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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 15 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE BIG COW IN THE DAIRY. 
Why Should She Be There? 
Dual Purpose Animal’s. —The large 
cow, capable of turning out a carcass of 
beef at any time, is the favorite with 
fully 75 per cent of the farmers, esti¬ 
mated from a somewhat extended ob¬ 
servation. Is this due to ignorance on 
the part of the farmers in their effort to 
obtain beef and milk from the same ani¬ 
mal, or is there after all some well- 
founded reason? The Channel Island 
cows represent, and, in fact, are the 
only breeds not to a certain extent beef 
producing. They have but little capacity 
to lay on flesh. Their champions offer 
the reason for their value that “they 
put all the food into the milkpail.” I 
do not quite think this statement will 
stand the light of investigation. Grade 
Jerseys are so frequently found that 
are incapable of returning for their food 
either in the pail or in flesh that farm¬ 
ers are skeptical about their value. We 
always find an underlying cause or prin¬ 
ciple which makes for results if one can 
look deep enough to find it. There may 
be therefore good reason for an asser¬ 
tion that these animals have not the 
power to nick with other breeds; par¬ 
ticularly do I believe this, when they 
are used for the top cross. That they 
are wanting in the vitality possessed by 
the Holsteins, Ayrshires, Short-horns 
or Red Polls goes without disputing. 
Bred for years in a warm, sunny cli¬ 
mate, can we expect the same vigor? 
Every farmer who has attempted cross 
breeding knows how essential is a 
strong, vigorous sire. I do not have 
reference to breeding upon grade cows 
of traceable blood, only having of them¬ 
selves insufficient hereditary power to 
affect the potency of the sire. The first 
registered bull we used upon cows of 
this type produced wonderful results. 
The cows had the appearance of pure- 
breds in color and general make-up, 
and were splendid milkers. But when 
we unite two strains, both equally 
strong, a prophet will go astray in pre¬ 
dicting the outcome. With all of this 
mix-up in breeds is it any wonder we 
have such a variety of honest opinion 
concerning the utility of breeds, or more 
properly speaking, cross breeds? 
Milking Problems. —Another prob¬ 
lem that confronts every cow milker is 
the loss of teats and udder trouble. 
This question in an institute “question 
box” is second only to the feeding. In 
our own experience it annually foots up 
a heavy loss. No one cause seems re¬ 
sponsible. A variety of mistakes and 
accidents are effective, some of them I 
must acknowledge due to ignorance, 
lack of care and to that class of hap¬ 
penings that could have been prevented. 
My hindsight is good and foresight 
poor, hence many of these mistakes. 
Poor milking or harsh milking; a lack 
of perfect uniformity in feeding, a dis¬ 
position to feed high when prices are 
high, excessive use of rich nitrogenous 
grains, cows out in a cold day or cold 
rains are all responsible, and a cause 
more prolific than all these, operating 
with them, is an organic weakness of 
the udder. Good cows are those with 
large udder capacity. These are the 
animals from which we raise calves and 
so intensify the weakness. All of these 
things look the everyday business farm¬ 
er in the face, and must be met. He 
finds that a cow upon which he can carry 
600 pounds of dressed meat will usually 
bring $40 in his local market. If fed 
and cared for properly $5 to $10 worth of 
fattening foods will fit her for the sham¬ 
bles, and get part pay for the extra food 
in milk. This opinion, of course, per¬ 
tains to the milk and cheese sections. 
Where butter is the sole product 
throughout the year, and clean fresh 
skim-milk is at hand, without much 
question the profitable cow is the Jer¬ 
sey or her cousin, the Guernsey, be¬ 
cause of the development given the 
young animal. Here these breeds be¬ 
come larger and may be tinmen for beef 
at much less loss than upon the cross¬ 
bred and cross-raised cows previously 
mentioned. 
Milk Quality. —So long as consumers 
are not ready to pay for rich milk 
farmers will surely not produce it. 
Some little investigation has shown that 
butter fat per pound sells for no more 
in the wholesale market, and in many 
cases not as much in the rich five per 
cent milk as in the normal 3.5 per cent 
average. I have felt that the time 
would come when milk for every pur¬ 
pose would be paid for upon its fat 
value. In the East, however, the dis¬ 
position seems against the system. In 
my judgment the milk-shipping in¬ 
fluence now permeating nearly every 
dairy section is quite responsible for 
this condition of affairs. We are run¬ 
ning one factory where cheese and milk 
selling have been the milk outlet for 10 
years. Milk was paid for upon the fat 
value, often with friction among the pa¬ 
trons. After milk shipping came to be 
a near-by competitor I gave up insist¬ 
ing upon the test, and it has passed out. 
Milk is paid for at all stations by the 
100 pounds, and outside of the so-called 
Delaware County section only standard 
milk is demanded. To be sure, very 
little milk is delivered not above stand¬ 
ard (12 per cent solids), but 3.5 per 
cent is a full average over a great sec¬ 
tion when cows are giving a normally 
full flow. October milk is being paid for 
at about $1.30 per 100 pounds, an aver¬ 
age quality no doubt of four per cent. 
Jersey milk under similar conditions of 
lactation averages a trifle above five per 
cent. The same price for fat would call 
for $1.75 per 100 pounds, or 3 % cents 
per quart. 
Tiie Holstein Product. —Physicians 
of the Holstein school say that the 
lower quality of milk is much safer to 
drink, in that the solids are more near¬ 
ly balanced, and one does not take so 
much fat into the system. The state¬ 
ment may be true with children, but I 
doubt it very much with adults. The 
fat and solids not fat are not unlike, 
and the one pound in 100 pounds of milk 
of both fat and casein will not quickly, 
at least, interfere with the digestion of 
ordinary mortals. If it is food value 
that people buy the rich milk will usual¬ 
ly furnish it cheaper, but dairymen will 
not feed and care for stock to produce 
it unless paid a premium on its fat con¬ 
tent per pound. The large-frame Hol¬ 
stein will surely produce larger quanti¬ 
ties of this average milk, with excep¬ 
tions occasionally found, and do it 
cheaper than other breeds, and in case 
of accident or failure to milk freely give 
a carcass of some value. I am not an 
advocate of a “dual-purpose” cow from 
the western standpoint to be used upon 
our eastern farms. They may be right 
and they may be wrong. They place 
beef first and milk second. If their pre¬ 
mise is correct from the standpoint of 
profit then surely the Short-horn fills 
the bill. I do not wish to argue the 
question with them here. In the main 
I believe they are wrong, and that they 
will find it so and adopt breeds of a dual- 
purpose make-up, but with milk as their 
first quality and beef secondary. Their 
cheap corn coupled with Short-horns 
has met their conditions of care ad¬ 
mirably, but when they have to assume 
the same line of food and care used in 
the East the Short-horn will not fill 
the bill. The eastern idea of “dual pur¬ 
pose” for a large majority of dairymen 
certainly has merit in it, no matter 
what dairy type extremists may say. 
The young are more easily raised upon 
foods other than skim-milk, making for 
a stronger, healthier mature cow. They 
are larger and can, at present beef 
prices, if fat, sell for two-thirds enough 
to buy a 6,000-pound milker. Over against 
this statement they no doubt consume 
a trifle more coarse food per unit of 
product. The power of any animal to 
assimilate coarse food has a commercial 
value. A part of dairy profit lies in the 
use of coarse, unmarketable foods 
which, when balanced with nitrogenous 
and more easily digested food become 
of much value. h. e. cook. 
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You can insure your horse 
against Curb, Splint, Spav¬ 
in, Sprained Cord and all 
forms of Lameness, by using 
Tuttle’s Elixir. 
The safe plan is always to 
have a supply on hand. 
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Tuttle’s American Condition Powders 
—a specific for impure blood and all diseases 
arising therefrom. 
TUTTLE’S FAMILY ELIXIR cures rheumatism, 
sprains, bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our 100-page book, 
‘•Veterinary Experience,” FREE. 
Dr. S. A. TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. 
lloware of so-called Elixirs—none genuine hut Tuttle’s. 
Avoid all blisters; they offer only temporary relief, if any. 
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New Model 
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cuts finest and easiest. Send for catalog 
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BONE CUTTER MONEY 
The money spent for the Adam 
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No 33 Tho Adam cuts clean, easily and quickly. 
W. J. ADAM, • JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 
iBUSHELS OF EGGS 
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| and Special Proposition. 
Stratton Mfer. t'o., Box 13, Erie, Pa. 
Breeders’ Directory 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty {Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
■ ry p Four Grandsons of Exile, 
W EL BV Ci ■ 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, 
Hol stein-F riesi ans'^TSe 
best breeding for sale. Prices reasonable. Every 
animal registered. WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, 
Ulster County, N. Y. 
MCLENNAN BROTHERS STOCK FARM, 
ISCHUA, CATTARAUGUS CO., N. Y. 
Registered Holstein-Friesian Calves for Sale. 
Seven Heifer and three Bull Calves. Large, hand¬ 
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. 
PORTLAND FARM GUERNSEY HERD, 
Registered.— A few Young Bulls for Sale. Bulls of 
tho best breeding—22. 8 and 6 months old. Reasonable 
prices. Apply to E. W. SCHUCH.ARDT, 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, ltam 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. 
FOR SALE 
Devons. 
—A choice herd of thor- 
_ _ oughbred, registered 
B.J. WIGHTMAN, West Eaton, N. Y. 
P h O P h i r QO—Spring and Fall Pigs. S. A. LITTLE, 
UllCulliiCO Malcolm, Box A, New York. 
Excellent Berkshires at Ohio Farm, Le 
Roy, O., sired by our imported Boar, British Model 4th 
and others. M. L. & H. H. BENHAM. 
IMPROVED URGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imp 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK Fi 
Eng. bacon 
'Orted stock for sale. 
ARM, Rochester, Mich 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 nos., mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return if not 
satisfactory; we refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., liosenvick, Chester Co., Pa. 
MiLMS. 
Choice Black Top and National Delaine Rams for 
sale for $8 to $11 for month of November. 
M. C. MULK1N, Friendship, N. Y. 
AUftftDA ftflfiTC are handsome, hardy and 
Hit U UK A IXUA I d profitable. Prize stock. 
Low prices. Large cir. E. W. Cole & Co., Kenton, O. 
No Wall Street Tip Equals the Best Farm Tip. 
BUY ANGORA GOATS. 
For Registered Stock address 
BOSWICK FARM, RIDGEFIELD, CONN. 
ANGORA GOATS. 
FOIL 
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 
ATHLETIC CLUB, New York City. 
Choice stock for sale at all 
“*-*■*■ times. Book and price-list freo 
W. J. WOOD, New London, Ohio. 
Some trained. Book 
and price-list free. 
N. A. KNAPP, Rochester, Ohio. 
JACKS FOR SALE. 
150 Jacks, Jennets and Mules now ready for the 
Fall trade. Some bargains. Address 
BAKER’S JACK FARM, Lawrence, Ind. 
For Sale.—Scotch Collies, mag-nificently 
bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wis. 
Gnllio Plinc - 'Spayed Females. Circulars. SILAS 
wlHHC I IIJIS DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
2000 FERRETS 
Q _ I About 50 White Leghorn 
■ Ul Odlv Pullets. Price, $1 each. 
Address H. H. WING, Ithaca, N. Y. 
250 Choice 
Barred and Buff P 
Rocks and White and 
Silver Wyandottes for sale. Price reasonable. 
Dit. S. O. MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
I White Leghorn Cockerels 
We have a large flock of the finest stock we ever 
raised. Don’t wait until Spring to buy your breeders 
and then take the leavings. Write now. State just 
what you want; price will suit you. 
WHITE & RICE, Box B, Yorktown, N. Y. 
h-.lL | | AA on HENS and CHICKS, 
Ucaln 10 LIC6 04-puge Book FREE. 
J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. I. 
D. 
IT WILL PAY EVERY HEN OWNER BE 
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