80 
1910. 
raised 12 lambs from four ewes.'all be- 
ins triplets, and though it not often hap¬ 
pens, any shepherd knows that two lusty 
lambs are all any ewe should care for. 
Though we can never expect all our 
lambs to be twins, yet we should be dis¬ 
appointed if a majority were not. From 
our first 10 registered ewes we had IS 
lambs born, no triplets. We lost one by 
drowning in a watering tub, and raised 
17 to maturity, but cannot do as well 
with a large flock under ordinary con¬ 
ditions. We have always saved our best 
ewe lambs to renew our flock, whether 
grade or purebred, and find very ready 
sale for anv ewes we can spare. Other 
breeders may claim superior merit for 
their favorites in some one point, but 
under the conditions named, I am sure 
no breed can excel the grade Shropshire 
when we consider all their good qualities 
together. Certainly there is no more 
beautiful sight than a well-bred and 
well-kept flock of Shropshires. 
If the reader does not like a sheep, or 
cannot give the flock any of his personal 
oversight, then they are bound to be a 
disappointment, but if you can learn to 
like their company, will look after the 
details which count for much in their 
management, and will give them the 
same intelligent study and thought you 
do any other venture, they are bound to 
please you, to prove profitable, and be¬ 
come a permanent interest on your place. 
Fig. 33 shows a few ordinary Shrop¬ 
shires in their Winter clothes under or¬ 
dinary farm conditions. Not fitted for 
show'nor trimmed for sale, but as you 
may expect yours to look with the culls 
all in and always in the front, for before 
you live with your flock a year, you will 
learn that no matter how much you cull, 
there will always be a “bottom to your 
flock;” always one or two more you 
wish might be out but too lean to sell 
perhaps, yet always next the visitor 
when showing your flock. Think this 
proposition over carefully and see if a 
small flock of sheep does not appeal to 
you as being the thing to make yours a 
better regulated farm. 
Schuyler Co., N. Y. bert van vleet. 
DRY FODDER AND CORN SILAGE. 
We have had quite a little experience 
in putting into the silo dry corn fodder 
and wetting it down as it goes in. We 
have been able to keep the fodder in that 
way, and it is far more appetizing, and 
much more economical in every way, 
than to cut the stalks and feed them dry. 
But altogether the best way for us to 
handle our corn crop is to allow it to 
get ripe standing, and then cut it all up 
(ears and stalks) into the silo. This 
makes the finest corn silage for sheep 
and horses that I know of. At this ripe 
stage care should be exercised in not 
cutting too far ahead of the wagons. 
There should be enough sap in the stalks 
so that the silage should be well pre¬ 
served without the addition of water, 
which makes extra work. We find a 
light frost does not seriously injure the 
corn for the silo. We much prefer to 
take our chances on a frost rather than 
silo it in a premature condition. My 
2,000 lambs are eating 6,000 pounds of. 
silage with 2,500 pounds of mixed grains 
per day. The grain is all mixed with the 
silage before feeding. From this mixture 
we feed all our horses and mules, 27 
head, and they are more fond of it than 
oats. With this mixture very little hay 
is required, which is quite an item when 
hay is worth $20 per ton. 
Connecticut. Charles e. lyman. 
“BUTTER MACHINES.” 
IT. C., Hurlock, Md .—There has been an 
agent around selling a butter machine ; you 
take half a pound of butter and half a pint 
of new milk, and make one pound of butter. 
Can you tell me anything about this ma¬ 
chine? I think you had something in The 
It. N.-Y. some time ago about a machine of 
this kind. Would it be advisable to buy 
one? 
Ans. —No. Let any machine offered 
with such foolish claims alone. The 
half pint of milk will, if of good qual¬ 
ity, weigh about eight ounces, and will 
contain about three ounces of butter 
fat and nearly seven ounces of water. 
Think for a momertt of the nonsense 
of claiming that you can add seven 
ounces of water to eight ounces of but¬ 
ter and have a pound of butter. To 
figure it out further this is the story: 
Butter Fat. Water. 
8 ounces butter. 6.8 oz. 1.2 oz. 
8 ounces milk.3 7. 
Total.7.1 8.2 
The law states that butter shall not 
contain over 15 per cent of water, but 
this combination will carry more than 
half. A machine like an ice cream 
freezer, or like whirling a bird cage in 
a jar might mix the butter and milk 
into a soft, pulpy mass, but it will not 
be “butter,” and if you undertook to 
sell it as such you would be liable to 
arrest and fine. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
FARMERS’ WEEK AT CORNELL. 
A liberal programme has been prepared 
for ‘'Farmers’ Week,” February 7-12, at 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. The New 
York State Department of Agriculture and 
the New York State College of Agriculture 
at Cornell University, assisted by the Cornell 
University Poultry Association, will hold 
a poultry institute and other exercises dur¬ 
ing the six days of Farmers’ Week, including 
judging contests and educational exhibits 
each day. There are lectures and demon¬ 
strations in animal husbandry, dairy work, 
soils, horticulture, experimental plant breed¬ 
ing. farm mechanics, farm management and 
farm crops. The treatment of these varied 
subjects will be most instructive and the 
character of the speakers insures a pro¬ 
gramme that will hold its interest through¬ 
out. The department of home _ economics 
will appeal especially to the feminine visit¬ 
ors. The Cornell Horticultural Union con¬ 
venes on Thursday afternoon. February 10, 
closing with a banquet. The State Drainage 
Association meets on Wednesday. February 
9. closing with a business meeting. The 
New York State Plant Breeders’ Association 
will meet on Tuesday forenoon, February 8. 
The Dairy Students’ .Association will meet 
on Wednesday, February 9. The New York 
State Experimenters’ League will also meet 
during the week. In addition to the features 
named there will also be an experimental 
road demonstration, with explanation _ of 
the different methods of road construction 
with illustrations; address on rural school 
education; addresses on general topics of 
interest to all visitors during the evening 
sessions: the competition for the Eastman 
Prize of $100 in public speaking will be 
given Friday evening, February 11. 
Shoe Boil. 
Can you give me any information in re¬ 
gard to a shoe boil on a horse? My horse 
has one on his leg, and I would like to know 
what to do with it, for it seems to keep 
growing larger. e. h. w. 
Massachusetts. 
The tumor comes from the horse lying 
upon the elbow on a bare floor; not from 
the elbow lying on the heel of the shoe 
as commonly supposed. Tie horse up so he 
cannot lie down. Have the tumor cleanly 
dissected out. The wound may then be per¬ 
fectly healed by wetting twice daily with a 
lotion composed of one ounce of sugar of 
lead and six drams of sulphate of zinc in a 
pint of water. Isabel the bottle “poison” 
and shake well before applying. The tumor 
cannot be removed by applying medicine to 
it. The knife is the only perfect cure. 
Rheumatism. 
I have two pigs three months old. sis¬ 
ters ; one has grown nicely, while the other 
has gone off her feed ; cannot stand up to 
trough and eat. If handled, she will squeal 
as in pain. Is there any cure outside of 
the knife? a. p. h. 
The squealing suggests the pain of rheu¬ 
matism. but we sometimes have similar 
symptoms in rickets, which, however, would 
be likely to affect both pigs if they have 
been treated in the same way. Allow free 
range. Provide a dry sleeping place. Mix 
limewater freely in the slop, which should 
be made of milk, middlings, oatmeal, corn- 
meal and a little flaxseed meal. Rub affected 
joints and muscles with druggist’s soap lini¬ 
ment twice daily. Give the pig 10 grains 
of iodide of potash twice a day until im¬ 
proved, then once a day. Stop this medi¬ 
cine if it does not prove beneficial, and in 
that case substitute 15-grain doses of sali¬ 
cylate of soda twice daily. a. s. a. 
Scratches. 
1 have a 10-year-old mare that has suf¬ 
fered from scratches, which I am treating 
with acetate of lead and glycerine, and 
which under this treatment are getting bet¬ 
ter. Right hind leg, however, swells up 
almost to hip. This swelling goes down 
upon driving, but immediately on standing 
over night swells up again. E. k. l. 
Washing the leg and neglecting to dry 
it thoroughly is the common cause of ordi¬ 
nary scratches, and having the horse stand 
in a draft aggravates or Induces the trouble. 
Do not wash the leg. Rub it dry with 
sawdust when wet. and then apply freely 
twice daily an ointment composed of half 
an ounce of flowe/rs of sulphur, two drams 
of spirits of camphor and four ounces of 
lard. If possible, allow the horse a box- 
stall when in stable. After the leg is dry 
and the ointment has been applied a ban¬ 
dage may be put on, if the leg does not tend 
to remain normal in thickness when the 
horse stands in stable. Never let her stand 
idle. Work or exercise her every day. Cut 
down the grain ration. a. s. a. 
is being made from sweet cream and this 
plan, adopted last year, is giving satisfac¬ 
tion. A tub of sweet-cream butter 14 
months old on exhibition at the National 
Dairy Show last December had no storage 
or fishy flavor, and was pronounced a fine 
article. 
The Milk Inquiry. —At the milk trust 
inquiry which is being held before Referee 
Brown at the Attorney-General’s offices. 299 
Broadway, eight witnesses testified Jan. 5. 
The first two. Howell and Johnson, farmers 
from Goshen, N. Y., supply milk to New 
York dealers and are members of the Con¬ 
solidated Milk Exchange. They said that 
they had verbal or written contracts with 
all the dealers which stipulated that they 
should sell at the price fixed by the Exchange 
from month to month, and that unless they 
adhered to this price they were unable to 
obtain a market. A witness for the milk 
trust, Mr. Levy, didn't know a great deal 
about the Milk Dealers’ Association, of which 
he is a member. lie said it had meetings 
now and then but he wasn’t sure whether 
he ever attended any. Later he remembered 
that he had. He said the meetings were 
not for the purpose of agreeing upon any 
price—of this he was quite positive. AVhen 
the milk investigation was continued Jan. 6 
before William Grant Brown, referee, a rep¬ 
resentative of District Attorney Whitman, 
was present. The first witness was Henry 
Rauch, a Brooklyn dealer, who said that he 
was still selling bottled milk at eight cents 
a quart in spite of the nine-cent price made 
by nearly all other dealers. The price paid 
the farmer was based on the value fixed by 
the Consolidated Milk Exchange, he said. 
That value now, he thought, was too high. 
He never knew the Exchange to make any 
effort to fix the price the dealers should 
charge the customers, nor did he know of 
any preconcerted agreement to raise the 
price last November. 
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SPAVIN CURE 
“Cannot Be Beaten” 
Hempstead, L. L, Apr. 29.1909. 
R. F. D. 1, Box 98, 
I Dr. B. .T. Kendall Co. 
Gentlemen: Kindly send me your book. 
I have used your medicine for about 20 ] 
years and find it cannot be beaten. 
Yours truly, Daniel T. Stenson. 
Kendall’s “cannot be beaten” for Spevln, I 
Ringbone, Curb,Splint, Swellings, Sprains, 
Any Lameness. The standby for 40 years. 
*1.00 a bottle, 6 for *5.00, at drug stores. Be 
sure it Is Kendall's you get and ask for free 
book, “A Treatise on the Horse,” or write to 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburg Falls, VI. 
Obituary. —Hon. II. B. Richards, presi¬ 
dent of the Dutch Belted Cattle Association, 
died Jan. 1. Death was due to blood poison¬ 
ing following an injury to his hand some 
five weeks before. Mr. Richards was born on 
March 24, 1850. on a farm which is now in 
the city of Easton, Pa. This farm was his 
jiome during the whole of his life. Always 
honorable and public spirited, he was one of 
the best-known residents of that section and 
esteemed by all who knew him. A few years 
ago be established Gramana Farm near Phil- 
li’psburg, N. J. This has already become 
famous as one of the leading establishments 
for the production of certified milk in 
America. He began breeding Dutch Belted 
cattle about 1875, and in 1886 organized 
the Dutch Belted Cattle Association of 
America and was elected secretary thereof. 
He was re-elected secretary each year until 
at the last annual meeting he asked that 
the office be not again imposed upon him. 
The association was reluctant to choose a 
new secretary, but respected his wish and 
then elected him its president. 
Sweet Cream Butter. —The Department 
of Agriculture has found that butter often 
changes when kept in cold storage. These 
changes are greater when the cream is 
soured before churning. What is regarded 
as of special importance is the fact that 
butter can be made commercially from sweet 
pasteurized cream without the addition of 
a starter. Fresh butter made this way has 
a flavor too mild to suit the average dealer, 
but it changes less in storage than butter 
made by the ordinary methods, and can bo 
sold after storage as high-grade butter. At 
the present time there are at least 10 
creameries in the country making butter 
from sweet pasteurized cream without a 
starter, and many more with a starter but 
without ripening. The statements in regard 
to butter from unripened pasteurized cream 
do not hold for butter made from unpasteur¬ 
ized cream churned without ripening. But¬ 
ter made in this way has poor keeping 
quality. Butter for the United States Navy 
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A m are three of the most trying months on your cows. At 
this time it behooves you to look well to the feed that 
you supply your dairy stock—it must be rich, nourishing, strength 
building; something that will not only give you the maximum flow 
of milk during the months when the prices of your dairy prod¬ 
ucts are the highest of the year, but will also lay the foundation 
for future profits for you by preventing your cows from getting 
into a poor physical condition. A run-down cow is a losing 
proposition at any time of the year, even though you feed her 
extravagantly in trying to build her up. 
Schumacher Stock Feed 
the finely ground ration of corn, oats and barley products, properly 
balanced, thoroughly kiln-dried, sweet, palatable, dairy ration 
makes the ideal feed for your stock at this time of the year. 
M IT DURING the cold winter months, in order to keep your 
^ 11 animals in perfect physical condition, as well as to keep 
Til them milking to their maximum capacity, you must feed 
something more than a mere protein ration, something that 
nourishes—builds them up and keeps them warm and contented. 
They must be fed a nutritious, well balanced grain ration. 
M If NATURE’S food for all farm stock is grain, and the 
greater the variety the greater the results. Fed as an entire 
TU ration, or used as the basis for conveying small quantities of 
high protein concentrates, Schumacher Stock Feed is 
well-nigh a necessity for the well being of your stock and your 
pocketbook. 
You will make no mistake if you follow successful feeders. 
Such as these, who use it constantly and heartily indorse it: 
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Farm, Wallkill, N. Y., former Vice-President Levi P. Morton, 
J. Wilson Hamilton, Hershey Farms, R. T. Shannon, Horace 
L. Bronson, and thousands of other successful feeders. 
Ask your dealer to show it to you. He has it in stock; if 
not, write to us. 
pie Quaker ©mpariy 
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