1903 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Ailing Animals. 
Cows with Warts. 
Can you give me remedy for warts on 
cows’ teats? My cows have lots of them, 
one having them In bunches a« large as a 
silver quarter. They are large and flat and 
cannot be cut off. I have used castor oil 
twice a day for six weeks or more, and 
still they grew, and have been trying tur¬ 
pentine on a big flat one on the udder but 
to no effect. As soon as one of the cows 
dries off I will try Iodine, but I am afraid 
to use such things on cows I am milking. 
I once saw some kind of acid recommended 
but have forgotten wjiat it was. J. E. k. 
Rhode Island. 
Cattle are affected with two kinds of 
warts. Your cows seem to have what is 
called Verruca vulgaris. It is confined 
to the papillae and epidermis of the skin. 
When small the warts may be snipped 
off with shears and the stump touched 
with nitrate of silver. When broad and 
flattened they can be dissected out and 
the wound cauterized if necessary. If 
they are large and very vascular they 
may be ligated, one by one, by taking a 
strong cord and tying it as firmly around 
the base as possible. They will then 
shrivel, die and drop off. If there is a 
tendency to grow again apply a red-hot 
iron, or nitric acid with a glass rod. 
Improper Cow Feeding. 
I am feeding cornstalks and brewers’ 
giains; cows go off feed; udder becomes 
hard and inflamed, milk looks watery 
and full of lumps. Some are affected in 
only one quarter. The parts affected never 
regain a full flow of milk; some go dry en¬ 
tirely. What is the cause and what treat¬ 
ment would you advise? a. a. j. 
Michigan. 
The trouble is an unbalanced ration. 
Cornstalks and all brewers’ grains are of 
a highly carbonaceous nature, and never 
should be fed alone, but in con¬ 
junction with nitrogenous foods. While 
you are feeding cornstalks and brewers’ 
grains you must lighten them up with 
hran. When your cows go off their 
feed, give them 1^4 pound Epsom salts 
followed up with a change of ration en¬ 
tirely for a few days, consisting of bran 
and hay, and their udders will become 
all right. 
Profitable Illinois White Wyandottes 
I note the Mapes article on feeding 
hens on page 289, and also his scant egg 
yield for a March day—which is only 15 
eggs per month. My fiock produced 
about 15 in November, 17 in December, 
and gradually increased it to a fraction 
over 24 for March. I get best results by 
feeding the mash at noon, IV^ ounce per 
bird, while he gives less than 1% ounce. 
This mash is the first feed of the day, 
so there is no morning work. An hour 
before dark each gets two ounces grain 
(one-third oats, two-thirds wheat) in 
the litter, and after dark when on roost 
one ounce wheat in deep litter for morn¬ 
ing exercise; corn on the ear occasional¬ 
ly in the litter. Three times a week 
green cut bone, one ounce eacn. Fur¬ 
ther, each pen has four self-feeding 
boxes. No. 1 grit. No. 2 oyster shells. No. 
3 beef scraps. No. 4 a chop of oats and 
corn. Being always before them they do 
not overload. In Winter the water in 
fountains is kept warm by lamp, and 
mangels fed freely. They see the ground 
but little in Winter or on wet days, and 
these dates have no effect on the egg 
yield, not even the very cold days. They 
commence laying late in October and get 
their normal yield early in January. At 
this date, after 5% months of steady 
laying, less than 20 per cent are broody, 
I am confident that confinement with 
scratching sheds and good care is far 
better than range; larger egg yield, 
more vigoi', more fertile eggs and more 
capable of holding out for a long and 
heavy egg yield. Our eggs usually hatch 
13 or 14 to setting of 15. I calculate 
that each eats above five ounces dry 
food per day, and they get to the butch¬ 
er’s block 16 months after they leave 
the shell and (carcass and eggs) bring 
close to $4.60 per head. Out of this 
comes their feed, about $1.25. 
Ottawa, III. A. G. OBIGGS. 
How a Co-operative Creamery Helped 
It is strange what a change has come 
over the farmers of this town. But a few 
years ago there was no opportunity to sell 
milk; then a shipping station was built and 
operated. In a very short time the price 
for milk was not satisfactory to farmers 
and the F. S. M. P. A. was started, and 
you know the outcome of that better than 
I do. Of late there has been a codperative 
creamery and cheese factory started in 
Homer, and now all of the dairymen ex¬ 
cept one on this street for a distance of 
three miles to one place or the other are 
patrons. One of the patrons of the cheese 
factory told me to-day that the sellers of 
milk get 20 cents a can more because of 
the creamery. I take It for granted that 
there is a good demand for cows from the 
fact that they are shipped in and readily 
sold. The price I do not know. The price 
of grain is lower. I bought to-day corn- 
meal for $20 per ton, bran and middlings 
$23 per ton. distillery dried grains $25 per 
ton. w. c. L. 
Homer, N. Y. 
Chicks and Asparagus Beetles.—I note 
on page 300 that F. J. T., of Norwich, N. Y., 
asks for remedy for Asparagus beetles. I 
have been able to keep my two acres of 
asparagus fairly free of beetles by plan¬ 
ning to have 10 or 15 hens with 100 to 200 
little chickens two to three weeks old 
placed in coops about the beds, so that hens 
were confined but chickens had free run. 
The chickens ought to be about above age 
by May 15, as that Is about the time that 
the beetles first appear here. It is fun to 
see the little fellows catch the bugs and 
how they do thrive on bugs for a dessert. 
Sodus. N. Y. B. J. c. 
Hard to Find.—A reader in Kansas 
writes as follows: “I want a business part¬ 
ner. I am a little past 60 years; I have a 
good plant order trade, and might quad¬ 
ruple it if I had a live get-up, wideawake 
young man. He would have to be tem¬ 
perate; I will not employ a man who drinks 
or chews much tobacco; such are not reli¬ 
able. A cigarette smoker is an abomina¬ 
tion. I have tried them over and over. 
They cannot count 25 strawberry plants 
correctly. They either have over or under 
count.” Such a combination ought to be 
easy to find, but if you think it an easy job 
start to find such a young man and see 
how weary your feet will be before you 
bring him home. There are many of them, 
but they won’t leave their jobs. 
DE LAVAL 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN 
OTHER CREAM SEPARATORS 
BECAUSE. —They are constructed under many all- 
important patents, which cannot be used by any other 
manufacturer and which enable De Laval machines to 
skim cleaner and produce a more even and more thor¬ 
oughly churnable cream than is otherwise possible, at 
much less speed and wear, and with much greater 
ease of operation. 
BECAUSE .—The De Laval makers have ever been 
first and foremost in the manufacture of Cream Sepa¬ 
rators throughout the world—have ever led where others 
follow—their factories being among the finest machine 
shops in the world and their knowledge of Cream 
Separators far greater and more thorough than that of 
any comparatively inexperienced would-be competitor. 
BECAUSE .—The one purpose of the De Laval 
makers has ever been the production of the very best 
Cream Separator possible regardless of cost, instead of 
that mistaken “cheapness” which is the only basis upon 
which any would-be competitor can even make pretence 
of seeking a market. 
BECAUSE .—The vastly greater sale of De Laval 
machines—ten times all others combined —enables the 
De Laval makers to do these things and much more 
in the production of the perfect Cream Separator that 
no one else could attempt. 
A De Laval catalogue explaining in detail the facts 
here set forth may be had for the asking. 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
Randolph & Canal Sts., 
CH!C<kGO. 
1213 Filbert Street, 
PHILAD^PHIA. 
217-221 Drumm St., 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
General Offices; 
74 Cortlandt Street, 
NEW YORK. 
121 Youville Square, 
MQNTREA.. 
75 & 77 York Street, 
TO RON TO. 
248 McDermot Avenue, 
WINNIPEG. 
FOR REASONS OF STATE. 
A vivid little love btort 
BEAUTIFULLT ILLUBTEATED. 
“For Reasons of State” is told simply but with 
an ap^aling interest from beginning to end. The 
story is contained in a handsomely illustrated 
booklet just issued by the Lackawanna Railroad 
describing some delightful eastern summer 
re.sorts. Sent on receipt of 5 cents in stamps 
addressed to T. W. Lee, General Passenger Agent, 
Lackawanna Railroad, New York City. 
Examine all the Cream Separators 
on the market; look carefully to 
their construction; then select the 
one which you think will do the best 
work and give you the least bother. 
We believe that's the 
EMPIRE 
Ea»y Running 
Cream Separatorm 
Guaranteed to run more easily, to be 
easier to clean and last longer than 
any other. It's for you to decide. 
Try it first. Get our free book. 
Empln Craam Separator Co. 
"Rlooinfield, JV, J. 
Western Office, Fisher Bldg., Chicago. 
THE ODOR 
of animal and stable and 
all disease germs are re¬ 
moved from milk by using 
CHAMPION 
Milk Cooler-Aerator. 
Automatic working. Milk 
keeps much longer and 
gives finer flavored butter 
and cheese. Booklet “Milk 
ud lU Cue,'* free. Writ, for It. 
Champion Milk CoolarCo. 
117Sqii]res St., Corlland, H.T. 
AmericaLii 
Crea.m Sepa-ra-tors 
are proving the biggest money makers for 
farmers of any machines on the market. 
The price is away down, and we sell 
them on trial. Medal at Paris in 1900. 
'Write for free catalogue to-day. 
American Separator Co.. 
Box 1066 Bainbrldge. N. Y. 
End Your 
Butter Troubles 
with a National Hand Separator 
and make more and better butter from 
same quantity of milk. The 
National will do it easier, 
quicker and pay Its cost in 
a very short time. Wedon’t 
ask you to take our word— 
we send the machine for 
10 Days’ Free Trial 
and let It prove its worth 
right In your own dairy. 
You takf.no rUk~yi% assume 
ItaU. If it does not meet 
your expectations, send It 
.back—we pay the costs. 
' Our catalogue tells more 
—write for it, It’s free. 
National Dairy Machine Co., Newark, N. J. 
CREAM EXTRACTOR 
FREE 
This is a genuine 
offer made to introduce the Peoples 
Cream Extractor in every nelghbor- 
booii. It is the best and simplest in 
the world. We ask that you show it to 
your neighbors who have cows. Send 
your name and the name of the near¬ 
est freight office. Address 
PEOPLES SUPPLY CO., 
Deyit. 86. Kansas City, Mu. 
ARevolutiou iuDairyiug 
We can prove that the Plymouth Cream Extractor has 
more points of ezoellenoe than 
any other. Here are a few: Milk 
not mixed with water. Removable 
inner can. Inner can has center 
tube which Is also water recep¬ 
tacle. Water distributed equally 
around and under Inner can; also 
through center tube, giving great¬ 
est possible cooling surface. No 
water required five months in the 
year. New and orlglnalfaucet; Im¬ 
possible to leak or sour. You’ll be 
sorry if you buy any Other before 
investigating this. Send for 
<atalog. PLYMOUTH CREAM 
SEPARATOR COMPANY, Plymouth, Ohio. 
