MAY 23 
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Publishers Desk . 
Be Wise In Time. 
TRUTH IN FARMING. 
It is not always easy for good men to be 
so true to Truth as was Lawson Valentine. 
One day while driving with him over 
Houghton Farm we met his superintendent, 
and the following conversation was held : 
Mr. Valentine: What do you propose to 
do about that cow, Daisy t 
Superintendent: Well, she has a good 
pedigree, and we have inventoried her at 
$450. 
Mr. V.: What is her record t 
Supt.: When in milk she averages about 
four quarts a day. 
Mr. V.: (with rising anger) What is she 
good for ? 
Supt : Well, we can get a good price for 
her calves on account of her pedigree. 
Mr. V.: Pedigree be hanged. If you un¬ 
derstand that to be good business policy you 
don’t understand me! I want that cow 
made into beef before I reach the barn to¬ 
morrow morning. 
The following morning, before breakfast, 
I found Mr. Valentine striding up and 
down the courtyard between the stables. 
For a few minutes we paced silently in 
view of a shed where hung the remains of 
the pretty, but worthless, high-pedigreed 
Jersey. Suddenly Mr. Valentine exclaimed, 
with sorrowful indignation: 
“ Can’t I make these people understand 
me; is there anything in my business 
record which leads that fellow to think 
that I would sell Jersey stock under false 
pretences ?” 
Any man who bought an article from 
Lawson Valentine might have to pay what 
seemed a high price for it, but he would 
certainly get his money’s worth in full. In 
every transaction he seemed the very em¬ 
bodiment of Truth itself. If all farm busi¬ 
ness was conducted on that principle, agri¬ 
culture would indeed be as George Wash¬ 
ington said, “ The noblest employment of 
man.” 
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Why not ? 
Three more awards for beef and beef 
cattle for the Indians have been made at 
prices as follows: 3,800,000 pounds at $4.14 
per 100 pounds, delivered to Rosebud 
Agency as required until the last of 
November; then delivered monthly to 
May 1, 1892; then as required to June 30; 
6,000,000 pounds at $3.99, deliveries at Pine 
Ridge Agency monthly, the deliveries from 
December, 1891. to July, 1892, not subject 
to 25 per cent increase ; 650,000 pounds at 
$2.57, delivered to Ouray and Uintah 
Agency. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
“The House we Live In.” 
“The tenant and the house are so insep¬ 
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Live Stock Notes. 
Ox raising in Maine is “ booming.” 
At Philadelphia last week, 38 Guernsey 
cows brought $2,860 and 36 heifers and calves 
$1,676.50. 
C. M. Winslow, Brandon, Vermont, is¬ 
sues a report of the meeting of the Ayr¬ 
shire Breeder’s Association. 
There is a large demand in Europe for 
milking ewes for making special kinds of 
cheeses. Roquefort chee-e is made from the 
milk of a special strain of sheep called the 
Larzac, which feed on rather scanty pastur¬ 
age. The average yearly yield for a good 
milking ewe is about 160 quarts, too small 
a quantity to bother with on the average 
American farm. 
Notes on Abortion.— For a long time 
our stables have been free from abortion. 
Some years ago we had a little trouble, but 
it disappeared, and we were unable to tell 
what produced the favorable change. The 
subject is a very important one, but we are 
unable to give advice that would be 
of value. All diseased animals should 
unquestionably be isolated from the herd 
on the veiy first symptoms of trouble, and 
their stalls snould be thoroughly cleaned 
and disinfected. All food should be clean 
and of the best quality. The water, too, 
should be pure, and all the surroundings 
clean and healthy. 
SMITHS, POWELL & LAMB. 
The Jersey Breeders at their last meei ing 
elected the following officers: President 
George W. Farlee, Cresskill, N. J.; Treas 
urer John I. Holly, Plainfield, N. J ; Direc¬ 
tors H. N. McKinney, Meredith, N Y ; S. 
H. Goodmau, Mubcie, lud ; John Bjyd, 
Chicago; W. J. G. Dean, Hanover, Mich. 
The present membership is 418—17 mem¬ 
bers having been elected during the year. 
Tne old rule of charging double fees for en¬ 
tering animals more toan two years old was 
restored—going into effect on the 31st of 
next Marcn. the association appropriated 
$10,000 for securing a good exhibit of Jer¬ 
seys at the Worlu’s Fair. The majority of 
the members seemed to feel that the Jer 
seys should enter the proposed six months’ 
competitive test ot 300 cows of various 
breeus contemplated at the World’s ex¬ 
position. 
Best Cattle For Hides. 
A writer in the London Live Stock 
Journal recalls some curious ideas that ex¬ 
ist regarding the value of cattle hides. 
“The worst bred bullocks yield the most 
valuable leather.” That means that 
“ scruD ” cattle have thicker and tougher 
hides than grades or purebreds. The old 
English Long horns, he says, give the best 
hides both in purebreds and grades. An¬ 
other curious idta is found in this quota¬ 
tion from a lasso maker in South America. 
“ A lasso should be made from raw hide: 
the hide of a domesticated bull or cow fur¬ 
nishes the best material. [By domesticated 
I mean reared in the wild from domesti¬ 
cated stock.] A red bullock’s hide is con¬ 
sidered preferable to either a black, a 
white, or a spotted one. I am not able to 
give the reason: but I feel convinced that 
a red bullock’s hide makes a tougher and 
stronger lasso than a hide of any other col¬ 
or.” 
Red has always been a favorite color in 
cattle. English dairymaids used to claim 
that the milk from a red cow was always 
the best. That was because the red Indica¬ 
ted a mellow, oily skin; now here is a lasso 
maker claiming that red indicates extra 
toughness and strength t 
Feeding Milk To Lambs.— Since writing 
last week we have originated a new method 
of feeding that may be of interest to readers 
of The Rural. In some instances the 
lambs cannot be induced to drink the milk 
by the aid of the finger. The best plan in 
such cases is to first teach the lamb to 
drink like a person from the dipper by in¬ 
serting the rim of the dipper in its mouth 
and gently tipping it so that the lamb is 
forced to slowly swallow small quantities of 
the milk. john a. craig. 
IIOW TO MAKE PRIZE RUTTER. 
J. H. Bickford, Supt. of West Lebanon, (N. H.) 
creamery, whose butter has won many first prizes, 
in answer to the question “ How is it your butter is 
so uniform in color?” said "Because I always use 
Wells. Richardson & Co’s Improved Butter Color. I 
have used other kinds, but the improved was the 
only satisfactory one.” This color is not only the 
most uniform, but it is much the stronger, and hence 
most economical. 
Jos. R. Anderson, Jr, proprietor of Thorncliff 
Stock Farm, Lee. Va., writes: *• that my butter, 
which won the Jersey Bulletin gold medal for the 
best Jersey butter, was colored with Wells, Richard¬ 
son & Co’s Improved Butter Color.” In fact, the 
makers of prize butter, in all dairy sections of the 
world, emphatically endorse this color as the best. 
Don’t allow your dealer to sell you anything else.— 
Adv. 
nipUCT MILLS, Drag Saws, Circle Saws, 
I lUIVk I House Powers, for Farm or Mill use- 
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HAY TOOLS. 
Our Carriers have the latest improvements Make 
several different styles. If you are in need of any¬ 
thing in this line, send direct to manufacturers. 
FOWLER & FARRINGTON, 
Taughannock Falls, N. Y. 
LINSEED OIL MEAL 
As produced by the 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS, 
DETROIT. MICHIGAN. 
Is the Best Feed for 
DAIRY COWS, IIORSKH, PIGS. SHEEP 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
The large and Increasing trade the Detroit Linseed 
Oil Works enjoy, without any personal solicitation 
whatever, together with other facts they can give 
upon mail application, fully sustain the above state¬ 
ment. 
Write for further particulars, referring to this 
notice found in the Rural New-Yorker. 
HIGH-CLASS JERSEYS. 
A mm YOUNG DAUGHTERS of our bull A Wm 
: g STOKF. ROGIS Nth 598* have made ■ g 
I ■ from 14 lbs. 1*^ oz. to 22 lbs. 12 oz. I g 
I I butter In 7 days. We refused $15,- ■ ■ 
000 for him. He is the only living brother of the ac¬ 
knowledged champion dairy bull, Stoke Pogis Sd 
(now dead) whose 27 daughters 
Average Over 20 Pounds. 
Ida’s Rioter of St. L. 13656.-Son of Ida of St 
Lambert 21990, (<"ost $«,500 cash before she was 
tested), official butter test for 7 days.sO lbs. oz.; 
milk record, 67 lbs. one day. 1891 lbs. one winter 
month. His four tested daughters average 20 lbs , 
lOJi 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. 
HULL CALVES, COWS IN CALF, A FEW 
IIEIFERS RY ABOVE BULLS. 
Also Children’s PONIES and pure-bred ANGORA 
GOATS for Sale. No Bull Calf less than $100, very few 
less than $200. No heifer less than *200. No general 
Catalogue. Write for what you want. Superior 
Bulls to head Herds a specialty. Mention this paper. 
MILLER & SIBLEY. 
Franklin, Venango Co., Penn. 
CLOVER STOCK FARM HERD 
Of Improved Chester White Swine, headed by Sweep¬ 
stakes Animals, won at the largest Fairs In America. 
Stock for sale. C. H. GREGG, 
Krumroy, Summit County, Ohio. 
THE ADVANCE HAY TEDDER. 
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Ann Arbor Agricultural Co., Ann Arbor, Mich 
Geo. Tyler & Co., Boston, Mass., Agents for the New 
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Street, New York, Agent for Eastern New York. 
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I have now shipped 3125 times to men I had 
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E. W. UAVIS. Oneida. N. Y. 
Feeding Animals. 
This is a pract leal work of 560 pages, by Professor 
E. W. STEWART, upon the science of feeding In all 
Its details, giving practical rations for all farm ani¬ 
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Address THE RURAL PUBLISHING COM¬ 
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An Excellent Opportunity 
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Net profits, $500 per acre. Low taxes. Climate un¬ 
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