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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 29, 1919 
Pasture and Bam Notes 
Particular Feeders. —We have a 
problem in one of our best cows, which 
objects to the taste of practically every 
grain mixture we use. Because she will 
not eat freely of the grain we give her. 
this cow very seldom produces up to her 
capacity. By experimenting we have 
found that she likes most of the carbo¬ 
hydrate feeds, but objects to all of the 
high protein feeds. If we were going 
to run this cow for an official record we 
would have to keep trying until we found 
some way to get. the protein into her. 
Under dairy conditions, however, we do 
not have the time to bother with her. 
hence at least 33 per cent of her possible 
production is lost. We have another cow 
that will not eat silage. Plainly such 
animals are misfits in a working dairy. 
We believe the trouble is due to their not 
having been fed a proper variety of feeds 
as calves, and with the calves that we 
animals, that it pays to take pains to do 
all that we can to have them appear as 
attractive as possible when received by 
the purchaser The crate should be made 
of light material and, if the animal is of 
any size at all. with a stanchion in one 
end by which the animal is fastened In 
front of this stanchion, a small manger 
can be constructed The floor of the crat<> 
should not be cleated on the under side 
but so constructed that it will move easily 
by placing rollers under it This insures 
a more careful handling by the express¬ 
man. The animal itself should be given 
a thorough grooming before it is shipped, 
the long hair trimmed out of the ears and 
around the horns, the brush on the tail 
combed out.; and if the weather is at ail 
cool, blanketed. A little care of this kind, 
together with an attractive crate and a 
letter explaining to the purchaser that 
the animal will probably be very gaunt on 
arrival, makes all the difference in the 
world in securing a satisfied customer. 
Disposing of Grade Calves. —We are 
A Neic York Champion Shropshire 
are now raising we are taking pains to 
see that we have no more of these ‘•par¬ 
ticular feeders.” 
Fences. —I once heard a very success¬ 
ful breeder of good Holstein cattle re¬ 
mark that the first essential on a dairy 
farm was good fences. The more experi¬ 
ence I have the more weight I give to his 
admonition. Certainly cows only become 
unruly in one way, and that is by learn¬ 
ing that they can get through a fence. 
Then, too, since the man is the biggest 
factor in dairying, it is poor business 
to wear out his patience and destroy his 
judgment chasing cows. 
Milk and Bacteria.* —Our experience 
and observation leads us to believe that 
many dairymen fail in an endeavor to 
keep down the bacteria count in their 
milk in the hour or so immediately fol¬ 
lowing milking. Particularly is this so 
at this season of the year. The error 
comes about through leaving the can sit¬ 
ting around after it is filled until the 
milking is finished or the chores done up, 
instead of immediately cooling it down. 
The only practical way we have found to 
make eleau milk is to milk it cleanly into 
clean pails, strain it into clean cans, and 
cool it down immediately. These methods 
we know get the results. 
Shipping Breeding Stock. —The other 
day. one of our neighbors received a bull 
calf that he had purchased by mail from 
a breeder some 200 miles distant. I 
never saw a more disgusted man than he 
was when that calf arrived. A few days 
later, he was better pleased and now be¬ 
lieves that he got a very fair bargain. 
The trouble was that the man who 
shipped him the calf did not take pains 
enough to have him arrive in good con¬ 
dition. He was crated in a tight box-like 
affair, made of inch boards that weighed 
more than the calf, and as he came col¬ 
lect, the express bill made my friend 
mad to begin with. Then he was dirty 
and untrimmed. This, together with the 
fact that he had been for two days witli- 
out much of anything to eat or drink, 
made him indeed a sorry looking animal. 
First impressions are valuable and we 
believe, and practice it when we ship 
Buffalo Markets 
Produce is generally firm and in good 
demand, though the supply is good. Po 
tatoes are advancing slightly. Western 
New York was too dry for them, but fur¬ 
ther east in the State the yield was good. 
The price is $1.40 to $1.60 per bu.. with 
sweets $4.50 to $4.75 per bbl. Apples 
arc steady at $2.75 to $3.25 for red firsts, 
with green 25c less. $1.25 to $2 for com- I 
mon per bu. Pears are going out at $4 1 
for Bartlett and $1.50 to $2.25 for com- ; 
mon per bu. Quinces are in light sup¬ 
ply, dull. $1.50 to $2 per bu. Beaus 
steady. $8 to $12 per ewt.; onions, firm, 
$2 25 to $3.25 per bu. 
Fancy and Southern fruits are rather 
quiet; grapes. $1.20 to $1.70 per 20-lb. 
home-grown basket; $1.50 to $1.75 for 
Malagas per box; cranberries, steady, 
$7.75 to $8.25 per bbl; oranges, $6 to 
$6.75; lemons. $6 to $7.50; grapefruit, 
$4 to $5, all per box; bananas, $3.75 to 
$6.50 per bunch. 
Vegetables, firm ; good demand. Green 
beans, $1.75 to $3 per hamper; Limas, 
30 to 40c per qt.; beets. $1 to $1.35 ; car¬ 
rots, $1 to $1.25; parsnips, $1 to $1.50; 
spinach. $1.25 to $1.50; turnips, $1.25 to 
$1.50 for white, $2.50 to $2.75 for yei- 
low, all per bu.; Brussels sprouts, 25c to 
30c per qt.; cabbage, $2.25 to $2.75; Win¬ 
ter squash, $1.75 to $2.25. both per loO 
lbs.; celery. 25 to 60c per bunch; lettuce, 
50c to $1.50 per box; endive. 70 to 75c, 
romaine. 20 to 30c per doz.; peppers, $1 
to $1.25 per hamper ; pumpkins, 50 to 60c; 
cauliflower. $2.75 to $3. both per bu.; 
tomatoes. 22 to 28c per lb for hothouse. 
Butter is firm. 65 to 72c for creamery, 
58 to 67c for dairy, 55 to 64c for crocks, 
47 to 50c for common. 30 to 38c for oleo¬ 
margarine. Cheese is steady. 32 to 34c 
for daisies and longhorns, 35 to 36c for 
brick. 40 to 60c for Swiss. Eggs are not 
equal to demand, SO to 90c for hennery, 
66 to 76c for candled, 53 to 54c for stor¬ 
age. 
Poultry is in fair receipt and demand; 
for dressed turkey the price is 45 to 47c; 
for fowl, 36 to 37c for heavy, 32 to 33c 
for light; for broilers. 38 to 40c; for oid 
roosters. 24 to 25c; for ducks, 41 to 42c; 
for geese. 31 to 32c. with no live turkeys 
offering and live fowl about 8c lower than 
dressed. 
In miscellaneous markets nuts are 18 
to 20c for chestnuts, 10 to 13c for hick¬ 
ories and _7 to 10c for walnuts. Maple 
sugar is 17 to 24c per lb., and syrup. $2 
to $2.25 per gal. Honey is 33 to 3Sc for 
extract. Hay is $21 to $27 for baled 
Timothy on track. j. w. c. 
HOLSTEINS 
raising none but purebred heifer calves 
on the farm. As a considerable portion 
of our cows are still grade and are bred 
to our purebred bulls, we have some ex¬ 
cellent grade heifer calves for which we 
have no use. In the Summer, it is easier 
to get purchasers who are fatting veals. 
At this time of the year, there seems to be 
nothing to do but to kill them. With so 
much scrub stock being raised, it seems a 
shame that the offspring of superior grade 
cows from splendid purebred bulls should 
have to be thus sacrificed yet there is not 
money enough in the sale of grade calves, 
even of this character, to pay to adver¬ 
tise them; and even if we did, it would 
take so much time to make a sale that the 
calves would consume more than their 
value in milk. We have thought of ad¬ 
vertising to create a waiting list. I w m- 
der what the experience of other dairy 
men are along this line. 
Handling the Dairy in tiie Barn.— 
There seems to be no generally accepted 
plan for caring for a dairy in the barn, 
even in the best dairy sections. Some 
men feed twice a day, some three times. 
Some feed before milking; some after. 
After thinking a little about the natural 
habits of a cow. which are best demon¬ 
strated when she is free to roam in a 
pasture and feed at will, we have hit on 
this plan of care: In the morning when 
we go to the barn, the mangers are swept 
out and the cows fed their silage and 
grain. We then milk and give a very 
light feed of hay. After breakfast, the 
cows are turned out for exercise while 
the stables are . being cleaned. While 
they are out. their mangers are filled 
with hay and when they come back, the 
barn is swept and the cows given a hasty 
brushing off. We do not have the time 
or labor to spend much time on them. 
Then, if possible, everybody leaves tin 
barn. The cows fill up on the hay and 
lie down. By 11 or 12 o’clock, there 
will be scarcely an animal standing. No 
one goes near the barn again until about 
3:30. when the afternoon chores are be¬ 
gun by getting down the silage and the 
hay. This arouses the cows and by four 
they are ready for their evening feeding 
of silage and grain. Then milking, and 
after that a good feeding of hay—all 
that experience shows that they will 
clean up. By eight at night practically 
every cow will be again lying down. 
From then on. I confess I don’t know 
much about how they act, but am 
of the impression that they will lie 
quietly most of the night. We believe 
while this plan may be varied, and pei- 
lutps bettered, that it has one great ad¬ 
vantage over the noon feeding system, 
which in our observation disturbs the ani¬ 
mals with a correspondingly bad effect 
upon the milk production. dairyman. 
Injured Leg 
. I have a four-year-old colt that was 
kicked on his hind leg between the fetlock 
and gambrel; there is a thick swelling on 
the outside of the leg. I am thinking of 
using a blister. What kind of blister 
would be best to use, or would some other 
treatment be better? E. E. T. 
Massachusetts. 
Iu stead of using a blister we should ad¬ 
vise you to rub in a little veterinary iodex 
twice daily, or use a proprietary reducing 
medicine according to directions. If the 
kick was severe it is juite likely that bone 
may shell oi.' and have to be removed. If 
so. pus will b * likely to form and have to 
be liberated; then the bone may be re¬ 
moved and healing then should be rapid. 
Ringworm 
There is a scab formation on cows’ 
neck, hair came off, apparently no lice, 
very itchy. Can you. from this brief de¬ 
scription. tell me the cause? r. g. c. 
New York. 
Ringworm probably is present. Saturate 
the affected part daily with sweet oil until 
it becomes possible to perfectly cleanse 
the skin, removing all scabs and crusts. 
Then, when dry. apply a solution of 4 oz. 
of sulphate of copper (bluestone) in a 
pint of hot water and repeat the applica¬ 
tion in five or eight days, if found neces¬ 
sary. 
Holsteins and 
The Milk Check 
IfoUteln Friesian Holier mid Hull Calves. Pure 
ll bred registered mid high grade. Splendid individuals 
and breeding. BROWNCROFT FARMS, McGraw. Cortland Co., N ». 
Registered Holstein Bull Call ZVS 
colored, for $50 Wru.ow Lawn Farm. Moravia. V. V 
ll w The size of your milk cheek 
depends less upon the size of your herd than upon 
the size of your cows. Get big, healthy, pu rebred cows 
with the ability to convert feed into milk at a profit. 
Wherever dairying is on a prosperous footing, 
that’s the home of the Holstein cattle. Besides being 
the leading dairy breed, they bring top prices when 
beefed. They breed regularly, and the calves are 
easily reared. 
If interested in 
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A KING SEGIS BRED BULL 
Here is a show bull born March 31. 1919, bred along 
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His dam is out of an 18-lb daughter of Johanna 
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(2) Holstein Service Bulls (2) 
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