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1507 
CLIP  YOUR  COWS 
More  milk  is  assured.  Proven  by  farmers  every¬ 
where.  Clipping  cows  when  stabled  makes  cleaning 
a  quick,  thorough  job.  Keeps  manure  and  filth  out 
°£.th«  “‘llk  Pail.  The  Stewart  No.  1  Clipping  Ma- 
coiQeis  the  easy  way.  Ball-bearing — strongly  built. 
Clips  horses  and  mules  also.  Only  $1  2.75  at  your 
dealers  or  send  $2.00  and  pay  balance  on  arrival. 
CHICAGO  FLEXIBLE  SHAFT  COMPANY 
6598  Roosevelt  Road,  Chicago 
World' 8  largest  makers  of  clipping  and  shearing 
machines.  Complete  catalog  on  request. 
Color  Your  Butter 
“  Dandelion  Butter  Color  ”  Gives  That 
Golden  June  Shade  which 
Brings  Top  Prices 
Before  churning  add  one-half  teaspoon¬ 
ful  to  each  gallon  of  cream  and  out  of 
your  churn  comes  butter  of  Golden  June 
shade.  “Dandelion  Butter  Color”  is  purely 
vegetable,  harmless,  and  meets  all  State 
and  National  food  laws.  Used  for  50 
years  by  all  large  creameries.  Doesn’t 
color  buttermilk.  Absolutely  tasteless. 
Large  bottles  cost  only  35  cents  at  drug 
or  grocery  stores. 
Wells  &  Richardson  Co.,  Burlington,  Vt. 
ABSORBiNE 
**  TRADE  MARK  RIG.U.S.PAT.  OFF. 
Reduces  Bursal  Enlargements, 
Thickened,  Swollen  Tissues, 
Curbs,  Filled  Tendons,  Sore¬ 
ness  from  Bruises  or  Strains; 
stops  Spavin  Lameness,  allays  pain. 
Does  not  blister,  remove  the  hair  or 
lay  up  the  horse.  $2.50  a  bottle 
St  druggists  or  delivered.  Book  1  R  free. 
ABSORBINE,  JR.,  for  mankind — an 
antiseptic  liniment  for  bruises,  cuts,  wounds, 
strains,  painful,  swollen  veins  or  glands.  It 
heals  and  soothes.  $1.25  a  bottle  at  drug¬ 
gists  or  postpaid.  Will  tell  you  more  if  you 
write.  Made  in  the  U.  S.  A.  by 
W.  F.  YOUNG,  INC.,  288  Lyman  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
In.  use 
over 
MINERAL*,,. 
Booklet 
Free  _ _ , _ 
83.25  Box  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction  or  mone  j 
back.  81.10  Box  Sufficient  for  ordinary  cases. 
MINERAL  REMEDY  CO.  461  Fourth  Are.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Pays  To  Dehorn 
Dehorned  cows  and  steers 
are  gentler,  safer  and  more 
profitable.  Use  the  Key¬ 
stone.  It  does  the  work  in  a 
single  stroke— no  crushing. 
Sold  on  money-back  guar¬ 
antee.  Write  for  circular. 
JAS.  SCULLY 
Box  1  22  Pomaroy,  Pa. 
9  Cords  In  lO  Hours  by  one  man.  It’s  King  of  the 
woods.  Catalog  Y68  Free.  Established  1890. 
Folding  Sawing  Machine  Co..  1005  E.  75th  St.  Chicago.  Illinois 
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Saws  Wood  Fast 
(Docs  the  Work  of  10  Men— 1  /  20  Cost) 
This  one-man  WITTE  Log  Saw  burna  any  fuel 
and  will  cut  from  16  to  40  cords  of  wood  a  day. 
Easy  to  operate  and  move.  Trouble-proof.  Fells 
trees — makes  ties — runs  other  farm  machinery. 
Fast  money  maker  and  big  labor  saver. 
WJ*  m Write  today  for  my  big  Free 
Jr  flP  9*  fr*  —  Book  and  Low  Easy  Payment 
^  Prices.  No  obligation. 
WITTE  ENGINE  WORKS 
6893  Witte  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
6893  Empire  Building.  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
FARM  PROFIT  LEAKS 
may  be  stopped  by  practical 
co-operation.  The  new  book  : 
“Organized  Co-operation” 
by  John  J.  Dillon  tells  how. 
Price,  One  Dollar.  For  sale  by 
RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
333  West  30th  Street  New  York 
Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Buying  Cows  for  Hog  Feed 
As  local  shippers  are  paying  $1  per 
cwt.  for  dry  cows,  would  they  not  be 
worth  more,  used  as  chicken  or  hog 
feed?  c.  c. 
Crawford  Co.,  Pa. 
If  one  attempted  to  buy  dry  cows  at  a 
$1  per  cwt.  for  the  purpose  of  slaughter¬ 
ing  and  feeding  the  meat  products  to 
chickens  and  poultry  he  would  confront 
a  difficult  problem.  In  the  first  place 
both  poultry  and  swine  overeat  when 
given  access  to  all  of  the  high  protein 
feed  of  this  character  that  is  available ; 
and  in  the  second  place  the  carcass  meat 
cannot  be  kept  for  any  length  of  time 
during  this  season  of  the  year  without 
decomposition  and  objectionable  odors. 
So  far  as  values  are  concerned  this 
would  be  a  relatively  cheap  source  of 
meat  scraps  or  tankage.  Surely  this  is 
an  unusually  low  figure  and  I  do  not 
wonder  that  you  raise  a  question  of  this 
character  if  it  is  possible  to  obtain  only 
.$1  per  cwt.  for  dry  cows,  live  weight.  If 
more  of  our  meat  shops  were  butcher 
shops  rather  than  meat  cutting  shops  the 
chances  are  that  a  great  deal  more  money 
could  he  paid  for  products  of  this  char¬ 
acter. 
Varied  Grain'  Ration 
I  have,  the  following  feeds:  ground 
wheat,  ground  oats,  cornmeal  (yellow), 
hominy,  gluten  (40  per  cent),  wheat 
bran,  oil  meal,  cottonseed  meal  (43  per 
cent),  Alfalfa  meal,  beet  pulp.  What 
would  be  a  good  ration  made  up  of  the 
above  feeds  for  Holstein  cows  weighing 
from  1,000  to  1,200  lbs.  and  producing 
from  45  to  65  lbs.  of  3.6  milk?  I  have 
mixed  hay,  oats  and  pea  hay  and  Tim¬ 
othy  as  well  as  corn  silage.  J.  c. 
New  York. 
The  feeds  that  you  have  on  hand  sug¬ 
gest  clearly  that  you  appreciate  the  im¬ 
portance  of  variety  in  a  ration  for  dairy 
cows.  For  Holstein  cows  of  the  weight 
noted,  yielding  from  45  to  68  lbs.  of  3.6 
per  cent  milk  per  day  it  is  proposed  that 
you  combine  the  ingredients  in  the  fol¬ 
lowing  proportions :  100  lbs.  ground 
wheat,  100  lbs.  ground  oats,  200  lbs.  corn- 
meal,  150  lbs.  hominy  meal,  150  lbs. 
gluten  meal,  150  lbs.  oil  meal,  100  lbs. 
cottonseed  meal,  50  lbs.  wheat  bran,  50 
lbs.  Alfalfa  meal. 
Of  course  it  is  not  necessary  to  utilize 
all  of  these  ingredients ;  nevertheless 
much  is  to  he  gained  by  having  variety 
and  palatability  combined.  If  these  feeds 
are  of  average  analysis  the  mixture  will 
carry  approximately  22  per  cent  of  pro¬ 
tein. 
If  beet  pulp  is  used  it  would  be  moist¬ 
ened  and  fed  as  a  succulent  feed  rather 
than  as  a  source  of  carbohydrate  in  place 
of  hominy  or  cornmeal.  Both  of  the  lat¬ 
ter  two  products  supply  carbohydrates  or 
energy  more  economically.  However,  the 
flow  of  milk  can  he  increased  by  feeding 
some  moistened  beet  pulp  in  conjunction 
with  silage  and  roughage  identified.  If 
your  cows  are  thin  in  flesh  then  it  would 
be  well  to  increase  the  hominy  to  200 
lbs.  and  reduce  the  gluten  to  100  lbs. 
The  first  named  ration  is  rather  concen¬ 
trated  and  if  bran  could  be  used  in  place 
of  the  whole  wheat  this  condition  might 
be  improved. 
Feed  the  cows  in  proportion  to  their 
daily  production,  allowing  one  pound  of 
grain  for  each  3*4  ibs  of  milk  produced 
per  day.  If  the  addition  of  a  pound  of 
grain  to  the  usual  allowance  does  not  re¬ 
sult  in  an  increase  of  four  or  five  pounds 
of  milk  per  day  you  can  rest  assured  that 
the  cow  has  reached  her  maximum  pro¬ 
duction  if  economy  is  considered.  It  is 
persistent  production  that  is  the  most 
profitable,  and  there  is  such  a  thing  as 
feeding  cows  too  much  grain. 
A  mule  auction  took  place  in  a  ring  m- 
closure,  access  to  which  was  by  one  small 
gateway,  and  considerable  amusement 
was  caused  among  the  onlookers  by  the 
efforts  of  the  men  in  charge  of  the  ani¬ 
mals  to  get  them  to  go  through  it.  One 
mule  especially  seemed  obstinately  bent 
on  doing  anything  and  everything  hut 
pass  through  that  gateway.  “Want  any 
help?”  shouted  one  of  the  bystanders^  as 
the  mule  driver  rested  a  moment.  “No,” 
answered  the  driver,  “but  I’d  like  to 
know  how  Noah  ever  got  two  of  these 
blighters  into  the  ark.” — Everybody’s 
Magazine. 
<Djojjou  want 
1522  ? 
OR  TEN  or  twenty  times  that  much  additional 
profit ,  depending  simply  on  the  number  of 
cows  you  own.  Listen — 
Down  in  Fairfax  County,  Virginia,  the  dairymen 
belong  to  a  Cow  Testing  Association.  Various 
kinds  of  feed  are  given  the  665  cows  in  these  herds, 
but  LARRO  is  the  general  favorite.  A  year’s 
record,  compiled  by  the  official  tester,  makes  the 
reason  plain : 
Herds  which  received  more  than 
50%  of  LARRO  earned  an  average 
net  profit  of  $15.82  more  per  cow 
than  the  other  herds. 
Fully  half  of  all  these  Fairfax  County  cows 
were  in  the  LARRO  extra-profit  division ! 
Only  a  feed  made  of  tested  ingredients — 
feed  that  never  varies  in  the  kind ,  the 
quality  or  the  percentage  of  ingredients — a 
feed  absolutely  free  from  dangerous  iron  and 
steel  trash — can  make  that  extra  money  for 
you.  LARRO  answers  these  specifications 
—  absolutely.  There's  a  LARRO  dealer 
near  you.  Write  us  if  you  don't  know 
where  to  find  him. 
The  Larrowe  Milling  Company,  Detroit,  Mich. 
The  Larrowe  Milling  Company 
Dept.  4  Larrowe  Bldg.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Gentlemen: 
I  am  now  feeding . cows  and  I  want  to  receive,  with¬ 
out  coat,  your  magazine — “The  Larro  Dairyman.” 
Name . 
St.  or  R.  F.  D . 
Town . . . State . 
Feeding  the 
Fresh  Cow”  is 
the  title  of  an  article  that 
appears  in  the  December 
issue  of  the  Larro  Dairy¬ 
man.  If  you  are  not 
receiving  this  excellent, 
free  magazine  for  cow- 
owners,  fill  out  and  mail 
this  coupon  now,  or  take 
it  to  your  LARRO  dealer. 
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