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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 7, 
Live Stockand Dairy 
FARM AND DAIRY NOTES . 
Udder Derangement in Cows. 
Two of my herd several times this Sum¬ 
mer have given milk from one teat like cus¬ 
tard, and ill-smellin<r; the other teats all 
right. What is the trouble? mbs. h. b. 
nolland, N. Y. 
The condition in the udder may have 
been brought about by a number of differ¬ 
ent causes, overfeeding or one-sided feed¬ 
ing ; that is, an unbalanced ration; im¬ 
proper milking, where they are not milked 
clean; injuries to the udder caused by 
kicks, blows, hooking by other animals, 
stepping on the udder, etc. Milk out the 
quarter as clean as possible, and bathe 
twice daily 10 to 20 minutes with water 
as hot as can be borne; wipe dry and 
hard, so that the animal will not take 
cold. It is a good plan to rub in a little 
vaseline after bathing. Try to find out 
the cause, and use a preventive measure, 
which in almost every case is much the 
easier and better way. 
Wheat or Middlings for Hogs. 
If wheat Is selling at 76 cents per bushel 
(of 60 pounds), and middlings $1.20 per 
hundred, which is the cheaper to feed young 
hogs? I chop my own wheat, cost, about 
four cents. F. b. s. 
Dover, Pa. 
Wheat at 76 cents per bushel is about 
$1.27 per 100 pounds; with four cents add¬ 
ed per bushel for grinding it would make 
$1.33 per 100 pounds- Digestible nutrients 
compare as follows: 
Protein. Carbohydrates. Fat. 
Wheat. 10.2 69.2 . 1.7 
Middlings. . . . 12.8 53.0 3.4 
You see that the latter contains more 
protein and fat, but less carbohydates. 
Protein is very much needed in the 
growth of young animals, and at even 
money I should prefer the middlings, but 
since they stand $ 1.20 per 100 as against 
$1.33 for the ground wheat, there is more 
still in favor of the middlings. I have 
never found any better feed for growing 
pigs that keeps them thrifty and growing 
without laying on fat better than mid¬ 
dlings. H. G. MANCHESTER. 
of afterbirth. I find salt and wood ashes 
an effective remedy for colic in horses. 
Avoca, N. Y. m. a. h. 
BUTTER FROM ONE COWS MILK. 
How can I best get cream and churn it 
from one cow (part Jersey) ? Instantane¬ 
ous separators are too expensive. Cream 
raisers I have seen are too large; same ap¬ 
plies to churns. Are small sizes made, and 
what will best answer my purpose? I have 
been thinking an ice cream freezer would 
make a good creamer with tub filled with 
water. Would the same answer for a churn 
If it had a good dasher? w. d. l. 
Lorane, Pa. 
In the place of separators or creamers 
you may use common milk pans, six or 
eight quart size. After milking, strain 
into pans and set in cellar, allowing cream 
to rise without stirring or cooling by 
water. The pans containing the morning’s 
and evening’s milk may be skimmed by 
means of a skimmer, while it is still 
sweet, and held until the next day, ena¬ 
bling you to be on a routine whereby 
you can churn every other day. If the 
\ quantity of cream is rather small for a 
churning it would be advisable for you to 
add the remainder of the milk after the 
last skimming to the churning. A com¬ 
mon dash-churn (about a five-gallon size) 
would be the most desirable in this in¬ 
stance. An ice cream freezer would not 
give good results used as a churn. A 
wooden churn would be much preferable 
over a metal freezer and would be more 
adequate for rinsing and gathering the 
butter. _ s. h. d. 
Cow Care. —Two weeks before calving 
I feed cows a fair ration of Winter wheat 
bran, with a little salt and wood ashes 
added, wetted with warm water. After 
calving I give a liberal mash of bran, with 
warm water to drink at frequent intervals 
for two or three days. With this treat¬ 
ment there is no trouble from retention 
Cake of Young Pullets.—W e separate the j 
males from the pullets when two months 
old, and feed the pullets a mixed ration of 
wheat, oats, bran, beef scraps and barley. The 
morning feed consists of about equal parts 
cornmeal, ground oats, bran and beef scraps, 
mixed with skim-milk or water, just enough 
to moisten the feed. At night we feed wheat 
or barley, but usually wheat, unless the bin 
of wheat is low and barley more plentiful. 
Our pullets have a range of several acres of 
orchard cultivated and fenced; this gives 
them plenty of exercise, and keeps them 
healthy, besides giving them opportunity to 
hunt for part of their feed. This method 
gives us layers at about six months of age 
if fed quite liberally. The orchard furnishes 
shade for hot days, and the pullets roost in 
colony houses scattered about in the orchard. 
We keep plenty of fresh water before them, 
and basins of grit and oyster shell where 
they can help themselves, but they seem to 
find what they need in this line by digging in 
the cultivated soil of the orchard. Enough 
grass and weeds grow about the trees to 
furnish green food, and the pullets eat a 
good many apples as they fall from the trees. 
The pullets are put into Winter quarters 
about November 1, and they begin laying 
about that time. c. H. zimmkr. 
New York. 
Cattle and Thistles. —I had a lot that 
was overrun with thistles in spots. 1 tried 
plowing and digging them out, tried to culti¬ 
vate them out by sowing oats, rye and corn, but 
they kept on growing, and kept on spreading, 
as the plow and harrow would carry the 
roots from one end of the lot to the other. 
So I stopped cropping the land, and turned it 
into pasture. Every time I salted the cattle, 
I would put it on the thistle, just enough for 
them to lick the thistle and eat it. They 
would do it. There would be nothing there 
but the stub of the thistle, and it would check 
it. But it would appear again after awhile, 
then give it another dose. They should be 
cut as low as possible, and the salt applied 
to the new shoots as they appear. By so do¬ 
ing, 1 completely destroyed them. I also had a 
four-acre lot that was overrun with live-for¬ 
ever. I turned it into pasture, and now. not 
a vestige of it can be seen. In the adjoining 
lot which lias been cultivated and mowed for 
years, it thrives and grows as rampant as 
ever. The cattle did the work. s. w. b. 
Middletown, N. Y. 
A DOG ON GOOD SCALE 
Guaranteed 10 years. Accurate, durante, no 
digging,little grading, easily moved. 
Knodig Pitless Scales 
cost *30 to *50 leas than the old style pit scales. 
Po your own weighing. It soon pays tor a 
Knodig. Write for a free catalogue. 
NATIONAL PITLESS SCALE CO., 
2103 Wyandotte St. Kansas City, Mo. 
DEHORNING STOPS LOSS 
Cattle with horns are dangerous 
and a constant menace to persons 
and other cattle. Dehorn them 
quickly and with slight pain with a 
KEYSTONE DEHORNER 
All over in 2 minutes. Not a harsh 
method. Leaves a clear, clean cut. 
Cows give more milk; steers make 
better beef. Send for free booklet. 
M. T. Phillips, Box 18. Pomeroy, Pa. 
DR. DAVID 
I Roberts 
CATTLE 
| SPECIALIST 
OFFERS THESE BOOKS FREE 
No. 1. Abortion In Cows. No. 2. 
Barren Cows. No. 3. Retained 
Afterbirth. No. 4. Scours in 
Calves. No. 5 How to make your 
OWN STOCK FOOD at home, 
itr. David Roberts, Cattle Specialist 
431 Grand Ave.,Waukesha,Wls. 
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cures Spavin, Ringbone (except low 
Ringbone), Curb. Thoroughpin, Splint, 
Shoe Boil, Wind Puff, Injured Tendons 
and all Lameness without scar or loss of 
hair. Horse may work as usual. 
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\J Send for copy, also booklet and sri.reit ol 
letters on every kind of case and lamer .as. De¬ 
scribe your own case. 
At all druggists and dealers or express paid. 
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N.Y 
ACCIDENTS 
will happen. The colts will get 
hurt. Any Soft Inflamed Bunch 
can be removed in a pleasing 
manner with 
ABS0RBINE 
No blister. No hair gone. 
Comfort for the horse. Profit 
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ABSORBINE, JR., for man¬ 
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black and blue from a bruise 
at once. Stop Toothache, Re¬ 
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models of convenience, 
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the dealer more profit, but cost you the same. 
Bickmore' 
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cure known for 
Harncaa, Col- y 
lur and Saddle 
Gnlla, Scratches, ^ 
Greaac Heel, ft 
Speed Cracka, __ 
just as good for &UR E AND WBrkThE IjO RSE' 
Chopped, 1 orn —- - -■ 
or Cracked Teats on cows. Sold by all dealers 
and guaranteed by us. Sample mailed for 10 cents. 
Get It now and have It ready when you need It. 
BICKMORE GALL CURE CO., Bix 519, Old Town,Me. 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
cures nearly all common horse 
ailments. When we say cure, 
and it fails, $100. reward. Never 
claimed yet. Get free "Veteri¬ 
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Makes you master of horse ail¬ 
ments and diseases. Write for copy. 
Tuttle’s Elixir Co., 
30 Beverly St.. Boston, Maes 
A Lady can hold him, Irof. J.Q. Beery, Pleasant 11111, 
Breeders’ Directory 
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Cures Kickers, Dunaways, Pullers, 
Shyers, cle. Send for Bit on Ten 
Days’ Trial and circular showing 
the four distinct ways of using it. 
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Heals scratches, cuts, burns 
Pratts Vet. Healing Ointment. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
SUMMER’S WORM POWDERS 
For „ 
Sheep, Horses & Hogs 
Fed to millions of animals 
every year. Powders never 
fail to remove worms and 
prevent further attack*. 
In popular use 25 years. 
Price fi lb. Pck. BO cents. 7 lb. Pck. • * 
Send for FREE catalogue of Stockmen’s Supplies. 
CYRIL FRANCKLYN, 72 Beaver St., New York 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Descriptive circulars 
and price-list on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES SHSS 
hoe. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester.Mich. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Bcrlishires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, muted 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. 
I I ARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRES- 
L Males and females, of choicest breeding—for sale 
reasonable. NUTWOOD FARMS. 
K. F. D. No. 4, Syracuse, New York. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
of Pedigree BERKSHIRES 
FLORETTA’S litter of Pigs by Grand 
Premier, 80005 farrowed Juno 12,are beauties. Floretta 
is the dam of the Champion Boar Nutmeg, at N. Y. 
State Fair in 1003. Grand Premier, 80005, is the best 
bred son of N. H. Gentry’s Lord Premier. 50001. They 
arc all for sale—mid are champion material-also 
some sows bred for Fall litters. 
j. K. WATSON, Prop., Marbledale, Conn. 
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. 
FOR SALE 
MALE AXu FE- 
_ MALE ELK at 
The Michigan School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan. 
CHOICE ANGORA GOATS 
for Breeding. In lots to suit. Bucks and Does not 
related. WOODS FARM, Bath, N. H. 
EGISTERED ANGOItA GOATS.-Pairs or 
trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
R 
Write fo• prices and information. 
MELROSE STOCiv FARM, Cincinnatus, 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 Recovery. O. 
DEG. SHROPSHIRES and O. I. C. SWINE of all 
ages; both sexes, from the right place. 
CEDAR LAWN FARM, Ludlowville, 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 
i Poultry. Come see my 
'stock and make your own 
„ .. selections. Send 2c. stamp 
Fancy ol Eureka 130891 for New Catalogue. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Penna. 
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., Pittsburg. Pa. 
OAKLAND FARM HERD 
- n - I COWS 
FOR I bred to 
C lie I Young 
SALE Buns 
v Sired by 
“PAUL BEETS DeKOL” 
("Canary’s Mercedes’ Son, 
- DeKol Hengerveld Burke, 
(.Soldene Clothilde Artis. 
T. A. MITCHELL, YVEEDSPOKT, N. Y. 
COTTAGE GROVE STOCK FARM 
has for sale Jersey Cattle, Poland-China Swine and 
Oxford Down Rams. Address, 
S. E. GILLETT, Proprietor, Kavenna, Ohio. 
LAKELAND HERD, 125 HEAD 
HOLSTEI N-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 
h erd; dam s record, 25 lbs. 9 oz. in 7 days. 
iar Inspection invited. Correspondence solicited. 
WING R. SMITH, Syracuse, N. Y, 
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. 
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, Do to select from. Animals of both 6exes 
ai-d all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Neshauic, N. J 
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 
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-Frieslans. 
WOODGREST FARM, Rilton, Ulster Co.. 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 
H YOCNG STOCK of both sexes. Their breeding and 
individuality will please you. Write or visit us. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON. 
Itrookslde Stock Farm, Lacona, X.Y. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
“TheFarmer’s Full Dinner Pail.” 
A story of how 1 paid the mortgages on my farms, 
and stocked them with Registered Holstein cattle. 
Booklets and circulars sent free on application.; 
HORACE L. BRONSON, 
Department D, Cortland, N.Y. 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Five strains not akin: Aug. and Sept, farrow. 
Registered stock: prices low. .. v 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pliarsalia, X. Y. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
ENG. BERKSHIRE SWINE 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
All of the Very Highest Quality. 
If you desire the best to be bad at a reasonable price, write us 
E, H. KNAPP * SON, ■ FABIUS, N, Y, 
