1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
67 
can Short-horn Breeders’ Association 
charges a nominal sum for registering 
home-bred, and a fee of $100 per head 
on imported stock. 
After inspection, if the application for 
entry is found correct, the Secretary 
sends the applicant, within a few days or 
weeks, a “certificate of registry.” This 
will always give t'lie name of the animal, 
the official registry number of the asso¬ 
ciation, the name and number of sire and 
dam, the date of birth, the name of the 
owner and possibly breeder, the date of 
certificate and signature of the secretary. 
Some certificates are very elaborate. 
Some of the horse registry associations, 
as for example, the Percheron Registry 
Company of Ohio, give beautiful large, 
thick, engraved certificates, showing con¬ 
siderable pedigree, and intended for fram¬ 
ing and for advertising the breeding of 
the animal. As an opposite extreme some 
certificates are lit'tle thin slips of paper 
three by six inches in size, containing the 
barest facts, and well suited to slipping in 
an ordinary envelope. Yet some of the 
smaller certificates contain considerable 
important information, as is shown on 
the Ohio Poland-China Certificate of Reg¬ 
istry. 
The matter of name on the certificate 
varies widely with the breed. Sheep are 
generally registered by the name or ini¬ 
tials of the owner, with his private ear 
tag number, as for illustration, “Jones 
279” or “O. S. U. 05.” The same may 
apply t'o swine. The same name may be 
used many times in some associations, as 
with the Short-horn, but, in this case, a 
different official number for the males is 
always given. As a general rule, how¬ 
ever, associations do not allow duplica¬ 
tions of names, and if a man sends in a 
name already in use the secretary may 
fill out the certificate with a name not’ on 
the books. The official number given an 
animal on registration becomes an import¬ 
ant part of the name, and should be used 
in pedigree making, correspondence about 
the animal, etc. Long and cumbersome 
names became so common in some breeds 
that rules were passed prohibiting regis¬ 
tering names containing more t’han a cer¬ 
tain number of letters. The Holstcin- 
Friesian Cattle Association of North 
America found such a rule necessary, for 
the breeders made use of names of such 
length that they became distinctly objec¬ 
tionable. Here, for example, is a top- 
heavy sample of Holstein-Friesian name 
accepted for the registration, viz, “Yankee 
Annan Sir Jewel Echo Mechthilde 
18924.” And there are others! 
The owner of a purebred animal, bought 
as such, should possess a certificate of 
registry, and it should accompany the pur¬ 
chase. Under no circumstance should it 
show erasure of any sort, by knife or 
pen, and if it does, it is open to suspicion. 
If a man buys a purebred animal at an 
auction sale lie is entitled t'o a certificate 
of registry with the animal as a part of 
his property. The seller would have no 
grounds for complaint if the buyer re¬ 
fused to take t’he animal unless the cer¬ 
tificate was delivered with the payment 
for the stock. There is no easier time to 
secure such papers than at the time of 
sale. The operation of obtaining a cer¬ 
tificate of registry is rarely difficult if one 
has been careful in his records of breed¬ 
ing and is systematic in method. Every 
breeder of purebred stock should keep a 
private herd or flock book, entering with 
care the names and numbers of all ani¬ 
mals, sire, dam, date of birt’h, etc. The 
name and number of sire used in each 
service, date of breeding, date of foal¬ 
ing, calving, farrowing or lambing, etc., 
are all highly important. One may eas¬ 
ily fix up such a herd register, or may 
buy a good one for a dollar or two. 
Various live stock papers and some breed¬ 
ing associations sell private herd books, 
in which extensive records may be pre¬ 
served. Every careful breeder will keep 
such a book. Rules for entry may be se¬ 
cured from the secretaries of nearly all 
associations, on application, c. s. plumb. ‘ 
COWS EAT BOARDS. 
My cows eat boards. What makes them 
do it, and what is the remedy? j. j. r. 
Busti, N. Y. 
Every year at this season such ques¬ 
tions are asked. The cows lack phos¬ 
phates or bone-forming material in their 
food. The remedy is to supply what is 
needed by feeding wheat bran, oil meal 
or a handful of fine ground bone each 
day mixed with the other grain. This 
will furnish what the cows lack, if they 
have enough other food to eat, and they 
will recover. _ 
PLAN FOR A BARN. 
Will you give me plans for a barn with 
throe stalls for horses and four for cows, 
and box stall: with room in loft for hay and 
fodder? I would want room for wagons un¬ 
less it would be cheaper to build a shed out¬ 
side for them. j. q. r. 
Glens Falls, N. Y. 
The plan shown below calls for a build¬ 
ing 54x34 feet. The horse stalls are five 
feet from centers and nine feet deep. 
The box stall is 9x10 feet. I have pro¬ 
vided a granary. 16x10 feet. In the cor¬ 
ner marked hay is a chute 2x4 feet with 
about one-half of its height cut out on 
the stable side. Hay can be filled into 
this from the loft above, and taken out 
at will, and save many steps going up and 
down stairs. We have given the cows 
3 y 2 feet of platform, and the platform 
five feet wide. If they are large this 
will be none too much ; if small make the 
platform four feet six inches, or perhaps 
four feet eight inches. 1 have allowed for a 
passage at end of cows. The door between 
horses and cows can be rolled and left 
open if desired. In fact, I would roll all 
inside doors. Windows are provided in 
abundance. There is an objection to the 
small windows in horse stalls admitting 
light directly into the face, but it is ex¬ 
ceedingly difficult to admit light suffi¬ 
cient from another source and have stalls 
face the wall as they must, ordinarily, to 
economize space. One can, however, if 
the light’ is too strong, set up a guard or 
protector under the window which will 
deflect the light from the eyes. Yes, one 
could build a cheap shed for wagons and 
save over the building here suggested, 
saving die 26 feet of drive barn. I 
should say that it would be ill advised, 
however, as the barn would never be sat¬ 
isfactory or complete. h. e. cook. 
THE CHESHIRE BREED OF SWINE. 
At’ a meeting of the Cheshire Swine 
Breeders’ Association, held in Syracuse 
recently, the breeders present were asked 
to give some of the points which led 
them to favor this breed. The follow¬ 
ing were among those mentioned: 
1 . Early maturity. This was empha¬ 
sized as one of the strong points in fa¬ 
vor of the Cheshire. Tf properly man¬ 
aged, he is in condition for market’ at anv 
time after reaching a weight of 25 
pounds, and does not get too fat. With 
the present tendency to demand light¬ 
weight pork this is a point’ well worth 
considering. 
2. The quality of the meat. It was 
claimed that the flesh is fine, hard and 
firm, having the fat well intermixed with 
the lean. 
3. Fine, strong bone. While the Ches¬ 
hire is a much finer-boned hog than 
many of the larger breeds, it is able t’o 
stand up well under heavy weight. 
4. Small waste in dressing. While 
other breeds may equal it in this respect, 
the Cheshire certainly ranks high. At 
the International Live Stock Show in 
Chicago in 1905, a Cheshire sent by Cor¬ 
nell University captured t’he prize for the 
highest percentage of dressed meat to 
live weight. This pig weighed 215 pounds 
alive and 193 pounds dressed. 
In short, the Cheshire may fairly be 
said to hold the position of the white 
bacon hog of America, which is at the 
same time adapted to t’he production of 
early maturing pork of fine quality. 
Many people admire the Berkshire, but 
wish that he had a white coat instead of 
a black one. For such people the Ches¬ 
hire is the hog of their choice. Some 
have objected to the long head and nose 
of this breed, but’ the best breeders have 
nearly or quite removed that objection. 
The long, rangy body of the Cheshire 
is one of its strong points, but for those 
who prefer a shorter and meatier type, it 
is to be found within the breed, good 
ones, too. I visit’ed one herd which 
showed some admirable animals of this 
type. FRED W. CARD. 
BREEDING A YOUNG MARE. 
Would it be advisable to breed a mare next 
July that will not bo three years old until 
August? d. s. 
Connecticut. 
If the mare in question were well 
grown and strong made it would do to 
breed her so that by the time she was 
ready for business herself she would have 
raised a couple of colts and paid for her¬ 
self up to the time she could earn her 
living by work. c. A. chapman. 
Vermont. 
I can certainly see no objection to 
breeding a mare that’ will be nearly four 
years old when she will be due to foal, 
provided that she is now in good condi¬ 
tion, and is to • have a good chance for 
the year and a half to come. She will 
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