1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
827 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Doo Castration Again. —If puppies 
are castrated they will grow up to useful¬ 
ness and will know no difference. It is 
somewhat different with old dogs; they 
will get lazy and fat. A dog that is 
naturally fond of driving stock will still 
drive though you castrate him, but he 
will get fat and may get lazy. The oper¬ 
ation can be safely performed at any age, 
but the younger, the better. 
About Bone Cutters. —Is a bone cut¬ 
ter practicable for a farmer who has the 
chance of the refuse from two slaughter 
houses? If so where can one be procured, 
and at what price? h. e m. 
Ans. —Cert&inly they are practicable 
for a farmer, and will enable him to turn 
these refuse bones into good hen food. 
They are advertised by two houses in 
The R. N.-Y., and one is offered in our 
premium list. Why don’t you get up a 
club of subscribers and earn one? 
Old Cotton-Seed Meal. —I am a miller 
and dealer in feeds, etc. A farmer sent 
for some cotton-seed meal with instruc¬ 
tions if I had no fresh-ground stock on 
hand not to get any, as stock kept from 
last winter was no good for cows. Is 
such the fact ? m. b. o. 
Chester County, Pa. 
Ans.— Cotton-seed meal, when kept 
carelessly, is apt to become heated or 
moldy, especially when wet. For this 
reason many buyers prefer the fresh- 
ground, just as they would fresh-ground 
corn meal. When kept in a dry, cool 
place, however, the cotton-seed meal 
should keep as well as bran. 
Horses for Fertilizer. —In regard to 
the disposal of old and crippled horses, 
there are several parties near here who 
raise large numbers of ferrets and buy a 
good many horses for feeding them. 
The hides are sold and the bones are 
ground into bone meal. They formerly 
paid from $2 to $5 each, but the supply 
has been so great this fall that they pay 
only SI and S3. Another party is buy¬ 
ing at the same price and shipping them 
by the car-load to Cleveland to be made 
into fertilizer. There may not be much 
sentiment in this way of disposing of 
them, but it certainly is better than let¬ 
ting them drag out a miserable exist¬ 
ence, as is generally done, and they are 
turned to a useful purpose. c. e. f. 
Brighton, Ohio. 
Profit in Brood Sows. —There is con¬ 
siderable discuss : on in regard to brood 
sows, but no one seems to know what is 
the profit or loss. They do not give the 
cost of keeping and care. I have kept 
five brood sows this year from which I 
have sold the pigs, two litters each, at 
four or five weeks old for $265, making 
$53 each and paid for feed last winter 
$50, or $10 each, about $5 for milk, grass 
and care, and for interest on investment 
$1.50. This leaves a net profit of $36.50. 
The ewes are Cheshire and I used a 
Chester White improved boar. You 
will see that we do not count back to the 
year before as some of them do. 
Ellicottville, N. Y. c. e. c. 
To Cure a “Visiting” Dog. —Some 
time ago I had an excellent dog for driv¬ 
ing cows, sheep, and other live stock. 
The breed, as nearly as I could make 
out, was a mixture of hound and bull. 
He was a fine dog on a farm, but gener¬ 
ally when wanted the worst he was al¬ 
ways away visiting. A friend told me 
to castrate him, and then he would al¬ 
ways be at home. I did so in the fall. 
He stayed at home and did good service 
for about one month ; then he became 
perfectly worthless, and when I whistled 
he would crawl under the fence or 
stable, wherever he happened to be. 
He was no good to drive stock whatever, 
but it never seemed to. hurt his hunting 
qualities. He would chase partridges 
and rabbits just as well as ever. As I 
could not afford to do much hunting, I 
killed him and purchased a nearly pure¬ 
bred collie. After a year or two he, 
too, became so inclined to roam that he 
was never at home when wanted, so I 
castrated him, thinking that, being a 
different breed, it would be all right. 
But in a short time he was perfectly 
worthless, and had to be killed. My 
neighbor also had a nice dog that he 
castrated to keep him at home. It did, 
but he was never of any value after¬ 
wards. I would advise one who has a good 
dog which is inclined to roam to find the 
dog he goes to see, go ahead of him with 
a good shot-gun loaded with pease, and 
lie in wait for him; when he comes 
spread it on him good and thick. Give 
him two or three applications, if neces¬ 
sary. This will make him afraid of a 
gun, but it will generally cure his visit¬ 
ing. H. T. L. 
Canada. 
Heifers in a Tread Power.—I have 
had no experience in using heifers on a 
tread power and do not know of any one 
who has. A half dozen of my neighbors 
are using bulls, both for separating and 
churning. I am using one on a tread for 
churning. As exercise is a necessity to 
proper development, I see no objection 
to working a heifer moderately on a 
tread. I should rather think favorably 
of it, but if the heifer were in calf, I 
would not continue working after one- 
half or two-thirds of her period of ges¬ 
tation had expired. These are only 
opinions, facta would be worth more. 
CHAS. R. BEACH. 
A Talk on Foods. —1. What kind of 
grain should be fed with turnips to make 
what is called a balanced ration ; or, in 
other words, what kind of grain do cows 
fed on turnips need to produce the most 
milk of the best quality ? The cows have 
all the good corn fodder they will eat. 
2. What kind of grain should be fed in 
connection with brewers’ grains to in¬ 
crease both the quality and quantity of 
the milk ? 3. Will rye pasture in the fall 
make milk taste strong ? r. s. d. 
Yorktown, N. Y. 
Ans. —1. In order to answer this, we must 
consider the compositon of turnips, stalks 
and some other foods. First, however, 
it must be said that you cannot make 
milk “ of the first quality ” when feeding 
turnips as a chief food. They may be 
fed in moderate quantities just after 
milking, but not as the chief rough for¬ 
age. The following table shows the per 
cent of nutriments in the following foods: 
Protein. Carbohydrates. Fat. 
Turnips. 
1 . 
6 
.15 
Corn stalks. 
3. 
40 
1.1 
Corn meal . 
9. 
08 
4.5 
Wheat bran. 
... 14.5 
54 
4 . 
Linseed meal. 
... 35.0 
35 
7 . 
As we have often explained, the “pro¬ 
tein” represents the part of the food that 
makes muscle, “fat” is pure fat the 
same as that which is found in animal 
bodies, while “carbohydrates” represent 
the substances that go to make fa t. A 
milch cow should have each day food 
enough to contain 2% pounds of protein, 
two-fifths of a pound of pure fat, and 12% 
pounds of carbohydrates. This makes a 
“balanced ration,” and from the table 
above you can see that turnips and stalks 
need some food rich in protein. For ex¬ 
ample, to obtain 2% pounds of protein, a 
cow must eat 250 pounds of turnips or 
nearly 100 pounds of stalks, and then not 
have it in proper condition. Bran, linseed 
and cotton-seed meal are the best foods 
to give with the turnips and stalks. 2. 
With brewers’ grains good corn meal is 
the best grain. 3. No, we should have 
no fear of the rye pasture. 
Two OR Three Colds In succession will often 
establish the seeds of Consumption in the system, 
converting what was originally a simple, curable 
affection, into one generally fatal. Wnlle ordinary 
prudence, therefore, makes It the business of every 
one to take care of a Cold until It Is got rid of. intel¬ 
ligent experieoce presents a remedy In Dr. Jayne's 
Kxpectora< t, thoroughly adapted to remove speed¬ 
ily all Coughs and Cold.-, and equally effective In the 
primary stages of Consumption, Asthma and Bron¬ 
chitis.— Adv. 
Don’t be misled by the advertisements of Cheap 
Rutter Color. Don’t take your chances with Aniline 
Color, when you can procure a pure and re'iable 
vegetable Color, such as Thatcher’s Orange Butter 
Color, which Is In seven-eighths of the Highest 
Scores at the World's Fair, capturing the Gold Medal 
offered by the State of Minnesota, and highest points 
In New York, Ill., Yt., N. H , Mass., Iowa and Wls. 
8cores from other States yet to be received. This, 
after winning the Gold Medal and Sweepstakes at 
the National Butter and Cheesemaker’s convention 
held at Dubuque, Iowa, February, 1893. should con¬ 
vince any one that where perfect results are to be 
obtained there Is no safety or certainty In using any 
other Color. Always reliable, uniform, strong, a 
perfect butter shade, and pronounced perfection by 
experts In every State of the Union. Manufactured 
by The Thatcher Mfg. Co., Potsdam, N Y .—Adv. 
HOLIDAY POULTRY. 
We make a specialty of Holiday Poultry for best 
cltv trade. Ship only choice stock In neat packages 
and best prices will be assured. Write for Instruc¬ 
tions for dressing. 
ESTABLISHED 1809. 
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Successors to G. S. PALMER, 
Wholesale Commission Merchants, 
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References: Chatham National Bank. 
Buckley’s Watering Device 
FOR WATERING STOCK IN TUB STABLE 
C. E. BUCKLEY & CO., 
Patentees and Manufacturers, Dovkr Plains, N. Y 
KINGSTON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE 
CO., Limited, Kingston, Ont., Canada, Solo Manu¬ 
facturers for the Dominion of Canada. 
m~ RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED. 
BARREN COWS CURED. 
Crystal Lake Farm. High-class j 
Holstein-Rriksians, Ravenna, o. ( 
“ Have used * lnjectlo Vaginal’ with great success, 
every animal so tar, getting with calf that we have 
used It on. ’ W. R. Dronbergen, Manager. 
Book Free. MOORE BROS., Albany. N. Y. 
High-Class Shropshires 
75 yearling rams th;.t will weigh 250 to 300 pounds 
and shear 12 to 15 pounds at maturity; and 150 year¬ 
ling ewes, to weigh 175 to 21.0 pounds, and shear 9 to 
12 pounds at maturity, just arrived, recorded In Eng¬ 
land and America. “A grand lot.” Send for cata¬ 
logue. THE WILLOWS, 
Geo. E. Breck, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich 
HENS PAY 
STALLION FOR SALE. 
One-half his value. Standard bred. 
P. A. WEBSTER, Cazenovla, N. Y. 
#5 to AK5 a year each when given a fair chance and 
the right sort of nests. Send stamp for Information 
F. GRUNDY. Morrlsonville, Ill. 
BRONZE TURKEYS 
AND 
BLACK LANGSHANS. 
We have (50 extra cholco Bronze Turkeys and 40 
hlgh-blood Black Langshan Cockerels for sale; very 
cheap. Also, a few tine Cheshire Pigs left. 
O. H. WHITE & SON, Miller Corners, N. Y. 
Why don’t you buy 
Improved Chester Whites 
OF 
WILLIS WHINERY, WINONA, OHIO, 
He pays the express He ships C. O. D. 
He wll. send you circulars, giving the 
Wonderful Show Record and particulars 
of this herd. 400 head lor sale. 
CHESHIRES 
From Foundation Herd. I have now shipped 397 limes 
to men 1 had sold to before. I challenge any breeder 
In the world to give as good a record. Lean meat 
and quick growth. E. W. DAVIS, Oneida, N. Y. 
PU CQUIftCQ —Selected Pigs from mature 
Un stock; young sows bred; two 
tine boars fit for service. 
ED. S. HILL, Peruvllle, N. Y. 
B erkshire, Chester ■white, 
Jersey Bed and Poland China 
PIGS. Jersey, Guernsey and 
Holstein Cattle. Thoroughbred 
Sheep. Fancy Poultry. Hunting 
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This Is a practical work of 500 pages, by Professor 
E. W. STEWART, upon the science of feeding In a'l 
Its details, giving practical rations for all farm an) 
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text book in nearly all Agricultural Colleges and Ex¬ 
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Address THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts., New York. 
THYMO-CRESOL 
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TICKS 
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