1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
269 
THE PROSPECTS FOR HAY. 
We have a large quantity of hay to mar¬ 
ket, but have seen few statistics about the 
supply. Is there a large foreign demand? 
It has been reported about here that New 
York contractors were sending large quan¬ 
tities of hay to Africa for the English 
army. Was last Summer’s drought wide¬ 
spread enough to hurt new seeding, and 
meadows generally? Was the open Winter 
apt further to hurt meadows?. Here¬ 
abouts the general opinion is that the 
thaws and freezing were harmful with no 
snow to protect grass up to about March 
I. We find hereabouts that very little hay 
is left in farmers’ hands. The early, high 
prices brought most of it away from grow¬ 
ers. On the other hand, buyers and ship¬ 
pers, who have the facilities, are holding; 
wherein do they have so much confidence? 
Peterboro, N. Y. j. h. b. 
When the South African war broke 
out it was expected that a large market 
for American hay could be found. 
Early in the season a quantity of hay 
was sent to Africa, but the results were 
not satisfactory. In ordinary bales hay 
took up too much room on shipboard, 
for such a long voyage. This hay was 
rebaled so as to occupy about half the 
space. When opened, it was found that 
the extra handling and pressure had 
smashed it up so badly that it was hard¬ 
ly fit for use. It is not l'ikely that much 
more of such hay will be sent. Consider¬ 
able Canadian hay is sent via Boston and 
Halifax in bond, without paying duty. 
Much of this goes to the British West 
Indies, including Bermuda. The United 
States Government is purchasing some¬ 
thing over 250 tons per month for Porto 
Rico and Cuba. This is used not only 
to feed American horses, but part of it 
is issued as rations to poorer farmers, 
and teamsters on the Islands. The ag¬ 
gregate of all this exporting trade is not 
sufficient to make up for the lower de¬ 
mand caused by displacing animals on 
stieet car lines and automobiles. The 
drought oi fast Summer damaged the 
new seeding and meadows considerably. 
A Winter without snow is generally 
hard on grass land. No definite reports 
have yet been made as to the effect of 
the past Winter, but the chances are that 
meadows have suffered. In the last week 
in March, hay of all grades except the 
best went higher than at any time dur¬ 
ing the season before. The probability 
is that about April 1 the market will be 
well covered with hay. Many farmers 
held their hay until about this time in 
order to obtain money for April pay¬ 
ments. April is the month in which 
many of them buy fertilizers, tools and 
other necessary goods. The local de¬ 
mand for hay in this city is much lighter 
than formerly, as over 30,000 horses have 
been displaced by other power. The 
chances are that hay will be higher, al¬ 
though there is nothing definite in sight. 
THE “CULL” JERSEY. 
I once met an old breeder of Jerseys, 
one who generally took first or first and 
second prizes whenever he showed at 
the fairs. All of his cows seemed to be 
better than other folks’ best cows, and I 
asked him how it happened. He began 
by telling me that it did not “happen” 
at all. The only chance part was this: 
he happened to think one day, that he 
might just as well have a herd of “all 
good” cows as one made up of good, poor 
and indifferent, and he then made up his 
mind to test every cow, and cull or weed 
out every year, selling always his poor¬ 
est cows, and raising only the heifers 
from his best cows. This plan included 
the purchase at once of a “more than 
good” bull and he went to the farm of 
a noted breeder to hunt up what he 
wanted. After a day spent in a close 
examination of the best cows in the 
herd he went to the foreman with this 
remark, “I want a son of Nellie by a 
son of Beauty, or the opposite.” Well, 
just such a bull, then only six weeks 
old, stood in one of the pens, and he 
was secured. With this done, he thought 
he would go to the Spring sale of Jerseys 
and maybe pick up a bargain or two to 
help along his plan, and here he found 
that others had adopted the same or a 
similar plan, for he saw many Jerseys 
being sold “without reserve,” which he 
promptly decided he did not want at 
any price; they were simply culls from 
their owners’ herds. Of course there 
were many really good cows sold, but 
the culls held the majority. Then he 
thought some more, but he did not buy. 
He decided that he, too, had some cows 
he could not ask a half decent price for 
and look the buyer in the eye, and the 
next season he joined the others, and sold 
at auction his culls for the year. He was 
not asked embarrassing questions, and 
quieted his conscience by saying, “They 
make their own price and take their 
chance.” One buyer he knew, poor soul, 
he was buying his first Jersey, and 
thought a Jersey, and registered, too, 
must be better than a common cow or a 
grade, never thinking that there are 
good and bad of every breed. He bought 
a cow only four years old, dry but uue to 
calve 'in three weeks by a son of a cow 
with a good record. The cow at her best 
could not exceed seven quarts of milk 
a day, nor make over 6% pounds of but¬ 
ter in a week. This he learned later, 
but she was a beauty, solid color and 
registered. Yet for all that she was a 
cull, and the least valuable of II 
cows from her owner’s herd in the sale, 
$300 was paid and “the fool and his 
money soon parted.” The buyer decided, 
after the cow had been several weeks in 
milk, that if anyone wanted her for the 
price of a good grade cow, he would 
prefer the grade. 
This was only one case in many, but 
it was and is yet the way great numbers 
of culls are worked off. They do the 
breed much harm, for many people will 
judge a breed as a whole, uy the one or 
two specimens they may have. Yet, af¬ 
ter a while, as is now the case with the 
breeder I refer to, the culls from his he. d 
are now and have been for years far su¬ 
perior to the average cow, and he no 
longer fears to face a buyer and ask a 
fair price. But notice this; most people, 
when they get a real good cow, keep her, 
while a poor one changes hands often, 
and makes a bad impression every time. 
This does the breed harm many times, 
while the good cow has little chance in 
comparison. But if everybody “weeds 
out,” who will buy the culls? 
F. M. C. 
TWO DYNAMITE STORIES. 
Dogs and Dynamite. —The Chicago 
Record tells of a suggestion made to the 
English government for killing off the 
Boers: 
It consists of a contrivance similar to 
the little casks of brandy and wine which 
are strapped upon the backs of the dogs 
that are sent out by the monks of St. 
Bernard for the rescue of travelers in the 
passes of the Alps. This profound genius 
proposes that the British commander se¬ 
cure several thousand dogs, saddle them 
with these little contrivances, filled with 
dynamite instead of wine, and send them 
across into the trenches of the Boers. The 
latter are known to be fond of animals, 
particularly dogs and horses, and can nat¬ 
urally be expected to receive them cordi¬ 
ally. Attached to each keg of dynamite 
will be a time fuse, long enough to enable 
the dogs to become fairly domesticated in 
the Boer quarters before it explodes. 
There is also an arrangement by which 
the charge will be exploded if any attempt 
is made to remove it from the dog’s back, 
so that if it does not work one way It can 
have a second chance. The inventor thinks 
that by the sacrifice of a thousand dogs 
and a few hundred pounds of dynamite 
the Boers may be overcome. 
Breeders’ Directory. 
An Explosive Horse. —A few months 
ago we told of some Ohio cows that 
swallowed nitro-glycerin. The New 
York Sun tells of a New York contrac¬ 
tor’s horse that ate three sticks of dy¬ 
namite that had been put in his feed hag 
and forgotten: 
After lunch there was nothing doing for 
Ryan’s horse. Instead of being haled to 
work he found himself left in peaceful se¬ 
clusion, so he wandered across to a nearby 
field for a little stroll. In the course of 
the afternoon when the horse was just be¬ 
ginning to appreciate the advantages of be¬ 
ing a gentleman of leisure, one of his 
former drivers came along that way and 
saw him. Not having been present at the 
time of the lunch, the man failed to appre¬ 
ciate the situation, and capturing the horse 
led him back to the place where the gang 
was working. Before the others observed 
the approach, the pair were close upon 
them, and by way of accelerating the ani¬ 
mal’s speed, the driver kicked him soundly 
in the ribs. At the sound of the kick the 
gang’s attention was attracted and the 
things they did to the assailant of Ryan’s 
steed were cruel and unusual. Very 
gently and mildly they conducted Ryan’s 
charger away and tied him to a fence 200 
yards distant. By this time the owner of 
the house near the fence had heard of the 
peril, and he got a long coil of rope, at¬ 
tached it to the halter and led the beast 
to the seclusion of a woodland patch. Va¬ 
rious persons came around to Ryan to 
threaten him with the law if he let his 
property with its dreadful potentialities 
run loose. Therefore, he took the animal 
home and put him in the stable. Now, 
nitroglycerin, which is the business prin¬ 
ciple of dynamite, is a drug of some power. 
After his pleasant day Ryan’s steed woke 
up to an unpleasant night. Made peevish 
by his interior afflictions, he became rest¬ 
less about midnight and tried to kick a 
hole through the side of his stall. The 
Ryan family heard him and, rising with 
great unanimity from their warm beds, 
they emigrated hastily to other parts of 
the neighborhood. 
Cows barren ,3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
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GUERNSEY CATTLE, all ages, both sexes. 
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Some GOOD young 
JERSEY BULL CALVES 
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K. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
JERSEYS. 
A grandson of Pedro 3187 out of a tested dam for 
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W. F. McSPARRAN, Furniss, Pa. 
Hickory Hill Farm 
IS TUB HOME OF THE 
“Rissa” Jerseys. 
The “ Klssas” oombine the show qualities of the 
Island Jerseys and the great buttermakiug qualities 
of the St. Lamberts. Must make room for Spring 
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DELLHURST FARM, MENTOR, OHIO, 
offers a Foundation Herd of 10 Choice 
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50 Fine Duroc-Jersey Fall Pigs 
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