1120 
September 22, 1917 
^he RURAL NEW*YORKER 
Laying ^ 
drain tile, —>■ 
Snag-Proof Short 
Boot, — A tough 
long wearer 
UMBERTVILLE 
Grubber footwear^ 
T hose jobs that you don’t like—jobs that mean standing in water and mud all 
day long—are welcomed by wearers of Lambertville Rubber Footwear. The 
harder the wear the better for this good footwear, because that gives it a chance to 
show its superiority. Lambertville Rubber Footwear is made so sturdy, long wearing 
and gives you so much satisfaction, that you’ll keep right on wearing it. Besides being 
wear-proof, Lambertville Rubber Footwear is comfortable and sheds water perfectly. 
There’s a LambertvHle Brand That Fits Every Purpose and Pockethook 
Among the five Lambertville brands you will find one that just suits your needs 
and at the right price. Here are the different brands: 
Snag-Proof —All rubber and duck. Seven 
thicknesses of rubber ground into the heavy duck. 
Redskin —Made of long wearing red rubber. 
Lamco —Pure gum reinforced with seven 
•tout ribs to prevent cracking or breaking. 
L Brand —Duck vamp, long.service footwear 
at moderate price. 
^Vhite —Pure white rubber in Snagproof quality 
—steam cured in vacuum, designed for extreme 
severe service. 
You should find Lambertville Footwear for sale at the best store in your locality. 
You can be sure you are getting Lambertvilles by the Green Oval Label on every 
boot, arctic and shoe. Not all stores sell the Lambertville line because we limit the 
sale to merchants who value a satisfied customer above a quick profit. If you do 
not find a dealer near you, write us direct and we will see that you are supplied 
LAMBERTVILLE RUBBER COMPANY, Lambertville, N. J. 
SAVE HALF Your 
Paint Bills 
BY USING Ingersoll Paint. 
PROVED BEST by 75 years’ use. It wiU 
plea.se you. The ONLY PAINT endorsed 
by th*; “GRANGE” for 43 years. 
Made in all colors—for all purposes. 
Get my FREE DELIVERY offer. 
From Factory Direct to You a* Wholesale Pricet. 
New Kemp Climax Spreader 
A Durable, Practical, Lle:bt Draft, Low Down Spreader. 
_ . You Get 40 Years’ Experience in This Machine, 
write for valuable article on **Siving end Application of Manure.** 
THE N. J. KEMP CO., Batavia. N. Y. 
INGERSOLL PAINT BOOK—FREE 
Tells all about Paint and Painting for Durability. Yalu* 
able information FRKE TO YOU with Sample Cards. 
Write me. DO IT NOW. 1 WU.L SAVE YOU MONEY. 
Oldest Ready Mixed Paint Eonse in America—Estab. 1842. 
0. W. Ingersoll, 246 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
AllimallFflrm IN CALIFORNIA will make you more 
H uiNdii roi in money with less work. Y’ou will live 
longer iind better. Delightful climate. Rich soil. Low 
prices. Easy terms. Sure profits. Hospitable nelKh- 
iiors. Good roads, schools and churches. Write for 
ourSan.Joaqiiiii Valley Illustrated folders, free. C. 1. 
Seagrani, Indutlrial Camninsionar A.T.S S. F.Ry.lSBS Rjr.Exch., Cbicaga 
FARMERS 
HANDY 
WAGON 
Low Pteel wheels, wida_ tires, make 
loading and handling Ciisier. We fur¬ 
nish Steel WUeels to fit any axle, to 
carry any load. Plain or grooved tire. 
Catalogue sent free. 
EMPIRE MFG.CO., Box 396, Quincy, 111. 
Feed the Fighters! Win the War! 
Harvest the Crops! Save the Yields! 
On the battlefields of France and Flanders the United States boys and the Canadian 
boys are fighting side by side to win for the World the freedom that Prussianism would 
destroy. 
While doing this they must be fed and every ounce of muscle that can be requisitioned 
must go into use to save this year’s crop. A short harvest period requires the combined 
forces of the two countries in team work, such as the soldier boys in France and Flanders 
are demonstrating. 
THE COMBINED FIGHTERS IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS 
AND THE COMBINED HARVESTERS IN AMERICA 
WILL BRING THE ALLIED VICTORY NEARER 
A reciprocal arrangement for the use of farm workers has been perfected between the 
Department of the Interior of Canada and the Department of Labor and Agriculture of 
the United States, under which it is proposed to permit the harvesters that are now 
engaged in the wheat fields of Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, 
Nebraska, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to move over into Canada,_ with the privilege of 
later returning to the United States, when the crops in the United States have been 
conserved, and help to save the enormous crops in Canada which by that time will_ 
be ready for harvesting. 
HELP YOUR CANADIAN NEIGHBORS WHEN YOUR OWN CROP IS HARVESTED 
Canada wants 40.000 Harvest Hands to take care of its 
13 Million Acre Wheat Field 
One cent a mile railway fare from the International Houndary line to destination 
and the same rate returning to the International Poundary. High wages, good board, 
comfortable lodgings. 
An Identification Card issued at tlie boundary by a Canadian Immigration Officer will 
guarantee no trouble in returning to the United States. 
AS SOON AS YOUR OWN HARVEST IS SAVED, move northward and assist 
your Canadian neighbor in harvesting his; in this way do your bit in helping "Win 
the War.” 
For particulars as to routes, identification cards and place where employment may be 
had, apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to 
0. G. RUTLEDGE, Canadian Government Agent, 301 E. GENESEE STREET, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Oil Meal for Pigs 
I have seen in The R. N.-Y. a ration 
for pigs, consTsting of middlings 200 lb., 
cornmeal 100 lbs., oil meal .W lbs.; and I 
have also seen the statement that it will 
kill pigs where you feed oil meal any 
length of time. Could you tell me what 
there is to this? I liave been feeding 
this for some time; pigs do well but 
one of them has been sick twice. About 
two months ago he would vomit, and now 
is .sick again, acts weak, walk around 
slowly with head hanging down. They 
weigh about 100 lbs. live. w. J. B. 
New Y’^ork. 
The ration you mention, namely, 100 
lbs. cornmeal, 200 lbs. raidd.lings, and 50 
lbs. oil meal is a good one for hogs. This 
oil meal is linseed oil meal, a by-product 
in the manufacture of linseed oil'from the 
flaxseed. I think the meal yon refer to 
as hav'ng been reported as dangerous to 
feed sw'ine is cottonseed oY meal, a by¬ 
product in the manufacture of cottonseed 
oil from cottonseed. This feed is harm¬ 
ful to swine when fed in any considerable 
amount; possibly free access to salt and 
some wood ashes containing some char¬ 
coal would help your pig. ". f. j. 
Feeding Silage 
Can I save any feed on the cows, 
horses and ch’ckens by feeding them 
silage? If so. what is the best silage, 
and how should I feed it? T. s. 
New Y’’ork. 
There is no question hut that silage is 
a most essential fee<l for dairy cows, 
particularly thi.s coming Winter. It is 
naturally, through its succulent nature, 
an excellent feed to stimulate milk pro¬ 
duction, and by using it liberally with the 
proper kind of hay, the amount of grain 
fed can he much less. Probably the best 
nuality of silage is a m'xtnre of corn and 
Soy beans. Corn has been the great silage 
crop, but many farmers ai’C now using 
ko-ms, thereby making a S’lage con¬ 
taining considerably more food value in 
tlie nature of protein. Silage is ordinar¬ 
ily fed twice a aay after milking. Peed 
.lO to 40 lbs. per head per day. Silage 
can seldom be purchased unless some 
neighbor farmer is selling out his busi¬ 
ness. In other words, silage is strictly 
a home-grown feed. While silage is used 
to some extent in feeding horses, it is 
hardly advisable with the abundance of 
bf<v wh’f'h has been cut the past two 
years. Root crops, such as mangel, are 
hotter for poultry. ir. F. J. 
Too Many Apples 
I have four cows, Jerseys and Guern¬ 
seys. They are running in an old orchard. 
A seven-year-old cow due to freshen in 
November, for some reason sndflenly was 
very loose in bowels, and at same time 
almost ceased milk flow, which was about 
five quarts each milking. She continues 
this way about four or five days, has en¬ 
tirely ceased milk flow, seems to eat etc. 
as uRfual; bowels loose. A friend told me 
that it was probably caused by eating 
apples. The orchard is my only pasture 
now. Is there danger in using it for pas¬ 
ture? w. E. K. 
New York. 
Prom the description of your cow’s 
trouble it sounds very much like a ca.se 
of too many apples. Since the cow is 
to freshen in November she will probably 
give no more milk until after freshening. 
It is unwise to use an orchard for a pas¬ 
ture in late Summer if the trees ai‘e bear¬ 
ing much fruit. The apples always drop 
more or les.s at this time of the year. 
Sometimes a cow eat.s so many she gets 
drunk. Gas forms in the paunch and 
causes bloating; the row loses appetite 
and shrinks in milk flow, or ceas<‘s alto- 
geher. ir. f, j. 
Building a Self-feeder 
Will the Hope Parm man give an 
itemized bill of that self-feeder for from 
12 tol8 pigs so a feather-headed man 
can make one? p. M. B. 
New York. 
Somehow we never have seen a man 
calling himself names, or running down 
h’s own intelligence, without finding one 
wlio was really far above the average in 
intellect, and we are very sure that our 
friend can understand anything which the 
Hope Parm man can see through. We 
built one of those .self-feeders from the 
directions given in a immphlet issued by 
the New .Jersey Agricultural College. We 
should write to Prof. F. C. Minkler, New 
Rrnnswic'k, N. J., and ask for a copy 
of the pamphlet on ‘‘Pork Proiluerion in 
New .Tersey.” It will tell all about these 
.self-feeders and give a full statement of 
the best way to keep pigs. The descrip¬ 
tions are easily understood, and it is a 
pamphlet wlreh onglit to be kept on hand 
for reference'. 
Economical Dairy Feeding 
, T want an economical feed f(.)r the 
Winter for my cow.s. I have six head, 
three-year-olds among them, all giving 
milk. I have roughage, hay, corn fod¬ 
der, oats and peas. I can buy silage 
by the pound. Would I have to feed a 
grain ration, and how much? IIow much 
silage would be a feeding? If silage was 
kept in a covered receptacle, like a large 
covered box, could it be kept so that I 
would have to get it only once a week? 
For six COW.S about how much would I 
have to get? l, e. S. 
Connecticut. 
Silage if exposed to the air, particu¬ 
larly if the air is warm, spoils rapidly. 
In *^he Winter it might be possible for 
you to "et the silage as you suggest, 
once a week, if you kept it in a place 
where the temperature was just above 
freezing. In warm weather this would 
not work. You would need 25 to 30 
lbs. per head a day, or say, 15 lbs. to 
a feeding. 
Silage is an excellent feed for milk 
production and your cows will undoubt¬ 
edly do better if they have silage to 
eat with the hay. Prom the nature of 
your roughage your ration will be a 
little lacking in protein if ■' or feed the 
mixed grains alone. T *v ro got some <-ot- 
tonseed nme’ m..-. '.vitb the grains 
at the rate of three to four parts grains 
to one part cottonseed meal. Witli 
grain so high it will be wise to feed 
lighter than usual unless cows are ex¬ 
traordinary producers. Try feeding a 
pound of the mixture to 5 or 6 lbs of 
milk produced daily. If you do not have 
the silage, make this a pound to 4 lbs. of 
milk. n. f. .t. 
Milk Notes 
Potatoes, butter, 3Sc; butter 
fat, 4G%c at P.nfTalo; wheat, .$2; cows, 
$80 to .$110. No fruit in this section. 
Beans fair. Potatoes extra good. 
Allegany Co., N. Y. i>. a. s. 
Veal, 20c dressed; good cows, $1I'0; 
beef cows, 12c lb. Butter, 43c; eggs, 4.5c; 
potatoes, $1.35 to $1.50. .t. h. k. 
Broome Co., N. Y. 
Butter fat, .51c; butter in prints, 41i^> 
per pound; eggs, 45e; potatoes, new, 
.$1.50. ‘I'li5id)leberries, 1.7c per qt. New 
milch cows. .$75 each. N. w. B. 
Wyoming Co., N. Y. 
Cows, $05 to $125; yearlings, $.30 to 
.$40; lambs, 12c per lb.; dairy butter, 
40c; milk, .$2.70 per cwt. No fru’t for 
sale here. Potatoes $1 per hii.; oats. 80c. 
Horses, slow sale. i,. m. r. 
Tioga Co., I’a. 
Cattle are selling anywhere from $80 to 
$125; that is grade cattle. Milk 9c per 
qt.; cream 40c per qt. Eggs 30c; chick¬ 
ens 24c per lb.; potatoes, $1.10 per bu.; 
peaches $1 per bu. c. j, w. 
Adams Co., Pa. 
Cattle are bruiging good prices, first 
calf heifers from ,$80 to .$95; cows, $100 
to $125 and, some as high as $150; claves 
125 lbs. veals 14e to 15c per lb.; less then 
1(K) lbs., 9 to 10c per lb. Eggs, 42 to 
50e; fowls, 25c dressed; broilero 80c 
dressed. Potatoes, $3.50 per bbl. Early 
cabbage .30c per doz heads, wholesale; 5 
lb. head 5c. Sweet corn, $1 to ,$1.50 per 
100 ears. Short apple crop through this 
section. Butter, 45 to 50o per lb.; milk. 
League price, .$2..55 per 100 ll)s. for 3^'o 
milk. Av. o. K. 
Putnam Co., N. Y. 
Pasture is very short and milk supply 
falling off. Some lambs and hogs were 
bought at good figures recently and 
shipped to New Y'ork City; not many 
horses or cattle chang’ng hands just now. 
Some poultry dying from cholera. This 
was a good season for raising poultry, 
except turkeys which are scarce. A 
large acreage in preparation for Pall 
seeding which liegan about Sept. 15; 
more fertilizer than usual will be used 
thi.s year. Dry weather, has affected corn 
and buckwlieat; some very poor fields of 
each. Wheat about $2; oats, 70c; po¬ 
tatoes, no sale; rye, $1.25; tomatoes, 
$1 per bu.; milk, .$2.50 per cwt.; butter, 
.30c; eggs, 38c. c. S. G. 
Huntington Co., Pa, 
Good dairy cow.s, from .$75 to $100; a 
large number of dairymen are selling cows 
owing to high price of feed. I think the 
milk supply will be short the coming 
Winter. I’otatoes, $1 bu.; cabbage, $15 
per ton. ir. w. 
Tioga Co., N. Y. 
Beef cattle and bulls (fat), 0^/^ to 7c; 
beef hides, ICc per lb.; veals, 11 to 12c; 
butter, 42e; cheese, full cream, 23c. 
I'oultry, fowls, live, 16c; chickens, 20c; 
eggs, 4,5c. Cows freshening thi.si month 
from $80 to $100; cows, strippers, from 
.$40 to $60. March, April and May eggs 
that went in cold storage. 26c to 30c. 
Veals, March, April and May, that I be¬ 
lieve were cold storaged, from 6 to 9c. 
Potatoes, have not commenci'd shipping 
yet, but some are selling to local dealers 
for ,$1 per bn. Most of the milk in this 
locality is sold to the Reid Ice Cream 
Co. of New York, and we are getting 
League price.s, but some are not .satisfied 
with the test. A, D. I.. 
Cortland Co., N. Y. 
