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THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER. 
January 20 
Live Stock and Dairy 
MAKING PRIZE BUTTER. 
At the meeting of the Connecticut Dairy¬ 
men’s Association last year, Mr. G. F. 
Douglass, of Collinsville, exhibited butter 
which won the highest score known in that 
State. Mrs. Douglass thus tells how it was 
made: 
As regards my method in butter mak¬ 
ing, it is the same as others follow, 
using the Cooley system, and churning 
at a temperature of 67 or 68 degrees at 
this time of year, after ripening at from 
70 to 72 degrees. We were unfortunate 
enough to have our buildings burned, 
and have not yet erected a dairy room, 
and so am obliged to keep my cream in 
the kitchen, where it will not freeze. I 
have no facilities for warming the cream 
except to keep it near the stove, stir¬ 
ring often enough to Keep it from scald¬ 
ing. 
When the butter begins to separate I 
wash with weak brine, the same as other 
butter makers do, repeating the washing 
twice, when the butter is removed from 
churn and placed on butter worker, and 
salted to suit my customers: one ounce 
salt to one pound butter. We have a 
nice herd of young cows, and if there is 
any secret in the butter the cows hold it, 
and you may rest assured that they 
never’ll tell. 
FEEDING STEERS. 
Opinions have changed very material¬ 
ly during the past several years regard¬ 
ing different points in feeding cattle for 
market. One of them is that stock that 
is being fattened should be in stalls 
while fattening. We used to give our 
fattening steers as much exercise each 
day as any of the other cattle, until we 
learned that they were running off in 
their exercise a large portion of the flesh 
that the feeding should put on. Since 
then we have adhered closely to stall 
feeding, and have become well pleased 
with this method. We have nine young 
cattle of our own raising that were put 
into fattening stalls in November, and 
have not been out since, nor will they be 
until driven to market. Water is drawn 
from a near-by hydrant and supplied to 
them three times per day, and with reg¬ 
ular feeding all are doing nicely. Th3 
main portion of the feed is silage, which 
they have night and morning. Amount 
depends entirely on the animal, as it 
must in all cases of feeding. As a rule, 
however, the amount will average about 
15 pounds each twice a day. In any 
event, all is fed that they will pick up 
clean. We have to observe some care in 
being regular in amount, as a little care¬ 
lessness may throw them off their feed. 
For this reason one person always sees 
to feeding. 
There is some grain in the silage, but 
not enough to fatten. We give ground 
feed, corn and oats, or corn and bran, 
at morning and night. This, like the 
silage, is fed according to the animal— 
the aim being to give to each all that it 
can handle profitably. It is folly to 
think it possible to lay down a rule by 
weight or measure by which stock can 
be fed; the animal must be fed according 
to its capacity. Any other method of 
feeding is guesswork. At noon we feed 
cut corn stover or hay, generally the 
former. Silage might be fed, but the dry 
fodder is preferred, as it gives variety to 
the foddering. At present we are feed¬ 
ing nearly a bushel of broken ears of 
corn at noon. There is some waste in 
doing this, as must be admitted, but we 
think that the advantage of variety to 
the stock offsets the loss. With the 
stall-fed steer it is almost imperative 
that trenches behind for droppings be 
used. A flat floor means a lot of work 
and bedding to keep stock in good con¬ 
dition. The standing room should also 
have a proper slant backward, so that all 
draining will not remain under the ani¬ 
mal or run forward. With trenches and 
a proper use of straw it is possible to 
keep the fattening stock very nearly, if 
not entirely clean. c. p. Reynolds. 
Shiawassee Co., Mich. 
THE BELGIAN DRAFT STALLION. 
Last Fall the papers announced that 
Wolf & Talbert, of Wabash, Ind., had Im¬ 
ported a lot of Belgian draft stallions. 
We were interested to know why this breed 
was preferred to Percherons of the English 
breed. 
During the past few years we have ex¬ 
ported hundreds of horses to Germany, 
and we find that whenever we have a 
Belgian he is always a ready seller, and 
usually commands a much better price 
than the horses of either the Clyde or 
the Percheron breed. Since the advent 
of the Belgian stallions into this coun¬ 
try, they have risen to the very front 
rank as profitable and productive breed¬ 
ers, and they retain this position for 
numerous reasons, among which are the 
following: They invariably transmit to 
their offspring their own particular 
traits of constitutional strength, endur¬ 
ance, docility, good symmetry and ac¬ 
tion. Their colts mature more quickly 
than any other breed of horses 
known to the world, thus making them 
the most profitable horse to breed. 
These statements are verified oy the 
fact that to-day, go where one will, into 
any community wherein a Belgian draft 
stallion has had the opportunity of test¬ 
ing his productive breeding capabilities, 
the records will show, as the evidences 
are manifold that their offspring prove 
the most formidable competitors in the 
show ring. County and State fairs, as 
well as stock shows in the different sec¬ 
tions, have added laurels to the wreaths 
of honor acquired by them. 
One of the principal factors which has 
brought the Belgian draft horse up to its 
present high standard is the careful 
breeding which has been practiced in its 
native country for many years past. 
Belgium, although not more than half 
as large as any of our ordinary-sized 
States, has more than 9,000,000 inhabi¬ 
tants. The occupation of a very large 
proportion of these people is stock rais¬ 
ing, and in their efforts to raise and 
breed the highest possible standard, they 
are greatly assisted by their own gov¬ 
ernment. No stallion can be used for 
breeding purposes in any district or 
Province of Belgium unless the animal 
has at first been sanctioned and ap¬ 
proved by the commissioners appointed 
by the government for this especial pur¬ 
pose. WOLF & TALBERT. 
SHEEP ON SHARES. 
Would it pay to put out high-grade Shrop- 
shires to the right parties, giving them all 
the wool, and half the increase, for a term 
of three years, allowing us to keep the ewe 
lambs, which would be put in the flock in 
the Fall, as part of the original contract? 
This class of sheep is very high at pres¬ 
ent. Would it not pay a farmer better to 
have good sheep on these terms, than to 
own a flock of poor ones? We should ex¬ 
pect to get men who were entirely reliable, 
who could be depended upon to use good 
judgment. 
Years ago thousands of sheep were 
put out on somewhat similar terms here 
in western New York. One plan was to 
have the sheep doubled in three years, 
the owner having the right to select for 
the original flock sheep no older than 
those put out. Another was for the 
taker to keep original flock good as to 
age, to have all the increase, and give 
one pound of wool a head each year for 
their use. Still another was to give a 
half pound of wool and half the increase, 
and a fourth the plan as mentioned in 
your inquiry. In the long run this was a 
paying investment for the owner putting 
out the sheep, but occasionally it was 
otherwise. I well remember one case 
where a man let out a fine flock, for 
which he could have got $2.50 per head, 
and at the end of three years they came 
back, twice the number, which he had 
to sell for 75 centc a head. They were 
as good as the sheep put out, but the 
sheep market was depressed. 
The plan proposed in your query is a 
good deal like compounding interest, 
only a little more so. Suppose a case. 
A lets B have 40 sheep, good Shropshire 
ewes, and he takes good care of them. 
They would be almost sure to r- : ~3 50 or 
60 lambs, say only 40. In the Fall A’s 
share would be 20 ewe lambs, making a 
flock of 60. With good care these would 
have at least 60 lambs, and of course in 
the succeeding Fall A would have 90 
ewes, and at the end of the lease would 
be entitled to 135 sheep. If I were sure 
of the right man I would not hesitate to 
make the investment, but I would think 
B a foolish man to take them on the 
terms. 
It might pay a farmer better even to 
take a good flock on such disadvantage¬ 
ous terms than to keep a flock of scrubs, 
but any man with sufficient gumption 
to be trusted with a first-class flock of 
mutton sheep would surely know enough 
to own the flock, even if he had to pay 
big interest for the money with which to 
buy them. j. s. woodward. 
I have used Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant In my 
family for Croup, and 1 And nothing to equal it.— 
E. T. DAVENPORT, Valley Head, Alabama, October 
18, 1895. 
Safe and Sure. Jayne’s Painless Sanative Pills.— 
Adv. 
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Caustic 
Balsam 
1 Safe Speedy and Positive Care 
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Removes Bunches or Blemishes from Horiei 
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Every bottle sold Is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
sent by express, charges paid, with full directions 
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THE LAWRENCB-WILLIAMS CO.. Cleveland O. 
A BOTTLE 
To This Man. 
It may be worth a like sum or even more to you. 
Fingal, Barnes Co., N. D., March 19, 1898. 
Dear Sirs:—I have used your Kendall's Spavin Cure and I 
Ink it a good Liniment. I have cured a Spavin on my beat 
ire, and I would not take $125 for her, which 1 offered for $75 
fore. I will be pleased to have your book and receipts for 
[s inclosed stamp, as I read on the cartoon. 
Truly vours, FRANK SMITH. 
It Is an absolutely reliable remedy for Spavins, 
lints,Curbs, Ring-hones,etc. Removes the bunch and 
aves no scar. Price, *1; six for $5. As a liniment 
r family use it has no equal. Ask your druggist 
r KENDALL’S SPAVIN CUKE, also “A Treatise ou the 
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FEED 
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factory to farmer. 28 High St., Tecumseh, Mich. 
Breeders’ Directory. 
White Wyandotte Cockerels.—N one better 
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M. SAGER, Orangeville, Pa. 
C HENANGO VALLEY STOCK FARMS, Greene, N. 
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8 . A. LITTLE, Malcolm, Box A, Seneca Co., N. Y. 
Blanchard’s White Leghorns. 
The Leading 8 traln of Heavy Layers. Cockerels 
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Choice Brown and White Leghorn 
young hens for sale at 11.60 each in lots of 25 or 
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DELLHUR 8 T FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
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Two Registered Jersey Bull Calves, 
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Stock leaving farm will be as represented. 
WHITE OAK RIDGE STOCK FARM, 
East Orange, N. J k 
Some GOOD young 
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Reg. Poland Chinas,Berk- 
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Pigs, 8 weeks old, mated not 
akin. Bred sows and service 
Boars cheap. Poultry. Write 
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_ m Before Buying a New 
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Wake 
With 
Alarm. 
Sounds if the horse was trying to kick the barn 
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price 
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