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Live Stock and Dairy 
PLANS FOR A MILK ROOM. 
I am about to build a milk house, and 
wish to put up the best arranged building 
for the purpose I can. Ice is out of the 
question, but I have a fine spring about 50 
feet above the place. c. J. a. 
Washington. 
e here in the Northeastern States 
are so accustomed to the use of ice in 
the dairy business that to get along 
where it is out of the question seems 
a rather tough proposition. It will 
largely depend upon the Summer tem¬ 
perature of your Spring. Here in New 
\ ork there ;are some deep springs, 
with a Summer temperature as low as 
48, and if the water supply is only 
abundant, one can get on very nicely 
without ice, and make a high-grade 
market milk. However, if the spring 
is warmer than 55, I hardly see how it 
will be possible to make milk that can 
be depended upon to stand transporta¬ 
tion and keep well. The critical tem¬ 
perature for milk lies somewhere be¬ 
tween 50 and 60 degrees. Milk bac¬ 
teria grow slowly at the former tem¬ 
perature, but pretty rapidly qt 60. How¬ 
ever. if spring water without ice is to 
be the cooling medium, we must make 
the best possible use of it. The first 
essential is that the water should be 
brought quickly to the dairy house in 
deeply-laid pipe, so that it does not 
lose its precious cold by exposure to 
warm air or soil. Then the room 
should be insulated so that it does not 
get excessively hot at midday and the 
cooling room and the washing room • 
should be separated by a good parti¬ 
tion. The spring water may be used 
for cooling the milk by running it 
through a cooler and aerator. This se-’ 
cures almost instant cooling, and this 
is advantageous, but the present drift 
in milk-making is toward straining it 
directly from the cow into cans and 
then setting these in water, with occa¬ 
sional stirring if the cans are large. 
Bottling it directly from the cow is the 
ideal. Whatever the size of the can, 
they should be set in cement pools 
with water as high as the surface of the 
milk, and with the spring water run¬ 
ning into one end of the pool and out 
of the other, so as to maintain a con¬ 
stant circulation. Investigations seem 
to show that for the first two or three 
hours after milking, bacterial life either 
increases very slowly or actually de¬ 
creases, and it is during this period 
that the milk should be cooled. Milk- 
house floors and the lower portions of 
•he side walls at least should be con¬ 
crete. It does not absorb grease and 
water, and is better in every way. Boiling 
water and live steam are well-nigh in¬ 
dispensable, and can best be secured by 
a small steam boiler. If a separator is 
used this will also furnish power for 
running it. jared van wagenen, jr. 
THE RURAI* 
smoothing harrow, and in the Spring 
apply a mixture of 100 pounds of ni¬ 
trate of soda and 300 pounds of acid 
phosphate per acre just as growth 
starts, and thereafter give the grass an 
annual dressing of bone meal, and you 
will keep the sod improving. I have 
here an old hillside that was formerly 
nothing but sand, on which there is now 
as dense a sod of Blue grass as ever 
grew in Kentucky, and it is perfectly 
possible here on the Eastern Shore to 
maintain a sod if it is annually en¬ 
riched with bone and limed about once 
in six or eight years. But' you cannot 
‘‘eat your cake and keep it, too,” no 
matter how much your land is “im¬ 
proved” beforehand. But if your sod 
is too thin and scanty to build up with¬ 
out reseeding, you can renew it this 
Fall without rye. Break the land well 
and thoroughly harrow it fine and then 
in September or October sow an abun¬ 
dance of seed. I have found that it is 
always best to sow a mixture of grass 
seeds. I have made a good Blue grass 
pasture in this way. Sow 10 pounds of 
Orchard grass, five pounds of Red-top 
and 10 pounds of Kentucky Blue grass 
seed per acre, and brush it in lightly 
with a smoothing Harrow. The Orchard 
grass and the Red-top start at once, 
while the Blue grass is slower and ger¬ 
minates week after week, while the 
tussocks of the Orchard grass will pro¬ 
tect it till it gets started, and finally the 
pasture will be Blue grass, provided 
you maintain the fertility of the soil 
and lime it occasionally. But you must 
remember that constant grazing is tak¬ 
ing out plant food from the soil, espe¬ 
cially if you graze young stock which 
are making their bony system, for these 
take the phosphorus from the soil fas¬ 
ter than grown animals. You do not 
want Alfalfa in a pasture with grass, 
not only because it will not do well with 
grass, but it is not well adapted to 
grazing, and will bloat cattle worse 
than grass. You might sow some White 
clover seed after sowing the mixed 
grasses, but if the pasture is to 'be used 
by horses 1 would leave this out, since 
it is apt to slobber them. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
NEW-YORKER 
Ouinn’s Ointment 
does for the horse what no other remedy can do. 
There’s not a curb, splint, spavin, windpuff or bunch 
that it will not remove. Sure and speedy. Thous¬ 
ands of horse owners use it—Quinn’s alone. They 
regard it as the unfailing remedy. 
PRICE S1.00 PER BOTTLE. 
At all druggists or sent by mail. Testimonials free. 
W. B. Eddy ft Co., Whitehall, New York. 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 
Bulls for sale from 12 to 14 mos. old. Sired by 
Hal of Meadow Brook, 84618, whose grandsire was 
Lucies Prince, the grand champion bull at the 
International for three years. These bulls are ex¬ 
ceptionally well bred, and are very fine individuals, 
smooth and low down. Good enough’to head any 
herd. For prices, address 
E.H. HUTCHISON, B.F.D.5,Xenia,Qhl0 
SPRING HILL 
STOCK FARM 
offers for sale the pure Scotch Shorthorn bull 
Lovet Ring 242270, weight 2,100. sired by imported 
1'irstin the Ring 162100, and out of an imported 
dam. He is the sire of second prize junior yearling 
heifer at Ohio State Fair,1908. Price, F.O.B., $ 125 . 
Poland China and Duroe Jersey sale at farm, 
Oct. 30, 1909. For particulars, address 
K. It. WEST SON, Hillsboro, O. 
Laurel Farm Jerseys 
Fern’s Jubilee, No. 73852, at the head of 
the herd. Sire: Louisiana Purchase, No. 
68494. Dam: Fern of Florence, No. 164625. 
Test 330 lbs. of Butter 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 
* at ln 329 days. Also, eight bred yearling 
Heifers and ten Heifer Cah’es. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Address E. W. MOSHER, “Brightside," 
Aurora, N. Y. 
REGISTERED JERSEYS 
Rich in the blood of Golden Lad P. S. 1242 H. C . 
Flying Fox P. S. 2729 H. C.. Courage P. S. 1S13 H. C.. 
The Owl P. S. 2195 H. C. Young Bulls and a few 
Heifers for sale. Fair prices. 
M. S. BELTZHOOVER, 
Suunyside Park, Irvington, N. Y. 
Ymi Han’t Affnrrl A Grade ' when 1 ca n sen 
I UU Uull I MIIUIU you a reg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
I rn O rVO-Corcbination and Golden Lad; for 
JLIIulTo s S le ’ 18 eows - 17 heifers, 12 bulls. 
JUHUU IQ S. E. NIVIN, Landenburg. Pa. 
PERMANENT PASTURE FOR MARYLAND. 
R. It., Carmichael, Md —For standing 
pasture, I have a field of almost four 
acres which is now in Timothy and Blue 
grass sod. I want to reset this in grass 
for permanent pasture. Would you advise 
Alfalfa or rye with a mixture of smaller 
grass seed to take place after the rye is 
pastured down? This field is a medium 
clay soil well improved? 
Ans.— If the Blue grass sod is good 
I would not break it at' all. Timothy, 
of course, is a temporary grass in a 
pasture, especially in your soil, as from 
its shallow-rooting character it is soon 
destroyed by cattle. But if you have 
Blue grass started on the land I wou’d 
rather try to improve the sod without 
breaking. In your section a permanent 
pasture is apt to run into broom sedge 
unless well cared for. Kentucky Blue 
grass is better adapted to a limestone 
soil. If there is a fair sod of Blue 
grass I would give it a dressing this 
Fall of slaked lime at rate of 20 bush¬ 
els per acre, well brushed in with a 
WEEDS FOR THE SILO. 
I inclose two weeds, one we call Ro¬ 
man wormwood and the other, with 
a red root, we do not know by name. 
Both of these we have in our silage 
cornfield, mixed in the rows with the 
corn. Have they any feeding value, and 
would they be injurious to stock (milch 
cows) t Should they be cut up with 
the corn, as they probably will be, the 
corn being cut with a corn harvester, 
and put into a silo? If they are not in¬ 
jurious to stock in the .silage corn, the 
question comes up, there being a good 
crop of corn, as well as of these weeds, 
if it is not cheaper to cut up both corn 
and weeds with the harvester for the 
silo than it would be to hire men at 
$1.75 per day of nine hours to pull the 
weeds and leave them on the ground 
to rot? I desire your opinion about it. 
Cultivating has been done with both 
walking arid sulky cultivators, but the 
weeds grew in the drills as well as the 
corn, and nothing but human hands 
will remove them. Pigweeds we know 
have a feeding value. *but the weeds in 
question we are doubtful about. 
Northboro, Mass. l. a. s. 
R. N.-Y.—The weeds were the common 
ragweed and red-root pigweed, Amar- 
antus retroflexus. We know that both 
these weeds have considerable feeding 
value. Sheep appear to be fond of the 
ragweed and cattle and hogs eat the 
pigweed quite freely. The Minnesota 
Experiment Station has analyzed these 
weeds—tlffey show a high feeding value 
as compared with our cultivated forage 
plants. As for making silage out of 
them, we shall have to ask our readers 
for experience. While we do not be¬ 
lieve they would hurt the stock we 
should hesitate to let them go to seed. 
I he field and farm and the entire neigh- 
hood would be seeded, and the cost of 
cleaning the farm up later will be far 
greater than that of cutting out the 
weeds now. 
BULL CALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size ami individ- 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl De Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will he kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
A HIGH CLASS HOLSTEIN - FRIESIAN 
bull calf fob sale 
sired by Sir Sadie Cornucopia, 42152, whose average 
A R. O. backing is 32.48 lbs. of butter in 7 days, 
which is the world’s record. Bull Calf horn April 
8th, 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 aud will be sold for $100 if taken soon. 
Have others if lie does not interest you. For full 
information, address QUENTIN McADAM, Prop 
BROTHERTOWN STOCK FARMS, UTICA, N. Y. 
Reg. Holstein Bull $65 
Two years old, royally bred, fine individual, attrac¬ 
tively marked. Above is not half his value. 
We also offer fashionably bred cows and Jan. 
heifer calves at low prices. Write wants. 
R1VENBUR0H BROS., Hlllhurst Farm, Oneida, N. Y. 
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. 
ICfILK 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. 
August 21, 
When you write advertisers mention Tub 
R. N.-Y. and youlll get a quick reply and 
a square deal.” See guarantee page 8. 
A New Food For 
Horses and Cattle 
HEALTH MOLASSES 
Xot a prepared food, but straight molasses made from 
sugar cane. Mix it with the regular rations and see the 
wonderful improvement. Cattle give more milk 
less expense. Horses thrive on it. §8.00 per barrel 
containing about 60 gallons; over 600 pounds. 5 gallon 
cans, $1.25 per cau for trial purposes. 
PHILADELPHIA HORSE & CATTLE MOLASSES CO 
144 South Water Street, Philadelphia, P a 
COOPER’S 
POWDER DIP 
Used Annually on 250,000,000 Sheep 
For 65 years the world’s standard Dip 
One dipping kills ticks, lice and nits 
Increases quantity and quality of wool. 
Improves appearance and condition of 
flock. If dealer can’t supply you, send 
SI.75 for S2.00 (100 gallons) packet to 
Schieffelin& Co., 170 Williams St., New York 
SPRINGBANK HERD OF BIC 
BERKSHIRES. 
Am sold out of sows to farrow earlier than June 
lUth. All stock registered and bred in fashionable 
U n <*. My hogs are the correct type of present day 
Herkshires, combining size, symmetry, grand feed¬ 
ing quality and prolificacy. Send for booklet. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale, Codd. 
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, prolific dams. Would be pleased to price 
them to you. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
Reg,_P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows, service Boars 
Jersey and Holstein calves. Collie 
— , - Flips, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
puces & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Middletown.Pa. 
BROOKSIDE BERKSHIRES 
Have a choice lot of young stock ready for ship¬ 
ment, sired by Hopeful Masterpiece the 2nd and 
also a grandson of Lord Premier, and out of 
Daughters of Lord Premier and Premier Long 
fellow. Also have a few yearling sows sired by 
Hopeful Masterpiece the 2nd. J 
J. P. O’HAKA, Moravia, New York. 
T ARGF. BERKSHIRES AT HIGH WOOO-Short. 
o . F oa jJ -Mature animals weigh from 700 to 900 lbs. 
Special oflering NOW of young pigs, pairs and trios, no akin, 
Sows averaged eleven to the litter this spring. Write for 
booklet. H. C. Sc H. B. HAltPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires 
Premier Longfellow.Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
breeding Matings not akin. Catalog on applica¬ 
tion. AVILLOUGH J5 Y FARM,Gettysburg,Pa. 
LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRES. 
Pigs of April farrow, both sexes, all pedigreed, at 
attractive prices. Also, Registered Rambouillet 
Rams, yearlings, large and neavy shearing. 
Address JOHN MacNAUGHTON, Caledonia, N.Y. 
LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES.?£,V”,|" 
istered Bull. A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
Chester White and Large Yorkshire 
Young Boars and Sow Pigs for sale, from 3 to 6 
months old. Only the best animals of these two 
breeds sold for breeding purposes. All other ani¬ 
mals are slaughtered. Also some fine Yorkshire 
Roars ready for service. Prices reasonable. Our 
motto is to please our customer at any cost. 
HEART’S delight farm, 
Lhazy, Clinton County, . New York. 
nnpnp? THE big deep fellows, 
■JVriWO that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. Address 
SHiSNANGO RIVER FARMS, Transfer, Pa. 
SHRnPSH RFS-TEARLING RAMS, RAM LAMBS. EWES 
onnuronmcd AND EWE LAMBS from Choice Im¬ 
ported Stock. FRED VAN VLEET, Lodi, N. Y. 
We have just received our second importation of 
Pure Bred Percheron Mares 
and they are the finest we ever owned. Write us 
a « d Prices. HIGHLAND VIEW 
Si OCR FARM, O. N. Wilson, Proprietor, Kit- 
tan ning. Pa. 
F OR SALE— Registered Rambouillet Rams and O.I.C. 
Swine. C. W. Halliday, North Chatham, N.Y. 
Begiftlre°d f Shropshires Ewes and Rams 
Inquire of H. B. COVERT, Lodi, N. Y. 
HAMPSHIRE SHEEF-.S’WWA 
sale that were sired by imported registered ram 
that took prize at N. Y. State Fair last year. In¬ 
quiries solicited; satisfaction guaranteed. Write 
us about nursery stock, if interested. 
W. P. RUPERT & SON, Box 15. Seneca, N. Y. 
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END US YOUR NAME and ADDRESS, with a copy of the 
ration you are now feeding your cows, and after examination tve will tell you 
absolutely FREE how to save from 10# to 20# on your feeding cost: also how to 
increase your milk output,. Write todnv 
Write today. 
CHAPIN & COMPANY, BUFFALO, N. 
Y. 
C OL. G. W. CRAWFORD has just arrived from Belgium. 
France and Germany with over one hundred head of 
stallions and mares, the best that were ever brought to 
this country. Everyone in America knows Col. Crawford’s 
kind. They are not peaches and cream, but are the real 
horses. My next great auction sale of stallions and mares 
will be the fore part of October. Look out for the date. 
Come and bring your friends who are interested in first- 
class horses, with s’ou to this sale. This will be the chance 
of your life to get a number one good one. 
Address all communications to 
COL. G. AV. CltAWFORII, Proprietor, 
Sharon A’aHey Stock Farm. Newark, Ohio. 
’Phones, Bell 651 W—Citizens 266. 
