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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
April 17, 
“ THE BASHFUL STATE,” OH, DEER ! 
Are There Any Deer in the “ Bashful State?” 
Here’s a little group, Fig. 182, of 18 
which my son caught with his camera 
a few days ago (March 22). At the 
same time he was snapping these there 
were 20 more just to the right of these, 
and they counted 59 at one time. At 
another time and place they saw 40 on 
about one acre of land. Yesterday 
they saw and counted 37. These deer 
were all feeding in mowings and pas¬ 
tures, in a thickly-settled farming sec¬ 
tion. They are a hard animal to pho¬ 
tograph ; this picture was taken facing 
the sun. They seem far more afraid 
of the camera than man. My son 
found that they were stripping the bark 
from trees, especially hemlocks. Trees 
six inches in diameter were stripped 
clean as high as the deer could reach. 
Here is a chance for the forestry men 
to look after. It seems very strange 
that people wh<3 own the farms over 
which these large herds of deer are 
roaming seem to think they must sub¬ 
mit to this thing because the law says 
they must not shoot deer. Yet these 
deer are killing every root of clover, 
and are doing untold damage to forest 
trees by stripping the bark from hem¬ 
locks and other trees. 
Vermont. a. a. halladay. 
Concerning advice of far western 
writers, that New England should fence 
against deer, it occurs to me that many 
of your readers east and west do not 
feet in diameter and 25 feet high would 
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At a time when pastures fail it is 
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lot of grass fodder. I have never 
seen a silo made of brick, and therefore 
cannot say if such a silo would be 
satisfactory. If brick were used, I 
should lay them in the ordinary way— 
in cement—facing the inside with ce¬ 
ment mixed about two to one. I should 
also fortify the wall with half-inch iron 
hoops laid in the wall about every two 
or three feet. C. S. M. 
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great bulk of the flock will be cured by 
securing the needed lime in the form 
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A BUNCH OF DEER IN THE “BASHFUL STATE.” Fig. 182. 
know of the difference in point of 
view, and laws on fence questions in 
different parts of the country. Those 
northwest folks expect to fence in their 
crops and door yards, and concede all 
unfenced space to animals, domestic 
and other, while eastern owners must 
keep their animals in control, and crops 
may be open to all the world except 
adjoining improved land. Perhaps this 
is not a convincing reason why New 
England people should not fence 
against deer, but it is a reason why 
they feel it a hardship to fence against 
any animal, while the westerner expects 
to fence against all. Massachusetts. 
SILO FOR FORTY COWS. 
What dimensions in a silo would prove 
most satisfactory for a herd of .30 to 40 
cows? Would brick taken from an old 
factory chimney make a good silo? How 
would you lay the brick? You see there 
are three ways which they could he laid. 
Brookfield Center, Conn. w. h. b. 
Thirty pounds of silage per day is 
a fair feed for average cows. Your 
cows would need to lie fed for at least 
200 days. Forty cows would consume 
1,200 pounds silage in one day, or 120 
tons in 200 days. A silo 18 feet in 
diameter and 30 feet high would hold, 
if it could he filled to the top, about 
150 tons. In practice, especially if it 
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on free range and could get to the 
soil and green forage. This trouble 
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