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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 6 
Live Stockand Dairy 
THE COUNTRY’S M/L/C TRADE. 
At Adrian, Mich. —The milk supply 
of Adrian is handled mostly by the men 
who produce the milk, who serve their 
customers from a wagon, going from 
house to house twice a day in warm 
weather and once in the Winter. The 
supply comes from a radius of about five 
miles each way from the city, although 
the bulk comes from within 1 y 2 mile. 
There is no official inspection that I 
am aware of, only as the State Pure 
Food Commissioner happens to drop 
down on them. As to breeds of cows 
furnishing the milk, they are mostly 
grade Jerseys. I do not know of but one 
pure-bred herd that is producing milk 
for city trade, and the owner bottles all 
of his milk in pint, one-half pint and 
quart bottles, and delivers it in the bot¬ 
tles direct from the wagon. He gets a 
little higher price than those who de¬ 
liver in the open measure and his cus¬ 
tomers claim it keeps sweet longer. 
There is also another man here who has 
a small herd of good grade Jersey cows, 
who uses a hand cream separator, bot¬ 
tles his cream and leaves it at the gro¬ 
ceries and markets around town, so that 
people can get sweet cream any time in 
the day. The entire supply is delivered 
around in the city by about 12 or 14 
different producers. R. b. 
At Ottawa, Ontario. —The milk 
trade in this city of over 60,000 inhabi¬ 
tants is entirely in the hands of farmers 
in the vicinity. No dairy is allowed in 
the city limits; a few residents in the 
outskirts keep cows for their own use, 
but no milk dealer can do so. There are 
about 80 in the business, some of whom 
devote their whole attention to the 
dairy, but most of them are farmers who 
add to their mixed farming the business 
of selling milk at retail, keeping from 
20 to 100 or more cows, and their own 
delivery wagons, with regular custom¬ 
ers to whom they deliver milk once a 
day in Winter and some of them twice 
in Summer. The farms are from one to 
10 miles from the city. Prices are five 
cents per quart in Summer and seven 
cents in Winter to ordinary consumers, 
with a reduction to large Duyers such as 
hotels and institutions. To very large 
consumers, as hospitals, as low as 3 V 2 
cents per quart the whole year. All 
dealers are subject to a license fee of $1, 
and are subject to a half-yearly inspec¬ 
tion by a board of health officer, who 
takes samples of milk from the delivery 
wagons at irregular intervals, and has 
it tested for quality and the results pub¬ 
lished. Tne cows kept are ordinary 
grades, with an infusion of Ayrshire and 
Holstein blood. An attempt has been 
made this season to organize a joint 
stock company in which several of the 
largest dealers are interested, but so far 
it has not been looked upon with much 
favor by either buyers or sellers. 
R. B. W. 
STOCK FARM NOTES. 
There is much said against heifers 
that get fat before coming in. I know 
of one now that the butcher is trying 
to buy at a handsome price, notwith¬ 
standing the fact that beef cattle, so- 
called, are offered in great numbers at 
very moderate prices. The owner has 
been advised to sell, but he says he has 
had experience with fat heifers before, 
and thinks it wise to keep her. 
This calls to mind a similar case in 
our own dairy a few years ago. Some 
of us thought it best to sell the heifer 
because she was very fleshy, and seemed 
rather to be taking on the “beef type, 
but Father said that we would better 
milk her a while first. We did so, and 
during the first year she gave 7,000 
pounds of milk. Even then we could 
not make out that she had the pro¬ 
nounced “dairy type,” but since then she 
has changed till good judges pronounce 
her form very good. I am not so fear¬ 
ful if a heifer does get in pretty good 
condition before coming in. 
Millet is a good crop to raise on a 
dairy farm. Last Spring I hesitated 
about sowing it, for it yields less pro¬ 
tein than oats and peas, but for us, oats 
are by no means certain when sown as 
late as May 20. If the ground is prop¬ 
erly prepared and enriched millet Is 
worth more for a late sowing. We snail 
sow more oats and peas early, but for 
late sowing shall substitute millet. Un¬ 
der ordinary conditions millet is not 
difficult to cure, but one has to be gov¬ 
erned so much by the weather condi¬ 
tions. We cut ours this year in the fore¬ 
noon, and raked it and bunched it up 
in the afternoon, because there were 
strong indications of rain. As there was 
no wet on it this was all right, and it 
cured nicely, through we pitched it over 
the next day just at night. Then it 
stood over one day, and we turned it 
out and let it dry a little, then drew it 
in. I like to have it cure as much as 
possible in the bunches, not leaving it 
spread longer than is necessary. When¬ 
ever I dare trust the weather I like to 
cut millet just at night to lie till the 
next afternoon, then rake and bunch, 
and it will probably cure without open¬ 
ing. 
Only one more chapter on woodchucks. 
We “builded better than we knew,” 
when using the carbon bisulphide treat¬ 
ment. We so often thought that the 
woodchuck had dug out, but it now 
seems that he had not dug out at 
all. From the fact that the dirt and 
sods and sometimes the stones were 
hauled outside it would look as though 
some outsider was tne one to open the 
hole rather than the one that we fast¬ 
ened in. This view is strengthened by 
the fact that forage was so much better 
around those places where we were try¬ 
ing to kill off the woodchucks, as well 
as the fact of our finding woodchuck 
holes at a little distance away covered 
over with cobwebs where previously 
they had been inhabited. This was not 
because tne woodchucks had been shot 
but, as we are now almost certain be¬ 
cause they had migrated co “greener 
pastures.” These new arrivals we con¬ 
tinued industriously to kill off with the 
carbon bisulphide, until there are only 
a few left in this vicinity. 11 . h. l. 
ROUP AND ITS TREATMENT. 
Several years ago, about Christmas 
time, there was an outbreak of roup in 
our flocks. We had never met the dis¬ 
ease before, or a cockerel found during 
the Fall suffering from a cheesy eye 
would have come to a speedy end. The 
flocks became infected before we knew 
that the disease was about. The out¬ 
break was much dreaded. We had been 
building new hen-houses and every 
house had its complement of biddies 
ready for business. What should we do? 
I recalled a conversation with a physi¬ 
cian who explained the value of mer¬ 
curic chloride—corrosive sublimate—in 
diphtheria cases. Since roup is diph¬ 
theritic in character I went to the phy¬ 
sician to get this remedy. He gave me 
tablets to dissolve in water—that a 
strength ofl: 2,000 be obtained. This was 
for washing and spraying the affected 
heads and throats. Enough of the solu¬ 
tion diluted to half strength should be 
kept before the hens to supply them 
with drinking water. I gave over one 
pen to the ailing birds, going through 
the houses every evening for a time to 
gather up suspected hens. All that 
wheezed or had swollen eyes were placed 
in the hospital. 
Improvement in the health of the 
birds was observed presently. Shortly 
no more cases appeared, and hens in the 
hospital began to mend rapidly. The 
most obstinate cases were those in which 
the eye was affected. Ere four weeks 
had elapsed the “hospital flock” began 
to lay. A general cleaning up and disin¬ 
fection of tne quarters followed, since 
which time only a few sporadic cases 
have appeared. The prompt use of mer¬ 
curic chloride solution for wash and in 
the drinking fountains stops the trou¬ 
ble. The affected birds speedily recover 
health as a rule. The percentage of fa¬ 
tality has been very low, since we took 
up this line of treatment. h. b. c. 
Michigan. 
Cruelty to animals is a heavy tax, not 
only on farms, but wherever these burden- 
bearers are used. Horses and mules are 
half-fed, over-loaded and then beaten be¬ 
cause they can’t pull the load. We never 
see a man beating his team without wish¬ 
ing the blows were upon his own back. 
There may be a little cruelty in the wish, 
but it has in it the element of justice, says 
Texas Farm and Ranch. 
A Georgia paper says that R. V. Not¬ 
tingham has bought a farm near Walden 
in Bibb County, Ga., and proposes to place 
1,000 goats on it. He figures that in three 
years he will be worth $1,000,000, as in his 
opinion, the goats will each year increase 
at the rate of nine to one. He thinks the 
leading feature of the ranch will be the 
dairy, which he proposes to run In connec¬ 
tion with It for selling goat milk for medic¬ 
inal purposes. He hopes to establish a 
sanitarium near the farm for the fre'e en¬ 
tertainment of invalid women and feeble 
children, but this will not be an advertised 
feature of the ranch. 
Curb, Splint, 
contracted cord.thrush.grease 
heel and all formsof lameness 
yield readily to 
Tuttle’s Elixir. 
endorsed byAdainsExpressCo. 
Rending Trotting Fark, Mass., Aug. 31, 1899. 
Dr. S. A. Tuttle, Y. S. 
Dear Sir:—I want to add my testimonial to your list recom¬ 
mending Tuttle’s Elixir for curbs, broken tendons, thrush, and nails 
in the feet. 1 have used it on all of these cases many times, and 
never failed to make a cure. J. H. NAY. 
Given internally it is sure cure for Colic, Distemper, 
Founder, 1 * 110110101110 , etc. 
% TUTTLE'S FAMDtY ELIXIR cures rheumatism, sprains, 
bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our 100-page book, 
“Veterinary Experience,” FREE. 
Dr. S. A. TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Maes. 
Beware of stalled Elixirs—none genuine but Tuttle’s. 
Avoid all blisters; they offer only temporary relief if any. 
Breeders’ Directory. 
■por Sale —A fine lot of Fall and Winter breeding 
birds. W. & B. Rocks; W. & Br. Leghorns; W 
Wyan. Stamp. Mrs. F. P. Hellings, Dover, Del 
WE PAY Si> A DAY and expenses to men and 
Compound. 
women with rigs to introduce Poultry 
International Mfg. Co., Parsons, Kan. 
FOR SALE cHKAP - Self - Re « ulatinK Incu_ 
catalogue. 
bators and Brooders. Send for 
M. K. FIRESTONE, Sidney, Ohio. 
Ferrets for Sale 
—Address CHARLES SMITH, 
Mainesburg, Tioga Co., Pa 
Shropshires and SoutMowns~“ f Th‘e 
quality. J. C. DUNCAN, Lewiston, N. V. 
^Jliropshires— Ewes and Rams, high grades, extra 
^ good ones; blocky, with heavy bone, $6 up. Also 
C. W. Pigs, 50 lbs., $5 each. W. A. Lothers, Lack, Pa 
cuonDcuiDC nnwN shee i» and lambs of 
annuronmc UUVyN either sex for sale at 
Farmers’ prices. Jas. Sinsabaugh, Pine Bush, N. Y. 
_ I — Choice Registered LINCOLN 
1“ OI O 3 I 6 and LEICESTER Rams, Rain 
Lambs, Ewes and Ewe Lambs, the greatest mutton 
and wool-producing Sheep in America. 
G. H. BELL, Box 1643. Rome, N. Y. 
L.M.Crothers, 
CROTHERS, 
Washington Co., N. V. 
Breeder of SOUTHDOWN 
Sheep. Any stock ordered 
from me which is not as 
good as my description or 
better, can be returned at 
my expense, and purchase 
money cheerfully returned. 
The Business Farmer's Sheep. 
175 takes 10 ewe lambs; $00 takes six yearling ewes 
$120 takes 10 two-year ewes: $100 takes 10 fine ram 
lambs. All registered or eligible, and sure to please 
Address W. A. BASSETT, Farmer, N. V. 
SHROPSHIRE 
Bam lambs, sired by England’s 
prizewinners: a few good ewes. 
CHESTER WHITE SWINE.—A 
choice lot of young pigs. Fine 
stock a specialty. 
Sidney Sprague, Falconer,N.Y 
DCTCD IIa CJfll KK1) Rolled bull 
rb I Hit llUa 04UI t or Sale. A chance to 
buy a rare animal at low llgure. 
MAPLEMONT STOCK FARM, Albany, Vt. 
SALE OF GUERNSEYS. 
Fourteen Heifers. Choice lot; high class. Suit¬ 
able for show-ring or foundation of herd. Three In 
profit; seven others approaching. 
M. SAGER. Orangeville, Pa, 
’G'ine Jersey Cows, by the carload, furnished on 
" short notice, at reasonable prices. O. B. FOOTE, 
Hobart. N. Y. Kef.: J. B. Dutcher, Pawling, N. Y. 
Some GOOD young 
JERSEY BULL CALVES 
FOR SALE at fair prloes. No PLUGS nor un 
registered for sale at any price. 
R. F. SHANNON, »07 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
FOR SALE. 
Jersey Bull Calf. A. .1. C. C., four months old, solid 
silver gray; handsome; exceptionally well bred. 
Family of large milkers and butter producers. No 
one makes a mistake getting this fellow. F. o. b. at 
your station. Further particulars. 
WHITE OAK 1UDGE STOCK FARM. 
East Orange, N. J 
nCATII Tfl I IPC 011 HENS and CHICKENS 
LULA I II IU LluL 64-page book ran. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. I. 
M AKE HENS LAY 
They can’t be profitable unless they do. They can’t 
help laving if fed on Green Cut Bone and 
Granite Crystal Grit. They double the eggs. 
Mann’s New Bone Cutters 
cut bone in the fuHtcBt, cheapest and eaftlent 
iway. Maiiii’» CJover Cutter and Swinging 
Feed Tray pay for themsel vea quickly. Cash o r 
installments. Illustrated catalojnie 
F. W. MANN CO., Box 15 Milford, Mass. 
; Illustrated 
book free. 
Take Off the Horns. 
quickest, easiest and smoothest way, is 
possible only by the use of the 
CONVEX D1SH0RNER 
and the Bucker Stock Holder. I also have a 
calf dishorner and all appliances for easy die 
horning. West’ll trade supplied from Chicago 
George Webster* Box 64 .Christiana. Pa 
M. T. 
A QUICK, SHARP CUT 
hurts much less than a bruise, crush ortear 
DEHORNING ^tq^k^fe 
safest, i^uick, sharp cut. Cuts from four 
sides atonce. Cannot crush bruise or tear. 
Most humane method of dehorning known. 
£l'ook highest award World’s Fair. Write 
for free circulars before buying. 
PHILLIPS, Pomeroy, Pa., (Successor to A. C. BROSIUS). 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the w 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Empties its 
kettle in one minute. The simplest 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food for stock. Also make Dairy and 
Laundry Stoves, Water and Steam 
Jacket Kettles, Hog Scalders, Cal¬ 
drons, etc. as- Send for circulars. 
D. It. SPERRY & CO.. Batavia. I1L 
Dana’s,S,;..EAR LABELS 
stamped with any name or address with consecutive 
numbers. I supply forty recording associations and 
thousands of practical farmers, breeders and veteri¬ 
narians. Samples free. Agent* Wanted. 
C. U. DANA, 74 Main St., West Lebanon, N. 1L 
150 Dellhurst Holsteins 
for sale, including young Cows, Heifers and a 
great lot of BULL CALVES—several now ready 
for service—sons of "DeKol’s Butter Boy”, and 
the famous “ Royal Paul ” out of advanced Re¬ 
gistry cows. Catalogue. 
DELLHURST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
Chester Whites, Holsteins and Choice Eggs. 
A fine lot of young sows bred for Fall litters. 
Holstein-Frieslan Bull Calves of extra breeding 
Light Brahma and B. Rock Eggs; 15 for 75 cents. 
CHAS. K. RECORD, Peterboro, N. Y. 
vnoircuiDCC ForSale 100head ° fY ° rk 
I UnlVdmnCd shires, the large white breed; 
best for bacon, family use and early market. Bred 
Sows, young Gilts and Boars. I’airs not akin- 
registered. HILLS & PRICE, Delaware, Ohio. 
THE CHAIN HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION. 
The most praotioal and humane Fastener ever in¬ 
vented. Gives perfect freedom of the head. Illus¬ 
trated Clroular and Price free on application. 
Manufactured by O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestvllle. Conn. 
Death to Heaves, 
Coughs and Distemper, 
is NEWTON’S CURE. 
Best references. $1 can. 
Newton House Remedy 
Co. (Yj, Toledo, O. 
FLEMINGS 
Bsfr 
Trade Mark 
Tmipjaw] 
Easily and thoroughly cured-1 
New, common-sense method, ( 
not expensive. No ear©, 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, 
VbIob Stock lards, ChJeaga, 
THE PROFITABLE HEN 
is the one that will lay both winter and summer. 
Green Gut ltone will make her do it. It has been/ 
found byactual experience to double the. 
eggs in every instance where used. The[| 
ADAM 
GREEN BONE 
CUTTER 
cuts bone in the most satisfactory way li 
Leaves the bone in line shavings easily consumed by chicks or 
mature fowls. Can’t be choked by bone, meat or j^rlatle. 
Cleans itself. Turns easiest because it is the only cutter made with 
ball bearings. Several sizes for band til I I Inliot II 
and power. Catalogue No. free. H . 0 . AUulIlj vUllulj III* 
