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THE RURAL 
new-yorker: 
October 28 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE WESTERN HORSE. 
Prospects and Prices. 
The prospects are that for the next 
three or four years good horses will be 
higher in .price than they have been for 
25 years. All kinds of horses are scarce 
in the United States, except on the few 
farms where they have continued to 
breed, expecting good prices. The ex¬ 
treme low prices 'in the West for the 
past five years made ranchmen careless. 
They have allowed their stallions to run 
at large all the year, and neglected to 
castrate their colts. High prices will 
probably continue three or four years, 
and then I think horses will be cheap. 
We shall have better horses in the 
United States than ever before. Men 
are becoming better-informed in regard 
to the breeding and care of horses. 
Horse shows have been a material help 
in this matter. While I expect to see 
better horses in this country than ever, 
there will always be a lot of common 
ones, so long as some men starve their 
colts, and others look upon all horses, 
cattle and hogs alike, regardless of 
color, shape and size. Others make the 
mistake of studying the pedigree more 
than the individual animal. Let me see 
the animal first, and I will look at his 
pedigree at my leisure. I would prefer 
to see the sire and grandsire, dam and 
granddam, than to see the pedigree at 
all, if I cannot have both. 
A western man, as a rule, will pay 
more for a good stallion, bull or ram 
than any other man. The western 
horse has been greatly improved, and 
will be still more improved. He is a 
better-bred horse to-day than the ma¬ 
jority of people give him credit for. He 
has never had any grain, but instead 
has had Six months of Winter, snow and 
wind for a diet, and the southeast side 
of a hill for shelter. Grooming him was 
never thought of, but he has better 
blood than a good many prize-winners. 
Lots of them have been blue ribbon 
horses, and more will be. Half the peo¬ 
ple who use horses judge by the out¬ 
ward appearance of the animal. They 
think a certain horse will please them 
because he is of a certain color, has a 
nice tail, or is nicely groomed and fat. 
They have no idea of telling whether a 
horse has endurance, whether he is 
strong, high-strung or lazy. 
I wish to see colts bred and raised in 
our high altitude here in Wyoming until 
they are six or seven months old, and 
then sold to farmers in the Central 
West, where grain is cheap. There they 
can be fed through the Winter, handled 
and made gentle, and turned out in the 
Spring in a large pasture, where they 
can run all Summer and be kept off 
board floors. I believe better horses can 
be raised in this way than in any other. 
We sold a load of colts to the Iowa Ag¬ 
ricultural College last year as follows: 
Percherons, six months old, $25; French 
Coach and standard-bred, six months 
old, $22.50; Percheron yearlings, $35, de¬ 
livered in stockyards in Cheyenne. I 
recently saw these colts. The owners 
were greatly pleased with them. The 
colts that were two years old in July 
averaged in weight 1,100, and they were 
not fat. We have 300 Percheron mares, 
weighing from 1,400 to 1,600 pounds, 
averaging from half to full blood. A 
few are registered. We breed these to 
good Percheron stallions and good 
jacks. The stallions weigh from 1,800 
to 2,360. We have some five-year-old 
mules that weigh 1,250; also 300 French 
Coach and standard-bred mares, bays, 
browns and chestnuts, from 15.1 to 16.1. 
These cost $500 each. They are bred to 
French Coach and standard-bred horses 
that have good conformation and con¬ 
stitution. We have about 1,500 horses 
and colts, one, two, three and four years 
old, bred out of these mares, and about 
200 mules. e. boice. 
Wyoming. 
SHEEP ON SHARES. 
Would it pay to put out high grade Shrop- 
shires to the right persons, giving them all 
the wool and half the increase for a term 
of three years, allowing us to keep the ewe 
lambs, which would be put in the flock in 
the Fall as part of the original contract? 
This class of sheep is very high at pres¬ 
ent. Would it not pay a farmer better to 
have good sheep on these terms, than to 
own a flock of poor ones? e. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Better Borrow and Buy. 
The scheme is a fair one for both per¬ 
sons, and certainly the man who fur¬ 
nishes the stock will get a good return 
on Ms investment under ordinary con¬ 
ditions, but I would not put out sheep to 
one farmer in 100 on those conditions, 
inasmuch as I find that many farmers, 
when they have not a financial interest 
or ownership in stock on their farms, do 
not take first-class care of them. You 
ask if it would pay a farmer better to 
have good sheep on 'these terms than to 
own a flock of poor sheep. It might, but 
there is no necessity whatever for a 
farmer to own a flock of poor sheep, 
when good ones are nearly as cheap. 
Strictly first-class grade sheep and 
lambs are selling in Buffalo to-day at a 
very slight advance over cheap stock. I 
think a farmer would make a mistake 
to take in a flock of poor sheep on these 
terms, and furnish all of the feed and 
care for them, only getting one-half the 
profits therefrom. If he wish to get 
sheep at all, he might far better borrow 
the money from his local banker and 
pay six per cent interest for it. Suppos¬ 
ing a farmer wishes a flock of 100 sheep. 
He can buy at present prices strictly 
high-grade stock at $5 per head, or $500, 
and the interest on the money invested 
would he only $60. He certainly would 
make more money, with the same care, 
and pay his interest out of 100 good 
ewes at these prices, than to give away 
half of the increase to some other man, 
owning the flock kept on his farm, at his 
expense. edward f. dibble. 
Monroe Co., New York. 
Better to Buy. 
If a man had poor sheep and did not 
have money or credit, it 'is a very good 
chance; but I would rather buy the 
sheep, even though I had to hire the 
money. My figures may not be plain or 
right, but here they are: I bought some 
good grade Shropshire ewes, two and 
three years old, this Summer, for $5 per 
head. They would weigh from 150 to 
175 pounds. The interest and loss on 
original flock for age at the end of 
three years ought not to be $2 per head, 
and in that time.there would be iy 2 of 
a ewe lamb to offset the $2, and the 
first year’s lambs would be grown up 
into $5 sheep. At the end of three years 
the iy 2 lamb ought to be worth $3.50 
per head, and that equals $5.25, so I 
should think that the man who took the 
sheep would be out $4 or $5 per head. 
The question states two conditions: 
Half the increase, or the owner to have 
the ewe lambs. Usually they average 
about half of each sex, but I have known 
it to be quite different in some flocks. 
Our Fall lambs so far are mostly ram 
lambs. Of course, the owner would 
have to run the risk and stand the loss; 
with good care there might and there 
might not be any. One could tell at the 
end of three years. clark allis. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
Texas Farm and Ranch says that there 
is more necessity for improvement in 
dairymen than in dairy cows. 
Swine Husbandry says that pasture 
should be written in big letters on the 
mind of every man who raises swine, as 
it is the secret of producing healthy ani¬ 
mals at a profit. 
Geo. E. Douglass, in National Stock- 
man, says that in swine raising the first 
100 pounds cost $2.50; the next 50 pounds 
cost $3 per 100, and the next 50 pounds $5 
per 100. 
The ham tester is a high-salaried man 
found in western packinghouses. His tools 
are a sharp steel trier and his nose. He 
plunges the trier into the ham to the bone, 
and then takes it out and smells it. He 
can detect the least suspicion of taint. He 
smells meat from seven in the morning to 
five at night. 
Mental unrest is a sure sign of physical disease: 
often of ailments beyond the reach of ordinary rem¬ 
edies. Dr. D. Jayne’s Tonic Vermifuge restores the 
debilitated organs, and healthy action brings 
strength. 
For Whooping-Cough or Croup, Jayne’s Expec¬ 
torant is the natural remedy. If given according to 
directions, it usually affords immediate relief. 
Aid digestion with Jayne’s Painless Sanative Pills. 
— Adv. 
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Every bottle of Caustic. Balsam sold is Warran¬ 
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by druggists, or sent by express, charges paid, with full 
directions for its use. Send for descriptive circulars, 
testimonials, etc.- Address 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO.. Cleveland, Ohio 
Breeders’ Directory. 
White Wyandottes Exclusively.— 
Write wants. Spencer’s Poultry Farm, Phenix, R. I. 
C hoice Delaine and Black-Top Ewes and Rams for 
sale cheap. Smooth bodies: no wrinkles: all reg’d. 
Correspondence invited. M.C.Mulkin, Friendship.N.Y 
Chester Swine, Collie Dogs, Fancy 
Poultry and Pigeons. PAINE, South Randolph, Vt." 
Dorset Rams for Sale. — Maplemont 
Stock Farm, Albany, Vt. 
For Sale —Mammoth Bronze Tur- 
kevs and mixed pullets at farmers’ prices. 
M. L. ASKLTINE, No. Fairfax, Yt. 
Jerseys —St. Lambert and Combina¬ 
tion —for SALK—Four Cows, seven Heifers, six¬ 
teen Bulls S. E. N1VIN, Landlnburg, Pa. 
POLAND-ClIINA AND LARGE ENGLISH 
Bkkkshiuks. all ages, pairs not akin; strictly first- 
class stock. Price, $3 and upwards. 
W. A. LOTHERS, Lack, Pa. 
136 Premiums on 136 entries. Prac¬ 
tical poultry Barred and White P. Rocks; W. Wyan- 
dottes, S. C. B. Leghorns, Black .lavas and R. 1. Reds. 
Extra choice breeding cockerels, $3: two for $5; good 
breeders, $2: three for $;>: $1.60 and $1.25. No pul* 
lets GEO. A. CHAPIN, Hampden. Mass. 
C HENANGO VALLEY STOCK FARMS, Greene, N. 
Y.—Dutch Belted and Jersey Cattle; Dorset and 
Uambouillet Sheep; Poland-Chlna, Jersey Red and 
Suffolk Pigs; White and Bronze Turkeys. Peafowls 
and Blooded Chicksns. Seed Wheat, $2; Rye, $1; 
best in the world: bags free. 
SCOTCH C0LLIES «7 8 A r B K ii SD TAH 
Circulars free. SILAS DECKER, So. Montrose, Pa 
Sale of Guernseys. 
Registered stock of all ages, from danib having un¬ 
usual records. Supt. Mahion Sager, Orangeville, Pa. 
SHRORSHIRES. 
Rams from $15 up. Also, Lambs of either sex. A 
numoer of choice Ewes bred to the only prize Ram 
from New York State at the Syracuse Fair. 
J. C. DUNCAN, Lewiston, N. Y. 
Hampshire-Down Sheep IffiSSSkiK 
Polled Durham Cattle 
All registered stock. 
JNO. I. GOliDON, Mercer, l’a. 
dekol's butter boy r*s 
DeKol, and Royal PaulNo. 22979,comblningthe blood 
of Pauline Paul, Pietertje 2nd, Kontingen Van 
Eriesland 5th and DeKol in one sire, head our choice 
herd of over 100 Holstelns. Sons ready for service 
and heavy milking cows bred to them for sale. Write 
now to DELLUURST FARMS, MENTOR, OHIO. 
Cows barren 3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
Moore Brothers, Albany, N. Y. 
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WHY? 
GUERNSEYS. 
84 Cows averaged 399 pounds 
butter each in 1898. Some 
choice young stock for sale. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
KHINHCLIFF, N. Y 
Registered Jersey Cattle 
For Milk and Butter. 
B. F. SHANNON. 907 Liberty St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
SPE6IAL BARGAINS SWINE for next 30 
lays. Write for prices. 
F. H. GATES & SONS, Chlttenango, N. Y 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
of the best breeding, from 3 to 10 months old. Chester 
Whites, smooth and grow'hy Pamphlet free. Prices 
right CHAS. K. RECORD, Peterboro, N. Y- 
BLOODED LIVE STOCK 
S hoop—Oxfords, Shropshires,South- 
downs. Fancy Poultry. PIqs— 
Berkshires, Poland-Chinas, Chester 
Whites, Yorkshires. Catalogue free. 
H. Lc HOLMES^ Harrisburg, Pa. 
Four Cheshire Sows 
from our prize herd 10 to If months old, two of them 
to farrow this month. Price. $11 to $18. 
R. 1). BUTTON, Cottons, N. Y, 
Why was the only award to bone 
cutters at the World’s Fair, Chicago, 
given to the Webster & Hannum 
Bone Cutter ? 
Because wherever it has come into 
competition with other machines it 
has proved every claim we make— 
cuts faster and easier, cuts meat and 
gristle without dogging, and is the 
I only absolutely sell-feeding and self¬ 
regulating cutter made. We guar¬ 
antee money back to any dissatisfied purchaser. 
Ask about Stearns Clover Cutters and Grit 
Crushers. Send for free booklet on poultry feeding 
E. C. STEARNS & CO., Box 20, Syracuse, N. Y 
LOTS OF EGGS 
winter, Hummer and all the time. 
Properly fed, Green Cut Hone makes a steady 
layer of any hen. She will lay double the eggs. 
MANN’S NEW BONE CUTTER 
cuts It tiller, finder and easier than any other 
and they break less ami last longer. We make 
A CLOVER CUTTER that actually 
cuts clover —no plaything. Also Mann s C rystal 
Grit and Swinging Feed Trays. Catalogue Free, 
P. W. MANN CO., Box 15, Miliord, Mass. 
YORKSHIRES 
Large Improved WhlteYork- 
__shire Hogs. Fine Boars, 
Breeding Sows and Pigs for Sale. Leading Market 
and Grass-Eating Hog. 
All stock Registered and Imported. 
A. V ROOM AN. Box 153, CARTHAGE, N. Y. 
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