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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
DEC. 27 
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“ Whatever Thou Doest Let It Evoke 
Thy Utmost Skill.” 
This has ever been our aim. We have 
devoted years of study to our Compound 
Oxygen Treatment. We are satisfied that 
our labor has not been in vain. Within 
the last 20 years we have treated over 
55,000 patients, over 1,000 physicians are 
using it in their practice, and taking it 
themselves. We have hundreds of testi¬ 
monials from grateful patients. You can 
see these testimonials if you will write us 
for them. Among them you will find 
names of statesmen, clergymen, lawyers, 
doctors, editors; men and women of all 
professions and occupations, who have 
been cured. Here is a sample: 
Drs. Starkey & Palen.— “My nervous 
system was dangerously affected by fre¬ 
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I then used your Compound Oxygen Treat¬ 
ment, my nerves were soon strengthened, 
the appetite improved and the disposition 
to take active exercise was remarkable.” 
Rev. E. J. Meynardib, D. D., Camden, S. 
C., December 24, 1888. 
Send for our brochure of 200 pages, hun¬ 
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Live Stock Notes. 
Facsimile of the autograph of a late 
distinguished American: 
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The prepotency of the thoroughbred 
Hereford sire is marvelous. He puts the 
white face on almost all his offspring, 
whatever may be the blood of the dam.— 
Pacific Rural Press. 
The “ white face ” of itself is of little 
value; but it proves that the other good 
qualities of the Herefords are transmitted. 
The owner of a dairy of Ayrshire cows 
never complains of hard times, for where 
any other cows can simply pay their way 
the Ayrshire will return a dividend.—C. M. 
Winslow. 
Yes, he does, if he treats his cows in the 
way some farmers do. 
The Secretary of the Angora Goat 
Breeders’ Association, of California, ar¬ 
gues that goat flesh is a better food than 
mutton. 
THE Missouri Valley Jersey Breeders’ 
Association has been formed. Walton 
Holmes, Kansas City, secretary. Annual 
meeting, January 8, 1891. 
The most prosperous Angora goat ranch 
in the country is in Nevada, 20 miles from 
Battle Mountain. It was established 14 
years ago. Fleeces, hides and flesh consti¬ 
tute the cash sales. 
A Milwaukee horse, usually gentle, be¬ 
came frantic when its hind feet were 
touched. It could not be shod As a last 
resort it was chloroformed, and shod while 
under the influence of the amesthetic. 
When it “came to” it tried to kick the 
shoes off, but finally gave it up. 
A GREATER nuisance in a herd than sows 
that are poor sucklers never was. Their 
young ones are sure to go wrong and dis¬ 
appoint one’s greatest hopes. I believe 
many pig breeders are turned entirely 
against pig breeding because they buy a 
bad suckler and try to breed from her just 
because she is good looking, and never 
make inquiries whether she comes of a 
good, motnerly strain.—Farmer’s Gazette. 
Sows differ as widely as do cows in their 
milking properties. We can detect the 
poor cow in tne pail; but the sow spoils her 
pigs before we find her out. Nothing like 
mother’s milk. 
The Oakland (California) Leader tells of 
a man who “ shot a squirrel that had 1,020 
grains of wheat stored away in the pouches 
of its cheeks. At this daily rate of con¬ 
sumption, 100 squirrels would probably eat 
a sack of wheat in five days, or about six 
sacks a month. This would keep an or¬ 
dinary family provided with flour.” The 
squirrel families ought not to count, of 
course. 
Queen Victoria’s Short-horn heifer 
“ Princess Josephine 2,” won the prize for 
the best animal at the Smithfield Fat 
Stock Show, but died of a cold before she 
was butchered. Pampered too much ? 
There have been some very good horses 
with rat-tails; in fact, there are good 
horsemen who claim that they have never 
known a poor individual in front of a tail 
thus apparently neglected by Nature, but 
a well-grown mane and tail will always 
add to the money value of an animal.— 
Hotse World. 
Correct. Cultivate the tail. 
The Jersey breeders will offer a gold 
watch, worth over $400, to the owner of the 
five Jerseys that bring the highest prices at 
the Kellogg sale, opening April 20, 1891. 
Dr. F. S. Billings has sold his entire 
rights in Preventive Inoculation with 
reference to swine plague, to George A. 
Seaverns, of Chicago, though he will still 
have a general supervision of the business. 
Milk Before Maternity.— Mr. S. B. 
Marsh writes Hoard’s Dairyman as follows: 
“ I have a seven eighths Jersey heifer that I 
commenced to milk the second of July last, 
at which time she was 15K months old. 
She made 2}4 pounds of butter the first 
week, and continued to gain until she 
made four pounds per week for several 
weeks, and then she began to shrink in her 
milk ; and now she is nearly dry. though 
I strip her a little twice a day. She is due 
to calve in six days. Eleven pounds of her 
milk make a pound of very fine, yellow 
butter. She was ‘ brought to her milk ’ by 
another heifer sucking her.” 
James Wilson, at the Iowa Short-horn 
breeders’ meeting, thus told the glories of 
his breed “ The foreign markets took 
about $40,000,000 worth of live and dressed 
beef during the last fiscal year, mostly 
Short-horns. Good cattle are selling in 
Chicago at from 4 to 5)4 cents a pound, 
mostly Short horns. Common stuff sells at 
from four cents down to one cent a pound, 
anything but Short horns. A Short-horn 
takes the first honors at the Fat Stock 
Show.” 
When asked if corn smut will kill cows 
or produce abortion, Prof. W. O. Henry 
gives this reminiscence. “ I fed the smut to 
one cow until she refused to eat it; to an¬ 
other cow I fed it until she ate a peck a day 
of carefully cleaned smut. This cow was 
not carrying a calf and was dry. For a time 
she fattened, but suddenly died, owing, I 
am certain, to disturbance in the brain 
caused by smut. I may say by way of 
parenthesis that the cow got it back on me, 
for in making a post-mortem examination 
I was blood-poisoned and came near being 
put under the ground almost as soon as the 
cow.” 
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Have given per¬ 
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thing.” 
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Wrench and Hoof-cleaner and one extra Set of Calks 
sent with each Sot. Send for descriptive circular. 
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Langshan fowls and eggs for sale. Circulars free. 
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THE POULTRY MONTHLY, 
published by the Ferris Pub¬ 
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the leading poultry publica¬ 
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WHOSE MONEY IS LOST ? 
Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1888, 
p. 650.—' • The losses which annually accrue to 
the agriculturists from the use of poor or nearly 
worthless seeds are greatly underestimated, an l 
would, ir aggregated, annually amount to many 
hundreds of thousands of dollars.” 
Report of 1889 p. 523.-" In 148 samphs of seeds 
of grass and forage plants sold In Delaware, 44 
contained plantain ; 2? sheep sorrel; 25 rag weed ; 
5 dodder; and one Canada thistle. Twenty six 
different species of weeds wire found In the 
samples tested. This list tells its own story as to 
how the majority of weed seeds get upon the 
farm.” 
We CLEAN grass and clover seeds, tak- 
weed seeds out by methods of which we 
have the exclusive use. If you want pure, 
fresh seeds, write us for free samples and 
particulars with prices. 
THE WHITNEY-NOYES SEER COMPANY, 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
PROF. THOMPSON’S CONCENTRATED 
ARABIAN 
FOOD 
For 
HORSES 
and CATTLE 
The best preparation on earth to give your horse 
an appetite, rid him of worms, make his coat 
sleek, give him new life and ambition, — in short, 
make him LOOK BETTER and FEEL BETTER 
than he ever did before. Is the best food ever 
discovered for CATTLE and SWINE. It will 
MAKE HENS LAY. 
The Arabian Food is put up in 10 lb. bags, $1, 
25 lb. $2, 50 lb. $3.50. Agents wanted every¬ 
where. Send for circular and testimonials. 
A 10 lb. bag express paid to any address for $1, 
Address THE ARABIAN FOOD CO., LEE,MASS. 
WHY PAY RETAIL PRICES 
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-\xt A ATnDT?Ti-Every retail milk dealer 
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for illustrated circular of the Low-Down >1ilk 
Wagons, made by J. R. PARSONS WAGON WORKS 
Earlville, N. 'i . 
The IM. MONITOR 
INCUBATOR 
has notonly taken nine 
prlz s at leading shows 
last winter and has the 
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will give evidence that 
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Bone and Meat (Fresh Rone and Meat from the 
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T M. REVEAL, CLERMONT, IND , breeds best 
. strains Poland China recorded Swine all ages 
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point Indianapolis, Iud. 15 Hailroads. 
SCOTCH COLLIES. 
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of Rough Coated S otch Collies. Orders booked now 
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475 North Fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
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the Cost with the 
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With Dumping Caldron, empties 
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GLOVER STOCK FARM HERD 
Of Improved Chester White Swine, headed by Sweep- 
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Sto k for sale. <\ H. GREGG. 
Krumroy, Summit County, Ohio. 
npit/IMD The only bit made that can 
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DIT the most vicious hotse with 
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50,000 sold in 1889. 
75,000 sold in HiOO. 
THEY ARE KING. 
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•Stallion Hits Fifty cents extra. 
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Our prices hare been put at tlie loweat notch consistent 
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TERMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS. 
Elmwood Stock f&riH. in writing ^nonlluiruns paper. 
STALLIONS AND MARES 
American-bred as well a? 
imported animals 
(best prize-winning strains, 
I Visitors -welcome. Send for Illustrated catalogue. 
JOHN, W. AKIN. SC1P10. M Y. 
