1892 
TIIE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
535 
Live  Stock  Matters 
FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
Pvt  a  tax  on  scrub  bulls. 
Don’t  work  the  life  out  of  a  colt. 
Why  does  a  hen  like  a  dark  nest  ? 
A  scrub  is  an  animal  that  wastes  food. 
Can  you  train  the  horse  to  eat  turnips  ? 
Alb  that  any  hen  can  do  is  to  change 
the  form  of  food. 
What  is  the  labor  bill  of  caring  for 
one  hen  one  year? 
Don’t  put  too  much  grain  in  the  silo. 
Husk  it  off  and  use  the  husks  for  ensi¬ 
lage. 
When  the  horse  climbs  up  a  steep  hill, 
let  him  get  his  lungs  filled  before  you 
trot  him. 
W.  H.  Gilbert  is  responsible  for  this  : 
Prof.  Roberts  bought  a  cow  for  $40  Gf 
a  neighboring  farmer,  that  made  450 
pounds  in  a  year;  but  you  can’t  coax 
Roberts  to  sell  her  for  $200,  as  she  is 
worth  that  sum  for  butter  making  alone. 
Her  milk  was  sold  a  while  at  two  cents 
per  pound,  which  yielded  at  the  rate  of 
$100  a  year. 
What  was  the  matter  with  that  “  neigh¬ 
boring  farmer  ?  ’’ 
To  Poison  Rats. — The  English  Royal 
Agricultural  Society  gives  this  recipe  for 
poisoning  rats : 
Take  a  quantity  of  oatmeal  that  would 
fill  a  common-sized  wash  hand  basin,  add 
to  this  two  pounds  of  coarse  brown  sugar 
and  one  dessertspoonful  of  arsenic.  Mix 
these  very  well  together,  and  then  put 
the  composition  into  an  earthen  jar.  From 
time  to  time  place  a  tablespoonfnl  of  this 
in  the  runs  which  the  rats  frequent,  tak¬ 
ing  care  that  it  is  out  of  the  reach  of  in¬ 
nocuous  animals.  The  rats  will  partake 
of  it  freely,  and  it  will  soon  put  an  end 
to  all  their  depredations. 
Skunks  kill  a  good  many  rats. 
G.  W.  Farlee  has  had  excellent  re¬ 
sults  from  using  asafoctida  as  a  cure  for 
abortion.  He  says,  speaking  of  a  recent 
case : 
I  prescribed  a  tablespoonful  of  the  gum 
as  finely  pulverized  as  possible,  twice  a 
day,  mixed  with  the  food,  commencing  a 
few  days  before  her  usual  time  of  abort¬ 
ing,  and  continuing  the  dose  for  a  month, 
afterwards  reducing  the  dose  to  one 
tablespoon  a  day.  If  at  any  time  trouble 
is  imminent,  then  the  dose  should  be  in¬ 
creased  at  once  to  four  tablespoonfuls  a 
day.  There  was  no  occasion  to  give  the 
heavy  dose,  and  the  cow  carried  her  calf 
the  full  time.  The  drug  produced  the  ex¬ 
pected  quieting  effect. 
He  says  he  has  had  no  trouble  in  get¬ 
ting  his  cows  to  take  the  drug.  To  friends 
whose  cows  have  refused  it  he  recom¬ 
mends  laudanum  instead. 
Steaming  Hay  and  Grain. — Is  it  ad¬ 
visable  to  cut  and  steam  hay  and  grain 
feed  for  milch  cows  ?  Will  cattle  fatten 
sooner  on  such  feed  ?  s.  p.  r. 
Otsego  County,  N.  Y. 
Ans.  This  depends  upon  several 
things.  For  a  single  family  cow  where 
hay  is  costly  it  might  pay  to  cut  and 
steam  it  and  feed  two-thirds  of  the  food 
in  the  form  of  a  warm  or  hot  mash.  We 
often  feed  corn  stalks  in  that  way  and 
find  that  they  are  eaten  up  much  cleaner 
than  when  fed  dry  and  whole.  With  a 
large  herd  of  cattle  we  believe  the  cost 
of  labor  would  be  too  heavy.  Chopping, 
steaming  and  handling  require  lots  of 
hard  work  and  for  first-class  hay  and 
grain  we  do  not  believe  they  would  pay. 
The  great  argument  in  favor  of  cooking 
food  is  that  by  so  doing  hay  and  grain 
of  inferior  quality  can  be  made  more 
palatable.  It  is  a  good  way  to  use  up 
wastes  and  things  that  the  cattle  will 
not  eat  well  unless  warmed  or  cooked, 
but  first-class  hay  and  grain  do  not 
need  cooking  or  steaming.  A  good  silo 
well  filled  with  matured  corn  will  pay 
better. 
Prickly  Comfrey  Again. — Several 
years  ago  a  half  acre  of  the  farm  was  set 
to  Prickly  Comfrey.  The  patch  was  not 
manured.  It  soon  began  to  run  up  to 
tough  seed  stalks.  Shortly  after  cutting, 
being  tired  of  it,  the  patch  was  rooted 
up.  Some  plants  have  come  up  in  the 
Timothy  grass,  which  now  covers  the 
half  acre.  This  year  I  found  g,pimals 
eager  for  it,  picking  it  all  out  of  freshly- 
mowed  Timothy  before  touching  the  lat¬ 
ter.  Prickly  Comfrey,  however,  does  not 
seem  to  fill  the  bill  as  an  exclusive  diet 
for  housed  cattle  in  summer,  but  may 
sometimes  be  made  use  of  in  filling  gaps 
in  the  green  food.  A.  D.  warner. 
Silver  Shoes. — The  Arabs  use  a  large 
shoe  covering  all  the  lower  side  of  the 
hoof  except  the  frog.  The  shoes  are 
tacked  on  lightly  and  are  renewed  four 
times  a  year.  When  a  man  wants  to  ad¬ 
vertise  himself  extensively,  he  puts  sil¬ 
ver  shoes  on  his  horses,  which  are  to  be 
thrown  off  for  the  crowd.  We  are  told 
this  of  Lord  Doncaster,  an  English  am¬ 
bassador  : 
Six  trumpetors  and  two  marshals  in 
rich  velvet  liveries,  closely  laced  over 
with  gold,  led  the  way ;  then  came  the 
Embassador  and  retinue  of  pages,  booted, 
with  horses  richly  caparisoned.  The 
Embassador’s  horses  were  shod  with  silver 
shoes,  lightly  tacked  on,  and  when  he 
came  to  a  place  where  persons  of  beauty 
or  eminence  were,  his  horses  pranced  and 
curveted  in  a  showy  manner  and  threw 
their  shoes  away,  which  the  greedy  mul¬ 
titude  scrambled  for,  and  he  was  content 
to  be  gazed  on  until  a  farmer,  a  rather 
argenlier,  from  among  his  trained  foot¬ 
men  took  from  out  a  velvet  bag  other 
silver  shoes  and  tacked  them  on,  lightly, 
which  lasted  until  he  came  to  the  next 
group  of  grandees,  and  thus,  with  much 
ado,  he  reached  the  Louvre  and  was  pre¬ 
sented  to  the  King. 
Hungry  Dogs. — Eskimo  dogs  are  said 
to  be  always  hungry.  W.  C.  Gilder  thus 
describes  their  fight  for  food  : 
The  harness  is  taken  into  the  snow  hut 
where  the  people  sleep,  and  even  the  sled 
has  to  be  raised  from  the  ground  upon 
snow  blocks,  or  all  the  lashings  will  be 
gnawed  off  by  morning.  I  have  actually 
known  them  to  chew  the  wooden  por¬ 
tions,  also,  where  they  smelt  of  meat  or 
blubber  that  had  been  carried  during  the 
day  time.  During  such  times  of  low  diet 
the  dogs  are  constantly  watching  for  a 
chance  to  make  a  raid  upon  the  hut 
from  which  comes  the  smell  of  rancid 
blubber  in  the  stone  lamp.  Once  in  a 
while  they  succeed  in  breaking  and 
entering,  and,  then,  what  havoc  they 
make.  Anything  that  can  be  swallowed 
disappears  in  an  instant.  Every  dog  is 
bent  on  getting  as  much  inside  of  him  as 
he  can  in  the  time  at  his  disposal.  The 
inmates,  of  course,  apply  themselves  im¬ 
mediately  to  beating  off  the  raging  pack 
with  anything  that  comes  handy. 
These  dogs  are  first  cousins  of  the  curs 
that  prowl  about  the  country.  If  these 
were  well  fed  at  home  there  would 
be  little  trouble  over  sheep  killing  and 
stealing. 
Lumpy  Jaw  Cured. — Many  cattle  come 
to  the  stockyards  with  terrible  swellings 
on  the  jaws  and  neck — suffering  from  a 
disease  known  as  “  lumpy  jaw”  or  actino¬ 
mycosis.  The  meat  from  these  animals 
is  justly  condemned  for  food  and  the 
number  is  so  considerable  that  the  loss 
is  quite  heavy.  Veterinarians  differ  as 
to  the  cause  of  the  disease.  Many  claim 
that  it  is  entirely  due  to  blows  from 
clubs  or  from  the  horns  of  other  cattle  ; 
others  claim  that  it  is  a  contagious  dis¬ 
ease.  At  all  events  it  has  been  the  gen¬ 
eral  opinion  that  there  was  no  cure  ex¬ 
cept  through  a  surgical  operation  per¬ 
formed  when  the  disease  was  undevel¬ 
oped.  Recently  the  papers  have  con¬ 
tained  an  account  of  a  cure  performed 
by  Dr.  Norgaard  and  a  bulletin  from  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  confirms  this 
statement.  The  bulletin  says: 
No  one  appears  to  have  attempted  the 
cure  of  actinomycosis  of  the  jaw  until 
this  was  undertaken  by  Dr.  Norgaard, 
veterinary  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry.  He  selected  a  young 
steer  in  April  last,  in  fair  condition, 
which  had  a  tumor  on  the  jaw,  measur¬ 
ing  15 14  inches  in  circumference,  and 
from  which  a  discharge  had  already 
been  established.  This  animal  was 
treated  with  iodide  of  potassium,  and 
the  result  was  a  complete  cure,  as  stated 
in  the  reports  which  were  recently  given 
to  the  press  at  the  time  the  animal  was 
slaughtered  in  Chicago.  If  lumpy  jaw 
can  be  cured  so  easily  and  cheaply,  as 
this  experiment  would  lead  one  to  sup¬ 
pose,  the  treatment  will  prove  of  great 
value  to  the  cattle-raisers  of  the  country. 
As  is  well-known,  there  is  a  considerable 
number  of  steers  weekly  coming  to  our 
markets  which  are  condemned  because 
they  gre  diseased  to  such  an  extent  that 
the  general  condition  of  the  animal  is 
affected.  If  these  could  be  cheaply  and 
readily  cured  by  the  owners,  it  would 
prevent  the  loss  of  the  carcasses,  and  solve 
all  the  troublesome  questions  which 
have  been  raised  in  regard  to  the  con¬ 
demnation  of  such  animals. 
Some  Sheep  That  “  Don’t 
Pay.” 
“  How  many  and  what  kind  of  sheep 
shall  I  keep  on  my  100-acre  farm,  worth 
$80  per  acre,  fenced  for  horses  and  cat¬ 
tle  with  three  and  four  barbed  wires;  10 
cows  are  kept  for  milk  and  butter;  there 
are  also  four  or  five  young  cattle,  and 
four  brood  mares  are  kept  for  work  and 
breeding.  I  also  have  six  or  seven  colts 
and  young  horses,  four  or  five  brood 
sows  and  20  to  30  shotes  and  pigs  feeding 
for  market.  Corn,  oats  and  clover  are 
the  crops  grown.  I  am  tired  of  cattle 
and  hogs  and  have  heard  and  read  con¬ 
siderable  lately  about  the  profits  in 
sheep;  but  I  know  nothing  about  sheep, 
that  is,  practically.  I  never  owned  or  fed 
a  sheep  in  my  life,  but  I  know  I  can  han¬ 
dle  them  as  well  as  B.  can,  and  he  says 
he  makes  money.” 
This  question,  asked  by  a  middle-aged 
man,  raised  in  Illinois  and  accustomed 
to  the  care  of  cattle,  horses  and  hogs 
nearly  all  his  life,  did  not  receive  the  an¬ 
swer  he  expected;  but  he  blossomed  as  a 
sheep-owner,  breeder  and  feeder  and  his 
experience  during  the  next  two  or  three 
years  taught  this  lesson:  Not  all  farms 
nor  all  farmers  are  adapted  to  sheep  hus¬ 
bandry,  which  to  be  profitable  must  be 
conducted  on  the  intensive  and  hot-house 
plan  with  land  worth  $80  per  acre  on 
which  pasturing  is  out  of  the  question; 
but  he  made  all  his  fences  “sheep,  tight  ” 
and  provided  winter  feeding  accommo¬ 
dations  strictly  according  to  his  own  no¬ 
tions  of  how  and  where  a  sheep  should 
be  fed,  which  involved  considerable  ex¬ 
pense.  Relying  wholly  on  his  own  judg¬ 
ment  in  buying  his  flock  from  an  un¬ 
scrupulous  dealer,  he  got  “  fleeced  ,  ”  and 
by  feeding  and  caring  for  sheep  as  he 
would  for  cattle  and  hogs,  he  found  him¬ 
self  at  the  end  of  a  year  returning  from 
“the  markets  of  the  world  ”  “  shorn  ”  of 
the  profits  he  had  dreamed  were  to  be 
his. 
The  determination  to  profit  next  year 
by  the  mistakes  of  the  one  just  passed, 
was  thwarted  by  diseases  of  which  he 
had  never  heard,  or  if  he  had,  he  did  not 
recognize  them  when  they  appeared; 
his  flock  quickly  went  “  into  a  decline  ” 
and  was  speedily  reduced  in  numbers, 
and  when  the  inevitable  cur  appeared 
on  the  scene  and  claimed  his  dividend, 
the  last  chapter  was  soon  reached  and 
the  unhappy  owner,  so  lately  a  promis¬ 
ing  bud,  passed  prematurely  to  “  the  sere 
and  yellow  leaf  ”  as  he  saw  the  last  ves¬ 
tige  of  fondly  anticipated  and  sweet- 
scented  profits  wasted  on  the  desert  air. 
The  cobbler  now  returns  and  sticks  to  his 
last,  and  the  last  we  hear  of  him  he  is 
denouncing  the  successful  sheep  breeder, 
who  tells  of  his  success  at  the  farmers’ 
institute,  as  a  liar.  “Sheep  don’t  pay  !  ” 
says  he,  “I’ve  tried  them  and  I  know  ! 
they  don’t  pay  !  ”  p.  p.  M. 
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SHEEP 
Cotswolds,  Southdowns 
Oxford  Down  and  Shrop 
shire  Sheep  and  Lambs  c 
superior  breeding.  We  are  booking  orders  now  fo 
lambs  of  the  above  breeds,  We  also  have  a  choic 
lot  of  yearlings  and  two-year-olds  to  offer.  Writ 
at  once  fotqirices  and  particulars. 
W.  ATLEE  BURPEE  &  CO. ,  PHI  LA. ,  PA 
AYRSHIRES  FOR  SALE. 
A  very  choice  lot  of  thoroughbred  Ayrshire  ealve 
—  bulls  and  heifers— entitled  to  immediate  reglstn 
the  offspring  of  deep-milking  cows,  and  from  a  bu" 
notable  for  his  fine  dairy  points.  Price,  f.  o.  b.  her< 
#20  each.  D.  M.  CAMPBELL,  Oneonta,  N  Y. 
Feeding  Animals. 
This  is  a  practical  work  of  560  pages,  by  Professc 
E.  W.  STEWART,  upon  the  science  of  feeding  In  a 
its  details,  giving  practical  rations  for  all  farm  ani 
male.  Its  accuracy  is  proved  by  Its  adoption  as  a  tex 
book  in  nearly  all  Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experi 
ment  Stations  In  America.  It  will  pay  anybody  hav 
lng  a  horse  or  a  cow,  or  who  feeds  a  few  pigs  o 
sheep  to  buy  and  study  it  carefully.  Price,  #2.00 
Address  THE  RURAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 
Times  Building,  New  Yorlf. 
LEVI  P.  MORTON’S 
ELLERSLIE  GUERNSEYS 
Cows  give 
6,000  to  11,000 
pounds  milk 
per  year  with- 
o  u  t  forcing. 
Milk  from 
fresh  cows,  4>-£ 
to  7  per  cent 
fat. 
YOU  NEED  A 
BULL  FROM 
OUR  HERD. 
H.  M.  COTTRELL,  Supt.,  Rhinecllif,  N.  Y. 
High-Class  Jersey  Cattle. 
SUPERIOR  REGISTERED  A.  J.  C.  C. 
STOCK  ONLY. 
The  dam  of  one  of  our  SERVICE  HULLS  tested 
otllclally  30  pounds  2 %  ounces  butter  In  seven  days 
and  gave  1891  pounds  of  milk  In  31  days.  For  another 
bull, sire  of  19  great  butter  cows,  we  rofused  #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  cataloguo  of  Jersoys.  Wrlto  for 
what  you  want. 
MILLER  &  SIBLEY, 
Franklin,  Venango  County,  Pa. 
Mention  this  paper. 
GUERNSEYS  *?.*, 
The  Stonykill  Farm  Guernsey 
Herd  for  Sale. 
This  herd  consists  of  nearly  Forty  Head  of  care- 
ftillv  bred  COWS  and  HEIFERS,  and  will  be  offered 
at  very  moderate  prices,  quality  considered.  For 
further  particulars  address 
SAMUEL  VERPLANCK.  Ftshklll-on-IIudson,  N.Y 
UPTON  STOCK  FARM. 
Headquarters  for  Thoroughbred  Stock. 
JERSEY  CATTLE. 
I  have  bred  Jerseys  for  27  years.  I  have  young 
cows;  any  ono  would  Just  till  the  hill  for  a  choice 
family  cow.  Ten  or  more  for  sale  for  from  $10  to  $50 
each.  All  In  one  lot  at  $40  each. 
LEICESTER  SHEEP. 
Sheep  from  my  tiock  have  taken  many  of  the  first 
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. 
I  am  breeding  as  large,  smooth  sheep  as  possible, 
with  as  long,  fine  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  be  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. 
IMPORTED  SHROPSHIRES ! 
Our  1892  importations  of  yearling  rams  and  ewes 
are  from  the  best  English  Mocks.  None  better. 
THE  WILLOWS,  Paw  Paw,  Mich. 
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lUn  vHLC  seven-eighth  bred,  four  and  live 
years  old.  sound,  kind,  gentle  and  willing,  with  wagon 
and  harness.  Price,  $500,  f.  o.  b.  Asheville,  N.  C. 
Reason  for  selling  not  having  any  work  for  them. 
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