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10 DAIRY AND CREAMERY By Prof. A. B. Nystrom, Dairy Instructor State College, Pullman, Wash. (For any information regarding this department, write the above.) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ONE OK TWO SILOS, WHICH? Question : Have perused very care fully your "Silo" issue of April Ist, and would appreciate very much a little advice. We are milking 17 cows, but will shortly increase our herd to 30. Am arranging for silage since I will have to feed it the year round, and would like to know whether you think it advisable to build one large or two smaller silos. C. H., Wapato, Wash. Answer: For 30 cows you should have a silo about 10x40 feet. This will hold 180 tons, and will allow you to feed on the average about 33 pounds per day for every day in the year for each cow. 1 would advise that you build four or Hve feet of this silo in the ground. If the silage from one season is not all used up by the time tbe next crop is ready, there will be no harm in putting the green corn right on top of the old silage, and then continuing the feeding from About the most practi cal piece of machinery on our farms is the SHARPLES MILKER _ rpHIS voluntary endorse- _ JL ment is made by the secretary of a most pro ■ gressive dairy farm, whose ■ ■ name we will be pleased ■ ■ to furnish on request. He ■ m says further: - B m "Before getting the m SHARPLES MILKER we * were milking 100 to 110 ■ B cows. It took ten hand- g milkers four hours a day— ■ two in the morning and ■ 0 two at night. We are now g milking approximately 135 * cows with the eight units. " I We use two men to oper- ■ ate the machine and two ■ to do the stripping. It " a takes these four men just g about the same time to ■ milk these 135 cows as it ■ ■I took our ten men to milk g 100 by hand." the ■ SHARPLES TUBULAR ■ H CREAM SEPARATOR is . _ a product that for thirty- _ three years has built char m acter into dairy farming. " ■ For dairymen who desire to ■ ■ keep abreast of progress. ■ ■ Write for Catalogs m ■ The Sharpies Separator Co. ■ m West Chester, Pa. n Chicago ' Kansas City Sun Francisco ■ Minneapolis Omaha Portland. Ore. □ Uallai Toronto Winnipeg B Agencies Everywhere O the new crop. You will flud a large saving in construction by putting up one silo rather than two for this number of cows; and you will also save in the amount of silage that will spoil. INFLUENCE OP FOUK MILKINGS A DAY UPON PAT IN MILK. Question: 1 have my cows on good clover and rye grass pasture. Am feeding ground oats and oil meal as a grain ration. What would be tbe proper portions to mix these feeds? Do four milkings per day have a tendency to increase the per cent of fat in tbe milk? Chas. MacD., Oak Harbor, Wash. Answer: Your ration is very high in protein, and would be considered too narrow for any purposes except for making a record. High protein feeds have a tendency to make high testing milk as long as the cow can staud under it. At any rate I would suggest that you feed some hay such as clover or alfalfa, as much as the cow will consume, and add bran to the grain ration using less of the oil meal. I think a mixture of 400 pounds of ground or crushed oats, 200 pounds of bran, and 50 pounds of oil meal would be about right. Peed this grain mixture in the proportion of one pound of grain to every three pounds of milk produced. Pour milkings a day do not give a higher per cent of fat, but usually bring a heavier yield of milk, there by increasing the total yield of but terfat. POTATOES AND CARROTS; OATS VS. BRAN. Question: Have potatoes any feed ing value for cows? Also have car rots? Is chopped oats better than bran? F. F. L., Tekoa, Wash. Answer: Potatoes may be used to take the place of succulence in feed ing dairy cows, but only a small amount should be fed —10 to 20 pounds. Carrots are much better, and may be used in amounts as large as 50 to GO pounds if the cow will consume them. Both chopped oats and bran have a place in a ration, and one is not expected to take the place of the other as a rule. If you will give me a statement of all the feeds you nave or can secure with the prices, I would be glad to bal ance a ration for you. INFORMATION ON FEEDING; COW SHED ON NORTH SIDE OF BARN. Question: Please send me all available data concerning the feeding and care of dairy cows. Also tell me what you consider the best way ot rearranging my barn in regards to sanitation and light. C. M., Poulabo, Wash. Answer: Such bulletins as we have pertaining to dairying have been sent to you under separate cover and also a list of available bulletins. 1 am preparing a series of articles on the feeding of dairy cows, the first of which appeared in the May Ist is sue of this paper. I also discuss from time to time different feeding prob lems applying especially to the PuciOc Northwest in this paper. It is to^be^regretted tbat your cow THE RANCH Fill* Your Silo Quickly With Lest Power and Labor i |BHH|9PW^RV9IBni You can operate this machine with a4h. p. gasoline engine. It's the BRJ" l3B*yA^*J3Bgfiflia "T§ lightest running blower type of ensilage cutter made—The throning, MaUtMI-'iMJßffkTiWl gMlilW^ IRS blowing, lifting force carries the ensilage in a steady full stream rapidly 1 jLI**MCIHn ftS rflfl up into the highest silo without waste of power. The ensilage pack* BBBPtgSSfai^irM \j3 VI perfectly and keeps sweet and succulent. The Baft' .WB&Akl.ky j| I'APKO ENSILAGE CUTTER M T^aMJJiMßSsSjtfl^y^i Is easy to let up and take down. Simple In construction, not easy to get HBBHHH^^^H|Hnn^sf T] V out of order. The entire frame is one solid piece of semi-steel. The bear- fc-ftsNgMLf '*B L~l *1 iiTlifSnl mrs are always in line, run smoothly and will not heat. The feeding HP'l^Sbw^SßSSfcSEfe&iteSiZfe&j'Kl mechanism is geared to the main shaft—always gives you the desired HKSMQ£B^^^^^P^^MllKHfK*E9j length of cut. The Paptc Ensilage Cutter is not chain driven, but has ■■C^ff3-HMBM3BaWgCCTatBatMwQ| heavy gears which transmit all the power. It cuts ensilage perfectly and s|l>T^^J2ll^Q£E2sJl £■ swiftly—as fast as you ran bring the corn to the machine. HPHi^«MHBBIWB'HBIWf?iS<iP«BSB\OjyBI Write (or Illustrated Catalog. Send today lor th!» book. It shows how DINr Miruivi? rAMDINVA^^ The "Wonderful P»p*c -I cuts ensilage with less power, time and labor, „» rArEI. MAUnjnt tUmrAHI "- --■ i 20 convenient distributing points In the V. 8. Box 18 Shortiville, New York ■ A Clean Barn, Less Labor —— P|gCiL_ Cow Comfort, More Milk n*~ X /^^^O^im^nrin-rTamwmßXJi,^!^ r^ n 1"*3 asßnre(^ J>y installing Porter «-> /» :■■<■'.-'§ Tffil W|BfflHmfiH^»kVv'dk '^N r;atry Barn Equipment. Payß for I•[ V 1• -r IHsfflllWlsnlflilßsTl- v^ ' : self iv addeil profits in a year, (a I ■*', • lulBHDHIliMyf i,^-i n satisfaction every month. ,^^WESS r^ZJ3m lffl^iiHf|3|a. ? Benefit by the skill hii<l experi _*pj jjjo3p^ fjf I,™,'"' " .V """^ISPI 'v ence represented in the name of _, .. iui %>>>■ hS h PORTFR ' :p| fWsisfy /fil ■ -^IL^II^ * VyJTV JL JCjl.v Fi^AMli /fCl^fe k Sanitary Barn Equipment §~E?—— §m\ II giP#3fM!Mpii W Porter Steel Stalls give perfect -=^- ■ ■ tit Jyll KV\ — =Z^T Lv 1 vtlFr n? ventilation «nd better light; are r^- ' j^s *^>T^rr.. \y\ ------^INr"^ sanitary; keep the cows healthy, z^^ZSEj^i^^ == alsk ill comfortable and contented which i Him~-i i^ — -vs c increases the yield of milk. The Porter Litter Carrier runs on Columbian Steel. Track; wheels are roller-bearing, swivelled to run easily around the sharpest curves; carries heavy loads; sustained an any height; tips at operator's will; saves work. - Porter Steel Stanchions allow cows unusual freedom, but keep them in perfect line. Porter Hay Tools. Barn Door Hangers, etc., are unequalled. Tell us size and arrange ment of your barn and we will submit free plans that will save you time and expense This puts you under no obligations. _ J. E. PORTER COMPANY, -:- . OTTAWA, ILL. 0 mm"^'^m^m PILLING '"■■■^■■^ I CATTLE INSTRUMENTS ■ Pilling's Hard Milker Outfit con- Pilling's Cattle Case flEWHffTTfffffiS-i I I tains: Bistoury, $1.50; Teat Opener, No. 2 contains $3 Milk 111 kgtfllbiOMifMH I ■ 75c; Teat Expander, 50c; Milk Fever Outfit and 8 other F|LlljTil.I J l]fJjjTiji'\W|l I Tube, 50c., and Teat Soap, 50c. cattle instruments need- I'IllaBBntM('fl—81 I Complete in case, with "Easy to ed by every dairyman, ||llEll«iW|IfHI M— - Use" di- complete in case, for $10; i^r*Y'''^B J^^BPBB^eiamJJiJiiA re c t ions, regular value, $15. (| Sent pMjBPJMffIJI H "TlZLjMMMrtt^a receipt of receipt of $10. Order to- .^^nHßis^F^Tilnln/J %& 3Km s)3'OO. oay. /^^ ——^—^w arn | /aß^BrtaaaP°gF!SS»y Send for Booklet, "Air Treatment for Milk Fever." /jsaßS&um * &?Jla3 "■ 1 *M^*~ '' ~ j*% r^ I™* II I 1M f> M f* IVJ / AX^rßß^^JJßPtla^^s^sw^^ , I t™*"" *V. 2mm 1 W PILLING & SON CO. BgMggpj Bm^^^B r^L 2310 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. BwßffP» *'._!??-9 PURE BRED REGISTERED Holstein-Friesian Cattle Bred for Type and Milk Production. Every animal is guaranteed to be absolutely as represented. La Conner Flats Stock Farm J. H. HULBERT, Jr. Mount Vernon, Wash. _^ „ I^. THIE GASOLINE DONKEY FRANK KRAUSKOFF, ARLINGTON, WASH. ..^■- ' J