1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
7i9 
HOPE FARM NOTES. 
(coimiruED.) 
taste, and they usually eat a big piece of 
bread and butter or molasses. They eat 
all they can stuff, and then run out to 
play. Probably once an hour they come 
running in with : 
1 ‘ Can I have an apple ? ” 
“ Can I ? Can I ?” 
They are good children, and do not 
usually eat things without asking per¬ 
mission to do so. Generally, each eats 
at least two good-sized ripe apples every 
day. Between meals, each has a biscuit 
or a good slice of bread and butter or dry 
bread. For dinner, they eat vegetables 
of all kinds—corn, Lima beans, potatoes, 
squash, etc., with bread and butter and 
gravy. We do not eat much pie at Hope 
Farm, but usually have some sort of 
pudding or gelatine or fruit as dessert. 
The children eat their share of that— 
and a little more. For supper, they 
have more oatmeal and milk—cold, left 
over from the morning—and bread and 
butter. In summer this is eaten out¬ 
doors under the trees. We always have 
baked beans on Saturday night, and fish 
balls Sunday morning. The “Graft” 
would eat his weight of baked beans if 
left to himself, and the “Bud” will 
neglect her oatmeal for fish balls. These 
children eat all kinds of fish, but hardly 
know what meat tastes like. They have 
eaten a little white meat of chicken, 
and sometimes, chew the tough gristle 
of steak, or gnaw a well-picked bone. 
We do not intend that they shall make 
a practice of eating lean meat until they 
cut their second teeth. They do not eat 
pie. The little cake we have is very 
plain—j ust a combination of flour, sugar, 
eggs and milk—and the children have 
small pieces of it. Now and then, they 
eat a few pieces of plain molasses or 
sugar candy, though usually, they prefer 
apples. During the winter, we shall try 
to have them eat a baked apple for 
breakfast every morning. 
We have not tried to “ balance ” this 
ration, or figure out its “nutritive ratio.” 
It puts hard fat on the “ Bud ” and tough 
gristle on the “Graft,” and that is all 
we expect from it. The children are 
happy and healthy, and grow and thrive 
like colts. There is nothing like oat¬ 
meal for youDg stock, and fruit is for 
children what good pasture grass is for 
four-footed youngsters. My own opinion 
is that candy and meat are largely 
responsible for most of the dyspeptic 
and nervous children that we often see. 
One thing, though, I can’t quite under¬ 
stand, and that is why oatmeal makes 
the “Bud” fat and the “Graft” lean ! 
That upsets the theories of our scientific 
friends. _ h. w. c. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
ANSWERS BY DB. F. L, KILBORNE. 
Possibly Chicken Cholera. 
D. C.ilcP.y Garbutt, N. T —What is the matter 
with my fowls, and what shall I do for them ? 
First symptom, the combs begin to turn black at 
the tips, gradually covering comb and wattles, 
then they droop and die in about th ree days after 
the first symptoms appear on the comb. The 
feed has been mostly wheat screenings for the 
past three or four weeks. They have had a large 
range of orchard and field. Young or spring 
chickens suffer more from this disease than older 
fowls. They get all the water they can drink, 
some milk and scraps from the table. The drop¬ 
pings are not green or watery, but slimy with a 
tinge of yellow and streak of white. After death, 
the whole body turns a dark or livid color. Can 
it be too much wheat, or may it be poisonous 
seeds in the screenings ? There is some rank May¬ 
weed seed in the screenings. 
The symptoms, especially the yellow 
coloring of the droppings, suggest 
chicken cholera. The time of death 
after only one to three days’ illness also 
corresponds to that of cholera. The 
disease is so dangerous and rapidly fatal 
that the treatment of the sick birds is 
not desirable. The flock should be 
closely watched, and any chicken re¬ 
moved as soon as the first symptoms of 
illness are observed. It would be well 
to remove the unaffected birds to a new 
run, if possible. The house and roosts 
with a two-per cent solution of the con¬ 
centrated commercial sulphuric acid, or 
whitewashed with quick lime. Plenty 
of air and sunlight should be admitted 
to keep the house dry and the air fresh. 
All the feeding utensils should be cleaned 
and disinfected daily with a one to two- 
per cent solution of the sulphuric acid, 
and well dried before using. The dead 
animals should be burned or deeply 
buried. 
Mare Loses Her Pools. 
E. W. L., Keeseville, JY. Y. —I have a chestnut 
mare, 11 years old, which has raised two good 
colts, now four and five years old. I have since 
bred her to a Cleveland Bay three years in suc¬ 
cession, and in each case, her colts died when 
they were two or three days old. They gain 
nicely for the first day, and then weaken and die. 
The mare is healthy and strong, a good feeder 
and always in good order. Before foaling, she 
loses her milk for about two weeks. Is that a 
cause ? 
I would advise changing stallions. 
The foals are, evidently, weakly when 
dropped, and a change of sire may cor¬ 
rect the weakness. Then, when the next 
foal is dropped, watch the bowels closely. 
It may be that, by leaking her milk be¬ 
fore foaling, it does not contain sufficient 
colostrum after foaling to move the 
colt’s bowels. If the foal’s bowels do 
not move within a few hours, it should 
be given one or two ounces of castor oil. 
The rectum should be emptied of the 
meconium by the oiled finger or injec¬ 
tions of warm Castile soap suds. Then 
if the foal be weakly, give one to two 
teaspoonfuls of whisky every one or two 
hours until stronger. 
A Horse With the Heaves. 
F. U. R., River Point , li I. —I fear my horse, 10 
years old, has a touch of the heaves. I never 
saw his sides heave till yesterday, but have 
noticed that he has had a cough for some time, 
if he drank from a fountain or pail, but never 
when he drank from a brook. He also coughs 
some in the barn. I always sprinkle his hay. 
In driving a few miles, he sweats easily. Is 
there a cure ? If no cure, what can I give to re¬ 
lieve him, and how feed him ? 
There is no cure for the heaves when 
the disease is once well established. 
The condition may be relieved by a 
course of nerve tonics and a suitable, 
restricted diet. Give the horse one of 
the following ponders in his feed night 
and morning: Sulphate of copper and 
powdered nux vomica, of each three 
ounces ; arsenic, 60 grains ; mix and 
make into 30 powders. Repeat the course 
after an interval of a week or ten days 
if desirable. For the cough, rub the 
throat from ear to ear with equal parts 
of strong aqua ammonia and sweet oil, 
well shaken together. If not blistered 
by the first application, repeat in one 
week. Then blister again after three or 
four weeks. Chop feed (cut hay and 
ground feed mixed and slightly damp 
ened) is the best ration for a horse with 
the heaves. LoDg hay or other coarse 
fodder should be fed sparingly. Always 
water before and never just after feed 
ing. 
Indigestion and Loss of Cud in Cow. 
J. R. R., Cajntola , Md. —For the last two weeks 
my cow has been grazing on Crab grass, with an 
occasional feed of cow peas at night, with two 
quarts of bran and one quart of corn chops night 
and morning. Four days ago, she was put out 
to graze as usual, but I noticed about noon that 
something was the matter; she refused to eat 
for two days, but is eating some now. She de¬ 
creased in milk the first day she was taken sick, 
from 2 Y% gallons per day to one pint, and has not 
increased any yet. She was not bloated any. I 
thought the trouble was indigestion, and gave 
three tablespoonfuls of bicarbonate of soda in 
one pint of water. What is the trouble and the 
remedy? Some of my neighbors said she had 
lost her cud and advised as a remedy to shove a 
greasy cloth down her throat, or give her two 
small frogs. I did not try either remedy, but will 
try to get them to subscribe for The R. N.-Y. Is 
there such a thing as a cow losing her cud ? 
You were, probably, correct in your 
diagnosis of indigestion. One of the 
following powders should have been 
given night and morning : Sulphate of 
soda, 12 ounces; ginger, six ounces; 
powdered nux vomica, three ounces; 
mix and make into 12 powders. If there 
was constipation, the cow should have 
received at the outset one pound of 
Epsom salts with an ounce of ginger 
Ruminants, when eating coarse fodder, 
swallow it only partially masticated, in 
which condition it passes to the paunch 
which serves as a storage reservoir. The 
chewing of the cud is the remastication 
of this partially masticated food of the 
paunch, it being raised in convenient 
quantities for that purpose at the wil 1 
of the animal. When swallowed after 
the second chewing, it passes directly to 
the third stomach or omasum. Strictly 
speaking, there is no such thing as a cow 
losing her cud. The cow ceases t' 
ruminate or chew the cud, when, from 
disease or any other cause, she loses thf 
desire to ruminate. She will resume 
rumination or the chewing of her cud as 
soon as she has recovered sufficiently t<" 
feel like it Any artificial cud you might 
prepare and give the cow, would bavf 
no effect in causing her to return to th' 
chewing of the cud. unless it contained 
something which served medicinally tr 
restore the cow’s health. It would bf 
nonsense to try the remedies suggeste' 
to you for that purpose. 
In sudden cas?s of Croup and other alarming affec¬ 
tions of the Throat and Lungs. Dr. D. Jayne’s Ex¬ 
pectorant is Invaluable. It often proves an elixir of 
life when death seems very near. 
Easy to take and effectual, Jayne’s Painless Sana¬ 
tive Pills.—Ada. 
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 
Used and endorsed i>y ot the age, and every 
the Adams Ex. Co. stable should have a 
bottle always on hand. Locates lame¬ 
ness when applied by remaining moist 
on the part affected. 
Waits Rivkk, V't, 
Dr. S. A. Tuttle. 
Dear Sir :—1 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 in 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. 
Oak-tanned leather Harness 
Send your address with 2-cent stamp for Illustrated Catalogue, 
all kinds of Single and Double Custom-Made Harness, sold direct to 
the consumer at wholesale prices. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. 
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v^SEE THAT HOOK? 
WITH THE 
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or kind of horn without crushing. No other de- 
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WEBSTER & DICKINSON, Christiana, Pa. 
For a knife that will out a horn without I 
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A. C. BROSIUS, Cochranville, Pa. A 
Cows barren 3 years 
MADE TO BREED. 
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Prosperity to Dairymen. 
Dairymen can get prosperity 
by using our 
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Thousands in use. Easy for cattle. Durable, 
convenient and cheap. Price and 
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ROY BROTHERS, East Barnet, Vt. 
A first-class Buttermaker, 
•w dllltJU either single or married man, 
and milker on a dairy farm of 50 cows; must furnish 
references and understand the running of steam en¬ 
gine. Address OLIVER G. GKIDLE ?, Mycenae, 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. State price bv the year. 
Guernseys. 
225 purebred Guernseys of the best American and 
Island breeding. Butter average, whole herd, 318 
pounds per head. No catalogue. Come and make 
your own selection. 
BliLiERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
KH1NKCLIFF, H. Y. 
Put FAT in your MILK by using 
Wlllswood Herd 
Guernsey Cattle. 
Offers a few cows, heifers In calf, bull and heifer 
calves. WILLS A. 8KWARD. Budd’s Lake, N. J. 
JERSEY CATTLE FOR SALE. 
R F SHANNON 1 907 Liberty 8t., Pittsburgh, Pa 
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and Blooded Chickens. J. D. VAN VALKENBUKGH. 
FlflWlK both sexes, all ages, for sale. Prices 
ouum uy) " 110 reasonable. L B. Frear, Ithaca, N.Y 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshlres 
and C.WH1TE8 Still selling 
at hard times prices. Choice 
Boars and Sows, not akin, all 
ages Sows hied. POULTRY. 
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English BERKSHI RES 
Stock sired by noted Boars, such as Longfellow 
lb835, Loud Windsor 30461, Black Knight 30003, 
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i—lOO Kight-weeks’-old 
Pigs, In pairs and trios 
„ _ , not akin A tine lot of 
young Sows and Service Boars, farrowed last March. 
Write for circulars and prices. W. E. MANDEV1LLE , 
Brookton, Tompkins County. N. Y. 
CHESHIREs! 
We can sell you a handsome 50-pound thoroughbred 
CHESHIRE pig. either sex. for $6. Why raise 
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E. MANCHESTER & SONS, West Wlnsted, Conn. 
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POLAND-CMINAS. 
May Sows, $8; Pigs, six to eight weeks old, $4, from 
reg d stock. C. O. Gregory, Welcome, Otsego Co .N.Y. 
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GALGITE FOR POULTRY. 
Bone Meal. Crushed Oyster Shells, Crushed Flint. 
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H ens with any Grit 
I Will lay eggs, but with MANN’S Granite 
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should be washed, at least once a week, dissolved iu three pints of warm water. 
the FARMER has MONEY to BURN. We have buyers for JERSEY 
HEIFERS, six to ten months old; a GUERNSEY HERD closing out 
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