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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 14, 1021 
The dairy farmer is entitled to X* 
reasonable profit on his milk. But is 
it wise to over-emphasize the market¬ 
ing end, that is, to lay the blame for 
prices on other people and encourage 
the producer to relax attention to 
the fundamental work of improving 
Production ? Such is, psych ologically. 
The above clipping is .from 
a leading Dairy Paper ,, 
Hand Milking Bars the Way to 
Good Profits at the New Prices 
T HE only way that you, like every other busi¬ 
ness man, can keep profits up is to keep produc¬ 
tion expenses down. Start right, by doing away 
with hand milking—by far one of the greatest 
wastes in milk production. 
Owners of Sharpies Milkers are making good 
money—are thinking less about market prices, and 
more about improved production—selling more 
milk and producing it for less money. 
The Sharpies is made in two types. The 
Sharpies Master Milker (for large or small dairies) 
is now in satisfactory use on over one million cows 
and is to be found in nearly' every country in the 
world. Our. Moto Milker is an electric, port¬ 
able milker made especially for six to twenty cow 
dairies that have electricity. No installation is 
necessary—simply wheel it in the barn and milk. 
It will run from a farm lighting plant. Both ma¬ 
chines have the same gentle suckling action on the 
teats and the intermittent squeezing by Com¬ 
pressed Air (patented). 
THE SHARPLES MILKER COMPANY 
WEST CHESTER, PA. 
Chicago San Francisco Toronto 
No other milker has a 
positive squeeze. No other 
milker even squeezes the 
teats out of round. No 
other milker uses com¬ 
pressed air. Sharpies pat¬ 
ents proteetthis absolutely. 
Most co tvs give down 
more milk to the gentle , 
comfortable Sharpies 
suckling action than they 
do to hand milking. They 
like it and it increases 
the mild yield. 
A Sharpies will cut y'our 
milking costs and in¬ 
crease your profits from 
the start. Let us send 
you our descriptive 
booklet. Sent free. 
SHARPLES MILKERS 
JUST OUT—My New "direct 
from factory” Bargain Book 
on Fence and Gates. Prices 
way belowcompetition. Values 
bigger than ever. Get it today. 
I Pay ALL Freight 
Brown Fence lasts longest be¬ 
cause built strongest, stiffest. 
All wires same size, heavily 
galvanized. 150 styles. Also 
Gates, Lawn Fence and Barb 
Wire at bargain prices. 
Sample and book free, postpaid. 
Brown Fence A Wire Co., Dept. 259 Cleveland, 0. 
CANVAS COVERS 
Xfmh. ,.4 I 1 n 4 minvAAfAfl fl/.nlilu 1N1L./1 Co n i*.ju 
Made of 
Heavy Waterproofed Double Filled 
Da nvas. 
6 \ 12 fir 
Fret* delivery including Srd zone, 
t .$6.12 Hxlfi feet... 
. SI 2.24 
8 x 12 “ 
. 8.16 
10 x hi ” . 
... 13.60 
<♦ x 12 ** 
. 9 18 
12x16 “ . 
. lfi M 
10 x 12 “ 
other size 
. 1020 
s made lo order at 
same price per square foot. 
AMERICAN SAILMAKING CORPORATION 
DEPT. R, 49 & 61 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
cures itch, mange and 
scabies on your ani¬ 
mals, or it does not 
cost you a cent. Abso¬ 
lutely guaranteed. Liberal package $1.50 at your 
deale . or write GHATLAWN FARMS, Inc.. 8ax No. 9, Newport, VI. 
SCAB-CHASE 
ECLIPSE! 
Corn Planter 
pOR planting field or ensilage corn,k 
beans, peas or beets — in bills,* 
drills, or checks. Distributes fertilizer 
at the time of planting; and none of 
it will touch the seed. Accurate seed 
spacing. Seed is covered at a uniform 
depth, and is lightly packed by the 
large, wide, concave wheel. 
An Eclipse Corn Planter can also 
be furnished for two-row planting. 
The construction is identical with the 
one-row planter, and a seat is pro¬ 
vided for the driver. 
We also manufacture the “King of 
the Cornfield” Planter, with the 
sight feed which prevents skips. 
Write for full information and prices 
Bateman and Companies, Inc. 
347 Madison Ave., New York City 
Worcester, Mass. Grenloch, N. J, 
■ ■ HP i 
ULVERI2EB 
LIMESTONE 
success 
BUILT ON 
SO 
Farm-Success rests 
squarely upon rich, 
productive soil. Most 
land needs lime to keep it 
and fertile. When you lime—spread 
Solvay—guaranteed high test 95% carbon¬ 
ates—non-caustic, furnace dried, ground fi 
to spread easily and bring results first harvest 
Write for FREE Booklet. 
THE SOLVAY PROCESS CO. 
501 Milton Ave. Syracuse, N. Y 
Pasture and Barn Notes 
Reft Pulp in Place of Silage. —It 
is not on uncommon thing for the supply 
of silage to run out any time from a few 
days to a few weeks before pasture. 
When tliis happens, it adds to the aggra¬ 
vations of a period through which it is 
difficult to feed cows anyway. As soon 
as warm Spring days come, and grass 
begins to grow, cows seem just naturally 
to get uneasy. After their long Winter's 
confinement, they want to get outdoors 
in the sunshine, and get hold of the fresh, 
tender grass. Their uneasiness will he 
increased if they are allowed to get a few 
tastes of fresh grass. < >n our own farm 
We take pains not to have this happen 
until we are ready to turn the cows out. 
by keeping them closely confined to the 
barnyard. When, in addition to the 
handicap of warm weather, a dairyman's 
supply of silage runs out. he is indeed lip 
against it. After an experience of this 
kind one or two Springs, we have forti¬ 
fied ourselves against its reoccurrence by 
laying in a stock of beet pulp. This year, 
due to the early Spring, we will probably 
have silage enough to last to pasture. 
If we do run out, we will take beet pulp, 
soak it lip thoroughly, sweeten it with 
molasses, and feed it in place of silage. 
Fed in this way, cows are very fond of 
it, and we have found it to make a very 
good substitute for silage, and, in fact, by 
feeding a fair-sized shovelful of it, in 
place of the usual feeding of silage, our 
cows show an increase in milk. If it is 
continued too long, they will show a ten¬ 
dency to gaunt up. As a means of piec¬ 
ing out a fast-emptying silo, however, it 
is the best thing we know of. 
Taking Fare of Calves. —In many 
ways Spring is the most trying, as well 
as the most inspiring, time on the farm. 
This is especially true on the dairy farm. 
Cows are still in the barn, and must be 
given their usual Winter care. At the 
same time the fields, fences and a multi¬ 
tude of other things demand attention. 
It is inevitable that chores should be 
slighted. There is one innocent sufferer 
under this situation, however, to whom 
these Spring months mean much, and 
upon which the blight of improper care 
falls heavily. This is the new-born calf, 
destined to be the future dairy cow. A 
round of dairy barns today will show 
calves kept under every conceivable con¬ 
dition, in most cases adapted neither to 
the wants of the calf nor to the demands 
of efficiency. Bunched together in box 
stalls, tied in corners in feed alleys, in 
the alleys back of the cows, tucked in 
horse stalls or loose in empty hay lofts, 
skimped on milk, fed on patented calf 
meals and other substitutes—is it any 
wonder that the average dairy cow does 
well if she reaches a weight of N(K) lbs. 
when she ought to weigh 3,000 to 3,200 
1 bs. ? 
( ’ok yen i pint Quarters. — Fundamen¬ 
tally. the trouble lies, in a good many in¬ 
stances. in a lack of accommodations' 
adapted to the efficient care of calves; 
yet these need not be expensive. In our 
own case, we have solved the problem to 
our own satisfaction by putting from 
four to six calves in a box stall, one side 
of which is made up of stanchions, each 
stanchion having a small feed box in 
front of it. At feeding time the calves 
stick their heads through the stanchions, 
are fastened, their milk buckets set in the 
feed boxes, and after their milk is finished 
their allowance of grain—and for older 
calves grain and' silage—put in the boxes. 
In this way the calves are fed quickly, 
they are prevented from sucking one an¬ 
other (one of the worst objections of 
having a hunch of calves together), they 
are taught the ways of cows and to cat 
grain, silage and other feed. Each day 
a little fresh bedding is shaken in the 
stall, and once a week it is cleaned up. 
Handled in this way. a man can take care 
of six to 38 calves in a quarter of au 
hour, and do it well. As calves grow 
older, they should have a water bucket 
in their stall, from which they can drink 
whenever they want to. 
The Type of Fence to Rutin.—Tliis 
is the fence-building season. Figuring 
on the work that we have to do along 
this line. I was struck for the first time 
by the fact that in years of fence build¬ 
ing dairy fanners have not arrived* at. any 
consensus of opinion as to what consti¬ 
tutes the best type of fence to build. On 
our own farm we have built four or live 
different kinds. In the neighborhood 
there are 30 to 12 types. Another thing 
that impressed me was the rapid deprecia¬ 
tion of the average fence. This is true 
not only on our own farm, but on our 
neighbors’ farms as well. A fence that 
we built, as we thought well, two years 
ago. needs considerable repairs this 
Spring. The wires are slack, the posts 
leaning, and the whole line in a generally 
unsatisfactory condition. Tt is hard to 
know how to remedy this situation. One 
thing, of course, which we all know, but 
never seem to accomplish, is to put in 
better corner posts. Another may be a 
program of annual repairs. Fencing on 
the dairy farm offers a big opportunity 
for improvement and the utilization of 
good ideas. dairyman. 
What Ensilage Cutter 
Shall I Buy? 
dick’s Blizzard 
advises Paul Pritchard, of Geneseo.^ Ill. A 
scene on his farm is shown above. “This is 
my second Blizzard,” says Mr. Pritchard, 
“it filled my 12 x 48—130 ton silo in thirteen 
hours using four bundle teams on short 
hauls. The Blizzard is 
Self Feed 
table. 
Just toss the 
bundles on the feed 
No need to cut them. 
They are carried direct to the knives. 
Six fans whisk the cut silage up into the 
highest silos with ease. W. W. Vipond, of 
Scales Mound, Ill., says: “We found the 
Blizzard light running, very large capacity 
and capable of blowing the silage into the 
highest silo. We think it the one real ma¬ 
chine.” Catalog tells whole story. Write 
for it and name of nearest dealer. 
THE JOS. DICK MFG. COMPANY 
Bo* 206, Canton, Ohio 
VWRITE FOR 
CATALOG 
TELLS ABOUT 
WONDERFUL 
DOUBLE FEED 
^/ccttMoiinlai^ 
STABILITY 
COUNTS 
Your Green Mountain Silo, 
with the popular hip roof, will 
never need an apology. It is built 
to stand up permanently—just aa 
any other farm building is ex¬ 
pected to do. Every groove and 
joint is made to fit tight—both 
for permanence and silage pro¬ 
tection. Every stave is treated 
in creosote preservative. Hoops 
are of extra heavy steel with 
rolled (not cut) threads. They 
cost us more but they stand 
unusual strains. Doors fit like 
a safe-always tight. Wooden 
ladder rungs; no iron to frost 
the fingers. Green Mountain 
Anchorage system holds silo 
absolutely firm and upright, 
A beautiful silo—with nut- 
brown side walls and bright 
red cedar roof. Write today for 
detailed circulars. Special in¬ 
ducements for early orders- 
CREAMERY PACKAGE MFG., CO. 
338 WEST STREET, RUTLAND, VT. 
lyviii it s 
tand?YESJ 
MORE SILO/v LESS MONEY 
GRIFFIN SILOS 
DIRECT TO YOU. 
NO AGENTS TO PAY 
W# give you factory price on this 
silo, Continuous open door front, 
permanent »teel ladder and otliei 
(irittin features. 
Size 8x20.SI 31 00 
“ 10x24. 19 1.28 
“ 12x26. 246.50 
oilier sizes iu proportion. Wiiie 
or free silo book. 
GRIFFIN LUMBER CO. 
1 Box 11 Hudson Falls, N. Y. 
FAMOUS GRIFFIN FRONT 
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