1893 
875 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Record of One Sow. —From a litter of 
12 pigs, dropped last April, 11 were 
raised and sold for $ 54 . The same sow 
dropped 15 pigs October 8, three being 
still-born. I sold the 12 remaining for 
$40 making a total of $94 for the two 
litters. The grain and small potatoes 
fed to sow and pigs and service of boar, 
cost $20, leaving the sum of $74 in pay¬ 
ment for the skim-milk fed. Estimating 
the number of quarts to be 3,700 per 
year, this gives me a cash value of two 
cents per quart for the milk. My pigs 
are always in good demand. One of the 
April pigs, sold in June, dressed 300 
pounds Thanksgiving week, s c. irons. 
Providence County, R. I. 
Any Cure for the Horse ? — Last 
March my four-year-old horse became 
lame with inflammation of the upper or 
principal joint of the hock. The swell¬ 
ing still remains, with some lameness. 
The swelling has become hard and bony. 
I have tried blistering. Is there a cure 
for him ? If so, what ? f. w. w. 
Freeport, Ill. 
Ans. —I cannot give you a definite 
answer as to whether the horse can be 
cured. Some cases of this kind will 
yield to treatment, while others will not. 
Firing with the hot iron would be the 
most likely to give favorable results. I 
would advise employing a competent 
veterinary surgeon to examine, and, if 
desirable, to fire the hock. 
f. l. kilbourne. 
Some Stock Feeds. —When oats are 
worth $17.50, wheat bran $13.50, wheat 
middlings $14, and the bran and mid¬ 
dlings mixed as they come from grinding 
rye are worth $13.50 per ton, which is 
the cheapest food for horses, cattle, hogs 
and sheep ? What is the manurial value 
of each of these foods ? 
Ans. —At the prices named, we would 
prefer oats and bran, say, one-third oats 
and two-thirds bran. Work horses might 
be fed more of the bran or middlings, 
but driving horses do better on oats. The 
bran would also be cheapest for cows 
and sheep, but for hogs we would prefer 
the middlings. The manurial or ferti¬ 
lizing values per ton for these feeds are 
about as follows: Oats, $7.28; bran, 
$13.02; middlings, $12.40. 
Cattle Tonics. —An agent of the Thor- 
ley Food Co., of Chicago, has been taking 
orders for what is called a tonic for 
horses, cattle and sheep. “ Nutriatone ” 
it is called. He claimed that The Rural 
New-Yorker recommended it. If so, 
what is its value, and is it what is claimed 
to be ? e. b. t. 
Ans. —It is news to us that we have 
ever endorsed “ Nutriatone.” We know 
nothing about this particular tonic, but 
have no doubt it is much like dozens of 
others. Any number of these foods have 
been analyzed and found to consist of 
bran, corn meal, linseed, salt, sulphate 
of iron, fenugreek, and a few other drugs. 
Most of them will turn out to be a good 
grain mixture with a small amount of 
some medicinal substances and drugs to 
give them a good smell. It is just about 
as profitable to feed these foods as it is 
for a man to buy a patent medicine. 
Some men think it profitable to pay $1 
for a bottle of medicine costing perhaps 
25 cents, when they could obtain the 
same results by taking a dose of sulphur 
and molasses, eating two full meals of 
fruit, and putting in time over a buck¬ 
saw. We have repeatedly printed “ home 
mixtures ” that are just as good as these 
“ cattle tonics.” 
Milking Notes. —Myself and two hired 
men are now milking 50 cows. We find 
that it takes from three to six minutes 
to milk a cow, the time consumed de¬ 
pending on the amount of milk given and 
upon the amount of muscle expended to 
get it; it is less work to milk two easy 
milkers than one hard one. The average 
time at present with the help I have, is 
about four minutes per cow, but if the 
cows were all fresh, it would take longer. 
I never find any fault with a man if he 
milks 10 cows per hour and does it right. 
As we have things arranged, it takes one 
man about one hour to care for each 10 
cows besides milking them, and we 
endeavor to make them as happy as pos¬ 
sible, knowing that the cows’ happiness 
helps to make our profit. One man is 
doing the most of my chores at present, 
excepting the milking, and I have 53 
head of cattle and nine horses and mules. 
JOHN Q. WELLS. 
Bran and Gluten Meal. —In what 
proportions should gluten meal, wheat 
bran and wheat middlings be mixed for 
a milk producer ? Would it be best to 
add cotton-seed meal at $27 per ton ? The 
cost of the other feeds is as follows: 
gluten meal, $19; wheat bran, $16 50 ; 
middlings, $20.50 per ton. These are to 
be fed with Timothy hay sprinkled with 
clover. F . Ki K . 
New Milford, Pa. 
Ans.—W e would not use the middlings 
at all. At the prices named, bran and 
gluten meal are cheaper feeds. About 
one part by weight of gluten meal to five 
of bran would be our mixture. With these 
feeds at the prices given, you cannot 
afford to pay $27 for cotton-seed meal. 
Bran is a safe and good food for milk, 
but care must be observed in feeding 
gluten meal. This feed is very rich and 
concentrated with a large amount of oil 
or fat. Is is so rich that, when fed too 
heavily, it may produce sickness by clog¬ 
ging the liver. Two pounds per day is 
the utmost limit for any cow. Fed mod¬ 
erately, however, it is a good milk food. 
“ Preservaline” Again.— We find in 
the Butchers’ Advocate, a glowing ad¬ 
vertisement of Preservaline—the only 
genuine, “original Jacobs” article, a 
boar’s head for its trade mark, S. Oppen- 
heimer & Co., sole agents, etc. Pre¬ 
servaline A is for “ fresh meats, game, 
poultry, pork and liver sausages,” B for 
“ bologna, summer and all kinds of 
smoked sausages,” and C is “ for curing 
and preserving pork and beef of every 
kind, tongues, etc., and to protect fresh 
and smoked meats from flies and skip¬ 
pers.” Of course, the usual statement 
accompanies the advertisement that 
“ nothing in the least degree injurious 
to health or meat is used in the manu¬ 
facture of Preservaline.” It is notable 
that they no longer advertise a prepara¬ 
tion for preserving milk, since our Dairy 
Commission has declared such milk adul¬ 
terated. There ought to be some 
way found for suppressing the whole 
business. It is simple nonsense to say 
that food can be drugged in quantities 
sufficient to arrest decay, etc., without 
injuring it as food. Salicylic and Boracic 
acids are the principal bases of all these 
compounds and both are poisons. The 
municipal government of Paris has of¬ 
ficially prohibited the use of the former 
in any food preparation, and the use of 
either should be made a misdemeanor. 
E. G. F. 
Don’t be misled by the advertisements of Cheap 
Butter Color. Don’t take your chances with Aniline 
Color, when you can procure a pure and reliable 
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., Vt., N. H., Mass., Iowa and Wis. 
Scores from other States yet to be received. This, 
after winning the Gold Medal and 8weepstakes 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. 
Bartlett’s O. K. Food 
Is a meat and bone ration for poultry. It is cooked 
meat steam dried and ground to fine sweet mea'l ; used 
with soft feed is a great egg producer. Sample bag 
(50 pounds), $1. Send for our little catalogue on Cut 
Green Bone , Desiccated Fish, Oyster Shells, Mica 
Grit, Bone Meal, etc. Address 
C.iA. BARTLETT,; Worcester, OMaes. 
A Great Chance 
to buy Jersey Cattle from 
Meridale Farms 
This is the largest and choicest 
offering ever made of Mkhidai.k 
Jerseys. A number of cows, 
heifers and bull calves of the finest 
breeding and individuality are in¬ 
cluded in catalogue of “ Offering 
No. 7,” which should tie in the 
hands of everyone wishing to buy 
Jerseys. Prices lower than ever 
before offered by us. 
ayer & McKinney, 
Times Building, PHILADELPHIA. 
DAIRYMEN SAY 
THE monr.1. MILK COOLER 
AN1) AKKATOIt 
Has no equal, is low 
down, gives the best re 
suits, has smooth sur¬ 
face, airs and cools ar, 
the same time less work 
to clean, made of copper 
or heavy tin plate, with 
iron ctad bottom, they 
will not rust. 
Agents wanted. Send for large cut and price list 
to the Inventor and Maker. 
H. W. GAZLAY, Cortland, N. Y. 
your fmrse witha B URLINGTON "STAY-ON.” 
Auk dealer or writo fUf Burlington IHaukcL Co.Burlington,>Yls. 
POULTRY MEN 
Have proved that green cut bone is the 
greatest egg producing food in the world. 
Mann’s Bone Cutter 
Warranted to cut prreen bone with the meat and 
gristle, without clog or difficulty, or money 
refunded. 
Ulus, catalogue free If you name this paper. 
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0 NCUBATORS 
In-Door and Out-Door Brooders 
5)4 FIRST PREMIUMS. 
Send for 104-page Illustrated catalog 
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INCUBATORS & BROODER 
Brooders only $6. Best and cheapest f 
raising chicks ; 40 first premiums ; 3 ( 
testimonials; send for catalogue. 
G. S. SINGER, Box SU, Cardlngton, 
Buckley’s Watering Device 
FOR WATERING STOCK IN THE STABLE 
C. E. BUCKLEY & CO., 
Patentees and Manufacturers, Dovbh Pi.Ainh, N. Y 
KINGSTON FOUNDRY AND MACHINK 
CO., Limited, Kingston, Ont., Canada, Sole Manu¬ 
facturers for the Dominion of Canada. 
W RELIABLE AGENT8 WANTED. 
GUERNSEYS! 
The GRANDEST of DAIRY Breeds. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the size 
approximate to the Holstein or Short-horn, but 
standing ALONB and UNKQUALEi) In producing the 
richest colored butter In mid-winter on dry feed. 
Gentle as pets, persistent milkers and hardy In con¬ 
stitution, they combine more qualifications for the 
dairy or family cow than any other breed. In the 
“ Old Brick Guernsey Herd” 
are daughters and granddaughters of the renowned 
Squire Kent, 1504 A. G. C. C. and of the llnest strains 
on Guernsey or In America—Comus, son of Squire 
Kent and 8tatelllte, son of Kohlm head the herd. All 
particulars In regard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. 8. P. TABER WILLETTS, 
“ The Old Brick,’’ Roslyn, L. I., N. Y. 
JERSEYS FOR SALE. 
Sixteen head of A .1. C C stock, composed of 10 
cows, three yearling heifers, two heifer calves and 
one yearltn bull; nearly ail solid color; blood of 
Signal, Victor Hugo, St. Heller. Farmer’s Glory, 
Eurotas, etc. The yearlings and calves were sired 
by Cecil H. 20233, one of the best bred Jersey bulls 
living, and the cows mostly served by him. The lot 
for *1,260. Cecil H. will bo Included for S'OO addi¬ 
tional. Come and see them, No time to answer let¬ 
ters unless you mean business. 
W. K. MOWRY, Oxford, N. Y. 
JERSEY HEIFERS. 
One by son of Ida’s Stoke Pogls, two months old, 
solid color, $40. registered. One by Grlsette’s Koffee 
broken color, six months old, $35, registered. 
R. F. SHANNON, Box 752, Pittsburg, Pa. 
High-Class Shropshires 
75 yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 300 pounds 
and shear 12 to 15 pounds at maturity; and 160 year¬ 
ling ewes, to weigh 175 to 21.0 pound's, 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. Brbck, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich 
Registered Shropshires 
We are offering for sale, at moderate prices, highly 
bred owes, both Imported and home bred, In lamb to 
first-class rams. Write for catalogue and prices. 
Now is the time to found a flock. F. M.Coujx, Benton 
( enter, \ ates County, N. Y., Eastern Representative 
of J. S. & W. G. Crosby, of Michigan. 
“A good beast Is a good beast however it has come, 
bat to pedigree alone must we look tor succession.” 
This quotation is absolutely true, as all breeders 
know;the“ W|LLSW00D HERD ”of Recorded 
BERKSHIRE SWINE, 
has, besides, Pedigree, Size, Quality and 8uhstanco. 
A few rf all ates at lowest possible prices. 
WILLS A SEWARD, Budd’s Lake, N J. 
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Combined. If you are interested in 
Poultry, it will pay you to Bend 4 cents in 
stamps for 72 page catalogue, giving valuable 
points on Poultry Culture. Address 
Reliable Incubator Co., Quincy, III- 
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Boars lit for service, six months old, very superior 
$ 2 .> each Also, young pigs eight weeks old. $8 either 
sex. all boxed a-d delivered to Express Company 
free. Address JAMES KDGERTON, Barnesvllle O 
Why don’t you buy 
Improved Chester Whites 
OF 
He pays the express. He ships C. O. D. 
He will send yon circulars, giving the 
Wonderful Show Record and particulars 
of this herd. 400 head for sale. 
HENS PAY 
iSJ to »(> a year each when given a fair chance and 
the right sort of nests. Send stamp for Information 
F. GRUNDY, Morrlsonville, Ill. 
CHESHIRES 
P rom h oundatlon Herd. I have now shipped 397 t imes 
to men 1 had sold to before. I challenge any breeder 
In the world to give as good a record. Lean moat 
and quick growth. E. W. DAVIS, Oneida, N. Y. 
100 Mammoth Light Brahmas, 7 to 11 pounds. 
K. S. HAWK, Mechanlcsburg, Ohio. 
POLAND CHINAS-?rSL M P ,S?. 
hog for the farmer. Fifty head of summer and fall 
pigs for sale. J. L. VAN DOREN. Crestone, Ohio. 
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