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American Characteristics. 
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Moltke, Gladstone, De Lesseps, are all very 
old men, but still vigorous. How many 
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LIVE STOCK— Continued. 
Jersey cattle are having a mild “boom ” 
in Ireland. 
A. A. CRANE, Osco, Ill., will sell at 
auction May 14, 56 head of thoroughbred 
Herefords. 
American Cattle For England.— The 
London Live Stock Journal has the follow¬ 
ing: ‘‘Some further details have been 
made public as to the brilliant scheme 
which is said to have been devised in the 
United States to force this country to re¬ 
move the restrictions on the importation 
of store cattle. It now appears that the 
capitalists in the United States are buying 
up Canadian cattle in order that the sup¬ 
ply of surplus animals there may be ex¬ 
hausted, the calculation being that when 
we find we cannot get Canadians we shall 
be forced to take States cattle. It seems 
to us that the capitalists might save their 
money, for they must have learned before 
this time that we shall have nothing to do 
with States cattle until we have reduced 
the risks of importing disease to a mini¬ 
mum.” That is satisfactory enough, but 
we want you to realize that our govern¬ 
ment is prepared to satisfy you with any 
fair guarantee that you may ask for. 
What will satisfy you ? “ If you don’t see 
what vou want ask for it ?” 
Cotton-Seed Meal for Pigs.— As sup¬ 
plementary to my letter regarding cotton 
seed and cotton-seed meal for hogs, printed 
in The Rural of April 4,1891, let me say to 
all who intend feeding cotton-seed meal to 
the hogs, that they should look out for 
spoiled meal. Just what it is that causes 
the trouble, we have not yet determined; 
but the fact remains that we have suc¬ 
ceeded this winter in killing hogs very 
effectively by feeding a very moderate 
ration of cotton seed meal mixed with corn 
meal and skim-milk, and the hogs were 
allowed an additional weight of shelled 
corn each day, equal to the combined 
weight of the cotton-seed meal and the corn- 
meal. The only trouble we could see with 
the meal was that it was just a trifle off¬ 
color—certainly not enough to be rejected 
for spoiled meal by any means. We are 
working on the question in all its phases, 
and results will be made known through 
our bulletins. I may also state that we 
have this winter killed hogs by feeding 
roasted cotton seed. I make the statement 
at this time in order that readers of The 
Rural may be apprised of a possible dan¬ 
ger in feeding roasted seed to hogs. 
[PROF.] GEO. W. CURTIS. 
Texas Ex. Station. 
Arizona Wild Hogs.— About 13 years 
ago, says the Yuma Times, some tame hogs 
were turned loose on the rich bottom lands 
of the Colorado River. As wild hogs be¬ 
come tame under restraint and kind treat¬ 
ment, so these tame hogs became wild when 
allowed to run at large. A few generations 
transformed them into savage beasts, 
which would attack and eat a man if they 
had the opportunity. They subsist chiefly 
on the wild potato, a tuber which grows to 
the size of a walnut and in great profusion. 
The present owner of the property con¬ 
ceived the idea of having the hogs caught 
and the meat cured for the use of the col¬ 
onists. Operations were begun about a 
year ago, and though not conducted on a 
large scale, have proved successful. The 
hogs are caught in a circular corral about 
30 feet in diameter, having a trap door. 
Plenty of bait in the shape of corn and po¬ 
tatoes is scattered about the entrance and 
also buried in the corral. A band of hogs 
are attracted by the bait, enter the corral, 
commence rooting for the buried corn and 
potatoes, and when the right spot is struck 
by them, the trap door falls and they are 
prisoners. The hogs are fed a while before 
slaughtering. Their meat is of fine quality 
and the lard sweet and delicious. 
Aricultural College Live Stock.— 
Thos. Shaw, Professor of Agriculture at 
the Ontario Agricultural College, tells the 
Breeders’ Gazette what is done at that 
institution in the way of practical live¬ 
stock husbandry. Last year, he says, they 
fattened more than 500 head of lambs on 
the farm on rape grown upon it. A crop 
of rye had been grown upon the land 
the same season and put into the silo. 
The land was as thoroughly cleaned at the 
same time as though it had been summer- 
fallowed. These lambs were purchased 
from the farmers more than 300 miles east 
of that place. When fattened they were 
sent to the Buffalo market in competition 
with lambs from Michigan, in the face of 
a duty of 75 cents on eacn lamb. The net 
profit to them on each lamb was $1.60 per 
head, or a return of about $L6 per acre for 
the rape on which they were pastured. 
For an acre of this land they got as return, 
first, a crop of rye for the silo ; second, $16 
per acre in value for the crop of rape; third, 
the ground was cleaned; and fourth, it 
was left about as fertile as it was before 
the rye had been sown. 
American Hog Products for France 
and Germany. —A dispatch from Berlin 
last Thursday announced that at last Ger¬ 
many had consented to the importation of 
American live hogs. For years and still 
more for the last few months a great deal 
has been said about the able and energetic 
efforts of Minister Reid at Paris and Minis¬ 
ter Phelps at Berlin, to induce the govern¬ 
ments of France and Germany to relax 
their embargos against American hog pro¬ 
ducts, and we have lately been told that as 
a result of their skillful diplomacy, aided 
by the efforts of Secretary Rusk, and the 
power conferred on the President by the 
last Congress to retaliate against countries 
that discriminate against American pro¬ 
ducts, the restrictions on importations of 
pork and other hog products would prob¬ 
ably soon be removed in both countries. 
What would be the probable result on 
American pork trade ? Well, statistics for 
1882—about the last year when American 
hog products were shipped to both coun¬ 
tries—show that Germany bought 3,482,000 
and France 4,766,000 pounds of bacon out 
of a total export of 428,430,000 poun Is to 
the 10 leading countrits. Of hams Germany 
took 397,000, and France 573,622 pounds 
out of a total export of 39,500,000 
pounds. Germany took 1,109,000 pounds 
of pork packed in barrels, and 
France 357,000 out of a total export of 
80,000,000. Both countries combined took 
little more than two per cent of the export 
bacon, a little more than half of one per 
cent of the export hams, and less than two 
per cent of the exports of pork in barrels. 
The total value approximately of American 
hog products other than lard bought by 
Germany and France in 1882, was some¬ 
what less than $1,000,000. The total export 
to all countries of all hog products in 1882 
was nearly 800,000,000 pounds, and it did 
not rise above those figures until 1887, when 
it approximated 827,000,000 pounds. In 
1889 It was 782,000,000 pounds, and in 1890 
it was 688,000,000, exclusive of lard, of 
which the export was less than 350,000 
pounds. The benefit to American trade 
arising from the removal of the embargo, 
would, however, be probably greater than 
that indicated by the above figures ; for 
not unlikely, the trade would be greater in 
future than it was formerly ; and the abo¬ 
lition of the restrictions by two such prom¬ 
inent countries would almost certainly 
have a favorable effect in the same direc¬ 
tion on other nations, which at present dis¬ 
criminate against our meat stocK. 
STOCK IN WESTERN MASSACHU¬ 
SETTS. 
1. What live stock pay you best and in 
what way do they pay ? 2. Is the sheep 
industry reviving, and what kinds of sheep 
pay best? 3. Can poultry take the place 
of other stock formerly kept ? What breeds 
are best suited to your farm ? 4. What 
changes of live stock have you made during 
the past 15 years ? 
Cows Are Ahead Here. 
1. Cows pay best if near a village. The 
money is made by selling milk, if near 
enough for that; if not, then by selling but¬ 
ter. 2. No. Dogs and the low price of 
wool prevent the revival of sheep hus¬ 
bandry. The dogs alone would prevent it. 
3. I have been keeping from 100 to 200 hens 
for two or three years, and from my expe¬ 
rience so far I think they cannot profitably 
take the place of other stock. I have tried 
only Leghorns, Brahmas and Plymouth 
Rocks, and consequently cannot say which 
of all are the best; but of those that I have 
tried I like the “ Rocks ” the best. 4. I have 
not made any changes in the last 15 years, 
except that I have tried more poultry. 
Winchendon, Mass. H. L C. 
The Hen Is Ahead. 
1. Poultry pays me better than any other 
kind of live stock. Dressed fowls for mar¬ 
ket and those for eggs are of about equal 
importance. 2. Only a few sheep are raised. 
But little interest seems to be taken in 
them. 3. Poultry can, to a great extent, 
take the place of other stock. 4. During 
the past 15 years I have reduced the num¬ 
ber of cattle kept, and greatly increased my 
stock of poultry. We keep a large breed 
(the Light Brahma) on account of their fine 
market qualities, and quiet disposition and 
because they are the best layers during that 
part of the year when eggs are the highest. 
Pekin Ducks are the latest addition to my 
stock. When rightly managed they are 
without doubt the most profitable of all 
stock. They are wonderful layers and the 
young are ready for market in 10 weeks’ 
time if well cared for. E. R. 
Belchertown, Mass. 
Poultry “ Bother” Pays Interest. 
1. Hens pay best for eggs and chickens. 
I have regular customers in Springfield (six 
miles away), who pay good prices for strictly 
fresh goods. 2. No. Very few sheep are 
kept, and the number grows less every year, 
chiefly on account of dogs. We are so near 
the city that in the fall we are overrun 
with city hunters and dogs. The farmers 
of our village mostly make milk for the 
city market, sending in somewhat over 
2,000 quarts a day. 3. Yes, if one wishes 
to take the pains and trouble with them : 
but the majority of farmers don’t want 
the bother. One cannot treat them as 
he would cattle and have them pay well. 
Wyandottes pay me best, although I keep 
Plymouth Rocks and Brown Leghorns. 4. 
I have tried Short-horns, Holsteins and 
Jerseys, and have settled down to the last. 
I have one, 13 years old this spring, that 
has made 2>£ pounds of butter per day, and 
she has raised all of her heifer calves. 
Feeding Hills, Mass. C. A. B. 
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I have made dairying my principal busi¬ 
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Boston market, making from $2,000 to 
$2,500 worth in one season, and raising my 
own cows. I raise mostly grade Ayrshires 
which I find the best adapted to our New 
England pastures. 2. No sheep are kept in 
these parts. 3. I think poultry are taking 
the place of other stock somewhat. I keep 
Plymouth Rocks and Brown Leghorns. 4. 
I was formerly a cattle broker and sold 
many milch cows and other cattle, but 
now I confine my business to raising 
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