1912. 
THJS RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
137 
Silo for Cold Country. 
On page 44 E. C. R. says that he must 
have a silo. This is a dairy county; at 
least 50 per cent of the farmers have 
silos and the remainder of them are 
building some every year. I have 
studied the silo question to quite an ex¬ 
tent, and I have found at least to my 
own satisfaction that the best silo and 
the cheapest to build for this cold coun¬ 
try is built in the following manner: 
two by eight inch hemlock are nailed to¬ 
gether with 20-penny nails to form a 
square, and then a short piece of 2 by 8 
is nailed across the corners. These cor¬ 
ner pieces may be hollowed out so that 
the corners may be rounded some (a) 
or put on straight (b) as preferred. 
a 
a 
DIAGRAM OF SILO. 
Start on the concrete foundation with 
the above frame; cut four pieces 2 by 4- 
incli, 16 feet long, and nail on each cor¬ 
ner, then make another frame as above 
described on these 2 by 4s that will 
make your girths 18 inches from center 
to center. Plumb the corners and stay 
them securely on the outside; cut more 
2 by 4 and nail on the corner and so 
on until you have a frame of the height 
that you want your silo. As you near 
the top the 2 by 4s can be longer, but 
the first 12 feet they ought not to be 
over 16 inches, but above that you can 
gradually lengthen them to 30 inches. 
For the inside boarding use narrow inch 
hemlock that is dry-planed matched. 
Commence at one side of where you 
want your door and continue around 
until you have only room left for the 
doors. Make a door for each opening 
of the same material and the inside is 
finished. Cover the outside with 
matched lumber or coping, and put on 
a roof and you have a cheap silo and 
one that will keep silage as well as any. 
It will not freeze as badly as a stave 
silo. The stave silos around here need 
a lot of attention, and they do not stand 
the wind. They twist out of shape un¬ 
less kept well tightened up. f. j. R. 
Colton, N. Y. 
Hard Butter. 
What can I do to make my butter softer 
as it is harder than the market wants? 
I have a herd of seven milch cows, and I 
am feeding them daily in barn: turnips, 
one-half to three-fourths bushels apiece; 
clover hay cut from wheat stubble, mostly 
grass and weeds, 12 pounds, and about 20 
pounds of corn and cowpea silage. In the 
yard at noon I give them wliati corn stover 
they will eat. T. p. k. 
Maryland. 
Perhaps the hardness of your butter 
is due, in part at least, to the coldness 
of the weather. Such weather as we 
have had during the early part of Jan¬ 
uary was enough to make anybody’s 
butter hard. Churning at too low a 
temperature, or washing the butter in 
very cold water, has a tendency to make 
a dry, brittle article. In cold weather 
the water used for washing ought to be 
three or four degrees warmer than the 
cream, unless the cream is churned at 
a comparatively high temperature. I 
would advise you to add from four to 
six pounds of bran and two pounds of 
linseed meal per day per cow, to the 
ration which you have been feeding. 
Your cows will give more milk, and 
both these feeds have a tendency to 
make a softer butter. c. s. m. 
A Veteran Short-horn Man. 
On page 45 A. H. Prince of Schuyler 
County, N. Y., says that the Short-horn is 
coming back. It is very evident that A. 
11. Prince has not had a very long experi¬ 
ence with dairy breeds. Forty or 50 years 
ago the Short-horn was all the go. I can 
remember in the early sixties my father 
having an old Short-horn with the wrin¬ 
kles falling off the end of her horns and no 
teeth in her mouth, and sold her for $75. 
The man who bought her was a milkman 
peddling in Albany. He saw her milked 
and asked no questions. She was milking 
about 20 quarts per day on about six 
quarts of corn and oats. He said, “If she 
would milk that on that amount of feed 
1 can make her milk 30 quartsand 
when he had her about 10 days he told my 
father she was giving the 30 quarts per 
day, and he would not take $150 for her; 
he kept her three years after that. The 
writer bought a Short-horn in 1876 and 
paid $125 for her. The owner only kept 
one cow and offered her for sale, and a' 
number of milkmen tried to buy her for 
?100, but he declined the offers. I saw 
her milked and the ambunt of feed she had 
each day; I judge she was milking about 
20 quarts per day. I concluded if she 
would milk 20 on that feed I could make 
her milk 30 per day. And she did better 
than that; she gave me 32 quarts per day 
for six months and over, and I sold the milk 
for six cents per quart. 
I recall another time at a sale of a dairy 
they were mostly all Short-horns, and ail 
were fetching $50 to $60; there was one 
large white cow as long as a rail and 
about as thick, and head as long as a flour 
barrel. She was thinner than the other 
cows. She was brought in the ring; no¬ 
body wanted her. She was as homely as 
sin; and only three years old. but no'bid. 
I examined her milk veins and to my as¬ 
tonishment they were as large as her’ tail, 
and I made a bid of $35. and secured her. 
They all gave me the laugh, but the laugh 
came in on the other side. She was one of 
the greatest cows that I ever owned; I 
bad her for three successive years and 
never missed a milking: I could not dry 
her off, and had a calf every year, but 
unfortunately all bull calves. When you 
get anything in the shape of a cow that 
will beat a Short-horn for all purposes you 
have something. I was milking 10 of them 
at one time and was getting over 200 quarts 
of milk per day, and some had milked six 
months. When you are feeding Short-horns 
for milk you are not feeding .Terseys or 
Guernseys ; these cows are as large as two 
Jerseys, and when their calves are four 
and five weeks old will weigh 125 to 140 
pounds dressed, and there is where your 
dual purpose cow comes in. In ' the 
test at the Vermont State Fair I want to 
ask A. IT. Prince to make a statement in 
regard to the feeding of the cows. Wore 
they all fed alike? He does not make any 
statement about that. T would like to hear 
from him on that end of th6 test. 
Westbury, N. Y, _ F. a. S. 
Suppression of Milk. 
T have a good young cow, came fresh 
(third calfl two weeks ago, hut she does 
not give enough milk to raise her calf. She 
was a heavy milker before ; is in good con¬ 
dition. I can see nothing else wrong. She 
is practically dry. I am milking her dry in 
hopes she may come back; she gives about 
two quarts per day. .Will she come back? 
Last Fall she was gorged on apples and 
corn (green), which almost put her dry at 
that time, hut milked her and she gave 
about normal amount until we bad to turn 
bor dry on account of coming fresh two or 
three weeks before she was fresh. I can 
think of no other cause than the apples, 
and am doubtful if she ever milks again. 
There was no abnormal swelling or hard¬ 
ness of the udder, no fever, just does not 
give milk, and acts more like a steer than 
a fresh cow. I feed wheat bran, corn, 
oats, rye, small part, buckwheat, middlings, 
etc. Not a balanced ration, but think it 
ought to make some milk. D. M. b. 
Pennsylvania. 
She will not be likely to come to her 
normal flow of milk and it therefore would 
be best to fatten her for slaughter. The 
attack of indigestion, due to gorging on 
apples and green corn, caused the suppres¬ 
sion of milk. _ a. s. a. 
Lameness in Horse. 
Pan you let me know what to do in the 
following case? I have a 13-year-old one¬ 
time police mount I broke into harness. 
Some people claim lie has been foundered. 
Blacksmiths say the trouble lies in the 
breast and shoulders only, and that too 
much saddle work is the original cause of 
his being occasionally sore in front. He 
often has hot, feverish hoofs in Summer. 
I generally get the heat out by standing 
him in cold brook water. Since about two 
weeks a swelling came on in front of the 
left shoulder just where the trace puts 
the most strain on the collar. There ap¬ 
pears to ho something bony in the bottom 
of the swelling. I have never seen a swell¬ 
ing in a similar place on any horse before. 
Will hot vinegar cause tender shoulders? 
Shall I use it? A “horse shark” told me 
to rub gasoline on. The animal will not 
be obliged to work just now. He goes on 
the right side in the team, is big and 
strong, and does not have to pull too 
much. He usually pulls in towards the 
other horse. w. B. 
New York. 
Clip the hair from both lioof-heads, of 
fore feet, and blister each in turn, using 
cerate of cantharides for the work. Rub 
it in a little at a time for 15 minutes by 
the watch. Wash blister off in three days ; 
then apply lard once daily and blister the 
other foot in a week. Tie horse up short 
so he cannot lie down at time blister is 
acting. I)o not use vinegar or gasoline on 
the shoulder. Rub it once daily with ten 
per cent iodine patrogen (Wyeth). It is 
possible that a tumor is present and should 
be cut out. a. s. a. 
POP QAI p—Three Registered Chester White 
1 Sows, bred to farrow in March. 
Price $30 each. EUGENE T. BLACK, Scio, N. Y. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An unceasing source of pleasure aud robust health 
to children. Safe andidealplaymates. Inexpensive 
to keep. Highest type. Complete outfits. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Illustrated Catalogue. BELLE 
MEADE FARM, Box 20, Markham, Va. 
Fine Bucks For Sale, $10.00 
DR. KUCHER.RIVERVALE. N. J. 
SWI3STE 
Doga and Ferrets 
PHI I IP Dll DO— Prom imported stock. Females 
UULLlL rUlO cheap. Nelson Bros. Grove City, Pa. 
FFRRFT<! Here I am again, dealing in ruff on 
r DItIthiu ra ts. The Ferret. Enclose stamp 
for prices. CALVIN JEWELL, Spencer, Ohio. 
tets and Mulet 
P ercheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at fanners’ prices. A. W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Middlefield, O. Railroad station. East Orwell, O., 
on Penna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O, 
JACKS and PERCHERONS 
colt-8. Some nice Psrcheron stallions, mares, colts and Tam- 
worth swine. All stock registered or subject to registry. 
Write for circular or visit The Cloverdale Far'tns, 
H. T. BROWN & CO., Rexington, Ky. 
JACKS and SADDLERS 
tacky Mammoth Jacks anil registered saddle horses in America. 
We also breed Big Black Pigs, Tamworth and Hampshire swine. 
Write for catalogue, or visit the COOK FARMS. 
J. F. COOK & CO.. • • LEXINGTON, Ky. 
For Sale—DuroG Swine lows! 11 h'red y ° fall 
Pigs, Fancy Poultry, Chickens, Turkeys, Geese and 
Ducks. J. H! LEWIS, R. F. D. 2, Cadiz, Ohio. 
mipopc the big, beep fellows 
UUnUbO that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. 
SHENANGO RIVER FARMS, Transfer, Pa. 
CHEL00N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex. 
« Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding. 
C. E. BARNES, Oxford, N. V. 
N OW READY— SO Chester 
White Pigs, the finest 
1 ever bred, ranging from 
3 to 8 nios. old, including 
sows bred and boars ready 
for service. 10 per cent 
off list prices if ordered in 
Jan. and Feb., 1912. Come 
see my stock and make 
your own selections. Sknd for Cikculaks. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Pa. 
THOROUGHBRED PIGS —Yorkshires & Chester Whites* 
I $7.50 per pair, not akin. Largest breeders in 
Rockland Co. THE EVERGREEN, Suffern, N.Y. 
n I 0 ’e OF SUPERIOR QUALITY- Aug. & Sept. Pigs, 
Ui I ■ U. o pairs and trios, not akin. Registered in 
buyer’s name. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No. 1. 
CHESHIRES 
The Eastern farmer’s hog. 
Suits the critical market. 
Superior meat, hams and 
bacon. Goes at any age. Morningside Farm, Sylvania, Pa. 
A Few More REGISTERED CHESTER WHITE 
and LARGE YORKSHIRE BOARS ready for 
service. Weight about 250 lbs. each. Every one a 
perfect individual. Price of Chester Whites, $52.00 
each. Price of Large Yorkshires, $30.00 each. Order 
at once, as these boars are selling very rapidly. 
Heart's Delight Farm, C. E. Hamilton, Mgr., Chazy, N. V. 
CHESHIRES —The long, deep-bodied, white bacon hog; 
- prize winners at State ami county fair. 
Write your wants. E. K. MORSE, Moravia, N. Y. 
r OHIO BLUE RIBBON HERD MULE FOOT HOGS 
Largest prize winning show and breeding herd. 
Foundation stock of ail ages. Seven big Herd 
Boars. JOHN II. IfUNI.AP, Box R, IVIhLIAJISPOHT, OHIO 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; ail ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun Pa. 
Roriictororf BERKSHIRES—Large bone, long 
ILCglMtJICU bodied, Fall Pigs, both sex, 5 to B 
mos. old; price low. J. I. Heroter, Gettysburg, Pa. 
FASHIONABLY BRED BERKSHIRES 
A few Spring and Summer PIGS for sale at rea¬ 
sonable prices. I)r. J. R. ALLEN, Orwell, N. Y. 
SUIMISIY BANK FARM 
RFDIf CfllDFC Both sexes; Mnster- 
■* ■■ ^ X. O piece and Longfellow 
breedings. Prices reasonable. Registration free. 
A. F. JONES, P. 0. Box 117, BRIDGEHAMPTON, N. Y. 
GIVEN ^ Berkshire or Duroc Pig for a few 
hours of your time, stamp for parti¬ 
culars. PUNNA, BERKSHIRE COMPANY, 
Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Onr farrowing record for 1911, just tabulated, 
gives the following averages: 
High wood Columbias farrowed averaged 10.1 to Utter. 
Highwood Ezitts “ “ 10.3 “ “ 
Highwood Mistresses “ “ 10.2 “ “ 
Highwood Starlights “ “ 10.4 “ “ 
Highwood Belles “ “ 8.8 “ “ 
Highwood Jewells “ “ 11.0 “ “ 
This includes all litters—gilts as well as matured 
sows. Twenty Service Boars and sixty Bred Sows 
for sale. Our mature animals weigh GOO to 850 lbs. 
H. C.& II. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N.Y. 
KALORAMA FARM 
is now offering a limited number of 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
from eight to twelve weeks old, of 
the highest quality and breeding, 
... AT REASONABLE PRICES . . . 
CALVIN J. HUSON, - PENN YAN, N.Y 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. ^r H (1 
in Connecticut. 8ows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sow’s bred to farrow in July; late, toser- 
vice of Watson's Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON. Piuurietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
33AIRY CATTLE 
LAUREL FARM 
nomically turn farm jirodnce into money— 
JERSEYS, and the swine that, do the same 
thing— BERKSHIRES. Which do YOU want? 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N.Y. 
Reservation GuernseyS7,er d hi ffJwffibun 
calves for sale. TABElt & MIGNIN, Castile, N. Y 
Millr Prrwllirprc f° r New York City market 
IHIIIY riUUUtClu desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary. Ai.bkrt Manning Otisville. N. Y. 
CATTLE 
OAKLAND FARM & HERD FOR SALE 
The deatli of T. A. Mitchell makes it advisablo that 
this farm and herd be sold. The Oakland property, 
located at VVeedsport, N. Y. (40 minutes’ ride from 
Syracuse on R. S. & E. trolley), comprises 280 acres 
of the finest land in Central New York, with up-to- 
date buildings and farm equipment, and a herd 
numbering upwards of one hundred head, repre¬ 
senting Mr. Mitchell’s best efforts in the selection 
and breeding of Holstein-Friesian cattle. For com¬ 
plete information, address 
ROBERT B. MITCHELL, Weedsport, N.Y. 
Wanted, Jerseys OBrown Swiss Cattle 
JOHN RICK.READING, PA. 
Young 
...WE HAVE A FEW... 
BULLS FOR SALE 
THAT ARE READY FOR SERVICE. 
THEY ARE FROM ADVANCED REGISTRY 
DAMS, AND BY ONE OF THE BEST SIRES 
OF THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BREED. 
WE ARE SHORT OF ROOM AND WILL 
MAKE PRICES ON THESE FELLOWS 
THAT WILL SURELY MOVE THEM. 
Write for Pedigrees and Prices. 
WOODCREST FARM 
RIFTON, IM. Y. 
MilHOLSTEINS 
are bred for large production, good size, strong 
constitution, and best individuality. The best 
cires are used in this herd that it is possible to se- 
sure. A nice lot of young bulls for sale; no females. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville N. J. 
READY FOR SERVICE-^L/orndyke 
DE KOL 4th, registered show Holstein, horn 
Dec. 5, 1910. Nearly all white. Prize whiner at 
Fall Fairs. Price, $100 f. o. b. Send for pedigree. 
CLOVERDALE FARM, Charlott e, N. Y. 
For Sale eegistered i,olstkin ykiesun bul.ls. 
Price $50 up. 
ready for service; also calves from A.K.O. cows. 
The Gates Hoinestend Farm, Clil ttennngo, N.Y. 
JERSEYS 
For Sale—Richly Bred Young Jersey Bull 
Dam’s test, 573 lbs. 12 oz. butter in one year. 
Also Other Young Things 
-ADDRESS- 
E. W. MOSHER, “Brightside,” Aurora, N. Y. 
Breed Up—Not DownToTU" 1 ;.^ 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. Fs 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
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SE 2S 
Cup 
Sale! 
80 Head Stallions & Mares 80 
To Bo Held at the 
Sharon Yalley Stock Farm, Newark, Ohio 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7th, 1912 
Sale to commence at 10 A.M. Bad 
weather no interference, as the sale 
is held in the barn. 
Two extra good ones have just arrived from Bel¬ 
gium. 1 hese are fineyoung mares, 2 ami 3 years old, 
and have all been bred and believed to be in foal. 
Do not fail to attend this sale and bring your 
friends with you. All interested send for catalogue. 
Free conveyances to and from the farm, iq miles 
west of the Court House. 
COL. G. W. CRAWFORD 
Prop. SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, NEWARK. OHIO 
Phones—Citizens 1252; Bel! 651 W. 
Auctioneers F. W. Andrews & Son 
JIT CTlin “ GENEREUX--PERCHERON STALLION— 
H I O I UU S. H. P. 72400 —P. S. A. 70493— 
“BRILLIANT” (755-1271) blood. 2,300 lbs. Black. 
Imported. Fee $25, without certificate—$40 with. 
MOHEGAN FARM.PEEKSKILL, N.Y. 
COLLINS’ JERSEY REDS ARE PROLIFIC, WELL BONED, EARLY MATURING 
„r b ™ ed the Jo , rse T Red , h °KS have no superior for prolificacy, early maturity, economical growth and quality 
at. They are docile and easy to handle. In the last year^ alone, the sales from my herd increased 41/4 per 
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Let me supply your wants. My 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Box R, MOORESTOWN. N. J. 
cent, which fact speaks for the satisfaction my boars, sows and piers are trivincr 
hogs will satisfy you. Write today for prices. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
27 1 4 quarts of milk per day making 1(5.4 pounds of 
butter per week was the average yield of 4,476 
purebred Holstein cows (one-half were heifers) 
tested by experiment stations from May, 1910, to 
May, 1911. 
Yon know the meaning of these figures. Such averages 
from so many cows prove their power to make feed into 
milk and are evidence of the size, health, vitality and 
quiet disposition of the breed. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. 
They contain valuable information for any Dairy - 
man. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUGHTON. Sec y. Box 105, Brattleboro, Vt. 
