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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 9, 
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CATTLE BEDDING AND LICE. 
What is the best absorbent to sprinkle on 
the floor of cow stable to absorb fluids and 
fix the ammonia? 1 think something on the 
land plaster order is what I am looking for. 
Also, will you let me know the best remedy 
to kill the large blue lice which have appeared 
on a cow I recently purchased atid which I 
am afraid will infest the others of my herd? 
j. M. 
Plaster may be used. It is not as ef¬ 
fective in bolding the ammonia as kainit 
or acid phosphate, but is much neater in 
the stable. Keep the damp places white 
with it. Planer shavings are liked for 
bedding in sanitary milk stables. They 
absorb the liquids, are neat in appearance 
and are nearer “germ proof’’ than most 
other forms of bedding. We have seen 
tobacco stems, cut short, used successfully. 
As to the lice, we repeat a remedy sug¬ 
gested by J. S. .Woodward last year: 
If one does not care for the looks, let 
him scatter the fine coal ashes freely over 
the animals a few times. This is nature’s 
way. When out where they can do so the 
animals will go to a knoll, paw loose the 
dirt and scatter if over themselves. The 
dust smothers the lice and of course kills 
them. If you will mix crude petroleum 
and fried meat fat, or crude petroleum and 
lard oil. half and half, heat it as hot as'pos¬ 
sible, and not burn the animals, and pour a 
little along the back over the shoulders and 
rub It over the brisket and all about the neck 
It will surely kill every louse, no matter 
what the breed. Or if he cards his cattle 
as he should, and will have a dish of crude 
oil handy and occasionally dip the teeth of 
cards Into It he will never be troubled with 
lice. And further than this, if the animals 
have any sort of skin disease the crude oil 
will surely cure it, and It is one of the host 
liniments In the world. lie should get the 
very liquid, grass-green oil; usually it is 
sold at hardware and drug stores. 
" TEES WATER” CATTLE. 
On page 90 a question was asked about 
cattle known by this name, and answered 
by Prof. Stewart. In a recent issue of 
The Breeders’ Gazette we find the follow 
mg: 
From letters which have since reached us 
it is quite evident that in Virginia and 
North Carolina the name Teeswater is a 
local term for a bovine freak. One corre¬ 
spondent thus defines it: “A somewhat de¬ 
formed, round-hammed, dwarfed animal, seem¬ 
ingly fat, but not: so.” Another describes 
them as beauties to look at, ancl,“out-ham- 
nilng” a Poland-China and always looking 
fat. There is material accord in these two 
descriptions, except a North Carolina man 
calls them deformed, while a Virginia man 
terms them beauties. Both agree on the 
peculiar heavy and round-fashioned hind- 
quarter and on the fact that they look fat, 
but are really not so. The Virginia corre¬ 
spondent attributes their appearance to in- 
breeding and does not trace any relation¬ 
ship to any of the improved breeds. So far 
as the South is concerned the only feature 
of Interest in the matter Is the occasional 
appearance of this peculiar type, which in 
some unaccountable way has come to be 
called Teeswater. The name Is in no sense 
suggestive of derivation from the. Short-horn 
b|ood. In Ohio, however, the claim is made 
by a correspondent of a distinct breed of 
peculiar physical characteristics long main¬ 
tained locally but now about extinct. 
THE DOG LAW IN MAINE. 
I would like to write just a few' words 
in regard to F. C. CurtiS’ article on 
page 3, which gives the impression that 
unless the owner of the sheep-killing dog 
is known there is no redress for the 
sheen owner in the “Good old State of 
Maine.” Instead of making new laws 
enforce the ones already made. All dogs 
shall be taxed $1 for male, $3 for fe¬ 
male, with a clerk’s fee of 15 cents for 
each dog. They,shall wear a collar with 
owner’s name, dog’s name, and license 
number on same. The assessors get a 
list of all dog owners in the Spring, and 
the town clerk shall post a notice calling 
on all dog owners to get them licensed, 
before a certain date. After, this date 
the dog constable notifies all delinquent 
owners, and if after a few days they do 
not settle he is expected to kill all dogs 
without collars, or license number, re¬ 
ceiving $1 for each dog killed. When 
a sheep is found killed or injured, the 
owner shall, within 24 hours of finding 
the damage, notify the town or city offi¬ 
cers, wdio will assess the damage and pay 
the same, then if owner of dog is known 
the town can collect from him. All the 
dog tax is paid to the State 1 reasurcr, 
who pays back to the town its share of 
remaining money after damages are paid. 
Anyone has the right to kill any dog 
found worrying any domestic animal. 
Thomaston, Me. A. w. B. 
CORN FOR WORK HORSES. 
Some time since you asked through 
The R. N.-Y. for experience in feeding 
corn to horses. 1 can give you mine. I 
have a team weighing 2,760 pounds. For 
the last five years, eight months of each 
year I have fed them four quarts corn on 
cob and four quarts oats night and morn¬ 
ing, with four quarts oats at noon. Wed¬ 
nesday and Saturday night I cut out the 
corn and give bran mash. They are fat 
and in good order, and never had a sick 
day to my knowledge. I make about 14 
hours each day, loads about two tons 
each. This seems like a heavy feed, as 
I shelled up the corn last night and four 
quarts made two of shelled corn. Up to 
the last week in December thev will clean 
up the cobs, after that I have to clean the 
mangers twice a day. I do not think 
every horse will stand corn, but mine do. 
I grow the corn, the variety is Early 
Klondike. We have two other horses on 
the farm that get one quart oats and the 
measure filled yvith ear corn twice daily; 
hay at noon ; I do not work them steady 
as T do the others. They are in good 
shape though. chas. e. peck. 
i\ew Jerscv. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
"a square deal.” See irunrantee, page 14. 
DEAR EDITOR: 
You no doubt know that nearly all 
last season our company sold the best 
600-pound per hour capacity hand cream 
separator made for about one-third the 
price generally asked and gave every one 
a free trial. 
As you are interested in the welfare of 
your readers, I wish you would say to 
them, one and all, through the columns of 
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season our separators have been im¬ 
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further outclassing any other separator 
made, still easier to operate, still larger 
capacity, and impossible to get out of 
order or give trouble, and any reader 
who will write to Sears, Roebuck & Co., 
Chicago, and ask for their 1907 Cream 
Separator Catalogue, will receive the big 
book by return mail, postpaid, free, to¬ 
gether with the lowest prices and the 
most astonishingly liberal offers and in¬ 
ducements we have ever made. Yours 
very truly. R. W. SEARS, President 
Sears, Roebuck & Co. 
Hammond Dairy Feed will produce more milk, 
more butter and more cIiccnc at less cost, than 
any other feed on the market. 
To demonstrate to every Dairyman that this la 
a fact, we are offering a Free Trial. We pay 
all costs. 
You take the feed and try It. Feed It to your 
cow a and calves. If It does not prove as repre¬ 
sented and perfectly satisfactory the trial will 
not cost you one cent. If 11 In satisfactory we 
know you will want more and that Is what we 
are banking on. 
We know that there la not a Dairyman in the 
country who will not bo convinced after a fair 
trial, that Hammond Dairy Feed Is the best 
and most economical feed on the market. 
HAMMOND 
DAIRY FEED 
Is guaranteed to contain 17 per cent Protein, 
S per cent Fat, 66percent Carbohydrates. One 
ton of Hammond Dairy Feed equals two tons of 
Bran. It is made of pure cane molasses, prime 
cotton seed meal, gluten meal, corn, oats and 
barley. It Is kiln dried so will not loose by 
evaporation. It is guaranteed to keep during 
all seasons, will never sour, mould or freeze. 
FREE TRIAL 
We will not attempt to describe the feed 
In detail here or to Impress you with its 
superiority over other feeds — a trial will 
best do that. If you will give us your own 
and your feed dealers name and address 
we willsendyou an ample amount to try 
which will convince you more than words, 
what the feed is and what it will accomplish. 
WESTERN GRAIN PRODUCTS CO. 
4 Chamber of Commerce 
MILWAUKEE - WISCONSIN 
RELIABLE HEALTH FOOD 
For Horses, Cows, Hogs, Chickens. 
Will build up and keep healthy your horses, Increase 
tne milk output of cows, fatten your hogs, keep 
healthy and stimulate your chickens; satisfactory 
results guaranteed, put up In 2. r >. 50 and 100-lh. bags 
and 250-lb. barrels: special rates to dealers. 
RELIABLE HORSE & CATTLE FOOD CO., 44 Pearl St., N. Y, 
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The Difference 
Comes Out of YOUR Pocket 
If you don’t know that Shar¬ 
pies Dairy Tubular Cream 
Separators are different, take 
no chances until you find out. 
“Bucket bowl” agents de¬ 
pend on catching the fellows 
who don’t know. Don’t let 
them take the difference out 
of your pocket. One differ¬ 
ence is in the bowl. 
Shake The Insides Out! 
Before you buy a separator 
shake the insides out of the 
bowl. It will show you how 
heavy, complicated, hard to 
wash, easy to injure, quick 
to rust,“bucketbowls”are as 
compared to Dairy Tubular 
bowls. Sharpies Dairy Tubulars are different. 
Nothing inside Dairy Tubular bowls but a 
small dividing wall of triple tinned pressed steel—no bigger 
than a napkin ring—good for a lifetime. Yet Tubulars have 
twice the skimming force of any other separator—skim at least 
twice as clean. 
You have common sense—want to save your wife work 
want to save yourself repairs and cream so why not learn 
about this now? Our free catalog. N-153 shows many other ex¬ 
clusive Tubular advantages of great importance to you. Also 
ask for free book, “Business Dairying,” covering everything 
from calves to butter. 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO., 
Toronto, Canada West Chester, Pa. Chicago, Ill. 
A common kind of 
"Backet Bowl.” 
Heavy, hard to 
wash, easy to rust. 
8HARPLE8 
Hairy Tubular! 
Bowl. Simple, 
light, durable, 
easy to wash. 
REID’S 
Hand 
Separators 
Lightest running; closest skimmers. 
Easiest to care for. Guaranteed to 
do just wlnt is claimed or money 
refunded. 8-1 davs* free trial, if de.ired. 
Write for free descriptive booklet of 
Keld Hand Separators and pricelist 
of Dairy Supplies. 
• A. II. RF.IW CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 
SEND US 
A COW, 
Steer, Bull or Horse hide. Calf, Bog, 
Beer, or any kind of hide or skin and 
let us tan it with the hair on, soft, 
light, odorless and moth-proof for robe, 
rug, coat, or gloves, and make them 
up when so ordered. 
Avoid mistakes by getting our catalog, 
prices, shipping tagH, instructions and 
‘‘Orosby pays the freight” otfer, before 
shipment We make and sell Natural 
Black Galloway furcoats and robes. Black „ 
and Brown Frisian, Black Dog Skin, and g&} 
fur lined coats. Wo do taxidermy and * 
head mounting. We buy no hides, skinB 
ruw furs or ginseng. Address 
THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, 
116 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
Buy This Way: 
Try First. Return 
It Not Satistied 
Price lower this year than ever before 
and we pay freight. We are not afraid be¬ 
cause for over 40years 
Quaker 
City 
Mills 
have led all others. Ball-bearing, 
light running, last long, grind ear 
corn and all grains, singly or mixed. 
Quaker Cities are made in 8 sizes, 
1 to 20 H. P. Everybody’s mill. In¬ 
vestigate before buying. Catalog free. 
The A. W. Straub Co., VS 
STOCK INSURANCE. 
Dr. HeBB Stock Food insures a healthy 
condition of both dam and offspring; It 
also counteracts the danger of over-feeding. 
Think of the vltaUty given off in milking and 
the Btraln on the system due to calving. 
Then you can .form some idea of the neces¬ 
sity for tonics.' Stock fed for market are also 
over-fed continually and need something ta 
assist digestion. Professors Winslow, Quit- 
man. Finlay Dun, and all noted authorities, 
recommend bitter tonics for Improving di¬ 
gestion—Iron lor the blood, nitrates forassist- 
lng nature In throwing off poisonous waste 
material from the system. Such Ingredient* 
are Incorporated In 
D B HESS 
stock rm 
The Prescription of Dr. Hess(M.D.,D.V.8.), 
and besides it is 
Sold on a Written Guarantee. 
Except in Canada 
and extreme 
Weet and South 
8787 Filbert St., Fhlla., Fa. 
49S. Canal St.,Chicago,111. 
100 lbs., 95.00 
25 lb. Pail, 91-00 
Smaller quantities at a 
slight advance. 
^Wliere Dr. Hess Stock Food differs in par¬ 
ticular is In the dose—it’s small and fed but 
twice a day. which proves it has the most diges¬ 
tive strength to the pound. Our Government 
recognizes Dr. Hess Stock Food as a medicinal 
tonic and this paper is back of the guarantee. 
„ If your dealer cannot supply you, we will. 
DR- HESS tL CLARK, Ashland, Ohio 
- Also Manufacturers of Dr. Hess Poultry 
V pan-a-ce-a and Instant Louse Killer. 
Cider Machinery—Send for Catalogue to ‘Boomer & 
Boschert Press Co., 118 West Water St.,Syracuse, N.Y. 
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GIFFORD-WOOD CO. 
Hudson, N. Y. 
Arlington, Mass. 
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