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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER^ 
February 3, 
ROPY MILK. 
Can you give me any information about 
treatment in following ease: Three milkings 
ago one of my cows gave a llttlv ropy milk 
■out of a front teat when I started to milk 
it. Investigating, I found a lump (lie size of 
'a grain of corn, about half way down the 
teat: can not work it around, it does not 
seem to interfere with the flow nor quantity 
of the milk ; but is sore and feverish. Cow 
has been milking five or six months; milk 
has been ropy but once. H. u. a. 
Millville, N. J. 
By tlie time this reaches the questioner, 
his cow will be either better or worse, 
probably the latter. I always like to get at 
the cause if possible. In this case it 
probably came from a bruise. Often cows 
with pendant udders, and long teats, will 
injure themselves by lying with the hock 
against the teat. In such cases there is no 
prevention that I know of, except to sell 
the cow. Sometimes too heavy feeding 
will cause a fevered condition of the 
blood, and the trouble mentioned will 
follow. If there is much fever, bathe 
the quarter with water as hot as will bear 
the hand. Be sure to get all the milk 
out of the teat By now, a milk tube 
,may be necessary. In buying one don’t 
get a long tube, unless the teat is long, 
and the lump very far up. Much injury 
has been done by running a milk tube into 
the glands of the cow’s udder. Then the 
last state is worse than the first. Before 
inserting the tube wash the hands in a 
10-per-cent solution of carbolic water, and 
the tube as well. Then inject into the 
teat a solution, made from 10 parts of 
pure raw linseed oil, and one of crude 
carbolic acid. Leave a moment, and then 
milk out. If the milk can be kept out 
of the quarter, by keeping the passage 
open, this will usually effect a cure. 
Should the lump close up the teat it may 
be necessary to use a bistoury to open it. 
If possible, better have a veterinary do 
this. The oil carbolic mixture is an ex¬ 
cellent one to keep in the stable for 
“wounds, bruises and putrefying sores.” 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
CONNECTICUT FARM NOTES. 
We have two cows, one 11 anti one four 
years old, from which we make and sell 
butter. Our milk is set in pans; cream kept 
in the well in Summer; butter Is put in 
pound prints and wrapped in paper. We 
lhave made in about 9^ months 852 
pounds of butter. I got one year $135 be¬ 
sides her keep out of the oldest cow. Their 
feed at this time is as follows: 12 quarts 
wheat bran, 12 quarts cornmeal, three bush¬ 
els of sweet corn cut up fine, fodder corn 
and all as it grew, with three pounds of 
hay cut with the same, and one bucket of 
either cut apples or sugar beets, and a hand¬ 
ful of salt with the evening meal. They 
have the range of the f~rm at their pleasure 
(weather permi.ing) the year around, day 
,and night, except at milking time they are 
put in stalls and fed 'Tain, as I never milk 
without giving them their grain morning or 
night year around. The date and amount 
of each churning is set down as worked over 
and printed and wrapped. The old cow cost 
pie $(50, the young one at three years cost 
$30, and I never asked or was told anything 
about their grandmothers; there are more 
good cows than good cow men and women 
to handle them. 
I can call my cows to the barn from any¬ 
where on the farm any moment of the day ; 
I never have to go after them, they come 
for what they know I will give them. A 
cow should be fed her limit of what she 
wants, so she is happy and if you have done 
your part she will pay for it. A cow has to 
be made: who expects a colt or steer to lie 
a work horse or ox until educated and hard 
ened into business? It is the same with a 
heifer; all her cow functions have got to be 
developed. The appetite has to be built tip 
on good attractive food. Don’t starve a calf 
especially. If you cannot make money stuf¬ 
fing calves and cows with good hearty food 
[get rid of them at once. When my cows 
were at pasture they got grain and some 
bites of succulent weeds, etc., until we be¬ 
gun to cut sweet corn ; then I began to cut 
it up for them nights and mornings. 
My •■points" for a cow are quick action, 
•bright eyes, wide head, girth about eight 
Inches less than length from plumb lines 
dropped across nose and tail; straight back; 
let both front and rear feet stand wide 
apart and well under body, especially hind 
■feet; hide loose and hair oily; a large udder 
land milk veins showing well out on belly; 
with good openings where veins enter stom¬ 
ach : good thick brisket; decided in action; 
mouth full and going for another; skin 
golden about neck, ears and rump; good 
heavy tail; and no horns at all best. 
We l^ve eggs the year around, never a 
day without fresh eggs, and a good profit. 
Keep the hens happy and looking well. Give 
them corn, bran and meal mash, with pota¬ 
toes boiled and mashed, red. pepper, sour 
milk and curd mixed in; cabbage, turnips, 
potato and apple refuse from the house; 
oyster shells and gravel handy, and sun¬ 
flower seed. When they moult give a little 
condition powder in warm mash. e. l. 
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One Dollar, ship freight prepaid, a §2 
pail (14 lbs.) of 
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the best Stock Food made. Saves 
time and feed and adds to your profit. 
Once used, always used. 
Semi to-day and take advantage of this half 
price offer 
CHARLES BUCHAN, 
STANLEY, N. Y. 
A Lady can hold him. 
of the BEERY BU 
rOUR BITS IN ONE 
Cure* Kltkert, Ifnnawayi, Fullers 
Shyert, e(e. Send for Bit on Ten 
Days’ Trial nnd circular showing 
the four distinct ways of using it. 
Frof, J.Q. Beery. Pleasant Bill, Ohio. 
THE LANGWORTHY SPAVIN CURE, 
The Cure that CURES, lias made thousands of 
dollars for owners of lame horses by making them 
sound Sent post paid to any- part of the World on 
receipt of Two Dollars. Guaranteed to cure the 
worst cases of SPAVIN, RINGBONE, SPLINT, 
Etc., or money refunded. Send for circulars. 
LEWIS BROS., Proprietors, Jordan, N. Y, 
CnAIN-UANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
sale by 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestvllle. Conn. 
WARRINER’S 
CHAIN 
HANGING 
STANCHION 
HOLDS THE 
ANIMALS AS 
FIRMLY 
AS RIGID 
STANCHIONS 
W B. CRUMB, 73 
Main St., Eorestville.Conn. 
, DEATH TO HEAVES 
NKWTON’8 Ileare, Cough, Dig- 
temper and Indlgeatloa Cure. 
A veterinary specific for wind, 
!throat and stomach troubles. 
Strong recommends. $1.00 per 
can, of dealers, or Kxp. prepaid. 
T he Ne lv to n kcinedyCo.. 
Toledo, Ohio. 
MIX YOUR OWN STOCK 
— FOOD 
When you buy ready mixed stock ^ 
foods you pay at the rale of $250 per 
( 
■ ton for bran meal and other Ingredients. Upon request I 
1 will send you, ABSOLUTELY FREE, a prescription for 
I making your own stock food. It will lie far betteraod cost 
■ you far less than any other on the market to-day. A postal 
I card will bring this free prescription. I)r. S. H , Kent. 
| Veterinary Burgeon, No. 104 Market Street, Cadiz,* Ohio. 
} 
Dr. Holland’s Medi¬ 
cated Stock Salt 
has no rival as a Conditiou.r and 
Worm Destroyer. A Iru. remedy 
for the ills of stock. Health, Thrift 
ami Rapid Growth are the results 
of it. use. Guaranteed to accom¬ 
plish w hat is claimed for it. _ Ten 
(10) feeds for a cent C 
THE HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COHPANY, WELLINGTON, OHIO. 
Write for Boobtel. Agent. IV ante* 
[)UROC-JERSEY PIGS nnd BRED SOWS. All 
u stock eligible to registry Write for prices. Ad¬ 
dress A. B. WOODHULL. Wading River, N. Y. 
CjUKRNSEY BULL CALVES from two to ten 
months old; fine individually and best of breed¬ 
ing. W. A. ALEXANDER, Union Springs, N. Y. 
WANTFn -A- JERSEY BULL coming two years old, 
If Mil l lu of good constitution and size, whose dam, 
grand dam and sire’s dam show excellent Putter 
records. Also a carload of Oxford orShropshireKwes 
2 yrs. old. C. E. Hamilton, Chazy, Clinton Co., N. Y.’ 
Shetland Ponies - head - from 
ties, $235. 
m.vr 4 2-ineh team, beau- 
TAiLOR FARM, Wooster, 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 ot Jacks in 
Spain. We furnish a certificate 
of nedigree with each Imported 
Jack. Come and see me or write 
_ for prices. I can please you. 
JOE E. WRIGHT, Junction City, Ky. 
KENTUCKY JACKS 
ap;d stallions. 
One hundred head of 
Jacks. Jennets. Saddle. Trotting 
and Pacing Stallions and some nice 
Poland China Hogs, We won more 
[ premiums on Jacks than all other 
J, breeders combined at Ky State Fair 
t v, ,, _ __ ' 1905- Write for what you want. 
*L L COOK & COMPANY, Lexington, Ky 
Branch barn lor jacks, Marion. 
Farmers Say 
SLOANS 
Is the Best Remedy on Earth. 
Kills a Spavin Curb or Splint. 
Very Penetrating. Kills Pain. 
DR. EARL S. SLOAN, 615 ALBANY STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 
You 
Gan 
Get 
More 
Eggs 
S OME of your hens are lazy-they’re 
earning their board. Get them 
to work. Tonic Poultry Food 
will start them laying in double- 
quick time. They like it. For fif¬ 
teen to twenty fowls mix two table¬ 
spoonfuls with their feed every 
day Then watch. They will largely 
increase the output of eggs and 
you will be pleased. Tonic Poultry 
Food costs nothing—one extra egg a day will more than pay for a 
package. Price 25 cents. It is vegetable and bone. Contains flesh- 
forming and other ingredients that assist the hen’s digestion. Acts 
promptly on her peculiar, egg-forming organs. It makes her happy, 
contented: develops sweet flesh and gets her to market in a hurry. 
Ask your dealer for Tonic Poultry Food. If he hasn’t it, write us: 
we’ll tell you how to get it. Address Dept. 17. And get handsome 
Souvenir Calendar and booklet free. It tells about our 5 separate 
foods made especially for dairy cows, horses, hogs, general feeding 
and poultry Agents wanted. 
TONIC STOCK FOOD COMPANY, ELGIN, ILLINOIS. 
Each 
2 Sows bred to farrow in March, price.$35 
SGllts bred to farrow in March, price. . . 35 
1 Herd Boar. 2 years old. . 35 
K Months Boar. 15 
Pigs 5 months old, price.$1 O to 13 
CUMBERLAND FARM, Gettysburg. I’h. 
A few good ones 
BERKSHIRE SOWS. 
ported boar and well bred dan 
907 Liberty St.. Pittsburg, Pa. 
cheap from my tin- 
1? P SHAVVOV 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES 
hog- Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale 
MEADOW BROOK STOCK FARM. Rochester. Mich. 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Five strains not akin; Aug. and Sept, farrow. 
Registered stock; prices low 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Bharsalia, N. Y. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
ICHLAWN FARM 
HIGH CLASS KOLSTEIN-FRIESIAKS. 
■f. V. 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 4.5percont 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 nave official butter records that averaged 
22 lbs , and whose milk averaged 4.27 percent fats 
Write for information and prices on choice animals. 
THE BLOOMINUDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
are bred for large Production, Good Size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality 
If these are tne kind you want write or come to see 
them 125 to select from. Animals of both sexee 
ar.d all ages to otter at prices that will please you. 
A special otter on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOTT. NeshaniC.N. J 
u- ,1 .. li m ■ - - 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
flend poetol rnrd for 64-page illustrated pamphlet, 
describing this grpnt breed of cattle. 
P. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Brattleboro, Vt. 
Guernsey Bulls • 
Wo have several registered Guernsey Bulls from 
three to fourteen months old, sired by Auricula’s 
Main-sheet 8870, a son of Auricula 2d. 12209 Advanced 
Register 106, out of good producing cows, for sale at 
very low prices. 
HILLHURST FARM, 
ise 
i 
mg AA|I| | Un“Shorthorn Cattle and 
lull LA rill Tunis sh °°h- w - l 
Holstein Bull Calves. 
$20.00 to $25.00 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Write for Photographs and Pedigrees. 
We also otter special bargains in cows and beifers( 
bred to our great Sir Korudyke Manor De Kol Jr, 
RIVEN BURGH BROS,. Hillhurst B’arm, Oneida. N Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A R. O Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Waynes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manot 
DeKol. We will make attractive prices on thesi 
youngsters as they must he disposed of to make roa 
for our cropof Winter Calves Write for prices c 
anything needed in Holstein-Friesiane. 
WOODCREST FARM, Rifton. Ulster Co.. N.V 
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 
_ _ Holsleins. Heifers. Bulls and Cowt 
inCalf. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa, 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS 
The only herd in the world headed by a son ol 
A AGGIE CORNUCOPIA PA ULI NE, the world’s 
champion cow of to-day, and a son of MERCEDES 
UULIP’S PIETEKX JE, the world's champion 
‘cow of 1900. 
The only herd In the world where the milk has 
averaged for the past year over 4 p c. butter fat. 
Inquirers from every part of the country are buying 
Star Farm Holstefns. Special prices on cows, 
heifers, service bulls and calves Beautiful, illus¬ 
trated circulars sent free on application 
Horace L. llronson, Dept. D, Cortland, N. Y 
Berkshire Pigs, Shropshire Ewes, Collie Females, W 
Holland Turkeys Buff Orpington Cockerels. B Rocks* 
Hens aod Cokrls. All stock strictly pure. W. A. Lothers, Lack, !’*■ 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
All ages and sexes, son of Lord 
Premier. No. 50001. the $1,500 Boar, at head of herd. 
Send for booklet. 
,J. E. WATSON. Prop., Marbledale. Conn 
Pure Bred Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
Front Registered and Record Stoek. ALFALFA 
SOIL from lots that have raised alfalfa for the past 
five years. Prices moderate Write promptly 
W. W. CHENEY. Manlius. New York. 
Orchard Park, 
New York. 
BRITiTi 
Holstein Cattle. 
Home of Lord Netherland DeKol. Great sire of nigh 
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 you may need 
E. C. BRILL, Poughquag, N. Y 
If you are going Tp W 1 f | |"Ej| ■TTTVT BULL, and will write us 
to buy a J* K 1c" > .H A 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, 
BROOKSIDE HERD. Lacona, Oswego Co., N. Y. 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM, 
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. 
J. CROUCH & SON, Proprietors 
Largest Importers of Oldenburg German Coach Percheroti 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, Lafayette. 
Indiana, Staunton, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee. 
We have just received in our Barns from Europe, 100 Head of HIGH CLASS GERMAIN 
COACH. PERCHERON and BELGIAN STALLIONS. 
