1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
287 
JERSEY MILK FOR CHILDREN. 
I have read The R. N.-Y. for years, 
and in all the discussions on milk, edi¬ 
torially and otherwise, one phase has 
never been touched upon, that, I think, 
deserves wide publicity. Several years 
ago, I moved from the city into the 
country, and one of the joys anticipated 
was a bountiful supply of milk and 
cream. I bought a cow, and happening 
to meet a friend, a physician, told him 
of my investment. He at once asked 
what kind of a cow. I told him a pure¬ 
bred Jersey. He said : “ You made a 
mistake. Jersey milk is entirely unfit 
as food for children where milk is the 
main source of nourishment, and in a 
large number of cases of indigestion in 
children I find Jersey milk to be the 
cause.” 
I told my wife what he said, and our 
little girl, then two years old, was given 
diluted skim-milk, and was well. But in 
the course of months, my wife supposed 
that the child was old and strong enough, 
and was given full milk with the result 
that, for a year or more, she suffered 
from indigestion. My wife did not dis¬ 
cover the reason, several physicians did 
not, and it was the fact of the child 
being taken on a j ourney, when the bene¬ 
ficial influence of a change was appar¬ 
ent the second day, that led to our find¬ 
ing out the cause of the trouble. A re¬ 
turn to the diluted skim-milk averted 
the trouble. 
Children, from the time they are given 
cow’s milk to drink, until they are so old 
as to me milk only as a small fraction 
of their food, are seriously injured by 
the use of Jersey milk. No doubt the 
mothers of children being fed on it, will 
see this article, and are advised to use 
common cow’s milk which, I thmk, is 
preferable to Jersey skim m lk, and they 
will at once see a change in the appear¬ 
ance and actions of the child. It is par¬ 
ticularly in the first 2% years of the 
child’s life that this is important. No 
doubt the milk of Guernseys or any 
breed giving milk high in per cent of 
butter fats is equally objectionable, 
while that of Devons is supposed to be 
particularly desirable, a moderate per 
c nt of butter fat and casein being, 
probably, desired for infant feeding. 
Wisconsin. chas. l. mans. 
R. N.-Y.—We use Jersey milk freely, 
but prefer to skim it before drinking— 
using the cream separately. 
Rape for Stock Food. 
Will rape make good late pasture for cattle, if 
sown in the corn at the last working? If so, 
what kind of seed would be best, and where can 
It be had ? The soil is a lightish sand. a. a. m. 
Petoskey, Mich. 
Ans. —Rape is used chiefly for pastur¬ 
ing hogs or sheep. Bief cattle have 
been fed on it with good results, but 
with milch cows, the rape is likely to 
give a strong taste to the milk. It is a 
member of the turnip family. We have 
found it excellent pasture for hogs. At 
the Wisconsin Experiment Station, ex¬ 
periment shows that rape gives better 
results for hog feeding than clover. 
Many sheep growers broadcast the rape 
seed either alone or m'xed with Crimson 
clover seed, in corn at the last cultiva¬ 
tion. After the corn is cut, the rape 
grows up and, in an open Winter, will 
give fa r pasture till Christmas. The 
Dwarf Essex is the best variety. We 
sowed rape broadcast in Crimson clover 
in May last year. It gave more o.-less 
feed during the season and some of it 
has actually come through the past hard 
season, alive and green The seed can 
be bought of most of the reliable seeds¬ 
men. 
A Grade and a Pure Blood. 
Can a grade animal be bred so that the off¬ 
spring can be registered ? If so, how ? a. d h. 
Burtonsville, N. Y. 
Ans. —No, it would be impossible to 
take, for example, a grade Jersey cow 
and breed her so that her descendants 
would be eligible to registry. This 
registry is based upon pedigree. The 
cow is a grade, because on one side or 
the other, one of her ancestors was nto 
of pure blood or registered, therefore, 
having skipped one generation, it would 
be impossible for her descendants to 
enter the herdbook. There are many 
cases where animals are of the purest 
blood, but through some neglect have 
never been registered. Their descend¬ 
ants, while equally as good as other 
herdbook animals, could not be regis¬ 
tered until the missirg link is picked up 
and put on record. In starting s"-called 
new breeds like Polled Durhams or Polled 
Jerseys, some high-grade cows of the de¬ 
sired type are registered. 
“ Grubs " in the Backs of Cattle. 
I read in a farm paper that warbles are caused 
by the sting of the gad-fly on the back of the ani¬ 
mal. If I am not mistaken, I saw an account in 
The R. N.-Y. stating that the egg of the fly is 
taken into the mouth, and works through the 
muscles to the back. Which is correct ? r. h p. 
Clearlake, Wash. 
Ans —During the months of June to 
September, the adult botfly lays its eggs 
somewhere on cattle, presumably the 
back, by attaching them to the hairs. 
The eggs hatch while yet attached to the 
hair, when the young grubs are licked 
by the cattle, and swallowed or lodged 
in the back of the mouth or esophagus. 
During the early part of Winter, the 
grubs may be found in the walls of the 
gullet or esophagus. Later, about Christ¬ 
mas time, the grubs first appear under 
the skin of the back and loins, where the 
warbles are formed. The larva continues 
its development in the warble, and hav¬ 
ing attained its full growth by April or 
May (earlier in a warmer climate), it 
effects its escape from the abscess 
through the hole in the skin, falls to the 
ground, where it develops from the larval 
to the pupal stage. It remains in tie 
pupa state about six weeks, when the 
fly appears, and is again ready to attack 
the cattle. 
Treatment consists in squeezing the 
grubs from the warble, first enlarging 
the opening which already exists, if 
found necessary, and then killing them. 
They rarely occur in sufficient numbers 
to cause any serious inconvenience to 
the cow. 
Feeding Value of Skim-Milk. 
What is the feeding value of 100 pounds skim- 
milk, cream raised by ice and skimmed by hand ? 
Weedsport, N. Y. a h. 
Ans.—A comparative value is about all 
that can fairly be given. Ordinary wheat 
middlings maybe called worth $1, coarse 
wheat bran $1.01, corn meal $1.03, and 
skim-milk 23 cents. You can see that 
this valuation is not exact, for few dairy¬ 
men now buy corn meal, especially those 
who have silos. 
Medicines for a Hog. 
Is there any herb or drug of which a hog is 
very fond, which may be mixed with medicine 
for a sick hog, so that it will take the medicine 
without drenching ? h. b. 
Postville, Iowa. 
Ans. —The hog in a wild state, or when 
he has free range of timber, swamps and 
pasture lands, with the freedom of his 
nose, will, in most all weather, secure 
the n. cessary roots, insects and herbs 
to keep himself in perfect health. But 
when he is brought under civilized con¬ 
ditions by the modern, up-to-date farm¬ 
er, condit’ons and surroundings change, 
to the disadvantage of the hog in many 
respects. The farmer, in bringing about 
this change, has not brought with it a 
knowledge of all those things that gave 
to the hog health in his wild state. His 
researches have not been as eareful or 
persistent in that direction as they 
should have been, to his own disadvan¬ 
tage as well as that of the hog. 
Usually, while the hog will eat, it is 
not hard to get him to take medicine ; 
but when sick (like human beings), he 
goes back on it. So far as I know, when 
sickness stops the appetite for food, it 
also cuts off all desire for herbs or drugs. 
When it comes to drenching, in my ex¬ 
perience the hog might as well be dead. 
Incidentally, I may say that the best 
way to drench a hog is to use an old 
boot with a hole cut in the toe. Insert 
the toe of the boot in his mouth, and 
put the medicine in the boot. 
JOHN M. JAMISON. 
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WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS 
ABOUT 
THE IMPROVED U. S. SEPARATOR. 
Brattleboro, Vt., Feb. 27 th, 1899 . 
It gives me pleasure to say that the dairy machinery 
bought of your company two years ago, including a No. 5 
roved U. S. Separator and a Pony Power, is working well 
.giving entire satisfaction. 
The Improved U. S. Separator is doing all and even more 
than was claimed by your agent. The separation is perfect, it 
runs easily, without noise or friction, and it is easy to manage 
and care for. Of all the separators placed upon the market, 
there is none that excels the Improved U. S. in my opinion. 
G. W. PIERCE, President Vt. Dairymen’s Ass’n. 
Write for our latest Illustrated Catalogues. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY, 
Bellows Palls, Vt. 
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SEPARATOR. 
Any Separator is better than the 
old way of making butter. But 
why not have the very best ? They 
cost no more than the other kind. 
The Empire 
Cream Separators 
excel all others for close skimming 
and ease of running. 
We guarantee them to fulfill every claim 
we make and give perfect satisfaction to 
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Send for catalogue of the largest line of 
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Agents wanted. 
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Newark, N. J. 
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GOOD FLAVOR 
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that sells butter. The flavor or but¬ 
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the milk. It must be relieved of all 
odors of Animal, Stable and Foods. 
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The kind that a fancy private 
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More Money per Pound. 
The advantages of a 
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brings the extra 
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THE BE$T OF FARH IHVESTMEHTS. 
McEwensville, Pa., Dec. 26,1898. 
“ The ‘Alpha-Baby’ separator which I purchased about two months ago 
is giving perfect satisfaction. When the agent told me that we were losing 
a pound of butter to the cow each week by our crock system, I did not 
believe it. I am now inclined to say, like tne Queen of Sheba when she 
viewed the riches of Solomon, that the half has never been told, for he never 
told me of one-half the actual benefit which the use of the separator would 
bring. This I discovered after one week’s trial. People would hardly believe 
me if I were to give the entire truth of what the separator has done for me. 
I had been selling from 12 to 14 lbs. of butter per week before using the ma¬ 
chine. There has not been one week since that I have not sold as much as 
25 ibs. My records are very carefully kept and I have the figures to show 
for it. This certainly goes to show very decidedly that a cream separator is 
the be9t paying machine on the farm. It is like money drawing interest; 
it works rain or shine, Sundays and every other day. It pays a higher rate of 
interest on money invested than anything else in which a farmer can invest. 
It gives a clean profit every day in the year, while any other piece of ma¬ 
chinery is only used for a couple of days throughout the whole year. It 
saves time, labor and money. There is no carrying or repeated handling, 
storing away or replacing of crocks and pans, no long and tedious washing 
of utensils, no fires to keep up for warming skim-milk for calves, and no 
sick calves on account of having fed them sour skim-milk. One more point 
is this, it will soon tell you which cow is a boarder uud which is paying for 
her keep.’ 
Very respectfully. 
T. F. Menges. 
Send for new 1899 "Dairy” catalogue. 
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