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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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MILK NOTES. 
The cows in this section have come 
through the Summer in very good condi¬ 
tion; better, I think, than last year. Our 
hay crop, upon which most farmers here 
depend for Winter feed, was extra good, 
but corn was almost a failure. The grain 
crop, oats and buckwheat, were very good. 
Mill feed is somewhat lower, I think, than 
a year ago. The farmers are inclined to 
keep their cows owing to the better prices 
obtainable for their butter. b. a. c. 
Colebrook. N. H. 
Although the milk business in this lo¬ 
cality Is more encouraging than in the 
past, on account of higher prices and 
fairly good late pasture, still there have 
been the usual number of auction sales, in 
some cases selling only the cows. Three 
or more of the most Important of this last 
class of sales were on account of the barns 
having been burned. Again, the scarcity 
of helQ in this locality, where two lines 
of public works are going on which re¬ 
quire but eight hours for a day's work, 
makes the situation such that doubtless 
some sales have taken place for (his cause 
alone. orange co. farmer. 
New York. 
The Crystal Creamery received during 
the month of October 110,630 pounds of 
milk from 106 patrons. The average price 
paid for milk per 100 pounds was $1.26. 
Butter sells for 28 cents per pound; eggs, 
30 cents a dozen; apples. 40 cents; pota¬ 
toes, 75 cents; wheat, SO cents; corn. 70 
cents; oats, 37 cents; buckwheat, 60 c ms. 
The midge was damaging the wheat. Nearly 
all of the crops are gathered; the weather 
has been warm. Milk is very scarce, as the 
cows are drying up. The creamery is run 
every other day from November until 
Mnrch. One-half of the farmers have sold 
all of their sheep. l. h. k. 
Union Centre, N. Y. 
in Hampden Co., Mass., through the Fall 
months to the present time, December 1, 
the demand for milk has been all the farm¬ 
ers could supply, with a ready market for 
more milk if they had made it. Taking 
the cows as a whole, all through these 
towns, they look as well and, we think, 
better than they did a year ago at this 
time. The outlook for Winter feed is 
rq,ther hard to tell much about just now. 
The feeds we need most for making milk 
cost too much money. Nearly all the farm¬ 
ers have their usual number of cows on 
hand, and do not think of offering them 
for sale. e. b. 
WHbraham. Mass. 
Milk at our station is bringing the farm¬ 
ers nearly three cents a quart. If I judge 
of the flow of milk by my own cows I 
should say It had held out very well in¬ 
deed; frequent rains have kept the feed 
fresh. So far as I have seen the cows 
about here they are looking well with few 
exceptions. Hay is rather a light crop and 
secured in bad condition on account of 
constant rains. The growth of corn was 
small and but little of it well matured. I 
know of 15 silos within two miles of my 
farm, and not over five were filled full, 
and others I have heard of were left empty 
on account of the small growth of corn 
and large growth of weeds. A large 
amount of ground was so wet it could not 
be properly tilled. If farmers feed grain 
as usual they will have to buy to a great 
extent. Every week cows, some fat and 
some goners, are driven by. I conclude 
farmers are selling the non-paying cows. 
On account of the low price of cabbage 
farmers about here are feeding more than 
usual, so that will help out the fodder 
some. One neighbor told me that he was 
feeding his cows each three large heads 
of cabbage twice a day, and that they 
would eat but little besides. There is not 
nearly the amount of butter made about here 
that there was two years ago; many farm¬ 
ers sell their milk. Others draw to cheese 
factories. Those who do make butter 
mostly sell to private families or serf to 
grocerymen on contract, delivering every 
week. The demand seems to be for new 
butter. I plowed up an old blackberry 
patch to-day (December 2) and did not see 
any frost In the ground; we have had two 
or three light flurries of snow. w. c. l. 
Homer, N. Y._ 
A PRACTICAL COW MAN TALKS. 
Animals, like machines, always do 
their best work when in good condition, 
and under the care of good management. 
These conditions go hand in hand when 
the best results are acquired. We as 
breeders, seldom do as best we know, 
thinking lack of time, and pressure of 
too much labor sufficient reason for not 
exercising our best ability. The result 
is we often fail in the object desired. In 
looking over the average herd, what 
negligence is noticeable! Cows that a 
few weeks ago were in fair and good 
condition are now declining in flesh, and 
decreasing in milk flow; not to regain 
their former condition till turned to pas¬ 
ture again the following Spring. Why 
those changes? The most plausible rea¬ 
son is lack of proper nourishment. The 
grasses have been frosted, and fail to 
nourish the animal, much less sustain 
her former flow of milk. What a mis¬ 
taken idea, to think that a filled animal 
is a nourished one. Yet how prevalent 
the belief among many owners of live 
stock, though nothing could be more ab¬ 
surd. The grasses that early in the sea¬ 
son were nutritious and sweet, and im¬ 
proved the animal’s condition, as well 
as nourished her for a good flow of 
milk, late in the season fail to fulfill 
their functions, and the result is a fill¬ 
ed, yet partially starved cow. These 
same changes come annually, and the 
average farmer is no better prepared to 
care for his cows than he was the sea¬ 
son before. By following this same 
routine, season after season, how can 
we expect to progress in our business? 
In fact, there are but few weeks in the 
entire season when cows can procure 
sufficient nourishment to produce to 
their best ability. 
We have found these conditions on 
Piquea Farm, and have seen them pre¬ 
vail elsewhere in most instances. These 
conditions are the general rule and not 
the exception. Knowing the result, why 
do we not attempt to meet these condi¬ 
tions and change them? It would be 
well to plant some corn to feed the cows 
while at pasture, to tide them over this 
very annoying season to the dairyman; 
or better still, have a silo or two well 
filled with good silage, and feed them all 
they will possibly digest and assimilate. 
Not just to-day and to-morrow but every 
day the entire year. The writer feeds 
his Jersey cows all the good silage twice 
a day they will eat while on pasture, 
morning and evening when stabled, ex¬ 
cept three weeks in June when pasture 
was good. What were the results? Our 
Jerseys were never in finer condition, or 
produced better at the pail this time of 
year, and the only reason accountable 
was that they were given sufficient 
nourishment. The longer we use the silo 
the more practicable it appears to me, 
not only for Winter, but the entire year. 
Is it not a gross error to allow our cat¬ 
tle to become thin in flesh as the cold 
weather approaches? We all know bet¬ 
ter; then why not do differently? After 
they have become reduced in flesh it 
will require all Winter feeding to re¬ 
gain the loss. Then is it not practicable 
to try to keep them in good condition 
all the time? Many places feed is not 
too plentiful, and prices high. If you 
have not sufficient to feed them all well, 
better reduce the herd, and allow the 
same feed to a smaller number of cows, 
and the result will be more profitable 
and many little annoyances averted. As 
Winter approaches we can expect more 
than one severe spell of weather. So 
make your stables comfortable and as 
light as you can afford. A few boards 
are very much cheaper to exclude the 
cold, than 70-cent cornmeal. Treat 
them kindly, keep them clean, and I 
assure you the cows will respond more 
freely at the pail. j. at.dl's herr. 
Lancaster, Pa. 
Indigestion and Bad Blood. 
I have a horse 12 years old, weight. 1,300 
pounds, and apparently sound, but every 
year in November he begins to get poor 
and remains so until about July 1. Then 
he picks up again and is a good horse in 
the Fall, but is no good in June. Has a 
good appetite, and there are no signs of 
worms. I give him cut feed morning and 
night, meal and bran, and oats at noon, 
five or six quarts at a time, with plenty 
of good hay. His coat is always rough. 
Clark’s Summit. Pa. n. w. c. 
The symptoms, roughness of the hair 
and his giving out in June, point strong¬ 
ly to some derangement of the diges¬ 
tive organs. Give the horse one ounce of 
Barbadoes aloes with a tablespoonful of 
ginger, this is best given by dissolving 
in one-half pint warm water. Put this 
into a bottle and give at one drench; 
after the horse’s bowels have become 
regular, put up the following powder; 
Hyposulphite of soda four ounces, pow¬ 
dered gentian two ounces, dried sul¬ 
phate of iron one ounce, nux vomica 
two drams. Mix these together thor¬ 
oughly and give a teaspoonful night and 
morning in food. In May have your 
horse clipped. 
INFLUENZA. 
NFLUENZA Is charac¬ 
terized by lnflamma- 
I tion of the mucous 
membranes, stupor, 
cough, loss of appetite 
and general debility. 
It is caused by some 
specific poison and is 
contagious. 
Treatment .—If there 
is constipation three 
to four ounces of raw 
flaxseed oil should be given, mild febri¬ 
fuges or remedies to' allay fever should be 
employed, such as two ounces of liquor 
acetate of ammonia three times a day; or 
ounce doses of sweet spirits of nitre 
should be given in a half pint of water 
three times a day. If there Is much lassi¬ 
tude tonics should be employed. Quinine 
in two dram doses three times a day with 
gentian and ginger should bo given. Ani¬ 
mal should be kept comfortably clothed at 
all times and should be protected against 
sudden changes of temperature. 
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