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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 27, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
MANCHESTER'S DAIRY NOTES. be independent of them. We have saved 
Spraying the Cows.—Flies are here in a S ood many dollars by having these tools 
abundance, and unless the cows are spray- on die ^ arm ‘ 
ed milking is apt to be an unpleasant job. Cleaning the Cow Barn. —Ihe day has 
In spite of the fact that one of our good been rainy, and we have been sweeping 
careful agricultural experimenters has down the cobwebs in the cow barn. Al- 
proved that there is no difference in milk though it is only a few months since we 
yield, whether cows are sprayed or not, we gave it a good whitewashing, the walls 
prefer to spray the cows and have them live . overhead were pretty well covered. One 
in peace and comfort, and be able to sit reason is that part of the barn was never 
down and milk without getting a swipe ceiled, but simply a covering of straight- 
across the face and eyes that will almost edged boards overhead for the hay, and 
make a man see stars, to say nothing these leave so many cracks for hayseed 
about drawing brine from his eyes. We and dust to get through that we don’t like 
have seen the cows come in, tails all flying it. When we build another barn we shall 
and working both ways at once, and 10 
minutes after being sprayed stand as 
quiet as the proverbial lamb. Perhaps the 
experiment station man is right, but we 
don’t believe it. 
. Late Haying. —It is pretty near August 
10, and although we rather pride our¬ 
selves on being fairly good farmers, we 
have only just finished haying on the 
home farms. We began June 20, and 
whenever we could haying has been the 
order of things, but it has been a tough 
season, and many are far from through. 
With good weather we should have been 
through July 15, and some of our hay 
would have been much better, but we did 
secure a nice lot before July 1 that we ex¬ 
pect will bring out the milk. We raise 
considerable horse hay to sell, and this 
we cut later, as it does not deteriorate so 
fast, and besides is fed off the farm. So 
much bad weather gave us an opportunity 
to care for our corn and other things, and 
our silage corn now looks better than 
ever before. 
The Cow’s Stall. —In some stables the 
cows never have the same stall, and are 
fastened up wherever they happen to go 
in. We do not like this practice, and pre¬ 
fer that every cow should have her stall 
for her home; this they soon learn, and 
would be lonesome if turned into some 
other. We think it much easier to put up 
the cows and much less confusing. This 
hit-or-miss style is a good deal like the 
family whose members never have the 
same scat at table, and lop down at the 
nearest vacant chair. 
Cleaning Water Basins. —If you have 
water basins in the barn once in two or 
three weeks the basins should be thor¬ 
oughly cleaned out. More or less filth 
gets into them, whether they arc in the 
manger or back of it, and if left too long 
>ou will find upon examination that the 
water smells bad and is not fit for the 
cows to drink. Plug up the entering hole 
and wash out thoroughly; then dip out all 
the water you can, and with a cloth or 
sponge you can get it thoroughly dry. We 
enjoy seeing the cows come in the barn 
on a warm day and drink deeply from the 
basins. When it is hot they don’t like to 
wander far in the pasture for water, and 
without plenty of wfiter down goes the 
milk flow. If you have not water in the 
barn this is a good time of the year to put 
it in. Be sure it is protected so that it 
will stand a low temperature next Win¬ 
ter, as when it is the coldest and stormiest 
is the time you want it the most. If pos¬ 
sible have a stream running through the 
main pipe constantly, as the water will be 
cleaner and fresher. Use pipe that is large 
enough, so that it will not easily clog and 
can be flushed out. We think the one- 
inch size preferable, especially where a 
number of basins are on one line. Avoid 
all crooks and turns possible. It is a good 
plan to have your own tools to do this 
work and other repair work of the kind. 
Two pipe wrenches, a cutter, a vise and a 
set of dies will do. The vise and wrenches 
are handy for a great many things besides 
pipe work ,and ought to be on every farm. 
Plumbers’ bills are outrageous in many 
towns and cities, and it is a good thing to 
ceil overhead, as we have in part of this 
and found there but a few cobwebs. It is 
surprising how much lighter the barn 
looks after this sweeping, and how much 
cleaner things seem. One of the men said : 
“Suppose we will be able to get the cows 
in the barn to-night? It will not seem 
like home with the dirt all gone.” Those 
cobwebs set us thinking how easily some 
of us get them into our heads, and how 
frequently they need brushing down and 
burning up. We have been doing work in 
a certain way for some time, but wake up 
some time to find there is a better way. 
Once in a while we find some pet hobby 
of ours is only a cobweb, and ought to be 
cleaned out, but we are so used to living 
with them that it hurts to have a thor¬ 
ough housecleaning. If we are good 
dairymen constant reading of the best 
dairy papers, with other papers and mag¬ 
azines, will help to keep our heads clear 
and full of good thoughts, so that musty 
ideas will find no place in which to lodge. 
Lessening Milk Flow. —One good 
farmer writes: “Hard work to make milk; 
cows going down in spite of me.” A good 
many farmers are in the same boat. The 
pastures, in spite of frequent rains, do not 
furnish sufficient food for plenty of milk, 
and even an added grain ration doesn’t 
entirely fill the bill. A natural shrinkage 
there will be, but good care will bring this 
down to a minimum. Give them at least 
one good feed a day in the barn; rowen, 
oats, corn fodder, even weeds will help 
greatly, and will not go to seed if fed in 
this manner. A good many farmers make 
the sad mistake of letting their cows run 
down at this time of the year, and in 
spite of good care later they never get 
back where they ought to be. Note that 
we said feed in the barn. It is quite a 
common practice in some sections to cut 
fodder of some kind, cart it to the pasture 
and throw it over the fence for the cows 
to fight over and waste, and the strongest 
cow gets the lion’s share, while the more 
timid one that perhaps gives more milk 
gets what she can between times. This is 
a wasteful practice, and although it may 
save a little work it doesn’t pay. The 
manure that may be saved in the barn 
pays for the extra work, and each cow gets 
the share that is intended for her, and can 
eat it in comfort. 
yi Precocious Heifer. 
I have a 13-months-old heifer that is giv 
ing two quarts of milk per day; she has 
never been bred. What effect will this prob- 
auiy have on her future usefulness as a 
dairy cow? .Should this milking be discon¬ 
tinued. E. II. 
Jeffersontown, Ky. 
A 13-months heifer is little more than a 
calf, and we should not want her giving 
milk if we expected her to turn out a 
profit for us later. Undue forcing never 
pays, as we have found out to our sorrow. 
We have now in our barn a little heifer 
that by accident was bred too young, and 
while she gives some milk is only a “runt" 
and never will make a profitable cow. We 
have offered her to two or three cattle 
dealers, but none of them could see $15 in 
her. We think it would be betier to dry 
off the heifer and not breed her to come in 
until she was from 26 to 30 months old. 
She cannot make milk and a good growth 
at the same time, and you arc probably 
sacrificing her future usefulness for a 
small amount of milk. h. g. m. 
Dairy Notes. —Cows are doing: even better 
than last year. Grain of all kinds is very 
high compared with last year; in fact, grain 
has fallen but very little since last Winter, 
and farmers as a rule have not fed much 
grain as yet tills Summer, but have just com¬ 
menced feeding and are on tlie increase every 
day. I think that the farmers as an average 
will keep just as many cows as usual; they 
seem to think that every cow means more 
milk and the outlook for dairying is just as 
good as it ever was. Farmers are cutting 
lots of hay. and with what crops they raise 
everything looks fair for a prosperous year. 
Brisbin, N. Y. m. c. m. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES and Oct. boars. 
10 Fall farrowed sows, 2 yearling Boars, and Boar 2 
years Old next Sept; 5 Hows bred to farrow In May 
and June for sale at prices that no man In need of 
llerkshirescan disregard. First-classindividualsin 
all respects. J. 15. WATSON, Marblodale, Ct. 
Send for circular. 
Now is the time to purchase the BEST, and the 
BEST can be found at 
ALTAMONT STOCK FARM, 
Millbrook. N, Y. 
Property of G. HOWARD DAVISON. 
Large English Berkshires of choicest breeding 
for sale, males and females. Write for prices, etc. to 
NUTWOOD FARMS, K. F. D.,No. 4, Syracuse, N.Y. 
LARGE YORKSHIRES! 
all ages, from Imported stock, 
atmodestprices. W.H.Fisher, 
Spahr Building, Columbus, O. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES ffixs 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester, Mich 
DURITAN HERD OF CHESTER WHITES- 
The peer of any In America. Write your wants tc 
WILL W. FISHER, B. 2. Watervliet, Mich. 
Re& P, Chinas, Berkshires and & Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 mos.. mated not akin. 
Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return if not 
satisfactory; weiefund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO.. Ercildoun. Chester Co., Pa. 
CHESTER WHITES 
Both O. I. C. and Todd strains. 
Standard bred pigs for sale. 
Honest dealing my motto. M.L. 
Bowersox.R.3; Bradford, Dk. Co.O 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Cockerpls and Pullets, five months old, $1.00 each; 
heavy Winter laying strain. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS., R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons. Parrots, Dogs. Cats, 
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Chicks,OCc.: Saul’s Poultry Scratching Food,$2; Saul s 
Poultry Mash Food, $2; Saul’s Pigeon Food, $2; Saul’s 
Chick Food, $2.50; Cut Closer, $1.60; Clover Meal, 
$1.60; Pure Ground Beef Scraps, $2.25; Pure Meat 
Meal, $2.25: Pure Meat and Bone, $2.25; Pure Poultry 
Bone, $2.25; Pure Bone Meal, $2.25; Hemp Seed, $3.60; 
Sunflower Seed, $3.50; Chicken Millet, $2.50. 
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For Sale. — Scotch Collies, magnificently 
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Horses, 
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Breeders’ Directory 
GEDNEY FARM 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST CLASS JERSEYS 
Son of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8 th, 
born Feb. 22.1601, and considered the best Jersey bull 
that ever crossed the Atlantic as a two-year old. 
Specialty— Young Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BURKSHIRE 
PIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK MINOKCAS an# 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
S3T Correspondence solicited. 
GEDNEY FARM, White Plains, N. V. 
EXILE OF ST. LAMBERT 
JERSEYS. 
Y., by the late W B. DINSMORE in 1860. and now 
largely made up of the blood of Exile of St. Lam¬ 
bert, has a few surplus animals of both sexes and 
various ages to dispose of. 
Representatives of the nerd are in every State 
and Territory in the country. Apply to 
TIMOTHY HERRICK, Supt., Staatsburgh, N. Y. 
■ Combination and 
J Golden Lad. For 
■ sale 12 cows, 6 heif¬ 
ers, and 21 bulls. 
S. E. NIVIN, LANDKNBK R G , PA. 
THREE .JERSEY BULLS,3,11 andI2monthsold 
1 Solid color, St Lambert strains; good and cheap 
J. ALDUS HERR, It. R. 4. Lancaster. Pa. 
Jersey Bulls, Berkshire Boars 
Good Ones—Registered—Cheap. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
VILLAGE 
FARM 
ANGUS & HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Registered end grades all ages and sexes* 
and of champion blood for the beef and milk 
strains and at moderate prices. Also Nursery 
stoc k of a ll descriptions. 
MYER db SON 
BridgevIUe, Delaware* 
HOLSTEINS 
Won more FIRST and SECOND PRIZES, and 
more MONEY in PRIZES, as offered by the 
IIOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION for A R O 
Rutter Tests, than was won by any other HERD for 
the year just past, 1903-01. Over ONE THOUSAND 
cows took part in this competition. My herd contains 
s6 Cows, milking age; 84 Heifers, under milking age; 
45 Bulls and Bull Calves; total, 215 head. Headed by 
DEKOL 2ND’S MUTUAL PAUL, 25700. 
DUCHESS ORMSBY’S BUTTER KING, 30190 
In the Herd there are 65 grand-daughters of 6ix of 
the WORLD’S greatest cows, viz : Sadie Vale Con¬ 
cordia, 3056 lbs. 16); Helena Burke, 25 7-16 lbs. (6); 
Belle Korndyke, 253f lbs. (7); Segis Irka,28 lbs. (7); 
Duchess Ormsby, 24)4 lbs. (10); DeKol 2nd,269-16 lbs. 
F29). My farm contains only 248 acres. My stables 
have a capacity of only 140 animals. I must sell 75 
head at once. Inspection solicited. Address, 
W. C. HUNT, Liverpool, N. Y. 
Farm 20 min. from Syracuse by trolley or steam roads 
#T (Hu PT 9 Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline 
AA I l\wL O (Holstein - Friesian), the 
Champion Oflicially Tested Butter 
Cow of the World, 
WAS BRED, RAISED and is OWNED. If in the 
market for this class of stock, write, or better come 
and see the herd; 70 head to select from. 
H. I). ROE, Augusta, Sussex County, N. J. 
SPECIAL BARGAINS 
IN RICHLY-BRED 
HOLSTEINS * 
Leading families. W rite me, describing what you wish. 
Will quote lowest possible prices to quick buyers. 
N. F. SHOLES. 128 Bastable Block. Syracuse, N. Y. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS 
THIRD MID-SUMMER OFFERING. 
30 Registered Holstein Cows, due to freshen within 
60 days. 20 Registered two-year-old Heifers, bred to 
Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline Count, No. 29642, the 
Champion Bull of the World. 10 Registered Holstein- 
Friesian Service Bulls ready for immediate use. 2 
Registered Holstein-Friesian male calves from Mer¬ 
cedes Julip’s Pietertje Paul, No. 29830. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, Dept. D , Cortland, N. Y. 
FOR HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Stood one*, and all ages. Fine Yearling Bulla 
ready for service. 
RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
■write DELLHURST FARMS, Mentor, Ohio. 
BRILL FARM. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Home of Lord Netherland DeKol. Great sire 
of high testing butter cows Stock and prices right. 
E. U. BRILL, Poughquag, N. Y. 
nyw* I tiro - r KIESBANS. 
.Choice young stock of the best breeoing for sale. 
Prices reasonable, Every animal registered 
WOODCREST FARM. Kifton. Ulster Co.. N. T. 
pUREBKrjn UUliSTEIJN HULL CALVES, 
•Chester Whites, all ages: best of breeding. For sale 
at reasonable prices. Chas. K. Record, Peterboro.N.Y 
