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THE RURAL NE\V*VoRKER 
February 14, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
FINE INCOME FROM BUTTER COWS. 
I am most interested in a subject 
which I don’t see discussed in The R. 
N.-Y. very much, viz., the amount of but¬ 
ter obtained from a cow per year; the 
average for the dairy, and of course how 
much I get of the “consumer’s dollar.” 
In the case of butter with me I get 
pretty nearly 100 per cent., as I sell 
most of it direct to the consumer, deliver¬ 
ing each Saturday forenoon direct to cus¬ 
tomers in this thriving village of about 
1,500 population. My list includes many 
of the best families, whom I supply Sum¬ 
mer and Winter. For the year ending 
as given in the table below is given the 
average per cow, average number of cows 
and price : 
November 1, 1011.—Pounds butter, 
422: per pound, .3037; returns per cow, 
$128; grain purchased, $25; number of 
cows, 20.6. 
November 1. 1012.—Pounds butter, 
392; per pound, .346; returns per cow, 
$135.63; grain purchased, $25; number 
of cows, 21.6. 
November 1, 1013.—Pounds butter, 
404; per pound, .366; returns per cow, 
$147.80; grain purchased, $30; number 
of cows, 22. 
After paying for the grain that cei’- 
tainly leaves a good market price for 
what is raised on the farm, and still 
some for us who do the work. My 
able in New Jersey. Notably in the re¬ 
gion of Philadelphia they are using mules 
more extensively than horses for the de¬ 
livering of market gardening crops, the 
point being that they are better adapted 
for use on stone roads, and are especial¬ 
ly useful in cultivating market garden¬ 
ing crops. It is true that mule colts are 
possibly more hardy than horse colts, 
and can be worked at a little younger 
age. If there is a suitable jack in the 
neighborhood there is no doubt that the 
inquirer might find this practice very 
satisfactory, and would no doubt get 
good results. There is surely a ready 
market for mule colts at me present time, 
and mares suitable for breeding mules 
can be selected from a greater variety of 
types than is possible in the breeding of 
horses. The popular demand appears to 
be at the present time for a mule weigh¬ 
ing from 900 to 1,100 pounds, and there 
is less demand for the big sugar-loaf mule 
that was very popular a few years ago. 
Our best mules come from various re¬ 
gions in Kentucky and Tennessee, where 
they use misfit saddle mares for breed¬ 
ing purposes. 
2. A ewe lamb can be bred in her 
yearling form, and will thus drop her 
first lamb when she is two years old. 
Ordinarily ewes do not come in use until 
after the first spell of cold weather, some¬ 
times during September or October, at 
which time they may be mated. In case 
SPAN OF MULE COLTS. 
brother-in-law and myself buy our grain 
in car lots, a year’s supply at a time, 
when price seems lowest, sometime in 
the Summer. We never have had any 
trouble to get what credit we wanted, 
which has not been much. 
I try to have my cows freshen in the 
Fall, and have silage and grain and a 
good supply of Timothy hay for them, 
although now I am raising some Alfalfa 
and clover by a liberal application of 
lime. I sowed a two-acre piece of the 
former early last August and it was 
spoken of by several men as the best 
piece they had ever seen, in spite of the 
extremely dry weather. I had Summer- 
fallowed up to the time of sowing to kill 
out the weeds, and the dry weather 
helped do a good job at that. I got 
after the last of them with a hoe to 
make the work complete. 
I have used slings for several years 
unloading hay, and find them far superior 
to either double or single harpoon fork. 
I unload a ton or more with three sling 
loads, and scarcely enough hay left on 
the wagon to make a hen’s nest J. T. T. 
could use them with his 18-foot rick if 
his barn is high enough, so the bottom 
of the sling-load would not hit something, 
and can handle some fodder or grain in 
sheaf, and use them with an engine in¬ 
stead of horses by using a windlass. All 
<>f those things are done in this vicinity 
with complete success. My track is of 
steel and very satisfactory 
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. E. N. rytiier. 
RAISING MULES; BREEDING EWES. 
1. What do you think of the plan of 
raising two mules a year from a pair of 
young mares instead of horses? The 
time necessary is shorter, the mules hard¬ 
ier and more valuable, I am told. In 
order not to interfere with the mares’ 
farm work, what would be the best month 
to have them foal in? 2. At what age 
can an ewe lamb be bred? B. m. 
1. The raising of mules is a line of en¬ 
deavor that is very popular and profit- 
of Dorsets the ewes mate twice a year, 
and flushing with the other breeds has 
the effect of bringing them in use earlier, 
and in much better condition for settling. 
The period of gestation is 147 days. 
F. C. HINKLER. 
SUCCESS WITH WINTER LAMBS. 
Several farmers in Ross County, Ohio, 
and neighboring counties, are producing 
hothouse lambs. Most of us are dis¬ 
couraged over the present state of the 
business and some intend to quit. It is 
rather hard, however, for those who have 
the equipment to go into some other line 
of work. I have now three barns with 
combined floor space of 2,850 square feet, 
all concreted for sheep. There is almost 
that much more floor space for stables, 
feed rooms, etc. I have a 130-ton con¬ 
crete block silo. 
I keep about 200 ewes and last year 
had six extra fine Tunis rams. My 
ewes are Dorset-Delaine. I have been 
told many times that no better lambs 
than ours go to the New York market. 
I have received $14 for a good lamb and 
have sold many for $12.50 or $13 per 
head, but the average is nothing like 
that. Here are some averages. These 
are net as to commission and expressage, 
but not as to the production of the 
lambs: 
Lambs Average. 
1006- 07 112.$8.00 
1007- 08 136. 7.13 
1008- 09 155. 8.07 
1000-10 161. 9.07 
1010- 11 180. 7.S4 
1011- 12 107.'. 6.80 
1012- 13 148. 7.68 
1913-14 71 to Feb. 1 . 6.27 
You will notice that in 1912-13 there 
were 148 lambs. That Spring the weather 
conditions were such that we could not 
dress lambs and had about 40 left on 
hand, w’hich would of course further re¬ 
duce the average. Our best sales have 
always been from just before Christmas 
until the middle of February, but this 
year our best sale was $0 each (gross), 
and from that down to $5, with an aver¬ 
age of $6.27 for what I have received re¬ 
turns for (71). 
Among 200 ewes there are always 
some that will not breed early, no mat¬ 
ter how they are treated. This season 
we had 126 lambs dropped in October 
and November, three in December and 
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