August  12,  1910, 
—The  beef  breed  for  tbo  East, 
ArdsonFarm,Armonb,N.¥, 
RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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III;  cHlQ  uaiiy  merely  pays  for  the  expense  of  these  op- 
'  ••••'• . . I..J,  erationB.  If  this  is  the  ease  and  the 
creamery  is  in  reality  a  proprietary 
surer  will  be  the  profit  from  breeding,  creamery,  it  is  possible  that  the  $3.74 
Better  start  with  one  sound,  suitable  extra  on  the  overrun  which  1  have  figured 
mare  for  breeding  than  a  dozen  footsore  as  coming  to  you  in  this  case  is  taken  by 
ones  at  a  cheap  price.  the  creamery  as  profit  for  their  labor. 
Upon  the  hock  joints  falls  the  strain  It  may  also  be  that  something  is  wrong 
of  load  starting  and  pulling.  A  horse  so  the  creamery  does  not  get  an  18  per 
balances  on  his  fore  legs.  When  about  cent,  overrun,  but  they  should  average 
to  start  a  load  he  crouches,  crooks  his  this  easily.  n.  F.  J. 
hocks,  gets  a  grip  with  his  toes  and  then 
applies  all  of  the  immense  power  of  his 
muscles  to  the  straightening  up  of  the 
hocks  and  consequent  propulsion  of  the 
load.  If  the  hocks  are  weak  they  will 
not  stand  this  stress.  Soon  they  will  be¬ 
come  unsound,  from  bone  or  bog  spavin, 
from  thoronglipin  or  curb,  and  a  horse 
made  unsound  in  that  way  never  becomes 
perfectly  efficient  for  hard  work,  no  mat¬ 
ter  how  expert  may  be  the  treatment 
given.  Look  for  a  horse  that  lias  big, 
coarse,  clean  bony  hook  joints.  They 
cannot  be  too  large  and  coarse  (devel¬ 
oped)  provided  the.  size  a  ml  ruggedness 
is  wholly  made  up  of  big,  smooth  bones, 
clean  ligaments  and  tendons  and  good- 
quality  skin.  A  big  bock  often  is  "meaty” 
or  puffed.  Such  a  hock  will  not  stand 
hard  usage.  "Cleanness”  is  freedom  from 
meatiness,  ptiffiness  and  nnsoundness. 
Then  too  the  hooks  should  be  of  proper 
"set.”  Beware  the  "sickle”  hock.  Such 
a  crooked  hock  is  subject  to  curb  and  bog 
spavin.  It  also  is  weak,  for  draft,  for 
the  leg  below  such  a  hock  has  performed 
part  of  its  journey  before  starting  out. 
The  hind  feet  are  thrust  forward  and  the 
points  of  the  hock  too  far  back  so  that 
loss  of  strength  and  ability  for  straight¬ 
ening  result.  (liven  sound,  ample  feet 
and  large,  sound,  clean  hocks  of  good 
form,  combined  with  activity  of  motion 
due  to  spirit  and  muscularity  and  the 
horse  can  scarcely  fail  to  prove  efficient 
as  a  worker. 
Other  points  of  importance,  after  these 
major  ones  have  been  considered,  are 
soundness  of  teeth,  for  perfect  mastica¬ 
tion  of  feed ;  soundness  of  "wind”  and 
heart  for  endurance;  rotundity  of  chest 
and  barrel  for  lung  capacity  and  ability 
to  stow  and  care  for  large  quantities  of 
feed,  short  coupling  and  wide,  strong- 
muscled  back,  loins  and  croup  for  pow.- 
er,  and  soundness  of  eyes  for  intelligence 
and  perfect  carrying  out  of  the  will  and 
commands  of  the  driver.  We  might  write 
a  hook  on  these  points,  but  the  few  words 
we  have  set  down  here  may  serve  to  prejudice  and  he 
bring  to  closer  attention  the  important  neighbors  in  Mil 
matters  considered.  grade  Holstein  c 
A.  S.  ALEXANDER,  M.  D.  c.  creased  his  herd  t< 
1080 
Aberdeen  Angus 
■ 
A  choice  lol  of  breeding  bulls,  ready  for 
service  in  the  fall,  arc  offered  5rom  khe 
Meridalc  herd  at  attractive  prices  during 
the  summer  months.  They  are  sited  by 
bulls  of  wide  reputation,  and  out  of  Reg¬ 
ister  of  Merit  dams.  The  hlood  line:;  back 
of  them  are  dcscrihcd  in  “Meridalc  Jer¬ 
seys,”  a  copy  of  which  will  gladly  be 
mailed  on  request. 
ayer  &  McKinney 
300  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Penna, 
Slimy  Cream 
The  cream  from  my  cow  is  very  slimy; 
it  runs  in  strings.  When  1  put  milk 
away  to  get  curdled  it  settles  on  bot¬ 
tom,  water  on  top  of  milk  and  cream 
seems  to  swim  on  top  of  water.  The 
cow  is  about  five  weeks  after  calving; 
is  three  to  four  years  old  and  a  Jersey. 
New  Jersey.  L.  E. 
I  judge  that  the  milk  is  not  ropy  or 
slimy  when  it  is  drawn  from  the  cow. 
Therefore  the  cow  is  apparently  not 
troubled  with  garget,  and  the  ropiness 
which  you  note  in  your  milk  must  be 
due  to  some  bacterial  contamination 
after  it  is  drawn  from  the  cow.  Experi¬ 
ments  have  shown  that  this  contamina¬ 
tion  quite  frequently  comes  from  surface 
water  and  from  utensils  which  have  not 
been  properly  scalded  or  sterilized.  It  is 
sometimes  a  difficult  thing  to  overcome 
without  trying  a  few  experiments  on  it. 
If  it  is  true  that  your  mile  is  not  slimy 
when  it  comes  from  the  cow,  then  I 
would  suggest  that  you  be  careful  in 
scalding  and  sterilizing  the  utensils  with 
which  the  milk  mid  cream  come  in  con¬ 
tact,  and  see  whether  this  does  not  over¬ 
come  the  trouble.  H.  F.  J. 
Sophie’s  Tormentor  Jerseys 
**  Production  our  Watchword.** 
’e  just  received  I  rom  the  press  our  SPRING, 
tSJ.  LIST.  It  will  pay  you  to  sand  for  it. 
RAYMOND  L.  PIKE,  Mgr. 
I  «  W  Ohio 
Bull  calves,  $25  and  up;  heifers,  150  and  up.  A11 
registered.  R.  FJSHANNON,  Renshaw  Bldg..  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
WO  PURE  BLOOD  JEltSKY  COWS.  Registered 
Cheap.  Also  grade  heifers.  F.  N.  Donaldson,  Jewett,  0 
Grade  Holsteins  for  Sale 
extra  fancy,  well  bred  ami  nicely  marked  cows. 
*-uo  A  number  are  recently  fresh  amt  Others  due  to 
freshen  within  <50  days.  They  are  heavy  producers 
and  will  please  you.  ITlco  *75  to  $125  per  head, 
j  nn  large,  well  bred  two  and  three  year  old  heifers 
1  uu  bred  to gornl  registered  It.  F.  bulls.  Price  #65 
to#76  per  head.  Two  Due  well  bred  heifer  calves 
and  one  pure  bred  Holstein  bull  calf  for  #60. 
F.  P.  SAUNDERS  8  SON  Springdale  Farms.  Cortland,  N.Y. 
IN  ORDER  TO  MAKE  ROOM  FOR  HEIFERS 
coming  in  from  the  pasture,  I  am  going  to  sell 
twenty  -one  head  A  liO  rows.  Average  five  years  old; 
average  milk  for  thu  last  six  months  hiring  4042.4 
lbs.  each. 
This  is  the  opportunity  to  buy  good  registered 
Stock  free  from  tuberculosis  or  any  other  disease,  as 
the  herd  has  been  tested  yearly  for  ynnrx. 
They  will  1m  on  said  at  Brattlehoro,  Vermont, 
August  22d  and  2,'kl,  at  tho  Purebred  Live  Stock 
Sales  Company, 
JUSTAMERE  FARM.B.  C. Buxton,  Middletown  Springs,  Vermont 
50  Cows  just  fresh,  the  kind  that  Dll  the 
pall,  came  and  see  them  milked  or  milk  them 
yourselves. 
30  Cows  due  to  calf  soon. 
10  Registered  bulls,  extra  good  breeding. 
25  Heifer  calves  ten  days  old,  all  sired 
by  registered  bulls. 
JOHN  B.  WEBSTER. 
Ospt.  Y,  Cortland,  N.  V.  Bell  Phone  14.  F.  S 
Spot  Farm  Holsteins,  $15 
Supply  oolit  to  Aug.  ltt.  Place 
yourordcr  now  for  K  Holstein 
heifer  calves,  tit  «u  li.  express 
-'aid  In  lots  of  i.  tod.  ln  nr  in  .Sep¬ 
tember,  October  and  Novem¬ 
ber.  12  registered  betters,  1)50 
eneb.  1 1 1  eglstcred  hoi  frt  -calves, 
4100  each  KeglBteicd  bulls,  125 
up,  2  earlonds  of  high  grade 
heifers,  registered  ami  high 
gratia  cows  and  no  i  Itshlre  pigs. 
JOHN  C.  REACAN.Tully.N.  Y. 
Ugl  STFIN^-1*'0'”1  not  down.  Cheap  bulls 
••w i  kill  w  ti1f,  most  expensive.  We  offer 
registered  sons  of  a  35.61  lb.  Biro.  A  K.  O.  dnms,  at 
$125,  easy  payments.  Farmers  eon't  afford  to  use 
scrubs  at  these  prices.  Send  for  pedigrees. 
C  LOVKItDA  I.E  FARM,  CM  A  It  LOTT  IC,  N.  V. 
Fifty  Three-Year- Old  Holstein  Heifers 
due  September  and  October, 
T.  .1.  ARNOLD,  .  I’uwllnjr,  N.  Y. 
Four  Highbred  Holstein  Bulls 
S40to$175.  Wo  thinlc  worth  much  more.  May  wc  send 
youuurevideuco.'  Sweet  Brook  Farm,  Williamstown,  Mass. 
Holstein-Friesian  Bull  Calves  Ff" 
offer.  THE  GATES  HOMESTEAD  FARM.  Chittenangr,  N.  Y 
For  Sale-F our  Guernsey  Bulls 
10  months  to  3  years  old,  exceptionally  well  bred, 
rich  in  blood  of  May  Rose,  Langwater  Dictator,  and 
Dniryinnid  of  Pineliurst.  Pedigrees  and  prices. 
Sunnyside  Stock  Farm  .  liicgelsville,  Pa, 
J  **  are  PERSISTENT  PRODUCERS 
A  Oucmsey  cow  averaged  over  500  lbs.  of 
butter  fat  yearly  and  had  produced  *Lx 
calves  When  seven  yearn  old. 
Write  for  FREE  liloraturo. 
Guernsey  Club,  Box  R.  Pctcrboro,  N.  H. 
Improve  Your  Herd 
Pure  bred  Guernsey  bull  calf,  born  July  20,  T»16. 
An  opportunity  to  cot  a  good  and  well-bred  indivi¬ 
dual  at  farmer’s  price.  Wrile  for  particulars. 
MDRELL  SMITH.  Supt.  -  Manliasset.  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
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