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‘Ihr RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January '-’4, 1920 
Natco Dairy Bams 
Are Warm in Winter 
N atco bams are warm in winter, 
yet cool in summer. They provide 
year-round comfort for your cows. More 
comfort in the stable means more milk in 
the pail — more money in the bank. 
The hollow spaces in a glazed Natco Hollow 
Tile wall provide a blanket of still air through 
which heat, cold or dampness will not pass. 
And the cost? Perhaps a little more at first, but far less 
in the end than for other construction. The saving in 
insurance and upkeep will repay the added investment 
within a few years. A). further savings are clear profit. 
Whatever you intend to build, our book, * Natco on 
the Farm," will offer helpful suggestions. Write for it 
today—no charge. 
Ask your building supply dealer to quote you prices 
on Natco Hollow Tile. 
National Fire Proofing Company 
1359 Fulton Building 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
23 Factories assure a u'tde and economical distribution. 
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Section of Natco 
Wall showing 
still air spaces. 
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Slormprool — 
anchored lolid 
—- at an oak. 
Cows are like humans 
Says Silas Low 
“Feed them wrong and you don’t get 
much out of them. Feed them right and 
they do their best. With cows that means 
green feed and green feed in wintertime 
means a 
Harder Silo 
.“I tell you folks, that's the best Silo made. 
It’s sound, sturdy, air-tight and the continuous 
doorway makes feeding almost fun. 
“By all means have a HARDER. Have 
several of them. They’ll keep good fodder 
from going to waste in the fall. HARDER SILOS 
mean A-1 milk for you all winter.’’ 
Write for booklet on the HARDER, 
the Silo that Uncle Sam uses—also 
the story of Silas Low. BOTH FREE 
HARDER MFG. CORP. 
Box 11 
COBLESKILL. N. Y. 
Mora milk ud 
better milk all . ^ 
winter and smal- W.. 
ler feed bills. 
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'^Silage- T 
Get the most 
out of your? 
corn crop this’ 
year and every 
year with a 
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The patented block in ship-lap for- 
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twisted steel reinforcing: In cement be¬ 
tween each tier. Only thin line of mor¬ 
tar exposed—less chance for frost. 
Continuous doorway; steel or tile chute; steely' 
hip roof; fire-proof. Write for catalog, A 
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control. May be used with Ford,Overland, Dodge, Reo 
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Money back if not satisSed. Write for circular and 
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WARD MFG. CO., 20*0 N. St., Lincoln, Neb, 
Fattening Old Cow; Wintering Onions 
I wish to fatten an old cow whose teeth 
are well worn in front. I have corn to 
grind, fodder and Alfalfa, but am short on 
hay and oats. Can you suggest a feed 
that will build her up? She is a fine 
butter cow, but don’t want to keep her 
another season. She freshened August 17 
last. Could I feed her fat before Spring, 
and would it pay to butcher her? In her 
present condition, fed on hay, bran and 
stover, she is not fat, and such a cow they 
pay only $20 for here, they tell me, 
designating her as a “bologna cow.” 
2. Will white onion sets that were planted 
too late (July 15) ^ason to ripen 
live over in soil through Winter? It is 
my opinion that they will only make 
green onions in Spring and then shoot 
up into seed. They are supposed to he 
large white Silverskins. I would like to 
have seed of this kiud, but would the seed 
be of any use? i>. b. g. 
Mohnton, Pa. 
1. It is quite difficult to fatten up an old 
cow, particularly when she is milking 
very much, as tins cow must be, calving 
only last August. The thing to do would 
be to put her ou a fattening ration, and 
as she goes down iu milk dry her off pre¬ 
maturely, if she shows any signs of taking 
on flesh. This can be done by milking 
only once a day, gradually stopping alto¬ 
gether. Give her two feeds of Alfalfa 
hay, a day if you can, and one of corn 
fodder. Feed two parts, by weight, of 
bran, four parts cornmeal and one part 
gluten feed, adding a pound of salt to 
each 100 lbs. of feed. Feed about S lbs. 
of this grain daily ,aud more if cow will 
stand it. If you find after a little while 
cow does not pick up, better sell her 
rather than waste money ou feed. 
2. Unless protected with hay or straw 
so the ground will not freeze, the onions 
you have in the ground will spoil. If you 
get them through the Winter they will 
come up iuto seed unless the seed stem is 
cut off, in which case onions will develop. 
You can grow onion seed of any variety 
you wish by setting out the mature onions 
of the varieties wanted iu the Spring. 
They will send up seed stems. That is 
to say. the onion is normally a biennial 
and produces seed «every two years. 
H. F. J. 
is low in protein, and I would therefore 
drop off half the cornmeal from the above 
mixture and add % part cottonseed meal 
in its place. Gradually work cow onto 
this ration until she gets a pound of grain 
daily to each 1% to 2 qts. milk produced 
daily. 
As I understand it, you intend to sell 
calf for veal. I am sure the beet time for 
you to dispose of the calf would be at 
about five weeks of age. Grain aud milk 
are too high to warrant longer keeping. 
Cow and calf can be kept together in box 
stall for three or four days. The calf will 
not take all of the milk, and cow should 
be stripped out twice a day. After this 
let calf suck twice a day uutil five weeks 
of age. Toward the last it will probably 
take all the milk. This method will make 
best veal in shortest time. If you feel 
you must briug calf along on part skim- 
milk and grain, then I should take it away 
from cow after three days and teach it to 
drink whole milk from a pail, about two 
quarts three times a day. After a couple 
of weeks gradually replace whole milk 
with skim aud. of course, increase the 
amount given. Then make up grain mix¬ 
ture of equal parts by weight of bran, 
cornmeal and ground oats, aud get calf 
started to eat it, then leave small amount 
in box before calf so it can help itself. 
H. F. J. 
Feeding Value of Alfalfa Meal 
Would you give me your opinion of a 
ration made up of 3*4 lbs. Alfalfa meal 
to 1 y* lbs. gluten. 1 lb. cottonseed aud 
4 lbs. bran? What is the feeding value of 
Alfalfa meal as a feed for milking cows? 
Massachusetts. e. a. k. 
Alfalfa meal has practically same feed¬ 
ing value as Alfalfa hay for dairy cows. 
Alfalfa is the best hay for cows. The 
nature of the grain ration depends on the 
kind of roughage available, so I could not 
say as to whether grain ration you men¬ 
tion is suited exactly to your needs. I 
note that it is a high protein ration and 
would, therefore, do well with such rough- 
age as mixed hay and silage. However, 
the ration as it stands with 3% lbs. Al¬ 
falfa meal and 4 lbs. of bran is exceed¬ 
ingly bulky. I presume I could recom¬ 
mend a change that might make it more 
desirable if I knew wlmt you had for 
roughage. - h. f. j. 
Trouble With Churning 
We have one Guernsey cow; the cream 
is very rich and.heavy and I make butter. 
It is almost too long in coming. I skim 
it iuto a stone or glass jar, then put it 
into the kitchen for two hours to warm, 
or sometimes overnight, then into a glass 
churn. I try to have it only three-quar¬ 
ters full, ¥iO as to have room for the cream, 
and«at the temperature marked for butter 
on the .thermometer. I have churned 2)4 
hours, with no butter, only a mass of 
whipped cream. It almost always takes 
me more than an hour. I take all the 
care of the milk. Is it wrong to have it 
uow in a cold place with the window 
open ? G. G. c. 
New York. 
Your churning trouble is apparently 
churning a sweet cream at too low a tem¬ 
perature. Try letting the cream sour uu¬ 
til it begins to taste sour, and then churn 
at 65 degrees F., filling churn not over 
half full. If this does not help, prepare 
the cream by heating it to 142 degrees F. 
and holding for 20 minutes. Simply set 
cream pail in a larger vessel of hot water 
over fire and stir cream while heating. 
Tool cream an ! hold overnight and churn 
next day at 65 degrees F. Hold the 
cream at least an hour at 65 degrees F. 
before churning to get the “chill” out 
of it. H. F. J. 
Feeding Freshening Heifer; Fattening 
Calf 
A four-year-old Jersey-Guernsey about 
800 lbs. or less, due to calve in two weeks 
and now dry, has had fair pasture, 
stover and ground corn available. What 
grain ration should she have, if any, and 
what should she get immediately after 
calving? How long should the calf stay 
with her and will the calf require all her 
milk (10-12 qts. a day)? If the«cow was 
put iu a box stall to calve and kept there 
after, would 10 days be Tong enough be¬ 
fore she should go back to the stanchion 
stall? How often per day should calf be 
taken to cow for first 10 days or so? 
How old must a calf ho before it can cat 
fodder or grain, aud what kiud aud 
quantity should it be given to fatten up a 
bit before going to the butcher’s? I shall 
not carry it over the Winter. G. c. 
Connecticut. 
You should aim to have your cow freshen 
in good flesh. In addition to roughage 
make up a grain ration of two parts by 
weight of wheat bran, one part cornmeal, 
one part gluten and )4 part linseed oil- 
meal. Add a pouno of salt to each 100 
lbs. of feed Feed 5 to 5 lbs. of this 
mixture daily, half in morning and half 
in afternoon. For the first day after cow 
freshens make up a hot mash of bran and 
hot water and give about 3*4 lbs. in 
morning aud same at night. The grain 
ration that should follow depends a good 
deal on the kind of hay you have on 
hand. I note you have corn stover. This 
Buying Heifer; Breeding from Mongrel 
Hens 
1. I am contemplating buying a two-vear- 
old heifer, purebred Jersey, registered and 
tuberculin tested. She is only giving five 
or six quarts a day, the Teason given be¬ 
ing that her first calf aborted in the sixth 
or seventh month. She is supposedly with 
calf again. The price is $150. Would it 
be safe to buy such au animal? 2. I have 
eight liens, bought last March, a year old 
in June. They are not any breed that I 
know of, being black and brown, with 
yellow and black neck feathers, but have 
been excellent layers. They have laid well 
steadily from three to seven eggs daily 
ever since I bought them. They are molt¬ 
ing now, but I am still gettiug three eggs 
a day. I have Rhode Island Red pullets 
and cockerels, hatched last June. I had 
intended buying more hatching eggs this 
Winter, but wonder uow whether it might 
not be good policy to hatch eggs from 
these hens I have, as they are such good 
layers, using the Rhode Island Red roost¬ 
er. Would the resulting chickens be too 
nondescript to be good hens? p. T. 
1. I should hesitate paying $150 for the 
heifer you mention. Not only might she 
abort again, but she may be difficult to 
get with calf, and then again she has not 
had a chance to show what sort of a pro¬ 
ducer she really is. 
2. Now you have started with Rhode 
Island Reds 1 should buy hatching eggs 
of this breed. You will be more sure of 
good layers than hatching eggs from no 
particular breed. H. F. J. 
Dairy Feed 
I have some grade cows which I am 
feeding for milk. 1 have corn silage, cow 
pea hay and corn fodder, also corn, which 
I grind. Bran is $52 per ton at mill: 
cottonseed $1.30 per cwt., dairy feed, 24 
per cent. $75 per ton ; dairy feed, 16 per 
cent, $60. Which is the more profitable 
feed, the bran or dairy feed? Corn is 
$1.10 per bu. Feed to mix with corn and 
eobmeal aud cottouseed meal. Give me 
a balanced ration with the above feeds. 
Delaware. H. p. 
As- I understand it. you have silage, 
cowpea hay, corn fodder, corn aud cob- 
meal and cottonseed meal ou hand. Feed 
about 30 lbs. of silage per head per day 
and two feeds of hay and one of fodder. 
Make grain ration two parts by weight 
corn and eobmeal. two parts bran, two 
parts cottonseed meal and one part 16 
per cent protein dairy feed. Add 1 lb. 
of salt to each 100 lbs. of feed aud feed 
one lb. of grain to each o 1 /* to 4 lbs. milk 
produced daily. H. F. J. 
First Tramp : “Hey ! You won’t get 
anything worth eating iu that house. 
They’re vegetarians.” Second Tramp: 
“Gam!” First Tramp: “Yes. that’s a 
fact and. what’s more, they’ve got a dog 
wot ain’t!"—Credit T.ost. 
