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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 10, 
PRODUCER’S SHARE OF A STEER. 
Last week Senator McCumber of 
North Dakota made the farmer’s sh;ye 
of the consumer’s dollar look like much 
less than 35 cents. He took for his 
text a bill of fare from the Senate 
restaurant where beefsteaks run all the 
way from $1.50 to $4 each, with other 
cuts of meat in proportion. The Sena¬ 
tor said he asked an expert to figure the 
valu^ of a four-year-old steer at the 
price paid by customers in this res¬ 
taurant : 
“I was told by this man, an expert 
butcher,” said the North Dakota Senator, 
“that a four-year-old steer would bring from 
two to three thousand dollars based on 
prices that prevail in our cafe. The farmer 
receives for this same steer from sixty to 
eighty dollars. This is the remuneration for 
four years work. Think of the salesman. 
He devotes thirty minutes work to the steer 
in Chicago, ships him to Washington and 
jumps the price for him from .$60 to more 
than $2,000, and yet people are here de¬ 
manding legislation and a boycott against 
the farmer.” 
The Senator went on to state what, 
in his opinion, is going to happen: 
“The public might just as well understand 
now that the farmer is going to receive fail- 
profits for his products, lie is also going 
to be paid just as well as the city man. 
The farmer has been compelled to double 
the amount he has invested on his farm. 
Farm lands that were worth $10 and $20 
10 years ago are now worth $40 and $50. 
Laborers who received $1.50 and $1.75 a 
day 10 years ago now get $2.50 and $3.00 
a day. and yet there are people here before 
Congress clamoring for a boycott against the 
farmer. People are guilty of such action 
without stopping to consider whether the 
farmer receives a fair compensation for his 
labor or whether the meat or other trusts 
are responsible for the high cost of living. 
Based on the labor he expends the farmer's 
products, namely foodstuffs, are cheaper to 
the American people than any others they 
buy.” 
LARGE RESULTS FROM SMALL AREA/ 
I am interested in anything helpful 
to dairying on a large scale on a 
small piece of land. I have 29 acres of 
land; barn 33x63, a silo 10x35. I am 
keeping six cows and hope in time to 
keep at least 10 or 12 . 1 have two 1 . 100 - 
pound horses, and this Winter keep 
three Winter boarders at $2 per week. 
I shall cut out the boarder business as 
I get more cows. I sell milk at 
$1.60 per 100 net. As I only have a 
little land could you direct me to a book 
on soiling practical to Northern Ohio? 
I expect to do no pasturing. Would 
peas be helpful and what variety? I 
have good land; raised last year 245 
bushels of wheat, 330 bushels potatoes, 
400 bushels corn, 16 loads (about 12 tons) 
hay, four acres silage. I have nearly two 
acres orchard, in which I kept five hogs 
in pasture, at nine months weighing 275 
pounds, orchard producing also 20 
bushels apples; a poor apple year. 
I have buried 12,000 feet of tile in 
these 29 acres in four years, three-inch, 
four-inch, six-inch and eight-inch; have 
hauled 2,500 three-inch on the land 
ready to put in as soon as a thaw comes. 
About 10.000 feet of three-inch will 
drain the remainder. I think one of the 
greatest things that farm papers can do 
in our day is to teach how to do more 
with less acres. Any suggestions are 
surely appreciated, as I am in debt for 
the whole farm and nearly all the stock. 
But I have faith in God, the farm and 
the cows. All I need is knowledge and 
wisdom to care for things aright. Is 
there any difference between misused 
acres and misused dollars? A. r. 
R. N.-Y.—Such a faith as that will 
surely move mountains of difficulty. 
Our friend will find “Forage Crops,” 
by Prof. E. B. Voorhees, a useful book. 
Let him sow Canada field peas early 
and keep the soil constantly covered 
with some living crop. And let him try 
to build up a herd of good cows—test¬ 
ing them to see which ones are robbers, 
lie cannot afford to tile land and force 
it into high production to feed robbers 
in the herd. 
SLATE FOR A BARN ROOF. 
During the past 15 years we have had 
occasion to roof most of the buildings 
upon this farm and we have come to 
believe that about the only roof worth 
considering for a substantial job is slate. 
In 1895, we built a new barn that re¬ 
quired 80 squares of roofing, and this 
was laid with sea-green No. 1 Vermont 
slate. This roof, by the way, weighs 
46.000 pounds—23 tons. That is nearly 
15 years ago, and during that time 
there have been hardly a dozen broken 
slates all told. A shingle roof by this 
time would be well started on the road 
to decay. The cheaper metal roofings 
would probablj- have been replaced by 
something else, but I feel as if this roof, 
is practically as good as it was in 1895. 
It scarcely deteriorates, and I cannot 
see but that it will probably last a cen¬ 
tury and then be in shape to take off 
and lay over again elsewhere. I know 
where this has been done to a slate roof 
laid in 1S63. If you will slate a build¬ 
ing with your “valleys” made of copper 
instead of iron or tin, you may dismiss 
the roof question from your mind for 
some generations at least. Indeed, I 
am such an ardent partisan of the slate 
roof that I hardly can see how anyone 
can debate the question, when it is a 
question of roofing substantial buildings. 
Incidentally, it may be said that even in 
the matter of price, it compares favor¬ 
ably with the best shingle. The “sea- 
green" is the cheaper and the more 
durable as well. Red slate and “black” 
slate are much more expensive but not 
as tough. JARED VAN WAGENEN, JR. 
Alfalfa in Corn. 
D. II., Pennsylvania .—Could Alfalfa seed 
be sown in cornfield after corn is worked 
the last time, say about June 1, and make 
a good growth till next Spring to plow 
under? We can grow Crimson clover in 
that way to plow under. 
Ans. —Of course it could be done, but 
the chances will be about five to one 
against success. It has been tried many 
times but most reports show failure. 
The Crimson clover is a very different 
plant in habit of growth. The young 
Alfalfa plants are very feeble, and must 
have a full chance. They cannot get 
this in the corn. 
Don’t Want You 
To Know It 
You can easily guess why common 
cream separator makers say disks or 
other bowl contraptions 
are necessary. They know 
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Dairy Tubular Cream Sep¬ 
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traptions and yet develops 
twice the skimming force 
of their machines, skims 
several times as clean, 
skims faster, lasts a life¬ 
time, and is many times 
easier to wash. But they don’t want you 
to know it. They have com¬ 
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Tubular sales easily exceed most. If not all, 
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of such machines sells. The World’s Best. 
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23 Lee St., Binghamton, N. Y. 
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IS JUST THE TIME 
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maybe. Had to quit reading - and gx> out to do some chore or other—and you clean forgot it. 
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Write Galloway today about a Manure Spreader 
Freight Prepaid 
Why? The best reason is that this in the year when you will need a spreader if you ever did. Manure in piles 
all around the barn and leed lots. Worth lots of money. Can’t afford to waste a bit. Takes an awful lot of time. 
Get a spreader of Galioway. Best investment you ever made in machinery. 
Galloway makes all his promises,all his statements,claims andlchallenges in black 
and white. A man can read ’em running. Now, what about the other fellow? 
Make him write it in the contract. Does he say his spreader will heat the Gal¬ 
loway before breakfast? Make him write it in the contract. Does he claim his 
spreader is made of better material than the Galloway? Make him write it in 
e contract. 
I will write any of my agreements—I do write ’em, every one of ’em. Ever 
think of that ? Think it over then. If the Galloway were not exactly as good or 
better than I claim it is, could I hope to escape utter smash-up? You know I 
couldn’t stay in business with my written claims and agreements if I didn’t 
have the spreader to back me up. 
Well then, won’t you take my advice, accept my invitation, fix it 
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row. Do it quick. Now is the time—Now. Then you’ll be ready for the 
spring work. 
By the way, ask for my proposition. It might pay for your spreader 
before the year is half done. 
GALLOWAY 
President 
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667 Galloway Sta. 
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