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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
June 5, 1920 
HINMAN MILKER 
The milker with the gradual suction and complete stopping of 
ction, that is so comfortable and natural to the cows. With the 
simple teat cups, a size to fit different cows, and so easy 
to keep clean and sanitary. Lower in cost than others 
because it requires no big stationary pump, vacuum tank, 
gauge, relief valve, pipeline or pulsator. That, too. is 
\ why the Hinman requires far less power to operate than 
I n other*. 
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best salt you can buy—a salt specially adapted 
to quick meat curing. 
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SPECIAL FARMERS 
SALT 
Dissolves immediately and penetrates the meat, pre¬ 
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the best flavor of any meat, keep¬ 
ing it firm and tender until ready 
for use. 
Once you try Colonial Farmer’s Salt you 
will appreciate its superiority over ordin¬ 
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Packed only in strong, convenient, protec¬ 
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Write us, sending dealer's name, if he 
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AKRON^OHIO 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Forage Crop Questions 
I have a farm of 200 acres of which 
there are about 45 or 50 acres in cultiva¬ 
tion. I have 20 acres in wheat: shall 
have 10 in oats. 10 in corn, and the rest 
in cane. The 150 acres is timber, with 
wild grass which gives pasture for four 
or five months. How many cows and 
calves, including three horses, can I keep 
on this amount of feed? 1 have no silo. 
Would five acres of silage, including the 
cost, of filling, more than pay the cost of 
building in feed value? Would barley do 
well in Southwest Missouri? E. o. c. 
Missouri. 
No doubt you are figuring on your 
wheat as a money crop and will rely 
largely on the oats and corn as feed for 
your farm animals. Under average con¬ 
ditions an acre of corn will yield from 
10 to 15 tons of silage per acre. The lat¬ 
ter yield is obtained in certain sections 
whore the corn is cut relatively green, 
and where the larger and heavier yield¬ 
ing varieties of corn are planted. While 
it is always advisable to erect a silo whore 
one is producing milk during the Winter 
months if one has as many as 10 or 12 
cows, yet it is doubtful whether one would 
be justified for five or six cows. The 
cost of filling would be proportionately 
greater, and one’s overhead, or the amount 
he would have invested in silo-filling ma¬ 
chinery. could be put to better uses in 
ease his herd was such a small one. Bar¬ 
ley has about the same feeding value, 
pound for pound, as corn, although its 
total yield of dry matter per acre is con¬ 
siderably under that yielded by corn. In 
your section it ought to be possible to 
mature corn, and I am inclined to be¬ 
lieve that a crop of corn would be more 
profitable than a crop of barley. 
Calf with Indigestion 
What shall I do for a heifer calf which 
I am trying to raise? She is now about 
seven weeks old. I have been feeding her 
skim-milk sinoe she was three weeks old. 
with a handful of prepared calf food, 
gradually adding a little water. All food 
has been given lukewarm. About a week 
ago the calf swelled out as though she 
would burst. I gave her about a teaspoon¬ 
ful of salts, and the next morning she 
seemed all right. Since that time she lias 
had a spell each day and will not cat while 
in this condition. If you can possibly help 
me I sure would appreciate it. as I would 
like to raise a calf from the mother of this 
ealf. as she is a very good family cow, 
Jersey and Guernsey mixed. Have tried 
to raise her calves before, but never was 
successful, as her calves always die when 
about three to five weeks old. A. L. K. 
Pennsylvania. 
Your ealf is suffering from indigestion. 
It is possible that the amount of skim- 
milk fed has been excessive, and the calf- 
meal may be stale or rancid. If the calf 
is not properly nourished it is possible 
that she has sucked away at some avail¬ 
able object and overburdened her stom¬ 
ach with air. Due to indigestion, there 
has been a failure to absorb the gases, as 
developed, hence the bloated condition 
that you describe. When the calf has a 
similar condition place ail inch rope in 
her mouth and tie it over her head, and 
it is possible that she may belch up 
enough wind to release the pressure. Fail¬ 
ing to relieve the eonditiou by this means, 
take a small fork handle and put it into 
her mouth and shove it down her throat, 
opening the esophagus in such a way as to 
relieve air pressure. Following an at¬ 
tack of this .sort it is well to utilize some 
baking soda, say a heaping tablespoonful 
dissolved in warm water, to which has 
been added a heaping teaspoonful of or¬ 
dinary salt. 
Make sure that the calf is not fed an 
excessive amount of skim-milk, and, if she 
is subject to bloating and indigestion, feed 
her oftener. using a smaller amount of 
milk. See that she gets an abundance of 
water to drink, and got her to eating some 
clover or Alfalfa hay as soon as possible, 
in order that the rumen may begin to 
function and thus absorb the excessive 
gases. 
Feeding Five Sheep 
Will you give a ration for five ewes 
having lambs still nursing and also lambs 
after being weaned? H. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
A satisfactory grain ration for ewes 
nursing lambs is a mixture of three parts 
of ground oats, two parts of wheat, bran 
and one part of cornmeal. In addition to 
this concentrate give the ewes all of. the 
clover and Alfalfa hay that they will 
clean up with relish. From a quarter to 
a half a pound of grain to a ewe per day 
would be sufficient, and they ought to 
respond by giving you a generous amount 
of milk. A creep should be provided at 
an early date in order to provide the 
young lambs an opportunity to nibble 
away at grain unmolested by the older 
sheep. For this a mixture of three parts 
of oats, two parts of bran and a sprinkle 
of oilmeal would be well suited. The 
young lambs should have access to some 
legume hay, such as clover or Alfalfa. 
You are no doubt aware that the male 
lambs should be uusexed when they are 
two or three weeks old. and that their 
tails should be cut if it i: desired to have 
them grow and develop in the best form. 
GREEN 
IOUNT/fiN 
GREEN 
MOUNTAIN 
SILOS 
The Green 
Mountain s$lo 
with the new hip 
roof does credit to 
any group of 
farm buildings, no 
matter how pre¬ 
tentious. With its 
nut-brown creosoted 
staves and bright 
red cedar shingled 
roof, it is a beauty. 
Just as good as it is good 
looking, too. Each part that 
has to stand a strain and in a 
silo that means al¬ 
most every part—is 
built extra staunch 
and heavy. 
Green Mountain 
staves are of extra- 
heavy, clean, well- 
fitted lumber—creo- Note the 
soted to weather- Doors* 
proof and preserve the wood. 
The hoops are of extra-heavy 
■steel with easy-fit¬ 
ting, rolled (not cut > 
threads. 
The safe-like Green 
Mountain door is a pa¬ 
tented feature that in¬ 
sures sweet silage. 
The Green Mountain 
anchorage system pre¬ 
vents warping and blow¬ 
ing over and holds rigid 
against unusual strains. 
No iron parts on the 
Green Mountain ladder to frost your 
hands or pull off your mittens in winter. 
There’s a real reason for every 
Green Mountain feature. Write for 
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story. Special discounts on early 
orders. 
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338 W*«t St. Rutland, V«. 
Hoops ond LuqS Extea Heavy 
Wooden 
Ladder 
No Frosting 
Unadilla Silos 
Are Trustworthy 
Y OU can trust your good corn 
crop to a UNADILLA Silo. 
It will make perfect silage, keep it 
without waste and afford easy labor 
and silage or time-saving conven¬ 
iences that no oth;r silo can offer. 
You can trust your boy or girl up 
and down its safe, handy and ever- 
ready door fastener ladder. 
Choose the UNADILLA—it’s 
worth trusting. 
Prove our claims to your own satisfaction. 
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Your own neighbors have or know the fam¬ 
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Box C 
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iEED TIME** 0 MAD VEST. 
NEVEP FAILED YET 
s good to kuow ut illuming tuns." .-ay.- '>Uk> Ja»J r » 
lit no matter liow big the corn crop, there won t be 
waste on my farm because I’ve got 
HARDER SILOS 
“The shucks and stnlk> that so 
often go t<» waste yto into tn> 
Harder Silos and come out tine, 
sweet silage that keeps my cows 
100?o tit all winter.” 
Writ* lor free booklet on Silo* and 
the story ol Silas Low 
HARDER MFC. CORF. 
Box II Cobleskill New tors 
