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THE RURAL NKW-YUKRKK 
1205 
Painting Interior of Silo. 
I have seen several letters in Tiif. R. 
N.-Y. in - regard to painting the inside of 
the silo yvith gas tar. I cannot find gas 
tar quoted anywhere; is there a differ¬ 
ence between gas tar and coal tar? If so 
would coal tar do? o. it. g. 
Belgrade, Me. 
Painting the inside of silos is not as 
popular as it once was, especially the 
single stave silos. The flooring of the lin¬ 
ing dries out as fast as the silage is fed, 
and such walls seem to remain unim¬ 
paired for years. Thgre is supposed to he 
a slight difference between gas and coal 
tar, but not much. The use of roofing 
paint—gas-tar compound—has taken the 
place of the old gas-tar mixture with gas¬ 
oline ; spreads easily, dries out quickly, is 
hard and glassy, and sells at about .‘10 
cents a gallon and 10 gallons of it would 
blacken a barn. All the gas-tar products 
can be had from any man who puts on 
paper roofing. The gas tar is made ready 
to paint with by mixing gas tar and gaso¬ 
line half and half, mixing it thoroughly 
in a shady place, and cigar smoking rigid¬ 
ly prohibited from start to finish. Com¬ 
mence at the top to paint. You do not 
mention the kind of wood to be painted. 
If soft wood it will be all right, but the 
hard pines without sap, and much resin 
in them will not be greatly benefited. Gas 
tar and gasoline make a very lasting 
paint. My silo so painted has been 
filled quite 25 times, and the silage has 
never affected the paint. It still shows up 
hard and shiny. j. o. 
Possible Delay in Filling. 
I am under the necessity of hiring the 
power for the cutting of my silage next 
month, consequently I am a little uncer¬ 
tain as to exact date of which I can 
get engine and cutter. Does it affect the 
quality of the silage to be cut and 
shocked a week or 10 days before being 
cut and put in the silo? b. g. j. 
Swissvaie, Pa. 
It is nothing new in silo practice to 
cut corn very much in advance of the 
filling process, and is not greatly to be 
avoided when one can do no better, 
though in a general way, it would be 
preferable to let the corn stand in the 
field uncut, until the silo filling appar¬ 
atus arrives. Of course if heavy frosts 
threaten, then the corn cut in advance 
would have the advantage. Maturity in 
(he uncut corn, is to be preferred to the 
drying in the shocks. My plan, if the 
corn must be cut in advance, would be 
to cut in bundles with a harvester, and 
instead of setting it up erect in shocks, 
would be to put it in quite large piles 
flatways on the ground. It will dry out 
far less. The year we had so much 
trouble with weather, and broken-down 
machines, these flat piles three weeks 
afterwards, came out in pretty fair con¬ 
dition and had dried out very little, as 
compared with shocked corn, and really 
needed no water added to it. in going into 
the silo, while the shocked corn had to 
he pretty well sprinkled to make up for¬ 
ks drying. If the delay of silo filling is 
only the matter of 10 days or so, and 
there seems no danger of a severe frost, 
corn is better left uncut, as little is 
heard nowadays about com being too ma¬ 
ture for the silo, provided there is not an 
excess amount of drying of the leaves, 
and there is no evidence that a light frost 
damages silage perceptibly. Filling with 
immature corn is far more to be avoided 
than maturity or a moderate frost or 
two. Plant a corn that will mature in 
110 days, and then you can wait two 
weeks for the silage fillers to arrive with¬ 
out endangering the quality of the silage. 
J. G. 
Whole Corn in the Silo. 
What success have farmers had in put¬ 
ting corn in silo uncut? Ilow should it 
be put in, and how should it be covered? 
I have a small square silo inside my barn, 
and am not so situated that I can well 
use a silage cutter, I would like to put 
corn in whole if it can be done so as to 
keep well. L. 
Vermont. 
Some of our readers report fair success 
in putting uncut stalks in the silo. There 
is usually a loss of from 10 to 15 per 
cent. Very few probably use the uncut 
corn if it is possible f r them to have it 
cut, for without question the cut stalks 
pack better and keep better. The corn is 
packed in bundles, put in with butts all 
one way, so that they lap over like 
shingles. They are stamped down as well 
as possible and covered with hay or straw 
with boards on top and weight enough 
to press it down. In emptying the silo 
the bundles are forked out whole or the 
end is cut down with a broadax. It is a 
rough way to make silage. We would 
rather feed dry fodder. 
New England Milk Notes. 
During the past few years one of the 
leading Boston milk contractors who has 
been very much before the public is W. A. 
Graustein. Always ready to predict this 
and that at every milk meeting he at¬ 
tended. and always beating down the price 
of milk at every opportunity, he was not 
loved very much by the farmers he dealt 
with. For the last year or more he has 
been behind in payments for milk, ns also 
has the Boston Condensed Milk Co., of 
which he was the leading spirit. In Ver¬ 
mont suit, has been brought in the name 
of the Secretary of State to recover if 
possible from the New England Casualty 
Co., of Boston, which was surety for the 
Boston Condensed Milk Co. Without 
doubt some of this back money will be re¬ 
covered, but it is a doubtful question if 
all that is owed by the company is e.ver 
paid. Several years ago the Boston Dairy 
Co., also conducted and supposed to be 
owned by said Graustein, did a condens¬ 
ing business at Bellows Falls, Vt. A 
poisonous matter was found in the pro¬ 
duct, and Mr. Graustein claimed it came 
from a soldering fluid used in the manu¬ 
facture of the cans, and he brought suit to 
recover $300,000 because of this. A short 
time since a verdict was given in favor of 
the can company which claimed the cans 
were clean when delivered. W. A. Grau¬ 
stein has now filed a petition in bank¬ 
ruptcy for $161,208, of which only a little 
over $2,000 is secured ; however, two life 
insurance policies of $20,000 have been 
assigned to a Boston law firm, on which 
something may be recovered some time! 
25 unsecured creditors who endorsed notes 
of the Boston Condensed Milk Co., will 
try to get back something if they can. 
Selling milk at the past low prices and 
then losing part or the whole of the pay 
for same is a bitter pill to swallow, and is 
a strong argument on adopting improved 
and safe methods in the future in any 
dealing with milk contractors. Only by 
a strong united effort on the producers’ 
part in a single or several distinct com¬ 
panies or organizations working under a 
single head or in toucn with same, can 
huskiess he conducted safely. 
We have several, both large and small 
contractors, in Boston who have always 
paid 100 cents for every dollar they owed, 
and who have always kept their agree¬ 
ments and credit should he given them for 
this. The idea that all contractors are 
crooks is not in justice to the facts before 
us. and is wrong. It is also true that, it is 
a hard matter to make a law that will 
cover all cases safely and do justice to 
all, hut we are sure improvement can he 
lnade along these lines, and generally 
speaking we are working that way. A 
greater tendency is shown to go slow and 
sure in future laws and amendments to 
present laws, and this is as it should be. 
A. E. p. 
Milking Shorthorn Breeders’ Association 
Organized. 
A movement of national importance 
was launched at the Minnesota State 
hair, when the American Milking Short¬ 
horn Breeders’ Association was organ¬ 
ized. The advocates of the dual-purpose 
cow have been increasing very rapidly in 
recent years, and they have felt the need 
of an association for registering these ani¬ 
mals, that would guarantee them to be 
milking Shorthorns. 
The meeting was called to order by T. 
A. 1 loverstad, and D. E. Willard acted 
as temporary secretary. The principal 
address was made by Mr. ,T. J. Hill. Mr. 
Hill told of the records being made by his 
noted herd of imported milking Short¬ 
horns. and urged the necessity of an as¬ 
sociation for recording ana advancing the 
interests of the breed. Prof. Thomas 
Shaw, who has advocated the dual-pur- 
pose cow for 25 years, and through whose 
efforts the meeting was called, spoke on 
the purpose of the organization. 
The association will register nothing 
but milking Shorthorn cattle, and the 
very fact that they are recorded in the 
American Milking Shorthorn Breeders’ 
Association will be a guarantee that they 
are milking Shorthorns. An animal to be 
recorded must measure up to the require¬ 
ments in milk production and beef con¬ 
formation. Provision is made for breed¬ 
ing up grade animals and record'ng those 
that have a sufficient number of crosses 
ot pure blood. Full particulars, includ¬ 
ing the constitution, 
for registration, will 
the near future. 
Executive board is 
orary president, J. ,T 
Minn.: president. Prof 
by-laws and rules 
be made public m 
as 
follows: 
Hill, St. 
Thomas 
Ilon- 
Paul, 
Shaw, 
T. A. 
St. Paul. Minn.; vice-president, 
Iloverstad. Minneapolis, Minn.; secretary, 
E. A. Willson, St. Paul, Minn.; treas¬ 
urer, D. E. Willard. St. Paul, Minn. Di¬ 
rectors : W. A. Christianson, Granville, 
N. D.; L. J. Keating. Graceville, Minn.; 
Clarke W. Kelley, Devil’s Lake, N. D 
Prof. II. R. Smith, St. Paul, Minn.; -Miss 
4’ « Alexander, Suisun, Cal.; Dwight 
A. Smith, Tendoy, Idaho. 
Queen Schillaard 
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Year’s Butter Record. 
690 Pounds. 
Dang 
For the 
Great Milker 
Freshening time is the most critical period in the 
life of a cow or heifer. If the afterbirth is re¬ 
tained longer than a few hours, the animal is in 
serious danger. No injury or sickness has such 
disastrous results as failure to properly clean. 
If blood poisoning does not set in (sometimes 
causing death), the animal will be ruined as a 
milk producer for the whole season. Many cows, 
especially heifers, retain the afterbirth. If 
allowed to remain, disease and blood poisoning 
may follow. If you forcibly remove it, some 
parts of the afterbirth will remain. These parts 
decompose and are absorbed by the animal, 
causing a rapid wasting of flesh and loss of milk. 
Avoid all danger by using 
Dr. David Roberts 
COW 
AND ANTISEPTO 
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Cleanse the genital organs with Antisepto—it is cooling, soothing 
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cows in a healthy breeding condition. Prevent catarrhal infec¬ 
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Badger Balm, Laxotonic and Stokvigor. 
Dr. Roberts’ Prescriptions are the same that he uses in his prac¬ 
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VETERINARY CO. 
110 Wisconsin Ave., Waukesha, Wis. 
