1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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INCREASING THE SIZE OF JERSEYS. 
I see no way out for the man who 
Wants larger butter cows but to buy a 
pure-b'lood Jersey bull of large bone and 
loose open structure; not properly a 
show bull, as now understood, rather I 
should say a coarsely-made animal 
with great constitution, which will in¬ 
sure strong vigorous offspring; then 
feed and grow the calf with a skim-milk 
and oat diet. Which will produce bone 
and muscle. I was much interested two 
year ago in inspecting a herd of Jer¬ 
seys owned by the County of Allegany, 
in this State, bred, fed and managed by 
D. C. Grander, of Angelica. They had 
great size and constitution, and would 
weigh in their mature form 1,100 pounds. 
These Jersey cows have not only milk¬ 
ing ability, but have size, a requisite 
that must not be ignored. Had the Jer¬ 
sey breeders appreciated this one fact 
that size and constitution are important, 
the breed to-day would have ‘been the 
breed of cows for the American farmer. 
But to cross-breed in order to gain the 
desired end will make hash of the whole 
business. Better sell the Jerseys and 
start with “pick-up” cows ot good form 
and digestion, and they can be found, 
and breed them to a full blood Ayrshire 
or Holstein, if size is wanted, than to 
cross-breed. But after all, 1 should pre¬ 
fer to breed a bull from the larger breeds 
upon these small Jerseys, rather than 
the reverse. It may be interesting to 
quote Darwin on cross-breeding: “The 
offspring from the first cross between 
two pure breeds is tolerably and some¬ 
times quite uniform in character, and 
everything seems simple enough, but 
when these mongrels are crossed one 
upon the other for several generations 
hardly two of them are alike, and then 
the difficulty of the task begins.” He 
also takes note of the almost impossi¬ 
bility of obtaining the good qualities of 
the two breeds in their offspring. 
H. E. C. 
Dorset Ram and Shropshire Ewes. 
I have a number of Shropshire ewes. 
Will they and the Dorset make a good 
cross? Will the Leicesters and the Dor- 
sels make a good cross? c. h. p. 
Province of New Brunswick. 
There is no doubt that a first-class 
Dorset ram on Shropshire ewes would 
produce a good class of lambs for the 
market, for the Dorset is in favor in the 
lamb market. I, however, fail to see 
how anything would be gained over us¬ 
ing a first-class Shropshire ram. In fact, 
if the lambs are to be kept for a year, 
to be shorn, the Shropshire male is pre¬ 
ferable, as promising a heavier fleece 
than the Dorset cross-bred lambs would 
yield. Generally speaking, I should ex¬ 
pect a more uniform type oi offspring 
where the same blood was used, and bet¬ 
ter wool, and perhaps faster growers. If 
Dorset ewes were to be used, the case 
would be quite different. These one could 
breed earlier, and the use of tne 'Shrop¬ 
shire male would give all one could ask 
for from a Dorset male, and perhaps 
more. One feature of the Dorset, how¬ 
ever, should be considered, and that is 
its prolificacy. A Dorset male on Shrop¬ 
shire ewes might give more twins than 
where a Shropshire ram was used, yet 
undoubtedly the Shropshire is one of 
our most prolific breeds, and it is a ques¬ 
tion which sire would throw the most 
lambs. Then of course one lamb is 
plenty for some ewes, and three are al¬ 
ways too many for any ewe. There 
would be no violence in tne Dorset- 
Shropshire cross, but I fail to see any 
special advantage over breeding along 
the one line. 
One of the chief criticisms that I hear 
of the Leicester is its lack of hardiness, 
or constitution. In view of this fact, the 
use of the Dorset male on Leicester ewes 
should give a hardier type of lamb than 
the purebred stock. Another advantage 
would appear in securing a smaller type 
of sheep. Sheep of the larger breeds, 
like the Leicester, are not in quite the 
demand in the meat markets of this 
country, that the smaller type are. It is 
but fair to say, however, that the lambs 
of the larger breeds, where well nursed, 
grow rapidly, and are salable at an early 
age, and so possess some auvantages 
over the smaller type. If, for example, 
one wish to sell a 40-pound lamb, he will 
be likely to secure it more quickly from 
tne larger stock than from tne smaller. 
Yet the natural prolificacy of the Dorset, 
and its greater hardiness than the 
Leicester, would justify its use as a sire. 
Certain it is also, that the Dorset half- 
bred lambs would sell wen. If grown 
sheep are desired then this cross will 
also bring a better, more salable type 
of both wool and mutton, c. s. plumb. 
Warming Hens at Night. 
I have built a henhouse expecting it to 
be very warm for laying hens. It faces 
south in a well-sheltered orchard; is 45 
feet long, 13 feet wide and eight feet front, 
five feet rear, divided in three pens by 
netting, lighted by three windows, 3x5 
feet. It is lined up with hemlock on which 
is heavy tar paper secured by lath' then 
a dead air space of four inches sided, with 
cracks battened. Doors are douh'e, board 
floor one foot from ground, well covered 
with litter. It is very warm in daytime, 
but at night the roof is white with frost, 
as are the nail heads in side, and water 
freezes. This will cause a dampness to 
be fatal to health. It is aired out each 
day by windows that swing in at top. Roof 
is Neponset paper, lined with tar paper on 
the roof boards. I have heavy curtains 
I can use at windows in very cold weather. 
What can I do, or where is the trouble? 
There are about 115 birds in building. 
Nunda, N. Y. E - m. 
We would try in this house the plan 
suggested by Mr. Mapes on page 834 of 
last year. We would divide the house 
into three rooms, crowding the hens in¬ 
to two of them for roosting, and leaving 
the other for feeding and laying. Low¬ 
er a shutter in front of the hens as Mr. 
Mapes does, and put a tube and copper 
drum in each roosting pen. Crowding 
the hens in this way at night will keep 
them warm, and the air tubes will sup¬ 
ply fresh air. 
Polled Hereford Cattle. 
It was recently reported that Warren 
Gammon, of Iowa, had secured a number 
of purebred Hereford cattle that were nat¬ 
urally polled or hornless. This breed is 
noted for the size of its horns, and most 
breeders say that a polled head on a Here¬ 
ford would be of no particular advantage. 
Mr. Gammon writes us ns follows about 
his enterprise: 
In May, 1890, F. J. Bristol, of Chicago: 
,T. W. Butler, of Villard, Minn.: Henry 
Fish of Boliver, Mo.; M. W. Gammon, 
of Streator, Ill.; Andrew Grubb, of Lin¬ 
coln, Neb., and myself, formed a com¬ 
pany and incorporated it under the laws 
of the State of Iowa, and established the 
principal place of business at Des 
Moines, la. The name of this company 
is the American Polled Hereford Cattle 
Club, and the object is to establish a 
breed of mulley Hereford cattle, and to 
improve the same. In July, 1901, I dis¬ 
covered the fact that in all breeds of cat¬ 
tle there are mulleys. Since that time I 
have written to every Hereford breeder 
in the United States, over 1,500, and 
from their replies T have learned that 
there were 15 full-blood registered 
mulley Hereford females, and iwo males. 
I have since bought the two males and 
12 females. One of my males is two 
years old. He sired 12 calves from grade 
horned cows, and nine of them were 
mulleys. Two of these females have had 
calves from horned sires that are 
mulleys. So you see I feel quite sure of 
being able to establish a herd of mulley 
Hereford cattle. These cattle are all dou¬ 
ble standard, that is to say, registered 
in the Hereford Association; and also 
in our Company, and they are splendid 
individuals, being well supplied with 
Grove 3d, Anxiety 4th and Lord Wilton 
stock. WAEREN GAMMON. 
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the time subscription is received until 
January 1, 1903. (Jet up a club at cnce. 
Dry Sii.age.— On page 803, last vol¬ 
ume, is discussion of dry corn fodder in 
the silo. I helped to fill a new silo (12x 
26 made of matched two-inch staves, full 
length), about September 12 iast. There 
were four acres of silage corn harvested 
in tied bundles, and left on the ground 
for a week of dry weather, three acres 
of stale cornstalks, from which 300 
bushels of ears were husked by myself 
and two other men in 4 y 2 days. This 
had been in shocks about 10 days, and 
was still drier than the silage corn. We 
immediately filled silo, putting in two 
or three loads silage to one of husked 
cornstalks. There was no water avail¬ 
able, so we put none in the silo; result 
was considerable mold and apparently 
burnt spots towards top of silo, but it 
feeds very well. It is my opinion that 
there should have been water put in to¬ 
wards top at time of filling. j. r. f. 
Earlville, N. Y. 
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