1894 
563 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Live Stock Matters. 
FOKKrULS OF FACTS. 
Lice oh Hogs — Oa page 531, H. G. 
atks for a remedy for lice on a sow. 
The remedy given is good. I used crude 
petroleum on my pigs, rubbed it in by 
hand, and at times used a piece of old 
bag to rub with. It cleaned them of 
lice. c. B. 
Feed or Sell Wheat ?—Would The 
R. N.-Y. advise me to sell wheat at 55 
cents per bushel, and buy bran at S17 
per ton and shorts at $19, to feed hogs 
and little pigs ? Or, would it pay or be 
more economical to ha/e the wheat 
cracked and mixed with corn and rye ? 
Where can I buy rock salt by the cwt.? 
Morgantown, Pa. e. b, s. 
Ans —It will pay you better to feed 
the wheat. At the price given it will 
bring $18 35 a ton, and with that money 
you cannot buy as much nutriment in 
the bran as is contained in the wheat. 
The Retsof Salt Mining Co., New York, 
sell rock salt. Write them for full par¬ 
ticulars. 
A Knuckling Horse. —What ails my 
horse ’ When he walks, his right, hind 
leg at the ankle or between the ankle 
and the joint at the top of the hoof, 
seems to bend forward, and as he puts 
his weight on it, it seems to spring back 
to its place, making a snapping noise 
which may be heard for several rods. 
After the ankle snaps, it and the leg 
seem all right When he trots, it does 
not seem to affect him. There does not 
seem to be any heat around the ankle. 
Ottawa Station, Mich. j. b. 
they walk. These spells, in which they 
seem weak and stupid, last from one to, 
probably, three weeks; they then appear 
to get better for a time and eat pretty 
well, but do not thrive right. Daring 
these spells, the droppings are very thin, 
and of a dark green color. I feed plenty 
of milk and wheat middlings, mixed, 
and they have plenty of good spring 
water to drink at their pleasure. I have 
a good-sized lot with grass, plenty of 
shade and a good dry pen for them to 
sleep in. Other pigs are doing well that 
are fed in the same place and run with 
these Berkshires. e. e. f. 
New Milford, Pa» 
Ans.—T he symptoms are those of a 
mild, chronic form of cholera or swine 
plague; although the condition of the 
two pigs may be due to some other 
chronic liver or bowel trouble. The two 
pigs in their present condition, being of 
little value, I would advise killing both 
and burying away from the run of the 
others, to avoid any risk that they may 
be harboring a disease (cholera or swine 
plague) which, under favorable condi¬ 
tions, will acquire greater virulence than 
is possessed at present, and attack the 
whole herd. If not killed, it would at 
least be advisable to remove and pen 
them by themselves. f. l. kilborne. 
Clams fob Hens. —Would clams found 
in fresh water be a good substitute for 
meat for laying hens in winter ? I can¬ 
not afford to buy meat, and the clams 
cost nothing but the time to gather them. 
Randolph, N. Y. c. o. A. 
R. N.-Y.—We have no doubt the clams 
will prove a full substitute for the meat. 
A Complete Creamefy 
IN ONE MACHINE. 
The Butter Accumulator 
Has now been ThorouKhly Tested and the 
following facts fully proven : 
It gives inore butter and better butter, 
HkiiuH cleaner and runs Hinoother. It Is sim¬ 
pler 111 construction and easier cleaned than 
any other machine of Its kind In existence. 
It will Save Its Own Price either lu Reduction of 
First Host, In Its Increase In Yield, or In Its 
Saving; ..f Labor. 
CtEAMERY PACKAGE MFO. CO., E 
I, 3 & 5 Washington St., Chicago, Ill., Sole Agts. 
County and State Agents wanted In 
every part of the United States. 
Swedish Cream and Butter Separator Co., 35 William 
Street, New York. 
A Woman Can linn 
MANN’S BONE CUTTER 
It runs so light and oasy. It Is the only machine 
made that can be run by a woman. Rvccivud 
Highest Awards Everywhere. 
GREEN CUT BONE 
Is absolutely necessary for hens. It is better then 
medicine and cheaper than grain. Kggs are dou¬ 
bled. Chicks grow larger. Illustrated Catalogue 
free if you name this paper. 
F. W. MANN CO., Milford. Mass. 
PEKIN DUCKS—100 choice breeders yet to go at 
price. Brookslde Poultry Farm, Columbus, N. J. 
BARREN COWS CURED. 
The following Is from Hon. WAYNE MACVHAGH 
Ambassador to Italy : 
Brookfibi.d Farm, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
You can quote from this note my assurance that 
your medicines always gave me the greatest satis¬ 
faction." 
Book Free. IHOOKE KKOS., Albany. N. Y. 
Hoof Ail, 
Fouls and Foot Rot 
cannot exist where VVliio ol *'or>per is applied. 
It Instantly destroys, without Injury to flesh or hair, 
all microbes, germs, and parasites that cause the 
disease. By mall, postpaid, 50 cents. Write for cir¬ 
cular and testimonials. Address 
THE COPPF.K CUBE CO., Cortland, N. Y. 
Aberdeen-An^us Cattle 
J* P. HINE. Shlnrock, Erie Co., O. 
A t n P CALF, dropped April, 1894, 
. U. U. U, sire Nancy’s Stoke Pogls 2.')03I, pure 
St. I.ambert; a bull of similar breeding sold at auc¬ 
tion for $1,700: calf’s dam one of our nest cows by 
Lord Victor Pogis 14499 pure St. Lambert, son of 
Maggie Sheldon 2.3583 21 lbs 5 oss of Bii:ter in 7 
days. It Is a large, bandsome, extra good, fawn calf. 
Price reasonab e. E. L CLAKKSON, Tivoli, N. Y. 
Keferby permission to Tim Buhal Nkw-Youkkh. 
JERSEY BULL CALVES. 
Grandsons of Ida’s Stoke Pogis 
From dams of Individual excellence, calves, one to 
six months old. $25 each, crated and registered. 
ROBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
FOR SALE. 
Jersey Bull. “ Pride of Peconlc " 32944, A. J. C. C., 
three years old, vjry bandsome and well irrown; an 
Inbred 8t. Lambert. Sold only to prevent further In- 
breeding. A bargain to a quick buyer. Also one 
thoroughbred oow. four years old. Pedigrees on ap¬ 
plication to PKCONIC FARM, Sag Harbor, N. Y. 
Jersey Cow, fre»h; solid 
IIflu I I 11 fawn color, full points, with good butter 
record; must bo sound and gentle; no fancy price 
Address W. H. STIIAUT. Valley Cottage, N. Y. 
^ anAspinwall Potato 
Planter, or would exchange for Jersey cows. 
GEO. 8. ItCTLEK, Cromwell, Conn. 
Ans. —Knuckling at the fetlock is usual¬ 
ly the result of rapid, hard driving or over¬ 
work. A cure of such cases can rarely 
be effected. Rest, preferably at pasture, 
but where the animal will not run too 
much, with the daily application of a 
good stimulating liniment, well rubbed 
into the fetlock and back tendons, will 
afford some relief. But the condition 
will be very liable to return as bad as 
before, if the horse is again put to rapid 
or hard work. An excellent lininc ent for 
this purpose is made by thoroughly shak¬ 
ing together one-half pint each of sweet 
oil and strong aqua ammonia and then 
adding one pint of ordinary soap lini¬ 
ment, to be obtained of any druggist. 
If the skin becomes blistered after sev¬ 
eral applications, apply less frequently. 
F. L. K. 
A Jersey’s Value. —A. Baker, in The 
Jersey Bulletin, gives this estimate as to 
the earning value of a high-priced Jer¬ 
sey cow : “ You say she is guaranteed 
to have made over 300 pounds of butter 
last year, is now four years old, sound 
and healthy and safely in calf. Under 
reasonably good feeding and care, she 
will repeat her 300-pound performance 
this year ; at 25 cents per pound, that is 
$75. Allowing 15 cents a pound for ex¬ 
penses, including labor and care, and we 
have a net earning of $30 on butter 
alone. To this it is but fair to add but¬ 
termilk and skim-milk, say $25, and ma¬ 
nure, say $10, and we get 'u total of $65 
net profit made by the cow. Under the 
conditions named, she should be able to 
repeat this for seven years, when she 
will have earned clear of all expenses 
$455. If she cost $300, she will have 
paid back the purchase money and seven 
per cent interest. But she is not a bar¬ 
ren cow. She will have produced in the 
seven years, at least six calves, worth 
not less than $50 apiece, which gives 
$300 more, or a grand total, in the seven 
years, of $755, or about $108 a year.” 
A Case of Swine Plague. —I have two 
Berkshire pigs farrowed April 8 that, at 
times, refuse to eat for some days, and, 
consequently, get poor and stagger when 
WHEN Leaving Home for the Sommer, the 
prudent provide tbemtielves with Dr. Jayne’s Car- 
mlnailve Balsam, in order to treat promptly and 
eSectua’ly all attacks of Cramps, Diarrhea, Dysen¬ 
tery, Cholera Morbus. &o.—complaints more or less 
prevalent everywhere at this season of the year,— 
Adt). 
GUERNSEY COWS AS ECONOMICAL BUT¬ 
TER PRODUCERS. 
Perhaps no breed has so honestly won 
their high rank as butter producers, as 
have the Guernseys, Never forced for 
large records, they have always stood 
upon the work that they would do at the 
pail or churn. It is especially gratifying 
to notice how they are received in the 
sections where they are introduced. Go 
into New England, down the Hudson in 
New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Dela¬ 
ware, New Jersey and Wisconsin and we 
find not only fine herds of thoroughbreds, 
hut we notice that the dairymen of those 
sections have been impressed with their 
fine, substantial,*, business-like appear¬ 
ance and golden-colored products, and 
have drawn on the breed for grading 
up and improving the dairy stock of the 
vicinity. Their ability to produce butter 
fat and butter at a low cost, demands 
the careful attention of all dairymen. 
At the New York Experiment Station, 
several of the dairy breeds are being 
carefully tested. The recently issued 
annual report of the director, gives the 
result of the first two periods of lacta¬ 
tion. In both instances, the Guernseys 
produced butter fat at the least cost as 
the following shows: 
COST OF BUTTER FAT PER POUND. 
First Period. Second Period. 
Guernsey. $0.18.4 $0.1.5.8 
Jersey. 20.0 18.5 
Devon. S3.0 19.0 
American Uoiderness . 28.3 12.8 
Uulstein-Fileslan. 28.3 26.4 
Ayrshire. 24.3 24.8 
This agrees with the work done at the 
New Jersey Experiment Station, and 
with the average results of the butter 
tests at the World’s Pair. 
COST PER POUND OF BUTTER PRODUCED. 
New Jersey. World's Fair. 
Guernsey. $0.i5.3 $0.13.1 
Jersey. i7 9 13.3 
Ayrshire. 50.6 .... 
Snort-horn. 20.8 IS.'s 
Hoistein. 2a.4 .... 
This shows the Guernseys to be the most 
economical producers of butter, and such 
golden yellow butter too ! There is no 
mottled color to it. This true, golden, 
cow color, is the most attractive of any 
on the market. It is truly said that the 
Guernseys have but to be tried to be ap¬ 
preciated. WM. H. CALDWELL. 
Peterboro, N. H. 
Tky the Nickel Plate Road when you 
go West.— Adv. 
Rose-Comb Brown Leghorns. 
Keshequa Strain, bred for size and laylnjr qualities. 
Choice hens and young siock 75 cents and tl apiece. 
CHAS. L. MOSHEB, Nunda, N V. 
WILL8W00D FARM, ’ir 
Keoorded BERKSHIRE Swine ard GUKHNSKY 
Cattle, at Fairs In September; N. J. Siate 3-7; N Y. 
State, 6-13; Elmira, N V., 17-21; "Inter-State,’ 
Trenton, N. J., 24-28. r»~ Do not fall to see them. 
It is the 
Average Farmer 
Whom we want to Investigate the merits of the 
Duroc Jersey Swine, because the Duroc Jerseys 
where Intrcduced have given the greatest proHt, 
and the average farmer Is the man who raises 
the most Pork. Send for ‘‘ Hints on Hogs," which 
Is a brief record of how Swine are grown, bv 
Q. McBUlDE, Burton, Mich. 
GHESHIRES 
Pigs In pairs, not akin. 
YoungSows bred. 
Young service Boars. 
ED. S. HILL, Tompkins County, Peruvllle, N. V. 
High-Class Shropshlres 
75 yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 300 pounds, 
and shear 13 to 16 pounds at maturity; and 150 year¬ 
ling ewes, to weigh 176 to 21^0 pounds, and shear 9 to 
12 pounds at maturity, Just arrived, recorded In Hna- 
land and America. " A grand lot.” Send for cata¬ 
logue. THE WILLOWS, 
GEO. H. Bbeok. Prop. Paw Paw, Mich, 
Hampshire-Down Sheep. 
The best mutton breed in England or America. 
Yearling and ram lambs; also Ewes and Byte Lambs 
for sale. Prices 20 per cent below former years. 
JNO. I. GORDON, Mercer, Pa. 
CbeoaMo Valley Stock Farms, Greene, N. Y,, 
J. D. VAN VALKENBUHGH, Jr., Prop. 
For sale, Registered Dorset-Horn Sheep; also some 
fine grade Dorset Lambs, with many of the points of 
registered stock. Just the thing for grading np flocks. 
T)ORHET-[10RN SHEEP for Sale —20 
Beg’d, Imp’d and American-bred. J M. HAM 
Lynfeld Farm, Washington Hollow. N. Y. ’ 
I Thorndale Shropshires 
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The first Annual Auction of Yearling Ewes and Rams, the produce j 
of the Thorndale Flock, will be held jit THORNDALE, Millhrook P.O., 
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N. Y., ' 
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Wednesday, September i8, at 12 o’clock. 
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100 Yearling Ewes, 50 two-year-old Imported Ewes and 50 Yearling Rams 
" will be sold to the highest bidder absolutely without reserve. Represen¬ 
tatives of this flock will be on exhibition at the New York State Fair, 
Syracuse, Sept. 6-13. Catalogues ready Aug. 15. Write for particulars. 
OAKLEIGH THORNE, Nliilbrook, N. Y. I 
TIHflillO-CRESOL sSEnSS 
eases; all parasitical troubles; Non-poisonous; Needs 
no preparation; Mixes instantly with cold water; sam¬ 
ple by mail 50c. LAWFORD BROS.. Baltimore. Md. 
TICKS 
ELLIOTS PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. “niA CD BE 
To dalrraen or others who will use it, we wni send half a ream, 8x11, free, If they wOI M^ IV iCi ■ 
forward 10 eonta to pay postoce. Wlv not try the Best Butter wrapper t 
A, e. BI.UOT A 00.1 Paper BKanufaoturera. PhUadelphla, Pa. 
