1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
253 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Saving the Cows. — I have saved many good 
cows by careful study and practice of The R. 
N.-Y.’s instructions for the removal of the pla¬ 
centa. Immediately after it has been removed, I 
rub the inside with oil in which a small portion 
of laudanum and spirits of camphor has been 
mixed. I also give the cow a mess to which some 
laudanum has been added. A case has never 
been too bad, or has one ever been lost. This is 
only one saving by taking and reading The R.N.-Y. 
West Leyden, N. Y. m. h. t. 
Hard to Beat. — I send a statement of what my 
nine grade Jersey cows have done during the year 
1894. The butter was made in the Alba cre.amery: 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
January . 
. 71.92 
July. 
...290.90 
February. 
.205.81 
August. 
. . .255.94 
March. 
.250.11 
September.. 
...207.84 
April. 
October. 
...245.43 
May. 
.330.43 
November... 
.. .200.44 
June.. 
.326.74 
December... 
...133.81 
Total amount of butter made 2,821.19 pounds—an 
average of 313^ pounds to each cow. I would 
like to know how many of your readers can beat 
this with a herd of grade Jerseys. t. c. c. 
Alba, Pa. 
Saving the Pigs. —The way one man keeps his 
sow from lying on the pigs: He is careful not to 
have too much litter so that they will not get 
tangled up in that. Then he has a board fastened 
about eight inches from the floor, and about eight 
inches from the wall. Thus the little pigs can run 
under the board, and if they are in the way when 
the sow lies down, they will be pushed under the 
board and not crushed. It is impossible for the 
mother to crush them against the wall. h. h. 
Cortland County, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—Mr. Chapman has a better way than 
that—he says, keep a Cheshire sow. We saw him 
go into the pen and pick the little pigs up—away 
from the sow. She simply grunted and made no 
trouble. The Cheshires, he claims, have too much 
sense to kill their pigs. 
“ Chaff in the Cow’s Eye.” —No doubt The R. 
N.-Y., page 63, and F. G., are great people, and 
wisdom will die with them; but when The R. N.-Y. 
sits in judgment on a subscriber for recommend¬ 
ing a certain cure for chaff in a cow’s eye, it 
should give facts, not nonsensical fancies, to 
prove the uselessness of the cure. I may also in¬ 
form F. G. that I have used sugar in my practice, 
but considered the salt cure preferable. They 
both act mechanically by rubbing or raking the 
chaff off the eyeball, and the flow of tears conse¬ 
quent on the application of the salt or sugar 
washes it out, and the eye soon returns to its nor¬ 
mal strength and vigor. But why did not The R. 
N.-Y .jump, to use that elegant expression, on F. 
G. for using the quill and sugar—“ ’Tis strange 
there should such difference be, ’twixt tweedle 
dum, and tweedle dee”—and I would, therefore, 
Kindly advise both The R. N.-Y. and F. G. to read 
the 3d, 4th and 5th verses of an old sermon called, 
Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, and lay it to heart 
in this Lenten season. T. p. d. 
Loudon Bridge, Va. 
R.N.-Y.—We suggest Matthew 5:13 as a suit¬ 
able text. “ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if 
the salt have lost his savor wherewith shall it be 
salted ?” Such an assault as the above certainly 
ought to work the chaff out of one’s feelings. 
Killing Sheep Ticks. — I use equal parts of in¬ 
sect powder and Scotch snuff, put on dry. My 
sheep were covered with ticks one year ago; I 
put the powder on at two different times, and 
haven’t found a tick on them since. My neighbors 
have used it for lice on cattle and horses, and 
they were not troubled with any more lice. F. h. 
South Howard, N. Y. 
Flies on Stock. —When answering the question 
sent out about flies on cattle last summer, I 
answered that if I again had cause to use any¬ 
thing to repel them, I would try a weak solution 
of creolin. Snortly afterward, I had occasion to 
try it. I had a mule whose back was made quite 
sore by a harness saddle ; the flies settled there 
and she would bite the sore and keep it from heal¬ 
ing. We washed it with the creolin water; with 
the result that the flies would be thick everywhere 
on the mule but on the spot where the wash had 
been used ; while by the healing and antiseptic 
properties of the creolin, the sore was quickly 
healed, although it had been there for weeks. 
The effect of the application was noticeable for a 
few days after its discontinuance, by the absence 
of the pests. w. b. 
Davis, N. J. 
A SUCCESSFUL POULTRY GIRL. 
Last winter,' while attending an institute, I 
stayed all night with an old friend. The next 
morning, Miss Jessie invited me out to see her 
chickens. The ground was covered with snow, 
but there, in a fine, roomy house, were 60 as fine 
White Brahma hens and three roosters as I ever 
saw. All seemed happy and contented. I com¬ 
menced right there to ask questions. The house 
was all ready for her to commence on. 
“ How many and with what* breed did [you 
commence ? ” I asked. 
“ I began in 1890, with about five dozen ring- 
streaked-and-striped P. Rock-Buff Cochin-Black 
Spanish-White Brahmas. If you ever saw an 
uglier chicken than a mixture of Buff Cochin and 
P. Rock, I didn’t. I have found the Buff the hard¬ 
est to get clear of.” 
“ How have you improved and graded your flock 
to the apparently full bloods that you now have?” 
“I always buy full-blooded White Brahma 
Suppose it Does Cost One Dollar? Don’t be 
“ pennywise and pound foolish ” through taking for 
your Cough, medicine that you know nothing about, 
when one of long established reputation and proven 
quality like Dr, D. Jayne’s Expectorant can be had.— 
Adv. 
roosters every spring, paying as high as $3 apiece. 
This is the only stock bought. I never bought an 
egg or hen. I selected to keep each winter, the 
whitest and best hens, and ate every black hen 
from the first year.” 
“How much have you made from your poultry?” 
“ Here are the figures : 
1890. Eggs and poultry.$40.29 
1891. Poultry.40.50 
I failed to keep an accurate account of the eggs. 
1892. Eggs.$39.75 
Poultry. 42.50 
Total. $82.25 
1893. Eggs.$30.04 
Poultry. 53.55 
Total.$83.59 
For 1894 I failed to keep a record, but think it as 
good as or better than before. I wintered about 
five dozen each winter.” 
“ How much are your expenses ? ” 
“ My expenses during 1894 were, 10 bushels of 
wheat, 5 bushels of corn, 10 bushels of small pota¬ 
toes. The potatoes are fed during the winter. I 
feed the small chicks wholewheat just as soon as 
they can swallow it, and corn meal while small. 
This will make my expenses not over $15 per year. 
We eat eggs and chickens enough to pay for this.” 
“ Where do you market them ? ” 
“ The hucksters pay me 25 cents each for fries 
right at home. Reputation sells a great many 
pullets and eggs for stock. People come after 
them and pay 30 cents per sitting of 15 eggs. In 
spring and summer, when eggs are very cheap, I 
get winter prices for all my eggs.” 
“ Why do you raise White Brahmas ? ” 
“First, for beauty; they are handsome on a 
large, green lawn. Second, they get large enough 
to sell for fries quicker than any other. Third, 
they sell better than any other breed in this sec¬ 
tion. Fourth, I stick to them because my reputa¬ 
tion is growing, and I am getting a good trade on 
pairs and trios for breeding pens.” 
“ What are your future plans ?” 
“ I intend to keep on improving my stock, raise 
spring chicks for fries, and sell eggs for setting.” 
I expect there are some that have made more 
money out of chickens than Jessie, but I doubt if 
you can find another young lady under 20, that 
has taken a flock of mongrels, and worked them 
up to the standard she has. And she has not 
done so badly financially. Counting her 1894 re¬ 
ceipts at $80, .and supposing that she spent $6 per 
year for roosters, she would have $221.58 for her 
labor. She gets all she makes from the poultry. 
She went to the World’s Fair, paid her own way, 
and on the table I saw some of the leading maga¬ 
zines and papers. Here is one point I must bring 
out : Give the boys and girls the poultry, bees, a 
calf, colt or pig, a strawberry bed, pay them 
small wages, and there will be more good farmers 
and fewer boys and girls going to the cities. 
Some time I may tell The R. N.-Y. of a young man 
that is making money making butter. He aver¬ 
ages 100 pounds per week, the year through, from 
16 cows, and he lives in the same neighborhood. 
Plainville, O. f. r. f. 
R. N.-Y.—Let’s have it by all means. 
Dr. SUDAN’S TR E ATTSTC ON THE IIORSE 
is a little book that just fills the need of the aver¬ 
age horse owner. It gives in plain, simple lan¬ 
guage, easily understood information about care 
and feeding of the horse, and details of ventila¬ 
tion, cleanliness and bedding for the stable. To 
introduce it, the Doctor will send the book entirely 
free for a time. If you own a horse, send for it. 
Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass.— Adv. 
Pure Milk 
Tells Its own story in Whiteman’s Patent Standard 
Indicating Milk Jars. Every jar shows the quality of 
milk it contains. Full particulars and prices on ap¬ 
plication. A. V. WHITEMAN, 
144 Chambers Street, New York City. 
NO OTHER WAY 
to find out what a cow is 
really worth beside the 
BABCOCK TEST. 
The Ideal Machine is strong, 
easy to run, accurate and 
The Cheapest. 
W|H All dairy supplies and pack 
ages made and sold by the 
Creamery Package Mfg. Co. 1 to 5 W. Washington St. Chioago. 
CRUDE PETROLEUM 
Kills, Exterminates and Prevents Lice 
on all Farm Animals and Buildings: 
Is a good medicine for man or beast; preserves tim¬ 
ber, and makes a good paint when mixed with Vene¬ 
tian Red. Prince Metallic or Iron Ore. Also prevents 
and often cures Hog Cholera, and keeps flies away 
from stock. 
In 5-gallon cans.*1.25 
In 10-gallon cans. I 75 
In 1 barrel lots . 4.oo 
Barrel lots, or small orders must be accompanied with 
cash draft or Post-office order. Make club orders 
when you can. It will save freight. 
Send stamp for circular to A. A. SCOTT & CO., 
Producers and Shippers, Lima. O. 
We are also prepared to drill oil, gas and artesian 
wells. Correspondence solicited 
USE Cl I HU A CARBON- 
TAYLOR’S I" U IVI A Bisulphide. 
For killing Woodchucks, Prairie I)ogs,Gophers 
and Rats, Insects in Grain. Seeds, etc. Shipped 
in 50-pound cans by the manufacturer. 
EDWARD It. TAYLOlt, Cleveland, Ohio. 
IRISH TERRIERS 
—Of Choice Breeding 
_ _ _ _ for sale by 
HUGUENOT KENNELS. New Rochelle, N. Y. 
GROUND LINSEED OIL CAKE, 
Lowest Price on Record. 
ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. 
Price about same as Bran—Feeding 
Value Three Times as Much. 
FOR CATTLE AND ALL STOCK. 
SEND In YOUR ORDERS before PRICE ADVANCES. ONCE 
USE IT, ALWAYS USE IT. 
Write for Prices and Descriptive Circular to 
SPENCER KELLOGG, Ganson, near Michigan Street, BUFFALO, N. Y. 
PURE OLD PROCESS GROUND LINSEED OIL CAKE. 
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., ill Erie Bank Building. BUFFALO, N. Y. (A. C. ABBOTT, Manager.) 
JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC 
Our new Poultry Supply C 
Catalogue is most com- C 
plete and has caref ully re- ( 
vised Prices. You need it iff 
you only keep five Hens, f 
With CHICK DIANNA you ? 
can save every chick hatched, f 
JOHNSON & STOKES, { 
Q 21 7 & 219 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. f 
OOOOOCX)CX)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC 
POULTRY 
SUPPLIES 
8 F 
Catalogue 
Free. 
CANNED MEAT 
FOR POULTRY. 
This food is nice, fresh meat, 
carefully cooked, ground Hne, 
seasoned and hermetically 
sealed. Will keep an unlimited 
time until opened. Conveniently put. up in 8-lb. cans. 
Especially adapted for chickens and moulting fowls. 
Ground Hne, 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. 
GUARANTEED 
absolutely self.regulating and 
to hatch 90 per cent, of the fer¬ 
tile eggs Self-regulating Brooders. 
Most perfect machines, best material 
and workmanship Prices reasonable. 
Send 4c for large illns. catalogue, tes¬ 
timonials. etc High Cla s Poultry 
& Eggs. Full stock Poultry Supplies. 
PecrlcM ineubutor tz Brooder Co 
Qolney, I!I. 
The PERFECTION Incubatoi 
$17* 
Is the Favorite, and Is ad¬ 
mitted to be the Best Incu¬ 
bator made. It does the 
work to Perfection. Every 
machine fully Warranted 
Write for Circulars Si Prices 
The Perfection Incubator & 
Brooder Co., Quincy, ill. 
Self-Hegulatlng 
Invincible Hatcher 
Money refunded i f not as goo< 
as any, regard leu* o f price. Sen< 
4o. for No. 23 catalogue, teati- 
monlals.&o. HICK EYE INCU¬ 
BATOR CO., Springfield, 0« 
IKCUBATORS&BROODERS 
Brooders only X6 Best Cheapest 
for raising chic ks. 401st Premiums 
4000 Testimonials. Send forCat’i g, 
G. S. SINGER, Box 714 Cardington, 0. 
INCUBATORS 
Brooders. 112 First Premiums. 
Sene for 114-page Illustrated Catalogue 
PRAIRIE STATE INCUBATOR CO. 
Homes City, Pa. 
D ON’T I’AV *30 TO *50 FOR AN INCU¬ 
BATOR when you can make your own for less 
than $5. Send $1 io McCORMAC&CO.. New Concoiio. 
Ohio, and get their full instructions how to make and 
run an incubator. Brooder instruction. $1. 
DUCK EGGS 
Pekin,Rankin’s Strain* 
Eggs now ready. Per 
sitting HO), 75c. 50 eggs 
•J"* 100 eggs, $4.25. Address JOSEPH HARRIS 
COMPANY. Moreton Farm (P. O.), N. Y. 
America’s Business Hen still in the lead. Eggs for 
hatching, $2 per 15; $3.75 per 30; $5 per 45; $10 per 100. 
Illustrated and descriptive circular free. 
C. H. WYCKOFF, Groton, N. Y. 
ROSE HILL POULTRY YARDS. 
S. C. B. Leghorns exclusively. Over 60 per cent of 
my June Incubator-hatched pullets now laying. Fine 
markings and excellent layers. Selected Eggs, $1.50 
tor 13; $2.50 for 26. Reasonable hatch guaranteed 
W. P. TATE, Curweuville, Pa. 
CfifiO for hatching that will hatch. B. & W. P. Rocks. 
L-UUO W Wyandottes, Indlau Games, B. Mlnorcas. 
and P. Ducks. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for cir¬ 
cular. BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM. Columbus, N.J 
W. P. Rocks —Very large jCockerels and Eggs. 
H. H. BONNELL, Waterloo, N. y! 
Great 
I OlfAVA My Straln of I*eg- 
LqVGiSb horns and Plymouth 
w Rocks. Interesting 
catalogue free. T. T. HIBBKN. McKeesport. Pa. 
ECCS 
for hatching, $1 per 
setting, purebred B. 
Mlnoicas. G. Wyan¬ 
dottes. Buff and S. 
C. B. Leghorns. 
LA HOB 
Poland-China Hogs 
Send for circular. 
F. H. uAIfcs M »ON8 
Chittenango, N. V. 
SPECIAL THIRTY-DAY SALE. 
To make room for spring’s increase. 10 Reg. Holstein 
Cows, 8 Bulls, 20 fall Cheshire Boars and Sows, 2 Berk¬ 
shire Sows In farrow. 10J Pigs for May and June de¬ 
livery. Locust Hedge Stock Farm. Kirkville, N. Y. 
GUERNSEYS! 
THE GRANDEST OF DAIRY BREEDS. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the size 
approximate to the Holstein or Short-horn, but 
ctanding alone and UNEQUALed in producing the 
r.3hest olorod butter in mid-winter on dry feed. 
”3ntn as pets, persistent milkers and hardy in con¬ 
stitution, they combine more qualifications for the 
dairy o* family cow than any other breed. In the 
“ Old Brick Guernsey Herd ” 
are daughters and granddaughters of tho renowned 
Squir Kent, 15C4 A. G. C. C. and of tho finest strains 
on Guernsey or In America—Cornus, son of Squiro 
Kent am, Statelllte, son of Koblm head tho herd. All 
particulars in regard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. 8 P. TABER WILLETTS, 
“ Tho Old Brick." Roslyn, L. I., N. Y. 
Granddaughters of 
Ida’s Stoke Pogis. 
t ROM BUTTER COWS. $45 and upwards. Express 
charges paid. 
KUBT. F. SHANNON. Pittsburgh, Pa. 
ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE. 
J. P. HINE, Shinrock, Erie Co., O. 
THOROUGHBRED AYRSHIRES 
nearly one year old, of choice breeding, and from the 
best of stock. Price here, registered and crated, for 
the three, $75, to a quick buyer. Also, a Hne lot of 
youngsters, from two to six weeks old. 
D. M. CAMPBELL, Oneonta. N. Y. 
CHENANGO VALLEY rZJi&iWSSS. 
burgh, Jr., Proprietor. Dorset Horn, Shropshire and 
Ramhoulllet Sheep. Dutch Belted and Jersey cattle; 
also Poland China. Jersey Red and Suffolk I’igs. 
PROFIT 
IN 
There is probably no branch of 
farming or stock-rnlstng that Is 
so sure to reiurn a orofitasthe 
flock of sheep, and there Is prob¬ 
ably no branch so much neg- 
ni r ji -j-w lected. A we l-kect flock wou'd 
[N H H H \x restore the fertility to many run 
J J * • down farms, and put their own- 
e s on the road to prosperity. 
But every man doesn't know how to care for steep, 
though he can easily learn “ Sheen Farming” is a 
practical treatise on sheep, their management and 
diseases. It tells in plain language bow to se*ect 
and breed them, and bow to care for them. It is a 
llttie book worth three times its cost to anv farmer 
aho raises sheen. Sent postpaid for 25 cents. 
Address THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Hts.. Now Y*"rk 
41 Willswood Herd” 
Recorded Berkshire 8w>ne. 
USE 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd’s Lake, N. J. 
“P. & B. COMPOUND” 
for Live Stock. Send for circular and sample. 
CRD CAI C —Five registered Berkshire Sows 
run wHLC with pigs, and eight bnars; vary¬ 
ing ages, cheap. PARK FARM, New Brunswick, N. J. 
CHESHIRES! fc E,™“ 
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 
rept of the Cheshire exhibitors put together; 
17 First Premiums and Special Mention. 
Lion’s share of First Premiums and Cold 
Medal at N. Y. State Fair, 1894. Why not 
buy the best! Prices low. Correspondence 
solicited. 
B. J. HURLBUT, Clymer, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
from Foundation Herd. I have now shipped432 times 
to men 1 luid sold to before. 1 challenge any breeder in 
the world to give as good a record. E. W. DAVIS, 
Torringford, Conn., recently Oneida, N. V. 
B erkshire, Chester wnl 
Jersey Ked and Poland Chint 
'PIGS. Jersey, Guernsey and 
Holstein Catlle. Thoroughbred 
Sheep. Fancy Poultry. Hunting 
___ _ and House Doga. Catalogue. 
8. W. SA1IT1I* Cochran v I lie. Cheater €o„ Pcnnu. 
Reg. Poland-Chinas 
Young Sows from choice 
blood ready for service; some 
bred. Boars of all ages. Hard 
time prices. Mention paper 
1Ia. 1I M/I ON A 1 0., Cuelirunvllle, Pa. 
f| Hif! 1 olan d*ChinaK— Few leftof Best Spring Boars 
UIIIU and Sows bred. Write for bargains; must go 
Summer and fall pigs. K. Weir & Son, Reinersville o! 
PIGS 
Prize Chester Whites. Berkshlres. Jersey 
Calves, pure Collies. Beagles, Fowls. 00th 
year. F. MORRIS, Norway. Penn. 
f| h I fl Im P- Chester Pigs, Collie Dogs. White and Bar- 
UIIIU red P. Rocks, Wyandottes, Hamburgs, Leg¬ 
horns, Polish and Game Fowls. Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, 
Eggs, etc. Cir. free. C. C. PAINE, So. Randolph, Vt, 
