1896 
December 27, 1919 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Section of Natca 
Silo wall showing 
still air spaces and 
Steel Kinforcing 
Write us what you 
intend to build. 
We have plans for 
many types of farm 
buildings — free. 
Ask tor them. 
Keeping 
Silage 
T HE perfect silo must be absolutely air¬ 
tight, since air causes silage to mold 
and rot. The glazed tile walls and 
tight-fitting cypress doors of Natco SiIo3 seal 
the silage like fruit in glass jars. It comes 
out sweet and succulent to the last forkful. 
Natco Silos 
are strongly reinforced with high grade steel bands, 
doubled in the bottom courses where the pressure 
is greatest. The double-shell tile also increases 
the wall strength and provides for secure mortar 
joints. The still air spaces conserve the natural 
heat of the silage—resist frost. Heavy galvan* , 
izing protects all exposed ironwork. 
Ask pour building supply dealer for prices on Natco 
Silos. Write for FREE book, "Natco on the Farm." 
National Fire Proofing Company 
1357 Fulton Building Pittsburgh, Pa* 
23 Factories assure a wide and economical distribution 
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troubles and gets horse going sound. 
It acts mildly but quickly and good re¬ 
sults are lasting. Does not blister 
or remove the hair and horse can 
be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with 
each bottle tells how. $2.50 a bottle 
delivered. Horse Book 9 R free. 
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for mankind, reduces Painful Swellings, En¬ 
larged Glands, Wens, Bruises, Varicose Veins; 
heals Sores. Allays Pain. Will tell you 
more if you write. $1.25 a bottle at dealers 
or delivered. Liberal trial bottle for 10c stamps. 
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Clean Separators 
—Healthy Udders 
TN THE BUSY DAIRY we’re apt to 
J. overlook some of the details that vitally 
effect the final profits. 
A clean separator means sweet, fragrant cream— 
the kind that makes top-notch butter. Germ-X 
solution loosens slime and kills bacteria quicker 
than live steam. It shortens the work of cleaning 
dairy utensils. 
North Star Anti-Septic Wool Fat Compound 
keeps teats and udders smooth and pliable. Cows 
with healthy udders “give down” more milk—pay 
better. This Wool Fat Compound nourishes and 
rebuilds wounded tissues. Use it, too, for foot and 
skin diseases of horses. 
FREE TRIAL—It costs you nothing to prove for 
yourself what North Star Wool Fat will do for your 
stock. We’ll send a liberal sample free. Write 
today. Ask also for Germ-X circular. 
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DEPT. C LAWRENCE, MASS. 
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How to Make Good Dairy Butter 
By H. F. Judkins. 
Part IV. 
Washing and Working Butter.— 
The process of properly washing butter is 
not as easy as the word might seem to 
imply. In the first place, only clean, 
pure spring or well water should be used. 
Temperature. —The temperature of the 
wash water is the main factor to be con¬ 
sidered, as upon it depends largely the 
condition of the butter for working and 
the overrun, which consists chiefly of 
moisture. The temperature of the butter¬ 
milk, the temperature of the churning 
room, and the condition of the butter 
granules are used as a guide in determin¬ 
ing the correct wash water temperature. 
If the butter comes very soft the wash 
water temperature must be below that of 
the buttermilk, and the butter must re¬ 
main in the water until it is firm enough 
to be worked. In Summer it may be nec¬ 
essary to ice the water. If the butter is 
too firm when it comes the granules will 
not adhere to each other, and will not 
take up salt readily. If the temperature 
of the buttermilk from a certain churning 
was 56 degrees Fahr. and the room cool 
the blitter would probably be very firm. 
Under these conditions it would be wise 
to have the temperature of the wash wa¬ 
ter in the vicinity of 58 or 60 degrees 
Fahr. This would not only put the but¬ 
ter in better shape for working, but also 
tend to increase the moisture content. 
If the proper churning temperature has 
been used and all lias gone well, one 
should use wash water having a tempera¬ 
ture within two or three degrees of that 
of the churning. 
IIiGn Moisture Content Desiradle. 
—The Federal law allows a butter mois¬ 
ture content up to 16 per cent. This 
law, however, applies only to creameries 
and farms where butter-making is the 
main business. It has been proven that 
butter with a high percentage of mois¬ 
ture is of as good a quality and keeps as 
well as br;ter with a low moisture con¬ 
tent. One should aim to get a moisture 
content of 15 to 15% per cent. While 
the average farm butter-maker does not 
have the apparatus to operate the mois¬ 
ture test, he may from time to time send 
samples of his butter to an experiment 
station or creamery that has the neces¬ 
sary apparatus. That this matter is too 
often neglected is shown by the fact that 
samples of farm dairy butter seldom con¬ 
tain more than 12 or 13 per cent mois¬ 
ture. 
Washing. —Before the main bulk of 
the wash water is added to the churn, a 
small amount should be splashed into the 
churn, leaving the vent open. This frees 
the butter of the buttermilk that is stick¬ 
ing to the sides of the churn and to the 
surface of the butter. Then put about 
the same amount of wash water as there 
was cream into the churn, and give churn 
about three revolutions. "Draw off this 
water and if it is very milky repeat the 
washing a second time. One common 
mistake is to churn the butter so long in 
the wash water that it becomes smeary 
from being beaten against the sides of 
the churn so much. The butter is also 
collected into a lump so it cannot be salt¬ 
ed nicely in the churn. Three revolutions 
are better than 20 or more. 
Object op Working Butter. —The 
main objects in working butter are to dis¬ 
tribute the salt evenly, to remove all the 
remaining buttermilk possible, and to get 
the butter into shape for packing. Com¬ 
bined churns or churns in which the but¬ 
ter is churned and worked are not in 
general use on the farm. Hence the but¬ 
ter must be worked outside of the churn, 
preferably on some one of the various 
types of table workers. The writer has 
found the following procedure to give the 
best results: Weigh out 1% ounces of 
good butter salt for each pound of but¬ 
ter to be salted. Sprinkle the salt over 
the granular butter in the churn. Sprin¬ 
kle in as much cold water as salt. Put 
cover on churn and revolve churn until 
butter comes together in a lump. At 
this time one will find the salt perfectly 
dissolved in the butter, and for home 
use no further working is necessary. The 
butter cau be jammed together more com¬ 
pactly for packing, however, if put on a 
table worker and run under the roller 
three or four times. This method is much 
better than salting the butter on a worker 
CRAINE TRIPLE WALL 
Strong and Handsome 
“Crainlox” patent covering over 
a stave silo, with Silafelt be¬ 
tween, produces a smooth 3- 
wall silo without bothersome 
iron hoops; a silo 
that makes and 
keeps good sil¬ 
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warmth in, and 
cold out. 
Any old stave silo, 
tipped, twisted or 
broken can be re¬ 
built into a beautiful, 
enduring Craine 3- 
wall silo at a fraction 
of the cost of a new 
silo. 
Prices are certain 
to advance. Place 
your order now. 
Send for literature 
and early order dis¬ 
count offer. 
Craine Silo Co. 
Box 110, Norwich, N.Y. 
SILOS AT HALF 
PRICE THIS MONTH 
I am reducing the high cost of 
silos by using U. S. Government 
stamps. Write for particulars. 
I am selling the product of an 
old and well established silo con¬ 
cern whose goods have always 
given the best of satisfaction and 
service. Silos are made of clear 
Oregon Fir and absolutely first- 
class in every way. Place your 
order within the next thirty days 
and save precisely one-half. 
M. L. SMITH, Manufacturer’s Agent 
113 Flood Building 
Meadville .*. Pennsylvania 
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Different from picture, which 
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Its Light Draft (2 horses) 
Makes Easier Handling 
No more clumsy, heavy hauling—Use the Kemp- 
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with first hundred loads spread. Indestructible 
cylinder with self-sharpening teeth shred into 
wide strips and spread evenly—quickly—aU 
barnyard manure, lime, ashes, fertilizer, eto. 
Write for catalog and prices— Ask for “Saving 
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the Spreader. 
Vcaltrs: Writ• for attractive proportion. 
DIDDT EV*C Combination 
KlriLLI D Hot water 
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will boil bbl. water in 20 min. 
or cook 25 bu. feed in 2 hours. 
Will bent water in tanks 200 
ft. away, by attaching pipes 
to water jacket: will heat hog 
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etc. Used by 25 State ex¬ 
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