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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 13 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A PARTNERSHIP IN PONIES. 
We have started a new enterprise at 
Hickory Hill Farm. A short time ago 
we entered into partnership with the 
boys, and embarked in the Shetland 
pony business. Of course our invest¬ 
ment was in a very modest way, as 
everything is at this small establish¬ 
ment, and consisted of the purchase of a 
stallion and a mare, each three years 
old. The stallion 'is a beautiful little 
fellow, scarcely 40 inches high, and 
weighing a little less than 300 pounds. 
His tail and mane were evidently in¬ 
tended for a much larger horse, as the 
former sweeps the ground, and the lat¬ 
ter almost obscures the front end of 
him. The mare is a good big pony, 
weighing about 500 pounds, and stand¬ 
ing 45 inches high. I wish that I could 
get a team weighing 1,200 pounds each, 
but built just like that little Shetland 
mare. The little mare was first given a 
few lessons in the “bitting rig,” and 
then I took a ride on her myself, and 
no doubt the colt was glad that I am 
not a great, big man. She paced along 
very nicely for a while, until she saw a 
large white stone near the road, when, 
quick as a flash, she turned square 
round, and left me standing in the road 
hanging to the bridle. I didn’t go any 
farther until I had managed to make 
the pony smell that stone and get over 
being afraid of it. Then we went on 
until we came near a Holstein calf, an-1 
she had to be introduced to Miss Nancy 
also. I made it a point not to let her 
go past anything she was afraid of, until 
she had found out all about it. For a 
few days, when going on the road with 
the team, I tied Nancy to the rear of 
the wagon, and took her along to see 
things. People smiled at my “taking 
that pony around to show her off,” but 
I think it is a good thing for people to 
smile sometimes, so Nancy and I kept 
right along. I soon began to let the 
oldest boy (aged nine) ride her around 
home, and after a little while we added 
a cart and harness to our outfit, and we 
began driving her in that. Now, after 
three weeks, we have a pony reasonably 
safe for children—that is, children that 
are used to exercising a little judgment, 
but not the helpless kind. 
The partnership business is as fol¬ 
lows: I am to pay for the ponies, furnish 
feed and stables, together with the carts, 
harness, saddles, etc. The boys are to 
own them, feed and care for them, ride 
and drive them, show them at the fairs, 
etc. We expect to add to our stock as 
we get the chance to buy good ones at 
a low price, and so some time raise them 
to sell. We shall expect good prices, for 
we shall be able to furnish ponies safe 
for children, because they will have been 
raised by children, and always handled 
by them. So really, I do not think that 
I have been throwing money away on 
them. Now let us see what the boys 
will get out of it. While they own them, 
it 'is understood that it is to be Papa’s 
money when they are sold. But you just 
ought to see those boys develop since 
they got those ponies. They must be up 
in time to feed them before they have 
their own breakfast, and they almost al¬ 
ways come in all excited about some 
new idea in regard to them. The older 
boy, Leslie, goes along with a cord 
hitched to the General’s bit, while his 
small brother takes a ride on his back 
(no runaways for us), and he fairly 
swells up with the importance of hav¬ 
ing the care of them, and the great thing 
about it is that he is careful, too. 
This pony business may or may not 
be a paying thing financially, but I think 
it will prove a strong link in the chain 
to bind the boys to the farm, and in 
after years, if they should choose other 
business, I think that they will hold the 
farm in dearer remembrance because of 
the frolics they had with the little Shet- 
lands when they were boys. 
,T. GRANT MORSE. 
HORNS ON DORSET SHEEP. 
Dorset rams will sometimes fight sav¬ 
agely among themselves. During the 
last five years, I have lost three by hav¬ 
ing their necks broken while fighting, 
but as I have come to believe them prac¬ 
tically dog-proof, I do not regard their 
pugnacity as objectionable. I usually 
keep a few sheep at my house in town 
during the Winter, and a sheep dog, 
presented to my father-in-law in Buenos 
Ayres, learned to regard them as his 
special charge and, during a storm, 
would drive them into the barn, and 
sometimes lie down and keep them there 
for hours. My first purchase of Dorset 
sheep was a bunch of bpring lambs, 
shipped home in January during a deep 
snow, and as they went into a far cor¬ 
ner of the yard, I said .o the dog, who 
had followed me to the fence, that he 
would better drive them into the barn. 
This he started to do, when the whole 
flock charged him together, and only 
prompt assistance saved the dog from 
certain death. 
I was once watching some men stack 
cornstalks on one of my farms where 
there was a flock of grade Dorset ewe 
lambs, when a young hound, with which 
a neighbor was hunting rabbits, came 
into the field and, leaving the rabbit’s 
trail, chased four lambs down near to 
where I was standing. One of the lambs 
then turned aside and, as the dog rushed 
at her, she rushed to meet him, sending 
him from the field badly battered, ef¬ 
fectually cured of his fondness for hunt¬ 
ing sheep. A bird dog belonging to a 
member of my family commenced to 
take an interest in sheep, and was put 
into a pen with a Dorset ram, and after 
one round had to be helped out, and has 
not looked at a sheep since. While driv¬ 
ing with my wife and children near to 
where the Dorset flock was feeding, 
over a hill top, my attention was called 
to the fact that the sheep were run¬ 
ning together. They lined up in a com¬ 
pact body, facing one way, and the team 
was stopped to observe the outcome. 
Directly a dog appeared, crossing the 
field, perhaps 50 yards from the sheep, 
which I am satisfied would have stood 
their ground had he offered to molest 
them. 
I usually have four different flocks of 
sheep, and hardly a year passes but 
that some are killed by dogs, but the 
Dorsets have never been troubled, ami 
I have made up my mind that they will 
protect themselves. The ewes with 
lambs are even more pugnacious than 
rams, and as a whole the breed is more 
inclined to fight for their rights than 
any other with which i have had experi¬ 
ence. <T. I). VAN VALKENBURGH. 
Grain feed would consist of six pounds 
wheat bran, two pounds pea meal, two 
pounds cotton-seed meal, or same 
amount of oil-cake meal. They get con¬ 
siderable corn in the silage. For rough- 
age we feed about 10 pounds per day, in 
two feeds, of good, well-cured clover 
hay, cut early on the green side, fed be¬ 
fore milking in the morning and after 
milking at night. We sometimes feed 
oat or barley straw or cut dry corn 
stover for a change. We find no rough- 
age better than good clover hay. We 
sometimes feed a little oat or barley 
chopped grain in place of the cotton or 
oil-cake meal. We find our cows like a 
variety of feeds, as we do ourselves. 
We try to keep the cows in good con¬ 
dition the year ’round; do not want 
them fat or poor, out just in fair con¬ 
dition. We find the greatest difficulty in 
keeping them in good condition during 
two or three months in the middle of 
the Summer, during a drought, or in 
very hot, dry weather in fly time. We 
overcome that difficulty by having 
plenty of good silage kept over from the 
Winter supply; try to have enough si¬ 
lage put up to last the year through, if 
needed, and then in the hottest, dry 
weather we keep cur cows in the stable 
through the day, and let them out 
nights. We feed a half Winter’s ration 
of silage, hay and meal during the hot¬ 
test dry weather in Summer, and try to 
keep the cows from the horn flies as 
much as possible, but that we find to be 
the most difficult matter in the whole 
business. 
We have found by experience that it is 
a great mistake and poor economy to let 
cattle of any kind run out too late in 
the Fall without being fed some extra 
feed after frosty nights, when pasture 
begins to fail. They lose more flesh in 
a month than one can put on in two 
months after with good feeding. Last 
Summer we had a very severe drought 
over this section of Ontario; the pas¬ 
tures were all dried up, and my ~ay and 
corn crops were cut down nearly one- 
half in consequence. My wheat crop 
was frozen out in the Winter, and the 
drought in Summer reduced it down so 
I had only one-sixth of a crop, both 
straw and grain, and thinking I was 
going to be snort of feed for the Winter 
for my young cattle and dry cows (have 
100 of them) I allowed them to run out 
on pasture very late in order to save 
feed, but I found it to ~e very bad econ 
omy. It would have oeen better to have 
bought feed for them. e. d. tillson. 
Ontario, Canada. 
Sometime ago my two nieces were taken with 
Whooping Cough. One was placed under care of our 
best doctor, but she died. To the other, mother and 
I administered Jayne’s Expectorant. She got well, 
and to-day is robust. She was by far the worst of 
the two. I believe that had we given the same medi¬ 
cine to the other, she would have been living to-day 
—(Mrs.) ALVIN B1XBV, Garden City. Minn., Oc 
tober20, 1895. 
Easy to take and effectual, Jayne's Painless Sana¬ 
tive Pills.— Adv. 
NOTES ON COW KEEPING. 
We think it beneficial and economical to 
put our cows in their stables for Win¬ 
ter, feeding early in the season, between 
the first and middle of October. We 
keep them in nights, but let them run 
out on grass lots about six hours during 
the middle of the day, if weather be 
fine, up to the middle of November, 
when they are kept in the stable day and 
night continuously, except that they are 
let out into a yard for exercise for about 
two hours twice a week in fine weather. 
We commence feeding full Winter ra¬ 
tions about October 1; this consists of 
40 pounds good, well-eared, well-saved 
corn silage, with 10 pounds grain feed 
placed on top of silage in the mangers. 
Gain A Second 
—when your horse is fast seconds 
count on a record. 
A little stiffness or soreness in leg or body 
may lose seconds and hence lose a record. 
Chills, congestion and inflammation are the 
enemies of speed. 
Used and endorsed 
by the Adams 
Express C®. 
used in dilute form 
has no superior as a 
leg and body wash. 
Apply to the legs and 
bandage lightly. Ap¬ 
ply to the body and blanket. Removes 
stiffness and soreness, prevents colds, 
congestion, and produces flexibility 
and firmness of muscles and tendons. 
For sale at all druggists. Sample 
bottle mailed for 6c to pay postage. 
Veterinary Experience— full of valu¬ 
able information—100 pages, FREE. 
Dr. S. A. Tuttle, 30 Beverly St. Boston, Mass. 
BEWARE of all so-called Elixirs, 
none genuine but Tuttles. 
ONLY S5.QO 
lor this first-class cooker and water heater, 
fust the thing for cooking feed for *to(‘k» 
plfiT* or poultry and for heating water 
for Acaldinff hogs. Burns wood only. 
The Farmer’s Feed Cooker 
is made of best cast Iron with No. 52 gal¬ 
vanized steel boiler, and holds 20 gallons. 
We make larger cookers and will quote 
prices on application. Rend for free circulars* 
Reliable Inch. 4 Brdr. Co. Box 101, Quincy, III 
Breeders' Directory. 
White Wyandotte Cockerels.— None better 
Write wants. Ralph Woodward, New Rochelle, N. Y 
White Wyajcdottes Exclusively.— 
Write wants. Spencer’s Poultry Farm, Phenlx, R. I. 
For Sale — Registered two-year-old 
Short-horn Bull. For further particulars and price 
address CHAS. BUCHAN, Seneca Castle, Ontario 
County, N. Y. 
tTTR riTQTftMFPQ say they never before r®- 
ILlIv vUOiuiilljRO ceived as line stock at such 
low prices as we are making to close our herd out. 
Write. F. H. GATES & SONS, Chlttenango, N. Y. 
IMPROVED CHESTER WHITES 
of the best Dreeding and all ages for sale at reason¬ 
able prices. Pamphlet and prices free. Light Brahma 
cockerels $1 apiece. C. K. RECORD, Peterboro, N.Y 
) M AIAfTF TO Oxford, O. Headquarters for 
/, ill, iUnulL vv.) Magle Poland Chinas. KBtab’d 
over 60 years. 81x pigs. 7 mos. old weighed 325 lbs. 
each. Have shipped our swine to 9 foreign countries, 
and sold 4,000 In 8 years. Send for Price-List of 1900. 
Choice Brown and White Leghorn 
young hens for sale at $1.50 each in lots of 25 or 
more. Bred from our prixe-winners in four States. 
DELLHURST FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
Some GOOD young • 
JERSEY BULL CALVES 
FOR SALE at fair prices. No PLUGS nor un 
registered for sale at any price. 
U. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
BLOODED LIVE STOCK 
Shaap —Oxfords.Shropshires,South- 
downs. Fancy Poultry. Riga— 
Berkshires, Poland-Chinas, Chester 
Whites,Yorkshires. Catalogue/ret. 
H. L. HOLMES, Harrlaburg, Pa. 
Reg. Poland Chinas,Berk¬ 
shire/ & Chester Whites. Choice 
Pigs, 8 weeks old, mated not 
akin. Bred sows and service 
Boars cheap. Poultry. Write 
for hard times prices and free 
circular. Hamilton &Co., Rosenvlck, Chester Co., Pa 
FERRETS FOR SALE Ad ' lre ” CHA8 ' SM,TB ’ 
Mainesburg, Pa. 
Meat smoked in a few hours with 
KRAUSERS’ LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. 
Made from hiokory wood. Cheaper, cleaner, 
aweeter, and surer than the old way. Send for 
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. -BeforeBuyingaHew 
Harness 
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atogaa to* styles of single and double onk-tamwm 
Leather Harness to select fr om. Sold direct to th# 
eeosamer at wholesale price. W* can sarsyou cuaaaJJ 
king Harness company. Mfr*. 
212 Church St., Owego, N. Y. 
A FEED COOKER 
is a money saver on every farm. It 
_money t 
Increases the grain you have by 
making It more palatable and di 
THE 
FARMER’S FAVORITE 
is a thoroughly reliable cooker at a 
reasonable price. Furnace made of 
cooking 1_ 
live stoek and poultry} for heat- 
lng water for scalding hogs, etc. 
Excellent for evaporating Maple 
sup, boiling down syrup, “sugar, 
lng off,” etc. JuBt the thing for boiling down elder. 
Don’t buy until you get our circulars andprlces. 
L. R. LEWIS, 12 Main St., Cortland, N. Y. 
that there, was a positive cure at hand for gall 
sores and scratches on your horses or for any 
sore or skin disease on horse, cow, sheep or dog ? 
Veterinary Surgeons, Liverymen, Horsemen and 
Farmers all over the land are indorsing 
Veterinary 
Pixine 
They back it up with their signature. It is abso¬ 
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receipt of 
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