1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
277 
Live Stock Matters 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
What is good for grubs in cows’ backs? 
Mahwah, N. J. o. w. 8. 
Ans. —Squeeze the grubs out. They 
will come without much trouble. 
Corn or Bran —Is it cheaper to feed 
hogs on corn at 50 cents per bushel, or 
on wheat bran at one cent per pound ? 
The bogs are not confined to a pen, but 
have a large range. A. s. 
Coversville, Va. 
Ans. —This would make corn 90 cents 
per hundredweight, which is a cheaper 
food than bran at $1. The feeding value 
of corn as compared with bran is about 
11 to 10. 
Corn or Milk. —What is the feeding 
value of the skimmed milk for growing 
stock hogs, also for fattening hogs as 
compared to corn ? Corn with us is now 
worth 50 cents per bushel, while skim- 
milk is worth 15 cents per 100 pounds to 
the patrons of the creamery, i. e , each 
one is allowed to take away the milk he 
brings, less the estimated weight of the 
cream from the same, at 15 cents per 100 
pounds. 
Ans —Here is a comparative statement 
of the two feeds : 
,-In 100 pounds.-> 
Carbo- Comparative 
Protein, hydrate. Fat. value. 
Corn . 10 62 0 5 1.11 
Skim-mllk. 3X 5 0.7 .23 
readers that there is such a book. Con¬ 
gress ought to have appropriated the 
money for a large edition. As to cattle 
ticks, the Texas Experiment Station has 
just printed Bulletin No. 24, giving the 
whole life history of this pest with pre¬ 
ventive measures. Send for it to A. & M. 
College P. 0., Texas. In this bulletin Dr 
Francis says that, in Texas, the ticks 
are found on Short-horn cattle more than 
on any other breed. They are worst in 
thickly-wooded pastures where under¬ 
brush and decaying matters abound. The 
common preventive measures are to keep 
the cattle away from wooded pastures 
and to keep salt and sulphur constantly 
before the stock all summer. Applica¬ 
tions of substances to the body have not 
given the best of results. Tobacco and 
crude petroleum failed. Lard and sul¬ 
phur or lard and kerosene does better, 
as does kerosene emulsion. The best re¬ 
sults have been obtained by using the 
sheep dips in common use. These are 
applied by mop or sponge or by spraying 
through a common nozzle. 
According to this corn is worth about 
five times as much for feeding as milk. 
At the price quoted 100 pounds of corn 
would be worth about 90 cents, as com¬ 
pared with the milk at 15 cents. Yet it 
would not pay to feed hogs on milk 
entirely and the analysis shows that 
there is no better grain to go with the 
milk than corn. The best way to feed 
milk to hogs is to give it in place of 
water for their drink with corn or other 
grain added. We should give brood 
sows all they will take and after them 
fattening bogs should have it 
Straw-Fed Cows.—Through the advo¬ 
cacy of one of the subscribers to The R. 
N.-Y., and against my own ideas, on 
March 26 I drew a load of bright wheat 
straw into the lot where my cows that 
had come in in the fall were running 
during the day. He said that as a filler 
it would be beneficial both to the cow 
and milk pail. I told him that I had had 
no practical experience, but had read a 
number of times that wheat straw was 
detrimental to milch cows, especially to 
those that had been giving milk for some 
time. Now for results : From the first to 
the third milking there was no difference 
in the quantity given, at the fourth milk¬ 
ing there was a slight decrease in quan¬ 
tity, at the fifth milking there was a 
decrease of fully one-fourth. At the 
sixth and seventh milkings the decrease 
was nearly one-half. What the final 
result would have been if I had kept on 
feeding straw, I do not know, but I think 
in two weeks the cows would not be 
worth milking. They had exactly the 
same care, grain and hay as before I 
began to feed the straw. I shall feed no 
more wheat straw to milch cows, but as 
a filler for feeders it may answer very 
well. A couple of pails of brine were 
put on the straw to induce the cows to 
partake heartily of it. G. s. 
Betzer, Mich. 
That Cattle Book Again. —The “Spe¬ 
cial Report on Diseases of Cattle and 
Cattle Feeding ” is not only a tangible 
entity, but my specimen, from which the 
full title is copied, lies before me, a goodly 
volume. It is the best thing from the 
Government press that has ever come to 
my notice. The article on Southern cat¬ 
tle fever ought to be in every farm house 
in the infected districts. Then, possibly, 
there would be no need for it elsewhere. 
This very valuable book is enough of a 
reality to have 496 pages in all. Now, 
who can tell us the best way to keep cat¬ 
tle ticks from cattle ; things that are not 
in themselves injurious ? J. c. senger. 
Ore Banks, Va. 
R. N.-Y.—Let it be kept before our 
THE 
ttEYSTONEv 
DEHORNING CLIPPER 
IS THE MOST HUMANE.RAPID AND 
DUKAhLt KNIFE on the market 
LfOR DEHORNING PURPOSES, AND t> MADL 
(AW, -fORnTiit ust of mmm ahd dauttmem 
SEND FOR CIRCULAR 
^AC.BRQSilJS. GOCHRANVILLE.PA 
DEHORN YOUR CALVES. 
The John March Co.’s Chemical Dehomer has suc¬ 
cessfully prevented the growth of calves horns since 
A Stable 
shelf ought to have 
it a bottle of Phenol 
Sodique for bruises, 
cuts, sore spots, &c. 
Just as good for a man. 
HANCE BROTHERS & WHITE, Philadelphia. ' 
At druggists. Take no substitute. 
UNSEED OIL MEAL 
THE BEST FEED 
obtainable for 
OOWS, BEEF CATTLE, HOGS and HOUSES. 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS. 
DETROIT. MICHIGAN. 
Onions and Abortion. 
A heifer voided her urine with diffi¬ 
culty; it was very scant and she would 
strain considerably afterwards. She re¬ 
ceived a few chopped onions about the 
middle of last January. She seemed to 
improve. The owner kept giving her 
onions occasionally and about a week be¬ 
fore she was due to calve he gave her 
about two quarts, and the day before 
calving he gave her another quart. The 
foetus was dead when dropped and the 
heifer parted with the placenta within 
two hours. There was not a bit of cake 
in the udder, and the heifer is doing 
well, and carried the foetus to full ma¬ 
turity. Was it the onions that killed the 
foetus or would the heifer have aborted 
had she not been given them ? Had the 
onions anything to do with preventing 
cake in her udder ? J. h. s. 
Eaton, N. Y. 
Ans. —The heifer was suffering from 
some disease of the urinary organs and 
was not threatened with abortion. The 
onions, acting as a diuretic, may have re¬ 
lieved this trouble. Given to excess they 
might cause death of the foetus and abor¬ 
tion. In this case the quantity given 
could hardly have had any effect on the 
foetus, or in the preventing of the cake in 
the udder. It is very rarely necestary 
or desirable to give anything to prevent 
cake in the udder of a heifer at the first 
calving. Nursing the calf, or a few days’ 
milking willibring the udder out all rig ht, 
unless there has been some injury or 
disease. [dr.] kilborne. 
PiswUatwauj* ^Pvertteittg. 
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TNI Rural. 
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o We now offer 10 Imported two-year-old rams from 
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40 home-bred yearling rams from Imported stock. 
Our first ’93 Importation will arrive In July. 
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aLERSLIl GHERNS1TS 
Largest Guernsey Herd in the World. 
63 First Prizes, 39 Second Prizes, First on Herd at 
11 Fairs. Average yearly milk yield, 0,119% lbs. per 
cow. Mixed milk, 
whole herd, 5.37 
per cent, of fat. 
First prize on 
butter U. 8. Pure 
Food Show. Five 
cows In World's 
Fair Breed Test. 
BULLS 
F°R SALE.] 
LEVI P. MOBTOlJ 
Proprietor. 
H. M. COTTBKLL, Supt., Rhlneollff, N. Y. 
ffyckoffs S. C. White Leghorns. 
America's Business Hen. 
Breeding stock carefully selected from over 600 extra 
layers. Eggs for hatching, $2 per 15; $3.75 per 30; 
$5 per 45; $10 per 100. Send for free Illustrated circu¬ 
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ROSE COMB B. LEGHORNS. 
Keshequa Strain, bred 10 years for size and laying 
qualities A1 bo, W. Mlnorcas and L. Brahmas, Eggs 
from vigorous, standard bred stock, $1.60 per 15 : $4 
per 45. CHAS. L. MOS1IEK, Nundu, N. Y, 
KNOB MOUNTAIN POULTRY FARM. 
B. P. ROCKS and S. C. BROWN LEG¬ 
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MA1ILON SAGE It, Orangeville, Pa. 
A Safo Speedy and Positive Cure 
The SaTest, Best BLISTER ever used. Takes 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe action. 
Removes all Bunches or Blemishes from Horses 
and Cattle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OR FIRINQ. 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, charges paid, with full directions 
for Its use. Send for descriptive circulars. 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS GO., Cleveland, O. 
BEFORE YOU BUY A NEW HARNESS 
send a 2c. stamp with your address for 72-page Illus¬ 
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PURE OAK LKATHEU 
HARNESS. Single Sets, 
$7 up; Double Sets, $16 up. 
Every harness Warranted 
and Shipped subject to ap¬ 
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Owego, N. Y. 
Mention Tub Rcual New-Yohkbr. 
J.I.C. -DRIVING ST1LLLEADSTHEM ALL - 
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,DI I VICIOUS HORS6. 
75,000 sold In 1891. 
100,000 sold In 1892. 
THEY ARE KINO. 
Sample mailed XC for ^ I ft fT 
Nickel, 81.50. 
Stallion Bits 50 cts. extra. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO. SK 
. There are twenty millions 
tmilch cows in the U. S. and 
all are liable to milk fever, 
garget or caked udder unless 
/ proper care Is given them. 
__ Scott’s Arabian Paste is the 
! remedy—guaranteed. Willnotscatter orreduce 
i the flow of milk, liberally used, thoroughly 
1 rubbed in, sweats out all hardness and lnflam- 
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J it in the stable, you will need it. 1 lb $1.00, H lb 
2 50c, bymatl. Druggists, Saddlers. Agts. wanted. 
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BARREN COWS AND MARES. 
A large percentage of animals that fall to breed 
can be cured. Valuable circular containing testi¬ 
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MOORE BROS., ALBANY, N. Y. 
IT HAS BEEN PROVED 
That green 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. 
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FARM POULTRY. 
PINE TREE F 
Eggs, 91 per setting. 
, . Send for Circular. 
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rairie State 
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t. Aug 
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