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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 23 
Live Stock and Dairy 
MAKING BEEF IN NEW YORK. 
More steers are each year being fed 
foi beef in western New York. Still, 
the great bulk of such farmers as feed 
any stock beyond just enough to run 
the farm, keep cows and make milk for 
Buffalo, Tonawanda, Niagara Falls and 
local markets, more than 90 per cent 
of all bovines kept being cows. The 
present high price of beef is having a 
tendency to cause a large increase in the 
feeding of beef animals. The almost 
universal opinion only a few years ago 
was that beef could not be made here to 
compete with the West. Many who had 
yearly fed a few animals had given up 
the business as unprofitable; they had 
been feeding the same class of cattle as 
they had formerly fed at a profit, viz., 
two, three and four-year-olds weighing 
from 1,200 to 1,300 pounds, finishing 
them off for high-class prices, and the 
difference in price between Fall and 
Spring had become so little that the 
largest gain that they could put on such 
cattle and increased price of what was 
bought in Fall would not pay for food 
eaten, to say nothing for interest of 
money and profit. So general was this 
belief that for years there was not a 
single animal in all this section fed. 
Cows were substituted or the feed was 
sold, and much roughage was allowed to 
go to waste. The trouble was not that 
beef could not be made here, but the 
farmer did not know how to make it. 
He had not learned that the feeding of 
such large and nearly mature animals 
required too much food merely as a food 
of support. I was the first in all this 
section to recognize the necessity of 
feeding a different class of animals if a 
profit was to be made. In attending in¬ 
stitutes I had heard it said so many 
times that no New York farmer could 
compete with the West in beef making, 
that I determined to make a trial by 
feeding a different class of animals. 
I had a lot of one-year-old steers, com¬ 
ing two, purchased and put into the 
stables. They were well bred, weighed 
an average of 700 pounds. Everything 
they ate except the straw was charged 
against them at what it cost to buy or 
at price at which it would have sold in 
the market. The interest of what they 
cost till sold was charged, but nothing 
for rent of stables or wages of those 
who took care of them. Neither was 
the value of manure made credited. One 
was allowed to offset the other. They 
were fed 100 days and sold. When the 
account was settled I found the net pro¬ 
fit about $13 per head. Since that time 
not a Winter has passed in which we 
have not fed more or less cattle, and 
never without a fair gain. Our example 
has been followed by our neighbors. 
More and more have been fed each Win¬ 
ter, more last Winter than for many 
years, and I hear much said about feed¬ 
ing next Winter. None is yet bought, 
and none will be bought until later, to 
see what the result will be with the corn 
crop. It has never been less favorable 
than at the present. With the very wet 
cold Summer corn is extremely back¬ 
ward. At the present, July 30, I don’t 
know of a single field of corn out in 
tassel. Much is entirely drowned out; 
acres and acres in which the corn is not 
knee high, very grassy and weedy, and 
still it can’t be cultivated on account of 
the wet. After the big rain a week or 
so ago I was going along near a field 
bordering Tonawanda Creek, when I 
saw a. man wading about in the water 
with a pitchfork in his hand. I stopped 
to see what he was doing, when present¬ 
ly he made a thrust and caught a carp 
that would weigh five or six pounds. 
“Do I think it will pay the New York 
farmer to fatten steers once more?’’ 
Most assuredly yes. But in order to do 
so profitably he must do it intelligently. 
He must select young, thrifty, well-bred 
animals; put into warm quarters, keep 
quiet, feed cheap succulent food, and 
food adapted to making the largest 
growth of meat, well proportioned in 
lean. j. s. woodward. 
Lockport, N. Y. 
I know of only three men who fatten 
western steers. Ex-Senator Evans has 
2,500 acres of marsh land, pasturing for 
the public at $2 per head for the season. 
He feeds about a carload each Winter 
and keeps 100 cows. The other two men 
have bottom lands, and feed about the 
same each Winter. It never will be a 
business until present conditions change. 
At the distillery in Waterloo are new 
sheds for the feeding of 800 head that 
never have been occupied. Feeders say 
they can buy the still feed low enough, 
but hay is too high to make a profit. 
This year corn will have to be imported 
unless wheat is fed, which is grown 
quite badly and hay badly damaged; not 
more than five per cent of good No. 2 
in town, probably one-third yet to cut, 
which is overripe and worth very little 
even to feed. Corn is 25 per cent of a 
crop; oats and barley very good, except 
on low ground. Apples as yet good 
quality but not over 75 per cent; pears 
25 per cent; plums and prunes scarcely 
enough to mention, and those rotting 
badly. Early potatoes good, but covered 
with white spots indicative of rot. We 
complain, I suppose, from a habit form¬ 
ed long ago. J. E. DEANE. 
Junius, N. Y. 
CHEESE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE. 
Call for Cheese: Cheer Cow Owner. 
Doubtless great good has been ac¬ 
complished by The R. N.-Y.’s persistent 
advocacy the past few years of the 
Apple Consumers’ League. Not only did 
such a course tend to benefit fruit grow¬ 
ers, but many restaurant and hotel- 
keepers were* brought to realize what an 
opportunity of pleasing their customers 
they were losing, and many individuals 
were led to consider the advantages of 
a fruit diet. But there is a chance for 
another combination along the same 
lines. Cheese is an article of diet that 
is found altogether too seldom on hotel 
tables. In fact, it is the exception to 
find good, full-cream American cheese 
there. Our old friend, J. S. Woodward, 
always made it a point to call for cheese 
when he didn’t find it on the hotel 
tables; and if it wasn’t forthcoming, he 
would try to compensate for the lack by 
eating butter on his pie. Not long ago, 
while dining with a friend in a Boston 
restaurant, the latter ordered cheese 
with his pie (again that pie!), and the 
waiter hastened to remind him that or¬ 
ders of cheese were charged extra. I 
think two or three cents was the enor¬ 
mous “extra charge” in this case, and a 
hungry man would have made about one 
bite of the portion that was brought. 
But some one says: “I can’t eat cheese; 
it doesn’t agree with me.” True, there 
are some stomachs with which cheese— 
and many other good things—does not 
seem to agree—but that’s another story. 
The fact of the matter is, that good, 
full-cream, well-cured cheese is a nutri¬ 
tious and healthful article of diet for 
the large majority of people. There are 
a few people who can’t eat it, just as 
there are some who can’t eat strawber¬ 
ries; but well-cured cheese is a pro¬ 
moter of digestion, as well as a very 
nutritious article of diet, it is an eco¬ 
nomical article of food, also, and at the 
present high prices of meat, may well 
be used by many instead of so much 
meat. During the warm months, we 
have butchers’ meat in the house scarce¬ 
ly once a month; we care little for it, 
though using quantities of home-grown 
poultry and eggs. But few days pass in 
the course of the year without cheese on 
the table, at least once a day. Let me 
urge again the importance of always 
having the cheese well cured or ripened. 
It is more nutritious, more palatable, 
and more of an aid to digestion. With 
the fancy foreign cheeses I have had lit¬ 
tle experience, and have still less inter¬ 
est. Why not form a confederation of 
those who wish to help the American 
cow and her owner, and who will call 
for cheese on every seasonable occasion? 
Let those who cater to the public appe¬ 
tite know that we want cheese, good 
cheese, and yet more cheese. Another 
thing, that if it is “extra,” we shall have 
a piece larger than is needed to bait a 
mousetrap. Some of the portions I have 
seen served to fill an “extra” order, if 
weighed, would have cost at the rate of 
about $1 a pound or more. Let’s make a 
business of this demand for cheese, and 
plenty of it. What a boon it would be 
to the dairymen who are virtually slaves 
to the autocratic Milk Exchange. With 
an increased demand, not only would 
these milk farmers receive more money 
for their product, made into cheese, but 
with the whey returned for feeding 
calves and pigs, not so much fertility 
would be taken from the farms. Then 
upon the thousand hills of our “aban¬ 
doned farms,” other thousands of cattle 
might find pasturage, and the sources of 
agricultural wealth be largely increased. 
“Please pass the cheese.” f. h. v. 
Bergen Co., N. J. 
Breeders’ Directory 
500 White Wyandotte Pullets 
for sale September 1. Farm-raised, unlimited range. 
Money-makers; bred from our best layers. Also a 
few choice cockerels and yearling breeders. Eggs, 
15 for $1. H. A. HATHAWAY, Greendale, N. Y. 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
A Foundation Herd of 10 or 20 young registered 
** HOLSTEIN COWS Is offered at a special price 
by DELLHDRST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
C-,, I PUREBRED BERKSHIRE 
rUl OC1115 SWINE and SCOTCH COLLIE 
PUPS from registered stock. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
The high-bred herd of Holsteln-Frleslans at 
the MAPLES STOCK FARM, Binghamton, N. Y. 
Address WM. ROOD, Proprietor. 
DAIRY SHORT-HORN STiY','"„ "Zt, P "„i; 
winners. FLORA V. SPENCER, Spring Creek, Pa. 
Ohropshire Ram and Ewe Lambs, eligible toregister 
^ Prices right. Also Berkshire. C. White and P. 
China pigs, 4 mos. old. W. A. LOTHERS, Lack, Pa. 
Dorset Ram Lambs 
ready for delivery now. at $10 to 115 each. Regis¬ 
tered In purchaser’s name. 
MAPLBMONT SARGENT, Albany, Vt. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
aog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshire^ and C. Whites. 
Choice Pigs. 8 weeks old, mated not 
akin. Bred Sows and Service Boars. 
POULTRY. Write for hard times 
prices and free circular. 
HAMILTON & CO., Rosenvick, Chester Co., Pa. 
IHPflD A ISOATC are handsome, hardy and 
ARUUloA UUA I O profitable. Prize stock. 
Low prices. Large dr. E. W. Cole & Co., Kenton. O. 
In regard to the statement of L. H. K., 
Union Center, N. Y., page 522, I have this 
to say: I can get as many eggs out of 100 
Plymouth hens—one year with another—for 
10 years, as I can out of 100 Leghorns, 
White or Brown, and I can surely make 
more money, especially In this part of the 
country, eastern Massachusetts. l. c. 
Bridgewater, Mass. 
No Wall Street Tip Equal* th* Be** Ban* Tip. 
BUY ANCORA COATS. 
For Registered Stock address 
BOSYVYCK FARM, RIDGEFIELD, CONN. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnifi¬ 
cently bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wis. 
Collie Pips 
—8p*yed Females. Circulars. 
DECKER, South Montrose Pa. 
SILAS 
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GOMBATJLT’S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
A Safe, Speedy, and Positive Cure 
The safest. Rest BLISTER ever used. Takes 
the place of all llnaments for mild or severe action. 
Removes all Bunches or Blemishes from Horses 
and Cattle, SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OR FIRING. Impossible to produce scar or blemish 
Every bottle sold is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price 81.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent 
by express, charges paid, with full directions for 
Its use. Send for descriptive circulars. 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLI AMS CO., Cleveland. O. 
Ifewt*n’t Heiu, Cough, DU 
temper and Indignation Cure, 
A veterinary speoifio for wind, 
throat and stomach trouble*. 
Strong recommends. pes 
can. Dealers, mail or Ex.paid. 
.Newton Horse Remedy Co. 
I y ) Toledo* Ohio. 
SILOS 
THE BEST. THE CHEAPEST. 
H*rd»* Mf*. Co., Coblcsklll* N. 16 
1 A DC API EC of the purest breeding. 85 
4U DkAULfw up. Send for list. 
S. B. ARTHURS, Brookville, Pa. 
loath to Lice 
on HENS and C H IC K 8 
64-page Book FREE. 
lefore Buying a New Harness 
Send 4c. postage for Illustrated Catalogue; full 
description and prices single and 
double Oak Leather Harness direct 
to consumer at Wholesale Prices and 
Save Money. Address 
KING HARNESS CO.. 
THE CHAIN-HANGING 
Cattle Stanchion 
The most practical and humane Fastener ever in 
vented.Givesperf ctfreed fthehea Illustrate 
Circular and Price fro. app-'^atlon. flan Caclur-d 
by O. H. ROBERTSON, FojvstvUle, Conn. 
Lumber 
AT 
Extremely 
FISTULA AND POLI 
EVIL 
Fleming’s Fistula and Poll Evil Cure is 
a new, scientific and certain remedy. 
NO COST IF IT FAILS. 
Writ, lo-day for important eireular No. 441 
FLEMING BROS., Chemists, 
Union Stock Yards, Chicago. 
Cured 
in 15 to 
30 Days 
New York State Veterinary College 
of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Free tuition to York State students. Extended 
announcement. Address 
Prof. JAMES LAW, F.R.C.V.S., Director. 
wiiders stanchion 
—being an improvement over 
Smith’s. Lightest, strongest, 
quickest, safest swing stanebio* 
made. Hassteellatch and automatic 
lock. Becomes stationary when 
open. Animal cannot turn it in back- 
ingout. Made of best seasoned hard 
■wood. Pins for fastening with every 
stanchion. Send for testimonials. 
K. WILDER & SONS, 
Low Prices 
We purchased the Pan-Ameri¬ 
can Exposition at Buffalo, and 
have 33,000,000 feet of fine sea¬ 
soned lumber to offer. It consists 
of joists, timbers, flooring, sheath¬ 
ing, patent lath, and, in fact, 
anything and everything in the 
lumber line. 
IE YOU ARE ABOUT TO BUILD 
Send UsYour Lumber Bill 
FOR OUR ESTIMATE. 
We issue a catalogue. Address 
as follows : 
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F»a-Ai*erlc»n Exposition, Dept. 02, 
BUFFALO, «. Y. 
