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rHE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 19 
SWINE NOTES. 
HEN NOTES. 
Winter Pigs. —“Talking about luck, 
how about raising young pigs in Febru¬ 
ary? There is Neighbor Blank, whose 
sow farrowed in February and all her 
pigs except two died.” 
This from the Deacon as we stood 
looking at one of our February litters, 
the whole 10 of which are lively and 
strong. 
“Was Neighbor Blank’s sow provided 
with a warm pen at farrowing time?” 
“Well, no; his pen is pretty cold, but 
it was the best he had.” 
When a man plans to have his sows 
farrow in February and does not provide 
warm quarters I should hardly use the 
Rhode (sund Reds.—W e have a small 
farm of 27 acres which is devoted mostly 
to small fruits and poultry. On January 1 
we had 103 Rhode Island Reds, from which 
we received in January 1,409 or 122 5-12 
dozen eggs, a daily average of about 47 J / 2 . 
The production was pretty steady, as the 
highest number in one day was 60, al¬ 
though I brought in one time 19 from a 
pen of 20 pullets, and at another time 13 
from a pen of 19 pullets. As the month 
was a record breaker for cold, some of the 
time the thermometer being 16 and 18 de 
grees below zero, we thought they did 
well. In February they did still better. 
Having sold some pullets the last of Janu¬ 
ary we commenced February 1 with 88. 
Received in the 29 days 1,463 eggs, an av¬ 
erage of a little over 50 a day. They are 
kept in flocks of about 20, each flock hav- 
word “luck.” Two of our sows were to 
farrow in February, and as the time ap¬ 
proached, the rigors of Winter increas¬ 
ed. What should be done? A council 
ing roosting place 10x12 feet and scratch¬ 
ing pen of the same dimensions. They are 
fed warm mash in the morning, oats are 
scattered in scratching pen at noon, and 
hot corn at night. Plenty of fresh water 
was called, and we decided that the 
colts’ stable would be best adapted for 
the purpose. This is 5x10 feet, with 
good light, and by dividing with a low 
partition across the middle, gave two 
pens five feet square. Rather close quar¬ 
ters, but since the plan was to utilize 
the animal heat from the bodies of the 
occupants, no waste room was desirable. 
The two sows make as good a stove as 
the colt, and maintain a comfortable 
temperature in coldest weather. The 
pigs arrived when outside temperature 
was 20 degrees above zero, while in this 
cozy retreat it was 60 degrees. One sow 
had 10 and the other nine. An abun¬ 
dance of shavings from kiln-dried lum¬ 
ber for bedding keeps them dry and 
clean. They will soon be removed to 
is given every day, but we have not warm¬ 
ed the water at all. During these months 
they have been constantly confined to 
house. Of the 103 that we started the year 
with, 20 were year-old hens, the rest pul¬ 
lets. In the two months we have cleared 
$76.70 above all expenses, on eggs alone, 
besides using about 20 dozen at home. 
Shelton. Conn. e. s. w. 
Good Heins.— I have a coop of 25 pullets 
and four hens, B. P. Rocks. They started 
to lay January 2, and I have averaged five 
eggs in January and 10 in February. These 
chickens are all raised from two prize 
hens, scoring 92% points, and they are bet¬ 
ter layers than any common hens I ever 
had. I feed a bran mash hot in morning, 
wheat and whole corn at 12 o’clock, and 
what is left oyer from my table at five 
o’clock. I have broken charcoal and coal 
ashes always in sight, and have kept them 
lccke'd up in a warm coop all Winter. 
Buffalo. N. Y. e. p. y. 
larger and colder quarters, to make 
room for the next arrivals. 
Utilizing Animal Heat. —Very few 
farmers yet realize the possibilities of 
warmth and comfort to be secured by 
utilizing the heat produced by the oxidi¬ 
zation of the blood. This colts’ stable 
of ours is not as well constructed as it 
might be, but is a good example of 
progress along that line. I rigged it up 
in a corner of an old building not less 
than 60 years old, built when green un¬ 
matched hemlock boards were consid¬ 
ered plenty good enough for barn siding. 
It still answers a very good purpose for 
storing hay. In constructing quarters 
for live stock so as to save the maxi¬ 
mum of heat, a few important rules 
must be complied with. The sides and 
ceiling must be perfectly airtight except 
as openings are provided for ventilation. 
The floor should also be reasonably 
tight, though this is not so important, as 
heated air does not pass downward un¬ 
less forced. Openings for ventilation 
should be provided with dampers. The 
greater the difference between outside 
and inside temperature, the smaller the 
flues necessary for a given amount of air 
to pass. The packing or dead-air spaces 
which prevent loss of heat by radiation 
from side walls and ceiling should be 
within the airtight lining. Four-inch 
studs with boards and paper on outside 
of studs, and boards alone on the in¬ 
side, with packing of shavings, straw or 
sawdust between, make a very good job. 
Keep in mind the building of an ice-box. 
Any arrangement that will keep heat 
out will keep it in. The arrangement 
for supplying fresh air described by Mr. 
Manchester on page 165 is good where 
the flue can extend above the roof some 
distance, so as to secure a good “draw” 
to it. Where a ventilating filter is used, 
a part or the whole of any old building 
can be made self-warming without any 
such flue. A double glazed sash is much ' 
better than one with single glass. 
O. W. MAPES. 
Curing Sore Teats. —Concerning inquiry 
on page 165, I have had four cases, but 
only one (the first case), which was thor¬ 
oughly developed—tip end of teat as large 
as a quarter and the teat more than 
twice its normal size, and this after using 
carbolized vaseline thoroughly and at last 
the addition of a little turpentine. Then 
I commenced with just common alum; 
took a medicine dropper for a syringe and 
injected a few drops of alum solution into 
the teat, and covered the end of the teat 
with all the shaved alum (unburnt) that 
I could get to stick on. I used this each 
time I milked, and the inflammation quick¬ 
ly responded to this treatment. In the 
other three incipient cases the alum on 
the outside was used three or four times, 
and no inflammation of the teat took place. 
E. D. R. 
MILK FEVER. 
W lay 3STot Prevent It ? 
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D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. I. 
EGGS 
BY HUNDREDS AND SETTINGS, 
White and Brown Leghorns, Barred 
Rocks, White Wyandottes, R.I. Reds, 
Pekin Due k. Catalogue free. 
ARTHUR MCCAIN & CO., Delaware, N. J. 
WE SELL STOCK & POULTRY FOOD 
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makes the goods no better. YViiy not keep it yourself and buy of the manufac¬ 
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THE EMPIRE FOOD CO., 54 ELIZABETH STREET, AUBURN, N.Y 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM 
Lafayette, Indiana. Largest Importers in America of 
OLDENBURG, GERMAN COACH, PERCHER0N-N0RMAR 
AND BELGIAN STALLIONS 
Our last importation of 1903, consisting of 100 head of German Coach, 
Percheron and Belgian Stal lions, arrived at Lafayette July 10, making three 
importations last year. Our first importation of 1904 arrived at Lafayette 
by special express January 10. Never in the history of the Lafayette Stock 
Farm have we been able to offer so great a lot of high-class stallions, three to 
five years of age. We select every horse ourselves, and buy nothing but good, sound, serviceable horses that 
will do our customers good and on which we will put a gilt-edge guarantee. We give long time to responsible 
buyers, and our prices are as low as any responsible firm can sell them Correspondence invited. 
J. CROUCH dfc SON, PROPS., LAFAYETTE, IND. 
—Rhode Island Reds, Light Brahmas. 
____ Barred Rocks. Hardy, proliti*, 
pure stock, bred on separate farms for eggs to hatch 
at 6 cents each. Write to WALTER SHERMAN, 
25 Boulevard, Middletown, R. I. 
r p p Q —Thoroughbred Rocks,Wyandottes, LeghornR, R. I. Reds, 
LUUO Orpingtons, Minorcas, Langshans, Brahmas. Cochins, 
Hanihurgs. 15, $1 ;40, $2. Cat. Free. H. K. MOHR, Quaker town. Pa. 
"\TALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM — Belle- 
▼ ville, Pa. 'Bronze and W’ild Turkeys. Leading 
varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Catalogue free. 
90 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. nook, 10c 
Rates free. J. A. BERGEY. Box 8,Telford.Pa 
UCIIC bred 18yearsrorEGGS. Barred Rocks 
Hh|lA up to 273 eggs a year. Catalog free 
■ ■ ■■ ■ * The New System of Hatching and rais¬ 
ing chick ins PAY8 the best of all. Try It. 
V. GRUNDY. Morrlsonvllle, III, 
C Rnrrfnn Box 63 , Charleston 4 Corners, N.Y., will 
i uUIUUII, spare a few Light Brahma Eggs,$1 for 15 
DADDCn DOPIfC exclusively. Best quality 
DAIttlEU ItUulVd stock. Eggs from prize 
winners at reasonable price. Circular free. 
J. W. COX. New Wilmington, Pa. 
Woodcrest Farm, 
RIFTON, Ulster Co., N.Y. 
Breeders of choice prize-winning Barred P. Rocks, 
White Wyandottes and Lt. Brahmas. We have won 
seventy-seven regular and special prizes at three 
large shows this season. Our matings for 1904 contain 
all the above prize winning birds. Eggs for hatching 
$4.00 per setting: two settings, $7 00; three settings. 
$10.00. Incubator eggs, $6.00 per 100. 
FOR SALE 
Buff Wyandotte Eggs, 75c for 15. 
Also Kalamazoo Silo, 160 tons 
capacity. Bound. 
CHAS. 1. MILLER, Box 735. Hudson. N. Y. 
White Plymouth Rocks. 
Fishel Strain, very fine. Eggs for hatching $1.00 
per 15; $5 00 per hundred. 
I8AAC C. CLARK, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
C. A. HALL, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
1200 S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from our egg-type strain. We have 
sele cted 600 of our best stock for breeding. Send for 
circular. WHITE & RICE, Box A, Yorktown, N. Y. 
Darrietnrnri Sable and White Scotch Collie Pups. 
ncglSTcTcU Males, $8.00. Females, $5.00. 
MRS. HUGH BRINTON, West Chester, Pa. 
S.C.White Leghorns 
Blanchard and Van Dreser strains. Eggs for 
hatching, $3.50 per 100. HiLANDALE Farm, Brooklyn, 
Ohi o. R. F. D- 2. _ 
THE FORESTSIDE WHITE LEGHORNS 
Bred especially for egg production. Eggs, $6 per 
hundred. THE FORESTSIDE, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE WHITE LEGHORN FARM. 
Cockerels, $2; Pullets, $1.50; Eggs, $1 for 15; $5pe» 
100. Heavy Winter layers. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS. li. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
MAN0KIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
Acknowledged the greatest egg-producing variety in 
existence. Stock and eggs for sale at farmers’ prices. 
R. B. PUSEY, Princess Anne, Md. 
CHOLERA 
PROOF 
Keep your HOGS Cholera- 
Proof for life by Ridgway’s 
New 1903 Process. 
One Cent a Head. Written guaran¬ 
tee. $10,000 security given. Agents 
wanted. ROBERT RIDGWAV, 
Box T, Amboy,Ind. 
One farmer raised and slaughtered in 16 years 463 
hogs 21 mos. old that averaged 538 lbs. each dressed. 
THEY WERE 
Jersey Red Hogs 
Hogs and Pigs for sale. Catalogue free. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Box 87, Moorestown, N. J, 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale 
MEADOW BROOK 8TOCK FARM. Rochester, Mich 
0 1 P DlftQ Registered! 
i li Ui rlUOj Farmers’ p 
l stock; none better. 
_ - prices, March and 
April farrow. J. D. DATES, Ludlowville, N. Y. 
RFRK^HIRF MAI F from 6 weeks to 5 months 
ULIlhOnillL. IflHLL old, extra GOOD. Mustsellto 
make room for s pring litters. W. A. Lothers, Lack, Pa 
CHESHIRE PIGS, 85. Yearling Boar. li. C. B 
Leghorn Cockerels. Sara A. Little.,Clyde, N.Y.. R.F.1> 
s the Cows 
In the U.S. 
do not pay ex¬ 
penses of labor 
and feed, states 
a well-known 
authority. 
The. remedy 
lies in using 
thoroughbred sires. Booklet B1 tells 
something about this. Write for it 
and for new Sale List B22 of JERSEY 
BULLS. Do it now. 
WINTERGREEN HILL FARM, 
SCOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK. 
Wliit© Plains, N. Y. 
HIGHEST GLASS JERSEYS 
BRIARCLIFF BEAU. 
THE BEST SON OF JERSEY BEAU. 
BRIARCLIFF BEAU’S get show promise of being 
great Dairy and Show animals. Uniformity, color, 
etc , are of the finest. 
Specialty— Young Bulls from this great 6lre. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and Standard-Bred 
BLACK MINORCAS and WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
S3f ~Correspondence solicited. 
B. E. ORTIZ, Supt., White Plains. N. Y. 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa- 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS 
FOR SALE CHEAP. 
Several very large, handsome, perfectly marked, 
registered Holstein-Friesiun bulls for sale at far¬ 
mer’s prices. From a year to 18 months old. Selected 
from best dams in herd of over forty head. All sired 
by Dora DeKol's Count. No. 23,757, or Corona Spofford 
Pietertje, No. 30.160. Extended pedigree furnished. 
Inquire P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y., or 
Mclennan bros. stock farm, 
Dkll McOlueb, Manager. 
R. F. D.. Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Good one», and all ages. Fine Yearling Balks 
ready ror servioe. 
RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write DELLHURST FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
Choice young stock of the best breeding for sale. 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCRE8T FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co., N. T. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULL CALVES 
for sale at very low prices. Write for list giving prices 
and breeding. W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES. Scotch Comes, Spayed 
11 Females. SILAS DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
MAPLE ROW STOCK FARM, 
AYRSEURBS.—Choice stock of the best Breeding for 
sale. Prices reasonable. Correspondence solicited. 
F. H. COOKINGHAM, Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
Berkshire Pigs 
breeding. 
Fall and Spring far¬ 
rowing ; low prices. 
Send for list giving 
W. W.'tHENEY, Manlius, N.Y. 
Berkshire Sows Bred for April Farrow. 
Sixteen bead of sows, bred to farrow in April, 1904, 
worthy of the consideration of any Berkshire fancier. 
Six of the number are a year old, and have produced 
fine litters In September. Also, 40 September farrowed 
Pigs. Tabulated pedigrees, certificates of registry, 
and transfer of ownership go with each Individual 
■Old. J. B. WATSON, Marbled ale, Ct. 
Reg Chinas, Berhshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks to 6 mos . mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return If not 
satisfactory; we refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., Ercildoun, Chester Co„ Pa- 
