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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
September  22,  1023 
Equipment 
Prosperity  Breeds  Respect 
Stalls,  Stanchions  and  Pens, 
Litter  Carriers," Harvester” 
Hay  Tools,  Water  Bowls, 
Feed  Trucks,  Garage  Equip¬ 
ment,  Door  Hangers  and 
Farm  Specialties. 
A  MODERN  barn,  STAR- 
Equipped,  makes  any 
farm  look  prosperous, 
and  gains  the  respect  of  all  who 
see  it.  And  it  brings  prosperity, 
too,  for  cows  respond  to  better 
conditions  just  as  humans  do. 
Stop  in  and  ask  anybody  who 
has  STAR  Equipment  to  show 
you  around.  See  how  much 
better  his  barn  and  stock  look. 
Ask  him  if  his  herd  doesn’t  pay 
better  profits  since  he  put  in 
STAR  Equipment.  Notice  the 
many  valuable  exclusive  features. 
Why  not  increase  your  own 
pride  in  your  farm  and  your  own 
profits  ?  See  your  STAR  dealer, 
or  write  us  today  for  details. 
HUNT.  HELM,  FERRIS  &  CO.,  Harvard, Ill. 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  Industrial  Building  San  Francisco  Minneapolis  Los  Angeles 
★  COMPLETE  BARN  OUTFITTERS  ★ 
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FOR  30  DAYS 
SI  have  a  chance  to  sell  by  mail, 
at  my  usual  LOW  PRICES,  the 
output  of  a  well-known  silo  con¬ 
cern.  Silos  absolutely  first-class, 
Omade  of  genuine  CLEAR  FIR, 
This  lumber  is  high-priced  and 
hard  to  get  this  year,  but  YOU 
KNOW  it  is  the  ONLY  SAFE 
Lwood  for  silos.  If  you  buy  through 
me  DIRECT  FROM  THE  FAC¬ 
TORY  you  can  BUY  THE  BEST 
and  PAY  LESS.  Your  neighbor 
I  probably  bought  at  my  sale  last  year. 
Ask  him  how  much  he  saved.  This 
sale  lasts  30  days. 
SM.  L.  SMITH 
113  Flood  Bldg.,  Meadville,  Pa. 
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E.  #4  V  Ei  9  Use  2  large  cans.  Cost  $2.50. 
Monev  back  if  not  satisfactory 
ONE  can  at  $1.25  often  sufficient.  In  powder  form. 
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A  veterinary's  compound  for 
Horses,  Cattle  and  Hogs. 
Heaves,  Coughs,  Distemper, 
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ORGANIZED 
COOPERATION 
A  NEW  BOOK  -:-  By  JOHN  J.  DILLON 
(1)  How  has  the  need  of  farm 
co-operation  developed? 
(2)  What  is  organize^  i>'o-opera- 
tion,  and  how  does  it  differ  from 
the  ordinary  help  of  neighbors 
among  each  other? 
(3)  What  are  the  principles  of 
organization  and  practice  best 
suited  to  success  in  organized  co¬ 
operation? 
(4)  How  may  organized  co-oper¬ 
ation  serve  the  farmer  in  the  mar¬ 
keting  of  crops  so  as  to  return  him 
a  fair  price  and  an  equitable  share 
of  the  consumer’s  dollar? 
These  questions  arc  answered  in 
the  new  book.  It  i~  a  logical,  con¬ 
cise  treatment  of  the  whole  sub¬ 
ject.  Every  farmer  should  read  it. 
The  price  has  been  placed  at  the 
cost  of  production  because  of  the 
author’s  interest  in  the  subject. 
In  Cloth,  Postpaid,  $1.00 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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Live  Stock  Matters 
Conducted  By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Improving  a  Dairy  Ration 
We  have  three  cows,  Guernseys,  one 
giving  20  and  the  other  two  10  qts.  of 
milk  a  day.  We  are  feeding  mixed  feed 
with  16  per  cent  protein,  Alfalfa  hay, 
dried  beet  pulp  and  beet  tops  and  other 
greens  as  it  becomes  available  from  our 
garden.  We  have  a  pasture  which  is  dry, 
and  therefore  useless  this  year.  We  are 
buying  everything.  You  can  therefore 
suggest  different  feeds  if  you  do  not  con¬ 
sider  the  above  satisfactory.  We  are 
milking  at  7  in  the  morning  and  at  7 
P.  M.  IIow  much  shall  we  feed  of  the 
dry  feed,  the  beet  pulp,  and  is  it  a  good 
plan  to  give  the  cows  all  the  hay  they 
will  eat  at  all  times?  What  is  the  chief 
objection  to  having  cows  and  horses  in 
the  same  stable?  r.  s.  f. 
'The  mixed  feed  that  you  are  using  is 
bulky,  satisfying,  and  nutritious,  and  if 
you  are  getting  16  to  20  quarts  of  milk 
a  day  from  Guernsey  cows  you  have  no 
reason  to  complain.  Sixteen  per  cent  of 
digestible  protein,  however,  is  a  relatively 
insufficient  amount  for  cows  yielding  this 
amount  of  milk.  The  addition  of  10  per 
cent  of  linseed  meal  to  this  combination 
would  improve  its  efficiency.  The  use  of 
beet  pulp  during  the  months  when  pasture 
any  farmer  with  a  working  knowledge  of 
these  requirements  can  adjust  available 
quarters  for  a  flock  of  sheep. 
2.  As  to  whether  it  would  be  more 
profitable  to  maintain  a  flock  of  100  sheep 
than  a  herd  of  10  dairy  cows  would  de¬ 
pend  upon  several  conditions.  It  is 
usually  figured  that  the  fleece  will  more 
than  pay  for  the  maintenance  of  the  ewe 
during  the  entire  year,  and  that  the 
lambs  can  be  sold  relatively  at  a  clear 
profit.  Assuming  that  100  ewes  will  pro¬ 
duce  150  lambs,  and  that  these  lambs  will 
be  sold  in  their  prime  and  bring  $S 
apiece,  the  paper  profit  on  this  crop  of 
lambs  would  be  in  the  neighborhood  of 
$1200.  This  is  substantially  more  than 
the  average  farmer  receives,  because 
there  are  losses  and  hazards  not  figured 
in  this  rough  calculation. 
Ten  dairy  cows,  where  the  cream  is 
sold  and  the  skimmed  milk  fed  to  poultry 
and  chickens,  ought  to  establish  a  new 
income  of  $100  apiece.  This  makes  no 
provision  for  interest  on  investment,  de¬ 
preciation.  nor  does  it  take  into  considera¬ 
tion  the  value  of  the  calf  nor  the  value 
Here  we  have  a  quartette  of  good  friends — Carl.  George  and  Hose  Fiebe  and  their 
calf  Bessie.  They  are^  Long  Island  young  people,  and  all  hut  the  calf  will  doubtless 
read  The  R.  N.-Y.  for  many  years.  The  country  is  the  place  for  children. 
is  poor  or  during  the  Winter  when  no 
succulence  is  available  has  many  ad¬ 
vantages.  It  stimulates  the  appetite,  sat¬ 
isfies  the  craving  for  succulence  and  ma¬ 
terially  aids  in  the  digestion  and  ab¬ 
sorption  of  all  the  nutrients.  Usually  it 
is  enough  to  feed  1  lb.  of  grain  for  each 
?>y2  or  4  lbs.  of  milk  produced  per  cow 
per  day.  Where  cows  give  as  much  as 
40  or  50  lbs.  of  milk  in  a  day  frequently 
it  is  necessary  to  feed  proportionately 
more  grain  than  when  the  total  Ma-ily 
[yield  is  around  seven  or  eight  quarts 
per  day. 
If  you  prefer  to  buy  your  own  in¬ 
gredients  and  mix  your  own  feed  it  might 
be  possible  for  you  to  reduce  the  price 
per  ton  somewhat.  We  propose  the  fol¬ 
lowing  combination :  250  lbs.  hominy, 
250  lbs.  corn.  100  lbs.  oats,  150  lbs.  lin¬ 
seed  meal,  150  lbs.  cottonseed  meal,  100 
lbs.  gluten  meal,  100  lbs.  beet  pulp. 
The  principal  objection  to  having  cows 
and  horses  in  the  same  stable  is  due  to 
odors  that  frequently  contaminate  the 
milk.  If  stables  are  kept  clean  and  are 
well  ventilated  and  some  provision  is 
made  for  frequent  disinfection  the  con¬ 
dition  can  be  tolerated. 
Sheep  or  Dairy 
1.  How  much  barn  space  is  needed  for 
a  flock  of  50  sheep?  2.  Do  you  believe 
that  as  much  money  could  be  made  with 
100  sheep  as  with  10  cows  when  cream 
is  shipped?  s.  F. 
1.  Assuming  that  each  ewe  will  yield 
at  least  one  lamb,  and  that  it  is  desired 
to  provide  quarters  for  the  flock  of  sheep 
during  lambing  time,  an  allotment  of  16 
square  feet  per  ewe  is  usually  provided. 
Quarters  for  sheep  do  not  need  to  be 
warm.  Dryness  and  freedom  from 
draughts  are  more  important.  Arrange¬ 
ments  must  be  made  for  separating  ewes 
into  small  lots  so  that  they  can  be  fed 
differently  if  desired  ;  but  these  divisions 
can  be  temporarily  constructed.  It  is 
also  necessary  to  provide  creeps  and 
lambing  conveniences  for  the  ewes;  but 
of  tlie  manure.  I  dare  say  that  the  aver¬ 
age  New  Englander  would  prefer  to  have 
the  profits  from  a  selected  herd  of  10 
dairy  cows  rather  than  to  reply  upon  the 
income  from  100  breeding  ewes.  Much 
would  depend  upon  the  general  character 
of  the  farm,  whether  it  is  fenced  and 
fitted  for  sheep,  and  whether  the  care¬ 
taker  is  experienced  in  sheep  husbandry. 
There  is  something  more  to  the  keeping 
of  sheep  than  the  purchase  of  100  ewes' 
and  the  supplying  of  what  is  believed  to 
be  necessary  care  and  management.  A 
combination  of  sheep  and  dairy  would 
be  better  than  either  one  exclusively  main¬ 
tained. 
Fattening  Feed  for  Pig 
...  I  have  a  pig  five  months  old;  would 
like  a  good  balanced  feed  to  grow  him 
fast.  I  have  separated  milk,  and  can  buy 
all  kinds  of  grain.  a.  j.  d. 
If  you  have  skim-milk  and  desire  to 
fatten  a  five-months-old  pig,  the  only 
grain  that  you  need  to  purchase  would  be 
shelled  corn.  Feed  approximately  4  lbs. 
of  skim-milk  with  each  pound  of  corn, 
and  let  the  pig  have  all  of  tne  corn  that 
he  will  clean  up  with  relish  each  day. 
The  addition  of  5  lbs.  of  digester  tankage 
or  meat  scrap  or  fishmeal  to  each  100  lbs. 
of  corn  fed  would  add  to  the  efficiency  of 
the  ration,  although  if  you  have  an  abun¬ 
dance  of  skim-milk  the  supplements  men¬ 
tioned  need  not  be  utilized.  Keep  before 
the  pig  at  all  times  a  mineral  mixture 
consisting  of  equal  parts  of  ground  lime¬ 
stone  and  salt.  You  ought  to  obtain  a 
gain  of  not  less  than  a  pound  a  day  dur¬ 
ing  this  fattening  period.  (  So  far  as  I 
know  there  is  nothing  hetteh  than  shelled 
corn,  skim-milk  and  digester  tankage  as 
a  'basis  to  fatten  pigs  of  this!  age. 
\ 
Professor:  (explaining  t/he  results  ob¬ 
tained  from  the  inflection  ,t>f  the  voice)  : 
“Did  I  ever  tell  you  thie  story  of  the 
actor  who  could  read  a'  menu  so  as  to 
make  his  audience  weeto?”  Student 
(strangely  moved)  :  “He  yiiust  have  read 
the  prices.” — Everybody’s), 
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