1909 . 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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THAT GREAT MILK YIELD. 
I saw on page 179, a record of the 
jersey cow “Molly of Edge wood/’ 
which is not correct. I feel that I 
ought to defend the cow, for I have 
known her from a calf, and the man 
who raised her, and also, the man who 
now owns her, and because I own her 
three-year-old son. I think that her cor¬ 
rect test should be printed, and no 
doubt it will give some of the other 
breeders an Alaska chill, I herewith 
send you the correct test. “Mollie of 
Ed go wood,” owned by Thomas Holt, 
has just finished her year's work under 
authenticated tests, and at present stands 
third for milk and fat in Jersey class 
in America. Her yield was 14,036 
pounds of milk, and 706 pounds of but¬ 
ter fat, equal to 850 pounds of butter. 
Bristol Conn., s. N. 
CALF FEEDING. 
I have read in The R. N.-Y. how to raise 
calves on skimmed milk. I have been feed¬ 
ing six quarts a day to each calf, two 
quarts to the feeding three times a day; 
about one pound hay twice daily and one 
pint grain, gluten and bran equal parts, one 
pound silage. The calves are poor, and 
liave too large a stomach. Calves are 
eight weeks old. I want to get rid of 
their large stomachs and get them in better 
condition. What must I do? c. a. f. 
You will never be successful raising 
calves with your present system of feed¬ 
ing. Your trouble is caused by feeding 
too much hay and grain before the calves 
were old enough to digest such coarse 
food. A calf eight weeks old is only 
old enough to begin to cat a very lit¬ 
tle hay and grain, together with a mod¬ 
erate amount of skim-milk. The proper 
way to raise calves is to start them 
on new milk until they are at least two 
or three weeks old and then grad¬ 
ually change to skim-milk. At this time 
start to feed about a tablespoonful of 
boiled flaxseed or oil meal, gradually 
increasing as the calf grows in ability 
to digest its food, always using the 
utmost caution not to overfeed. The 
amount to feed depends entirely upon 
the size and strength of the calf. In 
your present case I would mix in a 
pint of fresh buttermilk for each calf, 
or if you cannot get the buttermilk I 
would feed a little new milk mixed 
with sweet slum-milk for a few days, 
and during this time I would gradu- 
all y change the grain feed from the 
gluten and bran you are feeding to the 
boiled flaxseed or oil meal mentioned 
above. This change must be made very 
gradually, or it will not produce the best 
results. c. S. G. 
Plan for Cow Barn. 
Will you suggest any improvement in 
this plan for a cow barn, to run out from 
my big barn about in the center of it? 
The barn to he 32 feet wide, with a cement 
wall four feet high all around it, and 3% 
feet on top of that to the eaves, for a row 
of windows with the King system of venti¬ 
lation ; the end of the barn partitioned, say 
10 feet for a milk-cooliug room and grain 
room. L. p. s. 
New London Co., Conn. 
A cow barn 32 feet wide can be con¬ 
veniently arranged to accommodate two 
rows of cows standing side by side. I 
would recommend, however, that you 
use the diffusion system of ventilation 
instead of the King system, as I have 
found it to be superior in every way, 
besides saving at least nine-tenths of 
the cost of the King system. If you 
make this change allow two square 
feet of cloth and three square feet of 
glass for each cow. The diffusion sys¬ 
tem of ventilation is approved and re¬ 
commended by the New York City 
Health Department and by many practi¬ 
cal dairymen. It is all right to have a 
grain room partitioned off from the rest 
of the stable, but if should not be used 
for a milk-cooling room also. A separ¬ 
ate building should be erected for Ibis 
purpose a short distance from the barn 
and not connected with it. The city 
milk inspectors must be considered in 
these cases. c. s. G. 
Farming by Irrigation. 
O. J. IS., Petersburg, III .—I would like to 
see in The R. N.-Y. a discussion as to farm¬ 
ing by irrigation as practiced in the West 
Is it not a good deal of work to get the 
water on the land properly and does one 
used to farming without irrigation take 
kindly to the new way? I read of one 
man who said he was obliged to wear rub¬ 
ber hoots and that they injured his health 
and he gave it up on this account. An¬ 
other man told me that it was very dusty 
in the Spring before the water was put on 
the land. It is my impression that there is 
nothing like rain for watering land if only 
it would come just when it was needed. 
Ans.—F rom what I have been able 
to learn irrigation as here followed 
is a sort of amphibious farming re¬ 
quiring good rubber boots and neces¬ 
sitates hustling around a good deal out 
in the wet. You cannot simply turn 
on the aqua and go to bed, or loll 
about and let things grow themselves. 
The easiest method of irrigation I have 
seen is found at Sanford, Fla., where 
flowing artesian wells facilitate the 
growing of celery which nets big re¬ 
turns. Florida and California owing to 
the mild climates have long growing 
seasons and this attracts farmers who 
want to escape from the rigorous Win¬ 
ters. Many try it and some succeed and 
every phenomenal success is published 
by colony promoters as bait or induce¬ 
ments to attract fresh investors. All 
contemplating coming to California to 
farm should know that the growers now 
here complain that the cost of getting 
their crops to market such as vegetables, 
ripe fruit, etc., usually makes their busi¬ 
ness unprofitable. The carriers and 
the middlemen get about all there is 
in it and the published statements to 
the contrary are exceptional and there¬ 
fore misleading. Florida is much nearer 
the eastern markets than this State, 
and some sections of Florida have quick, 
direct water communication. It is 
thought here that the completion of the 
Panama Canal will greatly help the Cal¬ 
ifornia growers. The intensive culture 
of small farms as a means to improve 
the condition of fanners where they 
now live is now receiving much atten¬ 
tion. During dry spells windmills 
(which are cheap) could be employed 
for concentrated irrigation and occas- 
sionally springs or ponds could be used. 
The growth of special crops, the crea¬ 
tion of a local demand which could be 
personally served, the seeking and de¬ 
veloping of nearby markets and the use 
of more attractive packages: these are 
live subjects worthy of the closest 
study. J. YATES PEEK. 
A Co-Operative Store at Washington. 
The articles on “How Much of the 
Dollar” in The R. N.-Y. have interested 
me from a different point of view than 
that of the producer, being at the other 
extreme, i. e., the consumer, or the one 
who pays the dollar. In 1907, there 
was organized in this city a co-opera¬ 
tive store, for the purpose of trying to 
save a part of the dollar for the con¬ 
sumer; or, rather, to divide with the 
producer, that large portion which 
neither can retain under the usual order 
of business. This store has recently 
failed, partly from poor management 
and in part from lack of interest, but 
principally from the opposition of 
tradesmen. It has occurred to me that 
The R. N.-Y., as the friend of both, 
might help to bring the producer and 
consumer together, and to this end I 
will be glad if you can give sufficient 
publicity to the matter, that some of 
the producers or co-operative associa¬ 
tions may learn that there is a field here 
where they may arrange to dispose of 
their butter, cheese, fruits and other 
products of the farm direct to the con¬ 
sumer at good prices for first-class ar¬ 
ticles. The leaders of the co-operative 
movement here are now arranging for 
a reorganization. p. j. smith. 
Washington, D. C. 
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320 Acres Instead of 160 Acres 
As farther inducement to set¬ 
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lands of Western Canada, the 
Canadian Government has in¬ 
creased the area that may be 
taken by a homesteader to 320 
acres—160 free and 160 to 
be purchased at only $6.00 
per aero. These lands are in 
the grain-raising area, where 
mired farming is also carried 
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A railway will shortly be built 
to Hudson Bay, bringing the world's 
markets a thousand miies nearer these 
wheat fields, where schools and 
churches are convenient, climate 
excellent, railways close to all set¬ 
tlements and local markets good. 
"It would take time to assimilate the reve¬ 
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to the Worth of ns unfolded at every turn." 
Correspondence of an Illinois Editor, who 
visited Western Canada in August, 190S. 
Land* may also bo purchased from Hallway 
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