1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
197 
Live Stock Matters 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Chronic Cough in a Horse.— Let F. 
W. A., Washington, read the answer to 
query of E H. in The Rural for Feb¬ 
ruary 18, page 114. Steam the head, and 
apply the liniment to the whole region 
of the throat from ear to ear, between 
the lower jaws, and five or six inches 
down over the windpipe, f. l. kilborne. 
What kind of feed does cotton seed 
make for horses and chickens ? How 
much ought to be given to a horse at 
one feed ? . w. w. s. 
Ridgely, Md. 
R. N.-Y.—Whole cotton seed is not a 
suitable feed for either horses or ch ickens. 
In some parts of the South it is boiled 
and fed to mules, and also sometimes 
roasted and ground. It is not worth 
buying to feed horses. .Small quantities 
of cotton-seed meal are sometimes fed to 
hens and chickens, but not the whole 
seed. 
Some Good Hatching.— On the tenth 
day of hatching with a Petaluma in¬ 
cubator the mercury went up to 112 de¬ 
grees F.; result 80 chickens out of 89 
fertile eggs. On February 4 I set two 
hens side by side on 13 eggs each from 
the same breeding pen. One was a White 
Leghorn with a nest deep down in a 
barrel of shavings. The other was a 
heavier cross-bred on a flat nest in a 
barrel. Each brought off 11 healthy 
chicks, the white hen hatching all be¬ 
fore the evening of February 23, and the 
other on the evening of February 25. 
Redlands, Cal. t. e. n. e. 
Lump Under Heifer’s Ear.— I have a 
heifer 15 months old that came to the 
barn last October with what appeared 
to be a wart just back of her ear. It was 
then about as big as a butternut, but is 
now much larger. It is soft but not 
sore. What is it and what can I do for 
the animal ? c. H. w. 
Grafton, Vt. 
Ans. —The growth is propably a fi¬ 
brous tumor, and is most easily removed 
with the knife. The tumor should be 
carefully dissected out, the skin brought 
together by two or three stitches and 
treated as an ordinary wound. If at¬ 
tached by a narrow neck, the tumor 
could simply be cut off close to the sur¬ 
rounding skin, without the trouble of 
dissecting it out. f. l. k. 
Frozen Ensilage— Prof. F. H. King 
of the Wisconsin Experiment Station 
(Madison), is desirous of securing answers 
to the following questions. We shall be 
obliged to any of our readers who will 
send us answers from their own ex¬ 
perience. 1. How is your silo situated 
with reference to other buildings ? 2. 
What is the construction of its walls ? 3. 
Has your ensilage frozen at any time 
during the winter ? 4. Where has the 
fi eezing occurred ? 5. How many inches 
in from the walls has it frozen ? 0. Has 
the freezing in any way damaged the 
silo walls? 7. Where ensilage has frozen, 
has it remained so through warm periods? 
8. How have you managed your frozen 
ensilage ? 9. Does the freezing result 
in any serious waste ? 10. Have you ob¬ 
served that freezing injures it for feed¬ 
ing? 11. G-ive any additional facts bear¬ 
ing on this subject, which may appear to 
you of value ? 
Some of my stock are scouring very 
badly. One sheep in particular is so 
weak she has to be helped up. She seems 
to eat all right but unless something is 
done to remedy the difficulty in the near 
future, I am afraid I shall lose her. What 
is the best thing to be done? j. d. v. 
Greene, N. Y. 
Ans. —Your query is too indefinite to 
enable me to give you a very satisfactory 
answer. Scouring or diarrhea in stock is 
very indefinite, and may be due to a great 
variety of causes ; while the treatment 
would vary with the cause and the class 
of animals affected. In the case of the 
sheep, a full history of the trouble should 
have been given; as the character and 
duration of the diarrhea, the feed, age 
of the sheep, and whether others in the 
same flock are similarly affected, to en¬ 
able us to judge of the cause. If only 
the one is affected, it is probably due to 
bowel trouble, as the sequela of some 
other disease. Give two teaspoonfuls 
each of laudanum and tincture of Jamaica 
ginger and two tablespoonfuls of oak 
bark tea, in a half pint of well boiled 
starch gruel. Repeat as a drench three 
or four times daily, but discontinue as 
soon as the diarrhea is checked. Lin¬ 
seed or slippery elm tea given several 
times daily would also be excellent. 
dr. f. l. kilborne. 
The R. N.-Y. advocates the raising of 
geese and ducks on suitable localities. I 
have tried it during the last two years, 
but withoutimuch success. The main trou¬ 
ble is—and for it I can find no advice in 
poultry books—the hatching under hens. 
I took every time the most broody hen 
and kept her 35 or more days on the nest. 
Sometimes out of five or six goose eggs 
I got one gosling, or none at all, on ac¬ 
count of the hard shell or of want of 
moisture to soften it. The same was the 
case with duck eggs. The poultrymen 
are liberal in giving advice on other sub¬ 
jects, but in this matter they are very 
reticent. 
Ans. —You should have no trouble in 
hatching geese eggs if only they are fer¬ 
tile and your hens for sitting are good 
and steady. Doubtless the trouble is 
that the eggs are not fertile. Use young, 
vigorous ganders from one to three years 
old, and geese much older, preferably at 
least three or four years old. Old geese 
are much better for breeding purposes 
than young ones. Breeding geese also 
must have an abundance of grass and 
clover, which is their most natural food. 
Build the nests right on the ground, and 
moisten the eggs in tepid water once or 
twice during the last week of incubation. 
Duck eggs usually hatch exceptionally 
well, especially if they are laid by the 
Pekin breed. Use one drake to five 
ducks, and feed plenty of animal and 
vegetable food, as well as grain; and 
also supply oyster shells, m. s. perkins. 
Feeding Canadian Lambs.— What is 
a proper ration for a South Down ewe 
nursing a pair of lambs ? I have mixed 
Timothy and clover hay, well matured 
corn ensilage, bran, corn meal and oats 
at my disposal and wish to crowd the 
lambs so as to have them ready for the 
butcher as soon as possible. s. h. r. 
Jordan Station, Ont. 
Ans. —After the lambs are a week old 
the ewes may be fed four or five pounds 
of corn ensilage per day, or more if they 
will take it with a relish, and virtually 
all the grain they will eat. This may be 
composed of equal parts by weight of 
oats and bran. They will not require 
corn meal, since there is corn in the en¬ 
silage. The rest of the ration should be 
hay, but of this they will not eat very 
much if they have become well accus¬ 
tomed to the ensilage before the lamb¬ 
ing season. For a few days after the 
ewes have lambed, the grain ration 
should be moderate. The lambs should 
have access to feeding troughs where the 
ewes cannot reach them, as soon as they 
will eat. They may be fed in these all 
they will take of ground or crushed oats 
and ground oilcake in the proportions of 
one of the latter to four or five of the 
former. After a time the oats need not 
be ground. Where oilcake is not to be 
had, add some bran to the whole oats as 
soon as the latter are fed in that condi¬ 
tion. It is as important after the first 
two or three weeks to feed the lambs 
well as to do the same with the ewes, 
when the former are to be fattened 
early. prof. thos. shaw. 
Sometimes a Coi.d will not Yield to ordinary 
remedies, because of the severe inflammation of the 
delicate lining of the tubes through which the air 
we breathe Is distributed to the lungs. This condi¬ 
tion produces Pain and Soreness, Hoarseness, Cough, 
Difficulty of Breathing, Hectic Fever, and a Spitting 
of Blood, Matter or Phlegm, hnally exhausting the 
strength of the patient, and developing very serious 
disease. Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant seldom falls to 
remove these symptoms, by relieving the lungs of 
all obstructing matter, and healing all soreness. 
Pleurisy, Asthma and Bronchitis are likewise cured 
by this standard remedy, and the reputation It has 
maintained for so many years, affords the best 
guaranty of Its merit.— Adv. 
Have It Ready. 
The liniment, Phenol Sodique, 
is so good for a wound, or worn 
skin, or skin disease, that it 
ought to be kept by a horse- 
owner. 
Equally good for human flesh. 
HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE, Philadelphia. 
At druggists. Take no substitute. 
LINSEED 81L MEAL 
THE BEST FEED 
obtainable for 
COWS, BEEF CATTLE, HOftSand H0BSE8. 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS. 
DSTROIT. MIC HI 8AM. 
Horse Owners! Try 
GOMBAULT J S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
A Safo Speedy and Positive Cure 
The Sufe.t, Kent BLISTER ever used. Takes 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe action. 
Removes all Bunches or Blemishes from Ilornen 
and Cuttle. 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 express, charge* paid, with full directions 
for Its use. Send for descriptive circulars. 
THE LAWUENCE-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 hawl-made 
PURE OAK LEATHER 
HARNESS. Single Sets, 
*7 up; Double Sets, *16 up. 
Every Harness 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 Rural New-Yorkbr. 
DR1VINQ STILL LEADS THEM ALL. 
IT WILLCONTROL THH MOST 
VIOIOUS HORSE. 
75,000 sold In 1891. 
100,000 sold In 1892. 
THEY ARE KING. 
Samplo mailed X C for ^ I Afl 
Nickel, 81.50. 
Stallion Bits SO cts. extra. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO. SX- 
T>BRUSHII»«, ChMWr WVtW, 
J> Jer.ey R«<1 and Poland China 
PIGS. Jemy, GoarnMj and 
Holataln Gattla. Thoronjhbrad 
Shaap. Pansy Poaltrr. Banting 
and Hoaaa Doga. Catal.ru.. 
itLIU. C ka a ta r Ca, P 
The Spring Curry Comb 
Clock Spring Blade. Soft as a Brush. 
Fits Every Curve. 
| The Only Perfect 
Comb. 
Used by U. S. Army.. 
Sample mulled pontpuld She. 
Spring Curry Comb Co. 
119 S. La Fayette St., South Bend, Ind. 
SOUTH DOWN SHEEP. 
CASSIUS MARCBLLUS CLAY, White Hall, Ky. 
HOLSTEINS 
40 Superior animals 
of the Pauline Paul , 
Clothilde and Netherland 
families. Prices low to quick buyers. 
A. C. HAWKINS, L. Box 50, Lancaster, Mass. 
CflR C A| C —No. 1 Cornish Indian dames, $5 per 
lUn OMLCi pair; $7 a trio. Eggs in season, 
12 for 13. Address MARCUS ANSLEY, 
P. O. Blllsboro, near Geneva, N. Y. 
GUERNSEY BULLS. 
20 Head for Immediate Sale from the 
ELLERSLIE HERD. 
Yearlings, 
SlOO to $ I 25. 
H Months Old, 
#70. 
Calves, #50. 
Choice 
Individuals. 
Well Bred. 
LEVI P. MORTOI, 
Proprietor. 
H. H. COTTRELL, Supt., KhlnecHff, N. Y. 
DEHORN YOUR CALVES. 
The John March Co.’s Chemical Dehomer has suc¬ 
cessfully prevented the growth of calves horns since 
1888. For sale by all druggists or sent express pre¬ 
paid for 11.00 by The John March Co., 17-10 River 8L, 
Chicago, Circulars free. Order aud apply early. 
High-Class Shropshires 
We now offer 50 two-year-old ewes, Imported In 
1892, and due to lamb In Maroh, and now weighing 
from 176 to 180 pounds, and to shear 10 pounds. Also 
15 two-year-old rams from the Hocks of llowen-Jones 
and Minton. THE WILLOWS. Paw Paw, Mich. 
(Vug. VO, 1880. 
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, ana all without 
clog or difficulty, or 
MONEY REFUNDED. 
ilf'Mll. catalogue free if you name this paper, 
w. F. W. MANN, Milford,Mass. 
WyckofTs S. C. White Leghorns. 
America's Business Hen. 
Breeding stock carefully selected from over 600 extra 
layers. Eggs for hatching, $2 per 15; $3.76 per 30; 
$5 per 46; $10 per 100. Send for free Illustrated circu¬ 
lar. C. H. WYCKOFF, Groton, N. Y. 
KNOB MOUNTAIN POULTRY FARM. 
B. P. ROCKS and S. C. BROWN LEG¬ 
HORNS a specialty. Eggs and birds for Bale. 
MAHLON SAGER, Orangeville, Pa. 
I NDIAN GAME, Lt. Brahma, B I’. Rock, Rod 
Cap, Leghorn and Pekin Duck Eggs, $2 per 13. 
Winners of 43 first prizes In 1892. 
MEAD BROS., Danbury, Conn. 
J NO. I). SOUDKR, Telford, Pa.—Breeder of 
W. A Sllr. Laced Wyandotte, B. Ply. Rock. B. 
S. C. Leghorn, B. Mlnorcas & L. Brahmas, Eggs, $1 
per 15; $3 per 60. Catalogue free. 
^'VICTOR 
tS“ INCUBATOR 
Simple, easy or operation, seif-regu- 
latlng, reliable, fully guaranteed. 
Send 4c. for Ulus. Catalogue. Geo. 
JBrtol Sc Co., Mfrs, Quincy, IU.U.S.A. 
INVINCIBLE HATCHER 
$ | ^ for 100 Kg* Size. 
1 / Self-Regulating. 
8<iml 4c. In stamps for No. 23 
Catalog, testimonials At treatise. 
BUCKEYE INCUBATOR CO., 
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
P rairie State 
Incubator Co., 
“tSSaftS" HOMER CITY, PA. 
H ATCH CHICKENS BY STEAMl 
WITH THE IMPROVED 
EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR 
Simple, 
Perfect, 
and Self- 
r, 
TIioiiHnni 
in suceessf 
operation, 
Guaranteed 
hatcha larg 
percentage 
fertile egg*, 
less cost tin 
any other Hatohc 
GEO, H. STAHL, Quincy, II 
Circulars free. 
|Pat«nte© and 
Sols 
■.Man ii far hirer 
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 wifth great records. 
STATE JUST WHAT YOU WANT, AND SAVE TIME. 
DIII3DD 
( OBDBIIS TAKES BY TH1 
BREWERS’ GRAINS, 
