THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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Live  Stock  Matters 
FORKFULS  OF  FACTS. 
Watch  the  horse’s  feet  for  thrush. 
A  sick  horse  never  has  a  good  coat. 
Don’t  winter  any  surplus  roosters. 
Let  the  lambs  eat  off  the  turnip  tops. 
To  determine  kidney  trouble  in  ahorse 
feel  of  its  back. 
Use  a  tablespoon  in  measuring  the 
first  feed  of  cotton-seed  meal  to  a  sheep. 
Don’t  put  a  boot  on  your  horse  so 
tight  that  it  draws  the  foot  together  at 
the  heel. 
When  a  horse's  spirits  are  up  his  coat 
lie-  down.  When  his  hair  stands  up, 
down  goes  his  health. 
The  trotter  Gloster,  in  trotting  a  mile 
in  2:17,  made  a  stride  of  27  feet — that  is 
the  distance  between  the  prints  of  his 
back  and  front  feet. 
The  latest  racing  scheme  is  to  have  a 
judge’s  stand  on  wheels  running  around 
the  inside  of  the  track  so  that  the  judges 
can  closely  observe  every  inch  of  the  race! 
On  some  English  farms  the  hedgehog 
is  kept  in  gardens  and  hothouses  to  de¬ 
stroy  beetles,  worms,  etc.  It  is  now 
found  that  these  animals  destroy  chick¬ 
ens  as  well,  which  ought  to  keep  them 
out  of  the  gardens. 
These  facts  are  given  about  the  milk 
supply  of  London,  England. 
Estimating  each  cow’s  produce  at  500 
gallons  per  annum,  it  requires  84,000 
cows  to  supply  London  with  milk,  and 
allowing  an  average  of  58  cows  to  each 
farm,  3,000  farmers  are  enriched  by  this 
business;  and  allotting  10  cows  to  each 
milker,  it  needs  nine  battalions  of  1,000 
men  for  this  task  alone. 
About  the  best  poultry  paper  in  the 
country  is  Farm  Poultry,  published  by  I. 
S.  Johnson  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.  It  is  a 
practical,  breezy  sheet,  in  which  one  is 
sure  to  find  something  new  and  inter¬ 
esting.  Its  editor,  A.  F.  Hunter,  is  using 
the  American  hen  to  boost  an  “  aban¬ 
doned  farm  ”  into  profit — and  he  is  doing 
it,  too. 
Jersey  Leghorns. — A  writer  in  the 
stand  until  ripe  before  putting  into 
shock,  from  which  it  is  fed  as  wanted. 
Their  root  crop  is  simply  enormous. 
Last  year  they  weighed  the  roots  from  a 
measured  acre,  and  were  astonished  to 
find  the  yield  forty  tons  of  topped  beets. 
At  the  entrance  of  the  stable  hangs  a 
pair  of  scales,  and  adjoining  are  tacked 
up  record  sheets  for  the  weight  of  the 
milk  of  each  cow,  so  they  know  which 
are  paying  their  board  and  a  profit  and 
which  are  not. 
Rodney  Hale,  of  Vermont,  makes  this 
statement  in  the  Wool  Grower  : 
I  probably  have  the  oldest  sheep  in  the 
United  States — a  grade,  15  years!)  months 
old.  He  sheared  four  pounds  this  spring, 
and  has  sheared  17  pounds  in  his  younger 
days.  He  is  yet  able  to  eat  grass,  but  I 
give  him  a  mess  of  meal  and  shorts  and 
roots  daily  also.  He  is  now  nearly  blind, 
but  otherwise  in  good  health.  He  used 
to  follow  me  over  the  farm  like  a  dog. 
Has  taken  prizes  at  fairs  for  best  grade 
sheep,  and  in  his  prime  once  tipped  the 
scales  at  263  pounds.  He  now  weighs 
150  I  should  judge. 
Corn  causes  constipation.  This  is 
what  the  Sheep  Breeder  says: 
Corn  is  a  heavy,  heating  and  oily 
grain,  and  requires  a  powerful  digestion 
to  dispose  of  a  full  feed  of  it  for  several 
weeks  in  succession.  The  Mexicans  who 
subsist  almost  entirely  on  it  stimulate 
their  stomachs  by  a  copious  use  of  red 
pepper,  but  the  only  way  in  which  the 
sheep  can  be  assisted  in  their  task  of 
digestion  is  by  supplying  plenty  of 
salt,  together  with  cooling  provender, 
such  as  clover  hay,  corn  fodder,  bright 
oat  straw  or  green  feed  of  some  kind, 
rowen  or  green  rye. 
Substitute  for  Oats. — For  young 
horses,  colts,  etc.,  and  also  for  brood 
mares,  we  have  been  able  to  make  a  very 
satisfactory  ration  of  wheat  bran  and 
oat  shorts — a  by-product  from  oatmeal — 
with  a  small  amount  of  linseed  meal, 
but  for  driving  horses  we  have  found 
nothing  so  satisfactory  as  oats.  For 
work  horses  we  have  found,  for  cool 
weather,  corn  very  satisfactory,  supple¬ 
mented  with  wheat  bran,  not  mixed,  but 
separately.  At  the  present  prices  linseed 
meal  is  one  of  the  cheapest  foods,  and 
for  growing  young  colts  bran  and  lin¬ 
seed  meal  make  a  very  satisfactory  ra¬ 
tion.  SMITHS  &  POWELL. 
English  farmers  feed  a  good  deal  of 
“  cake”  to  cattle.  This  “cake”  is  what 
It  should  he  the  Business  of  every  One  Hav¬ 
ing  a  Cold  to  treat  it  promptly  and  properly  until 
It  Is  gotten  rid  of— Intelligent  experience  fortunately 
presenting  a  curative  In  Dr.  Jayne's  Expectorant, 
thoroughly  adapted  to  remove  speedily  all  Coughs 
and  Colds,  allay  any  exciting  Inflammation  of  the 
Throat  or  Lungs,  and  remove  the  distressing  symp¬ 
toms  of  Asthma  or  Pleurisy.— A  (it). 
IN  writing  to  advertisers  olease  always  mention 
The  Rural  New-Yorker. 
BIDS  BY  MAIL. 
Meridale  Jerseys. 
On  account  of  the  severe  storm,  many 
good  animals  were  not  offered  at  our 
sale,  Oct.  tith.  A  new  catalogue  of  ani¬ 
mals,  for  which  we  will  receive  bids  by 
mail,  Is  now  ready.  Send  for  It.  This 
is  a  rare  chance  to  get  the  “  best  that 
goes  ’’ 
AYER  &  MCKINNEY 
Meridale  Farms, 
Meredith.  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y 
LEVI  P.  MORTON’S 
ELLERSLIE  GUERNSEYS 
Largest  Guernsey  Herd  in  the  World. 
Cows  Rive 
6,000  to  11,000 
pounds  milk 
per  year  wlth- 
o  u  t  forcing. 
M  i  1  k  from 
fresh  cows,  4!^ 
to  7  per  cent 
fat. 
BULLS  ONLY 
FOR  SALK. 
H.  M.  COTTRELL,  Supt..  Rhlnecllff,  N.  Y. 
WATERING  DEVICE 
for  LIVE  STOCK  In  ST  ARLES.  Send  for  circu¬ 
lars  for  the  only  practical  and  economical  one  In  the 
market.  _  „ 
O.  E.  BUCKLEY  A  CO.,  Dover  Plains,  N.Y. 
FOR  SALE. 
UNSEED  OIL  NEAL 
Please  do  not  forget  that  our  OIL  MEAL  is 
THE  BEST  FEED 
obtainable  for 
COWS,  BEEF  CATTLE,  HOGS  and  HORSES. 
Market  price  must  soon  advance,  and  we  advise 
your  taking  In  your  winter's  supply  now. 
One  %  grade  Percheron  Horse,  extra  heavy,  five 
years  old,  sound,  kind  and  gentle,  Price  $250,  F.  O. 
B.  Asheville,  N.  C.  E.  D.  UEINEMANN. 
Asheville,  N.  C. 
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BBKMXTftl,  Ohaato*  TMa 
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FIGS.  Jerwy,  Oaer.My  ui 
Holstein  Cattle.  ThoronghkraA 
sheep.  Fancy  Poultry.  Hcntlag 
and  House  Dogs.  Catalogue. 
Till*.  Cheater  C«..  Puu. 
Shropshires  My  8peclftltT  41?e  breeding  of  choice 
stock,  now  ready.  Reg.  Ram  Lambs 
pigs,  $5.  C  lies  Hi  res 
ED.  S.  HILL, 
Reference  C.  E.  Chapman.  Peruville,  N.  Y. 
$15  to  $20. 
Shoats,  both  sexes,  $10  to  $15 
Please  write  us  for  quotations  and  other  particulars 
DETROIT  LINSEED  OIL  WORKS, 
DETROIT.  MICHIOAN. 
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.  ATLEtE  BURPEE  &  CO.,  PHILA.,  PA. 
Raw  flesh  of  man  or  horse 
or  other  animal  (not  malig¬ 
nant)  begins  to  scab  in  a 
night  with  Phenol  Sodique. 
HIGH-CLASS  SHROPSHIRES! 
Our  second  Importation  for  1892  Includes  ilO  Bowen- 
Jones  and  Minton  yearling  rams,  now  weighing  220 
pounds  or  more,  to  shear  15  to  IV  pounds.  Also  96 
beautiful  yearling  ewes.  Send  for  catalogue. 
TUK  WILLOWS,  Paw  Paw,  Mich. 
SHROPSHIRES  FOR  SALE. 
Thirty  Rams  and  Ram  Lambs;  all  registered. 
JAS.  M.  COLEGROVE,  Box  1148,  Corry,  Pa. 
Jersey  Bulletin  speaking-  of  a  good  run¬ 
ning  mate  for  dairy  cows,  gives  this  chunk 
of  sense: 
Butter  and  eggs  seem  really  made  for 
each  other,  they  mix  so  well  and  in  so 
many  ways,  and  there  is  nothing  that  fits 
better  on  a  dairy  farm  than  a  moderate 
flock  of  chickens.  Not  only  do  the  chick¬ 
ens  consume  skim  and  buttermilk  profit¬ 
ably,  but  the  same  parties  who  pay  the 
best  prices  for  Jersey  butter,  will  pay  the 
best  prices  for  fresh  eggs  and  fat  poultry. 
The  three  things  go  well  together  and 
are  mutually  helpful  on  the  market.  The 
dairyman,  however,  must  never  allow 
the  chickens  to  crowd  the  cows.  Keep 
your  flock  down  to  a  reasonable  number 
and  keep  them  in  their  own  quarters. 
Keep  only  pure-breds. 
The  London  Times  has  this  about  sales 
of  American  beef  abroad  : 
A  local  butcher  goes  down  to  Liver¬ 
pool,  purchases  American  cattle  as  they 
are  landed,  has  them  slaughtered  there, 
and  brings  their  carcasses  to  Reading.  I 
venture  to  say  that  19  out  of  e^ery  20 
customers  believe  they  are  purchasing 
English  beef,  and  they  certainly  pay 
English  prices ;  but  selling  foreign  meat 
means  keeping  down  the  value  of  our 
English  product,  while  the  price  paid  to 
our  feeders  is  so  ruinously  low  that  it  is 
an  also  Lute  loss  to  attempt  feeding.  This 
means  no  stall-fed  manure  and  starving 
the  soil,  for  there  is  no  money  to  pur¬ 
chase  artificial  manure. 
That  means  going  through  what  our 
Eastern  farmers  had  to  endure  when  Chi¬ 
cago  dressed  beef  ruined  our  cattle  fat¬ 
tening.  In  what  respect  is  English  beef 
better  than  American  ? 
Colorado  Dairying. — The  Elgin  Re¬ 
porter  tells  of  two  men  near  Pueblo, 
Col.,  who  are  making  dairying  pay: 
Although  they  have  only  about  30 
acres  in  the  home  tract,  a  part  of  which 
is  in  fruit  and  house  grounds,  they  are 
milking  80  head  of  cattle,  and  furn¬ 
ishing  the  forage  and  rough  feed  for 
them  all  from  this  bit  of  ground,  hardly 
a  good-sized  cornfield  in  Kane  County. 
They  have  a  ranch  of  4,000  acres  several 
miles  away,  where  the  dry  cows,  young 
stock  and  extra  horses  are  kept.  Their 
main  feeding  crop,  of  course,  is  Alfalfa, 
but  this  they  supplement  with  mangel 
wurtzels  and  corn,  the  latter  left  to 
we  feed  in  the  form  of  cotton  seed  and 
linseed  meals.  It  is  pressed  in  hard,  thin 
masses  which  are  soaked  in  water  before 
feeding.  It  is  easier  to  adulterate  the 
“  cake”  than  the  meal.  This  statement 
is  made  by  Dr.  Dyer  : 
Where  the  castor  oil  plant  is  cultivated 
for  the  sake  of  the  oil  which  the  seed 
contains,  the  latter  is  crushed  and  press¬ 
ed,  and  there  remains  a  cake,  known  by 
the  name  castor  pomace.  This  ought 
only  to  be  used  as  a  manure  ;  but  it  is  to 
be  feared  that,  either  through  careless¬ 
ness  or  else  by  deliberate  admixture,  it 
sometimes  finds  its  way  among  the  mater¬ 
ials  used  for  cakes  or  for  manufactured 
cattle  food. 
The  effect  of  a  big  dose  of  castor  oil  on 
an  animal  would  be  anything  but  fatten¬ 
ing  ! 
Mr.  Wm.  Davies,  President  of  the  Wm. 
Davies  Co.,  of  Canada,  packers  of  pork 
and  bacon,  writes  as  follows  to  the  Farm¬ 
ers’  Advocate  of  London,  Ontario: 
We  wish  to  impress  on  your  readers  the 
increasing  necessity  of  turning  off  their 
hogs  reasonably  well  fatted  and  weigh¬ 
ing  160  to  200  pounds  alive.  This  course 
will  insure  the  highest  price  to  the 
farmer,  the  same  to  the  pork  packer,  and 
satisfaction  to  the  consumer.  This  can 
readily  be  done  twice  a  year  if  farmers 
will  lay  themselves  out  for  it. 
Our  agents  in  England  are  becoming 
more  imperative  in  their  demands  for 
long,  lean  sides  of  bacon,  and  they  im¬ 
press  upon  us  the  necessity  of  urging  the 
farmers  to  use  the  Improved  Large 
Yorkshire  boars.  On  this  point  we  wish 
to  say  that  while  we  consider  the  cross 
just  mentioned  the  best  adapted  to  make 
the  choicest  bacon  for  the  English  or 
any  market,  we  also  think  very  highly 
of  the  Tamworth  cross.  We  have  had  a 
few  of  these  and  are  very  well  pleased 
with  them.  We  give  the  preference  to 
the  Yorkshires,  but  would  most  strongly 
advise  the  breeders  and  feeders  to  use 
one  or  the  other. 
The  above  is  exactly  in  line  with  tbe 
advice  we  have  often  given  our  readers. 
Small,  well  grown,  lean  animals  are 
wanted.  The  day  for  monstrosities  of 
fat  have  forever  gone  by.  The  farmer 
who  feeds  bis  pigs  until  they  dress  over 
150  pounds  is  doing  it  at  a  loss. 
If  not  at  your  druggist’s,  send  for  circular. 
Ranch  Brothers  &  White,  Pharmaceutical 
Chemists,  Philadelphia. 
Look  out  for  counterfeits.  There  is  but  one 
genuine.  Better  cut  the  advertisement  out  and 
have  it  to  refer  to. 
There  are  at 
present  twenty 
millions  milch 
cows  In  the 
United  States, 
and  every  one 
of  them  liable 
to  milk  fever, 
garget  or  caked 
udder,  unless 
proper  care  is 
given  them. 
Scott’s  Arabian  Paste  will  prevent  any  of  these 
diseases,  and  cures  any  case  of  garget  or  caked 
udder  when  directions  are  followed.  Send  for  circu¬ 
lars  or  price  list,  Sent  by  mall,  1  pound,  $1;  ‘A pound, 
5lJ  cents.  SCOTT'S  ARABIAN  HOOF  PASTE  CO.. 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Feeding  Animals. 
This  Is  a  practical  work  of  560  pages,  by  Professor 
E.  W.  STEWART,  upon  the  science  of  feeding  In  all 
Its  details,  gtvlng  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,  W2.00. 
Address  THE  RURAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY, 
Times  Building,  New  York. 
REGISTERED  SHROPSHIRES  FOR  SILE. 
THORN  HEDGE  FLOCK  still  at  the  front.  Flock 
awarded  Silver  Cup  and  two  Gold  Medals.  Both 
sexes  and  all  ages.  GEORGE  INGEltSOLL, 
Fonda,  N.  Y. 
POULTRY  FEED. 
We  Manufacture  Ground  Beef  Scraps,  Granulated 
Bone,  Oyster  Shells,  O.  K.  Feed,  i.  e.  (Meat  and  Bone 
Ration)  and  in  Winter  we  cut  green  bone  and  meat 
as  It  comes  from  the  butcher’s  block;  beats  all  other 
animal  feed  for  laying  hens.  Send  for  new  Cata¬ 
logue  for  more  particulars.  C.  A.  BARTLETT, 
Worcester,  Mass. 
INVINCIBLE  HATCHER  $17^^^.^ 
Incubator,  which  is  guarau 
teed  to  hatch  as  well  as  the 
highest  priced  Incubator  made 
or  your  inonev  refunded.  Send 
4c.  in  stamps  lor  No.  23  Cata¬ 
logue.  Write  to  our  customers  and 
you  will  use  no  other.  GOO  sold 
and  no  complaints  from  any  customer.  Address 
Incubators  and  Brooders. 
Prices  reduced.  Circulars  free.  Address  PINKLAND 
INCUBATOR  &  BROOD  Ell  CO.,  Jamesburg,  N.  J. 
BOHE  MEAL  for  poultry, 
Shells,  Flint  and  Beef  Scraps. 
_  3w  pm 
YORK  cliK.UICAL  WORKS,  YORK,  PA. 
LOW  PRICES  BY 
too  or  1 OOO. 
Stock  now  ready  for 
Shipment. 
Chas.  H.  Sturr, 
I’reston.  Ohio- 
Before  buying  a  Green  Bone  Cutter  get  our 
circular.  We  have  the  Mnest  cutter  on  the 
market.  Cuts  the  Jhardest  Green  Bones  flne 
enough  for  the  smallest  chicks,  by  hand  or  by 
power.  Equally  as  valuable  In  cutting  clear 
meat,  vegetables,  cracking  corn,  etc.  Write 
for  descriptive  circulars,  testimonials,  etc. 
WEBSTER  &  HANNUM. 
Cazenovla,  N.  Y. 
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-FRIESIAN  CATTLE,  from  the  handsomest  and  most  noted 
milk  and  butter  herd  in  the  world. 
RARE  BARGAINS  in  choice  show  animals,  and  cows  wi'ih  great  records. 
STATE  JUST  WNAT  YOU  WANT,  ANN  8AVB  TIMS. 
