The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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The Willmarth 
Peat Fuel Machine 
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The C. A. Willmarth Company 
Tecumseh, Michigan 
Complete Milker 
$ 123 ! 
Comes complete and 
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to install, no bother, 
no expense. No elec- 
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Run by hand. So easy 
to pump a child can do 
it, thanks to patent 
£ 6 spring and vacuum, 
if u Tremendous improve- 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Improving Dairy Feed 
I am milking seven grade Holsteins 
and selling whole milk on a butterfat 
test, which runs 36 to 37. Am produc¬ 
ing an average of 200 lbs. per day. Have 
corn, silage, thrashed Alsike hay, bean 
straw (pods) and dry cornstalks. I feed 
4 qts. (4 lbs.) of a commercial 24 per 
cent protein dairy feed twice daily with 
a bushel of silage and keep ether rough- 
age constantly in manger during the day. 
The dairy feed cost was $50 per ton. I 
have plenty of good oats but no other 
home-grown grain in quantity. I would 
be glad to have you suggest how best to 
utilize my roughage as well as my oats 
and to suggest any method of feeding 
which will increase milk flow or test or 
reduce costs. J. L. t. 
New York. 
The shredded Alsike and the bean 
straw even though fed in conjunction 
with cornstalks is at best a faulty rough- 
age. Sometimes the bean pods are pala¬ 
table; again, they become musty and 
moldy, and oftentimes do not appeal to 
anything but an underfed or undergrown 
cow r . 
The 24 per cent dairy ration that you 
refer to is a good brand of prepared feed. 
It carries a generous amount of the yeast 
or vinegar grains misnamed “brewers” 
grains; at $50 a ton it is in line with 
other mixed feeds of similar composi¬ 
tion. However, if you have either oats 
or corn it is believed that the use of a 
mixture consisting of: 65 lbs. of the feed, 
25 lbs. ground oats, 10 lbs. linseed meal, 
would enable you to produce the same 
amount of milk at a little less cost. 
Or, if you prefer to use a 20 per cent 
feed entirely home mixed, by combining 
250 lbs. of hominy, 150 lbs. bran, 250 
lbs. oilmeal, 250 lbs. oats, 150 lbs. 42 
per c-ent cottonseed meal this can be rea¬ 
lized. Ground oats, when supplemented 
with linseed meal, make a very desirable 
combination. 
If the cows are producing more than 
40 lbs. of milk then I should increase the 
amount of linseed meal suggested in this 
mixture. However, if the cows evidence 
undue laxativeness, it would suggest that 
you have reached the maximum of linseed 
meal that can be safely incorporated. If 
you desire more protein under these con¬ 
ditions add some gluten meal or some cot¬ 
tonseed meal. 
Milking Three Times a Day 
I would like some information about 
registered Holstein cattle. I bought two 
cows (dry) ; they both have been milked 
three times a day when in milk ; one man 
told me he milked at 5 a. m., 12 noon and 
5 p. m., and claims he gets as good re¬ 
sults as when he milked at 5 a. m., 12 
noon and 8 p. m. I don’t know about the 
other, as I bought her at an auction, and 
all I could And out was that she was 
milked three times a day. I would much 
rather milk twice a day if it did not harm 
the cows other than have them give a lit¬ 
tle less_ milk. Could I do it? How do 
they milk them? One of my cows has a 
spread of 20 in. between her forward 
teats. All the way I can see is to milk 
one side and then go around and milk the 
other. r. e. R. 
New Hampshire. 
Usually cows on advanced registry test 
are milked four times a day, generally at 
11 o’clock and 5 o’clock, a. m. and p. m. 
This practice would not pay its cost un¬ 
der ordinary herd conditions, and even 
three milkings a day are not necessary, 
unless it is practiced immediately during 
the early stages of the lactation period, 
when there is considerable inflammation 
present in the udder. Two milkings a 
day, as you suggest, are not only prac¬ 
ticable, but desirable, under ordinary farm 
conditions. 
A few years ago Walker-Gordon Farms 
conducted some extensive tests relative to 
milking two and three times a day. I 
think their findings suggested that when 
cows were fresh and provided they were 
giving over 70 lbs. of milk per day, the 
three milkings per day justified the added 
cost and inconvenience. When the flow 
of milk approached 50 lbs., two milkings 
per day were quite satisfactory as three 
milkings per day. 
Considering the method of approach of 
a cow whose udder is as extensive as the 
one you describe, it seems to me that you. 
have no alternative than to milk one side, 
then go to the other side and complete 
the job. 
Save $20 Per Cow Per Year 
With a De Laval Milker 
According to an investigation 
by the University of Illinois on 
66 dairy farms, it was found that 
133.9 hours per year were re¬ 
quired to milk a cow by hand. 
A De Laval Milker will cut this 
time in two and save at least 62 
hours per cow per year over 
hand milking, and at 15 cents 
per hour a saving of $9.30 per 
cow per year will be effected. ’ 
Save Time 
This is a very conservative way 
of figuring the value of the time¬ 
saving feature of a De Laval 
Milker. In actual use it may 
save a man; or if a man is still 
retained it may mean that more 
cows can be kept or that he can 
devote all his time to other work, 
the owner looking after the 
milking himself. Or it may mean 
that a boy or some other person 
not capable of doing much milk¬ 
ing by hand, with the aid of a 
De Laval can take the place of 
a grown man. 
Get More Milk 
But saving time is only part of 
the advantage of a De Laval 
Milker. Suppose a De Laval, 
because of its uniform, vigorous 
and stimulating action, will in¬ 
crease production 10%. Of 
course the De Laval Company 
can’t guarantee such an increase, 
as there are so many uncon¬ 
trollable factors, such as health, 
feed, climate, care, etc. But 
practically all De Laval Milker 
users, and especially those who 
weigh their milk and know, do 
say they get more milk, taking 
the herd as a whole over a period 
of a year—some as high as 20%; 
and 1 0%, based on the results 
obtained by many users, seems 
conservative. Ten per cent of 
5000 pounds of milk per year- 
about the average production 
per cow per year—is 500 
pounds, which at $2.20 per 
cwt., the average price of fluid 
milk in the United States de¬ 
livered at country stations dur¬ 
ing 1922, would be $11.00 per 
cow per year. Then add this to 
the value of the time saved, which 
is $9.30, and you will have a 
total gain of $20.30 per cow per 
year, due to the use of a De 
Laval Milker. 
Multiply this by 10, 20, 30, or 
the number of cows you are 
milking by hand, and you get a 
very conservative idea of what 
a De Laval Milker really will 
make you in profit. 
Makes Dairying More Pleasant 
and Profitable 
In addition, when it is con¬ 
sidered that cleaner milk can be 
produced, that the drudgery and 
dislike of hand milking are elim¬ 
inated, and that dairying is made 
more pleasant for owner, son or 
hired man, you have the answer 
why so many people are install¬ 
ing De Laval Milkers-and espe¬ 
cially when it is borne in mind 
that a De Laval Milker can be 
bought on such liberal terms and 
such long time that it will actu¬ 
ally pay for itself as it is being 
used. 
Send coupon for full information. 
! THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., DEPT. 256. 
| 165 B’way, New York; 29 E. Maditon St., Chicago 
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Why the Pa pec 
Has Three Rolls 
T HE Papec has two strong feeding rolls, each cast 
in a single piece. These have long teeth which 
grip the stalks and clean themselves on the shear 
plate. They automatically adjust themselves to the 
amount of corn fed. 
Besides these, the Papec has a Compressing or Gath¬ 
ering Roll. This strong angle-steel drum works inde¬ 
pendently of the upper roll, beating crooked stalks 
and bulky leaves in to shape for thefeeding rolls. To¬ 
gether with the positive action apron, this Third 
Roll makes a perfect self-feed on all sizes. You save 
the wages of one man and do a better job. 
This is but one of many features which make 
the Papec the most economical of Cutters. It 
needs practically no repairs and requires less 
power. It is guaranteed to fill the highest silo, 
when running at only 600 r.p.m. Four sizes; 
R-10, N-13, L-16 and K-19. 
Papec Machine Company 
110 Main St. Shortsville, N.Y. 
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