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It will take all the feed to keep the vermin. 
If you will keep infested cattle in your barn, 
your barn will become infested. Although you 
should take out the animals and putiu others, 
still within a short time they will be infested 
like the first. It is a necessary rule with 
farmers to keep their stock clean. Mr. Brown 
has found nothing better than carbolic soap. 
He takes carbolic crystals and puts them in 
water. If you buy crystals you will get it 
stronger than you can get any in the market. 
Take a bar of soap and dissolve it, and put in 
these crystals, and allow it to become hard. 
That is as good a preparation as you can get 
for this use. 
Mr. Brown thinks that brewers’ grains and 
malt sprouts are of great value for feeding 
stock, forming a very nutritions food. He is 
in favor of salt hay as a partial food. 
Hk thinks that the silo is destined to be 
firmly established and that those farmers that 
don’t “catch on will probably get left.”. 
Mr. Brown was questioned as to bis recipe 
for carbolic soap. Ho takes one ounce of car¬ 
bolic crystals (60 cents a pound) to a bar of 
soap. He puts the soap (common bar soap) in 
boiling water and adds the crystals and allows 
it to cool, when it is ready for use. It will 
kill the eggs of insects and remove scurf and 
roughness. It is good for mangy animals and 
will kill fleas on dogs. 
Mr. Peabody remarked that some kinds of 
feed will do well for some animals, that will 
not do well for others..... 
He tried an experiment to see the effects of 
cotton-seed meal. With the cow having two 
quarts of cotton-seed meal in the place of two 
quarts of oob-meal, there was au increase of 
two quarts of milk a day. The other cow did 
not yield any increase at all. The cob-meal 
did as well for her as the cotton-seed meal- 
Mr. Hawkes said that all the different 
grains are fed in his section. Some of the 
farmers use rye and find it excellent feed for 
milch cows...... 
Mr. Cheevkr was obliged to leave hishome, 
and the care of his herd of 30 polled cattle was 
left to a hired man. When any cow had grain 
left he would give it to another. There was 
food before them all the time. They lost 
their appetite and became thin. Before Mr. 
Cheever had time to improve the cows by 
proper feeding, he was obliged to sell them. 
About two-thirds wore in poor health and con¬ 
dition. He thinks it very necessary to give 
cows no more than they can eat with relish... 
Mr. Brown thinks that there is little ad¬ 
vantage in cutting hay unless it is both cut 
and steamed. Ho thinks the silo has taken the 
place of this method. He feeds malt sprouts 
steamed, in connection with silage and salt hay 
aud nothing else .. 
Mr. Ware commenced the use of silage 
when nothing was known about it. Ho fed a 
herd of thoroughbred Ayrahires two yours iu 
succession and they did not get any hay. He 
wanted to see whether the silage would kill or 
not But the cows appeared to lie in perfect 
health all the time..... 
Mr. White made the remark that to be a 
true gentleman you must be a geutlemau iu 
the presence of your hens, cows and horses... 
Mr. White mentioned the case of a farmer 
who lost, three or four calves by premature 
birth. It was attributed to a broad stone, the 
surface of which was an inclined plane. 
Mr. N. Oh horn, of Newington, Conn., re¬ 
ports iu the N, E, Farmer, his success iu 
bringing up poor land by the use of the Mnpcs 
fertilizer. Seven years ago the land would 
produce nothing but Pigeon Grass and dew¬ 
berry vines. Thu profits on seven acres for 
six years figure up 6685.85, beginning in 'HO 
and >1 with a profit of 680 for each year, aud 
ending in ’88 with a profit, of 6220. Lost year 
the piece yielded 18 tons of hay worth 618 jter 
ton. The most fertilizer used in any one year 
was throe tons, costing 6150. Seven years ago 
the land was wort h practically nothing; now 
it pays a dividend of 6 per cent on 64,000. 
San Antonio, Texas is one of the largest 
horse markets in the country, though the ma¬ 
jority of horses handled there arc from the 
ranges, and therefore, small, unbroken and 
shaggy, but with plenty of bottom. Last 
year the total number sold was 45,355, for 
which 61,133,1)118 were obtained—an average 
of $25 per head. It is probable the sales will 
be larger the present year; and the use of 
better stallions is steadily improving the 
stock....... 
Farmers near Kankakee, 111., have opened 
a fanners’ club room, where they may come 
together aud learn prices and compare notes. 
All the best agricultural papers are to be kept 
on file, aud home and foreign crops and 
markets carefully bulletined. This is a good 
move. In such a room farmers can learn from 
the experience of others. It will be a much 
better place for waiting than the store, 'they 
can find out who has for sale, or wishes to 
buy, stock, seeds or other produce. It is a 
good move, and we hope to see other commu¬ 
nities follow in the work. 
A lightning rod which does not go down 
into the ground far enough to reach perpetual 
moisture is worse than no rod at all. 
Never try to stimulate man or bird or beast. 
A hen filled with “egg producer”, or a cow 
given more food than she can digest will go 
like a man kept on whisky. There will be 
brilliant, feverish work for a time, and then 
a grand collapse. 
Don’t disfigure your grounds with laths or 
slats when wire netting is so cheap, says the 
Homestead. A netting inclosure is durable 
and will not lie blown down in any wind. 
The hens are paying the rent on many a 
Woni-out farm. They arc calling people back 
from the factories to the deserted farm-houses. 
The American eagle will yet be a hen if solid 
worth is ever counted. 
A Connecticut farmer, quite unexpectedly, 
grew a tremendous corn crop last year. The 
laud was iu grass the previous year, heavily 
manured with horse manure after haying, aud 
then plowed. It was manured in the Spring 
with hen manure and superphosphate. The 
idea "was to fit the ground for a future onion 
crop, and not to particularly benefit the corn. 
But the corn stole more of the plant food than 
was expected. As the N. E. Farmer says, 
there is a valuable lesson here. 
Mr. Houldette says that nothing will give 
a fowl scaly legs so quickly as sitting down or 
walking over the droppings, which should be 
removed at least twice a week. 
Suitable food aud lodging; regular horn’s 
of labor; freedom from nagging, ridicule aud 
the annoyance from his employer’s saucy 
children; considerate treatment generally; 
prompt payment of wages according to agree¬ 
ment, are the rights of the hired man, accord¬ 
ing to R. J. Fleming. 
If you feel murder in your soul and must 
kill something, attack the English sparrow. 
Thus quiet a deplorable inclination and help 
mankind at one shot... 
At the recent poultry meeting, well reported 
in the Ploughman, the general opinion seemed 
to bo that, the color of nu egg, as well as its 
quality depends upon the food given to the 
hen. Corn will give a darker yelk than oats. 
Lobsters color the egg almost red. Green food 
will color eggs. Onions or sulphur will give 
their characteristic tastes. A good judge can 
tell from the taste of the egg what his fowls 
have been eating. Just as certain foods 
make poor butter, so some foods produce in¬ 
ferior eggs....... 
Mr. Fklch compares Brahma eggs to Jer¬ 
sey butter. He thinks five Brahma eggs will 
make as much custard as eight Leghorn eggs. 
As tested at his table the difference was quite 
evident. Mr. Hawkins thinks Mr. Feleh has 
lieeu brought, up to like Brahma eggs, and 
therefore thinks he can tell them. 
A Prairie Farmer contributor proposes to 
keep moles in check by clean cultivation, aud 
encouragement of hawks, skunks, owls, cats 
and dogs. Clean cultivation is good, but the 
next three members of the combination are as 
bad as the moles... 
If the hay ran short and the cattle are thin 
and poor, remember to use caution in letting 
them into rich pasturage. 
A fat, “puffy” bull is a nuisance. Don’t lot 
a bull over-feed. Give him plenty of exercise. 
He never will be lit, for service if you pamper 
him. If you can fit up a harness for him, and 
make him haul out the manure and do other 
light jobs, you would lie doiug business-like 
fanning . 
Sam Jones said he would assume dignity af¬ 
ter be died. The N. Y. Tribune thinks he got 
this effective illustration from a contempla¬ 
tion of the New York State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety.. 
Too many fowls have to depend upon the 
contents of the wash-tub for drinking water. 
The dirty soap suds will be sure to cause dis¬ 
ease. Give the hens pure water. 
Mrs. G. H. Hollister to induce hens to 
leave off sitting, makes them hunt their own 
feed. She makes them fast for 2-1 hours, aud 
then forage. This plan works well. The third 
time seldom fails with the most motherly of 
hens. Better than tying by one leg, or mak¬ 
ing them stand over sharp nails. 
C. II. Parsons states, in the Homestead, 
that, he hopes to feed 30 tons of cotton-seed 
meal. He sells his buy, and feeds corn-stalks 
ami roots. The meal will not only make beef, 
but will leave its impress for a year upon his 
soil and crops.... 
What is education? asks Dr. T. H. Hoskins. 
It is the “know how.” Do farmers need ed¬ 
ucation? Oh, no. Farming is such au easy 
business, and yields such immense profits, that 
ignorant men eau get rich at if as easy as 
falling off a log. 
SILKS & VELVETS. 
JAMES McCREERY & CO. 
are exhibiting complete re¬ 
presentative lines of tlieir 
SPRING IMPORTA¬ 
TIONS in BLACK and CO¬ 
LORED SILKS, VELVETS 
etc., with the latest and 
most select designs in Rich 
NOVELTIES to match for 
COMBINATIONS and 
GARNITURES. They also 
offer a great selection of 
fancy Silks in GlaceChecks 
Loiiisicnncs, FOULARDS, 
TRICOTINE IMPRIMES, 
etc., at a verv marked RE¬ 
DUCTIONS PRICES; also 
a lot of Rich Silk and Silk 
and Velvet Novelties in va¬ 
rious designs,at about half 
their cost of importation. 
ORDERS BY MAIL 
from any part of the coun¬ 
try will receive careful 
and prompt attention. 
JAMES McCREERY k CO., 
Broadway and 11th St., 
New York. 
and goultnj. 
EGGS from W. Leghorns, P Rocks, or Black-Red 
Games, $1.50 for 13. Euga from Choice Fowls only. 
Mention tills paper. C. fe. RICK, Fairveew, Pa. 
3V. T. L. ATTIN, 
Originator and Breeder of 
BLACK AND MOTTLED JAVA FOWLS, 
*• GAINES. ORLEANS CO.. N. Y. 
Fowls, $5.1X1 each. Eggs, $3.lX) per 15; $5.1)0 per 30. 
K1SCO MOUNTAIN Strain of line Wyandotta 
Send for descriptive Catalogue and price list before 
purchasing either eggs or fowls. Address 
KISCO MOUNTAIN POULTRY YARDS- 
Mnnnt Kiaco. New York. 
Extra Wyandotte Eggs. 
Fresh laid from first class birds. Packed In nice bas¬ 
kets at $2 for 13: 33 for **i. 
VERY LIMITED NUMBER OK 
IKIHM SETTER DOGS. 
All yard broke, flue blood. Price given on application. 
E. T. I1AII<Y, MOUNT EISCO. NEW YORK. 
HOUDANS. 
Eggs, 83 for 13; 85 for 26. From Premium Stock. 
C. E. ROCKENSTYNE, Albany, N. Y. 
F. W. GAYLOIt, Nassau, N. Y. 
GrAME BAIMTAMS 
OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE STRAINS. 
Ducks, Pekins, Roncna. $1.50 for 11 Eggs. 
Wyandot res, $2.00 for 13 Eggs. p. Hocks and 
White Leghorns. *1.50. We have a very large 
stock raised artificial for practical use, the best Brood¬ 
er known for $8.00. C. .1. Q (TIN BY, 
White Plains, N. Y. 
TOULOUSE GEF.SF. per trio. *10. Eggs $2 for 6 
or *3 per dozen. R. C. White Leghorn and S, O. Brown 
Leghorn chickens, *1 each; eggs. *1.50 for 15. For sale 
by THEO. DA II >1, 
Box 141, Great Bend, Kansas. 
High Class Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes. 
All high scoring birds. None belter, and full satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Eggs for setting of 13. carefully 
packed in baskets, Plymouth Rocks, $:, Wyandottes,*'! 
W. L. LUNDY, Metcches, New Jkrsey. 
Games: Wyandottes: Hondans. 
Exbih. Games, Andalusians, Jap- Bants., Malays, 
B. S. Polish; Eggs. $3; Brahmas. Cochins. Pit Games, 
etc.; 13 Eggs. $2. Enihdi-n Ganders for sale. 
Pekin Duck Eggs. 
Fifty First and Svectal Prizes last Winter. 
THOMAS W. LUDLOW, Yonkers, N T . Y. 
Purdue’s Light Brahmas. 
My Birds won FIRST PRIZE on Chicks and SPECIAL 
on Cockerel, at New York. 1886. also four FIRST PRIZES 
at Philadelphia, the past season. 
Eggs per setting, *5. 
A few choice Cockerels and Pullets for sale. 
GEO. PURDUE, East Orange, N. J. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys and Pektn Ducks, 
Prize Langshans, Wyandottes, P. Rocks, Houdans, Blk 
Javas, Leghorns. Polish, etc. Eggs for hatching a spe¬ 
cialty—From Ducks ami Chickens. *2 for 13. Fancy 
Pigeons. R. VANDERHOVEN. Rjujway, N. J. 
Pure Brown Leghorns. 
I will furnish Eggs front pure stock, nicely packed In 
baskets, for $1.50 for 13; $2.50 for 36. 
II. W. BRINK, Middletown, n. Y. Box 161. 
LANHSH ANS, all high scoring. One pen headed 
by Cockerel scoring 36. Eggs. $3 per 13; *5 per 26. Dark 
Brahmas, headed liy Imported Cockerel. White Dor¬ 
king*. Black Javae, Andalusians, and White leghorns. 
Ail Premium .Strains. Eggs, *2 per 13, or *3.50 per 26. 
Aylesbury Ducks—Imported and as line as there is In 
the country. Eggs, *£ per It; or $5 per 22. Fowls for 
Kale. Correspondence (solicited. 
E. F. <Sc W. J. K I K BY, 
EAST CHATHAM. N. Y. 
WYANDOTTES. 
Won Special on Highest Score and Third Premium 
on pair of Chicks at tne New York Fanciers' Show in 
188-1. 
Won First and Second on Fowls and First on Chicks 
at Middletown. N. Y., Is 1SU. 
Won First on Breeding-pen of Fowls and First on 
Breeding-pen of Chicks, and First on pair of Fowls a 
Newburgh. September. 13SS. 
FOWLS AND CHICKS FOR SALE. 
EGGS, S3 per IK; S5 per 26. 
DU. E. W. DEYO, 
Box 103, MONTGOMERY. Orange Co., N. Y. 
DARE BRAHMAS. 
Won first on Breeding Pen of Fowls, first on Breeding 
Pen of Chicks, first on Pair of Chicks and second on 
Pair Fowls, at 
NEWBURGH. September, 18S5. 
Fowls or Eggs In Season. 
■*. EGGS. $2.00 per 13; $3.50 per 26. 
Dr. E. Ross Elliott, 
P. O. Box 267, MONTGOMERY, Orange Co., N. Y. 
POULTRY-CHOLERA AND GAPES 
CUBED EVERY TIME BY USING 
HAVENS’ CLIMAX CONDITION POWDER. 
Five Years in Use and No Failures. 
“ It never falls to enro Poultry-Cholera and Gapes.”—Aco. Ocnthek, Harlingen, N. J. 
“ I know U will cure Gapes. 1 never lost a single chick after t began to usedt.”—J. Wesley Stillwell, Free 
. hold, N. J. 
"These men are reliable." W. S. Strong. Mayor. New Brunswick. N. J. [City Seal.) 
“One of our friends lias given It to turkeys with excellent succor." -Ed- Ki mu, Snv Yorker. April 3, 1886. 
14 ounce packages. 25c. of Dealers; by M.ul, We. “our Successful Farmers," a pamphlet, free by mail. 
Wm. Rust & Sons, P. O. Box l’JOl. New Brunswick, N. J. 
Agents wanted. Ask your dealer, and show him this advertts.iruont. 
BLYTIIECOTi: FARM POULTRY YARDS. 
THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST! BLYTHECOTE STRAIN OF WYANDOTTES. 
Obtained by breeding to the standard, aud annual improvement sought by careful matings with birds selected 
from the best strains in America. One setting of choice Eggs will produce more tlrst-class birds than ten settings 
from inferior stock. Eggs, $3 per Setting of 13; Two Settings, $5; Five Settings, $10. 
Address J. D. TOMPKINS, Brainard, N. Y. 
FABIUS, 1ST. Y. (Box 74 ) 
BREEDERS OF THE LEADING STRAINS OF 
Highest honors at all the leading exhibitions, winning the Graud Special Prize for the Best Breeding Pen 
and Pair of any variety at the late New York Show. Send stamp for our new Catalogue. 
Half-Way Brook Kennels and Poultry Yards. 
LOCK BOX 450, GLENS FALLS, N. Y, 
OUR SPECIALTIES, st. Bernards, Kug Mastiffs and Eng. Beagle Hounds. Imported Dogs In the Stud. Fees 
reasonable. Cau furnish dogs of any of the popular breeds, at low flgur<«, for quality or stock. 
IN POULTRY.—We I treed tin- best aud most popular varieties of land and water fowl*, stock for sale at 
all times. Eggs In their season. Scud stamp for circular. CO FFIN, ZI ML M K U ft CO 
PRESTONS WYANDOTTES! 
18 GRAND BREEDING PENS FOR 1886. 
EGGS from Two Pens of First Premium stock, headed by “Earl and Truston,” at $5.00 iter 18; *10.00 iter ;i9. Eggs 
from 18 other pens of good breeding birds, carefully selected, and mated for best possible results, at $$.00 per 18; 
$5.00 per 26. Eggs front one pen each of fine Laugshaus, Light Brahmas, Plymouth Rock:- and R. and S. C. Brown 
Leghorns at 82.00 per 18. 
Elegant Wyandotte Chromes at 10 cents each. Large circulars with Illustrations FREE to all. 
GEO. A. PRESTON, Binghamton, N. Y., i>. l. & w. r. r. Ticket Agent. 
MILL BROOK 
AND 
K. EISTISTELS! 
40 breedtug pens of selected W yundottes. Langshans. W. and Br. Leghorn*. 1‘. Rocks, Lt. Brahmas, R. C W 
Leghorns, B. B. R. Gaines, Pekin Ducks. Eggs. $3 for 13, $5 for 26, $7 for 38. Duck eggs, *2 for 11, *3 for 22. Nine 
hens and one male to each pen. I gw aruntm a good hatch. Tru tne. 
Champions. Bernard Dogs, Champion scotch Collie Dogs. Young stock for sale at reasonable prices. Cham 
pionsmootkerone,” m the stud. Send for Catalogue. 
IV M. MONTGOMERY, Jr., Bergenlleld, Bergen County, N. J. 
(For other Poultry advertisements see page 261.) 
