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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
Aerate  the  weeds  out  of  milk. 
A  North  Carolina  cat  is  19  years  old. 
Nothing  will  heal  a  raw  wound  so 
quickly  as  iodiform. 
No  pig-  has  any  business  within  a  quar¬ 
ter  of  a  mile  of  a  creamery  ! 
Kerosene  emulsion  is  good  for  the 
cow  and  bad  for  the  flies. 
1  he  calf  needs  oat  meal  finer  than  that 
you  use  on  your  own  table. 
Let  Greenville,  Miss.,  go  up  head.  The 
owner  of  a  dog  in  that  place  has  to  pay 
$2.50  for  keeping  it. 
How  many  farmers  are  crippled  in 
their  work  by  a  poor  team?  flow  many 
keep  loafers  for  horses — that  do  not  pay 
for  their  feed  and  interest  on  their  value? 
Do  you  know  any  such  ? 
I  may,  however,  point  out  that  it  is  not 
poss^le  to  procure  a  first-class  egg-pro¬ 
ducer  and  a  first-class  table  fowl  in  the 
same  bird. — Trent  Valley. 
No,  but  by  caponizing  the  cocks  you 
can  get  them  in  the  same  breed. 
In  proportion  to  its  weight  the  goat 
is  the  best  manure  maker  on  earth.  This 
fact  is  recognized  by  BTorida  orange 
growers  who  use  goats  in  their  groves  to 
turn  weeds  and  grass  into  available  fer¬ 
tilizer.  They  beat  sheep. 
“  Maize  feed”  is  getting  to  be  popular 
with  Eastern  dairymen.  It  is  a  residue 
left  from  making  starch  from  corn.  It 
is  quite  a  little  coarser  than  corn  meal 
and  costs  nearly  15  per  cent  less,  by 
analysis  it  is  richer  in  fat  and  in  protein 
than  corn  meal. 
An  egg  a  week.  If  a  hen  lays  one  egg 
a  week  she  will  pay  for  the  food  she  eats 
in  a  whole  year. — Floating  Paragraph. 
Perhaps  so  if  she  would  lay  an  egg 
every  week  in  the  year — through  winter, 
for  instance,  when  eggs  are  worth  three 
cents  each.  The  trouble  with  your  50- 
egg  hen  is  that  she  wants  to  lay  all  her 
eggs  in  summer.  She  goes  “dry”  all 
winter. 
Prof.  W.  A.  Henry  says  about  Mr. 
Woodward’s  article  on  feeding  ensilage, 
recently  printed  in  The  R.  N.-Y. : 
It  is  one  of  the  most  pointed  ever  writ¬ 
ten  on  the  subject.  Mr.  Woodward  raises 
as  high  as  1,000  Christmas  lambs  a  year, 
and  is  a  very  extensive  farmer  and  makes 
a  success  of  his  business.  I  think  it  is 
the  best  single  article  on  ensilage  I  ever 
read. 
This  article,  with  others  by  practical 
men,  has  been  published  in  a  little  pam¬ 
phlet  called  Ensilage  and  Silos;  by  The 
Rural  Publishing  Co.,  price  20  cents. 
A  Scotch  cattle  feeder  has  been  ex¬ 
perimenting  with  green  crops  and  hay 
to  determine  their  relative  values  for 
fattening  cattle.  An  ox  fed  on  cut  grass 
gained  pounds  a  week.  When  put 
on  hay  made  from  the  same  grass  it 
gained  133^  pounds — the  grain  food  being 
the  same  in  both  cases.  The  conclusion 
is  that  a  diet  that  is  too  watery  and  pro¬ 
duces  too  much  urine  is  not  so  well 
adapted  to  fattening  stock  as  dry  food. 
Good  advice  from  the  Poultry  World  : 
All  breeding  brahma  cocks  should  have 
the  back  toe  nail  cut  off  with  a  pair  of 
cutting  pliers  as  close  to  the  toe  as  pos¬ 
sible.  If  the  spurs  are  long  and  sharp 
they  should  be  made  blunt  with  a  knife 
or  file.  It  is  this  back  toe  nail  or  spur 
that  cuts  hens,  the  marks  of  which  are 
often  noticed  on  the  Asiatics. 
Young  Indian  Games.— We  have  often 
noticed  the  peculiar  appearance  of  In¬ 
dian  Game  chickens.  H.  S.  Babcock  in 
the  Fanciers’  Journal  thus  speaks  of 
them: 
The  buyer  of  Indian  Game  eggs  is  apt 
to  be  disappointed  when  the  chickens 
hatch.  He  looks  for  a  lot  that  closely 
resemble  one  another  in  color  and  he 
finds  that  he  has  a  motley  array.  If  he 
is  an  unwise  person  he  sits  down  and 
writes  the  seller  of  the  eggs  a  stinging 
letter,  tells  how  he  has  been  swindled 
and  threatens  to  show  him  up  for  selling 
a  mixed  lot  of  eggs.  If  he  is  a  wise  per¬ 
son  he  writes,  concealing  his  disappoint¬ 
ment  as  much  as  possible,  to  inquire  how 
Indian  Game  chickens  should  loob-  n-Lor, 
first  hatched.  I  have  found  in  my  ex¬ 
perience  that  it  is  seldom  that  a  brood  of 
Indian  Game  chickens  are  uniform  in  the 
color  of  the  down.  When  such  a  brood 
appears  the  chances  are  that  it  will  be 
all  of  one  sex,  though  this  is  not  always 
the  case. 
Mr.  babcock  describes  four  distinct 
types  found  in  these  chickens.  As  soon 
as  the  chickens  feather,  uniformity  of 
color  appears. 
A  good  deal  has  been  said  about  the  rela¬ 
tive  values  of  sweet  and  field  corn  stalks 
for  fodder  or  ensilage.  Quite  a  number  of 
farmers  have  planted  Stowell’s  Evergreen 
Sweet  Corn  for  the  silo.  At  the  Massa¬ 
chusetts  Station  careful  experiments  have 
been  made  to  determine  this  matter. 
Analysis  shows  that  dent  corn  stover 
(bride  of  the  North)  contains,  ton  for 
ton,  20  per  cent  less  water  and  a  higher 
percentage  of  nutriment.  The  same  was 
true  to  a  less  degree  of  the  ensilage. 
Does  the  sweet  corn  give  enough  more 
yield  to  make  up  ? 
Those  who  have  sowed  Hungarian 
Grass  must  realize  that  it  should  be  cut 
early,  there  must  be  no  hard  seeds  in 
the  heads.  This  is  better  feed  for  cows 
than  for  horses,  largely  because  it  is 
often  cut  when  too  hard.  As  brof.  W. 
A.  Henry  says,  in  the  breeder’s  Gazette  : 
The  claim  has  been  made,  and  I  sus¬ 
pect  it  is  correct,  that  horses  have  been 
killed  from  eating  millet  hay,  the  ripe 
seeds  of  which  formed  into  hard,  indi¬ 
gestible  balls  in  the  stomach.  No  one 
need  be  deterred  from  sowing  this  grass 
on  account  of  this  possible  trouble, 
which  can  be  entirely  prevented  by  early 
cutting,  which  will  give  a  more  palatable 
hay,  free  from  all  danger  to  stock. 
No  doubt  about  the  value  of  oat  hay. 
One  gain  is  that  the  horse  pays  his  own 
mill  toll. 
Another  Egg  Story.— Mr.  Henry 
Stewart  has  told  us  about  the  make-up 
of  abnormal  eggs.  Here  is  a  description 
of  a  Canadian  egg  that  “  beats  all  ”  The 
Ottawa  Journal  thus  describes  it : 
A  bekin  duck  in  the  poultry  yard  of 
Mr.  J.  Ashworth,  on  the  Aylmer  road, 
yesterday  laid  an  unusually  large  egg, 
weighing  4%  ounces.  Mr.  Ashworth 
thought  it  was  a  double-yolked  egg,  and 
therefore  useless  for  hatching  purposes, 
so  took  it  into  the  house.  When  broken 
there,  it  was  found  to  contain  inside  a 
smaller,  perfectly-formed  egg,  about  114 
inch  long.  This  was  a  phenomenon ; 
but  inside  the  smaller  egg,  still  a  third 
shell  was  found. 
That  duck  must  be  a  patriotic  bird. 
The  tariff  having  hurt  the  price  of  Cana¬ 
dian  eggs,  she  sets  an  example  for  a  pro¬ 
duction  of  a  better  quality  of  goods. 
An  effectual  safeguard  could  be  thrown 
around  the  fraudulent  sale  of  skimmed 
milk  by  licensing  stores  to  sell  this  kind 
of  milk  only.  Will  the  boards  of  Health 
referred  to  agree  to  do  this  ?  If  not,  we 
warn  them  that  other  means  will  be  re¬ 
sorted  to  to  secure  to  the  people  of  these 
cities  the  right  to  buy  skimmed  milk, 
which  there  is  no  sense,  reason  or  justice 
in  depriving  them  of.— Milk  Reporter. 
Our  esteemed  but  blundering  contem¬ 
porary  does  not  seem  to  understand  the 
situation.  No  board  of  Health  can 
legalize  the  sale  of  skimmed  milk  in  New 
York— it  is  prohibited  by  a  statute  of 
the  State  of  New  York.  No  one  would 
object  to  the  sale  of  skimmed  milk,  if  it 
could  be  honestly  done,  but  when  it  was 
freely  admitted,  it  worked  badly.  What 
are  the  “other  means  ”  which  are  to  be 
resorted  to  ? 
spring.  This  she  always  drank  readily 
if  allowed.  The  stream  was  ordinarily 
low  in  summer  and  possibly  other  qual¬ 
ities  made  the  water  objectionable  as 
well  as  its  higher  temperature,  although 
this  was  probably  the  most  noticeable 
one.  The  same  cow  always  showed  a 
decided  preference  for  warm  water  in 
cold  weather.  fred  w.  card. 
Here  is  an  analysis  of  Signal’s  Lilly 
Flagg's  butter : 
Per  cent. 
Butter  fat . 87.31 
Water .  8.65 
Salt .  2.54 
Curd .  1.50 
Not  much  water  in  this.  This  butter 
is  better  than  the  average.  The  Con¬ 
necticut  Station  analyzed  11  samples  of 
butter,  which  were  exhibited  at  the  Con¬ 
necticut  Dairymen’s  Association  with  this 
result : 
levi  p.  morton’i 
Cows  and  Cold  Drink. — The  Rural 
New-Yorker  asks  for  proof  that  a  cow 
prefers  cold  water  in  summer.  I  can¬ 
not  give  a  full  proof  ;  but  I  can  give  a 
strong  indication.  When  on  a  small 
fruit  farm  several  years  ago,  it  was  my 
custom  to  lead  the  family  cow  along  the 
road  to  and  from  pasture.  The  most  con¬ 
venient  place  for  watering  was  at  a  run¬ 
ning  stream;  but  in  warm  weather  she 
was  usually  led  into  the  yard  and  given 
cold  water  directly  from  the  well.  After 
learning  to  expect  this,  it  was  only  with 
difficulty  that  she  could  be  induced  to 
drink  from  the  stream,  and  she  would 
frequently  go  without  rather  than  do  so. 
There  was  a  trough  at  another  farmer’s 
barn  on  the  way,  where  water  was  con¬ 
stantly  running  through  pipes  from  a 
PRIVATE  DAI  II Y. 
Per  cent. 
CREAMEKV. 
Per  cent. 
Butter  fat... 
..  83.9 
Butter  fat. . . 
..  86.9 
Water . 
..  10.8 
Water . 
. .  9. 1 
Salt . 
..  3.8 
Salt . 
..  2.9 
Curd . 
. .  1.5 
Curd . 
..  1.1 
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The  Rubai.. 
^  I— I  |  3  I  ?  rj  Cotswolds,  Southdowns, 
Oxford  Down  and  Shrop¬ 
shire  Sheep  and  Lambs  of 
superior  breeding.  We  are  booking  orders  now  for 
iambs  of  the  above  breeds,  We  also  have  a  choice 
lot  of  yearlings  and  two-year-olds  to  offer.  Write 
at  once  forprices  and  particulars. 
W^ATLEEItURPEE&CO.,  PHILA..PA. 
IMPORTED  SHROPSHIRES ! 
Our  1892  Importations  of  yearling  rams  and  ewes 
are  from  the  best  English  flocks.  None  better. 
THE  WILLOWS,  Paw  Paw,  Mich. 
AYRSHIRES  FOR  SALE. 
A  very  choice  lot  of  thoroughbred  Ayrshire  calves 
—bulls  and  heifers— entitled  to  Immediate  registry, 
the  offspring  of  deep-milking  cows,  and  from  a  bull 
notable  for  his  fine  dairy  points.  Price,  f.  o.  b.  here. 
!»/40  each.  D.  M.  CAMPBELL,  Oneonta,  N  Y 
Thus  we  see  that  this  famous  cow  not 
only  gave  more  butter  but  the  best  but¬ 
ter. 
Profit  of  a  Jersey  Queen. 
I  noticed  in  a  recent  issue  of  The  R. 
N.-Y.  an  article  on  Signal’s  Lilly  Flagg's 
test,  in  which  it  is  claimed  she  ate  a  very 
large  amount  and  the  question  was 
asked:  “Would  her  butter  at  25  cents 
per  pound  pay  for  cost  of  feeding  and 
care  ?”  I  herewith  send  The  Rural  a 
statement  of  her  account  as  nearly  as  I 
can  get  at  it.  I  think  I  have  allowed  a 
liberal  price  for  everything,  as  I  put 
bran  at  what  it  cost,  also  other  feeds  at 
cost  when  they  were  bought.  Most  of 
the  feed  was  raised  on  the  farm,  making 
another  item  in  her  favor  as  she  fur¬ 
nished  a  good  market  for  the  feed  con¬ 
sumed.  No  account  is  made  of  the 
manure. 
15  bush.  of  corn  meal  at  50c  per  bush. .  .*7.50 
7'A  bush,  of  oats  ground  at  40e.  per  bush.  3.00 
714  bush,  of  wheat  bran  at  17c.  per  bush..  1.28 
90  lbs.  of  oil  meal  at  l)$c.  per  lb .  1.35 
x  ,  813.13 
Total  grain  feed  for  1  month .  813.13 
Total  grain  feed  for  11  months .  $144.43 
One  month  on  bran  only,  15  bushels .  2.56 
Hay  and  ensilage .  30  00 
Lab»>r . !  50310 
,,  .  $226  09 
Pasturage .  i2.oo 
Total  cost  of  keep  for  one  year  .  $238.!)9 
By  Cr. 
1,049  lbs.  of  butter  at  35c . $366.45 
1,000  gals,  of  butter  milk  at  10c .  100.00 
$466.45 
Leaving  a  net  profit  of  $227.40,  besides 
a  bull  calf,  that  would  have  been  worth 
at  least  $;>()()  if  it  had  lived.  I  give  the 
butter  account  at  the  price  for  which  it 
was  actually  sold  and  the  buttermilk 
was  in  ready  demand  at  10  cents  per 
gallon,  and  I  believe  that  our  feed  and 
care  bill  is  a  little  too  high. 
Huntsville,  Ala.  wm.  e.  Matthews. 
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BOOKS  FOR  FARMERS.— Free  cata¬ 
logue  sent  on  request  by  Tiie  Rural 
Publishing  Company,  Times  Building, 
New  York. 
ELLERSLIE  GUERNSEYS 
Cows  give 
<5,000  to  11,000 
pounds  milk 
per  year  with- 
ont  forcing. 
Milk  from 
fresh  cows, 
to  7  per  cent, 
fat. 
YOU  NEED  A 
BULL  FROM 
OUR  HERD. 
If.  M.  COTTRELL,  Supt.,  Rhineclifl,  N.  Y. 
High-Class  Jersey  Cattle. 
SUPERIOR  registered  a.  j.  c.  c. 
STOCK  ONLY. 
The  dam  of  one  of  our  SERVICE  BULLS  tested 
officially  30  pounds  T.%  ounces  butter  In  seven  days 
and  gave  1891  pounds  of  milk  In  31  days.  For  another 
bull, sire  of  19  great  butter  cows,  we  refused  8815,000 
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,  l’a. 
Mention  this  paper. 
GUERNSEYS 
FOR 
SALE. 
The  Stonykill  Farm  Guernsey 
Herd  for  Sale. 
This  herd  consists  of  nearly  Forty  Head  of  care¬ 
fully  bred  COWS  and  HEIFERS,  and  will  be  offered 
at  very  moderate  prices,  quality  considered.  For 
further  particulars  address 
SAMUEL  VEItPLANCK,  Flshklll-on-Hudson.  N.Y 
UPTON  STOCK  FARM. 
Headquarters  for  Thoroughbred  Stock. 
JERSEY  CATTLE. 
I  have  bred  Jerseys  for  27  years.  I  have  young 
cows;  any  one  would  just  till  the  bill  for  a  choice 
family  cow.  Ten  or  more  for  sale  for  from  $40  to  $50 
each.  All  in  one  lot  at  $K)  each. 
LEICESTER  SHEEP. 
Sheep  from  my  flock  have  taken  many  of  the  tlrst 
prizes  at  ihe  New  York  State  Fair  for  the  last  10 
years.  Choice  young  ewes  or  rams  from  $10  to  $15 
per  head. 
DELAINE  MERINO  SHEEP. 
l  ain  breeding  as  large,  smooth  sheep  as  possible, 
with  as  long,  line  delaine  staple  as  I  can  get.  In  15 
years  I  have  made  quite  an  Improvement  in  size  and 
length  of  wool.  A  few  for  sale  at  from  $15  to  $20 
per  head. 
Fine  Trotting-bred  Colts 
FOR  SALE. 
At  weaning  time  prices  will  bo  about  $75.  Older 
Colts,  those  that  have  been  driven  and  show  good 
action,  kind  and  good  drivers  from  $200  to  $300  Some 
of  them  are  the  get  of  my  Norwood  Stallion. 
Pedigrees  given  and  all  questions  answered  by 
Inclosing  stamps. 
W.  S.  MOORE,  Mount  Upton,  N.  Y. 
Cnp  QAl  C  —Two  choice  brood  mares,  11 
■u  ”,  .Vv  years  old,  Inbred  Champion, 
16  years  old  by  Volunteer  55.  Also  family  horse 
I),  hands,  I,0;>0  pounds,  7  years,  bay,  black  points 
sound  arid  gentle.  Box  56,  Lock  Berlin,  N.  Y.  ’ 
Feeding  Animals. 
„  aw  8uJr work,  of  560  >,aKes-  br  Professor 
E.  W.  S I EVV  ART,  upon  the  science  of  feeding  in  all 
Its  details,  giving  practical  rations  for  all  farm  ani¬ 
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ing  a  horse  or  a  cow,  or  who  feeds  a  few  pigs  or 
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