1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
547 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Dairying in California. —While many 
are talking about dairying in the East, 
perhaps it would interest some of The 
R. N.-Y. readers to know how it is done 
here. In the first place, the climate is 
entirely different, being dry for about 
seven months, from March to November, 
during which time food must be pro¬ 
vided. And how is it to be done ? No 
crop arrives at maturity during the wet 
season, for it is too cool, so Alfalfa is 
grown by irrigation. This wonderful 
plant, when subjected to the hot sun of 
California and given plenty of water, 
may be cut every three or four weeks 
for seven months, and will yield from 
114 to 3 tons per acre at each cutting. 
Alfalfa hay, fed with a small ration of 
meal, makes a food which is hard to 
excel. This may be proved by a glance 
at the cows and the contents of the milk 
pail, and the fact that the scrub cow is 
hardly known here. Milk retails here 
at seven and eight cents per quart. 
Los Angeles, Cal. e. s. 
Giving Medicines. —In Bulletin 43 of 
the Virginia Experiment Station, the 
following directions for doctoring stock 
are given: 
Medicines when given by the mouth, should 
usually be given in the fluid state to insure more 
rapid absorption. When small quantities are to 
be given, the best method is to throw the fluid 
well back in the mouth by means of a syringe. 
Larger quantities may be given in the form of a 
drench through the mouth. The practice of 
drenching through the nostrils cannot be too 
strongly condemned. The writer has on several 
occasions seen serious results follow this cruel 
method of drenching. In drenching, the head 
should be elevated only sufficiently high to pre¬ 
vent the fluid from running out of the mouth; 
since it is almost impossible for a horse to swal¬ 
low with the head pulled high in the air. The 
head should be elevated by means of a strap or 
rope fastened to each ring of the bridle bit, thus 
leaving the under jaw free. If medicines are to 
be given in a solid form, they are best adminis¬ 
tered in the form of a bolus, which may be made 
by mixing with the drug a little flaxseed meal or 
licorice root, using just water enough to make a 
stiff mass. The whole is wrapped in tissue paper, 
and placed well back on the roots of the tonguei 
Medicines may also be mixed with the animal’s 
food. If the animal refuses to eat his food con¬ 
taining the drug, a little pinch of the drug placed 
in his mouth before he has tasted the food so pre¬ 
pared, will give him the taste of the drug, and 
deceive him to such an extent that he will not 
notice anything wrong with his food. 
Curb on a Horse ; Liniment. —1. What 
is the best remedy for a bunch on a 
horse situated on the hind leg directly 
behind and about six inches below the 
hock ? Such a bunch is known here as 
curb. 2. What is the best liniment for 
any ordinary lameness in a horse ? 
Erie County, Pa. C. G. 
R. N.-Y.—1. Apply a biniodide of mer¬ 
cury blister to the curb. First clip the 
hair, and then rub the ointment in thor¬ 
oughly, allowing it to remain until the 
skin is well thickened, which usually 
requires 36 to 48 hours. The remaining 
ointment is now worked off with warm 
Castile soap suds, and the blistered sur¬ 
face occasionally anointed with vaseline 
sufficient to keep the skin from drying 
and cracking. The blister may be re¬ 
peated as soon as the crusts of the first 
blister drop off, if the curb has not been 
entirely removed. 2. Strong aqua am¬ 
monia and sweet oil make one of the 
best liniments for general purposes on 
the horse. If you wish to blister, use 
equal parts of ammonia and oil. One or 
two applications will blister. If desir¬ 
able not to blister, or to blister only 
lightly, use two parts of oil to one part 
of ammonia. Always shake well before 
using. _ f. L. k. 
SOME SUCCESSFUL POULTRY. 
My hens are a cross of Plymouth Rock 
with Light Brahma, alternating the male 
birds each year. The result is a fowl 
with many desirable qualities — large 
size, early maturity, good layers, excel¬ 
lent for the table, and a quiet dispo¬ 
sition. When the male is a Plymouth 
Rock, the chickens will all be like him ; 
but when he is a Brahma, they will 
range in color from almost pure white 
to glossy black. In this way, the flock 
of each year is entirely different from 
that of the preceding one—a great ad¬ 
vantage, as the old ones are then easily 
sorted out. 
I plan to raise 120 chicks each year. 
Early in March, 15 of the very best and 
largest hens are selected, and, with the 
male, kept apart from the others, and 
their eggs saved for hatching. For this 
duty, the lightest in weight are chosen 
as fast as they become broody. A very 
heavy hen is liable to break her eggs 
and crush her chicks when hatching. 
We have an old building, 6x10, with one 
small window, and in this the nests are 
made, on the ground, in a row around 
the sides, with only large sticks of wood 
between them and in front, to keep them 
in shape. 
As fast as the chicks are hatched and 
dried, they are taken into the house and 
placed in old flannel. When 24 hours 
old, they are fed hard-boiled eggs ; after 
that Urahain bread crumbled up dry. 
They are kept in small dry-goods boxes 
and clean paper slipped under whenever 
they are fed. They are covered with a 
cloth when sleepy, and well wrapped up 
at night; but care must be taken to leave 
a chance for a little air or they will 
smother. I keep them in a shop where 
there is a stove, and cover the boxes with 
netting to prevent them jumping out. 
After the weather gets settled, I put 
them in little low, board pens with wire 
netting stretched across, and take them 
out at night. At six weeks old, they are 
taught to sleep in their hatching house, 
and given their liberty. They can now 
eat wheat and cracked corn, and are but 
little trouble. 
As soon as the roosters weigh 3 % 
pounds, I begin to dress them and send 
them to our customers. As we go to the 
city with our butter every three weeks, 
this makes no extra work. They are 
glad to get the chickens at from 50 to 60 
cents apiece. By Christmas, they are all 
disposed of in this way, also the hens at 
from 60 to 75 cents each. Nothing is 
then left but the pullets which, by this 
time, are laying well. 
My henhouse is nothing but an old 
stable built on the south side of the 
barn. It is boarded up on the inside, 
and has one large, low window. I feed 
hot, boiled potatoes in the morning with 
cheese curd and ground feed to make a 
dry mass, seasoned with salt and cay¬ 
enne pepper. I give hot milk to drink. 
They have their breakfast at 8 o’clock, 
and at 4 a feed of wheat. No dinner, 
unless it is too cold or stormy to let them 
out. Then they get a large basket of 
litter from the hay loft, or a few nubbins 
of corn. They get all of the apple par¬ 
ings, and pick over the ashes, both wood 
and coal. I very seldom lose a hen. The 
greatest danger to be avoided is getting 
them too fat. But I observe them very 
closely, and if one is getting in that con¬ 
dition, she goes into the dinner pot or to 
market, in short order. As we raise a 
good many potatoes, there are, of course, 
many unsalable ones, enough to last 
from October to March. The droppings 
of the fowls, the eggs and chickens 
which we use in our family of six, should 
be worth nearly or quite half as much 
as the grain they consume. So I calcu¬ 
late that 8100 of the 8130 per year is, 
aside from the work, clear gain. 
Ohio. c. E. WAITE. 
WILD CHERRY POISONING. 
It is a common belief in this vicinity 
that for cows to eat wilted wild cherry 
leaves, is dangerous. We were recently 
mowing out the fences and carting in 
the accumulation of grass, tender bushes, 
shoots, etc., for the cows to sort over at 
night. By the way, they would reduce 
a horse-cart load so that the refuse 
cleaned out of the mangers could be car¬ 
ried out in one good-sized armful. There 
were some wild cherry sprouts in the 
collection, and the question of risking 
them resulted in throwing out some, and 
in placing the rest before the cows. 
From the limited amount they ate, no 
bad effects resulted. 
The doctor was visiting us at the time, 
and a branch of wild cherry leaves was 
placed before him, and the question 
asked : “Is there any poison in it, doc¬ 
tor ° ” “ Yes,” he said, “ there is. The 
leaves contain hydrocyanic acid or, as 
we commonly say, prussic acid.” “ Are 
there any other leaves containing this 
poison?” “Yes, the laurel.” “It is 
said that the wild cherry is dangerous 
only when wilted ; is this poison evolved 
in the wilting process?” “No, it is 
there all the while, but is comparatively 
insoluble till partially wilted. That is 
the case with any herb. You cannot 
make a tea from pennyroyal or catnip 
while it is green ; you may boil and 
boil till you are tired. But lay the herb 
out in the sun till it is well wilted, or 
until it is dried, and it yields its peculiar 
properties to you. The natural juice is, 
to a certain extent, insoluble either in 
the kettle or in the stomach. Thoroughly 
dried wild cherry leaves are as poisonous 
as the wilted ones, but do not tempt the 
appetite of the animal, and are only 
dangerous when scattered in among 
grass and eaten with it.” 
So much for the wild cherry. But the 
doctor touched another interesting point 
unconsciously. If green juice will go 
through a cow’s laboratory untouched, 
or to some extent untouched, why does 
not the same thing hold good of green 
fodders ? E. c. birge. 
To the Habitually Constipated, your sure, 
safe, and In most cases, absolutely painless remedy, Is 
Du. D. Jayne’s Small, Sugar-Coated Sanative 
Pills.— Adv. 
Mount Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio, June 17,1895. 
We have tested 3 remedies advertised* in Hoard’s 
Dairyman, for protecting animals against the torment 
of Flies anti Vermin : Verdict, enclosed find order 
for 13 gallons “ Shoo-Fly.” 
William Wood & Son. 
Mount Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio, July 1,1895. 
We are so much pleased with “Shoo-Fly,” send 9 
gallons more (making 21), immediately. Draft en¬ 
closed. William Wood & Son. 
SHOO-FLY IH’F’G. CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 
(Nee July Advertisement.) 
Death on Cattle Fly 
ANDSHEEP TICKS. The best Compound to keep 
the Flies off. FLUID OR 
PASTE FORM. Sample by 
mail. 25c. Write for circular 
price list and reference. 
C. E. MILLS OIL CO., 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
USE d I HH Jt CARBON- 
TAYLOR’S F U If I A Bisulphide. 
For killing Woodchucks, Prairie Dogs, Gophers 
and Kats, Insects in Grain, Seeds, etc. Shipped 
in 50-pound cans by the manufacturer. 
EDWARD It. TAYLOR. Cleveland,Ohio. 
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 SlOO Reward 
for every failure. 
If it won’t cure 
your horse of 
Colic, Curbs. 
Splints,Con traded 
and KnottedCords, 
Shoe Bolls, 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— Dear 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. Siiaw, No. Weymouth and Boston Express. 
Address Dr. S. A. TUTTLE, 27 Beverley St, 
BOSTON, MASS. 
RECORD TIGHT-SEAL PACKAGE 
FOB 
BUTTER AND IARD, 
Seals Tight Instantly, and Opens 
Instantly. What the country 
has always wanted and nevei 
been able to obtain until now; 
made in nine sizes, from one 
pound to 00. Quotations on ap 
plication to the RECORD 
MANUFACTURING CO., 
Conneaut, Ashtabula Co.. O. 
HIGH-CLASS 
Registered Jersey Cattle, 
CLOVER HAY WANTED. 
ROUT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
A. J. C. G. Jersey Cattle and Chester 
WHITE IIOGS.—Four choice Heifers and Bulls, 4 to 
10 months old. Chester IF kite. Pigs: Happy Medium, 
King of Chester Whites, heads the herd. Come and 
see or write. C. E. MORRISON. Londonderry Pa. 
PT A I I I DM —A fine black draft Stallion, registered 
0 I MLLIUIl (Napier No. 6070, foaled Sept. 7,1891), 
to sell or trade for registered cattle. Short-horn or 
Jersey. J. I. MOUTRAY. Olney, 111. 
CHENANGO VALLEY 
Stock farms, Greene, 
N. Y.,J. I). Van Valken- 
burgh, Jr., Proprietor. Dorset Horn, Shropshire and 
Rambouillet Sheep, Dutch Belted and Jersey cattle; 
also Poland China, Jersey Red and Suffolk Pigs. 
Recent experiment station reports show this 
BREED to give LARGEST RETURN for feed. Buy 
from the BEST. 
Willswood Herd 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
WILLS A. SEWARD. Budd’s Lake, N. J. 
CHESHIRES! ,ta -K D F - 4RM 
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. 
C HESTER VV111T ES-H a ve y ou been d Isap pointed 
swindled in buying pigs ? If so, try the old true 
type Chester Whites, bred by G. R. Foulke, West 
Chester. Pa. Have broad, dished face, lop ear, straight 
hair and hack,good body, hone and ham; aregrowthy, 
not coarse. Only breeder guar, satis, or frt. both ways 
Reg. Poland-Chinas 
and BKRKSHIRES. Choice 
large strains.8-week pigs not 
akin. Poland-Chlna Boars 
all ages. Hard time prices. 
HAMILTON A CO., Cofhrfiuville, Pa. 
We have begun booking 
orders for Fall Pigs. Send 
yours Correspondence solic¬ 
ited 
F. II. GATES & SONS, 
Chittenaugo, N. Y. 
8. W. SMITH, 
B erkshire, cheater white, 
Jersey Red and Poland China 
FIGS. Jersey, Guernsey and 
Holstein Cattle. Thoroughbred 
Sheep. Fnncj Poultry. Hunting 
and Honse Dogs. Catalogue, 
raivllie. Cheater Co.. Pcuno. 
100 
Choice P. Ducks. Must go quick to mako room 
Brookside Poultry Farm, Columbus, N. J. 
o.iiuiuuy cuuaeu, ground une t 
CflD Dnill TDV seasoned and hermetically 
■ »n rUULI III. sealed. Will keep an unlimited 
time until opened. Conveniently put up in 8-lb. cans. 
Especially adapted for chickens and moulting fowls. 
Ground tine, 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. 
FOR Q Al C—^ Utter of tine St. Bernard pup- 
* W»1 wHLL pies, from the best registered 
stock. C. M. ACKLKN, Alberton. Md. 
P atent Slow-Feed Manger j $1.00 each; 9.000 
sold. 50 Warren St., New York; 140 N. Broad 8t., 
Philadelphia, and 53 Elm St., Boston, Mass. 
Farm Cream Separators^ 
P. M. SHARPLKS. Westchester, 
—Power and hand 
Send for catalogue* 
Pa., Elgin, 111. 
I CT OR COW CLIP 
Holds cow’s tail to her 
leg and keeps it out of 
the milk and milker’s 
face All dealers sell it. 
1 30c. Single; Four $1. 
Sent by mail free 
on receipt of price by 
i manufacturers, 
Victor Novelty Works, 
832 Austin Av. Chicago 
BEFORE 
BUYING 
ANEW 
HARNESS 
Send 2-centstamp for80-page Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue of Custom Hand¬ 
made Oak Leather Harness, sold 
direct to consumers at wholesale 
prices. Why not buy from first 
hands and save the middleman’s 
profit. You can buy by mail as 
well as though here in person. 
Making to order a specialty. 
KING A CO., No. iOCItiirth St., Owcgo, N.V. 
ZT Still 
King 
THE BIT OF BITS. 
Will controll the most 
vicious horse. 
Sales Greater Than Ever. 
Sample mailed XC for Ai nn 
Nickel, Si. 50. $I*UU 
Stallion Bits 50 cts. extra. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON CO., R tf,£ E ’ 
Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine. 
Geo. W. Curtis, M. S. A. Origin, History, 
Improvement, Description, Characteristics, 
Merits, Objections, Adaptability South, etc., 
of each of the Different Breeds, with Hints on 
Selection, Care and Management. Methods of 
practical breeders of the United States and 
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