1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
427 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
his meals until his mother returns. But this 
arrangement also renders it needful that the 
cow’s udder should hold a good store of milk, 
which slowly collects during the hours when she 
is absent from her baby. Hence the large “bag” 
which always distinguishes a good milker, and 
hence, also, the important fact that a cow retains 
her milk until the morning and evening visits of 
the farmer or dairymaid. The habit of chewing 
the cud among cattle and other herbivorous 
animals, tells a similar tale. They had no time 
to masticate their grass thoroughly when they 
were feeding, but were obliged to get in a supply 
of provisions as rapidly as possible, and during 
the hours when the wild beasts were least abroad. 
Having got in their store, they retired to their 
safe hiding places and lay down to ruminate at 
leisure. 
Potatoes for Horses. — I have seen a 
number of articles in The R. N.-Y., on 
feeding- potatoes to cows, but not a word 
about feeding them to horses. I have 
been feeding one-half peck in the morn¬ 
ing to each of my two horses, and they 
have worked hard doing my plowing, 
harrowing, etc. At noon, I feed four 
quarts of oats, and the same at night. 
A number have remarked how sleek and 
fat the horses looked. I believe that 
potatoes are quite equal to carrots. We 
know that there is plenty of starch in 
potatoes, and that they are not so heat¬ 
ing as corn. G. c. d. 
R N -Y.—We have often fed potatoes 
to horses, and had the best results when 
the tubers were baked. The horses 
seemed to like them better, and ate more 
of them. 
Pigs in Nebraska. —The editor of The 
Nebraska Farmer has this wise advice to 
western farmers : 
Things have gone wrong with the spring crop 
of pigs to rather an uncommon extent, and al¬ 
though there were more sows bred than usual, it 
is doubtful if the crop of pigs is up to the average 
in numbers. This, at least, is our judgment in 
the matter from reports covering an extended 
territory. With this view of the situation, one can 
hardly go wrong in breeding a few good, strong 
sows for fall litters. As we have frequently con¬ 
tended, the fall pigs are just as profitable as any 
if they are treated right and pushed along from 
the day they are farrowed. The prospect is great 
for a corn crop, and that means cheap feed. You 
may be compelled to make cheap pork, too, but 
that beats letting the corn lie in the crib. But 
don’t make this mistake with the pigs: don’t 
think that because corn is dirt cheap, you can’t 
afford to feed the pigs anything else. Whenever a 
man gets that notion into his head, he ought to 
be put on a bread-and-water diet. But even that 
would not be a parallel case. It is all right to 
finish the matured hog on corn when you are 
ready to round him up for the market, but if it be 
desired to make the most of the pig, give him 
plenty of bone-and-muscle-making food during 
the first six months of his life. Push him a little 
along this line of feeding, if you please, and he 
will be found ready to eat more corn in addition 
than he would have taken if fed on that alone. 
FEEDING HOGS. 
No occupation that a man can follow, 
needs more study and thought, than the 
proper feeding of animals. An old man 
once said that he could make the con¬ 
stitution of any animal, if he were 
allowed the care of its ancestors. I 
asked him how far he would go back, 
and he said, “To the great grandmother, 
anyway.” I find that, if the proper care 
be taken, both of the sow and boar, I 
need not fear but I will be repaid for my 
extra care, with large, healthy litters of 
pigs. The breed of hogs has much to 
do with success. While the sow is preg¬ 
nant, she should have bran mash, roots, 
milk and a very little corn. Milk is as 
near a perfect balanced ration for hogs 
as can be found. Corn is entirely out of 
the question, as it is too heating. 
As soon as the pigs are old enough to 
eat and drink, fix places for them to 
drink ; self-feeders are excellent, with 
equal parts of ground oats, rye or wheat, 
and bran or shorts, in their reach. If 
one do not care to use the self-feeders, 
they may be fed very nicely by moisten¬ 
ing the feed and feeding in troughs. To 
get good, large, strong, healthy pigs, 
they should have scarcely any corn until 
they are three or four months old. It 
does not pay to keep a hog over six or 
eight months to make the most money 
out of it. 
I think that I can back up my theory 
in the care of pigs by a few figures. 
Two sows farrowed pigs April 5 and 9, 
1895. The sows had the care mentioned 
above, before pigging. The two raised 
nine apiece. The pigs had equal parts 
of rye and oats ground, and the milk 
from three cows. After harvest, they 
were turned on to the wheat stubble, 
and all other feed stopped except the 
milk. About the middle of August, they 
were turned in the orchard, to pick up 
apples, for two weeks. September 2, I 
began feeding new corn, and they were 
fed all they would eat, until sold. All 
were sold to neighbors for meat except 
six. The first seven were sold December 
6, and weighed 1,764 pounds. Six sold 
to shippers December 14, weighed 1,521 
pounds. The smallest one of the lot 
sold December 16, weighed 232 pounds. 
Four sold December 17, weighed 1,069 
pounds. I do not give this to make a 
brag, but to show that one cannot make 
large hogs out of corn alone. Where 
pigs are fed corn alone, it produces 
nothing but fat. Instead, if fed some¬ 
thing that will develop bone and muscle 
first, then corn, to fatten, one will have 
hogs to be proud of. m. c. t. 
Mingo, O. _ 
POWER OVER THE GLANDS. 
To the question, By what power, mus¬ 
cular or otherwise, does a cow hold 
up or give down her milk ? the editor 
of the agricultural department of a 
prominent New York weekly replies: 
“ A cow holds up or gives down on the 
same principle that you expectorate or 
refrain from it—will power, isn’t it ? ” 
A more satisfactory notion of the 
power that stimulates and controls the 
secretion of milk may, it seems to me, 
be had by comparing the function or 
action of the udder with that of some 
other of the glands that act intermit¬ 
tently, and are to a greater or less ex¬ 
tent, under the influence of the emo¬ 
tions. Take as examples, the lachrymal 
glands that secrete the tears ; the saliv¬ 
ary glands that secrete the saliva, and 
the sudoriparous glands that secrete the 
sweat. The lachrymal glands, under 
ordinary circumstances, supply just 
enough of their special secretion to 
keep the surface of the eyes moist; but 
under the influence of certain emotions, 
the flow is increased beyond the capac¬ 
ity of the drains provided for the pur¬ 
pose of carrying it off, and as a conse¬ 
quence, it overflows the cheeks. 
We all are able, from personal experi¬ 
ence, to understand what is meant by’ 
any one who says of something much to 
his taste, that the sight or the smell of 
it makes his mouth water. As readily, 
though happily, perhaps, not from per¬ 
sonal experience, do we understand the 
particular emotion that possesses the 
soul of the man of whom it is said that 
“great beads of perspiration gathered 
on his brow or that a “cold sweat 
broke out all over his body.” We know, 
too, either from our own experience or 
that of others, that, under the influ¬ 
ence of emotion, the very opposite effects 
are at other times produced. We read 
of grief too great for tears, or dry-eyed. 
Fear will so effectually check the secre¬ 
tion of saliva, that the subject of it can¬ 
not masticate dry food, such as grains of 
rice, and his voice, so it is said, will 
“stick in his chops.” Will-power has 
no part in the production of these phe¬ 
nomena. Will-power cannot even con¬ 
trol them ; they will occur in spite of 
the severest exercise of will-power to 
restrain them. 
Now, reasoning by analogy, is it not 
altogether probable that the secretion of 
milk is stimulated and controlled by this 
same mysterious nerve force that gives 
rise to these other phenomena ? At the 
sight or touch of her infant from whom 
she has, for a short time, been separated, 
the mother feels her breast tingle and 
fill, and in some instances, the milk will 
actually flow from her nipples of its 
own accord, as it were. It is even said 
that, so powerful is the effect of this 
nerve force upon this particular func¬ 
tion, that the milk secreted has been so 
changed under the influence of some 
terrific passion on the part of the mother, 
as to act as a veritable poison upon the 
child. With these facts in mind, we 
gain some insight into the effect which 
quiet, gentle treatment of the cow at 
milking time unquestionably has in 
securing a readier and more copious 
flow of the secretion from her udder. 
There is not a single fact of which I 
know, to support the idea that the hold¬ 
ing up or giving down of the milk is the 
result of the exercise of the cow’s will¬ 
power. There is not a gland of man or 
beast that can be directly controlled by 
the exercise of will-power. Some women 
may have the power of shedding tears 
when it suits them to do so ; but even so, 
the effect is not due to the direct exer¬ 
cise of will-power. They accomplish 
their purpose indirectly, by working up 
the necessary emotion. A hysterical 
friend of mine has told me that she could, 
by working up the proper emotion, bring 
about one of these nerve storms volun¬ 
tarily, when she had a purpose to serve 
thereby, and that, up to a certain point, 
she could control it, but beyond that 
point the fictitious passion gained the 
ascendency over her, and she was unable 
to exorcise the evil spirit that she herself 
had raised. w. o. e. 
Whitby, Ont. 
The “ Lakeside ” Herd. 
CLOTHILDE H. U. 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 (or sale. If 
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HIGHEST CLASS REGISTERED 
JERSEY CATTLE 
R F. SHANNON, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
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Fifty head choice Cows, Heifers 
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RlIINECLIFF, N. Y. 
Three Important “BEES”: Berkshire, and Bicycle 
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Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
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BEST herds GUERNSEY BULLS and HEIFERS. 
CLOSING OUT 
FOR GOOD. All prime registered 
Letterblair, Stelton and Barkhurst. Six sows In pig. 
three sows with litters, and over ;.0 young pigs. Very 
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Save Money, Save Health. Save Time, by 
buying Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant if you have a 
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Painless Sanative —Adv. 
Horse Owners! Use 
GOMBAULT’S 
Caustic 
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A Safe Speedy and Positive Car* 
the place of all liniments for mild or severe 'action. 
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Every bottle sold is warranted to give satisfaction 
Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
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THE LAWRENCE-W1LLIAMS CO., Cleveland O. 
COOPER 
Will 
make 
wool 
grow 
Book on dipping mailed free, by 
Cooper & Nephews, Galveston, Tex. 
100 gal. pkt. $2, 25 gal. pkt. 50c, 
Kills and 
Prevents 
Ticks, 
Lice 
and 
Scab 
DIP 
If druggist cannot supply, send 11.75 for $2 pkt. to 
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Reduces MILK & FLESH RS FLIES 
NO FLUBS, VERMIN m SOKES am HORSE 
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The ORIGINAL STOCK PROTECTOR 1885. 
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USED ALSO FOR LARD. 
VICTOR COW CLIP. 
Holds cow’s tail to her leg 
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Carried in the pocket. 
30 c. SINGLE; FOUR, $1. 
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