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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 8, 1919 
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New Gambrel Roof 
increases capacity. 
SAVE LABOR and 
Reduce Feed Bills 
Thousands of Dairy¬ 
men testify that tlie 
Harder has made 
their business more 
profitable. 
Used and endorsed by the U. S. 
Government and many state 
institutions. 
Easy working doors, permanent, 
safe ladder, massive non-conduct¬ 
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made the Harder for 20 years 
America’s favorite Silo. 
Write for free book feting alt 
about Silage and the HARDER SILO 
Harder Mfg. Corp. 
Box 1 1 
: Cobleskill, N. Y. 
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Reinforced with twisted steel—has 
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—less mortar exposed—smooth walls—silage set¬ 
tles better — more beautiful outside — less 
chance for frost. Steel roof and chute. 
Also get offer on Climax Silo Fill¬ 
ers and Bidweli Threshers. 
J. M. PRESTON CO. 
Department 329 
apsing, Mich. 
MOUNTAIN 
SILOS 
'■The safe-like doors are convenient and 
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handsome and has an unbreakable-glass 
window. Many other points make the 
Green Mountain the quality silo. 
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CREAMERY PACKAGE MFG. CO. 
M 338 Wejt St„ Rutland, Vt. 
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Strong 
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Handsome 
Craine Triple Wall Silos are the 
strongest silos made and eliminate 
the necessity of ugly, bothersome 
loose hoops and lugs. 
They harmonize with the finest farm 
buildings, because of their smooth, hand¬ 
some appearance, effected by the famous, 
patented, continuous Crainlox covering, 
which 'orms the 3rd and outside wall. 
Inside ; an inner wall of closely fitted 
etaves, in between is a wall of special, 
thick weather-proof felt. 
This 3-wall instruction keeps warmth in 
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Once erected, it stays put without tinker¬ 
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into beautiful 3-wall Craine Silos at about 
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CRAINE SILO CO., Inc. 
BOX 110 
NORWICH, N. Y. 
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113 Flood Building 
Meadville Pennsylvania 
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UNADILLA SILOS 
Convenient and Easy to Feed front 
The Unadilla Silo is the most convenient silo—recognized as such 
by experienced practical dairymen and stockmen. 
Twice a day, for 6 to 8 months, silage must 
be forked to the floor level. Tons of silage 
must be handled by hand. 
Unadilla silage is pushed out at a door level. 
The air-tight, water-tight door, pushes in at a 
slight pressure and is then shoved up in 
the continuous opening. It never sticks, 
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head. It encourages even silage re¬ 
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Entrance and exit of the silo is safe and easy. 
The famous, ever-ready door-front ladder and the 
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Massachusetts Agricultural Meeting 
Prof. .T. C. McNutt, of the Massachu¬ 
setts Agricultural College, gave an inter¬ 
esting talk on the production of pork in 
New England. He said that less than 
one per cent of the pork consumed in 
New England was raised there, the other 
.99 per cent coining from the West, lie 
declared that there was opportunity for 
a profitable hog business in the New 
England States, although that section 
was best fitted for milk production, there 
being a tremendous demand close at hand, 
lie said that, the demand in New England 
was for hogs of the lard type, although 
conditions there were more favorable to 
the bacon breeds. He argued, therefore, 
that a campaign should be carried on to 
encourage the sale of bacon hogs which 
would do much to stimulate Gie industry 
and put it on a more profitable basis. In 
the Middle West conditions are much 
more favorable to the lard type of hog, 
for there grain is cheaper, lie said that 
without doubt New England farmers 
would come to recognize the possibilities 
of growing bacon hogs, and that that 
would be the next big development of the 
hog industry in the Eastern States. This 
type of hog is raised readily on garbage 
such as can be obtained from the cities. 
Prof. McNutt urged farmers to get 
their hogs on the market as soon as pos¬ 
sible. He said that the average age of 
hogs which go through the market in 
Chicago is less than nine months and the 
average weight 220 pounds. To keep 
hogs to two years old as was formerly 
the custom is too expensive to be profit¬ 
able. That could be done only when 
corn was selling at 10 or 12 cents a 
bushel. To get large hogs at nine months 
means intelligent feeding. lie said that 
the largest proportionate gain in weight 
was made when the animals were suck¬ 
lings. A pig which weighed from one to 
one and a half pounds when born ought 
to weight 12 pounds at six weeks. At 
three or four months he begins to eat 
grain, and a hundred pounds of grain 
gives "more increase in weight at this age 
than at any other. A hundred pounds 
of weight requires only 350 to 400 pounds 
of grain when given early. At eight or 
10 months old that amount would not 
accomplish nearly as much. "Growth 
stops, but eating does not. Feeding corn 
in excess lias ruined good breeding stock. 
Even Western farmers have learned that 
they must have a pasturage of rape, 
clover and Alfalfa. Meat meal or tank¬ 
age balanced with corn gives the fastest 
growth. 
In New England the swine industry 
must be developed by utilizing green feeds 
like those mentioned, supplemented with 
carbonaceous feed, which must be pur¬ 
chased. Skim-milk should be used to the 
utmost limit. It isn’t best to go into the 
hog business in New England when it is 
necessary to practice close pen feeding 
and to buy everything. The secret, of 
success in the future will he the utiliza¬ 
tion of garbage and of rape for pasturage. 
Brood sows may be carried over the Win¬ 
ter with but little grain if they have 
clover or Alfalfa hay and mangels. Hogs 
fed with self-feeders make a good gain, 
because they know what they want and 
take it. Do not attempt to grow hogs 
without pasturage unless it is possible 
to get garbage. Hogs in good condition 
bring the top price at 220 to 230 pounds. 
•T. "C. Duncan, of Lewiston, N. Y., 
spoke on “The Problems of the Eastern 
Sheep Breeder.” lie said we are face to 
face with the question whether we can 
produce wool and mutton on Eastern 
farms at a profit. The best factor is a 
market at our doors. This is a big factor 
when considering the increased cost of 
transportation during the last few years. 
Much land here is not bringing in a cent 
which could well be devoted to sheep. 
Probably there is no farm of 50 acres 
or over but could support $ome sheep, 
unless specializing in some particular line 
of production. The average cost of a 
Western cross-bred ewe is $15. What 
would be a reasonable return on this, in¬ 
vestment? In small flocks one might 
reasonably expect an increase of one and 
quarter per cent. These lambs at the age 
of five months ought to weigh 75 pounds. 
This means that each ewe ought to pro¬ 
duce 94 pounds of lamb, live weight. 
This ought to be worth 14 cents a pound, 
which would bring from the sale of lambs 
$13.16. There is still the fleece on the 
ewe, from which one could reasonably 
expect eight pounds.- and figuring this at 
50 cents a pound, the total income from 
the $15 investment in the ewe is $17.16, 
$2.16 more than the original cost of the 
ewe. lie did not know of any business 
in the line of new production which of¬ 
fers more attractive returns from the 
amount invested. 
John IT. Robinson, formerly editor of 
Farm Poultry, and lately connected with 
the Agricultural Department ot Washing¬ 
ton discussed the reconstruction of the 
poultry industry in New England, which 
has been in a bad way during the last 
two years. lie said that the supremacy 
of the famous South Shore roaster prob¬ 
ably had gone forever. Most of the 
roaster growers had temporarily aban¬ 
doned the business because the price of 
their product, which was really a luxury, 
had not kept pace with the cost, of grain, 
and because the high wages paid by the 
shops had taken a large number of men 
from the farms: In his opinion other 
poultrymen all over the State would have 
taken up the business of growing roasters 
before the South Shore business could 
be re-established. He thought that the 
outlook for egg farming on a restricted 
area was not especially good. Some men 
would no doubt continue to take up this 
line of work and make a success of it. 
but as a rule a considerable amount of 
land was needed so that some of it might 
be used for growing crops as well as for 
shifting the chickens in order to keep 
the land from becoming fouled. He ad¬ 
vocated trying out the proposition of 
growing a certain amount of corn on 
chicken farms, beginning perhaps with 
only one or two acres. 
Mr. Robinson said that in the past 
much of the best breeding stock bad been 
produced by backyard poultrymen. A 
large proportion of these breeders have 
sold out, and five years will be required 
for this branch of the business to be 
restored to its old-time prosperity. After 
traveling over much of the country Mr. 
Robinson was convinced that New Eng¬ 
land had the best climate in the United 
States for poultry keeping. lie said that 
nowhere else could size, symmetry and 
quality of plumage be developed so well 
as in New England, because the Summers 
seldom became so hot that the chickens 
could not be kept growing steadily. In 
other sections there might be good sea¬ 
sons. but it often happened that the long 
continued hot weather checked the growth 
of the chicks, and when this happened 
it was impossible to secure a first-class 
bird. 
Miss Margaret Malianey, of Concord, 
famed as a turkey breeder, said that tur¬ 
key raising was fast coming back in New 
England. She could now go.into a score 
of towns and buy turkeys, where only a 
few years ago she couldn’t find one. She 
has plans for developing a New England 
outlet which will enable home breeders 
and especially the women who have taken 
up turkey raising as a side line, to dis¬ 
pose of their products at the best prices 
on a basis of quality. e. j. f. 
Feeding Forty-one Cows 
1. I have good mixed alsike and Timo¬ 
thy hay and silage that was well-eared. 
Am feeding at present a mixtxure of one 
ton cottonseed meal, one ton bran, one- 
half ton gluten, one-luilf ton dried brew¬ 
ers grains and one pound of salt for every 
100 of feed. I am feeding 41 head, and 
the average is 12 quarts per bead. Can 
you tell me any way T can improve or 
balance it better? 2. I have bought fer¬ 
tilizer. to drill in corn this Spring, a 2-10 
that is a good grade for corn. I have 
plenty of cow manure to spread on also. 
Our corn is very backward in getting 
started, but grows well when it gets 
started. What kind and how many hundred 
pounds to the acre of fertilizer? 
RAYMOND CARVTLL. 
1. The ration you are feeding is very 
good indeed. If you use one full ton of 
gluten feed it would be better than one- 
half ton. 2. With potash out of sight a 
2-10 mixture will do very well for corn. 
Turn under a liberal supply of manure 
and apply 500 to 700 lbs. of the fertilizer 
per acre. h. f. j. 
Deficient Protein 
After reading your dairy rations, I find 
you feed 1 lb. grain to 3 to 4 lbs. milk. I 
have Holstein cows that produce an aver¬ 
age of 30 lbs. milk each per day, but it 
takes 20 lbs. of grain each to do it. I 
feed equal parts corn and cob meal, 
ground oats and gluten. I can buy oil- 
meal at $66 per ton, but there is no cot¬ 
tonseed meal for sale here; can also buy 
24 per cent protein dairy feed at $70 per 
ton. I have good clover hay and oat 
straw for roughage. Will you give ration 
with corn and oats that will produce rhe 
30 lbs. milk with 10 lbs. feed? c. K. B. 
New Jersey. 
Something is wrong if it takes 20 lbs. 
of grain to produce 30 lbs. of milk. For 
one thing, the grain ration does not supply 
enough protein, and possibly the cows are 
not eating enough of the clover hay. The 
oat straw is a filler, but has little value 
when it comes to making milk. Get the 
cows to eat all the clover hay they will 
clean up, given in three moderate sized 
feeds, forenoon, afternoon and after sup¬ 
per. If they want to eat some straw at 
noonday, let them have it. Make grain 
ration 150 lbs. corn and cob meal, 150 lbs. 
ground oats, 100 lbs. gluten feed and 200 
lbs. linsed oilmeal. I would not pay $79 
per ton for the ready-mixed feed. Add 1 lb. 
salt to each 100 lbs. of feed. Diminish the 
grain ration gradually over what you are 
now feeding, and I doubt if cows will 
shrink more than they normally would. 
H. F. J. 
Desiring to possess a sow of a certain 
bulk and description, a Missouri farn 
spouse requested the superintendent t 
buy one. That same evening, while th<* 
mistress of the house was entertaining a 
select company of ladies, the excited and 
jubilant superintendent rushed into the 
parlor exclaiming. “I’ve been to the fair, 
ma’am, and I’ve got a sow exactly of yo ir 
bulk and description.”—Florists’ Ex¬ 
change. 
