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BTic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 2S, 191T. 
Build concrete posts 
Concrete posts never decay, never need mending or replac¬ 
ing. Fire can’t hurt them—you can burn the weeds around 
concrete posts. Concrete gets stronger as it grows older. 
You can make concrete i^osts in your spare time. With 
one farm hand to help, you can quickly build a form to mold 
lo posts at a time—say 7 feet long, 5 inches square at the 
bottom and 4 inches square at the top. This form can be 
used again and again. Each set of 10 posts can be molded 
in 2 hours and needs only 2^4 bags Atlas Portland Cement, 
5 cubic feet of sand, 7^ cubic feet of gravel and 40 round 
reinforcing rods, -j^^-ihch diameter and 6 feet 10 inches long. 
Use a mixture of i part cement, 2 parts of sand and 3 parts 
of small pebbles. Ask your Atlas dealer for prices on these 
materials. 
How to make fence posts 
Complete in.structions for building forms, making, mixing, 
molding and curing concrete fence posts, corner posts, gate posts, 
columns, etc., are given in the Atlas Farm Book. It also tells 
how to build concrete garages, watering-troughs, walks, cellar 
floors and many other farm improvements. A.sk your Atlas 
dealer for this book—or send us coupon below. 
The Atlas Portland Cement Company 
Members of ihe Portland Cement A ssociation 
New York Chicago‘Pliila. Boston St. Louis Minneapolis Des Moines Dayton Savannah 
The Atlas Portland Cement Co., 30 Broad Street, New York, or Com Exchange Bank Building, Chicago, 
•Send free Atlas farm boo :. I expect to build a 
A Tennessee Pot Silo 
Replying to C. II. C., page .*144, let me 
say that I am a traveling salc.sraan, but 
live on a farm, and my farming is neces¬ 
sarily on .a small scale. However, I felt 
the need of a silo, and wanted one. Con¬ 
trary to t'.ie a 1 vice of my friends I went 
to work to luive one not built but dug, 
0^ feet in di.aineter and 21 feet deep, 
and we liked this so well I proceeded to 
have anotbor one feet in diameter by 
22 feet deep. We kept six cows last 
Winter, but last Fall sold all but two. 
We are feeding these out of the small 
silo, and it will feed them about seven 
months I think. Only one disadvantage 
about a pit silo, and that is it is more 
trouble to feed out of, hut it keeps silage 
perfectly right up to the walls and al¬ 
though we are feeding only two cows we 
are not losing one hit of silage. 
4'his silo was tilled with corn and velvet 
beans, and our cows are fat and fine, will 
leave wheat bran for the silage. A pit 
silo would not appeal to the big farmer 
or daii'jman, but for the small farmer 
who keeps only two to eight cows it is 
what be needs. No repairs ever neede d, 
will not blow dowm, cost only about half 
what .a good wooden silo will cost. One 
of the Western States has a bulletin on 
bow to construct these. There is some 
advantage in having two or three small 
silos instead of one large one, for while 
you are feeding out of one can be filling 
another. G. n. ivy. 
Tennessee, 
R. N.-T.—The experiment stations in 
Nebraska (Lincoln) and Arizona (Tuc¬ 
son) have issued bulletins on pit silos. 
Evidently such a pit must be made in 
open, well-drained soil, where the water 
level is low down. Mr. Ivy writes the fol¬ 
lowing paHiculars about his silo : 
“My silos are lined with Portland 
cement and sand plastered to the side 
walls; this can be done to best advantage 
by digging five or six feet, then putting 
on the cement 'i'heu dig another six feet 
and again put on the cement and so on, 
mnch depends on the persons doing the 
work in getting a smooth and perpeudic- 
tilnr wall. Every small farmer should 
have one or more of these pit silos. Of 
no sign that you need that kind for yoifl- 
purposes. earl j. wilsox. 
California. 
Pasture for Pigs 
Adjoining my hog lot is an acre and 
a half of good land that I would like 
to use for Summer and Autumn feed for 
a litter of pigs. How may I use it to 
the best advantage? It can be divided 
by temporary fences if necessary. What 
shall I plant and in what order from 
the hog lot? w. r. n.. 
Ohio. 
I infer that the soil is good, that W. 
F. B, has a small number of j)igs, and 
intends during the Summer supplement¬ 
ing forage with other feed. ^Jhiere is 
nothing better than Hwarf Essex rai>e 
for hog pasture, and it can be seerled 
any time during the Summer and is 
ready for pasture in a few weeks. If 
forage is desired and feed purelia.sed, I 
would divide the field in two parts, in 
one drill rape in rows 30 inches apart, 
and An the other a succotash crop cor- 
sisting of corn, peas, oats, rape, one of 
the vetches, and I would include some 
Soy beans. This mixture should be .sown 
broadcast and is a modification of the 
mixture which the Michigan College ha.s 
found good, but they use clover in place 
of vetch, and omitted the Soy beans. 
Considerable damage is done to a ci’op 
of this mixture by tramping, and it 
would be well to cut and feed it to the 
hogs. The inquirer might divide the 
ground in two part.s, using one-half for 
rape seeded in drills, the other half 
planted to corn in row -and Soy beans. 
At the last cultivation lie could sow a 
mixture of rape, rye and Wiinter vetch. 
Rape should be seeded in drills at rate 
of two to four pounds the acre, and 
about five to eight pounds broadcast. The 
soil should he compact and at least 
eight or 10 tons of manure should be 
worked in the soil, unless it is very 
good. For maximum jield this should be 
supplemented by acid phosphate at rate 
of 400 or 500 pounds the acre. One 
should not attempt to do much with rape 
or other forage crops unless the soil is in 
good state of fertility. J. 
Ohio. 
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insure increased profits from your herd. They 
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m describes the Hafris Lineor labor- 
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Landscape Gardening, Parsons.2.00 
Lawn Making, Barron........ Ljo 
Fertilizers and Crops, Van Slyke.... 2.50 
W’eeds of Farm and Garden, Pammel 1.60 
Book of Wheat, Dondllnger... 2.00 
Buccessful Fruit Culture. Maynard.. 1.00 
Irrigation and Drainage, King.... 1.60 
Study of Corn, Shoesmltb. .60 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
833 W. 30th St., New York City 
sanitation" 
IS THE RELIABLE METHOD 
FOR PREVENTING 
FOOT AND 
MOUTH DISEASE 
HOG CHOLERA 
AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS 
DISEASES. 
You can make all live-stock 
quarters sanitary by using 
KRESO DIP No. 1 
The Standardized, Reliable 
Dip and Disinfectant. 
KRESO DIP No. 1 has been used at thu 
large state fairs in the United States for 
the iast ten years t o prevent the spread of 
contagious disease. It has done it, and 
KRESO DIP No. 1 will do the same for 
you on the farm. 
KRESO DIP No. 1 is reliable. It is 
easy to use. It is inexpensive. 
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We will send you free a booklet on the 
treatment of mange, eczema or pitch 
mange, arthritis, sore mouth, etc. 
We will send you free a booklet on how 
to build a hog wallow, which will keep 
bogs clean and healthy. 
We will send you free a booklet on bow 
to protect your hogs from lice- and para¬ 
sites and disease. 
Write for them. 
PARKE, DAVIS & CO. 
Dept. Animal lndustr>r. DETROIT, MICH. 
Is a result of feeding oats prepared on a 
National Oat Crusher 
Box R for booklet of users you know. 
EXCEL MANUFACTURING CO., Poltersyille. N, J. 
eoiir.se the top must be raised a few inches 
to keep out the surface water.” 
Dairy Cows in California 
Where you market your whole milk I 
do believe that the Holstein is the host 
eow, but it has been proven many times 
that Ihe .Jersey is the most economical 
producer of liuttor fat. Mrs, Woodin (on 
page 3S(») says that the fact that there 
are more Holstein cows in the United 
States than any other breed shows that 
she is the best cow. Tliat argument re¬ 
minds me of a rabid old Kepnblican who 
used to say that the fact that there were 
more Kepublioans in the United States 
was proof that it was the liest party. 
We, of Course, know that he lost that 
argument in 1012. 
The yc.-irly a\(‘rago of butter fat pro¬ 
duction in this State (California) is es¬ 
timated at 150 lbs. i)er co^v. which shows 
that there are many scrub cows boarded 
here. It is also estimated that there are 
six Ilolsteins to one of any other breed 
in the State. The,Holstein craze in this 
State has caused such a demand for good 
juirebred Holstein sires that such are be¬ 
yond the means of the ordinary dairy¬ 
man. consequently they arc using infe¬ 
rior grade bulls, breeding to any kind of 
a cow, the main object being to get a 
black and white calf. 
A man going into dairying should con¬ 
sider carefully before selectiug a breed; 
for instance, in this section your market 
is butter fat only. Dairymen are selling 
their skim-milk for 20 cents per cwt.. 
which is the best price they can get, and 
which is better than feeding it to hogs at 
the present price of grain. It is alniosi; 
iinpossiblo to buy a Holstein cow here 
that will produce 3,50 lbs. butter fat a 
year for less than .$200. A purebred IIoU 
steiu sire from a 000-lb. cow would cost 
fully .$000. You can buy good .Jersey 
cows that will produce 3.50 lbs. of butter 
fat per year for $100, and purebred sires 
from o6o-lb. cows for $200. It is the 
same as selecting a horse—just because 
one man claims that the l,G00-lh. certaai 
breed or horse is “the American” horse is 
Ripening Cheese 
I liave five nice cheeses. Are they 
bitter while ripening? I was told they 
should be covered with paraffin on the 
outside of the cheese cloth for keeping. Is 
this dune while they are ripening or after¬ 
ward? J. V. w. 
New York. 
Cheddar cheese should not develop a 
bitter taste while ripening. Choesi’s ar-* 
paraffined to prevent loss of moisHire and 
access of bacteria and molds during cur¬ 
ing. They should be paraffined two or 
three days after taking them out of the 
hoops. H. I- «i- 
Coming Livestock Sales 
Apr. 27.—Hastings & Prescott I>isp<*r- 
Siil, Laconia, X. Y., Ilblsteins. 
]\Iay 2.—Western Conn. Breeders, New 
Milford, Conn.. Holsteins. 
May .3.—Uverpool Sales & Pedigree 
Co., New Berlin, N. Y., Holsteins. 
May 0-10.—YeiMiiont Breeders’ Sales 
Co., itutland. Vt.. Holsteins. 
May 15-17.—Steven Bros. H’ispersal, 
Liverpool, N. Y.. Holsteins. 
May 17.—.1. L. Hope, Madison, N. J., 
Guernseys. 
May 30.—Fasig-Tipton Co., Philadel- 
idiia, Pa.. Holsteins. 
May 31-.Tune l.-^.T. B. Sisson’s Sons, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Holsteins, 
.June 7-S.—National Sales Co., Wor¬ 
cester, Mas.s., Holsteins. 
.June 8-0.—Purebred Live Stock Sales 
Co.. Brattleboro, Vt., Holsteins. 
August 7-8.—I’urebred lave Stock 
Sales Co., Brattleboro, Vt., Holsteins. 
Oct. 2-3.—Purebred I.ive Stock Sales 
Co., Brattleboro, Vt., Holsteins. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
American .Tersey Cattle Club, New 
York City, May 2. 
New York State Guernsey Breeders’ 
Association, annual meeting, Hotel Im¬ 
perial, New York City, May 15. 
Holstein-Friesian Association of Amer¬ 
ica. AVorcester, Mass., .Tune (1. 
American Seed Trade Association, De¬ 
troit, Mich., .Tune 19 to 21. 
Aiiieriean Association of Nurserymen, 
forty-second annual meeting, Philadel¬ 
phia. Pa., June 27-29. 
iSocicty of American Florists and Or¬ 
namental Horticulturists, New York 
City. August 21-23. 
New York 'State Fair, Syracuse, N. Y.. 
September 10-15. . 
Eastern States Exposition, Spring- 
field, Mass., Oct. 12-20. 
