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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 17, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A PLASTERED HENHOUSE. 
A reader in Ohio says that in building a 
henhouse he is able to have it plastered on 
the inside for simply the cost of the lime. 
Never having seen a plastered henhouse he 
does not know whether it would prove an ad¬ 
vantage or not. lie thinks it could be easily 
cleaned, and that there would be no place for 
vermin. Do you think the plastered house 
would be an advantage, or would you prefer 
simply tarred paper or siding in the place of 
plaster? Would an air space of three or four 
inches between the plaster and side of the 
house help to keep the dampness out in Win¬ 
ter? 
I would prefer the plastered house. An 
air space between the plaster and side of 
the house I think would help to keep out 
the dampness in Winter, but it might cre¬ 
ate a draft which would be detrimental to 
the chickens. I would rather have an 
opening in the top of the roof arranged in 
such a way that there could be no draft. 
Quakertown, Pa. H. k. mohr. 
Most of my experience has been as a 
“hen man,” very little as a “gallinocurist,” 
so the question at issue somewhat puzzles 
me, but I should let the plaster alone. We 
in Newport Co., R. I., believe in the wide¬ 
spread colony plan as a general thing; 
houses six to 10 feet square and moved to 
fresh ground often, made to have as few 
hidden spaces as possible, so that kerosene 
or carbolic wash reaches every part. Lice 
are the cause of nearly all our trouble, and 
the - remainder is filth. These must be 
avoided. As I see it the plaster would 
have but one advantage, warmth. Wp 
have but a very moderate number of days 
in the year that are too cold for hens. 
They are all right down to 10 degrees if 
sheltered, and no drafts, and are clean, and 
we have but a moderate number of days 
that go under the zero mark. On the 
other hand, a double-thick house is too 
heavy to move often. 1 be extra thickness 
would best be of tough paper or thin 
boards, tar or a sticky lice repelling sub¬ 
stance between. If one must have a per¬ 
manent house, then use a scratching shed 
plan, and have this shed tight as to cracks 
and often kerosene all over; the inner part 
a cement floor and all roosts and nests re¬ 
movable. The whole should be turned out 
weekly, and plenty of boiling hot water 
slashed around and then dried out, after 
this carbolic or kerosene washed into all 
cracks. Plaster would do here if kept 
perfectly whole (but would it be.''), and it 
in New York State where it is cold weeks 
at a time I think I might use it with tar 
paper behind. Would carbolic water or 
kerosene water in the lime last any time? 
I believe plaster would be worse than 
nothing at all! I believe in curtain fronts 
to the sheds to keep out snow and rain 
and curtains to - the roosts in very cold 
weather. Walter sherman. 
Rhode Island_ 
DISEASES OF MILK; BITTER MILK. 
Milk is as much subject to diseases as 
any other part of a cow. I put this in this 
way for the reason that milk is a direct 
product of an animal, as much as the flesh 
is, for if it were not disposed of in this 
way it would form flesh, or fat going to 
increase the bulk of the animal. Conse¬ 
quently, when anything is wrong with the 
milk the cause of it is to be sought in the 
cow. Through many years of experience 
with cows I have never failed to find its 
source in the condition of the liver, and 
through the bloo'd, which is overcharged 
with bile, consequent on the disorder of 
this most important organ of the digestive 
system. Every intelligent person knows 
how soon any disorder of the digestive 
organs brings on what is called a bilious 
attack, with its accompanying yellowish 
infiltration of bile through the skin, this 
being discharged by the action of suitable 
medicines through the bowels and kidneys. 
It is a very certain thing well known to all 
medical practitioners, that the discharge 
through the kidneys carries off a very 
large proportion of these wastes, these be¬ 
ing filtered from the blood by the kidneys, 
in pursuance of their special function. 
This being so, it is a very simple matter 
to regulate it. Give a full dose of any 
suitable laxative which will act on the kid¬ 
neys as well as through the bowls, gently, 
so that the cow’s milking is not affected 
too much daily, for two or three days, 
after which soft foods are especially use¬ 
ful. The best medicine I have found to 
be Epsom salts in six or eight-ounce doses 
dissolved in oatmeal gruel or given in a 
mash. It by no means follows that what 
is very good for one cow is equally good 
for any other one, so that one must under¬ 
stand every cow’s disposition in this re¬ 
spect, and thus adapt the suitable treat¬ 
ment in every way to each cow intelli¬ 
gently. It required several years’ study 
and work to duly understand this part of 
the dairy business, but in the end got 
it right, and had no trouble after. One 
good thing to uo is to taste the milk of 
every cow before it is added to the rest 
of it. Then anything wrong is detected at 
once. HENRY STEWART. 
A FEW COW NOTES. 
Selling Off Cows.—“No trouble to buy 
cows this year,” said the dealer, “I have 
bought over 50 since I was here day before 
yesterday. The Bordens are not paying 
quite so good .prices for milk and other 
creamery and station buyers are eager 
to follow lead in the downward tendency 
of prices. Those arc good strong cows. 
The six-year-old is particularly good, and 
the other seems to have scarcely any fault 
except age. I can give $75 for the two, 
due to come fresh in October, and that is 
as good a price as I have paid for any. 
I shall want about a hundred for the 
farms that I manage, and may ship a 
couple of cars later. There are a good 
many for sale, and prices are not so strong 
as for several years past.” 
Feeding Sowed Corn. —After feeding 
oats and peas, then millet for a time, we 
began on sowed corn. Only two of the 
old dairy remain on the farm. Those 
have been taught to eat sowed corn and 
clean the manger every time, but the young 
cows that we have been growing up the 
past few years hadn’t learned the lesson, 
and they refused to make a clean job of 
it, some even refusing to do more than to 
take off a few of the choicest parts. The 
whole dairy, practically, had to be taught 
the proper method of procedure accord¬ 
ing to approved manners in the cow stable. 
It took quite a bit of coaxing by means 
of a sprinkling of some good feed and a 
little salt, assisted by the use of a limited 
ration of corn for a few days to bring 
them to the required standard. A few 
times it was necessary to go in and pick 
out all the butts of stalks that were left 
so as to give them a fresh supply. The 
cows appear to have the lesson well 
learned now, for we are giving a good 
feeding of the corn and they leave little 
or none. A little carelessness now and 
there would have been trouble right along. 
IIow It Is Handled. —There is a great 
deal in the way cows are fed, taught and 
cared for. Regarding sowed corn for Fall 
feeding, we usually sow the seed quite 
thickly in drills so as to get rather fine 
stalks, but for all that there are sometimes 
stalks that get to be pretty large and 
coarse. The old herd used to eat these 
clean, and the new one is pretty sure to 
do so before many days. A few years 
ago a caller remarked that he never saw 
cows eat “hand-spikes” before. The 
hired man quickly replied: “Them cows 
dasn’t do any other way than to eat up 
everything that is put before them.” That 
is about the way they had been brought 
up. A little careless feeding and there 
would have been a different story to tell. 
If in the habit of clearing the mangers 
they are pretty sure to do it unless there 
is an overfeed. They will eat more and 
do better if thus taught to feed. My 
father was, I suppose, the first one to grow 
and feed sowed corn in this vicinity. He 
got the idea some years ago by hearing my 
mother read from Moore’s Rural New- 
Yorker, and he at once proceeded to put 
the idea into practice. lie has probably 
not missed sowing some any year since. 
Corn is a wonderful plant, and can usually 
he relied upon for a fair crop for feeding 
almost any year if properly attended to. 
It has helped out wonderfully, many a 
year, when- the grass crop was short, mak¬ 
ing it possible to provide feed for the 
cows both in late Summer and in Winter, 
when otherwise feeding would have been 
impossible without purchasing roughage. 
We do not consider it quite so valuable a 
nutrient, or milk-producer as oats and 
peas, or even as millet, but it is more pro¬ 
ductive and more certain, taking all sea¬ 
sons and conditions into account. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. h. ii. lyon. 
When you write advertisers mention Ti b 
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Work 
Horses 
need not be laid off for 
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Cures while you work him of all Harness, Sad¬ 
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NKWTON’8 Heave, Cough, Dis¬ 
temper and Indigestion Coro, 
A veterinary specific for wind, 
r ro&L and stomach troubles. 
<..«■ Strong recommend* $1.00 per 
can. Dealers. Mail or Ex. paid. 
The Newton Remedy Co., 
Toledo, Ohio. 
Rumple Basin Sent 
FOR WATERING 5T0GIWN 5TABLE5 
On Approval 
Send for Catalogue 
and Price List. 
F. R. CHACE, 
Sherman. N. Y. 
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D. J. LAMBERT. Box 307. Apponaqg, R. L 
For Sale.— Scotch Collies, magnificent ly 
>red A. J. BENEDICT. Bristol, Wls . R. F- D. No. 2. 
COLLIES. 
Farm raised; highest breeding and quality. Puppies 
under three months old, males, $10.00; females, $8.00. 
Registered. (Photo.) 
PURITAN KENNELS, Deerfield, Mass. 
ANGORA GOATS. 
27 Registered Bucks. 
200 Does. Some Kids. 
POULTRY and FOX TERRIERS 
(FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT.) 
Catalogue fret. Established 1888. 
Elm Poultry Yards, Box Y, Hartford, Conn. 
10 
Yar’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats, 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book. 10c- 
Rates free. J. A. BEKGKY,Box 8,Telford,Pa- 
EMPIRE S1ATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Cockerels and Pullets, five months old, $1.00 each; 
heavy Winter laying strain. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BR08., R. D. 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
SPECIAL OFFER. ^sVnI'? 
We will furnish 10 young S. C. Brown Leg. Hens and 
one Cockerel for$8.60. All standard bred. Also, 
Cocks, Cockerels, Pullets and Hens, Trios, etc , of 
ALL BREEDS at extreme low prices, as we have 
to make room. Why wait until you have to have 
them and pay double our prices now. 
MT. BLANCO POULTRY FARM, Mt. Blanco, Ohio. 
O. I. C. PICS. 
August and September farrow. Two young Boars; 
registered stock. Pairs and trios not akin. Farmer’s 
prices. F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalla, N. Y.' 
Breeders’ Directory 
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 
Aagg o Cornucopia Pauline Count, No 20642, 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 Pietert.je Paul, No. 29830. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, Dept. D , Cortland, N. Y. 
WHITE SRRIAICS FARM 
GUERNSEY HERD. 
Headed by PETER THE GREAT OF PAXTANG. 
No. 6346, and BLUE BLOOD, No. 6310. 
Such Cows as 8heet Anchor’s Lassie. Imp. Deanle 
7th, Lady Myrtle of Homestead,'etc. The Herd num- 
ders about 40 carefully selected animals. Registered 
and tuberculin-tested. Breeding stock for sale at 
all times, including the choicest of Bull and Heifer 
Calves of all ages, and at reasonable prices. For 
furthor particulars and catalogue, address, 
»TVDI'I\ i -i T t'WIU rionnvil N. V. 
H0LLYR00D FARM HERD. 
HIGHLY BRED. ADVANCED REGISTRY. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. 
All the popular families represented. Size, Individ¬ 
uality, constitution and production, 
100 Choice Animals to Select From 100 
MATURE AND YOUNG STOCK FOR SALK. 
Few Bull Calves from 4 to 8 months old. Sired 
by MERCEDES JULEPS PIETERTJE 
PAUL, No. 29830. 
Dams with Official Advanced Registry Records. 
Write for description, breeding and prices; all will 
suit you. Come and see the Herd; only two hours 
from New York City. 
JAMES H. WALLICK, Mhulletown, N. Y. 
FOR HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
4oo4 and all age«. Fine Yearling Balia 
ready for service. 
RANIBOUILLET SHEEP. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
Write DELLHURST FARMS. Mentor, Ohio. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS. 
Choice young stock of the best breeding for sale. 
Prices reasonable. Every animal registered. 
WOODCRK8T FABM. Rifton. Ulster Co., N. Y. 
PUREBRED DOLSXElN BULL CALVES, 
* Chester Whites, all ages: best of breeding. For sale 
at reasonable prices. Ch as. K. Record, Peterboro.N. Y 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES Scotch Collies, Spayed 
II Females. SILAS DECKER. South Montrose, Pa. 
Jersey Bulls, Berkshire Boars 
"Good Ones—Registered—Cheap. 
R. F. SHANNON, H07 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST CUSS JERSEYS 
GOLDEN STREAMER 65000 
Son of Forfakshire out of Goi.dev Stream 8th, 
born Fob. 22,1001, and considered the best Jersey buii 
that ever crossed the Atlantic as a two-year old. 
Specialty— Young Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
PIGS- Standard-Bred BLACK MINORCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Correspondence solicited. 
GEDNEY FARM, White Plains, N. Y. 
the popular 
Eng. bacon 
>e Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
.7 it ,, , w cnW'IT V A mu n^hoctur. Mich 
LARGE YORKSHIRES! 
all ages, from Imported stock, 
at modest prices. W.H.Fisher, 
Soahr Building. Columbus, O. 
REGISTERED O. I. C PIGS 
at farmers’ prices. July and August farrow. Extra 
fine stock. J- 1>- DATES, Ludlowville, N. Y. 
OURITAN HERD OF CHESTER WHITES.- 
* The peer of any in America. Write your wants to 
WILL W. FISHER. B. 2. Watervliet, Mich. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES and Oct. boars. 
10 Fall farrowed sows, 2 yearling Boars, and Boar 2 
years old next 8ept; 6 Sows bred to farrow In May 
and June for sale at prices that no man in need of 
Berkshires can disregard. First-class individuals in 
all respects. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Ct. 
PUREBRED CHESTER&POLAND CHINA PIGS, 
$4.50 each; 3 for $12.50. Cash or C. O. D. Circular. 
ARTHUR MCCAIN & CO., Delaware, New Jersey. 
CHESHIRE PIGS. 
Fine rangy Figs at very moderate prices, 
ational Delaine Merino Rains for sale at reason¬ 
able prices. Ingalls & Son, Greenville, N. Y. 
R egistered suropshikes of choicest breeding 
for sale. Large and wcll-builtyearling Rams; also 
choice large March Ram Lambs. Cheap for quality. 
NUTWOOD FARMS, R. F. D.,No. 4, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Send for circular. 
Now Is tho time to purchase the BEST, and the 
BEST can be found at 
ALTAMONT STOCK FARM, 
Millbrook. N, Y. 
Property of G. HOWARD DAVISON. 
MORNINGSIDE FARM, Sylvania, Pa. 
CHESTER WHITES 
Both O. I. C. and Todd strains. 
Standard bred pigs for sale. 
Honest dealing my motto. M- L. 
Bowersox,li.3; Bradford, Dk. Co,0 
Keg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wkfl. to 6 mos.. mated not akin. 
’ Service Boars, Bred Sows. Write fot 
prices and description. Return if not 
satisfactory; we refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO.. Erclldoun. Chester Co., Pa. 
BROOKS I DE-MOYER DALE HERD. 
Having Just purchased the entire MOYERDALK HERD OF HOLSTEINS, we offer a 
selection from over 200 head of the highest class animals ever collected together. To reduce our 
stock at once we offer special inducements through August. 
STEVENS BROTKEB.S, LA.CONA, 3ST. Y. 
