1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
63 1 
Live  Stock  Matters 
FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
ShropSHIRES  are  prepotent  sires. 
Should  the  dairy  room  be  light  or 
dark  ? 
The  block  is  the  best  remedy  for  a  self¬ 
sucking  cow. 
Don’t  fill  shallow  pans  more  than  three- 
fourths  full  of  milk. 
Have  the  big,  rough  lumps  of  salt  ever 
made  your  cows’  tongues  sore  ?  There 
is  some  complaint  about  it. 
Onion  Seed  for  Horses. — What  effect 
would  good,  sound,  old  onion  seeds  have 
as  a  feed  for  horses,  used  in  small  quan¬ 
tity  ?  I  have  about  2,500  pounds.  Horses 
seem  to  be  fond  of  them.  I  would  prefer 
to  use  them  in  this  way,  rather  than  as 
manure.  F.  L.  h. 
R.  N.-Y. — We  shall  have  to  refer  this 
to  our  readers  for  experience.  If  the 
horses  relish  the  seed,  we  should  feed  in 
small  quantities,  mixed  with  other  feed, 
taking  care  that  the  horses  do  not 
become  constipated. 
C.  W.  Jennings  tells  the  story  of  the 
hotel  man  that  kept  a  wild  “rustler”  of 
a  hog  that  did  nothing  but  sleep,  eat  and 
squeal.  It  did  not  grow,  but  squealed 
off  all  the  fat  it  put  on  while  eating. 
Still  the  man  kept  the  hog  year  after 
year  and  when  asked  why  he  did  so  he 
said,  “  Ain’t  he  jest  as  good  to  eat  up  my 
swill  as  any  other  hog  ?”  Lots  of  farm¬ 
ers  keep  third-rate  cows  because  they  are 
just  as  good  to  eat  up  the  hay  and  grain 
as  better  ones — at  least  they  can’t  give 
any  other  reason ! 
Summer  Dairy  Feed. — At  a  recent 
dairy  conference  W.  II.  Gilbert  said  : 
I  feed  cotton-seed  meal  in  summer  till 
my  Mexican  blue  sweet  corn  is  fit  for 
use,  then  I  feed  that ;  3,700  hills  are 
grown  on  an  acre.  I  feed  five  hills  a  day, 
in  two  feeds,  making  an  acre  last  a  cow 
a  long  time.  Such  a  ration  weighs  about 
10  pounds.  Fed  in  the  stable,  in  connec¬ 
tion  with  a  little  cotton-seed  meal,  it 
makes  a  very  enticing  ration,  and  is  more 
efficacious  and  much  less  expensive  than 
a  dog  to  bring  the  cows  to  the  stables 
night  and  morning.  1  usually  feed  about 
one  pound  of  such  a  ration  to  100  pounds 
of  cow,  which  is  just  about  at  the  profit 
line. 
Costly  Canadian  Cream. — Up  in  Can¬ 
ada  they  have  what  is  called  a  “  travel¬ 
ing  dairy.”  Prof.  Dean  has  charge  of  it. 
He  went  around  with  such  utensils  as 
would  be  used  by  a  farmer — the  whole 
outfit  costing  about  .$40.  At  several 
places  it  was  hard  to  find  cream  with 
which  to  work.  At  Windsor  this  expe¬ 
rience  was  had : 
We  went  to  a  restaurant — an  ice  cream 
parlor — and  asked  if  they  had  any  cream. 
They  had  two  gallons  on  hand.  The  man 
asked  only  $2  for  it.  Out  of  that  cream 
we  got  just  three  pounds  of  butter. 
From  that  fact  you  can  imagine  how  rich 
the  cream  was.  We  were  not  likely  to 
make  much  money  out  of  the  speculation. 
But  we  did  not  come  out  so  badly  as  you 
would  think.  When  the  butter  was  put 
up  for  sale,  a  gentleman  in  the  audience 
said  :  “I  will  give  you  50  cents  a  pound 
for  it.”  So  we  lost  just  50  cents  on  the 
transaction. 
Foot-rot  is  not  considered  a  serious 
disease  in  England,  and  is  not  here  if 
given  proper  and  thorough  attention. 
First  and  foremost  is  to  pare  off  with  a 
sharp  knife  the  horny,  diseased  portion 
of  the  hoof.  Most  shepherds  are  afraid 
to  pare  down  below  the  diseased  part, 
and  so  fail  to  cure.  This  done,  apply 
Hilliard’s  Foot  Ointment,  putting  on 
enough  to  fill  up  the  cavity  produced  by 
paring.  Repeat  this  application  every 
second  or  third  day,  and  within  10  days 
the  worst  cases  should  be  cured.  During 
treatment,  the  sheep  should  be  kept  out 
of  clay,  mud  and  liquid  manure.  This 
ointment  I  have  always  bought  in  Eng¬ 
land,  but  no  doubt  it  can  be  pur¬ 
chased  of  any  shepherds’  supplies  com¬ 
pany  in  this  country.  Hilliard  also  man¬ 
ufactures  a  fly  powder,  an  application  of 
which  gives  all  medium-wooled  sheep  a 
beautiful  pink  color,  and  is  a  good  pre¬ 
ventive  for  maggots.  It  should  be  ap¬ 
plied  about  August  1  to  10.  g.  e.  breck. 
Age  of  Laying  Pullets.— At  what  age 
do  your  pullets  begin  laying  ?  Here  are 
some  records  from  the  Canadian  Experi¬ 
ment  Farm.  Can  you  beat  them  ? 
A  White  Leghorn  pullet,  hatched  on 
May  9,  was  the  first  of  the  young  stock 
to  lay  on  October  21.  A  pullet,  hatched 
on  May  8,  laid  her  first  egg  on  December 
15,  and  she  was  followed  on  the  seventh 
of  the  same  month  by  a  Plymouth  Rock 
pullet,  hatched  on  May  12.  An  Andalus¬ 
ian  pullet,  hatched  on  May  21,  laid  on 
December  10,  and  others  of  the  same 
breed  soon  after.  The  experience  of 
every  year  goes  to  prove  the  advantage 
of  early  chickens.  Late  chickens  are 
stunted  by  the  cold  weather,  and  never 
possess  the  vigor  nor  attain  to  the  large 
size  the  others  do.  The  chickens  that  are 
put  out  on  the  first  grass  seem  to  thrive 
the  best. 
Some  Hen-Feeding  Notes. — I  have 
heard  many  people  say  that  hens  will  do 
better  if  fed  all  they  will  eat  twice  a  day 
than  if  the  feed  is  before  them  all  the 
time ;  but  I  know  this  is  not  the  case. 
Hens  eat  many  times  a  day,  and  I  have 
proved  to  my  entire  satisfaction  that 
they  do  better  in  every  way,  if  milk, 
meat  and  grain  are  placed  where  they  can 
eat  whenever  they  choose.  I  had  heard 
many  people  of  experience  say  that  cook¬ 
ing  feed  for  any  kind  of  stock  was  a 
waste  of  time  and  trouble.  I  had  15  hens 
and  several  young  chickens;  had  killed 
some  and  intended  to  kill  more.  I  was 
feeding  them  all  the  ground  feed,  wet 
with  warm  or  hot  water,  they  would  eat 
twice  a  day.  A  lady  happened  in  one 
morning  just  as  I  was  preparing  their 
breakfast.  She  said  :  “  If  you  will  give 
your  feed  a  good  boiling,  you  will  find  it 
will  go  nearly  or  quite  as  far  again.”  I 
knew  just  how  much  feed  they  would  eat 
at  once,  so  I  cooked  just  that  amount 
and  gave  them  all  of  it.  After  they  had 
eaten  all  they  would,  I  brought  the  re¬ 
mainder  in  and  warmed  it  over  for  their 
supper,  and  they  did  not  eat  quite  all  of 
it.  HEN  WIFE. 
R.  N.-Y. — If  feed  is  to  be  kept  con¬ 
stantly  before  hens,  it  should  be  in  such 
vessels  that  the  hens  cannot  stand  in  it 
or  foul  it  in  any  way.  Some  breeders 
use  for  sheep  and  lambs  patent  self- 
feeders,  which  permit  animals  to  eat  at 
any  time.  As  to  cooking  food  and  serving 
it  hot,  the  result  will  depend  largely 
upon  the  way  the  hens  are  kept.  If  they 
are  cold  and  exposed  to  winds,  the  hot 
food  will  be  required  to  keep  up  the  ani¬ 
mal  heat. 
Skims  from  Maple  Grove 
Dairy. 
cows  can  help  themselves  at  pleasure. 
The  Texas  horn  fly  has  been  more 
plentiful  in  this  section  this  year  than 
ever  before,  proving  itself  to  be  the 
worst  pest  our  cattle  have  to  deal  with, 
having  proved  fatal  in  some  cases  in  this 
county.  It  works  at  the  base  of  the 
horn  unceasingly  day  and  night,  pro¬ 
ducing  in  some  cases  inflammation  of  the 
brain  and  death.  A  light  application 
of  pine  tar  to  the  horn  is  found  to  be  an 
excellent  cure  for  this  evil.  j.  q.  wells. 
IttitfrcUancousi 
Ix  writing  to  advertisers  please  always  mention 
The  Rural. 
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  Salos  or  use 
JOBBERS  as  well  as  CONSUMERS  will  do 
well  to  consider  this  subject. 
Please  write  us  for  quotations  and  other  particulars 
DETROIT  LINSEED  OIL  WORKS, 
DETROIT.  MICUIOAN. 
CHEAPEST  FEED. 
Wo  have  a  stock  of  damaged  malt  and  barley  suit¬ 
able  for  feeding  cattle,  hogs  and  sheep.  Quality  Is 
all  right  and  PRICE  IS  LOW.  Carloads  of  12  tor  s 
smallest  shipment  made;  If  more  than  you  can  use, 
you  can  sell  to  your  neighbors  at  a  profit.  Write  for 
sample  and  price.  PAINE  BROS., 
Merchant  Minors,  Milwaukee,  Wls. 
FOR  SALE. 
One  Pcrcheron  Horse.  %  grade,  kind,  gentle  and 
willing,  live  years  old  and  sound,  extra  heavy,  price, 
$250,  f.  o.  b.  Asheville,  N.  C.  Any  further  Information 
will  be  cheerfully  furnished. 
E.  D.  IIEINEM ANN. 
Asheville,  N.  C. 
For  sale— brood  mare  by  nugent, 
2.26%  (sire  of  Gold  Leaf,  2.16)$,  etc.),  with  black 
colt  by  Bide,  sired  by  Montezuma,  2.29%  (son  of 
Alcantara,  2.23.  and  slro  of  White  Wings,  2.28)$),  and 
again  In  foal  to  Montezuma.  Will  sell  cheap. 
WILLIAM  II.  HARRIS, 
229  Broadway,  Now  York  City. 
MERIDALE  JERSEYS 
AT  AUCTION. 
About  40  head  of 
Cows,  Young  Bulls  and  Bull  Calves 
from  the  Merldale  herd,  will  be  offered  at  auction, 
at  Merldale  Farms,  MEREDITH.  Delaware 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  at  11  o’clock  A.  M., 
Thursday,  October  6th,  1892. 
These  are  all  high  grade  registered  animals,  and 
are  sold  because  of  lack  of  room  to  properly  winter 
them. 
For  Catalogue  and  full  particulars,  address 
ayer  &,  mckinney 
Meredith,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y. 
It  is  a  very  noticeable  fact  that  my 
cows  which  have  not  been  dried  up  for 
several  years  give  the  most  milk  through 
fly  time  and  short  pasture.  This  is  es¬ 
pecially  advantageous  to  my  present 
business,  as  I  have  been  retailing  my 
milk  in  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,-for  some 
time,  (instead  of  making  butter,  as  I 
formerly  did)  and  a  continuous  and 
steady  supply  is  what  I  want  most.  I 
have,  at  present,  20  cows  which  will 
average  more  than  4,000  quarts  of  milk 
apiece  for  the  year  and  I  don’t  let  the 
daily  amount  of  milk  go  below  200  quarts 
very  often.  When  the  quantity  runs  be¬ 
low  that  figure  I  resort  to  soiling,  if  in 
summer,  or  if  in  winter,  a  little  more 
COOMASSIE-PEDRO. —Solid  color  Bull  Calf, 
4  weeks  old;  sire  Grlssette’s  Koffee  30433,  whoso 
dam  made  15  lbs.  7  oz  at  30  months  old,  out  of  a  very 
rich  g.  daughter  of  the  great  Pedro  3187.  Price  $25, 
registered.  R.  F.  SHANNON, 
Box  752,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
DORSET-HORN  RAM  LAMBS, 
Sired  by  tbe  Imported  Prince  Charley  No.  1054,  and 
out  of  selected  Imported  ewes.  They  brood  twice  a 
year  or  any  month  desired.  All  stock  registered.  For 
sale  by  W.  C.  KIME,  Waterloo,  N.  Y. 
COTSWOLD  SHEEP. 
The  oldest,  largest  and  best-bred  flock  In  the  State. 
Catal ogre  and  Price-List  free.  Send  for  It  to-day. 
JOSEPH  HARRIS  CO., 
Moreton  Farm,  Monroe  County.  N.  Y 
ensilage  and  grain  are  given.  I  have  a 
four-year-old  Short-horn  cow  that  has 
never  given  less  than  four  quarts  per 
day  since  she  first  came  in,  when  two 
years  old.  She  gave  four  quarts  per 
day  at  the  time  of  her  second  calving 
and  eighteen  quarts  one  week  afterwards. 
I  am  using  a  St.  Lambert  bull  to  im¬ 
prove  my  stock,  hoping  with  good  blood 
and  feed  to  at  least  keep  up  the  present 
Dorset  Rams  For  Sale. 
FOR  sale,  and  ready  for  Immediate  shipment,  the 
best  lot  of  Dorset  Rams  I  have  ever  had.  Our  flock 
consists  of  over  200  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  over  all  other  breeds. 
Also  for  sale,  a  few  EWE  LAMBS,  and  IMPORTED 
EWES,  bred  to  Imported  Royal  Windsor,  First-Prize 
Winner  at  the  Royal  Show  at  Windsor.  Eng. 
All  stock  delivered  free  of  expressage  to  the  buyer 
Address  T.  S.  COOPER, 
Coopersburg,  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 
flow  and  to  improve  the  quality.  The 
cows  I  now  have  are  grades  of  several 
breeds  and  some  are  not  related  to  any 
breed.  About  June  1  I  used  the  last  of 
my  supply  of  salt  and  neglected  to  get 
more  for  some  time,  and,  as  a  result, 
SHEEP 
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  for  prices  and  particulars. 
W.ATLEEBURPEE&CO.,  PHILA.,PA. 
the  cows  shrank  in  milk  from  260  quarts 
on  June  1  to  200  on  July  3,  at  which 
time  salt  was  procured,  and  in  one  week 
the  cows  had  nearly  regained  the  60 
quarts.  I  usually  have  salt  where  the 
HIGH-CLASS  SHROPSHIRES ! 
Fifty  Bowen-Jones  yearling  rams  from  1892  Impor¬ 
tations  are  selling  to  our  oldest  and  best  breeders. 
Send  for  catalogue. 
THE  WILLOWS,  Paw  Paw,  Mich. 
LEVI  P.  MORTON’S 
ELLERSLIE  GUERNSEYS 
Largest  Guernsey  Herd  in  the  World. 
Cows  give 
0,000  to  11,000 
pounds  milk 
per  year  wlth- 
out  forcing. 
Milk  from 
fresh  cows,  4)$ 
to  7  per  cent 
fat. 
BULLS  ONLY 
FOR  SALE. 
H.  M.  COTTRELL,  Supt.,  Ehlnecllflf,  N.  Y. 
High-Class  Jersey  Cattle. 
SUPERIOR  REGISTERED  A.  J.  C.  C. 
STOCK  ONLY. 
Thodam  of  one  of  our  SERVICE  BULLS  testod 
ofllclally  30  pounds  2J$  ounces  butter  In  seven  days 
and  gave  1891  pounds  of  milk  In  31  days.  For  another 
bull.slreof  19  great  butter  cows,  we  refused  iW15,000 
In  general  no  animal  for  less  than  $200;  occasionally 
a  bull-calf  for  $100,  when  marked  with  whtto,  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,  Pa. 
Mention  this  paper. 
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  tine  dalpv  points.  Price,  f.  o.  I>.  hero, 
itS’/JO  each.  I).  M.  CAMPBELL,  Oneonta,  N  Y. 
LYNFELD  HOLSTEINS! 
Young  Cows  and  Heifers,  fresh  or  to  calve  soon, 
served  by  Royal  Wamogo  and  Calphurnla’s  Morcedes' 
Prince.  Also  Young  Stock.  Bargains  to  quick  buy¬ 
ers,  In  car  lots  or  singly.  Dorset-llorn  Sheep. 
J  M.  HAM,  Lynfeld  Farm, 
Washington  Hollow,  N.  Y. 
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 
successfuloperatlon  In  U.S.,  Can¬ 
ada  and  Europe.  Satisfaction  uni¬ 
versal.  Over  30  first  premiums. 
Send  for  Circulars.  JAMES  RANKIN,  So.  Easton,  Mass. 
Incubators  Only  I  f\ 
A.  F.  Williams,  Bristol,  Ct.  1  4mm  ■ 
“MORE  TESTIMONIALS” 
for  same  number  of  machines 
sold  than  any  other  hatcher 
MADE.  60  in  successful  oper¬ 
ation  at  Decntur,  Illinois.  228 
chicks  hatched  at  one  time 
with  a  200  egg  capacity  Reli¬ 
able  Incubator,  fiend 4c. 
in  stamps  for  new  illustrated 
catalogue.  Address, 
Reliable  Incubator  &  Brooder  Co., Quincy,  III. 
WATERING  DEVICE 
for  LIVE  STOCK  In  STABLES.  Send  for  clrcu 
lars  for  the  only  practical  and  economical  one  In  tho 
market. 
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