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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 20 
Live Stockand Dairy 
V.A A A «• 
PUREBRED STOCK. 
Beauty and Utility. —I must take 
issue with your correspondent, A. W. B. 
on page 746. He says: “I don’t believe 
that purebred stock is the thing for or¬ 
dinary farmers. Let the rich ones have 
them.” He concludes by saying: ‘‘Beauty 
is all right, but is only skin deep.” There 
may have been a time when purebred 
cows, sheep and swine were bred for 
beauty alone, or principally, but this 
has not been the case since I have been 
interested in the subject. I began with 
swine, having learned the value of pur¬ 
ity of breeding from my experience with 
poultry. Indeed my poultry led me to 
the investment in swine more than in¬ 
directly, as I exchanged a pair of Buff 
Cochin Bantams for a pair of Cheshire 
pigs. My father was like A. W. B., he 
did not believe in purebred stock, 
though he did realize that the poultry 
brought in a good deal more money af¬ 
ter the advent of my pretty Rose Comb 
Brown Leghorns, than it did in the old 
times of mongrel fowls. 
Paying Pigs. —My first litter of pigs 
was a disappointment. Only four of 
them and one of these died before It was 
two months old. But I sold two of them 
for $7.50 while baby pigs, while Father 
was glad to sell his from a good mon¬ 
grel sow for $1 each. Pigs were plenty 
that year and very cheap. The second 
lot of pigs was better, nine of them, and 
they sold for $37.50. Next time there 
were 10 pigs, and they brought $44, and 
the next eight brought $67. I received 
much less for these pigs than do breed¬ 
ers of recognized standing. I did not 
advertise much, my stock being sold 
largely through the kindness of the 
breeder from whom they originally 
came, and with whose herd I have bred 
strictly in line. These pigs were not 
sold for their beauty, but because they 
were well bred, long in body, capable of 
rapid growth, taking on flesh easily and 
with moderate expense. They were pure 
white in color, and when dressed gave 
large returns in delicious tender pork 
which was thin-skinned and which fur¬ 
nished large hams and shoulders of un¬ 
excelled quality, as well as the finest of 
bacon. True there is now and then a 
pig which is not up to the requirements 
as breeding stock, but those will sell to 
the butcher as well as mongrel stock, 
and the really fine specimens are easily 
sold to those who value good blood and 
good breeding. 
High-Quality Cows. —My experience 
with purebred swine has given me cour¬ 
age to begin with Jersey cattle. A 
pretty little bull calf was given to me 
four years ago, which developed into a 
beautiful and valuable animal. At two 
years old I was obliged to sell him, as 
he was growing ugly. About that time 
a turn of fortune’s wheel made it neces¬ 
sary for me to sell nearly all the cattle, 
and I was only able to keep one of the 
calves from this sire, his first. »he is 
sixty-three-sixty-fourths Jersey, three 
years old last August, and as she has 
been in milk 13 months it seems impos¬ 
sible to dry her off. She is a large cow 
for a Jersey, and has proved very satis¬ 
factory during her first year of cowhood. 
I expect better results next year. I now 
have a young bull whose sire took a 
blue ribbon this Fall at the San Fran¬ 
cisco Exposition and who was admitted 
to be the best butter-bred bull at the 
show. I also have a heifer with over 
42 per cent of the blood of Exile of St. 
Lambert. What she will become and 
what my success will be with Jerseys is 
yet to be proved, but I believe in them, 
and I feel assured that they will justify 
my belief. 
Causes of Failure. —One sometimes 
hears of “ordinary farmers” who have 
been wrecked by going into blooded 
stock. In many of these instances it will 
be found that the purchase of purebred 
utility cattle or sheep or swine has been 
preceded or followed by the ownership 
of a fast horse whose training made him 
just fast enough to make his owner fast, 
but not fast enough to “get there first” 
in a race. The other source of failure is 
buying several head of expensive stock, 
without knowledge of how to make them 
pay for themselves. So many people are 
unwilling to “make haste slowly.” They 
embark more money in a new scheme 
than they can afford to lose in case of 
failure or to do without until the scheme 
can pay for itself. Then there is an¬ 
other class of breeders who fail. I refer 
to those who do not advertise. The 
show room is excellent advertising, but 
women cannot show animals success¬ 
fully without great expense, but it costs 
a woman no more to advertise in the 
agricultural papers than it does a man, 
and she can hardly spend one single dol¬ 
lar in advertising in a good medium like 
The R. N.-Y. without getting it back 
again in less than a week from a sale 
of stock. One dollar sold nearly a whole 
litter of pigs for me last Spring. True, 
all farmers might not make a success of 
selling breeding stock. It is fortunate 
for us, who are in the business, even 
slightly, that tnis is the case, but that 
does not lessen the truth of the state¬ 
ment that it pays to produce purebred 
stock of real excellence, not only to sell 
as breeders, but because “like produces 
like,” and when the breeding of sire and 
dam are known to be in a line to nro- 
duce certain results, the offspring are 
almost sure to have the desired charac¬ 
teristics, a fact which does not hold good 
in mongrel stock, for no matter how 
good sire and dam may be the influence 
of some remote ancestor may be in evi¬ 
dence in the offspring, producing an 
animal of absolutely no merit. "The 
chances” are always in favor of pure 
breeding. sara a. little. 
Seneca Co.. N. Y. 
THE MARKET FOR CAPONS. 
Is caponizing profitable? What per cent 
for a beginner would be slips? What 
breeds or crosses make the best capons? 
At what age should they be marketed? At 
what age do they attain their growth? Do 
capons bring more in market than cock¬ 
erels? Will it pay to buy young cockerels 
in early Summer, caponize them, and sell 
in Fall or early Winter? What will be the 
average increase of weight, if any? 
Towanda, Pa. d. w. p. 
Caponizing does not seem to be as ex¬ 
tensively nracticed as it was 10 or 15 
years ago, which would indicate either 
that the demand for capons was less, or 
the cost of raising more. There are a 
few people who make quite a business 
of growing capons, and find that it pays 
them. We do not raise capons because 
we believe the food and buildings re¬ 
quired will pay better when devoted to 
keeping hens for egg production. Per¬ 
haps three to 10 per cent would be slips, 
or more, depending upon the care exer¬ 
cised in doing the work. The heavier 
meat breeds with large frames usually 
make the most satisfactory capons, light 
Brahmas and Langshans, or crosses 
with Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes. 
Sell any time where the market is best 
after or about Thanksgiving and toward 
Spring. Consult market quotations for 
a period of years back, and keep an eye 
to special demand in different cities. 
They continue to grow long after it 
would pay to feed them. Usually the 
most profitable growth would be when 
they were 9 to 11 months old, depend¬ 
ing much upon the breed and feed. The 
price for capons is several cents higher 
than for cockerels, but the difference is 
not as great now as formerly. Whether 
or not it will pay to buy mixed lots of 
chickens for this purpose will depend 
upon the cost of grain, they eat a pile 
of it, also the kind of chickens that can 
be bought. Do not take Mediterranean 
stock at any price, and perform the op¬ 
eration when they weigh one or 1 y 2 
pound. Some of the capons might be no 
larger than the largest cockerels of same 
age. The longer they are kept the 
greater the per cent increase of the 
capons over the cockerels. Perhaps a 
difference of two or three pounds at 10 
to 12 months. The gain in quality of 
meat is also an important factor. The 
operation is disagreeable, not difficult. 
Try it in a small way first. 
white * RICE. 
New Mexico Hens.— In reference to 
Mapes's talk of high prices and no eggs, 
we give our experience for the past six 
weeks, nothing remarkable, yet quite sat¬ 
isfactory: October 25, five dozen; Novem¬ 
ber 1, 11 dozen; November 8, 16 dozen; No¬ 
vember 15, 17 dozen; November 22, 21 dozen; 
November 2fl, 22 dozen. The fowls are 
Wyandotte, pure and half bloods; 80 old 
hens and 30 pullets, only a few of the 
pullets laying. They have free range; have 
access to dry bran in boxes at all times; 
have fresh ground bone four times a week; 
\Vi gallon of fresh skim-milk daily; also 
five pounds of oats and a small amount of 
corn. Eggs sold to butter customers at 
30 cents a dozen. w. b. w. 
Carlsbad, N. M. 
Breeders’ Directory 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
It. F. SHANNON. 007 Liberty iSt.reet, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Choice Duroc Jerseys. 
Spring Pigs, either sex. $12 Fall Pigs, 8 to 10 weeks, $5 
FAR VIEW FRUIT FARM, 
E. L. ALBERTSON. HOPE, N. J. 
IEDCKT YC~ Brownell’s Rlssa, No. 100167 A. J. C. 
JCnOU I O C. (see Rural New-Yorker, March 1, 
1002,1. Has dropped a beautiful cream fawn bull calf, 
and he must be sold. We can also spare a young 
family cow or a heifer or t wo. J. GRANT MOUSE, 
Hickory Ilill Farm, Poolville, N. Y. 
A Foundation Herd of 111 or 20 young registered 
** HOLSTEIN COWS is offered at a special price 
by DELLHUR3T FARM, Mentor. Ohio. 
—> ^ ■ —PUREBRED HOLSTEIN 
P Of O0I0 FRIESIAN BULL CALVES 
and SCOTCH COLLIE PUPS from registered stock.. 
AY. W. CHUNKY, Manlius, N. Y. 
CnDrCM C~Holstein Bull Calves, from 7 to20 
rUn OALu months old; Chester Whites, all 
ages, either sex. best of breeding, at reasonable prices 
to a quick buyer. ClIAS. RECORD, Peterboro, N. Y 
Holstein-F riesi arts c R ^‘ c k e 
best breeding for sale. Prices reasonable. Every 
animal registered. AVOODCREST FARM, Kifton, 
Ulster County, N. Y. 
MCLENNAN BROTHERS STOCK FARM, 
ISCHUA, CATTARAUGUS CO., N. Y. 
Registered IIolsteln-Frieslati Calves for Sale. 
Seven Heifer and three Bull Calves. Large, hand¬ 
some, perfectly marked animals, eight to nine months 
old. All sired by Dora DoKol’sCount No.23757. Dams 
equally well bred. Extended pedigree and full In¬ 
formation furnished upon request. Inquire 
P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
The sure Cough Cure is Jayne’s 
Expectorant.— Adv. 
tk ■ p —A choice herd of thor- 
I vJ K M Lb EL oughbred, registered 
AATOUTM AN, West Eaton, N. Y. 
Devons. 
B.J. 
Ear Labels 
for SHEEP, HOGS and 
CATTLE, from $i .oo per 
looup. Best on the market 
Send for free catalogue. 
F. S. BURCH & CO., 
178 Michigan St., CHICAOO. 
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOAV HOW TO 
|| a |#r || Aury raising BELGIAN HA RES? Over 
mAIVC ItlUntl 101)0 are making large protits rais¬ 
ing for us to sell. We get from $5 to $40 each for the 
nice ones. 20 to 35 cents a pounds for the others. A 
20-pagc Book, 16-page Belgian Hare and Poultry Paper 
and other literature Free for stamp. Address (men¬ 
tioning 'J’HE R. N.-Y.) K. I, & It. CO., Belfast, Me. 
WaiUilNM 
GREEN BONE and 
VEGETABLE CUTTER 
will save half your feed bills and 
double c*rg yield. (guaranteed to cut 
more bone, in less time, with less la¬ 
bor, than any other. Send for Special 
Trial Oiler and handsome catalogue. 
JIUMPHKKY SONS, 
Hot *0, Joliet, Illinois 
- ORDER - 
Dutch Belted Calves 
Of G. U. GIBBS. Vail. N. J. 
Excellent Berkshires at Ohio Farm, Le 
Roy, O., sired by our Imported Boar, British Model 4th 
and others. M. L. & U. H. BKNHAM. 
IMPROVED URGE YORKSHIRES 
the popular 
Kng. bacon 
bog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sal . 
MEADOW BROOK STOl K FA! M. Hocliistor,Mich 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 mos., mated not akin. 
Service Boars, B ed Sows. Write for 
pric“8 and description Return If not 
satisfactory: we refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., Rosenviek. Chester Co., Pa. 
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, magnificently 
bred. A. J. BENEDICT, Woodworth, Wis.’ 
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WUIIIC I DECKER. South Montrose, Pa. 
pxtsa handsomely marked registered, pedigree Scotch 
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prices. Walter Sherman,2 Boulevard.MIddletown.U.I. 
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N. A. KNAPP, Rochester, Ohio. 
ANGORA GOATS SS!5rTvK£2 
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C-| —About200 choice breeding Cockerels 
( Ol dale at $2 each. Barred and White Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks, White Wyandottes and Light Brahmas 
all bred from prize-winning stock. WOODCREST 
FARM, lUfton, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
nnnirCDEI Q - Choice W. Wyan., P. Rocks, 
vUvAkllllLw Brahmas, Cochins, Leghorns, 
from prlze-winnUig stock. 23 varieties of land ana 
waterfowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Big catalogue 
free. PINE TREE FARM, Box T, Jumesburg, N. J. 
White Leghorn Cockerels 
We nave a large flock of the Bnest stock we ever 
raised. Don't wait until Spring to buy your breeders 
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what you want: price will suit you. 
WHITE & RICE. Box B. Yorktown. N. Y. 
White Wyan. Cockerels 
A few choice ones at farmers’ prices. They are 
large, bloeky birds, grown especially for business, 
and are from the best strains in the country, viz.. 
Smith 01iost*>n. Price, $to $5, the difference 
depending on show qualities. Write and describe 
just what you want. 
CI.YMEK S. MKNGKK, Yorktown, N. Y. 
BRINGS MOKi: ifiir 
Makes healthier fowls. All latest improvements. 
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