1908. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
413 
SIDE LINES IN DAIRYING. 
It is said the fanner feeds the world, 
yet it can he said to his discredit he 
feeds himself last. If there is any one 
class of people who elect to go it alone 
farmers, with scarcely an exception, are 
that class. No unity and none pulling 
together. This is a dairy section almost 
entirely. The milk situation is such that 
a farmer is ashamed to admit he pro¬ 
duces milk. It was said last Fall the 
high price of feed, the oppression of the 
hoard of health, tuberculosis and other 
obstacles would drive many out of busi¬ 
ness. It has not done so. There is more 
than enough milk to supply all demands, 
and the producer goes on cheerfully, 
paying higher prices for feed and higher 
prices for cows, doing nothing to benefit 
his condition. Either the profits are 
greater than he will admit, or else he is 
hoping for better prospects in the future. 
Here is a dairy community, making milk 
for a low price from feed at a high 
price. The best creamery butter retails 
at 34 cents a pound. We all buy butter 
from other sections of the country, and 
our milk goes to New York to swell 
the surplus. How many families in a 
section where co-operation was a feature, 
would it take to consume a home-grown 
veal, a pig or a lamb? In this locality 
we buy these products grown in the 
West. In a co-operative section a 
butter factory would make the butter 
used in the community, and the money 
would be kept at home. Passing on to 
the demands of the board of health, 
these cannot always be ignored. There is 
loo much milk now, offering no excuse 
for leniency. Many of these demands 
are fair. There cannot be too much 
cleanliness in handling; a rigid inspec¬ 
tion of the health of the cow is also 
within the rights of the board. When 
it comes to flushing the stables, duck 
suits and other certified milk appliances, 
without certified prices, the limit has 
been reached. 
Now we come to the tuberculosis ques¬ 
tion; where does it come from and how 
shall we combat it? I venture to assert 
the present-day closed stables, water 
buckets and lack of outdoor exercise help 
to spread the disease. Buffalo is a great 
cow market, and the State law is too 
lax. Cows that cannot enter Connecti¬ 
cut or New Jersey come to New York 
State. The branding of reacting cows 
is a good suggestion; a farmer would 
then be able to buy with his eyes open. 
It is said farmers do not keep books; 
as an argument in favor of a side line 
to dairying, I will give my last year’s 
operations: Milk, $2,033.24; eggs, 
$803.18; fowls, $208.48; cattle, $381.27; 
fruit, $115.30; hogs, $31; vegetables, 
$41.40; hay, $28; grain, $26.38; total, 
$3,728.25. GEO. E. HOWELL. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
MUSLIN VENTILATION IN STABLE. 
Something over a year ago after vis¬ 
iting a barn where canvas had been 
placed over open windows for the pur¬ 
pose of ventilation, I placed canvas over 
one window to give it a trial. There 
was already a partially completed King 
system of ventilation in the stable, but 
not quite enough for our needs. This 
canvas ventilation was easily put in and 
was very inexpensive. It afforded very 
good ventilation, but as soon as the op¬ 
portunity is offered, the King system will 
go in and the canvas will go out. I am 
not sorry it has been tried, and it will 
be kept until there is a good chance to 
put in the more expensive system. My 
chief objection is the draft that comes 
from it at times. The canvas was so 
put on that the window might be closed 
when desired, but in spite of care there 
are occasionally objectionable drafts. 
At the same time this experiment was 
tried, two windows in the henhouse were 
fitted out in the same manner. These 
are very satisfactory, and more windows 
will be fitted out in the same way in the 
henhouse. 
In our locality considerable study has 
been given to the subject of ventilation, 
and a few have made experiments. The 
inspectors sent out by the New York 
City Board <jf Health advocate the can¬ 
vas diffusion system. The Borden Con¬ 
densed Milk Company, whose inspectors 
make monthly, or more frequent visits, 
are directing their patrons to put in gal¬ 
vanized iron pipe intake flues, and de¬ 
pend largely upon hay chutes for the 
outlet flue. Those who have given the 
matter most careful study still urge the 
King system. Where one must instal 
some system quickly in his stable, cither 
because he finds that his cattle need it, 
or because some authority demands it, he 
will find the canvas cheap and effective. 
Where the work is done under the di¬ 
rection of the Borden Company it is 
usually necessary to obey their orders, 
whether they have adopted the best 
method or not. Sometimes some com¬ 
promise may be made with them, and 
something may be dene to the best ad¬ 
vantage. H. H. LYON. 
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horses we should be glad to learn of the 
best way to put it in. The basement will 
be used for cattle. We do not want any 
possible chance for leakage. e. w. g. 
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Cyril Francklyn, 62 Beaver St., New York 
asn’t Your Neighbor Foolish? 
Didn’t he make a chump of himself? Wasn’t it about the most senseless thing he ever 
did when he bought that “cheap” cream separator from a “mail order” concern that never manufac¬ 
tured a separator of any kind, and switches from year to year to the separator that can be bought 
the cheapest? Where is your neighbor going to get repairs? Why, he doesn’t even know who 
built his separator, and the most important thing for a man to know when he buys a “cheap” sep¬ 
arator is where to buy repairs every week. 
There stands your neighbor’s separator, down and out; broken; only used a few weeks; money 
wasted. Perhaps he could repair it if he knew where to get repairs, but he doesn’t know. The fact 
is, there is no place to get them; his separator was one of a job lot sold “cheap” by a manufacturer 
who knew it was no good, and who unloaded his stock on a catalog house for what he could get. 
Now he’s out of business. 
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Easy to turn 
Easy to clean 
Low supply can 
No dirty oil cups 
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Simple, durable, 
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Why didn’t your neighbor do as you 
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Tubular Has No Rival 
Zimmerman, Minn. 
Tubular shows no wear after three years anil has never 
given me any trouble and from present appearances is 
good for a lifetime. One of my neighbors bought a — — 
— — — — about a month before I bought mine, and it 
went to tho scrap pile months ago. For skimming the 
Tubular has no rival in my opinion. JOHN M. COOK. 
Didn’t Like Mail Order Separator 
South Schroon, N. Y. 
The Tubular gives us perfect satisfaction. The longer we use it 
the better we like it. We bought one of the improved — — — — 
of — — — — —, of Chicago, last spring, but wo diiln’tlike it a little 
bit. It was b 
the Tubular i 
— — — —, of Chicago, last spring, but wo didn’tlike it a little 
It wan hard to run, hard to wash and hard to keep clean, while 
Tubular is easy to run, easy to wash and easy to cfean. 
L. W. WHITNEY. 
Discarded Mail Order Separator 
Robesonia, Penna. 
After using a mail order cream separator for six months I de¬ 
cided to discard that machine and purchase a No. 4 Tubular Separ¬ 
ator. The mail order separator would separate only 275 pounds of 
milk per hour, and did not give a thorough separation. I can skim 
two buckets of milk in 4 minutes. Tho mail order separator required 
ten minutes. I am more than pleased with the purchase I made from 
your people. 
7M. F. BUCKS 
We know how to build separators that 
will wear, and we are always where you 
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something you can tell your neighbor 
about TUBULARS. Maybe he would like 
to get right. Maybe he would like a little 
help. Probably he would like to have a 
TUBULAR if he could get a little some¬ 
thing for his “cheap” separator. Maybe 
we can help him. Won’t you suggest that 
he write for our new catalog No. 153? It 
tells all about it. 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR COMPANY, 
West Chester, Penna. 
Chicago, III. San Francisco, Cal. Toronto, Can. 
