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side  of  tlm  line,  between  profit  and  loss, 
or  I  will  miss  my  guess. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  board  of  directors 
held  at  Middletown.  August  14,  just 
previous  to  the  public  meeting  at  which 
Mr.  Kettle  spoke,  ,T.  Y.  Gerow  tendered 
his  resignation  as  president,  and  it  was 
accepted  and  A,  A.  Hartshorn,  of  Hamil¬ 
ton,  X.  Y..  was  elected  to  succeed  him. 
Mr.  Gerow  has  held  the  ofiir-e  of  presi¬ 
dent  since  the  organization  of  the  league, 
and  has  spent  his  time  freely  without 
recompense  to  bring  it  to  its  present 
prominent  place  in  the  dairy  world. 
Owing  to  pressure  of  other  business  en¬ 
gagements  he  feels  that  he  cannot,  now 
devote  the  necessary  time  for  the  active 
campaign  which  is  before  us,  but  an¬ 
nounced  that  he  still  stands  ready  to  give 
to  the  cause  of  his  time  and  money  just 
as  far  as  he  possibly  can.  It  is  now  up 
to  the  rank  and  file  to  get  busy  and  push 
with  all  its  vim  in  order  to  got  ready 
for  action  October  1. 
o.  w.  MAPES. 
Brief  Talk  on  Belgian  Hares 
There  should  be  money  in  Belgian 
bares.  Why  does  the  mother  sometimes 
kill  and  eat  her  young?  When  should 
(hey  be  weaned  or  should  that  be  left  to 
the  mother?  How  often  should  they  be 
bred?  Do  they  have  to  be  on  the  ground? 
How  young  should  they  be  bred?  Do 
they  have  to  be  unrelated?  What  are  the 
best  feeds  and  should  they  have  all  they 
want?  Should  they  have  water  before 
them  all  the  time?  How  large  should 
the  pens  be?  Aside  from  their  value  as 
p€ts,  what  are  they  worth  on  the  market 
for  moat,  and  whore  is  best  place  to  sell? 
Could  a  trade  be  built  up  with  private 
customers  or  hotels?  it.  n.  w. 
Washington,  D.  C. 
To  give  full  instructions  for  the  breed¬ 
ing,  care  and  feeding  of  Belgian  hares 
would  be  quite  impossible  within  the 
space  of  an  ordinary  newspaper  article, 
and  I  should  advise  a  heginuer  in  the  bus¬ 
iness  to  purchase  one  of  the  numerous 
pamphlets  published  on  this  subject. 
However,  a  few  general  directions  may 
be  interesting  and  instructive  to  those 
who  contemplate  breeding  these  animals. 
Belgian  hares  have  been  bred  so  long 
on  board  floors  that  I  doubt  if  they  could 
be.  successfully  reared  on  the  ground,  cer¬ 
tainly  not  unless  the  drainage  was  per¬ 
fect,  and  their  quarters  kept  dry  and 
clean.  I  would  not  recommend  anything 
but  board  floors  for  their  hutches.  Each 
breeding  doe  should  have  five  or  six 
square  feet  of  floor  space,  but  for  single 
animals  a  loss  amount  will  suffice.  Does 
may  be  bred  when  six  months  old,  but: 
it  is  better  to  wait  until  they  are  seven 
or  eight  mouths  old.  Five  litters  a  year 
is  all  one  should  expect  a  doe  to  raise, 
which  would  menu  breeding  her  every 
nine  or  ten  weeks,  for  she  should  not  be 
bred  so  as  to  kindle  in  January  or  Feb¬ 
ruary.  Better  results  are  obtained  if 
the  doe  is  given  a  rest  during  the  coldest 
Winter  months.  The  youngsters  should 
he  weaned  when  about  seven  weeks  old. 
and  when  llnve  or  four  months  old  the 
bucks  and  docs  should  be  separated. 
It  is  impossible  to  assign  a  satisfactory 
reason  for  a  mother  eating  her  offspring, 
but  it  is  probably  caused  by  the  lack  of 
some  food  element  which  she  craves. 
Sometimes  it  is  due  to  lack  of  water  or 
salt,  and  sometimes  giving  the  doe  fresh 
meat  when  about  to  kindle  will  save  the 
lives  of  her  family.  As  a  rule,  however, 
when  a  doe  once  acquires  this  vicious 
habit,  she  may  as  well  be  killed  first  as 
last. 
Except  when  a  doe  is  about  to  kindle, 
it  is  not  necessary  to  keep  water  in  the 
hutches’  all  the  time.  Watering  once  a 
day  is  sufficient.  Personally  I  believe  in 
feeding  rabbits  all  they  will  eat.  though 
some  breeders  claim  there  is  quite  as  much 
danger  of  over-feeding  as  under-feeding. 
They  should  not,  however,  be  given  more 
than  they  will  eat  up  in  five  or  six  hours. 
Since  they  ore  fed  but  twice  a  day  this 
will  give  them  time  to  acquire  an  appe¬ 
tite  between  meals.  Of  course,  if  one  is 
breeding  more  for  appearance  (shape  and 
color)  than  for  size  and  weight,  it  is 
quite  possible  to  overfeed.  As  with  any 
animals  it  is  advisable  though  not  neces¬ 
sary  to  mate  those  which  are  unrelated. 
Probably  shape  and  oolor  can  be  best 
secured  by  line  or  inbreeding,  but  ouly 
at.  the  expense  of  size  aud  vigor. 
Glover  or  Alfalfa  bay,  oats,  and  car¬ 
rots,  are  the  staple  diet  for  all  breeds  of 
rabbits,  though  they  will  eat  and  relish 
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most  any  vegetable  or  non-poisonous 
weed,  especially  dandelions  and  plan¬ 
tains.  Bread  and  milk  or  sweet  milk 
alone  is  excellent  for  youngsters  and  nurs¬ 
ing  does. 
While  the  food  value  of  rabbit  flesh  is 
superior  to  most  meats  and  fully  as  pal¬ 
atable  as  any  these  facts  seem  to  have 
escaped  the  notice  of  the  general  public. 
However,  there  is  a  steady  and  growing 
demand  for  rabbits  as  food,  the  price  as 
may  be  expected  varying  in  different 
places  and  according  to  local  conditions. 
Naturally  New  York  City  is  the  best  mar¬ 
ket,  the  price  averaging  75  cents  or  $1 
for  hares  from  four  to  six  pounds,  live 
weight. 
It  is  altogether  probable  that  a  paying 
trade  could  be  built  up  with,  hotels,  res¬ 
taurants.  clubs  and  private  families  at 
prices  better  than  that,  paid  by  whole¬ 
sale  dealers.  The  latter  (in  this  city  at 
least  1  expect  to  buy  at  15  cents  or  less 
live  weight,  but  from  my  experience  better 
prices  than  that  can  always  be  obtained. 
Owing  to  the  almost  prohibitive  prices  of 
fresh  m°at,  the  raising  of  Belgian  hares 
for  the  market  is.  I  believe,  a  coming  in¬ 
dustry.  It  is.  however,  not  a  get-rich- 
quick  proposition  but  a  business  which 
requires  patience,  industry  aud  common 
sense,  as  well  as  any  other.  F.  G.  D. 
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Balanced  Ration  for  Summer 
Most  dairymen  pay  little  attention  to  a 
balanced  ration  during  the  Summer,  espe¬ 
cially  in  a  season  like  this,  when  the 
pastures  are  extra  good.  When  grass  is 
very  good,  as  it  has  been  this  year  in 
in  c  st  localities,  dairymen  feed  usually 
only  a  little  grain,  just  enough  to  call 
the  cows  home  for  their  milking.  When 
the  pastures  are  dried  up,  and  sometimes 
even  when  they  are  good,  farmers  feel 
that  it  pays  them  to  feed  considerable 
grain  in  the  Summer.  Cornell  University 
issues  a  monthly  suggestion  in  the  way 
of  balanced  rations  for  such  cases. 
This  may  not  be  the  be  t  mixture  for 
all  localities,  but  it  is  based  on  the  con¬ 
ditions  and  the  prices  prevailing  in  most 
parts  of  New  York  State.  The  mixture 
for  August  is  recommended  as  follows, 
and  probably  in  most  parts  of  the  State, 
this  would  ho  as  good  as  anything: 
“As  a  guide  to  owners  of  dairy  cows 
the  State  College  of  Agriculture  at  Cor¬ 
nell  offers  the  following  ration  for  Au¬ 
gust:  500  pounds  hominy.  500  pounds 
distillers'  dried  grains,  300  pounds  wheat 
bran.  300  pounds  gluten  feed,  200  pounds 
oil  meal,  200  pounds  ground  oats.  In 
case  oats  are  not  available  they  may  be 
replaced  with  bran  in  the  ration.  This 
mixture,  made  on  the  basis  of  feeding 
value  and  the  present  cost  of  feed,  is 
recommended  as  1  eing  the  most  efficient 
for  the  month  of  August.  In  general  the 
prices  of  feel  have  not  changed  much 
during  the  past  month  and  this  ration, 
which  is  the  same  as  that  suggested  for 
July,  should  cost  about  $29.50  per  ton 
win  desale,” 
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A  month  nr  so  ago  my  little  fox  terrier 
began  losing  her  hair  in  short  streaks  on 
and  around  her  head.  These  places  were 
very  red,  but  we  thought  it  was  from 
rough  play  with  other  dogs.  About  two 
weeks  ago  her  head  became  scabby  and 
at  different  times  has  swollen  up.  Now 
the  scabs  are  gone  but  there  arc  sore 
bunches  on  her  neck  and  coming  on  the 
legs.  I  used  sulphur  and  vaseline, 
washed  her  in  a  solution  of  stock  dip 
which  seemed  to  help  her  at  first,  then  I 
tried  copperas  water  which  also  seemed 
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Either  eczema  or  mange  may  cause 
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There  is  no  one  remedy  for  such  ailments, 
and  the  veterinarian  prescribes  according 
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Small  Boy  (with  a  hoe  in  his  hand, 
insinuatingly  to  his  father)  :  “Dad.  the 
fish  are  biting  like  everything  down  to 
the  river.”  “Well,  sonny,”  says  the  fath¬ 
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weeds  aud  they  won’t  bite  you.” — Mel¬ 
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