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WELL-BRED HOLSTEINS. 
The cows pictured on the first page, Fig. 
288, are members of the herd of W. C. 
Hunt, of Liverpool, N. Y. Mr. Hunt 
writes: 
“The cows arc Edith Prescott Pauline 
Dekol, 58104, who made 24 pounds five 
ounces butter A. R. O. last Winter, and 
Tehee Dekol, 44585, who made 24 pounds 
seven ounces in seven days. They are sis¬ 
ters, and a fair representative of my herd. 
I have a daughter from each of them, also 
a bull calf from each, sired by Duchess 
Ormby’s Butter King, 2015)0. I now have 
over 200 head in my herd.” 
KEEPING HOGS ON SHARES. 
The man I rent from wants to go in shares 
on hogs. I have not been keeping any. They 
are to be kept in the orchard, of which we 
each have half of the apples, and fed exclu¬ 
sively on swill, which I am to haul from the 
city four miles away. What share ought he 
to have if he furnishes the hogs, say six or 
eight-weeks-old pigs, and I haul the swill for 
them and feed them? They would of course 
eat the fallen apples. reader. 
The time to haul the swill and feed the 
pigs would amount to more than the cost 
of the pigs, but the party who furnished 
the pigs would be out in case any or all 
should die; consequently would divide 
equally. e. l. clarkson. 
New York. 
It would be customary hereabouts under 
such circumstances for the man who fur¬ 
nished the eight-weeks-old pigs and who 
owned one-half the feed except swill to 
receive one-half the sales price of the mar¬ 
keted hogs. This practice is not uncom¬ 
mon here, where swill and refuse arc 
hauled from the hotels and cottages 
around our Paw Paw Lake Summer re¬ 
sort. WILL W. FISHER. 
Michigan. 
It depends upon what weight it is in¬ 
tended to have them attain. If they are 
to be sold at say 150 pounds live weight 
the man furnishing the pigs ought to re¬ 
ceive 30 per cent of the increase in weight 
from the time the pigs are delivered to the 
feeder until sold, each party to assume any 
loss by death from disease or accident 
equally. If the apples are Winter varie¬ 
ties and sour, they will not cut much of a 
figure in gains made by the pigs. 
Connecticut. j. e. watson. 
Much would depend upon the number 
of pigs kept. For illustration, let us con¬ 
sider the proposition for the owner to buy 
50 good grade weanlings at $3 per head, 
representing an outlay of $150. It would 
seem to the writer that the time of the 
tenant and his horse or team in hauling 
swill from the town four miles distant, in¬ 
cluding interruption to other farm work, 
probably making the trip every other day, 
time of feeding, etc., could fairly be esti¬ 
mated at $1.50 per day. The pigs should 
weigh at the end of five montns 200 pounds 
each, and sold at a conservative market 
price of $5 per 100, would bring $500. 
Equally divided this would pay the owner 
$100 profit on his investment, and the ten¬ 
ant $100 profit on his labor, which repre¬ 
sents his investment. W. H. fisher. 
Ohio. 
Under the conditions named I think it 
would be fair for each to have half of the 
increase or profit and the renter to have 
half of the original stock, each paying 
half for any purchased food. He does not 
say whether the swill is to be had for the 
gathering or not, but I presume so. The 
hauling of the swill would offset the value 
of the stock. If the swill is to be paid for 
the owner should also do that. Under 
ordinary conditions each party usually 
furnishes half the stock. The tenant does 
the work and furnishes half the food. 
There ought to be a good profit in this for 
both parties. But care should be exercised 
that the swill does not contain poison from 
an excess of soapsuds, or by standing so 
long as to develop ptomaines. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
We think it would be more satisfactory 
in the end if both of the farmers kept his 
own hogs and allowed the owner of farm 
what little the fallen apples are worth. It 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
is a question if pigs so young will do well 
on apples and swill hauled from a town. 
If he has sufficient help at present properly 
to run the farm and team to spare to haul 
the swill it may pay. The owner of prop¬ 
erty is getting rent for farm. If he gets 
out of the hogs first cost, and a reasonably 
good profit out of the apples he should be 
satisfied. We think if he receives two- 
fifths of the selling price of hogs when 
marketed it will pay him fully as well as 
the renter with three-fifths. Thirty pigs 
at six or eight weeks old can be probably 
purchased, good ones, at $3 each, or $90; 
feed them until they dress 200 pounds each, 
net weight; then 30 head equal 6,000 
pounds. Count price of pork then $7 per 
100 the 30 would bring $420. If the own¬ 
er of farm gets two-fifths, or $168,, less 
what he paid for pigs leaves him $78 for 
his fallen apples, which we expect would 
be a good big price. You don’t give any 
idea how many apples or size of orchard, 
or if good grass in it. but as the question 
is put we think a fair division would be 
renter to have three-fifths and owner of 
farm two-fifths. Hamilton & co. 
Chester Co., Pa. 
From the statement of facts existing in 
the matter of a division of hogs, it will be 
necessary to assume that the tenant has 
some arrangements with the owner so that 
he is entitled to half the proceeds of or¬ 
chard. This point settled, we have only 
to figure the probable investment that each 
party will make in order to determine the 
per cent of proceeds that each should re¬ 
ceive. For convenience we will say that 
the owner starts out and buys 100 pigs six 
to eight weeks old. which should cost 
about $250, so that this amount represents 
the outlay that the owner makes. The ten¬ 
ant would have to feed the pigs about four 
months; this would make them ready to 
turn into money when they are six months 
old. This would necessitate his making 
100 trips to town for swill, which ought 
not to take him more than one-third day 
each time. This would be worth $1 per 
trip, making a total of $100; then it would 
take him from 15 to 30 minutes to feed 
three times a day, making a total of \ l / 2 
hour, which should not cost over 25 cents 
a day, making cost of feeding $25. Nothing 
is said about drawing to market, but we 
will allow $25 for performing that work, 
making $150 as the total outlay that the 
tenant will make. The amount invested 
being $250 for the owner and $150 for the 
tenant, making $400 the total amount in¬ 
vested, it is readily seen that the owner 
should receive 67J4 per cent and the ten¬ 
ant 37 y 2 per cent of the proceeds. If 
■there is sufficient nutriment in the swill 
to grow and keep the pigs in good condi¬ 
tion they should weigh not less than 125 
pounds at six months, and be worth $8 
each, or $800 for the bunch. This shows 
a very nice return for the amount invested, 
and we see no reason why it cannot be 
realized if the swill contains enough nutri¬ 
ment. F. II. GATES X SONS. 
New York. 
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248 McDermot Avenue, 
WINNIPEG. 
Ten Dollars a Day 
or more may be lost by the idleness of a horse trom 
sore neck, shoulders or like trouble, just when his 
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Bickmore’s Gall Cure 
is guaranteed 
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of Harness or 
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Scratches, 
Greasei lleel, 
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authorized to 
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$eSure And WorkThe Horse- \ 
A STABLE FIXTURE. 
Why not fit up cow barn or stable once for 
all to save work when you handle feed and 
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.DEATH TO HEAVES 
NEWTON’S Heave, Cough, Dis¬ 
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A veterinary specific for wind, 
r *.»^,throat aud stomach troubles. 
•t**** 1 Strong recommends $1.00 per 
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Burch Tattoo Marker 
For use In Ears of 
Horses, 
Cattle, 
Sheep, 
Swine and Dogs 
iflt£E catalogue of 
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For purposes of 
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Does not disfigure 
Animals. Marker tilted 
:t Letters or Figure* 
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