Ott RURAL NEW-VORKER 
132. 
Live Stock Notes 
The Sow as a Milk Producer 
The shows a Poland China sow 
rehearsing for the part of “dairy animal.” 
The fanner- who sends it: remarks, half 
seriously, that, the next development in 
dairying may be the production of a 
breed nr family of pigs with special ref¬ 
erence to their milk producing ipialtties. 
“We may have an animal that will live 
in a clean backyard, provide milk for n 
small tamily, and then slide off into ham. 
bacon and sausage.” That will seem 
ridiculous to most people, yet stranger 
things have happened, for the sow has 
something of a reputation of a dairy ani¬ 
mal. She will provide nourishment for 
six to a dozen hearty youngsters, and 
keep ithem fat and thriving; she must 
give rich milk mid plenty of it.. 
This is the way one farmer puts it: 
It is nothing at ill unusual for a sow 
to put a gain If be pet month, a ver¬ 
tigo, on a litter of eight, pigs, which means 
a total gain for : lifter of 120 lbs. per 
mouth, wlii- h is probably twice as much 
as the average cow will put the gain on 
her one e . she certainly has got to 
give Iota of in ilk, and milk of a high qual¬ 
ity, to do this. 
More tin v 20 years ago, at the Wiscon¬ 
sin Kxpcri: crit ^ration, the milking <|iial- 
ities of m»\v~ wore wei] tested. t»E course, 
Using a Hog Oiler 
I recently saw in The It. N.-Y. an in¬ 
quiry about the once much-taIfced-of hog 
oiler. 1 believe the only fault that one 
could find with the oiler waa it' failed to 
oil. While supposed lo work success¬ 
fully throughout, the whole year, I never 
saw one thal would work as well when 
the thermometer stood at 20 degree below 
zero as when it was '.Hi above. AH tbai 
is supposed to be necessary is for the hog 
to rub against the oiler. Wherever the. 
hog comes in contact with the oiler it gets 
a coat of oil, but, as a rule the ling will 
rub only a small portion of its body at a 
rime, and in this way the lice can move to 
more agreeable quarters. Everyone knows 
that ro rid an animal of lice, whatever 
material is applied must cover absolutely 
every parr of the body, or enough of them 
will escape to breed and keep the animal 
infested. At best, the average oiler ap¬ 
plies oil to only a small amount of -sur¬ 
face on one side sir a rime, giving the lire 
a wide field to carry on their work before 
the hog rubs another -pot. and compels 
the to move again. 1 believe the chief 
value of (he oiler lies in its destruction of 
the nits, which cannot move about. 
The most efficient oiler I ever saw 
was made by folding bui-lap bags or old 
pieces of carpet to a thickness of 2 or 3 
in. and nailing these r>* the sides and top 
of the doors lo the hog house. These 
pads are thoroughly saturated with cheap 
machine oil or crude petroleum. One 
may ger oil from most garages that has 
been drained from automobile crank 
The &ow as a 
no one can milk a sow as he would a cow 
or a goat and weigh the milk, and so they 
weighed the milkers before and after 
milking The lit to i of pigs was kept away 
from the sow and permitted to feed nr 
regular intervals. Just before feeding 
i hey were weighed, and then, immedi¬ 
ately after, they were weighed again, the 
difference being assumed to be the amount 
of milk they obtained. There were some 
losses, but this was about the beat they 
could do. As a result of this method they 
figured out the following table: 
YIELD OF MILK BY SOWS BETWEEN 
FARROWING AND WEANING 
Av. daily Av. total 
Wf. -of 
milk 
milk 
ROW. 
yield. 
yield. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Berkshire . 390 
6.3 
532 
Poluud-China . 393 
4.9 
42!» 
Texas *Ttaz>>rback” 247 
r>.*2 
434 
That covered 84 days 
of milking. 
The 
sows varied in their milk flow. One four- 
year-old sow gave tid'd lbs., while another, 
five year- old, gave 337 lbs. Most farm¬ 
ers will sa.v thm. these reported yields are 
too small, hut they are the only exact 
records we have. 
The sows varied considerably in the 
quality of their milk, but. the following 
comparison is fair. Wo give tlie analysis 
of good cow’s aiilk for comparison : 
AVEGAGE OOMTOSTTION OF sow's MILK 
fnsein :tnd 
Fit 
aDiuinin. 
Per cent 
l’er cent 
Berkshire . 
7.25 
5.74 
Polnnd-Chma . 
6.79 
5.94 
Texas “IL-tzorback”.. 
6.64 
6.5< 1 
Cow’s milk . 
4.14 
3.20 
Milk 
Total 
sugar. 
solids. 
Per cent 
Ter cent 
Berkshire . 
• •« n.(>•{ 
19.59 
Poland-China . 
... 5.74 
1!) .19 
Texas "Bassorback”. 
... i>.56 
10.70 
Cow’s milk ........ 
.•. o.43 
13.47 
There i- considerably more as 
It iu the 
sow’s milL and when it came to food cost 
of production the sow was ahead. 
Dairy Annual 
cases. This oil i> cheap and answers tlie 
purpose admirably, li i.-. amusing to see 
how soon a bog will learn t>- use one of 
ihese homemade oilers. If (he hog is 
large and tlie door is small, it will soon 
learn to rub first one side and then the 
other. It will soon learn to arch its 
back when passing through the door, 
seeming to realize ihui this will put (he 
lice in that part on the run. 
Georgia. j. p. prtckett. 
Comiivg Farmers' Meetings 
Nov. 7-9 — Wisconsin Gutter-makers’ 
Associui ion, I .a rrosso. W is. Secretary, 
II. C. I .arson. Madison. Wis. 
Nov. 4-11 Pacific International Live 
Stock 1. xposi i ion. Port laud. Ore. Mana¬ 
ger. o. M. Plummer. 
Nov. S-10—New Hampshire Horticul¬ 
tural Society, annual exhibition. Nashua. 
N. H. 
Nov. 9-ll.V— Nationnl Milk Producers’ 
Federation, sixili annual meeting. Spring- 
field. Mass. 
Nov. 11-11—< thio Srate I'niversity Hor¬ 
ticultural Festival, Columbus, O. 
Nov. 14 —National Grange, annual 
meeting. Wichita, Kan. 
Nov. 14-17 — -State Palrymen’s Asso¬ 
ciation. Watertown. X. V. 
Nov. 15-17 American Pomological So¬ 
ciety, Council Bluffs. Ia. 
Nov. lo ts Monmouth Poultry Club, 
annual show. Bed Bank. N. J, 
Not. 21-23 Annual meeting. New 
York Stale Federation of Farm Bureau 
Associations, Onondaga Hotel. Syracuse, 
Nov. 2S-Dee. 2—Franklin Township 
Poultry Association, second annual show, 
poultry and pet stock. Franklin Lake, 
X. J. 
Dec. 13-10—Middlesex County Poultry 
Association, mutual show. Middletown, 
Conn. 
Dee. 13-10—llidgewood, N, J., Poultry 
Show. North Jersey Poultry Breeders* 
Club. S. J. 1 lanunei-stein. Hillsdale, N. 
J.. secretary. 
Jan. 10-20. 1923—Agricultural Week. 
New Jersey (State Board of Agriculture. 
Trenton. X. .T, 
.Tan. 23-27, 1923— Connecticut Poultry 
Association, annual show, Hartford, 
Conn, 
,\ GUERNSEYS 
Bull Calves at Bargain Prices 
We offer Farmers and Breeders of Uuemseys an op¬ 
portunity to secure exceptionally bred, healthy 
hulls, from a clean. Tuberculin Tested Herd at rea¬ 
sonable prices King of the May—Dolly Dimple— 
Uolden Secret, and CHenwood breeding out of A. R. 
dams or dams that will be tested. Write for sales List 
and Pedigrees. f4BMS n t Ki t , ft . 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves and bulls of serviceable age. A. R. breeding. 
Prices very reasonable. Write for pedigrees.] 
SMITHVILLE FLATS Chenanoo Co. New York 
Florham F arm Guernseys “SS? b r a e i1 
grade cows. We have several well bred calves for 
sale at reasonable prices. Sell the scrub bull and 
improve the herd. R. H. ALLEN, Mor,. Madison. N. J. 
FORESTDALE FARM 
Offers May Rose stock of both Sexe*. nil nges. from A. It. 
•lams, priced for 'l>uck E«lt'. Accredited Herd So. MOOT. 
.Satisfaction guaranteed. RICHARD 0. DelORESf.lmilenllm.H.r. 
Fritzlyn Guernsey BULLS 
i>ne to eight months old. May Rose A. K. breeding. Ac¬ 
credited herd. W rite for sale list and full description. NOW. 
WM. F FRETZ - PlpevBVllle, Pa. 
For Sale-Two Guernsey Bull Calves % n 
f. o. b. J O 11 N A X L T O. Stmilruion, Cnvinectlcilt 
SunnysideGuernseys indi.\cc» 
Herd luaiki Ja-. K. -> an Al-t j ne, Klndcrhook, N. Y. 
HOLSTEINS K 
Two a-jr.-otd Daughter" of MeKInley Pictrrlje 
• Beets. Both fresh. Also extra good Bulk !•* inos. old. 
'MO while.larffeand straight, gterven* Bros.. vniwn.x.E. 
FOR SALE H 5 ,:riisTfRED HOLSTEINS 
three to five years old ; Ormsby. Pontiac and Kornilvke 
hreeding — ennnnnus produi-<-i-<. several now due to 
freshen, tuberculin tested, fully guaranteed. 
C1IA8. A. IK11VEI.L* llowells. Orange, Co., N, Y, 
70 miles W est K. Y. C. on Ki ic K. R. 
JERSEYS 
Splendid Jersey Bull sale 
Fauvic's “Horn's Prim-*." 204785. 14 mos.old. Sir®, 
"Secret Prim-e' 104850. Dam. "Fauvic's Marry, 
422241. Secret Prince won championthip at last 
Rochester Show, This, is a great opportunity to get 
a royal bred young Bull, which promises t<> be jasl 
as good as his grandsire. J.W E. ClnrKC, w««4elilf Lske. X. J. 
Jerseys For Sale Cows. Heifers and HeiferCalves 
All tube ecu li n * .-t*Mi by the St.ste of New Jersey. At prieet 
that will insure their twle. Cerueattd see them. 
CHARLES G. FOSTER P 0. Boj 173 Morristown, N. J. 
F OR SALE 
Purebred Jersey Heiler Calves^ 1 ®® 
neck Pheasants. EARL McMURRAY, Broitalbm, N. Y. 
AYRSHIRES 
For Sale-Registered Ayrshire Females 
Yearling" and calves; herd, tuberculosis free. 
KOSS COLLINS - Adams, New York 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
MILKING SHORTHORNS T>^khamI 
The dairy cow of Old England. Qnaiitv rniik. 
Prime beef. WALNUT GROVE FARM. Washinotonville, N.Y 
Reg. Dairy Shorthorn Calves j:»^t^i223»23§ 
BROWN SWISS CATTLE 
Brown Swiss Bull Calves For Sale 
FROM R. O. V. COWS 
Herd established 30 years. Under State and Feder¬ 
al supervision. Kinuvlon Farms, Butler, 24. J. 
SHEEP 
WOOL AND LAMBS ARE ADVANCING IN PRICE 
GET A PURE BRED SIRE gg/HH 
Rambmiillet, Cheviot. Oxford, Southdown, Biack- 
faced HlghUnit and Dorset rams. 10 good tine woo, 
eweo. Big type Durov pigs 6 weeks old The kind 
that stretch. 0. H TOWNSENO 5 SONS. Interlaken. H Y 
CnrCala IIAMFSIIIKK SIIK.KI', IMMS and 
r a 1 oa 10 EM K8, Apply apniR f i KM. Porrh*... N.Y. 
REG. H AMPSHIRE R AMS 
by Imported and Walnut Hall tani?. Satiefaction guar¬ 
anteed. C. P. * M. W. SIGH 1 M, Mitsh Ci«4 Dim, Sfllyiluri. Pi 
Reg. Shropshires All Ages M will l'' ; ! 
C. (<■ HOW Kit . I.udlovv vllle. New York 
Reg. Shropshire Rams g *ins. iltn c.i.a.^uNtoa.MiVV' 
Registered Shropshires wVt3Ti!(fi» 
Qvff. Shr<»p*blrr li a in a stinl Kwt's nit well COV- 
11 ered. STKVKNS DHOS. - Wfluoy, New York 
Reg. Hampshire Down EWES 
and yearling Rums. Reg. South Down Kwes for sale. 
KLL1STIGRR - Gladstone, N. ,1. 
CON SU£—Shrap-hlre Yr.rtlmr Ran,- A Lamb-. Also 
1 ltnmboulllet Kams. husl«i C »UNtSL£t. M.o.ur F,n,.a.i. 
ForSale—30 Hampshire Rams 
Lion for fall use. Also a " WORM REMEDY ’ that is 
working wonders in my li •• t and cleaning out the 
stomach worms. THOMAS MASLETT. Hill. Ontario Ce , N Y. 
Fairholme HampshirsOowns 
for sale. EARL ». BROW N, Ultra. N Y. R. No « 
C«K 8iI,E_ RegUlervtl Hr la In v MERINO RVMS 
1 8. M. ADAMS - Baui.i; Bttus.i . Xxw YoHX 
Rambouillet & Delaines 
A few good rams of both broods at fanners' prices. 
Also rams good enough to head the best pure bred 
flocks. A few Rambouillet ewes to sell, open or 
bred. W. H. PKESTON. Springwater, N, V. 
For Sala— Holstein and Dorset Sheep 
male and female RoUtein. IV, yrs. old. Butte.- record 
clo*e up. Small Hock boreets. JfNisON. 1 «ek Berlin, S T. 
GOATS 
SWISS MILK GOATS. EWJRES. Boa 130 Wtsibrook, Conn. 
SWINE 
] 
Large Berkshiresat H ighwood 
High wood Berkshire!,' have always been 
noted forsize and prolificacy Weaned pigs 
from unrelated Utters ready for shipment. 
H. C. 4 H. B. HARPENDING. Box IS. Dundee. N. Y. 
Springbanlx Farm 
offers young service boal-8 by Symboleer's Superb, No. 
<50301!. Alsu bred “tv.vs for September farrow. Writ# 
J. E. W ATSON - Marhlertale. Conn. 
B e r k s h i r e of Size and Quality 
Breeding stork of all sge« Get special prices on 
service boars. We made a high show record this fall. 
RICHARD E. WAIS - Lebanon. N. J. 
SHADYSIOE BERKSHIRES^ 
a special oiTer on fall pigs of all ages. We "hip C. O. D. 
Pay when lliev arrive. P. <5. FIHHF.lt, Prop.. Hamilton,S.Y. 
Hampshires of Quality 
Bred in the purple from the best of Mood lines. Cholera 
immuned, double treatment. We haves few Sprint; Pile. 
Bo»r« and Gilts of DeKalb-Kint* breeding—splendid indi¬ 
vidual-. wonderful type, great nrvbed barks, inch of the 
ground, perferr feel : Hampshire type unexcelled and as 
"month as possible to find them. PrioeB from to <100. 
One yearling Boar, sired by Bunn's JleKnlb-Kine. na near 
perfect as can find then , £100. Sent on approval. 
LISETER FARMS - Newtown Square, Penn a. 
The National Chester White 
Record Association 
The Original Record for tlie Chester White 
Breed of Hogs established in 1881; n purely co¬ 
operative Association. All Volumes of the 
Keeord free to Stockholders; pedigree blanks 
furnished in books of 25 and 50 earn, at 25c and 
50c each: transfer blanks free. Write the iiecre- 
tury for instructions in recording your bogs. 
L B. WALTER, $«*», Bw 68, Deyt. 8. West Chester, Pa 
Big Type Chester Whites 
Sows, bred or open, at *•><), SfiO and S70 Each. 
ThreeTried Service Boa*? at from $35 to $75. This 
is your chance to buy America's Best at a great 
bargain. VICTOR FARMS, BeIVvale. N.Y. 
ForSale-One TH S«So D Berkshire Boar and Sow 
One Thoroughbred Registered Jeney Hull. POPLAR 
HILL FARM. Sterlin«ton N Y. Phone Ratnago Hills. 405 M 
A Few Registered Ouroc-Jersey Boar Pigs '’ 0 Td/' 
Thriiry and well grown. WHITE • JONES. «e, U,n,n. tt.T. 
Registered O. I. C.’Spacktaie' 
R. M. Ml'OftE - Wi-i Goxsackik. >»w York 
R eg. ». t. C. and tlio-ter White Plgn, and bred 
sows. K. I*. ROGERS - WiTTtl'Jl, Nxw YoBK 
0 1 O Big Type. Best Blood lines. Registered Free. 
. I. U. 3 \ N’o.-t Figs. *10.50 tip. Either ae*. Pairs no 
akin. Sati-facfion Guamnteed. s hill. Seseci F»»v. N. T. 
lOOPigs 
Chester White* **ni <» weeks old. 
$5.00 each. ROUSE BROS., DV80ORR, Pa. 
Eureka Stock Farm 
Reg. Chester White Pigs and Reg. Jersey Calves 
Both sex. Send stamp for circular. 
EDWARD WALTER Box MR West Chetier, Pa. 
XZXJROCS 
F, 
Orion and Sensation Breed¬ 
ing. All *ges for sale. 
M. Fattiugtou & Sou MerrUieiil, N. V. 
HAMPSHIRE P1GSEITHER SEX 
April and May farrow. Registered. Cholera im¬ 
mune. Beat of breeding. Farmer*' prices. Write 
W. B. SANBORN, 107 Josephine S«s, West Somerville. Mass. 
DC ROCS—September Pigs and Mature Stock- 
ELMWOOD FARMS, P. O. Box 15. Bradford. N T 
Special-BIG TYPE DUROC BOARS Special 
Twenty Selected Spring Farrowed Boar." for Sale. 
Soon ready for service. Great Orion Sensation 2nd 
Breeding. Guaranteed Breeder*. Herd Immune. 
GOBEL FARMS - Amuindale. N. J. 
Big Type Duroc-Jersey Pigs 
('•oars and "in trim larva litters amt of McChord Path- 
. ad»r strain. Registered, E-week- old pigs. $1& each. 
LAKE VIEW FARM Mcwto®, Sussei Ce. N J. 
Orion Defender Ourocs 
I'UTf Gilts. Sow 
OOITHI4 HUM 
s 
aud Boars. 
SluiWr, N.Y. 
I #■# DOGS and FERRETS .•. | 
lots. Price list. free. Illustrated booklet. 10 
C. H. KEEFER & CO., Greenwich, Ohio 
r LlVlYL I 5 Ntnalh Mated 
pairs or dozen 
cents. 
IF* e r r e t s 
Either color; large or small; Mated Pairs or Dozen 
lots. Price list tree. Illustrated booklet 10c 
JNO. f. MURRAY & SON N. 0. No. 1 New Landau. Ohia 
Ferrets 
for killing rat®- Also hunting rabbits. 
I nit motion book aini price list fre^. 
l#OVl FArm*worth New l-andon. Obi* 
POLICE AND ARMY XDOGS 
I.itterof fine wolf-gray puppies with five generation 
Champion and International Champion in Pedigrae 
6E0. RAUCH. Catskill Mountain Stock Farm Frcehuld. N. Y 
Tknrniuvhhrad Qa.nl. female, is uio«. old. None bet- 
i norougnorea osigis t . r to mg tor hunting .mi trau- 
tng rabbit?. No faults. $ lo. Faini uonl. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. « HAS. TOTH. Henderson, Maryland 
Want.dte B.j-Bird Dog .'“iV, 
Wo<idcock mid Partridge State age ami priee. Ad¬ 
dress ALTVERTISKff HIS4. care Rural New-Yorker 
Airadala Ptinnist FOR *ALR. Eiue Pedigree, 
mreuaio ruppiBi buthkfifi.d tittM, x.rw.n.i.uu 
Qv.llgrt, J Cotltc Pup*. The handsome and intelligent 
« ktud. Also Fox Terriers NELSON SROS , ftiy. P.. 
Eligible Airedales »1iU|l KENNEU. Duiituii, Cun. 
