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RURAI. NEW-YORKER 
April 14, 1917. 
»IW(HrM<UK outlet 
CPEAM outlet 
SKIM-MILK outlet 
The New 
Self-CenterinK 
De La/al Bowl 
Concave 
Bottom 
Detached 
Spindle 
The Supremacy of the 
T here may be some question as to who makes the best 
wagon or the best plow or the best watch, but when it 
comes to cream separators the supremacy of the De Laval is 
acknowledged at once by every fair minded and Impartial man 
who is familiar with the cream separator situation. 
Thousands and thousands of tests, 
the world over, have proven that the 
De Laval skims the cleanest. 
The construction of the New De 
Laval keeps it in a class by itself. 
It outlasts and outwears all other 
makes by far, and can be run with 
much less cost for repairs. 
The world-wide De Laval organiza¬ 
tion, with agents and representatives in 
almost every locality where cows are 
milked, leady to serve you, insures that 
the buyer of a De Laval will get quick 
and valuable service when he needs it. 
More De Lavals are sold every year 
than all other makes combined. 
The New De Laval has greater capacity than the 1916 style, 
is simpler in construction, has fewer and interchangeable discs, is 
easier to wash, and the skimming efficiency is even greater. 
Each New De Laval is equipped with a Bell Speed Indicator. 
Order your De Laval now and let it begin saving cream for you right 
away. Remember that a De Laval may be bought for cash or on such 
liberal terms as to save its own cost. See the local De Laval agent, 
or if you don't know him, write to the nearest De Laval office as below. 
New Catalog will be mailed upon request 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 
165 Broadway, New York 29 E. Madison St., Chicago 
SO.OOO BRANCHES AND LOCAL AGENCIES THE WORLD OVER 
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Avrarded Cold 
Medal I*an.-Pso. 
Exposition. 
Why Use Dirty Coal-tars or 
Dangerous Carbolic Acid 
wlien B-K the POWKRPUL disinfectant (NOT A l’OIS(;N) is wortli two to .seven times 
as much on the basis of germ-kilUiiK strengrth alone—und costs less to uso? Consider 
that B-K is i>owoi-tul yet not a poison; that it Is oleiir and clean ns water and as easy to use. 
Thoa you will understand why B-K is entirely in a class by itself us a farm disinfectant. 
It is s.af('. Use B-K for sprayinfr barns and stock—hogr pens and poultry bouses—for 
dipplnir birds and stock—for mixin;r in drinking water through which contaprious diseases 
are spread. You should uso B-K reKularly. If your dealer does not sell it-send us his name. 
Dealers Wanted in Every Town 
KKEF. BULLETINS—Send for eompleto information—“trial 
olfor’’ and bulletins on Farm DisinfeclIiiK—C'ontairious 
Abortion—Calf Scours, Ilo^ Sanitation or Poultry Knising'. 
General Laboratories, 
SrOtt 8. lllekinaon Ht. 
JUudlsun. VVIs., U.8. A. 
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BLACKLEGOIDS 
THE SAFE, EFFECTIVE BLACKLEG VACCINE 
WHY TAKE CHANCES 
WHEN BLACKLEGOIDS AND A LITTLE LABOR WILL HELP YOU 
PREVENT LOSS FROM THIS FATAL DISEASE. 
NO DOSE TO MEASURE NO LIQUID TO SPILL 
NO STRING TO ROT 
WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLETS ON BLACKLEG AND HOW TO PREVENT IT 
Dept, of Aninial 
Industry 
PARKE, DAVIS & CO. 
DETROIT. 
MICHIGAN 
Milk an<J Butter Problems 
Making Sweet Butter 
Will you explain the ju’ocess of mak¬ 
ing sweet blitter, also is it iiece-s.-jary for 
a farmer to put in any additional ma¬ 
chinery to manufacture itV What does 
it sell* for? In how large a package is 
it put up? 1 am told that there is more 
in it for a farmer to make sweet butter 
than tliere is in salt butter. I would 
like a full detail of the business and 
your id('a of the business, also the out¬ 
look for the sales of the same. o. v. D. 
New York. 
Sweet butter is simply butter made 
out of ripened cream and uusalted. It 
is easier to make than salted butter, in 
lliat one does not have to bother to work 
in salt and look out for grittiness and 
uneven color due to mottling. The same 
machinery is u.sed in the manufacture. 
It should sell for about two cents per 
pound more to break even with salt but¬ 
ter, since the surplus or overrun is less, 
due to abseuce of salt. In other words, 
it will take a little more, say .‘!0% cream, 
to make K) pounds of sweet butter than 
10 pounds of salt butter. The jiroduct 
is more perishable than salt butter iind 
I should be marketed soon after it is made. 
The demand for this butter in hotels and 
by individuals, particularly tlie .lewish 
trade, is constantly increasing. It would 
be well to look up a market in a m-ar- 
by town or city and iiossihly supply the 
trade by parcel post. If you go into this, 
advertise it well, put it in a neat pack¬ 
age, and charge 00 e-'iits per pound for 
it if possible. This ino.-ms a special mar¬ 
ket with select trade, which is what you 
want. o. F. J. 
I . - 
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Northern Ohio Dairymen Win 
.\t the great demonstration of the 
dairymen in Ch'veland ^lareli li, 701) 
farmers from Northern Dhio ini't, i>er- 
fected their organization, and published 
the fact of their alliance with the otlier 
like associations in Ohio, putting the .sale 
of milk into the hands of a committ«s> of 
three men, and by common coijsmit. This 
indicated that the ,Sunun(‘r milk must he 
sold at an advance of live or more cents 
per gallon over last Summer. The fi.rni- 
ers went Innne feeling as if things were 
coming their way, tlie smaller deah'rs 
I atlirmiug they would stand tor about _1!0 
cents, and the great conip.-inies exhibiting 
a far liiore friendly s]>irit tlian at the 
“embargo” four montlis ago. Things were 
(juiet for 10 days, aftm- theu the dair.v- 
ineii’s committee called ujiou the tlleve- 
laiul buyers and asked for a couference 
for terms. The dairymen as a feeler, 
asked for about 21 cents, the city dealers 
to continue the 10 cent*, a (piart price. 
The matter of great (V) Summer over- 
su]tply was the hoiu' of contention, it be¬ 
ing eiaimed theri; must he a low month 
.somewluua*. and possibly 1 < t'ents for that 
month. Nothing was arrived at, and an¬ 
other meeting March 20 ele.ire,! the air 
more ]»erfcctly and an agreement made to 
nu'ct March 2S, The city dealers were 
jiromptlv met by the farmers’ coininitteo, 
and it w.is a most remarkahle gathering 
as to frienilly spirit, and jiriee agreement. 
Another matter came ui). and put a new 
“crimii” ill the iiroceedings. T'Im* t-ountry 
creameries. mo.st of them, are run by the 
city buyers, and as clainied. paid numb 
smaller jiriees than the-saine linns paid 
for city milk. The dealers admitti'd that 
they were favorable to dealing with the 
committee direct, and would so treat for 
prices. 
Terms were (puckly agreed niion, for 
the three jdiast's of tlie situation If the 
largi' dealers took all surplus milk in 
I .Tune, they weia* entitled to a diseonnt, 
I and then the jiri'ces were read and (piickly 
I agrei'd upon as follows: I.urge dealers’ 
indce list. April. 20c; May and .True. 17c; 
I .Inly, IT^.c; August and Heptemher, 22. 
I Small dealers, .\pril 20; May and .Iiine, 
! IS; .Tilly, 20; .Viignst and ,Sci»tcmhcr, 22c. 
I ('ountry reainer.v jirices for milk, jier can 
I of TO gallons, .\pril 12; May and .Inne, 
! .$1.70; .Tilly, .$1.00; August and Seiitcm- 
I her, ,$2.20.' Then they all signed up, 
shook hands, and all seemed satisfied, as 
the iirice for the six montlis averages 
I about (*> cents a gallon over last Siiinmer’s 
' prices and more, tlie dairymen’s organi/.a- 
lion was a resiiected “iiower” in Northern 
I Oliio, Sind met business w’th fair and 
• sipiare dealing, and was actually respect- 
j ed as- such. Incidentally this will affect 
I milk prices along the eastern line of tlie 
State, where milk by the thousands of 
cans goes to Pittsburgh, hut i.ic farmers 
are members of the Northern Ohio asso¬ 
ciation. A great .lubilee milk meeting 
was held in Mantua, Ohio, where with 
brass bands, and much eloiinence, the 
farmers- celebrated the triumph of their 
new association and its recognized posi¬ 
tion. Nothing like 5,000 men standing to¬ 
gether as “touching one thing.” they can 
defend themstdves better, than can one 
man defending himself against Ti.OIK) allied 
buyers. JOHN GOULD. 
Ohio. 
Hard Churning „ 
Recently a number of people have been 
asking through The R. N.-Y. how to get 
butter from one cow in an advanced 
period of lactation. We have one cow 
nearing the end of her .seventh month 
and like all the others had trouble with 
“nippy” butter and with churning, un¬ 
til we hit upon the plan of keeping the 
week’s cream in a jar in the ice box at 
a temperature of from 45 to 50 degrees, 
stirring well each addition of cream a.s 
put in the jar. Seven or eight hours 
lieforo churning the jar is removed from 
the refrigerator and placed in a warm 
corner where the temperature is not far 
from 70 or 75 degrees. With this plan 
we get excellent butter in from TO to 
40 minutes churning. I may add the 
churn is always filled with boiling water 
and allowed to heat so as to take the 
chill off before putting in the cream. 
New Y'ork. w. ii. M. 
Churning Whole Milk 
The people here do not separate the 
cream from their milk, but put it all 
in the chiii-n together, to make butter 
and drink or give away the buttermilk. 
What arc the advantages or di.sadvan- 
tiiges of this method, and where is the 
jn-olit in keeping a oow jn.st for the few 
pounds of butter tliey get’/ it. j, w. 
Virginia. 
The churning of milk has no real ad¬ 
vantages. (.»f course the task of sep¬ 
arating tlie cream does not have to be 
gone through with. In churning milk 
larger chiirii'i or more frequent churn¬ 
ing is neee.^snry. If butter comes in 
good condition jn-oloiiged churning ia 
necessary. The cluirning is not complete, 
i.e. there is a lot of hiittormilk left with 
considerable of tlic hiitterfat left in it. 
This UK'thod of chnrning is of no Com¬ 
mercial importance. T’he inofits per cow 
be she good or jmor, would naturally be 
somewhat lessened by following out prac¬ 
tice of churning her milk instead of her 
cream. jr. f. j. 
On page 51 a correspondent asks con¬ 
cerning tronhlcs in using a .small glass 
churn. T\ e have one cow, jind started 
by trying to use one of these churns. We 
found that it brings butter in from two 
to five minutes in warm weatlier, and 
instead of tlie butter gathering it is in¬ 
stantly incorporated with the buttermilk, 
and it was not possible to chum slowly 
enough to avoid this result. We put the 
glass churn on the top slielf and got a 
three gallon cedar cylinder churn. This 
churns from three pints to one gallon, 
does not \york well with more than that, 
requires from TO to 4,5 minuti-s and 
churns and gathers all butter if no sweet 
cream is put in with sour. The ghuss 
churn will he fine to put down pickles 
in next Fall by using something else for 
cover. M. L. c. 
New .Tei-sey. 
Oil (’ity not being vsituated in a farm¬ 
ing community, prices may rule a little 
high. Most milk sold here is retailed by 
producer from hon.se to house; the re¬ 
tail price is 10c jier qt., wholesale 22 to 
24c per gallon. Eggs, retail, 45c; whole¬ 
sale, T,j to T7c. No cheese made in this 
county. Rutter, retail 45c; whole.sale, 
T5c. Fresh cows average $75; veal, 
whole.sale, 15c jior lb., hog-dri'ssed. No 
beef cattle raised, butchers pay an aver¬ 
age of .$45 for milked-out cows. Chlck- 
i-ns. wliolesale, iSc per lb. Hogs, dres.sed, 
17e per lb. I’otatoes, wholesale $2.50 
pel- Im.; retail, .$.”,. Apples, No. 1, $1 
per 1 ) 11 .; wholesale. No. 2, peddled, 75c 
to $1 jier 1 ) 11 . Cabbage, wholesale, Oc 
I) er 11).; retail, 32c. Rarsnips Tc per 
II) . wlndcsale; turnips 2c per Ih. whole¬ 
.sale, No grain rai.sed for market except 
hiickwhe.it sold for $1..5U per cwt. Hay 
$1(5 i)er ton, delivered in Oil (Tty. T'he 
dairymen buy mill fred at the follow¬ 
ing prices; Rran $2 per cwt.; cornmeal 
$2..‘!(>; reil dog middlings .$2.70; corn 
.$1.::o i)i‘r bu.; oats 74c per hn.; oil me.il 
$2.75 ])er cwt.; cocoanut meal $2.50 per 
cwt.; cottonseed meal $2.25 per cwt.; 
gluten meal $2.75 per c-wt. No hn-wei-.s’ 
grains nor beet pulp in tliis market. Po¬ 
tatoes and cabbage a failure here last 
year. <)il City has a j)opiilation of IS,- 
000. Franklin 10,000. No public marki-t 
at cilhof i)lace; most farm products peq- 
(lled f)-oni hon.se to house. n. u. sr. 
Wniango Co., I’a. 
Potatoes sidling at niarki't lier*- for 
.'i!2..50 1)11. I’.I at the village mill 
around and liiglu'r. New milcii 
cows (scarce) $75 and $100. (^iiite :i 
ntimber of local f.-irniiM-s are hard hit for 
the want of help. The .six-months term 
hirial lielp are mighty scarce, and also 
mighty high-priced. The !4choharie 
County Farm Rureaii is working won¬ 
ders and showing up with tin* best of 
them. The Schoharie County Dairymen’s 
League A.ssociation. oomj)o.sed of 11 lo¬ 
cal leagues, was organized recently with 
P. ]\Iattice of Middlehurg, president; 
(Jeo. M. Simmons, Richmondville, secr**- 
tar.v: and Chas. P. Tabor, Jefferson, <n 
treasurer. c. it, d. 
Sehoharie Co., N. Y. 
