1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
387 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
The Southern Hog. —Here is a bit of 
oratory which we find in a recent ad¬ 
dress to Mississippi breeders : 
In times gone by, the magnificent State of Mis¬ 
sissippi blossomed with the flowers of wealth, 
and if permitted, the hog will again dot its sur¬ 
face with stately mansions in which, as of old, 
spacious halls hung ’round with pictures magnifi¬ 
cent In their beauty, and richly carpeted floors to 
soothe and caress the footsteps of each honored 
guest with true Southern cordiality, will again be 
found. 
Long live the hog if he can carry out that 
programme—and who says he can't? 
Care of Breeding Horses. —Stallions, 
as a rule, should have regular exercise 
for some time before, and during the 
breeding season ; the kind of exercise 
best suited to insure success, would de¬ 
pend on the kind of stallion in question. 
Draft stallions should be given some 
kind of moderate draft work a part of 
the day, at least, and if it were not for 
keeping them in nice show shape so that 
patrons could see them at their best, 
they could be worked every day steadily 
to advantage. If I could have but one 
way to exercise all kinds and breeds of 
stallions, I would prefer some kind of 
light draft work ; next to that, exercise 
on a walk, either driven or ridden. It 
is no advantage for a stallion to be driven 
fast on the road in the breeding season, 
as very few of them are as sure handled 
in that way. The nearer the stallion 
and mare are to their own stables, and 
the less excitement and driving on the 
road the mare has to reach the horse, 
the greater the per cent of foals. For 
instance, our own mares will average 
from 85 to 95 per cent in foal every year; 
those brought here from the longest dis¬ 
tances, will not average over 50 per cent. 
An excellent feed for the stallions 
through the season, is one bushel of 
wheat and four bushels of oats, ground 
together, and fed with judgment ; it is 
calculated more particularly for horses 
doing quite a large business, and having 
plenty of exercise. An occasional warm 
bran mash is beneficial. If farmers 
would work and harden their stallions 
and mares before the breeding season, 
the results would be quite different on 
mares bred early. If mares are soft, 
and working hard, not a very large per 
cent of them will get in foal for three or 
four weeks, or till they get hardened up 
and begin to gain a little, e. s. akin. 
Scipio, N. Y. 
Clover for Horses. —In The It. N.-Y. 
of January 19, W. H. It. asks if it is prac¬ 
ticable to feed horses exclusively on 
clover. Some horses might do well, 
while others would be utterly ruined. 
Can he not raise oats enough to feed his 
horses ? He can sow them very early, 
for they will stand considerable freez¬ 
ing and stool out all the better for it. 
With water power for grinding wheat, 
he can afford to make flour and sell it 
cheaper than the millers who ship their 
wheat, and grind by steam power. 
Let the millers fit up their mills so that 
they can remove the hulls, and make 
entire wheat flour, wheatlet, etc., and 
let the neighbors have good living with¬ 
out being obliged to have these foods 
shipped to them all the way from New 
York State at a cost of five cents per 
pound. The railroads are unquestion¬ 
ably a blessing to the farmers, but we 
blindly give them too much work to do. 
Sometimes we can, by looking about us, 
ship produce for short distances greatly 
to our advantage. We ship our winter 
potatoes from Colorado, because they are 
better than we can raise. If W. H. K. 
will take the Memphis road and travel 
northeast 100 miles, he will find abund¬ 
ance of corn during most years, at any 
time from November to May, and no 
doubt, can have it shipped to him cheaper 
than he can raise it. If he wishes to 
feed wheat to hogs with profit, cook it; 
but they are more liable to overeat of it 
than of corn, especially young pigs. 
Kansas. >i, w. 
SOMETHING BARBAROUS ABOUT 
D SHORN/NG. 
In The R. N.-Y. of April 27, A. L. II. 
says that he would like to kill the horns 
before they start. That is too soon. 
There is a way to stop the growth of the 
horns after they have started, far pref¬ 
erable to the use of caustics, acids, or 
any kind of liquid. It is very difficult 
to make a success with liquids ; to know 
when one has applied enough, too little 
or too much. It’s the certainty of the 
thing that will make a success. Pre¬ 
pare an inch-round iron, three inches 
long, and make both ends quite round¬ 
ing ; punch a hole in the middle and put 
in an iron handle of three-eighths iron 
12 or 15 inches long. Put on a wooden 
handle for convenience in handling. 
Heat the iron red-hot; place the end of 
the iron on the horn, burn quite thor¬ 
oughly, and push off the burnt part with 
the hand or a rag. Burn evenly into 
the head bone nearly one-fourth inch. 
The spur or horn that grows from the 
head bone must all be burned out, and 
the firmness of the skin or hide that 
grows the shell-horn must also be thor¬ 
oughly burned to prevent a loose spur 
growing from the hide. Now the iron 
has done just what the caustics have to 
do if a success is made—no more, no 
less. Place on the parts anything to 
keep the air from them, that will cause 
less pain. I think the iron may be used 
with safety at three months old : but the 
sooner it’s done, the less there is to do. 
But the barbarous part! The calf 
acts as if it suffered far more pain than 
the older animal from being dishorned. 
I have a serious objection to stopping 
the growth of horns on the calf. Every 
animal that grows from calf hood surely 
will have some way to defend itself; 
that is cattle nature. If the calf’s horns 
mature as the animal matures, he surely 
will acquire the habit of hooking. Then 
deprive him of the horns. Prevent the 
calf from growing horns, and it will de¬ 
velop some way to defend itself; it 
surely will develop the habit of butting, 
and the harsh, vicious butter is very 
undesirable. I have them, and I don't 
wish any more. Let the calves’ horns 
grow until they have become accus¬ 
tomed to hooking, say in the spring at 
two years, or in the fall past two years ; 
then deprive them of their weapons, and 
we have our stock far more agreeable 
to care for, and surely more profitable. 
It is a natural law, that when one crea¬ 
ture hooks, butts or gets another crea¬ 
ture out of its natural sphere of action, 
it is at the owner’s expense, o. n. smith. 
FOR SPRING FEVER (THE LAZINESS AND 
languor incident to spring weather) try as an In- 
vigorator and Strength-giver, Dr. D. Jayne’s Tonic 
Vermifuge, one of the safest, most effectual and cheap 
est of remedies. Dose for grown people one to two 
teaspoonfuls. For worms in children it is unrivaled. 
Small bottles, 35 cents, and double size, 50 cents each 
Buy of your Druggists.— Ailv. 
VICTOR COW CLIP 
Holds cow’s tail to her 
leg and keeps it out of 
the milk and milker’s 
face All dealers sell it. 
30c. Single; Four $1. 
Sent by mail free 
on receipt of price by 
manufacturers, 
Victor Novelty Works, 
832 Austin Av. Chicago 
RECORD TIGHT-SEAL PACKAGE 
FOR 
BUTTER AND LARD. 
Seals Tight Instantly, and Opens 
Instantly What the country 
has always wanted and never 
been able to obUiin until now; 
made in nine sizes, from one 
pound to 60. Quotations on ap¬ 
plication to the RECORD 
MANUFACTURING CO., 
Conneaut, Ashtabula Co.. O. 
the best 
is a GLASS JHR 
Keeps the Contents Clean. 
Accurate Measure. 
Easyto Wash. Cheap. 
All Milk Dealers and Dairymen’s Supplies. 
CREAMERY PACKAGE MFQ. CO., 
1 to 5 W. Washington St., CHICAGO. 
YOU NEED IT 
-OUR BOOK 
A help in every dairy, 
—the Crystal Creamery. 
“GOOD BUTTER 
AND HOW TO 
MAKE IT.” 
Mailed Free. Tells all about that convenient economizer 
Crystal Creamery Co., 3 Concord St., Lausiug, Mich. 
c fi!£ACO VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The most successful college on this continent. For full particulars address the Secretary, 
JOSs HUGHES, M. it. C. V. S., '2->.»7 -•2.>.'59 State St,, Chicago, III. 
A COOLER THAT 
COOLS YOUR MILK 
and aerates it at the same time. A 
convenient, economical and simple de¬ 
vice that every dairyman should have. 
Our circular telling all about it sent 
free. Prices from $7 to $10. 
AGENTS WANTED. 
CHAMPION MILK COOLER CO , 
Box R, Cortland. N. Y. 
Every Horseman Should Try 
“Tuttle’s Elixir,’’ 
The greatest horse 
remedy in the 
world. Not simply 
guaranteed to cure 
in the advertise¬ 
ment, but backed 
by a standing offer 
of # IOO Reward 
for every failure. 
If it won’t cure 
your horse of 
Colic, Curbs. 
Splints,Con traded 
and KnottedCords, 
Shoe Boils, when 
first started, and 
Callous of all 
kinds, you will re¬ 
ceive the above re¬ 
ward. Used and 
indorsed by Adams 
Express Company. 
Sample free for 
three two-cent 
stamps to pay 
postage. 
□ Du. S. A. Tuttle—D ear Sir: This is to certify that 
I have used “Tuttle's Elixir,” and cured a spavin on 
a mare that had been lame more than a year, and for 
colic I think It Is the best 1 ever saw. 
J. H. Shaw, No. Weymouth and Boston Express. 
Address Dr, S. A, TUTTLE, 27 Beverley St, 
BOSTON, MASS. 
DiREGT-UM BIT. 
Best Combination Bit made. 
Severe or Easy. 
as you want it. 
Sample mailed, XC #1.00. 
Nickel # 1.50. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO., Racine, Wis. 
Death on Cattle Fly 
AND SHEEP TICKS. 
The best Compound to keep 
the Klies off. FLUID OR 
PASTE FORM. Sample by 
mail.25c. Write for circular, 
price list and reference. 
C. E. MILLS OIL CO., 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
FarmtCream Separators" s S?„ r ,”f., b „“2: 
_ P. M. SHAKPLES, 1 West Chester, Pa., Elgin, 111. 
NO FLIES, VERMIN or SOltES on HOUSE 
or COW (14 more milk.) 
ISHOO-FLY! 
The ORIGINAL STOCK PROTECTOR 1885. 
thousands of testimonials from thirty-seven States. 
BEWARE of followers!! Some a greasy paste 
that gums the hair and clogs the pores, injuring the 
animal. If your dealer offers a substitute, send 50 cts. 
and our agent in your State will express one quart. 
$1.50 per gallon—lc. per day. Agent, #90 month. 
SHOO-FLY MFG. CO., PHILADELPHIA. 
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Our new Poultry Supply \ 
Catalogue is most com- C 
plete and has carefully re- C 
vised Pi-ices. You need it if< 
you only keep five Hens, i 
With CHICK IVIANNA you , 
can save every chick hatched. ( 
JOHNSON & STOKES, 
217 & 219 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
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POULTRY 
SUPPLIES 
Catalogue 
Free. 
CANNED MEAT 
FOR POULTRY. 
This food is nice, fresh meat, 
carefully cooked, ground fine, 
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 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. 
Hand Bone, Shell, and 
Corn Mills for Poultrymen. 
Daisy Bone Cutter. Power Mills. 
-* Circular and testimonials Free. 
WILSON BROS., Easton, Pa. 
The PERFECTION Incubator 
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 & Prices 
The Perfection Incubator & 
Brooder Co.. Quincy, ill. 
INCUBATORS&BROODERS 
Brooders only $5. Best & Cheapest 
for raisi ng chick s. 401st Premiu ms 
lOOOTestimonials. Send for Oat’'’g. 
G. S. SINGER, Box 714 Cardington, 0. 
THE PEST-PROOF'PERCH. 
Insures perfect breast bones; no scaly leg; no lice. 
Sample and directions mailed for 25 cents in stamps. 
H. W. HEDGES, East Durham, N. Y. 
CRRC *160 per 30; S. and R. C. B. Leghorn, Lt. 
L.UUO Brahma, B. and W. P. Rock. B. Minorca. 
Langshan, Iloudan, W. C. B. Polish. W. Leghorn. 
HIGHLAND POULTRY FARM, Telford, Pa. 
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. 
Guernsey Bulls 
FOR SALE. Best Butter Strains. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHINECLIFF, N. Y. 
Granddaughters of 
Ida’s Stoke Pogis. 
FROM BUTTER COWS. $-15 and upwards. Express 
charges paid. 
ROUT. F. SHANNON. Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Special Sale of A. J. G. C. Heifers and 
COWS.—Three Prize-bred Solid Heifers, safe in 
calf, due October and February. Single ones. $75. or 
t hree for $185. Eight Cows, with Marigold blood in their 
veins. Single ones. $70; lot for $400. Bulls at $(i() t<> $75. 
Address SAMUEL II. NULL, West Grove, Pa. 
A.J.C.C. Jersey Cattle and Chester White Hogs. 
Ten Cows. 15 Bulls. 20 Heifers, St. Lambert and Stoke 
Pogis blood. Chester Whites, headed by Happy Me¬ 
dium. Finest hetd in Pennsylvania. Choice stock 
for sale. Write C. E. MORRISON, Londonderry, Pa 
J. L.HENDERSOf 
IMPORTERS’’,BREEDERS j 
| WASHING! UN ' 
CHENANGO VALLEY 
Stock Farms, Greene 
. . , N. Y., J.D. Van Valken- 
burgh, Jr., Proprietor. Dorset Horn, Shropshire and 
Rambouillet Sheep, Dutch Belted and Jersey cattle 
also Poland China, Jersey Red and Suffolk Pigs. 
SOUTHDOWN SHEEP fZSSSVS 
just right for Winter Lamb raising. Come and see or 
write. L. B. FREAR, Ithaca, N. Y. 
QUALITY, PROFIT and ECONOMY In feeding thor- 
oughbieds. The Best breeds and strains are from the 
Willswood Herd 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Rudd’s Lake, N. J. 
CHESHIRES! The -S D ™“ 
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 
rest 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. 
CHESHIRES 
from Foundation Herd. I have now shipped 432 times 
to men I hail sold to before. 1 challenge any breederl n 
the world to give as good a record. E. W. DAVIS 
Torringford. Conn., recently Oneida, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES CH0ICE stock. 
WIlhklllllBkg Illustrated Catalogue.. 
ED. S. HILL, Peruvllle, Tompkins County, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITESTse”'.; r whS 
with broad dished face, straight backs and growthy, 
try G. R. FOULKE. Bala Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
You won’t be disappointed. He is the onlv breeder 
guaranteeing satisfaction or freight paid both ways. 
yjERKSniRK, Cheater Whi. 
> Jersey Red and Poland Chin* 
*PIGS. Jersey, Guernsey and 
Holstein Cattle. Thoroughbred 
Sheep. Fancy Poultry. Hunting 
__ and House Dogs. Catalogue. 
KMITll a CocliraDvllle, Cheater Co., Pcunu. 
Reg. Poland-Chinas 
and BKRKSHIRES. Choice 
large stralns.8-week pigs not 
akin. Poland-China Boars 
all ages. Hard time prices. 
1IAJI1LTOK Sc 1,0.. ( oclirunvilic, Pa. 
Great Bargains in 
Poland-China Pigs. 
SEND FOK PRICE. ° 
F. H. GATES & SONS, 
Chittenango, N. Y. 
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 
Send for Catalogue of POULTRY and SUPPLIES 
BUOOKSIDE POULTRY FARM. Columbus, N.J. 
