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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 2 
Live Stock and Dairy 
CARE OF GOOD AYRSHIRES. 
On page 491 mention was made of prizes 
won in a home test for Ayrshire cattle. 
The following note shows how one prize¬ 
winning herd was handled: 
My herd was established in 1892 by 
the purchase of a bull and heifer calf. 
In 1894 I purchased four heifer calves. 
These, with an occasional purchase of a 
choice calf, have been the foundation of 
my present herd, which now numbers 
80. My cows are large, weighing from 
1,100 to 1,200 pounds each. The cows in 
the United States dairy test were fed 
and cared for just the same as the re¬ 
mainder of my herd. At no time during 
the test were they forced, but all the 
time, when in milk, were fed the follow¬ 
ing rations: In Winter, at 7 A. M., one- 
half bushel of silage, at 7.30 A. M. grain 
consisting of one quart of gluten, V /2 
quart middlings, one pint of cotton-seed 
meal and one pint linseed. At eight 
o’clock they were watered in a trough in 
the yard, spring water. At nine o’clock 
they were fed a foddering of cornstalks 
and bedded and left until 3 P. M., when 
they were fed what English hay they 
would eat. At 4 P. M. they were water¬ 
ed and at 4.30 fed the same grain ration 
as in the morning. Milked at 5 A. M. 
and 5 P. M. They had the same care 
each day, and in Summer had the same 
grain ration when in milk with poor 
pasturing. e. f. fletcher. 
Handling Vermont Ayrshires. 
The Ayrshire cow Acelista 12094, that 
was awarded third prize in the home 
dairy test for an official record of 9,906 
pounds of milk and 422 pounds of butter 
in one year, was bred on both sides from 
deep milking stock, is a large cow, and 
a good feeder. She received no extra 
feed or care more than the others that 
were in full flow of milk, being driven to 
pasture one and one-fourth mile and 
having a small night pasture near the 
barn. All my fresh cows have for their 
Winter care all the hay they will eat 
clean, fed at what we call two feeds, as 
follows: At four in the morning they 
receive a light feed of hay, and are then 
milked. After milking they have a lit¬ 
tle more hay, when we eat breakfast. 
After that we give the cows a little more 
if they want it, and at about nine they 
are let out into a yard to drink at a tub 
of running water, remaining out until 
about 12, if it is a warm and pleasant 
day. While they are out the stables are 
cleaned, the cows well bedded with 
straw, and the grain and silage are 
placed in their manger. They are fed 
about one-fourth to one-third of a 
bushel of silage cut with the ears on, 
and in addition the cows in full flow of 
milk have eight quarts of Spring wheat 
bran, and one quart of a mixed feed 
made from ground barley, cotton-seed 
meal, gluten meal and old process oil 
meal, mixed together in equal parts. At 
three o’clock they have a feed of hay; 
are milked at four; are turned into the 
yard to drink; and, while out a light 
feed of hay is given in the mangers. 
After supper if any cows seem hungry 
and have clean mangers, they are given 
a little more, and if any leave hay in 
the mangers it is removed, and they are 
left quiet until morning. It is intended 
to keep a cow up to her full flow of 
milk as long as possible, and to keep her 
appetite good by not overfeeding, but to 
give her each day what she will eat 
greedily, and be always hungry. The 
grain feed in Summer is six quarts of 
bran daily fed at two feeds with the 
same amount of mixed feed fed once a 
day. The cows were all bred regularly 
regardless of being in a test. 
Vermont. c. m. welson. 
FODDER CROPS FOR WESTERN 
CATTLE. 
Have you or any of your neighbors ever 
used silage for feeding to fattening cattle? 
Many dairymen use the silo with much 
success, but we would like to know 
whether it is equally useful for fattening 
steers. We would also like to know if you 
have used rape, sorghum or other forage 
crops and with what success. 
I have never used any of the crops 
mentioned for fattening or other pur¬ 
pose. We use corn cut up and shocked 
carefully in large shocks just before 
frost has killed the foliage both for fat¬ 
tening and roughness. Of course we 
feed steers all the shelled corn, cotton¬ 
seed meal and oil cake that they will 
eat in addition to shock corn when pre¬ 
paring them for market. 
Arlington, Ill. H. benedict. 
Neither my neighbors nor myself have 
ever used silage, rape or sorghum for 
fattening cattle. My last feeding of cat¬ 
tle about a month ago were fattened on 
shredded corn fodder, Timothy hay and 
ground corn-and-cob feed twice a day 
with fine results. These cattle I pur¬ 
chased last October 16 and 24 at an aver¬ 
age cost of $27.50 per head, and in 
weight averaged a little over 800 pounds, 
and sold in Chicago May 8, 1902, averag¬ 
ing about 1,100 pounds for six cents per 
pound. I was well satisfied with the 
gain made. Robert douglak. 
Hebron, Ind. 
We have never used silage in fatten¬ 
ing steers. Our feed is cornmeal, with 
hay, straw or corn fodder for roughage. 
Wf. do not know of any in our vicinity 
who feed silage. Our opinion is that in 
feeding on a small scale it might be pro¬ 
fitable, but where several hundred are 
on feed at once it would require, a great 
quantity of silage. We have used sor¬ 
ghum for roughage, but in our locality, 
when hay is plentiful, we prefer it to 
sorghum; it is not so watery. Rape we 
have never fed. Our hay is Alfalfa, and 
the native grass, cut on the Missouri 
bottom, of which we cut 2,000 to 2,500 
tons each year. lee & prentis. 
Vermilion, S. D. 
Building a Silo. 
We are about to put up a stave silo. 
Plow much cement will it require for the 
foundation of a silo 12 x 18 to be built out¬ 
side of barn? Also give particulars how 
to mix some good and cheap red paint, 
and quantity required for outside of silo. 
Springfield, Mass. w. h. 
I should dig a trench the same as for 
a barn and lay up an 18-inch wall, using 
part cement and part lime to lay the 
stone, high enough to be clear of the 
ground, say 18 inches to two feet. After 
the silo is erected lay a thin coat of 
cement upon the earth bottom; two 
barrels of cement will do the job. Mix 
one part cement with four parts clear 
sharp sand. Red paint is cheap; oil is 
not so cheap. You might try a cold 
water paint if you desire something very 
cheap. I have no experience with the 
stuff. We have a small quantity bought 
expecting to use it. h. e. cook. 
Those Self-Hatched Eggs.—Do you not 
think that poor black hen knew her eggs 
were hot enough without her body heat in 
addition? (Issue of June 28, page 451.) 1 . 
Frederick, Md. 
This is a pretty good story about your 
deserted family of chickens. It will stand 
on record in the minds of many of your 
readers, and you are likely to hear about 
it long after the stone wall meditation will 
be forgotten. Good luck to your chicks, 
but if you succeed in improving that breed 
In this particular tendency please wear a 
bullet-proof jacket when you near incu¬ 
bator men. Good men are scarce, and we 
want to keep you. l. D - 
Boston, Mass. 
An Oleo Dealer's Deserts. 
This little story is told by F. J. H. Kracke, 
of the New York State Agricultural De¬ 
partment: Max Brucksaler, of 90 Nott 
Street, Long Island City, runs a tea and 
coffee wagon around Long Island City, 
Ravcnswood and Astoria, and also sells 
butter. The attention of this department 
was directed toward him several weeks 
ago, and after careful investigation it was 
discovered that he dealt in oleomargarine, 
but in a very careful way, having the 
oleomargarine delivered to a butcher shop 
and from thence removed to his private 
house, from which place it was sold at 
odd times to his customers. After a very 
careful watch he was detected on the 
morning of July 3 leaving the house with 
a bag over his shoulder, which from out¬ 
ward appearances contained a tub. The 
inspector followed him and found that he 
delivered same to a restaurant at 17 Bor¬ 
den Avenue, Long Island City. The fol¬ 
lowing day they took a meal in the res¬ 
taurant and were served oleomargarine. 
They thereupon informed the proprietors, 
who were. Messrs. Karavetis & Langes, 
that they were serving oleomargarine. 
The restaurant proprietors declared that 
they were wholly ignorant of the same; 
that they had bought the butter from Max 
Brucksaler as and for butter, and had paid 
him 22 cents per pound, and that he would 
call in a few days to receive payment for 
same. It was thereupon arranged to ar¬ 
rest Brucksaler when he called to collect 
for his tub, which happened on July 7 at 
10 o’clock at night. The inspectors and 
police officer, having waited at the restau¬ 
rant for some time, took Brucksaler in 
the act of receiving his pay for the tub 
of oleomargarine. On July 8 he was ar¬ 
raigned and examination set down for 
July 16, and on that day, after a spirited 
examination, he was held in $300 bail for 
trial in the Special Sessions Court by 
Magistrate Connorton. 
Weeds in Red River Valley.— In The 
R. N.-Y. of July 5, I find on page 463 some 
notes in regard to the noxious weeds of 
the Red River Valley. The weed known 
in that region as garlic, Frenchweed, or 
shepherd’s purse, is not our shepherd’s 
purse of this region, but a plant which is 
called in our botanical works pennycress, 
Thlaspi arvense. It belongs to the Mus¬ 
tard family, is an annual introduced from 
Europe, and is locally distributed from 
Maine to Minnesota. It has been present 
in our Northern States for nearly a cen¬ 
tury, but it never seems to have become 
troublesome as a weed until it was intro¬ 
duced to the rich soil of the Red River 
Valley. It has a strong disagreeable 
odor, which makes it injurious to dairy 
products, and for this reason it has re¬ 
ceived the name of garlic. The name 
“Frenchweed” was doubtless given to it 
in the Northwestern Territories, as it is 
supposed to have been introduced into 
Manitoba from the French settlements in 
lower Canada. The plant is now justly 
regarded as the most pernicious weed 
throughout the greater portion of the re¬ 
gion watered by the Red River of the 
North. It produces seeds not only two or 
three times a year, but practically all 
the time, from the opening of the season 
early in Spring until hard freezing weather 
late in the Fall. Light frosts do not seem 
to injure it, and like the shepherd’s purse 
of our regions, it will produce flowers at 
any time during the year when the tem¬ 
perature is high enough to permit any 
growth. LYSTER H. DEWEY. 
Department of Agriculture. 
HAS NO 
EQUAL 
For 
Spavins, 
Ringbone, 
Splints, 
Curbs, 
and all forms of 
Lameness 
bunches orbony 
enlargements. 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co.. Gentlemen:—I have used yourKcndall’B SpavinCuro 
for 20 years and have found 1 1 an infallible remedy. Please mall me your 
book at once as I have a colt that I am now bavin* trouble with and oh Igo 
Youra truly, L. L. JARVIS, Dayton, Texas, SepL 22,1900. 
As a liniment for family use it has no equal. Price $1; 
for $5. Ask your druggist for KENDALL'S SPAA IN Cl UK; 
also “A Treatise on (lie Horse,” the book free, or address 
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.. ENOSBURli FALLS, VT. 
SOONER OR LATER 
Yon will use Orr’B Fly Killer, because you 
will find it is the only one t hat Kills the Flies. 
Frol ects your Stock, Furlties your Stable 
1 gallon, frt.orexp. $1; 5 gal.. $1. A 75o.sprayer 
for 50 cents extra. 12 1-gal. cans $8. 12 sprayers 
$4 50. There you have It ! Bo an agent ! You 
can sell Orr's Lice Killer, too. Booklet Free. 
ORR & COOPER, Box 857, Beaver, Pa. 
50000 FARMERS 
Now use Duplex Machines, making l>ence 
llursf lilgh, Hull HlrmiK, IMg anil thlekrn tight at 
ACTUAL COST OF WIRE 
and save profit fence manufacturers extort. 
Why don’t you! Muchlne on Trial. Catalog free 
Kitselman Bros. Box D92 * niiel ®> I" 1 * 
Breeders’ Directory 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, P a . 
A Foundation Herd of 10 or 20 young registered 
HOLSTEIN COWS is offered at a special prloe 
by DELLHDRST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
For Sale i 
—PUREBRED RERK8H1KE 
SWINE and SCOTCH COLLIE 
PUPS from registered stock. 
W. \V. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
The high-bred herd of Holsteln-Frleslans at 
the MAPLES STOCK FARM, Binghamton, N. V. 
Address WM. ROOD, Proprietor. 
pHENANGO VALLEY STOCK FARMS, Greene, 
^ N. Y.—Dntch-Belted and Jersey Cattle, Dorset 
and Rambouillet Sheep. Polnndr(Thina and Jersey 
Red Swtne; 15 varieties Land and Water Fowl. 
Eggs cheap In season. 
DAIRY SH 0 RT-H 0 RNS 7 S„ r , e S z; 
winners. FLORA V. SPENCER, Spring Creek, Pa. 
p ^ _ I ^—Registered Red Polled Bull 
■ Of OI V/ three years old. 
J. O. BARKSDALE, Red Hill, Va. 
Shropshire Ham and EweLamhs.eligible to register. 
^ Prices right. Also Berkshire. C. White and 1* 
China pigs, 4 mos old. W. A LOTHKK8, Lack, Pa. 
Dorset Ram Lambs 
of highest type 
and breeding, 
ready for delivery now, at $10 to $15 each. Regis¬ 
tered in purchaser's name. 
MAPLEMONT SARGENT, Albany, Vt. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES SKS 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stork for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester,Mich 
(eg. P. Chinas, BcrKshircs and C. Whites, 
Choice Pigs. 8 weeks old, mated not 
akin. Bred Sows and Service Boars. 
POULTRY. Write for hard times 
•• fnwi olroll I a r 
ItlPflDl miTC are handsome, hardy and 
AIVUUnA UUA I W profitable. Prize stock. 
Lowprlies. Large cir. E. W. Cole & Co., Kenton. O. 
No Wall Street Tip Equals the Best Farm Tip. 
BUY ANGORA COATS. 
For Registered Stock address 
BOSWYCK FARM. RIDGEFIELD, CONN. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnifi¬ 
cently bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wls. 
n.,lL 1- I I**, on HENS and CHICKS 
1163111 10 LICC 84 page Book FREE. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. 1. 
The Dana Ear Labels 
are always clean and readable. 
Do not makctlieear sore, will not 
pullout or get lost. Stamped with 
, owner's name, address and herd 
or registry numbers. I supply 40 rec¬ 
ord associations with official labels. 
'Thousands of practical farmers, vet¬ 
erinarians and breeders use my labels 
exclusively. Sum pie Free. 
Agents Wanted. Liberal terms. 
u n_ It W l.hinnn N H 
SHOO-FLV ~ 
Kills every FLY it strikes; keeps off the rest; harmless to man 
and beast. Cures all sores (beware of IMITATIONS that make 
sores). Half cent's worth saves *2 quarts milk and much flesh. 
Thousands have duplicated 10 to 50 gallons 7 consecutive years. 
If your dealer does not keep it, send us $1.00 for Improved Double 
Tube Sprayer and enough 44 Nlioo-FIy 99 to protect 200 cows; or 
send 50 cents for liquid. Quart FltRE —to those naming 
IMITATION they have used, and promising to pay Express; to 
these 'will send a spray for 60c. 
SHOO-FLY MFG. CO. 1005 Fairmount Ave. Phila. Pa. 
Experience has proven SHOO-FLY to be O. K.— Editor. 
= NO SPAVINS = 
The worst possible spavin can bo cured in 
45 minutes. Ringbones, Curbs and Splints 
just as quick. Not painful aud never has 
failed. Detailed information about this 
now method sent free to horse owners. 
Write today. Ask for pamphlet No. 88 
Fleming Bros., Chemists, Union Stock Yds., Chicago. 
Dutton’s 
Improved 
Knife and 
Tool 
Grinder 
$ 2.50 each 
SAMPSON 
TOBACCO PRESS. 
CLARK’S 
DOUBLE- 
ACTION 
,away Harrow will easily move 
00 tons of earth one foot In 
CLARK’S SULKY 
Gang Disk 
Plow, 
From 2 to 8 feet. 
For horse or 
Steam Power. 
CUTAWAY HARROW C0„ HIG6ANUM, CORN. 
