1898 
859 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
“AN ADVANCED REGISTRY 
“Pedigree” Test Fails.— One of the 
most striking things in herds or flocks 
of pedigreed animals, as such become 
more and more numerous and, for that 
reason, fall into the hands of inferior 
breeders, is the large percentage of very 
commonplace animals, with long pedi¬ 
grees after their names. This seems 
strange, at first glance, when we remem¬ 
ber that all the original stock were 
chosen, on account of their peculiar ex¬ 
cellence, to form part of the foundation 
flock or herd. But a little study of the 
methods of too many of our modern 
breeders, will reveal the secret of this 
lamentable deterioration. The average 
breeder pays no heed to quality, but 
rather to pedigree, and so attempts to 
increase his gains by increasing the 
number of animals he can put on the 
market. The buyers of such stock are 
usually amateurs who are, in turn, since 
it is relatively cheap, satisfied with pedi¬ 
gree, and so the evil is perpetuated. It 
seems imperative that some means be 
taken to prevent the utter ruin of our 
pedigreed breeds, for we find the same 
state of affairs in all classes of cattle 
and all breeds of sheep. 
The Holstein Example. —A step in 
this direction has been taken by the 
Holstein-Friesian men in their establish¬ 
ment of an Advanced Registry. For 
recognition by this Herd Book, pedigree 
is not sufficient, but form and perform¬ 
ance are essential. The establishment 
of such a herd book entails considerable 
expense, but the benefits sure to accrue 
therefrom, will soon more than recoup 
the founders and those who register 
their animals. It is unnecessary to go 
into the details of its establishment and 
management, as it is cited rather as an 
example of a step in the right direction 
than as a subject for study. 
Beef Cattle and Sheep.— There are 
many reasons for the establishment of 
similar herd books in our other milking 
breeds, and our beef breeders and shep¬ 
herds might advantageously do some¬ 
thing toward the improvement of their 
herds and flocks by some similar plan. 
For, unless pedigreed stock can be seen 
to be more uniform, and have greater 
personal merit than ordinary market 
stock possess, the trouble of pedigree 
keeping will soon cause people to abandon 
herd and flock books. It is evident that, 
in the case of beef breeds and sheep, it 
would be more difficult to say what 
animals would be eligible for registry in 
such a herd book, but it is certainly pos¬ 
sible to select fit specimens from our 
herds and flocks, and by careful selec¬ 
tion insure the perpetuation of a class of 
superior animals. j. h. grisdale. 
Losses in Milk Bottles. —We are 
often asked by dairymen who are still 
selling milk in tin cans what the loss 
from broken and lost glass bottles 
amounts to in the course of a year. The 
following figures are credited to Prof. 
E. H. Farrington, of Wisconsin: “Cal¬ 
culating our experience to a basis of 
10,000 quarts per year, or about 30 quarts 
per day, we find that to retail this 
amount will require about 750 bottles. 
If the product is cream, customers will 
prefer pints rather than quarts. This is 
especially true in the Summer, because 
the smaller quantity will be more likely 
to be used up before it sours. It will 
also be found that to do this amount of 
business there will be about 150 bottles 
in circulation among customers, and 100 
will be in use at the dairy, either ready 
for sale or empty and on hand, to be 
used as needed. At the end of the year 
there will be left about 250 of the 750 
bottles, and the 500 that have disap¬ 
peared will probably go as follows: 
One-half of them the customers will pay 
for, one-third will be broken and the 
remaining one-sixth will unaccountably 
disappear. If the bottles cost nine cents 
each, the bottle account loss per 10,000 
quarts sold will amount to nearly $25.” 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
The Berkshire boar, Columbia’s Duke, recently 
sold for 81,200. 
Prices for Hereford cattle are still high. A 
bull calf sold at auction at Kansas City recently, 
brought 81,400. 
Farmers often ask whether freezing milk will 
affect the flavor and quality of the butter. No 
reason can be given why it should, except that, 
where milk is frozen, all ripening stops, and the 
cream needs a longer time to ripen properly. 
The Western Agriculturist makes the point 
that State laws for fertilizer analysis with fees 
of 85 and 810 are in line with the State veterinary 
inspection, which is designed to drive out of the 
country hundreds of unsound stallions, and so 
prevent their breeding. 
A good job for a rainy day or for an occasional 
dry day is to see that the bottom of the horse’s 
foot is carefully cleaned out so that the frog is 
kept healthy. Some horses are permitted to go 
days and weeks without having their feet cleaned, 
and this is a mistake which often means no foot 
when the farm work rather requires a yard. 
A writer in the Breeder’s Gazette, advocating 
the mastiff as the best watchdog, makes the sur¬ 
prising statement that, in general, a bulldog is 
too mild in his disposition to make a good watch¬ 
man. He says the bulldog is a splendid com¬ 
panion, a jolly good fellow, and friendly to all. 
He says there are cases, of course, where a bull¬ 
dog is a savage, but these are exceptional. The 
bulldog, he claims, is either all smiles to all 
people, or ugly to every one, therefore a poor 
watchdog. 
Sheep and Dogs. —Harrison County, O., adjoins 
Jefferson. The same limestone formation exists 
in both, and their hills growing Blue grass lux¬ 
uriantly, give a perfect home for sheep. Har¬ 
rison County had more banking capital eight 
years ago than the entire upper third of the State 
of Virginia, including Loudon County, the lime¬ 
stone soil home of the Quaker, and Alexandria 
City. All of it came out of her sheep. Virginia’s 
financial shortcoming is wholly due to the dog, 
yet this entire upper third is more than half as 
well suited for sheep as Harrison and Jefferson 
Counties, O. I was reared on a sheep farm, and 
its indispensable, a Blue-grass sod, is now my 
aim. Could I raise sheep, I know I could attain 
this end, but the dog bars sheep, and I have no 
substitute. k. s. l. 
District of Columbia. 
Kickers Cure Themselves. — The ironclad 
methods sometimes described of curing kicking 
cows, or perhaps of breaking in two-year-olds to 
milking, would not find favor here, and our Jer¬ 
seys are about as nervous as any cows can be. 
Most heifers will step and often try to kick, but 
if the milker has the proper nerve and patience, 
they will soon stand quietly. The way is to hold 
on to the left-hand teat, when the cow raises her 
foot, and if she brings the foot forward vigor 
ously, she pushes forward the milker’s wrist, and 
gives her own teat a vigorous pull. She cannot get 
her foot over his arm, for it rises with her every 
effort, as long as he holds on, and she makes it 
so uncomfortable for berself, that she usually 
soon stops it Perhaps an old and violent kicker 
would be hard to break, but most of them quickly 
learn that an attempt to kick means a disagree¬ 
able pull or blow on the udder, through the 
medium of the milker’s wrist. If the cow can’t 
get her leg forward, she cannot make much of a 
kick backward. q. g, P , 
Winslow, Me. 
Ensilage for Calves.— We generally give our 
young calves skim-milk to drink, and for grain, 
they have middlings and ground oats. We have 
noticed when they are tied beside the cows so 
that they can get the ensilage, that they will eat 
it with a relish, and they will do better on it if 
fed only the skim-milk and grain. We think 
that, after they are from three to four weeks old, 
if they could have water where they could get to 
it, be fed on ensilage and a little oats and mid¬ 
dlings on top, and have what hay they want to eat, 
they will do well. As the ensilage is compara¬ 
tively cheap, the cost of raising them would not 
be very much. As to feeding hogs on ensilage 
corn heavily eared, we have tried it only for a 
short time. They will eat the ensilage all right, 
and will do well on it if fed some good middlings 
in connection with it. We think middlings would 
be the best grain that could be fed. They would, 
also, need plenty of good water to drink, and we 
do not see why it would not prove profitable. 
F. H. OATES & SONS. 
Temperature for Cows; Hens in Stable.— 
What is about the right temperature to produce 
the best results with my dairy during the Winter 
months ? I have a box-stall in one end of my 
stable in which I keep my hens. Do these in¬ 
jure the dairy and affect the flow of milk ? 
Oneida County, N. Y. c . A . l. q. 
Ans.—T he proper temperature to maintain in a 
stable of dairy cows is about 50 degrees. It should 
not fall below 40 degrees, or rise above 60 degrees. 
One can readily see that there should be as little 
variation as possible in the temperature, and so 
I would not advise the dairyman to be content if 
it never rises above 60 or falls below 40. He will 
get much better results by keeping it uniform, 
and 50 degrees has been found to be about right. 
The danger in keeping fowls in the stable is that 
they easily become lousy, and then the lice 
migrate to the cattle. I see no other injury that 
can come to the cows by such close proximity to 
the hens. Of course, this danger is obviated if 
the hens are kept clean and free from vermin, 
but the safest way is to give them a house by 
themselves. T . 
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the production of milk and 
the proper maintenance of 
the animal. 
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It may be combined with 
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Sold only in scaled and branded sacks. 
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Prices, $50 to $800. 
Save $10 per cow per year. Send for Catalogue. 
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Top Price Butter. 
The kind that a fancy private 
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Thatcher’s Orange Butter Color — 
the color that does not contain 
any poison. Send for a sample. 
THATCHER MFG. CO., Potsdam, H.Y. 
Elliot’s 
Parchment 
Butter 
Paper 
To Dairymen or HALF 
others we will . 
send half a ream A 
8x11, free, If they REAM 
will forward 30c. 
to pay postage. 
Try the Best But¬ 
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avoid Imitations. 
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Manufacturers, 
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i 3 and consequent tilth and 
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There is profit in the 
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cook all kinds of feed for live 
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T ,, 0 ,, c . Williamsburg, Iowa, July 28 , 1898 . 
TI £ S °P a , raUir ls giving splendid satisfaction. 
u f .\ m s ‘t >e, { e ff‘y flean and is very easy to operate. We would 
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