THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 1 
i5o 
Live Stock and Dairy 
HOW TO KILL HOG LICE. 
Whmt have you founa the best remedy 
for hog lice? Some of our sows are begin¬ 
ning to show that lice are troubling them. 
There seems to be quite a division of 
opinion among breeders as to the best way 
of cleaning out the pests. 
The beet remedy that I know for hog 
lice is to pour coal oil the whole length 
of the hogs’ backs and especially back of 
their ears, when they are quietly eating 
at the trough. This is very effective, 
and the easiest remedy that I know. 
Grafton, O. t. b. Bennington. 
Equal parts kerosene oil and butter¬ 
milk thoroughly mixed together, or one 
quart kerosene, one quart soft soap and 
one quart grease or fat boiled with a 
gallon of soft water so as thoroughly to 
mix. Sprinkle lightly on hogs two or 
three times, 10 days apart A gooci plan 
is to sprinkle nests and sleeping places 
alSO. DAVIS BROS. 
Dyer, Ind. 
In my experience the surest method 
is an application of lard (or any kind 
of grease) and kerosene, half and half, 
thoroughly mixed and applied with a 
brush or rag to ah parts of the animal. 
This is done two or three times at in¬ 
tervals of 10 days or two weeks, and all 
sleeping places are thoroughly cleaned 
out, and litter either hauled out to the 
fields or burned and sleeping place 
sprinkled with kerosene before fresh 
bedding is put in again. There may be 
other and easier ways, but while my 
way is a good deal of work, I know it 
will be successful if faithfully carried 
out. I have bad no success with kero¬ 
sene emulsion, as it does not kill the 
eggS. T. V. PURCELL. 
Polo, Ill. 
It has been my practice to throw coal 
oil in their wallowing places during the 
warm weather, ana occasionally to 
sprinkle with coal oil emulsion while it 
is warm and sunny in the Winter. My 
hogs have more or less lice during cold 
weather, but it does not seem to injure 
them much, and -while the hogs go in 
the mud and water it is easy to keep 
them clean. They get used to the oil on 
the water and like it They seem to 
know that it kills the lice, and will roll 
over and over in it and then get out and 
scratch on the nearest post or fence. 
If they are well cleared of lice when 
cold weather comes on and their sleep¬ 
ing places are cleaned out about once a 
week and freshly bedded they will not 
be troubled much. j. d. stevtsnson. 
New Hampton, Mo. 
I always use an emulsion of crude pe¬ 
troleum. If you think it too strong di¬ 
lute with warm water, say one-fourth; 
get the hogs in a close pen, take a 
hurdle and bunch them close together. 
Then have a fine sprinkler, or better 
still, a spray pump with rubber hose, 
and thoroughly spray each hog; be 
sure to hit the ears, flank and fore arm, 
where the eggs are laid. Repeat this in 
two weeks in order to get the nits that 
are not killed by the first application. 
I think this will be successful and yet 
inexpensive. I would be careful about 
using this or any other remedy while 
the weather is cold. Select a warm 
spell near Spring. Then have the hog 
nests thoroughly cleaned and disinfect¬ 
ed by using carbolic acid, 20 per cent 
solution, or Zenoleum, one ounce to 30 
ounces of water. After this take air- 
slaked lime and thoroughly sprinkle 
the walls, partitions and floors. Sprinkle 
floors heavily, then bed your pens thor¬ 
oughly, so that the hogs will not come 
in contact with the lime or other appli¬ 
cations. You will find nothing better 
than this formula. By having your hog 
nests kept clean and free from dust, and 
once a month giving them a good 
sprinkling of strong air-slaked lime 
you will have no trouble with lice, and 
not only that, but will kill the germs of 
disease that might be lurking around 
the quarters. l. e. mahan. 
Malcolm, Neb. 
The Best Cow Stable. 
What is regarded as the best style of 
cow stable? What kind of floor is pre¬ 
ferred, earth, plank or cement? e. s. 
Lionville, Pa. 
I have discussed in detail, in past is¬ 
sues of The R. N.-Y., my notions of a 
good cow stable. In brief, build not to 
exceed 500 cubic feet per animal. A 
stable should not be over 40 feet wide, 
and if cows’ heads are placed to the 
walls 36 feet will do. Keep the celling 
down to nine feet from the floor, or 
eight to 8% when the stable is small. 
Give the stable a southern and western 
exposure, with abundance of window 
space. Put in a cement floor made ac¬ 
cording to directions in The R. N.-Y. of 
December 28 and January 3. Use the 
King system of ventilation which I will 
soon describe, and you have a stable 
which will be warm and sanitary. 
h. e. c. 
CLOVER HAY FOR FOWLS. 
Keeping the cost of production down 
to the lowest point is the key to suc¬ 
cess in farming, and in no department 
of farm industry can it be done to 
greater advantage than in the manage¬ 
ment of hens. With the present price 
of wheat, buckwheat, oats and corn and 
the value of eggs about to tumble, it 
will soon cost, unless guarded against, 
more to produce a dozen eggs than they 
will bring. Many farmers, I am inclined 
to believe, never stop to count the cost 
and therefore do not know whether it 
pays to keep hens or not They throw 
out whatever of grain they can spare 
to the best advantage, or with the least 
trouble, and if the hens lay, they gather 
in the eggs; if they do not they take it 
as a matter of course and don’t grumble. 
Just at this time, with grain in many 
localities scarce, and the price up, it is 
well to look about for a cheaper ration. 
For years, wheth^., grain was high or 
low, it has been our practice, during the 
Winter, to substitute clover or grass for 
the morning meal, in tne place of grain. 
We have found it a great saving in cost, 
and, as we believe, it has greatly in¬ 
creased our egg production. The clover 
is soaked in boiling water a short time, 
and, when ready for use, a little ground 
grain is added. In other words, our 
hens in the morning get a warm meal 
composed of three parts clover hay and 
one part ground grain. The hens relish 
it and they show their appreciation by 
a generous supply of eggs. Our strain 
has the reputation of being a good lay¬ 
ing strain, and we attribute the fact 
largely to this manner of feeding. The 
clover hay we use is gathered from be¬ 
neath the chute where we throw down 
hay for the cattle. We use the leaves 
that rattle off. Whether you care to 
produce eggs at a saving or not, it is a 
good ration to use once a day. 
Schoharie Co., N. Y. w. f. bassler. 
AND 
CATTLE 
cannot be kept healthy unless they 
are protected from draughts and damp¬ 
ness. Cover the houses and barns with 
RUBEROID 
TRADE-MARK REGISTERED 
ffoomc 
which Is waterproof and air-tight. You 
can lay it yourself without trouble. Never 
leaks. Never melts The first roofs cov¬ 
ered with It 10 years ago. are still giving 
perfect satisfaction. Costs little. Send 
for Booklet K. 
THE 
Standard Paint Company, 
Dept. K, 
100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK 
Dr. Greene of “ Nervura” Fame. 
Dr. J. A. Greene, the well-known proprietor ol 
Greene's “Nervura,” and also owner of the Kox- 
mont Poultry Farm, at Long Island, N. H.. writes: 
‘ 1 am a large user of Bowker’s Animal Meal for 
poultry, and am free to say 1 believe every dollar 
spent in its purchase Is doubly repaid by its use.” 
1) | Farm-raised, hardy and prolific. For 
U. *• kiUJ eggs to hatch at (j cents each, send to 
Walter Sherman, 25 Boulevard, Middletown, R. I. 
S. C. White Leghorns. A heavy Winter 
laying strain. Cockerels and pullets $1 each. Eggs 
75 cents per 13, $4 per 100. 
ZIMMER BROS., Weedsport, N. Y. 
IlVrilRlTflR Crrq—Barred Plymouth Rock ex- 
lUvbDdlon DuuO clusively. $3.50 per 100 . 
C. A. HALL, Oak Hill. Greene County, N. Y. 
EGGS 
—Fertility guaranteed. By the sit¬ 
ting or hundred. 23 varieties of 
prize-winning land and water 
fowls. Big catalog free. Our guarantee means some¬ 
thing. PINK TREK FARM, Box T, Jamesburg, N.J. 
PINELAND 
Incubators and Brooders. 
Ififil—THEY LED THEN. 1007 
IOOI THEY LEAD NOW- 1 ^ 
- THAT’S ALL == 
Concise Catalogue from 
PINELAND INCUBATOR AND BROODER CO. 
Box P, Jamesburg, N. J., U. S. A. 
SONE CUTTER MONEY 
The money spent for the Adam 
Ball Bearing Green Bone Cut¬ 
ter is money in your pocket. We 
will convince you of this if you 
send for our Illustrated Catalogue 
No. 33. The Adam cuts clean, easily and quickly. 
W. J. ADAM, - JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 
HENS WILL LAY 
twice as many eggs if fed raw cut bone 
MANN’S BONE GUTTER MODEL 
Is such a success that we will send it to you 
ON FREE TRIAL— no money required. Easy work, 
no waste—or don’t keep it. Free catlg. explains alL 
F. W. MANN CO. Box 15 , Milford, Mass. 
WILSON'S 
New Green Bone, Shell 
and Vegeiable Cutter 
for the Poultryman . 
Also Bone Mill* for making phos¬ 
phate and fertilizer at small cost for 
the farmer, from 1 to 40 horse- 
d power. Farm Feed Mills grind 
fine, fast and easy. Send for circulars. 
WILSON BROS., Sole Mfgrs., Easton, Pa. 
All harness, old or new, is made pliable and easy—will look better 
and wear longer—by the use of 
Eureka Harness Oil 
The finest preservative for leather ever discovered. Rave* 
many times Its cost by improved appearances and In the cost 
of repairs. Sold everywhere in canB—all sizes. 
Ride by STANDARD OIL CO. 
:r’s fine catalogue 
of prize winning ponltry for 1002, printed In color*. 
Illustrate* and describes 60 Varieties of Poultry; 
gives reasonable prices of eegsand stock Many hints to 
poultry raisers. Send 10c in silver or stamps for this 
noted book. B. H. UKEJDEK, Florin* 1’a. 
POULTRY 
and Almanac for I 902. 160 page*, over 
|100 illustrations of Fowls, Incubators, Brooder*, 
Poultry Supplies, etc. How to raise chicken* *uo- 
cessfully, their care, diseases and remedies. Dia¬ 
grams with full description of Poultry house*. 
All about Inenbators* Brooder* and thorough¬ 
bred Fowls, with lowest pi icee. Price only 15e 
C. C. SHOEMAKER, Box 23ft, Freeport, 111^ 
to allow 
lOES IT PAY? 
hogs, horses, and poultry to become ih- 
.e, fleas, etc., when a few 
the sheep, 
tested with lice. 
cents bpentfor Lambert’s Death to Liee will 
keep them clean and healthy. Trial box 10c prepaid. 
»•* &M. b, J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Appooaug, R.l. 
GRANULATED BLOOD, 
-—A with spices, 
roots and herbs, makes Lee'S Egg Maker Ua-bvn 
poultry food or all. Makes hens lay; chicks grow; cures 
disease. Big 2K lb. box 26 cts. 26 lb. pail $2.00. 
Qeo. H. Lee Co., Omaha, Neb., or No. 8 Park Place, N. V- 
DON’T SET HENS; 
tho Fame old iray 
when our new pl*a 
_beat a it lU time*. 
100 Egg Hatcher Cost* Only $‘2. Over SH.000 in u*e. lOOOd* 
test 1*. 6000 a^enra wanted for 1902.either sex. Pleasant work. Big 
profits. Catalog and JOe Egg Formal* FURF. if you write today 
Natural lien Incubator Co., B 184 Columbus, fich. 
The Arthurs’ Farm Catalogue Free, 
of choicely bred trotting stock. Warsaw Chickens, 
Pekin Ducks. Kmbden Geese, W. W. H. Turkeys. 
Homing Pigeons. Beagles and Cocker Spaniels. No 
fancy prices. S. B. Arthurs, Brookville, Pa. 
Larger Eggs; More of Them. 
Mr. W. W. Maxim, of Paris, Me., writes: “I 
am still using Bowker’s Animal Meal and 
cannot afford to be without it. My hens have 
laid remarkably well ever since Christmas. toy 
neighbor also uses it with good success. My 
hens lay larger eggs and more of them, when 
they have a generous ration of the Animal Meal 
everyday. It is also a grand thing for growing 
chicks.” 
IMPIID ATDDQ Best and Cheapest. For Catalogue 
InuUDH I UnO addressG.S.Slnger.Cardington.O 
GOLD MKDAL PAN-AM., 1901. 
CORNELL INCUBATORS. 
Cat. free. Cornell Incubator Mfg.Co , 
Dept. L. Ithaca, N. Y. 
SNCUBATORS.rL"o%r£,: 
simple and durable. For catalogue write 
NEW HAVEN INCUBATOR CO., New Haven, Conn. 
BUCKEYE INCUBATOR CO., SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
INCUBATORS 30 DAYS TRIAL S 5 
SVCH EYIRY good EGG OR DON'T KEEP IT. SEND 
2 CENTS FOB NO. 23 CATALOG AND VALUABLE >0INTS. 
Incubators From S6.00 Up. 
Rrooder s 
Fully Warranted. Free Catalogue. 
L. A. BANTA, Ligonier, Ind. 
V ICTOR 1 
INCUBATORS P 
The elmpleit, moet durable, eheap- [ 
eit flret-claee hatcher. Meueybaek \ 
If not ai repreiented. Circular i 
frae; oatalogue So. Wo ear the i 
freight, CKO, BETEL CO.^aU^IH. , 
200-Egg Incubator 
for $ 12* 80 
Perfect in construction and 
action. Hatches every fertile 
egg. Write for catalogue to-day. 
GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy. III.' 
INCUBATORS'® BROODERS 
— BEST MOT WATER PIPE SYSTEM. 
Simple, durable, economical and Bafe. Hatch- 
! •• stronger and more chickens from 100 eggs 
than any other. Prices reasonable. 96-pag« 
illustrated catalog of Incubators, Brooders, 
KSSEMiL 
,HOW DIFFERENT 
is the perfect system of regulating tem¬ 
perature and moisture in the 
MARILLA 
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS 
from all others. You will understand 
when you receive our new catalogue* 
t *Fully guaranteed. Money back if you 
iwantit Seudlc in 8tamps and we will mall 
catalogue at once. 
MARILLA INCUBATOR COMPANY, BOX 45, ROSE HILL, H. Y. 
The Sure Hatch 
is the incubator for the poultry 
raiser, whether farmer or fancier. 
Anyone can run them, because they 
run themselves. Anyone can own 
them, because the price is l ight. Ma¬ 
chine and results guaranteed; you tako 
'no risk. Our Common Sense Brooder is the 
best at any price, and we sell it very low. 
Handsome catalogue containing hun¬ 
dreds of views and full of honest poultry information, 
mailed free. When writing address nearest office. 
Sure Hatch Incubator Co. Clay Center, Neb. or Columbus, 0. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR, 
World’s Standard Hatcher. 
Used on 26 Gov. Experiment Stations 
in U. S., Canada, Australia and New 
Zealand; also by America’s leading 
poultrymen and thousands of others. 
Gold medal and highest award at 
Pan-American, Oct. 1901. 16-page 
circular free. Complete catalogue, 
, 180 pages, 8x11 in., mailed for 10c. 
Ask nearest offleefor book No. 101 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY, 
XotnUo, N. 1., Chicago, 111., Boston, Mass., Sew York, N. T. 
Great Gift. 
That’s what we consider our 
ability to make such a 
machine as the 
PraTrie State 
Incubator. 
The people who have used 
it think the same. The U. S. Department of 
Agriculture thinks the same. The Judges at 342 
shows have thought the same. Everybody thinks 
so. Our new catalogue No. 73. with fifty tinted 
plates, four original paintings and 700 half tone 
illustrations, sent absolutely free. Write before 
they are all gone. 
Prairie State Incb. Co., Homer City, Pa. 
Largest Incubator and Brooder Factory in the World . 
