1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
659 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFITLS OF FACTS. 
Begin Feeding Early —There is plenty 
of corn to fatten the hogs in our neigh¬ 
borhood. The hogs will be sold about 
the same as usual. Few farmers feed 
wheat or any other grain in place of 
corn. I think that hogs will bring better 
prices early this fall. j. c f. 
Areola, Ind. 
Iowa Hogs. —I think that the hogs 
will be rushed to market as soon as they 
can be got ready. Many of the farmers 
are buying wheat. It is not raised in 
this part of the country. Corn is about 
55 cents per bushel, and wheat the same. 
As regards the price of hogs, I think the 
packers in Chicago control the price, or 
have it in their own hands. f. h. 
Waterloo, Iowa. 
Hogs in Nebraska —Crops of all kinds 
are nearly, and in many instances, total 
failures. Very few hogs will be fattened 
in this neighborhood this fall. The 
greater number have been marketed in 
poor condition. Some farmers are buy¬ 
ing wheat and feeding to their hogs. 
Wheat is 60 cents per bushel shipped in; 
corn sells at 75 cents per bushel. I do 
not look for an extremely high price for 
hogs. I think that they will bring good 
prices, but hardly in proportion to the 
price of feed. I think the best policy, 
if one has only a small number, is to keep 
them over and fatten on grass and wheat 
or bran next summer. c. l m. 
Dustin, Neb. 
Pork in Washington.— Corn is not 
used in eastern Washington for fatten¬ 
ing hogs. Wheat and barley are used 
instead, especially wheat. Some use a 
mixture of two parts of wheat to one of 
barley. Wheat is very cheap this fall, 
being as low as 21 cents a bushel for a 
very fair quality in some places, and less 
for damaged; so that probably half as 
many more hogs will be fattened than 
last year. Over seven-eighths of the pork 
and lard consumed here have been ship¬ 
ped from Omaha, Chicago or Kansas City. 
Until wheat became so low, no one 
thought of raising hogs, and there will 
not be enough raised to affect the mar¬ 
ket in any degree. Pork will be cheaper 
than ever known, simply because there 
is very little money to buy with. 
Spokane Co., Wash. j. w. scribner. 
A Lame Boar. —I have a purebred 
Berkshire boar that got his foot fast in 
some way, and tore half of his toe very 
nearly off. What can I do for him’ He 
doesn’t move around any, and eats very 
little. He is six months old. G. b 
Ans. —If the bone of the toe is broken 
or displaced, cut it off, wash clean, and 
apply a bandage to the foot, to be kept 
wet with a lotion of one dram each of 
sulphate of zinc and carbolic acid to each 
pint of wat6r. If the flesh is simply torn, 
with considerable inflammation, apply 
the dressing as above. If there is but little 
or no inflammation, a simple pine tar 
dressing may be all that is necessary. 
The important thing is to have the 
boar on a clean, dry floor, and the foot 
bandaged so as to keep the wound clean. 
F. L. K. 
Corn Compared With Mangels. —At 
what price per ton should mangel wurzels 
sell where corn retails at 55 cents per 
bushel? 8. G. 
Marion, Ind. 
R. N. Y.—It is almost impossible to 
compare two such food products as corn 
and mangels. If we compare the exact 
feeding value, as determined by the 
chemists alone, the corn is worth slightly 
more than seven times as much as the 
mangels, weight for weight. But that 
does not tell the whole story. It costs 
“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 
far more to handle and feed seven tons 
of mangels than one ton of corn. The 
mangels, too, will not keep so well. 
On the other hand the mangels have an¬ 
other value, “ succulence,” which the 
chemist cannot determine. No fair com¬ 
parison can, therefore, be made, but we 
shall be pleased to have estimates from 
those who have fed these roots. 
Why I Keep Galloways. —I keep Gal¬ 
loway cattle for five reasons ; First, they 
are the most docile cattle I ever had ; 
they will stand together and keep the 
flies off each other and do not fight and 
bruise each other. The old bull may be 
led around without a staff, with just 
simply a ring and lead. Second, I con¬ 
sider them as good as any other breed 
for milk and butter. Third, I have found 
that the calves are the best I ever had 
for veal, they are so meaty and fat, with 
small bone. I sold Galloway-Holstein 
calves at four and dve weeks old, that 
weighed from 115 to 130 pounds, and got 
11 to 12 cents a pound when the best 
price was 10 cents for other breeds 
Then the skins are worth four times as 
much as other skins for robes. I have a 
robe made of calf skins which I exhibited 
at the Altamont Fair; it was the admira¬ 
tion of all who examined it. Fourth, 
I have found this dry season that they 
will graze on short pasture, and hold 
their flesh and keep in condition when 
the other cattle will lose flesh. Last 
fall at the World’s Fair they were sell¬ 
ing for seven cents per pound, when 
other cattle were six cents, and I was 
told they would dress 65 pounds par 100, 
which goes to prove that they will 
be the most popular breed in the United 
States. Fifth, there is no other breed of 
cattle that will make a robe equal to 
theirs. I saw a robe in Illinois that had 
been used several years, and it was worn 
but very little. I do not think that they 
consume as much feed in the winter as 
my other cattle. 
I believe in progressive farming and 
keeping abreast of the times, and am 
positive that the best is the cheapest in 
all things Farmers in the East must 
keep more stock and sell less hay so as 
to get the farms back to a higher state of 
cultivation. There is no fertilizer so 
cheap as that made on the farm by keep¬ 
ing stock and making the land produce 
large crops of grain and hay. Feed 
everything upon the farm except that 
which will bring the highest price. I 
have been surprised this summer to see 
the weeds that were grown by my neigh¬ 
bors on the same kind of land as mine. 
I say, keep sheep ; sell lamb and mutton. 
A M LAGRANGE. 
AYRSHIRES NO! FORGOTTEN. 
In The R. N.-Y. of September 29, is a 
statement of the creditable record of the 
Holsteins at the New York State Fair. 
While the record is a creditable one, it 
may be well to remember that the Hol¬ 
steins, Jerseys and Guernseys are not 
the only butter breeds on earth. The 
report says that the Holstein cow “Intje 
von Holengen,” belonging to Mr. Wilber, 
of Oneonta, produced at the fair, in the 
butter test, in four days 6.765 pounds, 
an average of 1.691 pound per day. In a 
similar butter test of two days at the 
Hornellsville Pair last month, the Ayr¬ 
shire heifer “ Princess Webb,” who was 
three years and 10 days old when she 
entered into the contest, produced in the 
two days, 3 75 pounds of butter from 76 5 
pounds of milk, an average of 1 875 
pound per day, and the tecond day of 
the test she produced two pounds, win¬ 
ning the prize from the Jerseys and th 5 
Holsteins by over three-fourths of a 
pound in the two days. 
The same production in the four days 
test would have defeated the Holstsm 
record at the State Fair by .735 pound. 
The conditions were not more favorable 
at the Hornellsville Fair, than those at 
the State Fair. The Ayrshire cow “ Miss 
Dumfries,” only four days in milk at the 
beginning of the contest, consequently 
not at her best, produced 3.41 pounds of 
butter in the two days, also defeating 
the Jerseys and Holsteins in the same 
contest. All of the contestants except 
the Ayrshires were fully developed cows 
of mature age. 
While Mr. W. G. Tucker, of Elm Val¬ 
ley, N. Y., the owner of these Ayrshire 
cows, does not claim that this justifies 
him in saying that this showing proves 
that the Ayrshires “ surpass all other 
breeds for butter”, or that the ‘‘‘Elm 
Valley Herd ’ stands at the front for the 
production of butter,” or that the “ Prince 
Webb ” family “stands at the head in 
public butter tests,” yet Ayrshire breed¬ 
ers do claim that this showing proves 
that the Ayrshires stand not one whit be¬ 
hind any of the great butter breeds of 
the world. That their producing quali¬ 
ties, taken in connection with their hardy 
constitutions and foraging characteris¬ 
tics, make them among the most desira¬ 
ble of butter breeds. While I am ready 
to give full praise to the Jerseys, Guern¬ 
seys and Holsteins, for their excellent rec¬ 
ords, yet at the same time I am not willing 
that the Ayrshire shall be forgotten. 
Coudersport, Pa. o. l p. 
lN8Tlt.Al) OF THIFLING WITH A BAD COLD, use 
Dr. U. .Tayne S'Expectorant, wnich will loosen the 
pblcem. subdue Irilammatlon, and certainly save 
your Lungs and Throat much dangerous wear and 
tear.—A(iv. 
BARREN COWS CURED. 
The following Is from HON. WAYNE MACVEAGH 
Ambassador to Italy ; 
Brookfibi.d Farm, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
“ You can quote from this note ray assurance that 
your medicines always gave me the greatest satis¬ 
faction.” 
Book Free. MOOBK BROS., Albany. N. Y. 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 
J. F. HINE. Shinrock. Rrle Co.. O. 
FOR SALE. 
Jersey Bull. ” Pride of Peoonlo ” 32944, A. J. C. C.. 
three years old, vjry handsome and well grown: an 
Inbred St. Lambert. Sold only to prevent further In- 
breeding A bargain to a quick buyer. Also one 
thoroughbred cow. four years old. Pedigrees on ap¬ 
plication to PECONIO FARM. Sag Harbor, N. Y. 
* FOR SALE. 
One Thoroughbred Red Po'led Bull-registered In 
First Volume of Red Polled Register B.ok. 
Pedigree furnished on application. 
M. M. DICK. West Newton, Pa. 
FOR SALE. 
Fine Recrlstered Holstein Bull, 20 months old. 
SAM'L YEAKLB, Flourtown, Montgomery Co., Pa. 
BULL CALVES FOR SALE. 
Prices low. One to four 
weeks old, one half Jersey 
and one-half Guernsey,from 
registered sire and dam. 
Breeders of nice 
POLAND CHINA HOGS. 
F. H, GATES & SONS. Chlttenanjfo. N. Y. 
GHESHIRES 
Pigs In pairs, not akin. 
YoungSows bred 
Y’oung service Boars. 
ED. 8. HILL, Tompkins County, Peruvllle, N. Y. 
A Complete Creamery 
IN ONE MACHINE. 
The Butter Accumulator 
Has now been Thoroughly Tested and the 
following facts fully proven : 
It gives more butter and better batter, 
skims cleaner and runs Mmoother. It Is sim¬ 
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any other machine of Its kind In existence. 
It will Save Its Own Price either la Reduction of 
First Cost, in its Increase in Yield, or in its 
Saving of Labor. 
CnEtMERY PACKA6E MF6. CO., 
I, 3 & 5 Washlneton St., Chicago, Ill., Sole Agts. 
County and State Agents wanted in 
every part of the United States. 
QIUQ—Choice victoria Pigs for sale from prlze- 
rlU« winning stock; pedigree with each pig. 
Price, E5 eacn, at eight to ten weeks old 
U. G. HUBBARD, Dundee, N. Y. 
High-Class Shropshires 
70 yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 300 pounds, 
and shear 12 to 16 pounds at maturity; and IM year- 
I ng ewes, to weigh 175 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 WILLOWS, 
GkO. B. BBlOK, Prop. Paw Paw, Mloh. 
Imported and Home-bred, 
both sexes, all ages. Also 
Barred Plymouth Rock 
ces. State Just what you 
want, and address 
FRANK MCKLHBNY, Box D. Black Creek, N. Y. 
nnTQUfni n purebred rams very 
UUIulfULU UllCLr cheap. Circular free. 
J. HARRIS CC.. Moreton Farm (P. C.), N. Y. 
PEKIN DUCKS—100 choice breeders yet to go at 
price. Brookslde Poultry Farm, Columbus, N. J. 
Hens Lay‘Sir 
eggs—hard shell and double * the number 
when fed on GREEN CUT BONE. 
-You can save-in money; 
D ollar sucui 
bushels of grain by using 
Mann’s Bone Cutter. 
Best and cheapest. Price $10 and upward. 
Ulus.Catalogue iVee if you nan>e this paper. 
F. W. MANN CO., Milford, Mass. 
Shropshires 
Chicks. KRrmers’ prl 
Swedish Cream and Butter Separator Co., 35 William 
Street, New York. 
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Lectures will begin OCTOBER 2, 1894. For 
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332 B. 27tb Street, New York City. 
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