1893 
727 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
How Many Milkers ?—It is a rapid 
milker who can milk 10 cows an hour. 
I have had men who could milk indi¬ 
vidual cows in three minutes; but as 
herds average, I consider six minutes to 
a cow good work. One man can milk 
and care for about 12 cows. j. w burke. 
That Milking Problem.— One man 
will milk from eight to ten cows per 
hour if they are graduated from fresh 
to strippers. Of coure, circumstances 
vary greatly. There is a difference be¬ 
tween 10 easy strippers and 10 hard 
milkers giving a pailful apiece. The ex¬ 
pert who “ could milk a cow in three 
minutes and keep on milking until he 
had milked 15 cows,” would need to he 
more definite if he were going into an 
international race. He would need to 
tell whether or not the cows were in full 
flow of milk or nearly dry, whether easy 
or hard milkers, etc. There has never 
been a lactometer invented to measure 
the dynamics of a cow’s teats. A milk¬ 
ing contest can only be conducted fairly 
when all the contestants milk the same 
cows under the same conditions upon 
consecutive nights or mornings. 
We have in our barn about 25 head of 
live stock, including the horses. My 
father, myself and one hired man begin 
the chores at 4 p. m and are generally 
done and ready for supper at 5:30. In 
the morning two men now milk 16 cows 
in an hour, while the peddler is getting 
his load ready, eating his breakfast, and 
harnessing. 
A well-arranged barn is very valuable 
to a dairyman. One good principle is to 
have all feeding floors or lines of mangers 
connect at some central point where fod¬ 
der can be dropped from above and be 
easily distributed. e. c. birge. 
Feed For Colt and Bolter —My rem¬ 
edy for a horse that bolts his oats is by 
Nature’s own means; not only give him 
enough oats at one feed, but more than 
he can eat. He will soon take time to 
chew his oats then ; his feed may be re¬ 
duced according to his work. My feed 
for a colt, young or old, is oats. If a 
young colt has all the oats he will eat, 
they will do him no harm, but will make 
a horse of him at two years. My plan 
for conditioning a colt at this time of 
year is to feed plenty of small apples 
with enough ground oats to soak up the 
juice. Feed him in a manger. 
Bethel, Conn. m. j. t. 
A Mare With the Heaves —I have a 
mare that 1 bought a year ago that has 
had three bad attacks. The symptoms 
are a cough at different times with hard 1 
breathing even when standing idle, but 1 
sometimes worse after being well fed. 1 
Wnen she is breathing hard her flanks 
jerk in and out violently like those of a 
horse that is very tired. Two attacks ] 
each followed a hard day’s work and a i 
big feed at night. e. h. \ 
Humboldt, Tenn. c 
Ans.— The mare is suffering from a c 
severe attack of the heaves, aggravated t 
by overfeeding. Such cases are incurable e 
when the disease is once well established, e 
By careful attention to the diet, a horse T 
can usually be benefited so as to relieve t 
the distressing symptoms ; but the symp- l 
toms will reappear, if the animal is al- e 
lowed to overload his stomach, is put to s 
hard work on a full stomach or immedi- t 
ately after a hearty drink, or is fed t: 
dusty or coarse, bulky food of poor qual- r 
ity. The diet should be restricted and p 
consist only of a moderate ration of food a 
of the best quality. Do not allow a “ big d 
feed at night ” or in fact at any other p 
time, with a broken-winded horse. Very n 
many such cases would keep in better b 
condition and be able to do more work, tl 
on much less feed than they consume, ir 
Many horses are actually kept poor and ti 
out of condition by overfeeding. If it 
necessary to increase the feed to keep up tl 
the condition of a horse with the heaves, ui 
increase the grain ration, but not the 
hay or other coarse fodder. The best of 
all rations for a horse with the heaves is 
the “chop,” being less bulky and free 
from dust. If any long hay is fed, it 
should be at night, and even then in 
moderate allowance. In watering allow 
not more than one bucketful at once, 
which should be given before and not 
immediately after eating. Active ex¬ 
ercise should not be given the horse im¬ 
mediately after a full meal. Remedial 
treatment is of but little, if any benefit, 
and at best only affords partial relief. 
The correction and maintenance of a 
suitable diet is the best remedy. Arsenic 
is still sometimes prescribed, and the 
mare might be benefited by a long course, 
giving a tablespoonful of Fowler’s solu¬ 
tion in the feed once daily for several 
weeks. f. l. k. 
The Cows’ Vacation.— The remarks of 
Mr. Newton on page 695 in regard to the 
prolongation of the milking period of 
cows that drop their calves in October, 
is in most essentials, an experience that I 
have had with my own winter dairy. I 
am now fully satisfied that a winter- 
milker will give at least one-fourth more 
milk than the same cow would if she 
freshened in the spring months. When 
I began winter dairying, the cows were 
practically dry from July 4, until they 
commenced to drop their calves in the 
fall, but now the cows—substantially the 
same ones—give us no let up in milking, 
and we go to the creamery every day in 
the year. This season, dry as it has been, 
when the first cows became fresh in early 
September, the daily yield of milk was 
over one-third that of the best day’s 
yield of last winter. Only a few of the 
cows now but will milk up to within 
four to six weeks of calving. There is no 
guess work about the thing with me, for 
I find there is now no vacation in milk¬ 
ing the cows, and the scales that weigh 
the milk twice a day, tell the increase. 
Ohio. j, 0 , 
Some Good Advice. —On page 663, J. 
B., Jr., of Naperville, Ill., remarks that 
in a former Rural he read an article en¬ 
titled “ A Substitute for the Silo.” After 
giving a brief description of the substi¬ 
tute, he closes his article in these words: 
“ Although I have most of the copies, I 
am unable to find this article. When was 
it?” If J. B., Jr., will have a pencil 
handy, and when he reads an article that 
he might wish to refer to at some future 
time, will make a note of it on the mar¬ 
gin of the first page of the paper some¬ 
thing like this : “Substitute for Silo in 
this paper, page 411,” he would be saved 
much annoyance in looking over so many 
pages and then meeting with disappoint¬ 
ment as in the above case. This method 
has been my practice for years, and it | 
has saved me much time and annoyance. 
Vienna, Va. A. h. b 
Twig Paste for Cattle.—A writer in 
Hoard’s Dairyman tells about the Ger¬ 
man experiments in utilizing tree twigs 
for cattle food: “ First, twigs not ex¬ 
ceeding half an inch in thickness were 
crushed, not ground, then water heated 
to about 100 degrees, and malt was add¬ 
ed, and the whole mess was left for sev¬ 
eral days. Dr. Jarcow reporting on this 
process says ; ‘ After three to four days 
the mash will have risen to about 150 to 
160 degrees, by which the ferment in the 
malt converts the starch of the mash into 
sugar, and affects the woody fiber so as 
to make it become fully digestible, while 
the valuable albumen in the mash is fully 
retained unchanged. In this way a twig- 
paste is prepared, which is eaten with 
avidity by cattle, horses and sheep, and 
digested so completely that no undigested 
particles can be detected in the excre¬ 
ments of the animals. ’ It has been found 
by other German experiment stations 
that the best results are obtained by 
mixing the preparation with potatoes, 
turnips, beets, cut hay, etc. The stock, 
it is said, gained much more than when 
the best straw was the basis of the mixt¬ 
ure. For the experiment, twigs from the 
beech, linden, birch and maple were pre¬ 
ferred, but the Germans claim that there 
is no reason why other trees, as fruit 
trees, pine and spruce should not be used 
with equal success.” 
E. J. White’s Letter. 
Cordova, Neb., Sept. 20,1898. 
Editor Hoard’s Dairyman: 
Dear Sir— In a late Issue of your paper I notice 
an advertisement by Wells, Richardson & Co., stat¬ 
ing that butter made by me that won Sweepstakes 
and Gold Medal offered by the State of Minnesota at 
the World’s Fair was colored by their color. In the 
Interests of fair play and honest dealing I beg to say 
that said butter was colored with Thatcher's Orange 
Butter Color, which In my opinion Is the best on 
earth, and any butter maker who knows hls business 
and knows the color would not take the chances on 
any other, especially when going for sweepstakes. 
The Thatcher Mfg. Co. have had my affidavit for 
some time, and how W., It. & Co. could have the 
cheek to claim what they did is beyond me, although 
I have seen cheeky claims before. 
Yours very tiuly, 
E. J. White.— a dv. 
WAYLAND 
GUERNSEYS 
For Immediate Sale. 
FIFTY GUERNSEYS, 
Both sexes and all ages, to reduce numbers, on ac¬ 
count of scarcity of feed The choice of the herd Is 
virtually offered, with the exception of a few old 
breeding cows and the mature bulls. 
FRANCIS S <AVV, Waylantl, IVlasH. 
HIGH-CLASS 
REGISTERED JERSEYS. 
R. i*. SHANNON, Box 752, l’lttsburg, Pa. 
Buckley’s Watering Device 
FOR WATERING STOCK IN THE STABLE 
C. E. BUCKLEY & CO., 
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KINUSTON FOUNDRY AND MACTIINK 
uo.. Limited, Kingston, Ont., Canada, Sole Manu¬ 
facturers for the Dominion of Canada. 
t3T RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED. 
Percheron Mares for Sale. 
Several line Registered Mares and Mare Colts 
weanlings to three years; also grades all ages.’ 
Prices reasonable. Write wants. J. M. HAM Lyn- 
feld Farm, Washington Hollow, N. Y. 
J S 7- -T-- L -7 . BUY THE BEST. 
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Hundreds of Testimonials from 
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HENS PAY 
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P A R IUI E R ft Improve your poultry 60 
,,, * , , , Per cent by using White 
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eeekerel and two pullets for $2 KING’S FARM 
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A BARGAIN KNOB MOUNTAIN I 
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BARREN COWS AND MARES. POULTBYMEN 
PFUIN m The most profitable of all 
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A large percentage of animals that fall to breed 
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Messrs. Moore Bros.: 
Gentlemen— We are well pleased with the Invest¬ 
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MOORE BROS., ALBANY, N. Y. 
Shropshires for Sale. 
Twenty-two one and two-year-old Rams; If! year¬ 
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JAS. M. COLKUKOVK, Box 1148, Corry, Pa! 
High-Class Shropshires 
75 yearling rams th..t will weigh 250 to 300 pounds 
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hdkue. THE WILLOWS, 
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REGISTERED f? xford Down G»mbs, yea r- 
UPTON STOCK FARM. 
First-prize Lelceste and Delaine Merino 8hoep 
for Sale. Rams at less than one-half their value 
$;> each if taken at once. I have attended four fairs 
this fall, and have received 8161 in prizes. 
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BIT ,t * ,l ‘- 0 < >» t bolth«iiio»t 
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75,000 sold In 1891. 
■ 100,000 sold In 1892. 
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