The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
319 
Pasture and Bam Notes 
Mature Silage Corn. — Wo have 
learned one thing, to our own satisfaction, 
at least, this Winter. It is that no mat¬ 
ter how much grain there may be in 
silage, it does no! replace the grain ra¬ 
tion. I have already told how we filled 
our silo with heavily-eared Luce’s Favor¬ 
ite corn, so mature that many of the ears 
would shell when they went through the 
cutter. The resulting silage was simply 
full of golden grain, yet the corn was 
green enough so that the silage itself is 
of excellent quality. With so much grain 
in the silo we quite logically concluded 
that we could cut such feeds as hominy 
and eornmeal out of our grain ration. 
The results of doing this have been alto¬ 
gether unsatisfactory. Our cows have 
not milked well and have not held their 
condition, despite the fact that they had 
all the silage and good mixed Alfalfa 
hay that they would eat. Now we have 
replaced the eornmeal. After about a 
week results are already apparent. The 
cows are improving in condition and have 
come up considerably on their milk pro¬ 
duction. Certainly there is something to 
silage besides its mere food value. In 
fact, we are not at all sure, after this 
Winter’s experience, but that we can 
make more milk from silage made from 
green, immature corn than we can from 
silage made from mature corn with lots 
of ears on it. 
Daily Mii.k Weights. —Ours is one of 
the farms where we periodically set out 
to weigh the milk every milking, then get 
in a hurry and skip a few milkings, and 
finally end up by never totaling the 
weights. I am not defending the system. 
It is indefensible. I am going to say, 
however, that 1 I believe even such care¬ 
less weighing as this is worth while. It 
gives a fair idea of what the various 
cows are doing, is an aid in feeding, and 
it adds a bit of sport to the somewhat 
monotonous job of milking. In short, I 
believe that it would pay us to have a 
pair of scales to which a man might step 
and weigh a mess of milk even if a figure 
was never set down. One of our neigh¬ 
bor follows this system, and I know that 
it is very valuable to him. 
gain if you want to feed longer for an ex¬ 
pected rise in the market. He is ready to 
kill at. any time after six months of age, 
and should then weigh 180 to 200 lbs., 
and will yield a carcass that will dress 
out little waste and large proportions of 
the highest class cuts. 
Relative to crossing on lard types of 
hogs for pork production, I claim the fol¬ 
lowing: The Tamworth being a direct 
descendant of the old Irish hog, which 
was a pure offspring of the original wild 
hog of Europe (Sus scrofa), when 
crossed on the lard types, bearing mostly 
Chinese (Sus Indieus) blood in their 
veins, and having several thousand years 
longer domestication, we get by the union 
of the two very unlike breeds, a rejuven¬ 
ation of cell energy ; the unlikeness at the 
union of the parent, cells, gives an animate 
battery that shows its polaristic potential 
in the hybrid pigs, by resulting in large 
litters, of individuals of forceful action, 
strong personality and increased stamina. 
New Jersey. tiios. a. shields. 
Farming Without Live Stock 
Is it possible to keep up the produc¬ 
tion of the farm without the keeping of 
live stock? If so, will you give the method 
to pursue? s. w. k. 
Greene, Me. 
Yes, it can be done and has been done, 
but a small amount of manure will al¬ 
ways help more than the actual plant 
food it contains. To keep up the land 
without manure there must be some rota¬ 
tion or plan which Includes green manur¬ 
ing crops. In some cases all such crops 
as corn or potatoes will be followed by a 
“cover crop” of rye or buckwheat and 
clover. This holds the ground through the 
Winter and is plowed under in the Spring. 
In other cases one entire year of the rota¬ 
tion is devoted to producing these cover 
crops— all being plowed into the ground. 
For instance, in early Spring a crop of 
oats and Canada peas may be seeded. 
This crop will be plowed under in late 
June or early July and, soy beans or 
cow peas seeded in drills. At the 
last cultivation rye and clover may be 
seeded right in this crop, and the whole 
thing left to decay on the ground, to be 
plowed under next year. There are many 
such combinations of green crops—all be¬ 
ing plowed under like manure. Lime is 
used to increase the growth of these cover 
crops, and chemical fertilizers are used 
freely. In this way the soil is kept full 
of organic matter, and the chemicals sup¬ 
ply the plant food. It is always better, 
whenever possible, to use some stable 
manure along with the green crops. The 
manure brings certain bacteria to the soil 
and they help to break up and decay the 
green matter which has been plowed under. 
Feeding Calves Fore Milk. —We 
often read in the papers a recommenda¬ 
tion to feed calves on the fore milk or 
the first tenth or so of the cow’s mess. 
We have talked it over and it doesn’t 
seem practical to us. Possibly we would 
find it so if we tried it out. It seems to 
us that it would be considerable of a job, 
and not the best kind of milking, to stop 
after a cow had just started to give her 
milk down. It is hard enough, anyway, 
not to get a cow into the habit of letting 
her milk down slowly, and we would 
think that any interruption coming at 
the beginning of the milking would be 
likely to increase this tendency. 
Grain Rations. —Here is our present 
grain ration. We give it simply for what 
it is worth. It may not be the best: 
300 lbs. bran, 100 lbs. ground oats, 200 
lbs. eornmeal, 200 lbs. gluten. 100 lbs. 
oilmeal, 100 lbs. cottonseed. 
DAIRYMAN. 
Good Points of Tamworth Swine 
I have raised Chester Whites. Berk- 
shires and Duroes and like them all. but 
I now raise Tamworths exclusively. Prof. 
F. C. Minkler says they do not mature as 
young as Duroes, etc. They may not be 
mature, but they certainly weigh the 
pounds, and as hogs sell by the pound, 
that is what counts. Remember there are 
types in the Tamworth as well as in 
cows; every black and white cow does 
not milk 00 to 80 lbs. of milk per day; 
also in chickens, we have high-laying 
strains. The type and breeding counts 
for much in the Tamworth because it is 
a breed developed by selection and not by 
crossing. 
I sold on January 2, 1920. to a packer 
of choice pork products in Brooklyn, N. 
Y., 55 shotes, farrowed in April, May and 
June, the same being stock not good 
enough to sell for breeding purposes. 
These pigs were raised on forage crops, 
supplemented with limited grain rations, 
and finished by feeding about six or seveu 
weeks on self-feeders. They weighed 12,- 
070 lbs. I admit this is not phenomenal; 
still it is good enough to satisfy the av¬ 
erage producer of pork. 
While the Tamworth may not mature 
young, he will keep on growing and make 
economical gains on feed consumed, and if 
the market is not right to sell, he is not 
fat with no frame to put on some extra 
| MILKING SHORTHORNS 
WalgrovesTo^t^ 
At the three big Eastern Fall Fairs, Syracuse, \\ or 
cester and Springfield, we won 8 Championships, 
28 First Prizes, 15 Second Prizes, 6 Third Prizes. 
Inquiries solicited. 
WALNUT GROVE FARM, Washingtonville, N. Y. 
Dairy Shorthorns For Sale! JESSE 1 . 
old bull by gr.-son of Royal Darlington, out of grand¬ 
daughter of Imp. Duke Buttercup. Si 26. Younger ones 
of equally good breeding—reds and roans. Also young 
cows and heifers. E. J. EASTERBR00K, R. D., Stiver Dims, N. ». 
For Sale-Reg. Milking Shorthorn Bull 
latinos, old. Papers furnished. HULETT BROS , Clymer, N.Y. 
MILKING SHORTHORNS. Everett Fox. Lowei-l, Mass 
| JERSEYS 
HAMILTON irncrvc 
FARM el EjKIjEj I i3 
Several Grandsons of 
FERN’S OXFORD NOBLE 
P 5012 HC—Out of R. of M. Dams. Priced to 
SELL IMMEDIATELY 
HAMILTON FARM. GLADSTONE. N. J. 
15 JERSEY HEIFERS 15 
_ 15 BEAUTIES 
ALL by a Register of Merit sire. 
A LI, out of Register of Merit dams. 
ALL with graniiatns in Register of Merit. 
Write now for descriptive list to 
BRIGHTS1DE FARMS E. W. Mosher 
Aurora, N. Y. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
TWO Reg. BULL CALVES 
and Two Rag. HEIFER CALVES 
out of A. R. O. cows. Herd under the Federal tu- 
berlin test. W.J. W. Bechtel, Boyertown, Pa. 
Formula ^ Quantity of Stock Molasses in Barrels, 
rui OdlB Kousk Bros., - Dushork, Pa. 
| SWINE 
Big Type Duroc-Jersey Gilts SffVSE 
and April farrow. Sired by Taxpayer’s Pal, 6th. and 
bred to Pal’s Joe Orion. flBO.T. (HI,!, AH, Canandalrua, N.Y. 
For Sale-O. 1. C. Gilts £&&£& 
No. 81495. Jay G. Townsend, Memphis, New York 
For Sale-Bred Berkshires u,,d r,Z Sow “ 
Price reasonable. JUltS 11. SEAMAN, bleu* Ksll*. N.Y. 
gK^GUERNSEYSrSai: 
Products 
1 $546 was the average price paid for all Guernseys 
gSold at public auction in 1919. This average sur¬ 
passes that obtained by any of the other dairy breeds. An 
auction sale lets the buyer set the price. His price is the 
only true indication of the value placed on the breed by the 
public. Let us tell you why Guernseys lead in popular favor. 
THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB 
Box R. 43 Peterboro, N H. 
ALBAMONT GUERNSEYS 
Superior voung bulls two to twelve months old, rich in May Rose Blood. 
Several are sons of 
DON DIAVOLO 
Send for Sales List 
J. C. HAARTZ, 10 High St., BOSTON, MASS. 
MAPLE GLEN FARM 
MAY ROSE GUERNSEYS 
will buy tuberculin tested 
*P***J\J bull calf, born Feb. 24, 1919 
He is well grown, straight and square as 
a brick, solid form. Sired by Klorham 
Laddie, that great pioneer son of Ne Plus 
Ultra and traces to Glen wood Boy of Had- 
don and Pretor on dam’s side. Dam A. R. 
473.21 fat 
L. L. COGGSHALL LOCKE, N. Y. 
$400.00 
WILL BUY 
Fisherman of Oaks Farm 
Hi. 59575. tarn AprH 70, 1919. Sire fcy Langwiter F reherman. 
Mi. 71673. Bin. Men el Gleebnrme. Ne. 37S33 
A calf hard to fault in any way, handsomely marked 
straight on the back, long body and well grown; His 
sire is a son of King of the May and out of Langwater 
Pearl with a record of 12763 lbs. milk and 689 lbs. fat, 
and was sold for $5000.00. The dam of this calf is a 
grand-daughter of Glenwood’s Mainstay on her 
sire’s side and of King Masher on her dam’s side, she 
is a wonderful cow and carries a perfect udder. Calf 
Is tuberculin tested and a bargain. 
THE OAKS FARM. Cohasset, MASS. 
STANNOX FARM 
MayRoscGucrnseys 
offers a few bull calves from high testing A. R. 
dams. Pedigrees and Prices sent on request. 
P. F. Staples, Manager 
EAST H0LLIST0N, MASSACHUSETTS 
FORESTDALE GUERNSEYS 
Excellent young Bulls of serviceable age, sons of 
JETHROE’S MASHER of FORESTDALE 
out of A.R. Dams, also 5 A.K. Cows and two Heifers, 
five and and two months old. 
Send for Sales List 
Richard D. D©Forest Amsterdam, N* Y. 
GUERNSEYS 
We are offering somo very attractive bulls and 
bull calves, sired by some of the best blood of the 
breed and from cows with veryjcreditable A. R. 
Records. For particulars address A. A. GILLETTE, 
Prop. LOCUST GROVE, Lima. N. ¥, 
The Farmer’s 
Opportunity 
A few choicely bred bull 
calves sired by Langwater 
Cavalier No. 21012, whose 
daughters average 608.34 lbs. 
fat at 2^ years. For sale at 
reasonable prices. 
Upland Farms Ipswich, Mass. 
P hilmark Farm R uernseys 
Exceptionally fine bull calves for sale. Good 
every way. Bred for steady production. 
Write for full information. 
VINCENT PHELPS, Supt., Ossining, N.Y. 
Sunnyside Guernseys ducKa™™^! 
S. Bureau of Animal Industry's Aecredite 
high pro* 
I one of IT. 
S. Bureau of Auimal Industry's Accredited Herds. 
James E. van Alstynb. Kindkrhook, N.Y. 
Suburban Farm Guernseys 
IIF.KD BULLS. King's Vanguard, son of Ne Plus Ul¬ 
tra. Preakness Warrior, son of Langwater Warrior. 
FOB SALE—Bull and Heifer Calves—Bred Cows. 
JAMES II. SEAMAN, Glen. Fall., X. Y. 
WALDORF FARMS GUERNSEYS 
For Salfi' Waldorf King of the May. 2-yrs.-old, 
i ui uaic. SOU | U i an ,i healthy, good disposition 
and his calves are over 90% heifers. Price reason¬ 
able. We also offer bull calf dropped Sept. 30, 1919 
sired by a May Rosa bull, dam ail A. R. daughter or 
Fanny’s Sequel, imported. Price, $75, a really good 
bull for a little money. Address 
W. B. Dayton, Supt. ‘ - North Chatham, N. Y. 
Guernseys 
OF QUALITY 
A few bulls at reasonable prices 
HERD SIRE; 
WYEBKOOK ALTAIR 
Bar None Ranch, Berlin, N.Y 
Harbor Hill Guernseys 
Bend for Sale List of Bull Calves from 3 to 
12 mos. old. A. B. breeding witb size and 
tonstitution. 
C. H. HECHLER, Boi 60, Roriyn, N. Y. 
EXECUTOR SALE 
At the Miller Homestead 
At Corwin Station, six miles north of Lockport by 
the International Railway, on the 19th day ol Fob. 
1 will offer for sale a herd of nine thoioughbred 
Roai.lored Qu.rn.ay C.ttla belonging to ihe late 
C. .T. Miller. This is an exceptional tine herd as Mr. 
Miller was very particular and has been a lifetime in 
getting them together. JOHN B. HENNING. NEWIANE, N T. 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves. A. R. breeding. Golden Secret strain. 
EXCELLENT VALUE 
Smithvillk Flats, Chenango Co., New York 
BLACKS 
High Colored Cream Not 
Richest in Butterfat 
Exhaustive experiments by the Univer¬ 
sity of Missouri, show that the natural 
yellow coloring of cream ami but.or is de¬ 
rived from Carotin, a yellow pigment 
found in fresh green feeds. For some un¬ 
explained reason, some breeds of cows 
make more use of Carotin than do others 
when making their milk, but the butter 
maker who adds a vegetable coloring mat¬ 
ter to butter is only doing what the cow 
would do, if she had the feeds rich in Car¬ 
otin. High color in cream does not de¬ 
note richness in butterfat. Holstein cows’ 
milk is naturally light colored, but rich iu 
body and tissue building solids and iu vi¬ 
tality ; and Holstein cows are the most 
economical producers of milk and butter, 
while their yield is more constant than 
that of any other dairy breed. 
Our wonderfully interesting booklets 
are sent free on request. 
THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION 
105 Hudson Street 
Brattleboro, Vermont 
Rcfl. Holstein Bull Call *,S ft&T'K 
Heifer Calves, $50 upwards. Grade Holstein Heifer 
Calves, $15 to $25. HENRY K. JARVIS. Port Byron, N.Y. 
Registered and Hig] 
Grade HOLSTEIN; 
80 reg. heifers, bred to fresl 
en in fall. 10 reg. heifer calve 
3 mos. old. IS reg. bulls. 3 t 
15 mos. old. 60 reg. cows,fres 
and springers. 60 high gi a<! 
Holstein springers. Federal t\ 
berculin tested. 25 high grad 
heifers, part of them bred. 
Holstein heifer calves, 920 t 
*25 each. The SPOT to buy Ho 
steins w orth the money. 
JOHN C. REAGAN, Tully. N.l 
King Segis Both Sides 
Here is a show bull born March 31, 1919, bred along lines 
that produce world’s champions. His sire is one ,.f the 
best bred sons of K ing Segis Pontiac Alcarti a, the famous 
$50,000 bull. His dum is out of an 18-lb. daughter of Jo¬ 
hanna King Segis. the 40-lb. grandson of King Segis. In 
four generations ho traces three times to King Segis. We 
also have a few heifers whose sire is out of a 35-lb. d&ugh- 
ter of Kinx Segis, 
G-. G. Burlingame. Cazenovia, N. Y. 
75»*i Heifer Calves’75 
MALE CALVES, $36 
Wa specialize in large type. Big producers and top 
notch breeding. Have pleased customers in every 
state in the Union. Will try and please you. Write 
ELITE STOCK FARM, F. H. Rlvenburg, Prop., Munntvlllt, N, Y. 
H olttrin-Krleilsn Heifer and Hall Calve*. Pure bred register¬ 
ed and high grade. Splendid individuals and breeding. 
Reg. Duroc Pigs. NROWNCROFT Farms, McGr.w, Cartlind Cs.. N.Y. 
AYRSHIRES 
Re? Avrshirfi Bull *? orn Sept., 1917: white and r« 
nog, BJISIHIBDUII a good bull and cheap 
8100 . Extended pedigree on application. Reg 
tered Ayrshire bull calf horn May, 1919: mogl 
white. A very good well built calf of good breedit 
Pedigree on application 
PERRY M AKKEN . Peru, Vernioi 
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