THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February S', 
i Bo 
FEED AND DAIRY NOTlS. 
Balanced Rations for Cows. 
I want a balanced ration for milch cows 
using all the cotton-seed mea! practicable, 
since the fertilizer value appears to be much 
greater in this material than In other feeds. 
Also give me a ration for a cow in milk 
which I intend to fatten for butcher. For 
roughage 1 have corn silage and oat straw. 
Oats are selling for 40 cents. Middlings and 
bran $24. The cotton-seed meal and gluten 
feed is not on market here; we would have 
to order them in car lots. n. y. m. 
Grantsville, Md. 
For a milk ration, suppose you try the 
following 
Carbohy- 
40 
lbs. 
corn silage... 
rrotein. 
. .52 
drates. 
5.64 
Fat. 
.24 
3 0 
4 4 
oat straw .. . 
. .12 
3.86 
.08 
4 
<4 
cottonseed meal 1.60 
.82 
.38 
2 
<4 
coarse bran.. 
. .25 
.81 
.06 
2 
“ 
ground oats 
.18 
.95 
.08 
Total 
12.08 
.84 
I 
should not care 
to feed 
over 
four 
pounds per day of cotton-seed meal, un¬ 
less the cows were of extra size and good 
feeders. Two quarts per day (three 
pounds) I would consider about all that 
should be fed under ordinary circum¬ 
stances, although when grain is fed with 
silage our experience has been that cows 
will stand heavier feed and much more of 
it than when dry fodders are exclusively 
used for roughage. For fattening cows 
you will find it a very good ration if 
you will replace the oats with hominy or 
corn meal. 
I am now feeding my cows 40 pounds corn 
silage (containing ears), three pounds glu¬ 
ten feed, three pounds bran, beside all the 
Alfalfa hay they can eat. I wish to know 
If such feed will make a balanced ration. 
Clarksville, N. Y. G. l. 
Assuming that your cows eat 10 pounds 
per day of Alfalfa hay, your ration will 
analyze as follows 
Carbohy- 
Protein. 
drates. 
Fat. 
10 
lbs. 
Alfalfa 
bay . 
.. . 1.10 
3.96 
.12 
40 
lbs. 
corn silage . 
.. . .52 
5.64 
.24 
3 
lbs. 
wheat 
bran 
. .. .38 
1.22 
. 0 !) 
3 
lbs. 
gluton 
feed. 
.. . 1.10 
3.96 
.12 
Total ... . 
...2.71 
12.36 
.53 
This is a splendid ration, although a lit¬ 
tle in excess of what the standard calls 
for protein (2.50). The cows ought to 
do finely on it, and keep in first-class 
condition. If convenient offer them a 
small feed of oat straw or coarse fodder 
of some kind two or three times a week. 
H. G. MANCHESTER. 
HOW TO BREED THE MARE. 
TTow shall I breed my mare to get the best 
results? She is a western (branded) mare 
eight years old, weighing between 000 and 
1 , 000 ; an easy keeper, color gray; disposi¬ 
tion in some respects good, but inclined to 
be cunning. I am a R. F. D. mail carrier, 
and keep two horses, but as during the time 
the mare would be raising her colt the roads 
are generally good could spare her. 
Grand Rapids, O. H. M. w. 
We should not breed her at all; if we 
did we should breed her to a road-bred 
or a coach stallion. We would not breed 
her if we used her on the road, as we 
hardly think it would pay. bell Bros. 
Wooster, O. 
It would be an opinion of mine that 
you should breed such a mare to a horse 
of good size, say not over 1,200 pounds, 
of good conformation and disposition, 
with good breeding, pure gaited, of solid 
color, say bay or chestnut, with good feet 
and limbs ; plenty of bone. 
Geneva, O. geo. w. martin. 
If inquirer wants a draft horse, I would 
breed to a grade Percheron or something 
of that kind in his part of the country. 
If he is after a road horse, would breed 
to any fairly well-bred horse in his sec¬ 
tion. This is evidently a ranch mare, 
and would raise nothing more than a good 
business colt from either breed of horse. 
Canastota, N. Y. h. r. Murray. 
Breed her to a well-bred, well-formed, 
good-dispositioned trotting-bred stallion 
that weighs not less than 1,250 pounds. 
Select a stallion that has a good broad 
forehead; one that is biddable, and one 
that has a reasonable amount of actual 
use on the farm, or on the road. If your 
mare weighed 1,100 pounds your success 
might be just as great to breed to a good 
draft stallion. The real future value of 
your colt when it comes will depend on 
your ability to handle and feed him. 
Mt. Pleasant, O. o. w. patterson. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
A Case of Bone Spavin. 
Will you give me a remedy for bone spavin? 
I have a fine mare that has been limping 
slightly xor about two months now. She does 
not limp on a start, but after a short drive 
anu stop she then limps on a second start, 
tue doctor found the affection in the knee 
joint and pronounced it bone spavin. I)o you 
really believe there is a permanent cure for 
bone spavin? If so. will it leave the leg dis¬ 
figured or enlarged in any way? n. it. 
Clara, Md. 
From the tone of your letter it occurs 
to me that nature and rest in a box stall 
will do much toward promoting a cure 
of your animal. Great care should be 
observed in using blisters to see that the 
hair follicles are not injured or de¬ 
stroyed. I doubt your mare having a 
bone spavin, but if she has, and there is 
a bone deposit, you cannot remove it, 
while she may recover from the lame¬ 
ness. I have had good results from giv¬ 
ing one drachm iodide of potassium once 
a week in the drinking water for three or 
four weeks, and the using of a blister 
made of iodine crystals one part and two 
parts vaseline mixed, once a day for a 
few days. m. d. williams, d. v. s. 
DORSET RAM FOR SA.E 
ELKTON STOCK FARM, Forest Depot, Va. 
COR SALK T horoughbred Scotch Collie Cow dogs 
■ WM. WILDGRUBE, No. Franklin. De’.. Co. N. Y. 
POULTRY SUPPLIES 
“ The Kind that Make Eggs—All per 1O0 lbs 
Recleaned Ground Oyster Shells. 60c; Mico Grit tor 
Poultry.60c.: Mico Grit for Pigeons. 60c : MlcoGritfor 
Chicks O' c ; Saul’s Poultry Scratching Food $1.85; 
Saul s Poultry Mash Food $2: Saul’s Pigeon Food. $2; 
Saul's Chick Food. $2.50: Cur Clover,$l 60: Clover Meal. 
$1.60; Pure Ground Beef Scraps, $2.25: Pure Meat 
Meal, $2 25: Pure Meat h nd 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. 
t’HAS F. SAUL, 220-224 James Street. Syracuse, N. Y 
EEKIN DUCKS AND 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
200 April batched ducks, $130 to $2.50 each. Duck 
egg orders booked. $1 15 for 11; $8 per hundred. 
Leghorns are the real egg machines. Eggs fur incu¬ 
bating $1 for 13; $6 per hundred. Largest plant 
vicinity of New Voik City. 8C pens, 2.000 layers. Cut 
of same in Cyphers catalogue. Agent Cyphers in¬ 
cubators, brooders, etc. 
BONNIE DR UE, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
A Var’s Poultry. Pigeous. Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
U 11 Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 60 p. book. 10c. 
VV Ratos free. J A. BERGEY. Box 8,Telford.Pa, 
DDCn rflR EftfiC -Our Barred Rocks lay 256to 
Dncu run CUUOl 278 eggs a year. Pricelist 
with facts about better methods in Breeding. Hatch¬ 
ing and Feeding free. F. GRUNDY. Morrlsonville, 111 
BUFF White Leghorns. Eggs 75c per 15. $1.25 per 30, 
$2 per CO. Cir. free. JOliN A. ROTH. Quakertown, Pa. 
D p Blk Minorcas, Wh. Brown and Bf. Legs. Bar. 
11 ’ u ‘ Rocks, Wh. & Bf.Wyandottes. Iteds.Sherwoods, 
Wh. Wonders, Pk Ducks. Bronze Turkeys, Cockerels; 
White Guineas. MCCAIN CO . B.. Delaware, N. J. 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
Greatest Egg: Producers; used exclusively on 
all large egg-farms. Stock and Eggs at Farmers’ 
1’rices. R. B. PUSEY, Princess Anne, Md. 
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. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY! 
FOR SALE—Extra flue White Wyandotte Cockerels 
for breeding purposes. E. F. Kean. Stanley. N. Y. 
W YANDOTTES.White, Buff, Silver L. and Gold. 
TT LEGHORNS. Brown. White and Buff. PLYM. 
ROCKS, Barred. Buff and White. Brahmas. Cochins, 
R. I. Reds, Minorcas and other breeds in Cockerels 
and Hens. Mt. Blanco Poultry Farm, Carpenter, O. 
QHODE ISLAND REDS, Light Brahmas. Bar- 
■ % red Rocks, White and Silver Wyandottes; hardy, 
prolific,farm bred.pure stock. For BIRDS.moderate 
prices, or a GGS to HATCH, 6c. each, write WALTER 
SHERMAN, 25 Boulevard, Middletown,R. I. 
jf Q j r Both O. I. C. and Todd strains. 
V Standard bred pigs for sale. 
. ■ w I JP Honest dealing my motto. M. L. 
bowersox,R.3; Bradford, Dk. Co,O 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES £, p rJ„*„ r 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich 
O. 1. C. PIGS. 
September farrow, registered stock, prolific strains, 
large litters, pairs and trios not akin. Prices low. 
F J. SCHWARTZ. East Pharsalia.N Y. 
Lj CT C? feJS 1 DETC^— Y Oung Boars, 
V/ I B & Cf 1 ■ B ■ % Sows and 3-month 
Pigs of individual merit and from the best families. 
E. S. HHiT-i. Freeville, N. Y. 
POLAND CHINAS 
Send for Catalogue at once, this will appear but 
once. JACOB B. MILLER, Bradford, Ohio. 
Prevents and cures cholera 
Pratts Hog Cholera Cure. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
Kills and expels worms 
Pratts Vet. Worm Powder. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
GED3STEY FARM 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST CLASS JERSEYS 
ROE’S 
FAMOUS HERO 
Pure Bred Holstein-Friesian 
Cattle to be Sold 
GOLDEN STREAMER 65000 
Son of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8th, 
born Feb. 22,11)01, and considered the best Jersey buii 
that ever crossed the Atlantic as a t wo-year old. 
_ ^ few choice Hull Calves for sale bv GOLDEN 
81 REAMER and GOLDEN FERN S LAD out of im 
ported cows. 
Specialty—Y oung Bulls and Heifers, all ages. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
IIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK MINOKCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTKS. 
Correspondence solicited. 
GEDNEY FARM, White Plains, N. Y. 
WHITE SERINGS EARM, 
GUERNSEY HERD. 
Headed by PETER THE GREAT OF PAXTAN3, 
No. 6340 and BLUE BLOOD, No 6810. 
Such Cows as Imp. Deauie 7th, 50*4.9 lbs. of butter 
in one year.Sheet Anchor’s Lassie. 470.2 lbs. of but¬ 
ter In one year. Azalia of Klorham. 400 lbs of butter 
in one year. Lucretia 3d, SOS.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 lor 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 t*-o year old heifers for sale at 
from $100 to $300, also several mature bulls. 
FIFTY BLACK MAM¬ 
MOTH JACKS 
Some nice jennets and sad¬ 
dle stalMons all registered or 
subject to registry. Our prices 
are as low as any firm will make 
them giving a responsible guar¬ 
antee. Write for catalog or come to see us before 
you buy. J, F. COOK & CO., 
Union Stock Yards, Lexington, Kentucky. 
Kentucky Jack Farm. 
A tine lotof Kentucky bred 
and big black Spanish jacks 
and jennets. Also one and 
two-year old jacks. Young 
stock for sale at all times. 
W rite or see me before you 
buy. Come to Kentucky If 
you want a good jack. 
,1 E E. WRIGHT, 
Junction City, Kentucky. 
Before April, J 05 
Throat trouble makes it necessary for 
me to move to a drier, milder climate. 
At this place more great A. R. O. record 
cows have been bred than at any other 
place in the world. Aaggre Cornu¬ 
copia Pauline, the Champion Butter 
Cow ot the World, was bred and is 
how owned here. Herd will be sold 
either singly or all to one purchaser. 
H. D. ROE, Augusta, N. J. 
STAR FARM HOLSTFINS. 
First Mid-Winter Offering! 
20 Twenty Service Bulls 20 
About one year old sired by the great Mercedes 
Julip's Pietertje's Paul, whose dam Mercedes Julip’s 
l Pietertje was the liiUO world’s champion butter 
record cow, A. it. o. 29 6 7 lbs. in seven oays. ’ 
Also by Belie Korndyke Beryl Wayne, a son of 
Belle Korndyke. A. It. O. seven day record 25.12.3 1 s. 
She also lias produced three daughters with greater 
combined official butter records than any other cow 
in the world. These bulls are fiom official tested 
dams, one with a three year old record of 21.61 lbs. 
butter in seven days, official average per cent, of 
fat4 14 Circulars sent on application. 
HORACE L. BRO.nSON, Dept. D.. Cortland. N Y. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FKIESIANS 
are bred for large Production, Good Size, Strorg 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kiud you want W'rite or come to see 
them. 1<6 to select from. A"ituals of both sexes 
ai.d all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bell Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Neshanic, N. J. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. R. O. Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Waynes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manor 
Deivol. 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. 
WOODGREST FARM, Rita, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
uni QTFIftl Rill I Q from 3 to 18 months old. A 
IIULO I L-! Ii DULLOfew choice young Cows; 
Improved Chester Whites of all ages Prices right. 
CHARLES K. RECORD, Peterboio, N.Y. 
FflR QA| F Purebred Holstein Friesian Bull 
I Ufl unLL Calves and Scotch Collie Pups from 
registered stock. Prices moderate; write promptly. 
W. W. CHE NEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
BR ILL' FARM. 
___ HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Home oi Lord Netherland DeKol. Great sire 
of high testing butter cows. Stock and prices right. 
E. C. DRILL, Pougliquae:, N. ¥. 
JACKS FOR SALE. 
The tinest lot of JACKS and JENNETS I ever 
owned. Some special bargains. Address, 
RAKER’S JACK FARM, 
H ox 1, Lawrence, Ind. 
BERKSHIRES 
of the HIGHEST BREEDING at reasonable 
prices. WILLOUGHRY FARM, Gettysburg, 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 flrst- 
class individuals. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor. Marbledale, Conn. 
MEADOWBROOK BERKSHIRES. 
CHOICE ANIMALS of all ages and both sexes for 
sale. Representatives of the best English and Amer¬ 
ican strains. Prices reasonable, quality considered. 
MEADOWBROOK FARMS, Bernardsville, N. J. 
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., Erclldpun, Chester Co., Pa. 
B ERKSHIRE PIGS, Sows bred, Female Collie Pups, llurred 
Rocks, Hens and Cockerels, Standard Bred Stock. Greatly 
red need juices for ten days. W. A. LOTHKHS, Lack, Pa. 
REGISTERED BERKSHIRE H06S FOR SALE 
One herd Boar, Dorset Lad of Riltmore. One young 
Boar, His Majesty Glen, by Royal Bachelor, Cham¬ 
pion Boar International. 15 Gilts and young Boars 
by Dorset Lad of Biltmore, Royal Bachelor, Sir J no. 
Bull and Uncle Sam out of sows weighing from 6 to 
800 pounds. 
ELKTON STOCK FARM, Forest Depot, Va. 
PERCH EBON AND FRENCH 
Coach Stallions Scotch Colli., 
Pups. E.S. AKIN, Auburn. N.Y” 
JERSEYS 
Highest honors at World’s Fair, Chicago, and Pan 
American, Buffalo, were tvon by us. Can furnish 
young nulls of the very best bi’eeding, and Splendid 
Individuals, at reasonable prices. 
BEECHLANDS FARM 
East Aurora New York 
B Combination and 
J Golden Lad. For 
m sale II cows, 1 ] beif 
" ers and 23 bulls. 
S. E. NIVIN, LANDENRJSRG, PA. 
when I will sell you a registered JERSEY HULL, 
best dairy stock; ready for service: at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 905 Liberty St., Pittsburg. Pa. 
“QUALITY.” 
Registered Jersey Calves and Yearling Ileifers, 
bred right, raised right, and for sale right. Ask for 
pedigrees, and for prices delivered at your station 
Satisfaction guaranteed. E. W. Mosher. Aurora.N.Y. 
PtegistorecL «Tersoys 
9Heifers, 3 to 14 mos. 5 Bulls 2 to 8 mos. old. St. 
Lambert Strain. “Sire a Purest, Lambert.’’ 
J. ALDUS HERR, Lancaster. Pa. 
REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS FOR SALE 
Our Herd Bull Peerless Wilton. 4 vears old Three 
yearling Hereford Bulls and Bull Calves, 2 to 0 ntos , 
by such noted Sires as Peerless Wilton, Van and 
Beau Donald. 
ELKTON STOCK FARM, Forest Depot, Va. 
DELAWARE HERD 
Aberdeen-Angus 
Herd headed by Prince Barbara, a son of the 
Imported $9,100 Highland Champion Bull Prince Ito. 
All leading families represented. Males and Females 
for sale at business prices, that cannot be duplicated 
anywhere in the East, some of them sired by such 
noted bulls as Prince Ito and Elflock. 
MYER & SON, Bridgeville, Del. 
HOLSTEIN BULL ““SfaSj 
Born December 21,1903. Weight, 8001bs. Largely white, DeKol markings. A fine individual. Rich vellow 
hide and horns. SIRE ’ Mutual Friend 3ds. Paul," whose dam made -2 lbs. 13 oz. in 7 days, her milk testing 
4 *«7 per coij t. 
DAM, made 13 lbs. 4 oz. at4 years and was sired by a son of “ Paul DeKol ’’ that has 8 A.R 0 daughters 
AT THE PRICE I WILL SELL YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO USE A GRADE. 
“Oakland Farm,” 
d.T. Mitchell, Weedsport, IM, V, 
€30- GREENWOOD HERD HOLSTEINS-OO 
Write for prices for best bred and finest HULL CALVES in America. Fine show anima’s one month 
to one year old; Sire contains one-half the blood 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 for 22 years. ENGLISH BEBK B HIRES 
Long Distance ’Phone. ^ E. h. KNAPP & SON, Fabius, N. Y. 
