1902 
BRINGING A COW TO MILK. 
What will bring my cow back to her 
usual flow of milk? She is a young Jersey 
with second calf three months old which 
was taken off at a month old. She did 
well and gave three gallons of milk per 
day till a few weeks ago, when she began 
to fall back and now only gives about one 
gallon or less per day. She is in fine con¬ 
dition, being fed three times a day on hay 
with ship stuff and bran mixed. r. a. 
Virgilina, Va. 
There may be several causes, and a 
less number of remedies. The more 
prevalent no doubt is the habit of hold¬ 
ing up the milk periodically, which gen¬ 
erally results in a ‘'drying up” partially 
at least. It is one of the things over 
which she is master. Feed her while 
milking some food she likes. If that 
does not serve as an inducement to 
“give down” sell her to the butcher. If 
she is a nervous, irritable animal allow¬ 
ing the calf to suckle for a month may 
be the primary cause. We may for an¬ 
other cause go back to her breeding, and 
find an organic weakness of the milk 
glands and udder tissue due to lack of 
vital force. I do not believe the Jerseys 
are able to endure the mistakes of im¬ 
proper breeding uKe the Holsteins, Ayr- 
shires or Short-horns. In other words, 
my limited observation prompts me to 
believe that with only moderate skill in 
coupling more blanks will be drawn. 
When animals are coupled not sufficient¬ 
ly in line to ensure a reproduction all 
manner of evils are likely to follow, and 
no one is wise enough to anticipate just 
what avenue the weakness may follow. 
It is sure, however, to attack an essen¬ 
tial working force of the animal and not 
a non-essential. If this cow is not well 
and hearty call in a doctor and follow 
his advice, otherwise use no drugs or 
“patent foods.” I might suggest a 
change of ration, feeding two to three 
pounds of cotton-seed meal or some of 
the gluten feeds, rich in nitrogenous ele¬ 
ments and intensely stimulating to the 
milk-producing organs. A change from 
hay to some succulent food would also 
decrease a tendency to fatten at the ex¬ 
pense of the milk pail. h. e. c. 
A TALK ABOUT HOG RAISING. 
The following letter is from a woman 
in New England—evidently one of the 
“women farmers” who are striving to 
make an honest living on the farm: 
Will you give me some information about 
Berkshire swine? My husband died 25 
years ago, leaving me with two small chil¬ 
dren and a large farm. After a hard 
struggle my son became old enough to 
help, but now both he and my daughter 
are dead, and the work and care come 
back to me. I am left alone, depending 
on hired help—which is very poor in this 
section. I have thought that if I could 
raise pigs and poultry it would not be 
such hard work as wholesaling milk. 
There is no demand here for the black 
pigs, but I like them best for my own use 
or to fatten for market. 
We are well satisfied with the Berk- 
shires. They are active, vigorous pigs, 
healthy and good natured, well adapted 
to grazing or running in an orchard. As 
we are situated the pig dressing 150 
pounds pays best. This size of carcass 
is popular in the local markets, and 
costs less per pound than heavier hogs. 
The chief objection we have found to 
the Berkshires is the small average size 
of the litters, but there are very few 
runts. It may not be wise to breed 
black pigs in a neighborhood where 
there is prejudice against the color. The 
business of selling weaning pigs to 
neighbors or local farmers is a good 
one. We find it about as profitable on 
the whole to sell the little fellows as to 
fatten them. Still, a fat Berkshire of 
good breeding will advertise the breed 
and make friends for it. 
With us the beet times for selling 
pork are in late September and late 
Winter. The heavy supplies of western 
pork do not come East until late in the 
kali, as the western hogs are fed for 
full size. This often means a shortage 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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of pork in local markets during early 
Fall, and 150-pound pigs—not-too fat— 
find ready sale. During Winter heavy 
storms or severe cold may cause a pork 
famine, and that makes the time for 
selling the Winter pig. 
We think our eastern farmers must 
adopt what they call in southern Ohio 
the “lazy man’s way” of making pork. 
Understand that the hog is a grazing 
animal—just as capable of eating grass 
as a cow or sheep. We have cut grass, 
stalks or rape and carried it to the hogs, 
but it pays much better to fence in a 
field of clover or grass with water run¬ 
ning through it, and let the hogs occupy 
it. An orchard with a tight fence makes 
a fine grazing place for hogs, as they 
eat the fallen fruit and root up and eat 
thousands of white grubs. They will 
need some grain in addition—wheat, 
bran and corn have given us good re¬ 
sults. The amount of grain may be de¬ 
termined by the appearance of the pigs. 
The breeding sows should never be fat. 
We keep them lean and thrifty. The 
pigs intended for pork should be kept 
away from the sows and fed differently. 
While the pig is quite capable of tak¬ 
ing care of himself, if given a fair 
chance, it will not do to say that he re¬ 
quires no care or oversight. Few ani¬ 
mals respond more quickly to well- 
directed treatment. With warm quar¬ 
ters in Winter and well watered pasture 
in Summer less work is required in 
handling five sows than would be re¬ 
quired for one cow, and except at far¬ 
rowing time there is not the need of 
constant attention required by the cow. 
As to profits, breeders often claim that 
fair size and readiness to fatten, with 
profitable butter-making capacity. There 
is also a good demand for fat steers of 
this class and an increasing call for 
working oxen. These qualities are com¬ 
bined in the Devon better perhaps than 
in any other breed, and should give this 
breed a permanent place as a true mort¬ 
gage lifter as well as “a thing of 
beauty.” l. l. 
Coventry, Vt. 
Angora Goaf Questions. 
I am interested in the subject of An¬ 
gora goats and would like to have some 
questions answered. Do goats pay as 
well as sheep for meat, wool, care, feed 
and amount of increase? Do you find 
as much trouble from dogs as with sheep 
or would it be safe to put them in a pas¬ 
ture and let them run? Are they as li¬ 
able to ticks and vermin as sheep, and 
would it be necessary to give them the 
“sheep dips”? I would be pleased to 
hear from others who have raised them. 
Sellersburg, Ind. c. m. a 
Beef Cattle in New York. —We do 
not know of any farmers in this section 
that intend changing from dairy to beef 
cattle, and do not know of any that are 
even considering the matter. There are 
a few farmers around here that pick up 
steer calves from the dairymen and raise 
them and seem to be doing fairly well at 
it They have been at the business for 
some time. We think it would pay a 
few farmers in each town, who are not 
able to run a dairy to advantage, to fol¬ 
low the above plan, especially where the 
dairymen keep general-purpose cows, so 
that good calves could be obtained. 
Jamestown, N. Y. spencer bros. 
a good sow will, in the course of a year, 
earn as much clear money as an average 
cow. No doubt there are cases where 
this has been done, but it is not safe for 
the beginner to figure that way. Now 
and then litters are lost or disease gets 
into the herd, or cheap fodder is scarce. 
It will be safer to figure that two sows 
will provide the income from one cow 
with much less labor. Of course this 
implies that the breeder has an abund¬ 
ance of roots, clover hay and pumpkins 
for Fall and Winter feeding, and a good 
Summer pasture—also good healthy 
stock. 
Plea for the Devon Cow. 
I was much interested in the artistic 
side of breeding as presented by Mr. 
Morse (May 10) and later by another 
writer in issue of July 19. All will agree 
with them on some points but there is, 
in my estimation, a third type of cow, 
intermediate between these ideals, and 
possessing more artistic beauty than 
either. The best Jerseys have a certain 
beauty as, also, have the Durhams, but 
in contrast to the leanness and angular¬ 
ity of the one and the elephantine pro¬ 
portions of the other there stands the 
hardy little Devon. Ranking well as 
economical producers of both beef and 
butter their medium size, attentive, 
alert look and uniform dark red color, 
united with active, agile bearing and 
unusual fineness in all points, present a 
truly pleasing picture. In this section 
the need is for a breed adapted to graz¬ 
ing rough, hilly p'astures and combining 
A HOG with 
a HISTORY 
The history of the famous O. I. C. 
hogs is summed up in the word success 
For breeding or fattening for market the 
O. I. C.’s are the hogs that pay. 39 years 
devoted to the perfection of this breed— 
without the loss of a single hog 
through disease. We will ship a sample 
pair of hogs on time, giving their full pedi 
greeand allow you agency for your commu¬ 
nity. Two O. I, C.’s weighed 2,806 
lbs. Write for particulars. 
I. B. SEVER CO., 135 Hog Building, Cleveland, 0. 
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makes fat calves. Weans 
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Prevents scours. Insnres 
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Do not make the ear sore, will not 
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Thousands of practical farmers, vet¬ 
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Headingly, Manitoba, Feb. 5,1900. 
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