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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  20,  lOU-'i 
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Star  alignment  device.  Lines 
cow  at  gutter,  keeping  stall,  bed¬ 
ding  and  cow  clean. 
Star  stanchion  adjustment.  Nar¬ 
rows  or  widens  stanchion  to  fit 
cow’s  neck.  Safe — comfortable. 
Star  arch  construction  —  butt 
welded  steam  pipe.  Stanchion 
swivels  clear  around. 
Star  one  hand  lock.  Turn  cow 
loose  without  setting  down  pail. 
Star  wood  lining  —  hard  maple 
forced  in  U-bar.  Strong — warm 
to  cow. 
Star  sure  stop — absolutely  auto¬ 
matic  and  positively  effective. 
Star  curb  clamp.  Permits  all  con¬ 
crete  work  to  be  done  before 
stalls  are  set. 
Star  double  chain  fastening. 
Gives  freedom  back  and  forth 
without  side  motion.  Added 
comfort  and  a  real  feed  saver. 
You’ll  find  it  in  the 
Star  Line 
Turn  Needless  Labor 
Into  Profits 
STAR  Stalls  and  Stanchions  come  to 
you  completely  assembled.  No  vex¬ 
atious  fitting  of  parts,  needless  labor 
or  delays.  No  bothering  with  planting 
anchors  in  wet  cement.  All  cement 
work  can  be  done  in  advance.  When 
concrete  hardens  just  set  star  curb 
clamps  over  curb  and  bolt  to  bottom 
of  stalls  which  come  already  assem¬ 
bled,  ready  to  set  up  and  use.  This 
saving  of  labor  makes  STAR  Stalls 
and  Stanchions  actually  cost  less  than 
other  equipment  which  does  not  have 
these  cow  comfort  and  profit  making 
features. 
You  will  find  these  STAR  features 
will  mean  more  to  you  every  day 
STAR  Equipment  is  used. 
See  your  STAR  Dealer  for  full  par¬ 
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How  many 
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Stalls,  Stanchions 
and  Pens 
Litter  Carriers 
W ater  Bowls 
Feed  Trucks 
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Hay  Tools 
Door  Hangers 
Garage  Equip¬ 
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Designers  and  Manufacturers  of 
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W rite  Le  Roy  Plow  Co.,  Le  Roy,  N.  Y 
Herdsman  Tells  of  Wide 
Experience  with  Kow-Kare 
Paul  A.  Chadwick  of  Corona,  Cal.,  writes 
U3  a  typical  letter  on  the  results  of  his  use 
of  Kow-Kare  in  the  dairy.  He  says: 
“I  am  a  herdsman  for  the  Jameson  Es¬ 
tate  and  I  am  having  difficulty  to  convince 
the  manager  of  the  value  of  KOW-KARE. 
We  are  troubled  with  abortion,  retained 
rfterbirth,  and  barrenness,  all  of  which  I 
can  prevent  with  KOW-KARE  and  I  have 
had  100%  results  with  barrenness,  never 
in  sixteen  years  with  several  thousand  cows 
in  several  states  failed  to  get  cows  with  calf 
after  three  months'  continuous  use.  I  have 
used  about  a  ton  of  your  product  and  some 
Garget  Remedy  as  well  as  Bag  Balm.  My 
father  used  KOW-KARE  when  I  was  very 
young  and  never  had  a  case  of  abortion, 
and  only  one  case  of  retained  afterbirth  in 
over  twenty  years." 
That  KOW-KARE  can  and  does  accomplish 
euch  wonderful  results  is  not  strange.  The 
medicinal  properties  of  the  remedy  build  up 
and  put  into  healthy  operation  the  digestive 
and  genital  organs.  It  is  in  these  organs  have  KOW-KARE — $1.25  and  (15c  sizes.  If 
that  most  diseases  of  cows  are  centered — and  dealer  is  not  supplied  we  will  mail,  postpaid, 
it  is  these  same  organs  that  regulate  the  011  receipt  o£i  Ilriee- 
KOW-KARE  furnishes  this  help.  Just  a 
tablespoonful  in  the  feed  twice  a  day  for 
one  week  in  each  month  will  show  a  big  in¬ 
crease  in  the  yield  of  milk.  The  use  of 
KOW-KARE  before  and  after  calving  as¬ 
sures  more  robust  cows  and  healthier  calves. 
We  have  a  thirty-two  page  book  that 
tells  just  what  to  do  in  case  of  cow  illness. 
It  is  called  “The  Home  Cow  Doctor”  and  is 
yours  for  the  asking.  Thousands  of  cow 
owners  ask  for  it  each  year. 
Feed  dealers,  general  stores  and  druggists 
flow  of  milk. 
During  the  months  of  winter  feeding  the 
milk-making  functions  need  outside  support. 
DAIRY  ASSOCIATION  CO.,  INC. 
Lyndon ville,  Vt. 
A  Good  White  Sow 
You  would  hardly  expect  to  find  ant- 
prizes  for  good  farming  or  for  superior 
farm  animals  handed  out  to  citizens  of 
New  Y’ork  City.  Yet  here  is  the  report 
of  a  great  sow.  kept  on  Staten  Island,  a 
part  of  New  York.  The  report  is  sent  us 
by  Mr.  Owen  A.  O'Kelly.  This  is  surely 
a  lady  who  pays  the  rent.  Is  she  the 
champion  ? 
Wednesday  a  three-year-old  Chester 
White  sow  belonging  to  F.  P.  Begg  of 
Woodrow  and  Rossville  avenues,  Ross- 
ville,  produced  her  second  litter  of  23 
pigs  this  year,  16  of  which  were  alive, 
but  three  have  since  died,  and  the  remain¬ 
ing  13  are  strong  and  healthy.  Early  last 
May  this  same  sow’s  litter  contained  the 
same  number.  23,  19  of  them  alive  when 
farrowed,  though  three  died  during  the 
day.  This  is  a  remarkable  record  and 
outshines  her  mother’s  record  of  17.  19, 
17  and  22  at  each  farrowing. 
Conditions  for  Setting  Milk 
A  is  keeping  his  milk  in  an  ice-cold 
room,  not  only  cold  but  damp,  and  he  is 
not  getting  the  cream  he  ought.  B  told 
him  his  pans  of  milk  should  be  put  in  a 
moderately  warm  room,  at  a  warm  tem¬ 
perature,  but  he  said  no,  he  had  been 
told  to  have  good  butter  and  cream  the 
milk  must  be  kept  ice  cold.  Who  is 
right?  r.  l. 
New  Jersey. 
The  conditions  most  favorable  for  set¬ 
ting  milk  in  order  to  get  best  creaming 
are  (1)  that  the  milk  be  put  in  a  still 
place  as  quickly  as  possible  after  milk¬ 
ing;  (2)  that  it  cool  fairly  rapidly  to  a 
temperature  of  60°  F.  or  below,  but  not 
freeze;  (3)  that  it  remain  as  constantly 
as  possible  at  this  temperature  for  at 
least  36  hours.  Since  the  milk  must  re¬ 
main  so  long  a  period  of  time  it  is  essen¬ 
tial  that  the  atmosphere  of  the  room  be 
pure,  free  from  air  currents  and  dust 
particles.  These  conditions  can  best  he 
secured  in  a  cool,  well-ventilated  room. 
Ordinary  rooms,  for  reasons  noted,  are 
not  desirable  places  in  which  to  set  milk. 
Temperatures  between  40°  F.  and  60°  F. 
are  most  favorable  to  creaming,  and  the 
temperature  of  the  average  room  is  much 
above  60°  F. 
When  you  use  the  separator,  the  cream 
should  be  cooled  and  held  at  as  low  a 
temperature  as  possible  without  freezing 
it  until  time  to  ripen  or  sour  it  for 
churning.  This  is  not  the  best  treat¬ 
ment.  however,  for  getting  cream  when 
milk  is  set  in  pans.  j.  w.  b. 
Difficult  Churning 
Some  time  ago  a  Jersey  cow  giving 
12  quarts  of  milk  broke  away  from  where 
she  was  tied  in  pasture  and  gorged  her¬ 
self  with  apples.  She  bloated,  but  after 
treatment  she  recovered.  The  only  medi¬ 
cine  we  gave  her  was  salts.  Since  then 
we  cannot  get  butter  ;  the  whole  churning 
becomes  frothy.  Will  you  give  some  ad¬ 
vice  in  the  matter?  w.  s. 
Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 
Difficult  churnings  may  result  when 
cows  are  well  advanced  in  the  period  of 
lactation.  Milk  from  strippers,  or  cows 
almost  dry,  contains  a  large  portion  of 
the  small  fat  globules.  Difficult  churn¬ 
ing  from  such  causes  can  usually  be 
remedied  by  ripening  the  cream  to  a 
higher  degree  of  acidity  and  churning  the 
cream  at  a  higher  temperature.  Difficult 
churning  sometimes  results  when  the 
cream  becomes  frothy  in  the  churn.  The 
above  remedy  will  not  always  help  this 
trouble.  It  is  usually  caused  by  an  ab¬ 
normal  condition  in  the  cow  or  to  some 
abnormal  kind  of  fermentation.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  methods  will  cure  most  cases  of 
difficult  churning  : 
1.  Determine  whether  cows  are  well 
advanced  or  not. 
2.  Determine  whether  trouble  is  due  to 
abnormal  conditions  of  the  cow'  or  to  fer¬ 
mentation.  Control  the  fermentation. 
Restore  cow  to  normal  physical  condition. 
3.  Ripen  the  cream  to  a  higher  degree 
of  acidity. 
4.  Skim  thicker  cream  and  churn  at  a 
higher  temperature;  58°  to  65°  in  Win¬ 
ter. 
5.  When  cream  swells,  foams  or  froths, 
sometimes  a  handful  of  salt  and  a  little 
water  at  70°  to  80°  F.  will  overcome  the 
difficulty. 
6.  Feeds  that  produce  hard  fats  and 
difficult  churning  are  cottonseed  meal. 
Timothy,  cornstalks  and  similar  dry 
feeds.  Linseed  meal,  gluten  feed,  succu¬ 
lents.  as  silage  and  roots  (carrots  and 
beets),  tend  to  overcome  the  condition. 
New  York.  M.  E.  p. 
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You  can’t  make  this  plow 
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