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THE  RURAt,  NEW-YORKER 
January  8,  1010. 
A  Fine  Holstein  Sire 
The  picture  at  Fig.  .15  shows  the  sen¬ 
ior  herd  sire  in  use  at  Green  Ridge 
Farm,  Waterville,  N.  Y.  This  bull  is 
King  Walker  Segis  2nd  102844.  As  he 
stands  he  was  3%  years  of  age  with  a 
weight  of  2100  pounds.  This  is  a  good 
hull  with  plenty  of  milk  and  butter  hack 
of  him,  as  his  nearest  dams  average  over 
30  pounds  of  butter  for  seven  days.  It 
is  remarkable  what  elTect  this  bull  would 
have  in  any  community  where  cattle  with 
more  or  less  Holstein  blood  are  to  be 
following  are  results  for  the  month  of 
November : 
The  cream.  867  pounds  sweet  to  cream¬ 
ery  tested  21.5  butter  fat ;  they  paid  him 
for  184  pounds  butter  at  35  ceuts,  $64.40, 
and  at  same  time  he  churned  at  home 
41314  pounds  of  same  kind  of  cream, 
from  which  they  made  10314  pounds  but¬ 
ter.  Now  you  will  see  that  it  took  4.71 
plus  pounds  cream  at  the  creamery  to  get 
a  pound  butter,  while  it  only  took  3.00 
pounds  at  home.  Iu  other  words,  had  he 
churned  it  all  at  home  he  would  have  had 
King  Walker  Segis  2nd  102844.  Fig.  15 
found.  These  superior  bulls  are  now 
finding  their  way  into  such  communities, 
and  the  result  will  be  very  apparent 
within  a  few  years. 
New  York  Milk  Law 
1  live  in  an  unincorporated  village. 
My  neighbor,  across  the  street,  keeps 
from  two  to  four  cows,  and  the  neigh¬ 
bors  in  tlie  vicinity,  somewhere  from  six 
to  10,  have  been  in  the  habit  of  going 
there  to  get  milk.  Everyone  takes  his 
own  pitcher  or  pail  to  get  lii.s  milk  in  : 
some  go  in  tlie  morning  and  some  in  the 
evening.  No  pitchers  or  pails  are  left 
there  from  one  milking  to  the  next.  His 
stable  has  a  eoucrete  lloor  and  is  kept 
clean  and  presentable;  cows  look  clean 
and  neat,  and  his  patrons  are  well  satis¬ 
fied  with  his  milk.  Itut  now  the  health 
officer  of  the  village  tells  him  he  must 
get  a  permit  to  sell  his  milk,  must  get 
bottles  to  put  it  in.  and  it  must  be  la¬ 
beled  grade  B  or  grade  0.  lie  tells  me 
if  he  has  to  go  to  all  of  that  trouble  he 
will  quit  keeping  cows  and  give  up  the 
rnilk  business  altogether,  which  the 
neighbors  are  very  sorry  to  have  him  do. 
as  his  milk  has  always  been  a  good  arti¬ 
cle.  and  we  have  a  chance  to  see  how 
things  are  kept  where  it  is  made.  Can 
you  irive  us  some  advice  upon  the  subject, 
and  tell  us  where  we  may  be  able  to  get 
the  law,  and  other  information  in  regard 
to  it?  I).  B.  n. 
Wallkill,  N.  Y. 
It  will  be  necessary  for  one  who  keeps 
these  cows  for  the  purpose  of  retailing 
milk  from  them  to  obtain  a  permit  from 
his  local  health  officer  after  having  had 
his  barn  and  methods  scored  t"  establish 
the  grade  under  which  the  milk  may  he 
sold.  This  Avill  put  him  to  no  expense 
or  trouble,  however,  since  it  is  one  of  the 
duties  of  the  health  officer  for  which  he 
is  paid  by  the  municipality.  The  milk 
need  not  be  bottled,  but  any  containers 
from  which  it  is  dipped  must  have  a  tag 
attached  showing  the  grade  of  the  milk 
and  the  permit  must  be  displayed  iu  a 
public  place.  Under  the  present  regula¬ 
tions.  it  is  not  at  all  difficult  to  obtain 
a  standing  of  grade  B  for  milk  produced 
under  reasonably  sanitary  conditions, 
while  grade  C  calls  for  so  few  precau¬ 
tions  to  insure  cleanliness  and  wholo- 
someness  that  il  is  a  question  whether 
this  grade  should  not  be  abolished  and  all 
milk  required  to  grade  as  I>  before  being 
offered  for  sale.  By  applying  to  the 
State  Department  of  Health,  Albany,  N. 
Y..  the  regulations  governing  the  sale  of 
milk  at  retail  may  be  procured.  M.  b.  d. 
Home  Churning  vs.  Creamery 
I  submit  the  following  figures  about 
butter-making  by  tlie  creamery  and  at 
home,  thinking  perhaps  they  may  interest 
some  of  your  readers.  My  nephew,  a 
fanner  living  near  me,  has  up  to  last 
October  churned  all  his  cream  at  home, 
but  at  that  time  concluded  he  would  put 
a  part  of  it  into  the  creamery,  and  the 
321  pounds  of  butter  instead  of  28744 
pounds,  a  difference  of  $11.72,  which  he 
loses  by  sending  to  creamery  for  one 
month  only.  W.  C.  RAYMOND. 
Vermont. 
Dogs  and  Sheep  Raising 
Sheep  raising  which  should  be  one  of 
Bradford  County’s  (Pa.)  biggest  indus¬ 
tries  is  fast  becoming  nil  simply  because 
farmers  with  land  adapted  to  sheep  herd¬ 
ing  have  become  discouraged  through 
depredations  of  many  dogs,  which  are  al¬ 
lowed  to  roam  through  the  woods  and 
fields,  not  only  fields  but  chase  a  buggy 
from  town  and  chase  and  kill  ducks  and 
geese  along  the  road,  and  the  people  seem 
to  think  it  sport. 
Some  farmers  blame  the  hunters  for 
the  actions  of  the  dogs.  Cases  have  been 
repotted  where  hunters  have  stood  by  and 
watched  their  dogs  chase  sheep.  It  is  not 
the  farm  dogs  that  destroy  sheep,  but  the 
town  dogs,  mostly  hounds  or  with  a 
trace  of  hound,  also  the  bull  dog  or  cross. 
To  allow  a  dog  to  chase  sheep  is  to  teach 
that  <log  to  kill  sheep.  To  take  a  dog 
where  sheep  arc  browsing  is  to  teach 
that  dog  where  sheep  can  he  found, 
There  seems  to  be  a  strain  iu  the  or¬ 
dinary  dog  which  makes  him  fond  of 
something  to  chase.  It  seems  only  nat¬ 
ural  for  some  canines  to  sneak  into  the 
fold,  kill  two  or  three  animals,  and  then 
slink  away.  The  next  morning  the  farm¬ 
er  finds  the  carcasses,  cusses  a  little  as 
a  rule,  makes  claim  upon  the  county,  and 
in  due  time  the  loss  is  partially  paid  ac¬ 
cording  to  law. 
To  lose  live  or  six  sheep  out  of  a  dock 
of  25  or  30  is  apt  to  discourage  the  most 
optimistic  sheep  raiser.  A  repetition  of 
the  depredation  generally  brings  him  to 
the  conclusion  that  it  is  no  use  and  he 
discontinues  sheep  raising,  and  thus  quits 
what  might  be  under  better  conditions  a 
very  profitable  branch  of  farming  in 
Bradford  County. 
The  hill  land,  and  there  is  much  of  it 
in  this  county,  is  ideal  for  sheep  raising, 
but  the  industry  will  never  be  what  it 
should  until  hunting  dogs  and  town-bred 
dugs  and  excluded  from  the  country  farms 
and  roads.  They  often  attack  cattle, 
pigs  or  any  other  animal  or  bird  that 
will  run.  The  dog  may  only  cast  a  glance 
at  the  sheep  while  the  stern  master  is 
near,  but  that  same  dog  will  probably 
sneak  into  the  fold  and  do  a  great  deal 
of  damage.  If  you  own  a  dog,  and  think 
him  worth  keeping,  keep  him  at  home. 
1 1  is  bark  will  warn  you  of  intruders,  and 
lie  can  fulfill  his  duties  as  a  watchman. 
With  no  dogs  running  at  large,  sheep 
raising  in  Bradford  County  will  take  the 
place  it  deserves.  judson  macafjce. 
Bradford  Co.,  Pa. 
Silver  Fox  Farming 
The  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture 
has  issued  Bulletin  301,  on  “Silver  Fox 
Farming  in  Eastern  America.”  This  book 
of  35  pages  is  well  illustrated  and  gives  a 
good  statement  regarding  the  business  of 
breediug  foxes  in  captivity.  Without 
question  this  has  now  become  a  regular 
business,  and  while  there  is  not  much 
money  in  it,  yet  apparently  it  has  be¬ 
come  reasonably  promising.  The  shortage 
of  expensive  furs  from  wild  animals  has 
made  this  fur  farming  possible.  The  pub¬ 
lic  still  demands  fur  garments,  and  as 
money  accumulates  in  any  community 
there  will  be  a  greater  demand  for  expen¬ 
sive  furs.  More  and  more  of  the  wild 
land  is  being  taken  up  and  put  at  work, 
and  work  and  wild  furs  do  not  go  togeth¬ 
er.  Consequently  fur  farming  will  iu 
time  become  as  legitimate  a  business  as 
milk  or  meat  farming.  What  we  have  ob¬ 
jected  to  in  the  past  is  not  the  business 
itself  but  the  scheme  of  promoting  it.  and 
selling  stock  in  some  of  these  enterprises 
before  there  was  anything  else  to  sell. 
There  is  no  question  but  that  many  peo¬ 
ple  have  been  requested  to  put  up  their 
money  into  a  pair  of  foxes  and  a  hole  in 
the  ground.  The  business  is  now  coming 
down  to  a  commercial  and  definite  basis, 
and  we  hare  no  doubt  that  in  some  fa¬ 
vored  localities,  men  who  are  naturally 
hunters  and  fond  of  wild  animals,  can 
make  such  a  business  fairly  successful. 
This  pamphlet  is  an  excellent  statement 
of  the  situation.  Anyone  interested  in 
the  matter  may  well  secure  it  and  give  it 
a  thorough  study. 
Rambouillet  Sheep 
In  an  article  on  page  1468,  issue  of 
December  11th,  you  apeak  of  the  Ram¬ 
bouillet  French  Merino  sheep  being 
brought  to  this  country  iu  1840.  Chan¬ 
cellor  Livingston,  when  he  was  Minister 
to  France,  sent  to  this  country  two  pairs 
SWINE 
Holsteins  at 
Auction 
Topsy  Korndyke  Beets,  31.6  16.  at  3 
years  and  still  on  test. 
Fairmont  Korndyke  Iris  De  Kol.  28.6  lb. 
Her  daughter  by  Sir  Woodcrest  Korn¬ 
dyke  Kate  De  Kol. 
Edie  Nelherland.  27.13  lb. 
Her  daughter  by  a  grandson  of  Pietje 
22d’s  Woodcrest  Lid.  Aaggie  Cornuco¬ 
pia's  Paul  DcKol  and  Neah  Pauline  De 
Kol  (25.8  lb.) 
Neah  Dichter  Spofford  Korndyke,  a 
daughter  of  Pledge  Spofford  Calamity 
Paul  and  the  34-lb,  cow,  Neah  Pauline 
De  Koi  2d  Korndyke, 
Neali  Pauline  De  Kol  Korndyke,  a  full 
sister  to  Neah  Pauline  De  Kol  2d  Korn¬ 
dyke. 
Minnie  De  Kol  6th  (26.6  lb.  at  3>4 
years)  a  daughter  of  Aaggie  Cornucopia 
Johanna  Lad  7th  trom  a  25-lb.  daughter 
of  Paul  Beets  Do  Kol. 
Daisy  Clothildo  Burke.  26  lb. 
Otsego  Albina  Belle  (27  lb,  at  three 
years),  a  granddaughter  of  Pietje  22d's 
Woodcrest  Lad. 
Topsy  Pride  (25.3  lb. ) 
Letty  Maud  2d  (26  lb,)  a  granddaugh¬ 
ter  of  Johanna  Aaggie  2d's  Lad. 
Verbelle  Raphaella  Johanna  (24.6  lb.) 
a  granddaughter  of  Johanna  Rue  3d’s 
Lad. 
KING  KORNDYKE  PONTIAC  LASS,  a 
son  of  the  greatest  champion,  K  P  Pon¬ 
tiac  Lass  (44.1  1b.)  and  a  full  brother  to 
the  $15,000  bull.  Spring  Farm  Pontiac 
Cornucopia. 
Iva  De  Kol  Pontiac  Bess,  a  17.8-lb. 
two-year-old  daughter  of  the  30-lb.  cow, 
Iva  De  Kol. 
These  are  hut  "as  a  drop  in  a  bucket." 
They  are  only  a  few  of  the  good  things 
to  be  sold  in  the 
Big  4  Sales 
There  are  a  large  number  of 
others  with  records  of  20  to 
over  25  lb.  Others  from  great 
record  dams.  Several  families 
which  will  add  prestige  to  the 
best  of  herds  and  which  will 
make  money  for  the  man  who 
develops  them.  Daughters  of 
sires  of  exceptional  quality. 
Remember  the  places  and  dates 
SYRACUSE.  N.  Y. 
January  17-18, 1916 
EARLVILLE,  N.  Y. 
January  19-20, 1916 
Be  sure  to  attend. 
Liverpool  Sale  6  Pedigree  Co., Inc. 
Sale  Mg’rs.  Liverpool,  N.  Y. 
A  Choice  Lot  of 
LARGE  YORKSHIRE 
and 
CHESTER  WHITE  BOARS 
Ready  for  immediate  service 
HEART’S  DELIGHT  FARM 
Chazy,  -  New  York 
Registered  Large  English  Berkshires 
of  nil  ages.  Eight  month  pig  dressed  334  lbs.  Have 
shipped  as  far  south  ns  Nort  h  Onrolinn,  Two  month 
old  pigs,  $5,  DAVID  WIAN’T,  Hunlinnton  Mills,  Pa. 
BERKS  HI  RES^Vs 
T  offer  you  one  of  tlie  best  lots  of  Berkshires  that  I 
ever  owned,  nil  especially  line  showing  of  gilts.  Come 
and  make  your  own  selections.  If  you  can't  come, 
write  your  wants.  H.  L.  Brawn,  Walerpnrl,  Orleans  Co., N  Y. 
Fnr  Qo|o-’,,'v<*  Thoroughbred  BERKSHIRE 
rui  vale  i  to  A  Its  One  year  old.  A  Iso  five  Hol¬ 
stein  bulls.  All  animals  vigorous  and  from  High 
Grad.*  stock.  Reasonable  terms.  IHC  NCW  YORK  STATE 
TRAINING  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS  Ynrklowu  Heiolds,  New  York 
LARGE  BERKSHIRES  AT  HIGHWOOD 
We  offer  tlie  best  lot  of  service  boars  we  have  ever 
seen  together.  Many  000  pound  prospects.  Send 
for  list.  JT.  C.  tV  IT.  1J.  Ilarpencling,  Dundee,  N.  Y. 
BERKSHIRE  BOARS 
with  ni 7.o,  quality  and  best,  of  breeding.  PRICES  RE- 
OUCEP.  il.M.TEKWILLIGEK,  14 Irkvlllo. N. Y. 
B  E  R  K  S  H I R  EST,?  Wilt  $£: 
SUNNY  BROOK  FARM,  Smithtown.  N.  Y. 
Purebred  BERKSHIRES-^,™!:*  JfcXNSi 
sows.  CLOVKKDALK  FARM, Chariot  t  o.  N.Y. 
BERKSHIREStT*10  deep,  heavy,  bone  type 
ULiiuDiimto  Grown  tor  breeder*  and  guaranteed  as 
represented.  Prices  light.  A  C.  HOOPER,  Butman,  Md. 
LARGE  SERVICE  BOARS 
of  March  and  April  farrow. 
J.  E.  WATSON,  -  Marble  Rale,  Conn. 
CEIELROX  FARM  REGISTERED  DUROCS 
^  Pigs  Of  both  sex,  Bred  ■sours.  Service  boars. 
Best  of  breeding.  C.  K.  ItARN'E.S,  Oxford,  N.Y . 
Kinderhook  Ouroc-Jersey  Swine  Isso.-Jtll&l,' 
in  the  East  for  registered  stock  of  all  ages,  Best  of 
breeding.  Free  from  disease.  Pairs  not  related. 
C.  M.  PALMER,  See  y-Treas.,  Valatie,  N.  \\ 
Pedigree  Chester  Whites  XJk^VtKe"1 
Ridgely  Manor  Farm,  -  Stone  Ridge,  N.  Y. 
mm&m  ass 
FOR  PURE  BRED  TAMWORTH  SWINE 
write  or  visit  WHSTVIKW  STOCK  FARM.  R. 
F.  I>.  No.  1,  Winnt on-Snlem,  Nortli  Carolina 
DOGS  and  FERRETS 
“WHY  OWN  AN  AIREDALE?” 
“  Because  he  is  a  ‘  pal,’  a  labor  saver,  a  pleasure 
geller,  a  protector,  a  money-maker,  and  above  all 
is  a  dog  that  is  worth  more,  than  lie  cost  you."  We 
have  this  kind.  Send  for  full  particulars, 
APEX  KENNELS,  (Airedales  exclusively.)  Cheshire.  Conn. 
Registered  AIREDALE  PUPPIES 
Pedigree  contains  fifteen  Champions,  many  of  Uieiu 
leaders.  Prices  reasonable.  Write  for  sates  sheet. 
HERBERT  TKOTTKK,  Woodstock,  Virginia 
f  orrptc  f/\r 1a  Either  color,  large  or 
i  crreib  lor  Gale  mated  pairs  or  Dozen 
lots.  Choice  stock.  C.  H.  Keefer  8  Co  .  Greenwich.  Ohio 
prDD  ETS  *  <)R  S  A  L  E-White  or 
,  77  1  .  .  1  **  brown.  Guaranteed  clean, 
healthy  stock.  Illustrated  book  nnd  price  list  free. 
LEVi  FARNSWORTH,  New  London,  Ohio 
ShpnhfirH  Piino  I-  i  \  E  w  E  E  K  s  o  r,  r> . 
o  nep  liBrO  r  UpS  UAVIO  STONE, R  F.0. 3,  North  Adauis.  Mass 
NEWFOUNDLAND 
PUPS,  $25  to  $50.  J.  H.  CLARK, 238  Broadway, Paterson, N.  J. 
For  Sale-Ferrets,  Guinea  Pigs,  Rabbits,  Toulouse 
GEESE  AND  PEKIN  DUCKS.  C.  JEWELL,  Spencer,  O. 
HORSES 
Kentucky  Jacks  and  Saddlers 
Always  a  good  lot  of  Kentucky  Mammoth  Jacks 
and  Jennets.  Saddle  Stallions,  Geldings,  Mares 
and  Colts.  Write  us  fully  describing  your  wants. 
THIS  HOOK  FARMS,  Box  436  L.  Lexington,  Ky. 
Highland  View  Stock  Farm 
Our  barns  are  Ailed  with  the  best  Percberon  and 
Belgians  at  the  lowest  prices. 
0.  N.  WILSON,  Prop.,  -  Kittanning,  Pa. 
100  Perclieron  and  Belgian  Stallions 
MAKES  A  NR  HOLSTEIN  CATTLE, 
AJso  SHETLAND  PONIES.  Free  circular. 
A.  W.  GREEN.  -  Middlefiehl,  Ohio 
For  Sale-Jet  Black  Percheron  Stallion 
Giron  No.  841)33.  4  years  old.  Grandson  of  noted 
Bisque.  S.  C.  McCLINTOCK,  Franklin,  N.  Y. 
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