1898 
827 
SHORT STORIES. 
Hurrah for Holsteins. —Taking the 
farmer through from one end of the 
country to the other, I am inclined to 
think that a Holstein cow will return 
him more than any other breed. If he 
veals the calf, he will get double what 
he will from any other dairy calf, and veal 
or beef is what the farmers must make 
of nine-tenths of their calves. I see by the 
breeder’s Gazette that a Holstein grade 
steer three-fourths Short-horn and one- 
fourth Holstein, but Holstein markings, 
topped the market in Chicago recently. 
Certainly there are no more quiet dairy 
cattle than the Holsteins, and I think it 
worries them less in changing milkers, 
feeders, and homes than any other dairy 
animal. w. s. carpenter. 
Michigan. 
Squealing Away Milk.— Those who 
claim that the comfort of the cow has 
more to do with the change in the qual¬ 
ity of the milk than her feed, will be in¬ 
terested in two reports from the Kansas 
Experiment Station. On October 15, 
some hogs at the' Station were inocu¬ 
lated as proof against hog cholera. The 
only place for operation was in front of 
a row of cows. The squealing of the 
hogs irritated the cows and made them 
nervous, and the six cows lost six pounds 
of milk, or one pound each went up in 
a squeal. On October G a cold, drizzling 
rain came on. The cows were brought 
in from pasture and made comfortable 
in and around the barn. They were fed 
their usual feed of ensilage and Alfalfa 
hay. There was no shrinkage that 
night, but on Monday morning the herd 
gave 10 pounds less than their average, 
although they had been made as com¬ 
fortable as possible through the night. 
Money in Merino Sheep. —My faith in 
the Merino is as strong as ever, and I 
believe the outlook for the future is as 
bright as I have ever known it in my 
more than 50 years’ experience as a 
breeder of Merinos. The great demand 
for mutton during the depression of the 
past few years has resulted in the prac¬ 
tical wiping out or converting to pro¬ 
ducers of medium or coarse grades of 
wool, a large proportion of the fine- 
wool flocks of the country. Many of the 
ranchmen of the West and Southwest 
are already finding that there are no 
other sheep so good for the range as 
Merino, and the demand for rams for 
the West is far in excess of the supply. 
Australia and South Africa are taking 
choice selections in steadily increasing 
numbers, at long prices, and with the 
increasing demand for fine wools which 
seems to exist the world over, I think 
the man who has a good flock of Merino 
ewes, and will take care of them, will 
find them a good thing to have, and that 
SOOn. J. EVARTS SMITH. 
Michigan. 
English Dairy Matters. —At the show 
of the British Dairy Farmers’ Associa¬ 
tion, a Short-horn cow averaged over 60 
pounds of milk for one day, and made 
2 pounds 8 % ounces of butter. Another 
Short-horn cow made 3 pounds \% ounce 
of butter in a day; in fact, the Short-horns 
seem to stand at the head as dairy cattle. 
The best Jersey in the show made only 2 
pounds and 14 ounces of butter in a day, 
with 40 pounds of milk. A Guernsey 
gave 43 pounds of milk, a Red Polled 
made GO pounds, and an Ayrshire 57 
pounds. The heaviest milking cow at 
the show was a cross of Guernsey bull 
on a Short-horn cow. She gave over 64 
pounds of milk per day, and led every¬ 
thing at the show in this line. 
One singular feature at the show was 
a display of goats in which 56 were en¬ 
tered in a milking contest. The report 
states that, in England, goats are largely 
used to supply milk to cottagers in many 
rural districts. One goat with the appro¬ 
priate name of Jinny, is said to have pro¬ 
duced seven kids at the age of four years 
and four months. These goats were 
tested exactly the same as cows. The 
goat that won first prize gave an average 
of three pounds and four ounces of milk 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
in one day, which averaged about four 
per cent of fat and 8% per cent of other 
solids. Another goat gave an average of 
over four pounds per day, but the per 
cent of fat was not so high. 
One feature of the exhibition was a 
buttermaking test in which half a dozen 
dairymaids made butter from even sam¬ 
ples of cream, in public. Another class 
that seems to have been largely patron¬ 
ized was a breadmaking exhibition, and 
bread made from skim-milk was largely 
in evidence. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
I have 13 hogs in the fattening pen, left from 
the cholera. Many farmers will have to buy 
their meat. There will be quite a demand for 
lard hogs for farm use. John m. jamison. 
Ohio. 
Feeding Western Horses. —It is not considered 
profitable to feed horses here for eastern mar¬ 
kets, and it is practiced very little, if at all. 
Farmers who raise a few horses for sale fatten 
them on corn during the Winter, usually by run¬ 
ning them in the stalk fields, then clean them up 
for buyers in the Spring. w. l. de clow. 
Iowa. 
The Russian Society of Bird Dealers will hold 
an international poultry exhibition at St. Peters¬ 
burg, May 13 to 28, 1899. The exhibits are to con¬ 
sist of nine classes, as follows: Domestic birds; 
domesticated wild birds; pigeons, singing and 
exotic birds; fattened poultry and killed fowl 
and game; products of poultry keeping; appara¬ 
tus and .accommodations for breeding, guarding, 
f ittening, and transporting birds; models of 
poultry yards,incubators, etc.; medical, hygienic, 
antiseptic, and feeding articles; and photo¬ 
graphs, nests, stuffed birds,eggs, etc. 
Another Kicking Cow.—After trying tying the 
cow’s legs together, tying both legs to a post, a 
chain around the middle of the cow, and many 
other ways, I have found a way that cures the 
cow from kicking. I break all my heifers in the 
same way, and they are always gentle afterward. 
I use a piece of braided window cord long enough 
to reach from the cow’s head to the side of the 
barn, if the cow stands that way, or across to the 
other stanchions if they stand heads together. 
Put a slip noose around the lower jaw, and pull 
the cow up tight, stretching out her neck. Tie 
the cord and sit down without fear, for no cow 
can kick tied in this way. It will break her. 
J. u. n. 
It. N.-Y.—Not one cow in a thousand will ever 
need “ breaking ”, if she is always properly 
treated. Dairy cows should always be so handled 
from their earliest days that they do not need 
taming or breaking. They are not wild beasts. 
A few weeks ago, we had a discussion as to 
whether horses really showed the spirit of re¬ 
venge. A Florida reader sends us the following 
statement, which was made by Major Brown of the 
United States army: “I know of one case that 
happened during the short time I was at Tampa, 
where a negro teamster was killed instantly by 
an army mule. That negro teamster used to 
pound that mule unmercifully. Instead of using 
strategy, and coaxing his mule into submission, 
he used to beat it hard enough to kill a horse. 
For two months, that teamster didn’t drive that 
mule; but the mule never forgot him. He never 
made any attempt to injure his new driver, who 
knew enough to treat him decently. But one day 
the old teamster came back. The mule remem¬ 
bered him. He waited with as much docility and 
patience as an ox until he was harnessed and 
then, when the old teamster was off his guard, 
he let fly with both heels, caught that negro in 
the pit of the stomach, and stretched him out as 
dead as a hammer. The other teamster was 
standing right there by him, but that mule didn’t 
make any attempt to kick him. He had just been 
laying for the fellow who walloped him two 
months before, and when he had finished him, he 
was satisfied.” While this makes a bad record 
for the mule, it is yet to be proved whether that 
stubborn animal receives his temper from his 
father or his mother. 
You Have a Pain, 
maybe in your shoulder, or back or 
side; at all events you want to get 
rid of it. Did you ever try 
All cock’s 
Porous Piasters 
Do you know that we have hun¬ 
dreds of letters from all parts of 
the world telling us of the wonder¬ 
ful cures these plasters have made ? 
Do you know that all other so-called 
porous plasters were started after All¬ 
cock’s had acquired their enormous 
sales and world-wide reputation ? 
Do you know that none of them 
have the medicinal properties of 
Allcock’s ? Just put them to your 
nose, and compare the fine aromatic 
odor of Allcock’s with the smeH of 
all others. Don’t be deceived—get 
the genuine* article. 
TESTED BY THE MILK PAIL 
Quaker Dairy Feed is made en¬ 
tirely of grain — principally of 
oats—combined in scientific pro¬ 
portions. It is complete for the 
production of milk and the prop¬ 
er maintenance of the animal. 
Sold only in sealed and branded sacks. 
OUR FEED EXPERT. 
We wish to come as close to the con¬ 
sumer as possible, and freely offer the 
personal services of our Feed Expert 
in assisting in the solution of feeding 
problems. While our “Modern Dairy 
1 eeding,” which we will send postpaid 
on request, covers the ground as thor¬ 
oughly as possible, farm conditions 
vary so greatly that special informa¬ 
tion will often be of immense value. 
Our facilities for giving such informa¬ 
tion are the best and we gladly invite 
your correspondence. Address 
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The American Cereal Co. 
1339 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago, III. 
r 4or at ever 'm 
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It pays to know that 
you are not being de¬ 
ceived in making a pur¬ 
chase of any kind. You 
want and have a right 
to expect full value for 
your money. You get 
full value and more 
when you buy a 
SAFETY HAND 
SEPARATOR. 
The name of its maker 
stands for the high¬ 
est quality known to 
separator art. 
P. M. SHARPLES, 
Branches: West Chester, Pa. 
Toledo, O. Omaha, Neb. 
Elgin, Ill. St. Paul, Minn. 
Dubuque, la. San Francisco, Cal. 
The first separator 
made a great improvement in dairy 
methods, but the improvements 
made in the old style machines are no 
less a boon to the dairy interests. 
The Empire 
Cream Separator 
is as much in advance of 
all others as the first ones 
were of the setting system. 
Send your address for 
our free catalogue. We 
want responsible agents 
in unoccupied territory. 
U. S. Butter Extractor Co., Newark, N. J. 
Cows barren 3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
Pree. Moore Brothers, Albany, N. Y. 
COOK Tour FEED and Save 
Half the Coat—with the 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
With Dumping Caldron. Emp¬ 
ties its kettle In one minute. The 
simplest and best arrangement for 
cooking food for stock. Also make 
Dairy and Laundry Stoves, 
Water and Steam Jacket Ket¬ 
tles, Hog Scalders, Caldrons, 
etc. IF Send for circulars, 
D It. SPEERY <fc Co., Batavia, 1H. 
WOODWARD’S WATERING BASIN 
'A STABLE NECESSITY. SEE WHAT OTHERS SAY OK IT. 
Clrtulir. Ere,. J. 8. WOODWARD A SON. LOCKPORT. N.Y 
CREAM SEPARATORS. 
De Laval “ Alpha " and " Baby ” Separators. 
First—Best—Cheapest. All Styles—Sires 
Prices, $50 to $800. 
Save 110 per cow per year. Send for Catalogue. 
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Kandolph and Canal Streets, I 74 Cortlandt Street, 
CHICAGO. | NEW YOKK. 
TRUE DAIRY SUPPLY GO., 
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS OF 
Butter and Cheese Factories, 
AND MANUFACTURERS OF 
Machinery, Apparatus and Supplies for 
Cheese and Butter Factories, 
Creameries and Dairies. 
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References: First Nat. Bankof Syracuse; State Bank 
of Syracuse; K. G. Dun & Co.'s Mercantile Agency; 
The Bradstreet Co.’s Mercantile Agency, or any Bank 
or Business House in Syracuse and adjacent towns. 
Top Price Butter. 
The kind that a fancy private 
trade demands, is colored with 
Thatcher's Orange Butter Color — 
the color that does not contain 
any poison. Send for a sample. 
THATCHER MFG. CO., Potsdam, N.Y. 
Elliot’s 
Parchment 
Butter 
Paper 
others we will A 
send half a ream A 
8 x11, free, if they REAM 
will forward 30c. 
to pay postage. 
Try the Best But¬ 
ter Wrapper and 
avoid Imitations. 
A. G. ELLIOT & CO., 
Manufacturers, 
Philadelphia, Pa 
Free 
Th« Quiet, Orderly, Gentle and Safe 
animal is the one that has been dehorned. 
It means animal comfort and that means 
animal proflt. This knife cuts clean, no 
crushing or bruising. It Is quick, causes 
least pain. Strong and lasting. Fully war¬ 
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for free circulars and prices before buying. 
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HOOK ON-CUT OFF 
The easiest-working, closest- 
cutting, simplest, strongest 
and handiest dehorner 
is the latest 
IMPROVED 
DEHORNER 
I Never crushes the horn nor pulls it apart. Mado 
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Western trade supplied from Ctilcugo salesroom. 
NEWTON’S 
LATEST IMPROVED ' 
DEHORNERS 
Save time and money by dehorning 
your cattle. Write us tor •pecial 
information on the subject. 
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DECATUR. ILL. 
the Horn 
Dehorning 
Clip 
LEAVITT MFG. CO., 
I St., Hammond, 111., U- S. A 
THE CHAIN HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION. 
The most practical and humane Fastener ever In¬ 
vented. Gives perfect freedom of the head, Illus¬ 
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Manufactured by O. n. ROBERTSON, 
Forestville, Conn. 
HALL STEEL TANKS 
art the beet for ■ implying 
water for live stock. Being 
made of galvanised steel they 
cannot nut. rot, burst from 
_ . ~ . . freeiing, fall to pieces from 
drying ont, etc. We make tanks for all purposes. Also troughs for 
feeding calies and pigs, cooling milk, hauling liquid manure, 
etc. Write for what you want. Wo will make it S|>ecial price 
to Jtrst i’u/uiries from new territory. Circulars and price list 
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In thoroughness of separation take the lead. 
In completeness of design and ease of operation excel 
all others. 
Are more substantially made and are superior in all 
points to all others. 
All Styles and Sizes. $ 75.00 to $ 625 . 00 . 
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