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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 20, 
Live StockandDairy 
HOGS WITH MYSTERIOUS AILMENT good sharp cream line should show up, 
I have just had a thrifty three-months-o'd 
pier die under very suspicious circumstances, 
and another I expect will die before this day 
is out. They were lively and well last Mon¬ 
day and Tuesday. On Wednesday I noticed 
that one of them did not eat, and kept trot¬ 
ting’ around his yard whining as if in great 
pain, i separated him from the other pigs 
and put him in a box stall in the barn. I 
could not get him to eat nor drink ; would 
not even notice sweet milk. Thursday I tried 
to open his mouth and put some sweet milk 
and oil down his throat; found his jaws 
locked. I then took a screw driver and piled 
the jaws open a little; then 1 poured three or 
four tablespoonfuls of the milk and oil down 
his throat, and so on until yesteday morning, 
lie died yesterday afternoon. The other pig 
is acting just the same; only that he did 
not seem quite so bad at the start. Ills 
jaws seemed to be locked this morning. It 
looks to me like poison. Do you know of 
any kiud of poison that will lock an ani¬ 
mal’s jaws in such a manner? I know the 
symptoms of hog troubles, but I never had 
any to act like them before. They are like 
two dogs 1 had poisoned by some one years 
ago. I know the pigs have had proper 
treatment as far as feeding, housing and bed¬ 
ding goes, for I attend to them myself. I 
have fed them about 1 Vo quart bran and 
cornmeal a day, mixed with about four quarts 
of skim and buttermilk, with about two 
quarts of dish water, and a couple of table¬ 
spoonfuls of oil meal three times a week. 
They have a good warm house to sleep in, 
and a woll-littered yard about 30 feet each 
way. Will you give me your opinion on the 
subject? . c. l. M. 
Long Island, 
I have Riven this letter careful read¬ 
ing. The best I can do is to make a 
rather uncertain guess as to the trouble. 
I am not sufficiently familiar witli the ac¬ 
tion of poison or poisons to pronounce 
them the cause of the trouble, and more, 
I do not likii to think that this has been 
the purposed cause by some one un¬ 
friendly to the inquirer, nor to encourage 
him to think so. I can well understand 
why persons will poison dogs. But when 
it comes to poisoning pigs, I can lay it 
only to pure unadulterated meanness, and 
I do not want to attribute this to human 
nature unless compelled to. C. L. M. says 
he knows the pigs were fed right, because 
they had it from his own hand. They 
were undoubtedly well fed as far as 
abundance goes, and I am almost sure 
they were in high flesh. I am disposed to 
think the trouble lay in the dishwater. If 
the dishes were cleansed with factory soap 
I would feel satisfied that this is the cause 
of the trouble. They were fed twice, if 
not three times a day, and drank two to 
three quarts of this dishwater a day, and 
got enough—what to them was poison—to 
kill them. If the dishes were washed with 
old-fashioned farm-made lye soap then I 
am unable to give any solution. The best 
plan when a farmer finds an animal with 
tetanus is to destroy it as quickly as pos¬ 
sible, and put it out of its misery. 
JOHN M. JAMISON. 
CREAM FAILS TO RISE. 
T am in the milk business, and have my 
milk shipped 50 miles by rail. The cream 
does not rise on it. but I have every reason 
to believe it is good rich milk. I keep it as 
cold as possible without freezing. The milk 
comes in 40-quart cans, and I bottle it my¬ 
self. My customers complain that there is 
no cream on it. Is there any way to make 
the cream rise, so they can see it? Is it 
because the milk comes a long distance, that 
the cream does not rise? w. m. c. 
Cream would rise more slowly after be¬ 
ing cooled and shipped for some distance, 
by reason of the agitation at the low' tem¬ 
perature. But surely there should be a 
cream line upon the milk. I would sug¬ 
gest that you get a Babcock milk test from 
some leading dealer in dairy goods, and 
make occasional tests of the milk before 
you put it to your patrons. Stir the whole 
content of the can thoroughly before tak¬ 
ing the sample. If your test shows full 
milk, probably not far from four per cent 
fat. and your consumers still complain. I 
would warm a sample to 98 degrees, put it 
into a glass receptacle, and cool quickly 
to 45 degrees. In three or four hours a 
marking from 15 per cent to 22 per cent 
of the whole valume. If the Babcock test 
shows three per cent of fat or less, you 
have a case of milk adulteration no doubt, 
and the matter should be investigated. 
II. E. C. 
CAUSES OF MOTTLED BUTTER. 
There is a good deal said and written 
about mottled butter, the cause, remedy, 
etc. There is no question that there is 
more than one cause for there being 
streaks in the butter. Some make good 
suggestions as to remedying the trouble, 
but they are not quite sure that it will 
stop it. Others lay down rules that will 
cause more trouble than ever. I know 
that when the separator has been running 
along steadily, skimming to its full capa¬ 
city, and the milk runs short, the machim 
will churn some of the cream globules 
into fine particles of butter, which go into 
the cream vat and make trouble in this 
respect. When the cream is cooled down 
these particles harden and will not take 
the color. To prevent mottles from this 
cause, strain all t'.e cream when it is put 
in the churn, then with a little warm 
water these butter globules can be 
softened so they will take the color the 
same as the rest, and cause no further 
trouble. Another common cause is in 
churning at a high temperature and wash¬ 
ing the butter with water too cold. In 
other words, there is too much difference 
in the temperature of the butter and the 
wash water. This causes the butter 
granules to harden on the outside, which 
is almost sure to cause butter to be of 
uneven appearance. To avoid this I churn 
at 58 degrees in Winter and at 55 in Sum¬ 
mer, and wash the butter with water at 
56 in Winter and 50 to 52 in Summer. 
Salting butter that is up to 58 or 60 de¬ 
grees with salt that is down close to the 
freezing point will also cause mottles in 
the butter. The very cold salt hardens 
the particles. To prevent this warm the 
salt to the same temperature as the butter. 
Some one has suggested using a trier in 
the butter after taking it out of the churn, 
and if streaks are found, then put it back 
i-n the churn and work it more. While 
this might improve it in one way, it would 
injure it in another, by over-working it. 
Dried cream sticking to the side of the 
vat often cause streaks in the butter. It 
is better to adopt ways of preventing 
mottles getting in the butter as far as 
possible, rather than to undertake to re¬ 
move them after they are in there. A 
strainer is one of the best utensils for pre¬ 
venting this trouble. v. M. couch\ 
Goon Hens. —My 350 hens gave me a net 
income of $633.21 last year, ending January 
1, 1906. Are Mr. Cosgrove’s hens doing any 
better? I am getting now about 100 eggs 
per day. J. i. 
North Haven, Conn. 
Handling Chicken Manure. —I can tell 
the Hope Farm man something al>out han¬ 
dling chicken manure. If he will use ground 
tobacco stems on floor when he cleans out 
house he will have no trouble; it will pul¬ 
verize nicely, besides adding to quality of 
manure. I have used it the past season and 
have had no trouble with lice. I have 70 
Brown Leghorn hens which have given 800 
dozen eggs since first of January. 1905; they 
have had no special care, being kept in a 
10 by 12 house at night and run at large 
in daytime. j. e. b. 
Afton, Va. 
Takes the Robin. — I find much valuable 
material in The R. N.-Y., even from a west¬ 
ern point of view, but' do not like so many 
continuous tirades and persecutions against 
the robin and the Ben Davis apple. We have 
many of the former; they nest in our trees, 
shrubs and vines. We consider them not 
only completely harmless, but among our 
best insect destroyers. We look upon the 
tirades against them as emanating from 
Yankee avarice only. The “Yankee” spoken 
of above is peculiar to no State or county 
but is native to all. s. G. c. 
Illiuois. 
R. N.-Y.—If our friend lived in a section 
where the robins really started to eat fruit 
he would very likely develop some of these 
“Yankee” traits himself. 
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temper and Indication Core. 
A veterinary specific for wind, 
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Strong recommends. $1.00 per 
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TheNcwton Remedy Co., 
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D AIDYlUICrM —Mr. Thomas Pierce, 
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says: “The two gallons of Crel Oil I got com¬ 
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Dr. Holland’s Medi¬ 
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has no rival as a Conditioner and 
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PITTSBURGH, 
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Holland Turkeys. Buff Orpington Cockerels, B.Rocks. 
Ileus and Cokrla. All a lock strictly pure. W. A. Lotbers, lack. Pa. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
of Pedigree BERKSHIRES 
FLORETTA’Slitter of Pigs by Grand 
Premier, 80005 farrowed June 12,are beauties. Floretta 
is tiie dam of the Champion Boar Nutmeg, at N. Y. 
State Fair in 1908. Grand Premier, 80005, is the best 
bred son of N. H. Gentry’s Lord Premier. 50001. They 
aer all for sale—and are champion material—also 
some sows bred for Fall litters. 
J. F. WATSON, Prop. Marbledale, Conn. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FR1ESIANS 
are bred for large Production, Good Size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to see 
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A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTh’i' vr>TT ttroshanio N.J 
There are 
many 
reasons why 
THE PARSONS 
US THE BEST 
“ LOW- 
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MILK 
WAGON 
MADE. 
Write at once if you wish to know them. 
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EARLVILLE, N. Y. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send postal card for 64-page illustrated pamphlet, 
describing this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Brattleboro, VI. 
Holstein Cattle. 
Home of Lord Netlierland DeKol. Great sire of high 
testing butter cows. He lias 34 A. R. O. daughters. 
High class stock at prices that will make you a profit. 
Let us quote you prices on anything yon may need. 
E. C. lilt ILL, Poughquag, N. Y. 
Holstein Bull Calves. 
$20.00 to $25.00 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Write for Photographs and Pedigrees. 
We also offer special bargains in cows and heifers 
bred to ourgreatSir Korndyke Manor be Kol Jr. 
HIVKNBUKGHBKOS .HillhurstFarm,Oneida.N.Y. 
Breeders’ Directory 
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by mail, direct lromthe factory at wholesale prices, is 
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It it's faulty in any way, return it and get your money 
baek. Write for illustrated catalogue F and price list. 
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MIX YOUR OWN STOCK 
— 1 FOOD 
When you buy ready mixed stock 
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ton for bran meal and other ingredients. Upon request I 
will send you, A B 50 LUTE I. Y FKKK, a prescription for 
making your own stock food. It will be far betterand cost 
•ou far less than any other on the market to-day. A postal 
J 
card will bring this free prescription. Dr. S. H Kent 
Veterinary Surgeon, No. 104 Market Street, Cadiz, Ohio. * 
■ 
KENTUCKY JACK FARM. 
A fine lot of big Black well-bred 
KENTUCKY JACKS, also Im¬ 
ported SPANISH JACKS, 
selected by me personally from 
the very best breeds of Jacks in 
Spain. We furnish a certificate 
of pedigree with each Imported 
Jack. Come and see me or write 
for prices. I can please you. 
JOE E. WRIGHT, Junction City, Ky. 
Kentucky Jacks and Stallions. 
*» Jacks, jennets, saddle and trotting 
and pacing stallions. Our saddle 
stallions are by Chester Dare 10, 
Lynn Boyd 44, Highland Denmark 
730, Preston 922, Kentucky Squirrel 
1305 Greatland 1408, McDonald Chief 
1451. They are lS 1 -^ to 10 hands high, 
bays, blacks and sorrels. We won 
more premiums ami money on onr 
jacks at the State Fair, 1905, than all other breeders 
combined. Some nice Poland China Hogs. Write 
for circular. J. E. COOK & CO., Lexington, 
Ky. Branch barn for jacks, Marion, Kansas. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg-, Pa. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. Ser¬ 
vice Boars, have Btock returned, re¬ 
fund money if not satisfactory. Reg. 
Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
in Calf. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Five strains not akin; Aug. and Sept, farrow. 
Registered stock: prices low. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pliarsalia, N. Y. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM, Rochester. Mich. 
DEDlfCIIIDE CnMlC A few good ones 
DdllVOniTlk wUVTwi cheap from my im¬ 
ported hoar and well bred dams. R. F. SHANNON, 
9U7 Liberty St.. Pittsburg, Pa. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
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 roam 
for our crop of Winter Calves. Write for prices oa 
anything needed in Holstein-Friesians. 
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STAR FARM HOLSTEINS 
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Buy your foundation stock from the highest testing 
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Special prices on registered Holstein cows, heifers, 
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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. 
ICHLAWN FARM 
HIGH CUSS HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 
F. P. 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 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. 
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WOODLAND 
—Shorthorn Cattle and 
Tunis Sheep. W. I. 
W( )OD, Williamsport, O. 
If you are going ¥1 1 . BT“Tyr BULL, and will write us 
to buy a i M M ^ ™ -M JL J. wl 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 Brothers-Hastings Company, 
BROOKSIDE HERD. I.acona, Oswego Co., N.Y. 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM, 
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. 
J. CROUCH & SON, Proprietors 
Largest Importers of Oldenburg German Coach, Pereheron and Belgian 
Stallions in America. Have Imported 357 head in the last fifteen months. 
We won all possible prizes shown for and Grand Championship with 
our German Coaeliers and Belgians at the Lewis & Clark Exposition, 
Portland, Oregon, at the American Royal Live Stock Show, Kansas City, 
Missouri, and at the Toronto Exposition at Toronto, Canada, and all the leading State Fairs and Horse 
Shows in the United States in the last two years. We have the prize winners of the world and our prices 
are no higher than others. Write us for further information. J. CROUCH & SON, LaEayette, 
Indiana, Staunton, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee. 
We have just received in our Barns from Europe, lOO Head of HIGH CLASS GERMAN 
COACH, l’ERCHERON aud BELGIAN STALLIONS. 
