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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 24 
SHEEP, SHADE AND FRESH AIR. 
The illustration on first page. Fig. 
274. shows an ideal bit of pastui’e land, 
always a delight to sheep and cattle, 
a big tree on high ground, making a 
cool, airy, shady spot. On a hot Sum¬ 
mer afternoon the animals greatly enjoy 
standing or lying in such a place to 
chew their cud. This big tree will put 
money in the shape of mutton or milk 
into the owner’s pocket. We have heard 
people argue that too much comfort 
makes sheep or cattle lazy, so that they 
take their ease when they should be 
eating to make milk or flesh. They 
advocate cutting down pasture trees so 
that the animals will have to work har¬ 
der. Such men ought to be turned out 
of the house at bedtime and made to 
saw wood or dig ditch all night. It 
will pay well to plant a tree here and 
there on elevated parts of the pasture. 
White oak often does well under such 
conditions. Where there is a fair depth 
of soil it roots thoroughly, stands the 
storms and makes a broad spread of 
branches. White pine is also desirable 
on land suited to it. Plant a pasture 
tree, and somebody and somebody’s 
sheep will enjoy its shade. 
MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
House Trainino.—W hat a sharp con¬ 
trast between the requirements for the 
average artisan and the farmer. 
The daily life of the former usually 
confines him to some particular round of 
duties, Avith little variation, while the 
latter is apt to strike some new com¬ 
plication at any moment, requiring the 
exercise of his thinking powers. We 
recently had a new experience in train¬ 
ing a three-year-old colt. Horse breed¬ 
ing has never happened to come in my 
line. An untrained colt recently pur¬ 
chased developed great dexterity in 
the use of her heels. While running in 
the barnyard during the Winter^ the 
harness had been buckled upon her so 
as to accustom her to it. She is high 
spirited, and would not give up the idea 
that she could free herself of at least 
the breeching by the use of her heels. 
Repeated lessons of this kind only mad« 
things worse. We tried all kinds of ad¬ 
vice, including hopples extending be¬ 
tween the front legs and then over the 
back of the neck, without making much 
progress. The ordinary kicking-strap 
kept her down quite securely when in 
single harness, but could not be used in 
double harness. 1 have always objected 
to the use of an overdraw check, but 
at last saw a use for it. Putting one 
on her with the usual extra bit, I ex¬ 
tended an extra rein from the check rein, 
back to the wagon. I then jumped into 
the wagon beside the driver, and told 
him to drive ahead. Every tim.e she 
attempted to kick, I lifted so hard on 
that over-draw check, that it was her 
nose which went up instead of her heels. 
A few lessons have apparently “broken” 
her of her tendency to kick, and scored 
one for the despised over-draw check. 
SuiiMEK AND Winter Milk.—I t is 
often desirable to change a cow or a 
dairy from Summer milkers to Winter 
milkers; that is, have them fresh in 
(inilk in Fall instead of Spring. We 
can often advance the time for freshen¬ 
ing by a month or six weeks each year, 
but this is a slow process,and not always 
to be depended on. Our small dairy of 
eight heifers all came in milk early in 
the Spring, but we wish to produce milk 
In Winter rather than in Summer, so 
have kept them farrow. They will be 
bred to come fresh in milk again in the 
Fall of 1904. This will give us a Win¬ 
ter dairy, and give the heifers a good 
chance to develop before dropping second 
calf. We have fed them a pound each 
of cornmeal and wheat middlings daily, 
right through the Summer, in addition 
to pasture, with good results. 
The eight heifers are now (October 
1) averaging a little over nine quarts 
of milk a day. They are natives and 
grades, picked up as calves, among sur¬ 
rounding farmers. We captured six blue 
ribbons with them at our Orange County 
fair. By keeping them farrow the first 
Summer, we are likely to secure good 
growth, and more milk during the first 
year than by tlie usual plan. The one 
that took first prize as a native two- 
year-old, has been milked since Febru¬ 
ary, and is now giving 25 pounds a day, 
with only two pounds of grain feed a 
day and pasture. She is evidently good 
for 8,000 pounds of milk in her first 
year, solid yellow in color, with no in¬ 
dications of any particular breed. 
A Poultry Problem.— I wish to describe 
how I have been feeding my hens and 
chickens and the results, which are some¬ 
times discouraging to a beginner. I have 
a flock of about 100 hens, mostly Barred 
Rocks. In the Winter and Spring I fed 
tlicm wheat in the morning and corn at 
night all they would eat, and all the skim- 
milk they would drink. When the warm 
weather came they began dying. I thought 
they were too fat. I then changed the 
ration to w'heat middlings (fine), all they 
would eat twice a day, wet with water, and 
skim-milk to drink. They did well on this 
until a few days ago, when they lost their 
.sharp appetite, and fell off on their egg 
record frorn 35 or 40 eggs per day, to 10 
or 12, all in less than a week. Several died, 
their combs turning purple and their crops 
remaining full. A week before the hen¬ 
house became very hot, two hens dying in 
the house, although they could go in and 
out. I have about 200 White Leghorn 
chickens in one end of henhouse, size of 
room 12x16, with free range. I have lost 
a number of these; they having the same 
symptoms the hens had, and a good many 
of them are not doing well. I have kept 
cracked corn constantly before them, 
morning and night, giving them all the 
wheat middlings (fine) wet with water they 
would eat, keeping charcoal most of the 
time before them, and giving them skim- 
milk to drink. The cockerels I cannot get 
fat enough to sell. 
Would you advise to pen them and feed 
corn and skim-milk? What would you 
think is the cause of this trouble with 
hens and chickens? Do you feed your 
chickens the ration mentioned on page 176, 
R. N.-Y., or that mentioned on page 809? 
Pattersonville. N. Y. a. c. p. 
This correspondent describes a disease 
often troublesome in poulty, and usually 
called cholera, though I am not sure but 
what indigestion would often be a more 
correct name. 
I reiterate what I said some years 
ago, that I doubt whether the plan of 
keeping food constantly before an ani¬ 
mal or fowl for a long period at once is 
conductive to health. At the same time, 
a short allowance of food is so certain 
to put a sudden stop to egg produc¬ 
tion that one is often tempted to feed 
beyond the limit of safety for health, 
to get a big egg yield. 
Those hens that have all the wheat 
and corn they would eat morning and 
night, with food in the form of milk 
constanly before them, were in condi¬ 
tion by Spring readily to succumb to 
an attack of cholera, indigestion, or 
whatever name you give it. I should 
consider an exclusive diet of wheat mid¬ 
dlings and milk a very badly balanced 
ration. I would advise two parts of 
cornmeal to one part of wheat middlings. 
I have referred to a letter of advice 
from C. H. Wyckoff as being among my 
valued possessions. In it he says that 
he gives milk each morning, refilling 
the pans with water before noon. Milk 
is a food as surely as it is a drink, and 
he thus avoids keeping food constantly 
before them. We are still using the 
mixture mentioned on page 176 as an 
anti-corn mixture, in connection with 
corn, both for young birds and laying 
hens, as well as for pigs. A little corn- 
meal is sometimes added to it, but not 
much. Our young birds get this at 
inoon and cracked corn morning and 
night, but not quite all they will eat, 
in fact they have hardly had their fill 
at any time this season. Our cockerels 
have been butchered as fast as they 
reached two pounds each, and have been 
good enough to bring top quotations in 
New York market. None has sold for 
less than 20 cents per pound. I sug¬ 
gest that the cockerels be put on half 
rations for a week or 10 days, and then 
fed all they will eat three times a day 
of the mixture mentioned on page 809 
for two or three w'eeks. o. w. mapes. 
Squab Notes. —To raise squabs suc¬ 
cessfully a house that will be free from 
dampness and rats is needed, for if a 
rat once gets a squab it is almost im¬ 
possible to keep them out of your house. 
It is best to have two or more nests for 
each pair, for some pairs breed very fast, 
and if there are not enough nests, they 
will fight instead of breeding. It pays to 
keep your house clean and free from 
lice. A. L. II. 
Abingdon, Mass. 
Healthy Stock Make 
Profits. 
stock that is free from mange, itch, lice, 
is the stock that makes money for the 
farmer. Nothing bites into your profits 
like disease amongst cattle and sheep. 
With the Winter coming on every breeder 
should spray or dip his stock with Chloro- 
Naptholeum Dip. Chloro-Naptholeum Dip 
will destroy every vestige of lice or other 
parasites, will cure mange and itch and 
will make your cattle or your sheep thor¬ 
oughly healthy. They will be in good con¬ 
dition in the Spring if you keep them free 
from parasites and disease during the 
Winter months. One gallon $1.50; 5 gals. 
$6.75; freight prepaid from nearest distrib¬ 
uting depot. Warehouses in all big cities. 
Perhaps you’d like to buy a dipping tank 
or a sprayer—we have many a man who 
is glad he sent for the circular. 
Order from local agent or from the West 
Disinfecting Co.. Inc., 4 E. 59th St., New 
York. 
Chloro-Hapthoieum 
Ready for Immediate ship¬ 
ment, 53 bead Chester White 
Pigs, 8 to 10 weeks old Also 
35 head Poland China Pigs, 8 
to 10 weeks old. Also young 
boars ready forservlce.young 
sows ready for breeding, and 
a few young sows bred, both 
breeds. All bred from reg 
sires and dams and entitled to registry. Can mate 
them in pairs and trios for breeding, not akin Come 
and see my stock and make your own selections Send 
2^ent stamp for circular. EDWARD WALTER, 
■ureka Stock Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
CHESTER WHITE SOW, 
GOSHEN LASS, 3998. 
C hoice delaine ewes and bams at 
bargain prices. Stock all registered. E. C. 
MULK.1N, Friendship, N. T. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH COCKERELS 
Purebred and flrst-class birds at $1 each Address 
D. R. CAREY, R F D. No. 3, Van Wert, O 
M e ITU—75 Purebred Barred Plymouth Rock 
OilLu Pullets April batched and farm 
raised from selected flock layers, 75 cents each 
H W HEDGES, East Durham, N Y 
A fresh Jersey Cow for sale, three years old; also one 
I-year-old heifer, and a Jersey Bull, 19 months old, 
all registered. A. 8 BEEKMAN, South Branch, N.J. 
BI G SatER FOR GOOD AGE/S /TS 
^R^OSTE^TEELTTANCHloJr , 
&Mt oow fMteoer. AUiuataL titjro&g, durable and I 
•onTenient. Liberal terms to hustUof ftcenU.J 
. BatlUSa Cr»w*r R«ch«st«r, N.Y. 
Breeders’ Directory 
I McLennan Bros. Stock Farm, 
I Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull for sale; Royal Pauline 
I DeKol, No. 31.2fil; born May 8 , 1962. Also a number 
I of large, handsome, uerfectly marked bull calves, t; 
1 to 8 months old, sired by Corona Spofford Pletertie 
i No. 30,160 Inquire, ’ 
P. B McLennan, Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
—Purebred Holstein-Friesian Bulls 
Chester White Pigs of the best breeding at reasonable 
prices. CHARLES KECOKD, Peterboro, N. Y. 
IPpOCVC—5 Reg. Heifers and 3 Reg. Bulls from 2 
JLIiOCI 0 to 10 months old. Solid color; “St. Lam¬ 
bert strain ” J. A. HEKR, Lancaster, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES. Scotch Collies, Spayed 
* * Females. SILAS DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
Choice young stock of the best breeding for sale. 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCRE 8 T FARM, Rlfton, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
oYYLLrolAMlO rnlZ.C cow regardless of 
breed” at Madison County Fair, September 17. was 
won by the Jersey cow, Brownell’s Hissa, No. 100167, 
in a ring full of good ones. Her bull calf dropped 
September first, was sired by the great show bull 
Queen’s Czar, No. 55573. If you want a $100 bull calf, 
I write for photos of both parents, pedigree and full 
description. If you want a cheaper one, or a few 
heifers, I have them also. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Poolville, N. Y. 
I fO to 100 good grade Milk Cows 
bred in States of Alabama or 
p Tennessee. GEO. C. ELY, 48 
“ Cortlandt St, New York City. 
RAQrAIN^ purebred Holstein-Friesian Bull 
D A n U AI n 0 Calves. Low present prices to reduce 
stock. Write promptly. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
i EORHOLSTEtiSI CATTLE 
Good ones, and all ages. Fine Yearling Balls, 
ready for service. 
RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write DELDHUKST EABMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa- 
GNAGEY FARM. 
Jerseys and Berkshlres are sold on approval Try 
us on young stock. SAMUEL HERSHBERGER, 
Manager, Grantsvllle, Md. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES Krl" 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
C hester White and IJerkshire Pigs; none better. 
Also, B. Plymouth Rock Chlckens^ind W. Holland 
Turkeys. Prices right. W. A. LOTHERS, Lack, Pa. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Bcrksliires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to G mos.. mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
prices aud description. Return if not 
satisfactory; we refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
etc. Eggs, a specialty. 60 p. book, 10c. Rates 
free. J. A. BERGEY, Box 8 , Telford. Pa. 
CTOCK FOR SALE—Cockerels,Pullets and Hens. 
^ All leading varieties. .Prices lower now than 
later. Write to-day and state your wants. 
MT. BLANCO POULTRY FARM, Mt Blanco, Ohla 
\A/UITr I CI2UnDWQ-t"our Cockerels for $6 If 
iVnllu LLUnUnilu taken now. 900 beauties 
from big eggs from big hens. All purebred, without 
disquallflcations. WHl'TK A RICE, 
C^Box A, Yorklown, N. Y. 
i 
FERRETS 
—The finest lot ever offered 
for sale at Shady J.awn Ferret 
Farm. Price list free. 
Address, W. J. WOOD, New 
Loudon, Ohio. 
HANDSOME SCOTCH COLLIE PUPPIES 
$5 each. Also high-class brood Bitches in whelp, and 
Stud Dogs. “Moneymakers.’’ 
GEO. A. HULL, St. Cutharines, Out. 
For Sale. —Scot ch Col 1 ies, .maivnificently 
bred A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wis. 
HOW TO FEED AND BREED HOGS 
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thalmia, Moon Blindness, and other Sore Eyes. 
BARRY CO., Iowa Olty, Iowa, have a sure cure. 
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