I 
1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
6i I 
Live Stock Matters. 
FOBKI'XTLS OP FACTS. 
A Yellow Skin. —We have a half 
Jersey cow with deep yellow skin. 
When it rains, the yellow water drips 
off of her. Is there anything the matter 
with her skin ? mbs l. e. m. 
Arkansas. 
R. N.-Y.—No. That oily yellow skin 
is one of the best indications you can 
have that your cow is a superior dairy 
animal. 
A White Woodchuck. —I have a little 
item of interest to The Rural popula¬ 
tion who know anything about wood¬ 
chucks. I have captured a white one, 
a pure albino with pink eyes. I have 
asked all the old farmers about here, and 
they all say they never heard of such a 
thing before. Have any of The Rural 
readers ? Is he of any value, and where 
could I sell him ? j. m. l. 
Penn Yan, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—We doubt if the woodchuck 
will command any price. 
Frost in the Milk Pail. —The Phila¬ 
delphia Record is responsible for the fol¬ 
lowing story about milking in Labrador: 
“ Before milking the reindeer the milk¬ 
maid places a piece of string in the pail, 
allowing one end to hang over the side. 
By the time the milking is finished, the 
lacteal fiuid is frozen solid, and the maid 
takes hold of the string and, lifting the 
frozen milk from the pail, throws it over 
her shoulder and marches to her hut. 
Economy of pails and easy transporta¬ 
tion result from this provision of nature.” 
Spraying Hens. —It seems as if I had 
seen in the columns of The R. N.-Y., 
something about ridding hens of lice by 
spraying them. What is used for such 
treatment and how is it done ? e. k. p. 
River Falls, Wis. 
R. N.-Y.—The following directions 
were given by a correspondent in Penn¬ 
sylvania last spring : “ My yards contain 
8 to 15 fowls each. I take poultry net¬ 
ting six feet wide by 15 feet long, and 
attach one end to the fence near the 
corner of the yard. I then throw a 
handful of grain in the corner, and when 
the chickens go there to eat the grain, I 
draw the other end of the netting around 
them and attach it to the fence running 
at right angles to the first fence. I then 
use an emulsion consisting of one part 
oil and 20 parts water, and spray them 
thoroughly. I have a bucket of clean, 
warm, soft water ready, and in a few 
minutes after applying the emulsion, 
spray them again thoroughly with that. 
I then let them out of the pen and give 
a full feed of grain and tincture of 
aconite in their drinkiag water. I go 
over my yards tcree or four times a sea¬ 
son, lice or no lice. The soap in the 
emulsion, and the rinsing afterwards, 
clean them up and kill all vermin ; the 
aconite prevents them taking cold. I 
always perform this operation on a still, 
warm, bright morning, and the sun soon 
dries them off. I have never had a case 
of sickness from this treatment.” 
Feeding Wheat in the Sheaf. —New 
economies are being practiced all the 
time. It is not strange that while grain 
is so low in price farmers are concerned 
about saving the cost of thrashing and 
grinding. Here is the letter of an Ohio 
farmer in the Breeder’s Gazette : “In 
the discussion of the feeding value of 
wheat for hogs, why does no one advise 
feeding in the sheaf ? My experience 
teaches that but a very small ration of 
thrashed whole grain, either dry or 
soaked, is digested properly by hogs. To 
thrash and grind is an item of expense. 
I would suggest to farmers having sur¬ 
plus straw to try feeding fattening hogs 
wheat from the stack in the sheaf, scat¬ 
tered over a dry field or lot. It will not 
be eaten so fast and will be digested bet¬ 
ter. For best results, they should be 
taken out at night to a small ration of 
corn. With the cows and pigs or stock 
hogs turned in to clean up the wheat 
after them, there will be very little 
^^The Life of an Iron Rooi 
or how long will it last ?” is the title of 
an instructive little book upon the pre¬ 
servation of iron roofing, sent free by the 
Cincinnati Corrugating Co., B. 16,Piqua,0 
waste during dry weather. I claim for 
this plan that the 10 cents per bushel 
that it costs to thrash and grind is saved; 
that it is easier to feed a large number 
this way than to feed slop; that the straw 
is not wasted if properly distributed in 
feeding over a meadow or pasture field 
intended for corn next season, as it will 
be so broken up and scattered as to be 
readily plowed under in the spring, or if 
fed in the manure yard after the manure 
is drawn out, they are bedded for the 
next crop of manure.” 
Celery-Fed Ducks. —Some weeks ago. 
The R. N.-Y. gave a symposium of duck 
feeding, in which one party stated that 
he was feeding celery to ducks. In 
Farm Poultry, M. K. Boyer gives some 
details about the plant of Truslow &Co., 
who annually feed five acres of celery to 
ducks. These notes are given about the 
feeding and watering: 
“ When the young ducks are first put 
into the brooder, they are fed on Spratt’s 
food, about four days, when the bill of 
fare is changed to five parts corn meal, 
two parts bran, two parts crackers, two 
parts green bone, four pirts green food, 
such as rye, clover or corn, four times a 
day. This is wet up with milk or water, 
to which is afterwards added two parts 
No. 2 fiour, which sticks and binds the 
whole together, so that they eat it bet¬ 
ter. The water is forced up to the 
brooding house by two rams, into a large 
tank, to which are attached the pipes for 
watering the ducks. 
“ The system of watering consists of 
three-fourths-inch pipes, crossing the 
yards at the height of the fence, which 
is from 12 to 18 inches high. A one-fourth- 
inch hole is drilled in the three-fourths- 
inch pipe into which is inserted a one- 
fourth-inch pipe, the required length, 
and to these are provided a pet cock— 
one for each yard outside the brooder. 
The short pipes conduct the water down 
from the three-fourths pipe to the trough 
for the ducklings to drink. These pet 
cocks can be adjusted to run a full 
stream or merely drop to suit the size 
and age of the ducks. 
“ A short distance from the brooder, 
is a cold house, with 10 pens, each 20 
feet wide, and which will hold 200 duck¬ 
lings each. The young birds are always 
started at one end of the brooder, and 
shifted along, about twice a'week When 
the brooder is full, they are shifted to 
the cold house, and pass through it in 
the same manner. From there they go 
to the pond, at an age of from four to five 
weeks.” 
AN IDEAL BUSINESS FOWL. 
I notice what I. F. T. has to say under 
the above heading in The R. N.-Y. of 
September 1. My opinion is that he 
took the wrong breed to graft the White 
Indian Game upon. The Plymouth Rock, 
as a rule, does not have so plump and 
well shaped a carcass, so yellow a skin, 
or so yellow legs as the Wyandotte. The 
Indian Game is not so good a layer as 
either the Plymouth Rock or Wyandotte; 
therefore he has reduced his egg output 
in his combination of blood. 
The White Wonders have an estab¬ 
lished record for great prolificacy, but 
they have lightly feathered shanks. A 
White Wonder male on White Wyandotte 
females for a first cross, would give a 
larger fowl than the Wyandotte, and 
some of the progeny would come with 
pea combs and bare legs. Mate these 
pea comb and bare legged males with 
White Wonder females and the result 
would be still larger birds, with a pro¬ 
portion of them pea combed and bare 
legged. The third season, the males of 
first season, with the desired points, 
could be mated with females with the 
same points, of the second season, and 
the females of the first season mated 
with males of the second season, when 
the larger proportion of progeny might 
be expected to show the pea comb and 
bare legs. No doubt for several years 
longer, a few feathers would appear on 
an occasional chick, as the feathered leg 
is one of the hardest characteristics to 
breed out, but it would finally disappear. 
By combining this blood, the change is 
for the better all the time, for an in¬ 
crease in egg yield, larger carcass and a 
handsomer one. It is hard to improve 
any breed by introducing inferior blood, 
in any line. 
The strictures of I. F. T., against the 
Standard of Perfection and the fanciers, 
are unjust. I do not know of a new 
breed or variety which our fanciers have 
brought out, or are not at work on, in 
which some claim for increased economic 
value is not well based. I would like to 
ask I. F. T. who gave to the world his 
Plymouth Rocks and his White Indian 
Games, as well as all the other improved 
breeds, if it was not the fancier ? 
There is a general purpose fowl in 
Rhode Island, the Argonaut, a pure buff, 
pea comb, clean legged, size of the Ply¬ 
mouth Rock, game blood enough (but 
not Indian Game), to give the deep, long 
and full breast, that I hope to see pushed 
to the front during the coming show 
season, so that the public may see and 
appreciate them. They were made by a 
fancier, but they are just as good for all 
that, and I believe they are really all 
that is claimed for them, both as layers 
and meat producers. h. 
Give Prompt Attention and Treatment, at 
thl8 season of the year, to all AHectlons of the Bow¬ 
els, such as Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus. Dysentery, 
etc.—By uslnK Dr. Jayne’s Carralnatlve Balsam you 
will obtain Immediate relief from these complaints, 
and scon drive them from the system —Adv. 
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It will Save Its Own Price either la Redaction of 
First Cost, In its Increase In Yield, or in its 
Saving of Labor. 
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County and State Agents wanted In 
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Street, New York. 
VETERINURY SURGEONS 
Lectures will begin OCTOBER 2, 1894. For 
Circular, address II. D. GILL,‘,V. 8.. Secretary, 
332 E. 27tb Street, New York City. 
“DAIRY RATION.” 
Is a feed based on sclentlBc principles, with the 
end In view of making a balanced ration for milch 
cows. Every pound of this ration fed will show in 
the mllk-pall and In the sood condition of the cow. 
It is prepared from the best of material, and put up 
In 100 pound sacks. 
Samples delivered f. o. b. cars New York for $1.25 
per sack, payable In advance. Write for prices by 
the car-load NATHANIEL C. HALL, 
No 15 Whitehall Street, New York City. 
Hoof Ail, 
Fouls and Foot Rot 
cannot exist where Wine of I’ooper 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. Warranted. 
Write for circular and tesilmonlals. Address 
THE COPPER CURE CO.. Cortland. N. Y. 
The Monarch Incubator. 
The best, most practical and saooessfnl machine 
In existence. No night work or addled eggs con¬ 
nected with Its use. Send 2o. stamp for lllnstrated 
catalogue I J. RANKIN', South Easton, Mass. 
JERSEYS, 
From Miller & Sibley’s herd, will be tuberculin tested 
before sale if desired. 
Our bull, Ida’s Rioter of St. L., has 19 dangh 
ters tested, averaging over 19 lbs. 3 os. of butter 
apiece per week, among them Ida Marigold, who won 
two sweepstakes prizes and many other honors at 
the World’s Fair contests. 
Major Appel Pogls won first prize at Pennsyl¬ 
vania State Fair In 1893. Sired by Stoke Pogls 6th, 
who bad 21 daughters and 51 granddaughters tested. 
Highest Jersey weekly, monthly and yearly milk 
records hold by our herd. Only superior stock for 
sale. In general none less than f'200. Specify what 
you want. Mention this paper. 
MILLER & SIBLEY, Franklin. Venango Co.. Pa. 
GUERNSEYS! 
The GBANDEST of DAIBY Breeds. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the size 
approximate to the Holstein or Short-horn, but 
standing alone and cnequaled in producing the 
richest colored bntter In mid-winter on dry feed. 
Gentle as pets, persistent milkers and hardy in con¬ 
stitution, they combine more qualifications 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 Ametica—Comns, son of Sqnlre 
Kent and Statelllte, son of Kohlm head the herd. All 
parttcnlars in regard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. 8. P. TABER WILLETTS, 
" The Old Brick.” Roslyn. L. I., N. Y 
A RARE GUERNSEY 
FOR SALE. 
Grandson of old Squire Kent, dropped January 28, 
1894: solid color, orange fawn. calf Is rarelv 
bred, Its dam being a noted GuerS^y oow, rallklrg 
heavy and up to calving. Price, $.50. Also, several 
cows and heifers for sale. Address 
ELMER K. SHARP, South Greece. N. Y. 
HIGH-CLASS 
Registered Jersey Cattle. 
ROBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
A I n A BULL CALF, dropped January, 1894, 
. U. U. U. Sire Nancy’s Stoke Pogls 25031, pnre 
St. Lambert; a bull of similar breeding sold at auc¬ 
tion for $1,700; calf’s dam one of our best cows by 
Lord Victor Pogls 14499. pure St. Lambert, son of 
Maggie Sbeldon 23,583 21 lbs 5 ozs of Ru '.ter In 7 days. 
It Is a large, handsome, extra good, solid fa«n calf 
Price reasonable. B. L CLA RKSON, Tivoli, N. Y. 
Refer by permission to The Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE. 
Jersey Bull. ” Pride of Peconlo ” .32944, A. J. C. C.. 
tbree years old, vjry handsome and weli grown; an 
Inbred St. Lambert. Sold onlv to prevent further in- 
breeding. A bargain to a quick buyer. Also one 
thoroughbred oow. four years old. Pedigrees on ap¬ 
plication to PECONIC FARM. Sag Harbor, N. Y. 
Aberdeen-AnG^us Cattle 
J, P. HINF, Shlnrock. Rrle Co.. O. 
Hi^h-Class Shropshlres 
70 yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 800 pounds, 
and shear 12 to 15 pounds at maturity; and IM year¬ 
ling ewes, to weigh 175 to 31J9 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 WILLOWS, 
Geo. B. Bbeck, Prop. Paw Paw. Mich. 
Chenango Valley Stock Farms, Greene, N. Y., 
J. D. VAN VALKBNBURGH, 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 up flocks 
PUREBBED SOUTB BOWKS. 
at farmers’ prices. L. B. ITREAR, Ithaca, N. Y. 
COTSWOLD SHEEP'fS.’ 
J. HARRIS CO., Moreton Farm (P. O.), N. Y. 
FOR SALE. 
Large, 'Thrifty. 
Thoroughbred 
Poland-ChiBa Hogs 
of all ages. 
F. H. GATES & SONS, Chlttenango, N. Y. 
GHESHIRES 
Pigs In pairs, not akin. 
YoungSows bred. 
Young service Boars. 
ED. 8. HILL, Tompkins County, Peruvllle, N. Y. 
price. Brookslde Poultry Farm, Colnmbus, N. J. 
White Wyandottes. 
The Ideal general-purpose fowl. Superior early 
pullets for sale. Bred for vigor, quality and business. 
D. C. BASSETTS, Farmer, Seneca Co., N. Y. 
INCUBATORS&BROODERS 
Rixxiders only S.5. Best «fe Cheaixist 
for niising chicks. 40 l.st I’l-emlums 
4000Testimonlals. S«jnd forCat’l’g. 
G. S. SINGER, Box 714 Cardington, 0. 
FEEDING ANIMALS. 
This Is a practical work of 560 pages, by Professor 
B. W. STEWART, np«n the science of feeding !«• all 
Its details, giving practical rations for all farm ani¬ 
mals. Its accuracy Is proved by Its adoption as a 
text book In nearly aii Agricultural Colleges and Ex¬ 
periment Stations In America, it will pay anybody 
having a horse or a oow, or who feeds a few pigs or 
sheep to buy and study It carefully. Price, 9:4.00. 
THE BUBAL NEW-YORKER, 
Corner Chambers and Pearl Streets, New York. 
