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Live Stock and Dairy 
The RURA.I> NEW-YORKER 
SILO FOR SEVEN COWS. 
I am thinking of building a concrete 
ftilo. I have a 30-acrc farm and have a 
dairy of seven cows. Would a silo nine 
feet in diameter he too large for seven 
cows? Can you tell me what would be 
the amount of material required to build 
a nine-foot silo 25 or 30 feet high? I 
can buy crushed stone at 80 cents a' ton ; 
sand, four cents a bushel; Portland 
cement, $8 a ton. In what proportions 
should these materials be mixed in order 
to bring best results? Ilow thick should 
walls l>e if wire is used to reinforce the 
concrete? How close should the wire be 
placed? Silo agents told me silage would 
not keep so well in a concrete silo as in a 
wooden silo. Is this true? Sbmc time 
ago I read an article in The It. N.-Y. in 
which the writer recommended an octa¬ 
gonal form to be used. The plan struck 
me very favorably, but could not circular 
silo be built by using sheet iron instead of 
boards? It seems to me the inner sheet 
iron could be kept in shape by boards 
crossed as per cut, and the outer sheet 
could be held by irons fastened to these 
boards. I would like any suggestions that 
you may be willing to give. The agent 
told me that the acid in silage would act 
on the cement and cause it to become full 
of holes and thus spoil the silage. This 
seems doubtful to me. I don’t wish to 
make a botch of a job so I take this 
means of getting reliable, unbiased infor¬ 
mation. M . G. 
Fountainville, Pa. 
Seven cows in rather a small num¬ 
ber to build a silo for; they would only 
eat about 280 pounds, or seven cubic 
Cement Co., 30 Broad St., New York, 
for their pamphlet on cement construc¬ 
tion. It gives an immense amount of 
practical information. The labor will 
be a very important item, as well is 
the frame referred to. Below I have 
made an estimate of material, and how 
I figure it, so you may judge if there 
is an error. A silo the same height 
would only require one-fourth more ma¬ 
terial. I have figured on the stone 
being more bulky than the cement, and 
the sand damp: 
Silo, nine feet inside, 11 feet outside; 
area of wall, 31% feet; height of silo, 30 
feet; material in wall, 1,000 cubic feet; 
cement in wall, 200 cubic feet; cement in 
wall, two tons; sand in wall, 300 bushels; 
stone in wall, 3% tons; cost of cement, 
at ?8 per ton, 810; cost of sand, at four 
cents per bushel, 812; stone, at 80 cents 
per ton, 82.80; total, 830.80. 
EDWARD VAX ALSTYNE. 
March 27, 
No Lame Horses l — .- I. B. Calvin. Vi«A.Pn». 
Bo£.ycL~s 
V 
PLAN FOR CIRCULAR SILO. 
feet, of silage a day. Therefore, nine 
feet would be plenty large enough for 
the diameter. It would hardly be 
practical to build it much smaller, and 
one that size would cost proportionately 
more than one of greater diameter. The 
frame in which to run the concrete 
would cost at least as much as the ma¬ 
terial. While iron could be used as sug¬ 
gested, it would be still more expensive. 
The frame must be well braced to 
prevent sagging, and the walls getting 
out of plumb. It would be cheaper to 
use the cement blocks as described in 
The R. N.-Y., page 159. One foot is 
thick enough for the walls if reinforced 
with wire. A- wire should be •run 
spirally a foot apart around silo. Where 
doors are to be, fasten wire to irons 
set in door frame with a head, 
set in the side of door space. Use one 
part cement to 1 y 2 sand and 2y 2 - broken 
stone. Mix thoroughly before wetting. 
If you are unfamiliar with the use 
of cement, it will be unwise to attetnpt 
such a ‘structure without the help of a 
skilled mason. 
Silage mill keep in a cement silo. I 
have two with four feet of cement wall 
at the bottom, where silage is longest. 
These have been in use one 16, the 
other 20 years. The silage keeps all 
right, and the wall is good for an in¬ 
definite time. The Lebanon Shakers, 
in my county, have two cement silos, 
among the first erected in this county. 
I saw them last Summer and they look 
as if they would stand as long as the 
earth endured. 
Send 10 cents to the Atlas Portland 
BOURBON RED TURKEYS. 
This breed of turkeys, while com¬ 
paratively unknown in some parts of 
the country, has been raised in the 
Southwest for many years. They have 
come to the front so rapidly the last 
few years that I believe they will 
some time fill among turkeys the place 
the Plymouth Rock has with chickens. 
While not so large as the Bronze, they 
are much more easily raised. As an 
old neighbor of mine once said, “I know 
Bronze turkeys weigh 40 pounds when 
mature, but mine always die when they 
weigh four.” The Bourbon Reds are 
rich brown in color, white wings, and 
more or less white in tail. They are 
proud, handsome birds, and very tame. 
The toms weigh, when mature, 25 to 
35 pounds; hens 12 to 20 pounds. My 
hens last year, 30 of them, laid 40 eggs 
each. If not allowed to sit they wil 
lay three times during the season. Al¬ 
most all the eggs were laid around the 
buildings and orchard. I gathered one 
thousand eggs last year, and found 
every hen before she went to setting. 
’I he only fault I have ever had found 
with them on this score was that they 
didn’t know enough to hide their eggs 
from the crows, and were always under 
foot! 
The hens are splendid mothers, never 
taking the poults to the neighbors’ and 
always coming up to roost. I feed the 
babies oatmeal and bread and milk until 
old enough to eat oats and wheat; then 
consider them almost raised. I have 
never had a case of blackhead, but 
think almost all turkeys, old and young, 
get too much feed. I believe the less 
you feed them, if they have a good 
range, the bigger, better turkeys you 
will have when Fall comes. Of course, 
they will have to have a chance in 
fields or woods to get their living, but 
I think most of the thousands of tur¬ 
keys that die every year are killed by 
kindness. mrs. f. w. sanford. 
Illinois. 
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Don t neglect the lame or 
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day in and day out^-thanks to Tuttle’s Elixir-then 
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Curb, Splints, Spavin Lameness, Ring- 
Bone, Knotted Cords, Cockle Joints, 
Sprains, Bony Growths, Swellings, Shoe 
Bolls and Founder, Distemper and Colic 
It never fails to locate lameness, and the thou¬ 
sands who have tried it will tell you that it makes 
the finest leg and body Wash they ever used. 
Send for the proofs. We want you to know also 
?.r the remarkable curative powers of Tuttle’s 
Worm Powders. Tuttle’s Condition Powders and 
Tuttle’s Hoof Ointment. Ask your dealer for 
Tuttle's Elixir and other remedies. If not there we 
will ship to you by express. Don’t experiment. Get 
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own veterinary. Write for it today. 
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30 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. 
CHAIN 
HANGING 
L B. Calvin, Vice-Pres¬ 
ident, State Dairy Asso¬ 
ciation, Kewanno, Ind . 
says: 
“I think them 
PERFECT.” 
Send for BOOKLET. 
w. B. CRUMB, 
<3 Main Street. * 
Forestville, Conn. 
CHAIN HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured .and for 
sale by 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestville, Conn. 
EXCELSIOR SWING STANCHION 
Warranted the Best. 
30 Bays Trial. 
Unlike all others. Stationary when 
Open. Noiseless. 
THE WASSON STANCHION CO. 
Box 60, Cuba, New York. 
COW STANCHIONS 
Comfortable Sanitary Strong Cheap 
BOW EN & QUICK, Mfgrs., Auburn, New York. 
DEPOT FARM Co,,le Dogs, Delaine Merino Sheep. 
1 ” ' r Hlim ■ Partridge, 1’. Kocks, Golden Barred 
I lymouth Bocks, ICoiicu and Mallard Ducks. Kgga for Hatching 
*L B. LEWIS & SON, K.F.D.No. 2 . Cadiz, Ohio 
Sound Horses 
made and kept sound the world 
over by 
)UINN’S 
OINTMENT 
Note the sign. Price $ 1.00 per 
Bottle. Of druggists or by mail. 
Testimonials free for the asking. 
W. B. Edd, a Co., Whitehall, N.Y. 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
A limited number of young sows bred to a grand 
imported boar for March and April farrotv. 
Also a fine lot of fall pigs of the highest quality 
and breeding at very attractive prices. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
CHESHTRFS THE new york 
FARMER'S HOG 
“So you abandoned the simple style of 
spelling T n “Yes,” responded the former 
advocate of the fad. “I found it so dif¬ 
ficult to make people understand that I 
knew better.” —Philadelphia Public 
Ledger. 
C. F HUNT’S 
EIGHTH ANNUAL SALE 
THREE DAYS 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. APR. 20, 21, 22, 1909. 
250 REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE 250 
Nice straight young Cows, Heifers and Bulls. 
The best lot ever offered at any public sale. 
Catalogues on Application. 
Address 
C. F. HUNT, Oran, N. Y. 
JERSEYS 
—Combination and Golden Lad - for 
sale, 48 cows. 3 heifers 23 bulls. 
S. E. NIVIN, Landenburg. Pa. 
4 st.J-ambekt bull calves for 
SALE. Two to ten months old. Solid color 
.breeding the best. 
J. ALDUS HERB, Koute 4, Lancaster, Pa. 
/U3S 
RB 
Hardy prolific, light, strong bones, mature early. 
Young stock for sale. Address 
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY’ 
| Cornell University, Ithaca, N.’ Y. 
Cures Strained Puffy Ankles,Lymphangitis, 
roll Evil, Fistula, Sores, Wire Cuts, Bruis¬ 
es _ and Swellings, Lameness, and Allays 
Pain Quickly without Blistering, removing 
the hair, or laying the horse up. Pleasant 
to use. $2.00 per bottle at dealers or de¬ 
livered. Horse Book 5 D free. 
ABSORBINE, JR., (mankind,$1.00 bot¬ 
tle.) For Strains,Gout, VaricoseVeins, Var- 
icocele.nydrocele, Prostatitis, kills pain- 
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 83 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. 
FOR SALE CHOICE LARGE YORKSHIRES 
sows to farrow in the spring; also young boar pigs. 
These \ orkshires are from such breeding as Earl of 
Kosebury, Scott, 1< latt and other. Also a choice lot 
of Chester \Y lute sows to farrow in spring. Selected 
\xr r Utters. Prices reasonable. 
W. H. MINER, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. 
Death the Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
REGISTERED AYRSHIRES—If you want to 
II improve your herd purchase cows and youngstock 
trom first-class milkers of strong constitution and 
the best dairy type. Correspondence solicited. F. H 
Cookingham, Cherry Creek, Chautauqua Co., N'. Y. 
We will send you 100 lbs. of DU. 
HOM.AfiD’S MEDICATED STOCK 
SALT on 60 days’ trial freight 
prepaid. If you derive no benefit, 
It costs you nothing; if you do, It 
costB you $5.00. Give us your or¬ 
der at once. 
Registered Holsteins For Sale. 
A splendid 2-year old son of Aaggie Topsy Dekol 
?- n , 2! lls buR calves,and a yearling G. son of l)e 
Kol 2d s, ButterBoy 3d. C.B.Hawley,Waterford.N.Y. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
B ROWN SWISS BULL CALVES, three for 
sale, two to four months old, from extra good 
dairy strain. Grandsons of Hector No. 2i91, imported 
from Switzerland. C. F. MAPES, Mapes, N. Y. 
HORSES I CALVES. 
Raise Them Without Milk. 
Booklet Free. 
J. W. Barwell, Waukegan,Ill. 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM. 
Largest Importers in America ofPercheron, 
Belgian & German Coach Stallions & Mares. 
Our new importa¬ 
tion of 40 head of 
Percheron and Bel¬ 
gian Stallions ar¬ 
rived Fel>. 10, mak¬ 
ing our first impor¬ 
tation for this year. 
We can show over 
150 head of high 
class young Percher¬ 
on, Belgian and Ger¬ 
man Coach Stallions 
at remarkably low 
prices. Best terms 
and guarantee. 
J. CROUCH A SON, Dept. A, La Fayette, Indiana. 
Ymi Han’t Affnrrf A Grade - whe « 1 can sen 
I Uvl Uull I HI lull! you a reg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price, 
li. I. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Angus Cattle, &JSS 
and Trot- 
„ ., — - -— -J Mares and 
Colts for sale cheap. 
MYER & SON, Bridgeville, Del. 
JCOTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
* eightmos. Giro. SILAS DECKER, Montrose Fa. 
F OR SALE — Choice Young Fox Hounds, ready for 
business. Stamp for rep. Charlie W. Diggs, Diggs, Va. 
Large Improved English Yorkshires 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
The MOST MONEY for $1 Invested in 
Food has been secured in impartial trials 
from THE GUERNSEY COW. 
Reason WHY— by writing 
Guernsey Club, Box R. N. Y„ Peterboro, N. H 
GET OUT OF DEBT 
Grade up your herds with Holsteins, 
the mortgage lifters. Send for free booklets. 
Holstein-Friesian Assn., Dept,E, Brattleboro,Vt. 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
SPRINGBANK HERD -30 Sows from 910 36 
..--....— months old will be 
bred to Watson’s Charmer Duke, 106100, son of 
Charmer’s Duke 23d, 84000, and out of Lady Long¬ 
fellow 19th, 97871, by Premier Duke, 70054, find to 
Belle Premier’s Duke, son of Watson's Charmer 
Duke and Belle Premier, 9373G. she a daughter of 
Lady Premier B., 81248. The first Berkshire Sow 
that ever sold for $1000.00 at Public Auction. 
J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
Large Berkshires 
Berkshires exclusively. 150 head to select from. 
Matings not akin. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FAR3I. Gettysburg, Pa, 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
Bred sows. Pigs, all ages. Registered our expense. 
Money back if wanted. Write for booklet, H. C. & 
H. B. Harpending, “Highwood,” Dundee, N. Y. 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 'or sale from imported 
... and American bred stock, 
either sex, not related. Prices low. 
S. S. STORY, North Stockholm, N. Y. 
DUROC JERSEY PIGS 
bred gilts 
- -- AND sows. 
Prom mature stock. Also Purebred high yielding 
Seed Corn. Timothy and Clover Seed. Address 
Meadowbrook Seed Farms, Williamsport, Ohio. 
HOLSTEIN-ERIESIANS 
are bred for large production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to 
see them. 125 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
FINE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULL CALF s f ale 
sired by “Sir Sadie Cornucopia,” No. 42152, whose 
average A.R.O. hacking is32.48 lbs. butter in 7days, 
Which is the WORLD’S RECORD. 
Bull Calf born January 11. '09; Dam, choice young 
c °w, "Princess Clothilde Johanna,” a nice young 
calf, well marked, sound and right in every way, 
and will be sold for $50.00 if taken soon. Have 
others if this does not suit you. 
For full information, address 
QUENTIN McADAM, Prop., 
Brotliertown Stock Farms, Utica, N. Y. 
BULL CALVES-YOUWG BULLS 
rejuly for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl I)e Kol’s Sarcastic 
I.ad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will be kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and i>rices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
POT SSIB 2 ne . Large Registered Rarobouillet 
Buck, three years old this Spring. 
U. A. AYILLIS, Pulaski, Y". 
TUNIS SHEEP—Both Sexes. 
Write your wants and let me quote you prices. 
J- N. MacPHERSON, 
Pme View Farm, Scottsville, N. Y. 
Holstein -Friesians 
Fine Lot of Extra Bull Caines Now. 
Send for list of same showing breeding, records and prices. Write promptly. 
IV. IV. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y . 
