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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
April 10, 1910 
E VERY farm owner should make the most of 
his acres. Good farming means nothing more 
or less than getting the most profit per acre 
and getting this from every acre that can be tilled. 
Remy equipment makes the tractor available 24 
hours in the day for the planting of increased acre¬ 
age—for the tillage of every acre. 
Remy equipment makes it possible to utilize every moment, night 
or day, to make up for precious time lost because of bad weather or 
break downs. And a difference of two or three days in the Spring 
often marks the difference between a successful crop and a failure. 
The farm tractor has proved one of the most valuable machines 
ever given to agriculture. But Remy equipment doubles the 
working capacity of any tractor and makes it easier to operate— 
a boy can handle it because of the Remy electric starting and 
governing devices. 
Remy tractor equipment includes electric lighting, starting, engine 
governing and ignition. 
Thousands of tractors will be made with an allowance for Remy 
electric equipment this year. Ask for it on your iractor. Write 
for our booklet, “An Easier Day’s Work.’’ 
REMY ELECTRIC COMPANY 
Tractor Equipment Div., Chicago 
Motor Equipment Dir.,Detroit F*ctorie»: Anderron. Indian* 
OVERLOADED 
Friction means shorter life for 
horse, harness and axle. 
MICA 
AXLE GREASE 
Stops friction. Makes permanent 
bearing surface. 
Eureka Harness Oil keeps 
old leather good as new. Fills 
the pores of the leather, prevents 
cracking and breaking. 
Standard Oil Company of New York 
Principal Office s 
New York Albany 
Buffalo Boston 
Power Operated Shearing Machines 
The Stewart Little Wonder handles 200 
to 400 head a day. It consists of 
2 Stewart Power Shearing Ma¬ 
chined; 2 Stewart wide shears; 
12 combs (lower knife); 24 cut¬ 
ters (upper knife). 
1 power grinder for sharpening 
combs and cutters. 
1—2 h. p. Little Wonder Gasoline 
Engine—high tension magneto. 
Engine may be used for other work after 
shearing. Price of complete outfit as de¬ 
scribed above $163.20. If not convenient 
to remit in full send 10% with order and 
pay balance on arrival. Return for full 
refund including freight, if not satisfied. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
Dept. C-I4I, 12th St. and Central Ave., Chicago, III- 
What do you expect when you 
turn your cows to pasture? Will you 
be satisfied with a falling off in milk flow? 
There is no need for less production when 
your cows are turned on to grass. 
No! Not If You Feed 
International Special Dairy Feed 
You need this feed to reinforce the spring ration of your cows. 
The cost of International Special Dairy Feed at this time will be 
repaid many times in the extra milk you get. 
Give your cows the advantage of this better feed right now 
when they need it most. International Special Dairy feed is com¬ 
posed of old process oil-meal, corn gluten feed, cotton-seed meal 
and other high grade grain products, properly 
combined to make this reviving, stimulating bal¬ 
anced feed. 
If your local dealer is unable to supply you 
promptly write direct to the mill at Minneapolis. 
INTERNATIONAL SUGAR FEED CO. 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 
Alto makert of International Ready Ration, the famoue 
ready mixed feed for dairy cowe. 
Stock Raising in Cuba 
Stockmen who are looking alien'd to the 
coming period of reconstruction are in¬ 
terested in the competitive possibilities of 
the countries to the south of us. The 
rapid development of the stock raising in¬ 
dustry in Southern Brazil, Uruguay and 
Paraguay indicate that those sections are 
about to be classed with Argentina a9 
competitors to be reckoned with. In a 
lesser degree, Cuba falls in the same cate¬ 
gory. She is close to our border, has de¬ 
veloped stah|lity of government, and our 
economic relations are friendly. Her ca 
pa city for the production of meat at low 
cost is more than considerable. Stock 
raising in Cuba lias b< • highly profitable 
for many years. In the popular mind the 
big cattle ranches, particularly in the 
province of Camaguey, are synonymous 
with wealth. They are associated with the 
great sugar estates or profit producers. 
Various circumstances have contribut¬ 
ed to the success of the business. The 
ranchmen have relied on the wild range 
to bring stock to maturity or a state of 
maturity which has enabled them to find a 
home market. What will most interest 
American stockmen is the fact that hogs 
go to market direct from the open range. 
There has been much free range. The 
government system of land taxation has 
favored wild lands, and owners of such 
have purposely allowed them to remain 
open and unimproved in order to lessen 
taxation. The natural pasturage remains 
green and nutritious through the year. 
Vegetation slows down in December and 
January, but does not stop. The natural 
grazing consists of Guinea and Parana 
grass, combined with other native weeds 
and grasses. The chief carbohydrate nat¬ 
urally provided for the hogs consists of 
palm nuts—the fruit <»f the Royal palm. 
Each tree ordinarily bears two crops per 
annum, aggregating from 100 to 200 lbs. 
They are borne in large clusters on stems 
which spring from the base of the crown, 
and are of the size of small marbles. The 
trees are not evenly distributed, and do 
not ordinarily grow in dense formations. 
The number of hogs which can be kept on 
a given range depends much on the num¬ 
ber of palm trees. The practice of inter- 
planting has been instituted in some''sec¬ 
tions of the island. When these planted 
trees begin to bear a number of ranges 
will be fully forested and will support u 
considerable number of hogs to the acre. 
The hogs supplement their fat-produeing 
ration of palm nuts with native grasses, 
wild fruits, roots and nitrogenous matter 
of animal origin which they find in 
swamps and ponds. The pork is similar 
to the mast-fed pork enjoyed by the pi¬ 
oneer settlers of the Allegheny regions. 
It is not sufficiently finished to satisfy 
the large centers of population: The de¬ 
mand for feed lot. pork is becoming insis¬ 
tent and those who practice feeding re¬ 
ceive satisfactorily increased returns. 
The crops which can be grown for both 
cattle and hogs are bewildering in number 
and species. The republic has an effi¬ 
ciently managed agricultural experiment 
station, which lias introduced many for¬ 
age plants, not native to the island, such 
as Elephant grass and Rhodes grass and 
the succulent sugar canes of the Far East. 
The forage plants of South America. Af¬ 
rica, Australia and New Zealand thrive, 
and the stock feeder may choose the feeds 
of many zones and all hemispheres. Eor 
hog feeding, the agricultural experiment 
station suggests velvet beans and Japa¬ 
nese sugar cane. The beans furnish the 
protein. A field of virgin soil will pro¬ 
duce two or three crops per annum 'with¬ 
out fertilizer. It is economical to hog 
them down. The Japanese cane furnishes 
the carbohydrates. It can be cut for 
from five to seven years from one plant¬ 
ing. There are other factors making it 
possible to produce meats at a low cost. 
Agricultural labor is comparatively cheap. 
There are uo predatory animals. There 
are no cold storms to destroy the young 
animals following delivery. Hogs breed 
throughout the year and the rate of in¬ 
crease is rapid. All these conditions fa¬ 
vor the introduction of American feeding 
methods, and such methods are coming 
rapidly. Very recently the Cuban stock- 
men have shown interest in breeding up 
their herds. The quality of both cattle 
and hogs will be greatly improved in the 
near future. There is a ready market 
for a better grade of pork and beef at 
prices equal to or slightly iu excess of 
prices in the States. The wealth which 
the sugar industry has brought to the 
country during the war is in process of 
distribution. Expensive tastes have been 
developed, and the country now has a 
large number of people aide to satisfy 
such tastes. In view of these favorable 
conditions it is reasonable to expect that 
the production of meat will be greatly in¬ 
creased in the island in the near future, 
and it is not unlikely that American cap¬ 
ital will be invested iu the business. 
MYRON T. HLY. 
Oats and Peas for Hay 
“To all you good people who talk of 
seeding oats for a hay crop, let us ask. 
Why not add Canada peas to the oats?” 
says “Brevities.” All right, if the soil is 
a clay or anything but a sandy soil. On 
sandy soil it would he wasting the seed. 
So savs our champion pea mail. 
Minnesota. J. m. drew. 
