1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
243 
A FINE HOLSTEIN COW. 
The cut on this page, Fig. 103, shows 
the Holstein Friesian Ymba 3rd’s Pledge 
Clothilde No. 51890, owned by E. H. 
Knapp & Son, Greenwood Stock Farm, 
Fabius, N. Y. At three years of age in 
a seven-day official test she gave 457.55 
pounds of milk, making 20.25 pounds of 
butter, and when five years old made an 
official record of 637.20 pounds milk; 
25.17 pounds butter in seven days. The 
Messrs. Knapp have about 40 finely-bred 
animals, many of them with large A. R. 
O. records. The herd is headed by Katy 
Spofford Corona’s Son. In his pedigree 
are nine official records averaging 25.343 
pounds butter in seven days, and seven 
world’s official records, showing that he 
is from a family of remarkable producers. 
RHEUMATISM IN A HOG. 
I have a half-grown hog that was taken 
sick about two weeks ago—It ran around the 
pen as if in intense pain. I applied hot 
water with a little turpentine in it with 
cloths, keeping it on until he quieted down, 
then covered him up warm ; gave ginger and 
castor oil. The next day he seemed some¬ 
what better, but spine seemed to be affected: 
he was stiff and twisted slightly to one side, 
remaining so for some time; then the stiff¬ 
ness worked down apparently into hind legs. 
Now he Is better, and I think will pull 
through. What ailed the pig? a. b. 
Burt. N. Y. 
The inquirer in telling how he has 
time when they usually bring best prices. 
Up to the holidays there is little call for 
them, as poultry is much in evidence. 
During the months mentioned occurs the 
banquet season prior to Dent. During that 
time the price usually goes down. I have 
known it to be better the last of April and 
early May than during March, if Lent 
fell about that time. They will go to 
market at from eight to 12 weeks old. It 
is a question of fat and heft rather than 
age. They should weigh alive from 40 to 
60 pounds, the latter extreme. It will 
be readily seen that at five pounds gain a 
week the lamb can easily weigh 40 pounds 
at two months. But they must be fat. 
A lamb that is fat, weighing 40 pounds 
will bring twice the price of one of 60 
pounds and thin. My first experience was 
with two lambs shipped in March. One 
was fat and weighed 46 pounds, the other 
weighed 10 pounds more, and was not fat. 
The first cleared me $6, the latter $2.50. 
In order to attain this, the ewes must be 
well nourished, so the lamb will be plump 
at birth; then the ewes fed to produce a 
large milk flow, and the lambs provided 
with plenty of rich food, which they may 
quickly learn to eat. 
There is no way to get the lambs early 
except to have the right kind of ewes. 
All sorts of devices, such as high feeding 
after a little starving, and the like, are all 
more or less of a delusion. Very little 
dependence can be put in the various 
“Down” breeds to breed early enough to 
bring the highest price. The Hampshires 
are probably the best of the Downs in 
YMBA 3RD’S PLEDGE CLOTHILDE NO. 51890. Fig. 103. 
cared for his hog leaves out one important 
point, that of bedding and shelter. Even 
if I could see the pen, shelter, and all 
the surroundings, maybe the best I could 
do would be to guess at his ailment. In 
spite of good feeding aqd care, they some¬ 
times go off. Sometimes farmers give 
their hogs everything they need but good 
beds and shelter. They seem to think that 
it makes no difference if the bed is damp 
and the roof leaks. My guess in this case 
is, that the hog has an attack of rheu¬ 
matism. He may recover speedily, and it 
may be some time before he is right again. 
Give him a warm, dry bed, and do not 
overfeed, and hold out inducements for 
him to take exercise. As soon as possible 
give him the run of a grass plot if you 
can, which, with warmer weather, will 
tend to improvement. 
JOHN M. JAMISON. 
RAISING EARLY LAMBS. 
What months should hothouse lambs be 
dropped? How old should they be when 
marketed? Can ewes be made to drop lambs 
in October? j. M. w. 
Bethel, N. Y. 
1 do not like the term “hothouse” lambs, 
as it rather implies that they must be 
raised with artificial heat, in expensive 
barns particularly constructed for the pur¬ 
pose, when the fact is, a very inexpen¬ 
sive structure can be made to answer, if 
it is only free from draughts, and well 
ventilated, and it need not be very much 
above the freezing point in temperature. 
I lie best time for lambs to be dropped for 
the high-priced Winter market is in No¬ 
vember. Then the lambs should be ready 
for market in January and February, the 
this respect. A ewe with a good mixture 
of Merino blood will answer the purpose 
much better when mated with a Down 
ram, a very nice lamb will result. The 
Dorsets are the ideal sheep for this pur¬ 
pose, or those with a strong mixture of 
this blood. For generations they have 
been bred to lamb at any season, and 
they are large milkers. The Tunis—a 
sheep having its origin in a hot climate— 
is rapidly coming into favor for early 
lambs. Their lambs are particularly fat 
in the hindquarters. 
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