1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
495 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
apparently, have the power to pass them 
either to the first or third stomach at 
their pleasure. In the first stomach, the 
poison would be greatly diluted by be¬ 
ing mixed with the large quantity of 
contents, and absorbed slowly; while in 
the third stomach, it would soon pass 
on to the true stomach and intestines, 
where it would act quickly and more 
violently. 
At six pounds to 50 gallons of water, 
the solution contained nearly two ounces 
of blue vitriol per gallon. The cow 
could, ordinarily, safely drink one gal¬ 
lon, possibly two gallons, of the mix¬ 
ture. If taken into the paunch, she 
might survive four gallons, but if passed 
directly to the third stomach, it would, 
probably, prove fatal. 
The proper domestic antidote for blue 
vitriol, as well as for the other copper 
salts, would be copious drenches of 
boiled starch, white of egg, or milk, fol¬ 
lowed by a purgative dose of salts, one 
or two pounds of Epsom salts, according 
to the size and condition of the animal. 
Of the other poisons commonly used in 
insecticides and fungicides, the arseni¬ 
cal preparations are the most active and 
dangerous. In the case of poisoning by 
Paris-green or London-purple, sweet or 
linseed oil, melted lard or starch gruel 
should be freely given. If near an 
apothecary, get five or six ounces of the 
freshly precipitated hydrate of iron, and 
give one ounce every hour until relieved. 
For the horse, the same antidotes are 
given as to the cow, except that where 
a physic is given, aloes should be used 
instead of salts. 
Abortion in Cows. 
./. K. L., Minora, N. Y. —In my herd of eight 
Jersey cows, four have lost their calves from five 
to two months before their time was up. What 
is the cause of it, and is there any remedy ? I 
feed a grain ration of two quarts of glucose, two 
quarts of bran, one pint of cotton-seed meal per 
cow. 
There is such a variety of causes for 
abortion, that it would be impossible to 
give an opinion as to the probable cause, 
from the data furnished in your letter. 
In general, if not due to some fault in 
management, unwholesome food or un¬ 
healthful surroundings, it is contagious 
abortion and will require thorough 
treatment to eradicate it from the herd. 
If any of the cows that have aborted 
still have a discharge from the vagina, 
isolate them at once from the rest of the 
herd and irrigate the vagina, and womb 
if possible, with a solution of mercuric 
chloride — corrosive sublimate — (mer¬ 
curic chloride one dram, common salt 
four ounces, soft water four gallons). A 
simple, convenient apparatus for making 
the injection is a piece of one-half or 
three fourths inch rubber tubing about 
four feet long, into one end of which is 
fitted a glass or rubber funnel. To make 
the injection, soap the right hand and 
arm and carry the free end of the tube 
well forward into the vagina ; and if the 
neck of the womb be sufficiently relaxed, 
as is usually the case, carefully push the 
tube through the neck into the womb. 
Then withdraw the arm and elevate the 
funnel above the animal’s hips while an 
assistant pours in the irrigating fluid. 
Continue the injection until the liquid 
run away clear ; then lower the funnel 
below the hocks to draw off the greater 
part of the remaining fluid. Repeat the 
injection daily for, at least, a week, or 
until all discharge ceases. Tne external 
organs, tail and hind legs, should be 
sponged off daily with a stronger solu¬ 
tion—one dram corrosive sublimate to 
two or three quarts of water. 
If another cow aborts, isolate her at 
once and use the injection, and work as 
directed above. In addition, the fetus 
and membranes should be burned or 
deeply buried, and everything with 
which the fetal fluids have come in con¬ 
tact thoroughly disinfected. A cheap, 
but efficient disinfectant is a solution of 
one-half pint of the concentrated, com¬ 
mercial sulphuric acid in each 10-quart 
bucket of water. A common house 
broom is convenient for scrubbing or 
sprinkling the stable and stall occupied 
by the cow at the time of abortion. If 
the abortion occur in the yard or field, 
endeavor to find the place, and dust 
liberally with air-slaked quick lime, or 
sprinkle with freshly prepared white¬ 
wash. Aborting animals should not be 
bred for, at least, two months after all 
vaginal discharge has ceased. 
By way of precautions, be sure that 
the bull used is strong and vigorous. 
See that the drinking water is pure and 
that the food is wholesome and free 
from must or mold. If there be any 
decomposing animal or vegetable mat¬ 
ter about the place, or foul odors from 
other causes, they should be removed. 
POULTRY KEEPING IN CALIFORNIA. 
Three years ago, I started to breed 
market poultry, through the remarks of 
The R. N.-Y. The first year we will 
pass over, the second was a little better, 
although not on a paying basis ; it 
showed me where my mistakes were and 
how to remedy some of them. My great¬ 
est trouble with chickens was their 
dying from various causes, principally 
indigestion, thus throwing back those 
which did not die, so as not to have them 
ready in time for market. One thing, 
however, I observed, there were always 
some (sometimes very few) which seemed 
to thrive, whether rain or sunshine, soft 
or dry food. To find out the parent bird 
was the next step, and she generally 
turned out to be “ always wanting to 
sit,” that is to say. she would always 
lay 15 to 20 eggs, when she went off for 
a vacation; besides, I found that the 
eggs from one poultry house hatched 
stronger chicks than from another house, 
and these chicks could stand forcing so 
as to produce early broilers. 
The climate here is rather peculiar ; 
often in December, January and Feb¬ 
ruary, the temperature will be 70 to 75 
degrees at noon and. perhaps, a few de¬ 
grees of frost at five to six the next 
morning. My poultryhouse, that I put 
up myself, is on Fred Grundy’s plan, 
built of matched lumber. Another house 
built years ago by my predecessor, has 
laths two feet long the whole length of 
the front, otherwise it is tight and warm. 
I had 50 B. Leghorns in this house, and 
40 P. Rocks in tbe former. 
When I read your articles about feeding 
a hen, it opened my eyes. I buy now 
foodstuffs cbeap that I formerly thought 
were of no value for poultry. Generally 
I am able to get beans at $7 to $3 per ton ; 
these are ground with oats for $3 (grind¬ 
ing price), and $13 to $15 per ton for oats. 
This with a little corn and 50 per cent 
of bran and middlings at $13 to $19 re¬ 
spectively, constitutes my general grain 
bill, with occasionally a little linseed 
cake for a change. Alfalfa and wild 
clover are growing all over the orchard 
until they are killed by the cultivator in 
May; 1.500 cabbages, two tons of pola 
toes and 2k£ tons of carrots and ruta 
bagas are also raised for their sol- 
benefit, 100 pounds of boiled horse meat 
per week, and sometimes a little wheat, 
constitute their bill of fare. Wheat, 
however, is now too dear, so I use a good 
deal of barley. We (for there are two 
of us, wife and I.) raised, last year, 9o0 
broilers and 288 Pekin ducks. Our in¬ 
cubators hatched 4,400 fertile hen eggs 
so by the above you will see that 75 per 
cent died, raising only 25 per cent to 
market size. Of ducks we raised 33 ppr 
cent; but unless young ducks can be 
ready for market by February, whi n 
the price is from $6 to $6.50 per dozen, 
it does not pay. In the summer months, 
ducks are worth only $3 per dozen here 
Although we still raise some duckling , 
we depend on broilers (large size) to pa r 
the bill from January to June. 
If I wish plenty of eggs from my Leg 
horns, I feed them soft food every morn 
ing, give them a free run in Alfalfa dur¬ 
ing the day, with barley, wheat and 
little corn for supper. I keep roosters 
running with them, as it has a tendency 
to made them attend to business and 
start in early after moulting, in fact 
sometimes before this process is com¬ 
pleted. These birds are all kept roost¬ 
ing in the poultry house. My breed 
ing stock for broilers consists of selected 
hens, purebred P. Rocks and others hav¬ 
ing more or less of the same blood or W 
P. Rocks or Wyandottes. These hens 
have all been selected, because most of 
their eggs hatch well, and the chicks 
grow rapidly. I have bred most of them, 
if not ali, on the place ; they are two to 
three years old, weigh from 6 to 6k£ 
pounds each, and are more or less of a 
pugnacious disposition, and 1 have seen 
five of them killing a three-foot Gopher 
snake, and afterwards disabling one an¬ 
other over the spoil. They are in five 
flocks of ten and a, rooster to each flock. 
They have soft food but once a week for 
a change, and very little of that; other 
mornings, they have a little oats or 
other screenings. Twice a week they 
have three pounds of lean meat. At 
night, they have all the corn they can 
pick off the cobs, and they roost in the 
house with the open lath front. The 
roosters are purebred P. Rocks bred by 
myself or bought of farmers, who have 
their hens running over the fields and 
woods without giving them very much 
attention But the breed must be pure 
W. or B. P Rock or W. Wyandotte. The 
survival of the fittest among such a flock 
is worth having, if he weigh seven to 
eight pounds We always have two or 
three young roosters extra for the pur¬ 
pose of forcing a sitting hen into busi¬ 
ness humor again. 
These hens of mine go running in the 
orchard or woods, they keep a little dis¬ 
tance from other flocks and they return 
at night able to eat about seven pounds 
of corn from the ear. By the months of 
April or May, or whenever the nights 
begin to get warm, they get barley or 
wheat instead. To induce them to moult 
early, we give them all the ripe fruit 
they can eat, and a sitting of eggs when 
broody about August or beginning of 
September. They will rear a clutch of 
chicks, moult and begin to lay again by 
November. I admit that they want to 
incubate for every 15 or 20 eggs they 
lay, but they are at once consigned to 
the tender care of a youDg rooster, and 
in a short time, they are ready to join 
their flock and begin to lay again. I 
find that, by keeping these hens in the 
cooler roosting house, they get hardened. 
producing a more vigorous constitution 
which they transmit to their offspring 
I began this method last September ; 
put 208 eggs in the machine November 
10, 28 were infertile ; 160 chicks were 
the result of the hatch (20 died in the 
shell). Of this hatch, I sent 144 (12 
dozen), at $4.50 per dozen to market to 
day. Year before last, I raised only 40 
of the corresponding hatch. November 
30 last, and December 3, I filled two 
other machines, one with 130, the other 
with 208 eggs ; the first lot had five in¬ 
fertile, the latter eight infertile. The 
first machine hatched 97, the latter 181 
chicks; of the first lot, I have lost only 
seven chicks, the latter lot consists only 
of 121 chicks, but the cause is rats. 
There is, however, a great improvement 
over last year, and the cause is hardier 
breeding stock. I shall not keep hens 
over three years old ; they moult too 
late when they get aged. I keep 50 or 60 
of my February or March hatch for 
breeding purposes when they are 12 
months old, with a two or three-year-old 
rooster. F , P< 
Napa. Cal. 
During February of this year I contracted a severe 
cold which caused me to cough continuously. I com¬ 
menced using Jayne's Expectorant, which gave me 
instant relief, and speedily effected a permanent 
cure. I have had no return of the symptoms.—DAVID 
Tj. BARKER, Deputy, Ind., October 4, 1895. 
For constipation take Jayne’s Sanative Pills.—Adw. 
Any guarantee 
you want — even this we will do : 
We will pay $ 100 reward for any case 
of colic, horse ail, curbs, splints, knotted 
cords, Or similar trouble, that 
Tuttle’s 
Elixir 
will not cure. It is 
the veterinary wonder 
of the age, and every 
stable should have a 
bottle always on hand. Locates lame¬ 
ness when applied by remaining moist 
Used and endorsed by 
the Adams Ex. Co. 
on the part affected. 
Waits River, Vt. 
Du. S. A. Tuttle. 
Dear Sir :—i have used your Elixir on one of the 
worst spavins that I ever saw on a horse, and it en¬ 
tirely cured the lameness. I also used it for rheuma¬ 
tism i:r my family, with just as good a result, and 
will cheerfully recommend it to any one in want of a 
liniment. O B. GOVE. 
Tuttle’s Family Elixir cures Rheumatism, 
Sprains, Bruises, Pains, etc. Samples of either Elixir 
free for three 2-cent stamps for postage. Fifty cents 
buys either Elixir of any druggist, or it will be sent 
direct on receipt of price. Particulars free. 
DR. S. A, TUTTLE, Sole Proprietor, 
27 Beverly Street, Boston, Mass. 
Guernseys. 
225 purebred Gnernsevs of the best American and 
Island breeding. Butter average, whole herd. 818 
pounds per head. No catalogue. Come and make 
your own selection. 
EULERSLIB STOCK FARM, 
RHINKCLIFF. N. Y. 
JERSEY CATTLE FOR SALE. 
R F SHANNON \ 907 Liberty 8 t„ Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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/■MIKNANGO VALLEY STOCK FARMS, Greene, N 
Y.—Dutch Belted and Jersey Cattle; Dorset and 
Ramboulllet Sheep; Poland-Chlna. Jersey Red and 
Suffolk Pigs; White and Bronze Turkeys. Peafowls 
and Blooded Chickens. J. D. VAN VALKENBURGH. 
L 
It is UNLAWFUL to color oleomargarine, but It is 
AWFUL to use bulls of 
WiHswood Herd 
Cuernsey Cattle. 
A choice bull calf, yearling heifer, and a few cows. 
WILLS A. SKWARD, Budd ’8 Lake, N. J. 
stered Chester Whites 
now.ready for shipping, from 
two to eight months old, 
sired by my prize boars, 
Chester 2nd 8017, Eureka 
King 0901, George R., 7359 
and out of choice reg. sows 
Order soon and get the best. 
Send 2-cent stamp for catalogue and prices. Come 
see my stock and select for yourself. EDWARD 
WALTER, Eureka Stock Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
P OTAND-CH1NA PIGS.—Another litter of 10 
Poland-China Pigs from a 400-lb. Yearling Sow at 
$7. Just the kind to improve your herd. Orders 
booked. F. II. Gates & Sons. Chittenango, N. Y. 
Send for description of (he 
Famous O, I. C. hogs, two 
which weighed 2806 lbs. Sold 
2995 for breeders in 1895/96. 
despite panic and hard times. 
First applicant from each lo/ 
cality secures a pair ON TIME 
and an agency. 
L. B. SILVER CO. 
135 Summit St CLEVELAND, O. 
O UR entire stock of Barred, Buff & White P. Bocks 
and 2C0 Selected Pekin Ducks; mnstbesold. Prices 
cut in two. Ground meat, $2 per 100 lbs. Stamp for 
catalogue. Brookside Poultry Farm, Columbus. N.J 
SITTING HENS 
Will sit. eggs will batch, chicks will grow, 
where LAMBERT’S DEATH to LICE Is 
used. Safe, yet sure. Trial size, 10c post 
paid; 100 ozs. by Ex., *1. Book free. 
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