1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
715 
Turkeys as Hatchers. 
(CONTINUED.) 
mothers for chicks on account of wan¬ 
dering too far away and not returning 
at night.” 
In a letter to the same editor dated 
July 1, 1895, C. H. A., of Pittsfield, 
Mass , says : “ It has been really com¬ 
ical to see the look of doubt on the 
faces of people when told that we had 
turkeys sitting which had never laid 
any eggs. Too polite to dispute the 
statement, their looks plainly said, 
“ Does he expect me to believe that 
story ? ” 
“ When I first read in an English poul¬ 
try book of the French method of using 
turkeys to hatch and care for chickens, 
I had no incubator, and concluded to 
try the plan. Late in the fall, I sent out 
into the country and bought a late- 
hatched hen turkey for little money. In 
February, we prepared a box (with 
plenty of chaff over a layer of horse 
manure), that could be shut up to ex¬ 
clude the light. We did not give either 
wine or whisky, but in two or three 
weeks, she was sitting quietly on the 
china eggs, and when taken off the nest 
to be fed, would voluntarily return. I 
then filled the nest with hen eggs, re¬ 
moving them as soon as they began to 
pip, to keep the turkey from wanting to 
leave the nest, and putting in other eggs. 
After sitting three months, she was put 
in a yard with chickens for the rest of 
the summer. We put chickens of differ¬ 
ent ages with her, and she received them 
all with equal kindness. This year, we 
had two turkeys besides an incubator, 
and after hatching three sittings of eggs, 
we thought best to take them off the 
nest; but one watched her chance and 
went back on the nest till I filled it with 
eggs again; so I let her stay. The other 
is laying, and will be ready for work 
later if needed. 
“ They make careful, patient mothers, 
are equal in that respect to any hen, and 
it is a wonder that farmers do not make 
more use of them than they do.” 
Shall You Try It ? 
Surely, here is testimony enough to 
banish skepticism. Why not give the 
plan a trial ? If the farmers that are 
thinking of buying an incubator with 
which to raise a few hundred chicks, 
will try turkeys, they will save money, 
and, probably, most of them will have 
better average results than if they de¬ 
pend upon an artificial hatcher. The 
greatest advantage of the incubator to 
the small raiser, is that it enables him 
to raise chickens out of season when he 
cannot get sitting hens in sufficient num¬ 
bers ; but here we have a living incu¬ 
bator that is safe and that can also be used 
out of season. The specialist who raises 
from 5,000 to 20,000 ducks per season 
(there are such), probably will not give 
up his artificial incubators and brooders, 
and attem pt to do the work with turkeys. 
No, indeed ! samuel cushman. 
SELLING SMALL PIGS. 
I noted the questions of F, O. C., page 
666, and was much interested in the re¬ 
plies from a Kansas standpoint. One 
reply strikes a point that makes me 
wonder why more is not made of it. 
Why is not winter or spring rye, sown 
in the spring, more frequently used ? A 
second question comes up—no one men¬ 
tions clover; it would certainly grow 
on the kind of land mentioned. Has it 
never been tried, sown with rye in the 
spring, or with fall-sown rye, and then 
hogging the mature rye ? 
Another point, F. O. C. must grow 
pigs just for the pleasure of it, or why 
should he sell them at 40 to 50 pounds 
weight? Has he ever counted what a 
pig has cost him when he first sees it ? 
Here it is as hard to sell a shote of this 
size at a much higher rate than the 
price for stock hogs, or fat-hog price, 
and I believe that it is the same way in 
the West. My plan would be not to sell 
till they weigh 100 pounds or larger. If 
I could not keep them' till they reached 
that weight, because the herd of sows 
required the room, I should cut down 
the number of sows, get a larger average 
per sow, and keep the pigs till they get 
larger. But aim to move one crop be¬ 
fore the others require attention. I 
would expect them to reach the weight 
he mentions at weaniDg time. This is 
the way I look at the matter from an 
Ohio standpoint. John m. jamison. 
GOOD START FOR A YOUNG CALF. 
In addition to the answers to the ques¬ 
tion printed on page 683, of last week’s 
R. N.-Y., the following have been re¬ 
ceived. 
The Calf Is Too Young. 
I should abandon the plan proposed, 
as it has no merit whatever. The calf 
is entirely too young to be used for 
breeding purposes next spring, and much 
more will be lost than can possibly be 
gained. Even though the calf be made 
to become a breeder, the forced feeding 
system adopted, tends to carry it away 
from milk production toward beef, and 
I should not look for nearly as good 
dairy stock from an animal thus fed. 
Wisconsin Exp. Sta. [prof.] w. a. henry. 
How To Make a Big Calf. 
Our best success in raising calves has 
been after this manner: Take the calf 
from the cow as soon as dropped, feed it 
12 pounds of milk from the dam at three 
feeds, and increase the quantity of milk 
gradually until, at the age of three 
weeks, the calf is getting 24 pounds per 
day, in two feeds—three for the same 
amount would be better. At this time, 
we substitute skim-milk for whole milk ; 
put in one quart of skim-milk in place of 
the whole milk, and add for every pint 
of skim-milk, one teaspoonful of old 
process oil meal. The oil meal should 
be scalded and thoroughly mixed with 
milk. The skim-milk and oil meal are 
increased until, at the end of the fifth 
week, one-half is skim-milk. At seven 
weeks, the calf may be put on all skim- 
milk. 
When three weeks old, the calf is 
taught to eat bran, and a handful of 
bright clover hay is placed within reach. 
So, at seven weeks the calf eats hay, 
bran and oil meal ; the last is better 
mixed with bran. Now, a handful of 
whole oats is added. The milk should 
always be fed warm. Should the calf 
scour after oil meal is commenced, re¬ 
move it for a couple of days, and de¬ 
crease the quantity for a while. The 
grain feed should be increased until the 
calf is three months old, when it will 
get six quarts of bran, two quarts of 
whole oats, one-fourth pint oil meal, 
with all the bright clover hay it will 
eat, or grass, fed twice per day. 
The grain ration at six months, de¬ 
pends on the calf ; if in summer and on 
grass, it is not increased much, if any. 
If in winter, it may be increased so that 
the calf will get four quarts of bran, 
three quarts whole oats and one-third 
pint oil meal. If mixed with cut hay, it 
will be better. Beets, cabbage, turnips, 
or cooked potatoes may be added ; they 
tone up the system and increase diges¬ 
tion. A change from hay to fodder, and 
grain to ensilage, is for the better. At all 
times, care should be taken that the calf 
does not get fat. It can be kept down 
in two ways—less feed or more exercise. 
A calf should always have plenty of the 
latter. While fat is objectionable in 
any dairy animal, we do not object to it 
so much in a heifer as in a bull. A 
heifer, when fresh, if of the right kind, 
will milk it away. A bull should be 
exercised each day by tread-power or 
leading. 
It is wonderful how it improves a calf 
to curry it. It helps growth and diges¬ 
tion and improves the quality of the hair 
and skin. Our calves, when handled in 
this way, usually weigh from 750 to 850 
pounds at 12 months. They have good 
bone and good muscle. Our bulls are 
ready for light service at 11 to 12 months 
of age. I would not use one younger, 
and our heifers are in perfect shape to 
breed at 15 months. Keep the calves 
clean and warm, handle them kindly 
and feed regularly on good food. 
Columbus, O. w. B smith & son. 
Sweet Milk and Grain. 
I would advise feeding* new milk twice 
daily, about five quarts at a feed, in¬ 
creasing somewhat as the calf grows 
older. This should be accompanied by 
a grain ration of shelled corn and oats, 
mixed in equal parts ; as much of this 
should be fed as the calf will clean up. 
A heaping handful of ground oil cake 
should be added to each feed of grain. 
Clover hay should be kept before him at 
all times. The milk ration should be 
continued until the calf is seven months 
old. Keep him in a light, dry, warm 
place, giving him plenty of exercise and 
water. These, I think, are the elements 
of rapid, vigorous growth, but care must 
be taken not to overfeed. I think that 
the calf may be brought to service by 
the latter part of next spring, but I hope 
that the mistake of allowing the bull to 
run with the cows will not be made. 
Moderate use will not injure him. 
Galesburg, Ill. j. h. coolidge jr. 
Hog Cholera in Indiana. —The In 
diana Station issues a. leaflet stating 
that 580,260 hogs worth $3,250,000 died 
from disease in that State last year 
This loss was almost entirely due to 
cholera. 
“ The disease is well disseminated id 
the State this fall, and the season of 
greatest loss will soon be upon us. Every 
effort should be made to lessen its rav 
ages as much as possible. An important 
factor in reducing the loss, is to provide 
proper shelter, as all hogs with only a 
mild attack, or having, apparently, made 
a recovery, may take a relapse if ex¬ 
posed to a cold rain or a sudden change 
to rough weather. There are thousands 
of hogs now in a condition- to become 
affected with pneumonia, which would 
escape if given a little protection. Any 
shed which will keep off the rain and 
break the wind is sufficient. The floor 
should be dry, but little bedding is 
needed, and that renewed frequently. 
Burn all litter and bedding once a week. 
Keep the herd divided so that crowding 
is impossible. Remember a straw stack 
is the most unfavorable place that can 
be provided for sick hogs. The essentials 
in prevention are good food, pure water 
and clean, dry quarters.” 
Disease and death often lurk in a continuously- 
neglected cold, when it might be speedily eradicated 
with a few doses of Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant. 
B’or constipation take Jayne's Painless Sanative 
Pills.— Adv. 
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3000 
FERRETS. Trained Ferrets, that 
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THREE YOUNG JERSEY BULLS 
from dams that made 18 lbs. 8 ozs., 17 lbs. 12 
ozs., 24 lbs. 3 ozs. honest printed butter in 7 days 
R. F. SHANNON, PITTSBURGH, PA. 
GUERNSEYS. 
Fifty head choice Cows, Heifers 
and Bulls for Sale. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHINECLIFF, N. Y. 
Registered Guernseys for Sale. 
Two fresh Cows and fine Bull. 
T. J. HUGUS, Wheeling, W. Va. 
Cnp Oil r-GALLOWAY BULL CALVES, 
rUH OHtat extra fine, first premium. 
A. M. LA GRANGE. Fuller's Sta., Albany Co . N. Y 
Have CONFIDENCE and buy a Bull Calf from 
Willswood Herd 
Registered Guernsey Cattle. 
WILLS A. SEWARD. Budd's Lake, N. J. 
SOUTH DOWNS. 
Rams, and 
few choice 
L. B. 
Breeding Ewes for sale 
FREAR, Ithaca. N. Y. 
Reg. Oxford Sheep and Cheshire Swine. 
Two Rams, one and four years; sows in farrow; 
young Boars fit for service; Fall and Spring Pigs, 
in pairs not akin, for sale cheap. 
H. J. BROWN, Harford, Cortland Co.. 
N. Y. 
HA$||i I* AThe hog for early maturity. 
UllCdllllCd Hapbl growth, quality of flesh, 
Kind and prolific breeders. 
Selected stock of the best strains. 
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Reg. Poland-Cliinas, 
Berkshlres & Chester Whites. 
^Choice Strains; 8 -weekPlgs: 
Boars and Sows, all ages, not 
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prices, 
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and Yearlings for sale. Write for what 
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Duroc-Jerseys and Poultry 
fashionable breeding. C. C Brawley, NewMadison.O 
Fine Duroc-Jersey Pigs 
»— In pairs not akin; 
also, April Boar Pigs 
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