878 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
AILING ANHAALS. 
Gangrene of Tail in Cow. 
My cow has gangrene of tail. How may 
1 cure it? Will it affect the healthfulness 
of the milk for family use? Will her calf, 
dropped in May next, inherit the disease? 
If the cow cannot be cured, is it safe to 
butcher the cow or her calf? k. w. k. 
New York. 
If it be near the end of the tail ampu¬ 
tate it one joint above. If near the roots 
a vetei’inary must treat it. If only a 
joint at the extremity is involved the 
cow’s health will not be seriously af¬ 
fected, and her milk will be wholesome 
for human food. The calf will not in- 
heiit it. If she cannot be cured her 
meat is not wholesome food, but her 
calf would be sound at birth as far as 
the mother’s disease is concerned. 
Horse Out of Condition. 
1 have a horse about 13 years old, usu¬ 
ally spirited and a willing traveler, scarce¬ 
ly ever needing spur or whip. For the 
past three w'eeks or so, he has been slug¬ 
gish. Will start off briskly, but after go¬ 
ing a short distance, frequently stops sud¬ 
denly, as if out of wind. The horse was 
never known to balk in the eight years 1 
have owned him. He will spurt up awhile 
from touch of whip. He shows this dis¬ 
position more in mornings than at other 
times. In afternoons he appears to have 
more life and go about him. Can you tell 
me what the trouble is, and a i-emedy? 
Manure and urine seem to be normal. 
Feed—corn on cob and blade fodddr. Eats 
heartily. 
Charlotte Hall, Md. 
Your horse may have no disease at all. 
If any it is a heart trouble of some na¬ 
ture which would require a personal ex¬ 
amination to determine. My opinion, 
however, is that your feeding exclusive¬ 
ly upon ear corn and fodder is the sole 
cause of his lifeless condition. Corn 
can fatten when digested, but a 13-year- 
old horse does not often masticate it 
properly, consequently the corn is not 
well digested, but even if it was it does 
not contain protein enough to furnish 
nerve and muscle energy. Y’our blade 
fodder no animal could work upon, and 
hardly live upon. An animal might eat 
of it to near the point of bursting its 
stomach, and yet not be fed. Get so'me 
good, fine, well-cured mixed hay and 
feed; procure some oats and mix two- 
th'irds oats, one-third corn. Have them 
ground and feed, and, I think, you will 
have a horse of more life. 
two-bushel sack and feed ground feed, 
than feed whole grain. To be sure if 
hogs followed the steers, the loss of 
grain would be comparatively small, un¬ 
less fed out of doors and snow covering 
the manure more or less. In feeding 
trials in Kansas, steers fed ear corn in 
one experiment made slightly better 
gains than those fed cornmeal, but it 
required six per cent more grain to do 
it. In a second trial, a saving of 35 per 
cent was made by grinding. This, how¬ 
ever, was an excessive amount. Where 
shotes followed steers fed ear corn they 
obtained more than half of their feed 
from the droppings. As a general thing, 
however, it is my belief that well-ground 
feed gives greater returns per pound fed 
than does the coarse or complete grain 
or seed. It is simply a qu€stion*then as 
to cost of gidnding. At this time I be¬ 
lieve it will pay to grind at the price 
given by U. G. B. If one can shred his 
stover and get it under cover in dry 
condition, he will not be Lively ever to 
want to feed the entire stalk again. The 
shredded material is eaten more eco¬ 
nomically, keeps better through the 
Winter than shocks out of doors, han¬ 
dles better in the manger, feed lot or 
feed trough, and what may be left makes 
good bedding, and is readily converted 
into manure that can be handled easily. 
I would by all means turn the cattle in¬ 
to the open air and sunshine every day 
if possible, or let. them run to a roomy 
shed for shelter. It is more healthy 
than the basement barn. 
You certainly will do better to sell 
your wheat at 70 cents a bushel and buy 
shorts, rather than feed wheat. You can 
get more nutriment from a ton of shorts 
than from the wheat, and you will save 
money by the operation in addition. In 
feeding experiments at the Indiana Sta¬ 
tion hogs were fed cornmeal and shorts, 
dry, and also mixed with water in vary¬ 
ing proportions. The pigs given the dry 
feed did slightly the best of the four 
lots fed. If one finds it somewhat more 
convenient to feed a slop, tnen it is ad¬ 
visable to use about twice as much luke¬ 
warm water in Winter as the grain ^ 
amounts to, mixing the water with grain 
at the time of feeding. It is not neces¬ 
sary either to soak or scald. 
C. S. PLUMB. 
selves short, and have been out canvassing 
among butter-making farmers for milk to 
supply their regular customers. Our ship¬ 
ping station here is owned by Pion^*s, and 
leased by parties in Scran' oay the 
patrons the New York Exci,. .jrice, le.'-s 
26 cents per can the year through, pay- 
ment being made on the 15th of each 
month for all milk delivered in the month 
previous. At present there are 20 patrons 
hauling and about 13 tO-quart cans received 
at station, leaving the shipper from 15 to 
20 cans short on supply. The milk usually 
goes to Scranton and Wilkesbarre, but this 
Fall and Winter it goes to New York, a 
portion in cans and remainder in bottles. 
Cows are going into Winter quarters in fair 
condition, but the yield of milk is much 
less than it was last year at this time. 
Feed of all kinds is high, and farmers are 
not feeding to make milk, as they can see 
no money in it even at present prices. The 
calves .are nearly all deaconed or vealed, 
mostly the latter, for which there is a good 
demand at fair prices. Farmers here are 
coming to the conclusion that making milk 
at middlemen’s prices is not a very paying 
business, and are slowly reducing stock 
and giving more attention to other lines of 
farming that they hope will pay better. 
Our local F. S. M. P. A. is still alive, but 
not very active. Many of our original 
membership have dropped out. or failed to 
pay dues, leaving a few of the faithful who, 
though unable to accomplish much, are 
still pleased and rejoiced at the successful 
cooperative movement in other parts, be¬ 
lieving that the time will yet come when 
the milk producers will have a word to say 
about the itrice of their valuable and in¬ 
dispensable product. E. G. O. 
Wysox, Pa. _ 
FEEDING BEEF CATTLE AND HOGS. 
I wish to feed some two-year-old cattle 
for the Spring market. Would I better get 
my corn shredded at three cents a bushel, 
and mix with oats and get it chopped at 
six cents a bag for chopping, or would 1 
better feed it just as it is and let shotes fol¬ 
low the cattle? My corn was planted with 
a drill four feet apart, and cut with a 
harvester, and I have it all in my barn. 
Would you advise keeping my cattle in the 
basement, or let them run out in a large 
roomy shed during the day? I have an 
abundance of water in the basement; also 
in the shed. I have mixed hay, wheat and 
oat straw for roughage. Would I better 
sell my wheat at 70 cents a bushel and buy 
shorts at $18 a ton for pig feeding, or 
grind my wheat at six cents a bag for 
grinding? What way would you advise 
feeding shorts to pigs, soak it from one 
feed to another, or scald it? f. g. b. 
Kibble, Mich. 
With the present high price of all 
feeding stuffs, the greatest economy 
should be followed in their use. Conse¬ 
quently I should rather pay six cents a 
THE MILK SITUATION. 
The milk business is not being carried on 
very extensively. Milk is bought at the 
shipping station by the Starlight Dairy 
Co., for which they pay $1.27 per can of 40 
quarts. Feed is very high; meal, $1.50 per 
100; middlings. $1.50, and other feeds in pro¬ 
portion. The hay crop was an average 
one. The cold weather which we have just 
been having has dried off the cows amaz¬ 
ingly. Farmers had to commence feeding 
about one month earlier this year, which 
will make the feeding season a long one, 
and will undoubtedly make a scarcity of 
hay. The F. S. M. P. A. is not being con¬ 
ducted in this section. v. t. w. 
Starlight, Pa. 
Supplies of milk at shipping station here 
are running low. The cold wave and snow¬ 
storm that struck us a week or more since 
made it necessary for dairymen to yard and 
stable the stock and supply them wholly 
with dry feed. The change of feed and 
temperature has nearly cut the supply of 
milk in half, so that the shipping station 
and milk dealers in Towanda found them- 
The past year has been such a busy one 
that I raised two pigs instead of caring for 
chickens, and when my now big porkers are 
sold think for the time and feed spent upon 
them they will pay better than the hens 
would have done. mrs. g. l. ross. 
Wisconsin. 
My /lierd of 40 purebred Holsteins is 
doing extremely well and is in nice, 
;hrifty condition. I have a herd of about 
80 hogs, the major portion of which are 
purebred Berkshires. My hogs are also 
doing well. Pork is bringing a good price 
in this locality. There is a new creamery 
being erected at Delphi which we. trust 
will help the farmers in this locality on 
I he price of milk. Our milk at the present 
time goes to New York from tne shipping 
station at Oran. w. w. cheney. 
Manlius. N. Y. 
Indiana Cattle Dying.— Many cattle are 
dying in certain localities in Indiana from 
the effects of eating cornstalks in the field. 
The theory was first advanced that the 
smut on the stalks oceasioned the animal's 
death. This theory, however, has been 
proven erroneous. Dr. Klatz, Assistant 
State Veterinarian, proved this theory to 
be wrong by experimenting by feeding cows 
a bushel each of the smut gathered from 
the stalks each day. This he kept up for 
several weeks, and to his surprise the 
bovines thrived and gave more milk than 
usual. He is unable to explain the exact 
cause of the trouble, but advises all farm¬ 
ers to abstain from turning their cattle into 
stalk fields^__ p- 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
Cures all species of lame¬ 
ness, curbs, splints, con¬ 
tracted cord, thrush, etc. 
inliorses. Equally good 
for iuternal use in colic, 
distemper,founder,pneu¬ 
monia, etc. Satisfaction 
kguaranteed or money 
^refunded. Used and 
endorsed by Adams Express Company. 
TIITTIE’S FAMILY ELIXIR Cures rheumatism, sprains, 
^-braLes, etc. Killspaln instantly. Our 100-page 
"book, “Veterinary Experience” FREE. 
Dr. S. A. TUTTLE. 30 Beverly Sf., Boston, Miw. 
Beware of ao-called Elixirs —none genuine bnt Tnttle’i. 
Avoid all blisters: they offer only temporary relief If any 
December 28 
Breeders’ Directory 
You Can’t Afford a Grade Bull 
when I will sell you a Registered Jersey 
Bull !ii !i reasonable price Ida s Stoke 
Pogis oi Exile stock. 
K F. SHANNON. 907 Liberty Street, I’ittsbnrg, Pa. 
“QUALITY” 
For Sale—Two A. J. C. C Bull Calves, full brothers 
In blood. No. 1. dropped August 30, 1901; dam's test 
VI pounds 5 ounces from 265pound8mllk. 8 ,bl9 pounds 
milk last year. No. 2, dropped 8epieinber23,19ol; 
dam's test 17 pounds 12 ounces from 2b0 pounds 12 
ounces milk; 7 244 pounds milk last 5 ear with second 
calf. Granddams and great granddams tested cows. 
They have the “Quality," and are for sale at reason¬ 
able prices. For particulars write 
K. 'W. M08UBE, Aurora, N. T. 
123 HOLSTEINSfo'.T^ 
DHIiLHtTBeT FARMS, Mentor. Ohio. 
Cnr PqIii— PUREBRED HOLSTB 1 N-FRIE 8 IAN 8 
I or ualB from best families. A registered 
bull ready for service and bull calves. Also have 
purebred BERKSHIRE SWINE and SCOTCH 
COLLIE PUPS at low figures. Write for breeding 
and prices. W. W. CHENEY, Manlius. N. Y. 
Fob Sale —Registered Hereford Bull, 
1,500 pounds, three years old, first-prize winner, well 
marked and gentle. For price address 
E. H. PALMER, Mgr. "Fernslde,” So. Lee, Mass. 
Purebred Ayrshire Bull Calf for sale, 
two months old, a desendent of the celebrated 
Duchess of Smithfleld and of the champion World’s 
Fair Bull, Rising Star. Wilbur F.Scott, Hawley . Mass 
JACKS FOR SALE 
An extra fine lot of .lacks: all premium Jacks. 
All stock delivered free aboard carsatcityof Indiana¬ 
polis. Ind. Address Baker'.s Jack Farm, Liiwrei.ee, Ind 
Ann 7 C for top Poland-China sow, bred for Spring. 
v4ui IV These are the mellow, easy keepers. 
$10 for Sept. pigs. K. HAWK, Mechanlcsburg. Ohio 
Reg. P. ewnas, BerksWres and C. Whites. 
Choice Pigs. S weeks old, mated not 
akin. Bred Bows and Service Boars. 
POULTRY. Write for hard times 
_ _ prices and free circular. 
HAMILTON & CO.. Koseuvlck, Chester Co.. Pa. 
Fully 
Guar* 
anteed. 
IlisHighest Endorsement 
is giveFby agricultural coUeg^and ve^ 
erinary surgeons to the K.jb*,oJU.«iia 
Dehorning Knife 
IA IAIaaLtC You have several neighbors 
lU Ynf““IVS and friends who need Thb 
R- N.-Y. We are going to 
1 LA I help you to see that they get 
acquainted with It. iforour 
It/ part we will send the paper 
to them now 10 weeks for 10 cents -a cent a week. 
We ask you to call their attention to this offer. 
Perhaps you can get up a club. The 23 largest 
clubs will ea«h get a cash ortmlum January 1. 
Will you b« one of them T 
All bamees. old or new, is made pliable and easy—will look better 
and wear longer—by the use of 
Eureka Harness Oil 
The finest preservative for leather ever discover^. Sai^ 
many times Its cost by improved appearanoee and in tbs cost 
of lenalra. Sold everywhere In cane— all eiaee. 
Ut4* by STANDARD OEL OS. 
2000 
FKRRKTS. First-class stock. Some 
„ Trained New Price-list free. 
K. A. KNAPP, Rochester, Lorain Co., O. 
Sill*ABB |%A||XC 
AnilUlf A UIIh I W profitable. Prize stock. 
Low prices. Large clr. E. W. Cole & Co., Kenton, O 
ANGORA COATS 
We are offering the following for sale, all of the 
Bailey Strain: 
100 Angora Does 
40 Yearling Wethers 
Lot of Fine Bucks. Photographs and prices on ap¬ 
plication Corr“spondence solicited. 
Address W. P. BROWNING, Westerly, K. 1. 
Light Brahmas and White Plymouth 
Rocks. Fine birds of each fit to show. Thirty years 
a shipper of Fine Poultry. J. A. Roberts, Malvern. Pa 
IP Choice Barred and Buff P.Rocks; 
fOl vhIv also White and Silver Wyandottes. 
Price reasonable. Dk. 8. C. MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
200 cockerels at $1 each. Buff 
DAnUAIIlw Wyan ; Buff Rocks; S. C White 
Leghorns; R. C. Brown Leghorns. Everyone a 
thoroughbred. A. B. KATKAMIEK, Macedon. N.Y. 
Choice W. Wyan., P. Rocks, Brah- 
I jOr K Pi Ir IS Cochins, Leghorns, from prize - 
VWUViVitJ stock. 23 varieties of land 
and water fowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Big cat¬ 
alogue free. Pine Tree Farm, BoxT, JameBburg,N.J. 
Brooke Meadow Farm has for sale M. 
B. Turkeys, bred from 40-lb. Tom. Single birds. $11; 
pair, $5. JOHN H. JANNEY, Brighton. Md. 
White Holland Turkeys 
large strain. Some extra-fine ones. Prices reason¬ 
able. MBS. L. J. WILLIAMS, Bushnell, Ash. Co , O 
Collie Females. Circulars. SILAS 
JITEST 
DECKER. South Montrose. Pa. 
(Newton’s Patent.) 
Every 
Dehorner 
Guaranteed 
Cuts on four sides at once. Does 
not bruise nor crush. Send for cii^ 
Oculars. Orders with cash shipped 
- ''from Chicago, If desired. 
'.1. T. PHILLIPS, Pomeroy, Pa. (Successor lo A. C. BROSIUS.) 
THOUSANDS IN USE. 
Ask your hardware dealer for them or write 
a. H. BROWN MFG. €0.. • * DECATUR. U.T.. 
There are only two classes of Root Cut¬ 
ters. There is only one in the first 
class. Th at one i s the 
BANNER& 
It’s the one with the self-feed-1 
'ing, shaking grate—shakes 
out all dirt.gravel.etc. Saves 
the knives and makes clean, 
wholesome stock food. It lit¬ 
erally makes ribbons of all 
roots and vegetables. Pre¬ 
vents all choking. Itcutsfast 
and turns easy. Thousands in 
ruse and not a single com- 
U plaint. We make the Banner 
ill 7 .sizes for hand and power. 
Our Iliiistrntcd Catalogue | 
I tells the whole story. Ask for it. It’s Free. 
|o. E. THOMPSON & SONS, Ypsilanti. Mich.j 
largest Root Critter Makers in the World. 
6 
for 
$4 
Send U 3 a club of four subscriptions with 
$4 and we will advance your own sub¬ 
scription one year free. New yearly sub¬ 
scribers will now get the paper from 
the time subscription is received until 
Januai'y 1, 1903. Get up a club at once. 
