568 
T'l-I HD RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 10, 191o. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
CONCRETE FLOORS FOR HORSE BARNS. 
ITH a better understanding of the 
possibilities of concrete construc¬ 
tion, farmers are realizing the benefit and 
economy in more permanent farm im¬ 
provements, especially in the floors in 
dairy barns and stables. The stable 
floors of the old stone and brick barns in 
Europe were laid to last and where the 
present war has not destroyed them in 
France and Belgium, they will be there 
for generations to come. In these barns 
the floors are large flagstone laid on a 
good foundation. These floors are smooth 
and laid on a level, making them any¬ 
thing but desirable from a safety and 
sanitary standpoint. Being smooth these 
floors are slippery and horses with smooth 
shoes are liable to injury, and the level 
floor makes it difficult to keep a horse 
clean in standing stalls. It is due to this 
fact more than any other that many years 
ago the custom of docking draft horses, 
started in France and Belgium. 
EARNING CAPACITY OF GOOD COWS. 
The breeders of Guernsey cattle are 
much elated over the fine showing made 
by the famous May Rilma and also 
Murne Cowan. The Guernsey Cattle 
Club is issuing some figures in order to 
show the superiority of their breed. 
They claim that the average dairy cow 
will make during one year, 115 pounds 
of butterfat or 140 pounds of butter. 
This, they claim amounts to $40 or $45 a 
year, while the two Guernseys named 
above would produce $.385 worth of but¬ 
ter, figured on the same basis of value. 
The cow producing 115 pounds of but¬ 
terfat would give about 1500 quarts of 
milk during the year. At seven cents a 
pound this means $105. Now May Rilma 
gave 19.673 pounds of milk. It is stated 
that this milk sold at 12 cents a quart, 
which makes a gross income of $1140 a 
year. Murne Cowan gave 24,008 pounds, 
and it is said that this sold at 10 cents a 
quart, or a gross income of $1095. The 
Guernsey breeders claim that this would 
be 10% on about $10,000 of value in 
one cow, and from this figuring, they go 
on to ask why should dairymen milk and 
feed 975 cows when 100 cows would 
have produced equal results. Why in¬ 
deed, if there are any such cows to be 
obtained, but where are these cows and 
where are practical dairymen with the 
money needed to buy them? Our Guern¬ 
sey friends must remember that out of 
the thousands of their cows now recorded, 
only two thus far have produced these 
results. They must not fall into the 
habit of figuring like the $10 hen man 
or the $90 pecan tree man. Practical 
dairymen will see at once, that the figures 
are too large for them to reach. The ar¬ 
gument is that the blood of the Guern¬ 
sey families which have produced these 
wonderful records, when introduced into 
the practical dairy herd will increase the 
productive power of the dairy cow. That 
is a good argument and well worth listen¬ 
ing to, but of course it is out of the ques¬ 
tion to imagine that any man of moder¬ 
ate means can expect to have a full dairy 
of such cows. His chance for develop¬ 
ing a few good ones is fair, and in this 
ability to utilize the blood of these su¬ 
perior cattle lies the greatest argument 
for improved blood. 
THE QUESTION OF TUBERCULOSIS. 
I am pleased to note that you are giv¬ 
ing some space to the distressing subject 
of tuberculosis. I do not believe you 
could do the dairy interests of the State 
more good in any way than by giving 
this subject a thorough discussion from 
the standpoint of experience and then 
presenting your findings to the State 
Legislature in a manner that would cause 
it to sit up and take notice. 
In issue of March 13, under the head¬ 
ing, “Farm Manager and Diseased Cat¬ 
tle,” “a farm owner” makes some state¬ 
ments which are so misleading that they 
might easily cause considerable mischief. 
We have had experience with the tuber¬ 
culin test for several years and realize 
its limitations quite fully. We have al:o 
done our share of smarting under the 
injustice of the law relative thereto and 
we have no patience whatever with the 
policy of our State Legislature in regard 
to this matter. Nevertheless it is not 
true that the present law handicaps the 
breeding of purebred cattle. One can 
rear and sell as many of them as he 
wishes without any interference on the 
part of the State, but he cannot sell for 
the best prices to discriminating buyers. 
Such purchasers will invariably insist 
upon the test. Neither does the State 
“seize and kill” valuable animals. “Re¬ 
actors” may be turned over to the State 
upon request of the owner or they may be 
kept by him by contract under the Bang 
system so long as their general health re¬ 
mains good. 
The disposal of the young bull men¬ 
tioned was certainly an ill-managed 
transaction. Had the owner applied to 
the State he could have had his herd test¬ 
ed without charge. The reacting bull 
would doubtless have been appraised at 
$125 since be had actually been sold for 
that amount and when no lesions were 
found the full amount would have been 
paid. It is true that the owner would 
have been obliged to wait for his pay 
until our Legislatures saw fit to make 
a sufficient appropriation but it would 
have come in time. 
Reactors, some of them having the dis¬ 
ease in a generalized form, will be found 
most frequently among the cream of the 
herd. We have never had a scalawag 
animal react. A man might as well sit 
in the shade and count his fingers as to 
try to pick out the average tuberculous 
animal by “a thorough physical exam¬ 
ination.” No amount of practicable sani¬ 
tation will have any appreciable effect in 
either preventing or curing the disease. 
Human sufferers will be found most fre¬ 
quently among those originally strong 
and healthy and belonging to the most 
intelligent and cleanly families. In what 
respect can we hope to make our farms 
more sanitary than our houses? 
New York. s. A. peavy. 
DAIRY FIGURES FOR NEW YORK CITY. 
During 3914 New York City received 
727.308,960 quarts of milk and 38,566,- 
360 of cream, the whole being equal to 
919,040,760 quarts of milk. The daily 
average was 2,518,200 quarts, or a little 
less than one pint for each person in the 
city. There are no exact figure of the 
quantity of butter and cheese consumed. 
The butter is variously estimated at 200,- 
000 to 250.000 pounds per day, and ordi¬ 
nary dairy cheese from 25,000 to 50,000 
pounds. These figures are only estimates 
based on what some dealers in dairy pro¬ 
ducts think, judging from their own trade. 
According to the last census New York 
State has 1,509,594 cows, giving 2,389,- 
452,792 quarts per year. Not far from 
three-fourths of the city’s milk supply 
comes from New York State, the remain¬ 
der being from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 
Connecticut and Massachusetts. 
Ikene : “Don’t you think that travel 
brings out all that is in one?” Ira: “Yes, 
especially ocean travel.”—Credit Lost 
PADS FOR HORSES 
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You can’t walk as far in a shoe 
that chafes as you can in one that fits. 
Your horse can’t 
as much work with 
an ill-fitting collar 
that galls the neck 
and shoulders 
asitcan with one 
that is Tapatco- 
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properly. 
« Keep your horses 
at work so they can earn 
the ir feed and make you a profit 
TAFATCO pads are porous. They 
permit ample ventilation and absorb all 
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Stuffing. Light, soft, springy, absorbent. 
No dirt; no trash ; no short, cheap, limy 
hair with hide attached to attract rats and 
mice. Order a TAPATCO Pad today. 
Ask Your Dealer 
SANITATION 
IS THE RELIABLE METHOD 
FOR PREVENTING 
FOOT AND 
MOUTH DISEASE 
HOG CHOLERA 
AND ALL OTHER CONTAGIOUS 
DISEASES. 
You can make all live-stock 
quarters sanitary by using 
KRESO Dip No. 1 
The Standardized, Reliable 
Dip and Disinfectant. 
We will send you free a booklet on the 
treatment of mange, eczema or pitch 
mange, arthritis, sore mouth, etc. 
We will send you free a booklet on 
how to build a bog wallow, which will 
keep bogs clean and healthy. 
We will send you free a booklet on 
how to keep your hogs free from lice and 
parasites and disease. 
Write for them—they are free. 
KRESO DIP No. 1 has been used at 
the large state fairs in the United States 
for the last ten years to prevent the 
spread of contagious disease. It has done 
it, and KRESO DIP No. 1 will do the 
same for you on the farm. 
KRESO DIP No. 1 is Easy to Use—Reli¬ 
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Effective—Not Expensive. 
PARKE, DAVIS & CO. 
Dep’t Animal Industry. 
DETROIT, MICH. 
CHEAPEST 
and BEST FEED 
For Cows 
All of the sugar beet left after man's food 
(sugar) has been soaked out by water. Clean, 
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Free from adul ' teration. Don't 
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barley, oats or other carbohy¬ 
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a better feed like Dried 
Beet Pulp for less money per 
ton Ask your dealer 
THE LARROWE 
MILLING 
CO., 
609 bAcspie Bid*. 
OETROIT, 
MICH. 
RAISE CALVES 
BLATCHFORD 
WAY 
Costs only one-fourth as much as raising them 
on whole milk. Calves like it—grow rapidly. 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal 
A Perfect Milk Equal 
Thoroughly eteam cooked—prevents scours and other 
troubles. Makes big bones, solid flesh. 
. [ Let us tell you also about Blatchford's Pie Meal. Carries 
littlo pigs over the danger period at weaning time.] 8 
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Blatchford Calf Meal Factory, 9 Madison St., Waukegan, Ill. 
Dr. Lesure’s 
VETERINARY 
Colic Drops 
Leaves nothing to 
chance. Easy to give- 
quick to relieve, and 
your horse is ready to 
work. 
A success for 35 years. 
Satisfaction or 
money back. 
Price $1,00 
At your Dealer’s or 
direct from 
Dr. J. G. Lesure 
14) Winchester Street 
KEENE. N. H. 
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a fanner and 
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twelve years. Thous¬ 
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have made money 
attribute a large 
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rm weekly that tells how other suc- 
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;ette. Ask for a free copy. 
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