THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
883 
New Jersey Dairy Farmers. 
The milk producers of New Jersey have 
grown tired of producing milk year after 
year at a loss. They have decided to see 
if they cannot change conditions through 
co-operation. To this end they have or¬ 
ganized the Dairy Farmers’ Association, 
with headquarters at Hackettstown, N. J. 
The object of this association is to ob¬ 
tain for the members a fair and equitable 
price for the production of the dairy 
farms, to encourage and protect every 
branch of agriculture, and through effec¬ 
tive organization to prevent the manipu¬ 
lation of markets by commission mer¬ 
chants and middlemen and the arbitrary 
fixing of prices and conditions without 
consideration of the producer, and to co¬ 
operate in purchasing supplies. 
Bocal branches of the parent organiza¬ 
tion will be established in every locality 
where interest warrants. These local or¬ 
ganizations will be granted permits by the 
home office, and while officered and con¬ 
ducted by members of the local they will 
be subject to all the essential rules and 
regulations governing the parent organi¬ 
zation, with which they will keep in close 
touch, in order that there may be perfect 
harmony of action and solidify in the pa¬ 
rent organization effective organization in 
operations to attain equal voice and fair 
consideration in the production, buying 
and selling end of our agricultural busi¬ 
ness. 
The sincerity of the members is indi¬ 
cated in the adoption of the following pro¬ 
vision for a bond of loyalty to the pur¬ 
poses of the association: 
“To assure the loyalty and co-opera¬ 
tion of every member in the high and 
proper purpose of this association every 
member will be required to give to the as¬ 
sociation a bond of .$50, the form and 
sufficiency of which is to be approved by 
the solicitor. The bond during its life is 
the property of the association and in its 
care. It is negotiable only for the pur¬ 
poses of the association and becomes auto¬ 
matically void by performance of obliga¬ 
tion and agreements voluntarily entered 
into with this association, i. e., loyalty to 
the association in every proper effort to 
better conditions and returns from farm 
labor and investment. The bond shall be 
promptly cancelled or returned to mem¬ 
bers retiring from the association because 
of death, removal, retirement or any 
proper cause other than to embarrass or 
defeat the purpose of the association. Any 
member refusing to sign said bond will 
forfeit his membership.” 
The Association is yet young, but many 
local branches have been formed, and 
membership is increasing. The first busi¬ 
ness undertaken was the purchase of 
brewers’ grains. Estimates were received 
for two carloads, but five carloads were 
needed to fill the orders. The saving was 
$450 on 100 tons. 
A meeting of the parent Association 
was held at Hackettstown on June 19th, 
with large attendance, and great interest 
and enthusiasm. The business meeting 
was held in the forenoon, and a forceful 
address made by Mr. Britton, of Rich¬ 
mond. In the afternoon addresses on 
co-operation and organization were made 
by John J. Dillon and Alva Agee. 
The officers of the Association are: 
John Johnson, president; Elmer N. Bar¬ 
ley, vice-president; Eugene Bilby, secre¬ 
tary ; Mathias T. Welsh, treasurer; Wm, 
C. Heshe, corresponding secretary. 
If one prefers planks for the cows to 
lie upon, these may be placed over the 
concrete, though, if the latter is well 
bedded, they are not needed. Composi¬ 
tion cork bricks are made for this pur¬ 
pose, and, while comparatively expensive, 
make an excellent floor. The gutter, 
walks, feed bunks and alley, and so much 
of the wall as is desired should be of 
concrete. If convenient, I would sug¬ 
gest placing the stable in the southeast 
corner of the building so that the win¬ 
dows may be on the south and east sides. 
These should be about four feet from 
the floor and sufficient in size and num¬ 
ber to flood the stable with sunlight; 
four square feet per cow is about the 
standard requirement. Single sashes, 
hinged at the bottom to drop inward for 
ventilation, the side openings thus made 
being closed by Y-shaped boards, are 
most convenient. The floor upon which 
the cows stand should be from four to 
five feet from stanchion to gutter, ac¬ 
cording to average size of cows kept, and 
the gutter itself should be about eight 
inches deep and 15 wide. A three-foot 
walk behind the gutter is sufficiently 
wide. Each cow needs from three to four 
feet of floor space upon the standing 
platform. Swing stanchions add to the 
comfort of the animals. m. b. d. 
.mu wmb ueuu in less tnan an nour. 
tle are very fond of the leaves of the wilt 
cherry, and if they are eaten fresh from 
a standing tree they cause no harm. I 
have heard that this same poison is de¬ 
veloped in wilted peach leaves, but I do 
not know whether or not this is a fact. 
Connecticut. a. r. Roberts. 
IIay Caps on Alfalfa. —You say you 
want all the information in regard to hay 
caps you can get. I visited the Walker- 
Cordon milk farm June 1; they have 200 
acres of Alfalfa, cut and in cock. All are 
covered with hay caps, size 54 inches; 
seven-ounce to 10-ounce duck. With this 
firm the cap is a necessity, especially in 
this kind of weather, as it rains every 
other day. w. p. 
New Jersey. 
Small Silo. —On page 7G7, J. O’L. 
asks question in regard to a small silo 
answered by ,T. G., who said siloes small¬ 
er than 10x28 would not keep silo. My 
neighbor has one 10x20, has filled same 
two years. No one ever had better silage. 
I want to build one 8x18, and experienced 
men tell me it will keep silage all right 
if well tramped. I know of one man 
who filled a cistern 8x12 and it kept fine. 
The main thing is to have silo airtight, 
corn in right shape, and well tramped 
Winchester, Ya. o. c. M. 
Pedigreed Rufus Red Breeding Does w d n“fe 8 j T ofr 
wants quick. Warren Miller, Manlius, N. Y. 
Poor Milk; Trouble with Hens. 
1. I have a Jersey cow; she is to calve 
within a few days. Her milk is very 
rich, but right after calving she gives 
a lot of milk but very poor. The cow is 
very fat. I have not fed her with anv 
grain on account of being too fat. She 
has been in pasture since she became 
dry. Why does she give such poor milk 
right after calving? 2. I have about 250 
R. I. Red chickens; they had a cold this 
Spring. I cured them with permangan¬ 
ate in drinking water, but there are 
about, six that act as though they have 
a cold. They have a rattling sound in 
the throat, as though they would crow. 
They look healthy and eat well. Can 
you advise me what to do? f. o. 
New York. 
1 . I think that no one knows just why 
cows do not give milk of unvarying fat 
content, but the fact remains that the 
milk of all cows varies from day to day 
and even during the same day, in the 
proportion of cream that it contains. 
Aside from this constant fluctuation, 
■which is usually within one per cent., the 
milk grows richer as the period of lac¬ 
tation advances, strippers giving marked¬ 
ly richer milk than fresh cows. Unless 
you have had the milk from your cow 
tested by the Babcock method, you may 
be mistaken as to the amount of varia¬ 
tion ; it is sometimes more apparent than 
real. 
2. It is quite likely that these fowls 
are the hosts of a fungus growth known 
as aspergillus. This is a mold that 
grows upon musty litter and other vege¬ 
table matter and sometimes becomes 
transferred to the lining membrane of the 
respiratory organs of fowls. By the ob¬ 
struction to breathing which it causes a 
wheezing sound is produced and in se¬ 
vere cases the affected fowls gradually 
lose strength and flesh and finally die. 
It is the cause of many cases of “going 
light.” There is no cure; the remedy 
is prevention through the use of clean 
litter, the admission of fresh air and sun¬ 
light to the poultry quarters, genera] 
cleanliness and the promotion of vigor¬ 
ous health among the fowls. Only those 
that are below par in vigor are likely to 
be affected. M . B . D- 
SWINE 
THOROUGHBRED MULE-FOOTS— 6 weeks 
■old, $10. Berkshire Pioneer Poultry Yards, Berkshire, N.Y. 
nimnn DIISQ— ; $lt>pair. Pedigreed Buff Leghorn 
uunuu riuo K ggs, $1.50 set. S. Weaks, DeGraff. 0. 
sale— Purebred Chester White Pigs',* 8 so 
for service, and sows. A. J. Lam, Oriskany, N.Y. 
FOR PURE BRED FAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK FARM, R, 
F. J>. No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
CHELDON FARM REGISTERED DUROCS 
u Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BARNES. Oxford, N. Y. 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals. 
Orders for export given especial care. 
R. Y. ItUCKLEY, “Woodrow”, Broad Axe, Pa. 
Purebred Berkshire 
$16; April, $8. Harry Adams, Titusville, Pa.’ 
Large Berkshires at Highwood. 
Hoteware, Spokane, Wash., weighed 975 p, 
A boar sold 
■« by us to F. A. 
—, -, -, „—_ pounds, under 
two years of age. A yearling boar wo sold Thomas W. 
Lawson, weighed 746 pounds, in breeding condition. 
Young boars and boar pigs of similar breeding for sale at 
reasonable prices. II. 0. * II. B. IIAHPENIIINU, bunder, N.Y, 
SPR1NGBANK BERKSHIRES 
10 Bred Gilts for June farrow. 
Service Boars and March pigs. 
J. E. WATSON, - Marbledale, Ct. 
Construction of Farm Building. 
I am going to erect a building this 
Summer, starting, as soon as possible, 
which will combine an incubator cellar, 
stable for four cows, feed room, work¬ 
shop and cockerel room, and I would like 
to have your opinion as to the construc¬ 
tion of stable floor, walls, mangers and 
windows. I want a perfect floor that 
can be scrubbed clean, also walls part 
way up at least. Is there anything bet¬ 
ter than cement? On the amount I re¬ 
quire difference in cost need not be con¬ 
sidered. Water from city mains will be 
run in the barn and stalls cleaned, 
flushed and brushed. What will be the 
least slippery? How large should the 
windows be? F. P. B. 
Monticello, Ind. 
From the standpoints of sanitation, 
convenience and durability, there is noth¬ 
ing better than concrete for stable floors. 
Sheep and Dogs. —We keep a flock of 
about 80 sheep here in order to kill the 
lambs for our own eating, when it is too 
hot for beef to keep. Not only dogs but 
coyotes run over the pastures' the sheep 
feed in, but we have never lost any from 
either one or the other. We have bells on 
several of them and they are shut up at 
night, partly to prevent their wandering 
too far. We run a goat with them, and 
on a dog trying to run the sheep, the goat 
at once comes forward and attacks it. 
This seems a simple and effectual remedy. 
We have had the sheep about two years 
and one day, finding them all scattered 
and a coyote running off made me get the 
goat, which is, I believe, a half-bred An¬ 
gora. This may be of some use to your 
readers who are bothered by dogs. We 
have dogs on the ranch and feed any stray 
ones that come here, but so far none has 
touched the sheep. l. c. 
Montana. 
FOR SALE-Berkshire and 0.1. C. Boars 
from two to twelve months of age. Good breeding. 
Excellent individuals. Prices very reasonable. Write 
for particulars. TARBELL FARMS, Smithville Flats. N. Y. 
0 1 P UIUITCO -S . pring P 5 * 8 an< l Fall 
■ ■■ Va Will I CO gilts. They give satis- 
FARM. OHATHAM, N.’ J?‘° Addr.^s aVl? 
Page, (Owner), 62 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City 
Chester Whites and O.I.C’s 
Gilts, Bred sows, and Spring pigs. Ser¬ 
vice boars, Summer pigs. Registered 
in Chester White and O. I. C. Record. 
VICTOR FARMS, Bellvale, New York 
80 Registered 
Chester White Pigs 
10 wk8. to 8 moB. old; 7 
Jemcy HctferH 2 to 4 yr». 
old; 4 ball calve* 2 to 4 
moH. old. Collie Pappicn. 
A variety of Poultry and ■■ ■ n 
Ksk* for Hatching. Send for descriptive circular and prices. 
EDWARD WALTER, Dept. R, Eureka Stock Farm, West Chester, Penna. 
SES 
DAIRY cattle 
FOR SALE Registered JERSEY BULL, 7 months 
‘old- by Karnacks Noble ex. Meadow 
mueen or Allendale. Also two registered JERSEY HEIFERS 
Effingham Lawron co, Cold Spring Harbor. Long Island’ 
FOR PRQDUCTION BREED up not down- 
I UIl rnuuuuiiun Uoe j stero d Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Rcnsliaw Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Registered Jersey 
BULL CALF 
for sale or exchange for female. Sired by grandson 
of imported Stockwell, $11,500 bull. Solid color. 
Herd tuberculin tested. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
LEON P. STRATTON. - MONTICELLO, N. Y. 
Jersey Bulls 
We have at present several bull calves, sired by im- 
^ te iL on< * home-bred sires and from dams milking 
18 to 23 qts. of 5% to S% milk, which will be sold at 
F aimers price*. Ulsterdorp Farms, High¬ 
land, N.Y. (One Mile from Poughkeepsie Ferry.) 
Purebred Guernsey Bulls 3 months 
KT--1_I--C._, , J ... .°* a > S *>@. 
, - viu; sire, son of 
Masher s.beqnel: dams, qualifying for Advanced 
M. KELLOGG, Derby, New York 
Register. 
Three Purebred Guernsey Bulls 
12 l 4 A m ?v nt J? s ol< * ; rea <*y for service. They are all 
out or A. R. Cows and are of the very best breeding. 
I rices On request. Ardmore Farm, Glen Spey, Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
ClIPmQPVQ A few registered Guernsey 
T? U t bulls from 2 to 18 months 
Ola; also a few heifers; from A. It. stock. Iiegis- 
tered Berkshire pigs; fall boars at farmer’s prices 
ll r i I,- y „ ¥i>^«T ieco Premier C180800. 
LLLLNWOOD FARM, - Hatboro, Fa. 
THh GUERNSEY 
stands for Economical production. More 
profit from every bound of feed. Do you 
cows iWat will improve your Dairy*? 
Write for free literature. 
Guernsey Cattle Club, 
Box R Peterboro, N.H. 
FOR SALE 
Otterkill Farm Ayrshires 
15 young bulls, all ages, and well bred, from import¬ 
ed sire Howies Predominant, imported three years 
ago, who was bred by Robert Wallace Auchenbrain. 
He is also for sale. Prices to suit the buyer. Address 
RUDOLPH HESS, Mgr., Washingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
Registered Holstein Heifer 
Fine individmOc* 
Most productive blood lines. F. H. WOOD. Cortland. N.Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f or s *fc-w^te 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. ChiUcnaMnn W 
READY FOR SERVICE d prices J7S 00 <0 siso.oo 
t n ,, ,, Registered Holstein and 
Jeisey Bulls. Splendid individuals with groat 
backing. Best bloou in the land. Also younger bull 
calves. Write for list. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES Ilfr.'Uir 
8 »«f s i 
green and prices. THE YATES FARMS, Or.t.ard Park, X, Y. 
lolstein Service Bull _ , G ! andso . ns ,?. t T° ,itiacKor "- 
, i, , dyke and King Kegis (one 
mo - °W.) If you are looking for tiie blood 
which produces world champion cows, write to 
Ira S. Jarvis. Hartwick Seminary, H. Y. Prices moderate 
SPRINGDALE FARMS 
1?° fan , cy co r u and heifers to select 
from. F. 1. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
Ontario Dekol Freeman 
superb Iloistein bull, born Sept. 21,1914; sire, 35.61 
r da ™’ A K - O. heifer, Hue breeding; price, 
for quick sale, $2(10. Wend for pedigree. No disease 
in our locality. Clovertlale Farm, Charlotte. N Y. 
pERCHERON STALLIONS —Our hobby is quality. Buy 
■from farmers. S.Schooumaker, Gardiner, N.Y. 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MAKES AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A. W. GREEN, - Middlefield, Ohio 
Highland View Stock Farm 
Our barns are Oiled with the best Percheron and 
Belgians at the lowest prices. 
0. N. WILSON, Prop., - Kittanning, Pa. 
For Sale-COWS 
Most of them heifers two and three years old 
and part Guernsey. Also Guernsey bull. 
E. A. 
883 Madison Av., 
HAGAMAN. 
Albany. N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN 
BULL CALVES 
* e ™» , m< ? n £ hs old - Sir0 - Changeling 
Abberkerlc Prince, a butter-fat bull, A. R. 
O. dams. Send for prices and pedigrees. 
C. M. ROYCE, - - Berkshire, N. Y. 
f Dogs and Forrott 
Poisoning From Wild Cherry—I n 
regard to the question of J. H. I\. on 
page 814, as to the poisoning of animals 
by eating the wilted leaves of the wild 
cherry will say that I personally knew of 
a ease of poisoning from that cause some 
twenty years ago. A wild cherry tree was 
cut down on a cloudy day in June. An 
hour or two later a cow ate of the leaves 
ST. BERNARD PUPPIES 
From parents weighing 150 and 180 lbs. Price, $15. 
__Your money back if not pleased. 
EDWIN A. SOODEK. . Telford, Fa. 
Scotch Collie Puppies teSaft^Writo^onr 
wants. OSTRANDER’S, Coopers Plains, N. Y. 
Collie 
Grove City,* I’a- 
A1REDALES OF QUALITY 
A splendid litter of spunky puppies. Registered. 
Prices, $18 to $30. Send for descriptiTe circular and 
pedigree. lilRCH FARMS, Three Tuns, Pa. 
FflrTfif<"7? En ^ e * P** rs and dozen lots. Stamp for 
rerreis Price ligt> CAL vin JEWELL, Spencer, O. 
East River Grade Holsteins For Sale 
100 Extra high grade Holstein cows served 
to come fresh in Aug . Sept, and Oct. 
Served to Reg. bulls. They are milkiDg 
good now. Come and see them milked 
Reg. bulls ready for use. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dopt Y. Cortland. N. Y. Bell Phone 14. F. S 
ON EASY 
TERMS 
HOLSTEIN BULLS 
Your Time 4* Interest 
Head of the Herd an ARO Sou of King of the 
whose Dam has a 29.57 Record and 
113.96 lbs. in 30 days. Nothing bnt ARO cows 
on the r arm. Herd tuberculin tested Tveariv 
for years. Write 
JUSTAMERE FARM, Middletown Springs, Vt. 
Spot Farm Holsteins 
16 registered heifer calves 2 to 8 months old, $1500 
5 registered bulls 2 to 8 months old, $35 to $100 each 
1 carload of registered cows at farmers’ prices 
1 carload of grade yearlings & 2-year-olds. $40 each. 
Grade cows, $00 up. 
% Holstein heifer and bull calves, $15 each, ex¬ 
press paid in lots of 5. 
REAGAN BROS., Tully, N. Y. 
