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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 14, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
EGGS IN DECtMBER. 
Here in Yorktown, if you meet a friend 
on the street you first ask, “How are you?” 
then “Are your hens laying good ? How 
many eggs are you getting now?” So it 
seemed natural when our good friend The 
R. N.-Y. asked me to tell how our hens 
ing out the hay. The removal of many of 
these fences might be a matter of economy 
even now. Indeed there are great gaps in 
some of them, showing that too many have 
been built for them to be of profit to the 
farmer. Wire fences are occasionally taking 
the place of rails and stone walls where 
fences are needed, and would be to a still 
greater extent if wire were of as good qual¬ 
ity as formerly. The It. N.-Y. is right, I 
am convinced, as it usually is, in the stand 
taken regarding wire fencing. 
arc doing, and although I realize our 
story will seem small to some people who 
have read about the one-hundred-dollars- 
a-day egg farm, more will agree that our 
hens are doing well for the middle of De¬ 
cember. Our highest egg record at this 
time is 132 eggs in one day, yet we have 
nearly 600 hens and 500 pullets. We have 
some houses of pullets that are laying 
as high as 50 per cent, or 10 eggs from 
20 pullets, which means at this season that 
everyone is laying, and we have some 
houses resting and some pullets too young 
to lay. We are getting five and six eggs 
a day from some of our houses of old 
hens, 30 hens in a house, and some houses 
of old hens have not yet started laying 
since their moult, although they look and 
act as if they would soon begin to pay 
their board. Do we consider this satis¬ 
factory? Yes, we do, for this season 
of the year, as our hens are paying be¬ 
tween $1 and $2 a day clear profit. 
A man told me to-day he had not had 
an egg in two months, and yet he kept his 
hens warm and fed them all they would 
eat of the best there was. Why is it? 
I don’t know; we take the best care we 
know how of our hens, but do not 
pamper them; the houses are far from be¬ 
ing warm, although they are tight and 
dry. We only clean the roosts once a 
week, and the floors about once a month. 
Don’t bother the hens any more than you 
can help, and always remember the hen 
doesn’t have to lay if she doesn’t want 
to. Company always cuts down our egg 
record by going out to look at the hens. 
FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
SEEN IN A DAIRY COUNTY . 
Belated Corn.— While on a little trip up 
the West Branch of the Delaware recently, 
among the condensery farmers where silage 
is forbidden, I noticed even though as lale 
as Thanksgiving time, many fields where 
sowed corn had been grown and harvested, 
but still left in the field. There appeared to 
have been a good growth, and (he harvesting 
well done. Large bunches, perhaps six to 
eight feet in diameter on the ground, tied 
twice toward the tops, were standing in many 
fields. A large amount of fodder was thus 
grown, and to all appearances it was keeping 
in good condition. The fodder can be hauled 
in, it is said, at any time in the Fall or 
Winter. The method is approved by the Bor¬ 
den people, and quite likely is the best that 
can be done under Borden restrictions. It is 
possible that others who have no silos may 
find the plan a good one. 
Co-operative Creameries.— Although the 
valley of the West Branch is rather narrow, 
and it is bordered by ranges of enormous hills 
on either side, sometimes apparently too steep 
to climb, it is doubtless a fine dairy coun¬ 
try. Large herds of pure-bred or grade Jer¬ 
sey cows are seen all along the valley, good 
farmhouses and elaborate and nicely painted 
barns are everywhere in view from the rail¬ 
road. Condenseries, that with their accom¬ 
panying buildings and yards occupy acres, 
are stationed every few miles. But even 
the Borden people, with all their wonderful 
facilities for handling milk and its products, 
are not able to monopolize the milk business 
here. The co-operative creamery is in evi¬ 
dence almost as frequently as the condensery, 
though not usually as pretentious as that. 
These creameries account for the silo which, 
not infrequently, is seen along the valley. 
Stoxe Walls.—T he frequency of heavy 
stone walls that one sees in Delaware County 
gives evidence not only of the character of 
land, but of the farmers as well. To clear 
the land of stone is desirable, and where 
ground is dry so that a wall will stand, a 
wall is a good fence. But surely some of 
these Delaware County farmers are, or have 
been, too much interested in fences. Pas¬ 
tures and meadows, in some places, are cut 
up into small lots by the numerous cross¬ 
walls. Of course, repairs must be made on 
these at times if the fence is to be of any 
value, and many hours must be spent along 
the meadow fences mowing by hand and rak¬ 
Tiie Milking Machine.— It is up in the 
valley of the West Branch where lives a cer¬ 
tain farmer with practical ideas, who milks 
80 cows and sincerely deplores the necessity 
of milking by hand. At the same time he 
“hopes and prays," he says, “that no thorough¬ 
ly practicable milking machine will be per¬ 
fected, at least for years to come.” If there 
should be, ne thinks, the eastern farmer 
would have to go out of business. The West 
has the cheap grain, the possibility of un¬ 
limited growth of Alfalfa, cheap pasturage, 
reasonable rates of transportation to all 
markets and if were possible for the western 
farmer to milk 50 or 100 cows there would 
be no chance for the eastern farmer except 
for nearby milk markets, and that only to a 
limited extent. This is a view of the milk¬ 
ing machine problem that bad never appealed 
to me before. Possibly he is right. For 
all that there are scores, if not hundreds, 
of people who are “just about ready to put 
a thoroughly practicable machine on the 
market,” and equal thousands. T think it safe 
to say. who are anxiously awaiting an oppor¬ 
tunity to buy a machine that answers this 
description. 
Spreading Manure.— All along the jour¬ 
ney that I recently took in Delaware County 
1 saw farmers out in the fields in the morn¬ 
ing spreading manure from wagon or sled. 
This was Hie accumulation of the previous 
24 hours. Hauling manure to the fields and 
spreading as fast as made is coming to he 
the practice more and more among the best 
dairy farmers. There is never a better time 
to do the work, and most farmers agree that 
manure will do the most good if applied to 
the field as quickly as possible. Some g® 
so far as to say that they would apply It oil 
a river fiat as fast as made, even when 
the river is likely to overflow, if reasonably 
certain that they could have four weeks’ 
time before the freshet. This was the unani¬ 
mous conclusion of all who spoke on the 
question at a farmer's institute. h. h. l. 
COIV RATION WITH LITTLE HAY. 
TTow can I make up a ration for cows giv¬ 
ing a fair mess of milk, using good cornstalks 
for coarse fodder, with say one feed of bay a 
week? 1 am short of hay, but have plenty 
of good bright stalks with some nubbins on, 
part sweet cornstalks. I am a market gar¬ 
dener and raise no grain to feed. I am feed¬ 
ing wheat bran and gluten meal. c. a. b. 
West Cheshire, Conn. 
You can make a fairly good ration from 
the feeds mentioned by using them in fol¬ 
lowing quantities: 
Oarho- 
Protein hydrates Fat 
25 Mis corn fodder. . 
. .. .02 
.02 
.30 
4 lbs wheat bran . 
. . . .50 
1.02 
.12 
4 lbs. gluten meal. 
... 1.31 
1.72 
.11 
Total . 
. .. 2.43 
11.96 
.53 
I do not like to 
depend 
entirely 
upon 
corn fodder for roughage, and T know the 
cattle would appreciate variety, but it 
might not be advisable to buy hay. Per¬ 
haps in future you can plan to have a part 
of the farm in grass, or raise some oats 
and peas to go with corn fodder. 
H. G. M. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
I t. N.-\ r . and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
TEN DAYS’ 
FREE TRIAL 
of Mann’s Latest Model 
Bone Cutter.. No pay un¬ 
til you’re satisfied that it 
cuts easier and faster than 
any other. Catalog' free. 
F.W. Mann Co.,Box 15. Milford. Mas*. 
POULTRY SUPPLIES- 
■ The Kind that Make Eggs-All per lOO lbs* 
Recleanod Ground Oyster Shells, 50c; Mico Grit, tor 
Poultry.60c.; MicoGritforPigeons,60c.; AlleoGritfor 
Chicks. 6Cc.; Saul’s Poultry Scratching Food. $1.85; 
Sauls Poultry Mash Pood $2: Saul’s Pigeon Food. $2; 
Saul’s Chick Food, $2.50; Cut Clover,$1.60: Clover Meal, 
$1.60; Pure Ground Beef Scraps, $2.25: Pure Meat 
Meal, $2.25: Pure Meat and Bone. $2.25; Pure Poultry 
Bone, $2.25; Pure Bone Meal, $2.25; Hemp Seed. $3.60; 
Sunflower Seed, $4.25; Chicken Millet, $2.50. Cata¬ 
logue mailed free. 
CH AS. F. SAUL, 220-224 James Street, Syracuse, N. Y 
BUY SUCCESS 
POULTRY FOOD 
it’s best for moulting fowls, also laying hens. It 
contains clover, meat, bone and linBeed meal, thor¬ 
oughly mixed with corn, wheat and oats ground. 100 
lb sacks, $1.75 F. O B. cars, at Colchester; 500 lb lots. 
$8.00; 1000 lbs., $15.00. Oyster shells, 1001b sacks,50c; 
500 lbs., $2.00; 2(l0Olbs., $7.50 F. O. B. cars. New Haven 
Ct. Write us for prices on cut clover and meat meal. 
CASE BROS. Colchester, Conn. 
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(POULTRY LINE-Fencing, Feed,Incu-J 
jbators. Live Stock, Brooders—anything— J 
)it’s our business. Call or let us send you. 
(our Illustrated Catalogue—it’s free for the) 
> asking—it's worth having. ^ 
(Excelsior Wire & Poultry Supply Co.,< 
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is a quick and permanent cure 
for distemper, founder, lameness 
of all kinds, pneumonia, thrush, 
cuts, bruises, collar and saddle 
galls, colds, stiffness, etc. It is 
used and endorsed by the Adams 
Express Co. We offer 
$100 Reward 
for any case of Colic, Curb, Con¬ 
tracted or Knotted Cords, Splints, 
recent Shoe Boils or Callous that 
it will not cure. 
Tuttle’s Family Elixir 
is the best household remedy that can be used for 
rheumatism, sprains and all other pains and aches. 
Saves doctor bills and stops pain instantly. Our 100- 
page book, “ Veterinary Experience,” free. Send for it. 
Tuttle’s Elixir Co. 30 Beverly Si. Boston. Mass. 
Bewure of all so-called Elixirs. Oct Tuttle's, the only genuine, for 
tale by druggiet$ or tent direct. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
Enters New Year with 
250 
Two Hundred and Fifty Head of Regis¬ 
tered Holstein Cattle. 
250 
Offers for sale Service Bulls, Fresh Cows. Males and 
Females of all ages. Actual sales since Oct. 18th, 
#5 OOO. Headquarters for all. Circulars sent on 
application. 
HORACE L. BRONSON.Dept D . Cortland, N Y 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTF.IN-FRIESIANS 
are bred for large Production, Good Size, Strong 
Constitution. Best Individuality 
If these are the kind you want write or come to see 
them. 125 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bell Calves. 
A. a CORTELYOU, Neshanlc, N. J. 
ftrr buys a registered DflC^O 
OODh.F. Bull fromnUt 0 
born April, 1904. Handsome individual. His dam is 
a large producer His sire’s dam has A. R. O. record 
of 2D 77 lbs butter in 7 days. He will please you. 
H. 1). ROF, Augusta, Sussex County, N. «J. 
BRILL FARM, 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Home of Lord Netherland DeKol. Great sire 
of high testing butter cows Stock and prices right 
E. C- BJU LL. Poughguag* N. Y, 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. R. O. Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Wavnes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manor 
DeKol. We will make attractive prices on these 
youngsters as they must be disposed of to make room 
for our crop of Winter Calves. Write for prices on 
anything needed in Holstein-Friesians. 
WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co.. N. Y. 
[fin Oil r—several extra good Y'oung Perch- 
rUn oHLl eron or French Draft Stallions. 
F. T. WALLACE, Assumption, III 
HIGH CLASS 
PERCHERON AND FRENCH 
Coach Stallions . Scotch Collie 
Pups. K.S. AKIN. Auburn. N.Y, 
SACKS FOR SALE. 
he finest lot of .TACKS and JENNETS I ever 
vned. Some special bargains. Address, 
BAKER’S JACK FARM, 
lox Lawrence, Ind. 
on HENS and CHICKS, 
i ■■ . w _ 64 -page book FREE. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307, Apponaug, R. 1. 
IEATH TO LICE 
Pallia Dune each, fine ones, bred from trained 
IjOll 16 ill Do s>0 stock. Eligible to record. Book¬ 
let free. Address, L. H. DEVOLLD, Caldwell, Ohio. 
DCn CfiD CPPQ —Our Barred Rocks by 256to 
HkU lUn CUUOi 278 eggs a year. Pricelist 
th facts about better methods in Breeding. Hatch 
g and Feeding free. F. GRUNDY. Morrlsonville, Ill 
Var’s Poultry. Pigeons. Parrots, Dogs. Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 P; ,, 
Rates free. J. A. BERGEY.Box 8, Telford,! a, 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
won two first premiums at New York State Fair. 1904. 
Trios, $5: Eggs, $1 per 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free 
ZIMMER BROS., R. D. 41, Weedsport, N Y 
SPECIAL BARGAINS, 
If ordered at once. In Cockerels, Fullets and 
Hens. We have 8.C. and R. C. Brown, Bf. and White 
Leg. White, Bf. & Brd. P. Rocks, White. Bf. Silver & 
Gold Wynd., Buff Orpingtons, R. I, Reds, Minorcas, 
Brahmas, Cochins, Pit Games, and allotlier breeds. 
MT. BLANCO POULTRY FARM, Carpenter, Ohio. 
R P k. Minorcas, Wh. Brown and Bf. Legs. Bar. 
i Ui Rocks, Wh.ABf.Wyandottes, Reds,Sherwoods, 
Wh. Wonders, Pk Ducks, Bronze Turkeys, Cockerels; 
White Guineas. MCCAIN CO., B., Delaware, N. J. 
SHOEMAKER’S BOOK 
on POULTRY 
and almanac for 1905, contains 824 
pages, with many fine colored platcsof 
fowls true to life. Ittcllsall about chickens, 
their care, diseases and remedies. All about 
INCUBATORS and howto operate them. 
All about poultry houses and how to build 
them. It's really an encyclopaedia of cliicken- 
dom. You need it. Price only 1 5c. 
SHOEMAKER, Box 8 1 3, FREEPORT, ILL. 
BAII! TOY PAPER, illnst’d, 90 p»B* 
rUULI n I 25 cents per year. 4 months' 
trial 10 cents. Sample Eree. 64-page practical 
g oultry book free to yearly subscribers. 
;ook alone 10 cents. Catalogue of poultry 
books f ree, Poultry Advocate, Syracuse, N.1T 
Breeders’ Directory 
GEDKTEY FARM 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST GLASS JERSEYS 
GOLDEN STREAMER GCOOO 
Son of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8th 
•“ornFcb 22.1901, and considered the best Jersey bul 
that ever crossed the Atlantic as a two-year old. 
A few choice Bull Calves for sale by GOLDEN 
STREAMER and GOLDEN FERN'S LAD out ofim- 
ported cows. 
Specialty —Young Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also Imp CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
PIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK MINORCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTKS. 
f?rCorrespondence solicited. 
GEDNEY FARM, White Plains, N. Y. 
WHITE SPRINGS FARM, 
GUERNSEY HERD. 
Headed by PETER THE GREAT OF PAXTANG, 
No. 6346 and BLUE BLOOD, No 6310. 
Such Cows as Imp. Deanle 7th, 502.9 lbs. of but’er 
in one year. Sheet Anchor's Lassie. 47(5.2 lbs. of but¬ 
ter in one year. Azalia of Klorham. 400 lbs of butter 
in one year. Lucretia 3d, 608.4 lbs. of butter In one 
year, etc., etc. 
The herd numbers about forty carefully selected 
animals. Registered and tuberculin-tested. Breed¬ 
ing stock for sale at all times, including the choicest 
of heifer and bull calves of all ages. The winnings 
at the New York State Fair for 1904 comprised 1 3 
first and second prizes, and one champion¬ 
ship out of 17 entries. Prices very reasonable. 
For further Information and catalogue, address. 
ALFRED G. LEWIS. Geneva, N.Y'. 
Please mention Rural New Yorker in writing. 
Note. 15 choice two year old heifers for sale at 
from tSIOO to SR300, also several mature bulls. 
UniQTflN Dljl I Q from 3 to 18 months old. A 
nULOlLlll DULLOfew choice young Cows; 
Improved Chester Whites of all ages prices right. 
CHARLES K. RECORD, Peterboro, N.Y. 
FOR SALE 
Purebred Hoistein-Friesian Bull 
Calves and Scotch Collie Pups from 
registered stock Prices moderate; write promptly. 
W. W CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
“QUALITY.” 
Registered Jersey Calves and Yearling Heifers, 
bred right, raised right, and for sale right. Ask for 
pedigrees, and for prices ''elivered at your station 
Satisfaction guaranteed. E. W. Mosher, Aurora.N.Y. 
m RKG. JERSEY BUHLS, one month to 18 
months old. Photograph of each. 
WM M BIGHAM S SONS, Gettysburg. Pa. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD A GRADE 
when 1 will sell you a registered JERSEY BULL, 
best dairy stock; readv for service: at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 905 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
CHESTER WHITES 
Both O. I. C. and Todd strains. 
Standard bred pigs for sale. 
Honest dealing my motto.*- M. L. 
Bowersox,R.3; Bradford, Dk. Co,U 
BERKSHIRES 
of the HIGHEST BREEDING at reasonable 
prices WILLOUGHBY FARM. Gettysburg,Pa. 
POLAND CHINAS 
Write and describe what you want, for I am in ’-ctsi- 
ti"n to fill your oru.-r with up-to-date breeding; 
order a Sow bred at once for Spring farrowing. 
JACOB B. MILLER, Bradford,Ohio. 
O. I. C. PIGS. 
August and September farrow. Two Brood Sows; 
registered stock. Pairs and trios not akin. Farmer’s 
prices. F.J SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia.N Y. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. to 6 mos.. mated not akin, 
service Boars, Bred sows. Write for 
prices and description. Return if not 
satisfactory; we refund the money. 
HAMILTON & CO., Ercildpun, Chester Co., Pa. 
B ERKSHIRES 2 to 10 mos. old, $4 00 up, 200 lb. C. 
White Boar, $16.00, Collie Pups, $3 00 up. Barred 
Rock Cockerels, $1.00. W. A. LOTHERS, Lack, Pa. 
Springbank Berkshires. 
I have some grand 11 months old Service Boars. 
Some Spring Gilts and Boars, and some Yearling 
Sows; will breed them for Spring litters. All first 
class individuals. 
J E. WATSON. Proprietor. Marbledale, Conn. 
rtliroi »■ DrC- Youn K Boars, 
I I EL I I | I \ EL Sows and 3-month 
Pigs of individual merit and from the best families. 
E. 8. LULL. Freeville, N. Y. 
MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCK HENS and DRAKES 
for sale. VERNON H. TIGER, Gladstone, N. J. 
60—GREENWOOD HERD HOLSTEINS—€30 
Write for prices for best bred and finest BULL CALVES in America. Fine show animals one month 
to one year old. Sire contains one-half the b ood of Katy SPOFFORD CORONA, the World’s Champion 
Heifer in her class. In private, official, show, and economic records she has no equal. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, America’s leading strain for22 years. ENGLISH BERKSHIRES 
Long Distance ’Phone. E. H. KNAPP & SON, Fabius, N. Y. 
