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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 4, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
FOOD VALUE OF HULLED OATS. 
I find in market hulled oats, which can 
be bought for .$2 per 100 pounds, oats not 
hulled about $1.40 per 100. I have tables 
giving the nutritive value of oats. I suppose 
it means oats not hulled. 1 have not been 
able to find any analysis giving the food 
value of hulled oats. 1 should suppose the 
hulls on oats must be a large per¬ 
centage of tlielr weight, and of very little 
food value In feeding poultry. Can you tell 
me the comparative food value of hulled and 
unhulled oats? M. m. 
Massachusetts. 
It is true that practically all the feeding 
value of the oat grains is found in the 
kernel. The hulls contain 30 or more per 
cent of fiber, and are digested to the ex¬ 
tent of only 30 or 40 per cent. They add 
little, when we come to take into consid¬ 
eration the work of digestion, to the value 
of the grain. I doubt if they are a detri¬ 
ment. We have no data for estimating 
the comparative value of clipped oats as 
against those with the hull, or with the 
hull off. In fact we have no data which 
would permit of my giving exact compar¬ 
ative values as you desire. Such values 
cannot be given by mere analysis. Di¬ 
gestion experiments with these materials 
would be necessary, and probably obser¬ 
vations with respiration apparatus. 
W. H. JORDAN. 
Geneva (N. Y.) Exp. Station. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Wart on Colt's Head. 
By what means can I remove a blood 
wart from my colt's head? Wart is on right 
side of head just below the ear, where the 
brow-band and bridle meet. In the Spring 
it was small, now it is about the size of a 
half dollar. s. 
A lien wood. Pa. 
Run a needle with a stout double 
thread under the wart and tie on each 
side of the wart, and tighten the string 
every other day for a few days and then 
clip the wart out with scissors. 
Horse With Swollen Leg. 
I have a mare that was sick about a 
month ago with a very high fever. Since 
she got over that her right foreleg has been 
swollen. It is somewhat stiff when she is 
first driven, but goes down a little. What is 
the remedy? b. p. 
New York. 
of the skin when it is caused by internal 
disorders which are liable to recur. When 
a person has an animal that has the same 
trouble year after year it is a very good 
idea to let some one have it and replace it 
with a younger animal. Sometimes it 
may be caused by indigestion or irritant 
matters in the blood and sweat; the re¬ 
sult of poor condition powders; poor 
patent medicated foods; green food, new 
hay or' new or poor grains; shedding the 
coat; hot weather; or any sudden change 
of food. The same disorder is quite 
commonly found on the legs and many 
times is the cause of stocked or enlarged 
legs. The legs may suffer many times 
from being wet with mud or snow or 
from washing with caustic soaps or from 
the use of blistering liniments. The best 
wash for the legs is made of rain water 
and castile soap applied cold to the legs. 
Then wipe them dry. When the eruption 
comes all over the body sometimes a little 
oil meal in the grain or a teaspoonful 
of Epsom salts once a day will do much 
toward a cure. m. d. williams, d. v. s. 
TROUBLE WITH COW'S UDDER. 
A few days ago one of my cow’s teats got 
so that the milk would not come when pressed 
hard, but teat had to be opened each time 
before milking. A scab formed at the end 
of teat, that has healed, but still the milk 
does not come, except a very small stream. 
I thought first another cow had stepped on 
her, but hardly know what to believe, as the 
teat on the other side has since got a scab 
at the end just like the other, only this one 
does not milk so hard, and last night the 
milk wits slimy. The udder is not swollen. 
Connecticut. J. b. ii. 
The trouble with udder is contagious 
and often leads to garget. We have had 
a number of cases. Rub vaseline to keep 
the end of teat soft and help heal up the 
sore. Avoid using a tube if possible, as 
it injures about as many cows as it cures. 
If the teat closes tight between milkings 
put in a little hard-wood plug, well 
greased with vaseline. Leave a little knob 
at the lower end to prevent its going too 
far into the teat. It is also well to have 
the plug a little larger back a bit from the 
point to prevent it falling out. See that 
the quarter is milked out clean each time. 
H. G. M. 
Wash the leg with cold rain water and 
castilc soap, and wipe the leg dry after 
each drive. 
Skin Trouble in Mare. 
We have a mare that has rubbed much of 
the hair from her head, also from mane and 
tail. There are a few lumps on fore shoul¬ 
der, and she keeps biting herself, evidently 
to allay itching. She is real fat and has 
natural appetite; feed corn and oats m.xed. 
We have used condition powder, mange cure, 
tar soap, antiseptic oil and washed her in 
salt water. Conditions appear to be growing 
worse. Please prescribe for her. c. e. s. 
Port Royal, S. C. 
Get a few tobacco stems, and taking 
about a pound at a time, place them in a 
pail of boiling water, and let the water 
cool. Then wash the horse all over with 
a pail of soapsuds and before she gets 
dry wet the animal from the end of her 
ears to the end of her tail with the tobac¬ 
co water. This must be repeated once a 
week in order to get the little parasites 
that hatch from time to time. 
Horse with Eczema. 
My mare, eight years old, breaks out with 
a rash that looks like hives, but sometimes 
the pustules break and run for several 
weeks, usually in Spring. Last Spring and 
this one appeared on the spine, two inches 
across. Recently she returned from three 
weeks’ pasture and broke out again in a 
lesser degree. During an attack she seems 
in good health and spirits. Can you explain 
the difficulty and suggest a remedy? 
New Jersey. h. c. t. 
You have given a good description of 
a case of eczema. The term eczema is 
now applied very generally to eruptions 
Horse Meat for Hens.— Regarding 
fresh horse meat for hens, I never fed 
any, but would consider it all right to 
feed. I do not now feed fresh meat or 
green cut bone, as I find it takes too much 
time and labor to prepare the same. I 
much prefer a good, dry prepared meat 
for the reason before stated, and also be¬ 
cause it contains far less grease and mois¬ 
ture. Furthermore, the dry prepared meat 
will keep in good condition in hot 
weather. However, at three-fourths cent 
per pound, and with good facilities for 
preparing, something might be saved by 
using the horseflesh. I would feed it 
thoroughly mixed with a mash of ground 
grains and wheat bran, and a few boiled 
and mashed vegetables, or short cut clover 
or Alfalfa. h. j. Blanchard. 
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FLORETTA’S litter of Pigs by Grand 
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some sows bred for Fall litters. 
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OAKLAND FARM 
OFFERS HOLSTEIN BULL, 
Born November 20. 1904. Two-thirds White. 
Sire, Canary’s Mercedes’ Son, whose dam made 25 
pounds, her milk testing 4.92 per cent. 
Dam, Urmagelsche 3d, 14Kt pounds at three years 
with first calf. She by Admiral DeKol. 
If you want a good one cheap write quick. 
T. A. MITCHELL, WKEDSPORT, 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. 
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WING R. SMITH, Syracuse, N. Y. 
R egist'd Jersey Cattle, Lin¬ 
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KENTUCKY JACKS 
A big lot of Kentucky Registered 
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Also, Spanish Bred Jacks. 
Some nice SADDLE STALLTONS 
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Write for what you want. 
J. F. COOK & COMPANY, Lexington, Ky. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES S5TSS 
hog. Pigs of all ages from Imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester. Mich. 
COTTAGE GROVE STOCK FARM 
has for sale Jersey Cattle, Poland-China Swine and 
Oxford Down Rams. Address, 
8. E. GILLETT, Proprietor, Ravenna, Ohio. 
50 LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRES 50 
50 Spring, Summer and Fall Pigs from mature sire and 
dams, representing the best English and American 
breeding, pairs and trios not akin. All ped. animals at 
reasonable prices. Richard H.Stone,Trumansburg,NY 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Descriptive circulars 
and price-list on application. 
WIIiLiOTTG-HBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Five strains not akin; Aug. and Sept, farrow. 
Registered stock: prices low. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Plmrsalia, N. Y r . 
F(\p Oil C Registered Hampshire Down 
rUVl OHLCa Ram. Fine animal, cheap if 
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(UDflDCUIDE D A MO Prize winners. Im- 
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Large and heavy woo led. 
NUTWOOD FARMS, R. F. D. 4. 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 
live years. Prices moderate. Write promptly. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, New York. 
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 
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ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send postal card for 64-page illustrated pamphlet, 
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F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Brattleboro, Vt. 
On Thursday. Nov. 16, 1905, I will dispose of the fol¬ 
lowing herd of Jersey cattle, at public sale:—One stock 
bull, Six cows, all registered, Two heifers in calf. Two 
heifer calves, and Three yearling bulls, all eligible. 
Sale to be held on my farm near Reading and to com¬ 
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