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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 26 
It is said that the loss of sheep on the 
western rang'es from storms, has been 
very light during the past Winter. This 
means a heavier clip of wool, and that 
the stock will come out in much better 
condition, either for market or as breed¬ 
ers. From all over the country, there 
come reports of increased interest in 
sheep. Well there may be, for last year, 
this country imported 3*50,852,026 pounds 
of wool. 
The United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture reports a successful treatment for 
either the prevention or cure of Swine 
plague. It is proposed that the Depart¬ 
ment furnish 2,000,000 doses of the rem¬ 
edy, and distribute them free to swine 
raisers through the experiment stations. 
The question is, Can the Government 
legitimately go into the medicine busi¬ 
ness ? Medical manufacturers would 
make and sell the remedy, but they 
would hesitate to do so if the Govern¬ 
ment is to give large quantities of it 
away. The Kansas Farmer, in speaking 
of this, says : 
There appears to be no escape from the con¬ 
clusion that the Government ought either to 
manufacture the remedy In sufficient quantity to 
supply the entire demand, and to bring It to the 
attention of all, or to stay out of the manufactur¬ 
ing field and allow private enterprise a chance 
to do the work. 
The present tendency of the Agricultural 
Department is to step over into competi¬ 
tion with private enterprises, such as 
seed selling, publishing and advertising. 
If it is to go into the medicine business 
at all, it should not stop at hogs, but at¬ 
tempt to cure humans as well. 
Scientists claim that the ancient an¬ 
cestors of the dog were quite similar to 
the wolf. Most of the dog's intelligence, 
faithfulness and social habits have been 
derived from his association with man. 
lie has been partly humanized. Ilishowl 
has been changed into a- bark—which 
represents almost a change of language. 
Wild dogs in Australia do not know how 
to bark, and have but little more af¬ 
fection than a cat. It took centuries to 
educate and change the dog, and it was 
done by association with man. A French 
scientist makes this remarkable state¬ 
ment, which can hardly be disputed : 
If tbe larger monkeys had been domesticated 
by man, and associated with him for thousands 
of years as the dog has been, it would not be un¬ 
reasonable to suppose that they would have been 
still more modified, morally and physically, than 
that animal. They would, probably, have made 
a closer approach to the inferior human races; 
for the dog, different as he is from man, has been 
remarkably humanized by his contact. 
All who buy farm animals know that 
they vary greatly in character. This is 
especially true of horses, which take 
much of their habits and disposition 
from the humans who handle and educate 
them. The point is that, while it has 
taken centuries to make a dog out of a 
wolf, it will take less than a year for a 
rough and careless hired man to make a 
fool or a fury out of the well-bred calf 
or colt. 
Abortion in dairy cattle is more preva¬ 
lent than most people suppose. Hardly 
a week passes without several reports 
from readers who have had this disease 
in their herds. Out of 200 cattle owners 
reporting to Prof. Julius Nelson, of the 
New Jersey Experiment Station (New 
Brunswick), over 90 had met with losses 
from abortion. This has led Prof. Nelson 
to study the disease and print the results 
of his investigation in Bulletin No. 127. It 
is, without doubt, the most complete and 
authentic account of the cause and pre¬ 
vention that has ever been published. 
The primary cause of abortion is a germ 
which will live within the cow for five 
to nine months. How these germs pro¬ 
duce abortion is thus told by Prof. 
Nelson : 
The germs are found in the space between the 
maternal cotyledons and the villi of the foetal 
cotyledons, i. «., in plain language, between the 
womb and the afterbirth. Here, in the cotyle¬ 
dons’ “milk,” they multiply and set up the 
uterine catarrh on the one hand, and the inflamed 
condition of the foetal membranes on tbe other, 
causing them to become thickened. There is, 
also, a deposit of secretion between the foetal 
placenta or afterbirth and the womb, which 
gradually forces the placenta away. The main 
influence, however, is to poison the placenta, to 
deprive the calf of its nourishment, and to cause 
stagnation of the circulation in the foetal mem¬ 
branes. 
The treatment consists in preventing the 
germs from entering the cow, and de¬ 
stroying those already in her. This is 
done by sponging and drenching the 
cow with a disinfecting solution, wash¬ 
ing off the bull, and keeping the floor 
well spread with air-slaked lime. For 
internal injection, Prof. Nelson advises 
the use of creolin in water in the pro¬ 
portion of one to two parts to 100 parts 
of water. For spraying floors and walls, 
corrosive sublimate, sulphuric acid and 
sulphate of copper dissolved in water are 
recommended. Among “old methods” 
of treating abortion, Prof. Nelson gives 
the following: 
Some farmers give bone meal in the feed and 
smear the nose of the cow with Carolina tar, some 
pin their faith to horseshoes nailed over the door, 
some bury the after-birth beneath the threshold 
of the cow-shed as a charm, and some introduce 
a live billy goat with the herd. Some pin their 
faith on the hanging up of a bag of pebbles in 
the barn, or a dead fox or a magpie, or introduc¬ 
ing a live donkey. Anything to produce an odor 
that shall drown out the smell of the abortion is 
efficacious, according to the superstitious. 
This bulletin is a real help to stockmen. 
It is written so that any one can under¬ 
stand it, and it will pay every man who 
owns a cow to secure a copy. 
The Bot Talks Again. — I keep no purebred 
stock. Papa says that my hens are like the man’s 
dog that was one part St. Bernard, one part Bull¬ 
dog, one part Shepherd, and the rest was just 
dog. There is a large mixture of Plymouth Rock 
blood in my hens, and some Red Leghorn, and 
the rest I guess is just hen. I have bought a pure¬ 
bred P. Rock rooster to put with my hens, as I 
wish to raise poultry as well as eggs, and they 
are considered around here the best general pur¬ 
pose fowl. I send my poultry account for Jan¬ 
uary, 1898. 
Eggs laid, 20% dozen.$5.03 
Cost of feed. 2.00 
Profit.....$3.03 
New Hamxishire. Jonathan piper. 
Throat Diseases commence with a Cough, 
Cold or Sore Throat. “ Brown's Bronchial Troches" 
give immediate and sure relief.— Adv. 
IVW V\V\V\ V VVVVVVVVV»' 
Your Share 
of the proceeds of | 
your dairy is the | 
small part left! 
after every ex¬ 
pense is paid. A < 
Shabples Farm 
Separator will 1 
often double, and j 
even treble, this J 
share of yours. We| 
put one in on trial; 1 
you keep it if en-! 
\ tirely satisfactory—not otherwise. | 
P. M. SHARPLES, 
1 Branches: West Chester, Pa. 
Elgin, Ill. Dubuque, la. Omaha, Neb. 
THE USE OF 
Thatcher’s Orange 
Butter Color 
conveys no terror to the public, no 
dread of the courts, no fear of 
legislation, no doubt of the market, 
contains no Coal Tar. It is purely 
vegetable and harmless. 
Milk will not Sour 
nearly so quickly when it is 
purified by the 
PERFECTION 
Milk Cooler 
and Aerator... 
Incident to change of food. It In a 
low priced machine—should be In every dairy. Circulars free. 
L. R. LEWIS, Mfr. Cortland, M. Y. 
la prevented 
and many hours are 
added to its keeping 
q ualities If you line u 
Champiok 
Milk Cooler 
and Aerator. 
uiifr It is simple, cheap, durable. 
llAVLGet our book. “M II,K,” it is 1 
I ip SENT FREE. 
Champion Milk Cooler Co„ < 
Milk Dealers’ Supplies. 
Cortland, N. 
WORLD’S 
BUTTER CHAMPIONS 
EVERY ONE AN “ALPHA-DE LAVAL” USER. 
I HERE have now been six Annual Conventions and Grand 
Competitive Butter Contests of the National Buttermakers 
Association—1892, 1898, (none in 1894), 1895, 1896,1897 and 1898. 
The following is the list of years, places of convention, names and 
addresses of Sweepstakes Gold Medal winners, and the highest 
scores. Every prize winning exhibit has been “Alpha-De Laval” 
made butter: 
1892, Madison, Wis., Louis Brahe, Washington, Towa, Score 98 
1893, Dubuque, Iowa, C. W. Smith, Colvin’s Park, Ill., “ 97 
1895, Rockford, Ill., F. C. Oltkogoe, Tripoli, Iowa, “ 98 
1896, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thos. Mil>ton, St. Paul, Minn., “ 97.82 
1897, Owatonna, Minn., H. N. Miller, Randall, Towa, “ 98.5 
1898, Topeka, Kas., Saml. Hauguahl, New Sweden, Minn., “ 98 
Everyone knows that the cream separator does not make the 
butter and likewise every experienced buttermaker knows that the 
“Alpha-De Laval” disc system of separation is not only the most 
thorough but that it at same time delivers the cream into the hands 
of the buttermaker in better condition for perfect buttermaking 
than is possible with any other separator or system. 
The reasons for this are as simple and ascertain as gravity itself. 
If you do not understand them and would like to know them send 
for “Dairy” catalogue No. 257 or “ Creamery ” catalogue No. 508. 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
Western Offices: 
Randolph & Canal Sts. 
CHICAGO. 
General Offices: 
74 CORTLANDT STREET, 
NEW YORK. 
Branch Offices: 
1102 Arch Street, 
PHILADELPHIA. 
WEHAVENOAGENTS 
No. 71. Surrey H»rne«s. Price, $16.00. 
As good mk sells for $75. 
but have sold direct to the con¬ 
sumer for 25 years at whole¬ 
sale prices, saving him the 
dealer's profits. Ship any¬ 
where for examination. 
Everything warranted. 
118 styles of Vehicles, 
55 styles of Harness. 
Top Buggies, $36 to $70. 
Surreys, $50 to $125. Carria-' 
»ges. Phaetons, Traps, Wagon- 
ettes, Spring-Road and Milk 
Wagons. Send for large, free No.606Surrey. Price, with curtains, lamps, sun- 
Cataloguo of all our styles, shade, apron and fenders, $ix>. As good as sells for $90. 
ELKHART CARRIAGE AMI HARNESS MEG. CO. W. B. PRATT, Bec’y, ELKHART, l.M). 
Our Plow Share 
Our Plow Share 
Our Plow Share 
If you want Che 
A»k for Circular, 
: BEST 
elf Sharpening:. 
If Shaping, 
pcrlor Co any. 
Always tukc SS. 
•» 
Prices, Agency. 
Plows and Harrows. 
Acme, Cutaway, Disk, Spring-Tooth and Smoothing 
Harrows. Write for my price on the Plow or Harrow 
you wish to buy. J. S. CASE, Colchester, Conn. 
u c 
that kxtka Disc. It laps over and 
pulverizes the centre. 
Victor Overlap Disc Harrow, *98 Model lias 
ball bearings same as your bike. T hi, Harrow 
is different from any other. That extra disc laps 
over the centre and pulverizes the ridge that all 
other harrows leave. This is the only harrow 
that will do it. It must be bought of us. Write 
at once. ROSS BROTHERS, 
162 Front St., Worcester, Mass. 
FRAZER 
BEST IN THE WORLD. 
BUGGIES,; 
Cart., Snrrlet, 
Flue torn, 
1 Spring Waguni, 
I Harneu and Saddle, shipped C. O, I). 
anywhere to anyone with 
". privilege to examine at low- 
vest wholesale prices. Guar- 
Janteed as represented or 
/money refunded. Send for 
illustrated catalogand testi¬ 
monials Free. Addr.(in full) 
CASH BITIRS’ UNION, IS8 W. Van Kurcn 8t.,BS48CllICAf,0 
“"tSflq UsTfor 7/I/s TOP; 
BUGGY and a J 
v SINGLE HARNESS* 
New 88-page catalogue shows over* 
500 new styles A our reduced prices.! 
Cart $8.25, Surry $50, Phae i 
toil $53. Road Wagons and* 
•Spring Wagons. An excellent line of single and, 
{double Harness, also Bicycles. $14 and up, our $33, 
(Wheel, guaranteed highest grade and best made. Wej 
•have all styles to select from. Send for Free catalog.! 
{MARVIN SMITH l ). M64S .Clinton St. Chicago ,111. ( 
Oak-tanned leather Harness 
S<n4 row addrew rrltb #-cent Mom for f a int nil Cll lim 
all kind* of Single tnd Double Cortom-mad© H aro era. aqfd ffl wci l» 
tbe conaumer at wholesale prices. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. 
KING HARNESS CO., No 0 Church St., Owego, N.Y. 
4 Buggy Wheels, with tire on, $5.60 
With Axles and Boxes Set, $8.00 
I make all sizes and grades 1898 Bicycles, 
$18.50, $27 and $35. 
Carriage and Wagon Hardware of 
every description. Catalogue free. 
WM. W. BOOB, Centre Hall, Pa. 
Headquarters for ™| t 
dumrnghORSE CARTS 
/*nr at HARDWOOD. 
VntAI STEEL AXLES. 
VARIETY w,d e*£nar r °w 
_ __ TWO AND FOUR WHEELS. 
low r.tr. of bright from our work., TATAM Y. PA., to *11 
HOBSON .V CO., No. 2 Stone Street, New York. 
Low-Down, Broad-Tire 
Farm Trucks originated 
with us and we still sell 
direct to farmers three- 
fourths of all that are 
used. We build 10 styles 
of farm wagons, extra 
wheels for old wagons, 
and milk peddler’s wagons. 
Steel Wheel Trucks , $18. 
FARMERS HANDY WAGON CO., 
Free Wagon for C1314. Saginaw, Mich. 
Its wearing qualities are unsurpassed, actually 
outlasting three boxes of any other brand. Not 
affected by heat. JJ7~ GET THE GENUINE. 
FOR SALE BY DEALERS GENERALLY. 
»Old Warns 
We make Steel Wheels to fit any 
size and width tire. Staggard and 
Straight Spoke. Will not rot or dry 
out. We also manufacture Steel 
Handy Wagons. Catalogue free. 
Havana Metal Wheel Co., Havana, III. 
LANE’S CARRIAGE JACK 
Best in the world. All 
Btecl. Unbreakable. Oper¬ 
ated bv powerful com¬ 
pound levers, and auickly 
adjusted to any height. At 
all hardware dealer*’, or 
write manf’rs. LANE BROS., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 
GENERAL AGENTS 
wanted to superintend local 
agents selling the Combination 
Lock-pin Clevis to farmers and 
others. Self locking ; always 
secure ; sells at Bight; exclus¬ 
ive territory. 150 percent profit 
COKMANY MFG. CO. 
225 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 
