The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1157 
Live Stock Notes 
New York State Fair 
The New York State fair at Syracuse 
this year attracted great crowds, us usual. 
This has come to be a great exposition— 
too large to lie fully studied in any ordi¬ 
nary visit. As it is now, most people 
who attend content themselves with visit¬ 
ing closely in one or more departments. 
In former years a man could attend such 
a fair and see practically everything of 
interest iu one day. Now an entire week 
would be all too short to make anything 
like a close survey. The Grange, the 
Farm Bureau, the colleges and experi¬ 
ment stations and many other organiza¬ 
tions all had special exhibits, and the 
Dairymeu’s League was strongly repre¬ 
sented. Most country people on the 
grounds seemed to belong to one or more 
farm organizations. It looks like a re¬ 
newed interest in sheep breeding in New 
York, and there was considerable talk of 
beef cattle. The low prices have hurt the 
fruit and vegetable growers, but most of 
them regard tile situation as temporary, 
and they are all planning for the future. 
In fact, the crowd at the State Fair was 
hopeful and in far better spirits than one 
would imagine from reading weather re¬ 
ports and farm prices. The general feel¬ 
ing seemed to be that though this, may be 
a trying season, there are better ones 
ahead. 
Loss of Appetite 
Can you tell me what I could do for 
our cow. which has no appetite? Three 
weeks ago she had a calf, and two day* 
later the cow got milk fever. We called 
a veterinarian, and he attended to her 
and left some medicine, which we gave 
her. The cow got along well, but she 
does not cat as she did; seems to have 
lost her appetite. She gives from seven 
to eight ipiarts of milk morning and 
night. Can it he possible that the cow 
could get a sickness due to the milk 
fever? For about a week she had a 
lump about the size of a little rubber 
ball between tlir four teats, but it has 
all gone away. Once in u little while 
she will cough, but it is an easy cough. 
New Jersey. a. m. h. 
If the cow went down and became un¬ 
conscious from milk fever, these being 
the usual .symptoms of the disease, we 
take it that she was given the air iu- 
ilatiou treatment of the udder. Follow¬ 
ing such treatment infection of the udder 
often occurs when the milking rube and 
other parts of the inflating apparatus 
carried germs, as is liable to happen un¬ 
less perfect sterilization of the instru¬ 
ments has preceded their use. The re¬ 
sult is a serious form of ummmiiis (gar¬ 
get). which usually proves incurable and 
causes so much discomfort that the cow 
is stiIV. lame, fevered and lacks appetite, 
besides yielding abnormal milk. If such 
a condition has come on siuee you wrote 
for advice the veterinarian should be 
employed to give the treatment necessary 
for the alleviation of the disease. If tlm 
cow simply lacks appetite it may he that 
she caught cold after calving, or that 
some of the medicine administered as a 
drenching went the wrong way into the 
windpipe. There is no certain remedy 
for the latter condition, but when acute 
mechanical bronchitis or pneumonia does 
not occur the animal generally throws 
off the trouble after a time. As a tonic 
and appetizer we should advise you to 
give the cow one dram of lluiil extract 
of gentian root. Ill) drops of fluid extract 
of mix vomica and half an ounce of 
aromatic spirits of ammonia iu a pint of 
coffpe three times daily, taking great 
care to give it so slowly and carefully 
that none of it runs into the windpipe. 
Free the head instantly if the cow starts 
coughing when being given the medicine. 
As it is just possible, too. that there is 
some infection of the generative organs, 
it would also he well to flush them out 
once daily with a gallon of bloodworm 
boiled water if you notice an abnormal 
discharge. Fiually. we should strongly 
advise having the cow tested with tuber¬ 
culin, its tuberculosis often causes just 
such symptoms as you describe, includ¬ 
ing the cough. Any graduate veterinarian 
can apply the test, and it will not harm 
the cow if she is unaffected with the dis¬ 
ease. 
Necrotic Stomatitis 
I have an eight-weeks-old pig which 
was in good health and good condition 
till one day I noticed that its lower jaw 
was swollen. The lower lips turned 
black, and it could not cat. It had one 
black tooth in the lower jaw. which I 
pulled. Fan you tell what itils it? 
Pennsylvania. F, M. 
There seems to he a common impres¬ 
sion that th(> little black teeth sometimes 
present in a pig’s mouth at the time of 
birth are a very serious matter and sure 
to cause disease. There is no special 
significance in the black color of these 
teeth, however, ami the only harm they 
do is, iu some instances, to lacerate the 
teats of the sow or rite faces of oilier pigs 
when the youngsters light. They may he 
nipped off with pincers at birth, if very 
sharp, but great care must, be taken in 
doing this not. to bruise or lacerate the 
gums. Should that occur, the tilth gernt, 
HnciUua nccro[thorns, present wherever 
hogs have been kept, will he about certain 
to invade tire wounds and cause canker 
or eating sores, which arc difficult to heal 
and may lead to fatal results. The con¬ 
dition you describe is neo'olic atomutitia 
or canker sore mouth, due to infection 
by the germ mentioned. It will he likely 
to affect other pigs unless you at once 
perfectly cleanse the houses, pens and 
feeding utensils and also disinfect them 
thoroughly with a mixture of one part of 
compound cresul solution and 110 parts 
water. When this has been done all 
walls, partitions, floors and ceilings 
should he sprayed with freshly made lime 
wash, to every three gallons of which 1 
lb, of fresh chloride of lime has been 
added. Yards and paddocks should also 
he plowed, cropped and seeded down. The 
old premises may then be used for adult 
swine and fattening barrows, but had 
better not be used for sows and litters 
of young pigs. Provide new sanitary 
colony houses for the brood sows and 
their pigs on clean grass nut formerly 
used for hogs. Allow the sows and pigs 
to graze a succession of fresh green crops 
throughout the season and keep them ab¬ 
solutely away from all places frequented 
or used by other hogs. Then keep the 
watering and feeding utensils clean and 
disinfected. At birth souse the heads of 
the pigs over and over again in warm 
water containing one ounce of perman¬ 
ganate of potash to the gallon. If can¬ 
ker sores start scrape them clean, swab 
with tincture of iodine and then twice 
daily with a two per cent solution of 
permanganate of pota.sh. In extra severe 
or obstinate eases swab the ulcers with 
a solution of one part of dilute nitric 
acid and seven parts of boiled water, 
instead of using iodine. Give that treat¬ 
ment now. if you have an infected pig 
to treat. In some instances lumps form 
on the snout when this infection occurs. 
Split them open, then swab with tincture 
of iodine and then afterwards with the 
permanganate solution. Bullnose. also 
called snuffles, and technically necrotic 
rhinitis, is a more severe, contagious and 
incurable form of the same disease. 
Brittle Hoofs 
I have a horse whose hoofs are very 
brittle; it is very hard to get shoes on 
him, and thev repeatedly come oft'. 
New York. w. 0 . 
The commonest cause of brittle hoofs 
seems to be prolonged standing on a dry 
board floor. As a rule, the hoofs remain 
normal and full of natural moisture when 
the horse is allowed to run barefoot on 
grass, and it is a common practice to turn 
a horse into a moist pasture, without 
shoes, when his feet have become dry and 
contracted. Contributing causes are cut¬ 
ting and rasping of the soles, bars, frogs 
and walls of the hoofs at shoeing time, 
and also holding rod-hot shoes on the 
pared soles to burn a bed for the shoe. 
The natural moisture of the hoof evap¬ 
orates quickly when the varnish or cor¬ 
tical covering of the hoof, secreted by the 
perioplie band at the hoof-bead, is rasped 
off. Only enough rasping of the wall 
should be done to make a notch to hold 
the clinches of the nails. The sole and 
frog should not be pared more than to 
remove that portion which has become 
dead and dry ami is sloughing off. The 
bars should he Kfr strictly alone and the 
heels should not he notched, or "opened." 
as that is erroneously called. It should 
be understood, too, that when a horse is 
not in perfect health his hoofs do not 
grow normally and maintain natural 
moist condition and elasticity. Just as 
the staple of a sheep's wool shows weak 
or brittle places corresponding with the 
periods of imperfect growth tit times ol’ 
sickness, inadequate feeding, exposure or 
abuse, so the wall of a horse's foot shows 
rings, ridges, weak or dry places caused 
by like sickness, ill thrift, etc. It is. 
therefore, possible that the manner of 
(tiring for and feeding the horse ire ques¬ 
tion has had something to do with the 
unnatural condition of his hoofs. Itciuove 
causes mentioned, so far as possible. Let 
the horse stand ou a clay floor when in 
the stable, and have him run on grass 
when not at work. Do not let the smith 
rasp the walls or cut away any of the 
sole, frogs or bars, apart from the dry, 
sealing parts. Do not apply hot shoes 
and use as small nails as will serve their 
purpose, preferring hand-made nails to 
cheaper ones. Mix together two parts of 
oil of tar and one part of balsam of fir 
and apply to the juncture of tin* hoof nud 
hair every other night. If this is done 
the hoofs should hold nails in about six 
weeks, and after that it will suffice to 
apply the mixture twice a week. It may 
be added that when a horse is not needed 
for work, it is even better to dip the hair 
from the hoof-heads, remove the shoes, 
let him run on moist pasture and blister 
the hoof-heads with a mixture of one part 
of powdered eantharides and 25 parts of 
lard at intervals of two weeks, a. s. a . 
JERSEYS 
j SWINE | 
BERKSHIRE of Size and Quality 
Bred sows and service boars, all cholera immune. See 
my show herd at the Far Hitts and Trenton, N. .J., Fairs. 
RICHARD I>. WAI8 - Lebanon, N. J. 
Four Jersey Bull Calves 
FOR SALE 
Two are Grandsons ot Interested Prince 2nd 
No. 95708, and two are Grandsons Of Financial 
Beauty King No. 1321HJ4. All are from dams of 
equal breeding. 
H. C. SHEARS, Supt. 
Hyde Parlc-on-Hudson - - New York 
For Snle—Pure-bred Berkshire Pigs. 10 weeks old. $13 
with papers. Laurel Leader Longfellow Double breeding. 
\\ ILHACRES FARMS, J.hmI. t.rernwleh, R. I. 
Berkshires at Highwood 
Special offering of bred gilts and sows. 
H. C, & H. B. HARPENDING. Box 15. Dundee. N. Y. 
For Sale Registered JERSEY BULL 
16mo$. old: ''Oxford of Maple Ridge." Sire. Fern- 
wood's Oxford Itemus. Dam. Tiddlywink’s Won¬ 
der Lass, isolid color, black points. A-l conforma¬ 
tion. Gentle disposition. For further particulars 
apply to E. B. OUTER BKTDGE, litemicld Conn. 
Opriuglsaxilx. Farm 
offers young service boar* by Symboleer*» Superb* No. 
256S36. Also bred bowm for September farrow, Write 
J- E. W ATSON • Marbledok 1 ! Conn. 
REG. JERSEY CALVES 
and Reg. Chester White Pigs 
Both sex. Send stamp for circular. 
EDWARD WALTER Box 66R West Chester. Pa. 
Shady Side Berkstiires 
Special offering of bred sow. Pigs, 6 wka. old. Gilts.six 
JtH». old. We ship < O. D. E. «. KtSHEII. Hamilton, S. T. 
Jerseys For Sale-Cows, Heifers and HeiferCalves 
Alt tuberculin tested by the state of New .lersey At pricei 
thm will insure their sale. Come and see thru). 
CHARLES G FOSTER P t). Box 173 Morristown, N. J. 
Deg Berkshire Rig*—shipped subject to approval— 
• ■ $15 eneh. J. B. MILLER, ubastsvilll, Maryland 
Iffff Pitre i hester Whites ami Berkshires. 0 weeks old 
lUUngS SS...O each. ROUSE BROS., Dcshorh, Ta. 
Jersey Bull and Heifer Calves 
at bargain prices for immediate sale. Best blood 
line*. For particulars write BONO FARMS, Troy. Penn. 
DUROCS—September Pigs nud Mature Stock. 
ELMWOOD FARMS. P. O. Box 15, Bradford. N. Y. 
GUERNSEYS 
BIG TYPE IDUROCS 
Great Orion Sensation 2nd breeding. Boars, gilts, 
and bred yearlings for sale. Herd immune. 
COREL FARMS - Annandale. N. J. 
STANNOX FARM 
Offers a few females, both heifers and 
cows. Two young bulls ready for ser¬ 
vice, and several bull calves. May Rose 
breeding. Herd free from tuberculosis. 
P. F. Staples, Mgr. East Holliston, Mass. 
1 3 IJROCS Oviou and Sensation Breed- 
F. M. Patting:ton & Sou *' MeVriliteirj, JC Y* 
DUROC-JERSEY PIGS 
Selling entire herd. 1 hour, 2years: l hoar. 11 m. mhs; 5 
90w S ,fr..mH month* toyearn. aIko »."• pjg® aj weeks 
old. Make me an offer for any of the above p»g*\ 
WM. II, ORTH Atlantic Highland^ J, 
Bull Calves at Bargain Prices 
For Sale-Jersey Durocs 
We offer Farmers and Breeders of Guernseys an op¬ 
portunity to secure exceptionally bred, healthy 
bulls, from a clean. Tuberculin Tested Herd at rea¬ 
sonable prices. Kiner of tile May—Dolly Dimple— 
Golden Secret, and Glenwood breeding out of A. R. 
dams or dams that will detested. Write for saleslist 
and Pedigrees. DAIRY FARMS, 22 S. IM *1.. Phil*.. P». 
Detr. <*. 1. C. Hint Cheater White Pigs, and bred 
• * sows. E. V. ROGERS - w*Yvn. r .K, New York 
HID'. Type Best Bio. d lines. Registered free, 
u. I. u. a ExM-tt nice pigs, either sex. S t 2 each. Pairs 
and trios no-akin t Bonis, last Mar farrow, $1 8 each. 
Alt stock guaranteed satisfactory, o', mu. Senec* Fill*. ».r. 
DERRYDALE HONOUR STRAIN GUERNSEYS 
Bulls, sixfeeuinos. old. SI SO. Dams tmUUng Advanced 
Registry Records. Herd e'iftretv imported, selected from 
Island's’ most famous families. Invigorate your herd with 
Island Blood. Federnl Tested. 0E0RVDALE FARM, Gothtn. H ». 
BEAMES’BIG TYPE j 
[ Chester Whites [ 
j FOUR ROADS FARM, Sugar Loaf, N.Y. j[ 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves and bulls or serviceable age. A. R breeding. 
Prices very reasonable. Write for pedigrees. 1 
SMITHVILLE FLATS Chenango Co. New York 
Florham Farm Guernseys f* b h r ®f| 
guide cows. We have several well tired calves for 
sale at reasonable prices. Sell the scrub bull amt 
Improve the herd. R. H ALLEN. Mgr , Madison. N. J. 
20 Pure Bred Poland-China PIGS 
ready for delivery Sept 15. Sired by *' Sheldon’s 
Bob. >(o. 387999. Registered dnms. Price. S7 each. 
FARVUE FARM S. Salem N Y. Ttl.22F3. W. E Sheldon, Supt. 
CHERRY HILL GUERNSEYS r-SWT fc 
10 mos. May Rose, (ridden Scorer, and Galaxy's Sequel 
breeding. L'. S. Accredited Herd. Priced for quick sale. 
W. J. HAINES. 1009 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 
RIC TYPF PrtI i\IK 8 ? Tr *- young boars and 
DIU I I It pigs for sa.lt*, by Checkers 
and Ora DOT Bob isodki hogs;. Writ* for prices and let’s 
do busines*. «, S. IIALL, Furmdule, Ohio 
ttnnftarl Pnlonrl, SUL doing business at the old stand. 
OpuUBU rUISnuS 'Vrite fur prices on fall pigs. Reg.and 
guaranteed, s. clide Thompson, riiunbsninire. r> * io 
Sunnyside Guernseys tau. R i5SS$2£ 
Herd HKW Jiiw, ]■;. mn AUtyne, Kindcrlimik. 3L Y. 
O LI 13 S U X H S S 
Tested brood sow-, choice boars and pigs. See us at the 
State Fair or write. II. F. Button, Canantota, \. V. 
For Sale—Reg. Guernsey Bull Calf s *"e ,V 11 by'La*": 
wuter Music'* Dimple King. Price. t50, Accredited 
herd. A. .1 FELL l.an-dale. Pa. K. 1>. 1 
DOGS and FERRETS 
ILiAdsAu Dull Paluno <me >n«Hth old. hi S40 each. 
buernsey Hull halves vnm uiiEcaitY, m, vi.i UH , >._y. 
GREAT DANE PUPPIES^BIack 
Fine stock Nin** \vks.ofd. Male*. ISO; Female*. #15. Won¬ 
derful dogs for fat ion s. 0. L. lENNETT, t. o. J, Plamlietd, N. J. 
:: HOLSTEINS :: 
Reg.Holstein Bull Call For Sale 
Dropped April 3rd. Price. 850. 
E. E. Ridout Ophir Farm Purchase, N. Y. 
Pe<Ili?reetl Collie Pup*. The handsome ami intelligent 
■ kind. Also Fox Terriers, nelson bros., city. Pa. 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
Real Airedale Puppies 
825) l emalf-. Sl». IXri.ISHiE FiltM, Uownmn.rllk. V T. 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
The dairy cow of Old England. Quality milk. 
Prime beef. WALNUT GROVE FARM Wislunotanville. N.Y 
% 
Pnlir'P* Pling .. BLACK FKYIAI.KS. »2B. 
TUllCv i Upa R, I>, tiutb l>anlel*oii, CiMim 
BROWN SWISS CATTLE .*. 
Eligible Airedales. comsSET kehneiS. Oiniilun, Can. 
Brown Swiss Bull Calves For Sale 
FROM K. o. r. COWS 
Herd established 30 years. Under State and Feder¬ 
al supervision. Kinuelou Farms, Butler, N. J. 
Wanted-One First-Class Rabbit Hound 
(Jive detailed description, mcJudinjr ability And 
price. E. W. PAY - LuLevIlKe, Connecticut 
1 Kcnnelbred F»\ ll„uint«, Pupped .inn..laar. for 
*♦ wile. T. F. HENDERSON Slanksvm.lr, W. Va. 
SHEEP 
niucl* English Ketriever Pup* for sale. Female*. $5: 
□ male*. $1U. I. Fmntxen, HopeneLl Junction, "N** Y«rk 
CarCala Reg. HAMPSHIRE SIIKEP. It A MB and 
rOTOalB EWES Apply OPHIK K»RW. Pi.rch».r. 5.Y. 
AIREDALE PIPS AIREDALES 
“Trump Cards” “Noted Families* 
Dr. KNOX Box 50 l>aultury. Conn. 
■, f m If uei-dtug a good mm nt reason- 
/ J « /— ■ n Cl n able priW- or ewes for foundation 
UH !(1 / fl frN stock, visit Hlllcrest Farm, home 
of the largest registered dock in 
State or write J O. Weuthvrby. I'ruiuansburg, N. Y. 
FERRETS sSHPalW! 
^yairs or dozen 
lots. Price list free. Illustrated booklet. 10 
eems. c H . KEEFER & CO.. Greenwich, Ohio 
REG. HAMPSHIRE RAMS 
by Imported Mini \V.'ilnur Hull IAIU8. Satlsi net ion truar- 
anteetl. c. r. ft M. w filGHAM. Mars* Crttk firm*. Getiysfeurq, Pa 
DegUtcred Shropshire RAMS. Wooled to nose. 
II ami Ewes AT BARGAINS lEROf C. BOWER, Lutiltmv.Mc, N. T. 
F 0 i* i* e t s 
Reg. Shropshire RaiPS b> h ^nX$rt- 
e*l mm, that will Impiove yuur reirl*i*red flock, Prices 
right IIH KOUYItl UST STOCK > 4101. Hail.ton V V. 
Either colnr: large-u small; Mated Fairs nr Dozen 
lots. Price list rree. Illustrated booklet 10*. 
JNO F. MURRAY 5 SON R 0. No 1 New London. Ohio 
Shropshire and Southdown Rams ' f r t?7l d^Tl- ^ 
L. M. COLBERT'S SONS R R No. 1 Cast Chatham. N*Y. 
for killing rats. .Uso hunting rmbbits. 
r* RFrfilS 1'iscrurtitm book anti price list flee. 
f.wl pHniNUorth .New London, Ohio 
Reg. ShropshiresAIUges SiSSi wm ™{ 
c. <i. rower - Lttiliowvtlie. New York 
pcir- Kbrupahlrr I'unu him! Khm, All.'ig* 4 *. well COY- 
it wed. sTEVENS mtoa. - Wilson- New York 
| MISCELLANEOUS 
TucsUay, Sept-*26*. 2*2* SV M. SPRUCE BROOK FARM 
DEVONS. 4> Head *”»f St ortr. ‘JODet-ons. Bn lance* Holst eins 
attil iitiernsvys. Cows, Heifers. Bull. 3 puir steers. Drop 
card for handbill. Almon N. Perk Inn, Litchfield, Conn. 
GOATS 
Reg. Hampshire Down EWES 
and yearling Rums. Reg. South Down H«oa forsale. 
ELI.IS TIGER - Gladstone, N. J. 
Registered Shropshires e«' 7. f»tV*A S n'ytVn. L*«,*!i. y! 
High Quality MILK GOATS 
ruivTotfgentMvg Bucks. $40; (rradeTogrcronbuTg Bucsk, 
$15. Nftw lovin V J, 8liut |»lc*, IU U. 5, Jiorristovtn, Fa. 
poll Si M — IteglMercd Uelntne H F.I» 1 \ O K AM8 
■ s. M. ADAMS EAiii.K BRU>Gti, Vkw York 
Fairholme Hampshire Downs Ke^tri “am dv st£* 
forsale. EARL 1». BROWN, lllou, N.Y. K.No.S 
Wanted A Feu Good Milch Goats 
Answer Long l»iaii<L Advertiser 1761 K. N—Y. 
