1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
237 ' 
HEN NOTES FROM WHITE. 
Ration for Chicks. 
Will you give us directions for making a 
well-balanced mixture of grains, etc., for 
feeding young chicks for the first eight or 
ten weeks? The manufactured chick foods 
are good, but we find them rather expensive. 
Webb Mills, N. Y. L. B. 
We have found the following to be 
a good grain mixture for little chicks 
up to six or eight weeks of age, when we 
begin to add cracked corn and whole 
wheat in larger quantities, until they 
comprise the entire grain ration: 400 
pounds fine cracked corn; 400 pounds 
cracked wheat; 300 pounds hulled oats; 
300 pounds millet; 300 pounds fine beef 
scraps; 100 pounds hemp seed; 50 pounds 
charcoal; 150 pounds fine grit. Broken 
rice and other things may he added if 
wanted, but the foregoing just makes a 
ton of fine grains that meet the wants of 
small chicks at a cost of about $35. 
A Hen Pasture. 
I have a one-acre field with a rank growth 
of Orchard grass and weeds, which .lias not. 
been cultivated for over live years. 1 want 
to put it in corn and root crops for my 
poultry, sowing it to rye in the Fall, to 
turn the chickens in on it. IIow should I 
proceed? What varieties of each should 
I plant, and how should I fertilize to net 
best results? mbs. t. f. p. 
Metuchen, N. ,T. 
How to get the most out of one acre 
is a question we are all trying to solve. 
First put the land in the best possible 
condition with the plow and harrow, after 
which apply the fertilizer broadcast, the 
amount depending on the present fertility 
of the land. Don't economize on the 
fertilizer, and if you are only going to 
use one-half ton, sow 800 pounds at the 
time of planting the corn. Plant 3}4 feet 
apart both ways, and cultivate thoroughly 
until about the first of July, when the 
remaining 200 pounds of fertilizer should 
be spread and j/j pound of Cow-horn tur¬ 
nip seed mixed with 12 pounds of Medi¬ 
um clover sowed among the young corn 
and then cultivated in with a fine-tooth 
cultivator. After harvesting the corn, the 
turnips make a great growth if the 
ground is fertile, and may be harvested 
in November, leaving a field of clover 
that is far ahead of rye to turn chickens 
into. 
Turkeys with Roup, 
Some of my turkeys are affpeted with 
what at first seems to be a bad cold. The 
first symptom will be a rattle in the throat 
when breathing: in a few days an offensive 
liquid will be discharged from the mouth. I 
have killed three that were affected in this 
way. fearing that the rest of my stock 
might catch it from them. Please give a 
remedy for roup. o. j. k. 
There is no doubt but this is roup that 
is troubling these turkeys, and the only 
remedy we use for a case of roup is the 
ax applied “back of the ears.” But an 
“ounce of prevention”—etc. If you take 
your flock when you first hear sneez¬ 
ing or hard breathing you can nearly al¬ 
ways head off roup by proper care and 
treatment. While there are many roup 
remedies, the simplest and best is per¬ 
haps creolin, a few drops of which should 
be placed in the drinking water when the 
first signs of a cold are observed. The 
birds most affected should have their 
throat and nostrils swabbed with a 
stronger solution of the same. This treat¬ 
ment will cure a cold and head off and 
prevent that scourge of the poultry man— 
the roup. floyd q. white. 
RAPE FOR PASTURING. 
I have a piece of land I would like to 
seed to rape for sheep pasture next Spring, 
have the sheep feed on it in the Summer, and 
then sow the land to wheat in the Fall. 
What is the best kind of rape, and is 
there any kind of grass seed that I can mix 
with the rape, and make the feed better? 
Niagara Co., X. Y. s. f. 
The rape for sheep is excellent, and 
the Dwarf Essex is the proper kind to 
sow. The Victoria is nearly the same 
thing. While a desirable variety might 
be had by putting something in with the 
rape, the growth would he too small, if 
the rape grows well, to pay for the cost 
of the extra seed. If the land is to be 
sown with wheat next Fall, the rape 
should be put in early next Spring, so 
that the sheep can run on it through the 
Summer. After it is up six or eight 
inches the sheep can be turned on it, and 
if they have other pasture, so they do not 
eat it too close, it will grow all Summer. 
They are very fond of it, and if left 
alone will eat it off into the ground. Care 
should he taken that they are not turned 
into it when they are empty and the rape 
is wet. They will eat too much and be 
likely to die from hoven or bloat. If the 
field is near the sheep pasture, an excel¬ 
lent plan is to have a “creep” where the 
lambs can run back and forth at will on 
the rape. Nothing will grow them faster. 
It may be sown with oats if the stubble 
is not to be plowed in the Fall. After 
the oats are cut the rape will come up 
and make a good rqn for the sheep until 
Winter. Or it can be sown by itself 
either broadcast or in drills, about August 
1, and will again make just what is need¬ 
ed to finish off late lambs for market, 
and will make green feed for the ewes, 
if there is not too much snow, well up 
to Christmas. e. van alstyne. 
FEEDING THE SHEEP. 
Regarding the question asked on page 
151 it is impossible to give any very defi¬ 
nite opinion in this matter, as the premises 
are so vague. Much depends upon what 
the sheep are and what they are fed for 
and in what sort of folds or how they are 
kept. Much also depends upon what kind 
of straw is being used and how it is kept. 
Again, the “Winter mixed feed” is such 
an uncertain quantity that I cannot even 
guess what it is. Further he does not i 
mention the price at which any of these 
feeds can be had. In a general way, good 
bright bean fodder, barn-housed and not 
weather-beaten when curing, is a very 
good sheep feed. The same of properly 
kept barn-housed straw. You may take 
two sample of same straw, one barn- 
housed and the other from the middle of 
a stack, and in which a man can detect no 
difference; fill a rack with each and allow 
the sheep to select. They will eat the 
barn-housed straw greedily and will not 
even smell of that taken from the stack. 
Tf I were feeding a flock of store sheep 
and had only bean fodder and straw for 
roughage. I should use for grain ration, 
prices being right, a mixture, 100 pounds 
white bran, 200 pounds some of the dried 
distillers’ grains or gluten, 100 pounds lin¬ 
seed meal, old process, 200 pounds corn. 
At the same time at present prices of po¬ 
tatoes, if T had no silage or roots, I would 
feed at least two or three feeds each week 
of small potatoes, and I would be sure to 
provide for next Winter’s feeding a good 
supply of silage or roots. 
j. s. WOODWARD. 
What’s the Matter 
With Your Buggy? 
Worn out? How badly? 
How’s the running: grear and body? 
Good ? All right! We can fix the res,. 
We are buggy doctors. 
Your bugrgry needs a new top and re¬ 
finish of paint. That will put Style, wear and 
life into it agrain. 
How does this offer strike you? 
We will make you a new high-grade top 
to measure in our own factory, guaranteed 
to fit. 
We will ship it to you by express all 
charges prepaid. 
With the top we will send you absolutely 
free, express also prepaid, high-grade carri¬ 
age finishing paint—either in one or two col¬ 
ors as you choose—to re-finish your entire 
buggy. 
With the paint goes a first-class paint 
brush and full painter’s instructions, togeth¬ 
er with material for removing the old paint 
—also free. 
When the top and painting outfit arrives 
—which won’t be long in coming as express 
travels fast—put the top on and re-finish 
your buggy. 
How do you know you will be satisfied 
with the top when you get it ? 
That’s the beauty of our plan of selling 
on trial. 
We take the top 
back at par- 
give you every 
cent of your 
money back and 
prepay express 
charges both ways 
after you have had it 
30 days if you want us to. 
We leave it all to you 
—no back talk from us if 
you return it. 
The paint andbrush— 
you would have the paint 
on your buggy and would have vised the 
brush—wouldn’t you? So we would not ex¬ 
pect you to send that back, and it would 
be our free gift to you together with 30 days 
free use of the top, just for the trouble of 
trying our fair proposition. 
"How do we come out on such a liberal 
offer?” you ask. 
Well, the fact is we make such good 
buggy tops that no one wants to send them 
back. The top, together with the re-finishing 
outfit, makes an old buggy new at a very 
small expense. 
If you want to buy a new buggy, re-finish 
the old one for a second buggy to use in bad 
weather and on muddy roads. If you want 
to sell or trade your old buggy it will bring 
at least twice as much with a new top and 
re-finish 
We manufacture every part that goes to 
make up vehicle-tops, cushions, seats, dash¬ 
es, everything. 
We can furnish you any part you want 
for a buggy. 
We want you to have a sample of the 
material we use in our tops, and have some 
nice pocketbooks—bill size. 
If you will send us your name and ad¬ 
dress, together with the name of one of your 
neighbors who might want a buggy top, we 
will print your name and address on one of 
these books and send it to you absolutely 
free, together with samples of linings, color 
card of paints, and our booklet “Old Buggies 
Made New,” which tells all about our most 
liberal method of manufacturing buggy sup¬ 
plies and selling direct from factory to you. 
Don’t delay writing for this pocketbook 
until they are all gone. Do it now ! 
In your letter tell us how long you have 
used your buggy. Write for Cleveland Top 
Co. Catalogue No. 46. 
The United Faotories Company 
Dept. 46 Cleveland, Ohio 
Sales stables use Pratts Heave 
Cure. It must be good. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
NEWTON’S Bene, Congh, DU- 
temper and Indigestion Cur#, 
A veterinary specific for wind, 
and stomach troubles. 
Strong recommend « $1.00 per 
can. Dealers. Mail or Ex. paid. 
The Newton Remedy Co., 
Toledo, Ohio. 
Mineral Heave Remedy Co. 
Only Sure Cure. 
Positive and Permanent. 
Absolutely Pure. 
$1 .00 Package curesany 
ordinary case. 
$3 .00 Package cures any 
case or money refunded. 
Sent postpaid on receipt 
of price. Agents Want¬ 
ed. Liberal terms. 
,401 4th Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Cures all diseases of the feet 
Pratts Peerless Hoof Ointment 
When you write advertiseis mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 18. 
This o r ws AIR-COOLED GASOLINE ENGINE 
attached to horizontM spray pump. It can,however, 
be attached to any make, either horizontal 
orvertical. We furnish spray pump con¬ 
nection in place of walking beam. Ample 
power, handling with ease eight nozzles at 
100 pounds pressure. Absolutely guaran¬ 
teed. Write for particulars. 
R. H. Deyo & Co., Binghamton, N.Y. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
SUMMER’S WORM POWDERS 
Sheep, Horses & Hogs 
Fed to millions of animals 
every year. Powders never 
fail to remove worms and 
f revent further attacks, 
n popular uso 25 years. 
Price 8 lb. Pek. 50 eente. 7 lb. Pek. «X.OO. 
Send for FREE catalogue of Stockmen’s Supplies. 
CYRIL FRANCKLYN, 72 Beaver SI.. New York 
Dana’sJS.Kt.EAR LABELS 
stamped with any name or address with consecutive 
numbers. I supply forty recording associations and 
thousands of practical farmers, breeders and veteri¬ 
narians. Sample free. Agents Wnnted. 
C. II. DANA, 74 Main St., West Lebanon, N. H. 
To Cas Engine Operators 
Dynamo Ignition. 
Motsinger Auto-Sparker 
No battery to start or run. The original 
friction-dri ve Dynamo. 
Driven parallel with engine shaft. No 
belts. No beveled pulley or beveled 
fly wheel necessary. For make and 
break and jump-spark system. Water 
and dust proof. Fully Guaramtxxo. 
MOTSINGKR DEVICE MFG. CO., 
58 Hain Street, Pendleton, Ind., U.S.A. 
Write 
GRIND PINE OR C0ARSB 
all feeds, ear com, with or with¬ 
out husks, all grains, with the 
KELLY 
DUPLEX 
Grinding Mills 
They are the speediest, easiest 
running, strongest and most du¬ 
rable mill made. Four sizes, any 
power. New double cutters, 
force feed, no choking. It fa 
true economy to buy a Kelly Mill. 
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WILL RA 
SEND 
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BLATCHFORD’S 
CALF MEAL 
WILL RAISE YOUR CALVES WITHOUT MILK 
FOR SAMPLE. PRICES AND TESTIMONIALS 
k BLATCHFORD’S CALF MEAL FACTORY 
WAUKEGAN, ILL. 
IT MILK 
NIALS A 
3RY 
Cowy Smells 
feed and stablo odors left In milk 
mean quick souring and low grade 
i butter and cheese. The 
Perfection 
Milk Cooler I 
and Aerator 
purifies and cools perfectly. 
Every particle exposed to the air. Simple, costs little, 
most convenient, many sizes. Write for circulars. 
L. R. LEWIS, Mfr., Box 12, Cortland, N. Y. 
Agents 
quick 
Hammer 
Hatchet 
Screw Driver 
Staple Puller 
Nail Claw 
Wire Cutter 
Leather Punch 
Pinchers 
o Every Farmer Wants One at Sight 
2 Ono of our agents say she will mako $1500 next year. Web®- 
. Hove he can. This is the best seller we saw Write for 
>\CO St ■ i, Oittp nrd pUn Aokntb. Mako money now 
■3 J. B. Foote (Dept. 14) Fdry. Co., Fredericktown,0i 
The Great Agents Supply House. 
MACHINERY 
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Best and cheapest. 
Send for catalogue. 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO., 
118 Went Water St., 
SYRACUSE, S. Y, 
century Wagon Box and Rack 
One of the most convenient, useful, and labor-sav¬ 
ing articles ever offered to the farmer. Substan¬ 
tially made and finishedfrom best materials. Mal¬ 
leable castings and very strong. When closed it is 
available for hauling corn, potatoes, wood, live 
stock, etc. By suspending canvas or muslin from 
top, inside, will hold 100 bushels of bulk grain. 
SIDES CAN BE LOWERED INSTANTLY 
And i t becomes a solid rack for hauling hay, straw, 
fodder, sheaf wheat etc., with ample strength ana 
capacity for three tons. Very convenient for 
husking corn with side lowered as shown in cut. 
Made 14 feet long and regular widths. Sold direct 
to farmers at manufacturers’ prices, freight pre¬ 
paid. Write for Catalogue and prices. 
MODEL MFG. CO. Box 87 Munclc, Ind. 
THE 0. S. KELLY CO.. 157 N. Lime St.. Springfield, Ohio 
B0WSHER MILLS 
(Sold with or without Elevator.) > 
For Every Variety of Work. 
Have conical shaped grinders. Different 
from all others. Handiest to operate and 
LIGHTEST RUNNINC. 
7 slzea — 2 to 25 horso power. One etyle for 
windwheel use. ( Also make Sweep 
Grinder*—Geared and Plain.) 
P. N. B0WSHER, South Bend, Ind. 
! 
AN Hilt 
Acre or corn 
“Corn Is King." Its wonderful possibilities practical¬ 
ly developed in the newest and latest Silage work; 
“MODERN SHADE METHODS.” 
An entirely new and practical work on Silos, their con¬ 
struction and the process of filling, to which is added 
complete and reliable information regarding Silage and 
its composition; feeding and a treatise on rations, | 
being a Feeders’and Dairymens’ Guide. 
I— Advantages of the Silo. IV—How to Make Silage. 
II— Building the Silo. Y—Feeding Silage. 
III— Silage Crops. VI—A Feeder's Guldt. 
212pages of plain, practical Information for 
practical men. Contains just the things 
you have wanted to know and cuuld not find oli©- 
where. Copyrighted 1903. Postpaid for 10 
cents, stamps or coin. 
THESILVER MFG.CO., 
‘ Salem, Ohio. 
W E hnvo a splendid proposition tolpresentto Farm¬ 
ers. Stockmen, Grange and Farmer’s Clubs,and we 
want active agents and Farmers themselves to apply 
for our agencies in every neighborhood. 
THE INTERNATIONAL SILO CO., Jefferson, O. 
Copyrighted. 
“A Dog on Good Scale.” 
You Can Save From $30, to $50. 
it 
— BY BUYING OUB — 
KNODIG” 
No Pit to Dig. 8 Inches Over All. Steel Frame. 
This Scale is complete when It leaves our 
factory, with the exception of floor planks. 
WRITE FOR FREE CATALOGUE. 
NATIONAL PITLESS SCALE CO., 
Dept. Z 5 Kansas City, Mo. Branch, Dayton, 0. 
32 YEARS SEEDING DIRECT 
We are the largest manufacturers of vehicles and harness in the world sell¬ 
ing to consumers exclusively. 
We Have No Agents 
but ship anywhere for ex¬ 
amination and approval, 
guaranteeing safe deliv¬ 
ery. You are out noth¬ 
ing ifnot satisfied as to 
style, quality and 
price. We make 200 
styles of vehicles and 
65 styles of harness. 
Oar large Catalogue la 
FREE. Send for it. 
(Sb Harness Mfg. 
No. 649. Top Buggy. Price complete $40. 
As good as sells for $30 more. 
Elkhart Carriage 
No. 335. Canopy Top Surrey. Price com¬ 
plete $60. As good as sells for $25 more. 
Co., Elkhart, Indiana. 
