794 
October 10, 
'THE RURA'b NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
YEARS COST OF A COW. 
Will some of your New York dairymen 
give me an estimate of the cost of keeping 
a cow in that State at present prices of 
feed? I notice that in Minnesota some 
good authorities have been recently flgur- 
in the grain cost of a 1,000 pound cow giv¬ 
ing 30 pounds 4*4 per cent milk through the 
Winter to he about $21 per year where the 
roughage is clover hay. Take this cow to 
your State and feed her silage and clover 
and Timothy, and what would you estimate 
the cost of the most economical grain ra¬ 
tion to keep her doing her best? v. v. 
Yankton, S. D. 
In Jefferson County. 
If V. F. is thinking of bringing that 
1000-pound cow to New York State, I 
can. assure him that $21 will not keep 
her a year. Theorists exist in farming 
as well as in everything else, and farm¬ 
ers would do well to steer clear of 
them until their stories are well sub¬ 
stantiated by actual practice, for I do 
not believe that a 1000-pound cow was 
ever kept producing 30 pounds of 4*4 
per cent milk for $21 a year. I have 
seen it variously estimated at from $40 
to $60 per year, including roughage, 
grain, silage and pasture, and I think a 
fair average woiild be about $50 per 
year. The average cow will consume 
during the feeding season, which in this 
section is about 180 days, ile ton of 
clover hay, 50 pounds per day of good 
silage and say 10 pounds of grain, 
which figures about as follows: One 
ton clover hay, $10;-9,000 pounds silage 
at $3 per ton, $13.50; 1800 pounds of 
mill feed at $30 per ton, $27'; pasturage 
for six months, $8; making a total of 
$58.50, so I think that if dairymen 
would keep this item of the cost of the 
keep of a cow in mind they would have 
fewer boarders in their herds. I con¬ 
sider there is no profit in a cow unless 
she will produce above $60 per year, 
regardless of the statements of theor¬ 
ists and so-called experts in feeding 
who tell us that a 1000-pound cow can 
be kept giving 30 pounds of 4*4 per 
cent milk for $21 per year for her 
keep. In my estimate of the value of 
silage some may think I am incorrect 
in regard to its commercial value, but 
I simply give the price ($3 per ton) 
as it was so figured in the last or 1900 
United States census. But there are 
years in this section when the feeding 
value could truly be figured far in ex¬ 
cess of this amount. The grain I have 
figured at the average price of the last 
year in this locality. f. d. squiers. 
In Chenango County. 
The answer to the question will de¬ 
pend much upon the cow, and also very 
much upon what is to be done with 
the cow. Suppose the cow weighs a 
thousand pounds, which describes a 
rather large one. Suppose, too, that this 
cow comes fresh in September, and is 
fed to produce a moderately good flow 
of milk through the Winter, and comes 
out in Spring in condition to produce 
well during the flush, with the expec¬ 
tation that she will dry off some time in 
July. We will start the discussion with 
the assertion that the pasturage for 
such a cow, in the general herd, should 
be figured at $5. This assertion will be 
severely arraigned by many, but I will 
let it defend itself. The cow that I 
have described will need considerable 
feeding with soiling crops. It is quite 
the custom to figure this feed at $1 per 
cow for the entire herd, but for this 
cow I am inclined to double that esti¬ 
mate. In addition, there will be a grain 
feed during the Fall. I will estimate 
this at $4. This brings us to the Win¬ 
ter feeding of 200 davs. "Tie cow de¬ 
scribed is now supposed to consume 24 
pounds of dry matter a _ day. Accord¬ 
ing to the question this is to be silage, 
clover and Timothy hay, and a grain 
ration. We are accustomed to figure 
silage at the supposed cost of produc¬ 
tion, which is considered $3 a ton. The 
hay may be figured at $12, and the grain 
feeds this year seem to range from $25 
to $35 per ton. Where silage is in 
abundant supply, a feeding of 40 pounds 
seems to be common. It will require 
four tons to feed the cow at this rate, 
and will make the cost $12. If we 
feed a high protein grain ration, which 
seems to be the most favorable under 
the circumstances, as well as the cheap¬ 
est, we will need at least six pounds a 
day. Possibly eight pounds would be 
better. I am planning to feed this 
Winter, dried distillers’ grains, cotton¬ 
seed meal, oil meal, malt sprouts and 
ground oats. If I were feeding silage 
I would cut out most if not all of the 
oil meal and should not feed oats if I 
had to buy them. I think it fair to 
estimate this high protein grain feed at 
$32 per tpn, and.might increase my es¬ 
timate in pounds enough to make the 
daily. cOst of grain ten cents, or $20 for 
the Winter. To make the complement 
of the 24 pounds of dry. matter will 
now require about $13 worth of hay. 
The total cost on this estimate is $56. 
This is a much higher estimate than I 
usually make, but the cow is a larger 
and better one than the average, and is 
fed under conditions that require a 
much more expensive ration than the 
average cow. I am figuring on about 
1,500 cows in this vicinity now, and 
think the estimate will average not far 
from $46. H. H. LYON. 
In Steuben County. 
Any estimate would only be approxi¬ 
mate ; the actual cost would vary 
widely with different cows, and with 
the same cow in different seasons. 
Perhaps the simplest way to get at it 
would be to compare the price of feed 
in the two sections. At the present 
time here (Bath. N. Y.,) oats are worth 
50 cents a bushel; corn, 95 cents a 
bushel; wheat bran, $28 a ton, and hay, 
clover and Timothy mixed, about $7 a 
ton. It seems to me that in most cases 
a cow would do her best, or at least 
very well, if she was fed 40 pounds of 
silage (made of well-eared, matured 
corn) a day, divided in two feeds, with 
four pounds of ground oats mixed with 
each feed, and what hay she would eat. 
Count the feeding season six months, 
$22.75 would be the cost of the grain. 
As to the amount of hay that she would 
eat, one can only guess, as it would be 
more or less, dependent on the cow and 
the season. I will sav one ton, worth 
$7; this would make the cost for the 
Winter $29.75 plus about 3*4 tons of 
silage, the cost of which I am unable 
to estimate. Pasture for the Summer 
would be worth about 50 cents a week. 
M. w. 
In Madison County. 
A cow weighing 1000 pounds, of the 
dairy type and of “butter breed,” will 
consume about 2500 pounds of grain in 
a year on a moderate ration. This is 
allowing 10 pounds per day for six 
months and the remainder to help her 
out through Spring and Fall. It doesn’t 
matter so much what kind of feed it is. 
A balanced ration of any of the feeds 
will cost about $1.50 per hundred. This 
will make $37.50 per year for a grain 
ration. Then she will eat about 30 
pounds of silage for 240 days, which is 
7200 pounds at $3 per ton, or $10.20; 
15 pounds of hay for 210 days, which 
will make at least 1*4 ton at $8, or $12 
for hay. Then her pasturage from May 
15 to September 15 should be worth at 
least $8. We will “throw in” what she 
can find in the pasture after September 
15 (which will be mighty little this 
(Continued on next page.) 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee page 10. 
AUCTION 
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908. 
80 Head High Class Holstein Friesian Cattle 
The entire Ridgefield Herd consisting of fit) one, 
two and three-year old heifers, sired by the best 
producing sires of the breed, and from dams and 
granddams with records of from 20 to 29 lbs butter 
in 7 days. 24 sons and daughters of Woodcrest 
Pietje. a son of Pietje 2d, with a record of 31.02 lbs. 
butter in seven days. Others from such prominent 
stocks as Pontiac Korndyke, Hengerveld De Kol, 
Pietertje Hengerveld’s Count De Kol, Sadie Vale 
Concordia. Mercedes Jullps Pietcrtje,Beryl Wayne, 
Hillside Esther, Colanthas, Johannas, Belle Korn¬ 
dyke, Vander Lei Superb, etc. These heifers are 
bred to Sir Pontiac Carthenea Hengerveld. whose 
dam has a record of 28.25 lbs. in 7 days, 115 lbs. 
butter 30 days averaging 84 lbs. milk per day. His 
sire is a son of Hengerveld De Kol, and Pontiac 
Parthenea, a large record high testing cow. Stock 
will be tuberculin tested. Catalog on application. 
J. T. Howell & Son, Howells, Orange Co. N. Y. 
B ERKSHIRES-LARGE ENGLISH. - Stock 
Registered. Pigs, 4 to 5 months old, $8 to $10. 
JOHN MACNAUGHTON, Caledonia, N. Y. 
yinnn FERRETS For Sale. Write for price list and circular* 
T’U U U it’s free. De KLKINE BROS., Box 42, Jamestown, Mich* 
3000 FERRETS 
C. J. DIMICK, - - ROCHESTER, OHIO. 
COL1JE PUPS from imported Stock. Females 
^ cheap. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
DC I RIAM UARFQ — Some flue 8 months old 
DlLUIMIi liHilLO breeding bucks, $2 apiece. 
HENRY GRIES, Egg Harbor City, N. J. 
O T r PIGS, Mar. and April farrow. Mated not 
u.i.u. akin. Bred sows. All Registered Silver 
Premium Stock. F. J. Schwartz, E. Pliarsalia.N.Y 
0 ^> THE DAIRY FARMER’S 
■ I* \J* ■ HOG. Large litters of large 
pigs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 
CROSS-ROAD FARM, Plattsburg, New York. 
fill ID FARM Berkshire Hogs and Jersey 
UnlU iHniTI Cattle; stock for sales always 
on hand. M. L. BENHAM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
Large Improved 
English Yorkshires 6 Holstein Cattle. 
Address A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y, 
rnn Oil C —Duroc Jersey Red Swine. Prize 
rUn OALC winners at W. Va. State Fair, Sept. 
7 to 11,1908, on 8 entries in strong competition we 
won 6 prizes, 3 firsts, 2 seconds, one sweepstake 
prize; also have choice Delaine Rams and Collie 
Dogs. Write for price on what you want. 
J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cameron, W. Va. 
—NEW LOW DOWN— 
AMERICAN CREAM 
15 SEPARATOR 
Guaranteed to skim closer 
than any separator in the 
world. Sold direct from the 
factory. We are the oldest 
exclusive manufacturers of 
hand separators in America. 
You save all agents', dealers' 
f m || and even mall order house 
W profits. We have the most 
™ I] i liberal 30 DAYS’ TRIAL, 
I H i freight prepaid offer. Write 
l — for it today. Our new 
low down, waist high 
separator is the finest, 
highest quality machine on 
< 1 the market; no other sep¬ 
arator compares with It in 
close skimming, ease of 
K I cleaning, easy running, sim- 
^ I I pllcity, strength or quality. 
Our own (the manufactur¬ 
er’s) guarantee protects you 
ion every AMERICAN ma¬ 
chine. We can ship Im¬ 
mediately. Write for our 
.-an m in immi great offer and handsome 
tree catalogue on our new waist high model. Addrtis, 
AMERICAN SEPARATOR CO ■ Bainbridgc, N. Y. 
Holstein Bull for Sale 
Born October 11, 1907. 
Largely white; a fine individual sired by a son of 
De Kol Hengerveld Burke, whose dam made over 
21 pounds of butter, and whose granddam over ID 
pounds in seven days. 
First Check for $45.00 takes him. ’-’ll 
T. A. MITCHELL, 
Oakland Farm, AVeedsport, N. Y. 
BULL CALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
rendy for service, that are of good size and 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 be kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
Sound Houses 
made and kept sound the world 
over by 
)UiNN'S 
OINTMENT 
Note the sign. Price 91.00 per 
Bottle. Of druggists or by mail. 
Testimonials free for the asking. 
W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall, N.T. 
Death the Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
TVe will send yon 100 lbs. of Dll. 
HOLLAND’S MEDICATKI) STOCK 
SALT on 60 days’ trial freight 
prepaid. If you derive no benefit, 
It costs you nothing; If you do, It 
costs you $5.00. Give us your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
A limited number of young sows bred to a grand 
imported boar for March and April farrow. 
Also a fine lot of fail pigs of the highest quality 
and breeding at very attractive prices. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, PennYan.N.Y. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year - 
old by Grand Premier, No. 8ll005,bred to Baron Duke 
85th, No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow, No. 
<18600, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. liooklet 
on application. J.E. WATSON. Marhledale. Conn. 
BERKSHIRES. 
eprnm —As I am going to sell all my milk off 
OlLUlML the farm I will close out my Regis¬ 
tered Berkshires. Spring pigs for $10 each, these 
are well bred and good size; Fall pigs ready about 
Nov. 1st, $3 each and will get these registered at 
cost. Cnsn with order. Address 
S. S. STORY, North Stockholm, New York. 
‘ ‘ QUALITY. ” 
For Sale—Bull Calf and Young Bull 
ready for service; also, from one to ten heifers 
coming fresh this Fall, all out of dams with good 
records. The animals are right, and prices right. 
Lot me know your wants. 
E. W. MOSHER, Aurora, X. Y. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTKIN-EKIESIANS 
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. CORTKLYOC, Somerville, N. J. 
The GUERNSEY COW is the 
Most Economical Producer of 
Dairy Products of the Highest Quality, 
Reason WH Y— by writing 
Guernsey Club, Box R. N. Y., Peterboro, N. H. 
Large Berkshires 
Berkshires exclusively. 150 head to select from. 
Matings not akin. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FA KM. Gettysburg, Pa. 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES 
Direct Premier Longfellow, Lord Premier and 
Masterpiece strains. Young stock for sale. 
S. C. FRENCH. Atwater, N. Y. 
To Reduce Stock We Are Offering 
50 EARLY FALL PIGS 
8 to 10 Weeks Old At $6.00 Each. 
Large English Berkshires; the long, broad, low 
down kind that get big quick. These pigs are far¬ 
rowed by a red sows and sired by imported stock. 
This is your chance, order soon, money back if you 
are dissatisfied. 4 Sow Pigs $”0.00. 
Penna, Berkshire Co., Eannettsbnrg, Pa. 
COD CAI C Registered Rambouillet Sheep 
rUn DALE and O. I. C. Swine. 
C. W. HALLIDAY, Route 2, Hammondsport, N. Y. 
We Are Steady Buyers Of 
YOUNG FRESH GOOD HOLSTEIN COWS 
giving 20 bottles milk and over per day. Address 
offers for cash to ‘‘Holstein,” care R. N.-Y. 
lUicfsTERED HOLSTIEN-FRIESIAN BULLS 
For Sale Cheap, from 9 td 12 months old: from the 
famous sires, Sir Segis Inka Poseh, No. 38406, and 
Paul Clothilde Hartog De Kol, No. 33712; selected 
from best dams in herd of over forty head. Also 
two or three cows and several yearling heifers. 
Full description and detailed pedigrees furnished 
on request. Any animal shipped on approval. 
P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, New York. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
DORSET SHEEP 
Chester White and Large Yorkshire Swine. 
FOR SALK— Dorset Yearling and Ram Lambs 
from one of the best flocks in the United States or 
Canada. Also Chester White and Large Yorkshire 
Swine of both sexes for sale at all times. Also some 
young Chester White Sows to farrow soon. Prices 
reasonable. W. H. Miner, Chazy, Clinton Co, N.Y. 
YEARLING SHROPSHIRE RAMS FOR 
SALE—Bred from Imported Stock. Also 
Ewe Lambs. H. B.COVERT, Lodi, New York. 
Q U Bfl PQIII R Yearling Rams, 30 Ram 
onnuromneo Lambs. Also Ewes and Ewe 
Lambs; 2 extra rams for show. Address 
FRED VAN VLEET, Lodi. NewYork. 
GENIE CLOTHII.DE, one of the world’s 
official record cows witli 30.05 lbs. butter iu seven 
days and 116.45 lbs. butter in thirty days. 
PONTIAC CHIRON, oue of the best sons of 
Hengerveld De Kol. Hull Calves For Sale. 
W. W. CHENEY. - Manlius. N. Y. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this groat breed of cattle. 
P. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y.-Brattleboro, Vt. 
Aberdeen Cattle and 0.1. C. Hogs 
ORDER NOW.-I am booking orders forO. I. C. 
” Pigs, either sex, to be shipped when six weeks 
old, f. o. b„ Walker, N. Y., $5 each; eight weeks 
old, $7 each. Cash must accompany all orders. 
My breeders are in fine condition; they have a 
largo range and plenty of running water. All 
breeding stock is registered. 
ELM BANK STOCK AND FRUIT FARM, 
D. H. Hamil, Prop., Walker. N. Y. 
Laurel Farm Jerseys 
r |T j THE PAPERS 
■ I I j THE DESCRIPTION 
And The Price Fits The Farmer’s Pocketbook. 
1. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
SHROPSHIRE SHEEP 
A few of my line bred Rams and Ram lambs 
of the very best types. Special price for 
October. 
R. W. McALLEN, Fannettsburg, Pa. 
EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY 
For Sale or Lease 
200 acre farm; 65 acres cleared In the heart of the 
famous Potato Kelt, Hastings, Fla. Good house 
and barns fully stocked with feed for stock, and all 
necessary machinery, tools, etc. 
I Artesian Wells. Climate best in Florida. 
It. C. IIAltltlS, Hastings, Fla. 
JERSEY BULL CALVES AND YOUNG BULLS 
Grandsons of Golden Lad, Eminent, and 
King of St. Lambert. Over 200 head of Regis¬ 
tered stock to select from. 
ST. LAMBERT DAIRY CO., Georgesville, Ohio. 
SELL TO HIGHEST BIDDER 
NUTSHELL’S RAMAPO CHIEF. Now 
three months old. Registered in American Jersey 
Cattle Club No. 80929. Pedigreed Jersey Bull, with 
such ancestors as “Golden Lad” and “ Eurotas.” 
Full pedigree goes with him. Bids start at $10. 
F. O. B. cars, Oakland, N. J. Sale closes odo week 
from date of this publication. Address, OGDEN 
BROWER, JR., Ramapo Farm, Oakland, N. J. 
GREAT AUCTION SALE 
OF BELGIAN, PERCHER0N AND GERMAN COACH 
STALLIONS AND MARES will be held at 
THE SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM,. NEWARK, OHIO 
Thursday October 15th, 1908. 
Over 100 draft mares, most of them In foal, will be 60 ld on this 
sale. You can buy stallions and mares at just their real value. 
All interested should attend this sale, it is the opportunity of their 
lives. All Interested send 6 cents to cover postage for illustrated 
catalog. Newark. O., Is on B. & O. and Pan Handle R. R. Electric 
cars to and from the city. All trains met with conveyance to the 
farm. Two phones in office on the farm. 
Citizens phone 266. Bell phone 651 W. 
COL. G. W. CRAWFORD, Prop. 
Sharon Valley Stock Farm, Newark, Ohio. 
NICORN DAIRY RATION 
every Farmer and Stock Raiser should know all about. 72£ of digestible organic 
matter, and 22 % protein—No salt or filler. This is far more digestible food material 
than any other dairy feed ever marketed. Made of Ajax Flakes properly balanced. 
Write, CHAPIN & CO., Inc.. Buffalo. N. Y. 
