of  these  sheep,  which  he  says  ‘'arrived  in 
safety  in  the  Spring  of  1802.  and  were.  I 
believe,  the  first  couples  ever  imported 
into  the  United  States.”  Chancellor  Liv¬ 
ingston  says  this  in  the  preface  to  his 
"Essay  on  Sheep,  intended  chiefly  to  pro¬ 
mote  the  introduction  and  propagation  of 
Merinos  in  the  United  States  of  Ameri¬ 
ca.  by  proving,  from  actual  experiments, 
the  great  advantage  thereof  to  agriculture 
and  manufactures.  By  B.  R.  Livingston. 
Printed  by  order  of  the  Legislature  of 
the  State  of  New  York.”  In  this  preface 
Mr.  Livingston  also  mentions  that  he 
learned  Col.  Humphreys  had  succeeded, 
some  short  time  after,  in  introducing  a 
much  greater  number  of  Merinos  directly 
from  Spain. 
In  the  farm  journal  of  my  grandfather, 
William  Wilson,  for  1811,  he  says: 
"Rams  1. — Spanish  full  blood  Merinos 
imported  in  October  1810.  Cost  me 
$180.  1. — 15-16  Blood,  bought  of  R.  R. 
L.  Cost  $125.  4. — 94  Blood,  bought  of 
A  Drygoods-Box  Smokehouse 
In  regard  to  article  on  page  1410. 
about  smoking  meat  in  fireplace,  would 
say  there  is  a  better  way  if  anyone  has 
only  a  small  supply  of  meat.  I  take  a 
drygoods  box  the  size  according  to  the 
meat,  turning  the  open  top  to  the  ground, 
then  dig  a  little  trench  about  as  deep  as 
a  stovepipe,  to  lay  pipe  in.  One  end  must 
Dry  Goods  Sox  iurned 
upside  doum 
ove  pipe 
A  Drygoods-Box  Smokehouse.  Fig.  16 
go  a  little  way  under  box,  the  other  at 
least  four  feet  away.  Lay  old  pipes  in 
trench,  or  any  substitute  will  do,  a  piece 
of  tin  across  the  ditch  or  some  flat  rocks. 
Break  about  two  or  three  narrow  boards 
out  of  the  top  of  box  and  hang  your  meat 
on  strong  sticks  in  box.  Put  the  boards 
back  :  if  you  notch  the  places  for  sticks 
in  the  side  of  box  the  top  fits  almost  in 
smooth.  Weigh  top  down  with  heavy 
rocks  so  no  dog  or  anything  can  disturb 
meat  and  you  have  a  line  smokehouse. 
Start  fire  at  the  other  eud  of  ditch  and 
see  how  nicely  it  works.  If  you  have 
an  old  shed  or  outbuilding  that  would 
not  do  for  a  smokehouse,  put  box  inside 
and  dig  ditch  under  the  door  and  out 
that  way  a  good  many  feet  from  the 
building  on  account  of  fire,  then  you  can 
lock  the  door  at  night.  If  there  is  no 
danger  of  stealing  the  outside  is  best ; 
I  have  always  smoked  my  meat  in  that 
way  when  I  first  started,  and  always 
had  good  results,  only  one  time  it  got 
stolen.  F.  s. 
St.  Joseph,  Mo. 
Alfalfa  Hay  for  the  Sick 
As  evidence  that  growing  shotes  and 
lowing  kine  arc  not  to  have  a  monopoly 
of  so  valuable  a  forage  plant  as  Alfalfa, 
some  advertising  literature  recently  sent 
out  by  an  enterprising  firm  of  manufac¬ 
turing  pharmacists  is  interesting.  In 
“Alfatone” — the  very  name  is  bracing — 
these  purveyors  of  drugs  to  the  medical 
profession  offer  a  “reconstructive  tonic 
and  nutrient”  which,  according  to  the 
label,  contains  120  grains  of  Alfalfa  to 
the  ounce,  15  per  cent,  of  alcohol  and  a 
very  small  amount  of  several  other  well- 
known  vegetable  hitters.  As  modern 
medical  science  has  decided  that  the  “bit¬ 
ters”  of  which  our  forefathers  were  so 
fond  can  exercise  no  appreciable  influ¬ 
ence  upon  the  human  system,  the  virtues 
of  Alfatone  must  rest  upon  Alfalfa  and 
alcohol,  and,  as  alcohol  is  destructive 
rather  than  reconstructive,  and  only  in¬ 
directly.  if  at  all,  a  nutrient,  it  is  evi¬ 
dent  that  Alfalfa  alone  can  put  the  tone 
into  Alfatone. 
The  dearth  of  medical  literature  on 
Alfalfa  is  plaintively  offered  by  these 
manufacturing  druggists  as  their  excuse 
for  going  to  the  Department  of  Agricul¬ 
ture  for  facts  with  regard  to  the  plant. 
No  testimonials  from  well-fed  calves  are 
THE  R  URAL 
offered,  but  the  amount  of  protein,  car¬ 
bohydrates  and  fat  contained  in  100 
pounds  of  Alfalfa  hay  are  given,  and  the 
number  of  pounds  of  the  various  ele¬ 
ments  removed  from  the  soil  by  one  of 
the  crop  is  stated.  What  incredulous 
physician  could  balk  at  such  evidence,  of 
the  value  of  Alfalfa  hay  to  any  of  his 
patients  who  need  reconstructing?  If  an 
armful  will  nourish  a  horse  for  a  day, 
what  wouldn’t  a  tenspoonful  three  times 
daily  do  for  human  kind?  Alfalfa  bis¬ 
cuits  are  said  to  have  been  made,  if  not 
eaten,  and  now  comes  an  Alfalfa  tonic. 
Can  it  be  that  there  are  yet  undiscovered 
possibilities  in  our  Alfalfa  meadows? 
AJAX  FLAKES 
TT'HIS  valuable  distillers’  grains  contains  about 
31%  protein,  13%  fat.  It  is  twice  as  strong  as 
bran.  You  cannot  make  milk  economically  if  you 
use  bran.  One  pound  of  AJAX  FLAKES  does  the 
work  of  two  pounds  of  bran,  and  saves  $14  per  ton. 
AilftK 
fUlGTTET  UUTS 
Protein  J: 
FBI  11 
Curbobrdrataa  30-41 
ftbra  ia-r 
AJAX  FLAKES 
Holds  hundreds  of  official  records  and  many  world's  records.  It  is  used  anc 
recommended  by  Cornell  Agricultural  College,  Pennsylvania  State  Collegt 
and  prominent  breeders,  You  should  lay  in  your  supply  now, 
Send  for  Feeders '  Hand  Book  with  tables  and  feeding  instructions 
BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS 
CHAPIN  &  CO.,  Dept.  R  HAMMOND,  IND 
The  Old  English  Sheep  Dog 
This  dog  is  gray  or  grizzle  and  white, 
never  tawny,  if  well-bred.  A  good  pup 
only  six  weeks  old  will  drive  a  yearling 
where  he  thinks  that  “critter”  ought  to 
go.  and  the  yearling  walks  right  along, 
until  she  turns  to  see  wlmt’s  driving  her. 
Then  there’s  a  merry  flash  of  heels  and 
dog  is  rolled  over  and  over,  only  to  go 
at  the  job  again  as  soon  as  he  is  right 
side  up — and  the  heels  won’t  hit  him  the 
second  time.  Kindness  is  the  one  way  to 
teach  an  Old  English  sheep  dog,  they 
don’t  need  the  whip  at  all.  I  have  known 
a  full-grown  dog  to  catch  a  rabbit  and 
never  bite  it.  Their  last  thought  is  to 
bite,  and  they  are  watch  dogs  of  the  first 
class.  Their  one  desire  is  to  please  their 
master,  and  seldom  is  any  human  worthy 
of  the  devotion  poured  out  at  his  feet  by 
one  of  these  shaggy  dogs.  They  have 
been  working  dogs  for  over  two  hundred 
years  and  in  England  their  masters  avoid¬ 
ed  tile  tax  levied  on  hunting  dogs  by  bob¬ 
bing  the  tails  of  these  gray  fellows,  Eng¬ 
lish  Bobtails  is  one  form  of  their  name. 
They  guard  their  master  and  his  family 
and  his  property  with  their  last  breath  if 
need  be,  but  it  seldom  comes  to  that.  A 
straggler  with  a  club  stands  not  the  small¬ 
est  chance  of  getting  past  a  gray  brother. 
His  very  bark  puts  the  fear  of  the  Lord 
into  any  marauder,  and  the  quality  of 
the  bark  informs  his  master  immediately 
of  the  sort  of  trouble  that  is  about.  Long 
life  to  the  Old  English  sheep  dog  and 
better  acquaintance  between  him  and  the 
American  farmer.  H.  H.  baker. 
New  York. 
?  CT  O-Hriad  Salvage  Grain 
from  mill  fire.  Feed- 
Price  I.ow.  Ask  for  sample' 
Mill  M,  Jackson,  Mich. 
Purebred  Registered 
Anna  Dean  Farms 
Offer  for  Sale 
GUERNSEY  BULL  NO.  735 
Probably  the  longest  and  most  exhaustive 
tests  of  dairy  cattle  in  the  world,  made  by  the 
Wisconsin  Experiment  Station,  showed  that 
the  registered  purebred  Hoistelii-Frlealsri  cows 
fur  exceeded  all  other  breeds  when  the  tests 
wore  extended  over  a  number  of  years,  due  to 
their  more  regular  breeding,  and  higher  unifor¬ 
mity  of  butter  production  every  your.  The  Hol¬ 
stein  cow  Johanna  in  ti  fivo-yonr  test  Averaged 
■ISO. 81  pounds  of  fat  and  an  average  yearly  net 
profit  of  t80. 17.  Investigate  the  big  ''Blnck- 
aud- Whites.  1 
Send  for  FREE  Illustrated  Descriptive  Booklets 
The  HoUtein-Friesian  Association  of  America 
F.  L.  Houghton,  Sec’y,  Box  105.  Brattleboro.Vt. 
SIRE:  Imp.  Goldsccker  of  Anna  Dean  Farm 
No.  2»il(W,  1  holiest  May  Rose  bull  in  America. 
His  sire  is  Golden  Secret,  the  wonderful  son 
of  Rose  of  Gold.  “Goldscckei  "  is  a  full  brother 
to  the  dam  of  Langwatcr  Hope,  the  leader  in 
(  lassF.  with  a  rccotd  of  10.078 pounds  of  milk. 
773  of  fat. 
DAM:  Has  an  A.  R.  record  of  412  pounds  of 
butterfat  as  a  two-year-old.  She  is  a  sister  to 
Julie  of  the  (  lime.  17, WJ  of  mill*.  !63  of  butter- 
fat;  Johanna  Chene,  Iti.  I8t>of  milk.  8ti8  pounds 
of  fat  as  a  three.ycat -old  and  twenty  others 
with  large  records. 
PRICE,  $2SO.OO.  Ready  for  Service 
BARBERTON,  OHIO 
SPOT  FARM  HOLSTEINS 
%  Holstein  heifer  calves  1 
week  old  ¥15  each,  s  regist¬ 
ered  hotter  calves  2  to  lu 
months  old  $10u  each.  Reg¬ 
istered  bull  calvt:«¥2o  to  lot). 
Express  paid  In  lots  of  5. 
2  ready  tor  service  $UU  to  $75 
each.  Registered  cows  $125 
11]),  high  grade  cows  $5U  up. 
1  carload  of  S-yrnr  olds  $55 
each.  We  are  in  the  heart 
of  the  Holstein  section,  see 
us  before  you  buy. 
T  17  T,  T,  Y,  N.  Y. 
THE  GUERNSEY 
stands  for  Economical  production.  More 
profit  from  every  bound  of  feed.  Do  you 
want  cowslVial  will  improve  your  Dairy! 
Write  for  f  re®  literature. 
Guernsey  Cattle  C\ub, 
Box  R  Pelerboro,  N.H. 
LEDYARD  BAY  GUERNSEYS 
120  High  Grade  Cows.  The  best  that  can 
bo  found.  SOM  11  IfRKSH.  balance  due 
Oct.  and  Nov.  Come  and  look  them  over. 
Stay  and  see  them  milked. 
Ill  Keg  bolls  ready  for  use. 
1U  Heifer  calves.  (5  months  Old. 
2(J  Heifer  calves.  10  days  old. 
JOHN  B.  WEBSTER, 
Dept.  Y.  Cortland,  N.  Y.  Bell  Phone  14.  F.  5 
Do  you  want  a  bull  !  lliave  them.  Big,  strong, 
growth}-  fellows  with  plenty  nf  bone  and  dairy  ca¬ 
pacity.  I  mast  sell  to  make  room.  Now  is  your 
chance  to  got  a  hull  this  fall  at  half  what  they  are 
worth  Write  now  for  prices  and  pedigree. 
OTTO  W .  POST,  .  Ensenore,  N.  Y. 
GUERNSEY  BULL  CALVES 
six  months  old.  sired  by  half  brother  to  Azncena's 
Pride-champion  four  year  old— and  bull  rich  in 
Sheet  Anchor  and  Glenwood  blood.  $50  each, 
younger  hulls  at  less  price  for  Quick  acceptance. 
We  are  short  of  room.  Edward  van  Alstyne 
&  Son,  Sunnyside  Farm,  Kinderhook,  N.  Y, 
Coming  Live  Stock  Sales 
Shorthorn  Sale,  Ohio  Shorthorn  Breed¬ 
ers’  Association,  Tiffin,  Ohio,  Jan.  12; 
IV.  0.  Rosen  burger,  secretary. 
Shorthorn  Sale,  Ologg  Bros,  and  Jef¬ 
frey  &  Wallace  Ainsworth,  Iowa,  Jan 
When  you  can  save  expense  of  sellers  and  jobbers 
profits  by  buying  from  our  herd.  Mnst  vacate  one 
fin  m,  and  offer  Reg.  Holstein  Cows,  bred  heifers  and 
yearlings  at  reduced  prices.  Male  calves.  $25  and  up. 
Service  bull.  $75.  Satisfied  customers  everywhere. 
HILLHURST  FARM  kft&HSSOf.'V! 
GUERNSEY  BULL RSM 
ZNQ;  dropped  April  15, 1915;  good  markings.  Prico, 
$10(1  Terms  can  be  arranged  to  suit  the  purchaser. 
Address,  Tashama  Farm,  Nantucket,  Alass. 
Liverpool  Sale  &  Pedigree  Co..  Syra¬ 
cuse  Sale  Pavilion,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Jan. 
17-1  s. 
Shorthorn  Sale,  American  Shorthorn 
Breeders’  Association.  Denver,  Colo.,  Jan. 
19. 
Liverpool  Sale  &  Pedigree  Co.,  Hol¬ 
stein  Sale  Pavilion,  Earlville,  N.  Y.t  Jan, 
19-20. 
Horse  breeders’  sale,  all  breeds,  Bloom¬ 
ington,  Ill.,  Jan.  26-29,  C.  \V.  Hurt,  sec¬ 
retary. 
Iowa  Draft  ITorse  Breeders’  Associa¬ 
tion,  Fair  Grounds,  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
Feb.  9-10;  G.  II.  O'Brien,  secretary. 
Shorthorn  Sale.  UoCk  field  Breeding 
Association.  Roeklield,  ind.,  Feb,  11. 
Shorthorn  Sale,  Iowa  Shorthorn  Breed¬ 
ers'  A&soqifition,  E.  R.  Sillimau,  Colo, 
Iowa,  manager,  February  23. 
Ontario  Don 
white;  ready  for  service.  Sire,  35.1.51  lb  bull;  dam, 
roy ally  bred  twin  heifer,  18.52  lbs.  at  2  yrs.,  0  mos. 
Price,  1250$  and  worth  20  ordinary  bulls.  Send  for 
pedigree.  Cloverdale  Farm,  Charlotte,  N.  Y. 
BELLMATH  GUERNSEYS 
We  have  for  sale  young  Guernsey  bull  calves,  rich 
in  the  best  blood  of  the  Gteiiwootls.  No  females  for 
sale,  H.  C.  Crocker  &  Son,  Seuuett,  New  York 
SPRINGDALE  FARMS  bn?e  *  vLTo 
llolsteitts,  300  fancy  cows  and  heifers  to  select 
from.  F.  P.  Saunders  Jg  Son,  Cortland,  N'.Y. 
For  Sale-GUERNSEY  bull,;,;;:1:;;; 
No.  20801.  A  fine  individual  with  A.  R.  backing. 
Priced  right  for  immediate  sale.  For  particulars  ad¬ 
dress  E.  C  PELTS,  ManagerKeszuckMbind  Farm,  Sharon,  Cnnn. 
HOLSTEIN  BULL  CALVES  igALif 
34.00,  sevMi  On  vs,  31)  flays,  134.60.  They  nre  extra  pood 
iiuli vi.IiimIk,  nil  rropi  A.  K.  O.  dams.  Write  for  pedi¬ 
grees  :md  prices,  ill  ID  YiifiS  K.4KHS,  Orchard  1'ark,  N.Y. 
FIVE  HEAD  OF  Registered  Guernsey  Heifers 
vea  to  twelve  or  eighteen  months  old. 
'IIIFPI.E,  .  Purchase,  N,  Y. 
Holstein-Friesian  Bull  Calves  Fforn 
offer.  THE  GATES  HOMESTEAD  FARM.  Chitleiianao,  N.  Y. 
Registered  Holstein  Heifer  Calves 
Choicely  bred,  $100  each.  F.  H.  WOOD,  Cortland,  N.  Y 
QUALITY 
CflR  CHI  C  Jersey  Hull,  old  enough  for 
lUn  wNLk  service;  lie  has  8  dams  with 
yearly  records  averaging  10.104  lbs.,  2  oz.  milk 
and  017  lbs..  1  oz.  estimated  butter;  these  dams 
have  14  daughters  with  authent  icated  records; 
he  also  has  15  sires  with  251  tested  daughters. 
Wc  also  offer  20  heifers  and  heifer  calves  from 
Register  of  Merit  sires  anil  darns.  Address, 
E.  W.  MOSHER,  Prep.,  er  H.  E.  CROUCH,  Mgr. 
BRIGHTSIDE  FARMS,  AURORA,  N.  Y. 
-Males  and  females  for  sale 
W.  T.  Snider,  Newburuh,  N.  Y 
HOLSTEINS 
FOR  SALE 
Otterkill  F  arm  Ayrshires 
15  young  bulls,  all  ages,  and  well  bred,  from  import¬ 
ed  sire  Howies  Predominant,  imported  three  years 
ago.  who  was  bred  by  Robert  Wallace  Auehepbrain. 
lie  is  also  for  sale.  Prices  to  suit  the  buyer.  Address 
RUDOLPH  HESS,  Mgr.,  Washiogtonville,  Orange  Co.  N.  Y. 
LARGE.  RICH  MILKERS  AND  FINE  TYPE.  Three  herd  bulls, 
n  sou  of  Imp.  Combination,  Noble  of  Oakland*  and 
it  splendid  St.  Lambert.  Each  from  a  great  dam. 
Yearly  tuberculin  test.  Ulsterdorp  Farms,  High¬ 
land,  N.  Y.  (One  mile  from  Poughkeepsie  Ferry.) 
I>  O  V  IT  I,  R 
STANDARD 
Stock  for  sale. 
Polled  and  Horned  Herefords 
AUSABLE  VALLEY  FARM,  Keeseville.  N  Y. 
sale— 50  Registered  Shropshire  &  Southdown  Ewes 
guaranteed  in  lamb  to  the  very  best  rams. 
NIAGARA  STOCK  FA  KM,  Lewiston,  N.  Y. 
Jersey  Heifers  for 
Sired  by  Marigold's  Jap  and  Sayda's  Jnp.  State 
what  you  want.  Pedigrees  and  prices  given.  Regis¬ 
tered  or  eligible.  Orchard  Home  Farms,  Kinderhook.  N.Y. 
vigorous  —  will  thrive  in  any 
climate.  She  milks  steadily. 
She  is  beautiful  and  gentle. 
She's  the  mortgage  lifter.  She’s 
the  cow  for  the  everyday  farmer, 
yet  she’s  the  rich  man’s  f  ride, too. 
And  she’s  the  cow  for  the  family. 
Our  free  book,  “About  Jersey 
Cattle,”  proves  these  things. 
Send  for  it  now — a  postal  will  do 
■ — it’s  interesting  and  instructive. 
The  American  Jersey  Cattle  Club 
330  We»t  23rd  Street  .  New  York  CiD 
SWINE 
NINE  MONTHS  OI.D 
High-Grade  Registered  Jersey  Bull  for  Sale 
or  will  exchange  for  another  high-grade  registered 
Jersey  Bull.  E.  IT.  Thomas,  Sup't,  Murristown,  N.  J. 
O  I  f  Boars,  gilts  and  yottns 
i  utcuicu  .  i . v- .  o  pigs.  Prices  reasonable, 
J.  D.  Shelmldine  &  Sons,  -  Lorraine.  N.  Y. 
LAKESIDE  BERKSHIRES^fcS^ 
II.  GK1MS1IAW,  -  North  East,  Pa. 
FOR  PR0DUCTION-BREED  UP  N01  Ma¬ 
rtin  rnUUUUIIUIt  Registered  Jersey  bull 
calves,  only,  from  producing  dams  and  highest  t>  pe 
sires.  R.  F.  SHANNON,  603  Rensliavr  Bldo ■ .  Piltsburoh,  Pa. 
STANDARD  LIVE  STOCK  BOOKS 
Types  and  Breeds  of  Farm  Animals, 
Plumb  . .  2.00 
Diseases  of  Animals,  Mayo .  1.50 
Animal  Husbandry  for  Schools, 
Harper  . 1.40 
The  Rural  New-Yorker,  333  W.  30th  St.,  N.  Y. 
Registered  Jersey  Cows  for  Sale 
Several  in  Register  of  Merit.  One  has  record  of  573 
pounds  of  butter  in  one  year,  and  has  two  daughters 
in  Register  of  Merit  Auoiliei  has  milked  53  pounds 
per  day,  and  over  13,01)0  pounds  in  year.  If  interest¬ 
ed,  address  Jones’  Jersey  Farm,  Sanquoit,  N.Y. 
