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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 24. l;»lV. 
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JERSEYS 
Will Start Ox Farming 
One thing I am giving to do this year 
differently, and that is use a pair of oxen 
instead of hiring a i)air of horses when 
the work is too niiu-li fur one horse. I 
started in last Fall with a pair of three- 
year-old steers, not especially well 
broken, but even with these the results 
were so satisfactory that I shall do 
ever.vthing this coming season with ox- 
power. In the first jdace there is the 
c<>mi)aratively low initial cost. There is 
the price of a yoke (.$!>) against $4." up 
for a pair <tf team harnesses. You can 
somewhere near get your money back on 
a i)air of old or disabled oxen. The up¬ 
keep is so much less; my steers have 
grown fat on jiasturage and meadow hay 
in the Winter. The conditions on juy 
herd .should thus drop off in production 
and I confess in.v iuabilit.v to offer a 
reasonable solution of' the problem. You 
are feeding a ration sufficiently high in 
Ijrotein and your roughage seems to b'* 
beyond criticism, it uiay be taken for 
granted that your cows are getting good 
care and are encouraged to do their l>est. 
If anyone can offer a reasonable explan¬ 
ation of this slump in pnaluction, it will 
inteiest many another dairyman. 
M. B. P. 
A Small Flock of Sheep 
I keep a small flock of sheep, and con¬ 
sider them the best stock on the farm. 
Here are my figures of last year’s income. 
T started into the Winter of 1915-10 with 
12 bred ewes, and six ewe lambs. I later 
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GUERNSEYS 
GUERNSEY BULLS?,7, 
Prices Reasouabla SUNNY BROOK FARM. Smithtown.N.Y. 
GUERNSEY BULLS Send for sale list. 
Edwin B. Maude - Coatesville. Pa. 
Five oBloial years’ records 
of one Guernsey Cow in 
Maryland average over 600 lbs. butter fat. 
Tlie seven official records of her S daughters 
a\ erage 646 lbs. butter fat. Write for our free l>ooli lets. 
AMERICAN GUERNSEY CAmE CLUB. Boz R. Peferboro. N. H. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street, New York 
money refunded if not satisfactory 
THE MOORE BROS. OF ALBANY 
NEW YORK 
SA?E-Registered Ayrshire Bull 
years old. MAY Oasterdine, Dover. N. J. 
Bull Power at Farm Work 
f.-trm are just suited to cattle; the place 
was overgrown and run out wheu 1 got it, 
and for woiking among stumps, brush 
and rocks cattle are the thing. Of course 
tht‘ time-honored objection to cattle is 
that they are slow; they are, but wheu 
you hitch a couple of steers on a three- 
horse disk harrow and load it down with 
rocks, does the fact that one horse could 
pull a small one-horse harrow faster 
i necessarily make the job as done with 
! the cattle poorer or more uneconomical? 
I intend eventually to get rid of my 
working horse and got a small driver, as 
I am going to break a lO-monlhs steer 
to go single and use him for cultivating, 
etc. imVAXT STHONG. 
New Hampshire. 
Cows Shrink in Milk 
il.v cows are doing very poorly this 
Winter. They are grade Holsteins and 
came in fresh from Septmnber 1 to No¬ 
vember 10. In the early Pall the.v had 
good after feed ni»on the mowings and 
when this was gone they were fed night 
and morning in the barn. The cows that 
freshened early in the Fall gave an 
abundant flow of milk for a time but Iw’- 
gan to fall away in October and have 
continued gradually to shrink. Since 
early November I have been feeding 
them a bushel each of silage twice daily 
and a liberal feeding of hay once a day. 
For a grain ration I fed union grains 
until about three weeks ago when on 
account, of the high price I substituted 
a ration consisting of bran middlings 
and gluten, about a peek daily per cow. 
at the rate of two quarts^ of gluten and 
si'x quarts of bi’aii aud middlings mixed. 
I find that b.v weight this is equivalent 
to three pounds of gluten and five of 
bran and middlings. This change cainsed 
no marked diftereuce in flow of milk. 
The cows are at present giving from 15 
to 25 pounds of milk each per day. Last 
Winter the same cows gave from 25 to 
nearly 40 pounds and were in about the 
same stage of lactation. A cow which 
freshened about November 10 has not 
given over 25 iiouiuls per day. laist 
year she gave 35 pounds for a long time. 
My bay and silage are both first quali¬ 
ty but the silage has few ears. Last 
year wheu the cows were doing so much 
better 1 had no silage and much of m.v 
hay was of poor quality. At that time 
I fi^ a grain ration consisting of union 
grain and middlings. I also feed dried 
beet pulp. The cows are milked and 
cared for b.v the same persons as last 
year. They are salted twice a week and 
watered dail.v though they often drink 
but little, presumably by reason of the 
juice from the silage. A. n. k. 
Connecticut. 
It is a common experience with dairy¬ 
men to find that a cow that does excep¬ 
tionally well one year will make a poor 
recoi'd the next, even with conditions 
apparently fully as favorable. It is not 
easy to explain, however, why a whole 
bought three ewes and two small lambs. 
This made 21 head. I raistd, all told, 10 
lambs from 12 ewes. I sold 159 lbs. wool 
for $55.65; eight lambs for $08.40, and 
seven cull ewes for $42.50, a total of 
$100.55. After selling the above I had 
21 bead left, l.’l ewes aud eight ewe lambs. 
I kept no account of the value of the 
feed eaten. It was all raised ou the farm. 
It consisted of mixed bay, corn fodder 
aud corn and oats. If my work and f' od 
would amount tor $4 per head (which I 
know it will not cost to keep a sheep) 
the remainder, about $4 per head, would 
Ik? 50 per cent, profit ou an investment of 
$8 per head for the .slieei). The original 
sheep I bought in 1914 cost only ,$5.58 
per head. Ou this Inisis the profit would 
be still greater. 
I keep these sheep on a small rented 
farm. I pay cash rent. The farm does 
not suppl.v enough pasture for the Sum¬ 
mer for all of them, so I must hire some, 
yet I consider them the most profitable 
stock I keep. I prefer to take care of 
them above any other sttick on the farm. 
They are so easily kept when properly 
cared for. In the above account I have 
made no mention of tin? value of the 
manure. Tliey make a lai’ge (juantify 
during the IViuter of the coarse rough 
feeds on the farm. This farm needs the 
manure ver.v much. In fact, if I had this 
farm rented on shares I do not believe I 
could keep the sheep, as the owner of the 
farm would not want an interest in them. 
Ou the cash rent system I can keep the 
stock that suits me best. We also sold 
$472.12 worth of hogs last year, all raised 
on the farm, but for net results the sheep 
are ahead. S. ti, 
Ohio. 
Building a Square Silo 
I de.sire to build a silo this Summer 
for the tenant on my farm in Northern 
New York. Would a square silo made of 
pine siding, one inch thick, tongue and 
groove, and built in the bai'ii jirove sat¬ 
isfactory? If .so. what size should it be 
for Winter feeding for a dairy of 14 
cows, aud how should it l)e con.stimcted? 
M. M. J. 
Silos are still being l>uilt in tin' barn, 
tliough the outside silo, lias been more 
generally built in recent years. A silo 
12x28 ft. inside measurement, will jirove 
ample, and afford something to the young 
stock, which will relish the silage great¬ 
ly. The construction of the barn itself 
will have much to do with the framing 
of the silo, and whether it is a base¬ 
ment barn, so that the silo can start 
from the lowest level, this last much bet- 
What is 
Gained by 
Testing 
Cows 
Testing your cows tells whether 
they are earning money for you. 
By the Register of Merit work 
you can now build up your herd 
from animals of known produc¬ 
tion, Science is driving ^ess- 
work out of the dairy business. 
Government records show that 
the average net profit per cow was in¬ 
creased 129®/() in eight years by testing. 
Selection based upon actual dairy 
merit will produce like results in your 
herd. Our booklet, “What 
is Accomplished by Test- 
ingCows,'’willhelpyou. 
^ndforitnow. It’sfree. 
The American Jersey 
Cattle Club 
330 West 23ril Street 
New York City 
Register 
resents 
Meridale Jerseys 
Bull Calf 
Ready for service— a grandson of 
Interested Prince 58224 (Imp.), and 
backed by three generations of 
of Merit dams. He rep- 
blood lines followed at 
Meridale Farms for 
more than 28 years. 
Write for pedigree. 
AYER 6 MCKINNEY 
300 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa- 
Eureka Stock Farm 
We now offer 9 Registered Jersey Heifer8,2 to 
18 mos. old; S Bulls, 2 mos. mid 2 yrs. old; 3 
Cows, 4 And 8 jrs. old; all of St. Lambert, Flying 
Fox and Noble of Oaklands breeding. Also 60 
Chester White Pigs, 10 wks. to 7 mos. old, eligi¬ 
ble to registry. Write for Circular and Prices. 
Edward Walter, Dept. R.West Chester, Fa. 
ore DUO Sophie Tormentor blood, the 
BlSBjo world's best. Young bulls, heiferi^ 
calves, and a few good cows. o. J. KENEPP, McVerlewn, Ptan'e 
HOLSTEINS 
Spot Farm Holsteins VIo** 
H Holstein heifer cal ves,$16 to 
$20 each, express paid in lots of 
6. 2 carload high grade Hol¬ 
stein heifer.s. $3o to $Ta each. 1 
[Carload of high grade Holstein 
cows.closespringers.tSStotlOO. 
1 carloael of registered cows, 
$200 each, due in March. 6 reg¬ 
istered Jieifers, due in March, 
$lf>0 each. 18registered heifers, 
8 to 15 months old, $80 to $126. 
15 registered bulls, $25 to $100. 
J. C. REAGAN, TULLV, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULL 
Lam offering for sale a bull born March 21, 1916, 
tliat will soon be ready for service. He is more 
white than black, well grown, and a good individ¬ 
ual. 'I'he sire is a ‘29.9-lb. son of King of the Pont- 
iacs and the dam is a 14-lb. jiinior-two-year-old 
that is capable of a larger record at next test. 
Excellent breeding in every line. Bull is tuber¬ 
culin tested and is sure to iilease. Price $100, F, O. 
B. .Sherburne. Write for pedigree. 
JOHN M. HOWARD, Sherburne, N. Y. 
East River Grade Holsteins For Sale 
1 00 Extra high grade cows. Fresh and due to calve 
soon. Cows that are bred for milk. They ftU 
the pail. Come and see them milked. 
I 2 Keg. laills. all ages. A few Keg. cows aud extra 
high heifer calves. 10 days old. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER 
Dept. Y Cortland, N.Y. 
Phone 14-F-S Phone 43-F-2 McGraw 
Grade Holsteins for Sale 
Onn fxtra fancy, well bred and nicely mai-ked cows. 
aUU a number "ai'e recently fresh and others due to 
freshen soon. They are heavy producers and will 
plea.se you. 
inn large, well bred two and three year old heifers 
I UU l.red to good registered H. F. Imlls. All stock .sold 
with a full guarantee. Si)ecial price on oar load lots. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON Springdale Farms, Cortland, N.Y. 
Phone 116 or 1476 M 
HOLSTEIN BULLCALF 
Born Jan. 1,1917. Nice, large calf, well marked. Dam 
recently made, witliont going dry, in seven days: 
milk,5251bs.; butter,22.42. A.R.O. 'VVe have others 
old enough for service all sired by a son of Pietje 
22nd, son ■who recently sold for$4,000. Send for prices. 
Mapde rAEM - Staatsburg', N. Y. 
Uni not down. Cheap bulls 
••wl-O I Lino ^,.0 ,),e most expensive. We offer 
registered sons of a 35.61 lb. sire, A. R. O. dams, at 
$125, easy payments. Farmers can't afford to use 
scrubs at these prices. Send for pedigrees. 
CLOVEKDALE FARM, CHAKLOTTE, N. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves writl*fm- 
speci,al offer. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenango.N.Y. 
For Sale-HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 
pureantl grade. HARRY VAIL. Warwick.OrangeCo., N.Y. 
Purebred Holstein Heifer oidT‘'4‘'Uur^‘p?(ce^.'n.’:t 
sonable. .ffll papefs. K, 11. WOOll, t'ortluiid, Y. 
