1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
451 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFITLS OF FACTS. 
Connecticut Flies. —The only flies 
that give us any serious trouble are the 
little Texas horn flies; they are small, 
but st’ck to the cattle night and day. 
In some cases, they seem to poison the 
stock so that they become sore in spots 
which we And it hard to heal. I think 
carbolic acid or carbolic soap are good to 
prevent them. A cloth moistened with 
kerosene rubbed over the cattle each day 
is very good. Some use tar water. Some 
of our cattle do not seem to mind the 
flies, so we only care for those that show 
signs of sore spots. waltek fish. 
Against Dishorning —There are still 
some people who see little good in cut¬ 
ting the horns from cattle. For example, 
Mrs. Kate M. Busick says in the Jersey 
Bulletin : 
“ Speaking to a neighbor the other day 
regarding his bull, he was talking of the 
beneflcent effects of dishorning. Said 
he : ‘ When I first got him, it took every 
man on the place (he runs a dairy) with 
pitchforks and clubs to get that bull in 
his stall; now, since his horns are off, 
any child can manage him.’ I felt like 
saying, ‘ Did you take his memory when 
you took bis horns?’ Some day that bull 
will remember his old tricks, and his 
owner will too, I fear. Instances are not 
wanting where a bull with vicious pro¬ 
pensities, whether inherited or acquired, 
has killed or maimed an attendant, long 
after his horns were gone, and he was 
supposed to have forgotten. No, dis¬ 
horning is a needless cruelty that does 
not change the disposition ; it only ren¬ 
ders an animal abject through fear, and 
when the opportunity arrives, his natural 
ferocity asserts itself and gets in its 
deadly work, as in this case.” 
Ayrshirks in England —An English 
commission has just made a report of 
the condition of agriculture in the County 
of Essex in which great distress is dis¬ 
closed. The only farmers who are get¬ 
ting on seem to be Scotchmen who have 
brought to this county some of the 
methods they formerly pursued in Scot¬ 
land. Among other things, we are told 
this about their cows : 
“ The earliest settlers brought their 
cows with them. These belonged to the 
Ayrshire breed. Small, thrifty, easily 
fed, but abundant milkers, these Ayr- 
shires are, and in their native country 
such care has been bestowed on breed¬ 
ing only from milking strains that to the 
man who knows his business and can 
afford to buy a good article, there is less 
difficulty in securing a satisfactory herd 
of Ayrshires for dairy purposes than per¬ 
haps could be said of any other breed of 
British cattle. At this present day it is 
accordingly the general custom for 
Scotchmen running a milk trade in Essex 
to keep Ayrshire cows, and in many 
cases to import a wagon-load or two of 
heifers from Ayrshire every year to re¬ 
place those which have to be drafted 
out.” 
Grass-Fed Hogs. —Next to clover, I 
think rye sown early in the fall thick 
enough to make a good stand, will make 
late fall and early spring pasture. This 
is the most important season of the year 
for pasture, as later in the season, there 
will be corn to cut and feed. Next to 
rye come oats and peas. Hogs should be 
turned to pasture as soon as the grass 
will permit, pnd also be fed corn at the 
same time, and allowed to run on pas¬ 
ture until early corn can be used. To 
make the cheapest pork, there are a num¬ 
ber of things to be taken into considera¬ 
tion: the material, feed and conveniences 
possessed. There are several good breeds 
of hogs, but my choice is the Poland- 
China. I have bred them pure for 12 
years. I select good sows, have them 
farrow about April 1, and as soon as 
possible turn them to pasture. I then 
make a pen into which the pigs can, and 
the sows cannot go. I teach the pigs to 
drink cows’ milk as soon as possible, first 
giving the milk to them sweet, after 
which I feed them sour milk and soaked 
shelled corn twice a day all they can eat 
until they are ready for market. I sell 
when they will weigh from 200 to 250 
pounds I have had pigs weigh 250 pounds 
at six months old. » c. l. h. 
Albany, III. 
Cramming Poultry. —Some years ago 
several firms tried to introduce into this 
country the French method of fattening 
poultry by forcing liquid food down their 
throats. It was not a success here, and 
a good many machines are now gather¬ 
ing rust. In England, the scheme is 
still practiced. An English paper gives 
this account of the operation on a farm 
where over 2,000 tons of poultry are sold 
every year. A great many young chicks 
are bought and many are bred on the 
place—a cross of Dorking and Indian 
Game being considered best for this pur¬ 
pose : 
“ They are put into the fattening pens 
when four to seven months of age. Dur¬ 
ing the first week they are allowed to 
feed themselves on a mixture of oatmeal, 
barley meal and water. After this they 
are crammed twice a day with a mixture 
of oatmeal, barley meal, skim-milk and 
a little boiled fat or suet—refuse from 
butchers’ shops. Ground oyster shells 
are mixed with the food to keep the birds 
healthy. The cramming was done in 
the presence of the visitors. The oper¬ 
ator, having placed the cramming ma¬ 
chine close to the cages, takes out a bird 
by the neck, thrusts an india rubber tube 
completely down the gullet, and fills the 
crop by pressing a lever with his foot, 
thus setting a pump in motion. He 
judges entirely by the touch as to the 
quantity required by each bird, which 
varies a good deal. So quick is the pro¬ 
cess that 100 birds can be crammed in 20 
minutes. ‘ Do you ever burst a crop ?’ 
he was asked ; and his reply was, ‘ Not 
now, but I did formerly a few times.’ ” 
SUCCESSFUL HORSE BREEDING. 
The importation of purebred sires 
which, for a number of years past, 
has been carried on to a considerable 
extent in this country, the marked im¬ 
provement made by crossing with our 
ordinary mares, and the demand for 
colts as soon as matured, or oftentimes 
before, have proved so strong an incent¬ 
ive for horse breeding that the business to 
a certain extent has been overdone. This 
has caused a temporary depressed condi¬ 
tion of the horse market, and materially 
decreased the number that is being bred. 
Already the decreased production is be¬ 
ing felt, and farmers themselves have 
been forced to buy horses that have been 
brought here from the West. These 
horses are generally in good condition, 
and some of them turn out to be good, 
serviceable workers; but most of them 
have undergone a forcing process in 
order to mature them as quickly as pos¬ 
sible, which has a tendency to give them 
less endurance than horses of our own 
raising. In buying these horses, few 
farmers realize that they are paying for 
them more bushels of wheat than ever 
were required to buy horses before ; still 
these same farmers continue to raise 
wheat and have dropped horse breeding 
because there is “no money in it.” The 
comparatively short time that is required 
to wear out a generation of horses, the 
immense and constantly increasing num¬ 
ber necessary to carry on the business of 
the country, will continue to make horse 
breeding one of our chief industries. 
The success attained will depend large¬ 
ly on the method employed. Upwards 
of two centuries ago, bands of marauders 
captured and brought into France from 
the deserts of Arabia, a few half tamed 
stallions and mares. These horses were 
not large, but were noted for their sym¬ 
metrical proportions, their fleetness, and 
their wonderful power of endurance. 
Occasionally an English Thoroughbred 
stallion was crossed with the mares, 
originating what we term the French 
Coach horses. From that time until th 
present, these horses have been bred in 
one direct line and with one object in 
view—the highest degree of perfection. 
The French government, foreseeing the 
advantage that keeping the breed pure 
would be to the whole country, as well 
as to individuals, has taken entire charge 
of the business, owning all the stallions 
that are used as breeders, and employing 
men to take charge of them. By this 
method, and by the selection of sires 
possessed of individual excellence, and 
those only, a standard of superiority has 
been established that enables them to 
transmit to their offspring the style, 
action and beauty that characterize the 
breed. This has created a market for 
them, not only in this country, but in 
others where the absence of purebred 
sires has made horse breeding a sort of 
lottery, the result of which, to say the 
least, was always uncertain, and gener¬ 
ally unsatisfactory. This system of 
breeding has brought its own reward. 
The breeders have not complained of dull 
times, or that horse breeding does not 
pay, but, on the contrary, have sold 
horses at almost their own price. Even 
the French government has paid as high 
as $3,000 for a stallion of exceptionally 
fine breeding. 
Another method, the result of which 
is easily foretold, is the one practiced 
more or less in our whole country. When 
purebred horses were introduced, a start 
was made in the right direction, and if 
it had been,continued regardless of fluc¬ 
tuations that are always taking place in 
the value of all products, there would be 
no question of the result. The tendency 
of the American people in all kinds 
of business, is to meet a strong com¬ 
petition with a cheap production. This 
system will not build up a business, 
but is sure to undermine it. Cheap 
stallions of no particular breeding, 
and having nothing to recommend 
them except their cheapness, are con¬ 
tinually being peddled about the coun¬ 
try, and are extensively patronized by 
unthinking breeders. Where there is no 
improvement there is but little interest 
taken, and there can be but one result. 
With the strong competition we are sure 
to have, the only breeders that can hope 
to receive remunerative prices are those 
that produce only the best. The best 
mares when crossed with a purebred 
stallion, will invariably give good re¬ 
sults, and the breeder that follows this 
method, and sticks to it, will produce 
something for which there is a demand, 
which always makes a ready market and 
governs the price. f. h. 
Auburn, N. Y. 
Pkotict your Cnir.DREX from the Bufferln* and 
distress caused by Worms by using Dr. Jayne’s Tonic 
Vermifuge. It thoroughly destroys these parasites, 
and by Its Tonic properties builds up the system. 
There Is no better medicine for the General Debility 
or Dyspepsia of either young or old. Sold by all 
Druggists.—Adp. 
The “ Le Roy Mills” 
F. F. Dairy Salt 
Is preferred by the best butter and chsese-makers 
In the country, because It Is the purest, strongest 
and best salt made Pure white. Always uniform. 
Never gets hard. Costs no more than common salt 
Try It If you like It insist on having It. and your 
dealer will gel It. Write for circular and prices de¬ 
livered. Lk ROY SALT CO., Le Roy, N. Y. 
THEPmn 
on GREEN BONE CUTTERS 
at the World’s Fair, was 
awarded Webster & liannum. 
Get circulars. 
WEBSTER & HANNUM. Cazenovla, N. Y. 
JERSEYS, 
From Ml’ler & Sibley’s herd, will be tuhercuiin tested 
before sate, if desired. 
Our bull, Ttla’s Rioter of St. L., has 19 daugh¬ 
ters tested, averaging over 19 lbs. 3 oz. of butter 
apiece per week, among them Ida Marlgold. who won 
two sweepstakes prizes and many other honors at 
the World’s Fair contests. 
Major Appel I’ogis won first prize at Pennsyl¬ 
vania State Fair In 1893. Sired by Stoke Pcgls .It h, 
who had 21 daughters and 61 granddaughters testet. 
Highest Jersey weekly, monthly and yearly milk 
records held by our herd. Only superior stock for 
sale. In general none loss than $200. Specify what 
you want. Mention this paper. 
MILLER & SIBLEY, Franklin, Venango Co., Pa. 
GUERNSEYS 1 
The GBANDEST of DAIBY Breed*. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the size 
approximate to the Holstein or Short-horn, but 
standing alonb and onbqualbd 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 quallHoatlons for the 
dairy or family cow than any other breed. In the 
“ Old Brick Guernsey Herd” 
are daughters and granddaughters of the renowned 
Squire Kent, 1604 A. G.C. C. and of the finest 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. S. P. TABER WILLETTS, 
" The Old Brick,” Roslykt, L. I., N. T 
Aberdeen-An^us Cattle 
J- F. HINK, Shlnrock, ICrie Co., O. 
Q A T XT Crystal Lake Farm, 
-TWlVOxxXjrj Itaveuna, Ohio, 
Ten Elegantly Bred 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULES. 
Seven to eighteen months old. Out of dams with a 
milk record of 10.000 to 18.000 pounds in one year. 
Come and see them or send for a descriptive circular 
W. J. HAYES. 
FOR SALE 
'—Ten cows, fresh this falli 
nine heifer calves and one 
bull, Jersey grades, three to 
eight months old, from a dairy that averages 300 
pounds butter; price, $12,60 per head. Price of cows, 
$36 per head. One full-blooded Jersey bull, five years 
old, will work on tread-power: price, $35. 
D. C. SIMPSON, Jasper, N. Y. 
Now is Your Opportunity 
To select choice SCOTCH CHEVIOT SHEEP from 
fhe CRUMHOKN Flock The Cbeviots are the, breed 
—perfectly hardy—wool commands better prices than 
any other They are a perfect Wool and Mutton 
Breed. Reduction Sale at Sreclsl Prices for GO 
Days. 2t K) Head, both sexes from which to select. 
Also, animals, both sexes, various ages, from my 
World’s Fair Champion Herd of HOLSTKIN-FRIE- 
8IANS at Special Prices. Now is your chance 1 
Address D. F. WILBER, Oneonta, N. Y. 
High-Class Shropshires 
Is yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 800 pounds, 
and shear 12 to 16 pounds at maturity; and 160 year¬ 
ling ewes, to weigh 176 to 2(.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 WILIAIWS, 
GBO. H. Bbbok, Prop. Paw Paw. Mich. 
SOUTH DOWNS. 
Cl.. atiiDui. iiiiMuiieu uiuuu lor sale at reasonabl 
prices. Special rates for 10 or more. Inspectloi 
solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. B. H. HOLCOMB] 
& BRO.. P. O. Box 274, Lambertvllle, N. J. 
Cliciiango Valley Stock Farms, Greene, N. Y., 
J. 1). VAN VALKENBURGII, Jii., Prop. 
For sale. Registered Dorset-Horn Sheep; also some 
fine grade Dorset Lambs, with many of the points of 
registered stock. .lust the thing for grading up flocks. 
I nan I lU Dul shire ram, as near horn 
as possible. Please give description and price. 
WM. A. RUSSELL, Lewes, Del. 
Ahead of anything on this Island.”-Nantucket. 
Am well pleased with sows.”—Oregon. “ Do not 
see where would change them.”—New York “Are 
very nice ; everybody likes them.”—Pa. “ Am well 
pleased.’’-Missouri. You will say the same if 
Willswood Herd, 
Recorded Berkshire Swine 
supplies them. Wills A. Seward, Bndd’s Lake, N. J. 
oix O^ttlo □F'ly-. 
The Best 
Compound Flies Off. 
Sample pound by mall 25c. Write for Circular and 
Price List. C. B. MILLS OIL CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 
The Elgin Dairy Report. 
the DAIRY MARKET PAPER. 
Gives the most complete and reliable market In¬ 
formation obtainable Published every Monday 
afternoon Immediately after the close of the Elgin 
Board of Trade. Subscription price. $1 00 per year. 
With THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, the two $1.75. 
Address, for Sample Copy, ELGIN, ILL. 
IVIAKb HENS LATf 
by feeding green b<jne out In 
.'VrANN’.S HONE CUTTER. 
Price f lO.WI and upward Warranted Catalog 
free if this paper is named 
F. W. MANN CO., Milford, Maos. 
enP CAI C —lieKlstered Berkshire Boars and 
rWil vHbt>B Sows, and two Keg. South Down 
Rams cheap. PARK FARM, New Brunswick, N. J. 
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 the Cheshire 
E. W. DaViS, Torrlngford. Conn., 
Formerly Oneida, N. Y. 
mLlu I UlLL ^ make room for your 
illUW I ULlak stock. They go at half price 
sold quick. Will satisfy you or return your mone 
BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM, ColumbuT, N , 
rmcf PooiTRY 
Ducks, etc., at FARMERS’ 
All varieties 
PIGS, PUPS, 
Pea Fowls.TUR¬ 
KEYS, Pigeons, 
PRICES. 
Missouri Poultry and Pet Stoek Club, 
Klrksville, Mo. 
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