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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
A Late Crop. —Is there any crop that 
can be put in the ground after the hay 
crop has been taken off—about .1 uly 1— 
that will do to go into a silo ; if so, what 
fertilizer would such a crop usually re¬ 
quire ? A. B. i. 
Wendell, Mass. 
Ans. —With the earliest varieties of 
corn you might get a crop large enough 
for the silo. Millet would also mature, 
though we should prefer that cured into 
hay. We should use 400 pounds per acre 
of a good corn fertilizer. 
Hog Feed —I have mixed (by meas¬ 
ure) for hog feed the following grains : 
Five-sixteenths wheat, five-sixteenths 
corn (shelled), four-sixteenths barley 
and two-sixteenths oats—all good sound 
grains. Is the mixture a good ration 
for breeding sows and young pigs, or 
could I make it better at less cost, or 
even at the same ? Here are the prices 
of the grains : Wheat (No. 2 Northern), 
45 cents per bushel; corn, 30 cents per 
bushel; bar’ey, 30 cents per bushel ; 
oats, 23 cents per bushes. m. m. 
Minnesota Lake, Minn. 
This mixed feed will certainly be bet¬ 
ter than any one alone, having a ratio 
of seven of carbonaceous matter to one 
of protein, which is excellent for pigs, 
old and young, and especially so for 
brood sows with litters. The cost of the 
feed is 65 cents per 100 pounds, and as 
this quantity should make at least 20 
pounds of live weight, the profit of the 
feeding should be satisfactory. h. s. 
A Hog Record.— On page 157 of The 
R. N.-Y. I see: “ Who Can Beat This Pig 
Record?” The “record” given is in 
the future to a great extent. Here is 
mine: September 20 and 24, 1891, my 
t*o Jersey Red sows dropped 17 pigs. 
March 31, 1892, I sold 16 pigs (one having 
died young) that weighed 3,880 pounds, 
an average of 242% pounds each. The 
same two sov-s farrowed 19 pigs on April 
8 and 12, 1892; of these I lost one, and 
on December 5 sold 16 that averaged 238 
pounds each, having killed two for our 
own use. In each case I used a full 
blood Pola d-China boar. Did we crowd 
our pigs to their utmost capacity or not? 
Jonesville, Mich. r. a. b. 
A Camel Boom. —While in this country 
the car horse seems doomed by the in¬ 
creased importance of the electric and 
cable motor, a new “ revolution ” is be¬ 
ing worked out in Australia, if we may 
believe Mining Industries: 
In Australia the camel is fast taking 
the place of bullocks for use in the bar¬ 
ren interior regions. It is stated that 
there are already opened up and in regu¬ 
lar work in Australia, five lines of camel 
traffic, and that on these lines over 2,000 
camels are in daily use. Camels are found 
to be so useful that the number employed 
will be increased as rapidly as possiole. 
With bullock teams only about 10 miles 
a day can be made, but it is found that 
the camel will travel 84 miles in 18 hours, 
carrying a load of 300 pounds. In the 
interior of Australia are over 1,000,000 
square miles of almost unknown desert, 
and it is on the great inland plains that 
it is intended to utilize the camel trains, 
and by their use the various oases of civ¬ 
ilization may be more directly connected 
than by the old bullock routes. On the 
arid plains and among the mud flats and 
brackish lakes the camel finds plenty of 
coarse grass and thorny shrubs on which 
to subsist. 
Tuberculosis in England.— The New 
York Sun says that at present an experi¬ 
ment of no small interest every were is 
being conducted with regard to tubercu¬ 
losis in cattle by a Royal Commission in 
England. A selected healthy cow is care¬ 
fully watched for some time to ascertain 
that it is undoubtedly free from disease. 
Then for some time it is fed on food in¬ 
fected with bacteria and tuberculosis, 
and time is afterwards allowed for the 
development of the infection. The Com¬ 
missioners’ report, which, in its final 
form, will probably not be made before 
autumn, will tell whether the meat and 
milk from infected cows are infective; 
and, if so, to what extent their use is 
likely to affect the public health. A good 
deal has been written on this subject of 
late in this and other countries, but much 
of the enunciations have been of an empir¬ 
ical and often contradictory nature, and, 
in view of the care with which the pres¬ 
ent test case has been conducted, the re¬ 
sults will be of great value wherever the 
milk and meat of neat cattle are used, 
and wi 1 be likely to cause changes in 
laws with regard to the importation, 
slaughtering and marketing of cattle, as 
well as the handling of the products of 
milch cows. 
Sheep as Lawn Mowers—A writer 
in Root’s Gleanings gives this account 
of sheep in an apiary : 
As we were walking through the apiary 
we noticed the grass was kept down, 
perhaps not so nicely and evenly as a 
lawn mower would do it, but well 
enough to answer all practical require¬ 
ments of the apiary. 
“You do not dare to turn stock in 
here, do you ? ” said we. 
“ No,” said he : “I let loose a flock of 
sheep.” 
“ Only at night,” we interposed. 
“No,” said he: “it makes but little 
difference whether it is night or day. 
The sheep are seldom molested, and they 
will eat the grass clear up to the en¬ 
trances. And even if the bees do sting, 
they can not hurt them very much, on 
account of their wooly coverings.” The 
only time he had ever seen any commo¬ 
tion among the sheep was when one of 
them “ got pecked in the nose.” But 
that was rare. 
This method of keeping down the 
grass in the apiary by means of sheep is 
certainly a good one. We have seen the 
idea advanced a number of times before, 
but never had a chance to witness how 
nicely they do the work, and at practi¬ 
cally no expense—nay, rather at a slight 
net profit, because the grass is converted 
into wool and mutton. Here is one case, 
at least, where sheep and bees go well 
together. But in California the thing 
seems to be reversed; or, rather, to put 
it more exactly, a few sheep in an apiary 
are an advantage; but when the bee 
pasturage is encumbered with 5,000 it is 
a little too much of a good thing. In 
California the sheep and bees are de¬ 
pendent on the same plant for a living ; 
nence the sheep ean very soon destroy 
all prospects of a honey crop ; but here 
the sheep eat the grass and let the bees 
have the basswood and clover. 
AGAINST DISHORNING CATTLE. 
Of late considerable has been said in 
regards to dishorning cattle. In my es¬ 
timation it is a cruel practice, and should 
come under the head of “ cruelty to ani¬ 
mals.” It is natural for cattle to have 
horns, and if our Creator did not wish 
them, they would not have been on our 
animals to-day. Compare a herd of cat¬ 
tle with nice horns with brass knobs on 
them with one having bare heads. Ninety- 
mine out of every hundred persons will 
prefer the herd with horns. The looks 
of a cow that is dishorned are spoiled 
forever. A man who thinks anything of 
his held will not allow any of them to 
suffer the barbarous act of dishorning. 
I am a breeder of blooded stock, and 
have been to many agricultural fairs, and 
acted as judge on stock. No dishorned 
cow that is judged by an expert among 
perfect animals will ever receive men¬ 
tion. I claim that whoever dishorns his 
cattle does an injury to himself as well 
as to his herd. Very recently I read 
where a man had dishorned quite a large 
number in a day. That man would have 
been in better health and business had 
he rolled up his sleeves and waded into 
farm work and set a good example, and, 
if this were followed, in a few years 
there would be less talk about leaving 
the old farm. H< 
Norfolk County, Mass. 
R. N.-Y.— The R. N - Y. has often given 
its views on the subject of dishorning 
cattle. We can see no value in a horned 
head, except as our friend says, it adds 
to the “ scale of points ” method in judg¬ 
ing an animal. Horns are weapons only 
and though useful no doubt in the 
struggle for existence in her wild days, 
ages ago, the cow has no use for them 
nowadays. We do not think a case for 
“cruelty to animals” can be made 
against those who cut the horns off. We 
prefer taking the horns from young 
calves. This is more humane and leaves j 
a better shaped head. 
In writing to advertisers please always mention 
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of man or horse or 
other animal (not ma¬ 
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At druggists. Take no substitute. 
SUFFOLK SHEEP. 
Highly Important Sale of the Celebrated Snallwell 
Flock of the late Mb. Edward Gittus. 
SALTER, SIMPSON & SONS 
A BE favored with Instructions from the Executors 
- 1 (in consequence of the Farm being relinquished 
at Michaelmas next.) to SELL by AUCTION, at the 
MANOB FARM. 8NAILWKLL (throe miles from 
Newmarket), on THURSDAY, AUGUeT 3d, 1893, the 
Entire Flock of PUREBRED BLACK-FACEI) SUF¬ 
FOLK SHEEP, comprising— 
000 Shearling, 2-Shear. 3-Shear, and older Ewes, 
200 Ewe Lambs, 
40 Grand Ram Lambs, and 
10 Shearling Rams 
(Fully registered in the Suffolk Flock Book). 
The sale will a fford to tlockraasters and ram breed¬ 
ers an exceptional opportunity of procuring sheep 
of the highest merits of this popular breed. The 
strain of Sailor, 1112 (by Sailor Prince), winner of 
first prizes at the Plymouth (Royal), Suffolk and 
Essex shows, 1890, and which was reserved at the 
1890 sale, largely predominates In the Hock. 
The ram lambs promise to compare favorably with 
any shown In previous years. 
Further particulars in futore advertisements, or 
on reference to the Shepherd, Manor Farm, Snnll- 
well, or to the auctioneers, Bury st. Edmond’s 
and Attleborough, England. 
BARREN COWS AND MARES. 
A large percentage of animals that fall to breed 
can be cured. Valuable circular containing testi¬ 
monials from the most prominent breeders to this 
effect, sent free. Don’t you want it ? 
MOORE BROS., ALBANY, N. Y. 
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DRIVING still leads them all. 
IT WILL OONTROL THB MOST 
VIOIOUS HOR9H. 
75,000 sold In 1891. 
I 00,000 sold In 1892. 
THEY ARE KING. 
Sample mailed XC for ^ I A IT 
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Stallion Bits 50 cts. extra. 
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