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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 1 
[LIVE STOCK! 
AND DAIRY. 
HOW TO MARK HOGS. 
We raise about 150 hogs yearly, and as they are 
all of very much the same type, we find it im¬ 
possible to keep track of their parentage; con¬ 
sequently we cannot be sure of the results from 
individual sows. Cau we buy a series of metal 
ear-tags, each marked with a different number? 
Could we make them ourselves; if so, what metal 
should be used, and what acid for writing the 
numbers, so that they cannot wear out ? Is any 
special machine necessary to pul in the tags? 
I thought of using tags similar to those one gets 
in the ears of registered pigs. M. b. 
Ilazelmere, B. C. 
I infer from this letter that the hogs 
arc grown for feeders, and not as breed¬ 
ing- stock. If tags are used for markers, 
I would get them already made and 
numbered, as the manufacturers will do 
for their patrons They are made so that 
they cau be set in the ear very much as 
a button is set in a pair of overalls. 
Numerous makes are advertised in the 
swine journals and stock papers. 
But why go to this trouble in the mat¬ 
ter? I would avoid it in this way : If 
two litters are grown each 3 ear, I would 
select 12 to 15 of the best young sows 
out of a Spring or Fall farrowing. Buy 
a purebred boar, and use the sows and 
boar till five or six years old ; then 
make another selection, aud buy another 
boar. With this number of sows, he 
can, without great trouble, keep them 
separate till the pigs are weaned, and 
by that time can tell whether the prod¬ 
uct of any sow is objectionable, and dis¬ 
card her. By this plan, he can soou have 
a herd of sows that will produce an even 
lot of feeders, lie will find the bar-tag¬ 
ging business a tedious and annoying 
matter. , 
In growing a lot of hogs, it comes 
plainly to the front that so many things 
influence their growth after they leave 
the sow that very often it would be a 
serious error to condemn the sow be¬ 
cause her pigs have not fattened just 
right. If only one litter is grown a year, 
the number of sows would have to be 
doubled. If the hogs are so nearly of a 
type, this is good evidence—or would be 
here—that they are well bred. This 
being true, he will find little trouble in 
adopting this plan. There are objections 
to it, but the advantages are many more 
in its favor, hence 1 have followed it fox- 
many years. jonx m. jamison. 
Ohio. 
NEW YORK STATE HORSES. 
A SK W IX K M A X 1) F O K T II K SI . 
For the last three years, when 1 c- 
turing on horses, 1 have advised my 
students to enter into horse breeding 
immediately, as there would likely be a 
good demand for horses before they 
could be raised, broken, and had acquired 
enough age to be ready for the city mar¬ 
ket. Already, good horses in central 
New' York ai-e bringing good prices, not 
quite as much as they did 15 years ago, 
but enough to leave a nice profit for the 
breeder. Before a horse can now be 
raised to six years of age, nearly one- 
lialf of all the horses in New York will 
have passed aw-ay or be largely inca¬ 
pacitated for the better classes of work. 
The horses bred here at the University 
have usually sold for $300 a pair when 
they w'ere fx-om five to eight 3 ’pars of age. 
Our practice is to sell the least desirable 
ones, or those which ai-e near the time 
when they w-ill begin to decline in value, 
and fill their places with young horses 
or colts. On the farm, the work is not 
continuous. There are many days, and 
even weeks, when the horses can stand 
in the stable or be in the pastures. This 
leaves the colt which has done a hard 
Spring’s work to recuperate, whereas if 
he w-ere on the dray wagon or at hard 
work in the town, there w-ould be no let 
up. Horses four or five 3 'ears of age are 
not so well adapted to the severe work 
of the cities as are those from six to 
eight years of age. 
Select roomy, good-sized, native mares 
which have a dash of warm blood in their 
veins. They should not be coarse, and 
the general formation should approxi¬ 
mate the form of a good daitw cow ; a 
thin, rather long neck and a broad, 
ample pelvis. The sire, in most cases, 
should be a compact, moderate-sized, 
active, full-blood draught animal. If all 
go well, we shall get a horse of from 
1,300 to 1,100 pounds, compact, well 
made, with plenty of energy, good feet 
and of good fair st 3 'le. We have six such 
horses on the University Farm. 
Or the darn may be of mixed blood 
with rather more hot blood than in the 
former case, a little taller and somewhat 
rangey. This bred to the Coach or 
Hackney horse, of large size, should be 
successful. The three styles or varieties 
of horses enumerated are the only ones 
that the farmer should think of raising. 
Bet the wealtli 3 ' men and those who 
have a taste for the business raise the 
trotters, and for that matter, train them, 
too. All of the colts of the above varie¬ 
ties will be useful on the farm in many 
ways, and may be made to earn then- 
own living from the time they are three 
to s*ix years of age, when the 3 ' are read 3 ’ 
for the city. No geldings should be kept 
on the farm. Selected bi-ood mares 
should form the entire work stock of the 
farm with, possibly, a single exception 
of a good family or driving horse which 
should not be used in the horse dairy. 
No more cheap mustangs or coarse, soft, 
corn-fattened horses from the West are 
wanted in the East, [prof ] 1. p. Roberts. 
BOUNTY FOR SLAUGHTERED HOL¬ 
STEIN CALVES. 
Several readers have asked about a 
rule adopted by the Holstein-Friesian 
Association several years ago, which x*e- 
quired a bounty to be paid for young 
bull calves which were slaughtered or 
castx-atcd. Mr. S Hoxie, the superin¬ 
tendent of advanced registry of the Asso¬ 
ciation, sends us the following state¬ 
ment : 
The rule to pay bounties for bull 
calves, slaughtered or castrated between 
5 and 50 days old, was adopted by the 
Holstein-Friesian Association of America 
in 1880, and continued in force four 
years. The number of bounties paid 
was 4,558. The leading breeders took 
vei’ 3 ' little advantage of it. It was popu¬ 
lar with a class whose primai-y business 
was dairying, who never advertised, and 
who, after supplying their neighbors 
with bull calves, usually vealed or cas¬ 
trated the remainder. It was an unwise 
ineasui-e, resulting in depleting 1 the 
treasui-y of the Association, and thus 
crippling it in a very important period, 
and no doubt, it was a loss to the gen¬ 
eral dairy interests of our country. 
s. noxiE. 
COB MEAL FOR HOGS. 
Corn-and-cob meal has been exten¬ 
sively used as a stock food, not only in 
this counti-y, but to some extent in the 
Old World. I have never heard of a case 
where it was reasonably certain that the 
ground cob in connection with meal 
worked any harm to the animals to which 
it was fed. In view of the successful 
use of this food so generally, I think all 
charges that it is dangerous to animals 
should be dismissed as unwortli 3 r of at¬ 
tention. Of course, animals grow sick 
and die at times after fating corn-and- 
cob meal, the same as the 3 r do after eat¬ 
ing oats, corn, barle 3 r , and other feeding 
stuffs. W. A. HENRY. 
I have never heard of an instance in 
which hogs were injured by feeding them 
corn-and-cob meal, that is to say, the 
product of the corn and the cob ground 
together. There are but two ways in 
which it would seem possible to efff ct 
such injui-y ; one would be by feeding 
the product in a form so coarse that the 
cob portion would be harmful to diges¬ 
tion. The other way would be by feed¬ 
ing excessive quantities, when the re¬ 
sults would be the same as from feeding 
corn alone in excessive quantities ; that 
is to say, it w'ould founder the pigs, 
more especial^' if they were not given 
sufficient exercise. But the corn-and- 
cob meal w-ould be less liable to do this 
than the corn meal alone. 
[PROF.] THOS. SHAW. 
Catarrh is disagreeable and dangerous, but it can 
almost always be cured with Jayne’s Expectorant. 
For sick headache take Jayne's Painless Sanative 
Pills.— Adv. 
ON THE BIAS. 
That’s the secret of the 5/.\ Bias Girth Horse 
Blankets. The girth is on the bias- -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 be 
rolled in it. 
© Bias Girth 
Horse Blankets are made in all styles—to fit any 
horse—to suit any purse. Ask your dealer for 
5|A Bias Girth Blankets, and look for the trade¬ 
mark. A hook on the subject sent free. 
WM. AYKE8 A SONS, Philadelphia. 
YOUR 
WIFE 
and family may drive out with per¬ 
fect safety if your carriage or bug¬ 
gy is equipped with the accident 
preventing, life preserving. 
AUTOMATIC 
GRIP RECK YOKE. 
j No matter what happens to the traces, 
single-tree or double-tree, the tongue 
can’t drop and turn over the vehicle. 
The It IP” simply grips and holds ’till all danger Is 
P“*t- ACENTS MAKE MONEY rapidly selling 
them, for everybody buys them at sight. Plain un- 
niekeled. SI; Nickeled Loops and Acorn Heads. SI.50; 
Nickeled Tips and Centers, 1.75; Nickeled Centers and 
Tips without Yoke, $1.25; Centers without Yoke, 65 ots. 
Made in three sizes, to tit pole tips VA to 1%. Also farm 
wagon size to grip pole '214 to 3jk in size. Send to-day 
for circularsand special confidential terms tougcuts. 
AUTOMATIC GRIP NECK YOKE CO., 
75 Harding Street, liidliiniipolls, lnd. 
Before Buying a New Harness 
Send 4c in stamps to pay postage on 
116-page 11 last rated Catalog of Custom- 
Made Oak Leather Ha mews,so Id direct 
to the consumer at Wholesale prices. 
100 STYLES TO SELECT FROM. 
We manufacture our own work and 
- can save you money. 
KING HARNESS C0. t 82 Church St., Owego, N. Y. 
KNOCKED IT OUT 
Inthe First Round. 
Microbes are responsible fut 
lots of misery. They cause the 
HOC CHOLERA, 
CHICKEN ROUP, 
SHEEP SCAE and 
FOOT ROT. 
CbloroRaptboleum 
PUTS MICROBES TO SLEEP 
bo they will never wake up. Will heal sores and brute, 
quickly. We have direct branches in the principal citist 
of tho U. S. from whence goods are shipped. We wilt 
send you a sample gallon, freight prepaid. $1.30. 
Agency is worth having. Write for full particulars 
WEST DISINFECTING C0-, 212 E. 57tb New York 
Cows barren 3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
Free. Moore Brothers, Albauy, X. Y. 
GUERNSEYS. 
225 purebred Guernseys of the best American 
aud Island breeding. Butter average, whole 
herd, 318 pounds per head. No catalogue. Come 
and make your own selection. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
ItHINECLIXT, N. Y. 
AT FARMERS’ PRICES! 
Two Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from superior dairy cows. 
R. F. SHANXOX. SK)* Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Fa 
Will be registered and named to suit, purchaser. 
A I P P Dill I PA! C solid color, except 
I Ji U i Ui DULL UnLl 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—Nlobe Marigold 108363, Granddaughter 
of World's Fair Champion Sweepstakes Cow at 
World's Fair. C. A. 8WKKT, Buffalo, X. Y. 
^IiKNANGO VALLEY S TOCK FARMS, Greene, N 
^ Y.—Dutch Belted and Jersey Cattle; Dorset and 
RambouilletSheep; Poland-China. Jersey Red and 
Suffolk Pigs; White aud Bronze Turkeys. Peafowls, 
and Blooded Chickens. Seed Wheat, $2; Rye, $1; best 
in the world; bags free. 
WANTFIl — 0n e-year oUl Holstein-Friesian Bull 
si nil I LU of a good butter strain at farmer’s 
price. Address Lock Box 245. Dover, Del. 
Jno. I. Gordon, Mercer, Pa.,^ ds sells 
Hampshire Downs, 
Polled Durhams, 
All stock registered or eligible. 
FOUL SAIiE. 
WA-WA-NliND REG. SHROPSHJRES. 
Bargains in Canada-Bred Rams: also good yearlings, 
Address J. C. DUNCAN, Supt., Lewiston, X. Y. 
SHEEP 
sexes. 
National Delaine and Dickinson 
Merinos of the highest type Both 
GKO. WADDKLL, ltix Mills, Musk.Co.. O. 
prices. Hamilton 
Spring Pigs from 100 Reg. 
Poland China, Berkshire and 
Chester Whitts. Mated not 
akin. Choice bred sows, Serv¬ 
ice Boars. Poultry. Write us 
for free circular and bottom 
Co.. Cochranvllle. Chester Co.,Pa 
PURE P0L4HD-CHINAS grafts?: 
quicker than others; low priced enough to be in reach 
of all. F. H. GATKS & SONS Chittenango X. Y. 
ST r\v> Q? I ^~ Se,e cted Cheshire Boars, 
I UI C«CS I viz ready tor service. 88. Write. 
LKSTKR M. LOVELIES. Baldwinsville, N. Y. 
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Maple Farm Duck Yards. 
Our Mammoth Pekin Ducks stand unrivaled for 
size and symmetry. 2,5tk) birds selected with care for 
breeding purposes, order early. Bags in season. 
My book, “Natural and Artificial Duck Culture,” 
free, with each order. Send for catalogue to 
JAMKS RANKIN. South Easton, Mass. 
POULTRY 
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GRANULATED BONE FOR POULTRY 
Bone Meal, Crushed Oyster Shells. Calcite, Crushed 
Flint, Ground Beef Scraps. Send for Price Oist. 
YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, YORK. PA. 
DESTROY MITES 
OR SPIDER LICE 
in your bcunerics 
with LAMBERT’S DEATH TO LICE. 
SPECIAL sample, will kill amilliou, XOc. postpaid. 
Book on Poultry keeping FBEK with every order. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box307, Apponaug, R. I. 
Trade 
LUMP JAW 
NOW CURABLE. 
Surely, quickly and for good. 
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iou Stock Yards, Chicago, 
have a remedy that quickly 
cures tho most obstinate 
cases. Supplied by mail under 
a positive guarantee. Price, 1 
$2.oo. Valuable information I 
and full particulars Fll F.E. 
WEAR 
as yon 
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an incubator and then not do it. 
Nothing like starting right. 
If you want to start right 
and stay right buy the 
Reliable Incubator. 
Made so the veriest novice can’t fail 
with it. Light the lamp, the Ibdinblo 
does the rest. We send a 2*24 page 
hook for 10c in stamps that tells all 
it ami the Bellablr Poultry Farm. 
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HOW MANY EGGS 
do you get? No matter, you will get twice as many if you feed the hens Green Cut Bone. It 
double* tbe etcjc product in every instance. It make* liens lav in cold weather 
w hen eggs are worth the most money. It makes early and long layers of the pullets. 
MANN’S NEW BONE CUTTERS 
“beat all.” They make the hen business sure and profitable. Mann’sClover 
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beats the hen that wants to scratch or roost in the trough—prevents waste. Mann’s 
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realize that nothing else so quicklv relieves sore 
tendons, will cure an enlargement by absorption, 
making it unnecessary to fire or blister, or will 
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This famous remedy will put a horse in con¬ 
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scientifically prepared and accomplishes its 
wonderful mission by its rare penetrating 
properties. Sold by Druggists and Dealers generally, 
50c. aud $ |. 00 a bottle. 
Prepared by Dr. EARL S. SLOAN, BOSTON, MASS., U. S .A. 
