1910. 
THE K U RA L, NEW-YORKER 
781 
BUILDING A HOOP SILO. 
LATE HATCHING FOR CHICKS. 
Having a good deal of experience in build¬ 
ing silos in the past 25 years, I would like 
to give D. W. A. (page 622) a little advice, 
as I built one last year that suits me. 
After getting the foundation of flat stones 
laid in cement or grout a foot deep, I set 
2x4 studding one foot apart on a circle; 
should prefer two 4x4 the entire height for 
the door posts. I then board with one- 
inch boards on the outside of the studding, 
breaking joints. For the inside use one- 
half inch strips from one and a half to 
three inches wide for lath. Red elm would 
be good for this. Then plaster with the 
wood pulp ready mixed plastering. This 
costs about .$13. This plastering is a good 
part cement, and I like it better than the 
sand and cement. Building in this way 
we can use a cheap grade of lumber, and 
it is not necessary to have the lumber sea¬ 
soned ; in fact, the lath should be green. 
We also have the dead-air space, and the 
silage will not freeze. It would be much 
better to put on building paper and clap¬ 
board the outside. It will be necessary to 
grout around the bottom one foot deep next 
to the silo, with a slope to carry away the 
water and hold the pressure of the silage. 
Mine is built in the ground to a depth of 
about four feet. The woodwork goes to the 
bottom and is grouted outside and plas¬ 
tered inside. I should recommend D. M. A. 
to build 12 feet in diameter and 24 feet 
high, so as not to waste lumber. Fifty dol¬ 
lars will pay for all tbe expense of a 100- 
ton silo built in this way if one has the 
timber and can do the work, and it makes 
a better silo than any stave silo. 
Vermont. e. a. badger. 
CREAM THAT WILL WHIP. 
We are putting out a small amount of 
cream daily with a guarantee that it will 
“whip”, and occasionally without auy 
reason that we can understand, the cream 
is complained of as not “whipping” as it 
should. Can you give me any reasons for 
this variation, and some information on 
different causes that might produce that ef¬ 
fect, such as age, temperature, heating and 
re-cooling, etc.? 
We put out two grades of cream, 
one testing from 28 to 32 per cent, but¬ 
ter fat, which is quite often whipped suc¬ 
cessfully, and another grade with guar¬ 
antee, running from 42 and 45 per cent., 
which is the one I am concerned about. 
Is this percentage of butter fat too low to 
stand up under all reasonable conditions? 
The cream is taken from a mixed herd, 
three-quarters Jerseys, the mixed milk test¬ 
ing a trifle over five per cent butter fat. 
The cream is cooled to about 50°, carried 
on wagon for two hours, then placed on ice 
until sold to consumer, usually within 24 
hours. How can I handle this differently 
so as to make that guarantee a sure thing? 
Connecticut. a. n. b. 
With cream handled as described there 
should be no difficulty in whipping. Where 
trouble arises it probably comes from the 
improper handling of the cream by the 
consumer. The main factors influencing 
the whipping qualities of cream are, the 
per cent of fat, temperature and age. 
Cream will whip satisfactorily when con¬ 
taining 25 per cent, of fat if conditions arc 
favorable, but for the best results the cream 
should contain 35 to 40 per cent, of fat, 
should be cold, (35 to 40 degrees F.), 
should be whipped in a cool room and should 
be at least 12 hours old. Cream that is 
warm and whipped in a warm room will 
not give good results even though the per 
cent, of fat and age of the cream are 
correct. The aging of cream allows an 
opportunity for the development of acid 
which gives a gelatinous consistency to 
the cream that facilitates the incorporation 
of air and improves the standing up quali¬ 
ties of the whipped cream. The acid 
should not be allowed to develop beyond 
25/100 of one per cent. 
Conn. Experiment Station. E. B. F. 
BROOM CORN FOR FEEDING. 
A few weeks ago your paper contained a 
valuable article about broom corn. Please 
inform me if the seed is good for feeding, 
and the average yield per acre; also how 
the stalks and leaves compare with corn 
fodder for feeding, and would it do for the 
silo? F. H. B. 
Troy, Pa. 
The whole plant of broom corn does not 
differ materially in composition from that 
of sorghum or Kaffir corn. An analysis 
made by the New Jersey Experiment Sta¬ 
tion shows that it is appreciably higher in 
fibre, and that less of the protein is in the 
form of albumenoids than in either sor¬ 
ghum or corn. When fed to animals it is 
decidedly less digestible as well as less 
palatable than either sorghum or ordinary 
corn. When the crop is allowed to mature 
it may yield a ton of seed to the acre, and 
the seed makes a fair feed for poultry or 
for hogs. As it is ordinarily harvested for 
making brooms the seed is immature and 
consequently of little value. I have been 
unable to learn of an instance where broom 
corn has been used for making silage. The 
conclusion is that broom corn as a forage 
crop is less valuable than either sorghum 
or Kaffir corn, and for our Eastern States 
none of these is equal to ordinary field 
corn. FRANK D. GARDNER. 
Pa. Agricultural College. 
As to the advisability of hatching chick¬ 
ens through the Summer, our experience 
may be of value to those who have not 
tried it. The season of 1909 was our first 
real experience in getting out a quantity 
of incubator chicks. The first hatch came 
off the last day in February, a good strong 
lot that developed into large birds that 
gave us Winter eggs. By March 15 they 
were out of doors in heatless brooders, 
where they lived and grew in all kinds of 
weather. Other hatches followed in quick 
succession, but as our incubator capacity 
was not sufficient to get out what we de¬ 
sired we bought more and kept them going 
until .July 3, when a hatch of 300 came off. 
These late hatched chicks were given extra 
care, but in spite of all we could do the 
death rate was high. About October 1 185 
were put into one of our new houses, rather 
a scrubby lot to face a Vermont Winter. 
We gave eight or 10 to a small boy, and 
their absence improved the looks of the 
flock. Thieves very considerately broke 
into this, our poorest house, and took about 
20; had they cleaned out the house we 
would have been ahead, but we had hopes 
that they would be Spring and Summer 
layers. 
As the weather grew colder deaths were 
frequent, so that by January 1 only about 
a hundred remained. About the last of 
March we began to find an occasional egg, 
but 00 of these pullets have never given us 
over 20 eggs a day. At Easter time we 
dressed 30 cockerels that averaged 4% 
pounds after crowding them for two weeks ; 
the pullets are all small. Yesterday we 
dressed eight (they were just a year old) ; 
they averaged just three pounds each. 
Only one had ever laid. We figure that 
these July-hatched chicks have been a los¬ 
ing game from the start. The mortality 
has been large, the egg yield small, and 
the stock is much under weight. We have 
a house (100), June-hatched, that began to 
lay in January, and have kept at it, and 
while they are not up to the weight of the 
earlier hatches, they have done good work, 
and we expect they will be steady Summer 
layers. This year our last hatches came 
off about June 10, which is as late as we 
think advisable or profitable. 
Vermont. farview farm. 
. Indigestion in Horse. 
I have a horse that is as fat as a pig; 
he has plenty to eat. lie eats his bedding. 
Does this do the horse any harm? k. s. 
Connecticut. 
Eating the bedding is injurious and an 
indication of depraved appetite due to in¬ 
digestion. Cut his grain ration in half 
and double his work or exercise if he is 
lightly used at present. Bed the box stall 
with sawdust or baled shavings. Do not 
let him stand a single day idle in the 
stable. Be should be muscular, and not fat 
as a pig. a. s. a. 
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FILL YOUR SILO RIGHT THIS YEAR 
You as an owner of a silo want to get the 
best possible results from the feed you put 
in your silo. How are you to do this ? 
You must cut your corn at the proper 
time when it is in the stage to make best 
feed. 
You must put your ensilage in the silo in 
the right manner, in all cases the feed 
should be evenly distributed; then when 
the feeding time comes each animal gets its 
proportional part of grain, leaves and stal k. 
In order for you to have the best feed it is 
also very important that your ensilage be 
properly packed, if you do this you will 
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To insure you the above results use 
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It gives you an equal distribution and 
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Write today for further information. 
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BOONYILLE, IND. 
SILOS 
The kind you would buy 
if acquainted with all. Sur- 
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Ask the man who uses one. 
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GREEN MOUNTAIN 
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Three bearings all around 
each door like a safe or re¬ 
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stronger than others. Staves, 
doors and fronts soaked in 
preservative if you wish. 
Green Mountain Silos differ 
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Free catalogue gives details. 
Post card will bring it. 
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1426 W.Tuscarawas St. 
Canton, Ohio 
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Warsaw, N. Y. 
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Louden stanchions give cows more comfort 
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Latch easily opened or closed with gloved band, 
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