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Show BLAMES TEE MIDDLEMAN H Dr. Harvey Wiley, vindicated chief H of tho bureau of chemistry, thinks I H that by eliminating the needless mid- H dlemcn, the cost of living will be re- Hl duccd. H Admitting the grave seriousness of I H the Increasing cost of living, Dr. "Wiley i H says tho problem must be solved by Hj bringing tho producer and consumer i H closer togethc -. H Dr. Wiley advocates the purchasing j H of supplies from public storehouses to i H givo relief. H "Every city has a supply bureau, H and there. Is no question that this H' could bo broadened Into a depot of . H supply," lie eald. "Now, of courso, H th". idea will bo jumped on by every ! H wholesaler and oven' retailer. But B that Is not tho question. The question H Is, How are wo going to got at this H problem In a sensible way to solve it?" Hl When It comes to meats, Dr. Wiley H Kays tho product passes through Ave Hj hand's. The little broker who goes 1 about the country buying cattle, the Hj l Professor U. W. Wiley, Hl s big broker, the butcher, the whole- B paler, and the retailer. Tho public has H to pay rive profit:;. H i Alluding to the cost of milk, Dr. H Wiley 'aid it was about 'four times what lt should bo to the public, bc- H cause of lack of proper system of dls- j' "A dealer told mo not long ago that H i10 delivered 800 gallons of milk a day H ' r..nd that ho had twelve teams to do it. H He said ho had twelve drivers, and H every one stole from him. Eight hun- H rirC(i gallons of milk ought to bo H I hauled by ono double team. The mllk- H ) man delivers milk at ono residence, H then )s to drive a long way to some H other residence and the c:cp6nso It needless." ' Them is one thing tho farm sepa- H rator does not do it does not Wpa- H' " rate the dairyman from his profits. SHREDDED CORX FODDER. My experience with handling corn 'odder during the past ten years has .onvlnced mo that the huskor and ihredder Is a very valuable tool on all Jairy farms where more corn fodder s ralsei than can be preserved in the jllo, or, on farms where there Is no alio. Tho valuo of good shredded jtover will compare favorably wlthi Llniothy hay and the various experimental experi-mental farms report very satisfactory results while feeding It to young stock, beof cattle, sheep and horses. Jlany farmers have made a failure of keeping tho shrodded fodder in ood condition for feeding, while others seem to have no difficulty In keeping it for weeks when they can food It out, Some claim that It will keep nicely by running It In the mow with a layer of straw and then a layer of fodder, gradually Ailing the mow with tho mixture We havo found it rather an uncertain uncer-tain feed to keep and after trying every ev-ery method that we could think of we now make a practise of shredding the fodder and then running it through the ensilage cutter into tho silo and keep well wot down and packed and find that tho cows like it about as well as they do tho ensilage put up In the ordinary manner. We save a number num-ber of hundred bushels of ears In this manner and believe that It pays, especially espe-cially In a country where corn Is worth seventy-flve to eighty cents per bushel. When this method Is to be practised It Is best to leave &ome of the best cared corn In the shock until tho silos have settled and tho top ensilage fod off and then refill them later on with tho shredded stover. M. W. Kcllcy. |