1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
X 
567 
Live  Stock  Matters 
FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
Keep  capons  by  themselves. 
Jersey  milk  is  bad  for  the  bilious 
man 
The  hens  appreciate  the  lawn  clip¬ 
pings. 
Who  has  a  suitable  rack  for  feeding 
long  corn  stalks  ? 
Is  the  mutton  of  a  yearling  ram  as  good 
as  that  of  a  wether  ? 
A  rooster  is  past  his  best  as  a  table 
fowl  after  10  months. 
The  Jersey  breeder  thinks  the  Holstein 
does  wpll  at  the  bucket. 
The  horse  that  can  drink  at  will  is  in 
the  best  shape  for  health. 
Mrs.  Kate  M.  Rusick  will  judge  the 
Jerseys  at  the  Indiana  State  Fair. 
To  keep  eggs  in  hot  weather — coop  the 
roosters  by  themselves  and  collect  the 
eggs  often. 
The  French  boil  the  small  potatoes 
soft  and  mash  them  tip  with  milk  for 
calf  feed — good  food  too. 
One  lot  of  344  Lincoln  sheep  recently 
went  from  England  to  Argentina.  This 
breed  of  sheep  does  better  on  low,  wet 
land  than  any  other. 
The  old  English  farmer  who  was 
anxious  to  name  his  three  best  horses 
after  the  dearest  things  he  knew  of, 
finally  decided  on  Dumpling,  Pudding 
and  Pie. 
One  thing  about  the  homeopathic  vet¬ 
erinary  medicines — they  are  the  easiest 
to  give.  Put  a  few  drops  on  a  lump  of 
sugar  and  put  it  back  on  the  tongue— and 
the  dose  is  taken. 
Hoard's  Dairyman  indorses  The  It. 
N.-Y.s  scheme  for  heifer  farms  where 
good  cows  of  the  milk  breeds  could  be 
grown  on  rough  land  and  driven  into  the 
milk  districts  for  sale. 
II.  E.  Eyre  has  it  right  when  he  says: 
A  Yankee  speaking  upon  the  improve¬ 
ment  of  stock,  was  once  asked  by  a 
hearer  what  he  had  against  the  Ayr¬ 
shire.  He  replied  :  “  She  is  a  very  fine 
cow,  but  her  breeders  seem  afraid  that 
some  one  will  find  it  out.” 
Here  is  a  question  from  Manitoba: 
“  How  does  bran  rate  as  hog  feed.  The 
damaged  wheat  is  causing  pigs  to  die. 
Wheat  is  worth  20  cents  a  bushel ;  bran 
$6  to  $10  a  ton.”  We  should  use  the  bran, 
though  alone  it  is  not  a  good  hog-fatten- 
ing  food.  There  is  a  great  question  as 
to  the  relative  value  of  bran  for  feeding. 
During  the  coming  fall  we  propose  to 
discuss  this  matter  in  all  its  bearings. 
Another  Duck  Story. — A  correspond¬ 
ent  of  the  Fanciers’  Journal  tells  this 
of  keeping  mares  for  the  working  team. 
With  proper  management  they  get  the 
full  allowance  of  work  from  them  and 
the  colts  pay  fully  for  winter  keeping. 
Age  of  Feeding  Sheep. — Geo.  McKer- 
row  of  Wisconsin,  says  (in  the  breeder's 
Gazette)  this  about  sheep: 
The  most  profitable  age  is  the  lamb 
stage  from  five  to  twelve  months  old  ; 
next  the  choice  three-year-old  wether, 
then  the  two  and  one-year-old,  and  last 
of  all  the  old  cull  ewe  which  can  be  fat¬ 
tened  quicker  than  the  others  if  of  good 
quality,  but  when  sold  the  profits  are 
generally  small.  This  latter  class  should 
not  be  made  too  fat,  as  when  fed  too 
long  their  food  is  turned  into  tallow, 
which  is  worth  but  little  in  the  market. 
Ewes  should  be  fed  until  just  in  smooth, 
well-covered  condition  and  then  sent  to 
market,  as  longer  feeding  is  at  a  loss..  A 
choice  lot  of  wethers  or  lambs  will  always 
pay  best  when  they  are  made  good. 
The  English  Royal  Agricultural  So¬ 
ciety’s  first  prize  for  the  best  250-acre 
farm  goes  to  John  Palmer  who  may  be 
called  a  cross-breeding  farmer.  His  cat¬ 
tle  are  a  cross  between  Short-horns  and 
Ilerefords.  In  order  to  keep  his  type 
true  he  follows  this  practice  :  A  good 
Hereford  bull  is  kept  at  the  head  of  the 
herd  for  three  years  and  then  exchanged 
for  a  Short-horn  which  serves  three  years 
and  is  then  exchanged  for  another  Here¬ 
ford.  The  cows  are  not  changed.  The 
same  plan  is  followed  with  poultry — the 
change  being  from  Dorking  to  Indian 
Game. 
Good  Points  of  Indian  Games. — Rill 
Nye  has  this  to  say  about  his  favorite 
breed  : 
The  Indian  Game  I  have  found  to  be  a 
good  general-purpose  fowl,  furnishing 
an  afternoon’s  amusement  on  a  rainy 
day  and  a  chicken  pot  pie  for  dinner  at 
the  same  price.  The  Indian  Game  at  12 
weeks  of  age  weighs  three  or  four  pounds, 
which  is  mostly  breast  and  forearm.  One 
gets  good  results  in  a  short  time,  and, 
unless  rearing  fowls  for  a  boarding 
house,  the  Indian  Game,  aside  from  being 
a  fearless  and  brave  fowl,  is  excellent  for 
all-around  entertainment,  both  before 
and  after  death.  Some  like  the  Derby¬ 
shire  Redcaps,  some  the  Rlack  Minorcas. 
Others  like  the  Cochins,  the  Marshal 
Kiel  and  the  Early  Rose,  but  the  Indian 
Game,  as  I  say,  for  a  general-purpose 
lien,  seems  to  meet  my  demands  as  a 
quick  grower,  prompt  and  careful  layer, 
a  good  mother  and  the  nucleus  of  as  fine 
a  gravy  as  I  ever  laid  a  lip  over.  Her 
husband  is  a  quiet  but  manly  fowl,  with 
shoulders  well  thrown  back,  dark,  flash¬ 
ing  eyes,  is  a  good  half  back,  and  in 
death,  with  his  broad,  tender  bosom 
padded  with  summer  savory  and  a  dash 
of  onion,  he  makes  those  who  cluster 
about  him  almost  forget  the  sorrowful 
circumstances  under  which  they  are  met 
together. 
Cud  Chewing  for  an 
Exercise. 
spring,  summer  and  fall  months,  the 
same  as  other  dairies;  but  for  the  18 
winter  weeks  or  so,  they  are  left  in  the 
stable,  not  a  basement  barn,  but  a 
doubled-walled  wooden  building,  with 
w’indows  on  the  east,  south  and  west 
sides;  there  being  one  to  each  two  and  a 
half  cows.  Nor  are  the  animals — for  my 
own  economy  of  labor — fastened  with 
rigid  stanchions,  but  tied  with  neck 
chains,  with  15  inches  of  slack  to  each. 
The  stable  is  large  and  roomy,  and  has 
in  the  most  severe  Ohio  weather,  main¬ 
tained  a  temperature  of  15  degrees  above 
the  frost  line.  The  great  stress  that  is 
laid  upon  the  influence  of  exercise  upon 
the  future  of  the  offspring  has  no  bearing 
in  this  case,  as  these  winter-milkers  are 
not  bred  until  December  and  January  ; 
and  the  pasture  exercise  from  May  I, 
until  late  fall  is  sufficient  for  the  most 
exacting  demands  of  the  continuous- 
exercise  advocates.  The  cow  that  is 
giving  a  copious  flow  of  milk  is  having 
demands  made  upon  her  system,  that 
equal  the  demands  made  upon  a  horse 
under  training  for  the  races,  and  any 
other  demand  made  upon  her,  takes 
just  so  much  out  of  the  final  result  at  the 
pail,  and  if  she  is  made  warm  and  thor¬ 
oughly  comfortable,  with  plenty  of  light, 
and  a  continuous  supply  of  fresh  air,  how 
is  this  winter  milker  injured  in  any  way 
for  the  four  winter  months,  by  this  sort 
of  a  prison  (?)  life?  Were  she  due  to 
calve  in  April,  and  not  giving  milk,  mak¬ 
ing  the  severe  daily  draughts  of  “poten¬ 
tial  energy  ”  upon  the  system,  then  I 
would  advise  to  give  her  a  daily  walk  of 
a  half  mile  or  so;  but  in  the  case  of  the 
cow  that  we  are  milking  for  the  same  18 
weeks,  the  birth  of  whose  calf  is  at  least 
seven  months  away,  and  which  has  to 
make  endless  daily  rounds  of  the  pas¬ 
ture  within  that  time,  I  am  still  heterodox 
enough  to  believe,  after  Irying  the  plan 
three  winters  and  closely  watching  the 
cows,  their  health,  actions,  perform¬ 
ances,  aud  the  general  results,  that 
“  chewing  the  cud  ”  for  the  18  weeks  of 
winter  is  in  every  way  quite  as  satisfac¬ 
tory  a  method  of  giving  the  exercise  ac¬ 
tually  needed,  as  the  every-day  search 
for  “  winter  sunbeams  ”  in  the  barn¬ 
yards  of  those  who  strongly  advocate  the 
out-door  constitutional  for  their  cows. 
Portage  County,  Ohio.  John  gourd. 
*  *  * 
CATALOGUES  of  all  the  best  Farm 
Rooks  will  be  sent  free  by  the  publisher 
of  this  piper. 
$UjEianatt?0U0 
Ik  you  name  Tfif.  R.  N.-Y.  to  our  advertisers  you 
may  be  pretty  sure  of  prompt  replies  and  right 
treatment. 
LEVI  P.  MORTON’S 
ELLERSLIE  GUERNSEYS 
Cows  Rive 
0,000  to  11,000 
pounds  milk 
per  year  wlth- 
o  u  t  forcing:. 
Milk  from 
fresh  cows,  4 % 
to  7  per  cent 
fat. 
HURLS  ONLY 
FOR  SALE. 
II.  M.  COTTRELL,  Supt..  Rhinecliff,  N.  Y 
High-Class  Jersey  Cattle. 
SUPERIOR  REGISTERED  A.  J.  C.  C. 
STOCK  ONLY. 
The  dam  of  one  of  our  SERVICE  HULLS  tested 
olliclally  30  pounds  1%  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  (#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  wo  knock  in 
the  head.  No  catalogue  of  Jerseys.  Write  for 
what  you  want. 
MILLER  &  SIBLEY, 
Franklin,  Venango  County,  Pa. 
Mention  this  paper. 
GUERNSEYS  A1", 
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  VEIU’LANCK,  Flshkill-on-Hudson,  N.Y 
UPTON  STOCK  FARM. 
Headquarters  for  Thoroughbred  Stock. 
JERSEY  CATTLE. 
1  have  bred  Jerseys  for  27  years.  I  have  young 
cows;  any  one  would  Just  fill  the  bill  for  a  choice 
family  cow.  Ton  or  more  for  sale  for  from  $40  to 750 
each.  All  In  one  lot  at  $11)  each. 
LEICESTER  SHEEP. 
Sheep  from  my  flock  have  taken  many  of  the  first 
prizes  at  ilio  New  York  State  Fair  for  the  last  10 
years.  Choice  young  ewes  or  rams  from  $10  to  $15 
per  head.  _ 
DELAINE  MERINO  SHEEP. 
lam  breeding  as  large,  smooth  sheep  as  possible, 
with  as  long,  fine  delaine  staple  ns  !  can  get.  In  15 
years  1  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.  Sonio 
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  flocks.  None  better. 
THE  WILLOWS,  Paw  Paw,  Mich. 
story  about  a  Pekin  duck  in  Georgia. 
I  decided  from  its  actions  that  it  bad 
some  foreign  substance  in  its  digestive 
organs  and  would  consequently  die.  I, 
therefore,  resolved  to  make  an  examina¬ 
tion  and  see  what  it  was.  On  opening 
the  duck  I  found  to  my  surprise  two 
pieces  of  gold  and  a  cartridge  hull.  The 
gold  pieces  were  too  badly  worn  to  tell 
of  what  denomination  they  were,  but  I 
think  they  must  have  been  one-dollar 
pieces.  The  cartridge  hull  was  all  worn 
away  and  gone  except  the  head.  It  is  a 
pity  that  the  duck  couldn’t  live  after 
coming  so  near  digesting  the  metals. 
More  Mark  Teams. — Fewer  Scotch 
aud  English  horses  are  sent  to  this  coun¬ 
try  than  formerly.  As  a  result,  breeders 
there  have  more  trouble  in  disposing  of 
their  surplus  stock.  Somebody  has  been 
interviewing  the  dray  and  truckmen  in 
the  larger  English  cities  to  see  what  sort 
of  horses  they  want.  Farming  World 
thus  reports: 
Referring  to  the  sex,  the  greater  num¬ 
ber  favor  geldings  because  they  are  less 
troublesome  in  the  stables.  One  prefers 
marcs,  because,  when  disabled,  they  can 
be  put  in  the  breeding  paddock,  and  two 
are  neutral.  It  is  also  found  that  for 
very  severe  work,  quiet,  manageable 
stallions  are  sometimes  used.  Although 
geldings  find  most  favor,  the  preference 
for  that  class  is  not  so  pronounced  as  to 
interfere  with  the  remunerative  market¬ 
ing  of  good  mares. 
As  for  farmers,  they  are  more  in  favor 
Cud  chewing  is  exercise  enough  for 
cows,  is  it?  Well,  well!  And  to  think 
that  John  Gould  would  preach  such  a 
theory.  As  well  say  that  grunting  is 
enough  exercise  for  a  hog  or  breathing 
enough  for  the  sheep. — Orange  County 
Farmer. 
[We  are  wondering  if  tobacco  chewing 
is  exercise  enough  for  a  man! —  Eds.  R. 
N.-Y.] 
In  The  Rural  New-Yorker  of  August 
6,  I  find  the  above  excerpt  from  the 
Orange  County  Farmer,  and,  disengaged 
from  the  article  from  which  it  is  supposed 
to  reflect,  it  so  totally  misrepresents 
what  I  consider  right  with  regard  to  ex¬ 
ercising  cows,  that  I  ask  for  these  few 
lines  in  explanation.  The  inference  that 
would  be  taken  from  the  quotation 
would  be  that  I  was  in  favor  of  alL-the- 
year-round  stable  confinement  for  the 
dairy  cow.  One  man  has  gone  so  far  as 
to  picture  my  cows  in  a  dark,  damp,  un¬ 
ventilated,  underground  dungeon  sort  of 
a  place,  with  legs  about  ready  to  drop 
from  them  through  lack  of  exercise.  All 
that  I  have  ever  claimed  is  that  a  winter 
milker  is  better  off  in  a  dry,  light,  clean, 
and  well  ventilated  stable  from  Thanks¬ 
giving  until  Easter  Sunday  than  if  left 
out  in  the  yard  to  take  the  little  ex¬ 
ercise  she  will  take  if  left  to  her  own 
“  understanding  of  the  matter.”  My 
cows  take  their  exercise  through  the 
|  p  f-e  rx  Cotswolds,  Southdowns, 
I  I  *  r"<  V*  Oxford  Down  and  Shrop- 
*  shire  Sheep  and  Lambs  of 
superior  breeding.  We  are  booking  orders  now  for 
lambs  of  the  above  breeds,  We  also  have  a  choice 
lot  of  yearlings  and  two-year-olds  to  offer.  Write 
at  once  for  prices  and  particulars. 
W  .ATLEE  BURPEE  &  CO.,  PH  I  LA.,  PA. 
Hampshire  down  rams -Brea  from 
Imported  stock. 
HORACE  ROBERTS,  Fellowship,  N.  J. 
WATERING  DEVICE 
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  line  dalrv  points.  Price,  f.  o.  b.  here, 
!#20  each.  I).  M.  CAMPBELL.  Oneonta,  N  Y. 
A  .1.  C.  C.  HEIFER  CALF — 14  times  to 
sire  of  Mary  Anne,  807  lbs.,  once  to  Euro- 
tas,  778  lbs. ;  also  to  Ramapo,  sire  of  dam  Euro- 
tisama,  945  lbs.  Also  a  Bull  Calf  of  best  Imtter 
strain;  sire  Nancy  Stoke  Pogis  25031,  dam  by 
Lord  Victor  Pogis  14499,  whose  dam  tested  21  lbs. 
5  oz.  Both  solid  fawn.  Price  very  low. 
E.  L.  CLARKSON.  Tivoli,  N.  Y. 
EUR  Cl|  C  One  pair  Grey  Percheron  Geldings, 
lUn  tfHLC  seven-eighth  bred,  four  and  five 
years  old.  sound,  kind,  gentle  aud  willing,  with  wagon 
and  harness.  Price,  $500,  f.  o.  b.  Asheville,  N.  C. 
Reason  for  selling  not  having  any  work  for  them. 
Extra  heavy  team.  For  further  Information  apply 
to  E.  I).  UEINEMANN, 
Inanda  P.  O.,  Buncombe  County,  N.  C. 
Feeding  Animals. 
This  Is  a  practical  work  of  500  pages,  by  Professor 
K.  W.  STEWART,  upon  the  science  of  feeding  In  all 
Its  details,  giving  practical  rations  for  all  farm  ani¬ 
mals.  Its  accuracy  is  proved  by  its  adoption  as  a  text 
book  In  nearly  all  Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experi¬ 
ment  Stations  in  America.  It  will  pay  anybody  hav¬ 
ing  a  horse  or  a  cow,  or  who  feeds  a  few  pigs  or 
sheep  to  buy  and  study  It  carefully.  Price,  1S2.00. 
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