1895 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Castrating Weaning Colts.— On page 47, B. W. 
H. asks for experience in castrating colts before 
weaning. In the summer of 1887, we castrated one 
at the age of two months. He was healed up and 
all over the effects before weaning, and we never 
had a colt get along better. Some claim that when 
castrated so young, the neck will not fill up as 
well as when left till two years old. We have 
tried both ways, and we never had a gelding de¬ 
velop as nice a neck as this one. It was arched 
like a stallion’s. I. D. Cook, page 47, need have no 
fear in feeding his ewes turnips—all they will eat. 
I have fed ewes that lambed in February and 
March about all they would eat up clean once a day 
for nearly the entire winter, and both ewes and 
lambs came through in the best of condition. 
Jackson Center, Pa. a. m. c. 
Hole in Teat.— I have a very fine two-year-old 
Jersey which dropped her first calf March 27. 
She has a hole in the side of one teat, one inch 
from the lower end. Can I cut or burn it, and 
close it up while milking? p. c. F. 
R- N.-Y.—The best time to do this is while the 
cow is dry or nearly so. By using a milking tube, 
you may be able to do it. The point is to scar 
around the hole so the edges will heal together. 
Marking Poultry. —I am somewhat of a be¬ 
ginner in the poultry business. My hens are 
beginning to get broody; some are good sitters, 
and some are not. There are many among them 
so nearly alike that I cannot distinguish them. 
Is there any very practical way of marking them, 
and if so, what is it ? Again, I purpose to get 
thoroughbred fowls by buying eggs and mating 
the hatches from different lots, so as to avoid 
inbreeding. How can I mark the hatches to dis¬ 
tinguish them from each other? c. w. s. 
Lyons, N. J. 
R. N.-Y.—Some poultry men use little punches 
which make holes in the web of the foot between 
the toes. By making different combinations of 
holes, many different broods may be marked. 
Others use a metal clasp about the leg with num¬ 
bers or marks on it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
291 
ABOUT JERSEYS AND COMMON STOCK. 
Can you explain the following: I have Jersey 
and Jersey grade cows which, by actual daily, 
cream-saving test, made as much as 1*4 pound 
of butter a day and even more. I feed these cows 
25 pounds of corn ensilage twice a day, with a 
little hay at noon and three measured quarts of 
wheat bran and one of cotton-seed meal twice a 
day. My milk tests, at the creamery, only 4.4. 
One of my neighbors has common, native cows, 
large milkers, poor butter cows, feeds hay, one 
quart of bran twice a day, and his milk tests 4.2. 
I have been making butter so far, and wished to 
take the milk to the creamery to make less work 
in the house; but if the Jersey milk will not test 
more than common cow’s milk, I, of course, can’t 
afford to send the milk to the creamery till I 
change my cows for common stock, and stop feed- 
grain. Talk about balanced rations when 
cotton seed will test no more than bran! 
Georgetown, Conn. G K 
A neighbor of mine and myself had a discus¬ 
sion about the relative milking qualities of com¬ 
mon cows, and registered Jersey cows. The point 
was, does a herd of 20 Jersey cows make more 
quarts of milk a day than a herd of 20 common 
cows, under the same conditions ? The cows are 
to be left out, with a shed to run under, and to be 
fed stuff like corn stalks, straw, and no grain feed. 
Kingston, N. J. c p G 
R- N.-Y.—It doesn’t make a Jersey cow’s milk 
any richer to have her name put on the herd book 
registry. There is nothing in the name of “Jer¬ 
sey” to make a cow take more fat out of her food 
and put it in the pail. It is simply a question of 
cows, not names of breeds. One cow is more 
valuable than another only as she is able to 
assimilate more of her food, and turn it into milk 
and butter. A “ breed ” like the Jersey, is pro¬ 
duced by selecting certain animals of a definite 
form, color, or other characteristics, through a 
good many generations, so that certain traits are 
fixed. Many of what we call “common stock,” do 
not belong to any recognized “ breed,” yet they 
may have been for many years bred for a dis¬ 
tinct purpose by selecting the best shaped heifers 
from the best milkers, and in like manner the 
bulls from the best milking strains. There are 
undoubtedly herds of so-called “common stock” 
that will make more butter from a given ration 
than an equal number of registered Jerseys. 
There are also Jersey bulls so poor that if they 
were bred to these common cows, the heifers 
would not be as good as their mothers. In other 
words, it is possible for an inferior strain of Jer¬ 
sey blood to reduce the value of a herd ! Yet, 
that is no argument why any man should con¬ 
tinue to use bulls of “common stock,” because, on 
the other hand, it is possible to pick out 20 first- 
class Jersey cows that can make more butter out 
of a given quantity of food than any 20 “common 
cows” that ever were calved. The same system 
of breeding and selection that made the common 
cow valuable, has been carried out with far more 
system with the Jersey—the advantage being in 
the latter case, that we have an exact history, 
with facts and figures to go by, in the Jersey’s 
pedigree. It would be absurd to say that because 
one big Chinaman whipped one little Japanese, 
that China can whip Japan. If a herd of Jersey 
grades cannot make butter as profitably as a 
herd of “common” cows, it does not prove that 
the Jersey breed is a failure—it simply shows that 
that strain of Jersey blood is inferior and may 
not show as wise a selection for practical results 
as the common blood does. The remedy is not to 
buy common cows, but to get a better Jersey bull. 
Our Connecticut friend does not prove from his 
figures that his Jersey grades are not making the 
cheaper pound of butter after all. Give us the 
prices for hay and grain, and the amount of milk 
given by both herds. We doubt if the sampling 
of milk is entirely fair, but will discuss that later. 
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THE GRANDEST OF DAIRY BREEDS. 
Combining the richness of the Jersey with the slzo 
approximate to the Holstein or Short-horn, but 
standing alone and UNKQUALED In producing the 
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“ Old Brick Guernsey Herd ” 
are daughters and granddaughters of tho renowned 
Squlr Kent, 1504 A. G. C. C. and of the finest strains 
on Guernsey or in America—Conius, son of Squire 
Kent ano Statelllte, son of Kohiin head tho herd. All 
particulars iu rogard to Breed and Herd cheerfully 
given. S. P. TABER WILLETTS, 
“ The Old Brick.” Roslyn, L. I., N. Y. 
Guernsey Bulls 
FOR SALK. Best Butter Strains. 
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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 Nortli Street, Boston, Mass. 
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INCUBATORS 
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Write for Circulars A Prices 
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Granddaughters of 
Ida’s Stoke Pogis. 
FROM BUTTER COWS. $-15 and upwards. Expross 
charges paid. 
ROUT. F. SHANNON. Pittsburgh, Pa. 
CHENANGO VALLEY 
burgh, Jr., Proprietor. Dorset Horn, Shropshire and 
Kanibouillet Sheep, Dutch Belted and Jersey cattle; 
also Poland China, Jersey Red and Suffolk Pigs. 
INCUBATORS! 
In-Door and 
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Brooders. 112 First Premiums. 
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when you can make your own for less 
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Ohio, and get their full instructions how to make and 
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CHESHIRES! Tte -BD F - ARM 
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 
reet 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, Clymcr, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
from Foundation Herd. I luive now shipped 432 times 
to men I had sold to before. I challenge any breeder in 
the world to give as good a record. E. W. DAVIS, 
Torringford, Conn., recently Oneida, N. Y. 
hatching that will hatch. B. & W. P. Rocks, 
LUUO W. Wyandottes, Indian Games, B. Minorcas, 
and I. Ducks. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for cir¬ 
cular. BKOOKSIDE POULTRY FARM. Columbus, N.J 
$1 per sitting. 
BLACK LANGSHAN EGOS, 
S. DEAN, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
W. Leghorn Eggs 
nice strain, at 
$1 for 15. 
H. SAXTON, 
Varina Grove. Va 
ROSE COMB BR. LEGHORNS. 
Keshequa Strain, bred 10 years for size and laying 
qualities. Also White Minorcas. E wtn from vii/orous 
standard-bred stock, 11.50 per 15; $:*.50 per 45. 
CHAS. I j. MOSIIKR, Nunda, N. Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING, 
From prize-winning R. C. Br. Leghorns at$lpersit- 
White Plymouth Books, Light Brahmas and 
Buff lekin Bantams. $1.50. Crosses of White Ply¬ 
mouth Bocks, Light Brahmas and Buff Cochins with 
Brown Leghorns, $1 for 15. 
I still have a few B. C. B. Cockerels and Hens at $1 
each. Dive Buff Cochin Hens at $5, not exhibition 
birds. S. A. LITTLE, Malcom, Seneca Co., N. Y. 
Eggs that Hatch. 
Cayuga Black Duck, $1.25 per 13 ; fine Black Lang- 
shan, $1 per 13; Brown Leghorn, $1 per 13; Mammoth 
Bronze Turkeys, $3 per 13-all from choice stock. 
Order early. 0. H, WHITE & SON, 
Miller Corners, N. Y. 
WILLIS WHINERY.Salem, 0. 
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^Holstein & Jersey Cattle 
17 Varieties of POULTRY 
Fine 32 Page Catalogue FREE. 
CHESTER WHITES 
witli broad dished lace, straight backs and growtliy, 
try G. B. EOULKE. Bala Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
You won't be disappointed. He is the onlv breeder 
guaranteeing satisfaction or freight paid both ways. 
J. A. & H. ROOF, 
Fort Plain, N. Y. 
Breeders of latest improved 
CHESTER WHITE SWINE. 
Boar pigs, witli pedigree, for 
„ .... _ sale. Also S. C. Brown and B. 
C. White Leghorn Chickens. Eggs for hatching, 13 for$l 
Duroc-Jersey Registered Pigs 
$fi at two months old. $10(1 can he made annually from 
a Duroc-Jersey Sow. Also A. J. C. C. Butter Bull Calf 
at a low price. E. L. CLARKSON, 14 West 19th Street, 
New York. Refer by permission to THE B. N.-Y. 
Reg. Poland-Chinas 
Young Sows from choice 
blood ready for service; some 
tired. Boars of all ages. Hard 
time prices. Mention paper 
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Prize Chester Whites, Berkshires, Jersey 
Calves, pure Collies. Beagles, Fowls, noth 
year. F. MORRIS, Norway, Penn. 
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. 
EGGS 
for hatching, $1 per 
setling, purebred B. 
Minorcas, G. Wyan¬ 
dottes. Buff and S. 
C. it. Leghorns. 
LARGE 
Poland-China Hogs 
Send for circular. 
F. H. OAXK8 <B SONS, 
Chittenango, N. W. 
IRISH TERRIERS ", 
HUGUENOT KENNELS, New Rochelle. N. Y. 
B erkshire, cheater whi 
Jersey Red and Poland Chile 
PIGS. Jersey, Guernsey and 
Holstein Catlle. Thoroughbred 
Sheep. Fancy Poultry. Hunting 
—- -— -71 rr and House Dogs. Catalogue. 
8. W. SMITH. Cochran v llle. Cheater Co., Penoo. 
I SELL. 
K. C. Leghorn, W. P. Rock, and Langshan EGGS from 
EXHIBITION BIRDS, at $1. Bronze Turkey Eggs at 
$2; Toulouse Geese Eggs at 25e. One Bronze Gobbler, 
1894 hatch, weight 21 pounds, $2.50. 
CHK8HIRE PIGS, either sex, five months, at 
$12; sows in farrow. $15 to $20. 
Circulars tell more abrmt it. 
It. D. BUTTON, Cottons, N. Y. 
fl h | ft 1 oland-Chinas—Few left of Best Spring Boar 
UIIIU and Sows bred. Write for bargains; must uo 
Summer and fall pigs. E. Weir & Son, Reinersville, o! 
flHin Imp ' Chester 1>i « s - Collie Dogs, White and Bar- 
UII lured P. Rocks, Wyandottes, Hamburgs, Leg¬ 
horns, Polish and Game Fowls, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks 
Eggs, etc. Clr. free. C. C. PAINE, So. Randolph, Vt. 
