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Tfe RURAL NEW.YORKER 
March 5, 1921 
Spmcuse Harcou?Works Your Land 
• for Bigger Crops • 
T HE only safe way to cut the cost of producing 
crops, per bushel or per ton, is to increase the yield 
per acre. Better seed beds are necessary for this 
increased yield — the kind of seed beds insured by 
the use of the 
JOHH DEERE 
SYRACUSE SP HARItmV TH 
The teeth on this harrow are 
designed for proper penetration. 
You can force them into the 
ground to any depth desired. 
They stir and mix the soil thor¬ 
oughly, and leave it finely pulver¬ 
ized. In this condition the soil 
warms quickly, insuring rapid 
seed germination and steady 
plant growth. 
The frame and tooth bars on 
Syracuse Harrows are made of 
high quality steel, strong and 
elastic. The teeth themselves 
are of high carbon steel, with no 
bolt holes to weaken them. The 
teeth are clipped to the tooth bars, 
allowing adjustment for wear. 
Any number of sections can be 
combined, and a special hitch 
adapts this tool to tractor use. 
Your John Deere dealer has a 
supply of Syracuse Spring Tooth 
Harrows on hand. Be sure to see 
them. Write us for a folder, and 
for Better Farm Implements. 
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Dairying Is most profitable 
P RICES for dairy products have 
held firmly, while the cost of feed 
has been greatly reduced. Because 
of this there is relatively more profit 
than ever in dairying,and many farmers 
are turning low-priced feed into high- 
priced butter-fat. An eminent dairy 
authority says that you can make com 
worth $2 to #3 a bushel by feeding it 
to good cows. 
Ar.d De Laval Cream Separators 
have done more than any other factor 
to place the dairy industry on such a 
firm and profitable basis. They save 
cream, time and money twice a day, 
every day in the year. They produce 
a steady cash income. They have made 
the market accessible, even though 
you live 500 miles from a creamery. 
They keep the skim-milk on the farm 
to produce another crop of calves, 
hogs and poultry. They are made so 
well that 20 to 30 years’ service from 
a De Laval is not unusual. Over 
2,500,000 are in use in all parts of 
the world. 
You need 'a De Laval more 
than ever. There ia a De Laval 
agent near you — see him. 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
NEW YORK. 165 Broadway 
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Soon er or later you will use a 
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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Strong-flavored Butter 
We have three cows, a Holstein and 
two Guernseys. I skim cream carefully, 
wash the butter and work it well when 
made. After it is a week or so old, when 
it is used, especially for frying, it has a 
very unpleasant odor. I know that the 
cows are not fed a balanced ration, but 
feed that is bought at a feed store. 
Would that make any difference in the 
butter? The butter tastes good and is 
very delicious, but the odor is certainly 
very distasteful when cooking w'ith it. 
Could you recommend something for get¬ 
ting rid of unpleasant odors? si. F. 
New York. 
The unpleasant odor that comes from 
your butter when it is used in cooking 
exists in the butter, but is not noticed 
under ordinary conditions. The applica¬ 
tion of heat makes it most pronounced 
and undesirable. There may be several 
causes for this. Perhaps the cows are 
well advanced in lactation. Many indi¬ 
viduals impart peculiar flavors to the 
milk and cream as they become nearly 
dry. Strong-flavored feeds, as spoiled 
silage, onions, cabbage, ragweed or any 
strong-flavored material, will impart un¬ 
desirable flavors and odors to the butter. 
Such feeds, when given after milking, 
will not affect the milk or butter. The 
third reason might be in the fact that 
you keep the cream too long before churn¬ 
ing or keep the milk too long before 
skimming. Many unpleasant flavors and 
odors result whan the milk or cream be¬ 
come exceedingly sour before being 
skimmed or churned. Some of these sug¬ 
gested causes may solve your difficulties. 
J. w. B. 
Average Milk Yield 
I want to keep a few cows. How 
much milk as an average should a cow 
give at a milking, both when fresh and 
about six months later? Would it pay to 
keep about six cows, and buy all the feed 
and most of hay? I have had various 
statements from dairymen about here, and 
the quantity of milk per milking is below 
what I had been told previous to coming 
to the country. j. s. 
Slate Hill. N. Y. 
You should be able to purchase grade 
Holsteins for about $175 that would pro¬ 
duce 8,000 lbs. of milk in a year. You 
should figure on at least a 10-quart aver¬ 
age from your cows to make them profit¬ 
able. If you have a special market and 
can get above the average price for milk 
you can realize a profit keeping cows on 
purchased grain and roughage, but if you 
must compete with the farmer who grows 
corn, oats and roughage, you will be de¬ 
cidedly handicapped. j. w. b. 
Skim-milk for Feed and Fertility 
Do you know of anyone feeding skim- 
milk to the milk cows and what was the 
result? What is the value of 100 l'bs. 
skim-milk to spread ou the land? And 
would it be better to use on plowed 
ground or meadow. e. l. k. * 
Vermont. 
Skim-milk can be fed to dairy cows 
with very good results. Not all cows will 
drink skim-milk, however. In feeding 
it, one should be careful to increase it 
gradually or it will cause scouring. Whole 
milk, according to latest figures, that is 
worth $3 per hundred has a fertilizing 
value of $5.62 per ton. The butter fat 
in the whole milk is worth hut 64c per 
ton as a fertilizer; therefore, tlfe value 
of skim-milk as a fertilizer is practically 
the same as whole milk. You would no 
doubt receive more benefit from skim- 
milk put on plowed ground than were it 
applied to meadow ground, because of the 
fact that plowed ground would tend to 
hold the liquid better than a sod. 
J. W. B. 
Feeding Questions 
Can you increase the feed for a cow 
as long as she eats it right up clean and 
increases in milk without forcing her too 
much for future use, or should you stick 
to the rule, one lb. of feed to three lbs. 
of milk, even should she give only six 
lbs. of milk? Would two lbs. of feed be 
enough to keep a cow in fair condition 
with cornstalks and hay that is only fair? 
One is told to feed bran mash three days 
before a cow freshens and three days 
after, with oil meal, but I never yet saw 
how much to feed and how cau you tell 
three days before she freshens? How 
much beet pulp after it is soaked should 
each cow have? «r. b. b. 
New Jersey. 
It has been found that for general 
milking purposes where you have a good 
roughage of silage and clover or Alfalfa 
that 1 lb. of grain to 3 lbs. of milk is 
the best rule to follow in feeding a cow. 
Jf you have cornstalks an-d only fair hay 
it would be necessary to feed more than 
the rule, and a ration rather high in 
px-otein. You should be guided also by 
the condition of your cows; they should 
never be allowed to become poor. When 
the muscles, on either side of the rump 
at the tail head become slack, parturition 
will take place usually within 24 to 48 
hours. 
Three pounds of dry beet pulp are 
recommended for a .cow daily. When 
this amount is well soaked it will weigh 
I about 15 lbs. J. w. b. 
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