March 10 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
CONDENSED COW TALKS. 
On a good many farms the calf pails 
are a sight to behold—they are cleaned 
when it comes handy, and it doesn’t 
come handy very often. They smell 
bad, and quickly contaminate the milk, 
and undoubtedly are the cause of much 
of the trouble known as scours. A 
dairyman recently told us that he had 
solved that problem. He said: “We use 
a separator run by pony power, which 
we start up when about half through 
milking. As soon as we are through 
there’s plenty of the warm skim-milk, 
and we feed it in the pails we have just 
used for milking. As we have little 
mangers for the calves, the pails do not 
get dirty, and as they have to be washed, 
anyway, after milking, the calves always 
have clean sweet milk at just the right 
temperature from cleanly pails, and 
there’s no time lost on call pails. I 
don’t like calves to get the sucking 
habit, so have a lot of little stanchions 
in which we fasten them as they come 
up to the pail. As soon as they are 
through drinking 1 give them a handful 
of bran or middlings and a little fine 
hay. After they have been here a few 
minutes they are let loose, but they 
have forgotten an about “sucking.” 
This same dairyman, after looking 
over a fine barn where about 80 cows 
are kept, where everything is fitted up 
in the best style at a big expense, said: 
“Here’s all the paraphernalia for doing 
a big business, and doing it well and 
cheaply, but it lacks in the vital point. 
Not over half a dozen of these cows are 
real dairy-type animals. They are gen¬ 
eral-purpose, and not the kind of cows 
to produce the largest amount of milk 
in the cheapest manner. Better less ex¬ 
pensive outfit and better cows.” 
Another shrewd farmer said: “I 
bought my Canada peas last Fall, and 
intend to have 30 acres of oats and peas. 
I believe there will be a short hay crop 
next Summer, no matter what kind of 
season we have, and I want to be pre¬ 
pared for anything mat may come. 
Our neighbors are buying hay, but we 
have plenty of roughage. Last year the 
drought was so long that grass roots 
were badly injured. Many of them died, 
others were weakened, and it will take 
some time to recover, if they ever do. 
besides, we’ve had such an open Winter, 
tne ground as yet hardly having been 
covered with snow, and this also is not 
favorable for grass.” 
At an institute one large dairyman 
said, “I spent $200 for grain last Sum¬ 
mer, from which at the time I didn’t 
seem to get back a cent, but I believed 
it would pay, and it has. All the Fall 
and early Winter my neighbors kept 
telling that their cows didn t seem to do 
as well as usual, and the same amount 
of feed wouldn’t turn out as much milk. 
My cows were doing finely, and that $200 
has paid me back about $180 a month for 
four or five months.” He explained his 
theory by saying that “good cows in 
their normal condition will produce 
about so much milk from so much feed, 
but the drought last season kept pas¬ 
turage so low and poor that many cows 
drew on their own reserve force, that is, 
t'heir bodies, and got 'way below their 
natural condition. By feeding grain I 
kept them at normal, and when good 
feed came they were ready and able to 
respond, but those cows of my neigh¬ 
bors who didn’t keep up are now taking 
it out of the feed, and it costs much 
more to get a cow back to her normal 
condition than it does to keep her at 
par all the time.” 
In some stables you will see a number 
oi cows with “bunged” and badly- 
swollen knees. This condition is 
brought about in several ways. You are 
more likely to find them where rigid 
stanchions are used, and the mangers 
are either too wide or too long, or both. 
The cow is unaole to reach all her feed, 
and in her vain attempt to get that in 
the corner she slips and falls heavily 
upon her knees. An average-sized cow 
ought not to have to reach over 16 or 
18 inches in order to get all the food in 
her manger. Build the mangers taper¬ 
ing, with the bottom about 16 inches, 
and let them flare up to about three feet. 
Then if they are three to 3% feet high, 
they are not unhandy, and the cow will 
not throw out her feed. We much pre¬ 
fer the chain stanchion to the rigid or 
the peg stanchion, as the cow has much 
more freedom, and can get up and lie 
down much more easily, and is no more 
apt to get dirty behind where right- 
length stalls are used. Where plank 
flooring is used, don’t put it in length¬ 
wise, as when wet the cow is much 
more likely to slip than when placed the 
other way. 
At a recent institute, Dr. Jenkins, of 
the Connecticut Experiment Station, 
said: “Don’t buy oat feeds. No dairy¬ 
man can afford to use them, however 
cheap he may be able to buy them. They 
ought not to have a place in the feed 
market, as many of them are fit for 
nothing but to burn under boilers. 
Chaff can be bought under its true name 
for $7 per ton, but under the name of 
oat feed it brings $15 per ton. Most of 
the feeds are sold for about the same 
price as wheat bran, but contain only 
about half as much protein. They con¬ 
tain far less protein than good corn 
meal even, and almost or quite as much 
woody fiber as good hay.” He also ad¬ 
vised farmers not to buy any of the so- 
called mixed dairy or horse feeds. “Any 
farmer with a shovel can mix up as good 
a combination as any of them, and do it 
cheaper. The cow’s mouth and stom¬ 
ach are the best kind of mixers. Why 
not let her do it? A good many men 
seem to have the idea that the manu¬ 
facturers have some peculiar process by 
which, by their mixing, they add some 
value to the mixture, but it’s all bosh.” 
When asked what he should do when 
the mixed dairy feeds produced better 
results than one’s own mixture of the 
same materials, he said he should “try 
again.” "But suppose then you don’t get 
as good results?” 
“Well, I should begin to think I was 
lacking in my upper story. Mixing 
never adds anything. Shovel and hoe 
will do it perfectly. It’s the same with 
fertilizers. You and your help can often 
mix them in Winter at very little ex¬ 
pense.” 
The writer was recently urged to buy 
a “dairy feed,” it being described as 
cheaper and better than he could mix 
himself. Its price was $21 per ton, and 
its guarantee was 18 per cent protein, 
4% per cent fat. On going home 1 
figured out my own mixture, and found 
it contained 25^ per cent protein, six 
per cent fat, and cost $17.20 per ton. I 
was saving nearly $4 per ton, and get¬ 
ting a feed nearly 50 per cent better. 
H. G. M. 
The Pacific Rural Press says that Ore¬ 
gon’s output of lumber for 1899 was 669,650,- 
000 feet; Washington's, 732,000,000. 
A writer in The Western Agriculturist 
says: “Sell or give away those plugs that 
you are using for breeding, or they will 
give you away.” 
The Western Agriculturist says that the 
French government studs now include 3,450 
stallions. All stallions breeding for public 
service in France must be Inspected by a 
veterinary, and are furnished at a nominal 
price to the farmers. The result is that 
France is producing the finest horses of two 
classes in the world, viz., the draft horse 
and the coach horse. 
68 Murray St., N. 
WORMS 
K ILL more sheep than dorado; kill 
more colts than barb wire; kill 
more pigsthan Cholera. AM. kinds 
of intestinal and stomach worms in 
sheep, horses and hogs are instant¬ 
ly killed and removed by feeding 
Suimiier’H Worm Powders. 
They cleanse the stomach, purify 
the blood, aid digestion, Improve 
the appetite and general health of 
the animal. Send for circulars. 
Agents wanted. F. S.BUKCH A (X). 
Y.: 178 Michigan St., Chicago, 111. 
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Positively cures tongue lolling and will 
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With this bit the most vicious and 
unmanageable horse can be driven 
by a lady. The construction 
Is such that the driver has 100 
per cent more leverage than 
with any other bit. Samples 
sent postpaid upon receipt 
of price. In XCplateor Im¬ 
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Nickel Plate *2. 
mperiul Bit and Snap Co., 400 Wls. St., ltacine, Wls 
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any letter which we publish concerning the “ 
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to be fraudulent. It Is so ; 
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DR. S. A. TUTTLE, Sole Proprietor, Si 
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Beware of nil so^sllcd Elixirs, none genuine tint Tut I In 
It has passed through every test and trial—by 
veterlnery surgeons, along side of every remedy 
made -on sores and skin diseases on domestic 
animals that were declared Incurable and as 
with one voice the verdict comes back 
Veterinary Pixine 
Cured, Healed, old sores of years’ standing, 
scratches and all skin diseases on horse, cow, 
sheep or dog, whenever applied. It is the one 
absolutely guaranteed positive cure. The most 
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out scab. One trial box convinces. Money re¬ 
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pmcp I 2-oz. box, - 25c. 
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At Druggists and dealers, or wailed postpaid. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO., 
TROY, N. Y. 
Newton's Heave. Cough, 
Distemper and Indiges¬ 
tion Cure, Wind. Throat 
and Stomach Troubles. 
Send for dealers and 
users’ letters. $1 per can. 
Express allowed. 
Newton Horse Remedy Co., (Y.), Toledo, O. 
Cows barren 3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
Moore Brothers, Albany, n.t. 
SMALL’S CALF FEEDER. 
Calves suck their milk, grow sleek, 
thrifty and very large, commanding the 
highest market prices for veal or dairy. 
Write for free circulars. 
J. B. Small Si Co., Boston, Mass. 
THE OHA1N HANOI NO 
CATTLE STANCHION. 
The most praotloal and humane Fastener ever In 
rented. Gives perfect freedom of the head. Illus 
trated Circular and Price free on application. 
Manufactured by O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestvllle, Conn. 
COW TIE 
Holds them firmly, draws 
them forward when lying 
down, pushes back when 
standing, gives freedom 
of head, keeps them clean 
K. O. NEWTON CO. 
Batavia, Ill. Catalogue Free 
LUMP JAW 
Easily and thoroughly cured- 
Now, common-sense method, 
not expensive. No era bo 
pay. FREE. A practical, ill¬ 
ustrated treatise on the abso¬ 
lute cure of Lump.Jaw,free to 
readers of th ispaper. 
Fleming Bros., chemists, 
Union Stock lord*, Chicago, III. 
A. C. BROSIUSa COCHRANVILLE, PENN. 
Meat smoked in a few hours with 
hRAUSERS’ LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. 
Made from hickory wood. Cheaper, cleaner, 
sweeter, and surer than the old way. Send for 
circular. E. kUAlSLli Si ltllO., Milton, Pa. 
Breeders’ Directory. 
Mammoth W. H. Turkey's. Send for 
circulars. STANLEY WILLIAMS, Kennedy, N. Y. 
Prize B. P. Rock Eggs at farmers’ 
prices. B. L. HUKI), Whallonsburg. N Y. 
White Plymouth Rocks. —Cockerels, 
f2each; eggs. 2« SI: 60. 12; 100. S3. 
JOHN HERR SUENK, Lancaster, Pa. 
Buff Plymouth Rocks. —Prize win¬ 
ners wherever shown. Eggs, 12 per sitting. 
JOHN H. JANNKY, Brighton, Md. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks exclusively. 
Incubator Eggs, S3 per 100. 
C. A. HALL, Oak Hill, Greene Co., N. Y. 
A grand lot of Barred Rocks for sale. Eggs from 
exhibition matings. Circular free. 
C. F. GIFFKN, Lock Box 86, St. Clairsville, Ohio. 
White Wyandottks Exclusively.— 
Write wants. Spencer’s Poultry Farm. Phenlx. R. 1. 
PPOQ Genuine Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. 
Buff Plymouth Rocks. Huff Leghorns. 
Circular. SAMUEL DUNBAR, B.222, Klkhorn.Wls. 
OCI EftftC IN A YEAR. Record of my Light 
Awl LUUd Brahma. Duchess 2d. Eggs from her 
and daughters mated to llartnest Cockerel, S2 sit¬ 
ting. MBS A. J. ARNOLD, Hazardvllle, Conn. 
M R TURK EY'v -Flsher Island Strai n. Toms, 14; 
. D. 1 UIlllLl O Palr _ | 7- Kggs, $3 for 13. 
White P. Rock Cockerels, 12. Mas. F. 11. THOMSON, 
Falrview Farm. Holland Patent, N. Y. 
Ferrets for Sale. Address Chas. Smith, 
Mainesburg, Tioga Co., Pa. 
Chester Swine, Collie Pups.— 
PAINE, South Randolph, Vt. 
REG. AYRSHIRES 
-Calves from high strain 
of milkers; also, Scotch 
Collie l'ups. I’rices reasonable. MAPLE ROW 
STOCK FARM F. H.Cooklngham. Cherry Creek, N.Y 
REG. GUERNSEYS 
—Four bred Heifers, 15 to 
4 iiios., one 8 mos., two 12 mos. Two Bull Calves 8 
and 10 mos.; one Bull Calf 14 mos.; handsome and 
finely bred. A. J SNYDER, Plumsteadvllle, Pa. 
BARGAINS IN REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. 
129 head, all ages, both sexes-the leading Butter 
and Milk strains. Specials on fine Bull Calves. Write 
at once for Just what you want to 
DKLLIIURST FARMS, Mentor,'-Ohio. 
Registered Jersey Cattle for sale. We 
have to offer a few choice animals of both sexes or 
would exchange one for Reg. Shrophlre ewes. 
E. K. & M. C. HARRINGTON, Watertown, N. Y. 
I C* DCCV C 1 grandson $2(1,2 granddaughters 
J tlkOC I O of Enias Pearl, 6 mo. old, $30 
each; also 1 cow. fresh with bull calf, $65. 8. C. 
White and Buff Leghorn Eggs, $1.50 per 15. $2 per 30, 
$5 per 100. GEO. L. KERRIS, Atwater, N. Y. 
JERSEYS. 
A grandson of Pedro 3187 out of a tested dam for 
sale. One year old, solid, sound, Bhowy, serviceable, 
superior. Send for price and pedigree. 
W. F. McSPARRAN, Furnlss, Pa. 
Some GOOD young 
JERSEY BULL CALVES 
FOR SALK at fair prices. No PLUGS nor un 
registered for sale at any price. 
It. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Hickory Hill Farm 
IS THE HOME OF THE 
“Rissa” Jerseys. 
The “Rissas" combine the show qualities of the 
Island Jerseys and the great buttermaklng qualities 
of the St. Lamberts. Must make room for Spring 
calves. J. GRANT MORSE, Poolville, N. Y. 
IMPROVED CHESTER WHITES 
of the best oreedlng and all ages for sale at reason¬ 
able prices. Pamphlet and prices free. Light Brahma 
cockerels $1 apiece. C. K. RECORD, Peterboro, N.Y 
ATTp fTWTnMm 8ay they never before r®- 
U/UI\ vU vj1V/1H.LIIvj celved as fine stock at such 
low prices as we are making to close our herd out. 
Write. F. H. GATES & SONS, Chlttenango, N. Y 
Poland Chinas,Berk- 
shirts & Chester Whites. Choloe 
Pigs, 8 weeks old, mated not 
akin. Bred sows and service 
Boars cheap. Poultry. Write 
for hard times vrices and free 
olroular. Hamilton A Co., RoBenvlck, Chester Co., Pa 
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