1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
3o7 
Live Stock Matters. 
rOKKFULS OF FACTS. 
Chaff foh Stock.— Is wheat or oat 
chaff of any more value for feedingr stock 
than the same weight of straw ? J. e. 
Caribou, Maine 
Ak 8.—The chaff of wheat is worth just 
about the same as the straw. That of 
oats is worth a little more than the 
straw. 
Hkn Recobd fob 1893.—I had a flock 
of 20 bens from January to October, and 
15 during the remainder of the year. 
There were representatives of several 
breeds, hut all were purebred. The total 
number of eggs was 3,168 ; their value at 
local prices, 847.52. There was expended 
during the year, 815 for feed, and 60 
chicks were raised, of a value of 815 ; the 
eggs were all gain—to pay for care and 
housing. LEVI H. C. 
Disco, Mich. 
Dp:ad Stock Notes.— How can I best 
convert dead fowls, etc., into fertilizer? 
It is not practicable to put them in the 
manure pile. What is the most profit¬ 
able use to make of 50 or more pounds of 
old bones ? s. 
Harwinton, Conn. 
Ans.—T he best way would be to pack 
them in charcoal dust. Next to that, we 
would recommend a compost of muck, 
leaf mold or black earth. Throw the 
dead fowls into it and keep them well 
covered. Throw on wood ashes from 
time to time, and pour house slops over 
the pile- Break the bones with a sledge 
and pack them in layers of wood ashes 
in a barrel. Keep the mass moist with 
house slops. In about three months the 
bones should be soft enough tc smash up 
with a heavy shovel. 
A Woman's Hens.— We are much in¬ 
terested in Mr. Mapes’s talks about his 
chickens. Perhaps tome one might like 
to hear about ours. We have 36 hens, 
and here is tbeiv record: 
Eggs Laid. 
November, 18!)a. 100 
December. 1893. 178 
January, 18!’4 . 346 
February, 1894 (90 days). 299 
In the flock are 18 old hens and 18 
pullets. Most of the pullets are Buff 
Leghorns. The coop is light, dry, warm 
and free from vermin. They are well 
supplied with sifted coal ashes, gravel, 
bone m eal, water and milk. They break¬ 
fast on wheat, and have for dinner cooked 
oats mixed with lard scraps, kitchen 
scraps and bran. For supper I feed corn. 
In mild weather there is a good grass 
run. Some patches of wheat sowed in 
the fall seem to please them. 
Allegheny County, Pa. 
MABGABET m’lEAN. 
A $5 COW STABLE. 
I set two rows of posts 12 feet apart, 
and eight feet apart in the row. My 
shed is 24 feet long, but one may be 
made of any length. On each row of 
posts I put a pole lengthwise, and then 
one crosswise over each two posts. The 
long poles are flattened where they rest 
on the posts, and spiked ; the cross poles 
are notched and fit over the long poles, 
and are spiked in place. Smaller poles 
are used to lay crosswise between the 
cross poles over the posts ; these are laid 
on loose. A few boards or more poles 
are tacked on around three sides, say 
two feet apart. The roof and siding are 
of straw. Stack the straw around this 
frame, leaving open the side least ex¬ 
posed to storms. If care be used in 
stacking the straw, a good roof can be 
made and the sides are tight. 
My shed is 24x12x7 feet. The posts 
are good, round poles set three feet in 
the ground. It is set north and south ; 
the south, west and north are closed up, 
the east is open. I have a manger the 
full length on the west side, tie five cows 
there, and could put in another. It is 
all made out of round poles, and the 
total cost of it was less than 85. It will 
stand 10 years or more. I mention this 
that no one may have an excuse for not 
sheltering stock. It is good for sheep 
and hogs, and if I had no straw to make 
such a shed I would use hay. If wild 
grass can be had, it is better than straw. 
Alger, Ohio c. e. k. 
BUTTERMILK AND HOGS. 
If the hogs have access to the ground 
and are allowed to root, they will do 
well on buttermilk alone during hot 
weather, provided they have a dry place 
to sleep and are of the right age—from 
three to six months. The best food to 
buy to add to this ration, is fine mid¬ 
dlings or bran ground very fine. I am 
using some now that shows considerable 
white, but prefer that which seems to 
be very fine wheat bran. The coarse is 
good, but should be soaked before feed¬ 
ing. This ration will make a good growth 
of frame and muscle. I would add corn 
meal for a few weeks before killing in 
the fall. If everything has to be hired, 
land, labor and harvesting, I do not 
think it will pay to grow any crop for 
feeding green, as it would be late before 
these crops would be available. I would 
rather spend the extra time keeping the 
hogs clean and dry. The crop would 
probably be some distance away and it 
would cost a good deal to draw the daily 
supply. I prefer a clover field for green 
food; next to this, if the soil is very rich, 
a crop of peas, and third, for later, either 
sweet or flint corn. 
If the hogs are for early market they 
will need stronger feed by the time the 
last two crops mature, and if they have 
kept healthy till now without green food, 
they wi'l longer. Purple Top Strap 
L?af turnips would give a large amount 
of green food, very cheaply, and be ready 
to feed as soon as the corn. They could 
be fed all the fall, tops and roots. I feed 
many hundred bushels each fall and 
winter to growing stock and brcod fows. 
C E. CHAPMAN 
TN writing to advertisers please always mention 
T'HK Rural NKW-roRKKu. 
HAVE YOU FIVE 
OR MORE COWS? 
If so a “ Baby ” Cream Separator will earn Its cost for 
you every year. Why continue an Inferior system 
another year at so great a loss ? Dairying is now the 
only profitable feature of Agriculture. Properly con¬ 
ducted it always pays well, and must pay you. You 
need a Separator, and you need the liEST,—the 
“Baby.” All styles and capacities. Prices, 81(X). 
upward. Send for new 1894 Catalogue. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO., 
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Sample copy ol 
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of White P. Bocks, White Wyandottes. White Leg¬ 
horns and Black Mlnorcas. Selected Eggs securely 
packed $1 per dozen. OTISVILLB, Orange Co., N. V. 
PINE TREE FARM, I Egp tor HatcUM. 
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made to breed regularly by its use. 
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BARREN COWS CURED. 
The following Is from HON. WAYNE MACVHAGU 
Ambassador to Italy : 
Bkookfiei.D Farm, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
" You can quote from this note inv assurance that 
your medicines always gave me the greatest satis¬ 
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JERSEYS. 
Coomassie,— A.J.C.C. —St. Lambert 
BOBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Can’t Afford aThoroughbred? 
Then take a high grade. % and ^ blood Ayrshire 
bull c&lves Mother and grandmother of sire made 
19 pounds butter a week on grass. Pilce. J16 and F20 
orated, f. o. b. G. W. SMITH, Bast Branch, Pa. 
VOUNG AYRSHIRE BULLS & HEIF- 
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J. ANDREW CASTEBLINE. Dover, N. J. 
WE GUARANTEE 
That ono tablespoon ful of 
GOMBAULT’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 us safest and 
best) external applicant known for man or beast. 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 
J. P. HINJfl, Shlnrock, Frle Co., O. 
High-Class Shropshires 
7S yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 300 pounds, 
and shear 12 to 16 pounds at maturity; and IM year- 
1 ng 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 
logne. THE WILLOWS, 
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THE LAWRENCE WILLIAMS CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO. 
F a KM K R ■ II.KS, of 
Charleston, 111 . the most 
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will board at tbe Internationa I 
Hotel. New York Clt'’,th’ough 
May and June, as he has done for years, while cas¬ 
trating fine Colts, Stallions, Ktdgllngs, and Kurtured 
Colts In the Eastern States. Letters addressed him 
there will receive prompt attention. 
Why don’t you buy 
Improved Chester Whites 
OF 
WILLIS WHINERY, WINONA, OHIO, 
He pays the express. He ships C. O. D. 
He will send you circulars, giving the 
VV(m,(ierful Show Record and particulars 
of this herd. 4U0 head for sale. 
The Best 
Compound 
To Keep 
Flies Off. 
Sample pound by mall 2.5o. Write for Circular and 
Price List. C. B. MILLS OIL CO.. Syracuse, N. Y. 
SHOfl-FL? 
Delights HOBSK, COW, and 
owner. No files or sores; more 
milk. Testimonials Agents wanted. 
190 mo. Shoo-Fly Mfg. Co., 1005Falrmount Ave., Phlla 
GHESHIRES 
From Foundation Herd. I have now shipped 406 
times to men I had sold to before. For quietness, 
lean meat and quick growth, get tbe Cheshire. 
B. W. DAVIS, Torrlngford, Conn., 
Formerly Oneida, N. Y. 
.OJeraey lied and Poland China 
PIGS. Jeraey, Guerntey and 
ilolatein Cattle. Thoronghbre<> 
Sheep. Fancy Poultry. HuntF 
and House Doga. Catalogar 
Aiiu iiuuNu ifOKs* Lrataioffa' 
V IV* SMXTUa C'oc'UraDvllleE Chester Ou** 
DISCOVERED: 
A complete *• Waterloo’■ for Mites a-’d Microbes 
In the Poultry Yard. United States rights for sale, 
with fullest guaranties to pu-chaser. 
Address J P. McNElLL, Florence, 8 . C. 
INCUBATORS & BROODERS 
Brooders only $ 6 . Best and cheapest for 
raiBing chicks; 40 firnt premiums; 8,000 
testimonials; send for catalogue. 
G. S. SINGER, Box ^74, Cardington, 0 . 
rNVINCIBLE HATCHER.The BEST 
sold In the year 1893, 
and not a single 
plaint. Senddets. in 
stamps for No.8 .'tCatalog, to 
BUCKEYE INCUBATOR CO. SPRINGFIELD, O. 
Mapes’ Automatic Hens’ Nest 
Eggs always clean Directions and Farm right 
reduced to 50c. O. W. MAPES, Middletown, N. V. 
Pure-bred B. A W. Mlnircas. W. 
Wyandoties, 8 . C. B Legmrrs. 
t W.& B. Plymouth Bocks W. F. B. 
Spanl h L. Brahmas Kggs. $1.00 
per 15: 13.00 per 60 Golden and 8 I. Wyandottes 
C. I. Games. Bed Caps, Houdans, W. Langshans, W. 
C. B. Polish. Buir Leghorns— ggs, $1.50 per 15; $5.00 
per 60. Fine catalogue free 
JOHN JH. SOUHKK, .Jr,, Telford, Pa. 
AIICOII I Pure Pigs from 
Vllf mature stock. 
ED. S. HILL, Peruvllle, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
—Purebred Cornish Icdibi, 
Games. The best fowl to 
eat In the world. Flesh firm 
and solid. Chicks hardy, 
easily raised and mature early. $1 for 13. 
MAKOUS AN 8 LEY, Blllsboro. Ont. Co., N. Y. 
$3.00 ECCS $1.00. 
B. C. Leghorns. Langshans. Kouen and Caynga 
Ducks, T. Geese. M. B Turkeys gobbler weighs 40 bs , 
hens, 17 to 20 lbs., $2 per 11. Our circular gives set res 
and prizes. B. D BUTTON, Cottons, N. Y. 
EGGS 
The World’s best layers. Urse Conib 
Brown Leghorns 15 choice Kgss lor 
hatching for $1 00. Als ' Plymouth 
WM. LEHMAN, Churchvllle, N. Y. 
Jtrown Leghorn 
White Le^^iorn 
JHack Minorca 
Huff Leghorn 
Light Hralima 
Harred I’lymouth Kock 
Eggs for Hatching, 
$1.50 per 15. 
Eggs for Hatching, 
$2 per 16. 
Will J. Wakeick, Washington, Pa., near Pittsburgh 
Wyckoff’s White Leghorns. 
AMBUICA’S BUSINESS HEN. 
Eggs for batching, $2,00 per 15; $3.75 per :40; $5.00 
per 4 f; $10.00 per 100. Illustrated and Descriptive 
Circular free. C. H. WYCKOFF. Groton, N. Y, 
26 
Single Comb Brown Leghorn Eggs. Wl .35. 
EDWAKD LAFOT, l.akeUeld, Minn. 
HORSES - - - CATTLE. 
SMITHS & POWELL CO., Syracuse, N. Y., 
offer very superior FRENCH COACH, STANDARD, CLYDESDALE, PERCHERON, 
DRI'VING and MATCHED COACH HORSES (many of them Prize winners) at 
very reasonable prices. 
Also HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE, from the handsomest and most noted 
milk ar<i hntter herd in the world. 
RARE BARGAINS in choice show animals, and cows with great records. 
STATE JUST WIIAT YOU WANT, AND SAVE TIME. 
ppum Ergs, $i 
rLMn UUUKd per setting Satisfaction guaranteed 
BBOOK81DE POULTBY FABM, Columbus. N. J. 
oular. 
PEKIN DUCK eggs for hatching 
from stock that won all of the First 
Premiums at the New York Poultry 
Show In 1893. Fertility and safe 
delivery guaranteed. Send for clr- 
A. J. HALLOC K. 8 peon k, N. Y. 
MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY K‘r.": 
Langshan, P. Bock, Buff and Brown I.egbrrns. Illus¬ 
trated Clraular. H. J. B, DUNBAB, ElKhorn, Wls. 
THIMO-CRESOL - lT.': 
I II I IIIU UIIL.UUU Mange; all skin dis¬ 
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no preparation; Mixes instantly with cold water; sam¬ 
ple by mail 50 c. LAWFORD BROS., Baltimore, Md. 
TICKS 
ELLIOT’S PARCHRNENT BUTTER PAPER. CDCC 
To dalrrmen or others who will use It, we will send half a reaxmjxll, free, If they will ■ ■ « « 
forward m cents to pay postage. Why not try the BeButter Wrapper T 
A. O. KELIOX A OU.. Fisper Manataoturers, FhUadelphla, Fa> 
