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TIIH RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 17, 
SHAPE OF THE EGG. 
Is there any way of determining the sex of 
eggs previous to setting? I have heard it said 
that a long egg will hatch a male chick and 
short one a female. Is there good ground 
for that statement? c. F. s. 
No. Grafton, Mass. 
You should have a copy of “The Business 
Hen.” This matter is clearly explained by 
Prof. J. E. Rice in that book. There is ab¬ 
solutely nothing in the theory. The shape 
of the egg is determined by the shape of the 
hen or the passage in which it is formed. 
Each hen lays an egg of peculiar shape. 
ALL SORTS . 
A Growing Calf. —About April 20 Ran¬ 
som Van Benschoten, of Summer Hill, pur¬ 
chased a purebred Holstein bull calf. When 
Mr. Van Benschoten bought the calf it was 
two days old and weighed 108 pounds, and 
when six months old it weighed 665 pounds, 
showing a net gain of over three pounds 
per day. This calf has been fed to grow bone 
and muscle, not to fatten. j. m. p. 
Winter Eggs.—I keep about 60 hens in 
the Winter, and am very careful to have 
them warmly housed. From experience, I 
believe that without a warm henhouse hens 
will not lay well in cold weather, even if 
great care is taken with them in other lines. 
Every morning I give them wheat bran 
mash with a couple of handfuls of standard 
chicken food, also warm water to drink. I 
always feed them corn at night, and in 
severe weather warm water again at noon. 
I often give them cabbage, boiled potatoes, 
and sometimes ground bone, and always give 
them shells. We never are without eggs in 
the Winter. The hens usually begin laying 
about Christmas, and lay well the rest of 
the Winter. I cannot give you the amount 
of eggs we sell, but I will keep an account 
this Winter. c. i. m. 
Hudson, N. Y. 
Kid and Lamb. —At the same time as this 
paper reported that in Chicago people are 
"v^iying and selling goat's flesh openly for 
lamb, saying the prejudice is going or gone, 
it is difficult here to find out if there is a 
market for it. It is true that those who 
keep goats, mysteriously dispose of the un¬ 
wanted young; but if you ask your butcher 
about it, he is noncommittal. He would not 
hang up the kid carcass in his store, that 
is certain. A recent cablegram stated that 
a Parisian butcher had been lined for sell¬ 
ing kid as Iamb, and yet singular eatables are 
seen in Taris—to wit, a fox hanging be¬ 
tween deer! Only, though horseflesh is an 
established comestible, it must be so named 
and kept separate from beef. The folks over 
(here never lost the relish for Dobbin, which 
they had forced on them during the siege. 
Has the State any law against goat's flesh, 
or the City of New York? The goat is a 
“clean” animal under Jewish law, but I never 
knew of them eating it. h. i.. w. 
Pearl River, N. Y. 
Experience With Pork. —From 1880 to 
1890 I was farming in North Dakota, and 
while there had an experience that may be 
of interest and value to your readers. I had 
trouble the first year about salt pork spoil¬ 
ing, and found that others lost some. When 
the warm weather came the following Spring 
the salt pork spoiled. The second year I 
killed hogs at two different times, the salt 
pork from the first killing keeping well and 
the second spoiling. The trouble was ascribed 
to the barrels; some used whisky barrels, 
some molasses barrels, etc. I made up my 
mind the trouble came from killing when it 
was too cold. In that dry, sharp air an ani¬ 
mal would freeze a little on the surface with¬ 
in a few minutes after taking out the in¬ 
wards. This interfered with the proper cool¬ 
ing of the meat; the frozen surface shut in 
the animal heat. Acting on this theory I 
afterwards killed hogs when it was not so 
cold, and never had further trouble. There 
is much less liability of such trouble here in 
the East because it is seldom cold enough in 
the early Winter to produce such results; 
still it would be entirely possible, particularly 
In northern New York and parts of New Eng¬ 
land- F. H. B. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
A Canine Pocltryman. —Sandy is a 
Scotch collie, with a red Irish setter for a 
grandfather. He knows as much and is as 
highly respected as any citizen in that sec¬ 
tion of the universe (Bellingham, Wash.), 
and if he could talk would occupy an emin¬ 
ent position in the community. Last Sum¬ 
mer Sandy's particular duty was to look after 
the little chicks that were being hatched by 
by the dozen and seemed strangely incapable 
of caring for themselves. Notwithstanding 
the anxiety and admonitions of their mothers 
these little strangers would persist in run¬ 
ning into the high grass, and that was almost 
sure destruction, because very few of them 
could find their way out again. The mother 
hens would cackle and sputter and make a 
terrible ado about the recklessness of their 
children, but it didn’t do the slightest bit of 
good. It seemed to make the chicks more 
silly and daring. Sandy took the matter 
into his charge and with patience, gentle¬ 
ness and remarkable skill, organized a life¬ 
saving service that was eminently successful. 
No matter how he was otherwise engaged or 
what diversions were offered him, he never 
failed to make a thorough examination of the 
high grass several times a day, and seldom 
came out of it without bringing In his 
mouth a little chicken, which he would drop 
gently before the old hen it belonged to, 
and then go back into the wilderness for I 
another. Sometimes he brought out five or 
six in succession. Scarcely a day passed . 
that his live-saving service didn't rescue a 
large per cent of the broods that would other¬ 
wise have perished. He never wounded or | 
bruised them, but carried them in his mouth 
as tenderly as a mother would take a baby 
in her arms. And it seemed to me that the 
little chicks understood that Sandy was sure 
to rescue them and were all the more reck¬ 
less on that account.—Chicago Record-Herald. 
A Nurseryman's Sheep.— We have 
only a small hock of good-sized sheep, 
three purebred Dorsets and the remainder 
mixed grades, some Shropshires and 
others of Merino foundation crossed with 
Leicester ram. The latter give us the 
best results in good size, ruggedness and 
breeding. An apple orchard of about 
seven acres surrounds our house on three 
sides, and is fenced into four pastures. 
We shift the sheep from one to another, 
supplementing with bran or grains. Un¬ 
til they trimmed the trees up out of 
reach they were a nuisance. I have never 
found any satisfactory way to protect 
young trees except to build a wooden or 
wire pen about them. We have a warm 
pen with access to open yard for Win¬ 
ter, and by weaning lambs as early as 
possible and allowing ram to run with 
"hock we have succeeded in getting our 
lambs earlier each year. Our ewes are 
now commencing to lamb. We have used 
a purebred Dorset ram. We have had 
single lambs almost invariably. This year 
we have used on a portion of our hock 
a half-blood Tunis ram. Our lambs at 
40 pounds have brought us about $8 net. 
This year with earlier lambs we expect 
to receive more. frank e. rupert. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
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by forced feeding, and cost 
less to finish if Dr. Hess Stock 
Food is given regularly during '' 
the entire feeding time. Dr. 
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tonic and laxative, the famous 
prescription of Dr. Hess (M. D., 
U. v. S.), which aids digestion and 
assimilation,givingthe animal the 
power to rapidly convert food to fat. 
DR. HESS 
STOCK FOOD 
prevents disease by keeping the bog 
in a healthy condition, and in de¬ 
stroying the intestinal and other 
worms that sap vitality and growth. 
B j per lb. Id 100 lb. necks, f Except In 
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Smaller quantities a S Welted 
little higher. Small dose. L Sooth. 
Sold on a Written Guarantee. 
DR. HESS Sc CLARK, 
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Ashland, Ohio. 
Alfto munufactiirerM of I>r. Hess 
Poultry Pan-a-ce-a and 
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GEDKTEY FARM 
L>. E. OKTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST CUSS JERSEYS 
GOLDEN STREAMER 65000 
8on of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8th 
born Feb. 22.1901, and considered the best Jersey bull 
that ever crossed the Atlantic as a two-year old 
A tew choice Bull Calves for sale bv GOLDEN 
STREAMER and GOLIJEN FERN S LAD out of im¬ 
ported cows. 
Specialty— Young Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
PIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK MINORCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
fJ?” Correspondence solicited. 
GEDNEV FARM, White Plains, N. Y. 
Hog Sick? 
one cent 
that 
We ask only for an 
opportun i ty to con* 
viuce you with¬ 
out your risking 
BLATCHFORD'S OLD ENGLISH 
TflNIP will cure indigestion, constipation worms, 
I wlllU fevers, colds, and all the ordinary ailments 
of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. Complete list of 
ingredients on every package. We know that this 
is a truly superior restorative. Our customers are 
more than pleased and we wish every practical farmer 
would judge for himself its appearance, weight and 
smell. Ask your dealer or send for free sample, 
SPECIAL TRIAL OFFER and testimonials. 
BLATCHFORD’S CALF MEAL FACTORY, 
Dept. 52, Waukegan, Ill. 
(Established at Leicester, Eng in 1800.) 
Springbank Berkshires. 
I have some grand 11 months old Service Boars. 
Some Spring Gilts and Boars, and some Yearling 
Sows; will breed them for Spring litters. All first- 
class individuals. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor. Marbledale, Conn. 
Barge English Berkshires of choicest breeding 
for sale, males and females. Write for prices, etc., to 
NU [ WOOD FARMS, R. F. D. No. 4, Syracuse, N. Y. 
RegJ\ Chinas, Berkshires 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., Ercildpun, Chester Co., Pa. 
O UR LARGE ENGLISH long and broad, always 
mellow and marketable, the business type. 
Service Boars. Fall Pigs, Gilts bred for Spring 
farrow. Penna. Berkshire Co.. Fannettsburg, Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES g^SSS 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
O. I.C. PIGS. 
August and September farrow. Two Brood Sows; 
registered stock. Pairs and trios not akin. Farmer’s 
prices. F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia.N. Y. 
Shorthorn Bull No. 154287. Can use no longer; gentle, 
good milking blood. Price nnd particularsonapplica- 
tlon. MORGAN TOPPING, Walnscott. L. 1, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
:-8ix FOXHOUND PUPS six 
_ weeks old, $5.00 each (male or 
female). Also, Trained Fox and Rabbit Hounds; 
Two Fox Terriers. MELVIN THOMAS, R. F. No. 1, 
Wayville. Saratoga County, N. Y. 
FOR ^Al F~ Purebred SC0TCH COLLIE PUPS 
lUn uALL from driving stock: eligible to regis¬ 
tration. Prices moderate. Write promptly. 
W. W. CHENEY, ManJius, N. Y. 
nCATU Tfl I lf*E on HENS and CHICKS, 
UCA In I U LIUC 64-page book FREE. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. I. 
CUCTI AWn PflNIFQ Disposal sale of 70 head 
OIIL I LnliU I U HILO i of high grades bet lands. 
Catalogue and price list just published. Address, 
THOMSON PONY FARM, Toledo. Ohio, 
HIGH CLASS 
PERCHEltON AND FRENCH- 
Coach Stallions Scotch Collie 
Pups E S AKIN, Auburn. N.Y. 
JACKS FOR SALE. 
The finest lot of JACKS and JENNETS I ever 
owned. Some special bargains. Address, 
BAKER'S JACK FARM, 
Box 1, Lawrence, Inti. 
ANGORA BUCKS FOR SALE. Thorough- 
of Exile, 
bred Sons of Got! frev 
JOHN L. LEWIS. Corning, N. Y. 
BLIZZARD & HORSE ICE CALKS 
Sharpen your own horse. No waiting at the smith’s- 
Liberal prices to agents. S. W. Kent, Cazenovia.N. Y. 
MEND-A-RIP™ 
I kinds of Light and Heavy Stitching 
Does all kinds 
light and 
heavy riveting 
Will Save tub Prici op Itself 
Many Times a Year. A Perfect 1 
Hand Sewing Machine and Riveter combined 
To Show it Means a Sale. Agents 
make from $8 to $15 it day. One 
_ agent made $20 firet day and writes to Hurry 
more machines to him. Write for special agents* price. 
J.C.Foote Foundry Co., Eredericktown, O, 
The Great Agents Supply House. 
Breeders’ Directory 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
250 Registered Holsteins for Sale. 250 
Service Bulls, male and female Calves, Cows and 
Heifers bred to Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline Count, 
son of the world's champion cow. Aaggie Cornucopia 
Pauline, A. R. O seven day butter record 84.31 lb 
3 lb and 9 oz in excess of any other cow In the world. 
You will save money by ordering of Star Farm. 
Circulars sent on application. 
HORACE L BRONSON.Dept. D., Cortland, N Y 
N. B.—A few Bull and Heifer Calves at six months 
left, $100 takes a pair 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. R. O Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Waynes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manor 
DeKol. We will make attractive prices on these 
youngsters as they must be disposed of to make room 
for our crop of Winter Calves Write for prices on 
anything needed In Holstein-Frlesians. 
WOODCREST FARM. Rifion, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS 
from3 to 18 months old. A 
few choice young Cows, 
Improved Chester Whites of ail ages Prices right. 
CHARLES K, RECORD. Peterboro, N Y. 
BRILL FARM. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Home of Lord Netherland DeKol. Great slro 
of high testing butter cows Stock and prices right. 
E. C* BRILL, Pougliquag, N. Y. 
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QUALITY. 
99 
COD 0 AI C f Jersey Bull Calf, double grandson 
rUll uALL i of Emma’s Pearl 57485; best 21 lbs. 
butter in 7 days, from 365 lb 1 !, of milk, 87 lbs. butter 
in30 days, from 1522 lbs. milk The greatest Jersey 
cow that ever lived Also heifer calves, grand 
daughters of Emma s Pearl; dams giving over 8,000 
lbs. milk a year, and making ovor 400 lbs. butter. 
No fancy prices. Everything guaranteed. Address, 
E. W. MOSHER, Aurora, N. Y. 
JERSEYS! 
S. E. 
Combination and 
Golden Lad. For 
sale 11 cows, 10 heif¬ 
ers. and 25 bulls. 
N IVIN, LANDENKEKG, PA. 
Jersey Bulls, Berkshire Boars 
"Good Ones—Registered—Cheap, _ 
B. JY'SHANN'N. 905 Liberty Street, Pittsburg. Pa. 
CHOICE YEARLINC JERSEY BULL 
(registered), dam sister to Maquilla’s Violet 31 lbs 1 oz 
butter 7 days; also few grand yearling heifers, due to 
freshen late winter. A. F. PEIRCE, Winchester, N H 
WHITE SPRINGS FARM 
GUERNSEY HERD. 
Headed by PKTEli THE GREAT OF PAXTANG, 
No. 6346, and BLUE BLOOD, No. 6310. 
Such Cows as Sheet 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 
further particulars and catalogue, address, 
ALFRED G. LEWIS, Geneva, N. Y. 
OCC buys a registered DODO 
0JJH.F. Bull fromHUb 0 
Born April, 1904. Handsome individual. Hisdamis 
a large producer. His sire's dam lias A. R O. record 
of 20.77 lbs. butter in 7 days. He will please you. 
H. D. ROE, Augusta, Sussex County, N. J. 
POULTRY SUPPLIES— 
■ The Kind that Make Eggs—All per lOO lbs. 
Recleaned Ground Oyster Shells, 60c; Mlco'Grltlor 
Poultry. 60c.; MicoGrit for Pigeons,60c.; MlcoGritfor 
Chicks. 60c.; Saul’s Poultry Scratching Food $2; Saul s 
Poultry Mash Food, $2; Saul’s Pigeon Food, $2; Saul's 
Chick Food, $2.50; Cut Clover, $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 8eed, $3.50; Chicken Millet, $2.5). 
CHAS. F. SAUL, 220-224 James Street. Syracuse. N. Y 
SPECIAL BARGAINS. 
If ordered at once In Cockerels, Pullets, Trios, and 
pens of five or more. We have S. C and It. C. Brown, 
Buff and White Leghorns, BuffOrpingtons. R I. Reds, 
Houdans, Hamburgs, nrahmas, Pit and C. I. Games. 
White. Buff and Barred P. Uocks. Buff, Gold, Silver 
and White Wyandottes. Cochins, and ALL other 
breeds, price on application. 
MT. BLANCO POULTRY FARM, Carpenter, Ohio. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
won two first premiums at New York State Fair, 1904 
Trios, $5; Eggs, »1 per 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free 
ZIMMER BROS., R. D. 41, Weedsport. N. Y. 
R ft BJk. Minorcas, Wh. Brown and Bf. Legs, 
■ Of Bar. Rocks, Wh. and Bf Wyandottes, Reds, 
Sherwoods, Wh Wonders, Pk Ducks. Bronze Turkeys, 
Cockerels. MCCAIN CO , B., Delaware, NJ. 
90 
Var’s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty 60 p book, 10c- 
Rates free. J. A. BERGEY, Box 8,Telford,Pa, 
DMII TRY PAPER, illuBt’d, 20 page*. 
■ III I 25 centB per year. 4 months' 
trial 10 cents. Sample Free. 64-page practical 
poultry book free to yearly subscribers. 
Book alone 10cents. Catalogue of poultry 
books free. Poultry Advocate, Syracuse, N.If 
U C“ O U 1 O IT o—Young Boars, 
I ■ Ci O E I 1 IA E_ O Sows and 3-month 
Pigs of individual merit and from the best families. 
_ E S. HILL, Freevllle,N. Y. 
AYRSHIRES AND CHESHIRES 
Heifer Calf, six weeks, nicely marked; 5 Sows to 
farrow in February and March; service Boars; Fall 
Pigs in pairs: not akin. All stock eligible to registry. 
HOMER J. BROWN, Harford, Cortland County,N.Y 
n'jromnr niOC FOR SALE—From First-Prize 
untomne lIUuHerd at St Louis Exposition 
and New YorkState Fair. S. G OTIS, Sherwood.N Y. 
60—GREENWOOD HERD HOLSTEINS—60 
Write for prices for best bred and finest RULL CALVES in America. Fine show animals one month 
to one year old. Sire contains one-half the blood of Katy SPOFFORD CORONA, the World’s Champion 
Heifer in her class. In private, official, show, and economic records she has no equal. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, America’s leading strain for 22 years. ENGLISH BERKSHIRES 
Long Distance ’Phone. E, H. KNAPP & SON, Fabius, N. Y. 
