1895 
8o3 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(continued.) 
should cattle be, to insure safe breed¬ 
ing ? ” 
“Absolutely safe breeding can be ob¬ 
tained only in no relationship at all. I 
have seen enough of it to convince me 
that inbreeding is not justifiable in the 
smallest fraction. The trouble in trans¬ 
mitting and developing valuable char¬ 
acteristics by inbreeding, is simply this : 
One is liable to fail in fixing the type 
bred for, and at the same time very liable 
to develop a characteristic that is very 
undesirable.” 
“ Can you name an instance ?” 
“ The breed of hogs known as Chester 
White has, for years, and in different 
parts of the country, shown a proneness 
to be humpbacked. The strangest part 
of it is that one may raise four litters of 
as good pigs as ever walked, from the 
same parents, and the fifth litter may be 
all deformed in this way. The general 
opinion among all intelligent stockmen 
seems to be, that it was caused by in- 
breeding at some remote generation of 
the breed ; as it is, the defect amounts 
to almost a characteristic.” 
False Registration; The Future. 
“Is it possible, under the present sys¬ 
tem of registration, to pedigree an ani¬ 
mal falsely without danger of detec¬ 
tion ?” 
“There is but one possible way by 
which fraud could be perpetrated. A 
cow might lose her calf, and another, 
not so well bred could be substituted. I 
am glad to be able to say, however, that 
most stockmen do business fairly and 
squarely.” 
“What is the most satisfactory cross 
for beef purposes with a mulley sire ?” 
“The most satisfactory cross in beef 
cattle is with the Ilerefords, the Short¬ 
horns, Devons, and Red Polls closely 
following.” 
“Have you ever tested the compara¬ 
tive weights of different breeds at one, 
two, and three years old, giving all an 
equal chance ?” 
“We have had the Angus and Short¬ 
horn side by side, with most satisfactory 
results from the Angus, but never tested 
them by actual weight to note the dif¬ 
ference.” 
“When increasing your own herd by 
buying, what points in an animal are 
taken into consideration ?” 
“He must set well on the ground, 
have good proportions, and a clear 
pedigree.” 
“Upon which do stockmen lay most 
stress, good blood, good feed, or regu¬ 
larity of attention ?” 
“If I had my choice of either one, 
I would take all three; but good blood 
is primarily necessary to get the best re¬ 
sults from the other two. A thorough¬ 
bred animal, or a grade, will respond 
much more quickly to good feed and 
regularity than a mongrel, though there 
is no question but a mongrel will do 
better with both.” 
“ I suppose that you sometimes lose in 
this business, as well as other people ?” 
I asked. 
“ Yes, we lost $200 in about 10 seconds 
last year. We had gone to great trouble 
and considerable expense, to get a herd 
together for sweepstakes exhibits at the 
fairs. The first time we attempted to 
car the yearling bull for shipment, by 
some oversight, the opposite car door 
was left open and he jumped out of the 
car over an embankment and broke his 
leg. We had to substitute another bull, 
just as well bred, but not so perfectly 
built; the result was that we lost our 
sweepstakes, besides the loss on the 
animal.” 
“ What indications are apparent in the 
cattle market ?” 
“ One gentleman, whose opinion is 
worthy of attention, says that cattle will 
advance to eight cents inside of a year. 
I place a more conservative estimate on 
the probable advance, however, though 
I believe that it will be very ••material. 
The feed shortage does not extend over 
a sufficient scope of territory to justify 
so sanguine a prediction ; everybody is 
disposing of the surplus, and, of course, 
the bull is the first to go. For this rea¬ 
son, I anticipate a bull famine next year, 
and advise breeders to buy every blooded 
bull they can keep over.” j. d. 
Jersey or Guernsey. —We are thor¬ 
oughbred poultry breeders. We also 
keep scrub cows, but are getting sick of 
it, and have decided to keep thorough¬ 
breds. We wish a kind of cow absolutely 
for butter. We have a cream separator, 
sell our butter in a city market near by, 
and get a good price for it. We wish a 
cow that will make the most butter 
from the same amount of feed. We care 
nothing for a meaty cow. We have a 
56-acre farm, and it will carry from 12 
to 15 cows. Considering our needs, which 
of the two breeds—Guernseys or Jerseys 
—would you suggest to start with ? 
A. j. s. 
R. N.-Y.—We are glad to learn that 
you are “ getting sick” of scrub cows. 
I hat is a healthy sickness for a dairy¬ 
man to have. As between Jersey and 
Guernsey, we have had our say several 
times. This is a good subject to discuss. 
Let’s hear from the Jersey and Guern¬ 
sey breeders. With this man’s herd for 
a basis, why is a bull of your breed 
better than some other breed ? 
Sorghum in Kansas— With us an acre 
of sorghum will produce a somewhat 
greater weight of fodder than an acre of 
corn, the cultivation and fertility being 
the same. The leaves and small canes 
can be successfully cured. The larger 
canes will retain a considerable percent¬ 
age of moisture, and after exposure to 
freezing weather, portions of them will 
undergo fermentation, which in part de¬ 
stroys their sweetness and palatability. 
So unless the seed is sown very thick, 
and the individual canes consequently 
are very small, sorghum fodder cannot 
be so readily cured as forage from corn 
There is no danger of feeding sorghum 
fodder, green or dry, to stock of an.y 
kind with the following two excep¬ 
tions : First, second-growth sorghum 
has, for reasons as yet unknown, fre¬ 
quently proved to be poisonous to cat¬ 
tle when pastured on it. There are 
numerous cases on record where they 
have escaped uninjured ; but the fatali¬ 
ties to cattle as the result of eating sec¬ 
ond-growth sorghum, have been so great 
that it is never wise to pasture it. Sec¬ 
ond, it is not wise to feed cane to breed¬ 
ing males, especially bulls. It affects 
their virility and they become sluggish 
and uncertain breeders. None of these 
objections applies to corn fodder. If 
wanted simply for forage which it is in¬ 
tended to cure as corn fodder is cured, I 
would drill it thickly in rows just far 
enough apart to admit of cultivation. I 
would have the rows quite broad, and at 
least one cane to every running inch of 
row. . It should be sown during corn 
planting time. prof. c. c. georgeson. 
A Hard Cough distresses the patient, and racks 
both Lungs and Throat. I)r. D. Jayne’s Expectorant 
is the remedy wanted to cure your Cough, and relieve 
both the Pulmonary and Hronchial organs.— Adv. 
PS - 
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The greatost horse 
remedy in the 
world. Not simply 
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in t.ho advertise¬ 
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If it won’t cure 
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Colic, Curbs. 
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and KnottedCords, 
Shoe Bolls, when 
first started, and 
Callous of all 
kinds, you will re¬ 
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Express Company. 
Sample free for 
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„ . _ postage. 
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I have used Tuttle’s Klixir,” and cured a spavin on, 
a mare that had been lame more than a year, and for 
colic I think it is tho bost I ever saw. 
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BOSTON, MASS. 
(What a Lot of Eggs 
the hens lay when fed on Green 
Cut Bone! With a dozen hens 
Mann’s 
GREEN BONE 
Cutter 
will pay forltself In ashorttlmelntholncreasoofegga. 
$5.00 buys one. 
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dry and right. If your grain dealer does not keep it, 
send to the factory nearest you. CUT GREEN 
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3>£T Hand Bone, Shell, and 
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INCUBATOR. 
A Catalogue of 64 Pages. Gives 
iull information of cost of raiHinif 
poultry and at the least expense. '1'he 
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The Monarch Incubator. 
The best, most prac¬ 
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No night work or addled eggs 
connected with its use. Send 
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Makes hens lay. 
Makes chickens grow. 
Th ' i Bowker 5! ”- p " , 
43 Chatham St 
..Boston 
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL REMEDY 
n _ FOR man or beast. 
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Read proofs below: 
KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE 
Bluefoint, L. I., N. Y., Jan. 15.1894. 
Kendali, Co.—I bought a splendid bay 
e time ago with a Spavin. I got him 
for *30. I used Kendall’s Spavin Cure. The 
S? l VJ! ,n ls KO ? e now and 1 have been offered *150 
„° r T borse. I only had him nine weeks, 
so I got $120 for using *2 worth of Kendail’sSpavin 
W. s. Mabsden. 
KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE 
_ „ T TT „ Shelby, Mich., Dec. 16,18S3. 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co.—I have used your Kendall’s 
aSS, v if„ Cu i r ?,'! v Ill g ? od 8 .V cceBS for Curb, on two 
horses and it is the best liniment I have ever used, 
_ , _ August Frederick. 
Price *1 per Bottle. 
For sale by all Druggists, or address 
Dll. li. ,T. KENDAPE COMPANY, 
ENOSBURGH FALLS, VT. 
CANNED MEAT rhl8f ??d Is nice, fresh meat 
__ ” 1 carefully cooked, ground fine 
FOR POULTRY seasoned and hermetically 
fbrioi.T.n UL 1 . V seal , e<1 - Will keep an unlimited 
time until opened. Conveniently put up in 8-lb. cans 
Especially adapted for chickens and moulting fowls 
Ground line, 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 
nil MEAL. (XSJ) LINSEED fill 
J7 "ForHorses.Cows, I For House Barn UIL 
Sheep, Hogs, Fowls, etc. I Fence, etc Is tha l; 
Health, Strength, Produc- and quality of any Paint 
tive Power to animals. | or White I o-ui 
Ask for “Thompson’s Oil or Oil Meal/’a reliable nmv, 
19 W.Diamond 8t..Allegheny? i’a THOMPSON & CO™ 
Haif Wild Turkeys 
„ , , , * Trios. 0.00 
hS?, C h^ I) T Ce8 w,, t r ,?. erlots - 0ur old Gobblers were 
BERKKH nK»>H e W f ound in the woods. 
« JL tv K S II I K E P I G S , eight weeks old, from 
recorded stock per pair. $10. 
M. B. ROWE & CO , Fredericksburg, Va. 
R fi R IFRHflRN 9 elth er sex, from $1 to $3 
' .\R' each. The best of their 
Kind. A few White and Barred Plymouth Bock Cock- 
erels and Buff Cochin liens cheap. 
8 . A. LITTLE, Malcom, Seneca Co., N. Y. 
The “Lakeside” Herd. 
HiLhlTiSail' 
CLOTHILDE H. H. B. 1308. 
Milk record 26,021 pounds 2 ounces In a year. But¬ 
ter record, 28 pounds 2)6 ounces in a week. 
We have 100 of this cow’s descendants for sale. If 
this is the class of cattle you want, write to 
SMITHS & POWELL, CO., Syracuse, N.Y. 
HIGH-CLASS 
Registered Jersey Cattle. 
KOBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
HARRY REEDER & CO « of imported stoek, 
cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, house and hunting dogs, 
illustrated catalog free. Tiiorndalb, Chester Co.,Pa 
CHENANGO VALLEY 
burgh, Jr. Proprietor. Dorset Horn, Shropshire and 
Bamhouillet Sheep, Dutch Belted and Jersey cattle; 
also Poland China, Jersey Bed and Suffolk Pigs. 
COME one! COMEall! LAUGH and SMALL! 
to seo exhibit at Madison Square Garden, 
New York City, November 25 to 30, or 
Willswood Herd 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd’s Lako. N. J. 
CHE8HIRES! Tte Eo™ M 
I» the Banner Herd of the world. Awarded 
more than three time. a. many I-’irst Premi¬ 
um. (at tho World’. Fair, Chicago) a. all tho 
re.tof the Cheshire exhibitor, put together; 
17 First Premiums and Special Mention! 
I.lon’. share of First Premiums and Gold 
Medal at N,Y. Slate Fair, 1H94. Why not 
buy the best? Prices low. Correspondence 
solicited. 
B. J. HURLBUT, Clymcr, N. Y. 
nnflWMoreHogsl Better Hogs! 
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4 mos. trial 10c. Sample copy FREE. 
Whinery’a Swina Advooata, Salem, 0. 
C HESTER WHITES Have you boon disappointed 
swindled In buying pigs ? If so, try the old true 
type Chester Whites, bred by G. B. Foulk e, West 
Chester, Pa. Have broad, dished face, lop ear, straight 
hair and back,good body, bon© and ham; arc grow thy 
not course. Only brooder guar, satis or frt. botii ways 
CHESHIRES 
Sows with pigs; Service 
Boars. Thirty 8-woek.s 
I'igs. Ihxl rock oriccH. 
W. K. MANDEVILLK, Brookton, Tomp. Co., N. Y 
Gheshires from Foundation Herd 
I have now shipped 44<> times to men I had sold to 
before. E. W. DAVIS, Torrlngford, Conn. 
GHESHIRES 
PURE AND CHOICE. 
ED. S. HILL, Peruville, N. Y. 
N OW READY. The finest 
Chester Whites I ever bred, 
2 to 6 months old, at reduced 
prices, in keeping with the 
times Breeding stock all reg. 
In Nat’l Chester White Rec- 
ord. Write your wants and I 
will quote you prices of lndl- Silt Francis 28(59. 
vldual pigs. Also 2 litters of Scotch Collie Pups 
KDWABD WALTER. 
Eureka Stock Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
REGISTERED BERKSHIRES. 
FOB SALE.— Registered Berkshire Sow. nicely 
marked, in good condition, sired by a Seward-bred 
Boar; is a sure breeder; has had 32 pigs in three llt- 
u r i«’ w i,.- b . e l ’ ru<l if d «sired. Also one reg’d Boar, 3 y rs 
i rice, «p>5.) each. 
GEO. STAPLIN, Jr., Mannsville, Jeff. Co., N.Y. 
Registered Duroc-Jersey Pigs for Sale. 
J. M. DANIELS, Box 206, Saratoga Springs. N. Y. 
Reg. Poland-Chinas 
Berkshires and Chester 
Whites. Choice large strains, 
8-week pigs not akin. Boars 
and Sows all ages. Hard 
time prices. 
HAMILTON AGO., Coehrmn.llle, Fa 
Reg. Poland-China Hogs. 
Choice lot of Boars and Sows 
ready for breeding. 8-week 
Pigs not akin. Lowest prices. 
5 H. C. Jacoby, Seven Mile, O. 
Poland-China Pigs 
the GATES II O M E STE A l> STOCK 
J? ABM are always right. Send for photo of pig. 
F. H. GATES & SON, Chittenango, N. Y, 
B ronze Turkeys— Splendid young birds, graded 
with wild blood. Also fine B. C. B. L. Cockerels 
Win SAVBBOOK VALLEY POULTRY YARDS 
uaK uni, N. Y., for rates. 
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BEST BREEDS OF POULTRY. 
Pay Better than grain or vegetables, 
lietter than horses, hogs or cows, too. 
Secret—Pure stock aud learn how. 
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Address M. SAGER, Knob Mountain Poultky 
Farm, Orangeville, pa. 
