1915 , 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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SELLING SILAGE AS A BUSINESS. 
Do you know of any case where corn 
silage has been sold as business propo¬ 
sition? How was it handied for delivery 
and what price was obtained for it? Would 
it be possible in your neighborhood to find 
a market for silage among your neighbors 
or friends? 
I know of only one instance where silage 
has been sold. This was the case of two 
neighbors who lived abont three-quarters of 
a mile apart, and silage was drawn every 
other day from the silo. I do not know 
what the prices were. I do not think that 
any one could get enough per ton to pay 
to enter the business, although I think a 
market could be found if it were offered 
cheap enough ; therefore I do not think it 
would be a financial success in this section 
of the country. C. T. g. 
Canton, N. Y. 
I do not know of any silage being sold 
here as there are very few silos in my 
neighborhood, but I think anyone offering 
silage for sale at a reasonable price could 
dispose of any quantity. There are a good 
number of cows aronnd here producing milk 
for New York market, and it is a. sort of 
combination between Summer boarders and 
dairying. The farmers do not raise much 
grain and corn, but ride around with board¬ 
ers and buy feed for stock, as it is so much 
easier than working in the fields, so I think 
there would be no trouble in disposing of 
silage. t. b. k. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
In a locality like the “Western Reserve 
of Ohio,” where the silos run from SO to 
1 20 to the township, which means every 
dairyman a siloist, it would be a bard prop¬ 
osition to make and sell silage as a com¬ 
mercial enterprise. It could be done under 
favorable conditions where the supply and 
consumer were closely associated, for silage 
once forked out of its bed soon warms up 
to an undesirable degree. There is some 
silage sold, however, such as occurs in 
change of property, and change of tenants, 
or a division sale. There seems to be an 
unwritten law that silage is worth in the 
pit one-third of the price of good hay per 
ton. I have “umpired - ’ several cases in 
this way, and the plan seems to be well 
accepted. The question comes in here based 
on this apparent accepted custom—can a 
man afford to raise and put up silage and 
sell at $3.50 to $4.50 per ton, figuring that 
he can raise 15 tons per acre, after paying 
for labor of all kinds, and rent of land, 
storage and the like? Of course $50 per 
acre for silage sounds well; but would it pay 
a man, if customers were at hand, to do 
this, in place of feeding this silage on the 
farm where grown, and get it at first hand 
cost? Here is a problem for our students 
for _ the "conservation of farm resources” 
to figure out. john gould. 
Ohio. 
I have only known of a few scattering 
cases of people selling silage, and they were 
Where farms or farmers were changing about 
m handling a business. It has sold at from 
$3.50 to $4.50 per ton in various cases. I 
cannot see .how it could be made a selling 
business in this section of the land, for the 
reason that the farms are large for the 
number of cows or cattle kept, and there 
Is generally feed to ship away. However, 
we have a new milk condensery in operation 
here, and farmers have pledged 2,000 or 
more cows to furnish it milk, and there is 
a big revival of interest in silage. I am 
certain there will be around 100 silos erect¬ 
ed about our near locality this season. 
There has been enough Eureka silage corn 
sold here to plant at least 700 acres of the 
best silage corn that has yet been invented. 
As for making a business of putting up and 
selling silage to other farmers, it could be 
worked out in localities near large cities, 
and where places were small and the owners 
kept good-sized herds of cows and bought 
most of their feed. I think it is more than 
likely that a wide-awake man could work 
up such a business in many places in the 
eastern part of the country where there are 
lots of small farms about the centers of 
population. The great drawback would be 
that it would mean one must haul feed 
every day and that might detract from the 
advisability of such a business. Silage 
must be fresh to be at its best, and at that 
time it is a wonderful cow food. I am 
sure that in the East, where feed is expen¬ 
sive, that good silage would be cheap at $5 
to $G per ton. It is safe to figure that one 
can grow 20 tons of silage per acre if 
Eureka seed corn is used, and just half 
is done toward giving the corn a chance. 
I am sure 1 could grow 20 tons of silage per 
acre at a cost of $20 per acre for growing 
and harvesting, and if it was sold at $5 
per ton it would make a return of $75 to 
$80 per acre for the land. In this cost I 
have not taken into account the fertilizer 
question or manure, and of course in the 
East that would mean more cost. The 
ground should be left over Winter in rye 
or some other cover crop, and that could 
well be plowed down for manure. 
Branch Co., Mich. R. c. angevinb. 
INDICTMENT OF MILK TRUST.—In¬ 
dictments were returned May 20 by the 
Federal grand jury against four Boston 
milk concerns and one individual milk 
dealer, as well as against the New York, 
New Haven and Hartford Railroad, for al¬ 
leged violations of the Sherman anti-trust 
law and the Elkins act. It is charged in 
tiie indictment that the violations have ex¬ 
tended over a period of six years. The 
firms indicted are D. Whiting & Sons, com¬ 
posed of Isaac George and JVhn K. Whiting ; 
11. P. Hood & Sons, composed of Charles 
and Edward J. Hood; William A. Gran- 
stein of the Graustein Company, and Will¬ 
iam A. Hunter of Worcester, who is secre¬ 
tary of the Milk Producers’ Union. Viola¬ 
tions of the Elkins act are charged against 
the New Haven Railroad and the Elm Farm 
Milk Company of Boston, rebating being 
alleged. The Whitings, Hoods, Graustein 
and Hunter are charged with controlling 86 
per cent of the milk supply in Boston, Cam¬ 
bridge, Somerville, Lynn, Salem, Beverly 
and Worcester in the matter of delivery, 
obtaining their supply from Maine, New 
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and 
New York. The indictment against the 
New Haven road and the Elm Farm Milk 
Company alleges that the latter paid a rate 
which permitted it to ship milk from Wiill- 
mantie, Conn., to Boston, in lots of 840 cans 
per car, but that in reality the railroad 
company supplied! the Elm Farm Company 
with cars that had a capacity of 1,240 cans 
without charging a different rate. 
[HOW TO HOBBLE A COW. 
The question was recently asked : "How 
shall I hobble a high-strung, nervous cow 
so I can catch her while at pasture?” 
If F. B. will take a board long enough 
to come out beyound the eyes, bore two 
holes, put in a rope, and tie around the 
horns and let it hang over the eyes he will 
be able to get the cow without using rifle. 
A piece of leather tacked on the inside 
would keep board from rubbing. 
Brunswick, Me. l. h. 
F. B. wants to hobble his cow so that he 
can catch her in the field. We once had 
a horse that was bard to catch in the field. 
We hobbled him by attaching a short chain 
by straps around the ankle, just below the 
fetlock of the foreleg, to that of the hind 
leg. Straps were buckled around the leg 
with rings, in which snaps on the end of 
the chain were fastened. The chain was 
;fust long enough to allow him to walk 
comfortably, bat he could not run. Why 
not hobble a cow the same way? 
Chatham Center, N. Y. j. a. m. 
Tell F. B., page 558, to try this: Get a 
broad strap that will buckle around shin 
of foreleg, attach rope or light chain 20 
feet or more in length and stake bis cow 
out. Change strap from one leg to the 
other occasionally to prevent possible chaf¬ 
ing. Then when he goes to milk take along 
something good for her to eat, be kind to 
her and after a while he can probably turn 
her loose with the prospect of seeing her 
again, but that Is a mighty good way to 
tether a cow, and be can feed off any odd 
bits of grass he may happen to have. 
Frankfort, N. Y. h. g. 
Here is my experience and remedy. Any 
one who beats it gets up earlier than I do. 
Several years ago I bought a 1,000-pound 
bay mare, went to look at her, stepped in 
stall beside her, and thought she would kick 
me out. The owner (an old man) then ex¬ 
plained that no one ever drove her but 
himself, then only with some kind of cruel 
wire bit. She was very much afraid of 
strangers; one eye was destroyed when a 
little colt and she saw more than nine- 
tenths do with two eyes. I took her home 
and In her stall at my approach she would 
tremble like a leaf, and in the yard would 
seek the farthest corner at the sight of 
man. I never went to the stable without 
apples in my pocket, never raised my 
voice above my natural pitch, always 
called her by name, talked and reasoned 
with her, as though she were a person. 
To-day all is changed; I can crawl under 
her body or between hind or forward 
limbs, she whinnies and comes at every call. 
A more ambitious and better disposition no 
four feet ever carried. So much for the 
horse. Two months ago I sold a pet pair 
of finest matched Holstein 4,000-pound 
oxen that I thought almost as much of as 
myself, bnt old age said we must part, so 
part we did. At once I started for the 
sparsely settled hills and mountains look¬ 
ing for another pair. I found them; the 
owner had to yoke them while tied. Once 
out, heads and tails up, eyes bulging, red 
in color, they looked and acted much like 
a pair of mountain deer. Owner said they 
were frisky of strangers, and might get 
away. I started home ;; first two miles run¬ 
ning all the way, got home next day. When 
In their stalls and passing in front of thorn 
they would fly back fall length of rope, and 
when behind if possible would have jumped 
Into the manger. As for getting near them 
in the yard, it was simply out of the ques¬ 
tion, to say nothing about a 20-acre lot. 
To-day all is changed; my treatment was 
much the same as for the horse. To-day 
I can call and catch them anywhere, even 
in a 1.000-acre lot and don't need a rifle 
either, although. 1 have one that shoots two 
miles, but use it for the woodchucks mainly. 
The only bobble that cow needs is a suit¬ 
able blanket or fly-preparation to keep 
those pesky flics away. And here’s my 
guarantee, too, that she will give no less 
than twice as much milk and butter, too, 
to say nothing about the Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals getting 
after you and putting you in the peniten¬ 
tiary, where to my opinion all such of¬ 
fenders ought to go long enough to learn 
a lesson or two, wm, rothemyek. 
Montgomery Co., N. Y. 
SUMMER SILAGE. 
As to the man who wants to feed 200 
pounds per day of silage in Summer, there 
is no question bnt that silage will make a 
good substitute for Summer pasture. We 
have fed it the year round with much satis¬ 
faction. The trouble with the above prop¬ 
osition is the small amount needed. Silage 
spoils quickly when exposed to the air, and 
it is necessary to feed off the exposed sur- I 
face at least two Inches per day in warm 
weather. Now a cubic foot of silage will 
weigh from 30 to 40 pounds, and feeding 
200 pounds per day will consume only 
five or six cubie feet. This would take 
two inches off from the surface of 30 to 
40 square feet, which means that the silo 
could not be more than about six feet 
square. I doubt very much if it is wise 
to try to keep so small a bulk of silage 
over Winter for Summer feeding. The bulk 
is so small in proportion to the wall surface 
that I should fear it would not settle 
firmly enough against the walls to exclude 
the air and prevent its spoiling. For such 
a limited amount of stock I think I should 
rather trust to a succession of soiling crops, 
such as rye, oats and peas, sweet corn, etc., 
or better yet get an acre of Alfalfa started, 
which will furnish a succession of cuttings 
for soiling. i. allen. 
Ohio. 
WEASELS AND OXEN. 
In regard to weasel injuring oxen, page 
558. why not spray the animal with a dip or 
solution to keep off flies, anything that 
would be obnoxious to the weasel? Or 
have a good rat dog in the stable ; we find 
the fox terriers good ratters. p. g. s. 
The Dalles, Ore. 
Queer Horseshoes. —In Japan, rice 
straw, strapped on to the horse’s foot, is 
used for horseshoes. The Icelandic ponies 
wear shoes made of sheep’s horn. In certain 
parts of Central Asia the horses have shoes 
made from the antlers of the mountain 
deer. These are fastened to their feet by 
means of horn pins. The queerest horse¬ 
shoes, however, are those employed in the 
Soudan; these are not really shoes, but 
stockings made of camel’s skin. 
Whex you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deaL” See guarantee editorial f>age. 
A DIPPING TANK OR A HOG WALLOW 
WITH 
KRESO DIPN2.I 
V/ILL DO THE WORK 
THERE. IS NO EXCUSE FOR LOUSY MANGY 
UNTHRIFTY PIGS. IF YOU HAVE SOME 
OF THIS KIND YOU WILL FIND IT WORTH 
WHILE TO GET OUR CIRCULAR ON 
TANKS AND WALLOWS. IT TELLS 
HOW TO MAKE THEM OF CEMENT 
5 KRESO DIP N2I 
IS A REAL NECESSITY 
ABOUT ALL LIVE STOCK 
FOR KILLING LICE.TICKS,MITES,FLEAS, 
FOR TREATING SCAB.MANGE,RINGWORM. 
AND OTHER SKIN DISEASES: 
TO DISINFECT, DEODORIZE, 
CLEANSE Qc PURIFY. , 
ALL OF THESE USES FULLY DESCRIBED 
IN OUR BOOKLETS. WRITE FOR COPIES 
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR KRESO DIP NC J 
PARKE,DAVIS a CO., 
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 
Philadelphia SILOS 
have a 10 year reputation for strength and efficiency. 
Posiitiveiy the only Silos made tha t have an Opening 
Roof—Only Continuous Open Front. Our SO ft. Silo 
equals other 36 ft. Silos capacity. Over 5,000 in use. 
Opening roof works automatically—permits Silos be¬ 
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E. F. SCHLICHTER CO., 129 Fuller Bldg., Phila., Pa. 
“Scrub” Cream Separators as 
Unprofitable as “Scrub” Cows 
Advice of a great creamery concern to its patrons 
All Creameries Recognize Superiority of 
DE LAVAL Cream Separators 
All the big creamery and cream gathering 1 concerns, 
with their years of practical separator and cream 
experience, know the great advantages of the 
DE LAVAL Separators in farm as well as factory 
separation, and all of them will privately advise the 
purchase of a DE LAVAL Separator, though the 
competition between them in their own business is so 
keen that some are reluctant to openly antagonize 
the agents and dealers handling various makes of 
other separators. 
Great Omaha Creamery Always 
Recommends Purchase of DE LAVAL 
The very successful and constantly growing David 
Cole Creamery Co., of Omaha, Nebr., the general 
manager of which, Mr. E. S. Snively, one of the most 
able and best-known creamerymen in the country and 
for many years previously a Beatrice Creamery Co. 
manager, never hesitates, However, to come out 
“square and flat-footed” in favor of the DE LAV^L 
when asked for separator advice by patrons and those 
who would become patrons. 
Mistake Not to Purchase the Best 
Separator, the DE LAVAL 
We have just received a letter of the David Cole 
Creamery Co., in reply to a Missouri dairy farmer 
wanting separator advice, from which we quote the 
following instructive paragraph: 
“We believe the DE LAVAL is the best separator 
made. We feel that anyone wishing to purchase 
a separator makes a great mistake unless he 
purchases the best machine on the market. No 
one can make a success of dairying by continuing 
to use scrub cows. Neither can he make a success 
of dairying by using scrub separators.” 
Sound Advice to Separator Buyers 
That’s the soundest kind of sound advice, by the 
givina - of which the David Cole Creamery Co. is saving - 
many thousands of donars to its patrons as well as 
insuring to themselves a better quality of cream 
capable of producing a higher quality of butter, and 
the results show that month by month they are able 
to get more and better cream by telling tire whole 
truth about separators to anyone who seeks it. 
Safe Rule for Cow Owners to Follow 
“No scrub cows and no scrub separators’’ is a rule 
every dairy farmer may wisely apply to his dairying, 
and be certain to derive profit and satisfaction from 
doing so. 
We can’t furnish the cow^s but WE CAN FURNISH 
THE SEPARATOR, and shall he glad to supply any 
desired information regarding the “World’s Stand¬ 
ard” DE LAVAL. 
The DE LAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY 
>66-167 Broadway 
NEW YORK 
20 E. Madison Street 
CHICAGO 
172-177 William Street 
MONTREAL 
14 & 16 Princess Street 
WINNIPEG 
Drumm & Sacramento Sts. 
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