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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 29, 
Live Stockand Dairy 
THE WORK OF A HOLSTEIN COW. 
She was bred by the Estate of Fenton 
Howe, Poland, N. Y., dropped April 10, 
1899. Color rather more white than black, 
of good size and “dairy form,” quiet dis¬ 
position ; a baby can play with her head. 
Her name is Prize Winner Oothilde 2d No. 
71076. She came into our possession No¬ 
vember 18, 1905, dropped a nice heifer 
calf December 15, 1905, and gave the 
following amounts of milk each month: 
December, 1905, 616 pounds 4 ounces, 
at 27 cents a can, $9.24 (18 pounds to the 
can) ; January, 1906, 1,409 pounds, at 26 
cents a can, $20.35; February, 1,159 pounds 
8 ounces, at 26 cents a can, $16.71; March, 
I, 077 pounds 9 ounces, at 26 cents a can, 
$15.54; April, 962 pounds 1 ounce, at 24 
cents a can, $12.83; May, 1,023 pounds, at 
23)4 cents a can, $13.19; June, 951 pounds 
7 ounces, at 23)4 cents a can, $12.41; 
July, 874 pounds, at 25)4 cents a can, 
$12.38; August, 680 pounds 6 ounces, at 
26)4 cents a can, $10.01; September, 614 
pounds 14 ounces, at 26)4 cents a can, 
$9.05; October, 532 pounds 8 ounces, at 
28 cents a can, $8.28; November, 542 
pounds 4 ounces, at 29 cents a can, $8.73; 
December, 493 pounds 15 ounces, at 29 
cents a can, $7.96; January, 1907, 358 
pounds 5 ounces, at 28 cents a can, $4.56; 
February, 142 pounds 7 ounces, at 27 
cents a can, $2.13; March, 5 pounds 10 
ounces, at 27 cents a can, 8 cents. Total, 
II, 443 pounds, 2 ounces, $164.45. 
Unless I have made a mistake this is a 
correct summing up of that old cow’s 
work for a little more than a year. April 
28, 1907, she dropped a nice bull calf, sold 
before it came. We cannot tell how much 
grain she had, but had about 12 pounds 
a day some of the time, perhaps $40 or 
$50 worth in all; a little linseed, a little 
cotton seed, and a little Indian meal some 
of the time; Red dog, mixed feed, hominy 
and gluten. She was fed hay just the 
same as the rest of the cows, stood with 
fore feet on “Mother Earth” and her 
back feet on a steel grating, in a warm, 
sunny basement, with individual watering 
basins. She was turned outdoors for a 
while pleasant days. (We didn't keep her 
in cotton wool.) I do 1 not think we had 
quite 24 cows averaged through the year, 
though it is hard telling, as we occasion¬ 
ally buy one, and oftener sell one, as we 
are raising all the time. But we sold 
about $1,950 work of milk in 1906, and 
if we reckoned the milk that we used in 
the families and that we made into butter 
(feeding skim-milk to calves), it would 
have mounted to $2,100 if the the value of 
the calves that we sold were added also. 
So the old cow did not do such a very 
great thing after all. 
On account of the cold and rain to-day 
we kept our cows (nearly 30 head) in 
and fed them two fodderings of hay, but 
finally turned them out this afternoon, but 
it is still raining, Alas! Alas!! Some one 
may want to know how much our grain 
bill was. That is a hard question to 
answer, as the horses and hens help eat 
it. But I think that $400 would cover 
what the cows had. G. T. S. 
Massachusetts. 
AILING CHICKS. 
What can 1 do for my chickens? They are 
seven weeks old, and have done nicely until 
now : they are beginning to droop their wings' 
and are very listless; I have lost a number 
already. I have fed them on chick feed and 
johnny cake made from Mr. Cosgrove's recipe, 
also give them beef scraps; plenty of clean 
water; keep their brooder clean and run at 
large. There is no heat in the brooder now; 
no vermin. MRS. E. D. c. 
Deerfield, N. Y. 
It is very difficult to answer a query like 
the above, when if one was on the ground 
and could see the conditions the trouble 
might be observed at once. E. D. C. 
says there is no vermin. I have seen the 
time when my chicks were not thriving 
and hunted in vain for any lice on them, 
but taking the inside lining of the brooder 
out, found thousands of the round-bodied 
roost lice, red with the blood of the chicks, 
.in every crack and crevice. These lice 
go on the chicks at night and hide under 
the roosts or in cracks and crevices in the 
day time, except in cold weather, when 
they stay on the hens all the time. 
There is so much poor feed on the 
market that a person is in danger of kill¬ 
ing the chicks by feeding stuff that looks 
all right but is not. Chick feed left over 
from last year is dangerous feed, I have 
found by experience. In fact, I have 
nearly given up the use of prepared chick 
feeds and gone back to the old-fashioned 
way of feeding good sweet cornmeal wet¬ 
ted up with skim-milk, and if the milk 
is loppered it is all the better. This for 
the morning feed, and I ought to say 
that I scald the milk—if it is sweet—be¬ 
fore wetting the cornmeal with it. I have 
scarcely had a case of bowel trouble since 
feeding this way; had plenty of it while 
feeding prepared chick feed. I think poor 
beef scrap is one serious cause of trouble. 
I just buried about 50 pounds of it un¬ 
der my currant bushes; it was rather 
costly fertilizer, but cheaper, I thought, 
than dead hens. At present I am using 
for young chicks of all ages the following 
mixture in the proportion of a quart each 
of bran, middlings and cornmeal, a pint 
of good beef scrap, and twice a week a 
half pint of charcoal. Stir this all to¬ 
gether and wet it with scalding hot skim- 
milk in which is dissolved a pinch of 
salt, and occasionally a very little red 
pepper. I am particular to feed only what 
will be eaten up clean in say a half hour. 
Don’t leave any surplus to get sour on 
the boards. My chicks seem to like this 
better than any dry feed, but I feed it for 
breakfast only. At noon and night I feed 
fine cracked corn and wheat screenings. 
Green food they must have, and those 
that are not on grass runs have lawn 
clippings fed them. If your grass is too 
long cut it up in half-inch lengths with 
scissors or knife. I have one rather large 
yard with three or four broods, hens and 
chicks running loose in it. I cover, say, 
two square yards with oats and spade 
them under, and as soon as they sprout 
put in more. It is fun to see the way 
hens and chicks dig for those sprouted 
oats, eating the whole thing, roots and all. 
I don’t know that this article will be of 
much use to E. D. C., but it may offer 
some suggestions to others. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Twin Heifers Breeding. —Last year I 
was much interested in numerous articles 
in your paper concerning the breeding 
qualities of twin cows, as I w^s raising 
a pair of heifers, then yearlings, with the 
sincere belief that they would not prove 
to be “freemartins,” as most of the arti¬ 
cles claimed. They were two years old 
the 29th of April last, and on that date 
one of them delivered a fine heifer calf, 
without the least trouble. Just three 
weeks later at nearly the same hour the 
other dropped a hundred-pound male 
calf, and at the present time both are 
giving from eight to 12 quarts of milk 
at each milking, and making their pound 
of butter a day each. If any of you read¬ 
ers can beat that with any two single 
heifers I would like to hear from them. 
They are getting no grain, just grass and 
water. Many of my neighbors have 
laughed at me for keeping them, saying 
they would never breed; still others who 
have admired their rapid growth and 
promising butter qualities have offered 
good prices for them. A. 
Macedon, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—The discussions in the R. 
N.-Y. have referred to “freemartins”— 
twin sister of a bull calf. 
LITTLE ONE SUFFERED 
For Over a Year—Itching Skin Like 
Eczema Covered Face and Neck— 
Mother Lost Faith in Medicines 
—Cuticura Remedies 
Cured Her. 
“My baby’s face and neck were cov¬ 
ered with itching skin similar to eczema, 
and she suffered terribly for over a year. 
I took her to a number of doctors, and 
also to different colleges to no avail. 
Then Cuticura Remedies were recom¬ 
mended to me by Miss G-, who was 
telling me how they helped her. I did 
not use it at first, as I had tried so many 
other 'remedies without any favorable 
results. As last I tried Cuticura Soap, 
Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolv¬ 
ent Pills, and to my surprise noticed an 
improvement. After using three boxes 
of the Cuticura Ointment, together with 
the Soan and Pills, I am pleased to say 
she is altogether a different child and the 
picture of health. Mrs. A. C. Breslin. 
171 N. Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill., Oct. 
20 and 30, 1906.” 
CHOICE COLLIE PUPStStS! 
ini's. Sired by the great "Brookmere Christopher. 
Genuine workers. Fancy largo P. C. Pigs; all ages. 
F. C. HEASLEY, R. F. D. 4, Mercer, Pa, 
no| I 1C DIIDC Females and brood bitches. NEL- 
bULLIt rUrO SON BROS., Grove City, Pa._ 
nUCCTCD WUITCQ—Pigs of April, May and 
WilCO I tn (Till I LOjvine farrow; pairs or trios 
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rHPUHIDFC, THE NEW YORK 
L n Co I 1 1 K . FARMERS’ HOG. 
Hardy, prolific: strong fine boned: quick growersand 
easy keepers. Your.g stock for sale. Department of 
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PRIMROSE STOCK FARM;tetXlKSS r <"m 
imported stock. A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
Aubrey Farm Berkshires. 
Our herd is headed by Lord Premier of Aubrey, an 
own son of the Great Lord Premier. We are offering 
some of his get, also a few sows in pig to him at 
attractive prices. 
J. G. & J. L. STACEY, Geneva, N. Y. 
Reg. P, Chinas, Berkshires & G. Whites 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. 
’ Service Boars, have stock returned, 
refund money if not satisfactory. 
_ Reg. Holsteins, Heifers, Bulls and 
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KALORAMAFARM BERKSHIRES 
We now offer a splendid lot of Young Pigs, sired 
by imported boars of the highest type and out or a 
grand lot of mature sows, both imported and 
American bred. . , 
They are the best lot ever raised at Kalorama 
Farm Also a few sows bred for July farrow. 
CALVIN ,J. HUSON, Penn Van, New York. 
BERKSHIRES. 
American and English Breeding. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg-,Pa. 
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. 
08600, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
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BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
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Fine Holstein-Fresian Bull 8 weeks old. Beautifully 
marked, sired by Grandson of Canary Mercedes (25.16 
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Holstein Bull Calves. 
I have several registered Holstein-Friesian Bull 
Calves for sale, from one to six months old, sired by 
Sir Segislnka Posch, No. 38,504, which was bred by 
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P. 1{. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, New York. 
HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN Bull Calf 
BORN, MARCH 2. 1907. 
Sihe:—K ing of the Pontiacs. 
Dam:—P ietertje Mink Lady De Kol, a nne 
well bred cow with an official record of 17.26 lb. 
butter in seven days. 
Price, S75.00. Write now. 
175 head in the herd. Females singly or 
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BULL CALVES ^ YOUNG BULLS 
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Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
Greatest offering of Registered Holstein Cattle ever made. 
Three hundred head in June, Special Sale. Out 
prices that defy competition. Copy of letter from 
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ninety-two pounds of milk in one day and twenty-four 
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F OR SALE-Pure bred Holstein Friesian Heifer 
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AYRSHIRE CATTLE OF AVON. 
As I am making arrangements for my next trip to 
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A bull calf out of Imp. Violet 
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