1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
i35 
Live Stock Matters 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
THAT STERILE BOAR. 
The following opinions are sent in re¬ 
sponse to the questions about that sterile 
Berkshire boar described on page 79 : 
My opinion in regard to the impotent 
boar is that the breeder would not be re¬ 
sponsible for his sterility. Cases are 
extremely rare where a boar proves im¬ 
potent when properly handled after being 
shipped. If he is over or underfed or 
turned loose with a number of larger 
hogs, there is usually trouble. There are 
many other causes for which the buyer 
and not the breeder is responsible. At 
the same time, whenever I have had such 
a case I have sent another animal to take 
the place of the first It saves trouble 
and avoids even the appearance of fraud 
on the breeder’s side. h. m. cottrell. 
The correspondent should have stated 
the full particulars in relation to the 
purchase of the Berkshire boar. If he 
was warranted all right in every respect, 
why of course the seller should furnish 
him with another animal, if the one he 
has is not potent. In selling breeding 
animals when they are matured and old 
enough to breed, it is always understood 
that the seller ought to know if the ani¬ 
mal is productive or not, and if he sells 
one, it is with the understanding that 
she or he is all right in that respect. In 
buying young, untried sires, if the ani¬ 
mal is not warranted, the buyer has no 
claim on the seller. Such has been my 
experience in buying stock in England, 
as well as in this country. We are, how¬ 
ever, morally as well as legally bound to 
do what we think is right, but circum¬ 
stances so often alter cases, t. s. cooper. 
One must know all the circumstances 
of the case in order to judge whether he 
was old enough for use when sold, also 
if the seller guaranteed him, etc. From 
the time when he was purchased, No¬ 
vember 8, to date, February, time enough 
has elapsed for the buyer to have injured 
him by mismanagement in care, use, 
feeding, etc., for which the seller could 
not be legally or equitably held respon¬ 
sible. 8. P. TABER WILLETS. 
In the absence of full information con¬ 
cerning the case, we presume that the 
seller was not aware, at the time of sale, 
of the fact that the boar was sterile, as 
otherwise his course would have been 
not only unfair, but criminal. Upon our 
presumption of the case being correct, it 
would then be a courteous act for him 
either to replace the defective animal by 
a good breeder, or to refund so much of 
the purchase money as would represent 
the difference in value between what the 
animal was supposed to be worth as a 
breeder and what he may now be worth 
for other purposes. All transactions in 
live stock involve more or less risk. The 
purchaser, we think, would have no legal 
or moral claim on the seller. We never 
ha I, in our experience, but one similar 
case. A bull calf sold by us proved sub¬ 
sequently not to be a stock-getter. Upon 
notification of the fact we proposed to 
the purchaser, who lived in a far distant 
State, that if he would send us an affi¬ 
davit that the bull had been butchered 
we would send him another bull of 
equally good pedigree. The purchaser 
was glad to comply and the bull was 
promptly shipped him. miller & sibley. 
Are all farmers afflicted with throat 
or lung diseases careful not to spit on 
the fodder they know their cows must eat? 
Susquehanna, Pa. john fifborn. 
Peat Moss Bedding. —On my farm 
there is a peat bog swamp. I have read 
in The Rural that peat is used for bed¬ 
ding ; would it be a salable bedding for 
horses? H. E. p. 
New York State. 
Ans. —The product that is sold is peat 
moss which comes from Ireland. It looks 
something like small pieces of sponge. 
For ordinary peat there would not be 
any sale in the markets, though it will 
pay well to use it as an absorbent back 
of the cows or in the barnyard, or to 
scatter it over light sandy lands like 
manure. 
Butter in This Blood. —Smiths & 
Powell of Syracuse, N. Y., send us these 
facts about “ Tdene Rooker’s Clothilde” 
a young Holstein cow. 
She dropped her first calf In her yearling form, 
having calved before she was two years old, and 
commenced her butter record within two weeks after 
calving. She made 17 pounds two ounces of fine 
butter In a week, salted one ounce to a pound, 
worked, and marketable, before it was weighed. She 
had no grain until a few days before we commenced 
the test. She was fed during the test, 18 pounds of 
grain per day, composed of one-half corn meal 
and one-half wheat bran, with one pound of linseed 
meal, one pound of cotton-seed meal, one peck of 
carrots, and clover hay. This record Is the largest 
of any of which we have knowledge, by a heifer of 
the same age. If so, the Holstelns have another 
“ world’s” butter record to their credit. If any 
heifer, of any breed, at the same age, has exceeded 
this record we would be glad to be Informed of it. 
The young cow was carefully bred, and Is a rare 
combination of the blood of the Netherland and 
Clothilde families. 
THE WINTER DAIRY COW AND HOW THE 
DOCTORS DISAGREE ABOUT HER. 
A writer in The Rural of February 4 
thinks that cows should be watered twice 
a day ; but he omits to tell U3 whether he 
feeds ensilage. I expect he does not, or 
he would not so earnestly advocate this 
practice. My own experience is that 
cows fed on ensilage will not drink so 
often. Prof. W. W. Cooke said to the 
Massachusetts farmers at their Fitchburg 
meeting: “I suppose there are some 
herds which will take water twice a day. 
I have been at some places where they 
watered twice a day, and I was told that 
the animals drank well both times, night 
and morning. In those cases I found 
that they were fed entirely on dry feed.” 
And he went on to tell that if cows had 
green food, ensilage or ensilage and 
apple pomace, they would not drink 
enough the second time to pay for the 
trouble. Mr. L. P. Fisher, of Cabot, Vt , 
one of the most successful dairymen in 
this country—he makes over 400 pounds 
per cow—told us at the Vermont dairy¬ 
men’s meeting that he watered only once 
a day, but of course he feeds ensilage. 
So I believe it is simply a question of 
feed as to whether a cow is to drink once 
or twice. But every dairyman ought to 
make butter in the winter, and every 
winter butter maker ought to feed ensi¬ 
lage ; so it follows that every dairyman 
ought to water only once a day. 
Now ought cows to be kept up all the 
time in winter ? I do not know. I 
should like to find a man who does. At 
the dairymen’s meeting one speaker 
utterly condemned the practice. He was 
sure it would lead to degeneracy of off¬ 
spring, and cause disease. Mr. Geo. T. 
Powell of New York, told his experience. 
He found that when he turned his cows 
out to drink they gave less milk than 
when he watered them in the stable. 
But he was afraid of physical degeneracy 
so he provided a new arrangement. He 
built a warm shed or covered barnyard 
into which he could turn them to 
drink and let them remain out as long as 
they wished. They could drink when 
they chose, and go in and eat and go out 
again. But there are lots of Western 
dairymen who say they keep their cows 
up all winter without apparent harm. Do 
these cows or their offspring do as well ; 
or are the fears of the Eastern men well 
founded, or do cows do well indoors in 
the West and get harm if kept in all the 
time in the East ? 
Then there is the question of what is 
a warm stable ? One authority tells us 
that if our stables are too warm and 
close the cows will get tuberculosis. 
Another equally trustworthy tells us that 
when ensilage is fed, if the stable is not 
warm the cows will get tuberculosis. 
Then how shall we handle our manure ? 
One says put it in a cellar under the 
stable. Another says that will make 
your cows have tuberculosis. Do you 
wonder the unlearned farmer gets be¬ 
wildered? 
The fact is it requires a good deal of 
skill to fix a stable so that the cows will 
be warm and yet have pure air, espec¬ 
ially when the thermometer ranges from 
20 below to 35 above zero, and when it 
sometimes drops 15 degrees in a night. 
A man must read and study and think. 
He must learn all he can and then he 
will begin to find out how little he really 
knows. ,T. w. NEWTON. 
PisiceUatMousi 
If you name Thb R. N.-Y. to our advertisers you 
may be pretty sure of prompt replies and right 
treatment. 
Don’t YOU Need a 
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If you have five or more cows, a “ BABY ” cannot but 
prove a moat profitable and pleasing investment, its 
use means more and better butter, warm skim-milk for 
feeding purposes, saving of Ice, time, labor, and plant, 
and better satisfaction with dairying generally. 
Send for new “ BABY ” catalogue, giving actual expe¬ 
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dairy authorities in every section, styles, capacities, 
prices, and complete information. 
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ADDRESS 
E. L. HILL, WEST UPTON, MASS 
In writing to Advertisers, mention Thb R. N.-Y. 
CLOSING SALE FOR ROOM- 
Three Chester White Boars ready for service, $30. 
registered; 5 prize A. ,1. C. C. Bull calves, $30 each, 
two months old; 8 sows ready for service, Chester 
*25; 6 White Wyandotte Cockerels, $1.30; 18 trio Bar¬ 
red Plymouth Rocks, at $4.50. One trio of Chester 
White, five months old, $40. Young Chester Whites 
at $15 per pair, $20 per trio. Send quick and get the 
best. Box 282, West Grove. Pa. 
White Holland Turkeys for Sale. 
Send stamp for descriptive circular. Indian Game 
Eggs for sale after March 1. 
FRANK L MEAD, Norwalk, O. 
DO not delay but order 
RECORD BERKSHIRES 
From the “ WILL8WOOD HERD.” They are 
of the PUREST ENGLISH strains. A few bears 
farrowed in Fall of 1892, now ready to ship. Ad¬ 
vance orders booked for Pigs from Spring litters. 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd’s Lake, N. J. 
FEEDING ANIMALS. 
This is a practical work of 580 pages, by Professor 
K. W. STEWART, upon the science of feeding In all 
Its details, giving 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 hay¬ 
ing a horse or a cow, or who feeds a few pigs or 
sheep to buy and study It carefully. Price, #2.00. 
Address THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 
Times Building, New York. 
GUERNSEY BULLS. 
20 Head for Immediate Sale from the 
ELLERSLIE HERD. 
Yearlings, 
SlOO to $ 125. 
« Months Old, 
#70. 
Calves, #50. 
Choice 
Individuals. 
Well Bred. 
LEVI P. MORTON, 
Proprietor. 
H. M. COTTRELL, Bupt., Rhlnecllff, N. Y. 
GUERNSEYS! 
The GRANDEST of DAIRY Breeds. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the size 
approximate to the Holstein or Short-horn, but 
standing adonis and uneqcai.ed in producing the 
richest colored butter in mid-winter on dry feed. 
Gentle as pets, persistent milkers and hardy In con¬ 
stitution, they combine more qualifications for the 
dairy or family cow than any other breed. In the 
“ Old Brick Guernsey Herd” 
are daughters and granddaughters of the renowned 
Squire Kent, 1504 A. G. C. C. aud of the finest strains 
oa Guernsey or in America—Comus, son of Squire 
Kent and Statellite, son of Kohlm head the herd. All 
particulars In regard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. 8. P. TABER WILLETTS, 
“ The Old Brick,” ROBLYN, L. I., N. Y. 
High-Class Jersey Cattle. 
SUPERIOR REGISTERED A. J. C. C. 
STOCK ONLY. 
Tti dam of one of onr SERVICE BULLS tested 
officially 30 pounds 2,^ ounces butter In Beven days, 
and gave 1891 pounds of milk In 31 days. For another 
bull,sire of 19 great butter cows, we refused #15,000 
In general no animal for less than $200; occasionally 
a bull-calf for $100, when marked with white, 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 Connty, Pa. 
Mention this paper. 
Farmers Should Order 
Sherwood’s Steel Harness 
For All Karm Work It 
Parties may address 
Shehwood Harness Co. ***8te~. 
Syracuse, N. Y., or Auburn, N. Y. 
CARRIACE HORSES. 
Two handsome matched bay teams. Dark gray 
gelding, 18-1, 1250 pounds, high action, perfect 
manners. Imported Cleveland Bay Stallions, Mares 
and Colts. Choice stock at low prices. 
ASSOCIATED FARMS, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
High-Class Shropshires 
We now offer 50 two-year-old ewes, Imported in 
1892, and due to lamb in March, and now weighing 
from 175 to 180 pounds, and to shear 10 pounds. Also 
15 two-year-old rams from the Hocks of Bowen-Jones 
and Minton. THE WILLOWS, Paw Paw, Mich. 
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Send for Circular, free. 
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$20 INVINCIBLE HATCHER. 
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ORE than your wheat. 
ONEY refunded, if this 
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