1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
695 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Cut Bone and Hens. —A. W. P. should 
feed three-quarters of a pound of fresh 
cut green bone to his flock of 12 hens, 
every other day. I made a small V- 
shaped trough which prevents the bone 
getting on the ground, and becoming 
dirty and unfit to eat. m. j. s. 
Denver, Colo. 
Sheep from Argentine. —It is said 
that upwards of 50,000 live wethers per 
month are exported from Argentine, and 
that the business is likely to he extended 
to a much larger extent. The Royal 
Mail Steamship Company are to start 
six new steamers for the transportation 
of live stock between that country and 
Europe. These are mutton sheep. What 
are our sheep breeders doing, mean¬ 
while ? 
Poisoned Chicken for Hawks. —Is 
there any drug that can be put in 
chicken feed that will kill a hawk which 
may chance to eat the chicken, yet not 
hurt the chicken ? If so, what amount 
for any given quantity of feed ? I am 
under the impression that I have heard 
of such a drug, hut am not sure. 
Milford, Pa. H. e. f. 
It. N.-Y.—No. The thing is not prac¬ 
ticable, though we have seen it recom¬ 
mended by persons who would have 
difficulty in telling a hawk from a 
chicken. Poison that would kill the 
hawk, would kill the chicken long before 
the hawk could get near it. 
Green Cut Bone. —I have been experi¬ 
menting for some time and the best re¬ 
sults I have is to feed about one ounce 
of green cut bone to each hen, per day. 
I feed sunflower seeds twice a week at 
night, corn and wheat alternate nights, 
and give them all they will eat; but I 
feed very sparingly mornings, and throw 
small grain in the litter and they are 
busy all day. During the summer I do 
not feed at all, as my fowls have the run 
of the farm, and they have paid for 
themselves many times this season in 
destroying the grasshoppers, which are 
very thick here. The latter are destroy¬ 
ing beans and grain completely about 
here, and corn fields are alive with them. 
Waterville, N. Y. G. <T. f. 
Here is a Danish method of prevent¬ 
ing mites in cheese, as given in the Dairy 
World: 
The ceiling, walls, floor and shelving of the cur¬ 
ing room are whitewashed several times until 
the mites are destroyed. The cheese is first placed 
in a brine bath for 24 hours, and then in the cur¬ 
ing room for 14 days, during which time it is 
wiped off daily. After 14 days it is thoroughly 
scraped and washed in lime water, placed on 
shelves and kept clean; if a layer of slimy mold 
should again appear, the cheese must again be 
scraped and washed with lime. 
More than $1,000,000 are sent from 
this country to Europe every year for 
cheese. What’s the matter with making 
these cheese here ? Judging from some 
of the butter that comes to this market, 
we can make cheese that smells just as 
bad as any of the foreign product. 
A Farmer’s Story. —I have never been 
any hand to doctor stock ; I don’t believe 
that it is profitable to fuss with stock to 
any great extent. A long experience 
has led me to this conclusion. I keep 
all my stable floors in good order, and 
have come to believe that this is more 
essential than night watching and medi¬ 
cines. I have always been around to 
see all of my stock just before retiring, 
but never, during my whole life, have I 
saved more than a single creature. I 
have a neighbor who manages to lose an 
average of one horse per year. He feeds 
his horses all the hay they will eat, 
waters only once per day, and then 
allows all they will drink, even when it 
is almost at a freezing temperature. 
He called me out once in the night and 
wanted me to come right down because 
“ old Fan ” was sick. I told him that I 
did not know anything about dosing, but 
that I would accompany him as a neigh¬ 
bor. I found the snow - sifting ^through 
the cracks of the barn on an old mate 
whose back was humped up, and whose 
hind feet stood on a pile of manure that 
had not been cleaned out in months. She 
was shivering and trembling, as though 
her last hour had arrived, and, turning 
her head, she appealed to us in a most 
pitiful manner. I told him I could pre¬ 
scribe for his case, although I knew very 
little about physic ; shortly after my 
prescription had been carried out, which 
included the carrying out of the manure 
and the shutting out of the wind and 
snow, the animal got well. Good care 
and fodder go further than medicine. 
Fairfield Co., Conn. Charles h. iiurd. 
A Dishorning Mixture. —To one pound 
of Babbitt’s concentrated lye, which is 
used in making soap, add one or two 
gills of water; dissolve the lye over a 
slow fire, then quickly bring it to a boil¬ 
ing heat, and stir in six tablespoonfuls 
of flour and remove from the fire ; when 
cold, put a small quantity, big as half a 
pea, on the back of the hand ; should it 
begin to smart within two minutes, wash 
it off for comfort’s sake, then warm up 
the mixture, add more water and flour. 
The idea is to have a mixture that is 
salvey, so that it will stay where it is 
put, which can be applied with the finger 
(or swab) to both horns before it begins 
to bite and the calf begins to squirm. 
The mixture should be applied when the 
calf is two days old. N. w. b. 
Ohio. 
SOME AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
A Case of Bloody Milk. —I have a fine 
cow that commenced giving bloody milk 
out of one teat 10 days or two weeks 
ago. I don’t know the cause. What 
shall I do for her ? s. d. c. 
Silver Creek, Neb. 
The bloody milk coming from only one 
teat, would indicate that that quarter of 
the udder had been bruised or otherwise 
injured in some way. Milk carefully, 
and after each milking bathe that quar¬ 
ter of the udder with camphorated spirit, 
rubbing in gently with the hand. If 
the bloody milk does not then cease in 
a few days, give the cow one pound 
Epsom salts with one ounce of Jamaica 
ginger, dissolved in two or three pints 
of warm water, and administered at once 
as a drench. Repeat the dose in two or 
three days if not freely purged by the 
first dose. Also give tablespoonful doses 
of nitrate of potash in the feed or drink¬ 
ing water twice daily. If grain is being 
fed, reduce the ration until the trouble 
ceases. 
Treatment for Sweenied Mare.—I 
have a three-year-old mare with a lame 
shoulder. According to F. L. Kilborne, 
on page 477 of The R. N.-Y., it is 
sweenied. It has the rolling outward of 
the point of the shoulder, and the 
shrunken muscles on the outside of the 
shoulder. It is now two months since it 
happened, and as we have no veterinary 
here, I would like to know if anything 
can be done for it now. The mare has 
been allowed to run in the pasture since 
then. 1. Would it be advisable to work 
her this fall ? 2. Will the roll of the 
point of the shoulder go away? 3. If 
an active liniment would restore the 
muscles, give a formula. t. m. 
Vandervoort, South Dak. 
1. Y'es. Moderate daily exercise or 
light work on level ground is desirable. 
2. Yes, when the muscles have recovered 
from the sprain. 3. Use strong aqua 
ammonia one part, and sweet oil two 
parts, well shaken together. Apply over 
the whole region of the shoulder every 
two or three days, until the skin is 
moderately blistered. Then repeat as 
soon as the crusts from the first blister¬ 
ing drop off, and continue until the 
muscles have regained their usual vol¬ 
ume, and the point of the shoulder its 
natural position. It would be well not 
to use the colt on the plow, in the wood 
lot, or on other uneven ground for sev¬ 
eral months after recovery. 
THE SILO QUESTION AGAIN. 
E. M. G., on page 1(57 of The R. N.-Y. 
asked as to the desirability of making a 
round silo of staves 2xG inches, and 
hooping it like a railroad water tank. I 
have never used a round silo, but have 
examined a number so made, and I 
pronounce them a humbug of the worst 
kind. A silo built on this plan, large 
enough to feed 20 cows, would shrink 
and swell as much as 12 or 15 inches in 
its circumference. If drawn up tight 
when dry, the swelling of the lumber 
when filled with the green corn, would 
burst the hoops though made of inch 
round iron. If not drawn up before fill¬ 
ing, plenty of the corn leaves and small 
bits of stalks, and the kernels, even, 
would fall into the cracks, and no amount 
of swelling would make it completely 
tight. I have seen such a silo, on stand¬ 
ing empty a single summer, shrink so 
that some of the staves dropped over 
inside. 
Any man who finds his ensilage in¬ 
jured by molding, may be almost sure 
that it comes from lack of being per¬ 
fectly tight. There is no question but 
whole corn put into the silo, will keep 
as well as that which is cut, provided it 
be put in as compactly ; but here is the 
trouble. I have been in a good many 
silos filled with uncut corn, and 1 have 
never seen one in which there was not a 
good deal of spoiled ensilage along the 
sides, and in the corners where the corn 
had not been packed tight. The fact is, 
it is almost impossible, I think quite so, 
to get the corn butts so packed along 
the sides that air will not get in and 
spoil more or less ensilage. Then it is 
such slow, hard work to put the whole 
corn in. I can hire a man with an 
engine for $2.50 per day, and it will cost 
50 cents more for fuel. This man and 
engine will cut and elevate into the silo 
all the corn we can get to it, cutting it, 
on the way. To get in the same amount 
of corn, would take four or five men, 
and then they could not do it half so 
well. Again, when we come to take out 
the uncut corn, it is five times as much 
trouble, and the cattle will not then eat 
it as well unless run through a cutter. 
As to cutting or shredding, I have had 
no experience ; but my cattle eat the cut 
ensilage perfectly. When we are feed¬ 
ing two or more tons per day, our stock 
do not leave a hat full of the whole 
amount. j. s. woodward. 
The System is Often so Rapidly Reduced by a 
severe attack of Diarrhea, or other Bowel Affection, 
that it would be better to keep by you Dr. Jayne’S 
Carminative Balsam, a sure curative for Asiatic 
Cholera, Cramps, Dysentery, and the Summer Com¬ 
plaint of Children.— Adv. 
GOIYIBAULT’S 
Caustic 
A Safa Speedy and Positive Caro 
The Safest, Best BLISTER overused. Takes 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe action. 
Removes all Bunches or Blemishes from Horses 
and Cattle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OR FIRING Impossible to produce scar or blemish. 
Every bottle sold is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price $1,50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
sent by express, charges paid, with full directions 
for its use. Send for descriptive circulars, 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland O. 
Feeders of Stock 
Kindly Stop a Minute. 
We wish to remind you of the 
importance of using liberally 
OUR LINSEED OIL MEAL. 
And, furthermore, that the present is the most 
favorable time to iay in a stock for fall and winter 
use. Prices are exceptionally low. and must advance 
with activity in demand now so near at band. 
If you delay too long, please remember that we 
gave you fair notice. Address 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS, 
DETROIT, MICH. 
BARREN COWS CURED 
The following la from HON. WAYNE MacVF AGJ1. 
Ambassador to Italy: 
Brookfield Farm, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
You can quote from this note my assurance that 
your medicines always gave me the greatest satis- 
S 0 ^,,MOORE BROS., Albany, N.Y. 
HIGH-CLASS 
Registered Jersey Cattle 
CLOVER HAY WANTED. 
KOBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
irPQTYQ FOR SALK.—Young Bulls 
II tlawEn 8 VJP and Heifers. Dams by 
Stoke Pogls 5th; Ida's Rioter of St. L.; Landseer's 
Harry, etc., sire son of Prospect Rioter. 
JAS. T. ARMSTRONG. 1014 Penn Avo., Pittsburg, Pa 
A. J. C. C. Jersey Cattle and Chester 
WHITE HOGS.—Four choice Heifers and Bulls, 4 to 
Hi months old. Chester White Pitjs: Happy Medium. 
King of Chester Whites, heads the herd. Come and 
see or write. C. E. MORRISON. Londonderry. Pa. 
uuum UuilH OIILLI Aline stock of Year¬ 
ling and Lamb Rams to select from. Come and see 
or write. L. B. FREAR, Ithaca, N Y. 
UABADGUIDE D AUC -Cannot bo excelled 
IIHffirOaUslEi flMltld for crossing on 
grades. Cannot be equaled for marking Iambs with 
black faces and legs. See advertisement for August24, 
W. A. BASSETTE, Farmer, Seneca Co., N. Y. 
You are requested to examine the exhibit from the 
Willswood Herd 
Berkshire Swine and Guernsey Cattle. 
New York State Fair. Syracuse. August 26 to 30, and 
New Jersey State Fair. Waverly. September 2 to 6. 
See exhibit of “ P. A B. Compound ” for live stock. 
WILLS A. SEWARD. Rudd’s Lake. N. J. 
QmRS»Q~ - *' or ?ale - four Litters and 
DLll b\ 3Isf. aS four Boars, two years. All 
registered. Cheap. PARK FARM, Now Brunswick.N..I 
CHESHIRES! ,h# -K>" R * 
1$ 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 
reft 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. 
pHESTKK WHITES Have you been disappointed 
U swindled in buying pigs ? If so. try the old true 
type Chester Whites, bred by G. R. Fopi.kk, West 
Chester. Pa. Have broad, dished face, lop ear, straight 
hair and back, good body, bone anti ham; are growl,hy, 
not coarse. Only breeder guar, satis or frt. both ways 
Reg. Poland-Ghinas 
and BERKSHIRES; Choice 
large strains.8-week pigs not 
akin. Poland-China Boars 
all ages. Hard time prices 
HAMILTON A CO., Cotlirunvillc, I’a, 
100 
Choice P. Ducks. Must go quick to make room 
Brookside Poultry Farm, Columbus, N. J. 
MANN'S BONE CUTTER A 
Ary it before you nay for lU 
Nothing on earth will 
MAKE HENS LAY 
Like Green Cut Bone. III. catlg. free if you uumo 
this paper. F.W. MANN CO.. MILFORD, MASS. 
P atent Slow-Feed Manger; $100 each; 9.000 
sold. 50 Warren St., New York; 140 N. Broad St. 
Philadelphia, and 58 Elm St., Boston, Mass. 
USE 
TAYLOR’S 
FUMA 
CARBON 
Bisulphide. 
For killingWoodehucks, Prairie Dogs.Gophers 
and Rats, Insee.ts in Grain. Seeds, etc. Shipped 
in 50-pound cans by the manufacturer. 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR, Cleveland,Ohio. 
/ '^same thing—When your best home is laid 
all up by agaliedshoulderand you can puthim 
u a to workand cure him atsame time by using 
Bickmore’s Call Cure. Also for tints. Scratches, 
Sore l eats on Cows. Sample mailed for lOcts. 
Bickmoee Gall Cuke Co., Box 205. Old Town, Maine. 
THE COPPER CURE REMEDIES 
are warranted. WINK OF COPPER instantly 
destroys all microbes, germs and parasites that cause 
Hoof-Ail, Fouls, Foot-Rot. Thrush. Scab, Itch. Mange, 
Ringworm. Chronic or Obstinate Sores. Proud Flesh, 
Canker, etc. JOHN’S COMPOUND cures Scratches 
and Skin Diseases. Either Compound sent postpaid 
for 60 cents. Address 
THE COPPER CURE CO., Cortland, N. Y. 
BEFORE 
.BUYING 
A NEW 
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. 
KI.\U A CO., No. 10 ( hurrli SI., Owrgo, N.Y. 
New York College of Veterinary Surgeons 
And SCHOOL OF COMPARATIVE MEDICINE. Chartered 1857. 
For circular of information, address H. I). GILL, V. S., Dean, 154 Esi.st 57th Street, New York. 
ELLIOT’S PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. 
To dairymen or others who will use it, we will send half a ream, 8x11, free, if they 
Will forward 30 cents to pay postage. Why not try the Best Butter Wrapper ? 
FREE 
A. G. ELLIOT <fc CO., Paper Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa, 
