1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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Live  Stock  Matters 
FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
.Judge  a  horse  by  his  feet. 
A  fat  horse  sweats  too  freely. 
What  will  keep  the  flies  away  from 
horses  ? 
A  poor  hoof  cannot  support  a  good 
horse. 
Fill  the  calf’s  belly  with  good  flax¬ 
seed  jelly. 
Whole  flaxseed  jelly  is  better  than  that 
from  oil  meal. 
Tt’s  a  short-sighted  fellow  who  will  not 
invest  in  that  friend  of  the  dairyman — 
Babcock’s  Milk  Test. 
Let  the  bull  or  the  ram  work  off  his 
ugliness  in  a  tread  power.  Such  ugliness 
is  a  good  deal  cheaper  than  coal. 
Let  milk  stand  in  the  glass  an  hour 
before  using  it  and  in  nine  cases  out  of 
10  you  will  find  dirt  at  the  bottom  of  it. 
How  far  could  yon  run  with  a  40-pound 
weight  tied  to  your  waist  ?  Think  then 
of  letting  a  dog  chase  the  cows  at  night. 
If  you  are  going  to  feed  cotton-seed 
meal  at  all  it  is  best  to  feed  it  while  the 
cows  are  on  pasture  or  are  fed  from  the 
silo. 
The  live  stock  interests  in  Australia 
are  not  prosperous.  There  is  a  surplus 
of  cattle  and  sheep  which  cannot  be  mar¬ 
keted  at  paying  prices. 
Breeders  of  Dorset  and  Dorset  grade 
sheep  claim  to  be  able  to  secure  two  lamb 
crops  every  year.  Can  this  be  done  with 
other  breeds  of  sheep  ? 
The  R.  N.-Y.  is  preparing  a  pamphlet 
on  ensilage  and  silos  that  will  tell  the 
very  latest  story.  It  is  written  by  men 
who  have  been  highly  successful  as 
feeders  and  dairymen. 
Here  is  the  way  W.  H.  Strong,  of  Java, 
O.,  keeps  the  fiies  off  his  Jerseys  : 
During  the  hot  season  in  July  and 
August,  when  the  flies  are  bad,  he  keeps 
his  cows  in  darkened  stables  during  the 
day,  feeding  them  on  ensilage,  and  turns 
them  out  on  pasture  at  night. 
The  man  who  feeds  flies  on  milk 
through  the  cow’s  hide  will  always  be 
minus. 
After  considerable  experiment,  the 
Maryland  Station  dec'ded  that  it  did  not 
pay  to  try  to  fatten  old  cows  for  beef, 
taking  the  market  prices  of  the  present 
day.  They  are  probably  worth  more  for 
hide  and  fertilizer  than  they  will  bring 
after  taking  out  the  cost  of  feed.  From 
our  experience  we  believe  this  is  correct, 
unless  the  farmer  can  cut  the  carcass  up 
and  divide  with  his  neighbors. 
Just  realize  for  a  moment  that  a  good 
milch  cow,  in  order  to  secure  sufficient 
protein  from  grass  alone,  must  eat  nearly 
150  pounds  per  day  of  average  pasture 
grass.  With  an  ounce  at  a  bite  this  means 
2,400  bites.  Now  think  of  the  folly  of 
turning  a  cow  into  a  poor,  weedy  pasture 
to  pick  up  a  living  and  give  a  good  mess 
of  milk.  She  cannot  do  it  unless  she  has 
extra  grain.  She  must  either  fail  in  milk 
or  in  flesh  and  strength. 
A  “Free  Martin.” — We  have  a  twin 
heifer,  her  mate  being  a  male.  I  have 
been  told  she  will  not  breed;  is  it  so  ? 
w.  j.  s. 
Such  heifers  are  called  “free  martins” 
and  many  of  them  do  fail  to  breed.  The 
organs  of  generation  do  not  seem  to  be 
developed  perfectly.  There  are  cases  on 
record  where  such  heifers  have  been  bred 
successfully,  so  there  is  nothing  abso¬ 
lutely  certain  about  it. 
P  R  I  C  K  L  Y  COMFREY  INDORSED.  —  A 
neighbor  of  mine,  here  in  Dutchess 
County,  N.  Y.,  grows  Prickly  Comfrey 
quite  extensively,  and  any  one  who  sees 
the  fine  condition  of  his  stock  and  the  ex¬ 
cellent  quality  of  the  milk  produced  by 
feeding  it,  will  certainly  believe  that 
Prickly  Comfrey  is  a  great  acquisition. 
With  him  it  is  the  first  crop  for  soiling  in 
the  spring  and  the  rank  growth  it  makes 
gives  a  chance  to  keep  a  number  of  cattle 
on  the  fodder  from  a  small  plot.  w.  d  h. 
Never  buy  a  horse  till  you  have  driven 
him  when  warm  and  when  cool — over 
rough  and  level  ground. 
Director  Sanborn  of  the  Utah  Station, 
tried  to  find  if  it  really  pays  to  cut  hay 
for  horses  and  mix  their  grain  with  it. 
He  concludes  that  it  does  not  pay  as  a 
general  practice.  He  also  finds  that 
coarse  Timothy  hay  when  cut  is  sharp 
and  sometimes  injures  the  horse's  mouth. 
We  do  not  believe  that  any  general  rule 
be  given.  Some  horses  are  so  greedy 
that  they  bolt  and  gobble  their  grain 
unless  it  is  mixed  with  cut  hay.  For  such 
horses  we  would  certainly  mix  the  two 
feeds. 
R  ye  Hay. — Does  winter  rye,  cut  green 
and  dried  for  hay,  make  good  hay  for 
working  horses  ?  f.  c.  k. 
Ans. — Yes,  if  cut  early  and  well  cured. 
If  permitted  to  grow  too  long  before  cut¬ 
ting  it  makes  a  tough,  coarse  hay  that 
stock  will  not  cat  up  clean.  Rye  hay  cut 
and  cured  just  right,  will  contain  more 
protein  and  fats  than  Timothy.  In  Cal¬ 
ifornia  Timothy  hay  is  not  on  sale. 
Grain  hay — wheat  and  barley— cut  while 
in  bloom  is  the  favorite  food  for  horses. 
Bales  of  it  are  sent  East  with  every  Cali¬ 
fornia  race  horse.  Grain-hay  will  pay 
many  farmers  better  than  straw  and 
grain 
Clover  Hay  and  “Slobbers.” — I  sowed 
some  Alfalfa  or  Lucern — Medicago  sativa 
— White  and  Alsike,  with  other  clovers, 
for  bee  pasture  three  years  ago.  The 
growth  was  excellent,  and  I  have  used  the 
hay  each  year  for  my  driving  horse.  While 
I  could  never  see  that  the  animal  “  slob¬ 
bered”  when  eating  the  Alsike  Clover 
alone,  yet  while  eating  the  Alfalfa  he 
s  ’emed  to  secrete  a  very  large  surplus  of 
saliva.  I  believe  the  Lucern  in  some  way  in¬ 
creases  the  action  of  the  salivary  glands. 
When  in  California  the  past  winter,  I 
found  that  there  was  a  pretty  universal 
prejudice  against  Alfalfa  as  a  food  for 
horses.  While  it  is  thought  excellent 
for  cattle,  people  object  to  it  especially 
for  working  horses.  Upon  inquiry,  I  was 
told  by  more  than  one  ranchman  that  it 
produced  inordinate  salivation,  which 
confirmed  the  views  I  had  already  formed 
from  my  own  experience.  Regarding  the 
effect  of  this  over-secretion  of  saliva,  I 
cannot  say  that  I  have  observed  any  seri¬ 
ous  injury  from  it.  It  is  quite  unpleas¬ 
ant,  but  otherwise  I  doubt  if  it  works  any 
very  considerable  harm.  a.  j.  cook. 
Ticky  Sheep. — My  treatment  for  ticks 
on  sheep  is  to  dip  each  animal  one  week 
after  shearing,  and  again  in  two  weeks. 
The  first  dipping  kills  all  the  ticks  on 
the  sheep  at  that  time;  the  second  those 
hatched  from  eggs  on  the  animals  at  the 
first  dipping.  At  the  time  of  the  first 
dipping  few  ticks  will  be  found  on  the 
older  sheep,  as  most  of  them  have  gone 
on  the  lambs.  The  sheep  are  then  easily 
handled  and,  the  wool  being  shorn  close¬ 
ly,  each  sheep  need  be  left  in  no  longer 
than  is  necessary  to  completely  immerse 
it.  Two  men  take  each  animal  by  its 
legs,  lift  it  into  the  tub  and  roll  it  over 
on  its  feet,  allowing  it  to  assist  it¬ 
self  in  walking  up  the  incline  at  one 
end,  where  it  is  held  until  the  water  can 
be  squeezed  out.  The  lambs  are  treated 
in  the  same  way.  If  no  sheep  from  other 
flocks  are  allowed  to  go  with  them,  this 
will  be  all  that  is  necessary  for  a  year. 
In  winter  we  occasionally  give  a  little 
sulphur  with  the  salt.  In  cold  weather, 
if  for  any  reason  the  animals  get  in¬ 
fested  with  ticks,  I  powder  them  well 
through  the  wool  with  Hilliard’s  fly 
or  insect  powder  obtained  at  any  drug 
store.  I  use  Cooper’s  Sheep  Dipping 
Powder,  mixed  and  used  according  to 
the  accompanying  directions.  I  have  no 
doubt  “  black  leaf  ”  or  Lawford’s  Dip  and 
a  few  other  remedies  are  equally  good. 
The  expense  does  not  exceed  one  cent  per 
sheep  for  the  powder.  Two  men  can  dip 
200  in  8  hours.  A  vat  two  feet  wide,  two 
feet  six  inches  deep  and  six  feet  long, 
with  one  end  sloping,  across  which  slats 
can  be  nailed  to  form  an  inclined  plat¬ 
form  for  the  exit  of  the  sheep,  and  a 
similar  platform  for  their  entrance  on  the 
other  end  are  all  that  is  needed.  I  am  an 
enthusiastic  believer  in  dipping.  I  never 
lost  a  sheep  from  it  nor  has  one  been 
made  sick.  It  kills  all  vermin,  and  sheep 
do  better  the  entire  year  for  having  been 
dipped.  GEO.  E.  BRECK. 
Some  Jersey  Tests  — We  desire  to  pub¬ 
lish  the  following  butter  tests  of  our  Jer¬ 
seys,  which  we  have  made  this  spring  : 
1.  Point  Lace  <52,471,  for  the  seven  days  ending 
April  29,  (rave  232%  pounds  of  milk,  which  yielded  17 
pounds  8  ounces  of  butter.  She  was  three  years  four 
months  old  at  the  time  of  the  test,  and  her  weight  is 
920  pounds.  She  was  sired  by  Matilda  4th’s  son, 
20214,  and  her  dam,  Mary  M.  Pogls  (test  It!  pounds  454 
ounces),  was  by  Stoke  Pogls  5th,  5,987. 
2.  Fashion  Plate  62457.  for  the  seven  days  ending 
May  18,  gave  208%  pounds  of  milk,  which  yielded  15 
pounds  10  ounces  of  butter.  Her  age  was  four  years 
one  month,  and  her  weight  1,000  pounds.  Her  sire 
was  Michael  Angelo.  10,116,  and  her  first  dam,  Florthel 
Pogis,  was  by  Stoke  Pogls  6th,  5987,  and  her  second 
dam,  Floribel  3rd.  was  by  St.  Heller,  45. 
3.  Experience,  02458,  was  tested  during  the  same 
period  as  Fashion  Plate.  Her  total  milk  yield  was 
270%  pounds,  from  which  were  churned  22  pounds  13 
ounces  of  butter.  She  was  also  four  years  one  month 
old,  and  weighed  1,000  pounds.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
Ida’s  Rioter  of  St.  Lambert.  13050,  whose  nine  daugh¬ 
ters  now  tested  for  butter  make  the  great  average  of 
20  pounds  14  5-9  ounces.  No  other  living  Jersey  bull, 
we  believe,  has  nine  tested  daughters  that  will  aver¬ 
age  as  high.  The  only  Jersey  bull,  living  or  dead, 
which  we  are  aware  of,  that  with  a  like  number  of 
tested  daughters  surpasses  this  record  is  his  ances¬ 
tor,  Stoke  Pogls  3rd. 
The  first  dam  of  Experience  is  Rioter’s  Zoe,  19709, 
(test,  14  pounds  12  ounces),  by  Stoke  Pogis  5th.  The 
second  dam  was  Golden  Zoe  (test  10  pounds  three 
ounces.) 
The  weights  of  butter  In  the  above  tests  are  of  a 
choice  article,  salted  at  the  rate  of  one  ounce  to  the 
pound  and  thoroughly  worked  ready  for  market. 
MILLER  &  SIBLEY. 
Why  1  Keep  Holsteins  !— Somebody 
asked  II.  W.  Cheney,  quite  a  noted 
breeder,  this  question  and  he  begins  his 
answer  this  way  : 
“  To  eat  bran  and  hay  and  corn, 
And  things  of  similar  ilk, 
They  reward  me  eve  and  morn 
With  wash-tubs  full  of  milk. 
A  man  can  put  forth  his  best  efforts 
only  upon  objeets  that  are  pleasing  to 
him.  ‘  There  is  no  accounting  for  tastes,’ 
-as  the  old  lady  said  when  she  kissed  the 
cow.  And  why  not?  I  cannot  see. 
They  neither  chew  tobacco,  smoke  cigar¬ 
ettes  nor  eat  oleomargarine.  Their  food 
is  the  clover  blossoms  of  the  valley  and 
the  sweet-scented  vernal  grasses  of  the 
prairie,  and  their  breath  is  as  sweet  as 
new  mown  hay. 
It’s  beyond  the  power  of  man, 
Let  him  do  the  best  he  can, 
To  produce  a  pint  of  milk 
Out  of  bran  or  hay  or  silk. 
Even  Edison  with  electrical  attach¬ 
ments  to  a  combination  of  silo  ensilage, 
hay,  bran,  corn  meal  and  oat  meal  can¬ 
not  manufacture  milk  ;  but  my  Holstein 
cows  eat  a  balanced  ration  of  the  above 
articles  (minus  electricity),  and  go  to  the 
brook  that  flows  over  the  pebbles  through 
rocky  crevices,  winding  around  embank¬ 
ments  on  its  way  to  the  ‘Father  of 
Waters,’  shaded  by  stately  elms  ;  they 
drink  of  its  pure  and  sparkling  water, 
and  chewing  their  cuds  as  they  content¬ 
edly  lie  in  the  sun,  they  manufacture  milk 
successfully,  profitably. 
Fighting  Foot  Rot.— To  cure  foot  rot 
one  must  be  thorough  and  prepare  for 
it.  In  flocks  of  medium  size  I  would 
recommend  the  following  treatment  once 
a  week.  First  litter  the  shed  well — say 
six  inches  deep — with  dry  straw.  I  ’repare 
a  solution  of  blue  vitriol,  in  the  propor¬ 
tion  of  half  a  pound  of  the  vitriol  dis¬ 
solved  in  a  little  warm  water  to  which 
should  be  added  half  a  gallon  of  good 
cider  vinegar  and  a  gallon  of  rain  water. 
Put  some  of  this  into  a  good-sized  wash 
tub  to  the  depth  of  an  inch  and  a  half,  or 
just  enough  to  cover  the  hoofs  of  a  sheep 
standing  in  the  tub.  Then  let  the  sheep 
be  caught  one  after  another,  and  let  one 
man  trim  everything  loose  from  the  hoofs 
so  as  to  be  sure  to  clean  all  parts  of  the 
feet  perfectly  ;  then  pass  the  sheep  to 
another  man  and  let  him  hold  the  animal 
in  the  tub  until  the  first  one  has  caught 
and  trimmed  another  sheep  and  it  is 
ready  for  treatment.  After  the  animals 
leave  the  tub  let  them  remain  on  the 
clean,  dry  straw  in  the  shed  until  next 
morning  so  that  the  full  benefit  of 
the  vitriol  in  the  hoofs  may  be  obtained 
before  they  are  turned  to  grass.  Keep 
them  in  naturally  dry  pasture  and  give 
the  above  treatment  to  cveiy  one  once  a 
week  for  three  or  four  weeks  and  a  per¬ 
manent  cure  may  be  effected.  In  large 
flocks  a  trough  may  be  arranged  to  hold 
more  than  ons  sheep  at  a  time,  but  they 
should  remain  in  the  solution  for  a  few 
minutes,  so  that  it  will  thoroughly  pene¬ 
trate  all  parts  of  the  hoofs,  j.  h.  earll. 
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Lows  give  <5,000  to  11,000  nouml*  milk 
per  year  without  forcing.  HI  ilk  from  fresh 
cows,  4%  to  7  per  cent  fat. 
YOU  NEED  A  BULL  FROM  OUR  HERD. 
H.  HI.  COTTRELL,  Supt.,  Rlilnecllir,  N.  Y. 
High-Class  Jersey  Cattle. 
SUPERIOR  REGISTERED  A.  J.  C.  C. 
STOCK  ONLY. 
The  dam  of  one  of  our  SERVICE  HULLS  tested 
officially  30  pounds  2%  ounces  butter  in  seven  days’ 
anclgave  1891  pounds  of  milk  In  31  days.  For  another 
bull, sire  of  19  great  buttercows,  we  refused  #15,000 
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.  Wrlto  for 
what  you  want. 
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Franklin,  Venango  County,  I’a. 
Mention  this  paper. 
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Fillies  and  young  Stallions  supplied  from  the  above 
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what  you  want  In  the  Horse  line.  Canada-raised 
blood  is  the  BEST  In  the  WORLD. 
.JAPS!  .JAPS!  .JAPS! 
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