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THE R U KAL 
NSW-YOKKER 
1071 
Cob-House Silo. 
I IIAVR in my barn directly adjacent to 
m.\ cattle stable a hay mow which is 
not in use for hay, and which I would 
like* to use for a silo. It is a corner so 
that two sides are the sides of the barn. 
I have a space 12x15 feet square and 25 
feet high that I can utilize. I have seen 
coal bids or storage pockets built of two- 
inch stuff cob-house style, and it oc¬ 
curred to me that I could build a silo on 
the same plan, lining it with three-inch 
hard pine flooring which gives a very 
smooth, tight finish, and could make cor¬ 
ners eight-square, see diagram. Can you 
advise me if this is practical, and if so, 
what size timber should I use, 2x4. 2x5 or 
2 x0? I expect the bottom would need be 
stronger than the top. I am not able to 
figure the pressure, and so do not know 
size of plank needed. M. o. b. 
Massachusetts. 
If timber is plenty and cheap you can 
build a cob-house silo very well by using 
2x4, 2x5 and 2x0, halving on the cor¬ 
ners, and using lots of 20-penny spikes 
and gas tar to make airtight walls. For 
the first third of the way up use the 
2 x0, the next third the 2x5, and the last 
"f the way 2x4. I would have them 
sized and edged on one edge, the one that 
comes inside, and in laying see that they 
are made plumb so as to present a smooth 
and perpendicular face. Do some good 
enrpeuter work iu halving the ends. In 
laying them up, get plenty of gas tar and 
imt a liberal coat of it on the surface to 
come between the layers, most in the cen- 
r of the layer so in nailing not to come 
• > the inside edge too much. Use a lot 
**f it at the angles. If you can get some 
very fine hand saw sawdust thicken up 
the tar some with it to make body. Do 
not economize 20-penny nails. When the 
walls are up corner saw an 8x8-inch tim¬ 
ber and spike them in the corners with a 
tar filler behind it. 
As you go up, cut out a 20x20-inch 
manhole now and then, nail in jambs, 
make a door to lit in from inside. Faint 
the whole inside with the tar thinned 
with gasoline. Whitewash the outside 
with Portland cement. Put on any kind 
f roof you desire, anchor it so it will not 
blow over. 
If you do not want it square, cut your 
stuff nine feet long and make it eight- 
square, and build the same, only you will 
not need to fill in the corners, only put 
in more of your cheap black paint. If 
you can build in your barn and can have 
the frame to back strengthen the walls 
you can use 2x4’s all the way up, and 
will not need roof or outside paint. 
JOIIN GOULD. 
Streaked Butter; Bees by the Pound. 
W HAT can I do to got my butter uni¬ 
form color? It tastes all right but 
it is all streaked with white. The 
a is in pasture, the feed is all right. 
After it is churned I wash in three dif- 
•rent waters, then salt it and work it 
ii tin' salt. 2. An advertisement offers 
boos by the pound. Do you think this ad¬ 
vertisement is all right? it. U. 
Torrington, Conn. 
1. Streaked butter is caused by insuf¬ 
ficient or improper working, the salt not 
being thoroughly incorporated and the 
buttermilk removed. Butter need not be 
worked through three waters; churn the 
•ream at a sufficiently low temperature to 
bring the butter in large granules rather 
than as a soft mass; stop the churning 
before these granules become united in a 
solid mass; drain off the buttermilk; add 
< old water to the butter in the churn and 
rinse by using the ladle in a dash churn 
• >r by giving a barrel churn a few turns; 
drain off the rinse water, remove the but¬ 
ter to a bowl and tilt the latter allowing 
the butter to drain for 2(1 minutes or so. 
After the free water has drained off. cov- 
er the butter in the bowl with the proper 
amount of salt, work it in lightly with 
the ladle and set the butter aside in a 
■ >c*l place for a few hours to allow the 
salt, to dissolve and enter the butter. 
Then work the butter again, cutting and 
pressing it until the streaks caused by 
the buttermilk disappear. Tilt the bowl 
frequently to drain off the buttermilk as 
it works out. This should take but a 
few minutes; overworking the butter 
amses it to become salvy. Work the 
butter by cutting and pressure, never 
lraw the ladle over the butter with a 
sliding motion, this breaks the grain. 
When packing tlie pressure of the ladle 
will also remove buttermilk and brine, 
drain this off. Avoid working butter 
more than necessary to incorporate the 
salt and remove the buttermilk and excess 
of brine. 
2. Bees are bought and sold by the 
pound, it being necessary for the pur¬ 
chaser to have a hive fitted up with 
frames and foundation for their recep¬ 
tion. Under favorable conditions a small 
number of bees with a good queen will 
soon increase into a good colony. 
it. B. D. 
Hygroma. 
I HAVE a cow that has had one calf, 
and now has a soft bunch on her front 
knees. It does not seem to trouble her 
in getting up or down, but I do not like 
the looks of it. What could I do for it? 
Would it do to lance it? A. l\ 
Massachusetts. 
A large cyst or sac contains serum and 
this has come from bruising upon the 
floor or manger. The usual treatment, 
among farmers, is to run a tape seton 
(rowel) down through the sae and move 
the tape up and down twice daily to cause 
the serum to flow out. A graduate veter¬ 
inarian operates by opening the sac at its 
lowest part, evacuating the fluid, inject¬ 
ing tincture of iodine and then packing 
th*> cavity daily with antiseptic gauze or 
oakum saturated with an iodine solution. 
A. S. A. 
Jack Sores. 
I HAVE a mule four years old which 
has some kind of an itch. He breaks 
out in little lumps and rubs all the 
time. The mule is in good shape and is 
working every day; seems to feel good 
every way but that. What is this, and 
what can be done for it? c. F. s. 
Virginia. 
See that the stall is kept clean and 
freshly bedded. Jack sores, and sores 
such as you describe as affecting your 
mule, are supposed to he due to germs in 
the dust of a badly eared-for stable. Do 
not feed corn or green grass. Feed whole 
oats, wheat bran and hay. Wash the 
affected parts once with a 1-50 solution 
of coal tar dip and afterward do not wash, 
as that tends to aggravate such sores. 
Twice daily apply a little of a mixture 
of one dram of iodoform and one ounce of 
oleate of mercury, well rubbed in. This 
ointment cannot safely he applied to 
large surfaces, but is fine for the sores on 
the legs. If the body is affected widely 
use an ointment of one part of iodoform 
and two parts of sulphur to the ounce of 
lard. a. s. A. 
Chorea. 
* 
M Y five-year-old mare, a high-bred road 
horse, has a parrot mouth or over¬ 
shot jaw. She has what the veter¬ 
inarian calls an involuntary twitch, 
jerking head to one side: she also shies, 
and is very excitable. The veterinarians 
wish to unnerve the head, but I doubt 
the success of the operation. What do 
you advise? w. ii. s. 
New York. 
Nothing can be done for the over-shot 
jaw, and if you mean that “chorea” (St. 
Vitus’ dance) is present, that also is in- j 
curable. We take “involuntary twitch” 
to mean chorea. If the graduate voter- j 
inarians consider that there is a fair 
chance of success from an unnerving oper- [ 
atiou that should be done; but without 
seeing the horse, we should suspect that 
the chances of perfect recovery are poor. 
A personal examination might change our 
opinion and under the circumstances you 
will have to abide by the judgment and 
experience of the local experts, a. s. a. 
Foot Lameness; Cowpox; Ringworm. 
W E have a cow which has a soreness 
in the hind feet. The trouble starts 
with a crack just over each quarter. 
The crack widens into a raw sore which 
suppurates and which we are unable to 
heal. The hoof at each quarter seems to 
crack away from the foot. Ground lime¬ 
stone is scattered over the floor after 
cleaning the stables. This was used all 
through the Winter. Cows run in pas¬ 
ture of which part is swampy. 2. An¬ 
other cow has very sore teats. The trou¬ 
ble seems to start with a puffy swollen 
place which is extremely painful when the 
cow is milked. The swollen places grad- j 
ually decrease in size and a crust forms. I 
Generally when the crusts drop off the \ 
sore has healed but in some cases a little 
matter is seen. The sores are, in the | 
crust stage, about the size of a pea and j 
are thickly sprinkled over the teats, but 
do not extend to the bag. 3. A heifer, two 
years old. coming three, has some sort of 
a scaly affection on her neck. At the top 
the hair is nearly all off. The scaly part 
seems to follow the wrinkles along the 
top of her neck, but along the sides and 
extending up to her head are round 
patches the size of a 10-cont piece. She 
is running in a pasture with other young 
stock and steers, and none of the others 
are affected. a. c. o. 
New Hampshire. 
1. Scratches or abrasures of the skin 
become infected in the mud or filth 
through which the cattle travel. Do 
away with the cause. Cleanse affected 
parts and then bathe with a hot, satur¬ 
ated solution of sulphate of copper. Do 
not repeat this treatment. Cover the 
sores with oakum or cotton saturated in 
a 10 per cent, solution of coal tar disin¬ 
fectant and renew the dressing once daily. 
If any sore is obstinate in healing swab 
it with tincture of iodine each other day. 
as well as using the wet dressing. 2. j 
The cow has “eowpox.” Isolate her and : 
have her milked by one who does not go 
near the other cows. Twice daily wash j 
her udder with a solution of one ounce j 
of granular hyposulphite of soda and one 
quart of soft water. Apply glycerite of | 
tannin to the sores as often as found 
necessary. 3. Ringworm is present. 
Scrub the spots clean and then rub in 
iodine ointment every other day. 
A. S. A. 
Warts. 
How can I remove a large wart from 
my colt, on breast? The wart is three 
inches across and 1*4 inch at base. 
H. H. 
Tie a fine cord very tightly around the 
base of the wart and then saturate the 
wart once daily with glacial acetic acid, 
applied drop by drop. The better way of 
treating such a wart would be to have 
it removed by operation. a. s. a. 
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00 days' trial are based 
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each sheep or liog, ami 
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packages. 
If you go to the State Fair, be sure to visit, the interesting SAL-VET exhibit. In no way can yon spend a few 
minutes more profitably. Our representatives will be glad to explain how the blood-sucking stomach and intes¬ 
tinal worms cause 5*0* of all livestock losses—how they steal the food your animals eat. drink their blood, sap 
their vitality, breed disease, and keep all stock from thriving as they should. You can also see the prize-winning 
exhibits of some of the most successful breeders in America like Mr. Henry L. Wardwell. Mr. J. (A Duncan. 
as. Leet, and others, who will; tell you it pays to feed SAL-VET—the great worm destroyer and live stock 
conditioner. SAL-VET is a medicated salt — easy to feed — you can let all your 
farm animals run to it and 
THEY WILL DOCTOR THEMSELVES 
It requires no dosing, no drenching, no starving. The cost is trifling- 
only 1-12 of a cent a day for each sheep or hog and only slightly more 
for larger animals. Every pound pays big. profits to the feeder in 
belter, healthier stock and faster gains. 
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my horses and notice a marked improvement in their condition." 
Jos. K. Fischlcr, Wellsboro, lit., writes ; “ Have not had a sick hog or sheep 
on my place since i commenced feeding* Sal-Vet.’ ” 
Walter If. Penjleld, Randolph, X. Y., says : “Since feeding ‘Sal-Vet’ 
we have discovered that our stock were very wormy. We are 
greatly pleased with results.” 
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Whether you go to the fair or not. I want you to 
have an opportunity to try SAL-VET at my 
risk. i'll rid your stock of worms or no pay. 
I'll feed all your stock 60 days without ask-ia M 
ing a single penny of pay in advance. ® 
Just till out the coupon below. Sidney R. Fail, Pros. 
the s. r. feil co. 
Dept. R.fl.Y. 8-29-14, Cleveland, Ohio- 
OPEN TO 
SEND NO MONEY 
ship me enough SAL-VET to last my stock 
CO itavs. I will pay the freleht chat-er* whei 
. ii arri vas, afrsc to report results promptly In 60 
days ami at that time pay for it it it .lees what vnti 
claim. If It does uot you arc to cam,I the hary 
Just 611 out the coupon—tell mo how many head ot ctock you have and I’ll ship you 
enough SAL-VET to last all your stock CO days. You simply pay the freight charges 
whon it arrives and when the CO days are tip report results. If tho SAL-VET I send . 
you don't do what I claim. I'll cancel the charge—you won’t owe me a single penny. JgL 
Send the coupon now. Address : 
SIDNEY R. FEIL, Pres. 
THE S. R. FEIL CO., MFG. CHEMISTS 
Dept. R-N.Y. Cleveland, Ohio 
^ Vo. of Sheep . Hogs . Cattle . Horses. 
Name.. 
jS»o . 
- ™ Shipping Sta... 
State. 
Will Be Exhibited at The 
NEWYORK STATE FAIR 
Syracuse, Aug. 31 to Sept. 5 
Sidney R. Feil 
Pres, of the 
S. R. Feil Co. 
