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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
September 18, 1915. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
The Champion Ayrshire Cow. 
On page 1131 will be found a picture 
of Henderson’s Dairy Gem 35176, an 
Ayrshire cow with a record of 17,974 
pounds of milk in one year. She is owned 
by Mr. D. II. Henderson, of Hudson, 
O., who sends the following note about 
this cow: 
Her senior two-year-old record is 17,974 
pounds of milk and 738.3 pounds of fat— 
869 pounds of 85 per cent, butter. This 
picture was taken after her year’s work 
was finished. You can see that she is in 
splendid condition. She weighs 1,250 
pounds. We think we have the greatest 
Ayrshire in the world. She not only 
boosted the two-year-old record out of 
sight, but broke the three-year-old milk 
and fat record and the four-year-old milk 
record. From her monthly report you 
will notice that she is a consistent milker. 
Note that in the month of October she 
dropped considerably. We put her <>ff 
her feed and thereby lost about 200 
pounds of milk before we could coax her 
back to her flow. 
The dam’s (Dairy Gem 29561) junior 
three-year-old record is 14,425 pounds of 
milk and 533.5 pounds of fat. This is the 
second highest record for that form. We 
made this record under very ordinary con¬ 
ditions. When she freshens again we 
will give her every opportunity to snow 
what she can do. We have two other 
cows that have finished well this year; 
Queen Cordelia 29560, senior four-year- 
old, 14582 pounds milk, 560.8 pounds fat; 
this is the third highest record for that 
form, and Maggie Moonshine o5177, 
junior two-year-old, 13,466 pounds milk, 
570.9 fat. This is the second highest 
record for that form. 
is much more difficult to fill a silo 20 feet 
high so the contents will keep than one 
50 feet high. The reason is obvious. 
Next in importance is enough help in¬ 
side to keep it well tramped around edge 
and silage evenly distributed. With the 
modern blower cutter the heavier parts 
of the corn fall in one place, and the 
leaves will be very well scattered. It 
must be well mixed and the most satis¬ 
factory way of doing the mixing is “el¬ 
bow grease.” Distributors on the hood 
have not met with favor hearabouts. 
There should be at least two men in a 
small silo (say 10x24 or 30) and more 
as the diameter increases. If a silo is 
allowed to fill itself (as I have some¬ 
times seen it done) it is no wonder that 
the contents do not keep well. 
Jefferson Co., N. Y. lee w. sekvey. 
I consider corn in the best condition 
for the silo when the kernels are just be¬ 
ginning to glaze. If the corn is left un¬ 
til the husking stage is reached the stalk 
becomes somewhat fibrous or woody and 
much of the succulence is lost. As to 
the amount of water to use with corn 
dried out as you state, I am unable to 
give any advice as I have never left my 
silage until it required watering. In one 
or two instances I have had corn badly 
frosted and somewhat dried out, but 
by being careful about thoroughly mixing 
leaves and stalk and properly tramping 
or treading next the outside I have had 
excellent silage without water. More de¬ 
pends on the man in the silo than most 
farmers think. The best man on the job 
should go in the silo, and if the corn is 
cut in faster than 20 or 25 loads per 
day of eight hours two men are needed. 
New York. m. h. I’ABKEB. 
Lameness. 
When to Cut Silage Corn. 
Just when do you consider the corn 
is in its host condition for cutting ^pto 
the silo? Some farmers seem to think 
that it should be cut while quite green, 
while others want to have it matured 
about as it would be for husking. One 
of our readers cannot get the cutter in 
time, so he plans to cut the corn a week 
or 10 days before it goes into the silo 
and have it shocked and then cut. oil* 
der such conditions about how much 
water should you add to the ton of stalks 
in order to have it keep well ? 
I try to get it as near mature as I 
can, when the kernels begin to dent and 
the husks begin to open, rather than to 
put it in too green or immature. I 
would let it stand until a frost, which 
I have done the past two years, and I 
get, I think, a better quality of silage 
than I would to cut it too immature to 
save it from frosting. In regard to add¬ 
ing water, for the regular silage varie¬ 
ties like Learning or any large stalk va¬ 
riety, it is seldom water is needed, as the 
green stalk is juicy enough. I have cut 
it in the silo when the leaves were so 
dry they crumbled, but when it went 
through the blower into silo it seemed to 
be moist enough. When the leaves are 
dry it requires more careful distributing 
in’silo as the leaves go to the inside and 
must be mixed with the stalks and corn. 
In regard to “cutting corn a week or ten 
days and shocking it before it goes in 
the silo,” I would not do it. Cut it and 
let it lie on the ground, if loose, in big 
bunches; if cut with a harvester and tied, 
put five or six bundles in a heap. It 
will not dry out near as much as when 
shocked. “About how much water to add 
to a ton of more or less dry stalks?” I 
have a molasses barrel with a half-inch 
faucet near the bottom, setting on cut¬ 
ter table a little higher than blower. On 
faucet I have a piece of hose carrying 
water into blower. As I fill my silos 
with my own help, some of it gets pretty 
drv before they are filled. The flow of 
water is regulated according to the dry¬ 
ness of the corn. I very seldom use the 
full half-inch stream and my silage comes 
out all right. G. J. bbown. 
New York. 
The land that I can devote to growing 
silage corn in any one year is limited; 
so I grow the variety that yields the 
greatest bulk. With me that variety is 
Eureka. I never get any ears. Last 
year we filled our silos about September 
1, when the corn was very green. Other 
years we have waited until into October, 
but got no ears. In either case it makes 
good feed, but most feeders tell us not 
so good as from an earlier corn more 
matured. As I have never fed silage 
made from well-matured corn I. cannot 
answer your question from experience. I 
have never found it necessary to add 
water at filling time; nor have I ever 
heard of its being done in this neighbor¬ 
hood. Growing the kind of corn I do 
I aim to have it cut two or three days 
before filling, so it will dry out some¬ 
what. I do that in order to save the 
juices that would leach out if corn was 
put in freshly cut. However, I must 
admit that it may be just a hobby of 
mine; for I have had the juices leach out 
of silos for a week or two and other 
years not at all, and could never see any 
difference in silage. My own opinion is, 
that the filling of a silo is of more im¬ 
portance than the condition the corn is 
in, as to its keeping qualities. Height 
of silo is the most important point. It 
I have a horse which went lame very 
suddenly as I was driving him in light 
harness; it seems to be in his hip. When 
he stands in the stable he is all right, 
also when walking, but the least trotting 
makes him lame, so he lifts his foot up 
and seems in pain. Can you tell me 
what is the matter with him? G. B. D. 
We are unable to diagnose mysterious 
lameness without making an examina¬ 
tion ; but the symptoms suggest interfer¬ 
ing as a possible cause, and it would be 
well to have him shod to prevent that, 
and also to put on an interfering boot, 
or spreaders, or an anklet of wooden 
balls. If there is no such cause it is 
possible that lameness is caused by plug¬ 
ging of an artery (embolism). If possi¬ 
ble have an examination made by a grad¬ 
uate veterinarian when the horse is lame. 
It would be well to allow the animal a 
box stall vdien in the stable and to turn 
him out in a yard or paddock for exercise 
every day. A. s. A. 
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DELAWARE COUNTY JERSEYS 
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one year old on Sept. 16th. Solid light gray with black points. 
A fine extra largo animal. Pam la 8t. Lamlairt, 81re is 
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heifer calves out of Imp. dams. Imported by T. S. 
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Photos on request. JERSEY GLEN FARM, Perkasie, Pa. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °o ? 8 ' e p 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Chiltenanno. N. Y. 
rnnv CftD CCDIIIPF—PRICES, $7b.00 to S150 00 
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Ives. Write for list. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y. 
n H l. p ; A nan Diatin—bom, Sept.30,1914. Show 
Ontario UOnPielje Holstein; more than half 
white; ready for service. Sire, 35.61 lb. bull; dam, 
royally bred twin heifer, 18.52 lbs. at 2 yrs., 6 mos. 
Price, $250, and worth 20 ordinary bulls. Send for 
pedigree. Clovertiale Farm, Charlotte, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
a great bred son of 
THE WORLD’S GREATEST YEARLY BUTTER PRODUCER 
Finderne Pride Johanna Rue 
Butter—1 year—1470.59 
The sire is a brother to the World’s Champion four-year-old, Mabel 
Segis Korndyke (40 lb). The sire’s dam is one of the largest producing 
daughters of Pietertje Hengerveld’s Count De Kol. The sire is by a son 
of the great King Segis and Pontiac Clothilde De Kol 2d, whose records 
of 37.21 lb. butter in a week, 145.29 in a month and 1271.60 lb. in a year 
were all World’s records. 
This bull alone is worth a trip across the'eontinent to buy, but there 
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which will very likely sire as great stock. No. He surely is great 
enough but he is not the whole thing. 
There will be nearly 
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Oct. 12-13,1915, at Syracuse, N. Y. 
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ALLAMUCHY FARMS, AHamuchy, N. J. 
CHENANGO COUNTY COWS 
High Grade and Registered 
HOLSTEIHS-Several Hundred 
now listed ior sale by our members. These are 
mostly fall cows, but includo many pure-bred 
heifers and hulls. Chenango nas the most dairy 
cows to the square mile of any county in the 
state. We have had no foot and mouth disease. 
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Reg. Holstein Heifers 
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East River Grade HolsteinsFor Sale 
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Keg. bulls ready for use. 
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