1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
253 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Geo. Wylie, at the Wisconsin “ round up” In¬ 
stitute, made a good point when he said that, in 
breeding hogs, not enough attention is paid to 
bone, substance and constitution. He feeds so 
as to keep the hogs on their feet many hours a 
day. This strengthens them, and makes them 
better able to ** stand up.” 
J. S. Campbell, of Butler, Pa., who recently ad¬ 
vertised a Jersey bull calf, writes: “The calf 
went to G. D. Bonham, Osceola, Pa. He is well 
pleased and writes that he did not expect so much 
calf for the money, but will put up with it this 
time. I had a dozen or more inquiries for him. 
It pays to have good blood, and then properly 
care for it.” 
Will dishorning purebred cattle result in the 
deterioration of the future generations? If so, 
why ? H. H. T. 
Virginia. 
Ans. —No one knows. Ex-Gov. Hoard thinks it 
a mistake to dishorn the dairy bull. His opinion 
is that the operation reduces or injures the nerve 
force of the bull, and reduces his ability to trans¬ 
mit desirable qualities. Most other authorities 
consider the practice harmless. Neither side 
has real facts to offer in argument. 
The Skim-milk Calf. —In a recent R. N.-Y., in 
Brevities, you speak disparagingly of the skiin- 
milk calf. Right here we divide. The skim calf 
is the calf to bank on. Such can be made into 
prize cattle. I have one months old, which 
is a surprise. He had for the first three months, 
all the skim-milk he could eat, then pasture with 
a little grain. He has eaten corn stalks and 
straw daily with one quart of oats, and had good 
care. We ought to raise better calves, p. m. l. 
Clare, Mich. 
Infertile Eggs. —A friend in Massachusetts 
uses the Eureka nest box to select the layers in 
his flock. One puflet made a good record, but 
the eggs were all infertile. He now writes: “She 
had started in again, and we set six eggs under a 
hen with the same result—all infertile. The only 
remedy I knew of was to try a change, so I moved 
her to another pen on March 5. To-day I tested 
eight of her eggs, and only two were infertile. 
Perhaps this solves it. I don’t know now whether 
she had some sickness which caused her eggs to 
be infertile, or whether the cockerel neglected 
her.” 
Curing Meat.—F or the benefit of J. G. K., page 
161, I send my process of curing meat, which I 
have used for nearly 50 years, and it has been a 
great success. For every 100 pounds, take coarse 
salt, eight pounds; saltpeter, two ounces; brown 
sugar, two pounds; potash, Ws ounce; water, 
four gallons. Mix and pour the brine over the 
meat after packing carefully with skin side down 
or outward. Keep in the brine from five to six 
weeks, according to size of the meat. I usually 
rub the meat with salt, and allow it to drain for 
a day or two to get all the blood possible out of 
it before packing. I smoke the meat (after 
washing and draining) about 10 days. or. a. I. 
Piney Point, Md. 
A Silo Town. —In the article on page 192, by A. 
R. Phillips, of Ohio, on How Good Farmers Farm, 
he says, There are more silos in Solon township 
than can be found in any other five-mile-square 
area in the United States, and says that there 
are 25 farms with silos, some having two pits. In 
the township of Owego, there are as many as 60 
in five miles square, there being in my neighbor¬ 
hood 13. One farmer has two of 1,200 tons capac¬ 
ity, the largest in the town. There were, by 
actual count, within five miles of Owego, last 
winter, over 5,000 cows, and ensilage is the prin¬ 
cipal food. Many cows eat it the year around. I 
would not dare to say that there are more silos 
here than anywhere in the United States, but I 
think that the silo is well represented, j. r. w. 
Owego, N. Y. 
Science a Little Late.— On page 190, The R. 
N.-Y. says: “Science is just beginning to throw 
light on the reasons why ensilage gives better 
results in feeding than the same kind of fodder 
when dried. A German scientist has shown that 
the nutritive effect of fodder is modified by the 
‘ ease of digestion.’ ” On page 834 of The R. N.-Y. 
for 1894, columns two and three, I made the very 
same assertion. Not only that, but with illustra¬ 
tions so homely as to adapt themselves to the 
mind of the most unobserving, I explained the 
whys and wherefores of this “ ease of digestion ” 
on which “science is just beginning to throw 
light.” Poor, belated science! An humble back- 
woods farmer has forestalled it by several 
years. But I gave an additional reason why suc¬ 
culent food “gives better resists in feeding,” 
namely, because its palatability causes old 
Brindle to take more delight in finely masticat¬ 
ing it, thereby giving to the natural chemical 
ease of digestion, an additional careful mechani¬ 
cal preparation for the important functions of 
the gastric juices. 
But has that German scientist thrown no fur¬ 
ther light on the subject ? Surely, I did. In con¬ 
nection with the ensilage, considerable dry mat¬ 
ter is fed. But in the article referred to, I stated 
that, while succulence does not add anything to 
the dry feed, it certainly does to the cow by 
rendering more of the dry material digestible. 
Summing up then, more than two years ago, I 
showed that the better results in feeding succu¬ 
lent food depended, first, upon its natural ease 
of digestion; second, upon the extra mechanical 
preparation for digestion it received in the cud 
of the cow; third, upon the additional quantity 
of dry matter thereby rendered digestible. Now 
I venture to add that, if a cow is given only suc¬ 
culent food one week and only dry food the next 
week, she will not average 'as much as though 
the two had been fed together. The difference in 
yield will show very nearly how much additional 
nutriment the succulence is capable of abstract¬ 
ing from the dry matter. j. c. senger. 
Virginia. 
“ A Little Oil.” —Henry Stewart reported in 
The R. N.-Y., several months ago, that “ a drop 
of creosote in a little sweet oil, applied to the 
inside of the throat by means of a small feather 
trimmed to a narrow vane,” is a sure cure for 
gapes in chickens. How much is a little sweet oil? 
Cory, In d. j. m. d. 
Ans.—A little sweet oil, in this case, is just 
enough to furnish sufficient to cover the vane of 
the feather so that it will grease the throat of 
the chick all the way down. In figures, we may 
say 10 drops or a little more, just enough to use 
once. It is the creosote which has the desired 
effect; the oil is to dilute it. u. s. 
The Robber Rooster.—I would like to ask the 
readers of The R. N.-Y. how many of us give all 
the facts in the care of our stock, just exactly as 
we find them. Are we not quite likely to smooth 
matters a little, and make our side appear as 
good as, or a little better than, the other fellow’s? 
That’s why I like The R. N.-Y.; facts are what 
it is after. The editor speaks quite often about 
the scrub cows and robber cows, and wants to 
know how many robber cows we are keeping. 
Well, we know a good many are kept, but I spend 
more time with hens than I do with cows. Now 
I ask the readers of The R. N.-Y., How many 
robber roosters do you keep the year around or 
at any time for use? Experience has taught me 
that one good, vigorous cock with 40 hens is a 
plenty. Last year, I started in February with 
120 hens and three cocks. I set 38 hens on 13eggs 
each, and had 400 chicks hatched; the last 20 
hens that came off, hatched 240 chicks, while one 
<f my neighbors who had 100 hens and 10 cocks 
got only about eight chicks out of 13 eggs, his 
eggs being infertile. This year, I have young 
cockerels, and shall give only 30 pullets to each. 
Grass Lake, Mich. j. c. h. 
Stealing Dogs. —Quite a business is said to be 
done in New York City by rogues who steal valu¬ 
able dogs, dye them and cut a muscle in the tail 
or ear to give a new shape. In order to prevent 
the owner from proving his ownership by calling 
the dog’s name, the thief takes the dog. shuts 
him up and engages a man to go in and call him 
by name several times a day, wherever possible 
mimicking the voice of the owner, and dressing 
something like him. Upon responding to the 
call, instead of a caress or food, he receives a 
blow or a thrashing, and soon learns to regard 
his old name as the forerunner of a blow, and so 
slinks away. The thief goes in, calling the dog 
by a totally different name, and bestowing food 
and caresses, and in a few weeks, the deed is 
done. Suppose the thief is arrested. The owner 
calls the dog by name and advances, but is sur¬ 
prised to see that the dog, half afraid, half un¬ 
convinced, still recognizing something he has 
loved before his recent experiences, slinks back 
from him. Right on the spur of this, the thief 
steps boldly forward with “ Why, hello, Ponto.” 
The dog recognizes the food bringer, thecaresser, 
and right on the nervous reaction bounds toward 
him. If the dog were left alone in a room for an 
hour with the two men, he would go right back 
to his old master without hesitancy or doubt. 
Before the fever, headache and oppressed breath¬ 
ing which come with “a bad cold” have assumed a 
dangerous form, cure it with Jayne’s Expectorant. 
For the Liver use Jayne’s Painless Sanative Pills. 
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Many people are skeptical regard¬ 
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$5,000.^0 Reward 
to any person who can prove bogus 
one letter that we publish in praise 
of the famous veterinary remedy 
Tuttle’s Elixir. 
Send three 2-cent stamps for post¬ 
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is a boon to suffering 
horseflesh and yield- 
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It cures all diseases 
of the legs and feet, 
making lame horses' 
sound, thus convert¬ 
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All Druggists 
Sell It . 
If by chance you should not find it| 
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Smaller size 50 cents. 
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WHITEHALL, N.Y. 
Poultry Supplies 
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5 217-319 Market St.. Philadelphia. Pa. 
GUERNSEYS. 
225 purebred Guernseys of the best American 
and Island breeding. Butter average, whole 
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They are strong and rugged. They give a big pall 
■full of good milk. They make the best use of the 
coarse farm fodder. They are gentle, happy, and 
seldom sick. When done at the pall they ornament 
the butcher’s block. They are prepotent, and always 
stamp their good qualities upon their calves. THE 
HOLSTEIN IS THE BUSINESS COW. The 
best blood Is found in the herd of 
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Reg. P. Chinas. Berkshires 
and Chester Whites. Choice 
service Boars and bred Sows, 
for 30 days, to reduce stock 
qutok. Special cut prices on 
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# more PURE POLAND CHINA PIGS, in 
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$1,500 IN CASH 
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COCKERELS FOR CROSSING. 
R. C. B. Leghorns. White and Barred Rocks. Light 
Brahmas, from $1 to $2. Eggs from choice stock, $1. 
Rouen Drakes, from $1 up. 
S. A. LITTLE, Malcom, Seneca County, N. Y. 
P ekin Ducks.— Eggs, 8 c. ea., $6 100; 90 p. ct. fertile. 
Ducks av. U)14 lbs. N. P. BROWN, Westboro, Mass. 
Blanchard's White Leghorns. 
The leading strain of heavy layers. Large, vigorous, 
early-maturing. 600 laying hens. Eggs from best 
breeders, 15. $1.50; ISO, $2.25; 100, $6.00. Circular. 
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