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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 21 
Live Stockand Dairy 
hens, and removal of droppings from 
birds that are affected, or better, all 
droppings, will be the best that one can 
do. Stamp out disease by “eternal vigi¬ 
lance.” H. M. 
Value of Skim-MUk. 
Breeders’ Directory 
JERSEY BULL 
Tearllnic—reprlsterod, from a preat show cow; al. 
most faultless, by a pniducluK sire Farmer’s price 
K. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty 8t., Pittsburg Pa. 
/I FIELD OF RAPE. 
Fig. 291 is a very good illustration of 
what the rape plant will do under favor¬ 
able conditions. This piece of rape was 
sown in a portion of an old orchard that 
had been used for hog pasture for sev¬ 
eral years, and is generally in a very 
good condition as regards soil fertility. 
We sowed this field of rape on May 15, 
for the use of the lambs when they 
should be taken from the ewes, a little 
later in the season. The photograph 
was taken by the writer on July 14, 
about eight weeks after sowing. The 
young man in the photograph stands 
something over six feet tall, so the rape 
is easily about 36 inches high, which is 
what I consider a very good growth for 
this length of time. Of course the land 
was good, and the season has been suffi¬ 
ciently favorable, with plenty of rain, 
so that the crop was given a good 
chance; possibly better than the aver¬ 
age farm and season might afford. But 
at the same time this will show what 
ought to be expected from the rape plant 
under the proper conditions. 
The week following the day the pho¬ 
tograph was taken the lambs were turn¬ 
ed in, and now the field presents quite 
a different appearance. The leaves have 
been well eaten off for the most part, 
and new leaves are starting out on the 
old stems that will make fine pasturing 
later on. We have later turned some 
calves into this plot, and they, too, like 
rape, and are consequently doing well 
and looking plump, as though they were 
in clover. We have, also, been cutting 
an armful two or three times a day, and 
feeding to an old sow that is soon due 
to farrow, and which for various reasons 
we are unable to put out at pasture. The 
sow eats the rape greedily, and doesn’t 
tire of it either, even after four or five 
weeks’ feeding. Later in the season it 
is not improbable that we will turn the 
sow and litter into this rape, or a por¬ 
tion of it, and they will do almost as 
well as they would in a clover pasture. 
We have had a considerable experience 
with rape, even to feeding to milch cows 
in small quantities, and have found it 
10 be a very valuable farm crop, and 
one that we would not care to attempt 
to get along without. More farmers 
should raise rape. It is a crop that 
actually the farmer cannot afford to 
get along without. Fig. 291, this page, 
shows very well what rape can be made 
to do plainer than either words or pen 
could put it. c. P. KEYNOLDB. 
Shiawassee Co., Mich. 
NOTE ON POULTRY DISEASES. 
For many years 1 have watched poul¬ 
try keepers and have kept poultry my¬ 
self, but I have never known so many 
sick fowls as during the past year. We 
are all unable to ascertain the cause of 
the trouble. Many think it is because 
the fowls have been kept on the farms 
80 long that the premises have become 
filthy, etc. This view is not clearly 
proven, for some of the heaviest losers 
are those who have been the shortest 
time in the business. Those who have 
kept fowls for years are about equally 
divided, some are losing and others es¬ 
cape. I mention this to show that even 
the poultry keeper, who has, by many, 
been supposed to be free from trouble, 
and only needing to gather the eggs and 
receive the money, may need a little 
sympathy at times. When a man loses 
from 76 to 90 i)er cent of his fiock of 
hens, he forgets what a lot of money he 
made last year from them, and begins 
to say as I heard one say the other day: 
“If I can’t have anything without hens, 
I won’t have anything.” 'These heavy 
losses ef poultry which have been 
known In these parU for only a year or 
two, remind me of the reported experi¬ 
ence of a certain eastern New lork busi¬ 
ness man, who undertook to get a large 
fiock of fowls by purchase. He engaged 
an experienced poultryman to take 
charge, and everything went well for a 
few months. Soon it was discovered 
that disease was among tne fowls. 
Ixjsses were heavy. Everything, so far 
as they knew, was done to stamp out 
the disease and save the fiock, but before 
the ravages of the disease could be 
stopped, the fiock was so far gone that 
it was decided to abandon the enter¬ 
prise. It was also feared that the soil 
where the poultry had run might be con¬ 
taminated and that succeeding fiocks 
might thus become infected. What can 
be done when trouble comes to the fiock 
of hens in this manner? 1 am not au¬ 
thority. I have read much and have 
seen the poultry keepers and tried to 
find out from them. Numerous remedies 
have been tried. So far as I can learn 
the best method seems to be to use sub¬ 
stances which tend to prevent trouble. 
There has been some criticism about the 
dairy test at Buffalo, because no value 
was given to the skim-milk. The follow¬ 
ing statement has been made by the press 
reporter: 
Skim-milk doubtless has a value, and 
the herd that gives the largest amount 
of milk would naturally have the largest 
amount of skim-milk to its credit; but 
against this should be charged the labor 
of handling, feeding or otherwise mani¬ 
pulating the same. Figures are given 
that set forth the total milk as well as 
the total solids, though it has oeen im¬ 
possible to work up even this in detail, 
because of the mass of figures it would 
require. As a matter of fact, the value 
of skim-milk is of wide variation. Some 
judicious feeders value it as high as 15 
cents per 100 pounds, while others are 
so careless and indifferent that the 
probabilities are that the labor of hand¬ 
ling eats up all the profit. (Commercial¬ 
ly the price of 10 cents per 100 might be 
considered a fair valuation. At the Pan- 
American model dairy, conditions have 
A FIELD OF RAPE. Fig. 291. 
Many use sulphur, charcoal and salt in 
the mash, use gypsum (land plaster) on 
the dropping boards, and lime wherever 
it will answer without affecting the ma¬ 
nure too much. There is little doubt 
now that a judicious use of . lime is one 
of the uest means of preventing disease 
that we have. These methods, together 
with care in feeding, which includes let¬ 
ting up on the amount of corn fed, and 
the removal to a distance of all ailing 
been such as to render any special record 
of. the disposition made valueless to the 
farmer. During the first weeks that the 
dairy was in operation, it was impossi¬ 
ble to make use of more than a small 
percentage of the skim-milk, while now 
it is being ripened, made into buttermilk 
and retailed over the counter at five 
cents a mug. Of course, these are con¬ 
ditions that would never apply to an 
ordinary farm or creamery. 
A. J. C. C. JERSEYS. 
A fine lot of younK Cows In milk. Heifers one and 
two years old, dry, and some Calves and three Bulls 
for Sale. Farms rented without stock. 
A good chance if you want Begisiered Stock and 
mean ouslneas. TOO head In herd. 
Mention this paper. M. S. WILCOX, .lelTerson, N. Y 
123 HOLSTEINSirs 
OELLHUKBT FAKM8. Mentor. Ohio. 
FOR SALE 
—PUKKBUED HOLSTBIN-FKIE- 
ready for service. Above from best families. Write lor 
breeding and prices. W. W. CHENEY, Manlius.N.Y’. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull 
ready for service, and a fine lot of Ball Calves. Best 
of breeding, and from deep producing families. 
C. K. BBCOKD, Peterboro. N. Y. 
F or SALE—Thoroughbred 
HOLSTKIN-FKIESIAN CATTLE 
Of the best families. Also, 30 high-bred Balls at 
reasonable prices. Write the MAPLES STOCK 
FARM. Binghamton, N. Y., WM. Boon, Prop 
Guernsey Bull, Squire Yauxbelets 6659. 
Dropped November 28, 18118. Sire Gold Mine 2420, 
whose sire .and dam were both Imported. Dam. Grace¬ 
ful Venus 12157, a direct descendant of the Imported 
pair, Venus of the Isle 1705, and Squire of Les Vaux- 
oelets 4lh, 771. His rich skin, goiden horns, strong, 
vigorous constitution and perfect dairy form com¬ 
bine to make him a remarkable dalri animal. 
This “ Adv.” will not appear again. 
M. SAGEK, - - _ Orangeville, Pji 
ANGORA GOATS 
circular for stamp. 
ED 
—Delaine Bucks, good 
stock, low prices Large 
W. COLE CO., Kenton, O. 
Angora Goats 
. — We have 5.000 head, 
including the whole 
_ of the John Hamlet 
Hock, which took the Sweepstakes Prize at Kansas 
city Show. October, ISXX). THE NATIONAL ANGORA 
GOAT AND CATTLE COMPANY, Wellsboro, Pa. 
\H. P. Chinas, Ikrkshircs and C. Whites. 
Choice Pigs. 8 weeks old, mated not 
ak n. Bled Sows and S rvlce Boars. 
POULTRY. Write lor hard tiin.s 
j»-ices and free clrcui ir. 
HA.'VIILTON & CO., Rosenwlck, Chester Co., Pa. 
V’BKKKTS. Flrat-olass itook. Some 
£UVU Trained. New prloe-Uit free. 
N. A. KNAPP. Rochester, Lorain Co., O 
Collie Pops 
—Spayed Females. Circulars. SILAS 
DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
Itath to Lice 
on Hens and Chicks. 
64-page Book FREE. 
White Wyandottes and White Plymouth Rocks. 
1 am now ready to ship pullets and cockerels for 
those who wish to exhibit at shows or to Improve 
their stock by show blood. Prices reasonable for 
quality. WARREN WHITE. 
Normandy Farms. Newton Highlands, Mass. 
Dana’SM'lAiiT.EAR LABELS 
Mtmped with any name or address with consecntlve 
fvmbers. I supply forty recording associations and 
■msandi of practical farmers, breeders and veterl- 
.TiSJis. Sample free. Agents W.anted. 
' W- IStNA- 74 M»!ir e «, W r,.,-; Cebenoe, ft. H 
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Sepocrsctor 
Is not a cheap machine. 
It is built under the most valuable 
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The material used in its construc¬ 
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The workmanship and mechanical 
finish is not excelled in any line of 
manufacture. 
It is not made or sold, on a price 
basis. 
A good article is worth a good 
price. 
Purchasers of the Empire enjoy 
the benefit of its exceptional merit 
long after the price has been for¬ 
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Does the business. 
It skims clean and turns easy. 
The bowl contains only a few 
parts with all flat surfaces, and is 
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The bowl is exceptionally light 
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The mechanical parts are few and 
easily adjusted. 
It is not “the only” cream sepa¬ 
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Our catalogue tells all about it. 
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WESTERN OFFICE, Fisher Building, Chicago. 
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