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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 29, 
Live Stockand Dairy 
COW WITH INJURED UDDER. 
What shall I do for my cow? She hurt 
one of her teats quite badly on barli wire about 
two weeks' ago. That quarter of her udder is 
badly swollen ; the milk is thick and clotted, 
and is becoming nearly dry. It does not 
affect the other three. I have been using lin¬ 
seed oil. Y. H. M. 
Copenhagen, N. Y. 
The chances are that your cow will almost 
go dry this season in the quarter that has 
been hurt, Nature has been trying to assist 
you ; in so doing has caused the trouble that 
you speak of. The probability is that the 
next time she comes in the quarter will be 
all right. M. d. williams, d. v. s. 
YEARLY INCOME FROM A HEN. 
The price that eggs have been worth for 
the past two years, the yearly income of a 
hen in this section will average .$2. 
Hope, Indiana. J. t. t. 
I would put the production of the average 
hen at 120 eggs, at an average price of about 
It! cents per doz., or .$1.60 apiece. Eggs are 
higher a good part of the year, but most are 
sold at about 14 cents, so I think 16 cents a 
fair average. c. M. w. 
Van Wert. O. 
It is a pretty hard matter to guess at the 
income from the average hen. but I should 
place it from 100 to 120 eggs from each 
bird. Our prices in this State run pretty 
well, averaging for the year somewhere be¬ 
tween 22 and 25 cents per dozen. 
Maine Exp. Station. G. M. gowell. 
In regard to the yearly income of the av¬ 
erage hen in my locality, put it at $2, and 
you will vary but very little. I own some 
fine birds, which I would not take $25 for 
the yearly income, but on the contrary, there 
are very many which will come far under 
this amount. The yearly income of all pure¬ 
bred stock can safely be placed at $5 a hen 
per annum in my immediate locality. 
Maryland. gideon o. iiarne. 
The average for a hen in our vicinity is not 
over eight dozen eggs, which range in price 
from 55 cents down to 20 cents, and even at 
that about three dozen of them are laid while 
the price is at 20 cents. I would make it as 
follows : One dozen, 35 cents; two dozen, 30 
cents; two dozen, 25 cents; three dozen, 20 
cents; total, eight dozen, $1.10. This aver¬ 
age is taken on the farmers around us, and is 
from hens that receive little or no attention 
at all. Of course this estimate does not re¬ 
fer to my chickens at all, for they are now 
averaging 16 dozen to the hen and even bet¬ 
ter. j. IV. FAKKS. 
Altoona, Pa. 
While I use trap tests I have not kept 
record sufficient time to make an estimate, 
liens of same variety and under same con¬ 
ditions vary greatly, some laying only a 
few eggs, while others nearly every day dur¬ 
ing early Spring, but almost all go on a 
strike as the weather gets warmer. My best 
B. P. Rock hens lay 20 to 27 eggs a month 
in Spring, but I kept no record later in the 
season. I know it would not average over 
10. I should say the best layers would aver¬ 
age 140 to 160 a year, the poorer ones much 
less. 1 am trying some other varieties, but 
none beats the B. 1’. Rock, unless it’s the 
White Wyandotte. However, I cannot tell 
as yet about this. The Leghorns probably 
would, but I do not want them. 
Kansas. h. m. byers. 
When properly managed, the income from 
the average hen per year in this section is 
from $1 to $2. If you mean ny “the average 
hen” a mixed or nondescript type, 1 would 
put her income at less than $1, for she 
would not give progeny of acceptable market 
type, and as a result the best prices would 
not he paid for them. But I have it, as 
a result of experimental work and from 
farmers who handle none but pure-bred utili¬ 
ty birds, that they make a profit of $1 to 
$2 per hen per annum. Some make a much 
larger margin of profit than others, as you 
will readily understand. a. g. gilbert. 
Canadian Exp. Farm. 
We consider the average production of eggs 
for a hen in this locality is 10 dozen. The 
average price, considering that the greater 
yield is during the Summer months, is 25 
cents. The cost of keeping a hen I consider 
to be $1.25, not including labor. In cases 
where we have been able to figure the labor, 
I have found that it costs $1 per hen per 
year to care for it and 25 cents per hen for 
buildings and incidentals. In this way it ac¬ 
tually costs $2.50 to keep a hen a year, so 
that unless a man receives more than 10 
dozen eggs from a hen, or to put it plainer, 
more than $2.50 per hen revenue, he would 
barely be getting pay for his 'labor. This is 
figuring labor at $12 per week, and the ordi¬ 
nary poultryman can get that and work for 
some one else. Of course there are many men 
who are getting double this revenue, but they 
are not of the ordinary agricultural class. 
My experience in Canada showed a much 
smaller revenue per hen, being something 
about 7% dozen, with the price of 14 cents, 
the cost of labor being about 75 cents per 
hen. But in this State we find the farmer 
much better educated regarding egg produc¬ 
tion. methods of feeding, care, etc., and this 
I think fully accounts for the increase in 
yield. c. k. graiiam. 
Conn. Ag’l College. 
CLOVER SILAGE FOR PIGS. 
We have tried clover in our silo several 
times, but it decayed; it was put in whole; if 
it had been cut possibly it would have been 
better. If one has tried clover in a silo, so 
that he is satisfied it will keep well, we see 
no reason why one should not be able to raise 
good pigs with clover silage, middlings, pota¬ 
toes and water. Keep a small amount of soft 
coal ashes and sulphur near them, where they 
can help themselves. f. ii. gates & sons. 
New York. 
We have watched results of feeding good 
corn silage to breeding stock as well as young 
pigs. I am a believer in silage as a part of 
the ration for the breeding stock, although I 
have never seen Fall pigs fed it in large 
amounts that thrived well. We have been 
enabled to have our Fall litters do as well 
as the Spring litters, feeding 10 bushels 
boiled potatoes and stirring into them while 
hot about 150 pounds meal, using corn, 75 
pounds, peas, oats and flax 75 pounds, and 
throwing a forkful of good clover hay to 
about 20 pigs every other day. The flax may 
catch your eye as unusual. Several years ago 
I read an article speaking of flax as a valua¬ 
ble pig feed. We sow our peas, plow, sow 
oats, and just ahead of roller sow one-half 
bushel flax seed per acre, and we have never 
had as sleek, thrifty hogs as we have had 
since fed this mixture. n. l. beadle. 
Cloverdale Farm. 
FARM HANDS IN INDIANA. 
I have very little trouble in getting what 
help we need on our farm, and if I were a 
believer in luck would think that the reason, 
but no doubt it is because our land is in the 
edge of town, and most of our work is done 
by day help, men and boys. The shorter the 
distance to the work the better it suits most 
folks, so that may be what helps us. Then, 
we aim to pay good wages for good help; 
$1.25 to $1.50 for men and 60 cents to $1.00 
for boys, 12 to 15 years old, according to 
what they make themselves worth, and try 
to treat them like men, and not simply as a 
drudge. I think part of my luck commenced 
seven years ago last Spring, when I wrote to 
a labor agency in Chicago, to send me a 
good man. They sent out a Swede who was 
soft in flesh, but honest and willing, and he 
has been with us ever since, except about 
three months of each of the last four Winters, 
which time he has put in working in shops 
in the city, while work was slack out here. 
At first I paid him $18 per month, without 
washing, and steadily raised that to $25, 
though he never asked or even hinted for an 
increase, but just “tended to his knitting.” 
lie spends his evenings at home, reading, 
goes to bed early, and is almost always out 
ahead of me in the morning, and works as 
though the crops were his own, all of which 
is duly appreciated by me. 
Then we have one very steady young man 
by the day, who had to quit a cigar factory 
or be buried inside of a year. My wife thought 
his mother used too much grease in her Ger¬ 
man way of cooking, so we offered him a job, 
to include his dinner with us every day. We 
paid him his own price, 85 cents per day, 
and dinner at the start, six years ago, and 
raised that as fast as he gained in strength. 
Over a year ago I began paying him $1.50 per 
day, with the understanding that he is to 
take charge of the gang whenever I cannot be 
with them myself, and he gets the same pay 
in the Winter, when he is the whole gang. 
I believe the reason so many men do not care 
to work on farms is that the money does not 
come in fast enough, and does not seem so 
plenty as in the cities. They do not seem 
to realize that the wages on the farm are 
nearly all clear profit, with less expense and 
temptation to spend money. Our Swede does 
not spend more than $15 to $20 during the 
time he is here each year, and most of that 
goes for chewing tobacco. Wages vary be¬ 
tween $18 and $24 per month around here, 
depending on the amount of milking to be 
done. I can see no reason why any man in 
ordinary health should not be able to lay up 
$150 to $175 each year, while wages are as 
high as they have been for several years. 
There are a number of men here in town 
who have been working as section hands for 
10 to 20 years; have supported their families 
well, and own the neatest homes of all the 
day laborers in our town. For the most of 
their time they received $1.25 per day, part 
of the time $1.12%, and part, $1.37%. A 
few have built cottages on their farms, and 
hire married men by the year; some come 
from labor agencies, and others through 
friends in the city. Then there are always 
some who cannot stand the swift pace of 
city life continually, and, like a sore-footed 
horse, they go out to the farm for a year or 
so to build up, and often prove to be very 
good help. I believe the dissatisfaction 
among farm Velp and all other branches of 
labor comes from the same cause, and that is 
a desire to imitate some of the big guns in 
getting rich quick and easy. Removing the 
cause is the only remedy in sight to me, and 
that is not likely to happen until Congress 
does the will of the masses in putting a stop 
to all trusts and combines, and gives us rea¬ 
sonable and impartial freight rates and a 
parcels post instead of parasite express com¬ 
panies. These are the causes of unrest and 
anarchy that are steadily growing all over 
this country, and just as long as the trusts 
exist, labor unions will flourish and farm 
help remain scarce. Kill the trusts and the 
unions will die quickly from lack of funds 
and members ; then the tide of labor will even 
itself all over the country, and the problem 
of farm labor will be a tiling of the past. 
I hardly think the farm help question is 
quite as serious in this neighborhood as in 
most parts of the country. A majority of 
the farmers here are of German descent, 
many of them still preferring to speak Ger¬ 
man, and they seem to be more successful in 
keeping their children at home than are some 
of those who consider themselves more yankee¬ 
fied. I once heard a man say that for many 
years he thought he was part German de¬ 
scent, and he “worked like thunder,” but on 
discovering that he was sure Yankee, his 
willingness to do manual labor left him, and 
I believe there are too many who imagine 
they are Yankees from the day they are born. 
Such may rightly be called dudes, for they 
sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather 
into barns, yet their earthly fathers feed 
them. louis c. breyfogle. 
Indiana. 
o. I. c. 
Registered Stock. March and April farrow. Prolific 
Strains, Mated not akin. Prices low. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pliarsalia, N. Y, 
^pnngDanK 3 
A fine lot of 7 Aug. aim oept. jooars 
and some fine July and Aug.Farrowed Sows, just righ 
to breed for early fall litters. Write me and state jus 
what you want. J. E. Watson, Prop., Marbledale, Ct 
DtJlUMlliC: 
and Sept. Boars 
DON’T BUY A PIG IN A POKE. 
So confident are we that Our Improved Large 
English Berkshires will please you, that we will 
ship you stock without you sending any money. We 
have at bargain prices choice pigs of all ages, sows 
bred for early Fall litters, extra good boars, 4 to 5 
months old. This advt. will clean us up for the 
present; get your order in now. We want an Agent 
in every County for Our Special Swine Powder; 
cheapest and best thing ever discovered: you can build 
up a profitable and permanent income by the exclu¬ 
sive control of your territory. Look after this at once. 
Penna. Berkshire Co., Eannettsburg, Pa. 
L arge English berkshires - 
Males and females, of choicest breeding—for sale 
reasonable. NUTWOOD FARMS, 
R. F. D. No. 4, Syracuse, New York. 
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. 
LARGE IMPROVED YORKSHIRES 
The best Hog; White, Easy Fattening, Prolific. 
Young Stock, Both Sexes, !$5 up. 
E. E. STEVENS, Madison, R. F. D., Lake Co., Ohio. 
Reg. P. Cliinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. Ser¬ 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund. money if not satisfactory. Reg. 
_ Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
in Calf. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES SKTSSE 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich. 
REGISTERED ANGORA GOATS.-Pairs or 
trios. Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Cincinnatus, N. Y. 
SWISS MILCH GOATS. 
My importer is sailing for Europe personally to select 
and.bring over Saanen and Toggenburg Swiss Milch 
Goats. Prices, $35 to $40 yearlings; $25 kids under one 
year. Orders accepted now. ROBT. N. RIDDLE, 
Importer & Breeder, Swiss Milch Goats, Carteret,NJ. 
DEDIGREED COLLIE PUPS; the intelligent 
* kind. Nelson’s Collie Kennels, Grove City, Pa. 
BELGIAN HARES. 
Choice bred and in fine condition; 10 weeks old, $2.00 
per pair JNO. VRY, Lakeland, Minn. 
I I Jkl I for fat early Lambs. Rams for sale. 
I U MM I VaM Jesse Alley, LaGrangeville. N.Y. 
P D CAI r MALE AND FE- 
■ FT uMLEl MALE ELK at 
The Michigan School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan. 
GEDNEY FARM 
L. E. ORTIZ, General Manager 
HIGHEST CLASS JERSEYS 
GOLDEN STREAMER 65000 
Son of Forfarshire out of Golden Stream 8th, 
born Feb. 22,1901, and considered the best Jersey bull 
that ever crossed tbe Atlantic as a t wo-year old. 
A few choice Bull Calves for sale bv GOLDEN 
STREAMER and GOLDEN FERN’S LAD out of im¬ 
ported cows. 
Specialty— Young 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- 
HOLSTEIN BULL SALE. 
Born October 15, 1904. More white than black. Sire 
SOLDENE CLOTIIILDE ARTIS, tlie sire of eight 
tested daughters. Dam FELICIA 3RD, 15 lbs. 14.9 
oz. A. R. O. at three years. Price cheap. Guaran¬ 
teed to please or money refunded. 
Oakland Farm.T. A. Mitchell,Weedsport,N.Y 
AYRSHIRE BULLS, COWS AND HEIFERS. 
As I am over stocked, I will sell four Bulls from 
one year old down to six weeks old; all from the best 
Dairy Stock in America with long teats. Also two 
fine Heifer Calves and two Cows. I can furnish pairs 
not related. Address, C. E. HATCH, Y. S., Gaines¬ 
ville, Wyoming County, N. Y. 
WHITE SERINCS FARM 
GUERNSEY HERD 
Headed by PETER THE GREAT OF PAXTANG 
No. 6346 and BLUE BLOOD, No. 6310. 
Such Cows as Imp. Deanie 7th, 502.9 lbs. of butter 
in one year. Sheet Anchor’s Lassie, 476.2 lbs of 
butter in one year, Azalia of Florliam, 400 lbs. of 
butter in one year, Lucretia 3d, 508.4 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 the choicest of 
heifer and bull calves of all ages. The winnings at 
the New York State Fair for 1904 comprised 13 first 
and second prizes and one championship out 
of 17 entries. Prices very reasonable. For further 
information and cata^no^^-jg. ( , fcneva N _ v 
Please mention Rural New-Yorker in writing. 
Note. 20 choice two year old heifers for sale at 
from $150 to $300, also several mature bulls. 
' " —g»^fr*a 
BRILL FARM. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE. © 
Home of Lord Netherland DeKol. Great sire 
of high testing butter cows Stock and prices right. 
E. C. BRILL, Poughquag, N. Y. 
THE BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAX'S 
are bred for large Production, Good Size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or coroeto see 
them. 145 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 Bull 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 
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-Frlesians. 
WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
R egist’d Jersey Cattle, Lin¬ 
coln, Shropshire. Hamp¬ 
shire and South Down Sheep; 
Chester White, Poland China 
and Berkshire Pigs; Scotch 
Collie Dogs and a variety of 
Poultry. Come see my 
stock and make your own 
_ selections. Send 2c. stamp 
Fancy of Eureka 130891 for New Catalogue. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Penna. 
Pure Bred Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
From Registered and Record stock. ALFALFA 
SOIL from lots that have raised alfalfa for the past 
five years. Prices moderate. Write promptly. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, New York. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
THE WAY TO MAKE 
YOUR FARM PAY. 
$ 5,000 . , GUARANTEE . . $ 5,000 
Circulars sent on application. 
Horace L. Bronson, Dept. D, Cortland, N. Y. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD A GRADE 
when I will sell you a registered JERSEY BULL, 
best dairy stock; ready for service: at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 905 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
R egistered jerseys —4 Heifers, 2 to 14 mos.; 7 
Bulls, 4 to 8 mos. old, St. Lambert Strain. "Sire 
a Pure St. Lambert.” J. Aldus Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 
Western Horses 1 Mules 
Our sales will begin about July 1 of 
Western Horses and Mules. Most 
of them will be two to four year olds 
and unbranded. If you want 
Money Makers 
send us your address. We will keep 
posted as to our sales. 
J, F, COOK # COMPANY, Lexington, Ky. 
