1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
163 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Cribbing Horse. —Will The R. N -Y. 
readers of experience tell me the best 
and most humane -v^ay of preventing a 
horse from cribbing ? e. m. g. 
Birmingham, 0. 
Ans.—W e all want to know this. 
New Mexican Hogs. —A number of our 
farmers are dividing their Alfalfa into 
small fields, and stocking with hogs, in¬ 
tending to graze them until about four 
weeks before selling, then feeding them 
on Egyptian corn to harden. The grazing 
season lasts 10 months. w. b. w. 
Otis, N. M. 
Spraying Poultry. —In answer to E. 
L. G. on page 111 of The R. N.-Y. in re¬ 
gard to spraying poultry, last summer I 
sprayed the henhouse thoroughly every 
few weeks in the daytime when the fowls 
were all out; then at night when they 
were on the roosts I sprayed the fowls. 
I used a knapsack sprayer, used consid¬ 
erable force, so that it threw the coal- 
oil emulsion in a very fine spray. I have 
never noticed that it had any ill effects 
on poultry, and it is death to lice. 
Reidenbach’s Store, Pa. a. g. w. 
Squash for Stock —In answer to L. 
W. H., as to the best variety of squashes 
to feed to stock. The R. N.-Y. answers, 
Hubbard. Having seeded as high as 80 
to 90 tons per year, each year, I have 
sold them to dairymen and hog feeders. 
The variety was the Pike’s Peak or 
Sibley. I find that those men who once 
buy, always stand ready to take all I can 
spare. As the shells are thinner than 
those of the Hubbard, they are safer and 
easier handled. Gregory, W. Atlee Bur¬ 
pee, and many others declare them 
much richer, and with me they will out¬ 
crop the Hubbards and keep longer. 
Lewis, Iowa. r. b van o. 
Rape for Cows. —I have a thorough¬ 
bred Holstein cow. On August 6 I sowed 
one pound of rape seed on a piece 165 x 13 
feet, and in five weeks it was five feet 
high and very thick. I picketed my cow 
so that she could get at two feet on one 
corner; she looked at it, then tasted it, 
but did not eat much as good grass and 
clover were on the border. I put her in 
the same place the next two days ; the 
third day it looked as though it had been 
sheared, it was eaten so close. After 
that, she would eat rape before she would 
grass. The flow of milk increased about 
one-quarter with no bad flavor. It was 
eaten all over three times before the cold 
weather prevented it from growing again. 
Berlin, N. J. c. m. 
Cure for Poll Evil —A valuable 
horse bad a pronounced case of poll evil, 
and the following treatment cured him ; 
as I have worked him now five years, it 
must be permanent: Dissolve about a 
tablespoonful of iodoform in two ounces 
of sulphuric ether; syringe it to the bot¬ 
tom of the wound if possible, but if not, 
make a probe as large or nearly as large 
as the sinus, probing the iodoform to the 
pipe. I syringed out the wound and 
treated it twice daily ; in about three 
weeks the cure was effected. I know of 
a recent case where the knife was re¬ 
sorted to, and after torturing the animal 
six months, the wound was worse than at 
first, and the animal had to be destroyed. 
J. D. 
Some Wyoming Chickens. —Thinking 
that many readers of The R. N.-Y. are 
interested in poultry, I send an account 
of my flock of hens. Last winter, I com¬ 
menced with 24 hens and a Brown Leg¬ 
horn cockerel. About half of my hens 
were Plymouth Rocks and the rest were 
mongrels. My account of receipts and 
expenditures for the year from January 
20,1893 to January 20,1894 is as follows: 
Cow Leaking Milk. —A valuable young 
cow leaked her milk so badly as to im¬ 
pair her usefulness. An astringent wash 
was used without much benefit. Rubber 
bands were tried; they would restrain 
the flow of milk, but made the teats 
sore, so had to be be discontinued. Col¬ 
lodion was used last summer, but to be 
effective, had to be applied twice after 
each milking. After she became dry, the 
ends of her teats were burned with a hot 
iron enough to cause them to scab over. 
The result was a thickening and harden¬ 
ing of the membrane around the orifice. 
This remedy proved effectual without in- 
j ury to the cow, and is worth the trial in 
other cases of this kind. c. s. r. 
Cows ANU Tails. —I notice in The R. 
N.-Y. quite a discussion as to the merits 
of tail holders. I have a Rural of the 
date D3cember 15, 1888, which demon¬ 
strates to my mind that the cow her¬ 
self is the best tail holder, as it is very 
useful for her comfort, and “hands off” 
is her motto. I use a thin blanket to 
cover my cow and her tail is all right. 
Lockport, N. Y. B. N. w. 
R. N.-Y.—-The paper spoken of con 
tains a picture of the man who went to 
milk in the barnyard and tied the cow’s 
tail to his boot strap. The cow became 
frightened and ran away. The tail and 
strap held, and the man plowed the 
barnyard in every part. 
An Old-Time Milk Route.— In TheR. 
N.-Y. of January 13, I saw an article in 
regard to asses’ milk that brought to mem¬ 
ory my childhood days when I used to visit 
at my grandfather’s. He kept a d airy, such 
as was described, in the town of Leen- 
warder, Friesland, in the Netherlands. 
He used to drive a number of asses 
through the streets every morning and 
again at evening, stop at the doors of his 
regular customers, the richest people in 
that city, sit down and milk a large tum¬ 
blerful of milk, then go on to the next 
customer, and so on. Many a glass I 
have drank myseJ. The milk is not rich, 
has a sweet and pleasant flavor, and is 
used for invalids ; but it is expensive. 
Ogden, U. b. v. d. 
Received for esrKB at an average of 23c. perdoz. J47..S0 
For dozen chickens. 211.35 
Total receipts.$7(5.35 
Paid out for feed. $20.35 
Total gain.$55.70 
This gives a profit of $2.32 per hen. 
Beulah, Wyo. e a w. 
Some Pacific Coast Poultry. —Here 
is my poultry account for 1893. I esti¬ 
mate all the eggs gathered at the market 
price at the time of gathering. My hens 
are mixed. Mostly high-grade White 
Leghorns. They roam at large, and have 
bad a very poor house to roost in. I 
lost about 40 chicks by skunks getting in 
one night. Price of eggs : January 35 
cents, February 30. March 23 to 15, April 
to Jane 20, July to November 223 ^ : 
Jan. 1 To 31 hens and 4 cocks at.S3Hc...$12.(56 
Wheat, aDont 32 bushels. 26.58 
Corn meal. 42 
1794 dozen eggs for hatching.. 3.53 
By 4 538 eggs at irom 5 to 35 c_ $81.53 
15 chickens used at home 
at 20c. 3.00 
9 hens used at home at 25c... 2.25 
Dec. 31 61 hens and 2 cocks on band at 
333^0. 21.00 
Amount to balance.$64..59 
Total.$107.78 $107.78 
Thurston County, Wash. b c. 
So Phkvalkn’t ani> so Fatal has Coxsu.>ii>- 
TiON become, that It Is now everywhere dreaded as 
the great scourge of humanity. And yet, In their 
formative stages, all Pulmonary Complaints may be 
reidlly relieved andcontrolled by resorting promptly 
to Dr. Jayne's Expectorant—a curative specially 
adapted to soothe and strengthen the Bronchial 
tubes, allay Inflammation, and loosen and remove 
all obstructions. It Is a certain remedy for Asthma, 
and also for Coughs and Colds.—Adv. 
f OOEU MILKCOOLEl] 
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Automatic Hens’ Nests. 
No roosting In nest; prevents egg-eating. Success¬ 
fully’ used three years. Circulars free. 
J. M. UANN, Box 91, Port Murray, N. J. 
IT 
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BUTTER 
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tight. Dead air space. Full descrlnl 
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^Barren Mares 
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Pure bred stock all ages, 
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Of JOHN W. AKIN. 
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JLMffOOD STOCK FARM 
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SCIPIO, N. Y. 
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Patontpe and 
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GED.H. STAHL, Quincy, III. 
Buckley’s Waferine Device 
FOR WATERING STOCK IN THE STABLE 
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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 finest strains 
on Onernsey or In America—Comns, son of Squire 
Kent and Statelllte, son of Kohlin head the herd. All 
parttonlars In regard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. 8 . P. TABKB WILLETTS, 
“ The Old Brick,” Roblyx, L. I., N. T 
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dab St. l ainhert Hull and Heifer Calves 
0 / the best butter blood, tracing several times to Stoke 
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Pride 2nd 293(55, 87 pounds 18 ounces of butter in 7 
days for Miller A Sibley. E. L. CLARKSON, 
14 West 19th Street. New York 
Refer by permission to The Rukai. New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE. 
A Thoroughbred Ayrshire Bull Calf, nearly eight 
months old. Good color, good points and good size. 
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High-Class Shropshires 
75 yearling rams that will weigh 260 to 300 pounds, 
and shear 12 to 15 pounds at maturity; and 150 year¬ 
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12 pounds at maturity, Just arrived, recorded In Eng 
land and America. “A grand lot.” Send for cata 
logne. THE WILLOWS, 
Gio. B. BaxOK, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich 
‘‘Willswood Herds.” 
The COMING dairy breed Is the (JUKKNSKY. 
A choice BULL calf, dropped February lO, 1894. Sire 
Gypsle 2332 A. G. C. C., dam Stephanie 4421 A. G. C. C. 
combines the blood of Taurus of Marlboro 1901 A G 
C. C.. and Kohlnoor 1505 A. G. C. C. Do rot forget 
the BERKSHIRE Spring Pigs. Personal examina¬ 
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G. S. SINGER, Box 574 . Cardington, 0. 
Bartlett’s O. K. Food 
Is a meat and bone ration for poultry. It Is cooked 
meat steam dried and ground to fine sweet meal', used 
with soft feed Is a great egg producer. Sample bag 
(50 pounds), $1. Send for onr little catalogue on Cut 
Oreen Bone, Desiccated Fish, Oyster Shells, Mica 
Grit, Bone Meal, etc. Address 
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ow 
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Wonderful Show Record and particulars 
of this herd. 400 head for sale. 
New 64pageCatalogue tor 1894 
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Standard seeds. Send 4 ets. In stamns. 
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WyckofF’s White Leghorns. 
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