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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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Live  Stock  Matters 
FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
Safe  enough  to  sow  carrots  up  to  the 
first  of  July.  These  roots  are  good  for 
all  kinds  of  stock. 
You att  speaks  of  a  horse  that  lived  to 
be  62  years  old.  Two  other  English 
horses  are  said  to  have  lived  to  48  and  43 
years  respectively. 
The  Maine  Experiment  Station  finds 
Hungarian  Grass  or  millet  far  more 
digestible  than  Timothy.  In  this  cold, 
late  season  a  good  deal  of  corn  ground 
cannot  be  fitted  in  time.  A  crop  of  mil¬ 
let  may  yet  be  grown  and  will  furnish  a 
lot  of  fodder. 
Bran  was  found  to  be  less  digestible 
than  corn,  oats,  barley,  etc.  Nearly  20 
per  cent  more  of  the  bran  was  voided  in 
the  manure. 
Thcse  who  soil  their  cattle  must  re¬ 
member  that  all  green  crops  are  not  alike 
in  composition.  In  18,940  pounds  of  mil¬ 
let  the  Maine  Station  found  one-third 
more  dry  matter  than  in  31,695  pounds  of 
turnips,  and  as  much  as  in  32,000  pounds 
of  corn  fodder. 
The  French  cattle  business  is  prosper¬ 
ing.  Many  former  breeders  have  become 
feeders,  buying  store  cattle  for  fattening. 
In  northern  France  particularly  a  good 
deal  of  formerly  cultivated  land  is  now 
in  pasture  and  meadow. 
“If  farmers  would  look  upon  poultry  as 
part  of  their  farm  stock,  and  treat  their 
fowls  with  the  consideration  they  give 
their  cattle  and  sheep  as  a  matter  of 
course,  they  would  find  them  quite  as 
capable  of  paying,  that  is,  in  proportion 
to  their  value.” — London  Live  Stock 
Journal.  Correct.  It  must  be  a  superior 
cow  to  pay  a  greater  profit  than  25  hens. 
Cows  Chewing  Boards.— Three  years 
ago  my  cows  chewed  boards  like  those  be¬ 
longing  to  C.  I).  H. ,  of  Weedsport,  N.  Y. 
They  dropped  the  practice  when  they  got 
i  nto  a  wood  lot  where  some  sheep  had  died 
the  year  before.  There  they  ate  the 
bones,  and  I  watched  them  lest  they 
should  get  choked  ;  but  I  let  them  eat 
all  they  wanted,  and  they  have  not 
chewed  any  boards  since.  A.  H.  p. 
Value  of  Roots. — The  question  often 
comes  up,  what  good  are  roots  for  feed¬ 
ing  ?  I  think  they  have  about  the  same  re¬ 
lation  to  the  cow  as  the  oil  in  the  can  has 
to  the  mowing  machine.  In  the  one  case, 
the  oil  does  not  furnish  directly  any  mo¬ 
tive  power,  but  it  lubricates  and  keeps 
the  machine  in  good  order,  and  in  that 
way  assists  the  team  greatly.  Not  only 
do  roots  keep  the  animal  healthy,  but 
they  contain  a  considerable  per  cent  of 
alimentary  matter  that  can  be  used  di¬ 
rectly  to  propel  the  machine.  When  fed 
properly,  I  think  they  pay  their  cost  many 
times.  Andrew  crook. 
Jersey  breeders  seem  to  think  the 
color  of  their  butter  is  the  standard  and 
that  all  who  use  butter  color  do  so  in 
order  to  imitate  .Jersey  butter.  The 
Guernsey  is  as  good  a  “  butter-painter” 
as  the  Jersey — so  is  the  Devon  with 
proper  feed. 
Cotton-seed  meal  in  moderate  quan¬ 
tities  will  make  butter  that  does  not  melt 
so  easily  as  that  from  feeding  other 
grain.  The  Maine  Station  finds  the 
same  thing  true,  to  a  less  degree,  of  lin¬ 
seed  meal. 
The  R.  N.-Y.  wishes  that  more  boys 
would  take  advantage  of  the  instruction 
afforded  at  the  dairy  school  at  Cornell. 
The  University  has  a  fine  herd  of  high- 
gradeand  thoroughbred  Jerseys  and  also 
a  similar  herd  of  Holstein-Friesians.  At 
the  head  of  the  Jersey  herd  stands  a 
grandson  of  Eurotas,  and  the  Holstein- 
Friesian  in  service  is  a  superior  represen¬ 
tative  of  the  Netherland  family.  These 
herds  will  be  used  to  the  utmost  extent 
for  purposes  of  instruction  in  the  breed¬ 
ing,  selection,  management,  and  feeding 
of  dairy  cattle,  and  the  milk  will  furnish 
the  necessary  material  for  work  in  the 
dairy  house 
That  Ugly  Jersey  Bull. 
A  correspondent  claims  that  the  only  Jersey 
hull  worth  having  is  an  ugly,  fierce  animal 
that  needs  constant  watching.  It  is  claimed 
that  these  fierce  animals  are  more  prepotent , 
surer  sires,  and  generally  superior  for  breed¬ 
ing  butter  cows — pedigrees  being  equal.  Have 
you  found  this  true  ?  Do  you  prefer  a  fierce 
and  nervous  brdl  ?  Are  most  of  the  famous 
Jersey  bulls  of  this  character  ? 
My  experience  has  been  just  the  op¬ 
posite  of  this  correspondent’s.  T.  R.  p. 
Most  of  the  noted  bulls  I  have  seen 
were  to  a  greater  or  less  degree  nervous 
and  hard  to  manage.  L.  P.  bailey. 
My  experience  with  Jersey  bulls  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  14  years  has  been  that  ani¬ 
mals  of  all  ages,  from  yearlings  to  10- 
year-olds,  are  always  sure  getters  and 
kind  if  kindly  treated.  JOHN  MAYER. 
Manager  Mountain  Side  Farm. 
The  experience  of  The  R.  N.-Y.'s  cor¬ 
respondent  is  different  from  mine.  In 
fact,  I  have  never  had  a  fierce  or  ugly 
Jersey  bull.  I  have  not  had  as  much  ex¬ 
perience  as  some  others,  but  I  have  great 
faith  in  the  way  bulls  are  handled.  I  be¬ 
lieve  almost  any  Jersey  bull  can  be  made 
vicious,  and  my  orders  in  writing  to  the 
men  in  charge  are  never  to  trust  the 
bulls,  and  always  to  lead  them  with  a 
staff,  and  they  are  distinctly  told  that 
they  will  be  discharged  if  they  ever  take 
a  bull  out,  after  he  is  one  year  old,  with¬ 
out  a  staff.  1  believe  that  bulls  need 
constant  watching,  as  we  don’t  know 
what  they  may  do,  but,  with  kind  treat¬ 
ment  and  by  handling  them  with. a  staff, 
I  think  there  is  seldom,  if  ever,  any  trou¬ 
ble  in  handling  Jersey  bulls.  I  was  not 
aware  that  any  of  the  famous  Jersey 
bulls  of  this  country  were  particularly 
fierce  or  unruly.  1  know  that  some  that 
1  should  consider  the  most  famous  have 
always  been  manageable  ;  in  fact,  there 
has  never  been  any  trouble  that  I  have 
ever  heard  of  with  them. 
Mr.  Herrick,  over  30  years  in  charge  of 
the  Dinsmore  Jerseys,  at  Staatsburgh, 
N,  Y.,  told  me  that  they  never  had  any 
vicious  bulls  but  once.  Then  they  had  a 
man  who  would  punish  the  bulls  and  was 
going  to  govern  them  by  fear.  He  soon 
made  them  so  unruly  that  they  had  to  be 
shot.  He  was  discharged,  and  there  have 
been  no  ugly  bulls  since,  p.  j.  COGSWELL. 
A  “  Governor  ”  Governs  the  Bull’s 
Temper. 
Our  experience  does  not  coincide  with 
that  of  this  correspondent.  Our  observa¬ 
tion  has  been  that  fierce  men  make  fierce 
animals  and  that  foolish  methods  are  re¬ 
sponsible  for  dangerous  actions.  We  have 
several  times  purchased  bulls  which  were 
regarded  as  superlatively  fierce,  so  much 
so  that  no  one  dared  to  go  into  the  stone 
wall  inclosure  where  they  were  kept,  and 
every  protection  and  safeguard  was 
used  to  prevent  injury.  Upon  our  farm 
these  animals  became  docile  and  could 
be  easily  handled  by  our  employees.  We 
believe  our  bulls  have  sired  a  very  high 
proportion  of  butter  cows  and  that  they 
are  reasonably  sure,  and  a  look  at  our 
herd  will  prove  the  prepotency  in  the 
male  line  ;  there  is  not  on  the  farm  a  bull 
that  any  person  need  fear  to  approach, 
unchain  and  lead  out.  They  have  never 
been  abused  or  punished  to  keep  them 
in  subjection,  neither  are  they  petted  or 
coddled.  Either  course  we  think  wrong, 
but  each  bull  is  given  daily  regular  ex¬ 
ercise  such  as  his  condition  and  feed  re¬ 
quire.  For  convenience  sake  alone  we 
use  a  tread  power  with  a  regulating 
governor  and  the  bull  takes  such  exer¬ 
cise  as  we  think  he  requires  to  keep  him 
in  perfect  health  and  vigor,  and  in  this 
way  we  think  we  dispose  of  an  exuber¬ 
ance  of  spirits  tending  to  mischievous¬ 
ness.  Pedigree  and  other  things  being 
equal,  we  always  prefer  that  the  parties 
who  believe  in  fierce  Jersey  bulls  should 
keep  them.  We  have  no  use  for  them, 
and  no  matter  how  highly  prized  a  bull 
might  be  for  breeding,  before  we  would 
jeopardize  the  safety  of  our  employees 
we  would  convert  him  into  a  cheap  grade 
of  beef.  As  before  stated,  our  impression 
is  that  much  of  the  fierceness  arises  from 
lack  of  exercise  or  the  animal’s  surround- 
ings  and  not  from  inherent  viciousness. 
Perhaps  a  familiar  illustration  of  this  is 
to  be  found  with  dogs.  You  can  keep 
one  continuously  chained  until  he  be¬ 
comes  savage  so  that  no  stranger  dare 
approach:  but,  given  his  liberty  for  a 
time,  he  becomes  only  ordinarily  danger¬ 
ous.  We  have  known  very  famous  Jer¬ 
sey  bulls  that  were  vicious  and  have 
known  others  equally  famous  that  were 
of  fine  disposition.  We  have  known  some 
of  these  vicious  animals  to  become  as 
peaceable  as  could  be  desired  under  dif¬ 
ferent  treatment.  MILLER  &  sibt.ey. 
The  Child’s  Stkengthenkr  is  i)r.  p.  Jayne's 
Tonic  Vermifuge,  which  corrects  all  acidity  of  the 
stomach,  restores  digestion  and  Imparts  strength  and 
vigor  to  adults  and  children  alike.  Delicate  children 
are  almost  always  benefited  by  its  use;  and,  if  worms 
be  present,  it  is  the  mildest  and  safest  of  remedies. 
Sold  by  all  Druggists. — Adv. 
LINSEED  OIL  MEAL 
ILK  CONSUMERS  APPRECIATE  MI L K  PU R I P IBT> 
OF  ALL  ODORS  OF  ANIMAL,  STABLE  OR  FEED; 
ODORS  OF  TURNIPS,  C  ABB  APR,  ENSILAGE^ 
MUSTARD,  RAG  WEEP,  COTTON  SEED,  BREWERS’ 
GRAINS,  APPLE  POMACE,  ETC.,  ETC.,  ACCOMPLISHED 
BY  USE  OF 
HILL’S  MILK  AERATOR. 
PROOKKSSIVK  DAIKVMKN  AUK  HAI'IDT.Y  ADOPTING 
THIS  STANDARD  MACH  INK.  CAT  A  1,0(1  IT  K  PUKE  TO 
DAIRYMEN.  ADDRESS 
E.  L.  HIT.T,,  WEST  UPTON,  MASS. 
High-Class  Jersey  Cattle. 
SUPERIOR  REGISTERED  A.  J.  C.  U. 
STOCK  ONLY. 
The  dam  of  one  of  our  SERVICE  HULLS  tested 
officially  30  pounds  2%  ounces  butter  in  seven  days 
and  gave  1891  pounds  of  milk  in  31  days.  For  another 
hull, sire  of  19  great  butter  cows,  we  refused  1#  I  5,000 
In  general  no  animal  for  less  than  $200;  occasionally 
a  bull-calf  for  $100,  when  marked  with  white,  which 
Is  not  so  fashionable.  Inferior  ones  we  knock  in 
the  head.  No  catalogue  of  Jerseys.  Write  for 
what  you  want. 
MILLER  &  SIBLEY, 
Franklin,  Venango  County,  Pa. 
Mention  this  paper. 
WE  THINK, 
And  upon  the  best  evidence,  that 
IN  THE  SPRING 
Our  Meal  should  be  fed  to 
Cattle,  Horses,  and  other  Domestic  Animals, 
quite  as  much  as  In  midwinter 
Please  write  us  for  quotations  and  other  particulars 
DETROIT  LINSEED  OIL  WORKS, 
DETROIT,  MICHIGAN. 
“  BLOOD.” 
“Morgan,”  Wilkes  and  Patchen 
Fillies  and  young  Stallions  supplied  from  the  above 
strains  of  blood  at  reasonable  prices.  Let  me  know 
what  you  want  in  the  Horse  line.  Canada-raised 
blood  is  the  BEST  in  tho  WOULD. 
JAPS!  JAPS!  JAPS! 
I  am  also  breeding  Pit  Games^of  the  most  “fash¬ 
ionable  strains,”  for  the  “Japs”  and  their  crosses 
win  all  the  “mains.”  Eggs,  $2  for  13. 
A.  K.  MILES.  Stanstead,  P.  Q..  Canada. 
CHESHIRE  PICS. 
A  few  extra  nice  pigs,  six  weeks  old.  Prices  very 
low.  TFlOS.  S.  MICHENKR.  Doylestown.  Pa. 
w.ll.  CRYSTAL  CREAM¬ 
ERY  CO.,  1.AN81S0,  MICH., 
for  Catalogues  of 
CREAMERIES,  Etc. 
Milk  Cans,  Never 
Rust,  Water  Tanks  of  steel 
ate,  everlasting.  Cream 
Ice  or  with  lee.  We 
want  agents  everywhere. 
Big  cut  in  prices. 
AYS’  Creamery 
U 
1  and  REFRIGERATOR  sells  rapidly  because 
■  ■  it  is  best.  All  Dairymen  praise  it.  Agents  wanted. 
AMERICAN  MF6.  CO.,  Waynesboro,  Pa. 
LEVI  P.  MORTON’S 
ELLERSLIE  GUERNSEYS 
Cows  give  <5,000  to  11,000  pounds  milk 
per  year  without  forcing.  Alilk  from  fresh 
cows,  4J4  to  7  per  cent  fat. 
YOU  NEED  A  BULL  FROM  OUlt  HEIM). 
II.  M.  COTTRELL,  Supt.,  IMiineelitf,  N.  V. 
WATERING  DEVICE 
for  LIVE  STOCK  in  STA  HUES.  Send  for  circu¬ 
lars  for  the  only  practical  and  economical  one  In  the 
market. 
C.  E.  BUCKLEY  &  CO.,  Dover  Plains,  N.  V. 
KING’S  SPAVIN  CURE 
Will  cure  all  cases  of  Spavin,  Sidebone,  Curbs, 
Splints,  Sweeney,  Poll  Evil.  Grease  Heels,  Capped 
Hock,  Strained  Tendons,  Epizootic  and  Distemper; 
old  sores,  and  all  bony  tumors.  Removes  all  bunches 
on  blemishes  without  leaving  any  scars.  Warranted 
to  cure  or  money  will  be  returned.  Price,  $2.  Ex¬ 
press  paid  by  us.  Write  for  book.  Diseases  of  the 
Feet.  Legs  and  Muscles,  sent  free.  Manufactured  by 
WM.  KING,  Lock  Box  2,  Blalrstown,  N.  J. 
H  HI  k|  Permanently  removed  by 
|M  Wilson's  Rone  Spavin, 
B  »  W  1 1  ■  Splint  or  Curb  Cure.  No 
blemish.  Send  for  circular.  NAYLOR  &  ROBBINS, 
107  Duane  Street,  New  York. 
TWO  SPLENDID  ARTICLES 
FOR  THE  DAIRY. 
Unsurpassed  in  the  Universe. 
Tlie  Common  Sense 
Milk  Jar 
Discards  the  use  of  glass  or 
metal  tops,  wire  balls  or  other 
fasteners,  which  render  tho 
ordinary  jar  so  difficult  to  keep 
clean  and  so  expensive  to  keep 
In  order.  The  covers  are  never 
used  but  once  and  the  time 
saved  In  washing  will  pay  their 
cost.  Customers  will  return  the 
oottles,  for  without  new  covers 
they  are  not  available  for  do¬ 
mestic  use. 
Thatcher’s  Orange  Butter  Color 
Imitates  to  perfection  the  natural  tint  of  butter  in 
the  best  grass  season.  It  Is  pure,  sweet  and  whole¬ 
some,  rich  In  strength,  never  fades.  Will  keep  In  any 
climate,  never  turns  rancid.  Is  always  uniform  in 
strength  and  color.  Send  to  Cornish,  Curtis  &  Greeue, 
Fort  Atkinson,  Wls. ;  Boston  Dairy  Supply  Co.,  Bos¬ 
ton,  Mass.;  G.  G.  Wlckson  &  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.; 
Cornish,  Curtis  &  Green  Co.,  Saint  Paul,  Minn.,  for 
circulars  and  price  lists,  or  Thatcher  Manufacturing 
Co.,  Potsdam.  N.  Y. 
flllTTrn  Parchment  lined  palls  for  from  3  to  10 
nil  I  I  rn  lt)S-  Send  for  terms.  Detroit  Paper 
UU  I  I  Lll.  Package  Co.,  Detroit.  Mich. 
BUFF  LEGHORNS,  Eggs,  $4  per  13;  $7  per  2ti. 
INDIAN  GAMES,  Eggs,  $3  per  13:  $5  per  20 
MAMMOTH  LIGHT  BRAHMAS,  Kggs,  $2  per 
13;  $3  per  20.  The  Best.  B’ree  Circular. 
J.  I.  &  C.  15.  COLEGROVE.  Corry,  Pa. 
L’GGS  FOR  HATCHING. —  #1  for  13. 
‘  J  Fresh  from  business  birds — White  Wyandottes, 
It.  C.  W.  Leghorns,  R.  C.  &  S.  C.  B.  Leghorns  and  Blk. 
Mlnoreas.  Also  extra  choice  DUROC-JERSEY  PIGS, 
from  State  Fair  Prize  Winners. 
H.  G.  HAV1LAND,  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Just  Drive  ’Em  In  and  CLIHCH  ’Em* 
THEY’LL  DO  THE  REST. 
Rapid  HARNESS  N\ENDER5-. 
WILL  MEND 
Any  Harness,  Halter  or  Strap  In  less  time, 
ind  do  the  work  better  than  any  Harness 
maker  can,  AND 
C05TS  ONLY  HALF  A  CENT 
Sold  by  Grocers  and  Hardware  Healers.  Cost 
only  !J5o  per  box  of  one  gross  (three  sizes.) 
B 
BUFFALO  SPECIALTY  MFG.  CO., 
BUFFALO,  N.  V. 
NO  TOOL5 
REQUIRED 
OUR  SPECIAL  OFFER 
Still  OPEN  lo 
THOSE  who 
Write  this  Month 
Below  see  sample  letters  from  those  who  have  accepted  our  Specia' 
Oiler  for  1802,  have  got  their  Creameries  and  tested  them. 
Lynns,  Mich...  May  6th,  1892 
J  received  the  Creamery .  Have  tried  it.  Several  neighbors  have  seen 
it,  like  it  very  much  and  want  them  at  once.  It  gels  all  Ike  cream.  It  pays 
to  accept  the  Delaware  County  Creamery  Co.’s  offer.  You  get  just  what 
is  recommended.  Respectfully,  A.  A.  CRANE. 
Syracuse,  Inti.,  May  6th.  1892. 
Your  Creamery  came,  I  put  it  to  work.  Have  been  8  years  in  ha rd- 
rvare  trade.  Have  sold  several  makes  of  creameries,  but  yours  is  better 
than  any  I  ever  sold,  shall  want  several. 
Yours  truly,  MAT,  J.  RIPPEY. 
THE  DELAWARE  COUNTY  CREAMERY  C0.Ben%^rbor» 
