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7h* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December IS, 1920 
His Necessity 
Your Privilege 
Railroad men live with one 
eye on the dials of their 
watches, making every effort 
to have trains leave and arrive 1 
on time. Conductors and en¬ 
gineers must carry reliable and 
accurate timepieces. 
Farmers, also, are relying 
more and more on the 
Hamilton—“The Watch of 
Railroad Accuracy.” On the 
farm, exact time may not be a 
matter of life or danger; but 
there is no place where time 
counts more than on the 
farm. 
A 
Engineer Frank R. Lippincott pilots 
the “Twentieth Century Limited ’ out 
of Chicago on its first lap to New York. 
Engineer Lippincott is a veteran offorty 
years, and has been a pilot ofthe“ Cen¬ 
tury” since that famous train was first 
inaugurated. He carries a Hamilton and 
has done so for ten years. 
amiltcm 
“The Watch of Railroad Accuracy” 
And why shouldn’t you have a Hamilton? It would 
cost you no more, and the farmer who carries reliable 
time can plan his busy day as a railroad chief plans his 
train schedule. There is deep personal satisfaction, more¬ 
over, in precision and accuracy. 
Prices range from $40 to $200. 
(in Canada $27.00) and up. 
Movements alone, $22 
Shall we send you “The Timekeeper"—our booklet!? 
“The Timekeeper” tells how to care for a fine watch. The 
different Hamiltons are illustrated and prices given. 
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HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY 
Lancaster , Pennsylvania 
Every Farm Should Have It 
The Stewart No. 1 Clipping Machine is an essential part of 
the modem farm equipment. Any owner of cows, horses or 
mules needs it the year round. 
Right now, and as long as cows are stabled, it’s a necessity for keeping the 
hair short on udder or flanks and as an aid to clean milk production. These 
parts are then quickly and easily cleaned before milking, and manure and 
other filth is kept out of the milk pail. 
Whether a producer of high grade certified milk, or a distributor of ordinary 
commercial milk, the clipping machine should be used regularly on your herd. 
Compulsory now in many communities, the requirement will soon be general. 
Clips cows all over in the spring—keeps them through the summer in com¬ 
fort; clips young stock to free them from lice or ticks; clips horses or mules 
spring and fall. Same machine for all—no change in knives or adjustments. 
The Stewart No. 1 is a quality product, backed 
by a company with a record of thirty years of 
honest manufacturing. Superior construction. 
Gears cut from solid steel bar, hardened file 
hard by our own special process—they stand 
up under long, severe service. Clipping plates 
of razor steel — reputation unexcelled — hold 
keen cutting edge longer than any other. Metal 
gear case dust and dirt proof—gears run con¬ 
tinuously in oil. Easily operated—ball bear¬ 
ings reduce friction. Six foot flexible shaft 
Machine compact—set up or taken down quickly 
—weighs only thirty pounds. 
Wouldn't Take $100 for His Machine 
If He Couldn't Get Another 
JAYEMA FARM 
St. Johnsbury, Vt., Dec., 15,1919 
It gives me pleasure to commend to others the clip- 
mg machine which you make. _ No one not trying one 
has any idea of the difference in the amount of dirt in 
milk pails. Aside from this the work of caring for a herd 
is reduced to the minimum. I wouldn’t take $100 for my 
machine if I could not secure another from you for my 
barns. It is a wonder and good every day in the year. 
J. M. Allen, Prop. 
The Stewart No. 1 is the standard clipping ma¬ 
chine of the entire world. Clips cows, horses or 
mules. Only $14.00 at your dealer’s, or send 
$2.00 and pay balance on arrival. 
Electric Clipping Machine, 110 volts A. C., $80 
Chicago Flexible Shaft Company 
Dept. A 141 < 
5600 Roosevelt Road, Chicago 
Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minklef 
Feeding Family Cow and Horses 
1. Will you give me a ration for my 
family cow? I have to buy all my feed, 
and will use mixed hay and corn fodder 
for my roughage. I can get cornmeal. 
ground oats, bran, oilmeal and cottonseed 
meal, and I think beet pulp. 2. I would 
like a ration for my work team. They 
have very little to do in the Winter time, 
and I want to use oat straw for roughage. 
Michigan. E. E. w. 
1. For your dairy cows, where you have 
mixed hay and no silage, and one that will 
best utilize the home-grown feeds re¬ 
ferred to, I would suggest the following: 
300 . lbs. of cornmeal, 200 lbs. of oats, 
100 lbs. of bran, 200 lbs. of oilmeal. 200 
lbs. of cottonseed. Moisten the beet pulp 
12 hours before feeding. It would serve 
as a substitute for silage and introduce 
a quality of succulence that would ma¬ 
terially increase your production. 
2. Supplement the oat straw in feeding 
idle horses during Winter with a grain 
ration consisting of ear corn and wheat 
bran. Ear corn would do quite as well 
as the shelled corn. I would not mix 
the corn and bran, but rather feed the 
horses a bran mash once a week, and 
feed them a mixture of equal parts of 
oats and bran for one of the daily feed¬ 
ings. The horses should have free access 
to the oat straw, and should be given just 
enough corn and grain to keep them in a 
fair condition of flesh. 
Feeding Thin Cow 
I have just bought a cow, grade Hol¬ 
stein and Jersey. She is now giving 
eight quarts of milk per day. and is due 
to freshen the middle of January. She is 
five years old. and I think hns not had 
enough to eat. as she is thin. I have 
good mixed hay and some cattle beets. 
Maine. l. l. w. 
Under the conditions as you have de¬ 
scribed them. I would suggest that you 
feed your cows as follows : 30 lbs. corn¬ 
meal. 30 lbs. ground oats, 20 lbs. bran, 
20 lbs. oilmeal. Feed her 0 lbs. a day 
of this combination until she freshens. 
After calving I would add 20 lbs. of glu 
ten feed and 10 lbs. of cottonseed meal. 
It would be just as well for you to re¬ 
serve the cattle beets until after fresh¬ 
ening. These will provide succuleuce, 
and this quality is not as essential in a 
ration for dry cows as for cows in milk. 
I would give the cow as much salt as 
she would relish, and usually you will 
find that they will consume about 2 lbs. 
for each 100 lbs. of grain consumed. 
Dry Cornstalks in Silo 
We had nine acres of good corn. It 
has been cut and shocked three weeks. 
We thought it too heavily eared to put 
in silo. Can we run this through a 
lmskcr and shredder, and put in silo if 
we use plenty of w r ater? D. h. t. 
Interlaken, N. Y. 
I have put perfectly dry cornstalks out 
of a shock into a silo, running a half¬ 
inch stream of water into the blower 
while cutting the corn, and had them 
keep in good shape. The principal factor 
is the diameter of the silo. If it is small 
for the size of the herd there is no danger 
from spoiling. If it is large the chances 
for spoilage are greater. The only silo 
that I have available at the present time 
is 18 feet across, and instead of attempt¬ 
ing to fill it. I am going to cut a few 
loads of corn up every Saturday. As to 
putting shredded stalks into the silo. I 
have about decided that the extra labor 
and power involved in running the 
shredded stalks through a blower would 
not pay. and instead will blow the 
shredded stalks into a haymow and feed 
them out dry. If I thought it would pay 
I would not be afraid that they would 
not keep in the silo, provided plenty of 
water was used and the silo was small 
and tight.- * h. s. b. 
Washing Milk Strainers 
Mrs. E. H., in a former issue, -wants 
to know how to keep a cloth milk strainer 
white and soft. My way may be of use 
to her. Rinse it in cold water as soou 
as used. Rinse it several times, until the 
water shows no signs of milk, then hang 
outdoors. Do not put a bit of warm 
water to it, as the warm water for some 
reason makes it yellow. Washday I boil 
it with my table linen. It is never hard, 
but will get yellow after a time, then I 
boil it in cream of tartar water. I had 
to do tliis^but once last Summer. Do not 
let it lie after using it, but rinse at once. 
Maine. A. L. N. 
Your Private 
Cow Doctor* 
If cows could tell their feelings, 
many a serious illness would be 
prevented, and constant milk 
losses would be saved. 
Milking cows, particularly, are 
subject to many ailments that are 
first manifested only in a reduced 
milk yield. 
Such cow ills you can treat 
yourself with the aid of Kow- 
Kare, the great cow medicine. At 
the first sign of reduced milk flow 
try Kow-Kare. Use it according 
to directions and watch the story 
the milk pail tells. 
Dairymen everywhere know 
the value of Kow-Kare both in 
preventing disease, and in treat¬ 
ing such ailments as Barrenness, 
Abortion, Retained Afterbirth, 
Scouring, Lost Appetite, Bunches. 
No cow barn should be without Kow- 
Kare, your private cow doctor. Sold in 
in 70 c and $ 1.40 packages by feed deal¬ 
ers, general stores and druggists. 
Write for free book, “The Home Cow 
Doctor.'^ 
"dairy ASSOCIATION CO- 
LYNDONVILLE, VT. 
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