THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
7o7 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
SwKET Potato Vines for Feed. —For 
milch cows, to cause an increased flow of 
milk of superior quality and flavor, there 
is only one article of food that surpasses 
the sweet potato vine, and that is the 
cow pea. Every part of the vine will be 
eaten greedily when green. 1 low they 
will do in the silo, I cannot say. 
A. W. SMITH. 
Cheap Eggs.—The 11. N.-Y. wishes to 
know what hen would produce eggs at 
one cent each. I have an S. C. 11. Leghorn 
hen. She commenced laying when she 
was four months old, September 1(5, 1893, 
and on September 17, 1894 had laid 253 
eggs at a cost of 53 cents. My fowls cost 
one cent per week each. So you see that 
she manufactures nearly five eggs for 
one cent. s. fox. 
Ionia County, Mich. 
llUDH “On the Road.” —Mr. O. II. 
Smith, who, last week, told how he pro¬ 
poses to travel his Ayrshire bull up and 
down the road past a number of dairies, 
says this about his plan : 
My neifrhbors say that it will work all ripht. 
They say, “ Oh, yes ; we shall be platl to mate our 
best cows with your bull, and will do so if he is to 
pass our premises every morninp and nipht. But 
when we are to pet our cows from home to you, 
we can’t do it without too much risk of injurinp 
them. We can’t lead them, we can’t drive them 
from home without preat detriment to the cows.” 
I would like to hear these ideas discus.sed in The 
K. N.-Y. 
W'e shall all be pleased to hear what 
others have to say. 
Cheap Chickens.— On page (>52, The 
R. N.-V. asks for details of things done 
by the New York State Political Agri¬ 
cultural Department, (iovernor li'lower 
in his talk at Lyons, told the farmers 
that as they could not compete with the 
West in raising grain, they might raise 
poultry, and said that the experiment 
station at Geneva had demonstrated that 
chickens could be raised for iS}4 cents 
per pound. Last season 1 raised more 
than 100 chickens, and all 1 could get 
from our dealer was six cents per pound. 
As such prosperity (*?) was more than 1 
could stand, I concluded to eat them my¬ 
self instead of paying 13 to 15 cents per 
pound for Western beef. c. e. c. 
Newark, N. Y. 
Raw ok Cooked xMilk. —In an address 
before an English .sanitary convention. 
Sir James Browne strongly urged the 
precaution of boiling all milk to prevent 
danger from tuberculosis. Among other 
things he said ; 
Perhaps the day will come when it tvill be con¬ 
sidered as reprehensible to partake of raw milk 
as it is now to jjartake of raw meat, when, as the 
phrase is, the stomach of the country will turn 
apainst it. 
Which “ law” would be best for the pub¬ 
lic health—one against the sale of tuber¬ 
culous milk or one against the domestic 
use of raw milk ? Our American author¬ 
ities decry the practice of boiling milk, 
as this I’enders it innutritions and un¬ 
palatable. A temperature of 150 to 155 
degrees Fahr. is said to be sutticient to 
destroy all germs, but one higher than 
this injures the quality of the milk. 
Eggs at One Cent. —On page (553, The 
R. N.-Y. says that nominations are in 
order for a hen that can manufacture 
eggs at one cent each. 1 nominate al¬ 
most any purebred or crossbred, well- 
raised March or eai’ly April hatched pul¬ 
lets, and.I am sure that if their owner 
will give them some help and proper 
care, they wall pay a good interest on 
the investment. As one man can care 
for 1,000 fowls, if conveniently housed, 
the difference between one cent and the 
price received, would make a neat sum 
for his labor. He would need to have 
his house conveniently arranged so as to 
reduce the labor as much as possible. 
"THE LIFE OF AN IRON ROOF 
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 
large enough to have the whole number 
under one roof, a conveniently arranged 
feed house, with boiler for cooking meat, 
vegetables, etc., and heating water for 
mixing feed in winter, and a large sized 
Mann's green bone cutter, run by a gas¬ 
oline engine. For the morning feed he 
should use corn or bai'ley meal, oat meal, 
wheat bran and boiled potatoes, turnips 
or other vegetables, equal parts, mixed 
with hot water to a crumbly mass, not 
wet enough to be sticky or sloppy. At 
noon the hens should have all the freshly 
cut bone they will eat readily ; this is 
the best egg producer I have ever found. 
At night they should have wheat, varied 
occasionally with corn, oats, barley or 
buckwheat, scattered in cut corn stalks, 
straw or other scratching material, so 
that they will have to work to get it. 
If supplied with clean, fresh water to 
drink, plenty of good sharp grit and the 
house be kept clean, and well cared for 
throughout, they will keep up their end 
of the business of manufacturing eggs 
at one cent each. ,T. e. s. 
Another Good Cow. —I notice in The 
R. N.-Y. of Augu.st 25, an item from 
Alex. ,1. Thomson in which he states 
that his grade Jersey cow gave 1,0993^ 
pounds of milk in 30 days. That is a 
pretty good yield. I also had a good 
grade Jersey a few years ago. She gave 
in April, May and June an average of 
over 40 pounds per day for 91 days. Her 
yield for 10 months and 30 days was 
9,114% pounds. Her yield by months 
was as follows : 
Pounds. 
March 25 to 31, 7 days. 2,55^ 
April 30 days. 1,19354 
May 31 days. 1,2735^ 
June 30 days. 1,175 
July 31 days. 979‘A 
August 31 days. 915)4 
Sei)tember 30 days. 840 
October 31 days. 855 
November 30 days. 648 
December 31 days. 527 
January 31 days. 364 
February 1 to 14,14 days. 88)4 
Total 327 days. 9,11424 
Age of cow 10 years. 
Oxford, N. Y, w. R. .M. 
R. N.-Y.—That cow de.serves a monu¬ 
ment. 
Feeding Wheat. —La.st week we called 
attention to a valuable pamphlet on this 
subject that has been prepared by F. I). 
Coburn, Topeka, Kan. Mr. Coburn sent 
questions to 1,000 practical farmers. 
From their reiflies, the following con¬ 
clusions are arrived at—for the Kan.sas 
farmer: 
Wheat is superior to corn, pound for 
pound, as a grain to produce a healthful, 
well-balanced growth in young animals. 
Mixed with corn, oats or bran, it is 
much superior to either alone, for work 
horses. 
Fed to cows, it is an exceptional milk- 
Iiroducer, and for that purpose corn is 
scarcely to be compared with it. 
For swine of all ages, it is a healthful 
and agreeable food, giving generous re¬ 
turns in both frame-work and flesh, but 
fed whole, especially without soaking, 
is used at a disadvantage. Ground and 
made into slops, it is invaluable for suck¬ 
ling sows and for pigs both before and 
after weaning. 
For cattle it has, at least as a part of 
their grain ration, a very high value, 
which is much enhanced in the line of 
needed variety by mixing with corn, and 
in a still greater degree by mixing judi¬ 
ciously with bran, oil cake or other 
albuminous foods tending to balance the 
too carbonaceous nature of the clear 
wheat. 
With corn and wheat approximating 
the same price per bushel, it is not un¬ 
profitable or wicked to feed the wheat; 
yet, if it can be ground, rolled, crushed or 
in some way broken at a total cost not 
exceeding five to seven cents per bushel, 
to feed it whole and dry is unwise. 
It can be ground at a cost o^' five cents 
per bushel, and on a majority of Kansas 
farms, for very much less. 
If grinding be impracticable, soaking 
fi’om 34 to 36 hours (the length of time 
depending somewhat upon the weather 
and season) is, for various reasons, 
deemed desirable, but is injudicious to 
any extent that its being moist facilitates 
swallowing without the mastication or 
the proper mixing with saliva. Any 
arrangement or system of feeding by 
which the grain w'as delivered in such a 
way that the animal could eat but slow¬ 
ly, 'would largely overcome this defect. 
It is a superior food for all fowls, and, 
as a promoter of the maximum egg-pro¬ 
duction, is unsurpassed by any other 
grain. 
A Haki) Cough distresses the patient, and racks 
both Dungs and Throat. Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant 
is the remedy wanted to cure your Cough, and relievo 
both the Pulmonary and Bronchial organs.— Adv. 
GIVE 
I 
HensI 
A CHANCE TO LAY 
and there -will be no trouble. They 
want green bones to help them. 
BUY A 
WEBSTER <£ HANNUM 
IMPROVED 
GREEN BONE GUTTER.! 
It is the best. Took medal and 
diploma at World’s Fair, and is the 
standard everywhere. 
Let us send you a booklet telling 
how to get the 
most eggs. 
WEBSTER 
& HANNUM, 
Albany St., 
07 Cazenovia, N.Y. 
A Complete Creamery 
IN ONE MACHINE. 
The Butter Accumulator 
CRtAM 
Has now been Thoroughly Tested and the 
following facts fully proven : 
It gives more batter and better batter, 
skims cleaner and rans smoother. It is sim¬ 
pler In constractlon and easier cleaned than 
any other machine of its kind In existence. 
It will Save its Own Price either lu Keduction of 
First Cost, in Its Increase in Yield, or in its 
Saving: of Labor. 
CHEAMERY PACKAGE MFG. C0„ 
I, 3 & 5 Washington St., Chicago, lil.. 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. 
c^rreJe'oS VETERINARY SURGEONS 
bectures will begin OCTOBKK 2, 1894. For 
Circular, address II. D. GILL, V. 8., Secretary. 
332 B. 27tb Street. New York City. 
JERSEYS, 
From Miller k Sibley’s herd, will be tuberculin tested 
before sale if desired. 
Our bull, Ida’s Rioter of St. L., has 19 daugh 
ters tested, averaging over 19 lbs. 3 oz. of butter 
apiece per week, among them Ida Marigold, who won 
two sweepstakes prizes and many other honors at 
the World’s li’alr contests. 
Major Appel I’ogis won first prize at Pennsyl¬ 
vania State Fair In 1893. Sired by Stoke Pogls 5th, 
who bad 21 daughters and 51 granddaughters tested. 
Highest Jersey weekly, monthly and yearly milk 
records held by our herd. Only superior stock for 
sale. In general none less than $200. Specify what 
you want. Mention this paper. 
MILLER & SIBLEY. Franklin. Venango Co.. Pa. 
GUERNSEYS! 
The GBANDEST of DAIBT Breeds. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the size 
approximate to the Holstein or Short-horn, but 
standing ai.onb and unbqualbd in producing the 
richest colored butter In mid-winter on dry feed. 
Tentle as pets, persistent milkers and hardy in oon- 
stltntlon, they combine more quallfloatlons for the 
lalry or family cow than any other breed, in the 
“ Old Brick Guernsey Herd” 
ire daughters and granddaughters of the renowned 
Squire Kent, 1504 A. G. C. C. and of the finest strains 
jn Onernsey or In America—Comus, son of Squire 
Kent and Statelllte, son of Kohim head the herd. All 
lartloulars In regard to Breed and Herd oheerfnlly 
riven. 8. P. TABHR WILLETTS, 
” The Old Brick,” Bosltn. L. I.. N. T 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 
J. P. HINK. Shlnrock. Krie Co., O. 
High-Class Shropshires 
75 yearling rams that will weigh 250 to 300 pounds, 
and shear 12 to 15 pounds at maturity; and 150 year¬ 
ling 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. THB WILLOWS, 
GBO. H. Bkbck, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich. 
Imported and Home-bred, 
both sexes, all ages. Also 
Barred Plymouth Rock 
ces. State just what you 
want, and address 
FRANK MCKLHRNY, Box I), Black Creek. N. Y. 
Shropshires 
Chicks. K»rmer8’ prl 
S hort-Horns, Poland Chinas and B. P. Rocks. Show 
Hogs a specialty. Our herd took 32 of :15 firsts. 18i)2. 
Ex. fine P. R. Cockerels. D. J. GREEN, Renrock, O. 
CHESHIRES 
FROM FOUNDATION HERD. 
I have now shipped 419 times to men I had sold to 
before. For lean meat, quick growth and quietness 
get the Cheshire. B. W. DAVIS, Torrlngford. Conn. 
Formerly Oneida, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
Pigs in pairs, not akin. 
Young Sows bred 
Young service Boars. 
BD. 8. HILL, Tompkins County, Peruvllle, N. Y. 
QIMA Fancy Chester White Pigs, registered 
I* 11« X a 11 ages, for sale. Satisfaction guaran- 
■ ■ W W teed or money refunded. 
G. R. FOULKB, Bala Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
Cheshire Swine. 
I have a fine lot of Thoroughbred CHBSniRB 
PIGS ready for shipment; pairs not akin. 
Prices reasonable. Stock unsurpassed. 
C. R. WHITE, Miiier Corners, N. Y. 
ORSE BLANKETS 
ARE THE STIIONGEST. 
Made In a,50 Styles. 
For either road or stabie use. 
Ali shapes, sizes and quaiities. 
Wm. AYH1S.S <fe Sons, Philada. 
THROW AWAY CURRY COMB AND BRUSH! 
Burjington 
^ Stay On” 
STABLE •'blanket. 
1 Your Horse is always clean, 
lit keeps the Hair smooth 
I and glossy. No surcingle re¬ 
quired. No tight girth. No 
sore backs. No chafing of 
tnane. No rubbing of tail. 
_' No horse can wear them 
_ NO COME OFF TO THEM. 
We confine our Sales to Jobbers only. 
IF your dealers do not keep them 
LI U L I We will, in order to convince you Of tlie 
superiority of the liurllngrttm “.STAY ON” 
over all Imitations and old style blankets, send 
only one blanket to any address, express paid on 
receipt of price. (Write for Catalogue and Prices.) 
BURLINGTON BLANKET 
The PERFECTION Incubator 
Is the Favorite, and Is ad¬ 
mitted to be the Best locu- 
botor made. It does the 
'vork to Perfection. Every 
machine fully Warranted. 
Write tor Circulars & Prices 
The Perfection 1 ncubator & 
Brooder Co., (Quincy, 111. 
UtNMSHIKb HIU) cestry; registered; 
also a lot of young Utters at low prices. 
PARK FARM, New Brunswick, N. J. 
B RRKBniRR, Cheater White, 
Jei .- 
> Jersey Ued and Poland China 
'PIGS. Jersey, Guernsey and 
llolatein Cattle. Thoroughbred 
Sheep. Fancy Poultry. Hunting 
_ _and llouBO Dogs. Catalogue. 
S. W. SMlTIli Cochran vlllc. Cheater Co., Peuua. 
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. OATES <6 SONS, Clilttenango, N. Y. 
PEKIN DUCKS—1(X) choice breeders yet to go at 
a price. Brookslde Poultry Farm, Columbus, N. J 
TOULOUSE GEESET^ 
Cayuga Ducks, at $2 per pair. One Cheshire Boar and 
two Sows, six months old, $15 each; No. 1 stock. 
R. D. BU'ErON, Cottons, Madi.son Co., N. Y. 
1 110 
Yards i 
High 
Class' 
fowl 
iINGUBATORS. 
The Improved, Self Regulating, 
*^Old Reliable*’ has no superior. 
, World*! PsTorito. 6 Costs la itsmps for 
BOW 112 psEo Poultry Ouldesad Cstsloguo 
for 1895. PotTLTBT Foa Profit mado 
pUln. Address, RELIABLE INCUBATOR 
-*ND BROODER CO., Qciwct, Ills. 
nillHo PotlTllQIini Of Rock Oil, $4.50 per barrel of 
UlUUC rCII UlCUill 50 gallons. Just the thing for 
painting or spraying poultry and other outbuildings. 
WILL J. WARRICK, Washington, PaTa 
