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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Live Stock Matters. 
FEEDING WHEAT. 
I have been much interested in the 
numerous items in The R. N.-Y. about 
feeding' wheat. This grain has been the 
principal feed used in my pork making 
for three years past. While I have not 
been able to realize $ 1.20 per bushel, as 
one or two have done, still I have ob¬ 
tained much more than the market price 
for wheat. It seems to me that part of 
that $ 1.20 should have been credited to 
clover rather than wheat. Many of our 
Western feeders fail to get the real value 
out of wheat because of careless feeding. 
Many of them are accustomed to throw 
corn into muddy pens and let the hogs 
carry it to a dry spot or eat it in the 
mud ; such men say, “ Wheat’s uo good 
for feed.” I have found that the longer 
wheat is used as a feed, the better it is 
masticated and digested. By this I mean 
that a pig that has never had corn at 
all, will eat wheat to better advantage 
than one that has been grown on corn 
and then fed wheat. I have pigs that 
are wheat eaters of the third generation 
and they are making a better growth 
for the feed consumed than any previous 
ones. 
I have tried feeding wheat soaked, 
boiled and dry, and have found that to 
be of any advantage soaking or cooking 
must be continued until the hulls burst. 
Simply swelling it is of little or no bene¬ 
fit. If wheat is soaked 24 to 3(5 hours at 
the proper temperature, the germs will 
start and thus burst the hull. My favor¬ 
ite way is to feed the grain dry from a 
box so arranged that the pigs can never 
get enough in their mouths to “bolt” it. 
My feed box is shaped a little like a 
grain drill box. The boards forming the 
sides of the box are brought quite close 
together at the bottom, say within one- 
fourth inch; this box is set on a solid 
plank two feet wide. The end boards 
of the bcx are extended about three- 
quarters of an inch below the bottom of 
the box, leaving a space of that width 
between the bottom of the box and the 
plank platform on which the wheat 
sifts out slowly. There is a two-inch 
strip nailed to the platform about two 
inches from where the wheat comes out, 
to keep it from spreading too much. 
The cover of the box is hinged and fast¬ 
ened like that on a grain drill. If the 
box is fastened with small iron rods in¬ 
stead of nails, it will last longer. If 
lumber is plentiful, it is best to set the 
box along the side of the pen, and fix it 
so that the pigs can eat from one side 
only. Then it can be filled from out¬ 
side, and is much more convenient. A 
box like this has been the means of sav¬ 
ing several dollars for me. Wheat here 
is worth 3(5 cents per bushel, corn 40 
cents, linseed meal, $2 per 100 pounds. 
Will it pay me to feed any of the linseed 
meal with my wheat ? w. v. .jackson. 
Comanche County, Kan. 
A FERRET FARM. 
Breeding and Raising Rat Killers. 
Mr. John F. Skies, of Rochester, Ohio, 
has quite a reputation as a successful 
breeder of ferrets. At a recent inter¬ 
view with him, the following conversa¬ 
tion took place: 
“ Mr. Skies, The R. N.-Y. desires in¬ 
formation in regard to raising ferrets.” 
“ I commenced with three, many years 
ago, and raised a few as a pastime in 
connection with my fancy poultry. I 
finally mentioned them in my advertise¬ 
ments of poultry, which brought me so 
many orders that I gradually increased 
my breeding pens until I raised from 400 
to 500 each year. I also induced others 
to raise them, and I bought their ferrets.” 
“ How many do you think were raised 
in this town last year ? ” 
“About 5,000. One man alone raised 
1,500 or 1,600.” 
“ What about prices ? ” 
“ I sell them in quantities, say of 20 to 
50, for $3 to $4 per pair; single pairs $4 
to $5. Owing to the general depression, 
they sold mostly at $3 per pair last sea¬ 
son, and I have bought to sell again at 
$1 each.” 
‘ ‘ Where are they sold ? ” 
“ They mostly go east to the New Eng¬ 
land States; some to Canada, some to 
Mexico and Australia.” 
“ Who buy them ? ” 
“Sportsmen generally for hunting 
rabbits, though many are used on steam¬ 
boats and in cities for catching rats.” 
“ IIow many could one man raise and 
care for if he gave them about all his 
time ? ” 
“ Probably 1,000.” 
“ What about the cost of raising ? ” 
“I have never kept any account, but 
those who have say that 50 cents each 
will cover all cost, including labor, if they 
are raised in quantities, and I think that 
is about right.” 
“ How often do they breed, and how 
many are produced to a litter ? ” 
“ They breed twice a year, and average 
about eight or nine to a litter.” 
“ What do you feed them ? ” 
“ Meat is their natural food, but they 
will eat anything that a dog or cat will, 
and they do very well on bread and milk 
or a mush made of corn meal and white 
middlings, and sweet milk, fed three 
times a day with an occasional feed of 
meat. They require more meat for a 
while after the young are born. The 
necessity for meat led me to think of 
feeding old horses. I could not get 
enough butchers’ scraps, so I began buy¬ 
ing old, worn-out horses for about what 
their hides were worth and slaughtering 
and feeding them. I have bought about 
100 the past year, and there have prob¬ 
ably been 400 or 500 used for that pur¬ 
pose in this township. But we cannot 
use them in hot weather because so much 
of the meat would spoil. I am thinking 
of enclosing an acre or two with wire 
netting, and stocking it with large Eng¬ 
lish rabbits. They multiply very rapidly 
and live on clover, weeds, etc. I think 
they would be a cheap source of meat.” 
“ How do you make their pens ? ” 
“ For 50 pens for one female each, I 
dig two trenches 150 feet long, 10 inches 
deep, and three feet from outside to out 
side; lay a board in the bottom of the 
trench, commence the sides on this board 
and when done, fill the trench. This 
will keep them from burrowing out. I 
put a partition of laths in the pens every 
six feet, making each pen three by six 
feet, and put a cover over to keep out 
the storms but give some ventilation. 
In a small way, boxes may be used. I 
keep the pens well littered with straw or 
leaves and clean out once a week.” 
Ohio. c e. fox. 
Anothek Woman’s Hens —We did not 
know that our hens were doing anything 
very remarkable till we read on page 
307 the report from Allegheny County, 
Pa. But on looking up our egg record 
for this year, we find they laid as fol¬ 
lows : January 668 , February 875, March 
1,168, April 1,030. Our fiock consisted of 
22 old bens and 40 pullets. In April, 
from 15 to 17 of the old hens were kept 
busy as incubators. peconic fakm. 
Sag Harbor. L. I. 
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If not, a few weeks’ use. In doses of one to two tsa- 
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worms. It stands unrivaled. Small bottles, .35 cents; 
and double size, 50 cents each. Buy of your Drug¬ 
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CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
AHandsomelyIllustrated nrr* 0||nn| ICC 
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FEEDING ANIMALS. 
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THE BURAJL. NEW-YORKER, 
Corner Chambers and Pearl Streets, New.York.u 
Barren IVIares 
made to breed regularly by its use. 
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JERSEYS. 
Coomassie. — A.J.C.C.— St. Lambert 
ROBT. K. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
a I f* n HULT, CALF, dropped March 21. 
. U. U. U. 16114, sire Lord Victor Pogls 14WH pure 
St. Lambert, son of Maggie Sheldon 2.3.56:3 21 lbs. 
5 ozs. Buster In 7 days. Ciilf’a Dam, Miss Nora 
PoBis 4:38:32, 10-lb. cow, bv Lord T.lsgar Pogis 12141), 
pure St. Lambert, son of Nora of St Jjamhert 121)62, 
22 lbs., daughter of Stoke Pogis III. Largo, hatid- 
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fl.50. hut will accept the highest price ollered by 
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sold from our herd have sired 20 - 11 ) cows, such as 
Pride ot Ingleside. 20 lbs 434 ozs . Gypsy’s Pride ’nd, 
27 ihs. 12 ozs. of Butter In 7 days for MlLer & Slblev. 
B. L. Cf.ARKSoN, 14 West Illth St. New York. 
Refer by permission to 'I’he RriiAi, New-Voukkh. 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 
J. 1’. UINK, Slilnrock, ICrie Co., O. 
High-Class Shropshires 
75 yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 300 ponnds, 
And shear 12 to 15 pounds at maturity; and 160 year- 
1 ng ewes, to weigh 176 to 21.0 pounds, and shear 0 to 
12 pounds at maturity. Just arrived, recorded In Eng 
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logne. THE WILLOWS, 
Gbo. B. Bbbce, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich 
Now is Your Opportunity 
To select choice SCOTCH CHEVIOT SHEEP from 
the CRU.MIJObN Flock. The Cheviots are the breed 
- perfectly hardy—woo) coiuiijands better pi ices than 
anv other Tney are a oerloct Wool and .Million 
Breed. Reduction Sale at Soeclal Prices for (30 Days 
SJCO Head, both sexes, from which to select. Also, 
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from my World’s Hair Onaraplon Herd of UOLH'I'EI N- 
b R1KS1AN8 at Special Prices. Now Is your chance I 
Address D. F WILBER, Oneontn, N. Y. 
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Wyckoff’s White Leghorns. 
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GHESHIRES 
From Foundation Herd. 1 have now shipped 406 
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