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T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 3, 
Live Stockand Dairy 
WHERE THE HORSES COME FROM. 
Few farmers in (his vicinity raise colts. 
Some buy green horses direct from the North 
or the West, but there is often trouble in get- 
tine them acclimated, and for several weeks 
they cannot be used. By far the larger part 
of the farmers here buy the second-hand 
horses sold at auction in Boston each week. 
These horses do not command so high a price, 
and are belter broken and more serviceable 
for immediate use. No mules are used here. 
Sherborn, Mass. J. e. 
Nearly all horses used hereabouts are west¬ 
ern; cost from $00 to $150 and $175 for work 
horses. Very few horses are raised here; we 
have too little land for grazing; too valuable 
for cropping. Horses selected for farmin'* 
purposes weigh from 1,000 to 1,500 poun 
and generally give good satisfaction. Usua. • 
they are of Percheron and Clydesdale brei 
and some are of native stock. Many of our 
horses are purchased in the St. Louis mar¬ 
ket. Our horses are most desirable when 
smooth and close built. d. c. lewis. 
Middlesex Co., N. J. 
I think most of the horses, especially farm 
and team, used in this section are from the 
West. As to how satisfactory they are, I 
cannot say. I have three which are fairly 
good. Prices vary as to quality. I think 
$125 to $200 will buy a good sound work 
horse 1,200 to 1,300 pounds in weight and 
five to seven years old. Very few colts are 
raised around here, and those mostly fancy, 
not as business. I think colt raising would 
more likely be profitable in a more sparsely 
populated country. Biocky horses of 1,200 to 
1,500 pounds weight built for work are most 
wanted. Of course roadsters are wanted too. 
With them prices vary exceedingly, according 
to speed and style. They are a fancy article. 
There are some horses brought here from 
northern New York and Canada, but more 
from the West. M. M. 
Medway, Mass. 
A good many western horses are used in 
this vicinity. Seven or eight years ago a 
four or five-year-old western horse could be 
purchased cheaper than it could be raised, 
hence horse breeding was neglected. Now, 
and for the past four years, a good western 
horse costs nearly twice what it did eight 
years ago, so farmers are again breeding 
horses, and many of them have young teams. 
A good, sound, young farm horse weighing 
1 ,200 or 1,300 pounds costs from $125 to 
$175. The horses most in demand for farm 
use are grade Percheron or Clydes of com¬ 
pact build and about 1,300 pounds in 
weight. Some farmers say that this type of 
horse is too slow, not having snap and ambi¬ 
tion enough. They call them cold-blooded, 
and say they prefer a lighter weight horse 
with more spirit, but on larger farms where 
but little road work is demanded the heavier 
horse is favored. E. c. gillett. 
Steuben Co., N. Y. 
Probably we raise half of the horses used 
on the farms and in the business of this sec¬ 
tion. This estimate would include horses 
used in the heavy work of the paper and lum¬ 
ber business. On the farms alone probably 
three-fourths of them arc locally bred. The 
horses raised here are much improved in ser¬ 
viceable quality over 20 years ago by the in¬ 
troduction of heavy draft breeds. I am sure 
many of the smaller farmers could raise more 
horses of the right type and make it profit¬ 
able. I question, however, whether It would 
pay where the work is continuous and the 
colts would interfere with the dairy and farm 
work. I am unable to call to mind a single 
instance in this section where farmers have 
permitted horses to take the place of cows 
who have made the change profitable. One 
reason no doubt has been a lack of the right 
kind of mares. The sire is depended upon 
to get. stock of quality without much regard 
to the dam. Prices are high. A sound six to 
eight-year-old horse weighing from 1,150 to 
l,3O0 pounds of substance is worth from $175 
to $200. The best class of business horses 
have been shipped in from western points. 
Lewis Co., N. Y. it. K. c. 
In relation to farm horses used in Maine 
I regret to be obliged to write you that a 
large majority of them come from the West, 
and are sold to our people through the dealers 
in Boston. For these horses weighing from 
1,200 to 1,400 pounds we pay in the Boston 
market from $150 to $200. These are used 
for farm work, such as plowing, mowing, 
hauling wood, etc., and very few of this class 
of work horses are being raised in Maine. 
Those who do breed and raise such horses 
find it profitable, as a good home-raised colt 
of this class at four years of age will readily 
bring $200 or more in our own market. By 
far, however, the larger part of the colts 
raised In this section are bred for speed or 
driving horses, and find a market in Boston 
and in New York. At the present time there 
is a sharp call for Maine-bred driving horses, 
which are selling at the farms for $150 to 
$300. Of course some sell for a great deal 
more, but I am writing about the average 
horse. At these prices it is certainly good 
business for the farmer to raise colts here. 
For a good seller we expect a horse to stand 
at least 15Vi hands high and weigh 1,000 
pounds or more. Most of the colts raised 
here now have good action and speed, because 
in no country can a better list of stallions be 
found than in Maine, and for endurance as 
road horses I do not believe that the Maine 
horse can be equalled anywhere. The pur¬ 
chase of so many farm work horses, however, 
has been a serious drain on the pockets of 
our farmers, as this money, a great: many 
thousands of dollars annually, goes to the 
farmer in the West, all of which should be 
kept at home. When our farmers learn that 
It Is better business to feed hay at home to 
good thrifty Percheron colts that will return 
them $15 per ton than to sell at the barn to 
be shipped to the Boston market for $8 pei 
ton, then they will be far more prosperous. 
Penobscot Co., Me. s. w. gould. 
Killing Ants. 
What should be done to a piece of ground 
that is swarming with ants? It is around 
a very good pear tree, which is just about 
killed. w, H. 
Elmsford, N. Y. 
The best way to kill ants is to find the nest 
or hole and punch a crow bar down into its 
center. Pour into this hole a quantity of hi? 
sulphide of carbon, close the top of the hole 
and cover the place with a blanket. The 
fumes of this liquid are deadly to breathing 
life, and will penetrate through the soil. 
Those fumes will probably kill the tree. 
Cow Peas in Indiana. 
We have come into possession of three 
acres of land; about one-half acre is very 
poor, barren clay, with a gravel subsoil. We 
want to improve it; it Is now hard. We pro¬ 
pose to sow cow peas on it this Spring, and 
when they are forming pods plow them un¬ 
der; then sow Winter rye and plow it under 
next Spring. The land is clear of humus, 
and by sowing cow peas and rye, and adding 
some stable manure to the rye sod during the 
Winter we hope to make It productive. 
Muneie, Ind. m. J. B. 
This plan is a good one. We would sow 
the cow peas at any time after May 20. Plow 
the ground and broadcast three pecks of seed 
and harrow well under. Whippoorwill, Won¬ 
derful or Clay are good varieties. It will 
pay to use 200 pounds of good fertilizer. Do 
not plow under too early, and thus sour the 
ground. 
Kon SiLXjE —■Genuine Arabian Stal¬ 
lion, 15Vi hands, ti years, 1000 lbs; dark dapple gray, 
well built, sound, elegant driver and tine saddler; 
exhibited at St. Louis Fair; kind as a dog and an 
elegant stock horse; cost $2000, will take $1100, J. F. 
PEARSON, 63 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn. New York. 
Cr» 0 Q A I |— M ALE AND FE- 
“ yl\ uHLu MALE ELK ai 
The Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint, Michigan 
O p Cloverdale Herd. Rooorded Stock 
■ li V■ nil ages. Fifty Spring Pigs. Write fm 
prices. H. L. BEADLE, Valley Falls, N. Y 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester, Mleb 
0.1. G. 
SPRING PIGS, Gilts and Service 
Boars. Bost strains bred from 
w " ■“ w " Registered Stock, pairs not akin. 
Prices reasonable. S. T. Witmer, Union Deposit, Pa. 
O. I- O. Pigs 
Registered Stock. March and April farrow. Prolific 
Strains, Mated not akin. Prices low. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia,N. Y. 
STRICTLY O. I C. 
Standard Bred Spring Pigs, for 
sale now, sired by Busy Tom, the 
great O. I. C. of to-day. M. L. 
Bowersox, U.3,Bradford,Dk,Co,O. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Descriptive circular 
showing pedigrees of breeding stock, and price-list 
on application. Pigs, pairs and trios not related. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM. Gettysburg-, Pa. 
m 
A fine lot of 7 Aug. an( j Sept. Boars, 
and some fine J uly and Aug.Farrowed Sows, just right 
to breed for early fall Jitters. Write me and state just 
what you want. J. E. Watson. Prop.. Marbledale. Ct. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin, Ser 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund money if not satisfactory. Reg. 
Ilolsteins, Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
in Calf. Hamilton &Co., Erclldonn, Chester Co., Pa. 
BARGAINS 
in Gilts, Bred Sows, Pigs of all ages, sharp reduction 
to reduce stock. Write now if you want some of our 
Improved Large English Berkshires. Our special 
Swine Powder at 5c. a lb. and method of feeding will 
astonish you with results at selling time. 2c. stamp 
for particulars. Nice tiling in it for agents. 
PENNA. BERKSHIRE CO.. Fannettsburg, Pa. 
ShomEly 
'.-•.THE 
.••ANIMALS’ 
>v FRIEND 
every fly it strike?*, 
• * when either of our patent 
j a uoius sAA - - B p ra j Cr8 are used ; keeps off 
the rest. Shoo-Flj is the 
original stock protector, ab¬ 
solutely hai mless to man or 
beast. Cures all sores, Pre¬ 
vents contagious diseases, 
used by same dairymen since 
1885, because it protects cows 
in pasture from ail insect 
posts longer than any iniita- 
______ _ tion. Halfcent’s worth saves 
3 quarts milk and much flesh. NO LICE in poultry bouse or any 
place it is sprayed. I fyour dealer does not kecpShoo- Fly (inndc in 
Philadelphia,Pa.,) send $1.00 for Improved Three Tube Sprayer 
and enough Hhoo-Fly to protect 200 cows. Name exp. office. Dol¬ 
lar returned if cows not protected. Free. Booklet describes 
Compressed Air Sprayer, will spray 50cows in few minutes. 
SH00-FLY MF’G. CO., 102G Fairmount, Phila., Pa. 
EDITOR knows from experience Shoo-Fly is O. K. 
SHOE boils 
ABS0RBINE 
Will remove them and 
leave no blemish. Does 
not blister or remove the 
hair. Cures any puff or 
swelling. $2.00 per bottle, 
delivered. Book 7-B Free. 
ABSORB1NB, JR., for 
mankind, $1.00 per Bottle. 
Cures Boils, Bruises, Old 
Sores, Swellings, Etc. Manufactured only by 
W. F, YOUNG, P.D.F., 88 MonmouthSt.,Springfield,Mass- 
N O MORE BLIND HORSES.—For Specific Opr, ■ 
thalmta, Moon Blindness, and other Sore Eyes, 
BARRY CO.,Iowa City,Iowa, have a sure cure. 
Over 30 years, 30 years old 
Pratts Pood for stock. 
SWISS 
Cow Bells 
Patented Design. Made from 
Finest Quality Swiss 
Bell Metal. 
We sell exclust vely to the job¬ 
bing trado. but to introduce 
these delightfully musical 
toned Swiss Cow Beils more 
generally, offer them singly or in sets, tuned to ac¬ 
cord. Made in 8 different sizes, with extra fine and 
substantial straps, orsingly with or wiihoutstraps. 
Send for circular of Cow, Sheep and Turkey Bells, 
etc. We are the oldest Boll Makers in America. 
BEV1N BROS. MFC. CO., EAST HAMPTON, CONN. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
110LfSTE IN-FRI ESI ANS 
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 w ill please you. 
A special offer ou some nicely bred BULL CALVES. 
A. A. COHTELYOU, Neshanie, N. J 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
Headed by the two greatest Service Bulls in the 
world. Is the largest herd in the world. 
Offers special bargains in 
SERVICE BULLS 
Cows, Heifers and Calves. Yon can get anything you 
want at Star Farm. Circulars sent on application. 
Horace L. Bronson,Dept. I>, Cortland,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 
Deiiol. We will make attractive prices on these 
youngsters as they must be disposed of to make room 
for our crop of Winter Calves. Write tor prices ou 
anything needed inHolstein-Friesians.- 
WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co.. N. Y. 
For Sale Clieap 
HOLSTEIN BULL 
Two-thirds W hite. Born Oct. 15,1004. Sire, “Soldeno 
Cloth! Ido Artis," Sire of 8 tested daughters. Dam, 
“Felicia 3d,” 15 lbs. 15 oz. at 3 years. A very largo, 
fine cow. He will please you and you cannot afford 
to use a grade at the price l will make. 
Oakland Farm. T. A. MITCHELL, Wefdsport. N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS 
from 3 to 18 months old. A 
few choice young Cows; 
Improved Chester Whites of all ages. Prices right. 
CHARLES K, RECORD, Peterboro, N.Y’ 
i* Sale 
When you write advertisers mention The 
It. N.-Y. and you‘11 get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee, page 8. 
Expensive 
Feed 
If you skim by the old setting method you leave 
cream in the skim milk which you feed to your 
stork. Tills is in reality feeding butter, which you 
cannot afford to do. A National Separator will 
take oM the butter fat out of your milk. It willin- 
erease the butter production one-fifth. It will give 
you warm sweet skim milk for feeding. The 
NATIONAL 
SEPARATOR 
skims to a trace. It hns a very 
simple bowl construction, making 
it easy to wash. 11 isalsotheeasiest 
running of all separators. Write 
for our Book iu,telling more. 
Monthly Payment Plan. 
When desired, the National 
Separator can be purchased on 
our easy payment plan. Tilts 
plan requires no payment until 
the Separator has proven its 
worth after five days’trial. 
Then comes a small cash 
payment; the balance In 
easy monthly instalments. 
NATIONAL DAIRY MACniXE CO. 
NEWARK, N. J. 
Onpc-M Western Aeceto; 
’ Hastings IndustrialCo., 
LaSalle A Lake Sts.,Chicago, III. 
I Desirable Agents 
wanted in unoccupied territory. 
R egist’I) Jersey Cattle, Lin¬ 
coln, Shropshire, Hamp¬ 
shire and South Down Sheep; 
Chester While, Poland China 
and Berkshire Pigs; Scotch 
Collie Dogs and a variety of 
Poultry. Come sec my 
stock and make your own 
selections. Send 2c. stamp 
Fancy of Eureka 130891 f or New Catalogue. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Penna 
Registered HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS 
For Sale at Farmers’ Prices 
I have several Bulls, 12 to 15 months old: large, 
handsome, perfectly marked animals, ready for im¬ 
mediate service, for sale. Sired by Corona Spofford 
Pietertjo, No. 30100, and selected from best dams in 
herd of over 10 head. 
Also a few FRESH COWS and a number of Heifer 
and Bull CALVES from a few months to a few 
weeks old. For particulars inquire 
P. II. McLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y., or 
K. DeForest Dorchester, Manager McLennan 
Stock Farm, Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. 
WHITE STRINGS EARN! 
GUERNSEY HERD 
Headed by PETER THE GREAT OF PAXTANG 
No. 0340 and BLUE BLOOD, No. 0310. 
Such Cows as Imp. Deanie7tli, 502.9 lbs. of butter 
in one year. Sheet Anchor’s Lassie, 470.2 IDs of 
butter in one year, Azalia of Florham, 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. Breeding 
stock for sale at all times, including tire choicest of 
heifer ami bull calves of all ages. The winnings at 
the New York State Fair for 1004 comprised 13 first, 
and second prizes and oue championship 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. 20 choice two year old heifers for saie at 
from $150 to $300, also several mature bulls. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD A GRADE 
when I will sell you a registered JERSEY BI LL, 
best dairy stock; ready for service: at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 905 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Pure bred Holstein-Friesian Bulland Heifer Calves 
from registered and record stock. Prices moderate. 
Write promptly. VV. W. CHENEY, Manlius. N. Y. 
BRILL TARM. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Home of Lord Netherland DeKol. Great sire 
of high testing butter cows. Stock and prices right. 
E. C. BRILL, Pougliquag, N. V. 
REGISTERED ANGORA GOATS.-Pairs or 
trios. Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
JACKS, SADDLE HORSES 
AND 
POLAND-CKINA HOGS. 
75 MARCH PIGS, 
t$I6 apiece, or #25 a pair. 
Write for what you want. 
J. F. COOK & CO., Lexington, Kentucky. 
Kentucky Jack Farm. 
A fine 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. 
JOE E. WRIGHT, 
Junction City, Kentucky. 
GEDKTEY FARM 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST CLASS JERSEYS 
GOLDEN STREAMER <>5000 
Bon of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8 th, 
born Feb. 22,1901, and considered the best Jersey bud 
that ever crossed the Atlantic as a two-year old. 
A few choice Hull Calves for sale bv GOLDEN 
STREAMER and GOLDEN FERN’S LAD out of im 
ported cows. 
SpjociAl.TY Young Bulls amt Heifers, all ageB. 
Also Imp. CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRE 
PIGS. Standard-Bred BLACK M1NORCAS and 
WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
Correspondence solicited. 
GEDNEY FARM, White Plain*, N. Y. 
