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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 29, 
HOW TO FEED PIGS. 
I note in The R. N.-Y. a good deal 
about the different breeds of hogs, but not 
much about feeding them. As the lining 
of the trough makes considerable differ¬ 
ence with any breed, which is the better 
way to feed them? Some say feed dry 
meal, giving- them milk, swill or water in 
separate trough; some sav mix a feed 
ahead, while others say procure a cask in 
which place one-third to one-half cask of 
meal, and then fill up cask with water, 
milk or swill, and feed from this until it 
gets thin, when the process can be gone 
through again. What say your readers as 
to the best way to feed Billv Berkshire? 
A number of us have seen breeders and 
feeders at the State and other fairs feed, 
but do they do the same at home? I 
have fed 10 pigs from four weeks, that 
1 bought for cash, on dry meal (in a 10- 
foot x 12-inch trough, three-inch sides 
with three partitions), giving them liquid 
to drink in a separate trough; no milk 
for first six weeks; simply water and 
swill from the house. The meal is one- 
half peas, one-eighth barlev. three-eighths 
oats, ground. I am also feeding occasion¬ 
ally a bushel of soft corn in ear. They 
are now shotes 14 weeks old: breed, large 
Berkshire; for the last four weeks I have 
had enough skim-milk and feed twice 
every other day. In the nature of things. 
they must chew the meal to swallow it. I 
have had no trouble with scours nor any 
other disease; they have grown from the 
start, and are as nice a bunch of shotes 
as one would wish to see. Since the 
weather has grown colder I have added 
one-quarter of bulk of good vellow corn, 
which has been ground with the peas, 
oats and barley, to add heat, and on 
these cold mornings they shine, f. m. p. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
those that cat greedily are getting ready 
to lay. 
November 14.—169 eggs laid this week 
as against 333 same week last year. Price 
of eggs has gone up to 45 cents; last year 
it was 40 cents at this time. Strange that 
with all the thousands of incubators made 
and the great number of big plants pro¬ 
ducing chickens by the thousands, con¬ 
sumption so overreaches production that 
the price rises almost yearly. 
November 21.—156 eggs received this 
week; 354 same week last year. Order 
received for 500 eggs to set. They are 
wanted to show chicks in incubators at 
the noultry shows this Winter. I wonder 
if visitors at the shows ever think of the 
labor involved in producing those chicks; 
the difficulty of keeping up the heat while 
the incubators are being moved to the 
train and from train to show room; the 
planning ahead to have the eggs due to 
hatch as the different shows occur, and 
the difficulty of getting fertile and un¬ 
chilled eggs for hatching in midwinter. 
November 28.—147 eggs laid this week, 
408 same week last year. Well, this is 
pretty bad, but not yet down to the 
depths of misery reached by Bro. Mapes 
last year, when his 1,300 fowls did not 
lay an egg for weeks. Perhaps I shall 
get there in time, but I do not expect to. 
With the 50 eggs laid in the last two 
days the total for the month is 729. This 
is the poorest showing my fowls have 
made in years. I have just been looking 
over some of the old accounts to see what 
the November record lias been in previ¬ 
ous years. Last year it was 1,573; in 1904 
it was 1,382; in 1903 it was 1,230. But 
that is generally the way. When you are 
going to have company and want the chil¬ 
dren to behave extra well, that is just the 
time they will act the worst. 
Receipts and disbursements for the 
COSGROVE’S POULTRY ACCOUNT 
FOR NOVEMBER. 
This is the least profitable month in the 
year for poultrymen; few can figure any¬ 
thing but a loss this month especially if 
sales of eggs are depended upon as the 
main source of income. The young pul¬ 
lets must be well fed if we expect them 
to lay in December or January, and here 
is where many make the mistake of econo¬ 
mizing on feed because the iwcome from 
eggs is so small, just at the time when 
it is most important that they should be 
well fed. Judgment should be used, of 
course; they ought not to be -stuffed with 
fattening food until too fat to lay'-, and 
should be handled occasionally to see 
what their condition is. I was surprised 
this Fall to find how fat some of my pul¬ 
lets were, and at once reduced the pro¬ 
portion of meal and cracked corn in their 
ration. I find it an excellent thing to 
use a large quantity of cut clover or cut 
grass in the mash; it gives bulk to fill the 
crop, is very healthful and satisfying to 
the fowls, without being such a concen¬ 
trated food as the grains. This is one of 
the reasons why I prefer the wet mash, 
while admitting that the dry mash is 
less work. Another reason is that the 
skim-milk can be used to better advantage 
in the mash than as a drink for the fowls, 
especially in freezing weather. Still an¬ 
other reason is that the fowls seem to 
greatly prefer the wet mash. 
November 7.—197 eggs laid during this 
first week in November. Last year we 
got 335 the same week. I notice a great 
difference in the actions of the fowls in 
different pens. Some act hungry and 
scratch vigorously in the litter, while 
those in other pens do not seem to care 
whether they eat or not. I presume the 
explanation is that they are about through 
moulting; they are not developing eggs, 
so there is no call for food except suffi¬ 
cient to maintain their animal heat, while 
month have been as follows : 
Received for market eggs.$25.50 
Received for eggs to set.’ 19.00 
Received for fowls to kill. 8.08 
Received for roasting chicks. 8.75 
Received for breeding stock. 30.50 
$99.03 
Paid for grain. 38.15 
Balance to credit side.$60.S8 
Owing to grain on hand, and the re¬ 
duction of the number of fowls by sales 
the disbursement for grain is less than 
usual, so that the sales of eggs alone 
would have more than paid the grain bill. 
Sales of breeding stock have helped to 
bring the profit for the bad month of 
November nearly up to the average. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Tub Duroc Jersey Hog. —On pages 806- 
SOT there is a discussion on hog raising. 
This is a free country, and everybody has an 
equal right. As far as hog raising is con¬ 
cerned I am not for one particular breed, 
for they are all mortgage-lifters, but some 
are better than others, at least I think so. 
1 prefer the red Duroc Jersey as the best 
mortgage-lifter, because they have a hardier 
constitution, and are heavier boned than anv 
other breed. They are restless, so conse¬ 
quently exercise makes bone and muscle, and 
that makes the Duroc a better rustler and 
healthier hog. I have tried all breeds, high¬ 
bred and crosses, but still find the red hog 
in the lead. It is as Mr. I'helps says tney 
are not early mattirers, that is just what I 
like about them. I can raise them on grass 
during the hot Summer months, which gives 
them a hardy appetite for good quick gain 
as soon as grass is gone. Grass is plentiful 
in this part of the country, such as Alfalfa, 
clover, etc., which I would call cheap feed: 
cheap feed make cheap pork. The Poland 
Chinas and Berkshires are always nice sleek 
hogs: from pigs on if they are fed well on 
a grain ration that makes the meat a 
kind of fat. greasy, stale taste which is not 
the case with the bacon type of hog as 
Duroc Jerseys, which grind their own feed 
and carry their carcasses to market when fat. 
Dupage Co., Ill. emit, baumann. 
BEARING Easy Running 
Most practical mill for farm feed grinding. 
Quaker City 
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VP] Best and most modern 
type. Sent on trial. 
Send for free book and 
see why it’s better than others. 
The A. W. Straub Go • 47-19 Canal St. , ’Chicago, 111. 
Limb Raw as Piece of Beef. 
Suffered For Three Years With Itching 
Humor—Cruiser Newark, U. S. N. 
man Cured by Cuticura. 
“I suffered with humor for about three 
years off and on. I finally saw a doctor 
and he gave me remedies that did me no 
good, so I tried Cuticura when my limb 
below the knee to the ankle was as raw as 
a piece of beef. All I used was the Cuti¬ 
cura Soap and the Ointment. I bathed 
with Cuticura Soap every day, and used 
about six or seven boxes of Cuticura 
Ointment. I was thoroughly cured of the 
humor in three weeks, and haven’t been 
affected with it since. I use no other 
Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers, 
U. S. N., U. S. S. Newark, New York, 
July 8, 1905.” 
Economical Dairy Feed. 
We offer Corn Protegran—Corn Distillers’ Grains 
for shipment January to June. Guaranteed Analysis: 
33# Protein, 14# Fat. Write for samples and prices. 
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It’s made of hard wood, 
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A stanchion that combines 
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Strong enough for dehorn¬ 
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Wilder-Strong Implement Co. 
Box 33, Monroe, Mich. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y.-Brattleboro, Vt. 
AYRSHIRE CATTLE AVON. 
I have a very fine hunch of calves, male and female, 
sired from imported dam and sire, others from 
American bred dams and imported sires. Bulls one 
to two years old, American and imported bred, and 
females of all ages. 
a SCHANCK, Avon, New York. 
THE 
Stevens Herd Holsteins 
Of the fifty highest record aged cows thirty were 
either owned by ns, or one or more of the sires, grand 
sires, dams or grand dams were sent out from this 
herd. Two of the others were imported, and some 
of the others trace hack to stock from this herd. Of 
the American bred cows in the fifty largest records 
up to date in the aged class the Stevens Herd is thus 
closely connected with over 63# of them; in the 
younger classes we figure even better. 
If you want the ultimate result of 30 years’ careful 
breeding which has produced such results in the past, 
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are bred for beauty and production. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON, Lacona, N. Y. 
The Stevens Herd. 
B egist’d Jersey Cattle, Lin¬ 
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shire and South Down Sheep; 
Chester White, Poland China 
and Eerksbire Pigs; Scotch 
Collie Dogs and a variety of 
Poultry. Come see my 
stock and make your own 
selections. Send 2c. stamp 
Fancy of Eureka 130891 f or Now Catalogue. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Penna. 
R 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS 
A Happy New Year to all. If you have not already 
bought, you should at once secure a few registered 
Star Farm Females, 
they will make the New Year not only happy hut 
profitable, Send for illustrated circulars, free. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, 
Department D, _ Cortland, N. Y . 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 
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. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU. Somerville, N. J. 
Pure Bred Holstein Heifer and Bull Calves. 
Also fine bull from official test dam ready for service. 
Write promptly. W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
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 
Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
in Calf. Hamilton & Co., Erclldoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
|CDCCVC —Combination and Golden Lad; for 
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S. E. NIVIN, Landonberg, Pa. 
FLORHAM GUERNSEYS. 
The Show King successes and very strong repre¬ 
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we have BEAUTY and UTILITY combined in 
a high degree. 
Cows and Heifers for Sale, 
both home-bred and imported, and of all degrees 
of excellence. 
P?" Inspection invited. Tuberculin-tested. 
J. L. HOPE, Sup’t., Madison, New Jersey. 
BULL CALVES ^ YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl I)e Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have over 40 daughters of this Bull that 
will he kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
KALORAMAFARM BERKSHIRES 
SPECIAL OFFERING of 50 Fall Pigs. 
$6.00 each or $11.00 per pair, not akin. Your money 
hack if not satisfied. Also a few high class boars 
ready for service and some splendid young sows. 
They are all Kalorama Farm quality. Address 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES^* 
Hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stoid; for sale. 
.Meadow Brook Stock Farm. Rochester. Mich. 
I AUREL FARM’S SPECIALTY is young 
™ Registered Jersey family cows. Charms Village 
Daisy, No, 188,889, large and handsome; solid cream 
fawn with black points, beautiful head with fine in¬ 
curving horns; perfect udder and teats. Soon to 
drop a calf by Rissa’s Czar. Price $100. Also two 
splendid Bull Calves at $25 each. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, New York. 
Dnllorl Fliirliom Cattle. Both sexes for sale! 
rUIICU UUincim Buff Plymouth Rock Cockerels 
$1 each. A. E. LEEDOM, Freeland, Mus. Co., Ohio. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsbnrg Pa. 
IMPORTED CATALONA, MAJORIC 
AND KENTUCKY BRED JACKS. 
We have the grandest lot of 
Imported Catalona, Majoric and 
Kentucky bred jacks ever offered 
by any firm. Our stock of saddle, 
trotting & pacing stallions is also 
very large.Poland China and Tam- 
worth Hogs. Write for Catalog. 
J. F. COOK & COMPANY, 
Lexington, Ky. 
Branch Barn, Newton, Kan. 
KENTUCKY 
JACK FARM 
We have for sale 
JACKS, JENNETS 
and MULES. 
Special bargains for the 
Holidays. Write, or come 
to see us, a large lot to 
select from. 
JOE E. WRIGHT, Junction City, Kentucky. 
FOR SALE 
—Duroc Jersey Red Sows bred 
for 1st of April farrow, also some 
choice Fall Pigs Sired b y I nter-State Chief, First Prize 
and Sweepstake Boar, W. Va. State Fair. These are 
money makers, buy one of these sows or some fine 
pigs. J. H. LEWIS & SON. Cameron, W. Va. 
LARGE POLAND-CHINAS. 
A lot of good Spring Boars, Yearling Sows Bred, 
choice Spring Gilts Bred, Fail Pigs and Fancy Collie 
Pups. Address, F. C. HEASLEY, Route 4, Mercer, Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS. 
May, June, August and September farrow. Silver 
Stock. Five strains not akin. Young Boars and 
Brood Sows. All registered stock. Prices reasonable. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pliarsalia, New York 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year 
old by Grand Premier, No, 80005, bred to Baron Duke 
85th, No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow, No. 
68000, Grand Champion at St. Louis ih 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
BERKSHIRES. 
American and English Breeding; the best at reason¬ 
able prices. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg-, Pa. 
The La Fayette Stock Farm, 
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. 
Largest Importers and breeders of German Coach, Percheron 
and Belgian Stallions in America in 1906. Have Imported double 
the number of any other Importer and handle nothing but the 
best young, sound stallions and can suit any buyer in horse and 
price. Always have from 100 to 300 on hand. Give long time to 
responsible buyers and horses guaranteed to be satisfactory or 
returned. Write us for full particulars. 
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. BERKSHIRE SWINE 
All of the Very Highest Quality. 
If vou desire the best to be had at a reasonable price, write us 
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