1926 
‘The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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December 23, 1020 
The De Laval Milker 
Gives More Service 
The above illustration is made from a photograph (not retouched) 
showing a De Laval Udder Pulsator and piston which have been used for 
four years in connection with the De Laval Milker at the Roseland 
Dairy, Caldwell, N. J. 
The diameter of the piston in relation to the diameter of the cylinder 
in the Udder Pulsator, even after four years of wear, still passes the exact¬ 
ing factory tests and requirements. 
When in operation, the piston travels 45 times per minute; that is, 
45 times per minute each way, making 90 movements a minute, or 5400 
times per hour. On the basis of four hours per day, 365 days in the 
year, the piston travelled the remarkable total of 31 million times in the 
four years — without showing any appreciable wear and without lubri¬ 
cation. 
The Monel metal piston, the bronze cylinder and simple construction 
of only one moving part, without springs, weights, or complicated mech¬ 
anism of any kind, make possible such unusually long service. 
The action of the De Laval Milker pleases the cow. Its long service 
pleases the owner. 
Write to nearest De Laval office for Milker 
Catalog, mentioning number of cows milked 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 
NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO 
165 Broadway 29 East Madison Street 61 Beale Street 
Lowest Prices 
ELECTRICAL 
Supplies of all Kinds 
CATALOG FREE 
Wholesalers & Manufacturers 
HINSDILL ELECTRIC CO. 
TROY, N. Y. 
Indoor Toilet $11.35 
Set it up anywhere in the house in fifteen 
minutes. Sanitary, absolutely odorless. 
No plumbing. ’Chemical kills germs. 
Eliminate unhealthful outhouse this 
winter. Money back if not satisfactory after 
t80 days’ trial. Quick shipment by Express. 
Descriptive circular on request. 
BENNETT HOMES (Equipment Dept.) 
4?0 Main Street N. Tonawmidu, N. Y. 
ATTRACTIVE FARM PARTNERSHIP 
Offered to party capable of coutinuingpresentoper- 
ation and management of 3 desirable New Jersey 
Farms, located: 100 acres with 2500 fruit trees. Leb¬ 
anon, including dairy and poultry; 228 acres, Mil¬ 
lington, General Farming; 100 acres, Morristown, 
General Farming. All farms fully stocked witli cat¬ 
tle, horses, poultry and hogs. Ail barns filled with 
alfalfa, timothy, corn, rye, oats. All well equipped 
and well watered, Each farm has good dwellings 
and out-buildings. Cash needed, IS 10,000. 
ROOM 309, 1 0 Cast 43rd Street, NEW YORK CITY 
Farm of £500 Acre© 
54 Holstein cows, mostly registered; milk»bringing 
$1,200 per month; horses, tools, 100 tons hay, straw, 
grain, two silos filled, fine barns, 3 houses. Owner 
dead; widow can’t manage it. Cows like oxen in 
size. Milk bringing 33 cents per hundred, more 
than league prices. To settle estate quick all goes 
for 8825,000 cash. Would like $10,000 balance 
time. Personal property valuable. Fine river farm. 
HALL'S FARM AGENCY, Oweoo. Tiooa Co.. New York 
New York State FARMS 
nmking farms for sale. We have a size, location and 
price to please you. Stock and tools included on many of 
them. MANDEVILLE REAL ESTATE ACENCT, Inc., Dept. I, Olean, N. »■ 
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ROSENSTIEL FUR CO. 
107 West 26th Street, New York 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
The Great Live Stock Show 
Part II. 
One of the newer features of the show 
was the exhibition of hay and grain. The 
Division of Markets of the Department 
of Agriculture has been doing some not¬ 
able work in an attempt to bring the 
producer and consumer into closer range, 
and in order that uniform standards 
might be established it was necessary to 
place in prominent exhibition the type* 
of packages and grades of products that 
are the most popular at the trade cen¬ 
ters. While the showing of corn did not 
equal the exhibition of last year, there 
was a marked improvement in the grain 
exhibited, and a particular improvement 
in the arrangement of baled hay. 
It is evident that the one aim of the 
International is to show in an educa¬ 
tional way the attainments of the most 
prominent breeders, feeders of live stock 
and the most notable producers of farm 
products. If every student of animal 
husbandry could have opportunity to 
visit this show it would enable him to 
The one problem that confronts the 
Middle West farmer is the one fact that 
land values have been falsely inventoried, 
and that the selling price has not been 
based upon the producing capacity of the 
land. The farmer who has an investment- 
of $300 or $400 per acre in his land can¬ 
not hold it very long if he is compelled 
to market his grain and hay at the 
present values. Conditions would not be 
so acute were it not a fact that much of 
the land is mortgaged to the extent of 
$250 or $300 an acre, and the farmer 
cannot long continue to borrow money 
aud pay interest charges when he is un¬ 
able to make even partial payments such 
as might reduce his principal. Let us 
hope that some means will be devised 
that will stabilize conditions aud enable 
the producer to get at least a living and 
a new dollar for an old one. 
Wintering Horse 
Will you tell me how to winter my 
1100-lb. horse, as this is my first experi¬ 
ence on a farm? I would like to use as 
little grain as possible. I have between 
Clorerleaf Jock, Champion Shorthorn Steer, and Reserve Champion of Interna¬ 
tional Shoio. lired and Exhibited by TF. C. Rosenberger d Sons of Ohio 
fix definitely in his mind the various 
types of animals that are the most popu¬ 
lar with.the packer as well as the pro¬ 
ducer. lie would be enabled to compare 
the relative merits of the various breeds, 
which would materially aid him iu the 
selection of animals best suited to meet 
his own requirements when he undertook 
the breeding or feeding of live stock. 
A notable feature about the show was 
the spirit of optimism that prevailed 
among the breeders, even though many 
of them expressed the belief that future 
prices would be lower rather than higher 
as conditions approach normal. There is 
no doubt that certain breeds have been 
boomed beyond the conservative stage, 
aud naturally there must lie a reaction 
in prices, particularly if the prevailing 
market values of farm products continue 
at the present low ebb. The conclusion, 
however, seemed to he that we will con¬ 
tinue to improve the quality, even though 
it is necessary to. reduce iu numbers the 
animals that are maintained on stock 
farms. 
If market reports are indicative of the 
trend of affairs it would seem that feed¬ 
ers would be justified iu keeping their 
animals iu the feed lot for a longer period 
rather than to undertake to unload them 
after they are partially warmed up and 
partially finished. Butchers aud buyers 
of meat arc complaining that they are 
unable to obtain quality aud finish among 
the carcasses offered for sale by the 
packers, and there is ample evidence to 
substantiate the claim that feeders are 
sending partially fed animals to market 
and that prices will drop to an even lower 
level. With grain values at their present 
level it would seem that feeders would 
be amply justified iu keeping their ani¬ 
mals iu the feed lot until they are en¬ 
tirely finished, for there is more money 
in selling 10-ceut hogs than iu marketing 
30-ceut corn. 
two and three tons of mixed hay in the 
barn. h. e. n. 
Connecticut. 
Assuming that the horse is not required 
to do very much work during the Winter, 
would suggest that you feed a grain ra¬ 
tion consisting of five parts of oats, two 
parte of bran, feeding him S to 11 lbs. 
of this feed per day in two equal feedings, 
morning aud night. I should feed him 
approximately 12 lbs. of hay per day. 
This can be fed in two equal feedings, 
morning and night, and if he is still hun¬ 
gry, an added amount might be supplied 
during the middle of the day. Of course, 
it will depend upon the condition and age 
of the horse. Younger animals might get 
along on a smaller amount of grain and 
an increased amount of hay; but there is 
danger of feeding extravagantly of hay, 
particularly with idle horses. Salt should 
be available at all times, and the horse 
should be given a bran mash once a week 
in order to make sure that there is no 
congestion of the bowels. At the present 
prices oats and corn provide concentrates 
in an economical form, hut if you desire 
a mixture that contains more roughage 
then you can turn to any of the popular 
brands of ready-mixed horse feeds con¬ 
taining Alfalfa and some molasses, to¬ 
gether with corn, oats and other grain 
products. 
Very little farming is done around here, 
and what is done is for personal use. 
Kggs are scarce and selling for $1.20 per 
dozen. Apple's, $4.50 per bbl.; potatoes, 
$1.80 per bu. Chickens, live. 40c per lb. 
Cows in good shape, about $125: others, 
buyer’s price. We -are getting 17c per 
quart for milk and deliver it retail; 
wholesale it was 10c per quart. Feeds 
still high. There is very little grain 
planted here, and the only grain for the 
last few years was corn. Most of the 
farmers had hard luck with that because 
they could not get any help and planted 
it too late; some have not finished husk¬ 
ing yet. s. s. 
Union Co., N. ,T. 
