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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 30* 
Live Stock and Dairy 
MAPES, THE HEN MAN . 
The Meat Ration. —One of my corre¬ 
spondents writes to inquire: “Why not 
grind the hog's plucks for the hens after 
they are cooked?” He says he has 
cooked and fed a great many livers and 
finds that cooking makes them very hard. 
I judge that he must have referred to 
beef plucks. We put about 10 plucks in 
a 32-galion furnace kettle, pour on two 
small pails of water and boil two to three 
hours, letting them remain in the soup 
over night. Ry morning it has become 
Cooled through, and is so soft and tender 
that the hens have no difficulty in eating 
it. The livers and lights crumble easy 
with the hands. The hearts are not so 
tender, hut can easily he picked to pieces 
with the fingers or by the hens. 
How do we like this source of animal 
food for poultry? 
While no startling results have fol¬ 
lowed its use, we like it thus far the best 
of any meat supply ever tried. The 
plucks only cost seven cents each, and av¬ 
erage five pounds in weight, so that it is 
cheap. They are always fresh and clean, 
and fit for human consumption. In fact, 
each barrel contains the tag of the offi¬ 
cial Government inspectors* showing that 
they are from animals in good health. By 
placing them in tin milk cans and setting 
the carts in a tank of ice water we have 
no trouble itl keeping them in good con¬ 
dition for several days in the hottest of 
weather. C. H. Wyckoff once said to me 
that one of the secrets of egg production 
is to keep the hens interested in their 
feed. I know of no better way to interest 
them in their morning or evening mash 
than to teach them that they are going to 
find a nice morsel of freshly-cooked liver, 
etc., in it every few mouthfuls. You see 
them running off in all directions with a 
nice morsel in their hill, in order to enjoy 
it free from disturbance. The objection 
to feeding it in too large pieces is that a 
hen will spend so much time reducing it 
to edible size that by the time she gets 
back to the trough it is apt to be in the 
condition of “Jack Spratt’s platter.” 
that the under ones suffered for waiit of 
good air. At any rate* the older Ones in 
the same house, and with the same care 
and feed, kept right On thriving, while 
this lot died and were stunted at a rate 
that was. sufficient to discourage a novice. 
TabLe Broilers.— My wife thinks her¬ 
self a pretty good cook, but has often been 
disappointed when she has wished to 
Serve her table with broilers “cooked to a 
turn” on some special occasion. In spite 
of her best efforts they would not he as 
“toothsome and tender” as she desired. 
It would have been easy to lay the blame 
on the man who fattened the chickens, 
hut instead of that she kept experimenting 
and studying the problem until all trouble 
on that store seems to be over. The 
first essential of course is to have a nice 
fat chicken. This should be split through 
the back and laid in a Shallow basin. 
Now place the basin containing the 
chicken in a steamer and steam for an 
hour and a half. The basin will catch 
all the juices which drip from the meat. 
These should all he saved and used in 
making the gravy. As soon as it is 
steamed sufficiently plate in a well but¬ 
tered pan ahd fry until well browned; 
remove the meat and add the juices from 
steaming to make a good gravy. This 
method never has failed to bring satis¬ 
faction to both cook ahd guests. Possibly 
it would be equally as good with older 
birds by allowing more time in the steam¬ 
ing. 0. w. mates. 
VALUE OF COLLEGE DAIRY COURSE 
There is no course that a man can take 
which will fit hint in So short a time, with ! 
as little expense* to earn as much wages, 
as he can by learning to handle milk in a 
sanitary way. A man who takes a course 
in a good dairy school gets the benefit of I 
the experience Of several men who have j 
spent many years at this work and are 
the best in these lines that can be found. 
These schools have modern appliances 
and machinery and each student is thor¬ 
oughly acquainted with each part before 
he is allowed to use it. Besides this 
there is always a demand for men who 
know how to handle milk and make but¬ 
ter and cheese that will show a high 
score, and if a man does good work he is 
sure of a good position. 
LAWRENCE A. PERCEY. 
A Thousand Chicks.— When I told of 
Jesse’s contemplated effort with a thou¬ 
sand June-hatched chickens it was a little 
like “counting your chickens before they 
were hatched.” However, by setting five 
of the 360-egg-size incubators he got his 
thousand chicks and had a few over for 
good measure. They were fed cracked 
corn and oat flakes in the proportion of 
two pounds of corn to one of oats, as 
their main food. After they were about 
10 days old they got one feed a day of 
mash made by wetting our balanced ra¬ 
tion with skim-milk, and a little loppered 
skint-milk to drink part of the day, alter¬ 
nating with water. AH went swimmingly 
with the first hatch of 600. hatched early 
in June. The remaining 400. hatched the 
very last of June, did equally as well for 
about three weeks, and then there was 
trouble. The weather was hot, haying 
work was pressing, and the work of tend¬ 
ing the brooder lamps got shifted to my 
shoulders. No use burning up Rocke¬ 
feller oil when all outdoors was hot 
enough for a brooder, so the lamps were 
put out during the day. I finally took the 
responsibility of thinking the nights too 
were hot enough to dispense with the 
lamps, and neglected to light them at 
night. The younger chicks were then 
about three weeks old. Jesse finally came 
to breakfast one morning with a long 
face, saying he did not see what ailed 
those chicks in the farther pens, “They 
are drooping and dying, and act as though 
they had been huddling.” Of course I 
ponfessed at once that the lamps had not 
beer) lighted for several nights. We could 
find no other explanation than that to¬ 
wards morning it had become cool enough 
to cause them to pile up for warmth, so 
For a man not having a profession or 
trade and desirous of obtaining something 
in a short time and with little expense that 
will fit him for making a livelihood, I 
would advise taking such a course. It 
would he a great benefit to the public if 
more men were trained in the methods 
of sanitary handling of milk, especially 
men who are on the farm and are hand¬ 
ling milk every day. This training they 
can get at a dairy school during the Win¬ 
ter when there is not much to do on the 
farm. In this course they not only re¬ 
ceive instruction in dairying, but also 
good advice on general farming. Many 
cows are kept on the farms throughout the 
country at a loss to their owners, no rec¬ 
ords being kept of the feed consumed or 
milk produced. Were these men familiar 
with the Babcock test for fat which is 
used it would be an easy matter to keep 
records and determine loss or profit. 
M. J. MURRAY. 
'Tiviln ri 
k kk-J *A L’. 
Save Their Cost 
to you In one year. You are not at the j 
■ mercy of buyers' weights. Weigh 
I your own grain and live stock, then if there is 
| u shrinkage you can account for it. 
NO PIT TO DIG. 
I Sits on top of ground. Can be moved any- | 
where. Saves 130.00 to JS0.00 on first cost and 
always accurate and in order. Tested against | 
| highest price standard scales and found O. K. 
1 It costs nothing to investigate the Knodig, 
but if you need scales it saves you a lot. | 
Don’t you want the Knodig catalog? 
NATIONAL PITLESS SCALE CO., 
2102 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo. 
Every man is expected to defend himself, whether 
it be from an attack on his person or his pocket. If 
there be a passage of money each cotints it. If it he 
goods why should not each measure or weigh for him¬ 
self. To do that he must have within his own con¬ 
trol a Wagon Scale and when one can he bought for 
the low sum of $35.00 there is no excuse for any 
farmer being without one. The least lie can do is to 
give the matter careful consideration, and in order to 
to that intelligently send for full description to 
JONES OF BINGHAMTON. 
Box Jill A, BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
Buy a Service Boar Frbm 
Willswood Recorded Berkshires 
They are foundrttibn stock, being the oldest Ameri¬ 
can English Herd. Special Offering of Spring far¬ 
rowed Boars large enough for service, average 200 
lbs. each. Selling this month at $25. 
WII.I.S A. sKWaKD, Budd's Lake, N. ;J. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Descriptive circulars 
and price-list on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
One Great Merit of The 
JERSEY RED SOWS 
is their ability to produce LARGE LITTERS of 
Bigs and RAISE them. Catalogue free. 
ARTHUR -I. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. .1. 
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. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK hTOCK FARM. Rochester.Mich. 
L arge English berkshires- 
Males and females, of ehoicest breeding—for sale 
reasonable. . NUTWOOD FARMS. 
R. F. I). No. 4, Syracuse, New York. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
of Pedigree BERKSHIRES 
FLORETTA'S litter of Pigs by Grand 
Premier. 8000r> farrowed June i2,are beauties. Floretta 
is the dam of the Champion Roar Nutmeg, at N. Y, 
State Fair in 1903. Grand Premier, 80005, js the,best 
bred son of N. H. Gentry’s Lord Premier. 50001. They 
are all for sale—and are champion material—lilso 
some sows bred for Fall litters. 
.1. E. WATSON, Prop., Marbledale, Conn. 
FOR SALE 
ANGORA GOATS, 
BEST QUALITY. REGISTERED. 
DAVID YOST, MINE I,A MOTTE, MO. 
R egistered angora goats—P airs v»r 
trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Oincinnatus, N. Y. 
o a I P male anu fe- 
JP OMLC MALE ELK at 
I he Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint, Michigan. 
HORNED DORSET RAMS.-One 200 lb. year- 
ling and a few good RAM LAMBS for sale. 
Address. W. H. STEPHENSON, Oxford, Ohio. 
TUNIS RAMS. 
iXA few loft. Will sell very reasonable to close out. 
j. n. McPherson, Scottsviiie, n. y. 
DEG. SHROPSH1RES and O. 1. C. SWINE of all 
*'■ ages; both sexes, from the right place. 
CEDAR LAWN FARM, Ludlowville, N. Y. 
SHROPSHIRE and SOUTHDOWN RAMS 
Prize winning: Canadian and home bred; big lofty 
fellows. 150 premiums won in 1904. 
NOAH DENNY. Route 4, Fort Rec overy. O. 
KENTUCKY JACKS 
A big lot of Kentucky Registered 
Mammoth Jacks and Jennets. 
Also, Spanish Bred Jacks. 
Some nice SADDLE STALLIONS 
and POLAND CHINA HOGS. 
Write for what you want. 
J. F. COOK & COMPANY, Lexington, Ky. 
HOLSTEINS. 
High-Class Advanced Registry Stock Only. Best 
butter families. Stock for Sale. 
WOODSIDE FARM, 
Prince toll; Worcester Cti.; Massachusetts. 
John b. marcqu. 
BRIIjL FARM 
Holstein Cattle. 
Home bf Lord Netherlaml IleKol. Great sire of high 
testing butter cows. He has 34 A. R. O. daughters. 
High class stock at prices that will make you a profit. 
Let us quote you prices on anything you may need. 
E. C. BRILL, PouglKimiK, N. Y. 
ICHLAWN FARM 
HIGH CUSS HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAkS. 
F. I’. KNOWLES, Auburn, Mass. 
BULLS IN SERVICE. 
Canary Mercedes’ Son, whose dam, Canary 
Mercedes, has an official record of 25 lbs. 2 oz. Butter 
in 7 days. Her milk averaging 4.92 per cent butter 
fats and 4.5 per cent fat for 30 days. Her milk, and 
that of her live daughters, three of them with records 
over 20 lbs. all in official tests averaging 4.15 per cent 
butter fats. 
Oakland Sir Nanette, whose dam, granddam and 
sire's dam have official butter records that averaged 
22 lbs., and whose milk averaged 4.27 per rent fats. 
Write for information and prices on choice animals. 
HILLHURST FARM HOLSTEINS 
PREMIER Siftfe 
Sir Korndyke Manor DeKol, Jr., 35135 
The greatest Butter Bred Bull of the breed. 
Rovally bred; large producing. Cows and Heifers 
Bred to above Bull at astonishingly lbw trices. 
BULL CALVES AT FARMERS’ PRICES. 
Write for pedigrees and photographs, 
RIVEN HU KG IlHOS:. ON K 11)A. N.Y. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
“TheFarmer’s Full Dinner Pail.’* 
A story of how I paid the mortgages, on thy farriis, 
and stocked them with Registered Holstein cattle. 
Booklets and circulars sent free on application. 
Horace l. bronson, 
Department Dj Cortland* NiYi 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. R. 0 Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Wavnes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manor 
DeKol. We will make attractive prices on these 
youngsters as they must be disposed Of t0 make room 
for our crop of Winter Calves. Write for prices on 
anything needed In Holsteln-Friesiahs; 
WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HO LSTEIN-IK I ESI AN S 
are bred for large Production. Good Size, Strong 
Constitution, Rest Individuality. 
If these are the klud you want write or come to see 
them, lzo to select from. A"iinals 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. CORTKLYOU, Nesbanic, N.J 
Pure Bred Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
From Registered and Record stock. ALFALFA 
SOII, from lots that have raised alfalfa for the past 
live years. Prices moderate. Write promptly. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, New York. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD A GRADE 
when 1 will sell you a registered JERSEY BULL, 
best dairy stock: ready for service: at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 905 l ibert.y 8t., Pittsburg. Pn 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Uire. MILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa 
A Lady can hold him. 
Cure# kirkert. Kunaway., Fuller., 
shyer., etc. Send for Jilt on Ten 
Pay.’ Trial and circular showing 
the four distinct ways of using it. 
prof. j.Q, Beery, Pleasant H1U, Ohio. 
MINERAL 
HEAVE 
REMEDY 
Only Sure Cure. 
Positive and Permanent. 
Absolutely Pure. 
$1 .00 Package euresany 
ordinary case. 
$3 .00 Package cures any 
case or money refunded. 
Sent postpaid on receipt 
of price. Agents Want¬ 
ed. Liberal terms. 
Mineral Heave Remedy Co., 461 4th Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 
,DEATH TO HEAVES 
NKWTON'H lleare, Cough, Dll- 
temper and Indication Lure. 
A veterinary epecilic for wind, 
throat and stomach troubles. 
Strong recommends. $1.00 per 
can, of dealers, or Exp. prepaid. 
The Newton Remedy Co., 
Toledo, Ohio. 
THK CUTAWAY HARROW CO. 
CLARK’S REV. 
BUSH PLOW and HARROW 
Cuts a track 5 feet wide, 1 
foot deep. Connects sub¬ 
soil water. Can plow a 
newly cut forest, stump, 
busli or bog land. 
CZARK’8 Dbl. ACTION 
CUT A HA F Moves JS,000 
Tons of Earth in a Day. 
Send for Circulars. 
HIGGANUM, CONN., U.S.A, 
YOUNG MEN WANTED — To learn the 
■Veterinary Profession. Catalogue sent 
free. Address VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. L. L. Conkey. Prin. 
A safe, sure, quick remedy 
Pratts Hog Cholera Cure. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
LABEL 
Dana’sAutEAR LABELS 
stamped with any name or address with consecutive 
numbers. I supply forty recording associations ana 
thousands of practical farmers, breeders and veteri¬ 
narians. Sample free. Agent. Wonted. _ 
4). II. DANA, , 74 Main St., Went Lebanon. N. H. 
CHAIN-HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
sale by 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestville, Conn. 
CHAIN 
HANGING 
STANCHION 
WARRINER’S 
HOLDS THE 
ANIMALS AS 
FIRMLY 
AS RIGID 
STANCHIONS 
W B. CRUMB, 73 Main St.. Forest ville.Conn. 
I f you are going 
to buy a 
HOLSTEIN 
HULL, and will write us 
just what you want, we will 
send full pedigrees and descriptions, together with prices thut will convince you that we have high-class 
animals at low prices. Stevens firotheni-HaKtingh Company, 
BROOKSIDE HERD, _ „ ^ Lftcopa, OgwegoCo., N? X? 
