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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
horse cultivators. How about the extra 
man ? Given a high-grade fertilizer 
actually worth $40 per ton, and a low- 
grade fertilizer only worth $20 per ton, 
which will pay best, to apply half a ton 
of the former to one acre or a ton of the 
latter to two acres, if, in that case, the 
two acres will yield only just as big a 
crop as the one acre ? He admits that 
the cow must have the proper feed to 
produce the desired results. But just 
think of it; Brin would have to masticate 
about 160 pounds of corn stover every 24 
hours in order to get all the muscle¬ 
making substance to which she is en¬ 
titled, and unless that “some grain” be 
given in very fair proportions, her 200- 
pound record will soon be smashed into 
fractions. 
But let us see what the figures have 
to say. Let us suppose the case of a 
farmer who raises Red clover mainly to 
improve his land. Say that he cuts 30 
tons for hay, and keeps 10 Brins to con¬ 
vert this into manure in six months’ 
time, and, incidentally, at the rate of 
200 pounds per year, they yield 1,000 
pounds of butter, worth at 16 cents per 
pound, $160. His neighbor cuts as much 
clover hay, but keeps 10 400-pound 
Jerseys for profit. He sells half of the 
hay at the, here, fair average price of $10 
per ton and gets $150 which he invests 
in 10 tons of bran. He can now feed a 
nicely balanced ration without unduly 
cramming the paunches of his cows. 
Both, plainly, feed the same value. 
Brin is apparently satisfied ; Jersey does 
not “kick” against her ration. But 
during the six months, the 10 Jerseys 
yield 2,000 pounds of butter, which, at 
the above price, are worth $320, or a 
gain of $160 without feeding the Jerseys 
one cent’s worth more value than the 
Brins get. Ah, but the manure of no 
less than five tons of feed is gone ! Well, 
let us be fair. If a man can save 75 per 
cent of the manurial value of a given 
feed, he is doing fairly well; better than 
most of us are doing. On this basis, 30 
tons of clover hay, after feeding, are 
worth about $100. Credit the Brins with 
this amount. Then 15 tons of clover hay, 
after feeding, under the same condi¬ 
tions, are worth $95, and 10 tons of bran, 
$96, or a total of $191 with which the 
Jerseys must be credited. By way of 
parenthesis, the manurial value of 10 
tons of bran is rather more than that of 
15 tons of clover hay. As the cost of the 
feed for the two sets of cows exactly 
balances, we may drop the cost from our 
calculations. Summing up we get the 
following statement: 
10 Jerseys are credited with : 
2,COO pounds butter at 16 cents.$320 
Value of their manure. 191 
Total. $511 
10 Brins are credited with : 
1 000 pounds butter at 16 cents.$160 
Value of their manure. 190 
Total. $350 
In favor of Jerseys.$161 
Were it necessary, I could show that 
the Jerseys could yield a still better 
profit, by selling more of the hay and 
investing the proceeds in cheaper rough- 
age and some more concentrated feed, 
such as linseed and cotton-seed meal. 
Different cows are different kinds of 
machines, and Mr. Breed has no more 
right to condemn Jersey because she 
cannot rough it like Brin, than he has a 
right to condemn his reaper because he 
cannot drive with it from the wheat 
field into the woods and cut his wood 
for the winter. The different machines 
require different material to work upon, 
and when each machine is supplied with 
the material to which it is adapted, and 
does not pay a profit, it then becomes a 
robber. Friend Breed need not fear 
that The R. N.-Y. has been teaching 
heresies all these years. An old colored 
woman had extreme faith in prayer. 
One day, being out of bread, she prayed 
for some. A mischievous boy over¬ 
heard her, procured a loaf, dropped it 
down the low chimney into the fire¬ 
place, and ran to the door to note the 
effect. The old woman was saying : “I 
knew that the Lord would send me 
bread.” The boy remonstrated and 
narrated his part in the matter. “Well,” 
she said, “ anyhow the Lord sent it, if 
the devil did bring it.” In like manner, 
a little reflection and figuring must 
prove to Mr. Breed that The R. N.-Y. 
has been presenting the truth about 
cows, although, sometimes, “the devil 
did bring it.” j c. senger. 
Virginia. 
TWIN BULLS AND FREE-MARTI NS. 
Have you ever known cases where cows have 
given birth to twin bulls ? Are not such twins 
usually one of each sex ? Will such twin bulls 
prove profitable as breeders? Have you ever 
known a free-martin or twin heifer calf to prove 
a breeder ? 
Twin bull calves are not unusual. We 
have known of no less than 50 pairs of 
such. They are all right for breeding 
purposes. Heifers which are twins with 
bulls are usually failures as breeders, 
although we have known of a few in¬ 
stances where they have bred success¬ 
fully. SMITHS & POWELL CO. 
New York. 
Twin bull calves are as frequent in 
our herd as twin heifers. One pair of 
bull twins were turned to beef, and one 
pair were sold for breeding purposes, 
and gave good satisfaction. I have had 
no experience in breeding a free-martin, 
but it is said among cattlemen that, in 
very rare cases, they do breed. The 
bull twin of a free-martin will breed. 
Illinois. D F. MILLER. 
I have known twin bull calves, and 
have seen oxen that were claimed to be 
twins. I do not know whether it is a 
rare occurence. I have never had my 
attention called to it. I have never 
known a free-martin to breed, but I 
understand they do in rare instances. I 
have failed to get them in calf, and 
when slaughtered they seemed not fully 
developed. I should not raise one with 
any expectation of its breeding. 
Vermont. c. m. winslow. 
I refer you to the published herd books 
of the several associations of cattle 
breeders, as giving the most satisfactory 
and reliable information upon the sub¬ 
ject requested. It is assumed that the 
records which make up these books come 
from breeders who are reputable them¬ 
selves and that they are so far guarded 
and verified by the associations accept¬ 
ing them, that the facts as presented 
may be relied upon. Without attempt¬ 
ing to cite specific cases of twin births 
from our domestic cattle, the records 
referred to will show both to be males 
in a fair proportion of cases, although it 
is more common to find both females, 
and my impression is that it is still 
more so to find one of each sex. The 
general impression that in the latter 
case the female will prove to be what 
is known as a free-martin, or non¬ 
breeder, is borne out by a majority of 
the cases on record. Yet there are a 
goodly number of well-authenticated 
cases in which free-martins have 
proved to be regular and prolific breed¬ 
ers. Most of the herd books of pure¬ 
bred cattle will give examples of the 
kind cited above. henry e. alvord. 
Chief Dairy Division, Dept, of Ag. 
No case of this kind (twin bulls) has 
ever occurred in my experience. I have 
known free-martins prove useful breed¬ 
ers. It seems to be invariably true 
that when the heifer in such instances 
has the appearance of the opposite sex, 
in having a strong, straight horn, square, 
burly head and short, thick neck, she 
proves a non-breeder. This maintains 
the position you will find most veteran 
breeders insisting on in their selections, 
namely, that the strong development of 
the sexual characteristics is good evi¬ 
dence of desirable breeding qualities 
and that possession of characteristics 
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belonging to the opposite sex is equally 
good evidence of non-breeding tenden¬ 
cies. Sex characteristics spring from 
sexual development, and on the healthy 
growth of the latter largely depends the 
future breeding qualities of the animal. 
Almost every breeder has innumerable 
instances within his experience bearing 
out the position that when animals have 
the characteristics peculiar to those of 
the opposite sex, they are likely to prove 
infertile, or at least, devoid of the ma¬ 
ternal instincts common to good brood 
animals. .tohn a. craig. 
Wisconsin Exp. Station. 
I have never had any personal experi¬ 
ence with cows that have given birth to 
twin male calves. Our veterinarian, 
however, has had personal experience of 
this kind several different times, and my 
foreman also tells me that his father had 
a Short-horn heifer that gave birth to 
two roan male calves. I see no reason 
why there should he anything novel in 
this circumstance. I have among my 
notes several cases of free-martins that 
gave birth to calves. These are, how¬ 
ever, exceptional cases, and free-martins, 
as a rule, must be sold to the butcher. 
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