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THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 17, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE ELGIN, ILLINOIS, DAIRY DISTRICT. 
Part V. 
Our staple foods are bran, cornmeal 
(with and without cob), dry malt, oil meal, 
clover hay and corn fodder. There arc 
other foods used, such as middlings. Al¬ 
falfa meal and gluten feeds, but those men¬ 
tioned in the foregoing are ' such as are 
used by nearly all of our large and suc¬ 
cessful dairymen. As a rule we do not 
consider that corncob meal has much food 
or milk-producing value, but we use il to 
lighten the general diet and to help the 
process of assimilation. The added ex¬ 
pense of crushing the cob is not greatly 
taken into consideration, as most of our 
dairymen are now equipped with gasoline 
engines or other motive power. The term 
‘ balanced ration” is an elastic one with 
us. The prices or scarcity of foods oft- 
times cause us to change our opinion as 
to what a balanced ration really consists 
of. One dairyman who is making his dairy 
pay feeds corn and cob meal mixed with 
dry malt, half and half in bulk, with a 
small amount of linseed oil meal, to his 
herd of 35 cows, giving each cow 18 pounds 
per day in two feeds. Of course, the ground 
foods are supplemented in every case by 
using clover and Timothy hay, principally 
the former, and corn fodder, either macer¬ 
ated by the shredder or simply cut up in 
the ordinary power cutting machine. This 
roughage is fed in quantities that insure 
its being cleanly eaten up. An exact esti¬ 
mate of the amount to be given is scarcely 
obtainable. The views of another dairyman, 
a fairly successful one, with reference to 
the balanced ration, is that a proper com¬ 
bination can be made in another way, elimi¬ 
nating the cob from his corn product and 
using bran in its place. 11 is formula would 
be cornmeal, bran and dry malt all in bulk 
in about equal proportion, and fed in quan¬ 
tities averaging 15 pounds per day in two 
feeds, morning and night. Another farmer 
who gets good results from his dairy of 
CO cows is tiding cornmeal (not ground 
with cob) and bran in the proportions of 
one-third cornmeal and two-thirds bran in 
bulk fed twice a day, the allowance for 
each cow being about 20 pounds. As a 
general thing our dairymen feed but twice 
each day. As one farmer expressed him¬ 
self, “We believe in giving our cows’ stom¬ 
achs a rest,” and his ideas are similar to 
those of other men. As a final word with 
reference to balanced rations: This is a 
matter which has to be solved to a cer¬ 
tain extent by each individual operator, as 
no set plan of procedure applies in all 
cases. If our herds were graded alike, 
general conditions, financial and others, 
alike, and men’s standards on an even 
plane, then there would doubtless be unani¬ 
mity of the feeding theory and results. 
The malt mentioned here is known as 
brewers’ dry malt, a by-product of distil¬ 
leries. principally a barley residue. 
It is partially cooked and macerated, 
contains about 23 per cent of protein, won¬ 
derfully accelerates the flow of milk and 
is greedily eaten by the cal tic. Brewers 
in nearly all of the large cities throw this 
on the market, where it has a high com¬ 
mercial value. We buy this article through 
a local dealer, at a cost of $23 per ton. 
Our supply comes from Milwaukee, Wis., 
about 100 miles away. The wholesale price 
is not obtainable at present, it is shipped 
in car lots of about 30,000 pounds and 
takes a freight rate of $1.40 per ton, the 
price given per ton to us includes freight. 
Our bran is procured in the large milling 
centers of the Northwest. Minneapolis being 
a source of supply, and it costs practically 
the same as malt, sometimes a trifle less, 
and is also bought through a local dealer. 
This takes a freight rate of $2 per ton for 
a distance of 450 miles. Cornmeal is worth 
in Elgin $24 per ton, and is one of our 
most important foods, and incidentally one 
which we do not have to go away from 
home to get. Oil meal costs us $17.50 per 
ton. and our source of supply is Chicago, 
37 miles away. 
The term of months during which dry 
foods are used varies according to the 
length of the grass-producing season. As 
a rule we have an abundance of pasturage, 
two, three and four acres to each cow, and 
dry foods are not needed to supplement 
this. We may have occasional dry periods 
in August and September, when the cattle 
need a small ration of dry foods or a 
little green corn fodder, which may be 
grown for that purpose. In our city we 
operate a sweet-corn canning factory each 
year for a period of about six weeks, during 
August and September, and the husks from 
the green ears are hauled home and fed 
by the farmer who supplies the corn to 
the factory. This food is eaten greedily 
by the stock, and helps considerably to 
sustain the flow of milk. 
Our milch cows were producing through 
the Winter months probably better than 
an average of 25 pounds of milk per 
day per cow. One dairyman with a herd 
of 35 milkers is producing 16 cans of milk, 
weighing 1,070 pounds, averaging a little 
over 30 pounds per cow, and this milk is 
selling at $1.55 per hundred pounds. Some 
people might consider this a small show¬ 
ing for a dairy country of national repu¬ 
tation. ' We are not operating college 
dairies or State experiment farms. We 
have no $1,000 cattle, which we are forc¬ 
ing for a short time to make or break a 
certain record. Dairying is our business 
the year around, every year, for sometimes 
a period of 25 years, and we do not esti¬ 
mate profits on a given investment for one 
or two months, or even a year. If we lose 
out one year we still go on. and probably 
the next year will more than balance the . 
book. We have to consider that the land 
interest, or rent and building and dairy 
equipment, are fixed charges, so to speak, 
and We must keep them in operation. The 
evidence around us shows that notwith¬ 
standing some adverse seasons we have 
made the dairy business pay. We are 
credited with producing fine butter, and, ! 
incidentally, of manipulating the prices of j 
it as well. Would the fact that our but¬ 
ter is always in demand and that often a 
premium is offered to get it, indicate that 
any combination exists to hold up or domi¬ 
nate the prices? We, at our own homes in 
Elgin, are paying the same retail prices 
for our butter that the people in the east¬ 
ern cities are. Our board of trade (Elgin) 
may settle the prices for a certain amount 
or output asked for. but the base of these 
prices is laid in the eastern cities. Not 
nearly all of the so-called Elgin butter is 
produced in or near this city. We have 
only a small number of butter factories in 
this county, and there are not many in 
the adjoining ones. 
Much of the butter shipped from here is 
made in some quite remote sections 'in this 
State, if not in other States adjoining ours. 
Wisconsin and Iowa we might mention. It 
is quite generally understood that these 
outlying creameries or factories are capital¬ 
ized by Elgin men, and the output is under 
their control. Wherever our butter may be 
made we assert that it is of superfine 
quality, made up in the most thoroughly 
scientific manner and under the most per¬ 
fect sanitary conditions. The butter mak¬ 
ing industry is practically an industry of 
its own. in itself, and utilizes men, methods 
and capital in ways different from the bot¬ 
tling and condensing corporations. As a 
rule these factories are located to draw 
their supply of milk from farmers who are 
small producers or who live at an un¬ 
profitable distance from the condensing fac¬ 
tories or the cities. 
We know of the existence of butter reno¬ 
vating establishments in our country, but 
do not know much of their methods of 
operation or where the product is sold. 
Publicity, which has been given the inside 
workings of some of these plants, indi¬ 
cates that any butter which has become 
unmarketable from any cause forms the 
basis for their work. It is reworked and 
washed and mixed and melted until it 
renews its youth, and is sold, we do not 
know where. The pure food laws of Illinois 
are very rigid, and these corporations are 
obliged plainly to mark their product “Iteno- 
vatod Butter” with letters three-fourths of 
an inch long on every package or container. 
If in bulk a placard with the sign must 
lie plainly seen, so there cannot be any 
excuse for anyone buying it and asserting 
that they did not know what they were 
buying. These establishments are not very 
plentiful, and they operate in a very con¬ 
servative manner. Whatever may be done 
with the product of the cow she herself 
is not to blame. We think her intentions 
good and know that she has been of great 
benefit to our fair State. Dot us doff our 
hats to the dairy cow. w. c. n. 
Elgin, Ill. _ 
MANGE. 
I have a horse that has the mange, and 
my other horses I fear are getting the same 
disoase. Is it a dangerous disease and w r hat 
can I do to cure it? w. d. c. 
East Bethany, N. Y. 
As you do not give any description of 
the symptoms shown by the affected horses 
we are unable to say if mange is present. 
Often the irritation of the skin of horses 
is due to the presence of chicken lice, and 
such a cause should be considered and 
removed if found. Clip affected horses and 
wash all affected parts with a 1-50 solu¬ 
tion of coal tar dip used hot and made 
creamy by addition of flowers of sulphur; 
allow 7 the sulphur to dry upon parts. Re¬ 
peat the treatment in throe or four days 
if necessary and afterward apply to any 
affected part that remains sore a creamy 
mixture of flowers of sulphur and raw 
linseed oil, to each pint of which has been 
added half an ounce of coal tar dip. Iso¬ 
late the horses. Clean up, disinfect, white¬ 
wash and ventilate the stables. If it is 
true mange, harness will have to be dis¬ 
infected and new brushes and blankets 
bought. a. s. A. 
Sudden Lameness. 
I have a road horse, and while driving 
he tried to run away, but I conquered him 
at the end. A few hours afterward he 
walked on three legs. This happened a 
week ago. I have not used him since. I 
have him in a box stall at present; he 
hoists his leg way up. under his stomach 
and then he puts his full weight on it, 
and then again he lifts It up all of a sud¬ 
den. He has a good appetite. What is 
the trouble? . D. s- 
New York. 
Without an examination we cannot be 
sure, but it would seem that the horse 
has suddenly developed stringhalt from the 
excessive action involved when trying to 
run away. Such cases are not uncommon. 
If it is so, an operation may succeed, and 
for that a graduate veterinarian will have 
to be employed. He should be called in to 
make an examination at once. , a. s. a. 
On the thumb 
is the only piece 
used inside the 
modern, light, 
simple, san¬ 
itary, easy to 
clean, Sharpies 
Dairy Tubular 
Cream Separa¬ 
tor bowl. The 
lower picture 
shows the many 
disks used in- 
sidecommon, old style “bucket bowl” 
cream separators. Tubulars excel in 
easy running, clean skimming, fast 
skimming and durability as greatly 
as in simplicity. Which kind for you? 
Tubulars are made in the 
p World’s biggest separator 
F XfiLfactory. Branch factories 
j n c anac j a and Ger¬ 
many. Sales exceed 
most, if not all, 
others combined. 
Write for 
Catalog 
No. 153 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO. 
West Chester, Pa. Chicago, Ill. 
Toronto, Can. San Francisco, Cal. 
Winnipeg, Can. Portland, Ore. 
Greatest Profit in Butter Productions 
Greatest Return for $1 Invested in Food 
Best Flavor. Natural Color and Best Score 
The MONTHLY GUERNSEY BULLETIN .„d m!om,*n r^Knj 
ihe breed Iree by addtmirig 
GUERNSEY CLUB, Box R, Peterboro, N.H. 
Material For Making 
FIVE GALLONS 
FLY SPRAY 
For $1.00 
Write for detailed information 
and copies of letters from users. 
THE TARGET BRAND CO., Box 721, 
Martinsburg, W. Va. 
BULL CALVES*-YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. Ail are from ofycially tested dams, ami are 
sired by Homestead Girl I)e Kol’s Sarcastic 
l.ad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will be kept in the Herd ami officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
R if ton, Ulster County, New York. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS « 
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. 
A HIGH CLASS HOLSTEIN - FRIESIAN 
HULL CALF FOR SAFE 
sired by Sir Sadie Cornucopia, 42152, whose average 
A.R. O. hacking is 32.48 lbs. of butter in 7 days, 
which is the world’s record. Bull Calf born April 
8 th, 1909: Dam, Maple Ridge Pietje, 98905, a grand 
young heifer with an A. R. O. record at 2 years of 
between 17 and 18 lbs. of butter in 7 days. The calf 
is large, thrifty, sound and right, beautifully 
marked and will be sold for $100 if taken soon. 
Have others if be does not interest you. For full 
information, address QUENTIN McADAM, Prop. 
BROTHERTOWN STOCK FARMS, UTICA, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Call For Sale. 
Sired by Royalton Johanna Do Kol, No. 44596, by Sir 
Johanna Gcrbcu De Kol, No. 40128, whose Grand dam was 
Netherland Bessie, No. 36997, with a record of 29 lbs. 
blitter in 7 days, 105 lbs. in 30 days. 
Dam—Crown Princess Do Kol Schulling, No. 83800. 
Grand-daughter of Zora De Kol, No. 61516, an A. It. O. cow 
with a record of 82.6 lbs. milk in one day, 22.32 lbs. butter 
in 7 days, at 4 years of age. 
This calf was born Sept. 28," 1908, is nicely marked, large 
and thrifty. Have others if this one does not suit. 
For prices address 
J. S. CLIFFTON, Alvordton, Ohio. 
Laurel Farm Jerseys 
Fern’s Jubilee, No. 73852, at the head of 
the herd. Sire: Louisiana Purchase, No. 
68494. Dam: Fern op Florence, No. 164625. 
Test 330 lbs. of Rutter in 120 days. 
J. GRANT MORSE, - Hamilton, N. Y, 
JERSEYS. 
For sale, one high-bred Jersey Bull, old enough for 
service. Dam an Advanced Registry cow, testing 
462 lbs. fat in 329 days. Also, eight bred yearling 
Heifers and ten Heiter Calves. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Address E. W. MOSHER, “Brightside,” 
Aurora, N. Y. 
REGISTERED JERSEYS 
Rich in the blood of Golden Lad P. S. 1242 H. €., 
Flying Fox P. 8. 2729 H. C., Courage P. 8. 1813 H. C., 
The Owl P. S. 2195 II. C. Young Bulls and a few 
Heifers for sale. Fair prices. 
M. S. BELTZ HOOVER. 
Sunnyside Park, Irvington, N. Y. 
You Can’t Afford you a reg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
THE WOODLAWN SHORT-HORN FARM 
Offers For Sale—Short-Horn Bulls. 
Broadhooks King, No. 307304, calved March 30th, 
1908. Sired by Whitehall King, No. 222724. Dam, 
Duchess 4th, vol. 57, page 583. lied Boy, No. 209744, 
calved October 25th. 1907. Sired by Gay Lad, No. 
244135. Dam, Lady Peerless, vol. 56, page 805. 
Also others sired by Cumberland Last, No. 223822, 
Whitehall Count and Orange Sultan, No. 263522. Of 
good type, size and quality. From four to eighteeu 
months, For particulars and prices address 
C. P. WEST & SON, Box 86, Bloomingburg, Ohio. 
DUTCH BELTED CATTLE 
CHAS. STEWART DAVISON. 
60 Wall Street, ... New York City 
ILK PRODUCERS for New York City market 
desiring information how to form branches 
of the Dairymen’s League, write to the Secretary, 
ALBERT MANNING, Otisville, N. Y. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose Pa. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES a« Hlghwood— In the ast volume 
of the Am. Berkshire Record we recorded 168 Berkshires sold, 
which was *10 more than any other breeder in the U. S. This 
shows a growing demand for Berkshires of our breeding. Write 
for booklet. H. C. Sc H. B. IIA UPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
Five Sows-in Pig L°okd p ?r t #miek 
stock, for Sept, farrow. Write at once. Bargains. 
LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES.SrtiKi? 
istered Bull. A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK HERD OF BIG 
BERKSHIRES. 
Am sold out of sows to farrow earlier than June 
10th. All stock registered and bred in fashionable 
lines. My hogs are the correct type of present day 
Berkshires, combining size, symmetry, grand feed¬ 
ing quality and prolificacy. Send for booklet. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
FOR gAI F — Choice Large Yorkshire and 
■ vii umll Chester White Pigs, of both 
sexes. These pigs are from brood sows producing 
large litters, and from good herd boars. Also two 
selected Yorkshire boars ready for service and 
Yorkshire gilts old enough for breeding. 
W. H. MINER, Chazy, Clinton County, New York 
Large Berkshires 
Premier Longfellow .Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
breeding. Matings not akin. Catalog on applica¬ 
tion. WILLOUGHBY FA RIM.Gettysburg,Fa. 
Fenna. Berkshire Co., Fannettsburg, Pa. 
nilQnPQ TH,fi BIG DEEP FELLOWS, 
UUIlUUw that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. Address 
8 HENANGO RIVER FARMS, Transfer, Pa. 
Kalorama Farm 
Has a Splendid Crop of Young 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
ready for shipment at reasonable prices. They 
were sired by imported boars and are out of large, 
mature, px-olific dams. Would be pleased to price 
them to you. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
We have just received our second importation of 
Pure Bred Percheron Mares 
and they are the finest we ever owned. Wi-ite ns 
for description and prices. HIGHLAND VIEW 
STOCK FARM, O. N. Wilson, Proprietor, Kit- 
tanning, Pa. 
BELGIAN, PERCHEGON AND GERMAN COACH and a mares 
IMPORTED AND RAISED ON 
THE SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, NEWARK, OHIO. 
This great establishment 1ms now become the leading importing establish¬ 
ment in America. Imports and sells more stallions and mares than any 
other three importing establishments in America. The proprietor. Col. (J. 
TV. Crawford, has had a very busy and successful winter. Will start across 
the Atlantic in a very short time, and is determined to lay in the greatest 
stock that has ever been purchased in the Old Country by an American. 
He will not stop for price, but will have the quality regardless of price. 
The American people have found out where to come to find the good 
stallions and mares. And a man who is a judge will know that he is get¬ 
ting the good kind. My next sale will be in October. Write me and tell me 
what you want. All letters will be forwarded to me in the Old Country. 
COL. G. W. CHAW FORD, Proprietor, 
Sharon Valley Stock Farm. Newark, Ohio. 
’Phones, Bell 651 W—Citizens 206. 
