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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
MAY 2 
Live Stock Notes. 
Egg Medicine For Calves.— On page 
296 in “ Live Stock Notes ” the question is 
asked as to the value of eggs for calf food. 
I don’t know what the value might be for 
food, but I have found them valuable for 
calf medicine. I have never used anything 
that will revive an ailing calf so quickly 
and so surely, especially in cases of scours. 
Give one egg a day for two or three days 
well stirred In the milk. C. L. 
Chatham, N. Y. 
The members of the F. M. B. A. of Ne¬ 
osho County, Kansas, have formed a com¬ 
pany and bought a fine Clydesdale stallion. 
The Kansas Farmer gives this as an illus¬ 
tration of the practical value of combina¬ 
tions of farmers. 
Dr. F. S. Billings has been again put in 
charge of the veterinary investigation at 
the Nebraska Experiment Station. He will 
have $ 10,000 for the investigation of animal 
diseases. 
Size of South Down Sheep.— Phil 
Thrifton in the Breeders’ Gazette says:— 
Since of late years greater attention is be¬ 
ing paid to the production of mutton an in¬ 
crease of size in the South Down seems to 
be desirable. This our leading breeders are 
very willing to attempt by any course that 
will not detract, from the present excellence 
or ancient purity of the Sout h Down sheep. 
Talking with a well known English breeder 
and Importer of horses on the subject lately, 
he remarked that the South Down breeders 
should do as others had done to increase the 
size of their sheep, viz.: “ Have an Oxford 
ram sleep on the other side of the fence.” 
There is a suspicion in the miDds of some 
of our breeders in the States that in Eng¬ 
land, in some cases, the large mutton sheep 
have already been allowed too near the 
South Downs. The possibility that sheep 
of this character may be bought up in 
England and imported to America where, 
owing to increased size, they would find 
good sale for breeding purposes, leads the 
American association to continue the $5 
entry fee until some of the reputable breed¬ 
ers in England shall by means of a well- 
conducted flock book or in some other way 
make possible our protection against frauds 
and errors fn the pedigrees of imported 
South Down sheep. 
A. C. Hawkins, the Wyandotte man, is 
also a breeder of Holstein cattle. He is 
breeding for butter Holsteins. 
H. H. Haaff, “ the original dehorner ” 
doesn’t think much of the dishorning 
knives or shears which are on the market. 
He says: “No man consults his pocket or the 
welfare of the cattle, who uses shears for 
dehorning. Just as well use shears on 
cord wood and expect no splinters, as on a 
cow’s horn. No man living ever did or 
will shear off a horn three or more years 
old, without crushing the bones, and if 
sore heads do not follow crushed bones, 
then I am not an authority on dehorning.” 
All sheep in New Mexico must be dipped 
for the scab between June and November 
or the owner pays a fine. 
The Holstein-Friesian Register says that 
all foreign breeds introduced into this 
country have rapidly undergone a change 
In consequence of the different conditions 
to which they have here been subjected. 
These breeds have been, and are now being 
made over as it were, or if we may be al¬ 
lowed to use the term, Americanized. This 
seems the proper thing to do. The tenden¬ 
cy is to go even further and develop the 
type of animal best suited to the special 
conditions of the State, county or farm. 
A CAR containing 31 Holsteins, bought at 
the recent Belle Meade sale by Mr. F. A. 
Poth, of Jefferson, Pa , took fire. Proba¬ 
bly half the lot will have to be killed. 
At the Merino sheep shearing in Canan¬ 
daigua, N. Y., the ram Buck, owned by P. 
Martin, gave the heaviest fleece, 86 pounds 
12 ounces. Buck is four years old and 
weighs 153 pounds. Ben, another ram 
sheared 36 pounds 6 ounces. He is four 
years old, weighing 123 pounds. A ewe, 
owned by R. M. Lee, five years old, weigh¬ 
ing 83 pounds, sheared 20 pounds 15 ounces. 
At the shearing of the Southern Michi¬ 
gan Breeders, the ram Buckeye, three 
years old, weight 119, sheared 80 pounds, 
just 365 days’ growth. 
TnE Eastern Illinois and Western Indi¬ 
ana Pure Blood Hor.-e Breeders’ Associa¬ 
tion write the Western Agriculturist that 
they have formed an association for the 
purpose of showing up Canada grades, now 
being sold in our community in great num¬ 
bers. These horses are sold as full-blood 
horses, and in spite of all that can be done 
in exposing the fraud, the sales keep on. 
The Western Agriculturist claims that 
this is a regular business got up by a class 
of sharks for deceiving farmers. Several 
stud books in Canada, it saj s, record these 
grades and thus enable speculators to palm 
them off as pedigreed horses. The new 
importing restrictions and tariff regulations 
will tend to stop the business somewhat. 
There is a good demand for coachers and 
stylish carriage horses now and the mar¬ 
ket for this class of animals promises to 
improve. Good Coacher stallions are in 
active demand. There seems to be a mis¬ 
taken idea abroad that any sort of a mare 
will do to breed to these stallions. This is 
a mistake. The sire Is never more than 
‘‘half the herd.” Only spirited, stylish, 
well colored mares can drop first-class 
coachers. There will be “ misfits ” and dis¬ 
appointments without number if care is 
not taken to select suitable mare a . 
Value of Ensilage —The dairymen 
who tell us, on page 343 how they train 
their cows for pasture are all practical 
men who are selling a superior quality of 
butter. Grass is a wonderful stock food— 
we all know how animals crave it after a 
winter of dry feed, and yet many a good 
cow has been made sick or even killed by 
her first day of pasture. As one of our 
friends writes in a private letter: “ An 
even condition all the year through with¬ 
out violent differences is the ideal condi¬ 
tion of thrift with milch cows.” The silo 
has given these men a chance to reach this 
ideal condition. Cows fed on ensilage are 
not so “crazy ” for grass as are these that 
have had a steady diet of dry hay and grain 
for six months. This indicates a value for 
ensilage which cannot be estimated by any 
analysis. 
Red Polled Cattle.—J. M’Lain Smith, 
in The Breeders’ Gazette, among other 
good things about this breed, has the fol¬ 
lowing: “The old Suffolk was a rather 
large, ungainly, unprepossessing cow in 
appearance, but, as the Cyclopedia Bri- 
tannica says, ‘ possessing an undoubted ca¬ 
pacity of yielding a large quantity of milk 
in proportion to the feed which they con¬ 
sume.’ These cows, while varying some¬ 
what in this respect, were usually of a pale 
red or dun color, whence they were known 
in Youatt’s day as Suffolk Duns. But he 
adds that the bulls then, as now, were most 
esteemed if they were a ‘pure, unmingled 
red.’ 
“The Norfolks of this early day were 
smaller cattle than the Suffolks, finer, 
smoother, more compact In build, not so 
deep milkers, but fatting easily and mak¬ 
ing beef of high quality. They were usu¬ 
ally of a deep blood red color, with some 
white on the udder and along the belly. 
“The modern Red Polled cattle are a com¬ 
bination of these two old strains, and 
there are few, if any, herds now in exist¬ 
ence which do not mingle the blood of 
both. The different types, however, still 
prevail to some extent, and the different 
qualities represented by these types. Some 
herds are decidedly Suffolk in their blood 
and characteristics ; others are as distinct¬ 
ly Norfolk. It is the aim of the most suc¬ 
cessful breeders, however, to combine the 
good qualities of both the old strains, and 
breed a cow of full medium oi large size, 
blood red in color, of fine bone, smooth, 
compact in form—a heavy body on short 
legs—hardy, docile, fatting easily, and pro¬ 
ducing meat of high quality, and giving a 
good flow of rich milk all the year round.” 
Uncut Ensilage.— It seems very odd to 
an old ensiloer that writers continually 
recommend packing uncut corn for ensi¬ 
lage on the score of economy. “Corn¬ 
stalk” (P. 266) says: “Ensiloing corn 
whole is a perfectly practicable way of 
saving corn fodder, and many farmers can 
avail themselves of its benefits who could 
not afford a power and cutter.” Now, 
while ensilage can be made without cut¬ 
ting the corn, if this is done there will cer¬ 
tainly be a much larger proportion of 
spoiled ensilage than if it had been put up 
in any other way—enough in a silo of any 
considerable size to buy a cutter. Then in 
getting it out “ Cornstalk ” recommends 
cutting down with a broadax. Now, which 
is the cheaper cutting machine, a man with 
a broadax, or a good cutter chopping four 
to eight tons per hour ? Then cutting 
down on the side is a bad way to take out 
ensilage, as the mould would strike in on 
the cut surface. Uncover the whole upper 
surface daily and there will be no mould¬ 
ing by exposure. This, of course, is imprac¬ 
ticable with uncut ensilage. I urge all 
farmers to make ensilage; but they should 
make the best and not put it up uncut with 
the idea of economizing. They will find 
it wasteful extravagance. 
[PROF.] W. F. MASSEY. 
N. C. College of Agriculture. 
Severe Canadian Winter —A corre¬ 
spondent of the Country Gentleman, writ¬ 
ing from Prince Edward’s Island, gives the 
following resolutions that were passed at a 
recent farmers’ convention: 
“ Whtrcas, The island is now threatened 
with a fodder famine, and animals are dying 
daily in different parts of the country, and 
the farmers will have insufficient hay to 
put in their crops, and whereas the Prov¬ 
ince will not have anything like enough 
seed to supply the wants of the farmers ; 
therefore, 
“ Resolved , Tnat the Local and Dominion 
Governments be solicited to render imme¬ 
diate assistance both in providing hay for 
fodder and oats for seed, and selling them 
at a fair price and at reasonable terms of 
credit.” 
Oats were worth 50 to 56 cents per bushel, 
and hay $18 per ton—the latter from Nova 
Scotia. Feeding of work teams will prove 
a heavy expense. Tne same writer says 
that Canadian potatoes and eggs are higher 
in price than for years before. 
Send a stamp to Thomas B. Wales, Iowa 
City, Iowa, for the Proceedings of the 
meeting of Holstein breeders. 
Have you ever fed boiled beans to horses ? 
Over $26,000 in premiums will be offered 
at the next New York State Fair. In each 
breed of cattle and horses there has been 
added $50 each, for champion male and 
female of any age, and $20 for a similar 
sweepstakes in all breeds of sheep and 
swine. Third prizes are added to all classes 
of entries, and the best five competing in 
each class of cattle, horses, sheep and 
swine receive in addition to the three cash 
prizes a certificate of comparative merit, 
stating total number competing in the 
class and the relative standing of each 
of the best five. Prizes are offered 
for pen of two ewes instead of three 
as last year, and in the poultry classes 
prizes are offered for single birds in¬ 
stead of pairs. In the “carriage and 
coach,” “roadsters,” and “farm or 
draft grades” stallions are stricken from 
the list, and prizes are offered only for 
mares and fillies, thus withdrawing recog¬ 
nition of grade sires. 
Pea Vines for Ensilage.— Every year 
we have questions from market gardeners 
who want to know if the waste of pea vines, 
cabbage, lettuce, etc., can be safely pre¬ 
served in a silo. We do not kno w that the 
plan has ever been attempted on a large 
scale. Most gardeners prefer to feed out 
such waste at once. We should like to 
know about it. Prof. E. W. Stewart, in the 
Country Gentleman, says: “The succu¬ 
lent pods of green peas will make an ex¬ 
cellent ensilage if properly preserved, hav¬ 
ing more value as a milk food than corn 
ensilage. They have about twice as much 
albuminoids, about the same carbohy¬ 
drates, but less fat. These pods would 
keep better if run through a cutter into 
the silo. They should be ensiloed as soon 
as possible after the peas are shelled. A 
very even distribution of the cut pods 
should be made over the silo, and a heavy 
pressure given when the ensilage is 
covered.” 
Rye For Early Pasture — Prof. 
Georgeson of the Kansas Agricultural 
College, says, in the Industrialist: “ A 14 
acre field of rye furnishes excellent pasture 
for the herd just now, and will continue to 
do so until it must be planted to corn. 
This field yielded 30 bushels of wheat to 
the acre last year. After harvest, it was 
planted to corn with the view of raising a 
crop of feed. This, however, proved a 
complete failure, owing to the com¬ 
bined effects of the drought and 
the corn worm, the latter enemy 
devouring the few leaves that ap¬ 
peared on the spindling stalks. Lite 
in the fall it was sowd to rye for spring 
feed, with the result that it now cm sup¬ 
port about 50 head of stock well for about 
four weeks, and what then remains uneaten 
will serve as green manure for the corn 
that is to follow. With hay at $10 per ton, 
which is the piice at present in Manhat¬ 
tan, a rye-field is a bonanza. The seed and 
seeding cost about $2 per acre. It will save 
about 15 tons of hay worth $150 on the 
street to-day. The only drawback to rye 
for spring pasture is the facility it offers 
the chinch bugs for an early start.” 
Angeln cattle are the latest. These 
come from Schleswig-Holstein and are 
noted for their dairy qualities. There are 
only a few in this country. 
A PRESENT FOR BUTTER MAKERS. 
We have received an account book printed espe¬ 
cially for dairymen, with columns for amount of 
milk, pounds of butter churned, to whom sold, etc., 
for each day In the year. It also contains valuable 
breeders’ tables, rules for making gilt-edged butter, 
and other interesting matter. Wells, Richardson & 
Co. burllngton, Vt., have kindly offered to mall a 
copy free to any of our readers, who send a stamp for 
postage. 
In connection with this we would say that Wells, 
Richardson & Co.’s Improved flutter Color is thor¬ 
oughly reliable and one that we can recommend to 
all dairymen. From a letter recently written Mrs. H. 
P. Dunham, Lenexa, Kansas, we quote: “Several of 
my neighbors said that they would not use anything 
to color their but ter, but when they had to sell for 
several cents a pound less than I was getting, they 
changed their minds and now are using what I do, 
Wells, Richardson & Co.’s Improved Butter Color.” 
—Adv. 
HIGH-CLASS JERSEYS. 
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YOUNG DAUGHTERS of our bull 
STOKE POGIS 5th 598? have made 
from 14 lbs. 1*^ oz. to 22 lbs. 12 oz. 
butter in 7 days. We refused $15,- _ _ 
OOUforhim. He is the only living brother of the ac¬ 
knowledged champion dairy bull, Stoke Pogis Sd 
(now dead) whose 27 daughters 
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Average Over 20 Pounds. 
Ida’s Rioter of St. L. 13656.— Son of Ida of St. 
Lambert 24990, (cost $t;,500 cash before she was 
tested), official butter test for 7 days.aO lbs. 2^ oz.; 
milk record, 67 lbs. one day, 1891 lbs. one winter 
month. His four tested daughters average 20 lbs, 
10^ oz. butter in 7 days. Several give on ordinary 
feed from 40 to 49 lbs. milk per day. He weighs 
1705 lbs. Our Jerseys are big. Our heifers not 
bred till 2 year olds. 
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