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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 23, 1024 
penny 
day 
is the average cost per 
cow for the use of Kow- 
Kare as a preventive 
of disease and aid to 
big milk yield. 
*nearly Every Cow 
Can be made a Big Milk er 
Cow owners have learned that no effort 
on the farm pays so handsomely as the drive 
for more milk. Over 90% of the so-called 
poor milkers are capable of much better 
results than is obtained from them. An im¬ 
proved health standard is a sure booster of 
milk profits. 
No wonder. Dairy experts say that under average 
conditions a yield-increase of only 10 °Jo will double 
the net profit of dairying. The fixed cost per cow of 
feed and care is about the same regardless of yield. 
After this cost is met, every pint of milk is added profit. 
Perfect health has more to do with big milk yields 
than breeding or feeding. “Forcing” the milk-making 
organs to greater efforts ends disastrously unless extra 
demands are met with extra support of the cow’s 
vitality. 
Kow-Kare is invaluable to cow owners. It increases 
the activity of the milk-making function by promoting 
vigorous health in the genital and digestive organs. 
It prevents or relieves cow diseases and disorders by 
helping these organs to function as nature intended. 
Its benefits are widely recognized for the treatment of 
Barrenness, Abortion, Retained Afterbirth, Scours, 
Bunches, Milk Fever, Lost Appetite. 
Let Kow-Kare help you to greater milk profits. Your feed 
dealer, general store or druggist can supply you — large size 
can $1.25; medium size 65c Order direct from us if your 
dealer does not have Kow-Kare. We pay postage. 
Write for copy of our free 82 page book, "The Home 
Cow Doctor 1 It will show you the way to greater 
profit from your cows. 
DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO., Inc., Lyndonville,Vt 
j[On IhouranJsoP 
Jamr KOW-KARE if 
'Standard compmenC 
Here are just a few 
extracts from letters 
such as we receive in 
every mail from cow 
owners: 
Wm. E. Starkey, 
Austin, Ind: " I have 
found KOW-KARE is 
the best medicine for 
milch cows that there 
is. I found that it al¬ 
ways paid to feed it 
whenever my cows 
went down on the 
quantity of milk they 
were giving. I have 
cured several cows 
that were down and 
could not get up. 
James H. McClintick, 
Solon, Me. : " I had a 
cow that retained the 
afterbirth for five 
days, when 1 decided 
to try your Kow -Kare. 
Three doses removed 
the afterbirth com¬ 
pletely and she is now 
all right. After that I 
decided to feed KOW- 
KARE to two other 
cows for experiment. 
It increased the flow of 
milk of one of them 
nearly one half; the 
other gave more milk 
than formerly and 
gained in flesh. KOW 
KARE is all that is 
claimed for it. 
Joseph Stott, Nor¬ 
wich, Conn : 11 1 find 
that by giving a few 
doses of KOW-KARE 
it will keep cows in a 
healthy state, and the 
result will be more 
milk--just what we 
want. 
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Dept 251 Peoria Illinois 
o 
West Bend Automatic Stanchions,^ 
equipped with our wonderful locking-re¬ 
leasing lever save you time and labor—and 
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yet you pay no more for West Bend equipment 
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Keep the salesman's salary in your own pocket. 
Prices range from $144.00 up, depending on 
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several in neighborhood order together. Our Silos 
have been giving the best of satisfaction for the past 
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Filled 40 Silos— 
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"Filled 40 silos this fall (1922) with 
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110 Main St. 
Shortsville, N. Y. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Butter Off Flavor 
I am sending you a small sample of 
butter and would like to get your opinion. 
What do you think is wrong with the but¬ 
ter? I have made butter many years, 
and never got a complaint before. I keep 
the milk in a separate room, have it 
standing two days before I ^ skim, and 
make butter twice a week. We have one 
cow. I receive four quarts in the morn¬ 
ing and three quarts at night. I get 214 
lbs. of butter each time. I rinse my but¬ 
ter till the water is perfectly clear, then 
work three tablespoons of salt in. I used 
to work in two tablespoons of salt, but I 
was asked to use more. It is packed 
right up and sent by mail, and I am told 
the butter tastes strong. I have no 
trouble in churning; the latest half an 
hour ; sometimes in 20 minutes I get but¬ 
ter. MRS. M. s. 
There may he several causes for the 
“off” flavored butter which you sent us 
It often results where butter is made 
from one cow, and especially if she is 
well advanced in her milking period. This 
is a peculiarity of many individual cows 
as they become nearly dry. When the 
cow freshens the undesirable flavors will 
disappear and the butter return to nor¬ 
mal. 
Strong flavored feeds, as spoiled silage, 
weedy hay, cabbages, turnips, onions, will 
impart undesirable flavors and odors to 
butter. This is especially true when fed 
to cows previous to milking. Such feeds 
should be given to cows after milking. 
The fact that your milk is exposed in 
open pans for two days before skimming 
makes it important to keep the tempera¬ 
ture of the room cool and have the room 
well ventilated so that no objectionable 
odors or flavors may be absorbed before 
skimming. Of course the cow must ne 
clean, and clean utensils used, or unde¬ 
sirable bacteria will get into the milk and 
later develop “off” flavors. Check over 
these causes and see if any of them will 
solve your question. J. w. B. 
Sweet Butter 
What is it that is put into sweet tub 
butter that makes it taste so different 
from sweet butter made on the farm from 
a breed of high-grade and registered Jer¬ 
seys? Dealers claim that the tub butter 
keeps longer, although we use our own 
butter and like it better than tub butter, 
even when older than the butter the deal¬ 
ers complain of. Is there sugar in the 
tub butter? Is there a chemical in it? 
If so, what is it? Is it made from sweet 
cream or sour? J.w. s. 
It is against the law to add any chem¬ 
icals to food products to make them keep 
for a long period of time. I dare say 
that the sweet butter to which you refer 
contains no adulterant, but rather has 
been handled in such a way during all 
the steps of manufacture that it stands 
up longer in storage than your butter. 
The most important operation through 
which creameries put their product is 
that of pasteurization of the cream. This, 
of course, gives them an absolute control 
over the type of bacteria that are in the 
cream. They can then use pure cultures 
in the starters which are used in ripening 
the cream. Pasteurization will have de¬ 
stroyed practically all of the bacteria, so 
that a good starter inoculation with prop¬ 
er control will develop only the best of 
flavors. The making of butter from raw 
cream will give a good product of good 
score and flavor when freshly made, hut 
it will not hold those qualities for so 
long a period in storage as will that but¬ 
ter made from cream which has been 
properly pasteurized and ripened by the 
use of pure culture starters, as is the 
case with the product from large cream¬ 
eries. 
There are other minor practices found 
in the manufacture of butter in large 
creameries which will contribute further 
to the keeping qualities. Another of im¬ 
portance is that of absolute temperature 
control through the use of artificial re¬ 
frigeration. Low temperatures inhibit 
the growth of bacteria, and in these 
creameries the temperature of the cream 
before ripening and churning and espe¬ 
cially the temperature of the stored pro¬ 
duct, is never far from 35° F. 
Sweet butter, known as “unsalted but¬ 
ter,” is usually made from sour cream. 
Sweet cream butter is made from swe^t 
cream, and preferably sweet, pasteurized 
cream, j. w. b. 
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Box 110, Norwich, N. Y. 
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Fastest, Cheapest Way 
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