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RURAL N E W-Y O R K E R 
October 6, 1918 
Alietnaies-Like 
Milking with liatids 
Cows Could Choose 
They would ask for the 
nc&tut*c^l 
Alternates, Like Milking With Hands 
It IS the alternate suction and mas¬ 
sage action of the Universal that largely 
accounts for its tremendous success. 
It milks nature’s way —permitting 
the cow to relax, because she does not 
have to release on four teats at a time. 
While the gentle massage acts pleas¬ 
antly on two quarters, stimulating the 
milk flow, the suction is milking two 
other quarters. 
With a Universal you benefit the cow 
and frequently increase the milk flow, hi 
addition to saving your time and put¬ 
ting you on a modern, efficient money¬ 
making basis. Write us. 
“You HAVE, IN MY JUDGMENT, 
THE BEST MACHINE ON THE 
MARKET.” 
Sunny Side Stock Farm, 
Evans Mills, N. Y. 
Per G. P. Ashbocker 
The Universal Milking Machine Company 
603 Mound Street, Columbus, Ohio 
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Pigs need fresh wa/er—and lots 
, of it. They grow faster and^ 
are healthier when they have a 
constant supply offttsh water. 
With a National Fresh Water 
System you can furnish water 
fresh from the well not only to 
your hogs, but any place in 
house or barns. Compressed air 
operates a powerful air-driven 
pump in the well itself, giving pure, 
fresh water at any time by aimply 
turning a faucet. No storage tank. 
System is very simple and ultra- 
dependable. 
Let us tell you how a National 
System fits pour needs. Write to¬ 
day for descriptive literature and 
name of nearest dea ler. 
United Pump & Power Co. 
786 Larkio Street Milwaukee, Wisconeio 
Freeh-Water* stein 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you'll get 
a quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
Theym Help Win the War 
Y ou know the dangers of neglecting 
painful lameness, bruises and swell¬ 
ings. Put Sloan’s Liniment on the 
Job and let it relieve those poor clumh faith¬ 
ful beasts from suffering. Just apply a 
little nvithout rubbimi, for it penetrates and 
keeps the animals efficient. 
For family use, too, Sloan’s Liniment soon 
relieves rheumatic tnxjir.ges, lumbago, stiff¬ 
ness and soreness of joints and muscles. A 
bottle around the house is a thoughtful pro¬ 
vision for first aid emergency. 
Buy an 18 ounce bottle today. Six timea as 
much as you uet in a small size bottle. Bear in 
mind, Sloan's Linimeul bas been tlie World's 
Standard Liniment for thirty-seven years. 
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Monel/ refnndeiljfnot satisfactory 
THE MOORE BROS. OF ALBANY 
NEW YORK I 53 Hudson A 
Unicorn Dairy Ration 
A quality feed at the right price 
It is a combination of the best feeds money can 
buy. Very high in digestible protein. The only 
prepared feed that contains Ajax Flakes. The 
highest quality and purest ration made. So pro¬ 
portioned that there is no waste. If it is results 
you are looking for in dairy feed, then you want 
to learn more about Uificorn. It brings results. 
Write us for free copy of Cow Testers’ Manual. 
Chapin & Co., 
Dept. R Chicago, Ill. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
Storing Fresh Butter 
Would you advise me how to preserve 
fresh butter? A. r. t. 
New York. 
The best way to make butter for stor¬ 
ing is to select perfectly sweet and clean 
flavored cream and pasteurize it by heat¬ 
ing it to 145 degrees and holding it there 
for 30 minutes. Cool cream to 50 de¬ 
grees and hold over night, and churn at 
about 55 degrees. The pasteurizing may 
be accompli.shed by setting the vessel con¬ 
taining the cream in another vessel of 
hot water over the stove. Stir the cream 
frequently during the heating and hold¬ 
ing proce.ss. The butter should be suited 
four pounds to the hundred. Clean a 
stone crock and rinse it with hot brine. 
When the crock is cooled, pack the butter 
firmly in it, cover it and set it away in 
the coolest place about the farm, usually 
the celbtr. This room should be free 
from undesirable odors, however. 
II. F. j. 
Oats and Peas In Silo 
I have read with interest the opinion 
expre.ssed by II. F. .T., page 107(5, in The 
T l. N.-Y. regarding oats and peas for 
silage. Our exjterience with this crop is 
enlirely different from his. We have 
filled .s'ix silos for two years past, and 
they are full again now. The only trouble 
we have had with mold was in one plaee 
last year, where we ran in a few loads 
of clover. This came out blttck and rot¬ 
ten. The remainder of the silo was fine. 
We have both wood and tile silos. 
As to the time for harvesting for silo, 
we get best results by cutting when the 
Jlometnude Device for Preserx'ing Curd 
Fig. 560 
oats fir.st show signs of turning. The 
natural juice is then in the stiilk, and it 
will warm up and settle together, and 
will come out bright ttud nice. Later on, 
when the oats are nearer ripe, we have to 
.soak the Witter on them well, or they go 
wrong. Dry oats that rattle when they 
go in iuid when they come out of the silo 
are little better than (Iry straw, and 
would better go into the mow. 
As to whether it is better to cure this 
fodder or en.sile it depends on weather 
iind storage room. We find that with the 
average run of late August weather it is 
very difficult and expensive to cure the 
heavy fodder and get it stored without 
rain (liinuige and reiieated turning in the 
field. The cost of a silo with us i.s much 
less than the cost of a barn that will 
hold the same crop dried. 
We cut the grain with an ordinary 
binder, and it goes through the cutter 
much faster than when handled loose. It 
is a bit rough on the binder but saves 
labor. We do not use a horse-rake in 
any case, as that will gather up sticks, 
.stones and sods to make trouble in the 
cutter. Two binders in the field and a 
20-hp. tractor vuth cutter nuikes an ef¬ 
ficient outfit. 
In handling crop to silo we do not de¬ 
pend on the weather. The wetter it goes 
in the better. In this north country, 
where corn seldom matures, we rely on 
our oat and pea_ silage to supplement our 
hay crop, tuid it Inis not yet failed us. 
(fijt it rather green or else wet it well. 
Tread it well and don’t worry. 
F.ssex (’o.. N. Y. .j.'f. wai.tkr. 
Unthrifty Pigs 
I purchased six to seven week-old 
sow pigs about three weeks ago, turned 
them into pasture of ordinary grass and 
weeds along with eight other pigs of same 
age. I feed meat tankage and a mash, 
50 per cent corn meal. 15 per cent crushed 
oats, 25 per cent middlings, 10 per cent 
oilmeal, plenty of fresh water, but no 
milk. The original eight pigs of same 
age are all doing nicely, but the others 
have lost weight ever since I received 
them. One especially will go to the grain 
and turn away and lie down. Coat is 
rough, eyes dull, bowels about normal. I 
have penned them by themselves and of¬ 
fered them bread and milk, but the. last 
few days they only oat a mouthful or two. 
then turn about and lie down. The hip 
bones are almost sticking through and 
they are a sight to see. Their pasture had 
plenty of shade. I also feed sweet apples. 
From this description can you advise me 
what might ail them, and what to do to 
save them? j. g. S. 
New Jersey. 
It is evident that the two pigs in ques¬ 
tion are afflicted either with internal par¬ 
asites or are suffering from tuberculosis 
or lung-worm. The fact that they appear 
emaciated and do not have any appetite 
for palatable food suggests that they are 
tubercular. If this condition prevails 
there would be a constant hacking cough 
clearly in evidence. 
If they are afflicted with internal par¬ 
asites they would display a ravenous ap¬ 
petite. There is tery little that can be 
done in either case. If they are tubercu¬ 
lar they should be killed immediately, for 
they will always be runts and are very 
apt to distribute the di.sease among the 
other animtils in the herd. 
If they are stunted, which would result 
from a failure to receive enough milk or 
nutriment while nursing their dams, they 
will not respond to feeding and it would 
cost more to revive and establish their 
vigor than their gains would be worth 
should they by any chance gain in size 
and weight. A u.seful vermifuge is pro¬ 
vided by means of the following mixture: 
Santonin, eight grains; areca nut, two 
drams; calomel, one grain; sodium bi¬ 
carbonate. one dram. This amount i."! 
sufficient for a pig weighing KX) pound.s. 
Inasmuch its the pigs in que.stion are not 
more than 50 pounds, about half of the 
quantity should be given them. Oare 
should be used in feeding, as too much 
food dilutes the medicine. Another rem¬ 
edy that is perhaps more drastic, but 
usually more effective, results from the 
use of turpentine. For a pig of 50 
pounds a teasiioonful of turpentine should 
he utilized with one-half pint of milk, 
atid this amount given each pig after he 
has been sttirved for 3G hours, fl’hey will 
not relish the mixture, and it is necessary 
to starve them for this length of time in 
order to induce them to take the dose 
without drenehing. It is a diffieiilt prop- 
o.sition to drench a pig with safety. 
Tlie nition that you are feeding is a 
very good one. If they do not partake 
generously of this mixture they do not 
possess feeding qualities, and at the pres¬ 
ent prices of feed I should not bother 
with any market animtil that does not 
possess an engaging appetite. It would 
be appropriate for you to write the breed¬ 
er and tell him that the two pigs have 
lost weight over since you received them, 
and. if he is a responsible breeder, it 
would be no more than right that he. re¬ 
place these piffs with yonngsters possess¬ 
ing thrift and vigor. F. c. mtniclicr. 
Dipping Sheep 
Sheep are dipped to free them from 
ticks, lice and other skin parasites. A 
convenient time for dipping is shortly 
after sliettring in the Spring. Ijoss dip 
per aniniitl is needed and the weather is 
usually more favorable at this time thtin 
at :tny other season. The dipping should 
be done in the morning of a clear, quiet, 
warm day, so that the sheep will be dry 
by night, and will not catch cold. Every 
member of the flock should be dipped, 
and it is well ,o .sjiray the inside of the 
sheep barn with dip at this time. Any 
standard dip solution can be successfully 
used, if the mitnufacturers’ directions are 
followed. To insure the eradication of 
sheep ticks, the sheep should be dipped a 
.second time about 24 days after the first 
dipping. About 10 days should be al¬ 
lowed to elapse after shearing .so that 
shear cuts may have time to heal before 
dipping. R. T. 
Prf.s.sing Cottage Cheese. —We have 
had several articles about making cottage 
cheese, or pot-ehoese, as it is often called 
on the farm. This cheese utilizes skim- 
milk so as to make it a very good substi¬ 
tute for inetit. In our own family we use 
large quantities of this cheese. We all 
like it, and surely find that it is in a 
large degree a metit substitute. The 
Massachusetts Agricultural College at 
Amherst has issued a circular on cottage 
cheese-making which is very good. Many 
a farm household, especially where a re¬ 
tail market is conducted, ctin find a sale 
for large quantities of this cheese, and it 
will make a good addition to other farm 
Itroducts. The pictui'e at Fig. 5G0 is 
taken from the Massttchusetts circubir, 
and shows a homemade device for press¬ 
ing the curd, which is a necessary operti- 
tion when the cheese is to be sold on the 
market. The {tiiil on the toj) of the pres.s 
contains either water, bricks, stones or 
sand to give it weight. 
Tins conversation was overheard in an 
English munition canteen after a serving 
of .some heavy and half-cookeil pudding: 
’Arry: “This ’ere puddin’ ain’t ’alf ’eavy 
stuff.” Hill: “That’s nothing. My 
missus made some one day that we 
couldn’t eat. so she gave it to our ducks. 
A few minutes later a little boy knocked 
at our door and .said: ‘Misses Jones, yer 
ducks have sunk.’ ”—Pittsburgh Chron¬ 
icle-Telegraph. 
