1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
i57 
Live Stock Matters 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
AN “ EXILE” JERSEY HEIFER. 
The beautiful little Jersey heifer shown 
at Fig. 67, is owned by Mrs. A. M. Hal- 
lock, of Ohio. Our cut is taken from the 
Jersey Bulletin, in which paper Mrs. 
Hallock thus speaks of the beautiful 
creature : 
Dropped February 20,1892, 42 hours too soon; the 
weather was very cold and we kept a half dozen hot 
bricks around her and covered her up with a warm 
blanket and held her up to nurse once every two 
hours, night and day, until she was 60 hours old, 
when she began to help herself ; she grew very 
rapidly, and soon caught up In size to others of her 
age, and now is larger for her age than other calves. 
Her dam Is Fulda Stoke Pogls 44992; her record as a 
three-year-old with this calf Is 5,169 pounds milk In 
one year. She is a daughter of Yankee Stoke Pogls 
15904; average record of dam and sire's dam 23 pounds 
11)4 ounces, and Fulda 25687, who tested In 3)4 days 
at the rate of 14 pounds 15 ounces, and Is nearly full 
sister to Euphorbia, 23 pounds 6 ounces; Gardiner's 
Ripple, 19 pounds 12 ounces; Signal's Ripple, 17 
pounds 5 ounces; Miss Signal, 16 pounds 4 ounces. 
‘•Nestor of St. Lambert 22385" Is sire of Fulda Stoke 
Pogls 2nd. 
Mrs. Halloek also “drops into poetry” 
in describing her pet. Here is a sample 
of her verses: 
In the fall of the year 
When it’s day's work Is done, 
And sinking to rest 
Is the day with the sun, 
“ Then Fulda, come Fulda! ” 
'Tls my foreman's call, 
“ I'm coming. 1m coming! ” 
Sne says with a bawl 
8 be appears in the distance. 
With her playmates three, 
As pretty a picture, 
As an artist could see. 
She runs and she leaps 
And she kicks In her play. 
She’s as healthy and joyous 
As a bright summer’s day. 
Who Can Beat This Pig Record ?—I 
have been busy for four days caring for 
my small herd of Berkshire sows. Four 
sows farrowed 41 pigs, and the prospects 
are that they will save 36. They will be 
crowded to their utmost capacity for 8 
or 8 % months. JOHN M. jamison. 
My opinion as regards the duty of a 
responsible breeder of stock who has sold 
an animal that proved sterile, is that 
another one should be given in his stead. 
The sterile animal should be castrated, 
sold and proceeds go to the first owner. 
Panola, Ill. J. M. stonebraker. 
Mr. Tarbell should make more than 
210 pounds of butter per cow. I have 
averaged about 300 pounds for the last 
two years, and my cows are a mixed 
lot, too. I began with about half a 
dozen, and now have 30 with a fully 
equipped private creamery. My butter 
sells at a uniform price of 35 cents. 
Rochester, Mass. geo. w. h. 
The Fattest Milk. — What is the 
highest test of butter fat, and from 
what breed of cattle ? j. G. f. 
Ans.—A fraction less than eight per 
cent from a grade cow with some Jersey 
blood. She was giving but little milk at 
the time. We shall be glad to make a 
list of all good fat records that our 
friends can vouch for. 
A Dog-goned Dog Gone. —Let me tes¬ 
tify against the dog. When I bought the 
farm a large Newfoundland dog passed 
as an appurtenance. His ex-owner had 
paid $3 for him in puppy-hood, kept him 
in a box-stall in the stable all winter, 
fed him §9.50 worth of feed (he was fed 
up to his full capacity) and paid 50 cents 
tax on him, making $13 in all—an un¬ 
lucky number of $’s to have in a dog to 
start with. When I turned him to grass 
in the spring he showed a wonderful 
propensity to become a specialist and 
cod fined his investigations to the lay of 
the hen-house. The secret held by the 
egg-shell melted before his grasp. All 
plans of persuasion to get him to give 
up his hobby failed, so I was compelled 
to practice the soiling system in feeding 
him. Along in the latter part of sum¬ 
mer I untethered him, but the pullets 
soon became noticeably few. When I 
discovered that he was the poacher I had 
a long-handled hatchet in one hand, I 
violently grappled him by the nape with 
the other hand and swiftly and so dex¬ 
terously applied the hatchet to his brain 
inclosure that a single blow sent him 
scurrying to dog hades. Of course f lost 
on the dog, but I made on the poultry 
afterwards. I have never since felt rich 
enough to own a dog, but the neighbors 
are benevolent in matters canine, so they 
allow their dogs to come and frighten 
my poultry, kill my cats, trample my 
crops, worry the hogs and keep the 
sheep-raising idea scared out of me, 
though the farm is naturally suited to 
the ovine industry. The gain would no 
doubt overbalance the loss if the entire 
canine race would be sent to join the dodo. 
Armstrong County, Pa. s. .1. PATTON. 
In a Dog County. —Do I live in a 
county where a man would cut his polit¬ 
ical throat by proposing a law to kill all 
worthless curs? Yes, I do, and, worse 
than that, it is said a man could never 
be reelected who even advocated a dog 
tax. Dogs have special protection here. 
If a man catches one in his hen roost he 
has no right to kill him, but if he dis¬ 
covers a “ nigger ” in there it is all right 
to snoot him. One of my neighbors 
shot a dog this summer while breaking 
up a sitting hen and thought he was 
“mighty” smart. It was a worthless 
cur, but the owner sued him for $10 and 
got it too. Poultry and dairying pay 
well, as butter and eggs bring a good 
price the year around. I have 108 hens 
and I gathered and sold 08% dozen eggs in 
three weeks ending February 10. The 
hens are mostly White Leghorns. H. s. 
Virginia. 
Sore Throat in Hogs. —We tried the 
tar and turpentine remedy given in a re¬ 
cent number of The Rural. Two of the 
pigs seemed to have swollen throats 
and could scarcely breathe. We placed 
the burning tar and turpentine in the 
corner of a box large enough to hold a 
100-pound pig, after fastening a piece of 
tin over the cup containing the coals ; we 
caught the pig, handling him as gently as 
possible, put him in the box, which we 
covered with a blanket. In half an hour 
he was let out and seemed to be all right 
the next day. One must be very careful 
in handling turpentine not to bring the 
bottle near a flame, as it ignites readily. 
Greeley, Neb. w. k. w. 
Some Cow Diseases. —1. Is the skin 
disease of cattle, which is very prevalent 
here, and known as ringworm, catching 
in case of human beings, or dangerous 
to them ? 2. Does lump-jaw affect the 
human being in the same manner as 
cattle, namely, in the jaw ? 3. Where 
can I dispose of Galloway hides to the 
best advantage ? m. a. f. 
Ans. —1. Yes, ringworm is contagious 
and humans take it from cattle. 2. Yes, 
there is a disease of humans that attacks 
the victim in much the same part of the 
face and jaw. The disease is almost 
identical with the lumpy-jaw or acti¬ 
nomycosis in cattle. There is no case on 
record where it could be proved that 
human beings contracted the disease from 
cattle. While such a thing may be pos¬ 
sible, it is so very rare that it seems 
hardly worth considering. 3. Write to 
E. R. Hardy, Abingdon, Ill. 
Rich Guernsey Milk. —We have just 
figured up the yearly milk records of the 
Ellerslie herd. Sixty-two cows and 
heifers—all that have completed a year’s 
work—average 6,119% pounds of milk 
each. We are now milking 80 head, all 
registered Guernseys. A composite sam¬ 
ple of the mixed milk of the whole herd 
for eight milkings, just analyzed by Prof. 
Cooke, of the Vermont Experiment Sta¬ 
tion, shows 5.37 per cent of fat, 3.06 per 
cent of casein and 15.18 of total solids. 
Forty-two per cent of the milk is from 
cows that have calved within three 
months. Our average feed per cow per 
day is bran, five pounds, corn meal, four 
pounds, linseed meal and cotton-seed 
meal one-half pound each, seven pounds 
of mixed hay and 25 pounds of corn ensi¬ 
lage. Our cows have not left their stalls 
since October 15. Prof. Cooke's analysis 
shows the casein to be only 57 percent of 
the fat in our milk. As we are breeding 
and feeding exclusively for butter, this 
is a very satisfactory showing. 
Ellerslie Stock Farm. h. m. cottrell. 
Barb-wire 
cuts. Apply Phenol Sodique 
before inflammation sets in. He 
will hardly know he is hurt. 
Better late than never. For 
man and all animals. 
HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE, Philadelphia. 
At druggists. Take no substitute. 
LINSEED OIL 
THE BEST FEED 
obtainable for 
OOWS, BEEF CATTLE, HOGS and H0BSE3. 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS. 
DKTKOIT. MICMIUAN. 
TUBC QIT romWnn 
I mo Dl I the BKST 
QUALITIES of other patent hit* 
nml will easily control the most 
virions horse at all time** It 1 * the 
COMMON SENSE BIT 
becaitHe It can aUo be used an a mild bit, 
’ o-i-w w XC Sample mailed 81.00. 
S® Nickel - - - 2.00. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO., 
J. P. DAVIES, Mgr. RACINE, WIS. 
The Spring Curry Comb 
Clock Spring Blade. Soft as a Brush. 
Fits Every Curve. 
(The Only Perfect 
Comb. 
Used by U. S„ Army.. 
Sample mailed pmitpuld 2t>e. 
Spring Cnrry Comb Co. 
119 S. La Fayette St., South Bend, Ind. 
CARRIAGE HORSES. 
Two liandHomo matched bay teams. Dark gray 
gelding, 16-1, 1250 pounds, high action, perfect 
manners. Imported Cleveland Bay Stallions, Mares 
and Colts. Choice stock at low prices. 
ASSOCIATED FARMS, Skaneatoles, N. Y. 
DEHORN YOUR CALVES. 
The John March Co.’s Chemical Dehomer hus sue. 
cessfully prevented the growth of calves horns since 
1888. For sale by all druggists or sent express pre> 
paid for 81.00 by The John March Go., 17-19 River St., 
Chicago, Circulars free. Order and apply early. 
High-Class Shropshires 
We now offer 50 two-year-old ewes, Imported In 
1892, and duo to lamb In March, and now weighing 
from 175 to 180 pounds, and to shear 10 pounds. Also 
15 two-year-old rams frem the tlocksof Bowen-Jones 
and Minton. THE WILLOWS, Raw Raw, Mich. 
IT HAS BEEN PROVED 
Thatgreen cut bone is the most 
economical and greatest egg 
producing food known. 
MANN’S BONE CUTTER, 
Warranted to cut green bones, 
meat, gristle, and all without 
clog or difficulty, or 
MONEY REFUNDED. 
„ 'HU. catalogue free if you name this paper. 
l“t.'A^g. zii, lS5i’. F. W. MANN, Milford,Mass. 
WjokofTs S. C. White Leghorns. 
America’s Business Hen. 
Breeding stock carefully selected from over 600 extra 
layers. Eggs for hatching, 82 per 15; 83.75 per 30; 
85 per 45; 810 per 100. Send for free Illustrated circu¬ 
lar. C. H. WYCKOFF, Groton, N. Y. 
EGGS 
R. and S. Comb White Leghorns, Tou¬ 
louse Geese, 8. Comb Leghorns—C. II. 
Wyckoff stock. WM. T. SHERMAN, 
Dresservllle, N. Y. 
and Poland Cb 
Jer 807 , OaernMj i 
Holatein Cattle. Thoroaght 
Poultry. Hunt 
Catalegui 
OseFui 
An INVINCIBLE HATCHER 
will make your Poultry 
Pay 100 per cent, more on 
the investment than any 
other farm product. Send 
4 cents in stamps for No. 23 
Catalogue and Treatise to 
BUCKEYE INCUBATOR CO., SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
GUERNSEY BULLS. 
20 Head for Immediate Sale from the 
ELLERSLIE HERD. 
Yearlings. 
$100 to $125. 
0 Month* Old, 
$70. 
Calves, $50. 
Choice 
Individuals. 
LEVI P. M01TM.I 
Proprietor. 
H. M. COTTRELL, 8 upt., KhlnecIUT, N. Y. 
Horse Owners! Try 
GOMBAULT’S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
A Safe Speedy and Positive Care 
The Safest, Best BLISTER overused. Takes 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe action. 
Removes all Bunchos or Blemishes from Horses 
and Guttle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OR FIRING. Impossible to produce scar or blemish. 
Every bottle sold Is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
sent by oxpress, charges paid, with full directions 
for its uBe. Send for descriptive circulars. 
THE LAWRKNCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland, O. 
BEFORE YOU BUY A NEW HARNESS 
send a 2c. stamp with your address for 72-page Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue of 66 different styles of hand-made 
PURE OAK LEATHER 
HARNESS. Slnglo Sets, 
87 up; Double Sets, 816up. 
Every names* Warranted 
and Shipped subject to ap¬ 
proval. It costs only a 2- 
cent stamp to know what 
we can do for you. TRY 
IT. King & Co., Wholesale 
Mfrs., No. 10 Church St. 
Owego, N. Y. 
Mention Tub Rdhal Nbw-Yokkbr. 
OUR RELIABLE INCUBATOR’’ 
Will be in constant operation at the World’s 
Columbian Exposition. The most practical 
machine ever offered the poultry fraternity. 
Send 4c stamps for descriptive catalogue. IT 
WILL PAY YOU. “40” Yards of High Class 
Poultry, "40.” Illustrated poultry catalogue 
Address: Reliable Incubator & Brooder Co., 
QUINCY, ILLINOIS. 
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Incubator Co , 
rk* 1 .*' HOMER CITY, PA. 
H ATCH CHICKENS BY STEAM 
WITH THE IMPROVED 
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Loweit priced flrst-claa* 
Hatcher made. 
Send 6c. for Catalogue. 
. Circulars free. 
|Patentee and 
Sole 
I.Unnufarturer 
Simple, 
Perfect, 
la/id Self- 
Regulating\ 
Thousands 
in successful 
operation. 
Guaranteed to 
hatch a larger 
percentage oil 
fertile eggs, at 
le*M cost than 
any other Hatcher. 
GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III. 
HORSES - - - CATTLE. 
SMITHS & POWELL CO., Syracuse, N. Y., 
offer very superior FRENCH COACH, STANDARD, CLYDESDALE, PERCHERON, 
DRIVING and MATCHED COACH HORSES (many of them 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 with great record®. 
STATE JUST WHAT YOU WANT, AND SAVE TIME. 
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