1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
6i9 
LIVE STOCK HATTERS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
Many did not believe that any amount 
of ticks could cause the trouble. The 
number required to cause the animal 
“ to die or not to die” is still the ques¬ 
tion. Mr. Henderson may have kept 
careful, even microscopic, watch over 
that calf, but without his assertion to 
that effect, I must assume that he is 
mistaken in the number of ticks that 
worried it. It is the young- tick that 
mostly plays the mischief, but while in 
its infantile stage, it is a mere speck, 
barely visible to the naked eye and no 
more. Sometimes I mistake a speck of 
dust for one, and then again, vice versa. 
Imagine the task of the man who must 
examine every speck on each hair of a 
calf before he can assert the actual num¬ 
ber of these parasites present! Possibly 
Mr. Henderson does not recognize, in 
the baby tick, the ugly thing that evolves 
in the course of time. I reiterate what 
I have said in one or two articles before. 
Cathartics are good, but insufficient. 
Manual removal of the fecal matter is 
an essential adjunct. j. c. senger. 
SCRUB OR THOROUGHBRED. 
WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE ? 
The statement, “ It costs no more to 
raise a well-bred animal than it does to 
raise a scrub,” is true in my experience. 
In fact, as my experience teaches with 
thoroughbred poultry, it costs less to 
raise and put on the market, than it 
does the ordinary scrub, from the fact, 
that in thoroughbreds, there is a much 
more uniform growth, and they attain a 
marketable size quicker. The quicker 
the growth, the more profitable, as it 
takes a certain quantity of food to main¬ 
tain life, and the shorter the life of an 
animal to a marketable size, or to matu¬ 
rity, the less the cost of food simply to 
maintain life. Right here is where a 
great many make a mistake in thinking 
that they are saving by stinting the 
amount of food for growing animals, 
when really they are using more feed 
than it actually requires to get the 
growth or weight, simply because they 
are sustaining life so much longer than 
is necessary. j. e. Stevenson. 
New Jersey. 
“ Thoroughbred ” Means Care. 
Several years ago, when we com¬ 
menced raising purebred Poland-China 
swine for breeding purposes, we had oc¬ 
casion to put two of them in a pen with 
some scrubs to fatten ; there were six in 
the pen, all of about the same age and 
size, and all had the same feed and care. 
About two weeks after, we noticed that 
the two purebreds were gaining in size 
and flesh faster than the rest, and from 
then until they were killed, the well- 
bred animals made a steady gain on the 
others. This proved, to our satisfaction, 
that we could make more and cheaper 
pork with purebreds than with scrubs. 
The first cost of a well-bred animal is 
more than a scrub, but once started, the 
difference is in favor of the former, just 
the same as with farm machinery, a first- 
class engine will cost more on the start 
than a cheap concern, but the former 
will more than make up the difference 
in durability and consumption of fuel. 
People under various conditions, and 
using improper food, will, of course, have 
different results ; for example, a party 
saw our exhibit at the State Fair, fall of 
1895, and in November, he came to our 
farm and selected two sows and a boar 
of the spring farrow. Last spring, we 
received a letter from him saying that 
the boar was stiffened. Soon after, he 
visited our farm again, selected another 
breeding sow, and inquired her breed¬ 
ing. When told that she was from the 
same pen as the ones he selected in the 
fall, he was astonished, and could not 
believe her to be of the same age, until 
shown a peculiar mark in her ear that 
he had seen when here before. After 
looking her over carefully, he said that 
his sows were only about half as large 
as this one. This showed plainly the 
result of improper food. No matter how 
good the stock may be, if the right kind 
of food is not given at the proper age in 
a pig’s life, the best results cannot be 
obtained. Well-bred stock and intelli¬ 
gent feeding must go together. 
New York. f. h. gates & sons. 
Improvement in Feeders. 
A farmer and breeder of blooded stock 
said that he once had a neighbor whose 
hog pen was near his own, and contained 
one big sow. Every time this neighbor 
went out to feed her, she would rear up 
on the fence, poke her nose over and 
squeal, while the farmer’s hogs were 
quiet. It was not a matter of feed, as 
he fed her well. He asked the farmer 
why she was always noisy and crazy for 
food, yet never fat. The farmer, finally, 
got him to sell her, and buy two well- 
bred hogs. Then, to his surprise, he had 
to use his cane to poke the fat, lazy 
things to get them up to eat. He finally 
said that he had thought that breeding 
all depended on the crib, but he had 
learned a lesson which he had never re¬ 
ceived before. 
My father once owned a mare that was 
always fat. If she was not fed carefully 
and regularly, she would remain fat. A 
fleshy person is seldom a great eater. 
The question of advantage of breed 
seems to be one of assimilation. 
Prof. Henry says that “ Darwin states 
that the nature of the food supplied 
during many generations has, appar¬ 
ently, affected the length of the in¬ 
testines. In the wild boar, their length, 
to that of the body, is as 9 to 1 ; in the 
common boar, as 13.5 to 1. At the sta¬ 
tion, the average ratio for 39 hogs is as 
21.5 to 1. This wonderfully increased 
length of the intestines, may, very prop¬ 
erly, be supposed to show that the power 
of the digestive apparatus of the modern 
hog has been greatly increased.” 
One of my neighbors had his clover 
seed hulled by a scrub machine, and 
afterwards an improved machine re¬ 
hulled the chaff and got more seed than 
the first man got from the crop. The 
improved animal is a better machine, 
and extracts more nearly all of the 
nutriment of the food. As to the com¬ 
parative cost, at the same age, of a scrub 
or high-bred animal, I think it is in favor 
of the good blood, especially if raised 
under modern improvements ; if left to 
root or die, the scrub is the better forager. 
If the question were asked, Which cost 
more, 100 pounds of pork in a scrub, or 
in a high-bred hog ? it would be easily 
answered ; but as to the comparative 
cost of the animals at the same mature 
a g' e i one can estimate that the improved 
hog will weigh about twice as much, 
and will have cost about the same as the 
Scrub. e. H. COLLIN8. 
Indiana. 
FOWL TIPS. 
We have fed milk to grown fowls, 
and also to young chicks, and always 
with excellent results. For chicks one 
to four weeks old, we prefer to feed it in 
the form of curd. To all others, either 
sweet or sour, though it seems to be bet¬ 
ter food and to promote laying best 
when fed sweet. For laying hens in 
winter, we think it quite as good as cut 
bone, or meat scraps. To keep it from 
freezing, the method employed by a 
friend is the best I have seen. He 
knocked the bottom out of an old peck 
measure, cut three V-shaped notches in 
the lower edge, bought a pan that fitted 
down in the top about an inch, and 
under this set a little night lamp. The 
outfit is placed in one corner of the 
poultryhouse, where it is held fast by a 
strip of board tacked across in front of 
it. The lamp burns about a dessert¬ 
spoonful of oil a day, and is used only in 
freezing weather. 
We are receiving seven cents per dozen 
for best fresh eggs. This has been the 
market price for about two months, and 
many a housewife is feeling rather blue 
in consequence, while the farmer looks 
savage when a hen enters the corn crib. 
It is a good time to get the poultry flock 
down to a plain business basis by dis¬ 
posing of all males, both old and young, 
that are marketable, and every hen that 
is not needed. It is easy to calculate 
how many fowls will be needed for the 
table, and pullets are better for this 
purpose than cockerels. Keep pullets 
for the table instead of cockerels. Get 
rid of all hens over one year old, and 
unproductive stock of all kinds, and thus 
cut down the feed bill to the lowest 
notch. I have found it good policy to 
keep no stock of any kind that is not in¬ 
creasing in value, or producing some¬ 
thing of Value. FRED GRUNDY. 
In sudden cases of Croup, and other alarming 
alfectioHs of the Throat and Lungs. Dr. D. Jayne's 
Expectorant is Invaluable. It often proves an elixir 
of life when death seems very near. 
The Best Pill-Jayne’s Sanative.— Adv. 
Horse Owners Should. Use 
GOMBATJLT’S 
Caustic 
Balsam 
The GREAT FRENCH VETERINARY REMEDY 
Safe, Speedy and 
POSITIVE CURE. 
Prepared 
exclusive¬ 
ly by J. E. 
Gombault 
ex-Veterl 
Bdry gur 1 
geon to 
the French 
Gorernmont 
Stud. 
SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY OR FIRING 
Impossible to produce any scar or blemish. Tho Safest 
beat BLI8TER ever used. Takes tho place of all Uni* 
mentfl for mild or severe action, llemovcs all ilunchci 
or illemliihes from Horses or Cattle* 
As a HUMAN REMEDY for Rheumatism, 
hprnlns, bore Throat, lhte., it is invaluable. 
WE GUARANTEE caustio baTsam wm 
prodnoe more actual results than a whole bottle o t 
any liniment or apavin cure mixture ever made. 
Every bottle of Cgustlo Balsam sold Is Warrnn. 
ted to give satisfaction. Pi ice $ | .5<j per bottle, Sold 
by Druggists, or sent by express, charye » paid, with fill! 
directions tor its use. Send for descriptive circulars, 
testimonials, etc, Address - ‘ 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland, O. 
Galled Horses' 
will try CALL POWDER. cents by'mail” 
wMOORE BROS. Albany N. Y. 8 
BICKMORE’S GALL CURE 
Will cure your horse of collar 
and harness gall without loss 
tof time or money. You work 
/the horse and cure him at the 
siime time. Equally good for 
Cuts, Scratches, Sliced Cracks, 
Sore Teats on cows, Ac. Ask 
your denier for it. If he should 
*->—p . ',, not have it correspond direct 
®E$UREAndWORK lHEH orse Wlth us. Sample mailed for 10 
D . . cents. Enourrh to cure 1 horse. 
Bickmore Call Cure Co. Rox709, OLD TOWN, ME. 
DAIRYING 
Relatively More Profitable 
than Ever Before. 
Send for new circular in explanation, 
Some Practical Facts 
In Up-to-date Dairying 
Also, ask for 
NEW “BABY” OR DAIRY 
CREAM SEPARATOR 
CATALOGUE No. 246. 
THE OE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO, 
Branch Offices: 
Elgin, III, 
THREE YOUNG JERSEY RULLS 
froth daihs that made is ll>s. 8 07.8., 17 lits. i2 
dzs., 24 lbs. 3 07 , 8 . honest printed butter In 7 days 
R F. SHANNON, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
GUERNSEYS. 
Fifty head choice Cows, Heifers 
and Bulls for Sale. 
EKLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHINECLiIFF, N. Y. 
For that GOLD color in BUTTER, use a bull from 
WiUswood Herd 
Registered Guernsey Cattle. 
Recorded Berkshire Swine. 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Btldd’s Lake, N. J., of 
207 Broadway, New York City. 
P 
General Offices: 
74 Cortland St., New York. 
DORSET SHEEP. 
It is no longer the question, “Which breed is 
best for growing Early Lambs?” but “ Where 
can I best get Dorsets and good ones ? ” Let us 
answer you that question. Write to which of us 
is nearest you. 
•T. L. HENDERSON & SON, Washington, Pa. 
J. E. WING, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 
OLD HOGS, YOUNG HOGS, 
from our herd of Poland Chinas. To reduce stock 
before enlarging ohr swihe parlors. High priebs, loW 
prices; any kind of pHces accepted. Write 
if. H. GATES Si SONS, Chittenango, N. Y. 1 
CHESHIRES 
all ages. Pigs in pairs not akin. Every tenth order 
filled free. W. E. Mandbvillk, Brookton, N. Y. 
400 
SELECTED PEKIN DUCKS; extra stock 
Brookside Poultry Farm, ColuinbuB, N. J. 
onnn ferrets. Trained Ferrets, that 
are actually worked on Rabbits and 
Rats. Sold cheap. Book 10 cents. Semi for free 
circular. S. * L. FAltNSWORTH, NeW London; O 
LOTS OF EQGS 
when hens are fed green 
cut bone, cut by the 
_ Improved ’OG 
MANN’S 
GREEN BONE CUTTER 
the standard of tho world. 11 
sizes. $5 and up. C. O. D. or 
On Trial. Cat ’I’g./rre if you 
name tills paper. 
r. W. MA*N CO.. Milford. Mass 
Standard Green Bone and 
Vegetable Cutter Co ., 
MILFORD. MASS , 
Sue. to The E. J. Hoche Co. 
Warranted theonly Manu¬ 
facturers of a u t, o in a 11 o 
feeding.easy running,dur¬ 
able Green Bone Cutters. 
0 sizes for hand & power; 
No. 10. $6.76; No. 9, $7.90; 
No. 8. $9.50; No. 3. $16! No,4. 
$18; No 2. for power, $25. 
Seht on trial. Rend for cat. 
» experience. 
INCUBATION? 
w is the first step in the poultry I 
businessandmuchof future sue- T 
cess depends upon its complete- f 
ness. There is no failure where 1 
RELIABLE INCUBATOR, 
is used. It is fully warranted and , 
is the product of twelve years of 
It has.never been beaten In a 
oil- r.: .iff*’ kccii ucaien in a 
Show. It isnotlikeitscompetitors—it is better. 
\Ve tell why in new book on poultry. Send lOo for it. 
RELIABLEjN CUBATO R A ND BR O O D ER C O.^QUINCY- ILLS. 
The Common Sense 
Milk Bottle. 
No rusty metal covers 
or twisted wire fasten¬ 
ers, less breakage, and 
can be washed abso¬ 
lutely clean and much 
quicker than any other 
milk bottle, avoiding 
tainted or sour milk. It 
is the handsomest, 
cheapest and best milk 
bottle ever offered for 
sale in any market. 
The Celebrated Thatcher’s 
Orange Butter Color 
Secured the only award of Medal and 
Diploma at the World’s Columbian Ex¬ 
position at Chicago, from the analysis 
of the Government Chemists and Ex¬ 
perts, also Thatcher's Cream Cheese Color. 
For circulars and Price Lists, send your address 
to Thatcher Mfg. Co., Potsdam, N. Y. 
ELLIOT’S PARCHMENT BUTTER PAPER. 
HALF A 
___ REAM. 
0t ^ ers wh0 wlH use u ' will send half a ream, 8x11 free. If they 
will forward 80 cent* to pay postage. Why not try the Best Butter Wrapper ? 
FREE 
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