Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
291 
Puts 2 H-P Engine on Your 
Place for Only s 14^ Down 
Ed. H. Witte, Famous Engine Manufac¬ 
turer, Makes Startling Offer On 
Witte Throttling-Governor Mag¬ 
neto - Equipped Engine. 
Farmers, now more than ever, appre¬ 
ciate the need of power on the farm and 
know they can make $500 to $1,000 ad¬ 
ditional profit a year with an all-purpose 
engine. 
Ed. H. Witte, nationally-known engine 
manufacturer, has announced a 2-horse 
power engine which burns either kero¬ 
sene, gasoline, distillate or gas with a 
special throttling governor. It delivers 
full power on kerosene, gasoline, distillate 
or gas. This new WITTE ENGINE 
has revolutionized power on the farm as 
it handles practically every job with ease 
at a fraction of the cost of hired help. 
Easily moved from one job to another, it 
is trouble-proof and so simple that a boy 
can operate it. 
To introduce this wonderful new en¬ 
gine to a million new users Mr, Witte 
has arranged to put it on any place for 
a 90-day guaranteed test. Since it costs 
only $14.24 to take advantage of this sen¬ 
sational offer and nearly a year to pay 
the low balance, Mr. Witte confidently ex¬ 
pects every progressive power-user to be 
soon using a WITTE. Every reader of 
this paper who is interested in making 
bigger profits and doing all jobs by en¬ 
gine power should write today for full de¬ 
tails of this remarkable offer. You are 
under no obligations by writing. 
WITTE ENGINE WORKS 
1895 Oakland Ave. Kansas City, Mo. 
1895 Empire Building Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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Nathan Leggett of Bristol, 
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Renewing Dairy Herd 
We maintain a herd of 65 grade Hol¬ 
stein cows, practically all of which have 
been purchased for about $125 each. 
These cows have been carefully selected, 
and chosen as young as possible, so that 
the herd is composed of comparatively 
young cows. They are stable-fed the year 
round as we have no pasture. Our 
method in the past has been to entirely 
change the cows yearly, turning back to 
a dealer the non-producers, keeping only 
the very best (two or three cows) and 
paying practically no attention to breed¬ 
ing. Two years ago we changed our 
method and began breeding and holding 
all the cows to freshen, and buying new 
cows only as one began to decline. With 
this method we want to charge off a cer¬ 
tain amount of the purchase price of 
these cows each year, but we are un¬ 
decided as to the best way of so doing. 
As the herd is under State and Federal 
supervision we slaughter and use all 
cows that are no longer profitable. For 
these cows we are allowed market price 
for eow beef, and a carcass usually turns 
,us about $70 so you see our salvage 
value is very good. Our proposed method 
is to charge off $5 per year per cow from 
three to ten years old, and $10 per year 
per cow from ten to fourteen years, but 
we are not exactly satisfied with this 
method. Can you give us a good work¬ 
able plan of inventorying the herd? 
Staten Island, N. Y. H. M. d. 
It is evident from your experience and 
from that of other State Institutions that 
the only way to build up a satisfactory 
herd of producing cows is to raise the 
heifer calves from the highest producing 
cows, provided a herd sire tracing to high 
producing ancestry is available. Where 
cows are milked during the one lactation 
period and then turned into beef the cost 
of this turn-over is very high. Then there 
is the danger of the introduction not only 
of tuberculosis hut abortion as well. 
It is a pity to slaughter a dairy cow 
that yields let us say 10.000 to 15,000 lbs. 
of milk per year and it is mighty haz-d to 
replace individuals of this type in your 
herd. Therefore I believe that you have 
adopted a constructive policy by deciding 
to> raise the heifer calves from your best 
cows in sufficient number to replace ani¬ 
mals that for one reason or another must 
be eliminated from the herd. 
The most satisfactory method that J 
know for inventory and establishment 
of values in a herd of dairy cows is to 
place a valuation of $25 on the heifer 
calves when they are six months old ; then 
increasing this amount at the ratio of $15 
a year until the heifers come with their 
second calves. Thus you will see that 
you have established practically beef 
values for these animals until they have 
demonstrated their value as profitable 
producers of milk. Under average con¬ 
ditions not more than 50 per cent of the 
heifers that are raised grow through to 
maturity and prove to be profitable milk¬ 
ers. After the heifer freshens with her 
second or third calf, it is wise to give her 
an appraised value. 
Let us assume that the heifer calf at 
six months old is given a value of $25. 
By appreciating her value at $15 a year 
her value would be placed at $70 when 
she is 3% years old. If she was pro¬ 
ducing at this age as much milk as the 
cow that cost $125 'then it would be per¬ 
fectly proper to give her this value at 
this time. Assuming that healthy cows 
are in their prime from the time they are 
five until they are nine, then it would be 
well to depreciate values from this stage 
at the rate of $15 per year, which would 
mean that where the eow was valued at 
$125 at 4*4 years of age and depreciated 
at the rate of $15 a year, your $70 beef 
value figure would be approached when 
the cow was Sy 2 years old. Of course 
this means that between the ages of 3% 
and 4% there is a substantial increase 
in inventory values, but it is possible at 
this time to determine the value of the 
individual. 
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TERRACER 
Actually turned one flooded acre into 
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6 Grader Co., Inc. 
Box 2034 Owensboro, Ky. 
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At Briareliff Farms we did not recog¬ 
nize any values for individuals under six 
months of age. We appreciated them 
according to their beef value until they 
came into milk. Then they were valued 
again after one lactation period and dem¬ 
onstrated their ability at the pail and we 
based their value upon the next year’s 
production. Usually an appreciation and 
a depreciation of 10 per cent is looked 
upon as conservative; but where one 
tuberculin tests twice a year and feeds 
his cows in such a way as to produce 
more than average production of milk. 
15 per cent depreciation and apprecia¬ 
tion is more nearly correct, T. c, ai. 
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New De Laval 
is a Surprise 
now been on the market for over a year, and of 
which there are more than 100,000 in use, is a sur¬ 
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Bigger Cream Checks. The most pleasing surprise 
of this new De Laval Separator is the bigger cream 
check it will bring you, the fine quality of the cream 
it produces, its convenience and ease of handling and 
turning. 
Self-Centering Bowl. Among the new features and refine¬ 
ments of the new De Laval is a self-centering bowl which 
eliminates vibration, causing it to run smoother, adding to its 
life and efficiency. 
Costs Less Butter. And finally, you will be surprised to learn that 
even with its many improvements and refinements, and the fact that 
it has 10 per cent more capacity, this new De Laval can be purchased 
for approximately 20 per cent less butter than was required for the 
same size machine 10 years ago. 
Pays For Itself. A new De Laval will soon pay for itself. Perhaps 
you are now losing the price of a new one by hand skimming, or by 
using a worn-out or inferior separator. See your De Laval Agent 
send coupon for complete information. 
De Laval Milker. Also ask about the De Laval Milker, which 
soon pays for itself with a herd of 10 or more cows, and is 
giving wonderful satisfaction to thousands of users 
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