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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 1 
Live Stock and Dairy 
LEARNING BY HARD KNOCKS. 
Dairy Experience of a City Man. 
A Hard Start. —Twelve years ago I 
was thrown out of business in the city 
(Boston). After spending two years 
looking for employment that would give 
me a living I made up my mind that I 
must find something out of the city. At 
that time I became acquainted with a 
man who was desirous of making a 
change. He had farming on the brain. 
After many talks we concluded to look 
for a place suitable for two families, and 
bought the one I now hold. At that time 
from his talk I thought he knew some¬ 
thing of the business, but I soon found 
out that although I knew nothing about 
farming still I knew more than he did. 
After 11 months were wasted I bought 
out his share and started alone. At that 
time the farm (100 acres) would scarcely 
carry 10 head of cattle. My first year 
alone I ran short of hay. It cost me 
$200 to keep the stock in feed. There 
are two silos on the farm, but I had 
nothing to put in them at that time. 
“Bracing Up.” —I found I had got to 
brace up mighty lively. I subscribed for 
farm papers and put my wits to work. 
I found I was not getting milk enough 
out of my cattle to pay their board. I 
read articles on feeding, etc., and con¬ 
cluded that a cow that could not give 
me 12 quarts a day had got to move. I 
say 12 quarts, as that is the lowest I 
keep a cow at and make her pay. Most 
of my cows do better. Out of the orig¬ 
inal 10 cows three were old enough to 
have voted before the Civil War, so 
really the number of milkers was seven. 
As luck would have it, there was an 
extra bull on the farm. I raised all the 
heifers. In looking round for cattle to 
increase my stock I found out that no 
farmer was going to sell a good cow. 
That I found out to my sorrow. I raise 
all my heifers, and if on milking with 
her first calf the heifer does not give 
me 10 quarts a day out she goes. 
Milk Markets. —My milk at that time 
was going to the creamery in this town. 
I did not think I was receiving enough 
for my products, so I changed and sent 
it to the Boston market. At first all was 
well, and very satisfactory, but soon the 
surplus clause began to creep in, and 
things grew from bad to worse. The 
wily contractors were too much for me, 
so I went back to the creamery. They 
told me that they would give me “all my 
milk was worth for butter.” Now I had 
been making milk for the city market, 
and was after quantity, and so long as I 
cleared the law as to quality I was all 
right. 1 found that I must make a 
change in my herd. I had my milk test¬ 
ed (each cow’s) and found I must dis¬ 
pose of three, which I did, replacing with 
Jerseys. That made things all right, 
and everything is satisfactory. My num¬ 
ber this Winter is 23 head. I shall in¬ 
crease until I reach 40. I do not keep a 
cow that does not milk 10 months in the 
year. I have one (an Ayrshire) that has 
been without a calf for three years, and 
is now milking 14 quarts per day. My 
cattle are no particular breed. I have 
Jerseys, Holsteins, Ayrshires and Dur- 
hams, but quality I must insist on. I 
don’t believe in putting on a white suit 
to milk in. All I ask is that the help 
are reasonably clean, and that the cows’ 
udders are brushed before milking. 
Clearing tiie Farm. —I found that the 
farm was badly run to Witch grass. I 
took the different fields one at a time 
and plowed them. Then I sowed either 
oats or Hungarian, then rye for a cover 
crop for Winter. This was followed with 
corn for the silo and then grass. The 
Witch grass is nearly all killed out. I 
raise oats and Hungarian, as I think the 
cattle in the Winter do better with a va¬ 
riety of feeds. All these matters I have 
learned by hard knocks and failures. I 
don’t pose as an authority on any of 
these things I have written about; I sim¬ 
ply state what I have done. The greater 
part of my success is due to the teach¬ 
ings of The R. N.-Y., of which I am a 
reader. 
A Good Partner. —I would not ex¬ 
change farm life for city business. I am 
free to go and come as I please. When I 
get through with my day’s work I am 
at home. I advise all my city friends to 
leave the city and go into the country. 
I want to say that I have a partner; one 
who is as much interested, if not more 
than I am. I keep between 100 and 200 
hens, and this partner, although much 
of an invalid, looks out for the chickens 
in the Spring and in many other ways 
is so necessary that I could not get along 
alone. I refer to my wife. It seems to 
me that as profits are so small we farm¬ 
ers must make our plans to do more 
business. I don’t believe that purebred 
stock is the thing for ordinary farmers. 
Let the rich ones have them. I say keep 
cows that pay their way, and more. I 
have had a little experience with pure- 
breds, and .want no more of them 
Beauty is all right, but is only skin deep. 
Massachusetts. a. w. b. 
CORN FODDER NOTES. 
Green Crops. —There is little use in 
trying to keep a dairy without growing 
green feed to use all the latter part of 
the Summer and through the Fall. Some 
claim that a wide range of pasture, 
where land is cheap, will produce cow 
food cheaper than it can be grown on 
cultivated fields. Of this there can be 
little doubt, but no matter what the ex¬ 
tent of pasture there is not one season 
in ten when a fairly good flow of milk 
can be kept up from July to November 
without feeding feeds from cultivated 
fields. If it could be done on pasture it 
would probably pay to do it, where land 
is so cheap and hired help so high 
priced. Occasionally a crop of rye will 
be found profitable for early feeding, 
but as a rule oats and peas are early 
enough for our purposes. They are 
ready as soon as the flush feed of the 
pastures is over, and they afford a good 
quantity of excellent quality. We try to 
have sowed corn ready for feeding when 
the oats are too far along for best re¬ 
sults. We use some of the larger varie¬ 
ties of corn, but usually not the latest 
varieties. After frost comes something 
else must be had to follow corn. With 
us there seems to be nothing that can 
do this so well as barley and peas. They 
are not affected by the usual frosts, 
make a good feed, and if care is exer¬ 
cised in putting in the crop they are 
pretty sure to do well. Many object to 
the large varieties of corn; some advo¬ 
cate State corn and many recommend 
sweet corn. For us, however, we are 
quite sure the kinds mentioned are best. 
Sorghum for Fodder. —An acquaint¬ 
ance of mine has had a good deal of suc¬ 
cessful experience with sorghum. Very 
few in these parts have made any trials 
with sorghum for feeding cattle. He pre¬ 
pares his ground much as he would for 
sowed corn where he sows in drills, 
thorough preparation with the harrow 
being essential. The sorghum seed is 
usually sown in drills, care being taken 
not to cover it too deep. The reason for 
drilling is that it may be more readily 
harvested. If one has a drop-reaper or 
can get the use of one to cut the sor¬ 
ghum he recommends broadcasting. It 
cannot be harvested successfully by hand 
cradle or scythe, he finds. The soil 
used should be such as would produce 
corn, and may be fertilized with the 
same kind of fertilizer, either farm ma¬ 
nure or the commercial fertilizers. This 
is for south central New York. The crop 
has never failed with him but once. He 
gets as good a crop usually as he would 
of sweet corn, though it is possible to 
make corn produce more pounds to the 
acre. He thinks the sorghum as good 
fodder as the corn, and perhaps better. 
His reason for adopting it was his in¬ 
ability to get his cows to eat the large 
stalks of corn. Sorghum does not seem 
to dry out very readily after cutting, 
and cannot usually be packed in a mow. 
It is not, however, liable to hurt when 
set up either in the field or in the barn, 
although it may not seem to be cured. 
The growth is much better than millet, 
and on exceptionally good ground stalks 
have grown 15 feet high. Cows eat it 
all; no leaving of large stalks, h. h. l. 
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DYSPEPSIA. 
MS 
like practically all other 
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Breeders’ Directory 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty (Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
| 0 13 F" X# —Four Grandsons Of Exile, 
W l£» |V EL H solid color; 2, 4, 8 and 9 
months old. Cheap for quality. 
J. ALDUS HERR, Lancaster, Pa., R. R. No. 4. 
A Foundation Herd of 10 or 20 young registered 
HOLSTEIN COWS is offered at a special price 
by DELLHURST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
For Sale 
—PUREBRED HOLSTEIN- 
and SCOTCH COLLIE PUPS from registered stock.. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesians stocW^i 
best breeding for sale. Prices reasonable. Every 
animal registered. WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, 
Ulster County, N. Y. 
Rosa Morado Farm Holsteins. 
Young Registered Stock for sale. Some extra fino 
grade yearling heifers. 
H. W. BARNARD, Collamer, Ches. Co., Pa. 
Mclennan brothers stock farm, 
ISCHUA, CATTARAUGUS CO., N. Y. 
Registered Holstein-Friesian Calves for Sale. 
Seven Heifer and three Bull Calves. Large, band- 
some, perfectly marked animals, eight to nine months 
old. All sired by Dora DeKol’s Count No. 23757. Dams 
equally well bred. Extended pedigree and full in¬ 
formation furnished upon request. Inquire 
P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
pf»n C*j p at Klkdale Stock Farm, three fine 
rUIY OALC Guernsey Bull Calves and two 
Heifer Calves, bred from choice strains of butter cows 
Bulls good enough to head the finest herds. Also four 
young Red Polled Bulls and three Heifer Calves, 5 
months, old; ail registered stock. 
D. L. STEVENS, Elkdale, Pa. 
LEDYARD farm guernseys tkvks 
nicely-marked Bull Calves, some of them from 
Prize-Winners. All large, healthy stock. 
WM. H. GOULD, Aurora, Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
PORTLAND FARM GUERNSEY HERD, 
Registered.— A few Young Bulls for Sale. Bulls of 
the best breeding—22. 8 and C months old. Reasonable 
prices. Apply to E. W. SCHUCHARDT, Mgr., 
Highland, N. J. 
Ayrshires, Cheshire Swine and Oxford Sheep. 
Bull and Heifer Calves, 2 and 9 months; also Fall 
Calves, red and white, nicely marked. Ram and Ewe 
Lambs; older Rams and Ewes. Service Boars. Sows, 
Spring and Fall Pigs in pairs not akin. All stock 
eligible to registry. HOMER J. BROWN, Harford, 
Cortland County, N. Y. 
Two Cheshire Boars It. D.Button,Cottons,N.Y 
Ohoohiroo -s P ring an<i Fal1 Pigs> S- LITTIjE . 
Ullbvmll OO Malcolm, Box A, New York. 
i n n J p P for sale at farmer’s prices. Fine 
i ?! Ui nUO stock; none better; few as good. 
J. D. DATES, Idlewild Farm, Lanslngville, N. Y. 
Berkshire and Chester White Pigs, 2 to 7 mos. old. 
Also Collie pups. White Holland Turkeys and B. P. 
Rock Cockerels. Prices right. W. A. Lothers, Lack, Pa. 
Excellent Berkshires at Ohio Farm, Le 
Roy, O., sired by our imported Eoar, British Model 4th 
and others. M. L. & H. H. BENHAM. 
Best Duroc-Jersey Pigs, $4 each, up. 
Bronze Turkeys, $3 up. White Wyan- 
dottes, 15 trio. Italian Bees, $4. 
GEORGE ENTY, Templeton, Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES XTES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 mos., mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bied Sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return if not 
satisfactory; wc refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., Kosenvick, Chester Co., Pa. 
No Wall Street Tip Equals the Best Farm Tip 
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For Registered Stock address 
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White Leghorns. A few pullets. All have had free 
range. Very large and healthy. Also Bantams at 
$1 each. E., Box 54, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 
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WHITE & RICE, Box B, Yorktown, N. Y. 
ANGORA GOATS. 
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58 Registered Angora Does of the same stock as 
winners of first prize at Pan American Exhibition 
Varied ages, good breeders. All in best possible 
health. Also one Extra Fine Registered Angora 
Buck. For particulars write Box 145, NEW YORK 
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For Sale.—Scotch Collies, magnificently 
bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wis. 
Collie Pups 
—Spayed Females. Circulars. SILAS 
DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
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