1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
571 
STATE AND WESTERN CREAMERY 
BUTTER. 
Why Prices Differ. —Why is State 
creamery butter quoted lower than 
western? Is western better than east- 
tern creamery butter? There is no bet¬ 
ter butter made anywhere than in New 
York State, but New York State butter 
has a different flavor from western but¬ 
ter; State creamerymen do not ship reg¬ 
ularly to this market, and grocers do 
not like to change style and flavor in 
goods they retail, as the buyer will ques¬ 
tion the quality, as soon as he notices 
difference in flavor. Western creamery- 
men ship tne year ’round, hence buyers 
prefer to keep their trade on western. 
A large proportion of State creamery 
butter is shipped in Jamestown tubs, 
State half-firkin tubs, in Welsh tubs, 
with iron hoops, while western butter 
comes uniformly in flat-hoop Welsh tubs 
of about 60 pounds net weight. This is 
another reason why western quotes and 
sells higher than State creamery. State 
creamerymen will not stick to one com¬ 
mission house as western men do, hence 
as soon as a receiver gets a State cream¬ 
ery started, and his customers satisfied 
with it, and is in condition to sell at top 
quotations, the creameryman will shift 
to another house, sell at home, or go 
into making cheese. Then the seller has 
to do a great deal of talking to get his 
trade again. 
A State creamery shipped to me last 
Fall in iron-hoop Welsh tubs. I got 
them to change to flat-hoop Welsh; 
they shipped two weeks in flat hoops, 
and I got my trade to take the goods at 
full price, paid shipper full quotations 
for western butter, but finally the ship¬ 
pers wrote me that they were selling at 
home. Now, should they ship again, I 
would have to drop back to State quo¬ 
tations, one-half cent under western. If 
any State creamery will agree to ship 
weekly, the year around, make their 
butter up to best standard, and pack in 
llat-ho’op Welsh tubs, any good commis¬ 
sion dealer will guarantee full western 
quotations weekly for their butter. 
B. F. VAN VALKENBURGII. 
PUREBRED SCRUB STOCK. 
Here is a story which is repeated sev¬ 
eral times during every year. One of 
our readers wrote to an advertiser who 
offered cattle for sale. They had some 
correspondence, the bargain was struck 
for a bull calf; the money was paid, and 
the calf was shipped. The man who 
bought the calf wrote us that he was 
dissatisfied with the bargain, as the ani¬ 
mal did not come up to expectations at 
all. We began correspondence with the 
advertiser, in the hope of making the 
matter right, and satisfying the buyer. 
We know that many farmers are prone 
to expect too much in a business of this 
kind; they have their minds set on a 
large, fine-looking animal, and as he is to 
represent half of their future herd, they 
want a good individual. Frequently, 
they set their mark too high, and when 
the calf arrives, it is not at all what 
they had imagined he would be. Some¬ 
times they get a calf that has not been 
well cared for, and has been stunted and 
kept back by poor keeping or abuse. 
The long trip on the railroad may have 
upset the calf so that he seems weak 
and thin, and does not present a fail- 
appearance. In some cases, a week or 
two at pasture with first-class care will 
make a very different-looking animal 
out of him. Some farmers recognize 
this fact, and before they make com¬ 
plaint, they are ready to give the calf a 
chance. Others are disgusted at once, 
and find fault with the breeder for send¬ 
ing such a looking animal. 
In the case we speak of, the farmer 
was prepared to give the calf a fair 
chance, but even after this was given, 
the calf plainly showed that he never 
was and never would be first-class. This 
was made so clear and plain that the 
advertiser finally thought that the only 
fair thing to do was to take the calf 
back, which he finally did. 
In talking with farmers who are buy¬ 
ing bulls to place at the head of their 
herds, we find that most of them prefer 
to go and see the bull before they buy 
it. One man who is doing considerable 
traveling in search of a small herd, says 
that he has visited a number of farms 
where first-class cattle are offered for 
sale. On all these farms there were to 
be found a number of scrub calves that 
ought to have been killed or vealed. 
These calves were all purebred, that is, 
their pedigrees were straight as far as 
that goes. But as individuals, they were 
little better than common scrubs; yet, 
they were being sold as purebred cattle, 
and the farmers who bought them with¬ 
out first looking them over, would sure¬ 
ly be disappointed. One man who trav¬ 
eled far, and finally bought several ani¬ 
mals, said that, on the farm where they 
were bought he found purebred calves 
which he would not have accepted as a 
gift. Some one, however, who will cor¬ 
respond for a purebred animal, will be 
quoted low figures on this stock. It will 
surely give uisappointment, and if it be 
kept as a breeding animal, it will mean 
loss and trouble in the future herd. 
Sterility in a Cow. 
Is there any certain cure for a barren 
cow? J. F. L. 
Illinois. 
Ans. —There is no “certain cure” for 
sterility in cows. The possibility of a 
cure will depend upon whether the ster¬ 
ility is due to a permanent, or only to 
a temporary cause. The failure to breed 
may be due to various causes, some of 
which are easily removed, while others 
cannot be remedied. The best course to 
pursue in a case of this kind is to have 
the cow personally examined by a com¬ 
petent veterinarian to ascertain the 
probable cause. If there is found to be 
a removable cause, the cow can then be 
treated with a reasonable expectation of 
success. Since you describe no condi¬ 
tion or symptoms from which to judge 
of the cause, I cannot advise definite 
treatment. Various nostrums are ad¬ 
vertised for the cure of sterility in cows; 
but you will do much better to employ a 
qualified veterinarian, who can make a 
personal examination, and then pre¬ 
scribe a course of treatment that would 
be adapted to that particular case. 
F. L. KILBORNE. 
He Likes Red Polls. —The reason 
why I like the Red Polls is because they 
are easy keepers, are very kind, docile 
cattle, are of uniform red color, and are 
of good size. The steers make the best 
of feeders, are round, plump and smooth, 
and being of a uniform build and red 
color, they sell at the highest price. 
Being hornless, they are always quiet, 
and are not hooking one another about 
like the horned breeds. As they are far 
superior to any of the other polled 
breeds for milk, I consider them superior 
to all other breeds of cattle for the gen¬ 
eral farmer. They are the most likely 
to succeed where a cow is wanted to 
raise a good calf, and also pay a good 
profit at the pail. Being very hardy, 
they will thrive in any place that any 
other breed of cattle will; for the 
younger cattle will run and play, while 
cattle of the other breeds stand with 
backs humped, shivering with cold. 
Where a purebred bull is crossed on 
horned cows, about 90 per cent of the 
calves will be perfectly hornless, scarce¬ 
ly any of the heifers having horns. The 
Red Polls are making their way with all 
other breeds, and I think they will prove 
themselves the favorite breed of breeds. 
Wyoming, Iowa. wm. james. 
G. M. V. inquired what would cure foot- 
rot in a cow. We had several severe cases, 
and cured them all in a short time. Clean 
the foot well with a cloth and water, and 
sprinkle heavily with dry carbonate of 
soda once a day. The proud flesh will soon 
disappear entirely. We had not one case 
where the trouble ever reappeared. We 
found carbonate of soda much more ef¬ 
fective than spirit of salt. H. w. 
Oakland, Md. __ 
It is odd to think of a respectable fruit¬ 
eating: bird like the parrot, degenerating 
into a sheep-stealer, but this evil reputa¬ 
tion clings to an Australian member of 
the family, the lcea. This parrot attacks 
the living sheep, tearing away flesh and 
fat in the region of the kidneys and, on 
some of the bush runs, the loss from this 
cause is serious. In impudence, noise, 
thievery and general blackguardism, the 
kea appears to be quite as disreputable as 
our Canada, jay or camp-robber. 
Raising Belgian Hare.—I believe busi¬ 
ness can be done and be made very profit¬ 
able. The market must be made for them 
the same as it was made for ducklings. I 
can remember when Mr. Rankin had almost 
to beg commission men in Faneuil Hall, on 
his knees, to take what few he then raised; 
he raises more thousands now than he did 
hundreds then, to say nothing of all the 
others who have come up within 10 years. A 
young Belgian weighing about five pounds, 
nicely baked or stewed, is about the best 
meat I ever put away. The reason breeders 
have not gone into raising them for market 
has been that the demand for them for the 
fancy has taken all that could be bred. 
n. HOLMES. 
This year, my fowls have broken all my 
former records, at which I have been much 
surprised, for I have been more careless 
than in former years, with regard to the 
cleanliness of the houses and coops, but. I 
have paid spefciai attention to their food 
and drink. This is, I think, the reason of 
my success. I give as great a variety as 
is possible of food, and I think that animal 
meal, plenty of fine and coarse ground clam 
shells, and baked bones, with a good supply 
of raw potatoes, and a mash of fine and 
coarse middlings, bran and corn meal, 
mixed with sour milk when I could get it, 
have been the foundation for healthy chicks 
and plenty of eggs. eben j. pearce. 
Long Island. 
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and cow profit may 
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only get more butter 
from the same cows 
but it will be so much 
improved in quality 
as to comm and a much 
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Nitrogen .7.00 11 
Protein.. . 43.00 " 
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