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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 19, 1921 
The Globe Silo Company introduced the extension roof 
idea for silos. Because blower cutters cannot fill sides full 
to the top and silage settles even farther, dairymen could 
not use the full capacity of the silo they paid for, until the 
Globe with its extension roof was put on the market. 
And note that the Globe extension roof has nearly straight sides— 
purposely to permit silage to be trampled level (not heaped up in 
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The Revival of Oxen 
I am much pleased to note the reviving 
interest in oxen and the attention given 
these worthy creatures by The It. X.-Y. 
There are a great many farms where oxen 
can be used profitably as a supplementary 
team, and many hill farms where they 
can be used advantageously as the only 
draft team. 
In answer to .T. G. W. (page 154) as 
to the best breed of draft oxen, unless he 
is familiar with oxen I think I should 
recommend a more phlegmatic breed than 
22 lbs. 3.9 per cent milk equals .858 lb. 
fat. plus 16.5 per cent O. It. equals 1 lb. 
butter. 
23 lbs. 3.9 per cent milk equals .897 lb. 
fat, plus 11.6 per cent O. R. equals 1 lb. 
butter. 
It would seem from the above figures 
that 22 lbs. of 3.9 per cent milk under 
ordinary conditions of butter-making 
would make 1 lb. of butter. J. w. r. 
Reddish Milk 
A friend of mine has a very fine cow, 
eight years old, Holstein and Jersey cross. 
This year when she v.as about six mouths 
Plenty of Ox Power 
the Devon. An ox teamster must be a 
more capable man than a horse teamster. 
It is well for a beginner to learn with a 
moderate pair. Since he is going to 
Maine, I would suggest that he begin 
with a pair of cattle of the breed for 
which Maine is famous—the Hereford. 
Later, as he learns the ways of oxen, let 
him change to the more active and nerv¬ 
ous Devon. 
The accompanying pictures of oxen 
show them at different kinds of work. 
This Winter I am using the thirty-third 
in calf, and giving two or three gallons 
of milk per day. her milk had a pinkish 
look after standing 12 hours, and increas¬ 
ing slightly after that length of time. The 
cream, however,, looked perfect at all 
times, and there .was no sign of blood in 
the milk at milking time, and no udder 
trouble of any kind. The cow is in fine 
condition. Her milk in butter and cot¬ 
tage cheese this year was worth over .8300. 
She is the only cow iu the dairy, and I 
call it a good one. 
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pair which I have owned during nearly 
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Milk Required for a Pound of Butter 
IIow many pounds of milk testing 3.9 
per cent butterfat would be required to 
make a pound of butter? «• m. d. 
Maryland, N. Y. . 
To determine how much milk of a 
given test will be needed to -make one 
pc und of butter, one must first ascertain 
how large an over-run can be obtained, 
over-run being the difference between 
the amount of fat in the milk and the 
quantity of butter made from that fat. 
Under ordinary farm conditions the over¬ 
run is about 13 per cent. Under fac¬ 
tory conditions the chances of loss of 
butterfat are less, and the over-run is 
between 15-22 per cent. With these 
points iu mind, the following amounts 
of milk testing 3.9 fat will make one 
pound of butter. The percentages of 
over-run in each case is also noted : 
21 lbs. 3.9 per c;ent milk equals .819 lb. 
fat. plus 22.1 per cent O. R. equals 1 lb. 
butter. 
for sawdust iu keeping ice? C. E. w. 
Pink or red milk may be due to three 
causes. Certain rare marsh plants when 
eaten by a cow may impart a reddish tint 
to the milk. This color will be apparent 
at milking time. An injured udder aud 
occasionally a diseased udder will cause 
the presence of blood in milk, and thus 
cause a pink color to show. This color 
will likewise appear in the freshly drawn 
milk. The third cause of pink milk is 
due to germ growth, and will not appear 
in freshly drawn milk. Therefore, when 
milk turns pink or red 10 or 12 hours 
after the milk is drawn, the cause is due 
to the presence of these color-forming bac¬ 
teria in the milk. It is not due to any 
fault of the cow. These bacteria get into 
the milk at milking time, or iu later hand¬ 
ling of the milk. Their action is slow 
and of no serious consequence. Such a 
condition can be remedied by seeing to it 
that the milk is drawn from clean udders 
aud teats into clean pails, and later 
handled in such a manner that it cannot 
be contaminated. 
The best substitute for sawdust iu 
keeping ice is planer shavings or fine 
swamp hay. J. W. B. 
