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January 20, 1917. 
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Lambmrtville 
"Z.” Brand 
(,duck vamp), 
a low-price, long- 
wearing ehort 
boot. 
Step Into These 
Boots During 
Wet Weather 
They are watertight and weatherproof—warm 
and dry as toast. Lambertville Rubber Footwear 
is the nearest approach to permanence in foot¬ 
wear ever made. The Lambertville “L’* brand 
boot shown above has a duck vamp. It is chock¬ 
ful of Lambertville long-wearing quality. 
iAMBErtville 
•^RUBBER FOOTWEAR* 
includes four brands in arctics, boots and shoes of various 
grades at prices *o suit .all requirements: “Snag-Proof,” 
IS heavy duck reinforced with rubber. “Redskin,” made 
of red rubber. “L” brand, described 
above. “Lamco” is pure gum with 
heavy ribs. 
There is a Lambertville dealer ••tameo*^ 
near you.’ If you don’t locate him, pjJrjLm 
write us and we will see that you ^ 
are supplied. Send for booklet. 
UMBERTVILLE RUBBER COMPANY 
Lambertville, N. J. 
Make Your Dairy Pay 
Farm Mechanics 
Silo on Small Farm 
I have 20 acres of land, 14 under culti¬ 
vation, the rest is pasture. I intend to 
put on one team of horses, and six (luern- 
sey cows. I am going to build a 10x20 
silo. Would this be enough feed for six 
months, and bow many acres of cmai 
would it take to fill it? Would this be a 
paying propo.sition V B. o. o. 
Salem, Wis. 
As yon live in land of silos, with ex- 
penence available, it might be better to 
investigate for your.self. If .von have the 
good land of your vicinity, yon ought to 
raise enough corn on three acres to feed 
silage to your six cows a yeai-. It would 
the hay would settle comparativel.v little 
by its own weight, whereas the lower 8 or 
10 feet of the 2;')-foot mow wouhl !).> 
pressed down hard. As often estimated 
the first mow would contain about 70 
tons, and the others lOS. 140, 100 and 
225 tons, respectively. 
That Dairy Barn 
Here is floor plan of basement barn 
for 40 cows, of the most convenient size. 
I know. This barn is .20x84 feet, 70 feet 
taken up by cows in two rows of stuu- 
cliions facing the center, 20 cows on each 
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A New Jersey Plan for Dairy Barn 
seem to the man far awa.y, to be a better 
plan to build a 10x20 or 12x24-ft. silo 
and calculate 15 tons per acre, and keep 
10 good Guernsey cows instead of six. 
There would be hut a trifling addition in 
the cost of the silo, and you then have an 
income of 10 cows, in.stead of six, and if 
you started with six yon would rapidly 
increase to the 10, and have in addition 
a side line of young stock, fi’he trouble 
with a small, shallow silo, is in getting 
the silage to settle compactly of its own 
weight. A silo 10x20 feet would largely 
overcome this. With a larger silo filh'd 
with fine silage, yon are indei)eiident of 
side allowing feet for each cow. 
There is a box stall 0x12 feet for sick 
cows or cows when calving, space for feed, 
stairway and alleyway to back of back 
row taking up the rest of the floor space. 
A silo if used can be placed at end of 
the barn convenient for feeding. 
Cows can enter at end of barn or at 
front side. If space over cows is to he 
pi-ovided for hay and fodder for cows, 
<4inte.s are made for throwing it down di¬ 
rectly in front of the cows. w. h. s. 
Sussex, N. .T. 
Enclosed is sketch of a cow barn to ac¬ 
commodate 40 cows, asked for recently. 
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A Barn Plan from Connecticut 
'C' VEN though you have no more than three 
cows, there are many good reasons why 
3’ou should have a Lily or Primrose cream 
separator. It is the only way to get all the 
cream. It gives you warm, wholesome skimmed 
milk to feed. It saves a lot of tiresome work. When 
you get your Lily or Primrose separator busy, you 
will wish you had done it when you first got your cows. 
Lily and Primrose separators skim down to the last drop of 
cream in each gallon of milk. You can’t beat them for close 
skimming. They turn easily. The bearings oil themselves 
as you run the machine. They don’t get out of adjustment— 
that is important. _ By turning a screw on the outside of the 
separator once in six months or so, you keep the bowl at the 
correct height, aud this is positively the only adjustment 
necessary. 
Next time you go to town, drop in and see the obliging 
dealer who handles Lily or Primrose cream separators. In 
the meantime, drop us a line, and we will send you some 
interesting reading matter about separators. 
International Harvester Company of America 
© (Incorporated) _ . 
CHICAGO USA 
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quick reply and a square deal.” 
The R. N.-Y. and you'll get 
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pasturage, droughts aud “strikes,” aud it 
still leaves you with the main acreage of 
your farm for other uses. The big prob¬ 
lem is how to avoid the grain dealers aud 
their prices as far as possible, hut cou- 
oeiitrates you must have to go either 
with pasturage, or silage, and this is 
wholly a local matter. J. G. 
Weight of Hay in a Mow 
Can you give me a rule to determine 
the amount of Timothy hay, well packed, 
which has stood in the mow for a period 
of four months and is free from any tie or 
crossheams? The mow is of the following 
dimensions : Length 120 2-2 feet, %vidth 
34%, height 8 feet; another, length 
130 2-3 feet, width .34%. height 12 feefr; 
another, length, 1.30 2-3 feet, width 34%, 
height 10 feet; another, length 120 2-3 
feet, width 34%, height 20 feet; another, 
length. 130 2-3 feet, width 34%, height 
25 feet. n. a. m. 
]\Ioasnring hay in the mow is to some 
extent guesswork, unless one has had 
considerable experience, knows the condi¬ 
tion of the hay when put in, and whether 
it was tramped hard or has settled by 
its own weight only. Under average con¬ 
ditions hay of this character runs from 
480 to 520 cubic feet to the ton. The 
first mow mentioned is so pBriUnw that 
I have made it 51xG4 feet as I do not con¬ 
sider 4()x(;0 large enougli. w. ir. n. 
Connecticut. 
Public Scales in Missouri 
A few months ago we hauled a load 
of 11 sheep and lambs to town. On tin* 
stock buyer’s scale they weighed 837 
lbs. On the standard scale they weigluKl 
!)85 lbs. On account of the difference 
being so big we drove them to another 
scale; there they weighed 852 lbs. These 
are all public .scales, products are 
weighed on them every day. It looks 
to me a.s though they should all he alike. 
Is there a scale inspector in Missouri, 
or some one who has a right to test 
these scale.s? UKAnEii. 
Missouri. 
In response to an inquiry about this 
we receive the following from a State 
official: 
There is no State lu.spector of Scales 
in Mis.souri. Each municipality has pub¬ 
lic weigh-ma.sters aud public scales. I 
have no doubt that unscrupulous slock 
huyer.s are sometimes guilty of fraud. 
Most of the better stock farmers have 
their own stock scales, and such farmers 
are in a position to guard agaimst de¬ 
ception. Nevertheless Missouri folks are 
honest. 
As usual it comes down to the point 
of protecting yourself even when the 
State is paid to protect you. 
