1914 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
871 
Dairying in Florida. 
W HILE reading your issue of June 
13, I was impressed by the low 
price received for milk by your milk pro¬ 
ducers. Last week I made a trip around 
among some dairies in this county, look¬ 
ing at the cows and their equipment, and 
the prices for milk seem much higher 
here. One at Ocala, had been offered 40 
cents per gallon for all he would produce, 
making a two-year contract, the milk to 
be delivered at a railroad depot, within 
two miles of the barn, but they preferred 
to bottle their milk and deliver to con¬ 
sumers in Ocala, about two miles. The 
farm is on the outskirts of the town, but 
within the corporate limits. Milk is de¬ 
livered to consumers ii Ocala at 12% 
cents per quart and the dairyman could 
not supply the demand. I believe cows 
can be fed here as cheaply as in New 
York. Our good lands will produce the 
greater part of the feed. I shall fill my 
silo in July, and silage keeps just as 
well here as anywhere. We do not need 
the expensive barns and use none of our 
feed to generate body heat. There seems 
to me to be a much better profit here 
than in the North. Our towns and 
cities are growing so fast, it seems almost 
impossible to furnish and supply milk, 
cream, etc. A firm making ice cream in 
Jacksonville gets its cream from New 
York via Clyde Line boats. It can be 
made at less cost here than in New York. 
Not in all Florida land, but in any good 
hammock land. S. H. gaitskill. 
Florida. 
Fat Milk From Fat Cows. 
1 HAVE just noticed an inquiry in The 
R. N.-Y. as to whether Holstein milk 
would be likely to pass the Massachu¬ 
setts requirement of 12.15 per cent, total 
solids and 3.35 per cent. fat. Our herd 
at present consists of about two-thirds 
registered Holsteins and the rest high 
grades of the same breed. They are in 
all stages of lactation, and all in fair 
flesh. My son recently made a chemical 
analysis of a sample of the mixed milk 
from the herd and found 12.4G per cent, 
total solids, and 3.80 per cent, of fat. 
While it is probably true that fat can¬ 
not be fed into milk, at the same time it 
is very certain that fat cows will give 
richer milk than poor cows. The way to 
get good milk from any cow is to keep her 
in good condition all the time. If one 
stops feeding his cows when they dry off, 
and they freshen in poor condition, they 
may give a good flow of milk at first, 
but it will be poor milk. Then if the 
owner feeds up his cows and gets them in 
good flesh their milk will increase in fat 
content. On the other hand, if the cow 
be fat at the time of freshening, and she 
is a deep milker her milk is likely to bo 
at its richest at this time, for such cows 
will often milk themselves down in flesh 
in spite of the efforts of the herdsman to 
keep them up. Most of the official tests 
are made from fresh cows, and it is not 
at all unusual for these cows to test over 
4 per cent. fat. j. grant morse. 
Cover Crops for Pasturing. 
C OULD you advise me as to the 
best thing to sow in silage corn at 
last hoeing with the idea of produc¬ 
ing some Fall feed after silage corn is 
taken off? This feed to be pastured off 
with milch cows. Soil good, well fertil¬ 
ized, with stable manure; usually get 
heavy crop corn. Turnips would be so 
shaded that they would not amount to 
anything. A discussion of best way to 
supply green feed to milch cows from 
July 15 to Oct. 1 would be interesting. 
This is a time of great shortage in milk 
every year, and a very trying time to 
keep up a supply of milk on account of 
the conditions which always exist at that 
time. Someone will at once suggest a 
Summer silo. This might do in some 
cases, but how about those who have no 
silo? E. S. L. 
Connecticut. 
From our own experience, without 
knowing more of the local conditions, we 
should advise a combination of rye, bar¬ 
ley and Crimson clover, three pecks each 
of the two grains, and 12 pounds of 
Crimson clover seed to the acre. The 
grain will make only a light growth un¬ 
til the corn is cut away. Then if the 
soil is reasonably moist it will come on 
rapidly. Barley is the best grain we 
know of for providing Fall feed. In the 
South they have what is called Winter 
oats, which may be seeded like field 
grain. We have tried these in New Jer¬ 
sey, and found that they made a fair 
Fall growth, but they were all killed out 
through the Winter. While Crimson 
clover will not be likely to live through 
the Winter with you. if you have a moist 
Fall it would make fair growth for pas¬ 
ture, better we think than any other 
kinds of clover. The barley will give 
you a reasonable amount of pasture. We 
have seeded it early in September, and 
under favorable conditions get a fair 
growth of hay in late October. Rape or 
turnips would make considerable growth 
during the Fall, and would make fair 
pasture for sheep or hogs. We would 
not advise either, however, for milch 
cows, as they will give the milk a 
“turnipy” or bad taste. Probably the 
barley and Crimson clover in such a 
combination will fail to show up in 
Spring, but the rye will come on after 
Winter is over, and provide a good crop 
for turning under. The best way to 
supply grain fodder from middle July to 
frost, would be to sow patches of drilled 
fodder corn, and also Japanese millet. 
Make different seedings of the millet, so 
that it will come on in succession. There 
are, of course, several other crop., which 
are x-ecommended for this purpose, but 
thickly seeded fodder corn cut and car¬ 
ried to the cows is after all about the 
most economical soiling crop that can be 
tried in your section. 
" A Boy and a Cow. 
T HE following statement comes from 
the West Virginia Experiment Sta¬ 
tion : 
George Sonda of Ohio County is only 
12 years old. but he is feeding and milk¬ 
ing a registered Guernsey cow during 
an official production test. George’s 
father bought three Guernsey cows four 
years ago and with these as a start has 
raised a fine herd of 15 head. One of 
these cows. Imported Windflower III. 
produced 13.600 pounds of milk and 626 
pounds of butterfat during an official 
test, as a five-year-old. A daughter of 
this cow. Lady Alice, at 23 months pro¬ 
duced 12.000 pounds of milk and 600 
pounds of butterfat in a year. The cow 
which young George is interested in is 
21 months old and is now giving 35 
pounds of milk, containing 4.7% butter¬ 
fat, per day. He is taking full responsi¬ 
bility for the work and is proving himself 
a capable tester. 
Indigestion. 
I HAVE a horse 15 years old that has 
in the past six months seemed to get no 
benefit from his feed. He seems very 
sluggish in his movements, rough coat, 
his manure has very bad smell, and he 
seems to keep twitching his upper lip. 
I have given him worm i-emedies and seen 
no improvement nor sign of worms; ton¬ 
ics give no results. I am feeding three 
quarts of oats and two quarts of bran 
twice a day. and corn on cob once. I had 
his teeth filed last Fall, but it seems 
to make no difference. He does not seem 
to be shedding, and is very slow in move¬ 
ments. A rest seems to make no differ¬ 
ence to him, as I have had him in the 
baim a week at a time, but he is just 
as slow and sluggish as if he is working 
every day. h. r. 
New York. 
Clip the horse, or at least clip the hair 
from the belly and from the legs above 
knees and hocks. Have a veterinarian 
give him a one ounce aloes ball, after 
feeding three bran mashes without hay. 
When the bowels ax*e normal again feed 
a mixture of eight parts of whole oats 
and one part of wheat bran, allowing a 
pound of the mixture per hundred pounds 
of body weight as a day’s ration and giv¬ 
ing a like amount of hay. Do not feed 
corn. If he bolts his feed give it from a 
very large feed box on the bottom of 
which the feed will spread out thin. If 
he does not improve in condition give 
half an ounce of Fowler’s solution of 
arsenic night and morning a week, then 
give three such doses a day and continue 
until a quart has been given; then grad¬ 
ually discontinue the medicine taking at 
least a week to the work. Carrots would 
be beneficial for this horse. A. s. a. 
INDIAN BRIDGE FARM 
GUERNSEYS 
For Sale 
Bull Calf Born May 4, 19 14 
Sire, Jethro Bass 21309 
Dam, Diamond Star of Wayland 29956 
In the first month of her A. R. Test. Diamond 
Star of Wayland gave I 343.3 lbs. milk and 60.67 
lbs. fat. with an average test of 6.02. 
Indian Bridge Farm 
Wayland, Mass. 
_, Address 
Edmund H. Sears Walter Jauncey, Jr, 
Owner Supt. 
BHEEF | 
Pinehurst Shropshires 
Best Breeding flock in Amer¬ 
ica. Foundation stock for sale. 
Send for illustrated catalogue 
to H. L. WARDWELL 
Box E Springfield Center, N. Y. 
DORSET SHEEP 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Choice stock for sale. Either sex, at prices you 
can afford to pay. Write for particulars, stat¬ 
ing what you want. 
TRANQUILITY FARMS 
ARTHUR DANKS, Mgr. Aliamuchy, N. J. 
SUFFOLK AND TUNIS 
RAMS AND EWES FOR SALE 
AUSTIN JACKSON, - Mineral Spring's, N. Y. 
* weighs abont 130 pounds. A fine animal. Price. 
$30.00/LION GARDINER, Sprinos P. 0., Suffolk County, N.Y. 
II OTISES 
MAN ALIVE! 
LOOK HERE! We can sell 
you a fine registered year¬ 
ling Percheron Stallion for 
§350 worth §700 next spring; 
should mature §1000 or more, 
do the farm work of any 
good horse, save time and 
expense of breeding your 
mares outside, get colts 
worth §200 to §300; and ser¬ 
vice fees should pay the wages of a hired man 
or send boy or girl to college. We have more 
stud colts tiian we can carry; pure-bred fil¬ 
lies, too. Come see them or write for photos, 
ADIRONDACK FARMS, 57 Maple Street. 
Glens Falls. N. Y. 
50 STALLIONS 
and MARES, $250 to $1000 eaoh 
Write for my Illustrated 
Circular telling why I can save 
you money on the purchase of a Per¬ 
cheron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W.Green,Middlefield,0. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry, 
Midway between Ashtabula &Warren 
HIGHLAND VIEW STOCK FARM 
Our last importation of BELGIANS 
and PRRCHERON'S is the BEST wo 
ever imported. We have sold 
more Stallions and Mares in the last 
sixty days tiian we ever sold in a year. 
WHY I Because we sell the good, big, 
drnfty kind at the right price, aud 
ower than the other follow. 
O. N. WILSON, Prop. 
KITTANNING, PA. 
AT STUD—“ LANDAIS" 
ported Registered 
Percheron Stallion. Gray, weight 1,900 lbs. Fee, $25. 
Walnut Grove Farm, WasningtouviHe, N Y 
SWINTE 
nurrnn §i6 pair, write s. a 
uunuir rloa weeks, i>e Graff, o 
OHELDON FARM. KEGISTEUEI) DUROCS 
J Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BATYNES. Oxford, X. T. 
Duroc Pigs Two Boan-JKT'S&tMK 
and ten weeks old. $8.00. Each with registry papers. 
JAMES E. VAN ALSTYNE, SECRETARY. KINDERH00K. N. Y. 
| —500 to 1,000 head always ready for 
| Vj shipment. Large, growthy type. 
—Shipment at two months' old' 
NEW ENGLAND LIVE STOCK CO.. • Peabody. Mass; 
i have For Sale, 1 litter of 0. I. C. PIGS 
QAi/pn umpire nIH SCARRITT, RAQIIETTE 
seven weens OIU. LAKE, N. Y. Hamilton County 
Yarmouth Farm Chesters 
Registered pigs of April and May farrow. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. R01L0 YOUNG, K. D. 4, Coat.,*ill,, Chester Co., P>. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMW0RTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK FARM, R. 
F. D. No. 1, Wiustoii-Salom, North Carolina 
Reg, P. Chinas Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pups.Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildonn, Pa. 
Woodlynn Farm Berkshires 
Choice Boars, old enough for service. 
JOHN W. COOPER, - Pineville, Pa. 
DCDg CI4IRPQ GDARAAITEED 
PCKlVOninCO cholera Immune 
Fancy Breeding—all ages—Attractive Pricks. 
OAK WOOD FARM, R. 8, NEWBURGH, N. Y. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHW00D 
Selected animals, all ages, for sale. We have 
the Large Berkshires with extreme length and 
onr herd is noted for the prolificacy of its sows. 
H. C. & H. 15. HARPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
Springbank Herd Big Berkshires 
I have for sale 5 Bred Gilts to farrow in March and 
April, and 5 young service Boars, weighing around 
150 lbs. I will book orders for March and April pigs. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale. Ct. 
D O Gr S 
nni I 1C DIIDQ—the intelligent kind. Also Blood- 
UULL1E rUrO hounds. NELSON'S. Grove City. Pa 
Fine Collie Pups 
—Males, $8: females, $5 up. Real 
drivers. BrooKside Farm, Prospect.0. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
GUERNSEYBULLS 
One 15 months old; his dam made 620 lbs. fat and 
14500 lbs. milk in one year. His sire has 3 A. R. 
danghters and 4 more under list. Price, $200. One 
2 months old. His dam calved at 20 months and 
made 435 lbs. fat, besides calving again during 
the year her record was made. Its sire is from a 
640 lb. daughter of May Rose King. Price, $100. 
These are high-class animals from high-class cows. 
W. KOBERT DUNLOP, Fayetteville, N. Y. 
Brown Swiss Cattle- c ?". l l s »T&„ , ;, r BT& 
mals descended from cows entered in or eligible for 
Kegistry of Production. GEORGE W. HARRIS. Wntbcrtfwld. Cum 
IFR^FY flfl W —1 years old. Second calf. Bargain 
JCROLI OUVV price. W. A. RAN0EL, Seymour, Coin. 
FOR PR0DUCTMN- BREED up - N0T down- 
run rnuuuuiiun Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg., Pittsbnrgb, Pa. 
Torn Hill REGISTERED JERSEYS. Tubarculln te*t»,t. 
■ Cl II lllll r dim cows, heifers end roting bulls, by “His 
Majesty the KIdb." Imported. FERN HILL FARM. West Ckeslsr, Ps. 
JERSEY BULL—Two Years Old 
By “His Majesty the King,” out of “Combination’s Grey 
Belle." both imported. FERN HILL FARM, West Chester, Pa 
sale 1 Fourteen-Months-Old Jersey Boll 
beautiful in conformation. Sired by Fairfield Fancy, 
87304, from Pedrovissiina's pride 198123. Price, $100 
GEORGE P. MELLICK. - Plainfield, N. J 
Fosterfield’s Herd Registered Jerseys 
FOR SALE 
Cows, yearling and two-year-old heifers. Some of 
the heifers served. Also heifer calves. CHARLES G. 
FOSTER, P. 0. Box 773, Morristown, Morris Co.. New Jersey 
Grade Up 
Buy aThoroughbrei 
Jersey Bull 
You can buy cows of 
high producing value or 
you may develop them. The hull is the 
most important factor in development. 
A thoroughbred Jersey bull pays big returns on his 
cost every year. Let us send you some Jersey fact 3 . 
The American Jersey Cattle Club 
324 West 23d Street, New York City 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °; 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Cliittenango, N. Y, 
Hnktpin PfllVPQ -3 40 5 weeks Old, 15-16ths pure, 
nUlMGIII bdllCb wel) marked. $20 each, crated for 
shipment anywhere. Edgewood Farm, Whitewiter, Wis 
sell 4 Choice Holstein Pure-Bred Bull Calves 
$100 to $325, according to blood. 
MOHEGAN FARM, C. H. BAKER, Peeksblll, N.Y. 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN YEARLING BULLS 
Sired by Colonel Korndyke De Kol, one of the best 
sons of Pontiac Korndyke. Also 4 grandsons of the 
King of the Butter Kings, from choice heavy-milk¬ 
ing dams, at popular prices. Write me what you 
want. Donald F. McLennan, Syracuse, New York 
BARGAIN SALE 
H OLSTEIN B ULL 
ready for heavy service; son of the Great Milk and 
Butter King; A. R. O. dam. Two choice cows due iu 
August. Several male calves. One fine heifer calf. 
HILLHURST FARM, F. H. Rivenburgh, Prop., Munnsville, N. Y. 
HOLSTEINS FOR SALE 
5 Registered Holstein Bull Calves 1 month old, four- 
fifths white well bred, $35 each; express paid to your 
station with all papers. 4 Registered Holstein 
Heifer Calves for $400. 1 car load of Registered 
Heifers Bred. 1 car load of Registered Cows due 
to freshen this Fall, and 100 High Grade Holstein 
Cows. Orders for 7 s Holstein Heifer Calves at $15 
each, to be shipped this Fall. Express paid if 
ordered in lots of 5. 1 car load of High Grade 
Yearlings for $40 each. REAGAN BROS . Tully, N. Y 
East River Grade Holstein Cows For Sale 
60 Cows, jnst fresh, milking 40 to 55 Ib«. per dm/. 
36 Cows* due to calve this month and next. 
36 Cows, served to salve this fall. Ill served to a reg. bulk 
These will suit the man that is looking for hlgh-claaa dairy 
cows. Large producers, good size and well marked. 
Visit the East River Holsteins when In need of first-claaa 
dairy cows. Stay and see them milked. YTE TUBERCULINS 
TEST. Registered bull calves and service bulls al ways on hand. 
Jomi b. WEBSTER, c .n°.Z': k 
HIGH GRADE 
HOLSTEINS 
The best are the cheapest. Why not have 
Til at kind! We have 200 large, well bred 
cows that are heavy producers. Some fresh 
and others due within 60 days. Tubercu¬ 
lin tested. Come and see them. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Certland, N. Y. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
You can find no way to invest your money 
and effort so profitably as in the selection j 
and use of a purebred Holstein sire of good 
individuality. In a few years’ time you can 
grade up a very poor herd to a profitable basis. 
The Illinois State Experiment Station has 
been testing a herd where the average pro¬ 
duction has been increased §41.65 per cow in 
four years by the use of a purebred sire, and 
by testing the individual cows and disposing 
of the poor producers, 
J«nd for FEES IUu*trai*d Dtssriptivt Booklets > 
Holstein-Friesian Asso., r. L. Houghtos. Icc’r 1 
Box 10a Bmttlsboro, V*. 
