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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 9, 
Live StockandDairy 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Colt Weak in Hock Joints. 
I have a colt with weak hock joints. He 
is just a year old and is growing very fast; 
is very large for his age considering his 
breed (French Coach). lie is very slim, 
long-legged, long neck; in fact, he resembles 
a mammoth greyhound. He has the run of 
a clover pasture with good spring water at 
night, and a roomy box stall by day; a 
quart of oats at noon; is in good condition, 
but not fat. About six weeks ago I no¬ 
ticed the swelling of the gambrel or bock 
joints in the evening, as I was turning him 
in pasture, but the next morning it had sub¬ 
sided. This continued for a week or 10 days, 
and then the swelling remained, and contin¬ 
ued to get worse, until now he appears to 
have a pair of thoroughpins and blood spav¬ 
ins. What can I do for it? J. l. w. 
Melrose, N. Y. 
I have seen the same trouble in the 
same class of colts where they have had 
an excess of clover or clover pasture. 
Get one ounce of potassium iodide and 
make 16 doses of the ounce, and give one 
dose each day in the water that he drinks 
in the morning after he has had his hay. 
At the age of five or six years I do not 
think you will know there was ever any 
enlargement to speak of. 
Wart on Mare. 
I have a young mare that has a wart on 
Inside of hind leg just above the knee. It 
is small yet, but increases in size and at 
times is raw and bloody. Could you tell me 
how to take it off? M - L * B - 
Dongola, Ill. 
You should put a pair of hopples on 
your mare, so that she cannot kick, and 
then run a curved needle in the skin un¬ 
der the wart with a heavy double linen 
thread and tie at each side of the wart, 
and in three days remove the wart with 
a pair of curved scissors. This will do 
the best job, and^if cannot do it I 
will advise you to take her to a competent 
veterinarian. By tying a string around 
the wart and tightening it every third 
day you can check its growth, and it 
might be that it will kill it if you will 
take pains and tie quite close to the skin 
each time by having some one raising the 
wart when you tie it. 
Nervous Indigestion in Horse. 
I have a horse 12 years old, 1,400 pounds, 
that is in very poor condition. He has a 
good appetite. I had his teeth attended to 
by a veterinary two months ago. He is fed 
on dry hay and oats; very few oats pass 
through undigested, but a great deal of 
water comes with every action of his bow¬ 
els, and sometimes when the bowels do not 
act except to pass wind. 11 is droppings are 
not soft, but a few times, and then not bad. 
He is weak. lie is used in general farm 
work and what necessary roading we have 
to do. What is the trouble, and what treat¬ 
ment ? w - R - 
Gateswood, Ala. 
Horses are much like people; they do 
not feel well at all times. 1 he chances 
are that your horse has a nervous dispo¬ 
sition, and you have brought on a light 
case of indigestion in the way you have 
fed or used him, and it will take good 
care and feed to restore his health. See 
that his hay is of good quality and that 
he is not filled full of water when you 
wish to drive or work him for a few 
days, and see that he has all the water 
he wants after his days work is done. It 
is plain to be seen that he should not do 
too much hard work and very little road 
work for a time. 
Secondary Abscess in Horse. 
My horse had what I called a light case 
of strangles; coughed, run at the nose ana 
glands under jaws were quite badly swollen, 
which I poulticed with flaxseed and opened 
as soon as it came to head. The horse 
seems to be doing all right, my man thought 
he would do to drive, so one very hot day 
he drove him and his mate seven or eight 
miles. Within next day or two the horse 
commenced breaking out, and now he is a com¬ 
plete blotch of scabs and pimples. I should 
say he was heated, but could not be sure. 
The hair is about all off him, and now does 
not seem to be ^coming in very well. He 
eats and feels quite well now. This com¬ 
menced about three weeks ago. J. R- 
Schroon Lake, N. Y. 
The chances are that some of the pus 
got into the blood and went to all parts 
of the body from the exercise, and caused 
secondary abscesses. It is an occasional 
sequel of strangles in the horse, and if 
you can turn this horse to pasture for a 
time and see he is not out in any cold 
rain I think he will improve. 
M. D. WII-LIAMS, IX V. S. 
PUMPING WATER FROM DISTANCE. 
I have a well 240 feet from house with 
about 18-foot drop from spout of pump at 
house to bottom of ditch at well. Can I pump 
the water into the house without its being 
too hard for a woman to pump? 
Vermont. M. m. w. 
This would be all right if the suction pipe 
is laid on a gradual slope, so that there will 
be no chance for air pockets, and there 
should also be a foot valve placed on the end 
of the pipe in the well. We think a set- 
length pump would be best, as in this case 
the cylinder or working part would be be¬ 
low the floor in the cellar, thus lessening 
the vertical height the water would have to 
be lifted. the deming company. 
Salem, O. 
With a foot valve at the bottom of the 
pipe at the well, the pipe to enter the well 
in a vertical position, the water can be 
drawn 240 feet where the lift is not more 
than 18 feet with comparative ease. The 
pipe should, of course, be buried under the 
ground to prevent freezing, and should enter 
the well at a distance far enough from the 
surface also to prevent freezing. Without 
the foot valve referred to we should think 
that the scheme would be impractical. There 
are no other extra devices needed in connec¬ 
tion with the pump. field force pump co. 
Elmira, N. Y. 
You do not give the depth of the well. It 
all depends on the elevation from the water 
■ t-* Mv. location of the pump. If the elevation 
is not over 20 feet from the water to the 
location of the pump, it will be possible to 
do this work in a satisfactory manner. It 
would be advisable to place a foot valve on 
the end of the pipe in the well to relieve the 
pump of the back pressure of the water. 
If the conditions are as we state and all pipe 
joints made perfect, we believe a woman 
would not experience much trouble in operat¬ 
ing it. F. E. MYERS & CO. 
Ashland, O. 
As we understand it there is only an 18- 
foot lift, and if this be the case ifl can be 
handled very nicely. The horizontal run 
does not affect the ability of a pump to draw 
water. The limit of draught of a pump is 
about 30 feet from the plunger, so there is 
quite a good deal to spare in the case you 
cite. The pipe extending from the ditch to 
the pump must be perfectly airtight. It will 
take a little while to start the pump for the 
first time, but if the lower valve is kept in 
good shape, or a check valve is put some 
place in the horizontal run, this pipe will 
always be filled with water, and it will re¬ 
quire no priming. dayton supply co. 
Dayton, O. 
A Wash for Mange. —In answer to 0. F. 
II., on page 627, would recommend a home 
remedy for mange that has always proved 
satisfactory with us, and to many of our 
friends. We take equal parts lard" and tal¬ 
low, melt, then pour in a little carbolic acid, 
a teaspoonful to half a pint of the mixture, 
then stir in powdered sulphur until it be¬ 
gins to stir a trifle hard. The bulk of the 
sulphur about equals that of the melted fat, 
but practice has made it superfluous for us 
to weigh the ingredients. We grease twice 
a day until the trouble is cured, usually 
from 10 to 14 days. We have never washed 
the placed first, but should think washing 
with disinfectant soapsuds would be a good 
thing if the sulphur was used afterwards. 
The sulphur appears to kill the parasite, and 
the grease helps the hair to start. This is 
a simple preparation, easy to mix, and to 
apply, is cheap, and does the business. 
Lacona, N. Y. h. t. 
White Leghorn Egg Record. —Mrs. Wells 
submits the following record made by her pul¬ 
lets from January 1 to July 1. 1905: Jan¬ 
uary, 973 eggs; February, 1311, two hens 
with pullets; March. 1,607 ; April. 1,704. total. 
5,595 eggs, $135.25. May. 1,525 eggs, 60 
hens; June, 1.256, total, 22.781 eggs. $55.68; 
total eggs, 8,376; value, $190.93. A daily rec¬ 
ord was kept, and same has been verified by 
the writer as correct. Eggs were sold to pri¬ 
vate customers—none over 40 cents—-lowest 
23 cents. Flock of 67 hens averaged $2.85 
per hen in egg production for six months. 
Grain cost 75 cents per hen ; all was bought 
and no skim-milk was fed. Net profit, $2.10 
per hen. They were fed only twice a day on 
a mixture of several kinds of grain, and all 
ran in one flock. They are purebred S. C. W. 
Leghorns. The flock averaged 125 eggs per 
hen for the six months. The record will be 
continued, and we hope to add at least $100 
to the account. Who beats this for number 
of hens, eggs produced anh profit? 
Greenfield, Mass. c, M. A. 
A ioo lb. bag of 
Pratts Food for horses, 
cows, sheep and hogs 
can be bought for 
$ 5 .oo and a i oo lb. 
sack of Pratts Poultry 
Food for $9.00. 
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CATTLE 
I SPECIALIST 
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OWN STOCK FOOD at home. 
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431 Grand Ave.,Waukesha.Wis. 
SHROPSHIRE and SOUTHDOWN RAMS 
Prize winning: Canadian and home bred; big lofty 
fellows. 150 premiums won in 1904. 
NOAH DENNY. Koute 4, Fort Kecovery. O. 
CAD CAT 15 -SHROPSHIRE RAM 
L v) Iv. O-fV JLrJCfa (Yearling), $12.00, RAM 
LAMBS, $10. Full Blood,.but not registered. Ad¬ 
dress, IRAH. HASBROUOK, Box98/, Kingston, N.Y, 
R egistered angora goats— Pairs or 
trios REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Cincinnatus, N. \. 
CHOICE ANGORA GOATS 
for Breeding. In lots to suit. Bucks and Does not 
related. WOODS FARM, Bath, N. H. 
THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS 
that make a horse Wheeze, 
have Thick Wind or 
Choke-down, can be re¬ 
moved with 
ABSORBINE 
or any Bunch or Swelling 
caused by strain or inflam¬ 
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hair gone and horse kept 
at work. 82.00 per bottle, _ —— 
delivered. Book3-B free. ABSORBINE, JR., for 
mankind, 81.00 delivered. Cures , Goitre, Tumors, 
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CHURCH BROL, APTON, N.T. 
q.00 per Box, by Mail. For Horses and Cattle. 
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 ns your address. We will keep 
>you posted as to our sales. 
F. COOK & COMPANY, Lexington, Ky. 
FOR SALE 
ANGORA COATS, 
BEST QUALITY. REGISTERED. 
DAVID YOST, 
MINE LA MOTTE, MO. 
I ARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRES- 
L Males and females, of choicest breeding-for sale 
reasonable. NUTWOOD I) ARMS, 
R. F. D. No. 4, Syracuse, New York. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BKOOK STOCK FA RM, Rochester,Mich. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Descriptive circulars 
and price-list on 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, 
Q A | MALE AND FE- 
PUK omLC MALE ELK at 
The Michigan School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan 
HORNED DORSET RAMS.— One 200 lb. year- 
I * inc. and a few good RAM LAMBS for sale. 
ing, and a few good---_ — __ . 
Address, W. H. STEPHENSON, Oxford, Ohio. 
rice-list on application. 
---Gettysburg, Pa. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
of Pedigree BERKSHIRES 
FLORETTA’S litter of Pigs by Grand 
Premier, 80005 farrowed June 12,are beauties. Floretta 
is the dam of the Champion Boar Nutmeg, at N. Y. 
State Fair in 1903. Grand Premier. 80005, is the best 
bred son of N. H. Gentry’s Lord Premier. 50001. They 
are all for sale—and are champion material—also 
some sows bred for Fall litters. 
J. E. WATSON, Prop., Marbledale, Conn. 
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. 
Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
in Calf. Hamilton & Co., Erclldoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD A GRADE 
when 1 will sell you a registered JERSEY HULL, 
best dairy stock; ready for service: at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 905 Liberty St., Plttsbprg. Pa. 
R egtst’d Jersey Cattle, Lin¬ 
coln, Shropshire, Hamp¬ 
shire and South Down Sheep; 
Chester White, Poland China 
i and Berkshire Pigs; Scotch 
kCollie Dogs and a variety of 
■ Poultry. Come see my 
"stock and make your own 
.-selections. Send 2c. stamp 
fancy oi hureka 13089L 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 
W. W. CHEN 
erate. Write promptly. 
CNEY, Manlius, New York. 
OAKLAND FARM HERD 
FOR l&R, “PAUL BEETS DeKOI” 
Cows 
bred to 
r Young f Canary’s Mercedes’ Son , 
SALt I Bulls < DeKol Hengerveld Ilurke, 
' Sired by ISoldene Clothilde Artis. 
T. A. MITCHELL, 
WEEDS PORT, N.Y. 
THE STEVENS HERD 
Offers young COWS and HEIFERS bred to De Kol 
2d’s Butter Boy 3d, or Beryl Wayne’s Paul De Kol, 
Two of the Best HOLSTEIN BULLS Living, 
or to the great Imported Bull Karki, whose dam and 
dam’s dam have the largest records of any cows in 
Holland. 
YOUNG STOCK of both sexes. Their breeding and 
individuality will please you. Write or visit us. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON. 
Brookside Stock Farm, Lacona, N.Y. 
LAKELAND HERD, 125 HEAD 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
of both sexes and all ages. Cows all officially tested, 
breeding of the best, many sired by or descended from 
Pietertje Hengerveld’s Count De Kol, who has 47 A. 
R. O. daughters. Mutual Pietertje Paul at head of 
herd; dams record, 25 lbs. 9 oz. in 7 days. 
J3T Inspection invited. Correspondence solicited. 
WING R. SMITH, Syracuse, N. Y. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
holstein-friesians 
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 will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU. Neshanic, N. J 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
A NEW RECORD! 
I Applications for Registry and I O 
I V £. transfer in thirty days. I w 
I now offer the largest stock of nearby springers, 
young milkers, service bulls, male and female calves 
ever offered before; all registered and guaranteed. 
Circulars sent FREE on application. 
Horace L. Bronson, Dept. D, Cortland, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Oalves 
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-Friesians. 
W000CREST FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
All of the Very Highest Quality. 
If you desire the best to be had at a reasonable price, write us 
at once, stating just what you want. We guarantee P 61 '*®'’ * 1 
satisfaction to every customer who trusts us with an oraer. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
ENG. BERKSHIRE SWINE .. 
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