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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 14, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
SILAGE FOR SHEEP. 
We have fed plenty of corn silage to 
sheep in connection with clover hay, but 
only in the Winter folds; we have never 
tried soiling sheep in Summer. We often 
put our sheep, especially those having 
dropped lambs, into the folds as early as 
October and put them on to Winter's feed, 
consisting of silage, clover hay, straw and 
grain, and never had them fail to do well. 
We also often put a flock of sheep three 
or four times what it will feed into an 
orchard and feed enough supplemental 
feed to keep them thriving, and they al¬ 
ways do well. 1 should have no hesita¬ 
tion in soiling sheep if I cared to do so. 
People put sheep by the hundred into 
small yards and feed them all W inter 
with no bad results, and 1 see no reason 
why 1 would not as readily put them into 
small yards and feed them in Summer. I 
would want to make all the conditions 
right. I should want the fold to be 
made so as never to be muddy; would 
want a shed under which the sheep could 
go in storms and during very hot days; 
should want them to have an abundance 
of clean fresh water always accessible, 
and should want a box of salt into which 
was stirred some turpentine where they 
could help themselves; or what would 
be better, a plank with many two-inch 
holes bored and placed under cover, with 
the holes partly filled with the salt mix¬ 
ture, and the margin of holes kept well 
smeared with fresh pine tar. 
As to the feed, I would feed silage, 
clover hay or Alfalfa, and if possible 
would have a patch of rape from which I 
could give them an occasional or daily 
feed. In addition. T would feed a little 
wheat bran every day and give them a 
chance to eat all the straw they wanted, 
and if I had any ragweed or golden rod 
growing on the farm I would quite often 
give them a good feed of these. With 
such treatment I am sure they would 
thrive and be much better off than in 
roaming over some dry barren Summer 
pasture, where they would have to "work 
themselves to death barely to get a liv¬ 
ing.” J. S. WOODWARD. 
DAIRY AND FARM NOTES. 
We use considerable vaseline in the 
cow stable. Whenever a cow has a spre 
or scratched teat a little rubbed on just 
before milking softens the teat so that she 
does not object to gentle pressure, and 
helps much to quiet milking. After milk¬ 
ing a little more rubbed over the sore spot 
helps to heal the trouble. The cost is lit¬ 
tle, 15 to 20 cents a pound, and its use 
pays. Do not put on so much that the 
teats are slimy, as a little goes a great 
way. We bore an inch hole into 
the side of the milking stool about 
two inches, and we keep the vaseline in 
this. It is always at hand, yet out of the 
way. “Vaseline” is a trade name and 
often one can buy “petrolatum” or “pe¬ 
troleum jelly,” which is the same thing, 
for less than is asked for vaseline. 
The cost of packages for some farmers 
who ship their produce cuts quite a slice 
out of their receipts. It is a small item 
at a time, but in the course of a year 
amounts to quite a sum. The man who 
lives near his market can cut out most all 
of this; eggs and butter delivered right 
to the store or consumer, the same with 
all kinds of fruit, even apples in the bar¬ 
rel. we work the same way, getting an¬ 
other barrel in exchange, and when bar¬ 
rels are 30 to 35 cents .apiece this amounts 
to quite a sum. This lack of expense for 
packages does not mean that our products 
cannot be put out in as good shape as 
they can, and there is no chance for after 
complaint, as the customer sees just what 
he is getting. 
We had to have some extra men to put 
in the silage economically, so at milking 
time all pitched in and helped milk, yet 
each night that we had this help we got 
less milk. They were strangers to the 
cows, and the cows were strangers to 
them. We believe in the same men milk¬ 
ing the same cows, and follow this as far 
as we can. A cow gets used to certain 
ways of milking, and will give down the 
milk quicker and better. More and more 
we realize that the cow is a creature of 
habit, and the more regular we are in 
everything about her care, feed and milk¬ 
ing the better are the results. 
H. G. MANCHESTER. 
Raising Strong Chicks. —We raise our 
chickens in a large brooder house that 
holds 2,000 chicks, and as soon as we can 
pick out the pullets from the cockerels 
we put them outside on grass range in 
small houses 6 x <>, and move them around 
from year to year. We generally put 25 
or 30 chicks in each house. Chicks are 
about two months old when^ given free 
range. Keep them well supplied with 
good food and water, also grit, and if the 
grasshoppers and worms are in short 
supply feed some animal food, such as 
green bone or scraps; the former is pre¬ 
ferred by us. If you want good, strong 
pullets give them free range with plenty 
of green grass; you can raise some good 
birds when yarded, but keep it up for two 
or three years, and you will find your 
stock getting weaker and weaker. 
E. H. DE MAR. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
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thousands of practical farmers, breeders and veteri¬ 
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MINERAL Only Sure Cure. 
Positive and Permanent. 
Absolutely Pure. 
$1.00 Package cures any 
ordinary case. 
$3.00 Package cures 
aise or money refunded. 
Sent postpaid on receipt 
of price. Agknts Want¬ 
ed. Liberal terms. 
Mineral Heave Remedy Co., 46 1 4th Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 
NKWTOlPfl Heave, Cough, Ola- 
Lent per tend Indigestion Cure. 
A veterinary specific for wind, 
throat and stomach troubles. 
Strong recommende. fJ.OOper 
can, of dealers, or Kxp. prepaid. 
The Newton Keinedy Co*. 
Toledo, Ohio. 
Beware of cheap Colic Cures 
Use Pratts Veter’y Colic Cure. 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years olj. 
‘ofthe BEERY BIT 
tour cuts in one 
(urea Kickers KuDawayn, Tullem, 
Shyeri, etc. Send for Bit on Ten 
l>av»* Trial and circular showing 
_ the four distinct ways of usinp i*. 
A. Lady can hold him- Prof. J.Q. Beery, Fleasrmt Dill, Ohio. 
Engage One Now 
A JERSEY RED SOW 
Bred to Farrow in March. 
Write me. Get FREE Catalogue. 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Jloorestoivn. N. J. 
BILILIj FArLM 
Holstein Cattle. 
Home of I.ovd Netherland DeKol. 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. Uoughquag, N. Y. 
HILLHURST FARM HOLSTEINS 
PREMIER SIRE 
Sir Korndyke Manor DeKol, Jr., 35135 
The greatest Butter Bred Bull of the breed. 
Royally bred: large producing. Cows and Heifers 
bred to above Bull at astonishingly low prices. 
BULL CALVES AT FARMERS’ PRICES. 
Write for pedigrees and photographs, 
KIVENBURG BROS., ONEIDA, N.V. 
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. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
ImporteU and Domestic Strains. Descriptive circulars 
and price-list on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES gKSS 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BUOOK STOCK FARM, Rochester, Mich. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin, Scr 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund money if not satisfactory. Reg 
Holsteins. Heifers. Bulls and Cows 
in Calf. Hamilton & < o„ Frcildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
L arge English berkshires- 
Males and females, of choicest breeding—for sale 
reasonable. NUTWOOD K.RMs, 
R. F. I). No. 4. Syracuse. New York. 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Five strains not akin: Aug. and Sept, farrow. 
Registered stock: prices low. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia, N. 
niJROC-.'ERSEY PIGS and BRED SOWS. All 
stock eligible to registry. Write for prices. Ad¬ 
dress, A. B. WOO DHI LL, Wading River, V Y ■ 
DEG. SHROPSHIRES and O. I. C. SWINE of all 
“ ages; both sexes, from the right place. 
CEDAR LAW N FARM, Ludlowviiie, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
of Pedigree BERKSHIRES j 
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 1003. 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. 
mi 
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A Fat 
Machine 
A hog is a fat-making machine. 
Soft corn or snapped corn makes quick 
fat, but it clogs the machinery, end 
produces a heated condition favorable 
to disease. Regular doses bf Dr. Hess 
Stock Food should be given with the 
ration to keep the internal machinery 
clean and healthy, and increase the di¬ 
gest ion,wh icli means for market stock 
more weight; for cows, more milk. 
D B HESS 
stock mm 
Is the prescription of Dr. Hess (M.D., D.V.8.), 
containing tonic* for the digestion, iron for 
the blood,nitrates to ex pel poisonous materials 
from the system, laxatives to regulate the 
bowels. It has the recommendation of the 
Veterinary Colleges, the Farm Papers, is 
recognized as a medicinal tome and laxative 
by <mr own Government, and is sold on a 
written guarantee at 
fz . per lb. In 100 lb. .»<*., f Kxre 5‘ ' D , C,,n * d * 
251b. J end extreme 
i. •sells; J 
I. GO. \ 
West and South. 
A tablespoonful per day for the average hog. 
Les8tlian a penny a day for horse,cow,or steer. 
If your dealer cannot supply you, we will. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, 
I Ashland, Ohio. 
Manufacturers of Dr. Hess Poultry 
Pau-a-ce-a and Instant Louse Killer. 
Breeders’ Directory 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
4% BUTTER FAT 4.2 
Highest testing herd of registe.ed Holsteins in the 
world of its size. Read the evidence. Copy of a 
letter on file in Star Farm office, viz.: 
"Office of Standard Butter Company, 
East River, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1905. 
MR. HORACE L. BRONSON. 
Prop. Star Farm, 
Cortland, N. Y. 
Dear Sir.—I take pleasure in certifying that the 
milk from your entire herd of registered Holsteins 
received at this butter factory has been tested for 
butter fat, with the Babcock tester, by me three times 
per month during the season of 1905, and lias tested 
from 4 per cent, butter fat to 4.2 butter fat, and has 
averaged for the year over 4 per cent. fat. 
(Signed). M. A. CONKLIN.’ 
You do not have to buy thin milkers. It does not 
cost you any more to buy your service hulls, cows, 
and young things from the highest testing herd in 
the world. 
Special prices on service hulls, Fall and Winter 
springers, male and female calves. 
Everything is purebred and registered, and there is 
a $5000 guarantee that all stock sold will be as 
represented. Circulars sent free on application. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, 
Department D, Cortland, N.Y. 
ICHLAWN FARM 
HIGH GLASS HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 
F. P. KNOWLES, Auburn, Mass. 
BULLS IN SERVICE. 
Canary Mercedes’ Son, whose dam, Canary 
Meicedes, has an official record of 25 lbs. 2 oz. Butter 
in 7 nays. Her milk averaging 4.92 per cent butter 
fats and 4.5 per cent fat for 30 days. Her milk, and 
that of her five 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 cent fats. 
Write for information and prices on choice animals. 
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 Holsteln-Friesians. 
WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
THE BLOOMING DALE HERD OP 
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 
HOLSTEINS. 
High-Class Advanced Registry Stock only. Best 
b .tter families. Stock for Sale. 
WOODSIDE FARM, 
Princeton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. 
JOHN B. MARCOC. 
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. 
\V. W. CHENEY. Manlius, New York. 
COTTAGE GROVF. STOCK FARM 
has for sale Jersey Cattle, Poland-China Swine and 
Oxford Down Rams. Address, 
S. E. GILLETT, Proprietor, Ravenna, Ohio. 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD A GRADE 
vhen 1 will sell you a registered JERSEY BULL, 
jest dairy stock: ready for service: at farmer’s price. 
K. F. SHANNON, 905 Libertv St., Pittsbifr. Pa. 
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. 
COD CAI C male and fe- 
■ OMLu male elk at 
The Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint, Michigan. 
if you are going 
to buy a 
BUT,!., and wili write us 
just what you want, we will 
send full pedigrees and descriptions, together with prices that will convince you that we have high-class 
animals at low prices. The Stevens Brotliers-Hastings Company, 
BROOK SIDE HERD, 
bacons, Oswego Co., N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN MULE. 
FIFTH PUBLIC SALE, 
SYRACUSE, N. Y., OCTOBER 25th, 1905. 
This offering- of HO Head of Purebred HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
will be fully up to the Standard that the Company propose to maintain. 
BREEDERS’ CONSIGNMENT SALE COMPANY, 
H. A. MOYER, Syracuse, N. Y. T. A. MITCHELL, Weedsport, N. Y. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Neshanic, N. J. F. P. KNOWLES, Auburn, Mass. 
STEVENS BROS.-HASTINGS CO., Lacona, N. Y. H. L. BRONSON, Cortland, N. Y. 
Catalogues will he ready to mail October 10, 1905. 
S. D. W. CLEVELAND. Sales Manager- SYRACUSE N. Y. 
