
show that bran is not a profitable feed 
for pigs. Middlings are all right, and one 
of the best ground feeds we can give the 
pigs. I have long since ceased using 
cornmcal as pig feed, arguing that a 
pig that cannot grind his corn with profit 
to me is a poor sort of a specimen. A 
series of careful experiments showed that 
cornmcal gave an increase of eight per 
cent over whole corn. In many instances 
this would not pay the expense of grind¬ 
ing, etc. However, this is outside of your 
query, but T cannot well resist the desire 
to point out possible mistakes that some 
feeders may be making. 
Ross Co., Ohio. JOHN M. JAMISON. 
DR. SMEAD ON REGISTERED STOCK 
1 note on page 215 J. Grant Morse ac¬ 
cuses me of being densely ignorant of 
foreign countries’ registration, which may 
be true. 1 do not deny being quite ignor¬ 
ant of many things in this world; I do 
not like, however, to remain so, while I 
never expect to learn all that is worth 
knowing I desire to learn the true facts 
of many things. Now, as Mr. Morse is 
a man whom 1 conjecture knows more of 
registration of animals than most of us, 
1 desire him, for the good of us all, to 
name all or any <>f the English record as 
sociations, French associations, Helgian 
associations, that keep a record of the 
dams. I would like him to tell tis where 
I can buy a record of the cattle that are 
raised on the Island of Jersey, that ex 
tends back On both sire and dam side, 
keeping a record of the dam and grand 
dam and great grand-dam through five 
successive generations, f would like to 
have in my library such a record; 1 have 
some foreign records, and I find they read 
sired by — ; dam by sire number-; 
grand-dam by sire, number so-and-so, but 
not a number is given the dams at all. 
It is from this fact I say many animals 
can be brought to this country and go on 
records as being purebred when in fact 
tliev need not he but three-quarters bred 
animals. 'I here is no question but what 
the A. J. C. C. is as careful of their rec¬ 
ords as any association on earth, their 
foundation stock coming from an island 
where no other animals are allowed to 
land, nor has there been for many years. 
I he type of the breed is well established, 
and of necessity the Jersey Island cattle 
must be of pure breeding; yet to keep a 
record of their individual breeding, tell 
me, Brother Morse, if you can, how far 
any imported heifer can be traced? I 
am ignorant, and desire to learn. It is 
facts vou deal in; give us some of them, 
please. _c. v. smead. 
SELLING EGGS BY WEIGHT. 
I noticed an item stating that the writer 
weighed a dozen of his hens’ eggs and 
they weighed 27 ounces. It struck me as a 
big story. I had three dozen eggs in a 
crate, and I took a dozen just as they 
came and found they weighed 20 ounces. 
I wo of these were pullet eggs. I suhstit 
ed two hen’s eggs, and then the dozen 
weighed 27 ounces. A dozen pullet eggs 
weighed 21 ounces. I saw eggs in a store 
recently weighing less than an ounce 
apiece. But “eggs arc eggs unless they 
are chicks,” is what we hear, and “we gel 
just as much for small eggs as for large.” 
Doubtless this is so, and this is why I 
write. The consumer is the loser, and to 
the consumer we must largely look for a 
remedy. The only standard for eggs is 12 
for a dozen, while every other commodity 
has a standard of weight or measure. Any 
standard that may be adopted I will abide 
by. One egg producer told me that h • 
would get as many pounds in a year ot 
small eggs as I do for my larger ones 
I his, too, may be so. I he re fore he could 
not suffer if eggs are handled by the 
pound. I am willing the standard should 
be fixed at 27 ounces for a dozen or 20 
ounces. But I suggest 24 ounces for a 
dozen. If consumers will demand that 
this matter he adjusted it will he done 
I am advertising large eggs. Will anyone 
hid for trade u, the basis of small eggs? 
I have known bantam eggs to he sold 
among large ones on the principle that 
‘ we get just as much for them,” and “eggs 
are eggs.” The computing scale makes it 
convenient to handle eggs by the pound, 
so it can be done. penn, 
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SIMPLICITY 
A cream separator that is worth buying 
must give lond service. To do that, it 
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^ time as the Tubular because there is 
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Sharpies Tubular 
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SILO 
u 
THE LOWING OF THE KINE ” 
In simply their way of nailing for Green Mountain Silage. Make* 
them thrive better and yield more milk at half the coat for feed. 
THE FAMOUS 
GREEN MOUNTAIN SILO 
hafl DUHtalncd many a herd through frozen winters and through long, pasttir- 
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, > want you to try tho 
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Him It ten day*. Then, If you 
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morn pmllL Wo prove It 
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How to llullif, Plant, Fill , 11,4 F .„4 
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A P| I |CTM Self-Rccom- 
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ir»u°on to Days Free Trial 
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