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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 2, 
COSGROVE'S EGG RECORD. 
Now don’t for one moment think I am 
going to criticise Bro. Cosgrove, or tell 
him “how to do it.” I simply take up 
my pen to congratulate him on telling the 
truth. Just why so many men are unable 
to stick to the “best policy” is more than 
1 can understand. We who have been 
keeping hens for years know when to put 
salt on their stories, and when we see 
one that is true, we sit up and take notice. 
We never though so much of “Mapes the 
lien man,” as when he came right out and 
confessed his hens wouldn’t lay, in spite 
of all he could do or say. And now 
Cosgrove is “it.” Yes, brother, we have 
all been there. The strangest thing about 
it is we don’t know why we fail. Some 
years fortune smiles on us. Our hens 
lay, keep healthy, the eggs nearly all 
hatch and the chicks thrive; you can 
hardly kill one with the ax, and we would 
like to tell others just how to do it. Then 
as we are on our way to buy a bigger hat 
to fit our head, everything goes wrong; 
we have to fight for everything we get. 
The hens won’t lay, the eggs won’t hatch, 
and the rats catch the few sickly chickens 
that we had some hopes of raising. The 
million and odd diseases which chickens 
are heir to take some new kinks just to 
torment us. and the old hat, instead of 
being too small, comes way down on our 
cars. _ F. q. w. 
HYDROPHOBIA AND MILK. 
Some weeks ago a dog wandering round 
this district attacked several cows, other 
dogs, cats, chickens, etc. It hit two of my 
cows in several places. After ill days and 25 
days respectively the cows showed signs of 
madness. Three days later the doctor shot 
them, considering there was no doubt that it 
was rabies produced through the bite of the 
dog. In one other case only was It necessary 
to destroy one of those animals (a dog) 
known to he bitten by the same dog. A 
neighbor had a cow with her ear torn from 
the point to the base, also a scar in one or 
two other places, yet, so far, there has been 
no sign of sickening. Another of mine that 
was seen to bo attacked, hut mi which I could 
find only two small marks on the throat that 
may have been made by the teeth of the 
dog. has* not shown any of the symptoms 
that precede rabies. It is now 32 days since 
the cows were bitten. My neighbor used his 
milk until I notitied him mine were sicken¬ 
ing. and I believe he has commenced to use 
it again. So far I have not made use of any, 
neither of those that died nor the one that 
is suspected of having been bitten, but I must 
do something, cither sell the milk or destroy 
the cow, as she is eating her head off. Is 
it safe to use the milk, knowing that the 
cow was bitten by a dog that was evidently 
rabid? If it is not safe, how long shall T 
have to keep the cow la-fore making use of 
it? I have consulted doctors, also veterin¬ 
arians, and they all think there is no danger 
in the milk, but at the same time express 
an abhorrence of using the milk themselves. 
New York. K. n. p. 
We went to the Pasteur Institute in this 
city for information about this. The fol¬ 
lowing statement was made: “It will be 
safe to use the milk. A cow bitten by a 
mad dog will not necessarily get the dis¬ 
ease. Even though she did, it is a well- 
known fact that the disease is not commu¬ 
nicated through the milk.” 
HIGHER PRICES FOR MILK. 
Prices for milk this Winter paid by 
manufacturing concerns equipped for but¬ 
ter, cheese, cream, pot cheese, small fancy 
cheese, skim-milk by-products, etc,, are 
even up and higher than prices for city 
shipment, and in some cases milk is deliv¬ 
ered every other day. Of course these 
conditions adjust themselves, but just 
now with the stable inspection inaugu¬ 
rated by the New York Board of Health 
and its stringent demand upon paper, 
there is a tendency to patronize manufac¬ 
turing concerns. During a recent insti¬ 
tute trip the inspector visited our imme¬ 
diate locality. We have very few exceed¬ 
ingly bad stables, but I am glad to know 
that there is a general willingness to 
make some needed improvements. Clean 
cows, clean stables, fresh air and white¬ 
wash surely should be a part of every 
dairyman’s outfit, and I am sure if a man 
would once clip the flanks, bellies, udders 
and thighs he would wonder why he had 
not done so before. While these are only 
a part of the demands made by the in¬ 
spectors, they can easily and cheaply be 
done, and at present prices for milk there 
should be no objection. Tf, however, the 
printed instructions to the producer are 
put into force, the price will have to be 
advanced. With the Board of Health 
demanding pure milk, which they ought 
to have, and the consumers as of yore 
clamoring for cheap milk, the producer 
is between two fires. If the consumer 
of milk could only be made to understand 
that milk at prevailing prices is one of 
the cheapest foods; milk at six cents per 
quart compares favorably with bread at 
six cents per pound, and much cheaper 
than beefsteak or clear meat of any sort. 
The primary cause is just this: people do 
not consider milk as a food for adults. 
Just a little for cooking and for tea and 
coffee. And on the other hand farmers 
have not as a whole cleaned up and ad¬ 
vertised to the world that their food 
product was manufactured under condi¬ 
tions as cleanly as surround the produc¬ 
tion of other human foods. Let us get 
producer and consumer nearer together 
and benefit both. H. E. cook. 
Lewis Co., N. Y, 
Worms In Sheep. —A bulletin from the 
Louisiana Station (Baton Rouge) details an 
experiment with sheep and lambs afflicted 
with stomach or tape worms. As a vermi¬ 
fuge the following mixture was used : “Pul¬ 
verized rosin, one part; sublimed sulphur, 
two parts: air-slaked lime, four parts, and 
common salt. Hi parts. These materials 
were thoroughly mixed and placed in a 
small wooden box protected from the weather, 
and to which both ewes and lambs could have 
access at all times.” As the sheep did not 
eat it well s'alt put in the feed was substi¬ 
tuted. The salt did not prevent the worms 
from gathering in the stomach, but it seemed 
to promote a better gain. 
A Valuable Calf. —'Hie Syracuse Post- 
Si tandand prints the following: “Pontiac Rag 
Apple, the champion Holstein-Frieslan milk 
producer of northern New York, has l>een 
delivered by her late owner, 10. II. Dollar, of 
Ileuvelton, to I). W. Field, of Brockton, Mass. 
This Ileuvelton cow has averaged over 100 
pounds of milk a day for 30 days. While 
the purchase price of the cow was $8,000. 
Mr. Dollar has an agreement with Mr. Field 
to get the calf back, if it is a male,for $1,000, 
and Mr. Dollar, it is said, has contracted to 
sell it to C. A. Averill, proprietor of the 
Yates Hotel at Syracuse, for $4,000. Mr. 
Field is also the owner of the world-record 
cow Cornucopia, which made the record of 
110 pounds of milk in one day. Mr. Field's 
great bull. Count DcKol, recently died, and 
he came to Ogdensbnrg to get a sire to head 
his herd of world record breakers, lie se¬ 
cured several options, but finally decided 
upon purchasing of Mr. Dollar Pontiac Apple 
Methitias, a full brother of Rag Apple. 
THE OLD PAN WAY 
DONT 
PAY 
50 % 
MORE 
CREAM 
THE 
TUBULAR 
WAY 
The old pan way of raising cream don't 
pay—it’s too mussy and fussy—too much 
work for the women. And it don’t pay 
in dollars and cents because you actually 
lose 50 per cent of the cream you ought to get. You 
can increase your cream product about 50 per cent over 
pan setting; 33 per cent over cans set in cold water; 25 per 
cent over patent creamers or dilution cans by using the 
SHARPLES 
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Besides you can skim the milk immediately after milk¬ 
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good milk-house costs more than 
a Tubular and isn’t half so pro¬ 
fitable—even if you already have 
the milk-house it will pay in la¬ 
bor saved, in crocks and pans saved, 
and the increase in cream will be all 
clear profit. Of course, when you buy 
a separator, you want the one that will 
get you the most profit—you’ll want 
the Tubular —the reasons why are all 
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I Mr. Mao Tuttle, Danville, Ill., says “The first week we used 
the Tubular wo made a gain of 12 lbs. of butter from five cows. 
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Lightest running; closest skimmers. 
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here. 
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