1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKERJ 
763 
The American Jersey Cow. 
(CONTINUED.) 
Jerseys or any other stock. The State 
that raised a Jesse James raises “ Merry 
Maiden.” The State that was short of 
men in 1861 to 1865, and sent an eagle, 
raises a ‘‘Brown Bessie” and many other 
good ones. I do not think that the Jer¬ 
seys will be any different in the Gulf 
States from those in New England or 
any other part of the United States. 
Give them feed and care, and their good 
products will be wanted as well as their 
attractive ways and companionship, by 
people who love flowers and birds, na¬ 
ture and animals. b. e. bullock. 
Toledo, O. 
The South for Jerseys. 
1. I believe that we have as good Jer¬ 
seys in the United States as can be found 
on the Island of Jersey. I can see no 
benefits to be derived from new importa¬ 
tions. 
2. As I have had but little experience 
with imported cattle, I am not prepared 
to give an answer. 
3. I think that the best herds are to 
be found in the South, and am inclined 
to think that they would do better in 
that climate than farther north. I think 
that, if kept in that climate for 20 years, 
they would be somewhat of a different 
type from those kept farther north. 
Trenton, Mo. e. b. cooper. 
NORTHERN CATTLE AT THE SOUTH. 
Is there any real preveutUe for murrain or 
acclimation fever in northern cattle, aDd which 
would be the safest time in the year to ship 
cattle from Pennsylvania to Virginia, or vice 
versa ? 
The disease known as acclimation 
fever, murrain, Texas fever, red water, 
etc., has been the subject of much pains¬ 
taking experiment by the United States 
Department of Agriculture. When the 
goverment veterinarians announced that 
this disease was due to germs inoculated 
into the animal system by the bite of a 
tick it was, by some, considered “a 
romance of pathology” ; but true it is. 
As soon as people take hold of the sub¬ 
ject of extermination of the Ox tick 
(Boophilus bovis, Curtice ; Ixodes bovis, 
Riley) in earnest, it will be as safe to 
ship cattle back and forth from the 
Carolinas to northern points as it now is 
between any northern places. Cattle 
kept free from, and not exposed to, ticks 
are not liable to attack from this dis¬ 
ease. Even cattle, native here, but kept 
free and turned out where ticks abound, 
are killed off by the disease. One of our 
Raleigh dairymen lost 10 cows in this 
way only last month. Dr. Cooper Cur¬ 
tice assured me that it might be a valu¬ 
able use to which to put our station 
herd of cows, to get prominent stock 
breeders to come and see the herd, and 
see them turned out where ticks abound 
(exposed), and then follow the result 
Nothing short of such a measure will 
catch and hold the attention of some of 
our people who would be benefited by 
this extermination of cattle by awaken¬ 
ing them to the importance of action on 
the tick question. 
The government limits for shipping 
cattle between Carolina and northern 
points are from November 15 to February 
15, for points east and south of the sum¬ 
mit of the Blue Ridge Mountains. West 
and north of these the country is free 
from ticks, and cattle can be sent to, or 
from, those northwestern counties of 
North Carolina at any time, with perfect 
safety. The quarantine line runs up 
from the North Carolina line to Rich¬ 
mond and on east, leaving the western 
and nothern portions of the State, which 
are free from ticks, untrammeled as to 
movement of cattle. 
If The R. N.-Y. correspondent wishes 
to move stock to or from North Carolina, 
the time will be at band by Novem¬ 
ber 15, when the veterinarians de¬ 
clare that he can do so with safety. 
There are some herds of fine cattle here, 
representatives from which have gone 
to many States and Canada. There is 
also room for very many more here, and 
we welcome any efforts from any source 
which tend to spread a knowledge of 
the fact that it rests with the people of 
each and every county which is discrimi¬ 
nated against as to moving cattle, to 
clear themselves from it by exterminat¬ 
ing ticks. 
But one other point has nearly been 
overlooked. IIow to treat northern 
cattle in the South ? Just as they 
should be treated north, except that 
they should not be turned out to graze 
over tick-infested meadows and wood 
lots. One will need to look out a little 
more carefully for shade in feed lots and 
pastures than is necessary at the north. 
Also one can be much more lax about 
winter housing, without adopting the 
southern extreme. I have seen cows 
standing in a rail-pen barn, with a little 
corn shucks and fodder overhead, and 
the cracks as large as the rails. The 
north wind was carrying the snow 
straight through, and if the animals 
laid down at all, it must have been on 
snow as deep as the lower rail was 
high. That was in the mountain region. 
One would need to provide less care¬ 
fully to keep out cold, and more so to let 
in a circulation of air in proportion to 
the location from the mountains to the 
sea. Western North Carolina climate, 
from being so high, is not so very much 
different from that of Pennsylvania, 
New York, and southern New England, 
only the winters are milder and shorter 
But farther southeast, there is a great 
change. Here at Raleigh, night grazing 
for cows that are shut into shady yards 
days, is best for keeping up the yield of 
milk in summer. Soiling, in the tick- 
infested districts, is the only safe system 
to employ with northern stock, until 
one is sure of the absence of ticks from 
areas needed for grazing, and then re¬ 
strict the range to safe areas or risk 
losses. FRANK E. EMERY. 
OIL MEAL FOR YOUNG STOCK. 
In answer to G. D.’s question on page 
656, in regard to feeding oil meal, I will 
say that I am feeding a young calf on 
linseed meal and skim-milk. I com¬ 
menced by giving about a teaspoonful 
at a feed, twice a day, and have in¬ 
creased the feed, the calf being now four 
weeks old, to what I can take at once in 
one hand to one feed. It’s as nice a calf 
as you would care to see. I am feeding 
it skim-milk from the creamery, which 
is not over rich in butter fat. Three or 
four parties in this vicinity have raised 
calves in this manner for two years, and 
consider it a very cheap way. Many 
think that skim-milk from the creamery 
is no good for calves. j. c. h. 
Grass Lake, Mich. 
Oil Meal for Pigs. —I have used old- 
process oil meal with bran for making 
slop for pigs, one pound of the meal to 
four pounds of bran ; or the ration could 
be narrowed still more, by using one 
pound of the meal to three pounds of 
bran. In farm practice, when the pigs 
have the run of pasture, and have other 
grain, either combination will answer. 
Pigs do not like slop made from bran 
alone, neither do they relish the oil meal 
at first, especially if they have been ac¬ 
customed to other slop. 
All 
for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Send us your neighbor’s subscrip¬ 
tion to The R. N.-Y. with his dollar 
and we will send him the paper to 
January 1,1898, and send-you your 
choice of these books: 
First Lessons in Agriculture, 
American Grape Training, 
Tne Business Hen, 
The Nursery Book, 
The New Potato Culture. 
In mixing the bran and oil meal, it 
should be carefully shoveled together, 
to get it evenly mixed, otherwise the 
meal will form in lumps when the 
water is thrown over it. I fed after 
soaking the mixture 12 hours. Were 
I to use it now, I would mix care¬ 
fully, and pour dry into the troughs, and 
then dampen with skim-milk,-.kitchen 
slops, or pure water. Then open the 
gate and let the pigs eat it fresh ; this 
would save handling the slop from the 
barrel. It must be remembered that 
pork must be made now along cheap 
lines. The pigs eat it as well fresh 
as after soaking from one feeding to 
another. john m. jamison. 
Hungarian Grass for Stock. —The 
value of Hungarian hay for horses or 
cows, depends very largely upon the 
time of cutting, and the method of cur¬ 
ing. If cut before the seeds are ma¬ 
ture, and cured properly, it makes a 
most valuable hay for either horses or 
cows. One reason why Hungarian is 
dangerous as feed for horses, is that the 
seeds form balls in the stomach. The 
safest and best way to feed it to either 
horses or cows, is to feed with some 
other hay. The two may be mixed at 
one feed, or one fed in the morning and 
the other at night. The following com¬ 
parison of millet and Timothy hay may 
aid in giving an idea as to the relative 
value of the two : 
Nitrogen. 
Protein. Fiber. Free extract. Fat. 
Millet. 7.5 27.7 49 2.1 
Timothy. 5.9 29.0 45 2.5 
It is, probably, more valuable as a feed 
for cows than for horses, and as will be 
seen by the table above, it compares 
well with Timothy hay. l. a. c. 
I was taken with a harsh, dry Cough. I grew stead¬ 
ily worse. My neighbors thought I was going into 
that dreadful disease, consumption. A friend recom¬ 
mended Jayne’s Expectorant, which I tried, and in 
less than 10 days I was cured.—(Mrs.) W. A. GROVE, 
Sterling Center, Maine, October 31. 1895 
Stimulate your Liver with Jayne’s Painless Sana¬ 
tive Pills —Ailv. 
TUTTLE’S ELIXIR 
Used and Endorsed 
by Adams Ex. Co. 
Is a Sure Cure for 
Colic. Horse Ail , Con¬ 
tracted or Knotted i 
Cords, Curbs, Splints, 
Shoe Boils, Callous 
of all kinds, etc., etc. 
EXCELSALLOTHERS 
And is warranted to give satisfaction. Locates 
lameness, when applied, by remaining moist on 
, part affected. What others say : 
Dear Silt: I want to add my testimonial to 
your list recommending Tuttle’s Elixirforcurbs, 
i broken tendons, thrush, and nails in the feet. I 
have used it on all of these cases many times, 
and never failed to make a cure. 
J. H. Nay, Keadville (Mass.) Trotting Park. 
Tuttle’s Family Elixir cures Rheumatism, 
Sprains, Bruises, Pains, etc. Sample bottle of 
, either Elixir free for three 2-cent stamps to pay 
postage. Fifty cents buys either Elixir of any 
i druggist, or it will be sent on receipt of price, 
i Dlt. S. A. TUTTLE, Sole Proprietor. 
27 R Beverly Street, BOSTON, MASS 
DRIVING 
Still King. 
THE BIT OF BITS. 
Will control the mosi 
vicious horse. 
Sales greater than ever. 
Sample mailed XC for <8 | flfl 
Nickel, $1.50. OliUU 
_ Stallion Bits 50 cts. extra. 
RACINE MALLEABLE IRON C0„ RA w c ,'s NE ' 
BEFORE BUYING A NEW HARNESS 
Sendyouraddresswith 2 c stamp forlllus. 
Catalog, giving full description of Single 
and Double Custom Hand-Made Oak 
Leather Harness. Sold direct to consu¬ 
mer. at wholesale prices. King Harness 
Co., No. If) Church St., Owego, N. Y. 
Qflflfl ferrets. Trained Ferrets, that 
W are actually worked on Rabbits and 
Rats. Sold cheap. Book 10 cents. Send for free 
circular. S. & L. FARNSWORTH. New London.O 
HATCH .Chickens 
• EXCELSIOR Incubator 
Simple. Perfect, Self-Regulat¬ 
ing. ThuusainJs in successful 
operation. Lowest priced 
flrst-eluss llutcher made. 
GEO. II. STAHL. 
1 14 tolgii S, 6lh St, Quincy.Ill, 
For a knife that will cut a horn without i 
crushing, because it cuts from four 
—-resides at once get — 
THE KEYSTONE 
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It is humane, rapid and durable. Fully J 
warranted. Highest award at World s 9 
Fair. Descriptive circulars FU/EE. 4 
A. C. BltOSIUS, Cocliranville, Pa. * 
♦® 4 -® 4 ® 4 «- 4 « 4»0 
JERSEY First-Class Dairy Stock. 
(~i a rprp-r -jji Registered CALVES, 
A X±j£j BULLS and COWS. 
R F SHANNON ) 907 Liberty St, Pittsburgh. Pa. 
. I . OHHUnUll, | Farm Edgeworth.P.F.W.&C.R.R 
GUERNSEYS. 
Fifty head choice Cows, Heifers 
and Bulls for Sale. 
ELLERSLIE STOCK FARM, 
RHINKCLIFF, N. Y. 
Calf from 
Willswood Herd 
Registered Cuernsey Cattle. 
WILLS A. SEWARD. Budd s Lake. N. J. 
A RA1?C AT1V -A fine butter-bred J. CC. Cow, three 
n L/niluniil years old: One olirhf.ninnlh.' 
Heifer. 
write. 
Are all right every way. Come and see. or 
MRS. C. R. GODKY, Ellenville, N. Y. 
SHORT-HORNS, 
BERKSHIRES, 
SHROPSHIRES. 
Ten months’ old Bull Calves and young Calves 
Richest Dairy Blood, combined with Beef qualities. 
Boars six months old and young Pigs. Yearlings and 
Itam Lambs. GEO. E. TAYLOR & SON, Shingle- 
brook Stock Farm, Greenfleld, Mass. 
\/A| I CV 8t ock Farms,G reene 
iMLLLI N. Y., J. D. Van Valken- 
ourgh, Jr., Proprietor. Dorset norn, Shropshire and 
Rambonlllet Sheep, Dutch Belted and Jersey cattle: 
also Poland-China, Jersey Red and Suffolk Pigs. 
R ' uerKsmres * Chester Whites 
SCholce Strains: 8 -weekPigs; 
Boars and Sows, all ages, not 
akin. Send your address for 
description and hard times 
prices. Hamilton & Co. Cochran ville, Chester Co., Pa. 
RFRK^HIRF piKS - t0 each: six weeks old. 
ULIIIXOIIIIIL American Dominique Cockerels SI 
Mothers— three pullets—laid 39 eggs in 31 days. 
J. B. MILLEB, Grantbville, Md. 
YOU 
CAN 
MAKE MONEY 
1IY BUYING 
Poland - China 
Pigs OF US. Yours truly, for BUSINESS. 
F. H GATES St SONS. CHITTENANGO, N. Y, 
YORKSHIRES 
LARGE 
ENGLISH 
Excel them all for Bacon and Family 
Pork. Pigs, young Boars and Sows 
and Yearlings for sale. Write for what 
you want. A few Cheshires for sale. 
B. J. HURLBUT, CLYMER, N. Y. 
Well-Bred Duroc-Jersey Pigs and 
at farmers’ prices. 
White Holland Turkeys, 
G. C. BEARD, i-airland, N. Y. 
Duroc-Jerseys and Poultry 
fashionable breeding. C. C Brawley, New Madison.O 
TRUETYPE CHESTER WHITESrm 
ever asked 1 am the only Breeder with enough faith 
in the quality of his stock to guarantee to refund 
money and pay frei.ht both ways on any stock re¬ 
jected. G. R. FOULKE, Bala Farm, Westchester, Pa 
Cheshires 
various ages. Pigs in 
pairs not akin. Most reg¬ 
istered stock and premiums of any one in this county. 
G. H. STEARNS, Peru, Clinton Couniy, N. Y. 
ATTENTION, FARMERS !=“ 
It. C. B. Leghorn and W. and B. Plvmouth Rock 
Cockerels, fiotn $1 to $2. A few male Slate Turkeys, 
tine ones. Buff Pekin Bantam Cockerels, $1 each. 
Exhibition Bi ds, a matter of correspondence. Took 
first on Leghorns, White Rocks. Pekin Bantams and 
Slate Turkeys at Seneca County Fair. 
S. A. LITTLE. Malcom, Seneca County. N. Y. 
B ROWN LEGHORNS—Extra selected; $3 per trio. 
T. G. ASHMEAD, Williamson, N. Y. 
DCCC C PDA DC se, ected And ground espe- 
Dktl vUnHlW cially for Poultry and Pigs. 
The great egg and growtn-producer. $2 per 100 lbs. 
BKOOKS1DK POULTRY FARM, Columbus. N. J. 
0. K. Animal Food. 
Get the best. TRY OURS. Only *1.00 for trial bag. 
C. A BARTLETT. Worcester. Mass. 
I 
LOTS OF EGGS 
when hens are fed green 
cat bone, cut by the 
Improved ’9G 
MANN’S 
CREEN BONE CUTTER 
the standard of the world. 12 
sizes. $5 and up. O. O. D. or 
On Trial. Cat’l’gy'ree if you 
name this paper. 
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Standard Green Bone and 
Vegetable Cutter Co., 
MILFORD. MASS., 
Sue. to The E. J. Roche Co. 
Warranted the only Manu¬ 
facturers of automatic 
feeding,easy running,dur- 
able Green Bone Cutters. 
(5 sizes for hand & power: 
No. 10, $0.75; No. 9, $7 90; 
®eo No. 8 . $9.50; No. 3. $10: No.4. 
$18; No. 2. for power, $25. 
Sent on trial. Send for cat 
THYMO-CRESOL 
A handy, safe, sure 
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Mange; all skin dis¬ 
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no preparation; Mixes instantly with cold water;sam- 
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