THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 4 
458 
Live Stock Matters 
“ THE AMERICAN HOG.” 
Now that the poets have taken hold of 
the hog - , we may expect to see that ani¬ 
mal root his way still further into popu¬ 
lar favor. In the Swine Breeder’s Jour¬ 
nal, Mr. Geo. W. Franklin has the fol¬ 
lowing : 
The American hog surpasses venison, 
Bear meat, coon or fowl, 
Goat meat, mutton or ’possum, 
Or from turkey down to owl. 
We long for a plate of quail 
On toast and other things we see, 
But the delicious breakfast bacon 
Is good enough for you or me. 
Retired farmers who’ve moved to town, 
Live on codfish and macaroni, 
Old cow beef, mackerel and halibut, 
Or terrapin and dried bologna, 
They are invited back to our farms, 
They are welcome as they can be, 
And they’ll find broiled hams 
Good enough for them or me. 
A TALK ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS. 
The R. N.-Y. is, undoubtedly, aware 
of the almost absurd proportions which 
the tuberculin fad has acquired among 
veterinarians and physicians, of whom 
the latter especially are backing up the 
theories of the former. An illustration 
of this has recently come to my notice. 
Having purchased a herd to go to the 
State of Vermont, whose emblem is 
“ Freedom and Unity,” the authorities 
call a halt on introducing a valuable lot 
of cattle for the improvement of their 
dairy stock, by saying that the same 
must be first subject to the injection of 
a poisonous iluid in tlieir delicate, sensi¬ 
tive bodies, and if, after such test has 
been made, certain degrees of tempera¬ 
ture suit the board of “untuberculin” 
commissioners, they will, in their vast 
knowledge of the inner portions of the 
animal’s body, allow, or not allow, them 
to pollute the State. All of which is, of 
course, under the head of “ freedom.” 
I am as much opposed to disease in 
animals as it is possible to be, and my 
“ hobby ” is to breed only those that 
have the strongest possible constitution. 
Nevertheless, I fail to find many of the 
best breeders who are in favor of this 
test. Would it not be possible for your 
influential paper to advocate that all 
tuberculin commissioners or veterina¬ 
rians, also physicians, when receiving 
their diploma or appointment, be first 
subjected to a “tuberculin test” or some 
kind of lymph, yet to be found, to ascer¬ 
tain if there is anything contained in the 
hollowness of their skulls which is sup¬ 
posed to hold what are termed “brains” ? 
It is not my intention to ridicule the 
tuberculin test or its uses, but the man¬ 
ner in which it is, at present, used on 
healthy animals. Would it not be well 
to have a discussion, and ask the best 
veterinarians to give their views, to¬ 
gether with well-informed breeders and 
others who have, in any way, become 
connected with this matter of cattle dis¬ 
eases ? It would seem that if, on physi¬ 
cal examination by expert veterinarians, 
cattle show any indication of tubercu¬ 
losis, it is then time enough to use the 
test ; and I would ask if the surgeon can 
prove that a small tubercle, probably the 
size of a pea, which has become encysted 
and is in some portion of the body other 
than the mammillary, probably the 
throat glands, will affect the milk. 
Again, it is also possible to ascertain 
if bacteria of tuberculosis is in the milk 
by examination, and if it be found that 
such product is diseased, of course, it 
should be kept from use by either 
humans or animals. It w'ould seem to 
me that theories have been jumped to 
without practical knowledge, and it is 
time to call a halt. Instead of each 
State having independent laws, the Fed¬ 
eral Government should take up the 
matter, and make the laws conform to 
each other and eradicate tuberculosis, if 
possible. 
Many things are to be overcome before 
this is done, unless the tuberculin test is 
applied to the human race and they are 
treated the same as the poor animal is, 
because the disease, tuberculosis, has in¬ 
creased more by the germs which float 
in the air from the sputum of the dis¬ 
eased persons who walk through our 
streets, and travel in our public convey¬ 
ances, and also eat and drink at the 
public restaurants and hotels, than from 
milk. Let us hear from all sides, for 
and against, and Tiik R N.-Y. do the 
summing up. A. c. 
THE HORSE TRADE OUT WEST. 
A writer in the Iowa Homestead gives 
the following account of a visit to a 
horse auction : 
At our elbow, stood a man who bid on 
nearly every horse weighing 1,000 to 
1,100 pounds that was offered, but he in¬ 
variably stopped at $50, finally securing 
an animal at $47.50. To our inquiry, he 
replied that he wanted a horse for a 
baker’s delivery wagon, but that he was 
limited to $50. Other horses sold at 
auction we learned were for butchers’ 
wagons, and a painter and paper hanger 
was overheard remarking that his busi¬ 
ness was such that he had concluded to 
purchase a horse ; but his views of 
values were of the lowest kind and he, 
too, was after a cheap animal. Buyers 
shipping both east and south were also 
among the bidders, but $75 or $80 was 
their limit for the best offerings. 
Passing to another barn, we found a 
buyer looking for a team for an eastern 
rolling mill. Nothing less than a weight 
of 1,900 pounds, he stated to the sales¬ 
man, would be looked at, and 2,200 would 
be much more desirable. There were no 
such weights in the barn, and the buyer 
passed on and we followed. As we 
caught up, we inquired, “ What price 
would you pay for such a team as you 
wish?” Without stopping, the reply 
came quickly, “ Price, price is no object 
if I could only get what I wantthen 
followed a burst of language somewhat 
too strong to be reproduced in print. 
As we walked on together, the buyer 
gave expression to his feelings, and evi¬ 
dently felt better afterwards, for he had 
been in every horse barn and could not 
find what he wanted. Then the farmers 
were scored bitterly for raising such 
scrubs as the market afforded, and our 
new-found friend, becoming talkative 
when he had found a good listener, in¬ 
formed us that size, and he emphasized 
the word when he added, “ big heavy 
horses are what is wanted.” Having had 
a somewhat hard experience in the stock 
yards that morning with some cattle 
averaging close to 2,000 pounds, we 
timidly suggested that heavy steers were 
not in demand, and when farmers raised 
horses of that weight and had them 
ready for market, the chances would be 
that buyers would want something else 
just as they did with cattle, hogs and 
sheep. “Never, never,” repeated the 
horse buyer; “the day has passed for 
heavy-weight cattle and hogs, but you 
can never get horses too strong or too 
heavy.” 
The next buyer we met was of a dif¬ 
ferent class, for, armed with a commis¬ 
sion to buy a carriage team, he, too, was 
giving vent to his feelings because he 
could not get what he wanted. “ I am 
authorized to pay $500 for a team,” he 
said to a horse salesman, “ but I can’t 
fill the order.” He was assured that a 
consignment of choice drivers and car¬ 
riage horses would soon arrive, and a 
letter was produced that was received 
that morning, evidently verifying the 
statement. As the buyer of carriage 
horses was leaving, he called out, 
“ Telephone me as soon as they get here, 
for I have a number of customers for 
both single and double drivers, and they 
can’t be too good. Mind and let me have 
first chance; my orders are urgent and I 
want nothing but the best.” He again 
circled around to the auction sale, and 
here amidst the cracking of whips, shout¬ 
ing and yelling, the auctioneer was call¬ 
ing, “ 50 I have, 50 I have, make it 55, 
make it 55, 52% I have, sold for 52%.” 
THE ORIGINAL PLYMOUTH ROCK 
POULTRY. 
In the Poultry Monthly, Mr. H. S. 
Burdick gives the following account of 
the origin of this popular breed of fowls: 
Some time ’way back in the sixties, 
when the “poultry industry” was in its 
infancy, receiving but little attention 
except from a few men who bred princi¬ 
pally for the eastern and New York 
markets, when the name “poultry 
fancier,” in its present sense, w r as un¬ 
known, a New England breeder had, in 
his yards, two distinct and dissimilar 
breeds of the few breeds then entitled 
to the distinction of thoroughbreds. 
They were the Dominique, uow known 
as the American Dominique, and the 
Black Java. They were either acci 
dentally or designedly crossed, the pro¬ 
duct being of the color of the Dominique, 
with its desirable yellow legs, beak and 
skin, but with the size and general 
shape of the Java, improved by the 
more blocky Dominique. Finding these 
birds so well adapted to the demand ex¬ 
isting for a general-purpose fowl, he 
bred them together, selecting the most 
desirable specimens, and he soon had in 
them a distinct breed, which bred rea¬ 
sonably true to his ideal type. Being a 
descendant of the Pilgrim Fathers, in 
commemoration of the spot where those 
sturdy pioneers first set foot on New 
England’s “rock-bound coast,” he called 
his new creation “Plymouth Rock,” and 
in 1807 first exhibited the new breed at 
an organized poultry show. 
The Plymouth Rocks, thus made and 
introduced, at once had what we now 
call a “ boom,” and this boom has con¬ 
tinued ever since, and bids fair to con 
tinue, from present appearances, till the 
“crack of doom.” The originator, a 
very modest man, is still living at Wil¬ 
son ville, Conn. His name is D. A. Up 
ham. His name should be written in 
largest capitals, and have a place among 
the names known and honored as bene¬ 
factors of their country. As the orig¬ 
inator and introducer of the Plymouth 
Rock fowl, the best fowl in America for 
utilitarian purposes, his name should be 
known and his foresight honored, as 
long as this noble bird or the original 
indestructible rock endures. 
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