Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
A Sterile Cow.—I have had several sterile cows. 
If D. H. C. will take his cow to a vigorous bull, in 
12 or 14 days she will come in heat, and will breed 
as before. w. s. 
A “ Freemartin ” Heifer.— If a cow give birth 
to twins—one male and one female—will the 
heifer calf breed and make as good a cow as 
otherwise ? p. r. b. 
Moravia, N. Y. 
K. N.-Y.—Such a heifer is called a “freemartin,” 
and will seldom, if ever, prove a breeder. 
Cows With Extra Teats.—I do not think it 
necessary to “ plug” up the extra little teats, more 
than to dry them off as one would any other teats; 
I do not think it harms the cow. My cow does not 
give any more milk from six teats than from four 
when I dry off the two smaller ones. If N. E., of 
York, Wis., will get some of Cooper’s sheep dip, it 
will serve his wants better, and be cheaper than 
homemade dips. M. w. s. 
Forestville, N. Y. 
Artichokes a Weed.— On my father’s farm, 
since I can remember (about25years), artichokes 
have been growing in a cultivated field under a 
rotation of corn, wheat, corn. On the farm I am 
on at present, there were artichokes when I came, 
13 years ago, and they are here yet under a rota¬ 
tion of corn, grain, clover and corn. I never knew 
a hog to condescend to look after them. .i. s. o. 
Hughey, Tenn. 
Crude Petroleum.—The R. N.-Y. asks poultry- 
men about crude petroleum. I am not specially 
a poultryman, but have used crude oil just as it 
comes out of the oil well for the past 20 years, and 
could not think of running the farm without it. 
Never have I had to do with any one thing that is 
a3 good for everything as the crude oil. When 
winter sets in, I give all the cattle a thorough 
going over by saturating the hair with the oil. If 
there are any lice, they have to leave. If there 
are not any, it will be a long time before they will 
get them. I shall give them another going over 
about March 1 ; that will end the lice business for 
this winter. For the last three seasons, I have 
used the oil on our cows to protect them from the 
Texas fly—the little black fly that keeps the cattle 
under motion night and day as long as the season 
lasts. Take a large horse brush and a dish in 
which it will lie flat; dip the brush in the oil, go 
over the animal and dampen the hair thoroughly, 
but not so much as to make it drip ; that will 
keep the flies off two and three days. Oil fresh 
from the well will blister the hair off from horses, 
but will not from cattle. 
For medicine, I don’t know of any one thing 
that can be used for everything to better advant¬ 
age than crude oil. For anything with which the 
cow’s udder or teats is afflicted, sop on the oil 
freely. For scratches or galls on horses, if the oil 
has been exposed to the air two or three days so 
that the gas has evaporated, there is nothing 
better. For human flesh; chapped hands, chil¬ 
blains, piles, sore throat, sore joints or lameness, 
cuts and bruises, the oil is beneficial. It is a 
great preservative for timber, when thoroughly 
saturated. Put a quantity in an iron kettle, set 
it’ablaze, let it burn about half away, then throw 
a sack or blanket over it and smother the blaze; 
we then have a good machine oil. I get the oil by 
the barrel; it costs $3. o. h. smith. 
GUARDING AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS. 
It is a faetthatthere is such a disease as bovine 
tuberculosis. It is a fact that cows die from 
this disease. It is a fact that if one cow in a 
stable has the disease, she will communicate it to 
the most of the other cows in the stable. It is a 
fact that the healthier a cow is, the less liable she 
will be to get the disease. It is a fact that most 
farmers introduce tuberculosis into their herds 
by buying infected stock. These facts need to be 
impressed upon dairymen. 
The first question for farmers is, Are your cows 
in good health ? Have you lost any cattle within 
a few years by disease ? If so, did they cough, 
breathe unnaturally, grow poor and weak, and 
die like a person in consumption ? These symp¬ 
toms are a pretty sure sign of consumption in 
cows, and if you have any more sick in the same 
way, you would better bestir yourself. You ought 
at once to write to the cattle commissioners of 
your State, and lay the facts before them. 
But cows may cough and not have consumption. 
They may have a cold: their bronchial tubes may 
be inflamed or otherwise diseased, and may cause 
cough and unnatural breathing. There are two 
extremes which should be avoided by those who 
keep cows. Some allow them to run out all the fall, 
no matter how cold.or wet; when snow comes, they 
are put into stables where there are great cracks 
in the outside boarding, with no boarding in front 
where the barn floor is nearly as cold as it is out 
doors. Such cows, fed on nothing but poor hay, 
cannot be in good health. It will be strange if 
they do not show signs of lung or bronchial 
trouble. 
The other extreme is shutting the cows up in a 
tight stable over a manure cellar, with little or no 
light or fresh air, perhaps with water in front of 
them running from one cow to another. Get a 
consumptive cow into such a stable, and you will 
soon have nearly every cow diseased. 
Some men have stables which are so constructed 
that they can put cows into them in the fall 
and keep them till spring, with no apparent harm; 
but the great majority of the best dairymen adopt 
the following plan : The stable is on the south 
side with large windows so that it is as well 
lighted as the house. The manure is not left in 
the stable or in a cellar under the stable, which is 
high and well ventilated, but warm. The cows 
are let out to drink. If warm and sunny, they are 
left out for an hour or two. No stable air can be 
as nure and healthful as outdoor air on a warm, 
sunny day ; and sunshine that comes through 
windows is not as vitalizing as when shining 
directly upon the cow. But don’t leave cows out 
in cold winds, or rain, or snow. Don’t keep them 
in stables where the wind can blow on them, and 
where the manure freezes every cold night. Don’t 
let the chaff and dirt accumulate in their mangers. 
Keep them clean, and keep the cows as clean as 
you can. 
Remember that the stronger and healthier your 
cows are, the less liable will they be to become 
infected with tuberculosis. And then be very 
careful about buying cows. Of so great import¬ 
ance has this matter become, that the State of 
Vermont has passed a law making it an offense 
to be punished by fine. and imprisonment know¬ 
ingly to offer for sale, or to sell cattle infected 
with tuberculosis. Every man who has taken 
care of a herd of cows for four or five years, 
knows whether they are healthy or not. if they 
are not all right, he will find it out. If they are 
all right, then keep them so. The time has come 
when the health of cows must be closely watched, 
and all their surroundings made as healthful as 
possible. There is no need of farmers in most 
places being alarmed very much about disease ; 
there.is great need that every farmer should be¬ 
come alarmed enough to take good care of his 
cows, and be sure that he buys no diseased ani¬ 
mals. _ j. w. NEWTON. 
No other feed for farm animals will produce so satisfactory results as our linseed meal. It supplies the 
most essential elements in which all other feeds are deficient. We do not percolate or cook our Oil Meal. 
NATIONAL LINSEED OIL CO., Cl Erie Bank Building. BUFFALO. N. Y. (A. C. Abbott. Manager.) 
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THE GRANDEST OF DAIRY BREEDS 
Combining the richness of tho Jersey with the size 
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'’entlo as pets, persistent milkers and hardy in con¬ 
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“ Old Brick Guernsey Herd ” 
aro daughters and granddaughters of tho renowned 
Squir Kent, 1504 A. G. C. C. and of tho finest strains 
on Guernsey or in America—Comus, son of Squiro 
Kent ano Statellite, son of Kohlm head tho herd. All 
particulars In regard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. 8 P. TABER WILLETTS, 
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Standard Goods. Practical in Operation. Satisfac¬ 
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Sons and Daughters of 
one of the best sons of 
Ida’s Stoke Pogis 
at reasonable rices. 
BOBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
How About the Prudence of allowing a Cough 
to run on, rasping the Pulmonary and Bronchial 
organs, when that approved and speedy remedy, 
Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, can be obtained from any 
Apothecary.— Adv. 
GARGET, MILK FEVER. 
SCOTT'S ) Positively cures caked 
ARABIAN L udder and garget; 
i PASTE ) will not scatter or re¬ 
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SCOTT’S SPECIAL FEVER REMEDY cures 
milk fever;. $1. OO by mail. AskDrug- 
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Scott’s Hoof Paste Co., Rochester, N.Y. 
ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE 
J. P. IIINK, Shinrock, Frio Co., O, 
CHENANGO VALLEY KTJES'&SS?: 
burgh. Jr., Proprietor. Dorset Horn, Shropshire and 
Rambouillet Sheep. Dutch Belted and Jersey cattle; 
also Poland China, Jersey Red and Suffolk Pigs. 
DPHORM your cattle while they 
*iYyXXiN aro calves, with the 
Lightning Calf Uehorner. No blood; 
no poison; 200 dehorned for 50c. Sent 
postpaid for 50c. T. J. ANDRE, Wauseon, O. 
LAST CALL for FALL SOWS. Only a fow loft, but 
they are GOOD. ORDER now; do not WAIT! 
SPRING, 1895, farrows, from 
Willsrfvood Herd” 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
BEST BREED for all purposes. Catalogue tells ALL. 
WILLS A. SEWARD. Budd’s Lake, N. J. 
Send for Sample and circular of what the Stock like, 
Purestand Best Condi mental Tonic 
Saved by using my Forceps 
Make you the most money. 
Book on raising Hogs, fre* 
J. W. KEIMERS, 1107 H Street, Davenport, la. 
AND 
ITQD C jtl C-Kivo registered Berkshire Sows 
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GRIND your own bone 
Yll 111* LA MEAL, OYSTER SHELLS, 
’r^tggSSs^Griiliiim Flour and Corn, in the 
hand mill. 
rvAgffliSnMjjwSlOli w - (9. Wilson’s Patent) — 
yssfcwsfFf 13 1 oo per rent more made in keeping 
/ /JJ Poultry. Circl’s and testimonials 
WILSON Itltos., Easton, Pa. 
Kills a Spavin, Curb, or 
Splint. Cures Shoulder 
or Stifle Lameness. 
Will not Scar or Blister. 
Horse Sizes, 50 cents and $1.00. 
Sold by alt Dealers. 
CHESHIRES! n H$kkS± m 
Is the Banner Herd of the world. Awarded 
more than three times as many First Premi¬ 
ums (at the World’s Fair, Chicago) as all the 
reft of the Cheshire exhibitors put together; 
17 First Premiums and Special Mention. 
Lion’s share of First Premiums and Gold 
Medal at N. Y. State Fair, 1894. Why not 
buy the best! Prices low. Correspondence 
solicited. 
B. J. HURLBUT, Clymer, N. Y. 
HANNFn MFAT This food is nice, fresh meat, 
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CAD nnill TDV seasoned and hermetically 
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Especially adapted for chickens and moulting fowls. 
Ground fine, it can be mixed with soft food, and 
fed to give each fowl an equal share. Price, 30 cents 
per can; $3 per dozen. HOLLIS DRESSED MEAT 
AND WOOL CO., 20 North Street, Boston, Mass. 
Prepared by Dr, EARL S. SLOAN CO, 
BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. 
B erkshire, Chester white, 
Jersey Red and Poland China 
‘PIGS. Jersey, Guernsey and 
W Holstein Cattle. Thoroughbred 
t Sheep. Fancy Poultry. Hunting 
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Registered. 
Dr. Sloan’s New Book “Treatise 
on the Horse,” sent Free. 
Absolutely 
to hatch 6C percent, of the fer¬ 
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Send 4c for large illus. catalogue, ten. 
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BY 
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) BREEDERS OP LARGE! 
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Best varieties of 
SEED POTATOES at 
PRICES TO SUIT 
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J Tvi made Oak Leather Harness, 
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A few thoroughbred Cheshire Pigs for 
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Seed Potatoes; Cheshire Hogs; Duck and 
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HUMANE 
TURKEYSand DUCKS. 
Wo offer two Yearling Half-wild Turkey Gobblers. 
r I heir plumage is very brilliant. Also one trio of 
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nON’T PAY #30 TO #50 FOR AN INCU- 
. when you can make your own for less 
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run an incubator. Brooder instructional. 
for hatching; 41.50 for 30. Twenty lead 
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80 cents per 100-lb. hag. HIGHLAND 
POULTRY FARM. Telford, Pa. 
-WHITE Plymouth Rock, 15 for $1; 
Mammoth Bronze Turkey, 13 for $3.50. 
GEO. KOONTZE, Georgetown, Conn. 
k for Incubators my specialty. From vig- 
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FRRQ Rock alld S. C. B. Leghorn—one sitting. 
LUUO $1.50; two sittings, $2 50. Send for list 
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FEEDING ANIMALS 
work of 500 pages, by Professor 
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Its details, giving practical rations for all farm ani¬ 
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TAYLOR'S FUM A MpMde!' 
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