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T1IH RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 7, 
Live Stockand Dairy 
VALUE OF GALLOWAY HIDES. 
We are often told that hides of Galloway 
cattle have special value for rohe and coat 
making. It has been said that this quality 
gives Increased value to the animals, so that 
the Galloway steer will bring more money 
than would he represented by his meat alone. 
Will you tell if this is true, and to what: ex¬ 
tent the hide will add to the value of the 
ca rcass? 
It is a fact: that black hides taken off at 
certain seasons of the year, when the hair is 
long, are sometimes worth for robe purposes 
a ntTlo more than for leather, particularly 
when the prices of hides are ou a low or 
medium scale. swift & no. 
Chicago. 
The black hides of Gallow'ay cattle in the 
Winter season, when the hair is longer, fetch 
a slight premium over current kill of similar 
stock. In the short-haired season they are 
not worth any more than hides from other 
breeds of cattle. ahmoijr & co. 
Chicago. 
I can sell all well-coated hides from grades 
and purebreds for from $2 to $5 more than 
ordinary hide Is worth in market here at 
home. I have two hides that I had put Into 
robes for my own use, one a light brown that 
1 refused $10 for; other is a black, for which 
I refused $.'10; cost me $13 all told (freight. 
Included). c. s. heciitneb. 
Princeton, Ill. 
A Galloway steer hide is worth from $25 
to $75. At the International Show at Chi¬ 
cago In 1003 a steer was sold to the butcher, 
hide reserved; the hide was sold for $10 
(green) ! This quality certainly increases 
the value of the animal. I have a Galloway 
coat made from three calves’ hides, i refused 
$100 for the coat from the maker of it. 
Esthervllle, Iowa. K. H. WHITE. 
A carload of yearling or two-year old steers 
will bring at least $5 per head in Winter 
above other breeds on account of their hides. 
I have sold Galloway robes Just tanned and 
not lined at from $10 to $75 apiece. In Sum¬ 
mer they bring no more than other cattle on 
account of robes, but always bring mo'-e per 
pound than any other breed on account of 
their quality of meat and dressing per cent. 
Atlanta, Mo. c. N. moopy. 
Strong claims are made for the Galloway 
In the point which you mention. A good 
feeder taking Galloway steers to market would 
not be able to realize any appreciable differ¬ 
ence because of the skin. The man who 
would probably make the gain in this respect 
would be the buyer. If a Galloway steer has 
an exceptionally long, furry, wavy coat of 
hair, his skin would be valuable for making 
robes, or coats, or rugs, but otherwise his 
hide would be worth no more than ordinary 
steers. w. j. both uhkoicd. 
Iowa Ag'l College. 
While we regard the Galloway hide as espe¬ 
cially adapted to such purposes, it is not suf- 
llciem grounds for paying more for Galloway 
cattle when they are sent to market than 
would be paid for animals of other breeds. It 
a Galloway steer or cow is sent to market 
that has a*specially good hide for robes, some 
one might select the hide and pay a slight ad 
vance over the actual value of the meat, hut 
the statement that Galloway cattle are worth 
more than others because their hides are 
adapted to rohe and coat making will not hold 
gOOU. ANDREW DOSS. 
Minn. Ag'l College. 
While we are breeding purebred Galloway 
cattle for breeding purposes we occasionally 
have a steer or barren cow which we butcher, 
and we llnd the Galloway robe Is a source of 
considerable revenue to us. We send these 
hides to the tannery, where they have a 
method of treating them so that they are soft 
and pliable as well as waterproof, and we 
have them made into coats or robes. Our av¬ 
erage price per robe is $25, and we have sold 
them for as much as $75 for an extraordinary 
one. lly sidling (lie rohe til $25 we realize 
a net profit of at least lot) per cent, as the 
average hide will sell for about $5 or $<i, and 
the tanning about an equal price; $2 for lin¬ 
ing. and we aim to sell them at from $20 to 
$40 for Ibe average bides and extraordinary 
ones still higher. hkdOKSIDE farm co. 
Fort Wayne, Ind. 
I think Galloway robes are equal. If not 
superior, to the buffalo, when they are prop¬ 
erly tanned anil lined. At the recent shows 
Galloway hides have been shown in mittens, 
gloves, ladles' sacks and capes, robes and 
overcoats. They are in my opinion Ibe best 
coat made. They are waterproof and wind- 
proof. The robe feature alone when suffi¬ 
ciently developed will offer a profitable in 
ducenient over all other beef breeds. I saw 
three robes made from the bide of a three- 
quarter blood steer that were shown In Kan¬ 
sas City, winning first prize In robe exhibit of 
A. M. Thompson, Nashua, Mo. I afterwards 
saw him refuse $145 for the three robes. 
This Is an advantage over all other breeds, 
and these coupons can be clipped from no 
other animal than the Galloway. The aver¬ 
age cost of finishing a bide Into a robe Is 
about $7; the average value of the finished 
robe Is wholesale $27.50. An animal weigh¬ 
ing 700 pounds makes a good large robe, 
while a steer or cow of 1,000 pounds weight 
will make two good robes. I think this Is 
sufficient to give you an Idea of the value 
of a Galloway hide as a robe producer. 
Stockport. Iowa. .r. n. hai.es a son. 
There Is a good deal of truth and some 
error In the statement that Galloway cattle 
bring more on account of their hides, l once 
sold 14 Galloway steers out of a carload for 
$5 per hundred, while the red ones in same 
haul only brought $4.50 on same market. The 
purchaser, Simon O'Donuell, said the value 
of the hides together witti the animals' polled 
character made them worth that much more 
for export In the month of January. In mid¬ 
summer the Galloway hide has no greater 
comparative value than that of any other 
breed, but. from November to March, when the 
coat of hair is long and at Its best, the hide 
of a Galloway is worth several cents per 
pound more I luin the hide of an animal of 
any other breed. Two years ago I sold a 
prize winning Galloway steer at auction at 
the International Show, Chicago, agreeing to 
lake the hide at the highest market value. 
They charged me 2D cents per pound for 80 
pounds, or $i>> for the green hide. To tan it 
cost 10 cents per pound. Ordinary hides cost 
about 12 cents at that time, so on the green 
hide the difference was about eight cents per 
pound, or $0.40 for the steer, nearly 50 cents 
per hundred pounds live weight, agreeing 
closely with Simon O'Donnell's estimate as 
above mentioned. o. ii. swigart. 
Chicago, III _ 
Tropri.e in f'n tuning. On page 887 C. I.. 
M. I!, describes bis trouble in churning. I 
have been told to strain Ibe milk into the 
pans, have a cooking pot half full of water 
on the stove; when the water begins to steam 
place the pan of milk on to the pot and leave 
it: there until the milk crinkles; take off the 
pan of milk, and repeat until all the pans 
nave become crinkled. Do Ibis morning and 
evening during the Winter. Churn two or 
more times a week. When you have enough 
cream to churn place the pail containing the 
cream into the same pot of water and heat to 
about 120 degrees; take the pall of cream off 
the stove, and let it cool to about 45 or 50 
degrees. Churn In a room of about 60 or 65 
degrees. This ought to bring the butter in 
about an hour's churning, more or less, it 
has been staled time and again In the columns 
of The It. N.-Y. what is the proper temper¬ 
ature to heat and cool the cream, also for 
churning. Until we learned the above we 
were troubled tne same as you are. Since 
then we have not had any trouble. II. G. 
M. does not help very much with this trouble, 
which I know from experience is very discour¬ 
aging. especially when a person or persons 
keep churning a day or two before the butter 
will gather together, and when it does come 
It is not tit to sell, much less to eat. II. O. 
M.’s experience is probably derived from Ills 
large dairy or other creameries, and he has 
not had to trouble himself as a poor family 
has to with one or two cows that are almost 
dry. If you bad the milk from a fresh cow 
with the rest, and followed the above direc¬ 
tions. the churner would be happy. A. 8. 
Delawa re. 
STOP THE LEAK. 
A homo Is only good for use or sale when ho In Round. 
Spavins, Rlnobonoa, Curbs, Splints and other forum 
of Iuiiiouosh uru leaks which may ho stopped hy utile,; 
Kendall’s Spavin Cure 
Ch.Tse City, Va., Dec. 11,1903. 
Dr. n. T. Kendall Co., Jinosburg palls, VI., 
Gentlemen: After trying many dilTerent kinds of lini¬ 
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Until January 1, 1905. 1 will cut ALL regular prices 
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Holstein-Friesian Rull Calves 
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From choice A. R. O. Dams, and hy such sires as 
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O. I. C. PIGS. 
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$69 Holstein-Friesian Bull $69 
BERYL WAYNE’S SON No. 3, Born February 20, 1904. 
Sired by Beryl Wayne's 8on. whose dam has an official record of 277k pounds, and Ills sire's two neares 
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That’s why the KEYSTONE !»«-- 
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