824 
‘Uhe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
.Tune 23, 1917. 
For Hens and Chicks 
Right now in midsummer 
all fowls are liable to be in¬ 
fested with lice. Day and 
night the torture goes on. 
Hens stop laying, chicks do 
not grow. Lice positively 
kill millions of chicks. Here's 
the way to help your fowls 
and chicks. Sprinkle 
Instant Louse Killer 
into hens’ feathers, about roosts 
and houses. Put it into the dust 
bath, both hens and chicks will 
work it all through the feathers, 
bringing the Louse Killer right 
home to the lice. You can do 
your poultry no better service. 
Don’t neglect them. 
Also destroys bugs on cucumber, squash 
and melon vines, cabbaKe worms, slugs 
on rose bushes. Sold in sifting-top cans. 
Price, 1 Ib. 25c: 3 lbs. 60c (except in Canada) 
DR. HESS & CLARK. Ashland, Ohio 
Protein for Growth 
A good ('hick feed sliould 
liave ])roteiii to build bone 
and ninscle. Little cliicks 
crave it and need it for fast 
and liealtliy (leveloiiinent. 
H-O Steam-Cooked 
Chick Feed 
contains 12% protein—and comes to 
you witli a guarautec'd analysis on 
every bag. 
Write for free sample, prices and 
descriptive folder. 
The H-0 Company 
MilU: 
John J. Campbell, 
General Sales Agent 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
HARTFORD, 
CONN. 
Improved Parcel 
Post Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Egg Cases 
Leg Bands -O ats Sprouters 
Catalog Free on Request 
II. K. BRUNNER. 45 Harrison Street, New Yorii 
Baby 
Chicks 
Wesley Grinnell 
Sodus, N. Y. 
S. C. IV. Leghorns 
R.&S, C. 17. f. Reds 
B. Rocks 
P U K E B R E D. 
Strong, Lival)lc. 
From heavy - laying, 
healthy, free range 
stock. Safe arrival 
guaranteed. 
BABY CHICKS 
S. C. W. l.EGHOKNS. 0 ceutg each 
S. C. KHODK ISLAND KKI>S f 
Prom Hreii-to-Lay, yearling liens, (kitalog. 
HILLCREST POULTRY FARMS, Box H. CHILI STATION. H. Y. 
1.5c.Each; »13 per 
J OO: tStiaoper 1 ,0()<) 
SILVER WHITE AND COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES. S. C R. I. 
REDS ROUEN AND RUNNER DUCKLINGS & 22c. EACH; S20 PER 
100. Ahlham Poultry Earm, R. 34. Plioenixville, Pa. 
Kfl RrooHo Fine Catalog free. Tells about Chiek- 
OU DlcBUS Ducks. Geeso. Turkeys, Guineas. 
Bantams. Dogs, Bel". Hares and Cavios. Stock and 
Italcbing KggS aSpec.alty. EDWIN A. SOUUKK, Telford, l’». 
PEARL GUINEA EGGS 
L. O. Quigley, R. D. Box B7, Goslien.Orange Co., N. Y. 
CHICKo 
and let us quote you prices. Jas.W.Houcks i,o.,Tiffin.0. 
Tn 1 5 Varieties. 
•>d chicks and 
stock. 
Wriv-: -urwaiits 
BABY 
CHICKS 
Wliite Rocks, Wliito Wyandottes. 
for immediate shipment: 
lOO—*15. Circular free. 
J.W. Couuors, R. 0., Sewell, N. J. 
Live Stock Notes 
Saving the Cow 
Some liolps that were aetiial experi¬ 
ences of one woman on ti ftinn might help 
on other farms. lOttrly one morning the 
boys came driving ti cow from tlie held so 
liadly bloated from wet clover tlmt site 
could .scarcely walk. My htishand being 
awiiy. we tried to give her medicine and 
j)tit th<‘ strttw Intnd in mouth. l)ut could 
not get iter to swallow. Knowing some¬ 
thing must he done fpilckly T .sent one of 
the cliildren to the hou.se for a medical 
hook, and .seeing adviee to use a probang 
I instttntl.v thought of the garden hose 
whicli was tihoiit 10 f<‘et long. T put it 
down iter throtit and the gtis began to 
eome through tlie tube in a few minutes. 
All .said the hose saved the cow, oven (he 
veterinariiin who could not get here (piick- 
ly enough, as it wtts a very littd case of 
ho\’en. Some more farm women may 
have cows to doctor before tliis war is 
over, so l(“t us learn till we can. A. it. 
I’ennsylvanitt. 
Feeding Young Sows 
At ])resent T am feeding my gilts, 
whieh tire 7%> montlis old. ttnd weigh 
al)out 2.W itounds, a rafioii consisting of 
47 Ihs. of cornmeal, 47 ilis. of wheat 
middling and 0 lbs. of oilmenl. Would 
it Ix' advisable to breed the gilts at eight 
mouthsV N. M. w. 
Michigan. 
A ration for 7j/^ months old gilts 
weighing 2r)0 jiomids should he as fol¬ 
lows: 100 jiounds corn. 1(K) iionnds hom¬ 
iny, no iiounds whitf' flour middlings. 1~> 
Iiouuds digester taukag<‘, or .‘10 pounds 
oil meal. 
Feed suflicieut of this concentrated 
mixture to permit tlie gilts to gain a 
pound i)er day. It wdll probably reiiuire 
five pounds of the mixture pi'r sow per 
day. The mature sows tliat weigh 4()f) 
])omids can lie fed the .same ration, hut it 
would lie advi.sahle to supply some bulky 
feed like Alfalfa or clovi'r hay to sup¬ 
plement this material. (Irouiid Alfalfa or 
clover lia.v will consich-rahly lower flu* 
cost of the ration. If the gilts are well 
grown at eight months and weigh 250 
jiounds, it would be apjiropriate to breed 
them at that age. In ^iew of tin* fact 
that feed price.s arc so high, it is aiipro- 
priate to suggest tliat .von jilant forage 
crops of some sort tliat will suiiply succu¬ 
lence during tlie growing season. A us(‘- 
ful mixture would con.sist of .‘55 pounds of 
oats, .5 pounds of Dwarf Essex iMjie. and 
10 pounds of Sweet clover, or one bushel 
of Soy beans (Wikson) and six pounds 
of Dwarf Essex rape. I'^ither of tlie mix¬ 
tures can be soedt'd at once in ground 
that is well prepared for seed bed. 
F. C. M. 
Separator Milk for Calves ; Bloat 
1. Is it possible successfully to feed 
calves .sopiirated milkV I have not been 
able to do it. It gives them the .‘-cours. 
I desire very much to utilize iny .separ¬ 
ated milk as calf feed. 2. I am troubled 
sometimes by catth* liloatiug from fi'eding 
on green clover. Can you give me the 
treatment in sucli cases? K. F. AV, 
Washiiigloii. 
1. Thus far no lietter feed has lieen de¬ 
vised for raising calves than skim-milk. 
Of course, whole milk should he fed until 
calves are 10 days to two weeks old. and 
then the .skim-milk siibstitutisl at rate of 
a pound a day until the calf is on skim- 
milk. Scours from indigestion is usually 
caused by irregular feeding, overfeeding, 
sudden cliaiige of feed, fermented feed, 
feeding dirty or sour milk, or tlie use of 
dirty milk pails. “.-Vn ounce of prevmi- 
tioii is worth a pound of cure.” hut when 
the disease oeeurs the ration sliould he 
out in half and the cause, if possible, to 
locate it, remedied. Some of tlie common 
reined,es used are one tc'aspooii of hloixl 
meal '.vith a fe(‘d, four drojis formalin to 
each (piart of milk, a drench of tiiree 
ounces of castor oil to he followed by a 
teasjiooii of a mixture of one part salol 
and two parts snhnitrate of bismuth. 
2. Cattle bloating is caused by cattle 
eating an excess amount of clover you 
mention. 4'o iireveut turn cows on clover 
for a sort time only. Wait until d(‘w is 
off. In extreme cases the paunch is 
punctun'd with a trocar to relieve the 
animal of the gas and prevent deatli. 
II. F. J. 
Raising Miik Price and Cutting Cost 
Tlie New Fngland Milk Producers are 
very coulideut that the contractors will ac¬ 
cept tlu'ir demand for a milk market in 
till' leiidiug New Fmgland cities on the 
basis of .seven to eight cents per (|u;irt de- 
livi'ri'd. Wliile tlie agreemi'ut has not 
yet been definitely reaclu'd. the tri'iid all 
points to full success. The Springfield 
shiiipers have alri'ady secured their di*- 
maiid for an advance from the receivers 
in that city. 
Hostou contractors, to a certain extent 
si'em to liave accepfi'd the situation in 
adv.'iiice. and some of fhein are reiiorted 
Inlying nearby milk, that is in towns 
around the 20-iiiile limit, on a basis of 
eight cents at the shipping station. The 
large contractors .seem to have waked u|i 
to the strategic value of ni'arhy milk. 
They find that the snu.ll dcah'rs getting 
this milk havi' been able to undersell 
them, or to sell at a greater margin of 
lirolit, largely because this milk can be 
liandled at' le.ss expense and with a 
smaller eipiiiiment. and the big concerns 
realize that the only way to keep the 
small dealers in check is to reduce the 
supply of nearby milk, hence they are 
buying it up tliemselves, thus making 
competition which enables the shippers to 
get full jirice.s. ’Die small dealers cannot 
go out after distant milk becau.se they 
have not the ecpiipment to collect, trans¬ 
port and handle it. hut the ProduceiV 
Association believe there will be no diffi¬ 
culty in securing fully seven cents, Bos¬ 
ton basis, for the distant milk, liecan.se 
the general situation at present is so 
mucli in their favor. A careful canvass 
in the producing sections, indicates that 
about ]2l^ per cent, of the dairy cows 
have been sent to mark* t unde - the stim¬ 
ulus of the tempting prices offered by the 
butchers. They report that farmers are 
not feeding mucli grain with the pastur¬ 
age, on account of the high cost, and this 
fact tends to further reduce tlie supply, 
fi’liere is also strong competitiv*' luiyiug 
of milk from the cheese factorii's and coii- 
(h'useries. 
'File producers’ officials take the posi¬ 
tion that war prejiarations will greatly 
increase the demand for dairy iirodiicts. 
and that thei-e is danger of a milk famine 
later on. unless the producers are en¬ 
couraged to keep in the business by an 
advance of jirices now. Nearly every¬ 
where there is a shortage in grain, and 
tliere is a movement among the farmers 
to rais*' more of the grain on tlie farm. 
In most .sections it is reported that fewer 
calv('s are Ix'ing rsii.sed and market re- 
jiorts i licate Unit a larger jtroportion 
than usual are being sent to market.^ In 
l)r:ictically every .section farm hei|» is in 
short supply, and tlie p:iy 'i-V 2 to 40 p*^r 
c('u(. liiglier, often with shorter day's 
lalior. 
I'llforts are not all in the directifui of 
raising tli*' jiric*' of milk. It is felt that 
even th<‘ jiroposed advance is not enough 
to make the business jirofitahle under 
present conditions, and many itroducers 
urge the need of an eight or nine-eent 
price, hut it is realized tliat an extreme 
advance would clu'ck the demand^ and ac¬ 
cordingly plans are under way in direc¬ 
tion of reducing cost of jiroducticui. Not 
long ago the a.ssociation luid an informal 
iiK'i'ting in Boston witli the managers of 
the various co-operative hnying enter- 
ju'ises in New Fngland. with a view to 
seeing what tlie jiroducers are doing, or 
what could he doiu' in the din'ction of 
buying grain and otlier suiiplies for far¬ 
mers. It was found that a concern like 
the Farmers’ I’nion of Maine goes into 
the Wf'stern markets and contracts for 
from 1(K) to 7(K) carloads of grain of all 
kinds at one time. This grain is sold to 
tlie producers at the going price, hut tlu'.v 
jirotit h.y c*)-operative rebates at the end 
of the season, considerably reducing the 
net cost. Smaller concerns at Hardwick. 
Mass., and Ayer. Mass., the Amherst 
Co-operative Association, tlia fJreenwich 
Farmers’ Local, the County As.sociation 
of Orh'ans County. Y*'rmont. and Rock¬ 
ingham County, N’ew Hampshire, are all 
doing business with the farmers along 
the same lines. AVhile ihe Milk Broduc 
ers’ A.ssociation has not completed ar¬ 
rangements y('t, it is hojx'd tluit some¬ 
thing may he done in Imying grain, etc., 
through the locals all over New Fiiglaud. 
These locals have the advantage of being 
already organizc'd. with a membership en¬ 
gaged in a single line of husine s all iu- 
terc'st*'*! in buying grain and farm suii- 
l)li<‘s. Tilt' number of Ificals is ro gr<*at 
that they could buy not only in car loads 
hut, periiaps, in train loads. It will take 
time to develop operations along this 
line. Tlie locals vary greatly, in tlie abil¬ 
ity and energy disiilayed Fy their nuin- 
agemi'iit. some of tlu'm would g<‘t ju liiu' 
at once, and others would wait until their 
organization liecomes more effective. At 
the buying end of tlie jiropositioii. tin* 
chief difficulty so far has Ix'C'u to find a 
milling and shipping coiU'C'rn which could 
suiiidy large (piaiitities of mix***! car lots, 
including the various kinds of grain and 
feeds ii.sed by producers, lint the officials 
think this difficulty will soon be iiu't. 
Meanwhile, the work of org.inizing the 
prcxlucers is being completed with an (*n- 
ergetic campaign in tlie three northern 
New Fngland States, with a force of or¬ 
ganizers going from town to town, liold- 
ing meetings, starting lu'w locals, and in¬ 
creasing the memlx'rshiii of those already 
organized. The a.ssociation now gets out 
a little monthly paper with an account 
of the jirogre.ss of the association and 
other matters of interest to members. 
G. B. F. 
Grain for Cows on Pasture 
"Will yfui give me a ration for cows on 
pasture? w. ii. S. 
New A'ork. 
At jiresent jirici's <.f grain fi'cds it will 
not he advisable to feed grain on pasture 
until it gets very short. If you have 
some especially good producers, it might 
jiay to give them a little grain. This will 
lie a si'ason when a man will do better to 
get what he can out of his cows on home¬ 
grown feed rather than the milk it will 
liroduce. A good grain ration to supple¬ 
ment iiasture is 200 lbs. distillers’ grains. 
100 Ills, middlings. 100 lbs. oil meal and 
KM) lbs. cornmeal. As stated above I 
should not feed grain as long as pasture 
is aliuiidaiit. ir. F. J. 
Crops and Farm News 
Wo li.nil a oolil dry Winter hero: little snow: 
a sovoro drought last season; no rain worth 
while from the first of July till In the Fall, so 
that crops were almost a total failure, and es¬ 
pecially corn. Not much small grain raised in 
this eonntry. Some few farmers sow a little 
Winter wheat and rye. Wheat is said to.he in 
very poor condition. We are having a very cold 
and w<‘t Spring. Not much corn up yet, and 
what is np is not grow'ing as it should on ac¬ 
count of the nniisually cold weatlier of the last 
four or five days. Irish potatoes are looking 
well. Prospects are good so far. for a large 
erop of fruit. There are quite a few large 
eommercinl apple and peach orchards in thi-i 
county. Bran retails at $2.2.5 per cwt.: shorts, 
$2.40; corn choj). $.3.11): corn on cob, $1.50 to 
$1.*!0. Hay, prairie, 80c per bale. Flour, $<>.25 
to $7 per cwt. Some now potatoes on the mar¬ 
ket, merchants retailing them at 10c per pound. 
Old hens, 10c; Springs, l’^ lbs. or over; 30c; 
eggs. 20e. M. L. S. 
Howell Co., Mo. 
Hay. $15 per ton; rye straw, $12 per ton: 
ont .straw. $!) per ton; potatoes, .$3.80 per hu.: 
rye, $]..50: oats, 80e; cows, from $80 to $100. 
We are selling milk 4>/iC quart. Apples, per 
I) 1)1., (irade A, $3.50; pigs, $8 ix'r pair; eggs, 
34e. Chli-kens, live weight, 25c per lb. 
l ister Co., N. Y. J. A. M. 
Wheat, .$2.50 to .$2.70; oats, 70c: corn, $1.25; 
potatoes. $-1 (at the farm) per bu.: nearly 
every farmer keeps cows. Grade Holsteins. 
$B)0 to $110: sorub cows, $00 to $80. Many 
farmers sell their milk for 20e per gal. minus 
freight •■barges. We make and s<‘ll butter for 
40c and 42c per Ib. at present. We raise from 
two to four grade Holstein heifer calve.s a 
year, and sell some of our oliTer cows every 
vear. We are now starting with purelireil 
Holsteins. O. C. U. B. 
Lehigh Co., I’u. 
Farmers are paying for l)rnn. $2.35; mldillings, 
$2.50; potatoes, .$4: tloiir, $3.20; butter, en'am- 
cry. .50e; farmers are receiving for corn. $1..50; 
wheat, $2.25; rye, $1.7.5; hay. .$10 to $15 per 
ton; wool, 50e: cream, 48c: butter, country, 40c 
AVInter wl)ent condition, 00 per cent.: spring 
oats, condition, 100 per cent. A good many 
wilhin the last two years have started in the 
duirj' business. W. F. T. 
And ruin Co.. Mo 
Botatoes. $3 per bn.; ba.v, $0 to $10 per ton. 
Kggs about 32c at store; I)ntter, 45e. Milk 
brings I.eague price. Cows, good ones around 
.$!)0. A. II. M. 
Clienaiigo Co., N. T. 
Blitter, dairy, 44c: creamery, r>0e; milk, 8e 
to Do: potatoes, $3.(!0; beans, from $9 to $ln 
bu., .30 to .35e qt.: ••orn. for seed. $2.80; eggs. 
38c: good grade cows, ^SO to $100. F. H. i:. 
Allegany Co., N. Y. 
Wlxsit. .<R3 per bu.; corn, $1.05 to $1.70; 
Timothv bay. $17..50 per ton; wheat straw, $11 
to $12.’ OM potatoes. $2.50 to $3 per Im.; 
milk. $2.15 per 100 lbs.; Ixitter, 45 to 50c pi-r 
II) . Fggs. 33c to 35c. Cattle, fat. 10 to lie 
IXT Ib.: liogs, 15 to 10c. Milch cows liring 
from $75 to $100. Tobacco, which is one of 
the moneyed crops of this county, was all sold 
in the Fall at from 14 to 10c per it). It is a 
Very cold S' ring and farmers are late In gel ■ 
ting ont their crops. I’otntoe.s and most of 
tlie corn is planned. Wlieat looks well, but it is 
too cool for grass. Tlic fruit trees are all <‘ov- 
ered witli Iilossoms; tlie berri-es look promis¬ 
ing. 'I'here is a great amount of poultry 
raised in our county, and a great many eggs 
sent to tlie large cities. Many vegetables an> 
grown for our city market. Lancaster is one 
of tlie cities without tlie middleman where pro- 
dnciTs meet consumers and sell tlieir goods 
(lirct. H. B. W. 
Lancaster Cq., I’a. 
Brospccts for wlicat are very spotted; tlie 
early sown is good, mucli better than last yi-ar, 
late’sown ationt lialf a iTop. Wheat iu Draimigi' 
District No. 1 Is extra good. We have tlx' 
poorest stanil of oats in clglit year.s. Timotliy 
and lowland iirnirie is good. Tliere will 
lie Iml a small acreage of eatch crops sncli as 
cane, Sudan grass and millet. Cane, $3..50 per 
bn. Corn is eoinlng np very unevenly and wliat 
is up is yellow. What we need is warmer 
wi'ailii-r and snnsliine. I’'at bogs are scarce; pig 
<’rop very good. No cattle on fi'eif at all. Tlx' 
farmers in Bates County are all buyers of feeil, 
which retails at tlie following prices: Corn 
••liop, $3..50 |)er cwt.; sliorts, $2.85; liran, .$2.25. 
Lowland prairie liay, $10 per ton. A car of 
feed and flour lias just arrived for tlie Farmers’ 
I'liion, on wliicli a net saving of $387.8!) over 
local prices was made. On tliis sliowing nearly 
every local lias made a gain la membership of 
from two to 18 memlxTs. T. K. 
Itates Co., Mo. 
WlienI is very poor, many pieces seem to tie 
dead, nixi if it*were not for tlie seeding wonlil 
not pay to keep. On some of tlie best land in 
this oimity tlie wlieat was tlie poorest. Oats 
aliont tlii-ongh seeding, and a few fields begin 
ning to sliow green. Acreage possibly a little 
aliove tlie average. Barley same as wlieat. 
IMowing for corn and potatoes. Owing to tlie 
great scarcity of si'ed potatoes and the price I 
think Hie average will not exceed that of lOBl. 
Meadows look fine, but the continued colil 
weuHicr is bolding them liack. There will lie 
a large aereage of eabtiage planted. Beans 
will also tie in much larger acreage. I never 
saw Hie land work up nicer. Heavy fields 
wliieli were Fall-plowed are as mellow as an 
asti lieap. Help Is still a problem, and prices 
ont of sight. Good men get any price, and 
some that are no good also get almost any 
jirice they feel like asking; $40, $45, $50 per 
month and board are common: $45 to $50 anif 
iionse, including potatoes, wood, milk, etc., are 
regular. AVliat must the farmer get this Fail 
for bis produce If lie is to make a living and 
pay Hiese prices? I believe that if anyone aii- 
pri'ciates tlie situation of the man or woman 
on a salary or who has a fixed income from in¬ 
vestments wliich In the past have just yielded 
a fair living I do, but I also appreciate the po¬ 
sition of the farmer wlio in the past years lias 
bad to take a very ordinar.v living, and who 
often saw bis crop sold for less tlian the cost 
of production, let alone a profit. Is It not time 
ttiat he got a little out of the war profits? I 
tliink so, but I am not so sure that he will if 
we are to have a government control of foo'l 
suppliios aiuf a maximum price put on all farm 
products. I believe the farmer is as mucti a 
patriot as the banker, aiuf I think he slxuilil 
iiav*' Hie same consideratiou, t\ I. 
Uoclu'ster, N. Y. 
