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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
October  G,  1923 
Qooclyear 
Means 
Qood  Wear 
Improving  the  World’s  GreatestTread 
There  is  scarcely  a  motorist  anywhere  today  who  does 
not  recognize  the  familiar  pattern  of  the  Goodyear  All- 
Weather  Tread. 
For  many  years,  to  millions  of  people,  this  famous  tread 
has  been  the  mark  of  a  tire  of  superior  quality  and  wrorth. 
Imprinted  on  the  roads  of  the  world,  its  clean-cut  outlines 
unmistakably  evidence  its  efficiency  and  popularity. 
unions,  and  other  improvements, 
make  the  new  Goodyear  Cord  with 
the  beveled  All-Weather  Tread  the 
best  tire  Goodyear  ever  made. 
It  runs  more  smoothly  and  quietly; 
it  piles  up  bigger  mileages;  it  pre¬ 
serves  without  sacrifice  thedigging, 
clinging,  road-gripping  powerof  the 
long-wearing  Ali-Weather  Tread. 
Despite  its  advantages  this  im¬ 
proved  Goodyear  Cord  costs  no 
more  to  buy  than  ordinary  tires. 
You  can  get  your  size  from  your 
Goodyear  Service  Station  Dealer, 
who  is  pledged  to  help  you  get 
from  your  tires  all  the  mileage 
built  into  them  at  the  factory. 
In  the  new  Goodyear  Cord  Tire 
the  celebrated  All-Weather  Tread 
has  been  importantly  improved. 
The  extraordinarily  dense  and 
tough  rubber  compound  now  used 
in  its  making  assures  even  longer 
wear  than  before. 
The  powerful  rugged  blocks  of  this 
tread  are  how  reinforced  at  the 
base  by  heavy  rubber  ribs,  knitting 
the  whole  tread  design  into  a 
stronger  unit. 
The  blocks  which  line  the  tread  on 
either  side  are  beveled  at  the  outer 
edge,  reducing  vibration  and  strain 
as  wear  proceeds. 
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Heavier  sidewalls,  stouter  ply 
Made  in  all  sizes  for  Passenger  Cars  and  Trucks 
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BARN  OUTFITTERS  ★ 
Home-grown  Feeds  the  Big  Problem  in 
Dairying 
Dairy  farmers  who  must  market  their 
products  at  wholesale  prices,  often  find 
their  biggest  problem  is  the  one  of  econ¬ 
omy  in  feeding.  Grain  feeding  is  essen¬ 
tial  with  nearly  all  dairymen  living  in 
the  northern  half  of  the  United  States, 
for  six  to  eight  months  of  the  year.  How 
can  we  reduce  the  expense  for  purchased 
feeds,  is  the  question  most  often  asked. 
There  are  three  possible  answers  fo 
this  question.  First,  by  buying  feeds  at 
wholesale  and  at  the  time  of  year  when 
the  prices  are  the  lowest.  Second,  by 
feeding  less  grain  feeds  and  more  of  the 
bulky,  coarse  fodders.  Third,  by  grow¬ 
ing  more  of  the  needed  feeds  on  the  farm. 
Those  who  are  fortunate  enough  to  have 
a  liberal  amount  of  working  capital  can 
save  considerable  on  their  yearly  feed 
bill  by  buying  their  Winter’s  supply 
when  feeds  are  the  lowest  in  price.  In 
the  Summer  season  the  standard  grain 
feeds  are  usually  quoted  by  the  carload 
from  10  to  25  per  cent  lower  than  during 
the  late  Fall  and  Winter.  Such  feeds 
as  bran,  middlings,  cottonseed  and  gluten 
will  keep  several  months  without  loss,  if 
protected  from  rats  and  mice.  But  even 
with  the  best  possible  wholesale  buying 
the  feed  bills  are  large  and  taxing,  while 
with  the  dairy  farmer,  with  limited  capi¬ 
tal,  the  greater  part  of  the  milk  or  cream 
check  goes  each  month  to  the  feed  dealer. 
With  the  increasing  tendency  to  feed, 
locally,  more  and  more  of  the  grains 
grown  in  the  West  there  is  little  prospect 
of  lower  grain  feeds  than  at  present,  by 
shipping  from  the  West  to  the  Fast. 
With  the  Eastern  dairyman,  then,  the 
big  problem  is  how  to  grow  more  of  the 
feeds  needed  by  the  herd. 
In  relation  to  the  home-grown  feed 
problem,  our  Eastern  dairy  farm  may  be 
divided  into  two  groups:  Those  that  have 
a  large  proportion  of  nearly  level  till¬ 
able  land,  suitable  for  corn  and  small 
grains,  and  those  that  are  located  in 
hilly  sections  with  quite  limited  a^eas  of 
such  land,  and  a  large  proportion  of 
rough  hilly  land,  adapted  only  for  pas¬ 
ture,  On  farms  of  the  first  group  it  is 
possible  to  grow  a  large  part  of  the  grain 
feeds  needed  by  planning  a  suitable  rota¬ 
tion.  This  rotation  may  vary  according 
to  the  soil,  but  on  medium  to  heavy  soil 
a  useful  rotation  is  (1)  silage  corn,  (2) 
oats,  or  oats  and  barley  mixed,  (?») 
clover  and  (4)  Timothy.  With  four 
areas  of  approximately  10  acres  each, 
this  rotation  should  supply  about  two 
thirds  of  the  grain  needed  by  a  herd  of 
20  cows.  With  wheat  bran,  cottonseed 
or  linseed  oilmeal  to  make  up  the  other 
third,  a  well-balanced  ration  can  be  pro¬ 
vided.  In  addition,  most  20-cow  dairy 
farmers  want  to  raise  the  oats  needed 
for  at  least  three  horses.  This  would 
call  for  about  six  acres  of  additional 
land.  The  10-acre  four-course  rotation 
should  provide  approximately  100  tous  of 
silage.  500  bushels  of  oats  and  20  tons 
of  clover  and  20  tons  of  Timothy.  Many 
farmers  in  Northern  New  York  are  now 
following  this  rotation,  with  a  few  addi¬ 
tional  acres  of  oats,  and  some  frequently 
raise  from  800  to  1.000  bushels  of  oats 
each  year.  These  farmers  buy  no  grain 
except  a  few  tons  of  cottonseed  meal 
and  bran  to  add  protein  and  mineral  mat¬ 
ter  to  the  ground  oats. 
'I11  the  hilly  sections  of  the  East,  where 
the  farm  lands  lie  in  narrow  valleys,  the 
amount  of  tillable  land  is  often  quite 
limited.  Under  these  conditions,  small 
areas  near  the  buildings  must  be  chosen 
for  growing  the  silage  corn,  and  this  land 
must  be  kept  very  rich,  so  as  to  grow  a 
heavy  tonnage  for  two  or  three  years  in 
succession.  Other  and  rougher  areas  can 
be  sown  to  oats  or  wheat,  or  both,  and 
by  growing  two  crops  of  grain  in  succes¬ 
sion.  a  considerable  part  of  the  needed 
grain  feed  can  be  provided.  Most  dairy 
farmers  find  that  wheat  does  not  fit  in 
well  on  the  dairy  farm,  because  it  must 
be  harvested  in  the  midst  of  the  haying 
season,  while  oats  generally  come  toward 
or  at  the  end  of  the  haying  season.  If 
the  areas  suitable  for  oats  are  quite 
limited,  it  is  very  important  to  make  the 
most  possible  out  of  the  clover  and  the 
hay  crop.  Where  frequent  seeding  is  not 
practicable,  due  to  the  rough  and  stony 
soil,  clover  can  often  be  kept  along  on 
the  hay  lands,  by  seeding  with  a  broad¬ 
cast  seeder  very  early  in  the  Spring,  di¬ 
rectly  on  the  sod.  I  have  known  this  to 
be  done  successfully  with  the  sower  rid¬ 
ing  horseback. 
On  at  least  two-thirds  of  the  North¬ 
ern  dairy  farms,  clover  must  be  the  main¬ 
stay  as  a  hay  crop.  In  certain  limestone 
sections,  if  the  soil  is  well-drained.  Al¬ 
falfa  may  be  grown  with  success,  but 
unless  the  conditions  are  about  right, 
clover  is  a  much  safer  crop  and,  when 
properly  grown,  nearly  as  valuable  a 
crop.  As  dairymen  we  must  depend  more 
on  this  useful  crop  and  less  on  the  Tim¬ 
othy  that  so  often  supplants  the  clover. 
Much  can  be  accomplished  in  grain 
saving  where  the  proportion  of  tillable 
land  is  large,  by  growing  a  silage  corn 
that  will  produce  nearly  mature  grain 
before  the  severe  Fall  frosts.  Medium¬ 
sized.  well-eared  corn  is  much  more  val¬ 
uable  for  silage  than  the  large  corn  with 
not  much  but  “blisters”  for  grain.  With 
a  large  proportion  of  grain  in  the  silage 
a  considerably  smaller  grain  ration  is 
needed  in  feeding  the  herd. 
On  warm,  fairly  early  soils,  some  one 
of  the  larger  Soy  beans  may  be  grown  to 
add  protein  to  the  silage.  Where  the 
clover  hay  is  limited,  the  Soy  beans,  as 
a  part  of  the  silage,  will  make  up  partly 
for  the  lack  of  clover.  Some  prefer  to 
mix  the  corn  and  Soy  bean  seeds  in 
planting,  but  if  the  corn  crop  is  heavy, 
it  shades  the  beans  too  much.  A  larger 
crop  of  beans  can  be  grown  by  sowing 
them  in  drills  on  a  separate  field.  These 
I  have  found,  can  be  easily  cut  with  a 
binder,  and  by  mixing  corn  and  bean 
fodder,  in  layers  as  the  silo  is  being  filled, 
the  mixed  silage  will  come  out  in  good 
condition. 
Briefly  summarized  then,  the  big 
needs  on  our  Northern  dairy  farms,  in 
oi’der  to  save  on  feed  bills,  are  more 
clover,  more  silage  from  well-eared  near¬ 
ly  ripe  corn,  Soy  beans,  grown  separately 
but  mixed  with  the  corn  silage  when  fill¬ 
ing  the  silo,  oats  or  other  grains  (accord¬ 
ing  to  the  soil)  ground  and  mixed  with 
small  proportions  of  bran  and  cottonseed 
meal  in  feeding. 
The  result  of  recently  published,  long- 
period  experiments,  at  the  Vermont  Sta¬ 
tion,  indicate  that  we  have  been  feeding 
larger  amounts  of  protein  to  our  dairy 
cows  than  is  warranted  by  their  real 
needs,  and  also,  for  the  greatest  economy. 
Where  we  have  been  using  21/o  lbs.  of 
protein  daily,  for  a  UOOO-lb.  cow,  in 
average  milk  flow,  these  experiments 
show  that  1%  to  2  lbs.  daily,  is  ample. 
The  very  narrow  ration  idea,  too.  is  be¬ 
ing  exploded.  In  other  words  the  pro¬ 
portion  of  protein  can  be  much  less  than 
we  formerly  thought.  Milk  production 
is  a  heavy  energy-taxing  or  work  job 
and  requires  a  large  proportion  of  easily- 
digested,  energy-producing  foods.  This 
means  that  we  should  make  greatei'  use 
of  home-grown  feeds,  especially  cereal 
grains,  early-cut  clover  hay  r  ,d  well- 
matured  corn  silage. 
New  York.  ciiarles  s.  phelps 
Hens  “Going  Light” 
What  is  the  matter  with  my  chickens? 
I  am  losing  quit  a  few ;  they  seem  to  go 
light  all  of  a  sudden,  and  soon  die.  I 
have  used  tobacco  dust  in  mash  and  then 
follow  with  Epsom  salts,  but  does  not 
seem  to  do  any  good.  A.  H. 
Pennsylvania. 
“Going  light”  is  a  symptom  of  several 
diseases,  of  which  tuberculosis  and  as¬ 
pergillosis  are  good  examples.  This  go¬ 
ing  light  is  simply  the  stage  of  emacia¬ 
tion  toward  the  close  of  the  disease  and 
indicates  that  the  trouble  has  existed  for 
some  time,  though  not  with  symptoms 
that  are  observed  by  the  poultry  man. 
Without  knowing  the  cause  of  the  go¬ 
ing  light,  no  remedy  can  be  prescribed 
to  save  the  rest  of  the  flock,  for,  after  an 
individual  bird  has  gone  light,  it  has 
gone  for  good.  M.  b.  d. 
A  Leelanau  County  Indian  barely  es¬ 
caped  with  his  life  when  attacked  by  hold¬ 
up  men  on  a  visit  to  Chicago.  The  In¬ 
dian  cannot  be  too  strongly  urged,  nowa¬ 
days.  not  to  venture  too  far  away  from 
civilization. — Detroit  News. 
