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1909. 
HOLSTEINS AND THE MILK STANDARD. 
Here is a matter I feel my duty to 
call to your attention, namely, the law 
requiring solids in milk, while the best 
authority claims Holsteins do not reach 
that amount. That law did not worry 
us much until a few days ago, when 
the superintendent of the Borden Con- 
densery, at Nelliston, opposite Fort 
Plain. Montgomery Co., said he had or¬ 
ders from headquarters that 12 per cent 
would be demanded. The local super¬ 
intendent tells me it affects the prog¬ 
ressive farmers and those up in san¬ 
itary conditions most, and he feels bad 
about it, as well as we do. There are 
two seasons during the year that milk 
tests low, late Winter and Spring and 
during July and August. If the law 
could be changed or amended so that 
milk could lawfully stand 11 per cent 
during February, March, April, May, 
July and August, it would be, I think, 
all right, and we farmers would not be 
law-breakers in producing pure Hol¬ 
stein milk. G - w - E - 
TUNIS SHEEP. 
When the Merino sheep were intro¬ 
duced into the United States they 
created a great sensation among sheep 
breeders, 1 welve years before tl.eir in 
troduction another breed had been 
brought from abroad. When General 
William Eaton was Consul from the 
United States to the Court of Tunis he 
saw a flock belonging to the Bey that 
impressed him as being a valuable biecd 
for this country. He purchased 10 head, 
and shipped them by sailboat for 
America. The voyage being long, only 
two of them survived the passage. 
These were the ram Caranielli and the 
ewe Selina. On their arrival at Phila¬ 
delphia they were consigned to the care 
of Judge Richard Peters, at Belmont, 
Pa. Mr. Peters labored for 20 years to 
breed these sheep up to a high standard, 
and succeeded admirably, considering 
the fact that in 'the meantime the 
Merinos were attracting almost the en¬ 
tire attention of sheep breeders. Mr. 
Peters sent small flocks to Virginia, 
North and South Carolina and Georgia, 
for trial on mountain pastures, and in 
these States a number of flocks were 
established, so that everything indicated 
a rapid introduction to all parts of the 
country. But the Civil War came upon 
the nation, and put an end to all efforts 
in that line. During the ensuing four 
years almost the entire lot in the South 
were destroyed. I he Pennsylvania flock 
alone remained for the second effort to 
increase their numbers. 1 he two im¬ 
ported animals lived to old age; the ewe 
Selina was 16 years old when raising 
her last lamb. Both of these were killed 
by dogs. These sheep are quick, active 
and of fine appearance. Ihey are hardy, 
standing heat and cold remarkably con¬ 
sidering the climate from which they 
were brought. They fatten easily and 
quickly, requiring less feed than most 
breeds, because they are great foragers. 
On the mountains of the South they 
were self-sustaining. A sick or diseased 
sheep is seldom found among them. 
Tunis ewes are good mothers, raising 
from one to three lambs at a time. A 
peculiarity with the lambs is in their 
various colors, ranging from deep red 
to a fawm color, while some are spotted. 
The lambs mature early, and are in 
good demand on account of the quality 
of the mutton. For wool products they 
are fair, the fleeces weighing from six 
to 12 pounds, but their chief value is in 
their mutton, and the time is not far off 
when they will be the mutton sheep of 
the country, blocks arc now established 
in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Illinois, South Carolina, Georgia and 
Indiana. Indiana has a number of en¬ 
thusiastic breeders who are working 
hard on their introduction. There are 
flocks at Medina and Schoharie, New 
York. In 1896 a Tunis Sheep Breeders’ 
Association was organized. 
Indiana. j. h. haynes. 
THE NEW-YORKER 
"PARCELS POST OR BUST.” 
flurrah for The R. N.-Y.; give it to 
’em hot. The express companies should 
be disciplined severely. Here’s a little 
experience I have had lately: I sent 
for samples of maple syrup cans and 
buckets, value 32 cents. Box weighed 
20 pounds; express charges, $1.15. I 
sent for wall paper for two rooms to 
Philadelphia, Pa.; value $3, express 
charges, $1.05. Their method seems to 
be where one company transfers to 
another the first one to get hold of the 
package sends it as far as possible on his 
line so they can make charge as much as 
possible, as witness: Wall paper from 
Philadelphia. Pa., sent to Boston, Mass., 
and thence here—when direct route 
would be through New York. Samples 
of cans sent to Springfield, Mass.— 
direct route should have been via Al¬ 
bany, N. Y. Another case was a package 
of harness from Owego, N. Y. This 
was sent to New York City and thence 
here instead of via Albany, N. Y. Such 
transactions and treatment by the ex¬ 
press companies cause a hesitancy on the 
part of farmers about sending for 
goods to come by express. There is 
no question of their doing business at 
a very much lower rate, as witness the 
enormous surplus over and above ex¬ 
penses; also the fact that on money 
orders, where they have the Govern¬ 
ment as competitor, they make the 
same charge, which in the event of 
a parcels post, they would, no doubt, 
also do, and make a profit then. Go 
for ’em every chance you get and swat 
’em hard. “Parcels Post or Bust.” 
Chester, Mass. F- R- L. 
NITED 
STATE 
Cream 
Separators 
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VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. 
Bellows Falls, Vt, 
Soy Beans Following Rye. 
W. D., Ala I hews, Va .—I have a lot of 
four acres that was an old field. It has 
not been broken up for six years. I bad it 
plowed last Spring, turning in a lot of 
field sage In the Fall. I sowed rye and 
have a good stand. Would I better cut this 
for bay, or turn it in while it Is green? I 
am going to follow it with Soy beaus. 
Ans. —The land is doubtless deficient 
in humus or organic decay, and will 
be helped in this respect by turning 
under the rye. Then, too, rye makes 
very poor hay, and is hardly worth the 
trouble and expense of saving for this 
purpose. As a rule, I believe in saving 
all good food crops and feeding them 
and returning the manure to the land, 
for we can save in the droppings fully 
80 per cent of the manurial value after 
getting the feeding value. But with 
a crop like rye, the feeding value of 
which is small, and which can be turned 
under in the cool Spring weather, when 
there will be less danger of a rapid 
fermentation souring the soil, I would 
plow it under, and plant the Soy beans 
in rows and cultivate them. In your 
section you can ripen the tall later- 
growing Soy beans, and these can be 
cut with a corn harvester and set up 
in shocks like corn to cure. After 
turning under the rye it will be well 
to apply 25 bushels of freshly slaked 
lime per acre and harrow it in well 
before planting the beans. Then give 
the beans an application of 300 pounds 
of acid phosphate and 25 pounds of 
muriate of potash per acre, and you 
should make a fine crop. At last work¬ 
ing of the Soy beans sow Crimson 
clover seed at rate of 16 pounds per 
acre among them, and you will have a 
Winter cover crop, on which you can 
apply manure during the Winter and 
can turn all under in the Spring for 
corn, and will have as good a prepara 
tion as you can make for a heavy corn 
crop, especially if you return on it 
the manure made from feeding the 
Soy beans, which will make a very val¬ 
uable manure. In this way you wil 
be increasing the humus in the soil, 
and by plowing deeper and deeper can 
soon have a piece of land in shape 
for growing good crops of anything 
W. F. MASSEY. 
R. N.-Y.—We cut rye in the bloom, 
cure it like Timothy and feed all our 
stock on it for months. It should not 
be permitted to harden grain. 
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Tlurdles arc S'/i ft. long and 4 ft. 
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Box 263 Winchester, Indiana. 
50 
Gallow; 
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4 
15 Cents a Rod 
For a 22-lncb Hog Fence; 18c for 
26-lnch; 19e for 31-lnch; 22 l-2e 
for 34-inch; 27e for a 47-Inch 
Farm Fence. 60-Inch Poultry 
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Box 230. MUNCIE, IND. 
200 
to 900 ’ 
lbs. 
capac-, 
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603 Gnllowny Stn., Waterloo, la. 
BIBBER BARDEN CROPS 
depend very largely on having the proper tools 
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WHAT DO YOU SAY? 
Several hundred thousand farmers say that 
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n 
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Three and fourjerops a season are better than 
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