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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
Testing Cows for Tuberculosis. 
c. S., Berlin Heights, 0., asks how 
I'ows are tested for tuberculosis. The 
method of applying the tuberculin test 
to cows in New York State is as follows; 
The temperature of the animal is taken. 
Then about 30 drops of tuberculin are 
injected through the skin of the neck or 
shoulder. This is the proper amount for 
animals weighing about 1,000 pounds, 
and it would be varied according to 
weight. After eight hours the tempera¬ 
ture is again taken, and at intervals of 
two hours thereafter, during the follow¬ 
ing day. Usually those showing a rise 
in temperature of three or more degrees 
are condemned as tuberculous. Some 
animals, though healthy, vary two to 
four degrees under changed conditions, 
or at different times of the day, and it 
is a good plan to learn the habit of the 
animal in this respect by making sev¬ 
eral temperature tests previous to using 
the tuberculin. In Canada five of these 
preliminary tests are required. The 
normal temperature of some cows is also 
as much as two degrees above others, 
and there are conditions under which 
the system is susceptible to an injection 
-of tuberculin, even though the animal 
is not diseased. Dr. James Law says 
that at the time of the test the cow 
should not be within three weeks of 
(calving, should not be exposed to a hot 
sun or cold drafts, or put into a close 
stable. Heavy cows accustomed to a 
ground floor sometimes show fever if 
made to stand on hard boards, and the 
same may be caused by omission in 
milking, delay in watering or change in 
food. These things show the need of 
experience and good judgment in hand¬ 
ling the test. Some people have need¬ 
less fears, however. If the tuberculin is 
properly prepared there is not the 
slightest danger of its conveying disease 
germs into healthy animals. The tu¬ 
berculin used in testing cows is made 
by artificially cultivating under favor¬ 
able conditions the tubercle bacillus. 
The tuberculin itself is a waste thrown 
off by the bacillus. It is subjected to a 
boiling temperature, which would kill 
any germs that might be in it; then 
filtered so closely that all dead germs 
are removed, and thus made absolutely 
sterile. This waste product is highly 
irritating to the tubercle bacillus. When 
injected under the skin of an animal in 
which tuberculosis is present, the bar iHi 
living in the tissues are irritated as soon 
:as the tuberculin in working through 
the system reaches them, and they be¬ 
come exceedingly active, causing a rise 
in temperature, or fever. The test is 
safe, and in most cases accurate when 
used by careful operators who know 
what they are about. Those who do not 
know how to handle it, or jump at un¬ 
warranted conclusions, are liable to con¬ 
demn healthy animals. 
Silage Against Stone Wall. 
Ha.s any R. N.-Y. reader had experience 
wiih a wall under his silo? If so, can he 
keep his silage without spoiling? My silo 
is in the barn, built on a wall two feet high 
Jty 18 inches thick. It does not keep the 
silage near the wall. I never lose a pound 
above that. How can I improve it? 
Remus Roint, N. Y. u. w. 
The experience you have had with 
your silage is very similar to that of 
many others. We have found by many 
years’ experience that silage does not 
keep so well against a stone wall or 
against cement as it does against the 
wooden walls of the silo. The best si¬ 
lage should be found in the bottom of 
the silo, and will be found there if the 
silo is properly constructed. It is pos¬ 
sible that the air gains entrance at the 
point of junction between the wood and 
the stone. In this case a collar of ce¬ 
ment should be put around at the base 
of the boards. This will .serve to ex¬ 
clude the air. It is probable that the 
silage may be made to keep better if the 
inside of the stone wall is covered with 
a layer of tarred paper. Next year, jusi 
liefore filling the silo, nail on strips of 
tarred paper to the lower part of the 
wooden wall of the silo. Allow these 
strips of tarred paper to reach down and 
cover the inside of the stone wall, so 
that the silage, instead of resting against 
the stone wall, will lest against the 
tarred paper. It is probable that by this 
treatment the waste in silage may be 
prevented. l. a. ci.ixton. 
RircKWiiKAT Straw.— I know that for 
cow.s and sheep it is all right. It is rich 
ill food value and animals like it. I cannot 
lind that anyone has fed it to horses. 
L. A. w. 
Ham Pickre.— If the Hope Farm man 
will use this pickle he will have tender 
hams if jiig hams: 10 pounds salt, four 
pounds sugar, two ounces saltpeter, 21 
quarts water. IMckle for six weeks, and 
smoke. VVe have used this recipe in the 
family for -|0 years; used hot salt and pep¬ 
per two years and quit. reader. 
Horses and Buckwheat Straw.— I have 
never fed buckwheat straw to horses, so 
cannot say anything of the effects, but 
have had some experience with oat straw. 
Redded a horse pretty deeply with it one 
night, and he ate freel.v of it, and next day 
was sick. A veterinary was called and said 
that the horse had indigestion and stoppage 
of the bowels, caused by eating too much 
straw. He was very sick for over a week 
Init eventually fully recovered, and now 
we are careful not to give him too much 
fresh straw in his bed. The horse had been 
used to eating freely of Timothy, but seemed 
to prefer the straw. h. j. Blanchard. 
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Mix It 
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In connection with the gen¬ 
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Push your live stock to market 
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a-growing from birthday to mar¬ 
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Victor Corn and Oat Feed 
gives best results. 
Sold only in Sealed and Branded Sacks. 
Each Sack stamped with analysis of con¬ 
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If your dealer does not keep Victor Corn 
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When there is frequent ••hawking” of rfi'ncus, 
hoarseness, a hacklrgcough, or correspondingsymr-^ 
toms, more serious pulmonary troubles are to be 
apprehended. Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant will re¬ 
move such obstructions and effect a permanent 
cure.—Hdi’. 
Don’t give your horse 
away merely because he 
is lame, has curb, contract¬ 
ed cord, tbruf>7?., etc. 
Treat the trouble with 
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Il«ware of so-called Elixirs—none gonalne but Tattle’s. 
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Percheron Stallions. 
I have for sale some very choice Stallions, Blacks 
and Dark Grays, from 1 to 7 years old. ot the highest 
breedings; grandsons of Brilliant and J.a Ferte. 
1‘rlces reasonable. Correspondence solicited. 
UENUY A. HOURS, Breeder and Importer, Na¬ 
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jwton’8 poW TIE 
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iwn, pushes back when 
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The most practical and humane Fastener ever in 
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Breeders’ Directory 
OnUfl FERRETS. First-class stock'. Some 
allllU Trained. New price-list free. 
N. A. KNAPP. Boohester, Lorain Co., O 
1^nddy Creek Herd of Hereford Cattle.—100 head of 
•*‘^‘*' bulls, cows and heifers for sale. Write for price 
Come and see me. 8. W. Anderson, Asbury, W. Va. 
Reg. Guernseys.—Cows, calves, heifers, 
bulls. One or thirty. State your wants. Clover Knoll 
Guernsey Herd. M. SAGEB, Mgr., Orangeville, Pa. 
CHD Cll C—thobodghbbed holstkin 
rulf 9ALE BULL CALVES. Well marked 
and of best breeding Will oe sold at farmers prices. 
Write at once. W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
DCP PIICDMCCVC-6 Cows In mUk: 1 Heifer, 
nllUi ullCnlluC I 0 soon due; SHelfers, bred; 
2 Heifers, 6 and 8 months old; 2 Bull Calves, 4 and-ti 
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REBISTERED AYRSHIRE CATTLE 
Choice Bull Calves from first-class milkers. Also a 
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of herd. Maple Bow Stock Farm, Cherry Creek. N, Y 
Holstein-Friesian Bull 
ready for service, and a fine lot of Bull Calves, Best 
of breeding, and from deep producing famlUes, 
C. K. BECOKD, Peterboro, N, Y, 
HIGH-CLASS 
Registered Jersey Cattle. 
ROBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsbnrs:, Pa. 
SIX JERSEY BULLS 
ranging from 3 to 18 months old, sired by 
Cv.ar of River Meadow No. 51936, 
Winner of 
Thirty-one First Frizes, 
and out of cows that give 7,000 or more pounds of 
five per cent milk in a year. Send for list. 
F. E. DAWLEY, Box 12, Fayetteville, N. Y’. 
ISO Dellhurst Helsteins 
for sale, Including young Cows, Heifers and a 
neat lot of BULL CALVES—several now ready 
for service—eons of “ DeKol’e Butter Boy”, and 
the famous “ Koyal Paul ” out of advanced Re¬ 
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Chester Pigs 
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PAINE, So. Randolph, Vt. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires 
and 0. Whites, Choice Pigs, 
8 weeks old, mated not akin. 
Bred Sows and Service Boars. 
Poultry. Write for hard tfm«» 
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Collie Pups 
—Spayed Females. Circulars. SILAS 
DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
It is Letting Doliars Get Away 
to experiment; and the days of savage 
treatment are past; avoid all mineral 
drying preparations. This is a scientific 
era ! No matter how complex or deep- 
seated or how long-standing the case of 
Speed Cracks, Scratches, Grease Eeel, 
Sore or Skin Disease, it cannot resist 
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Money back if it fails. 
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-NO SPAVINS- 
The worst possible spavin can bo cured in 
15 minutes. Curbs, splints and ringbones 
just as quick. Not painful and never has 
failed. Detailed information about this 
new method sent free to horse owners. 
Write today. Ask for pamphlet No. S4. 
FLEMING BROS., Union Stock Yards.Chicago, III. 
Nothing like it to cure a sore tendon, 
or to kill a spavin, curb or splint. 
This remedy is known to more driv¬ 
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its penetrathig qualities. 
Prepared by DE. EAEL 8. SLOAH, Boston, Mass., TT.B. A. Dealers generally. 
YOUR HORSE 
50c and $1.00 
a Bottle. 
if suffering from an enlargement can be quickly 
put on his feet. No need to blister or fire. 
The enlargement will be quickly absorbed by 
Sloan’s Linimeiit. 
