1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
371 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(continued) . 
never feed it except with pasture, en¬ 
silage or some laxative food. 
Old Veterinary Science. —“So long 
ago,” writes Dr. Fleming, “ as the time 
of Columella, the Roman writer on agri¬ 
culture, the mutilation of the dog’s tail 
was a popular and favorite procedure, 
fie tells us, in his De Re Rustica, that 
the shepherds believed that if, on the 
fortieth day after the birth of a pup, 
the last bone of its tail were bitten off, 
the sinew (believed to be a worm) would 
follow the piece; after this the tail 
would not grow, and the dog could not 
become rabid.” 
Treatment of Breeders. —My idea is 
that a stallion should not be worked, 
but kept specially for breeding purposes. 
I think it is different with mares; a 
moderate amount of work will do them 
good, but they should not be worked 
after a month from the time of foaling, 
and after that should be turned out 
with their colts in the pasture. I see 
that some people are now advocating 
the turning out of a stallion in the field 
with the mares, and no doubt this would 
be a good enough plan where one did 
not care to make much money from the 
stallion ; otherwise it would not an¬ 
swer. H. WADE. 
Sec. Canadian Horse Breeders. 
Early Breeding Jerseys. —Mrs. Kate 
M. Busick, of Indiana, tells the follow¬ 
ing story in Hoard’s Dairyman. A young 
heifer and bull, both Jerseys, had been 
turned into a pasture together. The 
heifer was dropped April 6, 1886 : 
On May 19, 1887, my berdman’s wife called my 
attention to the unusual size of Maude’s udder, 
saying, “ I believe that heifer has milk.” Not 
thinking such a thing possible, as the heifer was 
only 13 months and 17 days old, I ridiculed the 
idea; but she was so persistent that I finally went 
with her to the field to see for myself. Leading 
the heifer up into a corner by one of her horns (all 
my cattle are handled just that way; we never 
“break one in ”), I sat down, and to my surprise, 
found her udder distended like an old cow’s. She 
stood perfectly quiet to have me relieve it by 
milking, and as I drew the contents out on the 
ground, had no knowledge of the amount. The 
next day I milked her again in a pail, getting 
three pints; the third day I got two quarts, and 
directed the herdman’s wife to milk her in the 
evening. She did so, and saved the milk, ripened 
the cream from it, beat it in a bowl with a fork, 
and turned out after five minutes’ beating, a 
lump of butter the size of a goose egg. This was 
so astonishing that we saved her milk, separately, 
churned it and made one pound of butter a day 
until she was 16 months old, as lovely butter as I 
ever saw. August 24, 1887, when she was 16 
months and 18 days old, she dropped a heifer 
calf of unusual size for so young an animal. 
This little calf made a fine cow, and Mrs. 
B. uses this incident as an argument in 
favor of very early breeding of Jerseys. 
BREEDING NOTES. 
During the spring months, I usually 
hear quite a number of complaints from 
farmers’ wives that their hens are not 
doing as well as they should, that a large 
percentage of their eggs fail to hatch, 
and that many of the chicks hatched are 
weakly, and die when a few days old. 
Then, almost invariably, follows the 
query : “ Don’t you think that if I would 
cross them with another breed, they 
would do better ? ” 
In reply to this query, I tell them that 
it depends on what breed they have. If 
they have a pure breed, it is unwise to 
cross; if they have, only mongrels, then 
get purebred males as soon as possible. 
A breeder of fine Jerseys once said to me, 
“ New blood is a great vitalizer ! ” And 
so it is, if good. But Farmer Tom gen¬ 
erally introduces new blood into his 
poultry flock by swapping eggs with 
Farmer Dick. Then next year both swap 
with Farmer Harry. Then they swap 
all around again. This method costs 
nothing, and the results are equal to the 
cost. 
In speaking of this matter at an in¬ 
stitute, a very successful swine breeder 
said: “lam well aware that I can get 
about as nice and shapely males from 
breeders in my own neighborhood as 
anywhere; but I don’t want them. I 
feel satisfied that it pays me to obtain 
them from some other locality, not less 
than 50 miles distant, even though they 
do cost me a little more. They seem to 
do better, and to get stronger and 
thriftier pigs than those raised in my 
immediate neighborhood. There may 
be more fancy than fact in my notion, 
but the results are satisfactory ! ” 
Last spring a hen hatched 11 fine Plym¬ 
outh Rock chicks for me, and when they 
were 10 weeks old, I received an order 
from a party in Nebraska for a trio. I 
sent him two pullets from the hatch 
mentioned, and a cockerel from another 
farm. In October he wrote asking if I 
had more pullets of the same strain, and 
stating that the two I sent him weighed 
exactly 16% pounds. Out of curiosity I 
weighed the largest two of the same 
hatch, and though they had been well 
fed and cared for, they weighed only 13% 
pounds. Was it change of climate or 
feed that caused this great difference ? 
Early in the spring of 1893, I placed 
three hens in a comfortable pen, and fed 
them about as a majority of farmers 
feed their fowls—on corn, water and 
coal ashes, and every third day placed a 
cockerel in the pen tvith them about 
three hours. They had previously run 
at large, living on corn, wheat and oats 
in equal proportions, with vegetable 
parings, table scraps and green rye for 
dessert. During the first week they laid 
16 eggs, which were placed under a hen. 
The second week they laid 13 eggs, 
which were placed under another hen. 
The third week they laid 10 esrg s, which 
were placed under a third hen. The 
fourth week they laid four eggs and 
quit, all becoming broody, though one 
of them could not be induced to sit. 
While confined in the pen, they lost 9% 
ounces in weight. Out of the first lot 
of eggs, 13 strong chicks were hatched, 
one egg was broken and two contained 
dead chicks. Sixteen were too many 
for one hen to cover well. Out of the 
second lot, seven strong chicks and 
three weakly Ones ; three were dead in 
the shells, too weak to get out. Out of 
the third lot, one strong chick and four 
weakly ones were hatched ; four were 
dead in the shells, and one egg infertile. 
The last four eggs were all fertile, but 
all the chicks died in the shells at var¬ 
ious stages of incubation, while seven 
eggs from hens running at large, set 
with them, hatched seven strong chicks. 
The results of this experiment seem to 
indicate that those who feed their hens 
corn almost exclusively, may expect to 
hatch many weakly chicks, and also to 
have many perish in the shell. 
FRED GRUNDY. 
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For worms in children it is unrivaled. Small bottles, 
35 cents, and doublq size, 50 cents each. Sold by all 
Druggists.—Adit. 
BARREN COWS CURED 
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Every Horseman Should Try 
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The greatest horse 
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in the advertise¬ 
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sent by express, charges paid, with full directions 
for Its upo. > Send for descriptive circulars. 
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Feeders of Stock 
Kindly Stop a Minute. 
We wish to remind you of the 
importance of using liberally 
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Writers in the trade Journals often say this. Address 
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l ry It before you pay for it. 
Nothing on earth will 
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INCUBATORSSBROODERS 
Brooders only £5. Best*Cheapest 
for raising chicks. 401st Premiums 
4000Testimonials. Send for Caf’e. 
G. S. SINGER, Box 714 Cardington. 0. 
nON’T PAY #30 TO #50 FOR AN INC1 
** * when you can make your own for lc 
than $5. Send $1 to McCORMAC & CO.. New Concok 
Ohio, and get their full instructions how to make ai 
run an incubator. Brooder instruction, $1. 
CAI2C SI 50 per 30; S. and R. C. B. Leghorn, L 
I.UU'J Brahma, B. and W. P. Rock. B. Minorc; 
B. Langshan, Houdan, W. C. B. Polish. W. Leghorn 
HIGHLAND POULTRY FARM. Telford, Pa. 
CnnO for hatching that will hatch. B. & W. P. Rocks, 
LUUO W. Wyandottes, Indian Games, B. Minorcas! 
and P. Ducks. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for cir¬ 
cular. BROOKSIDE POULTRY FARM. Columbus, N.J 
Guernsey Bulls 
FOR SALE. Best Butter Strains. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHINECLIFF, N. Y. 
GUERNSEY BULLS 
Two nice young registered bulls for sale. Pedigree 
and price on application. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK Eggs for Hatching, $L a setting. 
Farm Bred for Utility. 
CLOVER RIDGE FARM. Peterboro. N. U. 
Granddaughters of 
Ida’s Stoke Pogis. 
FROM BUTTER COWS. $45 and upwards. Express 
charges paid. 
ROUT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
A.JcC.C. Jersey Cattle and Chester White Hogs. 
Ten Cows. 15 Bulls, 20 Ileifers. St. Lambert and Stoko 
Pogis blood. Chester Whites, headed by Happy Me¬ 
dium. Finest heid in Pennsylvania. Choice stock 
for sale. Write C. E. MORRISON, Londonderry, Pa 
SOUTHDOWN SHEEP r,‘o« Se .So a J',S,’. 
just right for Winter Lamb raising. Come and see or 
write. L. B. FREAIt, Ithaca, N. Y. 
NUMBER of SWINE in the Country BELOW the 
AVERAGE. Crop reports indicate large- yields. Order 
Wiltswood Herd 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd’s Lake. N. J. 
L§G lECS 111 TeS Boars, two years, and two 
■***■■■■ g 0Wfj W j th pigg; registered. 
PARK FARM, New Brunswick, N. J. 
CHESHIRES! Ih t-S» 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 
rert 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 Tlerd. I have, now shipped 432 times 
to men I had sold to before. 1 challenge any breedcri n 
the world to give as good a record. E. W. DAVIS 
Torringford, Conn., recently Oneida, N. Y. 
CHESHIRE^ choice stock. 
w# 11« S# 11111 h Illustrated Catalogue.# 
ED. S. HILL, Peruville, Tompkins County, N. Y. 
PUECTED UfUITEC tor true ty po reg. 
uncoicn TO III I CO Chester Whites, 
with broad dished face, straight hacks and growtliy, 
try O. R. FOULKE. Bala Farm, West Chester. Pa. 
You woh't be disappointed. He is the onlv breeder 
guaranteeing satisfaction or freight paid both ways, j 
WILLIS WHINERY,Salem, O.ag’"""^ 
BREEDER OF IMPROVED 
CHESTER WHITE SWINE,** 2 * 3 ™ 
“The Champion Herd of the World.” 
Holstein & Jersey Cattle. 
17 Varieties of POULTRY 
Fine 32 Page Catalogue FREE. 
Reg. Poland-Chinas 
and BERKSHIRES. Choice 
large strains.8-week pigs not 
akin. Poland-China Boars 
all ages. Hard time prices. 
HAMILTON A to.. Cocliranvllle, I'll. 
Great Bargains in 
Poland-China Pigs. 
SEND FOR PRICE. 
F. H. GATES & SONS, 
Chittenango, N. Y. 
PEKIN DUCK EGGS Hatching 
nine premiums at 
New York Poul 
Show this year, 
have 1,100 breed 
the cream of 36 
and can furnish fi 
eggs at short not 
Send for circular. 
A MAN WAN'TE 
raise chickens; n 
. understand the b 
ness thoroughly. A. ,T. HALLOCK. 
Atlantic Farm, SPKONK. L. 
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. O. H. WHITE & SON, 
Miller Corners, N. Y. 
