NEW YORK, ANI) ROCHESTER N. Y, MAY 9, 1874. 
VOL. XXIX. No. 10. 
WHOLE No. 1207. 
PRICE SIX CENTS. 
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[Entered accordinu to Act ot Congress, tn the year 1874, by the Kura] rnblishibK Cooipuny, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
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WHOLE-COLORED JERSEYS. 
Herewith we give illustrations of a pair 
of whole-colored Jerseys, belonging to an 
English—Wroy Park—herd. This 
herd was commenced in 18G4 by 
the purchase of five or six whole- 
colored cows, and now number 
fifty head. The herd are entirely 
whole - colored, but vary in tint 
from the highest milk fawn to **““ 
dark silver-gray. There are about 
HO cows and heifers in milk or in 
calf and three, bulls, beside two j 
yearling bulls which promise well. J 
The yearling heifers and young Jm 
calves are n»OBt deer-like in up- 
pearance, and command much 
admiration. Regarding these ani¬ 
mals as not only very useful for 
dairy purposes, at they produce 
large quantities of the richest 
butter, but also as very oma- ; 
mental stock, great attention has Y. : “TyJ 
been paid to the development of 
the points of beauty, and also to ^ - - 
their milking properties, and with 
marked success. 
The bull “Gypsy Boy” is a very 
dark silver-gray, calved Feb. 17, 
1871; and the engraving is from a 
photograph taken when the ani¬ 
mal was one year and four months 
old. 
The Cow “ Duchess” is a beauti¬ 
ful lavender-gray cow, calved Feb. 
23, 18(18. She is a second-prize 
animal at the Royal Agricultural 
Society’s show. 
We give these illustrations more with a 
view of showing English types of Jersey 
cattle than for any other reason. 
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STOCK FARMING. 
It requires a gentleman of means to start 
on a large scale with a chance of 
successfully carrying on the rais¬ 
ing of the best kinds of the usual 
varieties of live stock. Capital has 
to be backed by good judgment 
and a good location selected ; and, 
above all, one where natural 
grasses would flourish so as to 
furnish hay as well as pasture. 
Permanent grass land is not un¬ 
derstood ; and when, a few years 
since, I advocated the keeping of 
suitable soil perpetually in grass, - — : — 
and alluded to the meadows and r = - - 
pastures in England, explaining ■ J - - - 
the management there, farmers ' - 
would write in reply quite crossly; 
and an Agricultural Editor, on - - 
more than one occasion, said half ~ 
the crop or pastimes should be - — - 
allowed to rot on the ground, and 
that in the United States the plan 
must be resorted to every few 
years. Many writers declared _. . _ 
grass should always be in seed 
when mowed. 
Mr. Isaac Esmay, on page 266, ^ 
in writing of the grasses of North- 
ern Indiana, shows that a better 
knowledge of grass land exists in 
his vicinity, and altogether his 
ideas are sound and true ; the liv¬ 
ery stable keepers of South Bend 
are sensible men for preferring hay made 
from natural grasses. The plow is the 
bane of good grass land, and us I have 
repeatedly said, all the Kentucky and other 
beautiful natural grass that is so ruthlessly 
destroyed can never be restored; and all 
who plow real, genuine, good grass, act as 
foolish as the men who killed the goose lay- 
with the greatest proportion are valued the 
most; for although labor is so much lower 
there, it is found the great quantity of grass 
and hay produced without the cost of culti¬ 
vation causes the old pastures and meadows 
to pay bettor than growiug grain, &c. There 
are many places iu other States where stock 
raising and dairying could be remuneratingly 
JEAUtS-iE YT CO W 
ing the golden eggs. Stock farming will pay 
far better than the senseless system of selling 
produce of all kinds without reimbursing the 
soil, for however long some of the extraordi¬ 
narily rich soil will hold out, the end will 
come at last. 
The best farms in England have a great 
portion of natural grass lands, and those 
ability to establish and carry through most 
prosperously any enterprise of the kind, but 
has not the money utid probably will never 
have the opportunity of displaying his talent, 
although a Vanderbilt’s or Stewart’s for¬ 
tune could be easily made in 20 years. 
a. w. F. 
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GIVING A COW PHYSIC. 
In your Rural New-Yorker, 
April 4th, I see that W. M., 
Chautauqua Co., N. Y., says a 
sick cow of his is very costive, 
has quite a fever, &o. She has 
moat likely had too much dry 
feed, without roots or something 
=L=g§l|. to keep her bowels in order. I, 
' after being away all day, came 
£ - home at evening. I found one of 
I mine in the same fix. The first 
’ thing was to give physic, and 
r- — when I am alone (without help) as 
• I was at this time, I always give 
pills, such as I would take my- 
- 7 - self if 1 were sick. I used Brand* 
- reth’s, as 1 had them in the house; 
but any pill that is physic will do. 
' —" I take a potato, (one that is lotig- 
shaped is best,) cut off one end 
and with my pocket knife bore a 
' hole into it, put in the pills (from 
five to ten, as the case may re 
quire,) then put back some of the 
ground potato to wad them iu 
with and start for the barn. Havo 
the cow in the stable tied, or in 
- the stall; raise up her head, put in 
the potato, hold up her head until 
she has chewed and swallowed it. 
If one dose does not do, give the 
second in about twelve hours. If 
the cow is bloated, give saleratus, about two 
tablespoonfuls dissolved in warm water ; give 
*<• riiTm-f E-irtsA ” uub uuw uub. uou uu, give me 
second in about twelve houre. If 
conducted, and it is a great pity moneyed I the cow is bloated, give saleratue, about two 
men will not invest in this branch of agricul- tablespoonfuls dissolved in warm water ; give 
ture ; for by finding bona fide, experienced from a bottle. It takes two men to give this. 
managers, they might sleep soundly, feeling 
sure of the safety of their capital, knowing 
no panics in Wall street nor changes of any 
kind, cun affect such an undertaking. I know 
a man at the present moment who has the 
JERSEY A3 XT IE Ut 
G-YTJPSY IBCVYV 
In two days I had my cow as well as ever ; 
dropped her calf in about a week, and did as 
well as I ever had one. 
I found out what made my cow sick. After 
the snow was melted away, I let them go to 
a small brook to get drink, and 
from there they could go to a 
small piece of woods where the 
wind had blown the leaves into 
heaps or winrows; and there I 
found the rest of my cows in a day 
or two after the one was taken 
sick, eating old, dead leaves as 
they would hay ; they seemed to 
k like them, and I think that was 
jk what bound up my cow and made 
her sick. G. P. Crandall. 
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 
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Breed from the Best. — This 
should be the motto of every far- 
— mer, whether in raising cattle, 
— horses, sheep, or any other do- 
--a- ■ ■ mestic animals. It costs no more, 
— -- after the first investment, to raise 
— -— an improved animal than an in¬ 
ferior one, whereas the former 
_Y - -' will often sell for double or triple 
what the latter will bring. In 
"_ breeding cattle, for example, the 
payment of a few dollars for the 
service of an improved male will 
generally pay largely—not unfre- 
quently from ten to fifty fold. 
Those who would heed this sug¬ 
gestion need not be reminded that 
now is the season for proper ac¬ 
tion in the matter. 
