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THE RURAL NEW-YORKRR 
March 1?, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A FARMERS' HORSE COMPANY. 
The German Coach stallion Arnulf, pic¬ 
tured on the first page, Fig. 99, is owned 
by a company of farmers in Monroe Co., 
N. Y. Mr. John G. Gascoign, who man¬ 
ages the horse, sends us the following 
facts. We shall be glad to hear from 
other places where stallions have been 
handled in this way by farmers. Is the 
method generally satisfactory? 
“He is owned by the Hamlin Horse 
Stock Co., and was purchased by them 
June 1, 1905, price $3,000. The company 
is composed of 15 members, each with a 
share of $200. It is organized with a 
president, John Martin, secretary, D. R. 
Singleton, directors, five in number, John 
Gascoign, one of the directors and mana¬ 
ger. The horse is kept by Gascoign, so 
much a year. In selecting that breed, we 
thought we could improve the stock for 
general purposes, and get some heavy 
coach horses. They are better travelers 
than the Percheron, more active, and 
heavy enough for all farm purposes. His 
weight now is 1,475 pounds; he stands 16J4 
high, a beautiful brown in color. He is 
a very active horse, but kind and gentle 
so far." _ 
COLT OUT OF CONDITION. 
What is the matter with m,v colt? It was 
foaled in July. Mother used slightly; colt 
grew well; taken off in November, put In 
box stall and fed on hay and oats. About 
January 1 noticed It was getting thin and 
did not eat well. I changed from oats to 
bran; did not seem to like it. Teeth have 
been examined by veterinary, also ■ throat, 
apparently all right: temperature and pulse 
normal. I am obliged to give milk in bottle, 
as it eats so little; hardly touches grain of 
any kind and appetite indifferent. A veterin¬ 
ary has been giving tonics for two weeks, but 
1 can see no results yet. Seems fond of 
apples and potatoes but 1 am not sure that 
they should form any great part of the food. 
Canada. d. w. 
You have got a job on your hands to 
save this colt. I suggest that you con¬ 
tinue the milk and keep water in the stall 
at all times. You can try a little cut hay 
that has been sprinkled with sweetened 
water and a few carrots or beets that 
have been sprinkled with a few oats and a 
little dry bran. 1 do not think it best to 
give the apples or potatoes if you can get 
carrots. Get a fresh sod and throw it in 
a good-sized box in one corner of the 
stall. It occurs to me that your trouble 
has come from the colt not receiving the 
right kind of food and care. A colt with 
a poor start is of little value. How many 
of our readers will tell us their way of 
growing a colt up to one year old? Now 
is a good time to talk it over. This also 
reminds me that the sheep will soon be in 
the pasture. There will be a few late 
lambs and how will the little ones get 
any milk if there is no water in the lot 
for the mother? I low many of our 
friends will take part and bring this sub¬ 
ject up in time to save the little fellows 
from being runts or culls? 
M. D. WILLIAMS, D. V. S. 
MILCH COAT OR "POOR MAN'S 
COW." 
Recant questions about milch goats have 
called out comment from readers. Here are a 
few testimonials foi* this useful animal: 
I see some one inquiring of the Hope Farm 
man about milch goats. If I know anything 
at all, it is about goats. In my native land 
(Switzerland) we call the goat the poor 
man's cow. I have seen milch goats that 
would put some of your crack Jerseys to 
shame for quantity of milk. I remember that 
Grandmother had two goats whose udders 
would drag on the ground and give from six 
to eight quarts of milk for 10 months of the 
year. I would rather have a piece of Grand¬ 
mother’s goat cheese on my bread than the 
choicest butter. Our goats there would aver 
age from 300 to 400 pounds and would make 
quite a morsel of meat when butchered. They 
will eat almost anything from a dishrag to 
the fresh and choice leaves of the maple. I 
sincerely believe that a flock of those animals 
from the Alps of Switzerland or Tyrol would 
both be a profit to the importer and a bless¬ 
ing to the inhabitants of the rural districts 
of America. l. b. a. 
Salem, Neb. 
I notice in Hope Farm Notes a woman 
asks about goats. A neighbor of mine on a 
steep mountain ranch kept quite a flock for 
years, the main dependence of a large and 
growing family for milk, butter and meat. 
The butter was good, though very white, the 
meat of the young goats almost like venison ; 
their food easily obtained from brush and 
weeds. They were common goats, not An¬ 
goras, the latter not being so good for milk. 
One good goat will more than supply one 
adult with milk. When I was a child in Car- 
son City, Nevada, a neighbor living in the 
same house with us, (a double one) had two 
goats which more than supplied their family 
of four persons, two adults and two children, 
and they sold milk to us also. A flock of 
goats ran wild in the streets there, and the 
kids made fine playmates for us children. 
California. s. k. a. 
If it were not for that most useful of all 
domestic animals, most poor families of 
Kuropean countries would be without milk 
and less healthy than they are at present. 
Cows and goats and all domestic animals are 
as a rule, and mostly from necessity, kept in 
stables from the day they are born until they 
have lost their usefulness and wander to the 
butcher shop or sausage factory. I have seen 
such cloven-footed animals with feet grown 
out in such a shape that they looked like 
a crescent; goats that when they were led 
through the village streets their feet rattled 
as they walked along. Goats there are stable 
fed the year around; the youngest members 
of the families go off every morning with 
sickles and a large square canvas to gather 
nutritious grasses from the roadsides, and in 
late Summer they cut and dry it to be saved 
for a Winter supply. All vegetable refuse, 
such as potato parings mixed with a little 
ground feed, mixed wet. is about the general 
ration of these goats. In the Winter cabbage 
leaves, turnips, mangels, malt grains, etc., and 
as to the quantity of milk, well, I have 
Jersey heifers give far less when fresh milk¬ 
ing. We must take in consideration the large 
size of these animals in comparison to the 
ones one sees here in the poorer parts of our 
cities; those 1 would not give stable room. 
The goat in Europe is the most despised by 
milkdealers and owners of cows whose milk 
is below par, when early in the Spring the 
goats in the country freshen almost all at the 
same time. The laborer’s wife can now save 
her few pennies that she carried all Winter 
to the dealers in cow’s milk and even lay 
away some coin that now comes in from the 
sale of extra milk to the neighbors. Goats 
are kept in little boxstalls, and where many 
are kept they are tied along the walls of a 
horse or cow barn, tied with little collars 
and chains. If I lived in the city to-day and 
had to have milk for a baby 1 would keep 
a goat or two, but not as a nuisance to my 
neighbors, but in a sweet clean stall and 
wouldn’t worry about a milkman. In southern 
Germany in the Duchy of Baden such goats 
can be bought for from $3 to $5 of American 
money; freight across the ATlantic $10 each. 
They are of all colors from white to chamois, 
horned and mulleys, and I hope that some 
day our American people will appreciate their 
modest demands and great usefulness. 
Connecticut. august ihm. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
”a square deal.” See guarantee, page 18. 
(lean Bones 
^^*Any kind of growth 
knocks the price of 
the horse. Usually his ser¬ 
vices are lost too. 99 % of 
these, including Spavin, 
Ringbone, Curb and Splint 
are cured by 
Kendall’s Spavin Cure 
Used Two Years Successfully. 
Weet Hampton Beach. L. I., N. Y. June 22,1906. 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Knoeburg Falla, Vt. 
Gentlemen:—Please eend in© a copy of your 
“Treatiae on the Horae and hil Diseases.’* I have 
a stable of fine horses and have used pour Kendall's 
Spavin Cure for two years with the very best of re¬ 
sults , and cannot speak too highly of it. 
Yours truly, John Cusiter. 
Price $1; 6 for $5. Greatest 
known liniment for family use. All 
druggists sell it.. Accept no sub¬ 
stitute The great book A Treat¬ 
ise on the Horse,*’ free from <’ 
gists or 
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co»j 
Enosburg Falls, Vt. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa. 
yRAlSE YOUR CALVESS. 
cheaply and successfully on 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal 
\ 
AND SELL THE MILK. 
Free Pamphlet - = How to 
Address 
The Harwell Mills, Waukegan, 
> do it./ 
, 111 / 
DElT»T0M$!"wro«2 
A Specific for Wind and Throat 
troubles. 25 years in Veterin¬ 
ary practice, 14 years on the 
market, proves its worth. One 
to two cans will effect 
a permanent cure for 
Heave*. f 1.00 per can. All 
or sent direct, express prepaid. 
Send for booklet of endorsements. 
THE NEWTON REMEDY CO., Toledo, Ohio 
LABEL 
Stamped with your 
name or address, also 
numbers. The best 
mark for all live stock 
to save loss or confusion. 
Samples Free* Agents Wanted. 
C. H. DANA, 74 Main St.. 
West Lebanon, N. H, 
THE LANGWORTHY SPAVIN CURE, 
The Cure that CUKES, has 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. 
ACCIDENTS 
will happen. The colts will get 
hurt. Any Soft Inflamed Bunch 
can be removed in a pleasing 
manner with 
ABSORBINE 
No blister. No hair gone. 
Comfort for the horse. Profit 
for you. $2.00 per bottle de¬ 
livered. Book 4-B free. 
ABSORBINE, JR., for man¬ 
kind, $1.00 Bottle. Removes the 
black and blue from a bruise 
at once. Stop Toothache, Re¬ 
duce Swellings. Genuine inanu- 
factured only by 
W, F.YOUNG, P.D.F., 88 Monmouth St , Springfield,Mass. 
Dr. Holland’s Medi¬ 
cated Stock Salt 
has no rival as a Conditioner and 
Worm Destroyer. A true remedy 
for the ilia of stock. Health,Thrift 
and Rapid Growth are the result* 
of its use. Guaranteed to accom¬ 
plish what is claimed for it. Ten 
(10) feeds for a cent. $ 
THE HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, WELLINGTON, OHIO. 
Write for Booklet. Agents Wanted 
FOR SALE 
MALE ANiA FE- 
jtj j L e ELIC ftt 
I’he Michigan School for the Deaf, Flint, Michigan. 
Degistered Ayrsliires. If you want to improve 
your herd, purchase cows and young stock from 
first-class milkers of strong constitut ion and the best 
dairy type. Correspondence solicited. MAPLE 
ROW STOCK FARM, Cherry Creek, N. V. 
Large English Berkshires f a a ie. aM- 
year old Registered Sow of choicest breeding. 
NUTWOOD FARMS, Syracuse, N. Y„ R. F. I). No. 4. 
R 
EG. O. T. C. AND P. CHINA PIGS, CHEAP. 
JOHN L. TKEXLER, Mertrtown, Pa. 
nUROC-JERSEY PIGS and BRED SOWS. 
” stock eligible to registry. Write for prices, 
dress A. B. WOODIU LL, Wading River, N. Y. 
All 
Ad- 
E NGLISH BERKSHIRE SOWS, 18.00: White 
Holland Gobblers, $0.00; Buff Orpingtons, 15 eggs 
$1.00; Barred Bocks, Eggs 75c; Cockerels and Hens 
$1.25. W. A. LOTHEKS, Lac k, Pa. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
/ 
Send postal card for 64-paso illustrated pamphlet, 
describing this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Brattleboro, Vt. 
A Lady can hold him. 
of the BEERY BIT 
TOUR O ITS IN ONE 
Cures Klrkers, Kunnwaya, Puller*, 
Shyer*, ete. Send for lilt on Ten 
Pay** Trial and circular showing 
the four distinct ways of using it. 
Prof, J.Q. IScery, Pleasant I1U1, Ohio. 
FOR SALE! 
REG. PERCHERON STALLION 
2 years old. Chestnut Buy. Will make 1800 lb. horse. 
Price $000. Will trade on driving horse. Address 
A. A. HOPKINGEK, Port Clinton, 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. 
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 
breeders combined at Ky. State Fair 
1905. Write for what you want. 
J. F. COOK & COMPANY, Lexington, Ky. 
Branch barn for jacks, Marion, Kansas. 
Star Farm Holsteins 
CUT IN TWO. 
That is terrible for our competitors—but grand 
for you. The specious claims of alleged quality and 
superiority aro simply intended to make you pay 
more than you ought to. I guarantee superiority 
and quality, and cut the price 25 per cent., isn’t that 
worth saving? Special prices on registered cows, 
service bulls, heifers and calves. 
250 head to select from 250 
Illustrated circulars and valuable information sent 
free on application. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, 
Dept D. Cortland, N. Y, 
Pure Bred Holstein-Frieslan 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 Edgewater Herd, 
Huntington, L. I., New York. 
Holstein cattle of the purest breeding, Chester 
White, Poland China, Berkshire, Essex, and Ifuroe 
Jersey Red Swine of ail ages A Splendid bred lot 
of Young Stock on Hand for Sale, also Choice Grade 
Dairy Cows. Write for prices and descriptions. 
Address W. R. SELLECK, Huntington, N, Y, 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin 1 ; Ser¬ 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund money If not satisfactory. Keg. 
Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cow« 
InCalf. Hamilton &Co., Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
Holstein-Frieslan Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A.K. O. Dams, and by such sires as 
Beryl Wavnes Paul DeEol and Sir Korndyke Manor 
Delvol. We will make attractive prices on these 
youngsters as they must be disposed of to make rojm 
for our crop of Winter Calves. Write for prices ou 
anything needed in Holstein-Friesians. 
WOODCREST FARM. Rifton, Ulster Co.. N.Y. 
Jersey Cattle, Berkshire Hogs, 
Rhode Island Reds. 
R. F. SHANNON, 905 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa 
HOLSTEIN BULL FOR SALE 
Butter Boy Mechlhilde, Born March 15, 1905. 
More white than black; well grown; a fine indiviuual. 
Sire, a son of De Kol 2ds. Butter Boy 3d. Dam 
made 440.4 lbs. milk, 3.6£ fat, 19.4.0 butter in 7 days. 
1753.95 lbs. milk, 77.98 lbs. butter in 30 days. A.R.O. 
T. A, MITCHELL, 
YVeedsport, N. Y.) Oakland Farm. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FK1 ESI AN S 
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. A'dmals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that w ill please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bum, Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Neshanic, N, J 
Holstein Bull Calves. 
$20.00 to $25.00 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Writefor Piiotochaphs and Pedighjcks. 
We also offer special bargains in cows and heifers 
bred to our great Sir Korndyke Manor l>e Kol Jr 
K1VKNBUKGH BROS.. Hillhurst Farm, Oneida. N.Y 
BRIIjIj FARM 
Holstein Cattle. 
Home of Lord Netlierland 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, Pougliqimg, N. Y. 
ICHLAWN FARM 
HIGH CLASS 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 ol' them with records 
over 20 lbs. all in official tests averaging 4.15 per cent 
butter fats. 
Oakland Sir Nanette, whose dam, gramldam 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. 
If you are going TrTr ^fc~r Cil ■ ■ ILi""' 1 _ "1\T BULI -*- and wU1 write ua 
to buy a _P M ^ ^ M ~ 1 a 1 ^ 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, 
BROOK8IDE HERD, Lacona, Oswego Co., N. Y. 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM, 
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. 
J. CROUCH & SON, Proprietors 
Largest Importers of Oldenburg German Coach, Percheron 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 Coachers and Belgians at the Lewis & (’lark 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 Stato 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 Si SON, LaFayette, 
Indiana, Staunton, Virginia and Nashville, Tennessee. 
YVe have just received in our Barns from Europe, 10O Head of HIGH CLASS GERMAN 
COACH, PERCHERON and BELGIAN STALLIONS. 
