1806 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
395 
Live Stock Matters 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Cats and Rats. —I was pleased to read 
in the recent rat discussion, that the 
balance of testimony was in favor of 
g-ood cats as rat exterminators, as I am 
very favorable to the cat. Occasionally, 
we see in poultry articles, “ Kill the 
cats,” “Allow no cats about the poultry- 
yard.” It is thought that the cats will 
catch the chickens and prove nuisances. 
This is by no means true, as we have 
always had from four to six cats about 
the barns and poultryhouses, and never 
rats and mice to annoy us. A kitten 
that grows up among chickens and fowls, 
would no more think of killing one of 
the chickens than it would of destroy¬ 
ing and eating one of its own kind. So 
keep cats and do away with rats. m. s. p. 
Managing Balky Horses. — Good 
horses for work and general service, are 
often given to balky spells. It is well 
known that the whip is a poor remedy, 
as well as being brutal. The defect is 
in the animal’s brain ; he, for the time 
being, is demented. The train of his 
thoughts needs to be diverted. Salt with 
a little pepper mixed in it, rubbed in his 
mouth, a light weight tied to his tail, a 
stout cord tied around the fetlock joint 
just tight enough to distract his thoughts, 
or anything that will start him to think¬ 
ing of something else, are good. When he 
has gone a short distance, the remedy 
can be removed. Often an apple to eat 
and one held out before him, will induce 
him to walk to you. When he does this, 
he will soon be all right. Whips and 
boisterousness will only make matters 
worse, both for the present and for the 
future. G. D. c. 
Black Teetii in Hogs —Last winter, 
a lot of young shoats died, and I was at 
a loss to know the cause. I knew that 
it was not cholera. Some of my neigh¬ 
bors suggested the rich food — hotel 
waste—that I was feeding. I stopped 
this, and commenced feeding the well 
ones on distillery slop and hominy meal ; 
but they, too, in a little while, began to 
droop and die. One day, a tramp called 
at my door, and asked for something to 
eat. He was very talkative, and inci¬ 
dentally mentioned his father as the 
largest hog raiser in Tennessee. I there¬ 
upon spoke of my losses, and took him 
to my pens. He instantly pronounced 
the sickness “ black tooth.” I had never 
heard of such a thing before, so he ex¬ 
plained it to me. Right next to the eye 
tooth is a black tooth resembling the 
point of a large nail. I laughed at the 
idea of this being the cause of the 
trouble, and promised to give him $10 if 
the remainder lived after those teeth 
were extracted. He said, “ All right !” 
I procured help and a pair of dental 
pinchers, and from that on, my shoats— 
some 20 or more—began to pick up, 
and lived, and when I sold them, each 
one tipped the beam at 300 pounds. My 
tramp never called for his $10, but had 
he done so, I would gladly have given 
him double the amount. n. c. d. 
Ans. —Let N. C. D. read the articles on 
“ Black Teeth in Hogs,” on pages 196 
and 272. The explanation that the deaths 
ceased after the removal of the black 
teeth in this case, is that the disease had 
run its course, and that no more deaths 
would have occurred if the teeth had 
not been pulled. Many so-called “ sure 
cures” for hog cholera and other diseases 
have been claimed for medicines after a 
single trial, when, upon further trial, 
they were found worthless. Unless, as 
suggested in the article referred to above, 
one test only a portion of a herd at such 
a time, there is little ground for claim¬ 
ing curative effects from a single trial 
of any method or medicine. f. l. k. 
THE SICILIAN BREED OF POULTRY. 
The Sicilians are a new, old variety of 
fowls ; by this, I mean to say that they 
are new to many American fanciers. 
They belong to the Mediterranean class, 
if I have been infoimed correctly, and 
are in size about one pound heavier than 
the Leghorns. They are very stylish 
birds; the plumage of the cock is a golden 
bay, with a black tail. The breast of the 
hen is a light straw color, irregularly 
penciled with slaty brown, a very attrac¬ 
tive plumage. They have willow-colored 
legs, but dress yellow. Their combs are 
their beauty. When hatched, the chick 
seems to have two small, single combs, 
which, when grown out, set on the head 
like a crown, nearly the size of a silver 
half dollar, and nicely serrated around 
the edge. The cock’s comb is much 
larger and more cup shaped. 
They are strictly non-sitters, and lay¬ 
ers of nice, large, white eggs. If prop¬ 
erly eared for, they will lay 200 eggs in 
a year, and a good many of these in win¬ 
ter, when eggs are high in price. They 
are small eaters, and excellent foragers, 
if given their liberty, but will lay well 
when confined, which I can show by my 
egg record of 1894. Then, they are so 
easily confined ! My fence is made of 
three-foot wire, and a one-foot board at 
the bottom, making a fence only four 
feet high, and it is a rare thing to see 
one of them out. But I use no rail on 
top, which, I think, accounts for't. 
Six hens laid, in one year, 1,044 eggs 
or 87 dozens. The house is 6 x 7 feet, and 
yard 9 x 18 feet, with nothing green to 
eat except what I furnished them. In a 
recent issue of The R. N.-Y., I noticed 
an article on Sicilians, and the answer 
to the question was not according to my 
experience with the breed. I will ad¬ 
mit that they are hard to raise, on ac¬ 
count of being inbred so much. Had I 
been blessed with more money, I would 
import some fresh blood at any cost, for 
I consider them the best layers on earth. 
Where eggs are desired, I think they will 
fill the bill, and when dressed for the 
table, they are plump and juicy. The 
bones are very light. They make a most 
excellent cross. I have six half-bred 
hens, and a cock hatched last April. The 
hens commenced laying in September, 
and are still at it, and I am safe in say¬ 
ing that I have averaged four eggs per 
day since October. I crossed with a 
white male, and have one white hen per¬ 
fect in shape and almost perfect in comb, 
and a cock good in comb, but more of a 
Leghorn in shape, white also. I am 
breeding them, and have some white 
chicks now and more eggs hatching. 
Miftlinburg, Pa. h Wilkinson. 
RAW POTATOES FOR COWS. 
G. E., Macedon Center, N. Y., would 
like experience in regard to feeding 
potatoes. I had six cows through the 
winter, in all stages of milking periods. 
I fed hay morning and night, and corn 
stalks at noon, up to about December 1, 
and then commenced feeding roots. I 
had only 200 bushels of them, consisting 
of beets, carrots and turnips, and a flock 
of 46 sheep, so I could feed but one 
bushel per day to the cows. I feed tur¬ 
nips to the sheep. I fed the cows hay 
three times a day, having no more stalks, 
feeding the roots at night. But I read 
an article on two rations a day and 
thought I would try it. So I began feed¬ 
ing hay morning and night, and roots at 
noon, and I could soon see a gain in 
milk, also in the appearance of the cows. 
But as the roots did not hold out, I 
bought 100 bushels of potatoes at 10 
cents delivered, and fed them the same 
as the roots. Although I did not weigh 
the milk, I was well satisfied as to the 
results, both in quantity and quality. 
In regard to the butter, two churnings 
were thrown away, as I did not do the 
churning myself. Then I tried the 
churning to see whether I could find out 
the reason for the butter not coming. 
The dairymaid fixed the churn, put in 
the cream and got it all ready for me ; 
then I put in the thermometer, and it 
showed 52 degrees. This was in March. 
After that, the cream was warmed and 
the butter came in from four to twenty 
minutes. There never was any trouble 
in working the butter. As to its quality, 
I do not say ; but as to the quality and 
quantity of the product of the six cows, 
all heifers and common stock, and the 
quantity and quality of the feed con¬ 
sumed by them, I would like to compare 
with a like number of young cows. Five 
are in full milk now, one in milk since 
last August, and one in^milk 14 months, 
having gone farrow after her first calf, 
for some unknown cause. 
The amount of potatoes was over seven 
quarts per cow, and I fed a mixture of 
equal parts by measure of ground oats 
and peas, wheat bran, fine middlings 
and a very little corn meal, giving 10 
quarts to the six cows. I fed the grain 
the same with the potatoes, as with the 
roots. I kept the cows in the stable all 
winter, only letting them out at noon to 
water while I cleaned the stable, per¬ 
haps 30 minutes per day, and it was a 
treat to see them go to the manger as 
soon as I opened the door. I would 
have liked some of the farmers that feed 
in the barnyard in the winter, because 
the cows eat more and eat their feed up 
cleaner, to see those cows and the small 
amount of hay on which they went 
through the winter. G. A. G. 
Auburn, N. Y. 
To Let a Cold have its Own Way Is to asslsi 
in laying the foundation for Consumption. To cure 
the most stubborn cough or cold, you have only t<> 
use judiciously Dr. Jayne's Expectorant. The best 
family Pill. Jayne's Painless Sanative.— Adv. 
Horse Owners! Use 
GOMBAULT’S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
A Safe Speedy and Positive Cure 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe action. 
Removes all Hunches or Blemishes from Horae* 
and Cattle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY 
OR FIRINC Impossible to produce scar or blemish. 
Every bottle sold is warranted to Rive satisfaction 
Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
sent by express, chargei paid, with full directions 
for its use. Send for descriptive circulars.. 
THE LAWR B NCE-W1L L1AMS CO.. Cleveland O 
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Feeders of Stock 
Kindly Stop a Minute. 
We wish to remind you of the im¬ 
portance of using liberally our 
file “Lakeside” Herd. 
CLOTHILDE H. H. B. 1308. 
Milk record 26,021 pounds 2 ounces In a year. But¬ 
ter record. 28 pounds 2)^ 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. 
HIGHEST CLASS REGISTERED 
JERSEY CATTLE 
R F. SHANNON, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
GUERNSEYS. 
Fifty head choice Cows, Heifers 
and Bulls for Sale. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RllINECLIFF, N. Y. 
POLITICAL BOOMS are small compared with the 
POPULARITY of the most PROFITABLE breed. 
Wihswood Herd 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
Now is the time to order for future shipments. 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd’s Lake. N. J. 
Choice Poland-Chinas 
Berkshtres, Chester Whites 
and Poultry. Our spring pigs 
and prices will please you; 
taking orders now to bo tilled 
when pigs are eight weeks, 
mated not akin. Berkshire Boars all ages. 
HAMILTON & CO., Cochranville. Chester Co., Pa. 
MCU/ YOUNG POLAND-CHINA PIGS 
Ilk "f that will please yon. 
Eggs for Hatching. Send for Catalogue. 
F. H. GATES & SONS, Chlttenango, N. ¥ 
-SPECIAL 8ALE. 
Pigs. 10 to 12 weeks 
Tompkins Co.,N Y. 
Ca» Three Berkshire Boar Pigs, dropped 
lUI WfllC March 22, by Imported Christopher 
out of Imported Flirt. Individually tine. 
J. H. MARTIN, White Lake, Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
old. W. E. Mandeville, Brookton, 
Linseed Oil Cake Meal 
0 OLD PROCESS). 
Address 
DETROIT LINSEED OIL WORKS, 
DETROIT MICH. 
COOPER 
Will 
make 
wool 
grow 
Book on dipping mailed free, by -w- 
Cooper & Nephews, Galveston, Tex. 1 ■ I 1"^ 
100 gal. pkt. $2, 25 gal. pkt. 50c. JL 
If druggist cannot supply, send $1.75 for $2 pkt. to 
CYRIL FKANCKLYN. Cotton Exchange. N. Y. City. 
Kills and 
Prevents 
Ticks, 
Lice 
and 
Scab 
induces MILK & FLESH Than FLIES 
NO FLIES, VERMIN or SORES on HORSE 
or COW (H more milk.) 
ISHOO-FLY. 
The ORIGINAL STOCK PROTECTOR 1886. 
I housands of testimonials from 37 States. If your 
dealer offers a substit»e, send 50c. and our agent in 
your Slate will express one quart. $1.60 per gal. 1 gal¬ 
lon lasts 3 animals a season. AgentM wanted. 
81100-HA IKi, CO., I00S Fairmount A*e., 1'blhulelphla. 
VICTOR COW CLIP. 
Holds cow’s tail to her le 
and keeps it out of the milS 
and milker’s face. 
Carried in the pocket. 
30c. SINGLE; FOUR, $1. 
If dealer hasn’t it, sent 
postpaid on receipt of price 
by manufacturers, 
VICTOR NOVELTY WORKS 
974 Warren Av., Chicago. 
MANN BONE CUTTERS 
TRY THEM BKPORK YOU PAY FOR THEM. 
NOTHING ON EARTH WILL 
MAKE HENS LAY 
Like Green Cut Bone. III. catlg. free if you naiue 
Litis paper. F.W. MANN CO., MILFORO, MASS. 
BEES 
QUEENS 
HIVES 
All supplies for the Apiary can be 
obtained at Cook’s Beekeepers Sup¬ 
ply House New York City. Send for 
full descriptive catalogue. 
J H. M COOK, 
283 Washington Street, New York City. 
No More Tainted or Stale Butter. 
If Creamery and Dairymen pack 
their butter fresh from the churn 
in RECORD’STIGHT-SEALCOVER 
PACKAGES, they can provide their 
patrons with delicious butter, free 
from taints. These packages are 
air-tight, and can be opened and 
closed instantly; inti sizes, from lib. 
to 60. We mail sample 1 lb. for 10c. 
Write tor quotations. RECORD 
MFG. CO.. Ill Main St ,Conneaut, O. 
USED ALSO FOR LARD. 
n. 06 d, r. rucks ana w, wyanaones 
Good March to May-hatched Pullets or Cockerels, $1 
One-year Breeding Hens. $1; six for $5. 
One-year Cocks. $2. Eggs, 7ac. per sitting. 
Stock and Eggs guaranteed pure. 
If. J. ASHLEV, - - Maclilas, N. Y. 
DR, 
R AKE 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 
QClin STAMP for Illustrated Catalogue of BROOK 
OLI1U SIDE POULTRY FARM, Columbus, N. J 
GRANULATED BONE FOR POULTRY. 
Bone Meal, Crushed Oyster 8hells, Calcite, Crushed 
Flint, Ground Beef Scraps. Send for Price LAst. 
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. V. 
fcOBl. 
POULTRY 
40 Standard Breed slllus- 
trated <t fully described 
i n my new Poultry Book. 
Reliable information for 
S oultrymen & Intending 
uyers. Good stock Ducks 
& Geese ; also Shetland 
Ponies. Send 6cin stamps 
H. COOK, Bes 43 Huntley, HI. 
Ir INCUBATORS, 
fjj. JEl BROODERS,VEGETABLE and 
AgW Sf\ CLOVER CUTTERS. 
IP | BONE and GRAIN MILLS. 
| 1 . W A complete^line of poultry supplies at 
ing. Send ic.for catalog and valu- 
able information on poultry raising?^^^^^^w i |®S( 
PEERLESS INCUBATOR * IIKOOPER C©_ Ahsolutdf 1 
61SM Ohio St., QUINCY, ILL. Self-Keguiating. 
SOMETHING NEWI 
CANNED MEAT FOR POULTRY 
This food is nice, fresh meat, carefully cooked, 
ground One, seasoned, and hermetically sealed. Will 
keep an unlimited time until opened. Conveniently 
put up In eight-pound cans. Especially adapted for 
chickens and moulting fowl. 
Being ground tine. 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. 
ADDRESS 
HOLLIS DRESSED MEAT ANI) WOOL CO.. 
20 North Street. Boston, Mass. 
ELLIOT’S PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. FREE 
To dairymen or others vino will use It, we will send half a ream, 8x11, free, If they I ■ • ■■■ Hh 
v U forward 30 cents to pay postage. Why not try the Best Butter Wrapper ? 
G. JSUjIOT A CO.. Pacer Matmfiacturere, Philadelphia, Pa. 
