1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
283 
Live Stock Matters 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Cow Condiment. —A writer in the Iowa 
Homestead gives the following conver¬ 
sation with a friend who has been quite 
successful with cows : 
It was a profitable thing for a farmer with one 
or two cows to save the turnip, mangel and beet 
tops, put them in tight boxes or barrels, salting 
them, and weighting them down with stones on 
the cover. He said it was surprising how much 
feed a common-sized barrel would hold, and cows 
delighted to eat it. It formed a relish or condi¬ 
ment, creating an appetite for their daily feed. 
In these days of depression, it would be well for 
farmers to cherish their cows and study their 
likes and dislikes, not only in the way of feed, but 
in everything else. A lot of cows shipped to our 
town from Nebraska were auctioned off recently, 
and brought an average of $33. Many were thin 
in flesh, and those giving milk were nearly dry. 
A few of the good ones brought as high as $46 
each. 
That might work in some of the smaller 
dairies where not enough cows are kept 
to make a silo profitable. 
Raw Potatoes and Butter. — One 
peck of cut ruta-bagas was fed per cow, 
mixed with a little salt and the usual 
allowance of mill feed, immediately after 
milking every evening, to high-grade 
Jersey cows. The color of the butter 
was good (no artificial color used), flavor 
excellent. Wishing to get rid of small 
potatoes, I discontinued the ruta-bagas, 
and substituted the same amount of 
small potatoes, the rest of the feed being 
the same as before. The color of the 
butter after this change, in place of 
being yellow, was of a grayish-white 
with a horribly villainous flavor. The 
potatoes were stopped, and ruta-bagas 
fed again, resulting in yellow, well- 
flavored butter again. j. b. 
Vienna, Ohio. 
The White Leghorn Hen.— The White 
Leghorn has many good qualities as an 
egg producer, and compares well with 
two or three other varieties in our poul¬ 
try house. She is a “business hen,” and 
begins her life work early in life, keep¬ 
ing up her good qualities for several 
years. 
At one time, I procured seven dozen 
eggs from Mr. Wyckoff, and the result 
was a new experience to me—pullets 
hatched May 10 began to lay November 
17, and continued very steadily through 
the winter. Their large combs were a 
curiosity, and their quick movements 
savored of gracefulness. We found, too, 
that we could house more Leghorns in 
one compartment than of larger fowls, 
and when killed, the fine, white feathers 
brought two cents a pound more than 
the darker feathers of our common 
fowls. Eggs in winter in Montreal, aver¬ 
age 35 to 40 cents per dozen, and the 
Wyckoff pullets nobly did their duty as 
winter layers. 
If farmers’ daughters who are short 
of pocket money, would invest in a few 
choice eggs, and notice the results, it 
would be a surprise to them. The R. 
N.-Y. gives practical experience and 
directions as to care of poultry, and it 
is a business that attracts one who enters 
heartily into the spirit of it. Hens soon 
learn the difference in the people who 
attend them ; our flock will scatter,nois¬ 
ily from one end of the building to 
another when certain members of the 
family approach, and never stop their 
scratching and eating when others go 
near. The sound of the key in the door 
while all is silent in the morning, causes 
a stir and brings them down from the 
"BIG FOUR " to ST. LOUIS. 
“NO TUNNEL ROUTE.” 
The National Republican Convention 
will be held in St. Louis, June 10, 1896. 
There will be many thousand people in 
that city on that occasion. The “ Big 
Four” offer to the public the most com¬ 
fortable and luxurious line to St. Louis 
with elegant Through Wagner Sleeping 
Car service and unexcelled Dining Car 
service from New York, Boston, Buffalo, 
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, In¬ 
dianapolis, Washington and all Easterq 
and Southeastern cities.— Adv, 
perch quickly, and I often wonder at 
their instinct and intelligence. 
Cats have been our greatest enemies ; 
last spring, a neighbor’s cat got into the 
brooder and ate 15 little chickens. Every 
dead bird, young or old, should be put 
under ground to keep the dogs and cats 
from eating it, for if they once get the 
taste, the shotgun is the only cure. 
Women on isolated farms will find 
increased pleasure and profit in a few 
thoroughbred chickens. Since a severe 
illness several years ago, I have inter¬ 
ested myself in this branch of farming 
and am certain that I owe to it my 
partially recovered strength. For a 
sense of duty is strong in most people, 
and it was a necessity to go out and 
look after my pets. If they had not 
been there, I would not have ventured 
out of doors, and so have missed the air 
and sunshine. It filled my mind with 
thoughts for best methods, and there 
was always an interest in the egg 
basket. So from practical experience, I 
can safely recommend it to others. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
Asthmatic Troubles and Soreness of the 
Lurgs or Throat aro usually overcome by Dr. D. 
Jayne’s Expectorant—a sure curative for Colds. The 
best family Pill. Jayne's Painless Sanative.— Adv. 
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL REMEDY 
_ x FOR MAN OR BEAST. 
Certain In its offects and never blisters. 
Read proofs below: 
KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE 
Bluepoint, L. I., N. Y., Jan. 15. 1894. 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co.—I bought a splendid bay 
horse some time ago with a Spavin. I got him 
for $30. I used Kendall’s Spavin Cure. The 
Spavin Is gone now and I have been offered $150 
for the same horse. I only had him nine weeks, 
so I got $120 for using $2 worth of Kendall’s Spavin 
Cure. W. S. Marsden. 
KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE 
SnELBY, Mich., Dec. lfi, 18S3. 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co.—I have used your Kendall’s 
Spavin Cure with good success for Curb ( on two 
horses and It is the best liniment I have ever used. 
August Frederick. 
Price $1 per Bottle. 
For sale by all Druggists, or address 
Jilt. It. ,T. KICNDAIjTj COMPANY, 
ENOSBURGH FALLS. VT. 
HAVE YOU A HORSE TO SELL? 
If yon have, be he old or young, don’t sell him till 
you have him in prime condition. It won’t pay you. 
Our treatment will not cure splint, curb nor spavin, 
but it will cure your animal of worms, and put such 
mettle in him that trifling imperfections will count 
for nothing with a buyer. 
MANHATTAN TONIC 
Is not violent in Its action, and you can safely use the 
horse during treatment. Invest a dollar, and you 
will consider it the best investment you ever made. 
If your druggist or dealer does not have it, give him 
our address and ask him to get it for you, or we will 
send you a bottle on receipt of price (ONE DOLLAR). 
POLLARD BROS., Midland Park, N.J. 
Kills and 
Prevents 
Ticks, 
Lice 
and 
Scab 
COOPER 
Will 
make 
wool 
grow 
Book on dipping mailed free, by -w- 
Cooper & Nephews, Galveston, Tex. Ill 
100 gal. pkt. $ 2 , 25 gal. pkt. 50 c. 
If druggist cannot supply, send $1.75 for $2 pkt. to 
CYRIL FRANCKLYN, Cotton Exchange, N. Y. City. 
New $5 Green Bone Cutter. 
Cuts at the rate of a pound Green 
Bones, per minute by hand. Excels 
them all in ease and fineness of cut. 
$5 with crank, $7 with balance wheel 
In place of crank. Get special circulars. 
WEBSTER & HANNUM, 
Cazenovia, N. Y. 
POULTRY 
SOMETHING NEW! 
CANNED MEAT FOR POULTRY 
This food is nice, fresh meat, carefully cooked, 
ground line, seasoned, and hermetically sealed. Will 
keep an unlimited time until opened. Conveniently 
put tip In eight-pound cans. Especially adapted for 
chickens and moulting fowl. 
Being ground fine. It can be readily mixed with the 
soft food, and fed so as to give each fowl an equal 
share. Price, 30 cents per can; $3 per dozen. 
A DDRESS 
HOLLIS DRESSED MEAT AND WOOL CO 
20 North Street, Boston, Mass. 
GRANULATED BONE FOR POULTRY. 
Bono Meal, Crushed Oyster Shells, Calotte, Crushed 
Flint, Ground Beef Scraps. Send for Price IAst. 
YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, York, Pa. 
O RR’S Clear Grit Quarterly. Free to any ad¬ 
dress. A postal brings It. Box 13, Orr’s Mills, N. Y 
INCUBATORS 
The OLENTANGY Incubator 
has proved to be the best. Have 
taken prize after prize. Brood¬ 
ers only Before buyin* 
elsewhere, send for free de¬ 
scription and testimonials. 
Also breeder of 40 varieties of 
high-class poultry. 110 yards. 
- 110 houses. Address 
1419 G. S. SINGER, Cardlngton, 0 
INCUBATORS. 
13n-Door & Out-Door Brooders, 
j 1 39 FIRST PREMIUMS. 
, . . J Send for 152 page Illustrated Catalogue. 
Prairie State Incubator Co., Homer City, 1’a. 
INCUBATOR. 
A Catalogue of 64 Pages. Gives 
full information of cost of raising 
poultry and al the least expense. The 
book is worth dollars to yon. Address 
A.F.Williams, 54 Race St..Bristol.Conn 
Pekin Duck Eggs. 
For hatching. $1 per dozen. 0 ° 
T. GREINER, La Salle, N. Y. 
Q C II H STAMP for Illustrated Catalogue of BROOK- 
OLI1U SIDE POULTRY FARM, Columbus, N. J. 
Eggs for Hatching—J. T. Wallace, Del. Water Gap, 
Pa. Breeds, 92 to 97-point Birds, 16 var. Cir. free. 
J. D. Souder, Telford, Pa. All var. Poultry, Pigeons, 
Eggs, $1 $ 15, $3 IP 52. Fine col. cat. 4c., clr. free. 
Poultry 
W. and Buff P. Rock and \V. Wyan- 
dottes. Circulars free. 
DR. H. J. ASHLEY, Machias, N. Y. 
FfifiQ FOR HATCHING. R. C. B. Leghorns and 
kUUO Langshans, $1 per 13. L. Brahmas. $2. W. P. 
Rocks, $1.50 per 15. Laced Wyandottes. $1.25. Ill. clr. 
free. Saybrook Valley Poultry Yards, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
R are BIRDS FOR SALE.—Show Birds. Breeding 
Stock. Eggs for hatching. Represent years of 
careful breeding. Strains well known from Canada to 
Texas. Knob Mountain Poultry Farm,Orangeville,Pa 
WHITE WYANDOTTES 
exclusively. They 
“fill the bill” for a 
general-purpose fowl. Eggs from large, vigorous 
stock of the best breeding at $1.25 per 13. Send stamp 
for circular. D. C. BASSETTE, Farmer, N. Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
Mammoth White 
and Bronze Turkey. 
White Guinea, Pekin Duck, Toulouse Geese. Light 
Brahma, B. and W. P. Rock, W. Wyandotte, Indian 
Game, Leghorn and Minorca. Circular and prices 
free. Agent for Lee's Lice Killer. 
D. A. MOUNT, Jamesburg, N. J., Lock Box 17. 
S. G. Brown Leghorns. 
The best egg producers; eggs, $1 per 13. 
R. S. COLE, Harmans, Md. 
The “Lakeside” Herd. 
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■MlWrTWWWCLOTHILDE 13081. 
CLOTHILDE H. H. B. 1308. 
Milk record 26,021 pounds 2 ounces In a year, 
ter record, 28 pounds 2^ ounces In a week. 
We have 100 of this cow’s descendants for sale, 
this Is the class of cattle you want, write to 
SMITHS & POWEI/L CO., Syracuse, N.Y. 
But- 
If 
High - Glass Registered Jersey 
BULL AND HEIFER CALVES. 
ROBT. F. SHANNON, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Two pure JERSEY BULLS 
and two fine ST. BERNARD 
DOGS. 
C. M. ACKLEN, Alberton, Md. 
FOR SALE 
HARRY REEDER & CO i of imported stock, 
cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, house and hnnting dogs. 
Illustrated catalog free. Thorndale, Chester Co.,Pa 
CHENANGO VALLEY 
burgh, Jr., Proprietor. Dorset Horn, Shropshire and 
Rambouillet Sheep, Dutch Belted and Jersey cattle; 
also Poland-China, Jersey Red and Suffolk Pigs. 
10 Prize Reg. Swiss Cattle 
BOTH SEXES, OF ALL AGES. 
Also, Percheron Stallion, eight years old, for 
sale cheap. A. S. SIIIMER, Redington, Pa. 
When in doubt as to buying thoroughbred live stock 
write to Wills A. Seward, 207 Broadway, N. Y. City. No 
charge to purchaser, except when examined. Orders 
booked for young stock from Willswood Herds. 
Recorded Berkshire Swine, 
Registered Guernsey Cattle. 
6HESTERS 
Wminert-* 
Improve? —- 
Are vaxy Growth?, Prolifioj Sm? 
ieadero, Go to «v«r» State, Canada 
and Mexico, 900 so‘4 In lfe96, ovar 
1000 for 1896 Catalogue free. 
“Whinery’s Swine Advocate” 
A 16 page monthly 26c per year. 
Willis Whinery, Salem, Ohio. 
30 Cheshire Pigs. Extra Fine. 
Udtfdy to ship soon; 10 to 12 weeks old; pairs not akin 
I irst order gets best pair. History of Breed. How to 
Grow Potatoes for 9 cents per Bushel, Illustrated 
Catalogue, all for 2-cent stamp. Our prices on 
I otatoes so low, ashamed to quote them. 
C. E. CHAPMAN, PERUVILLE, N. Y. 
O. I. c. 
THE OHIO 
Improved Chesters 
have more good points than 
any other hog. Pigs now ready 
Write for description and 
prices. H. E. MATTHEWS 
Penn Yan, N. Y. 
Choice Poland-Chinas 
Berkshires, Chester Whites 
and Poultry. Our spring pigs 
and prices will please you; 
taking orders now. to be filled 
, ,,-„ — when pigs aro eight weeks, 
mated not akin. Berkshire Boars all ages. 
HAMILTON & CO., Cochranville, Chester Co., Pa. 
NOW Is the time To have our catalogue sent you 
HEKE is the place \ To p i >u I ? Poland-China Hogs 
v 1 Poultry and Seeds. 
WE are the firm That always please. 
E. H. GATES <& SONS, Chlttenango, N. Y 
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES 
Exclusively. We 
, , - -- guarantee Eggs 
from healthy and vigorous stock of fine breeding, at 
$1 per 13. O. N. BRAINARD, Painesville, Ohio. 
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