1898 
843 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
HERD AND DAIRY TALES. 
Cleaning Milk Bottles. —Very little 
was said about the care of milk utensils 
etc., when milk was delivered in rusty, 
seamy, dirty old tin cans ; but the com¬ 
paratively clean, wholesome milk that 
customers have received since the in¬ 
troduction of glass bottles, has called 
for more perfect methods in properly 
cleaning and caring for bottles. The 
glass bottle is the only package yet in¬ 
vented that is called safe for the delivery 
of milk; with its smooth sides, it is 
easily cleansed and gives no chance for 
bacteria, etc , to work. It could be 
dangerous only under the most filthy 
and careless methods. Having been in 
close touch with the milk trade for a 
great many years, visiting dairy plants, 
etc., I know that the large proportion 
of the men engaged do carefully wash 
and clean their bottles, and with the 
ordinary methods of cleansing, can do a 
much better and safer job in the cleans¬ 
ing of a smooth glass bottle than they 
could ever possibly do on a tin can. Tin 
cans are exceedingly dangerous, as there 
are seams and pinholes and places where 
the tin wears off, that take a taint that 
it is almost impossible to eradicate, even 
by steam. s. l. b. 
Taint in the Pedigree. —During the 
Summer, we gave an account of the cele - 
brated western hog case. The famous 
Poland-China hog known as Klever’s 
Model was sold for $5,100. Several breed¬ 
ers combined to buy him, and gave their 
individual notes for their share of the 
price. Some time after, it was rumored 
that the hog sold to them was not 
Klever’s Model at all. They were told 
that this hog had died, and another had 
been substituted for him. These breed¬ 
ers refused to pay their notes, and the 
result was a lawsuit. It has just been 
decided that the man who sold the hog 
in the first place did substitute another 
for him, and that the animal they bought 
and bred to their stock was not Klever’s 
Model at all. There will be great trouble 
in straightening matters out in the 
Poland-China herdbook, as many hogs 
claiming the blood of this animal must 
now be rejected. The Michigan Farmer, 
several years ago, exposed a similar 
fraud on the part of a Short-horn breeder, 
and the result was that his entire herd 
of Short-horns were thrown out of the 
record, this being the only way to keep 
such records absolutely pure and above 
reproach. If there is any taint connected 
with a live stock record, no reputable 
person would have any confidence in it. 
A Great Dairy Firm. —In Cincinnati, 
is a great dairy firm—the French Bros.— 
who handle dairy produce of all kinds 
for the individual trade. They have as 
fine and well appointed a plant as can 
be found in the United States. They go 
out into nearby territory and say to the 
farmers, “ We will build a creamery 
here, fully equip it, and will maintain it 
365 days in the year. You bring us good, 
clean milk from 500 cows, and for each 
pound of butter fat you bring, we will 
pay for it the highest price for Elgin 
butter ; but no pound of butter fat shall 
ever be less than 15 cents.” When one 
considers that these small dairymen have 
for years been taking from 8 to 15 cents a 
pound for their butter at the store in 
exchange for groceries, it is not to be 
wondered at that there is a revival of 
dairy interest; four great creameries 
with a patronage of from 450 to 800 cows 
have been equipped in the past year in 
this section, and three more are being 
talked about. It means that their dairies 
are to double their incomes, and cash is 
to be received instead of groceries. It 
means another money crop on the farm, 
yet not trench upon the regular routine 
or rotation. j. g. 
At a creamery in Oregon, milk is brought from 
points 25 miles away, on a small but swift 
steamer, which travels about, up and down the 
river, collecting both milk and cream. The 
Oregon Statesman says that it “ acts as a wet- 
nurse to a large hoggery ” which turns out tons 
of pork during the year. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
The Holstein breeders i say that everything 
else backed out of the test with their cattle at 
the Omaha Exposition. 
The Jersey Bulletin tells of a man in Utah who 
proposes to value a cow at $1 for every pound of 
milk she yields per day. If the cow is a Jersey, 
he makes it $1 25. 
Where milk is aerated, it is needless to say 
that pure air only should be used. It would be 
great nonsense to blow the air from a close, foul 
stable into milk, and expect it to be thoroughly 
clean. 
Dairymen are still discussing the merits of 
shredded corn fodder. In a number of cases, 
ensilage corn has, evidently, been shredded, and 
so far as we have seen, the reports from this 
shredded ensilage seem to be favorable. 
A Fly Cure.— Here is a cure for the cattle and 
horse plague of flies. Crude petroleum and pine 
tar oil, half and half. Use as a spray for econ¬ 
omy of time and material, but a swab will do the 
work. Cost per gallon, not over 25 cents, and very 
much less in favored localities, sam. h. derby. 
Delaware. 
Some Pin Matters. —It will pay to cook or steam 
the feed in Winter. I would substitute, for Sum¬ 
mer feeding, skim-milk or whey with bran, shorts 
and barley meal. I would prefer a clover run if 
there is ample shade and dry sleeping places. A 
great deal depends on the breed of hogs for profit; 
the Yorkshire cross with a Berkshire is the most 
profitable hog. h. j. davis. 
A writer in Hoard’s Dairyman says that the 
demand for milk in Chicago is better this Fall 
than it has been for the two years past. The 
reason, he thinks, is that working men are gen¬ 
erally at work and earn money, therefore their 
families use more milk. This writer says that 
cows in Illinois are high. He cites a case where 
one dairyman paid $140 in September for two 
common red cows. 
A Hoo Politician. —The Swine Breeders’ Jour¬ 
nal, of Indianapolis, tells this incident: “ An in¬ 
teresting and amusing feature of the late cam¬ 
paign in this city, was a clean, trim Chester 
White pig, following one of the candidates 
through the streets. It wore a blanket, on which 
was inscribed, Vote for Sindlinger. It was as 
attentive as a dog, and seemed to take great in¬ 
terest in every thing going on about it.” 
A writer in Hoard’s Dairyman says that he 
tried everything for curing cows that had stop¬ 
page in their teats. He says: “ We have found 
the best way to be to take a half-pound baking- 
soda can, fill it with as hot water as the finger 
can bear, and let the teat be in it for 10 or 15 
minutes, each end of day. Change water when 
cool. This mode of treatment does not make the 
teat any sorer, while anything that is forced up 
the teat does. We think it is caused by the next 
cow stepping wh^re she has no business.” 
The Guernsey is fast becoming the choice of 
dairy farmers as the most economical producer 
of butter having the highest natural color. Being 
an animal of great size and constitution, the 
Guernsey has won favor in all progressive dairy 
sections. In such localities, you will find both 
purebred and grade Guernseys commanding the 
highest market price. The meeting of the Club 
this year (Philadelphia) is in a place noted for 
having in its suburbs many noted herds of Guern¬ 
seys, and will undoubtedly attract a large at¬ 
tendance. w. h c. 
It is stated that, last year, the people in Paris 
received for slaughter, 21,667 horses, 52 mules, 
and 31 donkeys. These were slaughtered and cut 
up for human food, and probably, brought about 
as much per pound as Americans paid for excel¬ 
lent, well-fed beef. Most of the horses were said 
to be old, and unfit for work, but reasonably 
healthy beyond a general break-down. All over 
Europe, meat food is said to be very dear; at the 
same time, American meat is begging for a 
chance to enter their markets, but is kept out by 
strict quarantine laws which are really in the 
interests of the agrarians or farmers, who hope 
by prohibiting the imports of American meat, to 
raise the price for their own animals. 
The New Dorset Club.— When the Continental 
Dorset Club was formed, The R.N.-Y. was among 
the first to commend the step. We believe that 
you prophesied success, and termed it “ a move 
in the right direction.” The enthusiastic and 
rapid growth of this new association, in so short 
a time and under the existing circumstances, has 
demonstrated the soundness of your judgment. 
At the time of the formation of the Continental 
Dorset Club we publicly gave our approval by 
joining, although we did not then withdraw from 
the old association. But we have now sent in our 
resignation to the Dorset Horn Sheep Breeders’ 
Association of America, and are using all our 
influence, as extensive and successful Dorset 
breeders, to the promotion of the Continental 
Dorset Club. The absolute conviction that the 
old association is practically controlled by its 
secretary, and that his methods, as such, are 
seriously injuring the Dorset interests, forced us 
to this step, in defense of our own interests, as 
well as those of the breed, tranquillity farms. 
No sense in doing' without 
Macbeth lamp-chimneys ; but 
get the right chimney. The 
Index tells. 
There’s money in it. 
Write Macbeth Pittsburgh Pa 
" Feeding for Flesh,” an invaluable 
book on Horse, Cattle, Hog and Sheep 
heeding. Sent postpaid on request. 
Our Science Department will freely 
answer all questions on live stock feed- 
| ing. Address 
- Science Department 
: THE AHERICAN CEREAL CO. 
1339 Honadnock Bldg., Chicago, III. 
CONSULT OUR SCIENCE DEPT 
“ALPHA-DE LAVAL” 
CREAM SEPARATORS. 
Sharpies Quality. 
Dairying is not un¬ 
pleasant when you 
have the proper tools. 
A man takes pride in 
having a reputation 
for making better 
quality butter than 
his neighbor. 
A LITTLE GIANT 
SEPARATOR will 
enable him to make 
the highest quality 
of butter. The sep¬ 
arator takes much of 
the drudgery away from dairying. 
P. M. SHARPLES, 
Branches: West Chester, Pa. 
Toledo, O. Omaha, Neb. 
Elgin, Ill. St. Paul, Minn. 
Dubuque, la. San Francisco, Cal. 
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, M.Y. 
De Laval Alpha “Itaby” 
Cream Separators were 
first and have ever been 
kept best and cheapest. 
They are guaranteed su¬ 
perior to all i mitations and 
infringements. Endorsed 
by all authorities. More 
than 150,000 in use. Sales 
ten to one of all others 
combined. All styles and 
sizes—$50.- to $225.- Save 
$5.- to $10.- per cow per 
year over any sotting 
system, and $3.- to $5.- 
per cow per year over any 
imitating separator. 
New and improved ma¬ 
chines for 1898. Send for 
new Catalogue containing 
a fund of up-to-date dairy 
information. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR GO. 
Randolph & Canal Sts., I 74 Cortlandt Street 
CHICAGO. I NEW YORK. 
WOODWARD’S WATERING BASIN 
•A STABLE NECESSITY. SEE WHAT OTHERS SAY OF IT. 
ClreuUr. Free. J. 8. WOODWARD A SON.,LOCK PORT, N.Y. 
Elliot’s 
Parchment 
Butter 
Paper 
To Dairymen or 
others we will 
send half a roam 
8x11, free, if they 
will forward 30c. 
to pay postage. 
Try the Best But¬ 
ter Wrapper and 
avoid imitations. SSS55SSS 
A. G. ELLIOT & CO., 
Manufacturers, 
Philadelphia, Pa 
HALF 
A 
REAM 
Free 
Meat smoked in a few hours with 
KRAUSERS’ LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. 
I Made from hickory wood. Cheaper, cleaner, 
sweeter, aud surer than the old way. Send for 
[circular. E. KKAII8EU& 11UO., Milton, Pu. 
^Feed Cookers and Tank Heaters 
BEST AND CHE APFST ON EARTH 
Ask Youb Dkai.kk ch Sknd r<> Us £ / 
for Circular. 
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FORJDIPPINC SHEEP 
For ticks. 
Doe. scab, 
foot rot 
'and all forma 
of BRIN 
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will be found the bent and 
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Will not leak, ru»t or rot. You just buy once; they last. 
Special inducements to prompt buyers. Circulars and prices iVee* 
HALL STEEL TANK CO., 63 N. Ashland Av. Chicago, Ills' 
COOK Yonr FEED and Save 
Half the Cost—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¬ 
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etc. Send for circulars, 
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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 . 
Agents in all dairy sections. 
Send for latest Illustrated catalogues. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., - Bellows Falls, Vt 
FEED 
COOKERS 
fill the long felt want of a good feed cooker and water heater at a low price. 
They are, as their name indicates, reliable in every way. The furnaceis 
made of best cast gray iron. Boilers are of best No. 22 galvanized steel. 
OUR S5.QO FEED COOKER 
meets the demand for a small cooker at a low price. Holds 20 gallons and 
burns wood only. Our 50 gallon size at $12. and our 100 gallon size at $16. 
burns either wood or coal. Write at once for circulars and don’t buy until 
you see what we have to offer. 
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Save 
Half 
Your 
Feed 
by cooking the other half. Experienced feeders know 
that this problem works out to a surety. This Is not 
the only gain in cooking feed however. All cooketl 
feed is digested by the animal economy, and none 
of it passes through whole. Young things grow more 
rapidly and mature stock fatten more quickly on 
cooked feed. _______ 
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