RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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■^TEARLY every field of endeavor 
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It’s true of cameras, pianos, locks, 
crackers, speedometers, watches and 
a host of other products. 
And it’s true of Milking Machines. 
Visit the homes of prize winning stock 
of all breeds, go to the dairy farms 
whose chief object i~- the production 
of large quantities of milk or go to the small 
farmer who has only a limited number of 
cows. Everywhere you’ll find the dominat¬ 
ing milking machine to be the Empire. 
Our 1918 Catalog No. 23, , will tell you why 
or, if you choose, the local Empire dealer will 
demonstrate why. No charge or obligation. 
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Improving a Ration 
I am milking 10 cows, seven fresh and 
three strippers. They give 80 quarts .a 
day. I am feeding them a mixture of 
the following feeds: 100 pounds Kuffalo, 
200 pounds of dried brewers’ grains, 100 
pounds cottonseed meal, 100 pounds 
ships. I iim feeding them one pound 
of fee<l to every three pounds of milk. 
The roughage is silage twice a day and 
clover and Timothy hay mixed once a 
day. The cows are mostly all IToIsteins. 
New York. p. l. 
llliile I am not sure as to the com¬ 
position of “ships” you mention in your 
ration, the ration as a whole seems well 
balanced and I doubt if a change in the 
grain ration_would he beneficial. Do not 
feed over S~p pounds of silage per head 
per day and try feeding hay in amounts 
they Avill clean up, at least twice a day, 
say about 10 to 11 A. M.. and after sup¬ 
per at night. It would be a good plan 
to feed hay three time.s a day even, at 
10 A. M., .3 P. M. and after supper. 
Cow.s should be watered two or throe 
times per day. If this plan is put into 
effect and cows have plenty of water, you 
will produce as much milk with less 
grain. n. p. .T. 
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Dairy Ration with Cow Peas 
I have just bought 100 bushels of cow 
peas and oats mixed, perhaps 15 per cent 
peas. I am having them ground for cow 
feed. lYhat should I mix with them to 
make a good ration for milk? I can get 
brewer.s’ grains, bran, cottomseed, oil meal 
and middlings. h. w. b. 
New Jersey. 
Y'ou do not state roughage available, 
but if it is mixed hay only make ration 
two parts oats and peas, one part cotton¬ 
seed. one part oil meal and one part 
dried brewers’ grains. If you have silage, 
add another part of cottonseed meal to 
above. In either case, feed at rate of 
about a pound of grain to 3^2 to 4 pounds 
milk produced daily. ii. f. j. 
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I have a Holstein cow that freshened 
December 4 last and has been running 
down ever since. I am feeding ground 
corn and oats, between four and five 
quarts, twice daily; Timothy hay and 
corn stover is all the fodder I have- 
^ly com and oats are all gone now, so 
will have to buy. e. jy. b. 
New .Jersey. 
You have been feeding your cow too 
one-sided a ration. All the feeds she has 
had are low in protein and the roughage 
is not very palatable. With Timothy hay 
and com stover, the grain ration must 
be made of high protein feeds, ilake 
it two parts cottonseed meal, one part oil 
meal, one parti gluten feed and three 
parts bran. If you can get some dried 
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Dairy Rations ; Seeding Pasture 
1. What is a good ration for a Holstein 
bull? We have first-cut Alfalfa hay with 
a lot of grass in it, and also Timothy hay, 
cornstalks and com foddei’. IVe have to 
buy all our grain. Wbat would be a 
good ration for our milch cows, wRh the 
same roughage stated above? Thus far 
we have been feeding bran, middlings and 
stock feed, and some beets-, hut think tliey 
wouW do better with a balanced ration. 
2. We have a pasture lot of about four 
acres, fenced in; not plowed in about 12 
years, and is no good for pasture now. 
Ihe ground is a sandy loam, some places 
pretty hilly and sandy soil. I would like 
to reseed it so I could use it for pasture 
again. Yihat seed would you suggest so 
I could get at least one good crop this 
year? How would Alfalfa be in part of 
it? Do I need lime for it, and, if so, how 
much ? J. F. 
New York. 
1. Ff'cd a feed of Alfalfa, a feed of 
cornstalks and a feed of Timothy hay 
daily, depending on amount of each feed 
on hand. ISIake grain ration two parts 
cottonseed meal, one part oilmeal. one 
part middlings, two parts bran and one 
part dried brewers’ grains. Feed cows a 
pound of grain_ to three and one-half to 
four pounds milk produced daily. Feed 
bull same kinds of feed, but three or four 
quarts a day Avill keep him in good shape, 
if he has all the roughage he can eat, 
2. You might sow pasture land to oats 
and peas, two bushels oats and one bushel 
field peas per acre. This will make ex¬ 
cellent soiling or hay. .Sow with oats 
and peas a mixture of clover, Red-top and 
Kentucky Blue Grass. This should come 
on after outs and peas are cut in .Tune, 
and make excellent late pasture if there 
is enough rainfall. Manure well and lime 
at rate of one to two tons per acre. 
II. F. J. 
Good dairy cows from .$80 to $125. 
We get League prices for milk. Veal 
calves, 14c per lb.; eggs, .34c. Oats, 
$1,10 per bu.; hay, .$20 per ton. Pota¬ 
toes, $1 per bu., but no demand for them. 
Many ivere frozen in cellars during the 
severe Winter. ,s. ji. b. 
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The Unadilla Ladder is a real ladder, not a makeshift; 
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