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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 7, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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KEEP THEM IN MIND. 
Do not forget that the following members 
of the New York Senate voted against Gov¬ 
ernor Hughes in his efforts to remove the 
Superintendent of Insurance. Let it be a 
part of your political duty to remember them 
and vote against them whenever you have the 
chance: 
JOTHAM P. ALLDS.Norwich, N. Y. 
ALBERT T. FANCHER.Salamanca, N. Y. 
S. P. FRANCHOT.Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
S. PERCY HOOKER.LeRoy. N. Y. 
JOHN RAINES.Canandaigua. N. Y. 
SANFORD W. SMITH.Chatham, N. Y. 
WM. J. TULLY.Corning. N. Y. 
HORACE WHITE .Syracuse, N. Y. 
BEN.T. M. WILCOX.Auburn, N. Y. 
JOSEPH ACIvROYD.Utica, N. Y. 
FRANK M. BOYCE.East Schodack, N. Y. 
DEEP SETTING FOR WINTER CREAM 
Now t that the weather is getting cold, will 
you tell me how to manage our milk so as 
to make the cream separate? We use cans 
which are set in ice water, and in Summer 
the cream rises quickly. Is there any wmy to 
heat the milk, and if so, to what tempera¬ 
ture, so that I can use the same cans in 
Winter? I do not like the old-fashioned 
pans, and have no good place to set them, 
but 1 could move m.v creamery into the 
kitchen and use all Winter if the cream 
would separate, a. j. h. 
Ruby, N. Y. 
There is no reason why you should not 
obtain as good results from deep setting 
in the Winter as in the Summer, except 
that at this season of the year cows that 
are well advanced in the period of lacta¬ 
tion give much thicker milk, which is 
more difficult to separate by this method. 
It would be advisable with such milk to 
add four quarts of warm water heated to 
about 135 degrees F. to every 16 quarts of 
milk. This should be done as quickly as 
possible after the milk is drawn from 
the cow. It should then be set in water 
as near 40 degrees F. as it can be main¬ 
tained, and allowed to stand perfectly 
quiet for 24 hours, when it will be ready 
to skim. It is not necessary to add water 
to milk from fresh cows, or warm it. 
Much better results will be obtained by 
this method than with the old-fashioned 
pans. _ c. s. G. 
Testing Milk. 
H. J. 8., Port Jervis , N. Y .—Give me the 
correct rules for testing milk by the cream 
glass. 
Ans. —There are no correct rules for 
testing milk with the cream glass, for it 
is not an accurate test. If you have an 
even lot of cows of one breed, and nearly 
the same time in lactation, you might 
draw a slight comparison between them 
by setting a sample of each cow’s milk in 
a glass under exactly like conditions and 
noting the difference. Why not get a 
Babcock tester and do your testing right? 
C. S. G. 
The Value of Windmill Power. 
F. W., Binghamton, N. Y .—I see no account 
In The R. N.-Y. of windmill power being 
used other than for pumping water. Is it 
too intermittent and uncertain for other 
uses? Please discuss relative cost of in¬ 
stalling and maintaining gasoline engines and 
windmills developing same power. What 
amount of power would be developed by a 
slow wind and what amount safely available 
in high wind? 
Ans. —You should send for Bulletins 
68 and 82 of the Wisconsin Station 
(Madison). While many windmills are 
still in use, gasoline and hot-air engines 
are largely taking their place. We hear 
now and then from farmers who use 
windmills for pumping, sawing wood, 
grinding grain and cutting hay or stalks. 
Most of them are used for pumping en¬ 
tirely. We have a windmill on the farm 
which has pumped water for eight years 
with no repairs needed except a small 
chain. We shall be glad to hear from 
readers as to the cost and efficiency of 
mills and engines. King’s Physics of 
Agriculture states that the pressure of 
the air against the mill depends upon its 
weight per cubic foot, its velocity and 
the angle at which it strikes the mill. 
This weight increases with low tempera¬ 
ture and high barometric pressure. It is 
heavier in Winter than in Summer, and 
also heavier at the coast than inland. The 
pressure increases with the squares of 
the wind’s velocity. Thus a wind blow¬ 
ing 10 miles an hour will give four times 
the pressure of a five-mile breeze and one 
blowing 15 miles nine times. At 30 de¬ 
grees a wind will do about five per cent 
more work than at 60 degrees. Prof. 
King quotes Perry as stating that a 12- 
foot windmill will develop 1-40 horse¬ 
power in a five-mile breeze, 1-5 at 10 
miles, about 84 per cent at 15 miles and 
1 3-5 at 20 miles. 
Spent Tan Bark Ashes. 
P. J. 8., Mechanic till c, N. Y. —I would 
like your advice in reference to hemlock bark 
ashes. There Is a large upper leather tan¬ 
nery in this county and they have bark ashes 
for sale. What would be their fertilizing 
value per bushel as compared with commer¬ 
cial fertilizers, and how would you advise 
applying them? To what crops, and how 
many bushels per acre? I cannot run them 
through a drill, as they are not clean enough, 
and could not get enough on in that way, as 
I think. How would it do to mix them 
with stable, horse and cow manure and apply 
with manure spreader? 
Ans. —The surest way to buy these 
ashes would be to send a fair sample to 
the Geneva Experiment Station and have 
them analyzed. Then weigh a bushel 
and you can figure what they are worth. 
We assume that you mean ashes of spent 
tan bark taken from the tannery. An 
average analysis shows 40 pounds of pot¬ 
ash, 30 of phosphoric acid, and 600 of 
lime in a ton. The potash and phosphoric 
acid are worth, compared with other fer¬ 
tilizers, about $3.50. The value of lime 
depends upon the price in your neighbor¬ 
hood. A bushel of the ashes will weigh 
about 45 pounds. You can use from a 
ton to 1^2 ton per acre on all crops ex¬ 
cept potatoes. We would not mix them 
with manure,- but would, if possible, 
broadcast them on the furrows, after 
plowing, and harrow in. 
Throe cheers for The R. N.-Y. The first 
items in Brevities in the issue of October 26 
represents it well. The cows must be coming 
home: I think T can hear their bells. They 
have been long gone, but the dog is at them 
now, and they will soon reach the milk yard 
on a gallop. I mail you long lists of thinking 
farmers, and hope they will all become life 
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