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■Ghe  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  22,  191C. 
Spring  Work  for  the  Team  But,  if  your  eow  comes  within  the  limit, 
On  account  of  the  very  bad  weather  'lt  is  necessary  to  make  your  crate  as  light 
and  a  late  Spring  most  horses  will  be  as  Possible  and  insure  its  holding  her. 
soft  and  hardly  lit  to  go  in  the  Spring  Measure  your  cow  as  to  length  from  the 
plowing.  While  they  may  be  in  good  middle  of  her  neck  back  to  her  tail, 
condition  and  feeling  good  they  are  not  (Allow  a  little  so  that  she  can  move  a 
hardened  to  the  work,  and  they  should  little).  Then  get  the  width  of  her 
not  be  put  to  the  Spring  plowing  con-  through  the  widest  part.  Next  get  the 
tinuously  for  a  week  or  10  days.  This  height.  Cut  three  pieces  of  2x4.  or  other 
amount  of  time  should  be  used  in  harden-  lumber,  for  the  sills  the  width  of  the  cow. 
iug  them  up.  Try  to  arrange  to  use  them  Then  cut  the  floor  hoards  from  inch  hard 
half  a  day  on  the  plow  and  in  the  after-  pine  or  spruce,  the  length  of  the  cow. 
noon  do  something  else  if  possible.  There  Nail  these  to  the  three  sills  and  then  turn 
is  no  let-up  at  any  time  in  plowing,  your  floor  over  so  that  the  sills  will  be  on 
while  with  a  wagon,  no  matter  how  the  inside.  This  gives  a  smooth  bottom 
heavy  the  load,  at  some  place  on  the  to  the  crate,  and  is  very  essential  in  mov- 
road  it  would  run  easier  and  give  them  ing  it  with  the  cow  inside, 
a  chance  to  ease  up  a  little,  aud  the  team  Next,  cut  two  2x4’s  the  height  of  the 
will  get  a  litle  chance  to  rest  while  load-  cow  for  the  hiud  posts  of  the  crate,  aud 
ing.  It  has  been  so  cold  and  stormy  _ 
during  February  and  March  in  the  mid-  — n  ^ 
die  Atlantic  States  that  we  may  reason-  ‘  I 
ably  expect  it  to  open  very  warm  and  II  1  '  ~ - t-t- — - 
mild  and  stay  so.  Most  people  will  be  1 1  1  |  f  ^ 
in  a  rush  to  get  their  plowing  done.  I II  J _  -11 _ '  j 
By  all  means  have  the  horses  clipped;  P  ■  ,  ■-«- j 
this  will  relieve  them  as  much  as  it  does 
yourself  when  you  lay  off  your  overcoat.  .  n,  I  IX 
They  will  not  sweat  so  at  work,  and  will  Crate  for  Shipping  Cow 
be  less  likely  to  take  cold  with  the  same  ...  ,  „  L,  , 
conditions.  Give  them  plenty  of  bedding  two  morp’  81x  ,nches  >ongei;  for  tbe  fo,re 
if  possible,  let  them  have  a  nibble  of  l’t,8t8-  The  fore  P°sts  ar?  longer  for  .thp 
grass  each  night,  this  will  be  appreciated  cross  Pl?ces  of  the  Stanchion  to  be  nailed 
as  much  by  the  team  as  you  do  the  first  t0-  N»d  the.  coriier.  Posts  to  lllp  bottom’ 
taste  of  green  peas,  strawberries,  etc.  an'^  then  begin  putting  on  the  sides.  The 
The  team  will  naturally  lose  some  bottom  side  board  should  be  placed  clear 
flesh,  no  matter  how  well  used  and  cared  to  the  ground,  and  nailed  to  the  sides  of 
for,  so  look  well  to  the  collars.  We  usu-  the  floor  as  well  as  to  the  corner  posts, 
ally  allow  as  much  room  as  will  permit  The  sides  should  be  boarded  lip  quite 
oue  to  place  his  hand  in  flatwise  between  closely,  at  least  two  feet  from  the  bot- 
the  collar  and  the  throat.  This  will  al-  torn.  This  is  to  keep  the  cow  from  stick- 
Resists  Rust 
and  Protects 
Against 
Lightning 
Those  are  the 
two  great  truths 
that  every  farmer 
should  know  about 
Armco  (American 
Ingot)  Iron. 
A  building  roofed  with  Armco 
Iron  Roofing,  that  has  the  conductor  pipes 
properly  grounded,  is  proof — yes,  absolutely 
proof — against  lightning. 
If  you  have  any  roofing  to  do  this  spring,  don’t 
forget  that  fact.  You  insure  against  fire,  but  it 
may  come  none  the  less.  You  can  be  proof 
against  lightning.  Will  you  be  ?  Great  as  that 
is,  you  will  be  more  interested  in  the  fact  that 
Rust 
Crating  Dog  for  Express 
I  breed  Airedale  tenders  ou  a  small 
scale  and  ship  quite  a  few  dogs  and  pups 
by  express  during  the  year.  Today  I 
sent  a  dog  to  express,  securely  crated, 
aud  the  agent  refused  to  accept  unless 
also  chained.  It  is  bad  enough  to  make 
a  dog  stay  cooped  up  in  a  box  for  a 
long  railroad  trip,  but  when  it  comes  to 
chaining  so  they  can  not  turn  around 
(and  if  you  leave  chain  long  enough  so 
they  cau  turn  they  will  likely  tangle  in 
it  and  injure  themselves)  it  seems  like 
rank  cruelty  to  me.  1  hate  to  see  a  dog 
treated  that  way.  Then  in  case  of  a 
young  dog  never  broken  to  lead  it  would 
practically  cow  and  spoil  him  and  a  little 
pui>  would  probably  hang  itself.  Agent 
claimed  a  new  ruling  required  chaining. 
Will  you  tell  me  if  it  is  so,  and  if  so  how 
could  oue  fight  such  a  ruling? 
New  Jersey.  K.  L.  p. 
We  are  informed  by  the  manager  of 
the  American  Express  Company  that  au 
ordi  r  issued  May  31st  provided  that  dogs 
in  crates  or  kennels  must  be  securely 
fastened  before  they  were  accepted  for 
shipping.  This  order  has  now  been 
amended,  and  since  Feb.  1st  of  this  year 
dogs  may  be  accepted  without  being 
chained  inside  the  crate.  The  rule  was 
originally  made  so  as  to  avoid  the  es¬ 
cape  of  dogs.  We  are  told  that  such  dogs 
frequently  broke  out  of  the  crate  and  ran 
away,  this  being  due  to  faulty  construc¬ 
tion.  The  express  company  will  now  ac¬ 
cept  the  dogs  when  properly  crated,  and 
they  need  uot  be  chained. 
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Crates  for  Shipping  Cows 
Wliat  is  the  best  way  to  crate  a  cow 
for  shipment  by  express?  M.  m.  m. 
If  one  is  thinking  of  shipping  a  cow  by 
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weigh  the  cow.  The  express  companies 
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cepted  that  weigh  over  1,000  pounds. 
Therefore  one  cannot  ship  a  crated  cow 
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cluding  the  crate.  This,  of  course,  menus 
that  ouly  very  small  cows  may  be  shipped 
crated,  and  is  a  severe  blow  at  the  breed¬ 
ers  of  purebred  cattle.  A  good-sized  year¬ 
ling  bull  will  crate  at  over  oue  thousand 
pounds,  and  precludes  his  being  sent  by 
express,  as  a  great  uumber  have  been  all 
over  the  country. 
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luted  by  The  American  Rolling  Mill 
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