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IShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 21, lOlR 
You are Paying for it Now 
When you or your help take the 
time necessary to milk by hand, 
you are realK' paying, in daily in¬ 
stallments, for the ffinman Milker. 
You are paying out in extra time 
(which is money!) an amount that 
would pay for Hinman equipment 
in a surprisingly short period. 
HINMAN 
MlLrKNR 
When you install the Hinman you 
begin immediately to save two- 
thirds of the time it takes to milk 
your cows. This may mean one or 
even two less hired men! One man 
with three Hinman units can milk 
22 cows an hour. 
And this is not including the more and 
cleaner milk that you get, and the results 
from keeping better contented cows! 
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Thousands of other dairymen have had 
their savings through use of the Hinman 
pay for their equipment several times 
over. And they go right on enjoying 
the pleasure, besides, of using this sure, 
safe, simple mechanical milker. 
Why not join the big crowd of highly 
pleased Hinman users now? 
Send for the Catalog and then decide. 
Hinman Milking Machine Co. 
Oneida, N. Y. 
In stock at many convenient shipping points 
Sheep Farming ; West and East 
Xow that tlu'i'c is a rovival of intorost 
iu shoop in the Hast(*rn States. I feel im¬ 
pelled to offer a few suggestions, bare sug- 
gesrions. out of jnan\» years' experience 
with sheep in the West, to tliose now go¬ 
ing inti' sheep. In the lirst i)Iace. it slu'uhl 
he freely acknowle<lged that keeping .sheep 
iu North I>akota does not necessarily fit 
one for the same occupation in the East: 
yet it is with the hope that .some of the 
inethods of the West may he found hoth 
practicahle and profitable in the East that 
I write. I should j)erhaps add_ that 
though my farming is still mostly in the 
West, I now live on a farm iu ('idumhia 
County. N. Y.. and have .aciiuaintance 
with Conditions of Eastern farming. 
Whv has the sheep industry S" ileclined 
in the'East? Eeyond a doubt mainly be¬ 
cause it has not been profitable. Then 
the gi'eat question is. what may be done 
to make slH*ei» profifable. not only now. 
I)Ut right .along after the war is over 
Ilere is my main suggestion : Take a leaf 
out of the Western hook: spend less 
money on the sheet); that is. graze them 
more and feed them less. (Jiaize them till 
snow flies, and all through the tViuter 
when possible, and as early iu the Spring 
as there is anything to he had. V hen 
fed in Winter, economize feed as much as 
p.'ssihle. Tlirifty the sheep should be 
at all times, hut not fitted for the county 
tide iu Tiir R. N.-Y'. to buy cull ewes. 
'I'o say that ‘’it will he .safe to buy .any 
kind of ewes if cared for" may he true for 
a few men. hut it contains doubtful ad¬ 
vice. ‘'Tail-enders" from a goo<l breeder 
are one thing, and quite another from 
We.sterii ranches. Ruy good, thrifty, 
young .slieei). ])on’t touch an old .sheep 
unless yon are an experienced sheep man ; 
if you are such, you will not need the ad¬ 
vice. ‘‘Mouth" every sheeii for age ; it is 
quickly done. Don’t buy a “mean-looking 
sheep.’’ Take time; let no man hurry 
you. 
What .should be done to give the pas¬ 
turage that I am urging? Sheep prefer 
short gr.ass, and it is surprising what 
things they will eat; they will often make 
a highway look like a lawn if given a fair 
chance, but the greatest resource (.if all 
pasturage for the East will, iu my judg¬ 
ment, he Sweet clover when the East has 
learned how to raise in field practice 
what grows abundantly by the wayside— 
but that is another story. 
North Dakota. datus c. s:\riTH. 
Another Self-Seeded Clover Field 
A most remarkable example of a self- 
seeded clover is on Ilillcroft Farm, near 
1‘eruville, 'fompkiiis Co., N. Y"^.. owned 
and operated b.v Ed. S. Hill. The picture, 
given below, taken .Iiuie o. 1!>1S. shows 
A florcr Field. FhoiriiKj Fffccls of Lime and Sheep 
fair. T!ie high feeding and warm barns 
and cod<iling geneiailly given sheej) in the 
East m.ay be i)rotitat)le. I’liose who think 
it is would l)etrer keep a full account and 
see. but I am iucliiu'd to think tlie "sim¬ 
ple life’’ Would often he a good thing, iu 
the East as well as the W<'st—better for 
the shee]) and for their owner. 
In North Dakota, witli oO ladow zero 
sometimes, the slnaq) sheds or Inirns are 
generally made with ventihitors running 
the entire length on both sides, and at 
least one side always ojK'n. according to 
the wind. At my farm we are even go¬ 
ing further this year, removing all the 
ventilators and openings, so that the »i])en- 
ings Ciinnot he closed in an.v ease, and to 
keen out the snow. 
We have spent much time ami some 
mone.v iu North Dakota getting early 
iambs, hut have cut it out as 'linprotitahle. 
With early lambs both the ewes and the 
!aml)s require more fet'd and c:ire. 
we have all lambs come :is “lu-airie 
lambs.’’ in Ma.v and .Ttme. Of course, the 
lamb needs care even then. The ewe 
and lamb are t.aken tt]) and cared for. hut 
at the end of a ft'w days Ixith an' again 
in pasture. E.'imhs born on tlie itasture. 
raised on pastur.'igt' only, and marketed 
olY the pasture, are the rub' witii us. and I 
eaiiiiot see why it should not work wt'll to 
some extent in the East. I admit that I 
do not know about this. I know that 
early lambs bring a tidy and nst'ful sum. 
hut are they rt'ally prolital)le? Figure in 
everything i)oth for the I'we and the lamb 
and see. 
At any rate, this may be wt'll jiott'd : 
in the Wt'st grain is miK'h cheaper tlian 
in tlie East. yet. speaking generally, the 
East feeds grain to sheep and the M est 
does not. This is my point, and I might 
well stop here. Yet I may add a sugges¬ 
tion or two to hi'ginnei's. In the lirst 
place, he who is going into sheep must 
look ahead a bit as to pastures, fences. 
Wintei' feed and Imildings. There is no 
use in waiting till everything is reaily— 
a time that never comes—but it may he 
borin' Wt'll ill mind that v\hen short of 
pasture sheej) display very large Summer 
appetities. 
As to the kind of sheep. I believe that 
all should aim at producing both wool and 
mutton, 'riiat means keeiiing to the ine- 
dium wools The quality will need main¬ 
ly to he got through the rams, the I'wes 
available being mostly Western grades T 
am not familiar with Oregon slu'ep that 
are liiiding their way East, though 1 have 
seen them in the Chicago yards. 'I’liose 
were heavy-bodied grade merinos, very at¬ 
tractive for crossing with Downs for the 
purpo.se mentioned. I’ut I do not intend 
to discuss breeds, other than advi.se all to 
keej) away from greasy-wooled sheep of 
wliatevcr name. 
As to individual sheep, I desire to oiler 
positive dissent to the advice given some 
time ago in a urominent contrll ;:red ar- 
shei'p grazing in the lu.'curiant growth of 
the self-seeded clover, where there Imd not 
b(*en any grass seed sown for three years. 
The most remarkable thing about it is 
that this field of lo knolly acres is con¬ 
sidered to be the ‘'pf)!)!’ lot” on the farm. 
In effoi't to bring the lot into a better 
condition of fertility it was thoroughly 
limed some years ago, and for several 
years it Ims been used at intervals lor 
slicop pasturi'. Tlu' sclf-si'i'ded clover 
I'anu* iu following a lViut<'r wheat crop. 
Tlie growth was so large that par^of^tlni 
pasture' was mowed lor hay .luiie 1.). fi,he 
owner says he thinks the liming and sheep 
gi'iiziiig are the [irinciiial cau.ses of tlie 
s('lf-s('eded clovi'f. together with the ta- 
voralih" weather. 
Feeding an Orphan Foal 
Would like to ask you about feeding a 
young colt. The mother died when it 
was born; it is one wei'k old. We are 
feeding it one teacupful of milk with 
half tablespoonful of lime water and 
about half tablespoonful of sugar. Me 
feed it every hour during the day. but 
have not fed during rlu' night. Is this 
the rigid way? I'he f(.)al drinks out ot 
a little iiaii and seems to bt' hungry most 
of the time. It is a tine foal and we 
would like to raise it if jiossiliie. w. o. 
New York. 
The orphan foal sliuuld at first he ted 
as you have described, luit at night as^ 
well as during the day. The amount of 
milk may now be increased, and we 
should omit the lime water and only use 
it if any derangement of the bowels is 
noticed. Have the milk blood warm at 
each meal by adding hot water. I’refer 
milk from a fresh euw, hut that is pour 
in butter fat. IMolasses ma.v take the 
place of sugar for the sweetening of the 
milk, whicli is absolutely necessai'y. 
Keep the feeding ut«'iisils scruiuilousl.v 
clean and swt'ct. <liv»' the foal a dose 
uf castor oil in milk if it starts to s('our 
and at such times stop feeding milk .-ind 
allow warm .swt'eteiied water and adding 
lime water. M’hen the foal is six weeks 
old gradually allow sweet skim-milk and 
after a time stoi) the whole milk. Allow 
the foal to eat oatmeal as soon as it 
cares to do so and grailnally add wheat 
iiran until a nO-.tO mixture may be given, 
the foal b.v this time having learned to 
cat grass and hay. A. s. a. 
A XAVAL officer, wishing to bathe in a 
Ceylon river, asked a native to show him 
a place whore there were no alligators. 
Tilt' native took him to a pool close tu 
the estuary. The eflicer enjoyed the dip. 
While drying himself he asked his guidt' 
why thei'e were never any alligators in 
that pt)ol. ‘Tlecause, sub,” the Cingalese 
replied, "they plenty ’fraid of shark.’’— 
l‘i; tshnrgh Chr. nleh'-'r.'!.•‘ 4 i-a()li. 
