42 
January 21, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
A GOOD GUERNSEY BULL. 
Blue Blood 0310, pictured at Fig. 17, 
first page, is the property of Alfred G. 
Lewis, Geneva, N. Y. He comes from the 
very best Guernseys on both sides, and 
is “prepotent,” that is, capable of trans¬ 
mitting his good qualities. When asked 
why he breeds Guernseys, Mr. Lewis 
quotes the records made at Buffalo in the 
model dairy breed test: 
“Guernsey herd shows greatest profit in 
production of butter fat. Guernsey herd, 
shows greatest profit in production of 
churned butter. The cow showing the 
greatest profit, and three of the five cows 
showing the greatest profits, are Guern¬ 
seys. The butter from the Guernsey herd 
showed the best average score on flavor 
and natural color.” 
Rank of breeds competing on butter, six 
months' production. 
Churned 
Butter fat. 
butter. 
Guernsey . 
. $230.10 
$220.37 
Jersey .. 
. 225.44 
214.51 
Ayrshire . 
. 217.68 
212.01 
Holstein . 
. 210.56 
102.88 
lied Polled. 
107.80 
101.83 
Brown Swiss. 
183.08 
176.83 
French Canadian.. 
176.34 
181.81 
Short-liorn . 
172.84 
164.77 
Polled Jersey.... 
. 160.44 
160.50 
Dutch Belted. 
116.04 
111.06 
He also says: “Aside from a profitable 
standpoint in production of milk and but¬ 
ter fat, the Guernsey is larger than the 
Jersey, and it follows that when she has 
f >rved her time as a milker she will bring 
in quite a good return for beef, a quality 
not to be lost account of in dairy cattle. 
Another point I think a good one is that 
the Guernseys are a great deal more quiet 
in their disposition than any of the other 
dairy breeds. They are not subject to dis¬ 
eases where good care is the custom, and 
are hardy, vigorous animals. They are 
also easy keepers, and keep up a large flow 
of milk during the year. We have a 
great deal of trouble to dry the cows up 
before calving to give them the proper 
amount of rest, and I think that any cow 
that is hard to dry up has a very good 
point in her favor. 1 think all Guernsey 
breeders will say that for beauty the 
Guernsey is the most beautiful type of 
dairy cattle. With their fawn color, white 
markings, etc., they make a picture not 
soon to be forgotten, even by people not 
particularly interested in cattle. I, of 
course, do not attempt to say that they 
will produce more milk than the Hol¬ 
stein, but the quality is there as well as 
a large quantity, and we must have qual¬ 
ity as well as quantity to make up the 
dairy cow. My herd of about 40 animals 
is steadily increasing, and I expect to in¬ 
crease to about 150 animals, so you can 
see 1 am well pleased with these cattle.” 
STARTING A DAIRY. 
I am thinking of starting a small dairy of 
about 30 or 35 cows, and as I have had but 
little experience in the dairy business I would 
like some advice as to a building best adapted 
for cattle, taking in consideration the venti¬ 
lation and how and where the box stalls 
should be located for cows and young calves. 
Where should the milk room be located? 
What feed will produce the best results? 
Somerville, N. J. D. J. s. 
I would build the stable, if possible, 
with an eastern, southern and western ex¬ 
posure ; that is, have the end of the 
stable to the south. While there is some 
complaint from dealers in high-grade 
milk that stables should not have hay 
storage above, I am sure this position can¬ 
not be maintained against stables thor¬ 
oughly insulated with a olose, tight- 
matched ceiling, provided with perfectly 
close-fitting doors for any openings neces¬ 
sary for throwing down feed. I he side 
walls should also be provided with at least 
one dead-air space, and, better still, either 
provide two dead spaces or stuff one 
with straw. It is unfortunate that we 
have not paid more attention to stable 
insulation; 75 per cent of our stables 
are only varying degrees of wind-breaks, 
cold or warm, as temperature outside 
varies. Good, satisfactory ventilation only 
will be provided when the stable is so 
constructed. For ventilation build a flue 
from floor of stable to highest point of 
barn. Build of double boards, matched, 
with paper between, large enough to 
provide one square foot of flue area to 
each six cows, which would be about 214 
square feet for 30 cows. Cut an opening 
into this flue near the ceiling of the stable, 
over which a door can be closed when the 
temperature is low outside. Take the 
cold air into the room five feet from the 
ceiling, carry it up to the ceiling on the 
inside through small pipes not over four 
inches in diameter. These may be pro¬ 
vided with check dampers, and so shut 
ofif cold air inflow. Be sure to admit cold 
air from the four sides of the room, so 
that no dead air would accumulate. It 
will find its way out without much regard 
to the location of the outtake flues. 
Box stalls should be as evenly distrib¬ 
uted as consistent with care and comfort, 
throughout the stable. That is, do not 
place all box stalls or other not thickly 
habited portions in one end, thereby great¬ 
ly reducing the temperature, and causing 
moisture condensation on the walls. Keep 
the temperature in this room as nearly 
uniform as possible. Remember the mois¬ 
ture in the room is thrown off in the 
form of vapor; it must be kept so until 
it passes out of doors through the flues. 
Raise corn silage and clover hay' or Al¬ 
falfa for roughage. Feed the concen¬ 
trates to balance these feeds, giving the 
animal just what her individuality may 
demand. h. e. c. 
SOME MONTANA HENS. 
During October, November and December 
this Fall and about the same period a year 
ago 1 boiled potatoes and carrots in morning 
and mixed with skim-milk, bran and scraps 
from the table, and fed warm. I used this 
as long as I felt it was safe. Both seasons 
the chickens showed strong symptoms of roup 
before I quit it; very few cases of swollen 
heads, but a fearful amount of rattling in the 
throat. This year I quit about December 10 
to 15; now most of the symptoms have dis¬ 
appeared. 1 only fed what they would eat up 
clean at once, and followed with wheat, scat¬ 
tered in Alfalfa leaves on the floor. Since 
that time they have had wheat straight ex¬ 
cept scraps from house, wheat boiled and 
roasted, occasionally some meat, and for two 
weeks have had a bone cutter and am feeding 
some bone. I used to laugh at “the balanced 
ration," but this Winter I was satisfied that 
I was short in the ration. I needed some 
richer feed to mix in, but what was it? We 
have no corn here. We can raise flax and a 
little early corn, but through the open season 
with a wheat ration they do splendidly; are 
doing very well now. Eggs are worth 50 
cents per dozen. I learned one thing this 
Fall; that pullets could be hatched early 
enough to moult the same season. Our Feb¬ 
ruary and March pullets moulted, and have 
been idle as long as the old hens. I have 
Black Minoreas. How much ground bone 
should 100 hens have a day? What is the 
best way to supply lime? 
R. N.-Y.—We would keep dry ground 
bone constantly before the hens. I hese 
bones will supply lime. In the East the 
majority of hen men use crushed oyster 
shells to supply lime. 
Poisoning Rabbits. —I see that your read¬ 
ers are very much troubled with rabbits. They 
troubled me very much at first, but now when 
I am visited by them I take a small sweet 
potatoes, cut off the end, gash it with a knife, 
and then rub a small quantity of strychnine 
in the cuts; bury it in the ground just even 
with the surface, and next morning Br'er Rab¬ 
bit lies dead a few feet from the spot. Rab¬ 
bits do not worry me any more. x. N. S. 
River View, Fla. 
rj III T D W—For PLEASURE 
r UUL B l\ I and PROFIT. 
White Leghorns, White Wyandottes, White Rocks, 
Barred Rooks. Black Minoreas Light Brahmas. 
Highest Quality Exhibition Birds; Males $10to$50; 
Females $10 to $40. Specially mated pens for breeding 
$30 to $100. 
Great Kgg Producers, Splendid breeding males and 
females $5 to $10 each. Carefully mated pens for 
breeding $15 to $35. 
Selected Breeding Cockerels $3 to $20 each. 
$5 per 12, straight, from exhibition 
CvlWO stock $2 per 12, from laying matings. 
ELM POULTRY YARDS Est. 1888 
P. O. Box Y, Hartford, Conn. 
OEDNEY FAB.M 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST CUSS JERSEYS 
GOLDEN STREAMER 65000 
Son of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8th 
f orn Feb. 22.1901, and considered the best Jersey bul 
that ever crossed t he Atlantic as a two-year old. 
A few choice Hull Calves for sale by GOLDEN 
STREAM Kit and GOLDEN FERN’S LAD out of 1m 
ported cows. 
Specialty—Y oung Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
PIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK MINORCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
SW~ Correspondence solicited. 
GEDNEY FARM, White Plains, N. Y. 
For duality of Meat, as Large Producers 
and Careful Mothers, for Hardiness, The 
THE JERSEY RED 
PICS and HOGS 
are the BREED to BUY. Free booklet explains. 
ARTHUR J. COLLTNS, Moorestown, N. J. 
O. 1. C. PIGS. 
September farrow, registered stock, prolific strains, 
large litters, pairs and trios not akin. Prices low. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ. East Pharsalla.N. Y. 
IMPROVED URGE YORKSHIRES SrffiS! 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
C ft Uf Leghorns, Cockerels: fine fellows, none 
Or Ui fir better. $land$2each. C. A. Carlson, 
Beach View Poultry Farm, Barnegat, N. J. 
p hoiceStock for Sale.—Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns, 
U Minoreas. Turkeys, Ducks and Guineas Also Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs. Sample mailed, 5c.; dozen. 50c. 
Agents wanted. Pine Tree Farm, Jainesburg, N. J. 
nriYil 1 lflE on hens and chicks 
HE A In 1 U LIuE 64-page book FREE. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box 307. Apponaug, R.I. 
Pnllio Pnne tR each, fine ones, bred from trained 
UulflC lU|Jo Qd stock. Eligible to record. Book 
let free. Address. L H. DEVOLLD, Caldwell. Ohio. 
rTW^ SQUABS PAY HSS 
r\"\l \ Ka ’ s,er i need attention only part of 
VW /] time, bring big prioes. Raised in one 
tf X U month. Money-makers for ponltry- 
k men, farmers,women. Send for FREE 
BOOKLET and learn this rich home 
NT / <- Industry. PLYMOUTH ROCK SQUAB 
vv/«j AOti Atl&nMO Av6>i liosloo, iviciss. 
BONNIE BRAE POULTRY FARM, 
New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Breeders and shippers of high class Single Comb Pure 
White Leghorns and Mammoth Pekin Ducks. Stock 
and Eggs for sale at all times. Largest poultry plant 
in the vicinity of New York City. Agents Cyphers 
Incubators, Brooders, etc. Correspondence invited. 
SPECIAL BARGAINS, 
If ordered at once. In Cockerels. Pullets and 
Hens. We have 8. C. and R C. Brown. Bf. and White 
Leg. White. Bf. & Brd. P. Rocks, White. Bf. Silver & 
Gold Wynd.. Ruff Orpingtons, R. I. Reds, Minoreas, 
Brahmas. Cochins, Pit Games, and all other breeds. 
MT. BLANCO POULTRY FARM, Carpenter, Ohio. 
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. 
Var's Poultry. Pigeons, Parrots Dogs, Cats. 
U11 Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book, 10c. 
G>W Rates free. J. A. BERGEY.Box 8,Telford,Pa, 
11 ft Ifi C D Q — Best Imported and Home-Bred—for 
nUlYlLnO SQUAB-BREEDING. Guaranteed 
positively mated, wherein lies the secret of this in¬ 
dustry’s success. $1.25 to $1.50 per pair. Personal 
attention to all correspondence. 
LOCUST FARMS, Eatontown, N. J. 
fill BUFF ORPINGTON PULLETS FOR SALE. OH 
•■U ONE DOLLAR EACH 
A. L BAKER, Miridlefielri, N. Y. 
I IGHT Brahmas, Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
White Plymouth Rocks of Best and Purest 
stock. A limited number of each For Sale. 
J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa. 
13 DC ft CflD CffRC —Our Barred Rocks lay 256 to 
Dncu run CUud> 278 eggs a year. Pricelist 
with facts about better methods in Breeding, Hatch 
ing and Feeding free F. GRUNDY. Morrlsonville, Ill 
JACKS FOR SALE. 
The finest lot of JACKS and JENNETS I ever 
owned. Some special bargains. Address, 
BAKER’S JACK FARM, 
Box 1, Lawrence, Ind, 
HIGH CLASS s 
ups. E.S. AKIN, Auburn. N. 
Breeders’ Directory 
WHITE SRRINCS FARM, 
GUERNSEY HERD. 
Headed by PETER THE GREAT OF PAXTANG, 
No. mu and BLUE BLOOD, No 6310. 
Such Cows as imp. Deanie 7th, 502.!) lbs. of butter 
in one year. Sheet Anchor’s Lassie, 4 76.2 lbs. of but¬ 
ter in one year. Azalia of Klorham. 400 lbs. of butter 
in one year. Lucretia 3d, 508.4 lbs. of butterin 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 ht-ifer and bull calves of all ages. The winnings 
at the New York State Fair for 1904 comprised 13 
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 ISIOO to $300, also several mature bulls. 
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 BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
are bred for lar/lte Production, Good Size, Strong 
Constitution. Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to see 
them. D5 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
ai.d all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTKLYOU, Neshanie. N. J. 
HOLSTEINS. 
High-Class Advanced Registry Stock only. Best 
butter families. Stock for Sale. 
WOODSIDE FARM, 
Princeton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. 
JOHN B, MARCOU. 
Holsfein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. R. O. Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Waynes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manor 
DeKol. Wo 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. 
H olstein bull calves, scotch comes,spayed 
Females. SILAS DECKER, South Montrose, Pa. 
uni QTCIKl Dill I 0 from 3 to 18months old. A 
nULolLm DULLwfew choice young Cows; 
Improved t'hester Whites of all ages Prices right. 
CHARLES K. RECORD, Peterboro, N.Y. 
FOR SALE 
Purebred Holstein Friesian Bull 
Calves and Scotch Collie Pups from 
registered stock. Prices moderat"; 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 oelivered at your station 
Satisfaction guaranteed. E. W. Mosher, Aurora.N.Y. 
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. 
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. 
BERKSHIRES 
of the HIGHEST BREEDING at reasonable 
prices. WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
MEADOWBROOK BERKSHIRES. 
CHOICE ANIMALS of all ages and both sexes for 
sale. Representatives of the bestEnglish and Amer¬ 
ican strains. Prices reasonable, quality considered. 
MEADOWBROOK FARMS, Bernardsville, N. J. 
B erkshires 2 to 10 mos. old, $4 oo up, 200 lb. c. 
White Boar. $16 00, Collie Pups, $3 00 up. Barred 
Rock Cockerels. $1.00. W. A. LOTHEUS, Lack, Pa. 
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. 
nUCCUlDC DIPC FOR SALE,—From First-Prize 
UnLOnlnL riUoHerd at St. Louis Exposition 
and New York State Fair. S. G.OTIS.Sherwood.N Y. 
gj C PHI D r(J Y oung Boars, 
| | | r<L E. Ob Sows and 3-month 
Pigs of individual merit and from the best families. 
E. S. HILL. Freeville, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITES 
Both O. I. C. and Todd strains. 
Standard bred pigs for sale. 
Honest dealing my motto. M. L. 
Bowersox,K.3; Bradford, Dk. Co,0 
POLAND CHINAS 
Write and describe what you want, for I am in posi¬ 
tion to fill your order with up-to-date breeding; 
order a Sow bred at once for Spring farrowing 
JACOB B. MILLER, Bradford,Ohio. 
$60 Holstein-Friesian Bull $69 
BERYL WAYNE'S SON No. 3, Born February 20, 1904. 
Sired by Bervl Wayne’s Son. whose dam has an ofllcial record of 27% pounds, and his sire's two nearest 
pams, official seven day butter records averaging over 24 pounds each. This Bull is a Due one, and is 
certainly a rare bargain at the price we name. The first order at $69 takes him. 
BROOKSIDE HERD. Tae Stevens Brotliers-Hastings Company, Lacona, New York. 
