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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 24 
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HANDLING THE BULL. 
Row Much Service ?—While, of course, 
there is a difference in the maturity of 
bulls, it will generally do to let a bull 
serve a few cows, one a week or so, for 
the first six months after he is a year 
old. After he is 1)4 year old, the number 
may be increased. We have had a bull 
serve 100 cows in the year after he was 
2 )4 years old, with no apparent detri¬ 
ment, and he might serve more in a year 
with no harm, but for the fact that too 
many of them would be bunched into 
May and dune, the normal and custom¬ 
ary months for serving cows. At that 
season, when service makes the greatest 
demand upon the bull, his food should 
be liberal and of a kind calculated to de¬ 
velop his nervous force ; probably ground 
corn and oats are as good as anything. 
Unless a bull is very vicious and violent, 
it is better for him to be stabled with 
the cows. If he has due respect for 
fences, it is better for him to run in the 
pasture with the cows except in a couple 
of the busy months when his services are 
liable to be called for at all hours. Dur¬ 
ing that period, it is handier to have him 
within easy reach. If, however, he is 
pastured with his home herd of cows, 
care must be taken to isolate members 
of his family that are in heat. When he 
runs with the herd at pasture, the care 
of him is no more than of one of the cows, 
and he is less liable to be vicious. A hot 
stable is an uncomfortable place for any 
animal in Bummer and not conducive to 
docility in a bull. 
How to Handle Him. —But, even if he 
runs at pasture and seems gentle, do not 
take any chances of being cornered by 
him out of doors or in. Do not lead him 
with a rope. Ring him and use a staff 
after he is a year old. Teach him good 
bull manners with firmness but without 
brutality. The herdsman of a large Jer¬ 
sey herd accustomed to handling big and 
vicious bulls (and Jersey bulls are the 
worst of their class), said, never to use a 
club upon a bull; it only made him more 
ugly. A black-snake whip cracked around 
his legs was the best medicine even in 
extreme cases where a fight was neces¬ 
sary The bull would almost invariably 
turn tail and run. 
Make Him Work. —But a good deal of 
bull viciousness is due to idleness. A 
few years ago, Dr. Lyon, of New Britain, 
Conn., had a fine registered Jersey bull 
which was broken to tread power and 
cart. Besides the work in the tread 
power, he carted in green fodder for the 
cows, carted out manure, and did all the 
numerous jobs, with a dump cart, of 
which there are so many on a dairy farm. 
Moreover the doctor would drive him in 
a cart into the city, and leave him by the 
curbstone like any horse. Whether or 
not he used him in a chaise for profes¬ 
sional calls, 1 am not informed. Such 
uses as this make the ideal life for a 
dairy bull. 
Our bulls for a number of years have 
worked in the tread power, cutting feed 
and, when heavy enough, sawing wood 
and filling the silo. We have a stub- 
yoke, and have promised our bull to ex¬ 
tend his education to draught and horse- 
cart work. For the horse-cart, the ends 
of shafts should be rigged like the end 
of the ox-cart tongue to go into rings on 
the ends of the stub-yoke. This is a 
simple rig, although the regular horse- 
cart harness can be used with reins run¬ 
ning each side to the bull ring. He 
should be taught to drive both horse and 
ox fashion. 
If there is a boy on the farm with a 
knack for breaking steers, nothing will 
interest him more or be more useful than 
to get up a bull-cart team. A lively bull, 
well trained, will rake hay, mark corn 
ground, drag a light harrow or cultiva¬ 
tor, in short, do plenty of horse work 
about the farm. A bull so used is seldom 
if ever vicious, and just as useful for 
cow service as one of these chainlight¬ 
ning and red pepper victims of stable in¬ 
carceration. e. c. BIRGE. 
Connecticut. 
C0RN-AND-C0B MEAL. 
WIIAT STOCKMEN SAY OF IT. 
How do farmers ia yo'T section regard the 
practice of grinding cob and husk with the 
grain of corn ? Is such corn-cob meal largely 
fed? What proportion of the grain is usually 
ground in this way ? Does the practice seem to 
be growing? What stock seem to get the most 
value out of this corn and cob ? Is it considered 
suitable feed for horses or hogs ? 
I have had but very little experience 
in feeding corn-and-cob meal, but I am 
safe in saying that it is all right for feed¬ 
ing cattle for beef or milk. Farmers are 
getting small two-horse crushers and 
grinding their ear corn in Winter f_r 
feeding cattle, and all seem to be pleased 
with them. s. R. fierce. 
Creston, Ill. 
The snapping of corn and grinding 
with cob and husk has never prevailed 
to any extent with us, and the grinding 
of corn and cob is regarded with less 
favor than formerly. One reason, more 
than any other, that led to its use was 
the cheapness of machines adapted to 
farm use for grinding, and the belief 
that the cob lightened the corn meal as 
a ration. Bran is now used by nearly all 
our dairymen to mix with corn meal, and 
is accepted as the best combination, 
keeping the cows in a more healthy state, 
thus producing a greater quantity and a 
iicher quality of milk than corn alone. 
Some of our people mix oats and corn in 
equal quantities before grinding, after¬ 
wards mixing with bran. Some of the 
most successful hog feeders I know use 
corn meal mixed with an equal part of 
middlings, put in tanks and covered with 
water, and allowed to ferment before 
feeding. m. w. dunham. 
Wayne, Ill. 
In this vicinity, corn is not ground 
with the husk, but nearly all corn is 
ground cob and grain, which makes good 
feed for horses if mixed with wheat bran. 
It is the best of feed for hogs, if mixed 
with water (slop or milk). 1 prefer it to 
meal for hogs. I cannot, at this time, 
give any opinion on corn ground husk, 
grain and cob. I will give it a trial. 
Fort Atkinson, Wis. GEO. KLEIN. 
Farmers in this locality grind corn 
and cob only, and consider it a very good 
feed, using a little bran with it. It is 
largely used by those not having silos, 
and I should judge that one-half of the 
crop is used in this way fed to milch 
cows mostly. It is not considered good 
feed for hogs or horses. The practice is 
gradually growing. w. R. gates. 
Ripley, Wis. 
No corn is ground with cob and husk 
in this section. The corn is nearly all 
ground with the cob, and mixed usually 
with rye or oats or both, when the farmer 
has them. If he has none of these grains, 
he feeds it clear, or buys some bran. The 
practice of cutting the corn as soon as 
glazed, to save the stalks, would pro¬ 
hibit its being ground with the husk, 
as it would heat at once after grinding. 
Very little except the flint varieties of 
corn are raised here, and they do not dry 
until some time after husking, so as to 
admit of grinding. The corn-and-cob 
meal is fed to all stock. silas dean. 
Oak Hill, N. Y. 
A great many Hereford breeders have dis¬ 
horned their cattle in the past, but are quitting 
it now, as when they come to sell, it takes about 
$25 to $100 per head off the price of the animal, 
owing of course, to the quality and value of the 
animal. c. a. stannard. 
Hope, Kan. 
“ Spontaneous Combustion ” in Hat. —Prof. W 
A. Henry, in the Breeder’s Gazette, gives the fol¬ 
lowing advice: “Where hay is heating in the 
mow and threatens spontaneous combustion, I 
believe it best to prevent the entrance of air by 
covering the mass as completely as possible with 
other hay, straw or material which will incase 
the mass as tightly as possible. In no case should 
an effort be made to remove the heated hay unless 
there is plenty of water and help present, so that 
any fire which may arise can be quickly extin¬ 
guished. The burning embers of a charcoal pit 
are extinguished at the pleasure of the charcoal- 
burner by preventing the inflow of air to the pit. 
In the same manner, the heated mass in a hay 
mow may be prevented from breaking into a 
flame by smothering and allowing the conditions 
gradually to become normal by the heat passing 
otf gradually by slow convection.” 
The sore Throat to which public speakers are sub¬ 
ject. can be at once relieved, aud eventually cured, 
with Jayne’s Expectorant. 
Safe and Sure. Jayne’s Painless Sanative Pills.— 
Adv. 
Horse Owners Should U#© 
GOMB ATJLT’S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
nit GREAT FRENCH VETERINARY REMEDY 
A Safa, Speedy and 
POSITIVE CURE. 
Prepared 
exclusive¬ 
ly by J. H. 
Gombaul* 
ex-Vetorl* 
nary Sur¬ 
geon to 
the French 
Government 
Stalk 
SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY OR FIRING 
Impossible to produce any tear or blemish. The Safcet 
beet BLISTER ever uecd. Takes the place of al I lini¬ 
ment. for mildor severe action, ltemovea all Hunche. 
or Blemishes from llorsc. or Cattle. 
A. a HUMAN REMEDY, for Rheumatism, 
Sprains, Sore Throat, Etc., it Is Invaluable. 
MIC PEIRDAIITEC that one tablespoonful ot 
Tit UUAnANItL CAUSTIC BALSAM Will 
prodnoe more actual results than a whole bottle of 
any liniment or spavin cure mixture ever made. 
Every bottle of Caustic Balsam eoldls Warran¬ 
ted to give satisfaction. Price $ | .80 per bottle. Sold 
by Druggists, or sent by express, charges paid, with full 
directions for it* use. Send for descriptive circulars 
testimonials, etc, Address r 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAM8 OO., Cleveland, O, 
ON THE BIAS. 
That's the secret of the 5/A Bias Girth Horse 
Blankets. The Rirth is on the bias-w-that means 
crossed. It works automatically. The blanket 
can't slip. If you pull one side, the other side 
keeps the blanket from sliding, and yet it doesn’t 
bind the horse. He couldn’t displace it if he 
rolled iu it. 
® Bias Girth 
{ Horse Blankets are made in all styles—to fit any 
I horse—to suit any purse. Ask your dealer for 
' 5|A. Bias Girth Blankets, and look for the trade¬ 
mark. A book on the subject sent free. 
W M. AY BE 8 -fe SONS, Philadelphia. 
THE CHAIN HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION. 
The most practical and humane Fastener ever in¬ 
vented. Gives perfect freedom of the head, Illus¬ 
trated Circular and price free on application. 
Manufactured by O. II. ROBERTSON, 
Forestville, Conti. 
KNOCKED IT OUT 
Inthe First Round. 
.Microbes are responsible fd 
"lots of misery. They cause the 
HOC CHOLERA, 
CHICKEN ROUP, 
SHEEP SCAB and 
ChioroRaptholeum 
PUTS MICROBES TO SLEEP 
so they will never wake up. Will heal sores andbraJev: 
quickly. We have direct branches in the principal eiti&i 
of the U. S. from whence goods are shipped. We will 
send you a sample gallon, freight prepaid. $ 1 . 80 . 
Agency is worth having. Write for full particulars. 
WEST DISINFECTING CO., 212 E. 57th St., New York 
GUERNSEYS. 
225 purebred Guernseys of the best American 
and Island breeding. Butter average, whole 
herd, 318 pounds per head. No catalogue. Come 
and make your own selection. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHLNECLIFF, n. y. 
AT FARMERS' PRICES! 
Two Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from superior dairy cows. 
R. F. SHANNON. 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa 
Will be registered and named to suit purchaser. 
A O P Dill I PAID solid color, except 
I J| Ui Ui DULL UMLl tip end of switch. 
Sire—Osprey 17395, believed to be the best represen¬ 
tative of old St. Holier 45. Over 72 per cent of his 
blood. Dam—Niobe Marigold 108303, Granddaughter 
of World’s Fair Champion Sweepstakes Cow at 
World's Fair. C. A. SWEET, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Jno. I. Gordon, Mercer, Pa., ?r«'«„u. 
Hampshire Downs, SESSSSlSS: 
Polled Durhams, 
All stock registered or eligible. 
SHROPSHI RES 
Itams, Lambs. Yearlings, and 
two-year-olds. CHESTER 
WHITES—good show pigs. All 
stockeligibleto record, and sired 
by notable sires. Write for circu¬ 
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oupep South Downs. Oxfords, Shropshires. 
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D ■ « Chesters, Polands, Berkshires, York- 
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H. L. HOLMES, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Spring Pigs from 100 Reg. 
Poland China, Berkshire and 
Chester Whites. Mated not 
akin. Choice bred sows, Serv¬ 
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I. N. BARKER & SON, - - - Thorntown, Ind. 
PURE POLAND-CHINAS 
from our herd grow 
fat and mature 
quicker than others; low priced enough to be in reach 
of all. F. H. GATES & SONS, Chlttenango. N. Y. 
^ I ^—Selected Cheshire Boars, 
■ AJ I Cl I ready tor service. $ 8 . Write. 
LESTER M. LOVELESS, Baldwinsville, N. Y. 
Maple Farm DuckYards. 
Our Mammoth Pekin Ducks stand unrivaled for 
size aDd symmetry. 2,500 birds selected with care for 
breeding purposes. Order early. Eggs in season. 
My book, “Natural and Artificial Duck Culture,” 
free, with each order. Send for catalogue to 
JAMES RANKIN. South Easton, Mass. 
POULTRY 
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Ill. 80-p. Cat. for stamp; 
tells all about Poultry. 
The Monitor Co., Moodus, Cl. 
A Hen’s Nest 
is only interesting when full of eggs. The 
number of eggsdepends upon whatyoufeed 
the hen. She will lay twice as many if fed 
Green Cut Bone & Mann’s Granite Crystal Grit. 
MANN’S NEW BONE CUTTER 
prepares bone in the best way with least expenditure 
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CRUSHED FLINT FOR POULTRY 
Bone Meal, Crushed Oyster Shells,Calclte, Granulated 
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DESTROY MITES in your henneries 
with LAMBERT’S DEATH TO LICE. 
SPECIAL sample, will kill amillion, XOc. postpaid. 
Itouk on Poultry Keeping FUEL with every order. 
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Cows barren 3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
Moore Brothers, Albany, N, Y. 
Sloan’s Liniment. 
Nothing like it to cure a sore tendon, or 
to kill a spavin, curb or splint. This 
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horsemen than any other liniment, be¬ 
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Prepared by DR, KARL 8 . SLOAN, Boeton, Mat)., ft. 8 . A. 
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YOUR HORSE_— 
if suffering from an enlargement can be quickly 
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The enlargement will be quickly absorbed by 
50c. and $1.00 
a Bottle. 
