1911 
THE RURAIi -VOlNlI-CEK. 
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STALLS and 
STANCHIONS 
The Clean-Cut Simplicity off 
Louden Stalls and Stanchions 
in design and construction; their 
absolute freedom from dirt-gath¬ 
ering cracks, crevices, corners or 
attachments, make them the only 
really sanitary barn equipment. 
The Superior Flexibility of the 
Louden Stanchion permits the coca 
to lie down or rise without the dangerous 
straining common to the more rigid type. 
The Louden Stanchion (.all steel or wood- 
lined) is an absolutely ttafe and com¬ 
fortable stanchion. 
Louden Stalls and Stanchions are 
built of the finest, high-carbon tubular 
6 teel and are except ion al 1 y stro ng, easi ly 
installed and cost no more than wood. 
We also manufacture Feed and Litter Car- 
riers. Spring-balanced Mangers and Manger 
Partitions, Bird-proof Barn Door Hangers, 
Hay Tools, Power Hoists; Calf, Bull, Cow 
and Pig Pens, Window Ventilators, Etc. 
Write us for Free Illustrated Catalogs, or sea 
your dealer. We can be of service to you in plan¬ 
ning your new barn. Our barn experts will give 
you FREE sketches and suggestions that will bo 
of value Write us. 
LOUDEN MACHINERY CO. 
(Established 18671 
Z60I Briggs Ave. r11R> 
Fairfield Iowa 
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milk 
There’s big money and little 
trouble for you in raising your 
calf the Blatchford way. 
You can save all the milk of the cow 
for market. As soon as the mother cow’s 
is ready to sell, the calf is ready lor 
#7'Blatchford’s Calf Meal 
1 "—For over a century the Recognized Milk 
Food for Calves, at One-Fourth the Cost of Milk 
Composed of eleven different ingredients care¬ 
fully apportioned and thoroughly cooked, producing 
0 scientifically balanced ration for the young calf. 
Successfully used on thousands of American 
farms for over thirty years. 
The Only Milk Equal Made In an Exclusive Calf 
Meal Factory, unlike any of the So-Called 
Call Meals Made of Raw Cereal By-Products. 
Blatchford’s Pig Meal Insures rapid, sturdy frrowtb 
of young pigs. Writo us nbout it. 
Write for Free Illustrated Book on “How to Raisa 
Calves Cheaply and Successfully Without Milk." 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal Factory 
9 Madison Street Waukegan, III. 
SAVE YOUR HUMUS 
Make the most now of your corn and cab¬ 
bage stubs and refuse—they are valuable as 
humus and vegetable fertilizer. Cut them 
up fine—make them immediately available. 
Plow them under where they will do their 
work but won't interfere with cultivation. 
IRON AGE V!NE B CVTTER 
CutH corn stubs in 5 pieces, makes cabbage stubs fly 
apart, levels ridges so you can dbc better, cuts up and 
vet urns to the soil pea. bean ami tomato 
etc. (all valuable vegetable matter), pre- 
ground and opens furrows for suc¬ 
cession crops, cuts drains In l«»w 
spots of your wheat fields, etc 
Askfor special 
folder S. C. 
BATEMAN 
M’F’G CO. 
Box 102-VC 
MODERN GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE. 
Its construction, operation, maintenance 
and repairs. By Victor W. Page. 6x9. 
Cl. 693 pp. Over 400 ills. 
It gives up-to-date 
information on the 
■.•Obstruction, care 
and operation of the 
gasoline automobile, 
ncluding Inca k- 
Jowus, and troubles 
f every description, 
with their proper 
remedy. The book 
is clearly and con- 
isely written, and 
tells just what to 
do and how to do it 
w n d e r all circum¬ 
stances. Every illus¬ 
tration in the book 
has been specially 
drawn by the au¬ 
thor, and shows de¬ 
tails of every part of the machine. 
This book will bo sent to any address prepaid for 
THREE NEW YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS to 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
or Thirty Ton-week Trial Subscriptions 
or Six Yearly Renewal Subscriptions 
or One New and Four Renewals 
(Two Renewals count us One New Yearly) 
The Rural New-Yorker, 333 West 30th St., N. Y, 
Conditions in Southern Vermont. 
F ARMERS are inclined to decrease 
their herds and sell hay at $22 to $24 
per ton in North Adams. Probably one 
of the reasons is the lack of purebred 
stock. In this vicinity the farms are 
nearly all small, keeping from six to 15 
bead, and they cannot afford to buy pure¬ 
bred bulls to head small herds. The ma¬ 
jority would rather pay a 50-ceut service 
fee for a scrub bull than pay $5 for one 
with a 25-pound backing. Club buying does 
not meet with much success. There was 
some effort made at one time to get four 
or five farmers together and buy a de¬ 
scendant of “King of the Pontiacs,” but 
nothing came of it. Labor is high; we 
have to pay $2 a day for common farm 
labor, and then they don’t want to milk. 
Not much grain is raised: none to my 
knowledge is sold out of town. Corn is 
nearly two cents a pound now, and other 
grains around $1.85 per hundred. Our 
crops are good this year. Farmers are 
using much chemicals now and many use 
them entirely for top-dressing meadows 
and find it profitable. All our milk is 
sold in North Adams at eight cents per 
quart retail. Those that sell at the farm 
to peddlers get from four to live cents per 
quart. Barns are inspected by Massa¬ 
chusetts inspectors, and there is very lit¬ 
tle trouble with them. Some farmers 
have butter and egg routes in North 
Adams and receive on an average about 
35 cents per pound, mid at present 38 
cents for eggs. There is no trouble to 
find trade once they find your produce is 
of good quality. We find good cows are 
high, bringing $60 to $80 at auction. 
Stamford, Vt. J. R. E. 
Skim-Milk for Hogs. 
T IIE Fairmount News figures the value 
of skim-milk for hogs in the follow¬ 
ing manner: 
“You have five little pigs four weeks 
old. If these are weighed and are thrifty, 
they will average about 20 pounds apiece. 
Now consider, that you have at your dis¬ 
posal skim-milk sufficient to average 100 
pounds per day for six months, or 180 
days. When the pigs are young a small 
quantity of milk will be sufficient, but as 
they grow older a greater amount is need¬ 
ed. but the deductions should be on the 
average of 100 pounds for ISO days. It 
these pigs are turned upon a grass plot, 
and are supplied with this skim-milk in 
the proper way and amount they will 
weigh better than 200 pounds when six 
months old. If the 20 pounds, which they 
weighed at the time they were weaned is 
deducted from the 200 pounds, it will 
leave you ISO pounds gain for the 18b 
days fed. or actually one pound gain per 
day for each hog. Hence, if one hog will 
gain one pound per day. tlie five will 
equal five pounds of pork per day gained, 
and if this pork is worth eight cents per 
pound it will make the skim-milk net the 
farmer 40 cents per hundred. 
“In addition thereto, if this half acre 
of ground is put into crops next year 
under good conditions, it will produce an 
increased return equal to 10 cents per 
hundred for the skim-milk fed. No argu¬ 
ment is needed here to bring to the farm¬ 
er’s attention the value of hog manure 
as a fertilizer. Another feature, if this 
half acre will be used for green feeding 
crop for cattle, tlie amount of green feed 
produced after being used for hog pasture 
will greatly cut down the farmer’s feed 
bill, and give him a much larger profit.” 
Value of Cow Testing. 
T HE Wisconsin College of Agriculture 
sums it up as follows: 
“Cow testing one shows the money 
makers. The best Cows in many Wiscon¬ 
sin herds are returning a profit of $100 
or more every year. It is possible to have 
every cow kept do as well. 
“The loafers, the cows that consume 
more than they return, are quickly spot¬ 
ted and eliminated when the cow test is 
used. No successful merchant handles a 
line of goods on which he loses money; 
likewise, no progressive dairyman will 
milk a cow on which he does not make a 
profit. The milking of cows is a straight 
business proposition and no farmer can 
afford to spend his own time or pay high 
priced labor to milk cows which do not 
pay for their board. Let’s make the $100 
return per cow our standard. 
“To build up a profitable herd the cow 
test, is indispensable. It enables the 
dairyman to quickly get a high producing 
herd by selecting heifers from only the 
best cows. In this connection the sires 
that are capable of transmitting dairy 
quality and temperament to their off¬ 
spring can be proven. The very general 
practice of sending mature bulls to the 
block, when they are just in their prime 
for breeding purposes, is detrimental to 
our dairy industry and should be stopped. 
"Cow testing also pays because sur¬ 
plus stock of both sexes sells for higher 
prices when buyers can see what the an¬ 
cestors of these animals have done in the 
line of milk and butter fat production. 
“When using the test, farmers may 
know their cows as individuals and feed 
so as to get the greatest return for every 
dollar’s worth of feed provided. The 
value of the silo in supplying fresh Sum¬ 
mer succulence during the Winter months, 
and in helping out when pastures dry up 
in the Summer, is also shown best when 
cows are under test.” 
For All the Stock on the Farm 
Xtra-Vim Feed is Pure Cane Molasses in practically dry 
form, and is a highly nutritious and palatable food for 
horses, milch cows, fat cattle, hogs and poultry. 
Xtra-Vim is a lOO'i value feed, not a condition powder. It is high in energy pro¬ 
duction and takes the place of an equal amount of less palatable feeds or grains selling at 
war prices. It is not a laxative, but it aids digestion, tones up the stomach and eradi¬ 
cates worms. Used as part of daily ration, it will improve the appearance, health and 
general condition of all the stock. 
XTRA-VIM FEED 
in 100-lb. bags is not sticky. It is as easily fed as bran, and has no more waste. It is 
a very economical feed and gives results which cannot be duplicated by any other 
means at anywhere near so low a cost. 
Write for Feeding Booklet and Prices 
You should try out Xtra-Vim Feed by giving it as part of the daily 
ration to some of your stock. If your feed store does not carry 
Xtra-Vim Feed, get our prices direct to you. It probably costs less 
than you think. Send today. 
XTRAVIM MOLASSES FEED CO., 30 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. 
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