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Start 
Your 
Pullets and 
Moulted Hens 
to Laying 
You have had your summer's poultry 
cares. 
Now is the time for you to cash in on 
eggs. 
Go after those dormant egg organs 
that moulting threw out of gear. 
Go after them with the “Old Reliable'' 
Dr. Hess Poultry 
PAN-A-CE-A 
Pan-a-ce-a puts the egg organs to work. 
It starts the feed the egg way. 
Feed Pan-a-ce-a—then you will <eee red 
combs and red wattles. 
It brings back the song and scratch and 
cackle. / 
It gives hens pep. 
It makes music in your poultry yard. 
That’s when the eggs come. 
Tell your dealer how many hens you have. 
There’s a right-size package for every flock. 
100 hens, the 12-Ib. pkg. 200 hens, the 25-lb. pail 
60 hens, the 5-lb. pkg. 500 hens, the 100-lb. drum 
For fewer hens, there is a smaller package. 
GUARANTEED 
DR. HESS & CLARK Ashland, O, 
Dr. Hess Instant Louse Killer Kills Lice 
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I spent SO 
years in perfect - 
ing Pan-a-ce-a. 
Gilbert Hess 
D.V.S, 
OIL LIGHT BEATS 
ELECTRIC OR GAS 
BURNS 94% AIR 
A new oil lamp that gives an amaz¬ 
ingly brilliant, soft, white light, even 
better than gas or electricity, has been 
tested by the U. S. Government and 35 
leading universities and found to be su¬ 
perior to 10 ordinary oil lamps. It 
bu^’ns without odor, smoke or noise— 
no pumping up, is simple, clean, safe. 
Burns 94% air and 6% common kero¬ 
sene (coal oil). 
The inventor, R. M. Johnson, 642 N. 
Broad St., Philadelphia, is offering to 
send a lamp on 10 days’ FREE trial, or 
even to give one FREE to the first user 
in each locality who will help him in¬ 
troduce it. Write him to-day for full 
particulars. Also ask him to explain 
how you can get the agency, and with¬ 
out experience or money make $250 to 
$500 per month. 
What Do You Know 
About Horses? 
If you were hitching a “tricky" horse double and he blazed away 
at the man in the rear, what would you do to insure good behavior 
always? Would you whip him—or jerk the rein—or yell at him? 
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This amazing FREE Introductory Course in Horse Training tells al 
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dollars--perhaps even ymir l??e! Mail post-card NOW! Beery 
School of Horsemanship, Dept. 1611-A, Pleasant Hill, Ohio 
r You can make a better sprouter than you 
buy. This sprouter was made in one even¬ 
ing by a 14 year old boy witha saw and hammer. 
The cost, with heater, was $2.99. Thousands in 
use. All say it is the best and handiest made. 
Make Layers Out of Loafers 
To make hens lay their best, in winter, growing Green 
feed, rich in vitaminps, must be fed. Sprouted oats 
are best. The Putnam Home Made Sprouter yields the 
best and sweetest sprouts and with the least work. I 
will send, free, plans for making this sprouter with 
description of Little Putnam Stove to heat it. A Iso 
instructions for use of stove to keep fowls’ drinking 
water unfrozen. Stove holds three pints of oil. Burns 
a month without trimming or filling. Patented burner. 
Nothing like it. Ask your dealer, or send me his name 
and $2.50 and get one by return mail, postpaid. Tryit. 
If not satisfied, return in 10 days and I’ll cheerfully 
refund your money. 
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‘The Truth About Wire Fence’ 
Write for a copy today. 
[BOND STEEL POST CO., 
SOLUTION OF THE MYSTERY] 
THAT HAS COST FARMERS 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
A cedar po9t outlasts a pine,so I 
two rolls of wire fence may ( 
look alike, and cost the same, I 
yet one will last twice as long I 
as the other. Our circular I 
solves the puzzle and shows I 
you how to save that 100 per I 
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aie buying just as Burely as I 
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28 East Maumee St., ADRIAN, 
American Agriculturist, November 17,1923 
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For the Cow Men 
New York Holstein Breeders Hold County Meetings 
T HE members of the Jefferson County 
Holstein Club had a meeting at the 
Woodruff House in Watertown on 
Tuesday, October 30th. Breeders and 
dairymen from all parts of the county 
were invited, and those who were able 
to come, in spite of a very rainy day, 
had a splendid evening enjoying a 
banquet, which was followed by the 
new Holstein “movie.” 
F. C. Overton, president of the club, 
officiated and acted as toastmaster. 
Following the picture he introduced 
C. F. Bigler, president of the New York 
Holstein Friesian Association, who 
spoke briefly of the achievements of the 
Association cjuring the past year. M. C. 
Bond, secretary of the New York Asso¬ 
ciation, was then introduced and told 
of the plans for work during 1924. 
He also told of the new membership 
plan whereby each county has a share 
of the expense of the State Association 
to carry in order to make the work pos¬ 
sible. The appointment of each county 
being determined upon by using the 
number of members in the National 
Association in that county as a basis 
for figuring its share of the cost in 
operating the State Association. 
The most encouraging thing about 
this meeting was the enthusiasm which 
the breeders showed and indicating the 
better conditions which are gradually 
coming about. Jefferson County is one 
of the most active Holstein counties in 
New York State and apparently pro¬ 
poses to continue so, if we can judge 
any by the enthusiasm at this meeting. 
St. Lawrence County Breeders’ Hold 
Two Meetings 
On Wednesday and Thursday, Octo¬ 
ber 31 and November 1, meetings were 
held in St. Lawrence County at Ogdens¬ 
burg and Massena. The breeders were 
a little disappointed in not being able 
to see jthe Holstein movie, due to the 
lack of an available movie machine. 
However, definite plans are being made 
to have this picture at the annual meet¬ 
ing, which will be held in Ogdensburg 
sometime in December. 
Favorable discussion for the continu¬ 
ing of the Ogdensburg sale occurred at 
both of these meetings and considerable 
interest in the establishing of the an¬ 
nual show at Heuvelton. At each of 
these meeting’s, M. C. Bond, secretary 
of the New York Holstein Association, 
spoke concerning the work of the Asso¬ 
ciation and plans for the coming year. 
There seemed to be some interest in 
having a picnic next summer where the 
model cow and bull could be shown in 
comparison with some living animals, 
and where the breeders could have a 
general discussion about the true type. 
linville (evening) ; Dec. 6, Cattaraugus 
Co., Salamanca (afternoon), Randolph 
(evening); Dec. 8;- Chautuaqua Co.; 
Dec. 8, Allegany Co.; Dec. 10, Broome 
Co.; Dec. 11, Tioga Co., Oswego; Dec. 
12, Sullivan Co.; Dec. 13, Chenango 
Co.; Dec. 14, Chenango Co.; Dec. 15, 
Oneida Co.; Dec. 16, Oneida Co.; Dec. 
18, Herkimer Co.; Dec. 19, Herkimer 
Co.; Dec. 20, Schoharie Co., Cobleskill 
(evening); Dec. 21, Otsego Co.; Dec. 
22, Otsego Co. 
CAUSE OF STRINGY MILK 
Will you tell me the cause of stringiness in 
our milk? Our cows are on dry pasture. Their 
feed consists of wheat bran, corn, gluten feed 
and purchased mixed grains that contain some 
molasses. They also receive green corn from 
the field. The cows are all tuberculin tested 
and are all in excellent health. However, if 
the milk is one day old, the cream on the milk 
draws long strings. Will you kindly inform us 
how to prevent this? — A. T., New York. 
The normal cause for stringy milk 
and cream at this time of year is the 
result of the growth of certain types of 
bacteria which get into the milk. So 
far as we know the usual source of 
these organisms is water and they may 
get into the milk either as a result of 
the cows wading in streams or ponds 
in the pasture, the organisms getting 
on the cow’s body and then falling 
into the milk pail at milking time, or 
they may get into the dairy utensils 
from the water which is used for wash¬ 
ing. and rinsing them. They grow 
rapidly at fairly low temperatures, pro¬ 
ducing a slimy and gelatinous material 
in the milk which gives it the stringy 
or ropy condition. 
So far as we know these organisms 
are not at all injurious to health, but 
of course the stringy condition which 
they produce is a serious difficulty in 
the milk or cream business. 
This trouble can usually be overcome 
by a thorough scalding of all the uten¬ 
sils which the milk touches, either by 
sterlizing in steam or scalding with 
water which is practically up to the 
boiling point. Every year about this 
time we get a number of inquiries about 
this trouble and every case that I have 
known has been cleared up by a 
thorough treatment with boiling water. 
MIXING AND GRINDING FEED 
I have about 700 bushels of wheat, about 
the same quantity of oats and 1,000 bushels 
of corn. In addition to that, I have about SO 
tons of alfalfa and plenty of ensilage. I have 
about 12 tons of dry grains and 10 tons of 
cottonseed meal. 1 would like to know if it 
would pay me to purchase a mill to grind it 
up? We have a 15-horsepower motor for 
which we have to pay $15 a month to a 
power company, whether we use it or not. We 
Franklin County Breeders' See Movies 
Holstein breeders in Franklin County 
were invited to a meeting of the Frank¬ 
lin County Holstein Club, in cooperation 
with the county farm bureau in the 
Court House at Malone, Friday eve¬ 
ning, November 2. A very good* audi¬ 
ence attended the meeting. The new 
Holstein picture was shown containing 
two reels, also a film entitled “The 
Model Dairy,” and one on the operation 
of the milking machine. 
Secretary M. C. Bond of the State 
Holstein Association was present and 
addressed the breeders on the work" the 
Association has been doing during the 
pa§t year and a feW of the projects laid 
out for 1924. 
Coming Meetings of County Hol¬ 
stein Clubs 
Following is a list of the meetings 
of the various county Holstein clubs in 
the State of New York: 
Nov. 16, Tompkins Co., Ithaca; Nov. 
17, Chemung Co., Van Etten (after¬ 
noon), Elmira (evening); Nov. 19, 
Orange Co., Goshen; Nov. 20, Dutchess 
Co., Poughkeepsie; Nov. 21, Greene or 
Dutchess (Pine Plains) ; Nov. 22, Co¬ 
lumbia Co.; Nov. 23, Rensselaer Co.; 
Nov. 24, Oswego Co.; Nov. 26, Onon¬ 
daga Co., Baldwinsville (afternoon), 
Elbridge (evening) ; Nov. 27, Onon¬ 
daga Co., Cicero or Liverpool (after¬ 
noon), Tully (evening) ; Nov. 30, Madi¬ 
son Co.; Dec. 1, Madison Co.; Dec. 3, 
Livingston Co., Avon; Dec. 4, Wyo¬ 
ming Co., Warsaw; Dec. 5, Cattarau¬ 
gus Co., Gowanda (afternoon), Frank- 
would likfe to get some use of this charge as 
long as we have to pay for it.—J. K., Penn¬ 
sylvania. 
As long as you have that overhead 
charge for current, you certainly may 
as well get as much out of it as you 
possibly can. In addition to buying a 
mill and grinding your feed, that*motor, 
/ should be pumping water, sawing wood 
and doing everything possible where 
power is required. 
In grinding up your feed you could 
make a very good mixture in view of 
the fact that you have plenty of ensilage 
and alfalfa, as follows: Take 500 
pounds each of oats, corn and wheat 
and grind up the mixture. To this 
1,500 pounds of mixed ground cereals, 
add 300 pounds of your brewers dried 
grains and 200 pounds of your cotton¬ 
seed meal. This mixture would have 
in it plenty of protein to feed with the 
alfalfa hay. _ 
COW CRAVES SALT 
I have a cow that is always chewing old 
bags or licking shingles on the barn. Could 
you tell me what alls her?—E L., New York. 
Undoubtedly your cow is looking for 
salt. Give her *a good cathartic and 
then place a salt block where she can 
have access to it regularly. 
Your paper has been taken in our 
family a number of years, by my hus¬ 
band’s father in Alabama some 50 
years and by my own father in Kansas 
since about 1880. We have always ap¬ 
preciated its sterling worth. —Mrs. A. 
E. Sharp, Alberta, Canada. 
