The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1357 
The Silo Corn Crop 
The corn in this part of the county 
looks line ; if the frost does not come very 
early we shall have a line crop. All the 
silos will be filled. The crop looks fine 
now. H. w. H. 
Orange Co., N. Y. 
Corn in this section is a bumper crop. 
Delaware Co., N. Y. w. M. B. 
The corn crop in this particular section 
is on the whole the best I have seen it in 
five years. It seems we have not had too 
much rain to do any appreciable dam¬ 
age. Personally I have a crop approxi¬ 
mately 30 per cent better than last season 
on soil that I think is very similar. All I 
have talked to think their crop will be 
from 20 to 50 per cent ahead of last year. 
Ulster'Co., N. Y. H. s. 
Corn crop is a good one, not only ray 
town but county (Madison). All silos 
will be filled and then some. Both quan¬ 
tity and quality good. w. m. d. 
Madison Co., N.'Y. 
In this locality the corn crop for silos 
is more than usual. It is ripening well, 
and the silos will be full. H. D. T. 
Madison Co., N. Y. 
Reducing Cost of Feed 
Would you give me a balanced ration 
for a milking cow getting goon mixed hay 
and cornstalks? I have Deen using three 
parts bran, one linseed, one cottonseed 
and one gluten, but find cottonseed is go¬ 
ing to $S0 a ton and 'inseed is very scarce. 
Natick, Mass. u. a. k. 
The grain ration you are feeding is the 
best possible fo the kind of roughage you 
have on hand. I: looks like a herd V in¬ 
ter for grain buyers, but you would do 
better to pay $8(1 per ton for cottonseed 
meal than $75 tor poorer goods. If lin¬ 
seed gives out, put in 50 of cottonseed and 
50 of gluten to take its place, unless you 
can get other protein feeds locally, such as 
Soy bean meal or peanut meal, in which 
case you could try them. n. F. J. 
A Good Dairy Ration 
I am feeding the following ration to my 
cows, with a non-leguminous roughage: 
100 lbs. gluten, $4.50; 100 lbs. cottonseed, 
$4.30; 200 lbs. ground oats, $6.70; 200 
lbs. bran, $5.60; total, $21.10. I use 
ground oats instead of cornmeal to reduce 
cost. What per cent of digestible protein, 
fiber and fat obtains for this ration? 
Would you recommend a different ration 
under present conditions, and. if so, state 
analysis. I must feed for_maximum pro¬ 
duction to retail milk at 15c per qt. 
Andover, Mass. k. n.c. b. 
Your grain ration contains approxi¬ 
mately 16 per cent digestible protein, 60 
per cent carbohydrates and 3 per cent fat. 
This makes a nutritive ratio between the 
protein and carbohydrates plus fat of 
1:4.2. At present prices I doubt if you 
can improve this ration. A little more 
protein would be better and one change 
that might be made to give this, as well as 
a bit more variety and reduce the bulk, 
would be to use only 150 lbs. ground oats 
and put in 50 lbs. of oilmeal. H. F. J. 
Amount of Butter in Milk 
How much butter can be made from a 
can of milk containing 40 quarts of four 
per cent milk? c - 
Delhi, N. Y. 
The following figures give butter con¬ 
tent : 40 quarts of 4 per cent milk equals 
H6 lbs.; 86x.04 equals 3.44 lbs. butterfat; 
3.44x1.1*5 equals 3.99, or 4 lbs. of ‘butter 
that could be made from 40 quarts of four 
per cent milk. If one were very careful 
a little larger overrun might be obtained 
* and hence a little more butter made. 
n. F. J. 
Holding Up of Milk 
I have a five-year-old cow that will 
freshen in February, and she gives a good 
mess of milk at night and nothing in the 
morning. Udder seems to be full, cow 
in good order and good feed. She seems 
all right every way except that she does 
not give down milk in morning. Can you 
tell cause and can I do anything to make 
her give down in morning? G. w. M. 
New York. 
Make sure that the cow dot's not suck 
herself, or is not sucked by another 
animal or milked by some human lover 
of milk. If no such cause of inilklessness 
is found try the effects of putting a calf 
in front of the cow at milking time and 
also allow her some relished food. The 
old-fashioned plan is to weight the loins 
with a bag of oats or other grain. 
Garget 
At times my cow’s udder gets swollen 
and quite hard, and some thick creamy 
curd comes from one or two of the teats 
when I first start to milk them. She is 
due to calve in three weeks, and l am 
trying to dry her off. She has always 
been a very persistent milker, and if I 
succeed in drying her two weeks before 
calf I almost invariably have to milk her 
two or three days before she drops her 
calf. She hats never had milk fever, but 
I am very much afraid of it. Can you 
give me any further advice or treatment 
for the udder? g. h. 
New Y'ork. 
Slight mammitis (garget) already is 
present in this case, and it would be un¬ 
wise to attempt drying off the milk flow 
at present. Better milk at least three 
times a day, and when swelling of the 
udder occurs bathe thoroughly with hot 
water and after drying gently rub in a 
mixture of one dram each of fluid extract 
of poke root and belladonna. Also give 
two teaspoonfuls of powdered saltpeter 
and powdered poke root each evening in 
water, so long a,s the udder remains en¬ 
larged. When the milk has been perfectly 
normal for a week or more the drying off 
process may be started again, but if garget 
again occurs better not try to dry her off 
before calving. Feed light rations of suc¬ 
culent or laxative feed and allow’ exer¬ 
cise. Keep her off lush grass and do not 
feed heavily on protein-rich food. Keep 
the bowels active. 
Country butter. 52c; eggs. 50c; Spring 
chickens, 35c per lb., live ; hogs. 20c per 
lb.; baled hay, $28 a ton. loose hay. $26; 
oats, S7c per bu.; wheat. $2.10 per bu. 
We pay for cream flour $14 per bbl.; 
bran, $55 per ton; dairy feed. $80 per 
ton ; flaxseed meal, $100 per ton. Wheat 
runs about 20 bu. an acre; oats, 40 bu. 
Potatoes, no crop worth anything. 
Lawrence* Co., Pa. J. R. 
Eggs, 42c; butter. 60c; milk at the sta¬ 
tion, $3 per cw't. for 3.7 test. Hay, 825 j 
per ton for old. Potatoes. 80c per bu. 
Cows, $100 up to $150 on grades; veals, , 
16c per lb.; hogs, 18c on foot; broilers, 
35c per lb. Corn selling at $3.70 per 100 
lbs.; oats, 90c per bu. Crops rather back¬ 
ward. Corn good, oats fair, hay not up 
to the average. w. b. if. 
Tioga Co., Pa. 
I am right on main road, auto track. 
Corn. 25c per doz.; beets, six or seven 
in bu.. 5c; carrots, same; potatoes. _$2 
per bu.: cantaloupes, small, six for 25c; 
large, Sc each. Old corn. $2.50 bu.; 
soft hay. $14 ton; beans. $1 per bu; 
fresh hay, $42 per ton; lima beans, $4 
per bu. and scarce. Corn and potatoes 
are main crops along s hore; some rye. 
These are general prices around this 
town. At Beach Haven and Atlantic 
City prices are ’higher on vegetables and 
fruit, but I sell all I can raise on 22*4 
acres right at home. I did better last 
year than this; trade is dull this year. 
The farms are all small here, five, 10, 
15, 20. 25 acres; more five and 10-acre 
farms than any others. A. R. 
Oceaix Co., N. Y. 
Farmers are offered $2.15 per bu. for 
wheat; $1 for oats (last year’s) ; $2.50 
for early potatoes. Hay‘brought $22 per | 
ton some time ago. August milk brings 
$3.06 for 3 per cent milk : butter 60c per | 
lb.; new milch cows from $150 to $200 
each. Veals, 20c this week. The wheat 
crop was very good ; oats -are light, and ( 
owing to the frequent rains are not all 
harvested. Barley fairly good. Hay crop 
excellent in this vicinity. Beans and 
buckwheat looking well, but unless the 
frosts hold off may not fie harvested. 
Corn rather a light crop. I think on the 
whole the crops are not as good as last 
year. Very few apples or small fruit in 
this locality. ^ " r . H. W. 
Wyoming Co., N. Y. 
This is a dairy section. Milk. August, 
$3 for three per cent milk ; 4c for each 
point above three per cent; September, 
$3.0S for three per cent milk. Mixed 
hay. $24 per ton. Oats very light, not 
many thrashed. Dealers are not ’buying, 
but are selling old oats for $3 per cwt. 
Early potatoes were nearly a total fail¬ 
ure. Late potatoes will be nearly normal 
crop, none in -market yet. Locally grown 
sweet corn, what little was sold, ‘brought 
IS to 20c per doz. Pears, $2 to $2.50 per 
bu.; plums, $2.50 to $3 per *bu.. and rot¬ 
ting badly. Berries. 25c to 32c per qt. 
All varieties selling at nearly same price. 
Tomatoes, $1.50 to $1.75 per bu: ‘butter, 
60c lb.: eggs. 55c doz.; Spring chickens, 
28 to 37c per lb., according to weight; 
hens, 33 to 36c per lb.; ducks. 2< to 30c: 
geese. 23 to 25c. Dairy cows selling at 
$75 to $150 for grades. Horses, abso¬ 
lutely no market. Owing to the very 
wet Spring and very dry Summer, field 
crops are below normal. Some farmers 
are cutting and curing oats for hay. The 
average for corn is not very good. There 
will be little if any husked. As to the 
business outlook for the farmers in this 
loealitv. it is not as good as it should 
be. There is considerable dissatisfaction 
in trying to produce $3 milk on $4 grain. 
Millers are offering any old price for 
wheat, and it’s take it or not. Some 
millers will not buy it at any price. We, 
as farmers, in this locality, do not believe 
that we are getting a square deal all along 
the line. A price is demanded for all we 
buy. and a price is set on all we have to 
sell, which we do not think is right or 
just. In- fact, the middleman get us both 
Coming and going. F. E. H. 
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. 
“Never hear much about malaria out 
this way any more?” "No.” auswered 
Uncle Bill Bottletop. “Malaria gets ter¬ 
rible unpopular when there is nothing to 
cure it with except .quinine.”'—Credit 
Lost. 
An ideal 
Motor- 
Driven 
outfit, 
one of our 
numerous 
complete 
units. 
Corner-Stones of 
a Water System 
for Your Home 
or Farm 
Satisfaction to the customer, 
responsibility on the part of the 
distributor, and the manufac¬ 
turer— 
These are the corner-stones upon 
which all installations of water 
systems for the home or the farm 
must be built. 
“Everybody Knows 
iectcUK-i 
Water Systems” 
Leader-Trahem Tanks, Pumps and Power Equip¬ 
ment reach the customer direct from a concern near the 
customer’s home. 
This equipment—for deep or shallow wells, electric 
motor or gas engine drives, for any capacity—is the 
most complete lino in America. 
Manufacturer, distributor and dealers interlock their 
responsibilities to the customer, so that the result is 
SATISFACTION. 
Think this over—then write to us! 
PIERCE. BUTLER & PIERCE MFC. CO. SYRACUSE. N. Y. WORCESTER, MASS. 
CHAS. MILLAR & SON CO. B1NGHAMPT0N. N. Y. UTICA. N. Y. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
LE VALLEY, McLEOD-KINKAID CO. ELMIRA, N. Y. 
t 
Drain 
swampy 
Why plow around a slew or wet spot when 
a little Atlas Farm Powder will get rid of 
it forever ? 
Our book, “Better Farming with Atlas 
Farm Powder,” tells you how you can un¬ 
derdrain by blasting openings through the 
liardpan or clay to the open ground beneath. 
The book also tells and shows how to blast 
ditches, how to fill up gullies, how to pre¬ 
vent washing and erosion, how to clear 
land, and how to make the entire farm 
more productive. 
All the latest labor saving, money saving 
methods of doing farm work with explosives 
are described in “Better Farming with 
Atlas Farm Powder.” You will enjoy 
reading this 120-page illustrated book. A 
copy is yours for the asking—use the cou¬ 
pon or a post card mentioning this paper. 
ATLAS POWDER CO., Wilmington, Del. 
Dealers everywhere. Magazine stocks near you. 
ATLAS POWDER COMPANY 
Wilmington, Del. RX 8 
Send me “Better Farming with Atlas Farm Pow¬ 
der.” I am interested in explosives lor the pur¬ 
pose before which 1 mark "X.” 
□ Stump Blasting □ Tree Planting 
□ Boulder Blasting □ Ditch Digging 
□ Subsoil Blasting □ Road Making 
Name_ 
I 
| Address 
The Safest Explosive 
The Original Farm Powder 
INTERESTING GARDEN BOOKS 
A Woman’s .lardy Garden— Bu Mrs. 
H. R. Elu .$1.75 
Old Time Gardens— Bu A. M. Earle 2.50 
Flowers and Ferns in Their Haunts— 
Bu M. O. IVright .... 2.00 
Plant Physiology—Bp Duggan . . 1.60 
For sale by Rural New-Yorker, 333 YV. 30th St.,N.Y. 
Two Excellent Vegetable Books 
By R. L Watts 
Vegetable Gardening ..... $1.75 
Vegetable Forcing.2.00 
For sale by 
The Rural New-Yorker 
333 W. 30th St.. New York 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
] 
