1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
12 ? 
Live Stock Matters. 
FOBKFITLS OF FACTS. 
Wet OB Dbt Feed.— By reason of the 
high price of swine, and low price of 
wheat, it is evident that much of that 
grain is being fed, unground, to pigs. 
After quite an experience in feeding pigs 
of various ages with wheat, both dn the 
dry state and soaked, and also after be¬ 
ing ground, I have arrived at the follow¬ 
ing conclusions : I could observe little or 
no difference in results between that 
which was fed dry and that which had 
been thoroughly soaked in water. I am 
convinced that the weakness of the 
theory resides in the fact that if pigs be 
fed on unground small grain, they swal¬ 
low a large proportion of it whole, with¬ 
out being masticated. I think that it 
would be good economy to give, if neces¬ 
sary, one half of the grain to have the 
rest ground fine rather than to feed it 
all whole. I have had the best results, 
from feeding pigs on small grain, by 
having it finely ground and mixed with 
water, together with all the surplus 
milk, the whole properly seasoned with 
salt, and allowed to stand from 6 to 12 
hours. G. T. 
Qlenwood, Ind. 
How Long Will They Last ?— Com¬ 
mencing with three-year-old heifers, 
feeding dry corn stalks, corn fodder and 
hay with a grain ration of eight quarts 
per day composed of wheat middlings 
and corn meal half and half by weight, 
fed at two feeds, morning and night; 
keeping this up for say, 6}4 months, and 
pasture, green corn fodder, cabbage 
leaves and green rye the rest of the year, 
with from two to three quarts of the 
same grain feed as above once per day, 
how many years would they be likely to 
be profitable? p. s. 
Exeter, Pa. 
R. N.-Y.—We shall have to call for 
volunteers in this matter. How many 
years do dairymen usually keep their 
cows ? 
Dbying a Cow.— I have a heifer coming 
three years old that had a calf the middle 
of January. I commenced drying her 
off the middle of December, leaving some 
milk in the bag at each milking, and 
stopped milking her the first week in 
January though she was still giving con¬ 
siderable milk. In about two weeks she 
had a calf, but did not give as much milk 
at first as when I stopped milking her. 
Now by liberal feeding she is giving a 
fair quantity of milk, but I think if I 
had kept on milking all I could get, she 
would have done much better, f. s. h. 
New York. 
Ans.—W e think that is so. 
To Heal a Hole.— If A. S., on page 
84, will touch the teat over the hole 
with a hot iron just enough to make it 
sore, I think it will heal together. I 
would prefer to do this when the cow is 
dry, but if he does not wish to wait, he 
can, by the use of a milking tube, milk 
until healed without irritating the sore. 
New Haven, Vt. f. l. b. 
Making the Hole Whole.— On page 
84 A. S. wants to know how to treat a 
cow’s teat with a hole in the side. When 
done milking, pinch up the skin of the 
teat where the hole is, and with a sharp 
pair of shears or scissors cut the skin out 
up and down the teat. Be sure to cut 
where the hole is, and when the wound 
heals, the trouble is gone. This is my 
experience. p. d. p. 
North Ferrisburg, Vt. 
Barley for Butter,— What is the 
feeding value of ground barley as com¬ 
pared with other grams, fed with early- 
cut clover hay to new milch cows ? Will 
it produce as much butter as a mixture 
of barley and oats ? f. w. d. 
McDonald, Me. 
Ans.—B arley would rank in feeding 
value $.95 as compared with wheat $1.13, 
rye $1.08, com $1.11, and oats $.98. When 
fed with clover hay, we think the barley 
alone would make fuUy as much butter 
as when fed with oats. 
Cut Bone Commended.— G. M. A., on 
page 53, wonders if a bone cutter for 100 
hens would pay. Another correspo ud ent 
recently inquired if it would be profitable 
to buy a bone cutter for 50 fowls. To 
both I heartily commend the cut bone. I 
believe it pays to own a cutter if one has 
10 or 500 chickens. Bone supplies that 
which the fowls cannot find, especially in 
the winter months, and undoubtedly 
stimulates egg production. t. c. 
Spokane, Wash. 
R. N.-Y.—This is not just the point 
asked for. No one doubts the value of 
cut bone. Is it cheaper to buy the whole 
bones and the machine than to buy the 
ground bone in some other form ? 
THE INCREASE OF MILK. 
If cows calve during October, Novem¬ 
ber and December, are fed on ensilage, 
clover hay and bran until pasture grasses 
are sufficient for them, these supple¬ 
mented in late summer with either a 
daily feed of some good soiling crop like 
sweet corn grown to full maturity with 
the early ears in good roasting condition, 
or, instead, ensilage saved over for this 
express emergency, they can be made to 
average 1,000 pounds of milk annually 
more than by having them calve in 
March, April and May, with the pasture 
feed in summer and winter care of the 
average farmer. Furthermore, he will 
secure this extra 1,000 pounds of milk at 
far less cost than he will under the old 
system and will not need nearly so many 
acres of pasture land or, if he have the 
land to devote to this purpose, he can 
add 50 per cent more cattle and double 
or treble his pile of manure by keeping 
his cattle in the barn so much more of 
the time each year. Now one and all 
please read the instructions I give with 
a common sense understanding. I do 
not say that a milk peddler cannot make 
money by higher feeding of his dairy 
cows when he can sell the milk for from 
four to eight cents per quart. My lessons 
are intended only for the common farmer 
remote from market, whose milk must 
be made up into butter and cheese and 
does not net him more than 1>^ to 23^ 
cents per quart. All farmers of this class 
may well copy my method of production 
of milk at a minimum cost. h. talcott. 
Sometimes a Cold will not yield to ordinary 
remedies, because of the severe Inflammation of the 
delicate llnlofi of the tubes through which the air 
we breathe Is distributed to the lungs. This condi¬ 
tion produces Pain and Soreness, Hoarseness, Cough, 
Dlfflcolty of Breathing, Hectic Kever, and a Spitting 
of Blood, Matter or Phlegm, Anally exhausting the 
strength of the patient and develoolng very serious 
disease. Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant seldom falls to 
remove these symptoms, by reltevlog the lungs of 
all obstructing matter and healing all soreness. 
Pleurisy, Asthma and Bronchitis are likewise cured 
by this standard remedy, and the reputation It has 
maintained for so many years affords the best guar¬ 
anty of Its merit.—Ade. 
MODEL MltKCOOL'EA 
PArjrtiT.’O 1398; I 
COBfVAHPtS.Y. 
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FOR MICK" 
price list to the Inventor and Maker. 
DAIRYMEN SAY 
THE HOHEL MILE COOLER 
AND AERATOR 
Has no equal. Is low 
down, gives the best re¬ 
sults, has smooth sur¬ 
face, airs and cools at 
the same time, less work 
to clean, made of copper 
or heavy tin plate, with 
Iron clad bot¬ 
tom, they will 
not rnst. 
Agen.swant- 
ed. Send for 
large cut and 
OUTlET^Sy 
H. W. GAZliAT, Cortland. N. Y. 
Bartlett’s O. K. Food 
Is a meat and bone ration for poultry. It Is cooked 
meat steam dried and gronnd to fine sweet meal; 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 
Orit, Bone Meal, etc. Address 
0. A. BARTLETT, Worcester, Mass. 
STOP 
THAT HORSE ! How? 
by using the Imperial 
Hit. Guaranteed to 
hold the most vicious and un¬ 
manageable horse. It Is a 
positive cure for to gae- 
lolllng, and prevents side- 
pnlllng. Bit sent postpaid 
upon receipt of price. 
No. 40 In X C or Japan, SI.00 
No. 41 In Dine Nickel, S2.00 
IMPERIAL BIT AND SNAP CO., 
710 Wisconsin Street, Racine, Wls 
1 ,D00 Trained for rabble hunting & destroying ral 
13 a palr,c.o.D. W. H. Farnsworth,N ew London, 
BARB 
FRENCH GOACHERS AND 
rcherpn Horses. 
Pure bred stock all ages, 
at prices to suit every 
purchaser, to close estate 
of JOHN W. AKIN, 
S end for Circular. 
ELMWOODSTOCKFARM 
E. S. AKIN, Executor. 
SCIPIO, N. Y. 
HATCH CHICKENS BY STEAM 
WITH THE IMPROVED 
EXCELSIOR INCUBALOR 
Simpfi, 
Perfect, 
and Self- 
Regulatingi 
iThounnnds 
>lx)i successful! 
operation. 
Ouaranteed to 
'hatcha larger^ 
perrentagt of, 
L fertile eiritn* at 
'leNH coAt than 
any other Hatcher 
Lowent priced fir«t*cla«s 
liatoher made. 
Send 6o« for Catalogue. 
Ciroalars free* 
Patentee aod 
GEO. H. STAHL. Oulncv 
THE IMPROVED 
VICTOR 
Cata- 
INCUBATOR 
Hatches Chickens by Steam 
Absolutely self-rexulnting 
The simplest, most reliable 
and cheapest flrst-cla.ss ITatohei 
In the market. Circulars free 
6EU. KltTEU & CO., (Quincy, 111 
THE 
WORLD’S FAIR 
HlffllMt 
Awards 
MEDAL and DIPLOMA, 
on onr INOVABTOR and BBOOUKB 
t'oiiiblned* If you are internted in 
Poultry, it will pay you to Mnd 4 oonts ia 
•tamp« for T2 page oatalogue, giriag valoable 
pointi on Poultry Culture. Addroif 
BeUabI# IaeiibatorCo.« Qnlneyt Uh 
Solf'Kegalatlng. Ouaraa- 
teed good aa the Best, aud 
only 7* Send 4c. stamp! 
for No. 28 Catalogue to 
BUCKBYR incubator CO. 
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
INCUBATOR8I 
In-Door and Out-Door Brooders. 
94 FIRST FRKMIUMS. 
I Send for 104-page Hlnstrated catalogue 
Prairie State Incubator Co., Homer City, Pa. 
Buckley’s Waterine Device 
FOB WATERING STOCK IN THE STABLE 
C. E. BUCKLEY & CO., 
Patentees and Manufacturers, Dover Plains, N. Y 
KINGSTON FOUNDRY AND MACHINB 
CO., Limited, Kingston, Ont., Canada, Sole Manu¬ 
facturers for the Dominion of Canada. 
or KELIABLK AGENTS WANTED. 
GUERNSEYS! 
The GRANDEST of DAIRY Breeds. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the stxe 
approximate to the Holstein or Short-horn, but 
standing alone and dnbqualed 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 quallflcatlons for the 
dairy or family cow than aay other breed. In the 
“ Old Brick Guernsey Herd” 
are daughters and granddaughters of the renowned 
Squire Kent, 1604 A. Q. C. C. and of the flnest strains 
on Guernsey or in America—Comus, son of Squire 
Kent and Statelllte, son of Kohlm head the herd. All 
particulars In regard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. 8. P. TABER WILLETTS, 
“ The Old Brick,” Boslyn, L. I., N. Y. 
B utter stock at low prices.-a. j. c. 
Club St. I ainbert Bull and Heifer Calves 
of the hest butter blood, tracing several times to Stoke 
Pogle III., sire of Mary Anne of Sit. L,., 8(J7 
pounds butter in one year. Young Bulls sold from our 
herd have sired 20 pound cows, such as Pride of 
Ingleslde 54546, 20 pounda ounces, and Gypsy’s 
Pride 2nd 2!)3fi6, 27 pounds 12 ounces of butter in 7 
days for Miller Ji. Sibley. E. L. CLAUK80N, 
14 West loth Street. Now York. 
Refer by permission to The Uubal Nbw-Yorkku. 
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 31,0 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, 
G-BO. B. Brbok, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich 
A VALUABLE BOOK! 
That In which your order Is placed for Spilng Pigs 
of the Best and Most Popular Breed, 
“WILLSWOOD HERD” 
RECORDED BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Pour Imported Service Boars. Catalogue ready in 
March. WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd’s Lake, N J. 
INCUBATORS&BROODERS 
Broodsrs only $6. Bast and shespest for 
raising ohioks; 40 first promlnms; 1,000 
testimonials; send for oatalogoe. 
G. S. SINGER, Box 574, Cardington, 0. 
SET YOUR HENS IN 
MAPES’ Automatic Hens’ Nests. 
Why don’t you buy 
Improved Chester Whites 
OP 
WILLIS WHIHEir, WINOm, omi), 
He pays the express. He ships O. O. D. 
He will send you circulars, giving the 
Wonderful Show Record and particulars 
of this herd. 400 head for sale. 
Laying hens can not bother them. They can come 
off to eat at pleasure. Sure preventive of the egg¬ 
eating habit. Three cents’ worth of lumber. 13 
nails and any old box of suitable size Is all that Is 
required. Send 60 cents in stamps for full direc¬ 
tions and farm right. 
O. W. MAPES, Middletown, N. Y. 
WyckoflT’s White Leghorns. 
AMERICA’S BUSINESS HEN. 
J.W- KO* i«v. jiiuonnuDu niiu j/escripilT 
Circular free. C. H. WYCKOFF, Groton, N. Y. 
POULTRY MEN 
Have proved that preen cut bone Is the 
greatest egg producing food in the world. 
Mann’s Bone Cutter 
Warranted to cut rrecn bone with the meat and 
griatle, without clog or difficulty, or money 
retunded. 
Illua. catalogue flee If you name thia pai)«r. 
F. W. Mann Co., MILFORD, MASS. 
igHARP poultry GRIT 
Qui(HaNdC1''5”I\ 
REDUCES STONE,CROCKERY. SHELLS tc. ANY SIZ 
DESIRED. WORKS FAST SrVERY EASY. FOWLSMl 
HAVE SHARP GRIT TO THRIVE, .'vrr PURE SHARP 
'N SACKS. «I9« PER HUNDRED LE 
FOR CIHCULAW. >WEBSTER8,HANNUM. CAZENOVIA, N.3 
KEEPERS sENoroi. 
___ Sample copy of 
GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
A Handsomely niustrated nr r CIIDDI ICC 
Magazine, and Catalog, of DC EL dUllLICd 
FltiCE. A. I. HOOT, Medina, O, 
MIMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY ST;.*;-.':: 
Langshan, P. Rock, Buff and Brown Leghorns. Illus¬ 
trated Circular. 8. J. B. DUNBAR, Elahorn, Wls. 
per setting. Satisfaction guaranteed 
BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM, Columbus, N. J. 
W'lileV l'U6>AU J-ouwiuc z-ureurea 
LUUO UilUHr I Poultry,ot the mostnoted prize 
I———————.winning 8r.rain.s.FineiIIuatrated 
descriptive catalogue free. B.H.GREIDER, FLORIN, PA. 
ferPottltry ^“Sccds 
Valuable Cataloguewpertalnlngto Fancy Poul¬ 
try and Standard Seeds.Tells all about Poultry 
and how to make a garden. Send 4c. In stamps. 
JOHN BAUSCHER, Jr., Freeport, ILLINOIS. 
11 American Banner Oats. 
The best General Crop White Oat extant. The 
Btlffest straw; the heaviest grain, the thinnest hull. 
Send for descriptive catalogue of Oats, Wheat, Corn 
and Leading Potatoes: Freeman, Maggie Murphy 
Victor Hose, Brownell's Winner, and many others 
Also Langshan Fowls and Bronze Turkeys. 
Address O. H. WHITK & SON, 
Miller Corners, N. T. 
THE SPRING CURRY 
„ . T, ,, ..r. . curve. Used by U.S. Army and 
Barnum SBall^and Forepaugh circuses. Sample mailed, postpaid, 26c 
DUKKY C'O.tlK CO., 7'.t I.Mt'uyetle 8t., Month Iteixl, Ind. 
(The excellence of this Comb Is guaranteed by the Kdltorof this paper.] 
DIA PriDrFDC FARMERS ^llneedthem. j. n. REIMErs, 
r’lvl nUKL/tl-'o, *'ABOOK FREE. Davenport, lowA. 
