1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
31 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(continued.) 
ning to end. All dairymen don’t milk 
in that way, but there are more than 
most people ai'e aware. How 1 wish 
that all those that come to our factories 
in that shape, were compelled to have 
their photographs taken, framed and 
placed on each four-corners of the 
neighborhood, to remain there until they 
would change the programme, and be¬ 
come clean milkers. My word for it, there 
would be less cheese off flavor, when it 
gets to market. o. H. smith. 
Obstructed Teat. —About three weeks 
ago, one of my cows had a teat obstructed 
by a scab growing oyer the opening. I 
cut it in two directions, and used a 
bougie as directed by Dr. Jas. Law for 
“ thickening of the mucous membrane 
and closure of the milk duct,” in the 
Government report on diseases of cattle. 
The scab has disappeared, but the milk 
comes harder and harder at every milk¬ 
ing, and seems to grow thicker. What 
is the cause, and what is the remedy ? 
Have I diagnosed the disease correctly ? 
Two years ago, I had the same trouble 
with another cow, and she lost her teat. 
Is it contagious ? k. A. u. 
Canobie Lake, N. H. 
R. N.-Y.—The milk-duct probably re¬ 
quires opening or enlarging with the 
teat-slitter or hidden bistoury, after 
which it should be kept from closing by 
wearing a lead probe or simply a slender 
quill tied in the duct so that it cannot 
drop out. If you have no teat-slitter, 
employ a veterinary surgeon to perform 
the operation for you. The trouble is 
not contagious. 
Feeding Potatoes. —We have often 
given our opinion as to the wisdom of 
feeding potatoes to stock. J D. Smith 
in Hoard’s Dairyman, gives the follow¬ 
ing experience : 
About the time potatoes were ready to harvest, 
I raised and bought 18 pigs. Besides these, I had 
on hand four brood sows, three fattening spring 
pigs, and one boar. As milk began to fail, I 
boiled each day (in a farmers’ boiler of 45 gal¬ 
lons capacity), about two basketfuls of pump¬ 
kins and 1 or 1% bushel of potatoes. These were 
mashed tine and mixed with what milk we had, 
and relished exceedingly by the porkers. After a 
time, the quantity of skim-milk being less, I be¬ 
gan by adding about a peck each day of corn 
meal, which was thoroughly mixed with the steam¬ 
ing potatoes and pumpkins, and all removed to 
the barrels in the pens, and mixed with what 
milk we had. The fat pigs were confined in pens, 
and I have seldom seen pigs make a better gain. 
A seemingly small feed has kept the brood sows 
thriving, while the 18 young pigs have had their 
liberty, with all the feed they would eat. I have 
no conveniences for weighing, but I feel sure that 
the entire lot are making a gain of, at least, a 
pound apiece daily. The pumpkins are now 
gone, and we are cooking more potatoes, putting 
in a few small apples for a relish. Then, too, as 
tha pigs require more, we are adding a little 
more grain. 
Mr. Smith says that he would not feed 
raw potatoes to pigs, but finds them 
valuable for cattle, both as a food and 
relish. 
A Dishorning Convert. —“ I always 
had the impression that dishorning was 
an act of extreme cruelty to cattle,” said 
Mr. Hogan the other day ; “ but I had a 
little experience not long ago, that has 
made me a convert to the doctrine of the 
high priests of dishorning. It came about 
this way ; I had two old cows and two 
young ones. I didn’t wish to keep them 
in the stables all day, and I didn’t wish 
to let them tramp my pasture while it 
was soft and muddy. So I put them in 
the barnyard, an enclosure about 20 
yards square, and went to the house. A 
few hours afterward, I found one of the 
young cows badly marked, and that 
settled the dishorning question immedi¬ 
ately. 
“ 1 went to a neighbor and borrowed 
his fine-tooth saw, put one cow after an¬ 
other in the stanchion, tied the head 
down so that it was immovable, and 
sawed off every horn on the place 
smooth with the head. I threw out 
some fodder in the barnyard, and one- 
half hour afterward, they were eating 
together like sheep. I felt a reluctance 
at first, something like a man who 
knows he has to shave with a dull razor; 
but now that I know what the operation 
is, I wouldn’t have anything but a 
mulley, artificial or otherwise, on my 
place. They are as quiet now as any 
cattle I ever saw.” j. d. 
Two Big Pigs. —Having read accounts 
of the weight of pigs at different ages, 
in your most excellent paper, I submit 
one from our section for the benefit of 
your readers. Mr. Jonathan Sternberg, 
proprietor of the Vanderpool House, of 
Manlius, N. Y., purchased two pigs of a 
neighboring farmer that were farrowed 
February 6, 1895 ; they received for their 
feed the refuse from the hotel kitchen, 
and this fall were fed §8 worth of grain 
feed. They were butchered December 
11, when 10 months and 5 days old, and 
weighed 472 pounds and 524 pounds, re¬ 
spectively ; the pigs cost $3 apiece, thus 
making very cheap pork. Please pub¬ 
lish this, with a request for some one to 
beat it if he can. h. j. h. 
Oran, N. Y. 
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Every Horseman Should Try 
It appears to me very doubtful whether 
the breeding of Short-horns for both 
beef and milk, can be made a success. 
While there are many noble specimens 
of milking Short-horns, the beef habit 
has been so firmly established in them 
that the principle of heredity would 
crop out all along the line, and the 
chances are that there would be more 
beef heifers than milking heifers reared. 
The mistake in the building-up of 
young Ayrshires has heretofore been 
that they have been too much neglected 
the first year. My idea is that the 
animal is either made or unmade the 
first year. A neglected, stunted calf 
will early develop into an animal of 
large size. We have been making some 
experiments in the way of producing a 
large, more rangy Ayrshire, and we are 
confident that we ai-e now on the right 
road. As an illustration, one yearling 
bull—a year old last March—at several 
different weighings, gave the following 
figures : At six months, 540 pounds ; at 
eight months, 670; at one year, 820 ; at 
eighteen months, 1,030. A calf from the 
same cow is now following closely in the 
footsteps of the yearling. 
I must repeat that I am convinced that 
the Ayrshire has too often been bred 
downhill instead of uphill, and that, by 
proper handling, this excellent breed 
can be made to take the place of some 
of the larger breeds without any loss in 
milking qualities. In rearing the young 
animal, I would not cut off the supply 
of milk while too young. Keep him 
from grass the first summer, but teach 
him to eat old hay when six weeks old. 
Keep up the supply of milk as long as it 
can be spared, with the addition of a 
small quantity of scalded linseed meal 
and good wheat bran dry, in such quan¬ 
tities as he will eat without leaving any 
in the manger. The first winter 1 have 
found no substitute for a liberal daily 
ration of sliced roots. If well-bedded 
and well groomed, there is no reason 
why a good Ayrshire calf should not 
develop sufficient frame for the future 
finishing of fat. But I would not allow 
the feeding of corn meal or of any fat¬ 
forming food to the young heifer until 
her milk habit has been formed, or to 
the young bull until I had developed 
the frame. d. m. Campbell,. 
Oneonta, N. Y. 
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What a Lot of Eggs 
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