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•U'HK RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
February 4, 
NEED OF THE SUMMER SILO. 
There is a vast amount of talk and vvrit- 
ing going on about the Summer soiling 
of dairy cows, most of which has to do 
with the growing of a succession of 
crops, and the incessant cutting of them, 
The past season in Ohio was the most 
severe and prolonged drought in years, 
and soiling crops would not grow and 
the whole system was a failure. The 
alternative is the possession of a well 
filled Summer silo. Is there not a bet¬ 
ter way of soiling a cow, than taking a 
few more acres in addition to the five 
required for pasture to grow this feed? 
Why not take one of the five acres, put 
it into corn and raise 40 tons per acre, 
as they do in Granby, Mass., and keep 
five cows a year without any pasture, 
and better than with it? Or coming 
down to common conditions, make that 
acre support one cow a full year as 
the roughage ration. No other crop 
gives as much, and as perfect a rough- 
age ration as the well-grown corn plant, 
and then, bring in the clover hay, and 
some of the protein concentrates, as the 
balancer to the ration, have a ration at 
least possible cost, and insured, for dry 
as was the season in Ohio, the end was 
that those who well cared for their corn, 
had full silos. 
Three of my neighbors fed silage the 
past season for the soiling crop and as 
pastures were about nil, it was a valu¬ 
able experience. One man with a big 
dairy fed a bushel and a half of well¬ 
eared silage daily to each cow and no 
grain, and received a remarkable yield 
of milk for the entire Summer, no 
grain-fed dairy approaching him, and he 
computes that that big silo of corn was 
worth to him the grazing of 100 acres 
of average Summer pasture. Dry as it 
was, he has filled that great silo again, 
and proposes to turn 60 acres of pasture 
to other uses next Summer. The ex¬ 
perience of Mr. Lighty is similar. He 
fed only a bushel of silage to each cow 
daily, and one pound of concentrates, 
and has become a convert, for said he, 
“My cows never knew there was a 
drought, nor did they ever give larger 
messes at so little cost,” and 40 acres 
of his pasture will have different ten¬ 
ants next year. The third man is as 
convinced, and silage will be his chief 
pasture feed next year. It is found that 
even with good pasture, the feeding of 
a bushel of silage a day takes the place 
of costly grain, and at half the cost, for 
with 15 tons to the acre of silage corn, a 
bushel of good silage cannot be made to 
cost over two cents or less per bushel 
of 25 pounds, while six pounds of grain 
is worth nine cents. Figure up what it 
costs to summer a cow, interest on her 
actual grazing lot, the interest on its 
value, the taxes, fencing, etc., then add 
all of the value you fed this cow in ad¬ 
dition to make that pasture; feed the 
cow to a profitable milking output, and 
see if it does not cost twice as much to 
summer a milch cow, as to winter her, 
on a half or less acre of silage, and its 
usual extras. Is it not a fact that to 
the average dairyman, the Summer silo 
will have to come as the economic solu¬ 
tion of the cheap and abundant ration, 
and supersede all other soiling crops? 
Ohio. JOHN GOULD. 
SOILING CROPS IN OREGON. 
I note what some one says in regard 
to stock eating the ripened rye and 
tares. I have grown rye and tares, and 
have been disgusted with it on account 
of stock refusing to touch the rye after 
it had headed out. The past year on 
the advice of a friend I left it until the 
rye was ripe and cut it for hay, with 
the result that stock ate it up clean. Let 
others try this and report. 
For soiling I am well pleased with 
hulless barley instead of rye to sow 
with the tares, in both cases using Win¬ 
ter oats in the mixture. The first cut¬ 
ting which I make very early will con¬ 
tain little of the oats which have made 
too small a growth to be touched by 
the mowing, while the second mowing 
will be largely tares and oats. I have 
sometimes thought that the rye and bar¬ 
ley were injured by frosts when the 
freshly cut stems were exposed to it. 
My own practice is to sow land plaster 
on the ground as fast as the grass is 
taken off, which greatly increases the 
second cutting. Those who sow tares 
or vetch should remember that land 
plaster will greatly increase the crop 
on ordinary land. I have had no ex¬ 
perience on poor land. Last Fall I 
sowed quite a sprinkling of rape in my 
tares and rye, as a plot of it used the 
past year was so satisfactory. I was 
surprised to see how greedily the cows 
ate the leavings from a lot of rape 
straw that I had thrashed the seed from. 
It was cut with a mower early in the 
day and immediately bunched in small 
bunches to prevent the horses from 
tramping out the seed on the next round. 
The seed was beaten out by hand on a 
sheet and the straw piled up again. The 
cows, although having a full feed of 
tares and oats, would eat this rape 
straw all but the very coarsest stalks. 
Let me also repeat the advice of some 
one in The R. N.-Y. a few years ago, 
not to mow soiling crops too close to 
the ground, and from my own experi¬ 
ence would add any meadow, especially 
Timothy. s. 
Oregon. 
R. N.-Y.—Many a Timothy meadow 
has been ruined by cutting the grass 
too close. Land plaster may give re¬ 
sults on some soils for a few years, but 
later it fails. Its chief action seems to 
be setting free plant food by bringing 
about a chemical action. After a time 
this action appears to fail. 
Rape for Milch Cows. 
I have never had experience in feeding 
rape to cows in milk, Init I am quite cer¬ 
tain that had odors would find their way 
into the milk pail if cows were allowed 
to pasture on it at will. Cows are said 
to respond well to a rape ration, but in 
my judgment it should be fed in small 
quantities (at least at first) and imme¬ 
diately after milking. In other words, the 
same ' precautions should be taken as in 
feeding turnips. The nutritive ratio of 
rape is about 1 :8.4, which makes it a val¬ 
uable crop to feed in connection with our 
ordinary farm crops. In this section its 
most common use is as a soiling crop or 
pasture for pigs and brood sows. 
Canada. , c. s. m. 
AGENTS—$33.30 A WEEK 
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Jack Wood did it! _ 
100 more - 
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- best seller I 
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coining money— 
$5.60 worth of 
tools for the 
>rice of one. 
)rop forged from 
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E rice to agents— 1,200 ordered by one man. Write at once. 
•on’t delay. Experience unnecessary. Sample free. 
THOMAS MFG. CO., 8263 Wayne St., DAYTON, OHIO 
TOP 
Dairymen, Take a Look at the 
STRITE GOVERNOR PULLEY 
It’s the original and “only 
thing for driving cream sep¬ 
arators with gasoline en¬ 
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used. - TRY ONE. Ask your 
dealer for a “STRITE” or 
write us direct. Don't take 
au imitation. 
Strife Governor Pulley Co. 
357 South Third Street 
srrcftATotj Minneapolis, Minn. 
Save Time and Seed 
By Using the 50 Year 
Old World’s Standard 
GAH00N 
SEED 
ER 
to do more and better broadcast work 
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Sower. Savcstimeandlabor; givesbiggercrops. 
for itself many times over yearly, although it 
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Seed Sowers’ Manual tells how to save seed and 
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COPPELL CO., 14 Main St., Antrim, N. H. 
World’s Best 
Put Into Your Home 
FREE 
Our local representative will place in your 
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cent of expense of any kind to you, a 
SHARPLES 
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Use it in your home. Sec for 
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Prove that it produces 
twice the skimming 
force, skims faster and 
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Think over the fact that 
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Then ask your¬ 
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or risk anything on any 
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the average life of which 
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world-famous, wear- 
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Write for 1911 Catalogue 
No. 153, and 
ask for free 
trial. 
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WEST CHEST Elf, PA. 
Chicago. Ill., San FranciHoo, Cal., Portland, Ore. 
Toronto, Can., Winnipeg, Can. 
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© 
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157 Willow Street 
New Haven, Conn. 
7%e 7//ar/t/i fire arms Co. 
I 
BEFORE YOU BUY WRITE FOR Write 
NEW CATALOG DESCRIBING THE to-day. 
GUARANTEED MONEY-SAVING 
U INTERNATIONAL 
i SILOS 
III:®' 
Lit 1 o'.'it 
strongest built, simplest to put up and easiest operated 
on the market. Adjustable automatic take-up hoop- 
continuous open-door front—air-tight door and per¬ 
manent ladder are some of the unusual features. Tha 
International Silo 113 Slain St.. Line.Tills.Mn 
GREEN MOUNTAIN 
SILOS 
Three bearings all around 
each door like a safe or re¬ 
frigerator door. Hoops are 
stronger than others. Staves, 
doors and fronts soaked in 
preservative if you wish. 
Green Mountain Silos differ 
from other round silos. 
Free catalogue gives details. 
Post card will bring it. 
CREAMERY PACKAGE MFG. CO. 
338 West Street, Rutland, Vt. 
ECONOMY SILO 
Our simple yetperfect-fittingdoors, 
forming air-tight silo, entirely pre¬ 
vent possibility of ensilage spoiling. 
Quick, easy adjustment without 
hammer or wrench. Free access. 
Every silo easy to erect. Seasoned 
white pine or cypress staves. Refined 
iron hoops form easy ladder. 
Write lor free catalogue with proof 
of our claims from delighted users. 
ECONOMY SILO A MFC. CO., 
Box 36<aj Frederick, Md. 
lTHE 
SSSI 
L0 
The only thoroughly manufactured 
Silo on the market. Full length stave. 
Continuous door frame complete with 
ladder. Triple beveled silo door with 
hinges. Equipped with extra heavy 
hoops at bottom. 
AIR TIGHT 
Bake* winter feed equal to June 
grass. THE ROSS will more than pay 
for itself in one season. Write to¬ 
day for catalog which give* facts that 
will save you money. Agent* wanted. 
The E. W. Ross Co.(Est.l&50) 
Box 13 SPRINGFIELD. OHIO 
PATENTS START FACTORIES 
IPATENT SECURED OR 
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ARNKAM& SUES, Pat. Attys., Ad.36, Washington. D.C. 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Humping Caldron. Empties 
its kettlein one minute. Thesimplest 
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food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
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D. It. SPEIiRY & OO.. Bat .via, Id. 
Make Your 
Loading Easy 
Out out the backaches, strains and ruptures by 
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EMPIRE LOW 
STEEL WHEELS 
coBt only one-half as much as wood¬ 
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Send for free catalog showing wheels and 
low-priced Empire Handy Wagons. 
Empire Mfg. Co., BoxggX, Quincy, III 
SILO 
You can shove ensilage out ofthe unobstructed, 
continuous door front of a Unadilla Sllol5 cents 
a ton cheaper than yon can pitch it up 3 toC ft. 
over cross-bars on an ordinary silo, 
Unadilla Silo doors shove up—most others 
push in, making it necessary to feed to the 
bottom of these doors before they can be opened. 
Non-breakable lugs, cold rolled over threads on 
•end of steel hoops—^ stronger than ordinary 
cut thread hoops. Write for 25 Reasons Why. 
Kxtra discount for early orders, Agents wanted. 
UNADILLA SILO CO., Box B, Unadilla, N. Y. 
Catalo 
Free 
With 
Full 
Infor¬ 
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113 Harold St., Pendleton, lnd‘ 
The Most Economical 
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PEOPLE everywhere are rejoicing that at last 
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JACOBSON 
SELF-CONTAINED ENGINE WITH AUTOMATIC DRAINING 
WATER TANK. 
No Freezing No Overheating 
No Large TVater Tank 
The Agency is available in some sections and 
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valuable in all. 
JACOBSON MACHINE MFG. CO. 
Irvine Street Warren,Pa. 
r cow 
|STANCHIONS | 
AND 
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Wanted at Once—A Man 
To Maks $100 Per Month Above Expenses 
1500 MEN THROUGHOUT THE U. S 
ARE MAKING BIG MONEY 
with our large lino of over 80 different household neces* 
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perfumes, toilet articles, stock and poultry preparations, 
polishes, etc. all guaranteed under the National Food 
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We import, manufacture and sell in enormous quantities 
Capital and surplus over one million dollars. Factory 
floor space nearly 5 acres. 
Wo want one man in each unoccupied locality to take 
full charge of everything pertaining to our business in 
his district. Must be of good health and habits, honest 
and industrious, not under 21 nor over 50 years of age, 
able to furnish outfit similar to that illustrated above, 
also several responsible men to vouch for his integrity. 
Such under our instructions can make not less than 
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above expenses first year, $1800 second year and $2400 
third year. Colored people or women not considered. 
Previous experience or more than ordinary education 
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If you can’t meet requirements don’t write: if you 
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Lots of new men starting and territory filling rapidly, 
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locality will bo taken. 
W. T. RAWLEIGH CO. 30-40 Lib. St. Freeport, 111. 
