1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER.’ 
747 
My Favorite Breed of Stock. 
(CONTINUED.) 
and squeal if one step up and look over 
the fence at them, but will come up and 
like to be petted. Then they are easy 
keepers, and although not growing to as 
large a size at maturity as many other 
breeds, they will make from 75 to 150 
pounds quicker than most others. The 
meat is not all fat, hut if fed largely on 
what are called flesh-formers, they will 
have a large proportion of lean, and 
make the finest hams and shoulders in 
the world. Although a black breed, the 
color is not even skin deep, as these pigs, 
when dressed, are white. Again, as to 
the quality of meat, I have known per¬ 
sons troubled with dyspepsia, who 
thought that they could not use pork 
at all, who could eat meat of these pigs, 
and suffer no difficulty. Last, hut not 
least, is the fact that butchers or mar- 
ketmen like to get them to cut up, always 
giving these pigs the preference when 
they learn their value. Generally, they 
are willing to pay a little more for them. 
_ d. p. a. 
DISINFECTION FOR TUBERCULOSIS. 
In this State (Connecticut), I believe 
that it is customary for the Cattle Com¬ 
missioners to request that the barns 
where they use the tuberculin test shall 
be thoroughly disinfected. They do not 
do it themselves, or see it done, and I 
presume that, in many cases, it is not 
done. After testing a herd, they give a 
certificate of health of the herd, and 
they have power to refuse this if they 
wish to, until they are sure that disin¬ 
fection has taken place. Also, when 
they have quarantined herds, they could 
refuse to remove the quarantine until 
they were satisfied that the work had 
been properly done. They have plenty 
of power to compel almost anything 
they wish. 
At the time our herd was inspected, 
we tore out and rebuilt all mangers, par¬ 
titions, etc., on the floor where the cows 
were kept, and also by advice of the 
Commissioner, sprayed ceiling, walls, 
etc., with the recommended corrosive 
sublimate solution ; yet some time after¬ 
ward, asking one of the Commissioners 
to what he should ascribe the cause if, 
upon a retest, there should be found 
some reacting, he laughingly replied, 
“ Want of disinfection.” It is policy for 
them to believe in the tuberculin test, 
right or wrong. If tuberculosis is such 
a contagious disease as many claim, I do 
not think that sufficient care is taken at 
the slaughtering of the animals. Ours 
were all killed in the pasture, and their 
blood ran everywhere. The spot was a 
scene fit for a painter of a battle pic¬ 
ture. The animals were all examined, 
and when tubercles were found, no 
attempt was made to bury or destroy 
them. I doubt not that a bushel of them 
could have been gathered near. When 
some one asked if it were not dangerous 
to pasture animals afterwards in such a 
field, the reply, if I recall it correctly, 
was that “ A good rain and some sun¬ 
light or sunshine would destroy all 
germs.” I have since seen other herds 
slaughtered in the same way. 
At the inspection at our place, 74 ani¬ 
mals were tested, and of this number, 17 
were condemned. All would have passed 
a physical examination, and were in 
first-class physical condition with one 
exception. Upon post-mortem examina¬ 
tion, four of the animals were found in 
bad condition, and no candid person 
could see them and desire to use any 
product coming from such animals. 
Three of the four had been in our pos¬ 
session only six weeks, yet it seems to 
me that they would have contaminated 
the whole herd in a short time. In some 
of the 17, but very slight symptoms were 
discovered, and I doubt not they would 
have lived to die a natural death. While 
examining some of them, it seemed to 
those present that the veterinarian be¬ 
came nervous through fear of not find¬ 
ing anything, and too much] 4 publicity 
would have been given to the' affair. 
However, I believe in the tuberculin 
test, but as Mr. Cushman suggests on 
page 656, I do not think that sufficient 
precautions are taken while, as before 
stated, they have sufficient power to 
have the work satisfactorily and wisely 
done. n. G. Manchester, 
ANGORA GOATS IN TEXAS. 
I have been breeding Angora goats'for 
14 years, and find it a very profitable 
business. I have a barbed wire pasture 
fence with several division fences, all 
made of 10 of the best barbed wires ; 
still the wolves will sometimes get in 
by scratching through under the lowest 
wire, but we generally get the wolves 
now, before they do much damage, by 
setting steel traps at such holes on both 
sides of the fence. We generally fasten 
three steel traps together, and do not 
fasten the traps to anything. Early in 
the morning, one of the boys will go 
there with the dogs and a gun. The 
dogs will take the trail, and the wolf is 
generally not more than 300 yards away, 
often with more than one foot in a trap. 
If traps are fastened, the -wolf or wild 
cat is more likely to break loose. In 
very cold weather, they are liable to 
bite their caught feet off, or jerk loose 
—as they soon have no feeling in their 
freezing feet. If they can travel, how¬ 
ever slow, with their dragging traps, 
they are not likely to try to break loose 
from the traps. 
Most people grade up their flocks by 
buying fine rams. During the first five 
or six years, rams were very costly, from 
$50 to $100 each, and fine ewes from $40 
to $80 each. One day, a man from 
Europe looked at my Angoras, and he 
was so well pleased with one ram and 
two or three of my finest ewes, that he 
said, “It is foolishness for you to buy 
costly rams, you can raise the finest 
rams and does that can be bought any¬ 
where.” He advised me how to manage 
in breeding and, sure enough, I soon 
improved my flock wonderfully. I 
bought three more different flocks, and 
kept only the best, continually disposing 
of the inferior ones. The coarsest goats 
in my flock now are much finer than 
those for which I had to pay $40 and $50. 
It is a beautiful sight to see a bunch 
of about 500 Angoras coming home about 
sundown, with their long, silky fleeces. 
I have always sheared twice each year ; 
that is, in April and in September. If 
these nice animals are shorn only once 
in a year, they will soon look ugly, be¬ 
cause the long, silky hair will become 
matted and they will soon look as ugly 
as a scabby sheep. In kidding time, it is 
best to keep those ewes that will soon 
bring kids in a small pasture, separated 
from the flock. If the weather be cold 
and wet, they should have a shelter— 
dry, cold weather does not hurt them. 
In hot days, the little kids need shade 
against the hot sun. At first, I tried 
to make the young kids follow their 
mothers with the flock, but I soon found 
that it is impossible to do that. The 
little kids were soon all hidden in the 
high grass and bushes. After that, I 
followed the advice of older goatmen, 
who left the kids in the pen until they 
were six to eight weeks old. During 
the past three years, I kept the little 
kids in a separate small pasture, where 
they have plenty of shade, water, green 
shrubbery, weeds and young tender 
herbs of various kinds. If allowed to 
follow the flock too young, they will lie 
down and go to sleep, and be lost. 
Tiger Mills, Texas. h. t p. 
Cure before cost, of course; but besides being a 
wonderful curative for Throat and Lung diseases. 
Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant is about the least ex¬ 
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For sick headache take Jayne’s Painless Sanative 
Pills.— Adv. 
Horse Owners! Use 
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onnn ferrets. Trained Ferrets, that 
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LOTS OF EGGS 
when hens are fed green 
cut bone, cut by the 
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the standard of the world. 12 
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Fifty head choice Cows, Heifers 
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ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RUINECLIFF, N. Y. 
INCREASE the BDTTER FAT, by using a Bull 
Calf from 
Willswood Herd 
Registered Cuernsey Cattle. 
WILLS A. SEWARD, Budd's Lake, N. J. 
A BARGAIN 
In two Canadian-bred Shropshire Rams, one a Camp 
bell, and the other a Dryden-bred Ram Are beau¬ 
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J. C. DUNCAN, Superintendent for L. D. RUMSEV, 
Lewiston, N. Y. 
Repr. Poland-Clilnas, 
Berkshires & Chester Whites 
'Choice Strains: 8-weekPigs; 
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Get the best. TRY OURS. Only $1.00 for trial bag. 
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The hog for earlv maturity. 
Rapid growth, q 'alUv of flesh, 
Kind and prolific breeders. 
Selected stock of the best strains. 
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YORKSHIRES 
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Pork. Pigs, youDg Boars and Sows 
and Yearlings for sale. Write for what 
you want. A few Cheshires for sale. 
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Duroc-Jcrseys and Poultry 
of individual merit 
„ * and of the most 
fashionable breeding. C. C Brawley, New Madison.O 
BIRDS FOR 
CROSSING. 
ATTENTION, FARMERS! 
R. C. B. Leghorn and W. and R Plymouth Rock 
Cockerels, from $1 to $2. A few male Slate Turkevs, 
tine ones. BuiT Pekin Bantam Cockerels. $1 each. 
Exhibition Bi ds, a ruatier of correspondence. Took 
first on Leghorns, White Rocks. Pekin Bantams and 
Slato Turkeys at Seneca County Fair. 
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