The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Beside* it* well-known valuo in keeping 
the udder and teat* healthy. Bag Balm la 
• wonderful healer of any cut, bruise, 
chap, chafing or wound. An application 
will immediately relieve the pain and heal 
the injured tissues. 
No dairy bam should 6a without it* 
package of Bag Balm. It has no equal 
for the prompt and successful treatment 
of Caked Bag, Cow Pox, Bunches or any 
of the congested conditions of the udder 
and teat* that frequently occur at the 
calving period. An occasional application 
will prevent soreness and make the cow aa 
easy milker. 
Feed dealers, druggists and 
general stores sell Bag Balm, 
in 60c packages. Write for our 
free booklet, “Dairy Wrinkles.’* 
■ DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO., 
LYNDONVILLE, yt. 
Harder Silos 
“Every cent I’ve i>lanted in Harder Silos,” 
says Silas Low, “'has sprouted out a dollar. 
“They’ve made my dairy a paying busi¬ 
ness with less work and less worry. 
“They give me time to enjoy life with 
my family and take part in the affairs of 
my community. 
“They keep my cows all winter looking 
and producing like the middle of July.” 
Send for free booklet on Silos 
and the story of Silas Low. 
SILOS AT HALF 
PRICE THIS MONTH 
I am reducing tbe high cost of 
silos by usiug U. S. Government 
stamps. Write for particulars. 
I am selling tbe 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 iu every way. l’lace your 
order within the next thirty days 
and save precisely oue-balf. 
Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Grain with Turnips and Silage 
I have eight cows, just freshened. Silo 
filled with oats, peas and vetch, not opened 
yet, a quantity of turnips and grow oats, 
barley and wheat, which we will crush 
and can put in quantity of each as di¬ 
rected. Bran, per ton. $51; middlings, 
$58; cottonseed meal. $87.50; cornmeal. 
$77; feeding flour, $70. My hay is mixed 
quality. Will you give the best ration 
for milk, made from about, and quantity 
per cow ? R. M. 
Nova Scotia. 
You will find that silage resulting from 
oats, peas and vetch will carry a consid¬ 
erably higher percentage of protein than 
that usually obtained from corn. Assum¬ 
ing, therefore, that you have a generous 
amount of this material, with oats, bar¬ 
ley and wheat which you propose to crush 
and feed as a grain ration, I would sug¬ 
gest the following: 200 lbs. of ground 
oats, 300 lbs. of ground barley, 100 lbs. 
of ground wheat, 100 lbs. of wheat bran. 
250 lbs. of cottonseed meal. Feed 1 lb. 
of this grain ration for each 3% lbs. of 
milk produced per day. It is not neces¬ 
sary for you to buy either cornmeal or 
middlings, since you apparently have an 
abundance of oats and barley. You will 
feed from 25 to 35 lbs. of silage per day. 
and even though it comes out of the silo 
badly discolored the cows will eat it 
readily with a great deal of relish. I 
should feed in addition some roughage, 
such as clover, Alfalfa or mixed hay and 
com fodder, supplying them all that they 
will clean up with relish of the particular 
roughage that is available. 
Useful Soiling Crops 
I would like to ask about green feed. 
How much ground to sow for 10 to 12 
cows for three to four months? 
New York. C. T. B. 
Without doubt the forage crop best 
suited for soiling purposes is a mixture 
of oats and Canada field peas, the pro¬ 
portion being equal of oats and Canada 
field peas by measure; the amount to seed, 
three bushels per acre. The mixture 
should be seeded as early iu the Spring 
as possible, and the seedings should be 
made from 10 to 15 days apart. Ordi¬ 
narily the dairy cow will consume from 
00 to 75 pounds of green feed per day, 
and one can rely upon a yield of 10 to 12 
tons per acre, depending, of course, upon 
whether the soiling crops are practically 
cured before being fed. Oats and peas 
can be seeded as late as May 15 or 20, 
and the first planting should be made as 
early in the Spring as possible. At the 
New Jersey Experiment Station we found 
that a mixture of cow peas and Kaffir 
corn likewise furnished an exceedingly 
large amount of forage for use a little 
later in the season. The oats and peas 
should be harvested preferably when the 
oats are in the milk state and the peas 
are. about two-thirds in blossom. If by 
any chance the crop gets past this stage 
it can be matured and cut as hay, and 
will make a splendid source of roughage 
for use in feeding horses during the Win¬ 
ter months, or they can even he used for 
feeding dairy cows. Of course, Alfalfa 
makes a splendid soiling crop, inasmuch 
as the same area can be cut over three 
and often four times during the season. 
Under average conditions, however, there 
is nothing that will compare, as far as 
yield is concerned, with oats and Canada 
field peas. 
M. L. SMITH, Manufacturer’s Agent 
113 Flood uilding 
Meadville Pennsylvania 
GREEN MOUNTAIN 
Before You Buy Your Silo. 
investigate the rvliablo Green Mountain. Send 
for circulars describing long-lifo, tight 
construction, new Anchorage System, etc. 
Creamery Package Mfg. Cl., 338Mut St, Rutland, Vt. 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard book by TIonry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to $2.75, at 
which price we can supply it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
833 West 30th Street New York 
Cayuga County. N. Y., breeders of Hol- 
steins organized the Cayuga County Hol¬ 
stein Club at a meeting held at Auburn, 
N. Y., recently. The club’s object is- to 
promote the breeding of purebred Hol- 
stein-Friesiau cattle in the county; to 
advance the interests of Cayuga County 
Holsteins by united action as opportu¬ 
nity offers, and as time goes on to bring 
the good qualities of Cayuga County Hol¬ 
steins to the attention of breeders every¬ 
where. Mr. William M. Rider, director 
of extension service of the Holstein- 
Friesinu Association of America was 
present and gave an excellent address on 
the benefits to be derived by club organi¬ 
zation. A constitution and by-laws were 
adopted at the meeting, and it was voted 
that the annual membership fee be $5 per 
member. J. Reynolds Wait, Auburn, was 
elected president ; A. L. Jenks. Genoa, 
vice-president; R. L. Dodge, Fleming, 
treasurer; R. D. White, Locke, secretary, 
and B. B. Andrews, Weedsport, James 
Avery, Aurora, Don Harrington, Cato, 
directors. The breeders of the county 
had the hearty support and co-operation 
of the local Farm Bureau iu the organiza¬ 
tion of the club. 
Barn a J Silo 
Phoenix Bros.. 
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 doore of Natco Silos 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. 
Seclion of Natco 
Silo Wall showing 
stilt air spaces and 
steel reinforcing 
Ask your building su 
Silos. Write for FR. 
dealer for prices on Natco 
book, “Natco on the Farm." 
National Fire Proofing Company 
1362 Fulton Building Pittsburgh, Pa. 
23 Factories assure a 'wide and economical distribution 
Rebuild theOld STAVE SILO 
and Make it a NEW 
Your old stave silo isn’t a dead loss even 
if it does look like the one at the left be¬ 
low; or even if it has completely collapsed, 
breaking the matching of the staves. If 
you want silo and silage insurance for life 
—make it into a Craine Triple Wall Silo. 
With the Crainelox Covering you can use 
all the old material that is sound, except 
the Hoops, and make a strong, 
airtight, scientific, 3-wall silo at 
about one-half the cost of a new 
silo—a beautiful building keeping 
perfect silage. 
Send at once for literature on new 
Craine Triple Wall Silos, and our 
plan of rebuilding old stave silos. 
Special discount to early purchas¬ 
ers. Fine proposition to agents. 
CRAINE SILO COMPANY, Inc. 
B®x 110 Norwich, N. Y. 
BUY Your SILO NOW I 
Prices sure to advance. Save money by 
ordering now 
FEED IS HIGH | 
Never before has a silo been so needed on the farm as now. 
FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN: We will sell these 1 
silos at prices you cannot afford to overlook. Thousands of H 
farmers will save money by buying now. We have made M 
the TORNADO FIR SILO for twenty years and specialize §§ 
on high grade fir only. TORNADO SILOS are every- |f 
where. They speak for themselves. Ask your neighbor. = 
Don t wait until railroad conditions, car shortages, etc., make s| 
delivery of your silo uncertain. 
TORNADO SILOS \ 
TORNADO SILOb are furnished with top and bottom storm proof = 
anchors, ruside iron hoops at top of silo, heavy steel bia<-«d door frame, H 
covered lugs, more hoops, more doors than other silos, positively air-tight H 
door system, etc. E= 
Write at once for onr silo broadside and special early prices 
The W. R. HARRISON CO., MASSILLON, OHIO | 
