1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
867 
UVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(continued.) 
had been and were bred and built for 
business. I found exceptional cows in 
all breeds ; but for uniformity, the 
Guernseys lead, and since making 1 the 
choice, over 12 years ago, I have seen 
no reason to change my opinion. In 
fact, it has been strengthened each year. 
The Guernsey appears to me to be 
essentially the cow for the business 
farmer. Hardy, thrifty, of the proper 
size and color—once seen never for¬ 
gotten. No manufactured article can 
compete with the richness of the Guern¬ 
sey cream and butter ; it has a color 
peculiar to itself which shows its true 
and never-failing characteristics when 
placed beside the others. The Jerseys 
are fine, excellent, but the Guernseys 
better. 
Some of the Jersey breeders are be¬ 
ginning to resort to outcrosses on their 
finely-bred stock. Why ? To increase 
size and vigor. Notable among these 
breeders is Mr. Havemeyer, of New 
York, who is engaged in a most laudable 
enterprise for the benefit of the public 
and every working farmer. He has im¬ 
ported the Simmenthalers to cross with 
his Jerseys in the hope of getting the 
vigor, size and milking qualities of the 
Simmenthalers with the richness of the 
Jerseys. What will he get if he be suc¬ 
cessful ? So far as color, form and 
markings go, an animal nearly identical 
with what the Guernsey now is. But it 
will require a number of years of careful 
breeding to fix the desired type, and 
then will the resulting animal ever have 
the golden color peculiar to the Guern¬ 
sey, and the wonderful power of repro¬ 
ducing it, generation after generation ? 
But if we have in the Guernsey what 
others are striving for, why haven’t we 
in her the typical dairy cow, the butter 
cow, the business cow, the profitable 
cow ? And if she is not the typical cow, 
what is that cow, and what does she 
look like, and what is she good for? 
My advice would be to any one in doubt, 
buy Guernseys until you find something 
better. In my judgment, so long after¬ 
wards as you keep cows for profit, you 
will own Guernseys, john b. bowkkr. 
Worcester County, Mass. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
What is “Hackney Action?”— 
Famous Hackney breeders in Virginia 
are said to produce it by exercising colts 
daily in a kindergarten bedded deep 
with rye or wheat staw, to force the 
young things to lift their knees to their 
noses. Untrained Hackneys of the best 
conformation, substance and spirit, 
travel much like any other breed. New 
York City horsemen have paid thousands 
of dollars for the rye-straw movement. 
And what is it compared with the elastic, 
sinewy step of the Thoroughbred, or the 
machine like precision of the trotter? 
These are in the blood, j. a. teuesdell. 
Why Pigs Squeal.— Dr. Louis Robin¬ 
son in the North American Review, in 
speaking of wild traits that have been 
preserved in tame animals, gives the 
following ingenious illustration : 
The true wild boars and the feral hogs which 
have escaped from captivity in various parts of 
the world, go about in herds for mutual protec¬ 
tion ; and when one is attacked, the others stand 
by him and defend him. This affords an explana¬ 
tion of the original use of the shrill voice of the 
pig, and of his readiness to exercise it whenever 
he is in trouble. In fact, whenever you hear a 
pig squealing, you hear a testimony to the in¬ 
trepid deeds of his race in the past, as eloquent 
and emphatic as a Fourth of July oration. In 
the wild state, it was his appeal for help, to 
which he knew his brethren, one and all, would 
respond with splendid loyalty and courage. 
Many a hunter has had to climb a tree to save 
his life after wounding one of a herd of peccaries. 
Now the hog would not expend his breath in ear- 
splitting squeals unless he felt pretty sure of 
getting some benefit from so doing. His squeal¬ 
ing, therefore, amounts to a lively expression of 
faith in the noble moral qualities in his brethren. 
It conveys precisely the same sentiment as do the 
words of the stump orator when he says: “Gentle¬ 
men, I well know your constancy and your cour¬ 
age ' You have proved many times in the past 
that you are no mugwumps who go to roost on a 
fence when the party is in danger ! I confidently 
look to you, therefore, to stand by me in the 
present tremendous crisis.” 
Warming Henhouses.—I have an oil 
heater that cost, when new, $12. I 
thought that it would be a great thing 
for the hens, and I used it some the first 
winter that I had it—never since. One 
of my neighbors keeps over 1,000 hens, 
and I always noticed every time that I 
went past his place, no matter how cold, 
that his henhouse window would be 
open. And he gets lots of eggs ; he 
beats me every time. My houses are 
double-boarded with matched lumber, 
the roof with a two-inch space between 
the boarding. The sides and ends have 
a four-inch space between. There is 
only one full window to each pen. It 
has a shingle roof, and is so tight that I 
am troubled with moisture. They claim 
that, with open windows, there is no 
moisture. Of course, the window is 
closed along towards night. 
Another man here put in a flue under 
ground in his henhouse, and at one end 
a large place to put in wood, using it 
four feet long. It was a grand place for 
small chickens, but it was burned up 
clean last year, and the owner rebuilt; 
but no more fire for him. Ice does not 
form on the water in my double house, 
and, for me, I would not have artificial 
heat, though it did not cost me anything. 
But I would like to know how to get rid 
of the moisture on the roof inside without 
open windows. I would say to those 
who have houses so cold that everything 
freezes hard nights, that artificial heat 
would make them more comfortable, and 
I think would be a benefit. p. c. 
New Hampshire. 
An Egg Trade.—T he Washington 
l'ost reports this trade transaction : 
“ Hello, sir! ” 
“Mornin’, Reub! ” responded the proprietor of 
the village store. 
“ How’s all tew hum ? ” 
“ ’Bout middlin’. Baby’s got the hoopin’ cough. 
How’s your folks ? ” 
“ Doin’ nicely, thankee. Can’t complain.” 
“ Say, Si, want t’ trade ? ” 
“ Dunno; what ye got ? ” 
“ An aig.” 
“ Only one ? ” 
“ That’s ail.” 
“ Enytliing special about the aig! ” 
“Nope. Jes’’n-aig.” 
“ Didn’t cum all way down here jes’ trade for 
’n aig, did you ? ” 
“ Yep, that’s all.” 
“ Well, I’ll be darned! What ye want fer yer 
aig?” 
" What’ll ye give ? ” 
“ Knittin’ needle.” 
“ All right, here’s the aig.” 
Another pause. 
“ Say, Si! ” 
“ Well?” 
“ Goin’t’ treat ? ” 
“ What for ? ” 
“ Oh, nothin’ ! Only thought ye might be goin’ 
t’ treat. Sort of custom ’round here. Eskerege 
alius treats when I mane a trade at his store.” 
“ Jehosaphat ! I didn’t make anything on yer 
aig! ” 
“ Oh, never mind! Don’t hev t’ treat if ye don’t 
want to! ” 
“Well, I’ll be switched! Ye beat eny man fer 
a trade I ever seen. What’ll ye have ? ” 
“ Well, Si, if ye don’t mind, guess I’ll have cider 
’n aig.” 
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