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V>ht! RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 3, 1017. 
This 
‘‘Warning 
Signal” 
Insures proper speed on 
every NEW De Laval 
Cream Separator 
INE people out of ten turn the separator handle too slowly. 
Thousands of tests with experienced separator operators show this 
to be the case. 
Other tests made by the highest authorities have shown conclusively that 
there is a big cream loss when the cream separator is not turned fast enough. 
You will avoid such a possible cream loss if you buy the New De Laval. 
The Bell Speed Indicator on the New De Laval is a “warning signal” that 
insures proper speed at all times. No mailer who runs your De Laval, this 
“warning signal” will tell you when the speed is not right. You hear it, 
and do not need to see it. This one feature alone may easily save you the 
cost of a cream separator in the next few months. 
But that is only one of the big advantages of the New De Laval. Other 
advantages are greater capacity, closer skimming and easier turning, simpler 
bowl construction, and easier washing. 
If you haven’t the spare cash right now, that need not stand in the way of your getting a 
New De Laval right away. We have an arrangement with De Laval agents which makes 
it possible for any reputable farmer to secure a De Laval on the partial payment plan—a 
small payment at the time of purchase and the balance in several installments—so that your 
De Laval will actually pay for itself while you are using it and getting the benefit from it. 
Why not see the nearest Dc Laval agent at once? If you do not 
know him, write to the nearest office for any desired information. 
Live Stock and Forage Notes 
Silo for Six Cows 
T wish to bnihl « silo for six cows the 
year aroiiiul. I have a lot of lumber, 
and have been thinking out a plan to 
build one octagon shape, sheathed, iia- 
pered and sided, the inside- stet'l-lathed 
and iilasfered with cement. I cijuld build 
one of tills type at a very low figure. 
What is your o|)inion, and liow large for 
six cows? t. Tr. I.. 
If f’. II. T.. will investigate somewhat, 
he will find it to be a rather difficult un¬ 
dertaking to build a silo small enough to 
feed just six cows. First, the cost r*f 
s!loin}r his crop so to make it profitable 
as compared with “dry” feeding, the dif¬ 
ficulty in getting the silage to .settle com- 
jiactly in this small silo, and securing its 
kef'ping finalities unimiiaired in the Sum¬ 
mer months. The jilan of building an 
octagon sih> is all right, but the jiro- 
regard to Oo.ssack Alfalfa, I think the 
v<‘ry fact that this variety has been 
triinsplanted in checks ,3x.'> feet, cul¬ 
tivated and forced along, has influenecci 
the opinion of those who have tried it 
out in it small way. I feel very sure 
that if j'ou will transplants individual 
idants f»f (Irimin Alfalfa in the same 
way as you handle your (,’ossack. ymi 
will find it will grow immen.se plants 
in the same wtiy as the Oissack. 
“You spetik of the superior root .sys- 
tf'in of the (’ossack varifdy If yfiu will 
take common ordinary Alfalfa, cut hack 
the central root and transplant it - in 
checks .“x.” feet, giving each plant nine 
sfpiare feet of soil to draw on, j’ou will 
b(' suriuised what a tremendous plant 
you can grow, and you will also find 
that all thes<* plants will have an 
exceedingly large and widely branclufl 
root. When the central imfits of any 
Alfalfa are cut back and the plant- 
transplanted, a very extensive lateral 
root gi-fiwth flevelops.” 
The De Laval Separator Co • 29 £. Madison St., Chicago 
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Raise your own honey. 
Wo start you riKht. Send 
today for Bee Supply 
Catalog. Sent FRE& 
Dadant& Sons 
One Night’s Catch 
with Victor Traps 
Worth Several Dollars 
FUR is getting more and niore valuable. Yet some farmers are 
content to have lots of fur walking around the farm loose on the 
backs of skunks and muskrats. 
Follow the example of those farmers and their boys who set a 
dozen Victor traps in likely spots every evening through Fall and 
Winter and collect two or three hundred dollars in cash for the fur 
before Spring. 
And it’s a spare time job at that! 
The Victor grabs the little pests by the leg and holds them tight. 
Start with a half dozen Victors. (You can get them from any 
hardware dealer.) They will pay for themselves—and a good profit 
besides in your first week of trapping. 
Oneida Community, Ltd., Oneida, N. Y. 
Setting Alfalfa Roots by Machinery 
])osfd W!iy, might be amciub'd. If (\ 11. 
L. will build bis silo of 2x4-incb .stuff so 
iis to enclose a space alxuit eight feet in 
diameter, spiking one piecxi fiat upon the 
top of the other, avoiding close work, he 
can cement pla.ster onto the inside with¬ 
out pap<*r, or steel lath, .and in a way, 
save much material. If it were for Win¬ 
ter feeding alone, the silo could be built 
with a somewhat larger inside diameter, 
luit in hot weather, it would be difficult 
to feed fast enough from a large surface 
to prevent much loss in ferment and 
molding of the silage. If in building, you 
will do clos(‘ work in '.sjiiking on the 
“lifts" and in lapping the corners, you 
will need no pla.ster, just jiut on coats of 
coal far iiaint to close seams, and fill 
joints, you will have a gOnd s'.ln. and 
yet furtluu' reduc<‘ tlie cost of building. 
J. G. 
Transplanting Alfalfa Roots 
Nearly every day bring.s questions 
about transplanting Alfalf.i jdants. Now 
we have tried this—doing the work liy 
hand—but we are not preiau’ed to ad¬ 
vise its exttuisive use in tlie Fast. There 
are many poultrymeii and gardeners who 
need 'ii supply of green fodder, luit do iio-t 
care to seed Alfalfa. To .such our advi<-e 
is to ])lant out .KMl plants of (’ossack or 
(irimm .Vlfalfa and give the jilati a fair 
trial. If the plants :ict :is tlu'V have 
with us, the trial will pay. Wo ar<‘ not 
going to “bootu” any new plait or ;iny 
new variety, but the transplauting is 
worth ti-yiug. 
In South Dakota this traiisidauting is 
done by macbiiu'ry. 4'lie picture on 
(his ptige is ri-engravt'd from liulletin 
Km of the South Dakota Station at 
Krookiiigs. 'I’his sltows liow a straw¬ 
berry triins|)lau(or is used lor setting the 
plants. From eight to 10 acres tire juit 
out ill tills way. We know that tlie 
plants do make an enormous growth 
when traiisplaiitt'd. but we stick to our 
advice to go slow with this method and 
try it in a small wtiy first. 
There is some controversy regarding 
the comparative values of (’ossack and 
Grimm Alfalfas. ’I’he C'ossack has done 
well with us. and on our hard .soil we 
prefer it to (rrimm. The \Visconsin 
Fxperimciit Station lias organized an 
“Alfalfa Order” for the purpo.se of pro¬ 
moting Alfalfa and .studying its reiiuire- 
ments. Tlie secretary wrote us tihout 
the (’ossack variety tind we gave our 
experience. He wrote this in reply : 
“While I appreciate what you say in 
Now wc are not trying to boom an., 
Iiarticuliir variety, and we will “a.sk tin- 
plant” by trying Grimm under tlie .same 
conditions as the transplanted (.’o.s.sack. 
As for changing tin- root system by cut¬ 
ting hitek the central root we went till 
tlirough thiit in trying the Stringfetlow 
system of jdanting tree.s. We found tiiat 
most varieties or at lea.st most groups 
of tree.s had certain definite I’fiot forma 
tion.s, and no matter how you (rut them, 
tlie.se clmracterictics would show. Now 
we think Cos.sjick is the best variety for 
transplanting if anyone thinks that plan 
will pay. Do not, however, he led to pay 
extravagant prices for (’iiss.-ick seed. 
Statistics of a Dairy County 
Some ('xcellent work ha.s been done h,, 
tlur I’ariii Dureau, M'insor (’ouiity, Ver 
iiiont. in digging uii facts about the lead 
iiig industry. lUitter-makiiig leads all 
other lines of husine.ss in that county. 
()ut of 81 fariiKM’s who gave their figurt's. 
Ill patronized creameries, 20 make but¬ 
ter and IS sell milk ;it wliolesali*. In the 
K> towns of the county there art* lO’-’-l 
silos, the total built last year htdiig 101. 
I’liere is jiractically oih“ silo to every 
three farms, and they are still going tip. 
Alfalfa is getting a start and there will 
he a large increase in tin* acreage during 
tlic next few years. 
As best vaiiety of corn for tlie silo, 
.^aiiford leads the list with 20 votes out 
of 01. Learning comes next with IH 
votes, although a numher of the flints are 
also used. The large varieties like Fu- 
leka are not as popular in this North 
erii country. The advice is to u.se sev¬ 
eral varieties of tlie flints, and newer 
kinds sid(> by side for compai-isoii. Tiie 
farmers of Nortlierii 'V'ermoiit evideiitl.v 
do not want ii variety which is all stalk 
and leaf, liuf tlic.\' want a good ear for 
list' in tlar silo. 
I )f 70 farmers who voted on the sub¬ 
ject .’>7 favored llu' .lersey cattle, 2t’ 
ilolstein, five Guernsey, three Ayrshire, 
one Sliorthorii and one Frown tswi.ss, 
'I'here are localities in the county where 
•lersey cattle largely predominate, and 
other localities where the Holstein is Im- 
comiiig very po))ular. As the chief hii-- 
iiM‘ss of Wiiisor (’ounty is butter-making 
it is natural that the .lersey should lead. 
A .lersey (’attic Hreeders’ Associaticn 
is soon to he formed in the county. 
.\s for slieep. .several towns seem tc 
he gaining in sheep growing, hut in tin' 
majority the business is on the decline. 
Few people apparently believe that .sheep 
will ever displace a cow. yet a larv.- 
numher of farmers ht'lieve tliat there i-s 
;i place on many fariiis for ti .smtill Hock 
of sheep. Dm* man is (iiioted as .saying. 
“My most profitable cows are the one- 
with wo(d on their hack." 
Many other interesting things have 
been diig cut by tlie Farm F'.ureau in rr- 
gar(i to lime, the salt* of whole milk and 
the cost of milk production. Tins Farm 
P.urcau is evidently alive and doing good 
work for the farmers. 
