1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
583 
Live  Stock  Matters 
FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
Will  you  buy  your  neighbor’s  culls? 
Cut  the  corn  early  and  thus  improve 
the  stalks. 
Why  import  English  breeds  of  sheep 
and  then  not  feed  them  as  the  English 
do  ? 
The  State  of  Mississippi  imports  from 
the  North  thousands  of  tons  of  Timothy 
hay,  yet  her  experiment  station  proves 
time  after  time  that  home-grown  Ber¬ 
muda  Grass  hay  is  fully  equal  to  the 
Timothy.  That's  what  a  State  gets  by 
being  “  cotton  bound.” 
Controlling  Sex. — A  Boston  man  is 
selling  information  for  controlling  the 
sex  of  colts  and  calves  for  $5.  Has  any 
of  the  readers  of  The  Rural  had  any  ex¬ 
perience  with  such  experiments?  Can  it 
be  done  ?  f.  a.  c. 
Ans. — Don’t  pay  anything  for  this 
“  secret.”  This  matter  has  been  tried 
again  and  again  and  proved  useless.  Any 
of  our  large  breeders  would  give  $1,000 
for  a  sure  way  of  controlling  sex  in 
stock  breeding,  but  they  have  never 
found  one. 
Sheer  to  the  Acre. — A  writer  from 
Iowa  in  the  Sheep  Breeder  says: 
I  have  175  thoroughbred  Shropshire 
ewes  that  I  keep  fat  and  healthy  oh  30 
acres  from  the  time  grass  starts  till  snow 
comes  again,  and  their  lambs  weighed 
last  year  from  125  to  185  pounds  each, 
dropped  in  April  and  May,  and  all  sold 
by  November  1,  same  year.  It  takes 
just  10  tons  of  hay,  with  no  other  kind 
of  feed  given  them,  to  winter  100  of  my 
Shropshire  ewes.  My  neighbor  tells  me 
he  winters  his  grades  on  eight  tons  to 
the  100  sheep.  An  acre  of  ground  will 
keep  from  five  to  eight  sheep,  according 
to  the  quality  of  the  grass,  and  10  tons 
of  hay  will  winter  100  head,  is  my  experi¬ 
ence  in  handling  sheep. 
What  Sheep. — I  desire  to  buy  some 
sheep,  small,  low  of  stature  and  tract¬ 
able,  that  will  produce  a  small  carcass  of 
good  mutton  and  fair  fleece  of  wool. 
What  breed  will  be  nearest  to  filling  the 
measure.  Of  whom  can  I  purchase  such 
or  a  near  approach  to  such.  c.  w.  G. 
Ans. — We  would  suggest  either  South 
Down  or  Shropshire  sheep.  The  former 
are  the  smaller  and  hardier  and  better 
suited  to  a  hilly  and  rough  pasture.  The 
Shropshires  are  more  popular  in  general 
farming,  as  they  are  larger  and  quicker 
growers.  For  South  Downs  write  to  J. 
G.  Springer,  Springfield,  Ill.  For  Shrop¬ 
shires  write  to  Geo.  E.  Breck,  Paw  Paw, 
Mich. 
The  Boston  Herald  would  like  to  have 
the  European  custom  of  selling  fish  alive 
in  the  markets  introduced  in  this  coun¬ 
try.  “  Our  fashion  of  selling  fish  in  the 
market,’  it  says,  “  would  fill  a  German 
with  disgust.  In  the  German  cities  fish 
is  almost  invariably  sold  alive.” 
That  is  nonsense.  How  could  denizens 
of  the  rural  districts  be  served  with  blue 
fish  and  all  the  other  delectable  salt 
water  fish — alive?  The  German  is  not 
so  easily  disgusted.  He  buys  and  eats 
carp  and  is  not  disgusted  thereat,  when 
you  could  not  give  them  away  to  any  one 
who  knows  what  a  good  fish  is.  Carp, 
bullheads  and  eels  might  be  sold  alive — 
they  will  live  at  least  24  hours  out  of 
water.  Perhaps  that’s  the  kind  of  fish 
that  are  sold  alive  in  Germany. 
An  Ayrshire  Bull. — We  give  our 
readers  this  week  a  portrait  of  a  very  fine 
Ayrshire  bull  (see  Fig.  234,  page  570)  at 
the  head  of  the  herd  owned  by  Mr.  D.  M. 
Campbell,  of  Oneonta,  N.  Y. — Sir  Walter 
Hooker,  4775,  bred  by  Mr.  Elliot  of  Gar- 
rattsville.  Mr.  Campbell  has  23  head  of 
Ayrshires,  representing  the  best  milk 
and  butter  strains  in  the  country,  and  is 
rapidly  building  up  a  fine  herd.  His 
farm  contains  about  120  acres  and  is  very 
pleasantly  located  just  outside  the  vil¬ 
lage  of  Oneonta.  Mr.  Campbell  raises 
large  crops  of  mangolds  and  swedes, 
which,  with  hay,  form  his  coarse  food 
dairy  ration,  supplemented  with  oil  meal, 
bran,  ground  oats  and  a  very  little  corn. 
The  butter  from  his  dairy  is  all  sold  to  a 
private  trade  at  a  handsome  margin  above 
the  market  price.  The  Ayrshires  are  an 
admirable  breed  of  dairy  cattle  and  are 
deserving  of  a  much  wider  fame  than  has 
yet  been  accorded  them. 
Good  Shropshires.  —  Mr.  George  E. 
Breck  of  the  Willows,  Paw  Paw,  Mich. , 
reports  that  his  first  importation  of  year¬ 
ling  Shropshires  has  arrived  at  home  in 
good  condition  and  consists  of  150  year¬ 
ling  ewes  and  50  yearling  rams.  They 
are  from  the  old  and  pure-bred  flocks  of 
Messrs.  «P  Bowen-Jones,  Berry,  Thomas, 
Minton  and  Thanger  &  Son,  and  are  the 
best  lot  he  has  ever  brought.  He  ship¬ 
ped  the  next  day  after  the  order  allow¬ 
ing  their  importation  went  into  effect. 
Many  of  the  rams  are  well  suited  to  head 
the  best  flocks  in  the  country  and  the 
ewes  are  the  best  he  could  buy  in  En¬ 
gland.  He  reports  the  sale  of  28  during 
the  first  two  days  after  their  arrival.  A 
hundred  of  them  will  be  reserved  for  his 
annual  auction  sale,  September  27.  The 
others  are  offered  at  private  sale. 
Poultry  Matters. — M.  K.  Boyer,  in 
Farm  Poultry,  answers  these  questions  : 
“  How  do  you  tell  the  sex  of  chicks 
that  are  quite  young  ?  What  are  are  the 
certain  markings  ?  ” 
With  the  majority  of  breeds  it  is  hard 
to  tell  the  sex  of  chicks  until  they  be¬ 
come  a  month  or  two  old.  In  quite 
young  chicks  it  is  impossible  ;  at  least,  I 
have  nevef  known  of  any  such  secret. 
“  Do  you  caponize  broilers  ?  Is  capon- 
izing  a  success  financially  ?  ” 
No  ;  broilers  are  never  caponized,  al¬ 
though  Dow  says  they  can  be.  That  is, 
he  says  when  they  have  arrived  at  the 
age  of  two  months,  cockerels  may  be  per¬ 
formed  upon,  provided  they  are  of  suffi¬ 
cient  size.  However,  other  experts  say 
that  from  three  to  six  months  is  a  better 
age.  After  the  art  is  acquired,  it  cer¬ 
tainly  is  a  financial  success. 
“  How  much  space  is  needed  in  yard 
for  25  chicks  almost  ready  to  sell  ?  ” 
A  yard  3x<>  feet  would  do. 
“  If  you  wanted  to  keep  100  hens  of 
common  stock,  slightly  mixed  with 
Rocks,  Wyandottes,  Cochins  and  Brah¬ 
mas,  what  kind  of  males  would  you  get 
for  next  year  ?  I  want  both  broilers 
and  eggs.” 
Use  Brown  Leghorns. 
eat  it  greedily,  and  thrive  on  it.  I  would 
like  also  to  correct  the  idea  one  might 
entertain  from  H.  P.  N.’s  article — that  it 
sprouts  up,  and  hence  becomes  a  nuis¬ 
ance.  It  increases  only  from  seedage, 
and  multiplication  of  the  roots,  as  in  the 
case  of  rhubarb.  It  is  a  gross  feeder, 
and  should  be  heavily  fertilized  for  the 
best  results.  Alton  m.  shepherd. 
The  Jersey  Bull  Calf. — What  some 
people  consider  the  strongest  argument 
against  the  Jersey  cattle  is  the  fact  that 
the  bull  calves  are  like  lazy  brothers. 
The  little  cow  has  to  pay  for  herself  and 
also  for  her  brother — the  fact  that  she  is 
able  to  do  so  is  more  to  her  credit.  A 
writer  in  the  Columbia  (Tenn.)  Herald 
says  this  of  the  Jersey  bull  calf  : 
He  is  a  nuisance  on  legs.  He  can  drink 
more  milk  than  two  heifers,  and  is  about 
as  salable  as  a  second-hand  coffin.  He 
grows  a  little  too  large  to  fry  and  yet 
not  large  enough  to  broil,  and  he  is  ready 
for  a  battle  with  any  thing  that  goes  in 
hair,  feathers  or  breeches  or  anything 
else,  the  day  he  first  discovers  he  can 
pitch  his  voice  double-A-bass-octavo- 
sepulchral  !  There  is  not  a  lot  in  the 
country  that  will  hold  him  and  not  a 
hallowed  spot,  from  the  sequestered  cem¬ 
etery  to  the  shaded  bower  of  “  love’s 
young  dream,”  that  is  too  sacred  for  his 
desecrating  hoof. 
And  yet,  a  lazy,  inactive  Jersey  bull 
wouldn’t  be  worth  keeping. 
*  *  * 
First  Gun  of  the  Campaign  of  ’92-’93. 
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may  be  pretty  sure  of  prompt  replies  and  right 
treatment. 
LINSEED  OIL  MEAL 
At  present  writing  (July  1,1892,)  OIL  MEAL  Is  very 
low,  and  now 
IS  A  FAVORABLE  TIME 
to  lay  In  a  stock  for  Fall  Sales  or  use 
LEVI  P.  MORTON’S 
ELLERSLIE  GUERNSEYS 
Largest  Guernsey  Herd  in  the  World. 
Cows  give 
6,000  to  11,000 
pounds  milk 
per  year  witli- 
out  forcing. 
Milk  from 
fresh  cows,  4}^ 
to  7  per  cent 
fat. 
BULLS  ONLY 
FOR  SALE. 
II.  M.  COTTRELL,  Supt..  RlilnecUir,  N.  V. 
College  of  VETERINARY  SURGEONS. 
Lectures  will  begin  September  29, 1892.  For  circular 
address  SECRETARY,  332  East  27th  St.,  N.  Y.  City. 
WATERING  DEVICE 
for  LIVE  STOCK  In  STABLES.  Send  for  circu¬ 
lars  for  the  only  practical  and  economical  one  In  the 
market. 
C.  E.  BUCKLEY  A  CO.,  Dover  Plains,  N  Y 
GUERNSEYS 
The  Stonykill  Farm  Guernsey 
Herd  l'or  Sale. 
This  herd  consists  of  nearly  Forty  Head  of  care¬ 
fully  bred  COWS  and  HEIFERS,  and  will  be  otlered 
at  very  moderate  prices,  quality  considered.  For 
further  particulars  address 
SAMUEL  VEItPLANCK,  Flshklll-on-IIudson,  N.Y 
Cotswolds,  Southdowns, 
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  forprices  and  particulars. 
W.ATLEEBURPEE&CO.,  PHILA.,  PA. 
AYRSHIRES  FOR  SALE. 
A  very  choice  lot  of  thoroughbred  Ayrshire  calves 
—bulls  and  heifers— entitled  to  Immediate  registry, 
the  offspring  of  deep-mllklng  cows,  and  from  a  bull 
notable  for  his  fine  dalrv  points.  Price,  f.  o.  b.  hero, 
WHO  each.  D.  M.  CAMPBELL,  Oneonta,  N  Y. 
Sheep  Without  Water. — I  have  had  a 
flock  of  sheep  which  did  quite  well  on  a 
good  mixed  clover  pasture  while  the 
grasses  were  full  of  succulence,  without 
water ;  but,  as  a  rule,  all  sheep  should 
have  access  to  water  at  least  every  other 
day  and  all  ewes,  suckling  lambs  and  all 
lambs  should  have  water  daily.  I  do  not 
think  any  breed  will  do  well  on  low  lands 
without  water  any  more  than  they  will 
on  high  lands.  No  shade  is  better  than 
that  of  good,  thrifty  trees  ;  the  next  best 
are  the  shade  and  shelter  of  light,  cheap 
sheds,  which  can  he  moved  by  a  team 
quite  often  to  a  fresh  spot.  Ensilage  is 
being  fed  quite  successfully  by  a  number 
of  feeders  here  in  Sussex  and  other  coun¬ 
ties  in  Wisconsin,  who  are  fattening 
sheep  for  the  Chicago  market.  Some 
farmers  feed  their  breeding  flocks  three 
to  five  pounds  each  daily  with  good  re¬ 
sults.  Care  should  be  taken  not  to  over 
do  the  ensilage  feeding,  g.  mckerrow. 
Prickly  Comfrey  Praised. — An  ar¬ 
ticle  by  Mr.  Warner  in  The  Rural  of 
August  13,  and  also  one  from  II.  P.  N.,  in 
the  issue  for  July  23,  speak  of  Prickly 
Comfrey.  Mr.  Warner  does  not  exactly  con¬ 
demn  it,  hut  H.  P.  N.  does.  I  cannot  agree 
with  the  latter  that  it  is  a  pest.  With 
due  deference  to  his  opinion,  I  cannot  so 
consider  it.  In  Wisconsin,  where  I  was 
brought  up,  it  is  used  quite  extensively, 
and  I  am  introducing  it  here  in  Min¬ 
nesota,  believing  that  it  will  become  pop¬ 
ular  among  dairymen  whose  range  for 
cows  is  limited,  and  especially  so  among 
those  in  town,  who  are  obliged  to  keep 
the  family  cow  stabled  the  year  round. 
I  know  of  those  who  keep  their  cow 
through  the  summer  on  the  product  of 
three  or  four  rods  square  of  ground,  cut¬ 
ting  it  at  each  feeding;  and  by  the  time 
they  had  cut  the  last  of  the  patch,  the  part 
cut  first  was  ready  to  be  cut  again,  and 
thus  the  whole  afforded  an  abundance  of 
fodder  for  the  entire  grass  season.  Often 
cows  will  not  eat  it  readily  the  first  few 
times;  I  think,  on  account  of  its  prickly 
surface,  it  being  a  novelty  to  them  ;  but 
they  soon  become  ftceustomed  to  it,  and. 
JOBBERS  as  well  as  CONSUMERS  will  do  T T T\  m  IT  f'rTAf,T7’  T'  ll  TY  l\f 
ell  to  consider  this  subject.  I  I  I  If  \  1  I  I  1 1  l\  F  \  K  VI 
Please  write  us  for  quotations  and  other  particulars 
DETROIT  LINSEED  OIL  WORKS, 
DETROIT.  MICHIGAN. 
COTSWOLD  SHEEP. 
The  oldest,  largest  and  best-bred  flock  in  tho  State. 
Catalogue  and  Price-List  free.  Send  for  it  to-day. 
Address 
JOSEPH  HARRIS  CO.. 
Moreton  Farm,  Monroe  County,  N.  Y. 
IMPORTED  SHROPSHIRES! 
Our  1892  importations  of  yearling  rams  and  ewes 
are  from  the  best  English  flocks.  None  better. 
THE  WILLOWS,  Paw  Paw,  Micb. 
Hampshire  down  rams -Bred  from 
imported  stock. 
HORACE  ROBERTS,  Fellowship,  N.  J. 
LYNFELD  HOLSTEINS! 
Young  Cows  and  Heifers,  fresh  or  to  calve  soon, 
served  by  Royal  Wamego  and  Calphurnla’s  Mercedes’ 
Prince.  Also  Young  Stock.  Bargains  to  quick  buy¬ 
ers,  In  car  lots  or  singly.  Dorset-Ilorn  Sheep. 
J.  M.  HAM,  Lynfeld  Farm, 
Washington  Hollow,  N.Y. 
Best  Incubators  and  Brooders 
for  hatching  and  raising  Chicks  ever  Invented.  Brood¬ 
ers  only  |6.  Catalogue.  Geo.  S.  Singer,  Cardington,  O. 
Feeding  Animals. 
This  Is  a  practical  work  of  5(10  pages,  by  Professor 
E.  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,  WK.Ot). 
Address  THE  RURAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 
Times  Building,  New  York. 
Headquarters  for  Thoroughbred  Stock. 
JERSEY  CATTLE. 
I  have  bred  Jerseys  for  27  years.  I  have  young 
cows;  any  one  would  just  All  the  bill  for  a  choice 
family  cow.  Ten  or  more  for  sale  for  from  140  to  $50 
each.  All  In  one  lot  at  $40  each. 
LEICESTER  SHEEP. 
Sheep  from  my  flock  have  taken  many  of  the  first 
prizes  at  lhe  New  York  State  Fair  for  tho  last  10 
years.  Choice  young  ewes  or  rams  from  $10  to  $15 
per  head.  _ 
DELAINE  MERINO  SHEEP. 
Iam  breeding  as  large,  smooth  sheep  as  possible, 
with  as  long,  fine  delaine  staple  as  I  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.  _ 
Fin©  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. 
EASE,  COMFORT  AND  THRIFT. 
The  Best  Cattle  Fasteninal 
Smith’s  Self-Adjusting:  Swing:  Stanchlc 
ty  The  only  Practical  Swing  Stanchion  Invert 
Thousands  In  use.  Illustrated  circular  free. 
F.  G.  Parsons  A  Co.,  Addison,  Htsnben  Oo.,  N.  V, 
HORSES  -  -  -  CATTLE. 
SMITHS  &  POWELL,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  offer  very 
superior  FRENCH  COACH,  STANDARD,  CLYDESDALE,  PERCIIERON, 
DRIVING  and  MATCHED  COACH  HORSES  (many  of  the  Prize  winners)  at 
very  reasonable  prices. 
Also  HOLSTEIN-F RIESIAN  CATTLE,  from  the  handsomest  and  most  noted 
milk  and  butter  herd  ip  the  world. 
{I ARE  BARGAINS  in  choice  show  animals,  and  cows  with  great  records, 
STATE  JUST  WHAT  YOU  WAWT,  AND  SAVE  TIME, 
