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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 19 
Breeders’ Directory. 
White Wyandottks Exclusively.— 
Write wants. Spencer’s Ponltry Farm, Phenlx, B. I. 
Fob Salk — 10 Purebred Short horn 
Heifers, good Beds, three to four months old, and 
four Bulls. Pr ee, $300 for the lot crated. Bulls, 
ready for use, $35. Also, seven Polled Durham 
lleifers. go d size and color, bred to registered bull 
Price $30 each. Cut rales for all shipments. 
ISON & LIT 8 EY. Harrodsburg, Ky. 
C HENANGO VALLEY STOCK FARMS, Greene, N. 
Y. Dutch Belted and Jersey Cattle: Dorset and 
Kambouillet Sheep; Poland-China, Jersey Red and 
Suffo k Pigs; White and Bronze Turkeys. Peafowls 
and Blooded Chick*ns. Seed Wheat, $2; Rye, $1; 
best in the world; bags free. 
I CPUnDMC-White and Bull 200 Hens for 
LLUnUnllO sale at $1 each. Show birds. $2 
and $3. DKLLH UKrtT FA RMS, Aientor, Ohio 
uni OTCI M0—Show animals, all ages, large rich 
nULO I LIliO milking Butter-Bred Herd. 
Ckrnnchirae Ram and ewe lambs. Price $3 to 
OIIIU0ollITCo $Hieaeh. Alsoyoung.Sliort-liorn 
Hull. I\C.PiK8$3to$5ea.W.A.LOTHKRS,Lack,Pa. 
GUERNSEYS. 
84 Cow8 averaged 399 pounds 
butter each in 1898 Some 
ch(Ace young stock for sale. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
BHINECL1FF, N. Y 
Registered Jersey Cattle 
For Milk and Butter. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
BLOODED LIVE STOCK 
Shoop —Oxfords.Shropshires,South- 
downs. Fancy Poultry. Plg«— 
Bcrkshircs, Poland-Chinas, Chester 
Whites, Yorkshires. Catalogue free. 
He L< HOLMES* HartUburg, Pa. 
SPECIAL 
Write for informal inn tell¬ 
ing how by buying one pig, 
at other will be given free. 
F. H. GATES Si SONS, Chlttcnango, N. Y 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
of the best breeding, from 3 to 10 months old. Chester 
Whites smooth and grow hv Pamphlet free. Prices 
right . CD AS. K. RECORD. Peterboro, N. Y 
POULTRY 
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UCfllll 111 LluG j). j. Lambert, Box307, Apponaug.K 1 
CATTLE FLY OIL. 
Cattle Fly Oil, 
prepared and 
put up in ga'- 
lon cans, ex¬ 
pressly for 
keeping Flies 
from Horses 
and Cattle 
during the 
Summer 
mouths. 
It is perfectly harmless, and will be found a treat 
comfort to cows when milking. This mixture Is ap¬ 
plied with the Double Tube Lightning Insect Ex¬ 
terminator, which throws a very tine spray of the 
oil mixture. One ga Ion of Cattle Fly Oil Is f-uffi 
cl*nt to spray 500 cows; a greater How of milk Is 
guaranteed. We will express to any address one 
gallon of Cattle F y Oil with a Double Tube Llg* t- 
ninglnsectExt.mil ator for $ 2 . 
The Exterminator is alsoadaptedfor killing potato 
bugs and insects c f even nature. 
8 pe< la prices for quantities. 
Seventeen Patents granted on our Sprajers. 
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. 
D. B. SMITH & CO.,Utica, N.Y.,U.S.A. 
BEFORE BUYING 
Harness 
Sold direct, to consumers at wholesale prices. 
KING HARNESS COMPANY, Mfrs 
212 Church St., Owego, N. Y. 
Send 5 cents 
stain ps for postage 
o n catalogue o f 
100 styles of single 
and double OAK- 
TANNEU leather 
harness. 
SHEDDING H 
THE ROBBER COW. Fig. 227. 
Eight years old; milked 249 days; 5,440 pounds milk; average test, 4.1 per cent fat; 
260 pounds butter; creamery value of milk, $37.96. 
bottle, anti a small amount of bichro¬ 
mate of potassium added to keep the 
sample sweet. The cows are numbered, 
and their milk yield is recorded in a 
hook. At regular intervals, the sam¬ 
ples of milk were sent to the Station 
creamery for testing. The weekly sam¬ 
ple testing and weighing continued 
through the year, and the average was 
taken as the record of the cow. 
This bulletin gives, in some detail, 
the method followed on these various 
farms. At this time, we merely wish to 
call attention to some of the results 
shown by this investigation. Perhaps 
the two pictures of cows shown at Figs. 
This cow’s milk was not quite as rich 
as the other, hut she hung on in her 
milk yield for a much longer period, and 
produced about 40 per cent more milk 
than the other. 
Looking at the two cows, what par¬ 
ticular difference can we find? First, 
take the head and n^ck. The lower cow 
is “built like a steer.” Her neck is 
thick, heavy and beefy, and her shoul¬ 
ders look precisely like a beef animal. 
If we were picking out a beast of bur¬ 
den to push hard against the yoke, we 
would certainly take the lower cow. 
The upper cow has a very different neck 
and head. Her neck is slender, narrow 
Thi« 
HUNTER 
TOOTHLESS CURRYCOMB is almost 
equal to a clipper, it makes the “fur 
fly.” Being without teeth It does not 
scratch, irritate or injurcskin. Taket 
out all dirt, dust and dandruff. Sold as 
your dealer’s or sent by us, 25c. prepaid. 
Agents—catalogue of specialties free. 
HUNTER CURRY COMB CO., 107 Ann St., Racine, Wis. 
back of the ears, and tapering hack to 
thin, bony shoulders. 
Some authorities say that the cow 
“shows the milk pail in her eyes,” mean¬ 
ing that a motherly expression on the 
face indicates a good milker. If there is 
anything in this theory, certainly the 
upper cow has the advantage. We can’t 
think of any one who would prefer a 
mother with such an expression as the 
lower cow has on her face. Back of the 
shoulders, another striking difference is 
apparent. The lower cow is smooth and 
well-plastered with fat. You can hardly 
see her hips, for she looks like a block 
of beef. That cow has acquired the 
habit of taking the fat out of her food, 
and hanging it on her hones. The up¬ 
per cow is thinner, with her bones plain¬ 
ly showing. The lower cow looks like a 
block. You might saw off her legs 
close to the body, and have a fair- 
shaped trunk or box. The upper cow 
lacks this pretty regular formation, hut 
her stomach is larger, she is wider 
through the hips, the backbone more 
prominent, ribs better sprung out, and 
every indication of a larger capacity for 
handling food. This cow, as her mother 
and grandmother before her, believes in 
the habit of putting the fat in the pail, 
to the neglect of her ribs, if need he. 
The udder formation of the two cows 
also shows a great contrast. The lower 
cow’s udder is narrow, beefy, and point¬ 
ed at the bottom. The upper cow has a 
large, broad udder, coming down well 
in front, and avoiding the pointed, or 
peaked appearance of the other. A good 
judge of cows, looking at these two ani¬ 
mals, would without hesitation pick out 
the upper cow, because she carries the 
type of the milk and bnttermaking 
machine. Put a modern chainless bicy¬ 
cle by the side of an old-fashioned ve¬ 
locipede, and it will be a singular per¬ 
son who would pick out the latter for 
either pleasure or business riding. Yet 
there is almost as great a difference be¬ 
tween the finely-bred and trained dairy 
cow, and the chunky, beefy robber cow, 
which is her stall partner in the stable. 
They eat about the same food, just as 
the two wheels require much the same 
power, yet one cow makes 100 pounds or 
more of extra butter during the year, 
and the improved wheel covers twice the 
distance. 
Pick out the robber cows! They are 
useful at the block, but they punch a 
hole in the bottom of the pail. There 
are many striking illustrations in this 
bulletin of the folly of keeping robber 
cows, and in a later issue, we hope to 
give some of Prof. Farrington’s valuable 
figures. 
It has been asserted that Kansas City 
packers are substituting goatllesh for mut¬ 
ton. Chicago packers say that the flesh 
of young goats is excellent, but that they 
have never attempted to sell it, because 
.goats are scarce in their locality, and the 
meat would cost more than mutton. 
•‘Tired to death” is the feei ng which frequently 
precedes a collapse. Don't neglect the warning. 
Dr. D. Jayne’s Tonic Vermifuge will remove the ob¬ 
structions, and pave the way to health. 
In forgetlulness there is danger. When you feel 
the cold coming, take Jayne’s Expectorant. 
Aid digestion with Jayne’s Painless Sanative Pills. 
Horse Owners! Use 
GOMBAULT’S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
A Safe Speedy and Positive Core 
The Safest, ltcst BLISTER overused. Takes 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe action. 
Removes Bunches or Blemishes from Horse* 
and Cattle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OR FIRING- Impossible to produce scar or blemish. 
Every bottle sold is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
sent by express, charge* paid, with full directions 
for its use. Send for descriptive circulars. 
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DR. LEAVITT'S 
Do’vble Power 
DEHORNING 
CUPPER. 
STEALINGS OF THE ROBBER COW. 
How to Pick Her Out. 
Bulletin No. 75, of the Wisconsin Ex¬ 
periment Station, at Madison, discusses 
the matter of testing cows at the farm. 
Professor E. H. Farrington has brought 
together an immense amount of in¬ 
formation, and gives a careful and prac¬ 
tical discussion of the important mat¬ 
226 and 227 will serve as the best “text 
for the sermon.” These cows, probably, 
weigh about the same. In color and 
general character, they appear at first 
sight not very unlike. The upper cow, 
however, is very much the more profit¬ 
able animal. She is eight years old, and 
gave in 350 days 7,654 pounds of milk. 
Her average test was four per cent of 
fat, which means 360 pounds of butter. 
THE BANKER COW. Fig. 220. 
Eight years old; milked 350 days; 7,654 pounds milk; average test, four per cent fat; 
360 pounds butter; creamery value of milk, $57.56. 
ter of detecting the robber cow. He tells 
how to proceed to make these farm 
tests, and puts together the information 
obtained by overhauling the record of 
the cows on 50 farms. 
Briefly stated, the method for making 
these farm tests is to weigh and sample 
the milk of each cow one day in each 
week. The milk is weighed, one ounce 
of a fair sample of the milk placed in a 
The creamery value of her milk for one 
year was $57.56. 
The other cow is also eight years cld. 
She gave milk for 249 days, producing 
5,440 pounds of milk, with an average 
test of 4.1 per cent of fat. This means 
260 pounds of butter, and the creamery 
value of her milk was $37.96. Here we 
have a difference of nearly $20 for a 
year’s-income in favor of the upper cow. 
