1898 
523 
PAY MONEY FOR PERFORMANCE. 
A PRIZE BULLDOG THAT LOST. 
A bulldog is supposed to be able to 
whip anything of its inches ; if it cannot 
do that, it would much better be a King 
Charles Spaniel or a Pug. A $3,000 bull¬ 
dog certainly ought to be able to do $3,000 
worth of fighting. We make these re¬ 
marks on general principles, as a prelude 
of what is to follow. 
J. Pierpont Morgan, while in England 
two years ago, saw a prize bulldog: in 
fact, the dog scored so high that Mr. 
Morgan was very willing to pay $3,000 
for him. This dog was reported to be 
death on cats. Last week, however, the 
dog looked over the fence, and saw a 
neighbor’s Maltese cat sunning himself 
in the backyard. That dog was deter¬ 
mined to earn a portion of his $3,000, 
right then and there, and without any 
more warning than the bulldog usually 
gives, he started for the cat. But there 
was something wrong with that cat. It 
was not an Angora, neither did it live 
on sweetmeats and milk; it was, evi¬ 
dently, raised on rat steak and mouse 
roast. The best report of the battle 
which ensued, is the following, taken 
from the New York Herald : 
Basking in the sun, with his left eye closed and 
his right eye squinting at a robin, lay the Maltese. 
With one bound, the dog cleared the fence and 
then made a dash for the cat. The eye which a 
moment before had rested on the robin lost all 
interest in the bird, and was now riveted on the 
advancing enemy. When the dog made the 
second spring, the cat jumped to the right and 
thereby escaped the onslaught. The next in¬ 
stant, the cat humped for a spring and landed 
squarely on the bulldog’s head. The cat made 
bits of skin and hair fly out of that S3,000 hide. 
Forepaws and hindpaws worked together like 
a thrashing machine. The dog twisted and 
squirmed and tried to break away, but all to no 
purpose. Then he set up a howl that startled 
the neighborhood. 
The dog was brought to New York, where 
he will be fitted with a glass eye. The 
cat will, probably, go back to its old 
occupation of catching rats. 
The moral of the story is found in the 
fact that it does not pay to invest money 
for pedigree or prettiuess. What the 
practical man is after, is performance. 
If a farmer expect to pay a long price 
for an animal, to improve his flocks or 
herds, he would better pay close atten¬ 
tion to performance, that is, what that 
animal’s parents, on both sides, have been 
noted for doing. The general appear¬ 
ance of the animal may be all that is de¬ 
sired, but unless there is performance 
back of him, he will never kill a cat, and 
most farmers cannot afford to keep a 
pretty animal to adorn the landscape. 
CONSUMPTIVE COWS THAT WERE 
CURED. 
SOME NEW HAMPSHIRE EXPERIMENTS. 
The Cattle Commissioners of New 
Hampshire have just reported a very in¬ 
teresting experience in treating tuber¬ 
culous cattle. On June 12, 1897, a herd 
of Holstein cattle was tested with tuber¬ 
culin ; out of 21 cattle, 14 reacted, thus 
indicating the presence of the disease. 
The owner of the cattle was in favor of 
killing them at once, and two which 
were far gone with tuberculosis were 
destroyed. The remaining animals, nine 
cows and a bull, appeared vigorous and 
healthy. The owner of the cattle be¬ 
lieved that every animal reacting from 
the test ought to be killed, but the Com¬ 
missioners did not wish to kill the ani¬ 
mals without some other evidence of dis¬ 
ease aside from the tuberculin test. The 
result was that the owner offered to 
contribute the 10 animals free of cost 
for the purpose of experimenting. The 
nine cows were placed upon an isolated 
farm, where they were given good sani¬ 
tary treatment. They were given plenty 
of sunlight and exercise and moderate 
feed, and kept in the open air day and 
night except in stormy weather. For 
six months, the milk of this herd was 
thrown away or fed to pigs. Tney were 
tested three times. On September 12, 
five animals passed the test successfully. 
On December 9, only three failed to pass 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
the test, the bull in the meantime having 
been killed. This bull was carefully 
examined by a veterinarian, but the 
examination failed to reveal any more 
evidence of disease than could be found 
in a large percentage of the cattle in the 
country. On February 23, the nine re¬ 
maining cattle were carefully tested, 
and three failed to pass the test. One 
of these was, evidently, in bad condition, 
and was found to be diseased. The other 
two gave but slight evidence of tuber¬ 
culosis. It was evident that the disease 
in these cows had not only been arrested, 
but they were on the way to ultimate 
recovei’y. How much of this result was 
due to the treatment of the animals, 
and how much to the alleged curative 
qualities of tuberculin, no one can 
accurately say. It is enough to say 
that, one year after the cattle were 
taken, six of them were returned to the 
original owner, cured, or at least with 
no evidence of the disease about them. 
The bull and two of the cows that were 
killed were so slightly diseased that 
there could have been little danger in 
using their milk. In one cow only, of 
the ten, did the disease assume a danger¬ 
ous form. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DR. F. L. KILBORNE. 
A One-Eyed Calf. 
I have a Jersey calf dropped a week ago, which 
on both the sire’s and dam’s side, and in typical 
markings, is everything to be desired, and will 
make my ideal milking cow. But during birth, 
one of her eyes was completely destroyed by the 
dam. I wish to keep this heifer for milking. Do 
you think the injury to this eye will affect the 
other in any way ? c. J. 
Elberon, N. J. 
The loss of one eye by an accident of this kind 
will not be liable injuriously to affect the other 
eye. I would advise raising the calf. While the 
animal’s range of vision will be limited, it will 
not materially interfere with its movements. 
Should the calf ever become totally blind from 
any cause, she could still be readily fattened for 
beef. 
Keeping a Jersey in Milk. 
I have a fine Jersey cow that came fresh two 
months ago. How long can she be milked at a 
profit, without breeding her? She has her third 
calf, and is, perhaps, at her best this season. 
Mascott, Mo. w. h. r. 
I do not quite understand the query. If you 
wish to milk the cow as long as she will prove 
profitable, and at the end of that period fatten 
and sell her for beef, I would say that she ought 
to milk for two years. But if you only wish to 
lengthen her milking periods, and still intend to 
breed her, I should then say that it would not be 
profitable to milk longer than six months before 
breeding again. The cow ought to remain dry at 
least a month before the next calving, but she 
will more than make up the loss of that month 
during the first two or three months after being 
fresh. 
What Killed the Calf? 
A three-months-old calf was castrated at noon 
by a competent person. At nine in the evening 
he seemed to be doing well. The next morning, 
he was found dead. He was kept in the barn. 
Death was not caused by loss of blood, and there 
was no swelling. What could have been the 
cause of death ? a. 8. 
Minnesota. 
The cause of death in a case of this kind could 
be positively determined onlyby an autopsy. If 
the castration was properly performed, death 
could hardly have resulted from the operation 
itseif. The only probable cause that I can sug¬ 
gest is that the calf died of septicajmia, the germs 
of which were introduced into the wound on the 
unclean instruments or hands of the operator. 
Or, it may be that death was due to internal in¬ 
juries received in handling. 
Garget in a Cow. 
What is the matter with my registered Jersey 
cow? I have tried to keep her the best I knew. 
She wa3 fresh in September, and gave milk all 
Winter. I fed her hay, corn stalks and eight 
quarts corn-cob meal a day. When it came Spring 
she was taken with what I thought was caked 
udder; that is, part of the udder became very 
feverish and hard, gave but little milk, and it 
then became stringy. In a few days, it went 
away, and then she gave the same quantity of 
milk as formerly. This has taken place at in¬ 
tervals of a week or two ever since; sometimes 
one quarter and then another quarter, would be 
affected, sometimes more severely than at others. 
When the worst, she would lose her appetite. I 
am inclined to think now that I have fed too 
much corn feed; if so, what treatment can I give 
her ? j. v. h. 
Liberty Corner, N. J. 
Liberal feeding of a grain ration made up ex¬ 
clusively of corn meal would be very liable to 
cause such attacks of garget in a susceptible 
animal. The trouble might, also, be due to irri¬ 
tating plants in the fodder or pasture, to .impure 
drinking water, or to continual bruising of 
the udder, as in stepping over a high bar or 
a high door-sill. I would advise taking the corn 
meal away from the cow, and feeding no grain, 
or only a few quarts of wheat bran, for three or 
four weeks. If the udder be again affected, bathe 
several times daily with hot water, and rub with 
hot oil or camphorated spirits three or four times 
daily. It would be more healthful, as well as 
more profitable, to feed a mixed grain ration in¬ 
stead of feeding the corn meal alone, which is 
not a well-balanced rat ion for milk. There should 
be added at least one-half of some nitrogenous 
grains, as wheat bran or ground oats, to which a 
little flaxseed meal or cotton-seed meal could be 
added to advantage. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Hawaii has already begun to buy oleomar¬ 
garine, as 2,000 pounds of the stuff was recently 
shipped to Honolulu. 
It is said that over 200 patents have been issued 
for improved horseshoes. Many of them are de¬ 
cided improvements over the old style of shoe, 
yet but few of them have ever come into general 
use. 
Thk Elgin Dairy Report well says that the sud¬ 
den changes of temperature we have had this 
Summer, the cool nights and torrid mid-days, 
try the buttermaker’s soul and his practical 
knowledge as well. He must have backbone 
enough to refuse bad milk, if he wants to main¬ 
tain his reputation as a good buttermaker. He 
must suit his time and temperature of the cream 
at churning time, and not work by the clock. 
Quite an interest seems to be developing among 
poultrymen in regard to Homing pigeons. Evi 
dently the breeding of these birds is rapidly in¬ 
creasing. In coming across the ferries into New 
York City, one will see men briuging a pair of 
the pigeons into the city. These birds are set 
free on top of one of the large buildings, so that 
they may fly home with a message. Another 
thing we notice in small towns around New York 
is the considerable number of pigeon lofts where 
squabs are being raised. These squabs are eaten 
with great relish by many people, and are said 
to be particularly good for invalids. The Homers 
make the finest squabs, and their breeding seems 
to be fairly profitable. 
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