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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
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A ROUND BARN. 
Last year we had a picture of the 
round barn which Mr. J. L. Dean, of 
Maine was building. Now we print a 
picture of the completed barn at Fig. 5. 
This building is (14 feet in diameter. The 
silo is at the center, and there are 37 
stalls. There are a good many of these 
round barns scattered through the coun¬ 
try. They are usually pronounced satis¬ 
factory by their owners, since they econo¬ 
mize space; yet, somehow, with all the 
arguments in their favor they are usually 
a novelty, as the great majority of farm¬ 
ers prefer the square corners. 
GRADE OR PUREBRED IN DAIRYING. 
There are at least four legitimate ob¬ 
jects to be had in view when purebred 
Stock is introduced into the flock or herd. 
These are briefly: To increase the pro¬ 
duction. To improve the quality of the 
product. To secure uniformity in the 
product. To gratify the eye by pleasing 
color and symmetry of outline. Many 
farmers will say that they cannot afford 
to consider the fourth point, but it should 
be remembered that many wealthy buyers 
of purebred stock are as much influenced 
by the beauty as by the utility of the 
breeds or individuals which they select. 
It is a well-known fact also that beauty 
will add to the selling price of any good 
animal at the average farm auction sale. 
If a man is producing beef from a herd 
of native, mongrel, or low-grade cattle, 
the introduction of a good purebred bull 
of pronounced beef type will accomplish 
all four of these ends. In this case the 
product is the living animal as it goes to 
market, and uniformity in size, formation, 
quality and finish will add materially to 
the value of a carload of fat cattle. As 
this condition can be better secured in a 
herd of purebreds than in any herd of 
grades, it follows that the purebred has 
a positive, practical value above the 
grade for beef purposes, and it is prob¬ 
able that a very large part of our beef, 
pork and mutton will finally come from 
purebred herds. 
The situation with reference to the 
dairy herd is, however, entirely different. 
The products of the various animals are 
not marketed separately, but are blended 
into a single article—a can of milk or 
cream, or a tub of butter, as the case 
may be. The individuality of the various 
units of the herd is wholly lost, and the 
purchaser of the goods has no concern 
whatever as to the variations in size, 
form, age, or color of the cows producing 
them. For these reasons we cannot urge 
the practical dairyman to invest in a 
registered herd with the same assurance 
that we feel when presenting the case to 
a beef raiser. The dairyman can look to 
an infusion of better blood to increase 
the milk or butter yield of his herd, and, 
within certain limits, to improve the 
quality of either or both. But the dairy 
cow, when past her usefulness in the herd, 
has a rather low beef value at best, and 
a registered Holstein or Jersey, full of 
years and honor, is worth no more at the 
block than her half sister which is a 
grade. In fact the annual average cash 
profit per cow will be practically the 
same from two herds yielding like quan¬ 
tities of milk or butter if one be a regis¬ 
tered and the other a grade herd. The 
difference will lie wholly in the selling 
value of the calves, and this is a matter 
of geographical location to a very large 
extent. Furthermore many dairymen 
who sell milk are anxious to rid them¬ 
selves of the calves as soon as possible, 
and do not combine dairying and stock- 
raising very successfully. If these men 
keep bull calves beyond the age at which 
they can be sold for veal, it is question¬ 
able whether they will ever dispose of 
them at a profit, no matter what their 
breeding may be. 
What, then, is the sensible policy for 
the farmer who is largely dependent upon 
his dairy herd, and who owns chiefly na¬ 
tive or low-grade cows? My suggestions 
are not at all radical, lie may have some 
cows which do not yield him a dollar of 
profit in a season? and yet his situation 
may be like that of my neighbor who 
justified the purchase of a rather un¬ 
promising cow at a local auction by say¬ 
ing: “My contract calls for so many gal¬ 
lons of milk per week this Winter, and if 
I can’t get it out of good cows I’ve got 
to get it out of poor ones.” I do not ap¬ 
prove the policy of attempting to do so 
much on a farm that part of it must be 
done at a loss, and am sure that any man 
can afford to take time and trouble to 
weigh the milk of each cow often enough 
to know which are being kept for noth¬ 
ing. If the Babcock test cannot be read¬ 
ily applied it is quite possible to set sam¬ 
ples of the milk of each cow, and by j 
comparing the cream yields arrive at j 
some approximately correct conclusions ; 
as to the relative desirability of the mem- | 
bers of the herd. 
When unprofitable cows are located j 
they should, of course, be disposed cf as I 
soon as they can be brought to market- j 
able condition, or as soon as better ones : 
can be found to take their places. But if 
careful tests show that the herd is com¬ 
posed of a fairly uniform lot of very 
moderate producers, giving only half the 
net income per cow that modern dairy 
teachers tell us we should obtain, I would 
be the last to urge the owner to sell his 
entire herd and invest the money in regis¬ 
tered stock, putting in perhaps eight 
cows in place of 24 sold, and expecting 
to make three times the profit per cow 
that was formerly secured. The average 
small farmer cannot afford the risk in¬ 
volved in making such a change, for the 
death or injury of one cow would then 
mean the loss of too large a part of his 
working capital. The only logical course 
for this man is to secure at once a good 
registered bull or bull calf of the breed 
best suited to his needs and raise as many 
heifers per year as possible, meanwhile 
losing no opportunity to replace a poor 
cow with a better one. Not all bulls of j 
the same breed have equal values as sires j 
of dairy cows, but it is an exceptionally 
poor one which does not earn many times j 
his cost when used in a grade herd. 
Virginia. w. A. s. [ 
— 
A Gentleman who had been spending ' 
a holiday at a Scottish seaside village j 
noted for its golf links asked one of the j 
caddies if he got much carrying in the j 
Winter time. “Nae, sir, nae,” replied the 
caddie. “There’s nae' carrying in the 
Winter time. Ye see, it’s this way. If j 
it’s no sna’ it’s frost; if it’s no frost it’s \ 
sna’; if it’s neither sna’ nor frost, it’s 
rain; if it’s no rain, it’s wind : an’ if it’s 
a fine day, it’s the Sawbath!”—Tit-Bits. 
A FouR-year-old Harlem miss, whose 
homeliness is as pronounced as her lov¬ 
ableness, has long resented the practice j 
of her parents and others of spelling 
words that they didn’t want her to hear. | 
Recently a relative who hadn’t seen the 
child arrived for a short visit. In talk¬ 
ing with the mother the next day in the 
little girl’s presence she said: “Isn’t it 
too bad she is so u-g-l-y?” “I may be 
u-g-l-y. auntie, but I’m s-m-a-r-t.”—New 
York Tribune. 
OUR SECOND 
CONSIGNMENT SALE 
SYRACUSE, N. Y., JANUARY 27-28, 1914 
190--HEAD--190 
A SON OF KING OF THE PONTIACS 
His dam a 31 -lb. cow—A son of Sir Johanna Colantha Gladi, his dam is a 31 -lb. 
daughter of Rag Apple Korndyke, his grandam is Pontiac Gladi, 
with 32 . 01 -lb.—A bull calf whose three nearest dams average 
over 30 -lb.—A son of Rag Apple Korndyke 8 th—A son 
of King Pontiac Artis Canada, he is a son of 
King of the Pontiacs and Pontiac 
Artis ( 31 -lb.) 
THREE DAUGHTERS OF PONTIAC KORNDYKE 
One a 21 -lb. 4 -year old bred to the 44 -lb. bull—One from a 29 -lb. dam—a daughter 
of Rag Apple Korndyke from a 20 -lb. daughter of King of the Pon¬ 
tiacs—A daughter of Dutchess Ormsby Butter King bred to a 
son of the 44 -lb. cow—Daughter of Sir Rag Apple 
Korndyke. More cows bred to 30 -lb. bulls 
in this sale than ever entered in 
any other. 
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NO SALE WILL EQUAL THIS ONE IN THE QUALITY 
OF ITS OFFERINGS 
The consignments are all in and the breeding of most all is superior to 
anything yet offered in any sale this year. 
For catalog and other information address 
LIVERPOOL SALE AND PEDIGREE CO. 
LIVERPOOL, N. Y. 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
Animal Breeeding, Shaw. 
Breeding Farm Animals, Marshall.... 
Principles of Breeding, Davenport- 
Study of Breeds, Shaw. 
Cheese Making, Decker. 
1.50 
1.50 
2.50 
1.50 
1.75 
Business of Dairying, Lane. 1.25 
Butter and Butter Making, Publow.. .50 
Clean Milk, Winslow. 3.25 
Dairy Bacteriology, Conn. 1.25 
Dairy Chemistry, Snyder. 1.00 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 333 W. 30TH STREET, NEW YORK 
"'Sal-Vet'is a great remedy 
for sheen. It saved me ten 
times what I paid for it.”— 
W. J. Neff, Millbo ro. Va. 
"Have found 'Sal-Vet' O. K. 
for horses and colts: it is tho 
best conditioner and worm 
destroyer I have ever fed,”— 
John Howies, Rt. No. 3, Hold- 
rege, Neb. 
"I have used 'Sal-Vet' for 
about two years, within 
which time I havo not lost a 
bog. I consider it a sure pre¬ 
ventive for cholera.”—F. It. 
Dalrymple, Cartha ge. Ind. 
"Since feeding ‘Sal-Vet’ ray 
6tock have done better than 
they over have before. I have 
had to give less feed, and my 
stock looks sleek and line.”— 
A.Ayers.Cedar Springs,Mich. 
Send No Money 
febjust the Coupon^ 
$. R. FEIL, Pres. 
Reg. Pharmacist 
If you will fill out the coupon below—tell me how many head of stock you have, I’ll ship 
you enough Sal-Vet to last all your stock 60 days, without asking a single penny of pay in 
advance. All I ask is the privilege of proving to you right in your own barnyard what I have proved to 
thousands of other farmers. I want to show you how to rid your stock of worms—how to make all your farm 
animals grow faster, thrive better, keep healthier, put on more flesh on no more feed—make you more money. 
The Great 
WORM 
Destroyer 
The Great 
LIVE STOCK 
Conditioner 
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is a wonderful medicated salt which rids farm animals of their greatest enemies—the deadly 
stomach and intestinal worms. It kills and expels these blood-sucking, life-sapping parasites 
and greatly lessens the danger from hog cholera and many other diseases. 
I’ll Feed Your Stock 60 Days Before You Pay 
Send no money—just tear off the coupon below, mark down the number of hogs, sheep, horses and cattle 
and mules you own, give your name and address and shipping 
station and I’ll send you enough Sal-Vet to last all your stock 60 
days. You simply pay the moderate freight charge when it arrives and at 
the end of 60 days report results. If it don't do what I claim— if it fails to 
rid your stock of the dangerous stomach and intestinal worms I’ll 
cancel the charge—you won’t owe mo a penny. 
SIDNEY R. FEIL. Pres. 
THE S. R. FEIL CO., Dept. RNY Cleveland, O. 
DDipre -tolbs. $2.25: 100lbs. $5.00, 200 Iba. 
rniUCO J9.0C; 300 lbs. $13.00; 500 lba. 
$21.12. Special discount for large quanti¬ 
ties. No order filled for less than 40 lbs. 
on 60 day offer. Never sold in bulk; only 
in Trade-Marked* 4 Sal-Vet” Package 
60 day trial shipments are based on 
1 lb.of Sal-Vet for each hog 
or sheep and 4 lbs. for each 
horse or head of cattle. 
_ f SIDNEY R. FEIL, Proa. 
w/ THE S. R. FEIL COMPANY 
JPy Dept. CLEVELAND, O. 
* Ship mo onougri Sal-Vet to last my 
stock 60 days. I will pay the freight 
. charges when it arrives, agree to report 
-v,,y results promptly in 60 days and at that 
time pay for it if it does what you claim. 
. If it does not. you are to cancel the charge. 
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