1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
111 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Sprayixg Poultry. —Will it do to spray 
fowls with coal oil emulsion to kill lice ? 
Will it in j are them ? b. l. q. 
Aks.—W e would not try it on fowls we 
cared anything about. In order to reach 
the lice in their hiding places one would 
have to use too much. That is our opin¬ 
ion. We have never tried it. If others 
have, let’s hear from them, 
p Prolific Sows. —We have a grade Pol- 
and-Caina and Berkshire sow that far¬ 
rowed 11 pigs March 3, 1893, on August 
4 she farrowed nine, and on January 10, 
1894, she farrowed 14 more. She may 
not be equal to some Western hogs, but 
she beats no hog. Another sow, a full- 
blood Berkshire, farrowed February 27, 
1893, eight p'gs, August 3 eight, and 
January 19, 1894 nine more. Now, Janu¬ 
ary 30, both sows are ready for service. 
Loudon, Tenn. e. l. g. 
The Duroc-Jersey Pig for a rustler 
and for docility is head and shoulders 
above all others with me. One doesn’t 
have to hold a stick at him with some¬ 
thing on it to eat to keep him still. The 
weight of one of mine is 900 pounds in 
ordinary flesh. I have one 18 months 
old that is a monster in size; he has 
never been weighed, but my neighbors 
in chaffing me say I will have to enlarge 
my farm if I wish him to grow on my 
own soil. w. n. hanes. 
Ensilage and Sickness. —Does feeding 
ensilage cause rinderpest in herds of cat¬ 
tle, or are cattle fed on ensilage any 
more liable to have rinderpest ? Are they 
any more liable to have any disease simply 
because fed on ensilage ? J. h. .i. 
^ Troy, Pa. 
A NS. —To give a short answer, we would 
say, no. We regard good ensilage as 
very healthful food when feed in reason¬ 
able quantities. You could make a man 
sick by feeding him too much apple 
sauce, but that would not prove that 
apple sauce is not healthful. 
Darkness as a Tail Eolder. —The 
best tail holder I have ever used is a dark 
stable. No dairyman can afford to leave 
his cows out in the pasture during the 
heat of the day in fly time. There is 
nothing that will reduce a cow in flesh, 
or make her shrink in milk so soon as 
fighting flies in hot weather. My cows 
are milked early in the morning, before 
the flies bother, and are turned at once 
into the pasture field. By 10 or 11 o’clock 
they are through feeding and are ready 
to go into the stable. This I make as 
dark as possible. I never have to go for 
them; they come to the barn of their own 
accord, and seem anxious to get away 
from their tormentors. Our milk goes to 
the city, and we milk about 3 p. m., after 
which the cows are again turned out. 
The stable should be cleaned out every 
day and should be kept littered with a 
liberal supply of good absorbents such as 
sawdust or straw. The stable should also 
be well ventilated. p. t. 
Norwalk, 0. 
A TEN-QUART MAN I 
I look upon a 10-quart man with the 
same respect that a boy feels for a 
scholar in the class above him. I am an 
eight-quart man. It is possible that the 
10 -quart dairyman looks upon his eight- 
quart brother with those feelings which 
a bey has toward a scholar in the class 
below him. If he does have such feel¬ 
ings, we defy him ! We warn him to 
look sharp after the eleventh quart. We 
eight-quart men are after him—tortoise 
fashion it is true—but we will go him 
ten-an-a-’af if he loafs long by the road¬ 
side. 
A number of leading dairymen of the 
State, with whom I have talked, consider 
eight quarts per day a fair average yield 
for all cows in milk, when the different 
cows of the dairy have come in at all 
months of the year, where the practice of 
trading off shrinking cows for fresh ones 
is not followed. Our cows ran up to 11 
quarts last October under particularly 
favorable circumstances of feed which 
could not continue, but generally we 
hover around 16 pounds per day. While 
under the comfortable delusion that I 
was as good as my neighbors, I fell in 
with a butter dairyman at New Britain 
who told me that his 15 cows had that 
day filled eight 18 quart Cooley cans, and 
12 quarts over, making a total of 156 
quarts. He said that under the condi¬ 
tions described above this amount of milk 
would make about 37 quarts of Cooley 
cream, and churn out 18 pounds of 
butter. My somewhat close questioning 
and apparent skepticism led to an invita¬ 
tion to visit his place and look around. I 
went out to his farm determined to find 
his advantage if he had any. After 
going through his stable, I was willing 
to accept his statement of yield. 
Four points would explain his advan¬ 
tage : 1. His cows were 100 to 150 pounds 
heavier than ours; 2, he had bred his 
two and three-year-olds from a better 
sire, and his heifers had finely developed 
udders and were superior to our heifers 
of the same age. On these two points 
we hope to match him in a year or two 
more. 3. He had a man almost contin¬ 
ually in the stable “ fussing ” with ap¬ 
parent intelligence over the cows—this 
counts for much ; 4, his was a natural 
grass farm and the cows had plenty of 
sweet, early-cut hay full of White clover. 
His grain ration was lighter than that 
of many dairymen—two quarts of corn- 
and-3ob meal, two quarts of gluten meal 
and two quarts of wheat feed per day— 
no ensilage. He raises some six acres of 
corn per year and feeds it in the old way. 
He retails his butter to local village cus¬ 
tomers. His butter took a first prize at 
Chicago. He is in a leading Jersey dis¬ 
trict of the State. His cows weigh from 
900 to 1,000 pounds, and are all sorts of 
grades bred to registered Jersey bulls. 
He keeps 37 head of stock on 124 acres 
of land, and his income is largely from 
the cows. As near as I can learn he is 
not making as much profit from his farm 
as some other dairymen are, but in the 
matter of managing his cows there is in¬ 
struction for every eight-quart dairyman 
who wishes to pass his 10-quart rival. 
E. C. BIRGE. 
It is but WnKTCHBD Policy to allow yourself 
to drift Into an Incurable disease, by neirlectlnK the 
earliest and most tractable symptoms. By content¬ 
edly walitrg lor a Cold to get well of Itself, many a 
one has so damaged the structure of his Lungs, as to 
put himself beyond the reach of medicines, before 
being conscious of danger. IIow much safer on the 
first indlcailons ot a Cold, to res'rt to Dr. Jayne’s 
Expectorant, an efficacious remedy for Coughs, 
Asthma, and all Bronchial Affections, and sure to 
exert a beneficial Influence on the organs of the 
chest.—Adb. 
If 3’ou are satisfied 
that 
Ashton’s 
is giving you the 
most satisfactory results, don’t 
experiment with something 
new offered you a “ little 
cheaper” and said to be “just 
as good.” Let well enough 
alone. 
For sale by leading grocers 
everywhere. 
FRANCIS D. MOULTON & CO., 
General Agents for U. S. and Canada. 
29 Broadway, New York. 
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RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO., 
4. P. PAVIKa, Mipf, 
RACINl. WI8« 
WE GUARANTEE 
That one tablespoonful of 
GOMeAULT’S CAUSTIC BALSAM 
will produce more actual results than a whole bottle 
of any liniment or spavin cure mixture ever made. 
It is therefore the cheapest (as well as safest and 
best) external applicant Known for man or beast. 
BARE 
FRENCH GOAGHERS AND 
rclieron Horses. 
Pure bred stock all ages, 
at prices to suit every 
purchaser, to clo.se estate 
of JOHN W. AKIN. 
.Semi for flireular. 
EIMWOODRTOCKFABM 
E. S. AKIN, Executor. 
SCIPIO, N. Y. 
THE LAWRENCE WILLIAMS CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO. 
HENS PAY 
DEHORNING CLIPPE^^^ 
D4IIUfifLZ KNSrC CM Trtt f 
FOR DCnORMIMOPUCPOSU. 4ffD>»HAflA| 
uaQf.'ARHIWllfCWHffRWl ( 
MIS to fll6 a year each when given a fair chance and 
the right sort of nests. Bend stamp for Information 
F. QRUfsDV, Morrlsonvllle, Ill. 
Jersey Bull for Sale. 
Seven months old. full blooded, black tongue and 
muzzle; tine markings; Irom Samuel TlUUn stuck. 
Price, $125. Hare cnance. Adoiess 
JEUSEV, Tub IIokal Nkw-Yorker. 
B KEEPERS 
CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
A Uandsomely Illustrated n r g CIIDDI ICQ 
M agazine, and Catalog. ofDC.11 OUriLICO 
FUKE. A. 1. UOOT, Mediou, O, 
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I WHY NOT 
SAVE EVERY CHICK I 
you HATCH? I 
When you can so easi¬ 
ly dolt by feeillng 
them the F. B. C. 
Chick Manna I 
Our sales are Im- ; 
mense, and all those who have u.sed it, as well: 
as the Chicks themselves. Sing ItS PfalSeS. ^ 
: 1 lb. by mall, 2'5c.; 511)S. by e,xpre8S, 40c.; 60 lb. : 
ca.'ie, by express or freight, $4.00. : 
Our complete Poultry SupplyCatalogue comes; 
for the asking. It ha.sa page for £eeA'eepers,Ux).': 
JOHNSON & STOKES, 
. 317 anil 319 Market St., Plilladelpliia. 
OAI 
-The Meet Perfect 
INCUBATOR iMABB 
Quick and certain ; Hatch 
every egg that a hen cou 
hatch; Uegulatesltaelfaut 
matlcally; Reduces the co 
of poultnr raising to a min 
luuin. JBestIn everyway 
lowest In price. Send ft 
Ulus. Catalogue. SIMPLE 
MATCHER C0„ QUINCY fU 
MONEY IN SPRING CHICKENS. 
The Hen Is Not In It. 
The inviDoible egg batcher 
I doea the buiinesi. Price. 
1117.00. Big money. Sendicts. 
for Catalogue No. It tells 
all. 2600 sold In 1893. 
BUCKEYR INCUBATOR CO*, Springfield.Ohio. 
INCUBATORSI 
In-Door and Out-Door Brooders. 
94 FIRST PREMIUMS. 
I Send for 104-page Illustrated catalogue 
Prairie State Incubator Uo., Homer City, Pa. 
Broodsra only $S. Bart aad ehaapaat for 
raising ohioks; 40 flrst praminms; 1,000 
testimonials; send for catalogue. 
G.S. SINGER, Box o74, Cardlngton, 0. 
SET TOUR HENS IN 
MAPES’ Automatic Hens’ Nests. 
Laying hens esn not bother them. They can come 
off 10 eat at pleasure. Sure preventive ot the egg- 
eattrg habit. Three cents' worth of lumber. 13 
rails and any old box of suitable size Is all that Is 
required Send 50 cents In stamps for full direc¬ 
tions and farm right 
O. W. MAPES. Middletown, N, T. 
B utter stock at low prices.-a. j. c. 
Club St. 1 ambert Bull and Heifer Calves 
of the hestbuUer blood, tracing several times to Stoke 
I'ogfis III., lire of Mary Anne of (»t. L., 8(57 
pounds butter in one year. Young Bulls sold frt m our 
herd have sired 20 pound cows, such as Pride it 
Itig'eslde .’)4.')45, 30 pouiiris 4>^ ounces, and Gyesy’s 
Pride 2nd 293<;5, 37 pounds 13 ounces of butter in 7 
dai/« for Milier & Slblev. E. L. rLAKKSON, 
14 West 19th Street New York 
Refer by permission to ihb HL'iial Nbw-Yorkeii. 
BARREN COWS CURED. 
The following Is from UON. WAYNE MACVH AQH, 
Ambassador to Italy ; 
BKOOKFim.i) Farm, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
“ You can quote f om this note mv a!<8u-aaoe that 
your medlcloea always gave me tne greatest satls- 
lactlou ” 
Book Free. MOORE BROS., Albany. N. Y. 
High-Class Shropshires 
7B yearling rams thnt will weigh 250to 1500 pounds, 
and shear 12 to 15 pounds at maturity; and IM year¬ 
ling ewes, to weigh 176 to 21.0 pounds, and shear 9 to 
12 pounds at maturity. Just lirrlved, recorded In Eng¬ 
land and America. ‘‘A grand lot.” Send for cata¬ 
logue. THE WILLOWS, 
GKO. B. Brkok, Prop. Paw Paw. Mich 
SOUTH DOWN SHEEP. 
CASSIUS MARCHLLU8 CLAY, White Hall, Ky. 
6 . W. SMITH 
PIGS. Jeruj, Ouarniey Bad 
llolnuln Cattle. Thoroughbred 
Sheep. Fancy Peultry. Huntiog 
|i^.^ and llouie Doge. Catalogue. 
locliranviUe. Chester Co.. Penaa, 
Why don’t yon buy 
Improved Chester Whites 
WIILIS WHINERl' WINOm, OHIO, 
He pays the express He ships C. O. D. 
He will send you circulars, giving the 
Wonderful Shotv Record and particulars 
of this herd. 400 head for sale. 
fe'iPoultry ^*“^^Sccds 
■Valuable Cataloguewpertalnlngto Fancy Poul¬ 
try and Standard Seeds.Tells all about Poultry 
and hoxv to make a garden. Send 4c. in stamps. 
JOHN BAUSCHER, Jr., Freeport, ILLINOIS. 
WyckofF’s White Leghorns. 
AMERICA’S BUSINESS HEN. 
Eggs frr hatcnlng, 12 00 per l.'i; J;5 75 per 30; J5 00 
per 45; IKi.tO ter lOO. llIu.t<'Htbd and Descriptive 
Circular free. C. H. WYCKOFF, Groton, N. Y. 
MAWMUIH TURKEY ITn'oTc:: 
Langahan, P. Reck, Buff and Brown Legh< rns. Illus¬ 
trated Circular. S. J. B. DUN BAH, Elghorn, Wls. 
rLkln uUukO per setting Satisfaction guaranteed 
BKOOKSIDE POULTRY FARM, Columbus. N. J. 
CfinQ PUCAD F'rom choice .selected Pure Bred 
LUUO UflLnl I Poultry,of the mostnutedprize 
•-•iiMa—^a^swinningstruins.FlneiUustrated 
descriptive catalogue free. B. H. GREIDER, FLORIN, PA. 
EGGS 
Can furnish 2 500 dozen fancy white eggs 
per year, and begin shipping now. Who 
wants them ? 
GEO. W. BELDBN, Ulchfofd, N. Y. 
S C A For Poultry. Best Grade, tl 25 bbl., 200 lbs. 
uri I o Circular Dls.'Samples 4c. Orders llllcd 
ncLLS promptly. F, P. Knoiales, Guilford, Conn 
I II I III U VlllkUUI. Mange; all skin dis¬ 
eases; all parasitical troubles; Non-poisonous; Needs 
no preparation; Mixes instantly with cold water;sam- 
ple by mail 50c. LAWFORD BROS., Baltimore. Md. 
TICKS 
HORSES - - - CATTLE. 
SMITHS & POWELL CO., Syracuse, N. Y., 
offer veiy superior FRENCH COACH, STANDARD, CLYDESDALE, PERCHERON, 
DRIVING and MATCHED COACH HORSES (many of th.em Prize winners) at 
very reasonable prices. 
Also HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE, from the bandsomest and most noted 
milk and butter herd in the world. 
BABB BARGAINS in choice show animala, and cowa with great record!. 
STATE JUST WHAT YOU WANT AND SAVE TIME. 
