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Save a Dollar : Make a Dollar. 
ARE YOU SAYING MONEY ? 
Ben. Franklin was one of the 
wisest men of all time up to this 
year of our Lord, 1890. His was 
a native wisdom ranking with 
Solomon’s. His Poor Richard 
sayings are as well known as the 
Biblical proverbs in all Anglo- 
Saxon countries. And who shall 
say that “A penny saved is a 
penny earned” is not the chief of 
them all ? The right use of our 
life, our time, our strength, our 
talents, our money, is the first 
law of Nature. Money is only 
the “means for the exchange of 
the products of labor.” If we 
waste it, we waste labor and 
life. Hoarding is wrong, for that 
is not use. We should get all 
the good out of every dollar we 
spend. If we do that, we are 
rich indeed ; even if poor. If we 
save the pennies, dimes and dol¬ 
lars that go for trivial things or 
to pay exorbitant prices for nec¬ 
essaries, we shall soon be strong 
in the reserve strength which 
comes with a good bank account. 
Try the “ ’Tis But Box” described 
in a recent issue of the R. N.-Y. 
A GOOD WAY TO SAVE 
MONEY. 
The recent forcible articles in 
the R. N.-Y. on buying supplies, 
under “Business,” prompts me to 
remind its readers that the best 
way to get anything at the lowest 
money cost is through the me¬ 
dium of our subscription list. We 
can buy of the manufacturers 
and furnish to any of our readers 
who send us clubs of subscrip¬ 
tions, anything that they may de¬ 
sire within the limit of the pur¬ 
chasing power of the club sent 
in. Why isn’t that a good way 
to save money ? A club may be 
started at anytime and the mem¬ 
bers will be credited on account 
of the article wanted. 
governor hoard on our free 
EDUCATION OFFER. 
Executive Chamber, ) 
Madison, Wls., Tune 16, 1890 . S 
I am greatly pleased to learn of the R. N.¬ 
Y.’s enterprising and public-spirited offer of 
free scholarships in the agricultural colleges 
as premiums for clubs of subscribers. I 
certainly hope it will find sufficient encour¬ 
agement and response to make it a desirable 
venture from a business standpoint. Any¬ 
thing which will take hold of the young 
men who live on the farm and convey to 
them an idea of the value of a larger and 
more accurate judgment concerning the 
problems of agriculture is certainly to 
be hailed with encouragement by every 
one. Success in agriculture in this 
country henceforth must be attended 
not alone by industry and applica¬ 
tion, but by the exercise of intelligent 
judgment. Science is the hand maiden of 
industry, and 1 wish and have wished a 
thousand times, I presume, that my own 
convictions on this could be powerfully 
impressed on the young men who are to be 
our future farmers. The short course 
which has been made part of the curriculum 
of the Wisconsin Agricultural College has 
proved of great benefit. It consists of a 
vbree mo»tbg’ course. TUe cgect bue been 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE 28 
to bring into the college a large number of 
young and energetic men,who have acquired 
in that way a taste for knowledge. I cer¬ 
tainly hope the R. N.-Y. may induce a large 
number to accept the benefit of the scholar¬ 
ships. W. D. Hoard. 
I could not well get along without the 
R. N.-Y. I do not know that 1 can suggest 
any improvement unless it be to give us 
more of it. I have taken it eight or nine 
years, and it is far ahead of any other agri¬ 
cultural paper 1 have seen. G. M. r. 
Austin, Minn. 
With best wishes for the success of the 
wonderfully improved Rural, and, thank¬ 
ing its indefatigable editors, I am, 
Lowville, N. Y. C. s. rice. 
Live Stock Notes. 
AN effort is to be made to form a com¬ 
bination among those who are interested 
in Suffolk sheep for the purpose of import¬ 
ing some ewes this fall. The fourth vol¬ 
ume of the English Suffolk Sheep Society 
has just been issued. 
Horsemen that winter their animals in 
cold climates, where good sleighing is 
found, consider speeding on the snow an 
excellent exercise and training. Indeed, 
as Mr. J. H. Sanders says. “ it is becoming 
the general opinion of horsemen that if 
trotters and pacers are wintered in a sec¬ 
tion of the country where there is good 
sleighing for a number of weeks it does 
them no harm to indulge in a brush down 
the road now and then.” 
Winter Butter and Eggs.—T here are 
very many people who appreciate the point 
of this note from one of our New York 
subscribers: “ I have always kept cows 
and sent the milk to a cheese factory 
through the summer, getting what I could 
for it, and l winter the animals as cheaply 
as possible on coarse fodder. But there are 
several months during which my cows are 
not doing anythiug, and are a bill of ex¬ 
pense. A few hens, if properly managed, 
pay well. I am going to try winter dairy¬ 
ing and winter hens.” 
Berkshire Pigs.— Mr. Wm. B. Harvey, 
of West Grove, Pa , has the following to 
say about this breed : “ I was convinced 
and still hold that the Berkshire hog is, 
taking all things* into consideration, the 
best of all breeds. Their well mixed meat, 
excellent hams, early maturity, freedom 
from skin diseases, including mange, are 
combined qualities possessed by no other 
breed—owing to the great care exercised 
by the Berkshire Association, the breed 
is not imposed upon by spurious animals.” 
Mr. Harvey says, regarding the Yorkshire 
breed of hogs, that there is no waste about 
them, and that in summer mature animals 
will thrive on grass and water. 
Jersey Butter Tests.— Miller & Sibley 
report the three following tests of daugh¬ 
ters of Stoke Pogis 5th, 5987: May Dee 
Pogis 36993 for seven days, ending March 
15th, 1890, from 220 pounds of milk, made 
20 pounds ounces of butter. Frankness 
02451 for seven days, ending May 25th, 
1890, gave 198 pounds of milk, which yielded 
18 pounds four ounces of butter. Sweet 
Blossom Pogis 30995 for the week ending 
March 8th, 1890, from 177 pounds of milk 
16 pounds 1% ounce of butter. In each 
case the butter was of good quality, salted 
one ounce to the pound, worked and ready 
for market. May Dee Pogis was nearly 
four years six mouths old at the time of 
the test. Her dam is t>y Eupidee 4097, a 
grandson of Eurotas. Frankness lacked 20 
days of being three years old at the time of 
the test, which was made four months after 
dropping her first calf. Her dam is by 
Yellow Boy (>181, a grandson of Eurotas. 
Sweet Blossom Pogis was four years two 
months old at the time of tne test. Her 
dam is a granddaughter of Lord Lisgar. 
Other well known names in her maternal 
ancestry are Defiance, Lisette and Pride of 
Windsor. There are now eleven young 
daughters of Stoke Pogis 5th with full 
weekly tests averaging 17 pounds 7 3 11 
ounces. 
Terse Sheep Talk.— At almost every 
farmers’ institute Mr. J. S. Woodward is 
called upon to talk about his sheep. At 
the meeting held at Bainbridge our reporter 
made the following condensation of Mr. 
W.’s remarks:—Wool and mutton are not 
likelv to go lower. Texas and Australia 
have been eaten out, and their great day 
for sheep hu>banary is passeu. While 
*• oleo ” Is an enemy to the butter producer, 
shoddy is as great an enemy to wool pro¬ 
ducers; both should be sold for what they 
are. We think more of our dogs than of our 
wives. If a person or any animal, except a 
dog, comes on a man’s premises, an action 
lor trespass may be sustained, but the dog 
may go tree wherever he wishes. The new 
law in New York State makes it necessary 
to place a collar on the dog and pay a tax, 
but if he is kept for breeding, no tax is re¬ 
quired. Sheep are renovators for old land. 
They root out weeds and are better brush 
cutters than the scythe, particularly if we 
have to wield it. We can keep more cows 
if we have sheep, for sheep will eat down 
the clumps of grass around the voidiuga of 
the cows and other places, and fresh grass 
will spring up. in order to kill weeds and 
CUfiyU tut) laud, put ou more sheep tiiau the 
lot will keep, and feed grain. Sheep are 
excellent in orchards; for they pick up 
every apple as soon as it falls, before the 
worm gets away: while a pig will sleep and 
let the worm get out and hide before it gets 
around for the apple. Put poultry netting 
around the trees to protect them from the 
sheep. We must take care of the “ littles ” 
or go to the wall. The production of mut¬ 
ton is greater than of wool and a m$n must 
not keep sheep solely for wool. The wethers 
should be disposed of before they are a year 
old. There is no profit in making meat on 
old animals of any kind. There is no branch 
of farming that pays so well as feeding 
winter lambs; but it requires more care 
than any other. The market for first-class 
lambs is never supplied : but there i3 an 
overproduction of ordinary ones. Lambs 
for market in June and July are profitable. 
The lambs should be dropped before the 
sheep go to pasture. Do not submit your 
sheep to exposure. They take cold as easily 
as a bald-headed man when sitting iu a 
draft, and there is no money in food used to 
keep the animal warm. Have bouses close 
and never below 45 degrees or above 70 de- 
f rees—better from 50 degrees to 60 degrees. 
rovide ventilation by a chute or otherwise 
for the escape of bad air upwards. Cold and 
exposure are bad, but impure air Is worse 
for sheep. House the animals all the time 
or not at all. Catarrh in sheep is caused by 
uneven temperature. 
that a cross of a Percheron stallion, either 
full-blood or grade, on the common mares, 
is the most sensible and profitable. The 
get, if by pure bred stallions, weigh from 
1,600 to 1,900 pounds, and if the mares 
weigh from 1,000 to 1,300 pounds, the 
progeny, when four years old, will weigh 
from 1,200 to 1,600 pounds, and horses of 
this character and weight have the call 
everywhere. They are shapely, and good 
movers, and possess good dispositions, 
which they get from the Percheron, even 
if the mares are not so fortunate. More¬ 
over, they are willing worker. 1 *, and in this 
class of horses the buyer can find anything 
he wants, from general-purpose to heavy 
draft horses. Then again, it is perfectly 
safe to breed the large Percheron sires to 
the smaller mares, because the colts come 
small. The grade Percherons have almost 
entirely supplanted all other breeds in the 
Middle' States and Western cities for truck 
pUrcltancous: 
In writing to advertisers please always 
mention the Rural. 
\ 
o. 1 Poland Cliin 11 Pi gHfromregistered stock, 
nnlv ®MKI each. T. W. STRONG. Seville. Ohio. 
FOR SALE. 
Jerseys as Family Cows.—It is quite a 
curious fact that fruit growers, who try to 
push their land to its full capacity and who 
also know how to get the best taste and 
flavor out of their fruit, prefer the Jersey 
as a family cow. Here is a letter from a 
fruit grower in Van Buren County, Mich., 
which presents typical arguments in favor 
of “ the little butter cow : ” “I would like 
to say a few words through the R. N.-Y. 
to help some people who have (or have not) 
Jersey cows, to solve some difficulties they 
have encountered. 1. There area great many 
people who are not satisfied with the quan¬ 
tity of milk given by Jerseys. I finu the 
complaint comes mostly from those who 
have not Jerseys. A great deal depends on 
a person’s taste. To one who likes Hol¬ 
stein milk, I would suggest that he add to 
his Jersey milk three parts of water; one 
who prefers Short-horn milk should add 
two parts of water. The mixture would 
fill ‘a big pi*cher’ and I am sure would 
suit those who want quantity. 2. Quite a 
respectable number object to Jersey milk 
because, after standing all night, the cream 
all rises and the skim-milk is ‘ not fit to 
drink’ or ‘not good for the pigs.’ To 
this class I would recommend mat they 
put back into the skim milk about one- 
tenth of the cream and mix well; then it 
would not be so * blue.’ It might be too 
rich for some people’s stomachs. To them 
I recommend that they add one-half of 
warm water. I have but one cow (a Jer¬ 
sey) and she has been milked 15 months 
and now we make more butter than we 
have ever used in our family of six per¬ 
sons ; besides, we use cream every morning 
on mush and in coffee. Now I would not 
have the readers of the R. N.-Y. think I 
have adopted the above suggestion, for I 
don’t care to drink lots of water to get a 
little milk (my digestion is pretty good yet) 
and I don’t care to feed anything but the 
simple ‘skim-milk’ to my pigs. They do 
well on that, ‘blue’ as it is.” 
American Jack Breeders.— “ A mule is 
a mule” to most people; “large” or 
“small’’being about the only distinction 
known. It seems, however, that there are 
quite distinct types of mules, the type 
being determined by the jack—Spanish, 
Italian or French. American breeders of 
jacks have not tried to raise purebred ani¬ 
mals, though a few enterprising men are 
endeavoring to establish and maintain a 
Jack Registry similar to the registers kept 
by cattle breeders. Mr. VV. H. Goodpasture, 
one of the leading jack breeders of the 
country, gives his views on the subject as 
follows : “ Even to day, when breeders are 
learning something of the difference be¬ 
tween the existing races, no effort is beiug 
made to preserve jacks in their purity. An 
imported jack may be purchased for a herd 
of jennets, but these jennets are a con¬ 
glomeration of all breeds and only a cross 
can be obtained. A different system is 
being followed by the horsemen, and if one 
desires he can obtain a pure-bred of either 
sex of any useful breed. The same may lie 
said of cattle. Now 1 would suggest to the 
jack breeders of this country, that with our 
increased interest and grow iug organization 
this state of affairs is not long to continue, 
and that the time is not distant when pur¬ 
chasers are going to demaud a pure-bred of 
what they regard as the best breed, and the 
man who luckily possesses such will be he 
who is to reap the greatest profit. The 
profitable breeding, then, in other words, 
will be in pure breeding of the best race of 
jacks. In my humble judgment, after hav¬ 
ing carefully studied them at their own 
homes and noted the character of their off¬ 
spring and their market value, the French 
Poitous combine in the highest degree the 
elements of purity of blood aud individual 
excellence. The mule is the ultimate end 
aud object of the jack ; it is his only excuse 
for existence iu tuis country, aud that the 
Poitou is superior in this respect I believe 
to be proved beyond the peiadventure of a 
doubt.” 
Percherons Praised.— Savage & Far- 
num, of Detroit, are firm believers iu the 
value of Percheron horses. They say: 
“ We have had large experience ourselves, 
and have exchanged views with many of 
the best and most exteusive breeders 
of the country iu regard to crosslug 
stallions on the common mares of each 
section, the object being, of course, to 
produce colts that will sell the most 
readily, aud we can unhesitatingly say 
JERSEY' HEIFERS, VERY HANDSOME: POGIS 
STOCK. Low prices. One Bull four months old. 
Price, *16. Address 
H. HOYVLAND, Morristown, N. J. 
University of the State of Hew York. 
AMERICAN 
VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
189 and 141 West 54th St., New York City. 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION 
Ciruelar and information can be had on application to 
I>. A. LIAUT * HD. V. M.. Dean of the Faculty. 
SHEEP SHROPSHIRE! LAMBS 
COTSWOLD. OXFORD DOWN AND MHHINO. Bred 
from highest class prize winning stock Lambs 
ready for shipping August 1: also a few choice Rams 
and Ewes 1. ‘i and 3-year old. of all the above breeds. 
A numbfr of prize winners ready for shipment aoout 
the middle of October. 
YORKSHIRE PICS. , 
JERSEY REDS CHESTER WHITE, POLAND 
CHINAS BERKSHIRE Spring lifers ready tor m 
mediate shipment Also several Rough-Coated S( oich 
Collin Bitches 1 to 2 years old. W rite at once for 
nScS. WT Al'ce Burp?. * to.. FhSaMpUu. P». 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
DO YOU WANT THE BEST? 
Then send lorn Catalogue of the only 
herd in which IOO Cows have averaged 
19 lbs. and 18 have averaged 24 lbs. of 
butter per week. In which 96 Cows 
have averaged 10,019 lbs. of milk per 
year. 
HORSES. 
lydesdale, Percheron, French Coach, 
merican-bred Coach, Standard-bred 
rotters, of the best and most Popular 
reeding. 
Also Berkshire and Cheshire Swine. 
Senarate Catalogues of Horses and Cattle. Prices 
w for high <iualhy of stock. (In writing mention 
is paper.) 
HIGH CLASS JERSEY CAT¬ 
TLE -All registered in American 
Jers.y Cattle Club Bulls no* In 
service arc STOKE POGIS Sth. 594,. 
sire of 8 young cows, test Ing from 
_ 14 lbs. U? ozs to il lbs. 12ozs. of 
utl Z7 in 7 days. Full and only living brother of 
toktfPogis 3d, now d.ad, sire of 27 cows averaging 
ver 20 lbs. of butter apiece per w. ok. IDA a RIOTER 
,l- ST L., 13656. Inbred sou of Ida_of St. Lambert, 
fllci 1 butter teat 8U lbs, ozs In * (lavs. No bull 
alf sold for less than * 00, nor heifer for less than 
"a I so Pure Bred ANGORA GOATS and Chlldr-n*. 
’miles. State what you want. No general catalogue, 
'rotting Horse catalogue sent on application. Ten 
ions of the great Electioneer. Mention this paper. 
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