1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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Live  Stock  Matters 
FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
LINES  TO  NANCY  HANKS. 
“  QUEEN  OF  THE  TURF.” 
Nancy  Hanks  makes  the  crank’s 
Heart  increase  its  beat 
When  the  rhyme  out  of  time 
She  knocks  with  her  feet. 
Nancv  Hanks  plays  sad  pranks 
With  the  record’s  tail, 
I  should  shout— knocks  it  out 
When  she  puts  on  sail. 
Nancy!  Nancy!  You're  the  queen  I  fancy ! 
Hound  you  trot,  like  a  shot, 
Never  once  get  prancy ! 
Nancy!  Nancy!  Round  you  go,  old  Nancy, 
Make  no  break!  Take  the  cake! 
We’ll  stand  by  you  Nancy! 
Don't  put  the  steers  in  the  cow  pas¬ 
ture. 
That  hen  house  will  remain  ill-starred 
that  is  not  lined  with  paper  tarred. 
Any'  family  with  a  half-acre  garden 
can  keep  a  Jersey  cow  as  cheaply  as  they 
can  keep  a  pig. 
We  have  found  this  mixture  excellent 
for  healing  old  sores  on  a  horse — three 
parts  sweet  oil  to  one  part  carbolic  acid. 
A  Scotch  farmer  has  a  new  “  notion  ” 
about  feeding  skim-milk  to  calves.  Be¬ 
fore  feeding  he  warms  it  by  plunging  a 
red-hot  iron  into  it.  This,  he  claims,  not 
only  warms,  but  gives  higher  feeding 
value,  though  why  he  does  not  explain. 
A  man  who  sells  eight  acres  of  sweet 
corn  said  a  few  weeks  ago  :  “  Can’t  sup¬ 
ply  you  with  butter  any  longer.  Pas¬ 
tures  are  all  dried  up  and  the  cows  don’t 
give  any  milk.” 
“Why  don’t  you  cut  those  sweet  corn 
stalks  and  feed  them  green  ?  ” 
“  Too  much  bother.” 
A  California  paper  contains  this  item: 
There  was  a  band  of  horses  pastured 
in  a  stubble  field,  the  wheat  of  which 
had  just  been  thrashed.  A  pile  of  about 
40  sacks  of  wheat  were  also  in  the  field, 
but  panels  had  been  put  around  it  to 
protect  the  grain  from  the  stock.  The 
horses  broke  one  of  these  panels  down 
and  proceeded  to  fill  themselves  up  on 
new  wheat,  and  immediately  repaired  to 
a  creek  to  drink,  the  result  of  which  was 
that  16  of  them  are  dead  and  others  very 
sick. 
Onh  night  last  week  we  heard  the  driv¬ 
ing  mare  in  the  stable  evidently  in  trou¬ 
ble.  She  was  pawing  and  moving  her 
head  around  with  the  first  symptoms  of 
colic.  Her  flanks  were  distended  and 
her  stomach  evidently  filled  with  gas.  It 
seems  that  she  had  been  eating  consid¬ 
erable  green  corn  stalks.  We  hitched 
her  up  at  once  and  drove  her  at  a  fair 
trot  for  about  two  miles.  Then  we  gave 
her  a  warm-water  injection.  It  required 
about  two  gallons  of  water  to  produce 
any  effect,  but  it  saved  her  from  the 
colic  and  she  quickly  recovered  her 
spirits. 
Elsewhere  in  this  issue  will  be  found 
an  advertisement  of  the  famous  Meridale 
herd  of  Jersey  cattle,  owned  by  Messrs. 
Ayer  &  McKinney,  whose  farm  is  located 
in  the  town  of  Meredith,  Delaware 
County,  N.  Y.  He  who  is  looking  for 
good  Jersey  cows  or  bulls,  young  or  old, 
will  make  no  mistake  in  dealing  with 
these  gentlemen,  who  are  as  honorable 
in  their  methods  as  they  are  successful 
in  business.  The  herd  has  no  superior 
in  the  country,  and  will  repay  the  inter¬ 
est  taken  in  it  by  anyone  who  needs  Jer¬ 
sey  blood  on  the  farm. 
Keep  Dairy  Cows  Quiet. — I  was  highly 
pleased  with  the  letter  of  Mr.  John 
Gould,  of  Portage  County,  Ohio,  in  The 
Rural  New-Yorker  for  August  27,  in 
regard  to  exercise  for  milking  cows  dur¬ 
ing  the  winter  months.  He  has  stated 
his  case  so  plainly  that  all  can  under¬ 
stand  his  method  of  caring  for  his  cows, 
also  that  his  mode  of  treatment  and  care 
has  been  a  success  with  him,  and  why 
not  in  all  similar  cases  ?  I  have  fur¬ 
nished  milk  for  the  milkmen  in  my 
neighborhood  here  in  Oneida  County.  N. 
Y  ,  for  a  number  of  years  past,  and  for  a 
few  years  had  more  fresh  cows  in  winter 
than  usual,  as  milk  was  then  most  called 
for,  and  from  practical  experience  I  have 
found  that  those  cows  that  were  kept  in 
the  stable  (tied  with  chains  about  their 
necks)  gave  the  most  milk,  and  that 
turning  them  out  for  an  hour,  or  even 
half  an  hour  at  noon  for  exercise,  always 
resulted  in  a  reduction  of  the  milk  yield 
even  on  warm,  sunny  days.  From  my 
own  experiments  I  am  satisfied  that  Mr. 
Gould’s  theory  and  practice  are  the  best 
I  have  ever  seen  advocated.  This  plan 
is  vastly  better  than  turning  the  animals 
iDto  the  barnyard,  as  generally  done  by 
very  many  good  farmers,  who  in  time 
will  be  constrained  to  adopt  a  different 
course  on  seeing  better  results  in  dairy 
husbandry.  Jonathan  talcott. 
More  Holstein  Poetry. — A  few  weeks 
ago  we  quoted  from  a  so-called  poem 
written  by  Mr.  H.  W.  Cheney  in  praise  of 
the  Holstein  cow.  The  editor  of  the 
Columbia  (Tenn.)  Herald  wrote  some 
verses  intended  to  sterilize  this  Holstein 
poetry.  Now  Mr.  Cheney,  through  the 
Holstein-Friesian  Register,  comes  back 
at  the  Tennessee  man  as  follows:  Such 
poetry  is  certainly  less  harmful  than 
“coffee  and  pistols.” 
honey’s  Holstelns  eat  bran  from  a  cement  floor: 
He  don’t  feed  them  a  bit  of  rye. 
When  they  have  “  cleaned  ”  him  of  all  he  has  not. 
It  will  be  time  enough  to  cry. 
Yes  ! 
They  mow  the  grass  like  a  mowing  blade, 
And  send  the  hay  a  ”  bllsterin,' 
Buckets  and  tubs  are  away  In  the  shade, 
For  he  milks  his  cows  In  the  cistern. 
No  ! 
The  old  oaken  bucket  is  not  “  in  It,” 
Neither  is  your  spindling  Jersey  cow, 
If  you  can’t  beat  them  both  at  home, 
Come  West  and  1  will  show  you  how. 
Say  ! 
That  chalk  Is  In  your  Jersey  eye 
The  water  Is  on  your  brain, 
Holstein  Is  the  best  family  cow, 
And  “gits  there”  just  the  same. 
The  water  they  drink  from  the  creek 
And  they  put  the  Jerseys  in  a  sputter. 
If  casein  and  chalk  Is  in  their  milk 
It  Is  also  found  full  of  butter. 
The  Holstein  cow  is  the  cow  for  me, 
With  records  to  beat  the  world. 
The  Jersey’s  fame  you  will  never  see 
On  a  banner  bright  unfurled. 
Goodbye,  old  Jersey,  good  bve, 
We  can’t  use  you  “  any  mo’.” 
For  the  dairy  you're  no  longer  lit, 
Your  carcass  ain’t  tit  for  a  crow. 
Test  of  a  Jersey  Herd. — I  have  no¬ 
ticed  lately  in  The  Rural  New-Yorker 
some  accounts  of  tests  made  of  dairy 
cows  for  the  amount  of  fat  in  the  milk. 
Hayslope  Farm  is  located  in  Sullivan 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  is  owned  by  Thomas 
L.  Hill,  of  Brooklyn.  The  herd  on  it  are 
Jerseys,  38  in  number.  Twenty-eight  of 
them  are  cows,  five  of  which  are  dry. 
The  milk  from  each  cow  is  sampled  once 
in  two  weeks  and  tested  with  the  Bab¬ 
cock.  The  milk  of  the  23  cows  tested  on 
August  12,  gave  the  following  percent¬ 
ages  of  fat : 
Name.  Per  cent  fat.  Name.  Per  cent  fat. 
Tephl . 
....  5.8 
Imogene . 
.  5. 
Tophi’s  Sister . 
....  5.4 
Lulu . 
.  5. 
Mlrrlam  2d . 
....  H. 4 
Lena  Waters . 
.  5 .  t> 
Eva . 
....  f>.2 
Lydia  Walker . 
.  li.l 
Lucy  Long  . 
....  5.2 
Pride  of  Hayslope. . 
.  5. 
Sally  Waters . 
....  fi.2 
Virgella . 
.  5.7 
Eva’s  Pride . 
....  «. 
lone . 
.  4.5 
Jazebel . 
....  5.1 
Jessica . 
.  4.9 
_  6.4 
.  5.3 
Annie . 
. . . .  6.7 
Onlda . 
.  5.2 
Grace  Darling  . . . . 
....  4.2 
Gladys . 
.  4.7 
Jenny  Lind . 
....  5.7 
Average . 
.5.53 
As  will  be  seen,  eight  gave  a  percent¬ 
age  of  over  six,  11  of  over  five  and  only 
four  of  less  than  five.  This  average  of 
5.53  per  cent  is  not  an  unusual  one,  as  at 
no  time  has  a  test  been  made  when  a  cow 
has  given  less  than  four  per  cent  and 
tests  have  been  made  when  as  high  as 
8.5  per  cent  has  been  reached.  Creaming 
is  done  with  a  DeLaval  Baby  No.  2  sepa¬ 
rator  and  the  churning  with  a  Davis 
swing  churn.  Power  is  furnished  by  a 
one-horse  power  engine.  The  butter 
goes  to  New  York  customers  and  to  sum¬ 
mer  hotels.  E.  TAKBELL. 
About  Dorset  Sheep. — My  most  san¬ 
guine  expectations  have  been  more  than 
realized  with  the  Dorsets,  and  I  have 
never  handled  any  stock  that  has  given 
me  as  much  satisfaction  or  that  has 
shown  me  as  big  and  quick  a  return  as 
Dorset  ewes.  Last  Christmas  I  had  over 
100  lambs  that  were  a  pleasure  and  sight 
tojpee.  The  Dorsets’  greatest  advantage 
over  all  other  b  reeds  is  that  they  breed 
twice  a  year,  and  one  can  have  lambs 
for  market  at  any  time  of  the  year,  and 
often  obtain  as  much  for  one  at  Christ¬ 
mas  as  for  two  of  the  same  age  and  size  in 
April.  I  can  heartily  recommend  them 
as  to  their  hardiness,  fecundity  and  gen¬ 
eral  utility.  My  entire  flock  clipped  an 
average  of  a  little  over  eight  pounds  of 
wool,  which  sold  in  the  Philadelphia 
market  at  30  cents  per  pound.  Mr.  Wm. 
E.  Kimsey,  of  Angola,  Indiana,  came 
here  a  short  time  ago  and  purchased  34 
Dorsets,  and  while  here  told  me  that 
the  biggest  mistake  ho  had  ever  made 
was  two  years  ago  when  he  purchased 
his  first  Dorsets  from  me,  and  when  I 
advised  him  to  buy  more,  he  thought 
best  to  go  slow.  But  he  has  often 
thought  of  the  chance  he  missed. 
t.  s.  COOPER. 
Pisccllancousi  gUmtitfiug. 
In  writing  to  advertisers,  please  always  mention 
The  Ritual  New-Yorker. 
UNSEED  OIL  MEAL 
UKVI  P.  MORTON’S 
ELLERSLIE  GUERNSEYS 
Largest  Guernsey  Herd  in  the  World. 
Cows  give 
6,000  to  11.000 
pounds  mill, 
per  year  witli- 
out  forcing. 
Milk  fro  m 
fresh  cows,  4J* 
to  7  per  cent 
fat. 
BULLS  ONLY 
FOR  SALE. 
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 
JOBBERS  as  well  as  CONSUMERS  will  do 
well  to  consider  this  subject. 
Please  write  us  for  quotations  and  other  particulars 
DETROIT  LIHSEED  OIL  WORKS, 
DETROIT.  MICHIOAM. 
MERIDALE  JERSEYS 
AT  AUCTION. 
About  40  head  of 
Cows,  Young  Bulls  and  Bull  Calves 
from  the  Meridale  herd,  will  be  offered  at  auction, 
at  Meridale  Farms,  MEREDITH.  Delaware 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M., 
Thursday,  October  6th,  1892. 
These  are  all  high  grade  animals,  and  are  sold  be¬ 
cause  of  lack  of  room  to  properly  winter  them. 
For  Catalogue  and  full  particulars,  address 
ayer  &  mckinney 
Meredith,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Dorset  Rams  For  Sale. 
FOR  sale,  and  ready  ft  r  Immediate  shipment,  the 
best  lot  of  Dorset  Rams  I  have  ever  bad.  Our  Hock 
consists  of  over  201)  breeding  ewes,  all  Imported,  and 
the  best  to  be  had  out  of  the  choicest  flocks  in  Eng¬ 
land.  And  our  breeding  rams  are  Imported.  First- 
Prize  winners  at  the  Roval. 
Let  those  who  want  to  raise  early  and  many  lambs, 
give  the  Dorsets  a  trial,  and  they  will  soon  be  con¬ 
vinced  of  their  superiority  overall  other  breeds. 
Also  for  sale,  a  few  EWE  LAMBS,  and  IMPORTED 
EWES,  bred  to  Imported  Roval  Windsor.  First-Prize 
Winner  at  the  Royal  Show  at  Windsor.  Eng. 
All  stock  delivered  free  of  expressage  to  the  buyer 
Address  T.  8.  COOPER, 
Coopersburg,  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 
H.  M.  COTTRELL,  Supt.,  Rhineclilf,  N.  Y. 
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  daivv  points.  Price,  f.  o.  b.  here, 
#‘40  each.  D.  M.  CAMPBELL.  Oneonta,  N  Y. 
College  of  VETERINARY  SURGEONS. 
Lectures  will  begin  September  21),  1892.  For  circular 
address  SECRETARY,  332  East  27th  St.,  N.  Y.  City. 
WATERING  DEVICE 
for  LIVE  STOCK  In  STABLES.  Send  for  clrcu 
lars  for  the  only  practical  and  economical  one  In 
market. 
C.  E.  BUCKLEY  «  CO.,  Dover  Plains,  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  Ij  offer.  Write 
at  once  for  prices  and  particulars. 
W.  ATLEHBURPEE&CO.,  PH1LA.,  PA. 
COTSWOLD  SHEEP. 
The  oldest,  largest  and  best-bred  Hock  In  the  State. 
Catalogue  and  Price-List  free.  Send  for  it  to-day. 
Address 
JOSEPH  HARRIS  CO., 
Moreton  Farm,  Monroo  County,  N.  Y 
IMPORTED  SHROPSHIRES ! 
Our  1892  Importations  of  yearling  rams  and  ewe 
are  from  the  best,  English  Hocks.  None  better. 
THE  WILLOWS,  Paw  Paw.  Midi. 
Cross-Bred  Lambs  for  Market. 
Twill  sell  at  farmers’  prices  Buck  Lambs,  bred  from 
Merino  Ewes,  by  Hampshire  Down  and  Shropshire 
Bucks,  for  use  on  Grade  Ewes,  guaranteeing  to  In¬ 
crease  weight  of  fleece  and  keep  weight  of  carcass. 
Also  full-blooded  Merino,  Shropshire  and  Hamp¬ 
shire  Down  Bucks;  and  will  exchange  registered 
Holstelns  for  sheep.  CLARK  BELL, 
Bell  View  Farm,  Dundee,  N.  Y. 
DORSET-HORN  RAM  LAMBS, 
Sired  by  tlie  Imported  Prince  Charley  No.  1054,  and 
out  of  selected  Imported  ewes.  'J'hey  breed  twice  a 
year  or  any  month  desired.  All  stock  registered.  For 
sale  by  W.  C.  KIME,  Waterloo,  N.  Y. 
FOR  SALE. 
One  Percheron  Horse,  %  grade,  kind,  gentle  and 
willing,  live  years  old  and  sound,  extra  heavy,  price, 
$250,  f.  o.  b.  Asheville,  N.  C.  Any  further  information 
will  be  cheerfully  furnished. 
E.  I).  IIEINEM ANN. 
Asheville.  N,  C. 
Was  awarded  TWO  first  premiums 
at  Madison  Square  Garden,  Feb. 
9th,  1892,  first  of  $25.  in  gold  for 
the  best  hatch, firstof  $25.  In  gold 
for  the  best  machine  in  operation 
at  the  show,  all  the  lead’ng  ma¬ 
chines  competing.  More  than 
1800  ducks,  chicks  and  turkeys 
fromone  machine  in  seven  weeks. 
Price  reduced.  Thousands  in 
successfu  1  operation  in  U.S.,  Can¬ 
ada  and  Europe.  Satisfaction  uni¬ 
versal.  Over  30  first  premiums. 
Send  for  Circulars.  JAMES  RANKIN,  So.  Easton,  Mass. 
Incubators  Only  <t  I  O  ft  fi 
A.  F.  Williams,  Bristol,  Ct.  ^ 
GOOD  BOOKS. 
SILO  AND  SILAGE.— By  A.  J.  Cook. 
Third  Edition,  1892. 
Contains  the  jatest  and  fullest  Information  on  the 
subject.  More  than  20,000  sold  In  less  than  two  years. 
This  work  is  praised  by  such  men  as  John  Gould, 
Colonel  Curtis,  Professors  Shelton  and  Gulley,  and 
Dr.  C.  E.  Bessey.  The  author  has  proved  the  silo  to  be 
a  very  valuable  aid  on  his  own  farm.  Price.  25  cents. 
Ensilage  and  the  Silo  — Conserved  Cat¬ 
tle  Food.  All  abuut  preserved  fodder. 
The  experience  of  50  ensilage  farmers,  condensed 
Into  practical  readable  form.  What  Ensilage  is. 
Construction  of  Silos.  The  Round  Silo.  The  Rectan¬ 
gular  Silo.  What  to  put  in  it.  The  Perfect  Ensilage. 
Corn  Plant  and  How  to  Grow  It.  How  I  became  an 
ensilage  convert.  Feeding  ensilage,  etc.  Illustrated. 
Price  20  cents. 
THE  RURAL  PUBLISHING  CO., 
Times  Building,  New  York. 
Best  Incubators  and  Brooders 
for  hatching  and  raising  Chicks  ever  Invented.  Brood¬ 
ers  only  $5.  Catalogue.  Geo.  8.  Singer,  Cardlngton,  O. 
LYNFELD  H0LSTEIN8! 
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.  l>orset-liorn  Sheep. 
J.  M.  HAM,  Lynfeld  Farm, 
Washington  Hollow,  N.  Y. 
Feeding  Animals. 
This  Is  a  practical  work  of  580  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 
Bheep  to  buy  and  study  it  carefullv.  Price  #4.00. 
Address  THE  RURAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 
Times  Building,  New  York.  ’ 
HORSES  -  -  -  CATTLE. 
SMITHS  &  POWELL,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  offer  very 
superior  FRENCH  COACH,  STANDARD,  CLYDESDALE,  PERCHERON 
DRIVING  and  MATCHED  COACH  HORSES  (many  of  the  Prize  winners)  at 
very  reasonable  prices. 
Also  HOLS  IEIN-L  RIESIAN  CATTLE,  from  the  handsomest  and  most  noted 
milk  and  butter  herd  in  the  world. 
RARE  BARGAINS  in  choice  show  animals,  and  cows  with  great  records. 
8TATE  JUST  WHAT  YOU  WANT,  AND  SAVE  TIME. 
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