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Winter Dairying Pays. 
“That check makes me feel cheap,” 
a farmer remarked a few days ago, as he 
received his milk check. He passed it 
over to me. It didn’t seem to feel as 
good as a check might in one’s hands. I 
observed the amount, only $30. This 
farmer was receiving $1.70 for his De¬ 
cember milk, had over 30 cows, and they 
had fizzled out when he ought to have 
been getting his good checks. This kind 
of business doesn’t pay. Get a Winter 
dairy. It will pay in a great many sec¬ 
tions. In this farmer’s location, Summer 
milk this past season brought $1.05 net, 
while the Winter prices for five months 
have been established at $1.70 net. The 
quickest way to get the dairy out of the 
boarder class is to make them serve when 
milk brings the best price, and the cost 
of labor is lower than in any other season. 
Ilad these cows been giving only 25 
pounds the day each, the returns would 
have reached over $250 the month. At 
Summer prices the returns would have 
been about $157 the month. Now, good 
sensible business farmers declare that a 
cow which will yield only 3,000 pounds 
milk during the season following Spring 
freshening, will do 4.000 pounds by fresh¬ 
ening in the Fall. Conditions must be 
right for her to do this. I know several 
dairymen who declare milk can be pro¬ 
duced more economical?” in Winter than 
in Summer. Winter milk demands sil¬ 
age and concentrates, and a silo will pay 
whether you feed beef cattle or sheep or 
even horses or hogs. In the Winter the 
cow is not bothered by fighting flies, and 
in a comfortable well-ventilated barn she 
is more comfortable than rummaging 
about a dried-up pasture. When pressure 
is highest on the farm the Winter dairy 
lightens the Summer work. The farmer 
will have more time to give attention to 
his cows, more carefully feed, weigh and 
test the cows, and get on the way to 
better stock. I know a farm with large 
up-to-date bank barn, beautiful large 
house, good stock, equipment and fences, 
and these buildings have been established, 
the farm paid for by Winter dairying 
and the owner is still young. The Win¬ 
ter dairy pays. w. j. 
fresh Air Will Cut Down Feed Bills. 
Ventilate the barn. That advice is 
easy to give, but mighty few give the 
matter consideration it deserves. I know 
we have not, and we are no better or 
worse than many others. Did you ever 
go in a barn and finer the air hot and 
suffocating? All the oxygen is burned 
out, and the foul air is breathed over 
aud over again. Did you ever notice how 
weak the cows are when they leave the 
barn? One believes more cows have been 
put on the lift through poor ventilation 
than through a one-sided ration. On the 
other hand there are barns that have 
too liberal ventilation. But in buying a 
cow a good dairyman told me he would 
rather buy from a barn with doors from 
their hinges, and boards from the sides 
than buy from an unventilated and un¬ 
lighted barn. 
Ventilation is more important than 
feed. Give the calves the benefit of good 
fresh air and they will thrive better. Re¬ 
gardless of your views of the tuberculosis 
proposition, take out an insurance policy 
against the danger by figuring out an out¬ 
let for the warm air above the cattle and 
an inlet, which will break the draft. If 
you have windows in the barn, the plan 
is to tip the window outward, leaving 
an opening of a few inches at the top. 
The V-shaped opening on the sides of the 
window should be closed by nailing 
boards at the sides to prevent inward 
draft, while warm air from the inside 
will pass up and out over the window. 
This advice is simple, then give the stock 
more air, and it will Winter better, and 
will produce enough more to pay for the 
installation of a good ventilating system 
next year. w. j. 
A Homemade Fireless Cooker. 
The advantages and the profit of cook¬ 
ing feed for swine, calves and poultry 
are well-known, and it would be prac¬ 
ticed much more extensively if it were 
not for the extra labor and expense in¬ 
volved. Both of these items can be very 
largely done away wirn by the use of a 
homemade fireless cooker, which can be 
easily made. It is in fact simply an 
adaptation of the “straw-stove” so long 
used in Northern Europe. 
Procure a large packing box, three or 
four feet square and a galvanized iron 
garbage pail, holding from five to 20 gal¬ 
lons. as may be needed for the amount 
to be cooked. If necessary a box can 
be made from odd pieces of board. It 
should be large enough so that from eight 
to 12 inches of straw can be put beneath 
and around the can. Set the can in the 
box and pack soft straw or hay on all 
sides solidly; then fill two bags with the 
same to put over the can after it is 
filled. If roots, such as beets, carrots, 
turnips or potatoes are to be cooked they 
should be cut into small pieces. This 
can be easily done by putting them in a 
box and chopping them down with a 
spade or other convenient implement. 
Then back into the can or a kettle, and 
cover with hot water and bring to a 
boil either on a stove or in a feed cook¬ 
er. Put into the fireless cooker at once, 
cover with the bags and let stand 12 to 
24 hours. This will cook them thor¬ 
oughly without any further use of fuel 
or any attention. Enough can be cooked 
at one time to last several days if the 
cooker is large enough. 
For poultry, especially ducks and 
chickens, it is very desirable to cook the 
grain. It is easily done in this cooker, 
and should be practiced by all careful 
feeders. Oats, barley, wheat or corn can 
be used. Use one part of grain and five 
parts of water, bring to a boil on the 
stove aud then put in the fireless for 12 
to 24 hours. The grain will absorb the 
water and give a large bulk of most 
nourishing feed. For ducks feed the 
roots chopped fine an<r the grain in a 
large pan of water, and let them fish 
them out in their natural way of getting 
their food. This fireless method of cook¬ 
ing any food for stock or poultry is well 
worth a trial. s. j. 
Mistress : “Bridget, the pie is awful. 
And you told me you could bake as good 
pies as any cook in Boston.” Bridget: 
“So I can, mum. But all the ladies I 
ever worked for mixed the pies them¬ 
selves before I baked ’em, mum.”—Bos¬ 
ton Transcript. 
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permanent roofing? 
Avoid needless expense 
for roofing that demands 
frequent repairs. 
Get Genasco, made of 
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waterproofer”—Trinidad 
Lake asphalt. 
is a sure and lasting protection 
against sun, rain, snow, wind, 
heat, and cold; it is attractive 
and economical as well. 
Write us for samples and the Good Roof 
Guide Book. Ask your dealer for Genasco. 
THE KANT-LEAK KLEET makes seams 
water-tight without cement and prevents nail- 
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The Barber Asphalt Paving 
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Feed for Your Team and Farm Horses 
It is not only the value of Molassine Meal in itself but its digestive and 
antiseptic properties that lend great additional value to the rest of the ration used. 
Feed three quarts per day to each horse in place of the same quantity of other 
fodder. In a few weeks you see improved results in increased strength and 
glossy coats. 
AMERICAN ICE COMPANY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
When your salesman called on me, seme months ago, I very reluctantly 
agreed to try out Molassine Meal on five horses from four of our stables— 
20 HORSES IN ALL. These were young, green horses, NOT IN 
GOOD CONDITION. 
In less than four weeks they showed most surprising improve¬ 
ment, gained from 40 to 65 lbs. each, and are now working regularly 
every day. 
1 cannot say anything too good about Molassine Meal. 
Yours very truly, 
GEO. A. LOVELESS. 
January 6, 1914. Supt. of Stables. 
FOR YOUR HORSES, COWS, PIGS, SHEEP AND POULTRY. 
Write us for our latest book on Feeding. 
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