1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
79 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(continued.) 
of the young before they are horn. Fat 
covers many defects, and in the case of 
ignorant judges, one is compelled to 
ruin an animal to be able to win first 
prize at the fairs. The best is supposed 
to be at the fair and the beginner buys 
his start at a long price while there. 
When he gets the pampered animal 
home, it ‘ goes to pieces ’, and he is dis¬ 
gusted with the breed. The second ob¬ 
ject of showing stock, i. e., advertising, 
is defeated, and future sales cut short. 
For future profit, show stock on their 
merits, use no deception, and work for 
better judges. The short-course students 
can be instructed in judging, and should 
make good ones.” 
It was stated that potatoes are worth 
10 cents per bushel to feed. They are 
much better if steamed. Dr. Smeade 
said that he sold $1,308 worth of pork 
grown on potatoes and $50 worth of 
grain. 
Pigs are best weaned by feeding wheat 
at three weeks, adding milk until they 
come to suckle but little. Then take the 
sow from the pigs, and they, being ac¬ 
customed to the pen, do not fret. 
Mr. Doolittle said that a well-bred hog 
will produce more lard per 100 pounds 
of fat than a scrub, which gives muscle 
and scraps. A round animal is not as 
profitable as a deep one for good cuts. 
Avoid a heavy head, thick rind, big leg, 
and breed one which gives the most 
high-priced meats. Have hogs that have 
no wrinkles and that have lean meat 
among the fat. 
Prof. Wing, with his stereopticon gave 
an interesting lecture, and explained 
some problems in line breeding. Some 
of the notable examples of great animals 
have been produced by this system. A 
study of the subject would be a profit¬ 
able winter evenings’ occupation. 
This association is in a flourishing con¬ 
dition, and Vol. III. of the herd book is 
being published. The officers for the 
following year are : President, C. E. 
Chapman ; Vice-President, R. D. Button ; 
Secretary, H. J. Brown, Harford, N. Y. 
DEATH TO THE RATS. 
If F. W. H. will get two good cats and a 
thoroughbred Fox terrier, his rats will find It to 
their interest to move. If he take good care of his 
cats and dog, they will take care of the rats and 
mice. I speak from experience. R. n. randall. 
On page 19, F. W. H. wishes information as to 
how to get rid of rats. There is just one way, 
and that is to keep plenty of cats, and let them 
have free access to all the rat runs. Take good 
care of the cats. Feed them well on almost any 
food but meat; the rats will supply that. Pota¬ 
toes are not good food for cats. Don’t shut them 
out on very cold nights. 8. K. M. 
In years past, when we have been troubled with 
rats, the discovery was made that our stock of 
cats was either very much reduced, or lacking 
entirely. And then, again, when we were blessed 
with an entire absence of the objectionable ro¬ 
dents—as is the case at present—we find that the 
cats have full possession. But don’t expect such 
a favorable state of affairs if dogs are allowed 
to torment and drive the cats off from the prem¬ 
ises ! Feed the cats milk. i, d. c. 
New York. 
I used to have a barnful of rats, but since I 
keep from four to six cats which are fed in the 
barn all the time, I have had no rats for five 
years xrnst, and I think that if F. W. H. would try 
the same plan, he would succeed in ridding his 
farm of the pests. I know from personal experi¬ 
ence that good cats will do the work, as my 
neighbors, who are down on cats are overrun 
with rats. But F. W. H. must keep his cats in 
the barn, for house cats seldom amount to any¬ 
thing. Above all, do not feed them too much 
meat, but skim-milk. It will not cost as much to 
keep a good cat, as a poor one. i\ e. s. 
In the spring of 1888, I moved on a farm which 
had poor buildings; the barn is a “ fiat bottom,’ 
as we call them here, to distinguish them from 
bank barns. The fiat barns form the best of rat 
harbors, especially when they become old and 
rickety. This barn was literally alive with the 
rodents, and not only the barn but the house, and 
other outbuildings. As I did not like living with 
rats very well, I concluded to try to free the 
premises, if possible, from them. The granary 
was their rendezvous at night. I soon discovered 
that there were plenty of holes in the granary 
where they could go in and out. I shut all the 
holes but one, that I could find. In the evening 
after dark, I would go quietly to the barn and 
close the hole in the granary which I had left for 
an entrance for them. Then with a lantern in 
one hand, and a good club in the other, I would 
proceed to give them their medicine. It was a 
long time before I succeeded in finding all the 
places of egress, but I generally could kill three 
or four before they could get out, and if I could 
succeed in catching any alive (which I frequently 
did), I would daub them all over with pine tar, 
and then let them go again, so that they could 
tell their more fortunate comrades of their fate. I 
generally would go to the barn two and three 
times during the night. It was not long before 
my rats concluded to move to more comfortable 
quarters. I haven’t seen a rat on the premises 
for six or seven years, and if they ever come back 
again, I shall give them the same treatment that 
I gave them before. s. b. f. 
Blake, O. 
Take good, hard potash, pulverize it coarsely, 
put it into the mouths of the holes, and spread it 
so that a rat will be obliged to step on it. The 
atmosphere will dissolve the potash, and it then 
becomes very sticky. If a rat steps on it, it will 
stick to his feet, and to clean it, he will put his 
foot into his mouth; as soon as he has done this, 
he will wish that he hadn’t, and will soon make 
tracks for cleaner places. I have had occasion 
to use the above several times during the past 30 
years, and have never known it to fail when prop¬ 
erly done. I have had the greatest difficulty under 
straw stacks, when straw was loose, and the 
holes large. Make the holes smaller, and if they 
dig around them, then try again. j. w. g. 
Clay Center, Kan. 
A Constant Coitgii with failing Strength. 
and Wasting of Flesh, are symptoms denoting Pul¬ 
monary organs more or less seriously affected. You 
will find a safe remedy for all Lung or Throat-ails in 
Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant.— Adv. 
■E2 
Horse Owners!. Try 
GOMBAULT'S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
A Safe Speedy and Positive Cure 
The Barest, Beat BLISTER ever used. Takes 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe action 
Removes all Bunches or Blemishes from Borneo 
and Cattle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OR FIRING. Impossible to produce scar or blemish. 
Every bottle sold is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
sent by express, charges paid, wlthfull directions 
for its use. Send for descriptive circulars. ' 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland O 
f I.... 
Feeders of Stock 
Kindly Stop a Minute. 
We wish to remind you of the 
importance of using liberally 
OUR LINSEED OIL MEAL. 
Never before has linseed oil meal been anything 
like as low in price as now, and as prevailing prices 
are not remunerative to the manufacturer, feeders 
can readily reason that prices must soon be higher. 
Address 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS, 
DETROIT, MICH. 
COW DON’T BREED? 
THOUSANDS CURED—BOOK FREE. 
MOORE BROS., ALBANY, N. Y. 
CAKED UDDER AND GARGET 
is positively cured by the use of 
Scott’s Arabian Paste. 
Guaranteed. Will not scatter or 
reduce the flow of milk. Sent by 
mail on receipt of price. }A lb, 
50c.; 1 lb., $1.00. SCOTT’S ARABIAN 
PASTE CO.. Rochester, N- Y. 
G round Bone, Shells, Charcoal and Limestone 
Grit and Poultry Supplies. Send for circular. 
Manufactured by J. H. SLACK, Bloomsbury, N. J. 
GRANULATED BONE FOR POULTRY, 
Bone Meal, Crushed Oyster Shells, Calcite, Crushed 
I lint, Ground Beef Scraps. Send for Price List. 
YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, York, Pa. 
Springfield and Worcester. 
WE ARE FURNISHING 
Poultry Supplies 
From our factories in each of the above cities. Our 
O. K. FOOD is still the leading brand, fresh made, 
dry and right. If your grain dealer does not keep it, 
send to the factory nearest you. CUT GREEN 
BONE a specialty. Send for catalogue to 
C. A. BARTLETT, Worcester, Mass. 
Thoroughbred Live Stock. 
ANY ONE wishing to PURCHASE or SELL will find 
it to his ADVANTAGE to watch these advertise¬ 
ments, and address 
WILES A. SEWARI), 207 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Notice: The R. N.-Y. approves this new departure. 
If One 
Keeps One Hen, 
It will be a source of satisfaction 
to him to feed it with Bowker’s 
Animal Meal. It is as good for 
small flocks as for larger ones, 
and the larger ones are steady 
consumers of this Animal Meal. 
It furnishes the animal food which 
is required for the economical 
production of eggs in quantity. 
Eggs cannot be made from noth¬ 
ing. Feed Bowker’s Animal Meal. 
It makes hens lay; 
It makes chickens grow. 
Enough for 10 hens 3 months, $ 1 . 
Four times as much for $ 2 . 23 . 
Our little book, “The Egg,” free. 
The BOWKER COMPANY, 
G HUSH El) OYSTER Shells for Poultry. 
100-lb. bag, 00 cents: five. $2.50; ten. $4.50. Per 
ton, $ 8 . E. N. LEKTE, Leete's Island. Conn. 
INCUBATORS, 
BROODERS^YEGETABLE and 
CLOVER CUTTERS. 
BONE and GRAIN MILLS. 
A complete line of po ultry supplie s^.t 
loxcest prices. Green 
cut bone will I 
MAKE HENS LAY 
1 inWinter and produce 
—I fertile eggs for hatch¬ 
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lablo information on poultry raining* 
Ipkkkleks incubator a nitoomut Ai,<oiut. iv 
610 51 Ohio St., QUINCY, 11,1,. Self-Uegul.tling. 
The “Lakeside” Herd. 
CLOTH1LDE H. H. B. 130S. 
Milk record 26,021 pounds 2 ounces in a year. But¬ 
ter record, 28 pounds 2)4 ounces in a week. 
We have 100 of this cow's descendants for sale. If 
this is the class of cattle you want, write to 
SMITHS & POWELL CO., Syracuse, N.Y. 
HIGH-CLASS 
Registered Jersey Cattle. 
KOBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
HARRY REEDER & CO 1 of imported stock, 
cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, house and hunting dogs. 
Illustrated catalog free. TnoRNDALE, Chester Co.,Pa 
A WORD to the WISE is sufficient. Orders booked 
for pigs from spring litters. Quality the BEST. 
WILLS WOOD HERD 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
WILLS A. SEWARD. Budd’s Lake. N. J. 
MILL FARM HERD OF 
CHESHIRES! 
Always ahead. Nearly all the 
1 st premiums at Chicago in 1893 
and more than half at New York 
State Fair i n 1894 and 1895 . Low 
prices. Correspondence solicited. 
B. J. HURLBUT, Clymer, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITES 
SWEEPING REDUCTION to suit hard times, and 
reduce large stock of choice animals. You run no 
risk sending order, as I am the only breeder guaran¬ 
teeing satisfaction, and agreeing to refund money and 
pay freight both ways on any stock rejected. You are 
to be the judges. My swine are the old “ True Typo,” 
having broad, dished face, lop ear, straight hair and 
back, good body, bone and ham, and are yrowthy, hut 
not coarse. 
G. R. FOULKE, Bala Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
HATCH CHICKENS 
Ptcftnl, .Uif-Xnf.. 
tsuir.j Tioaitaa,!* 
fa> 
o*toh & larger percent*** 
fertile egg. at lea. coil then S 
»ny other Hatcher. lowest I 
priced flrat-claaa Hatcher | 
made. GEO. II. 8TAIIL, 
» 14 toiaa S. Olh St., Quincy, fll. 
t y 
Circulars frea. 
- Send 6c. for 
Ulus. Catalogue. 
N ow HEADY. The finest 
Chester Whites I ever bred, 
2 to 6 months old, at reduced 
prices, in keeping with the 
times. Breeding stock all reg. 
in Nat’l Chester White Rec¬ 
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1 will quote you prices of in¬ 
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Edw’d Walter, EurekaStock Farm, W. Chester,Pa. 
Sir Francis 2969. 
THE IMPROVED 
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CHESHIRES 
FROM SUNNY 8 IDK 
STOCK FARM—Show 
Record for 1895, On ex¬ 
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in 32 Classes: won 26 First and five Second Prizes. 
Stock of all ages for sale. 
D. A. WATKOUS, Ouaquaga, Broome Co., N. Y. 
nuroumre pure and choice. 
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RCnil A DDflQ Highland Mills, N. Y., Breeders 
IlLI^Un UnUOi of Belgian Hares. Breeders. $5 
pair; Guinea Pigs, $2 pair. Bantams, Buff Cochin and 
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WILD TURKEYS 
Address W. W. BENDER, Tub, Pa. 
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Purebred Game Poultry 
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For description and prices, address 
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