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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 3, 
AILING PIGS. 
I have a sow with 11 pigs about three 
weeks old. After the pigs get their meal 
they seem to get dizzy and fall over, and 
cannot get up for a long time. They seem to 
he tlirjfty, and I think the mother is proper¬ 
ly fed. I should like to know what to do 
for them, or have some one tell me what 
causes it. Last Summer I raised a litter on 
cow's milk, the other having died when the 
pigs were five days old, and every time I fed 
them they would act the same way. e. b. 
Fayette, o. 
The inquirer fails to tell how the sow 
is fed, and no doubt therein lies the trou¬ 
ble. Neither does he tell their surround¬ 
ings, whether they are kept in a pen or 
have the run of a pasture lot. Doubtless 
the sow has rich feed and she must be 
well fed to care for such a large litter 
of pigs. The pigs look well and seem 
thrifty, another evidence that she is 
abundantly fed. But the trouble is the 
ration is not well balanced, too much of 
one kind. Here on the farm where the 
sows and pigs have the run of a large 
pasture area wheat middlings are used 
mainly for making slop. With this they 
have a liberal feed of ear corn. But 
they do not have of either or both of 
these all they will eat; to some extent 
they must depend on pasture. If they 
heels a certainty. If a work horse is fed 
properly for the perfect nutrition of his 
hoofs, as well as the other parts of his 
body (and such nutrition must come from 
nitrogenous foods, protein rich, as hoof 
horn is a product of the proteid known 
as “keratin”), the feet will not tend to 
crack unless abused in the shoeing shop. 
If the horse is stuffed upon an incomplete 
food, such as corn, and is made to oc¬ 
cupy a stuffy, dirty stable, and stand un¬ 
exercised for days and months on dry 
board floors or cement floors, for that 
matter, he will be prone to contraction 
and cracking of his hoofs if they have 
been weakened by the detrimental atten¬ 
tions of the thoughtless shoeing smith. 
In order that a horse’s hoofs may be kept 
in good order and escape contraction, 
cracking, brittleness and malformation 
feed well of mixed foods; see that each 
horse is well exercised every day; pro¬ 
vide plenty of clean bedding and keep 
it dry, reset shoes once a month and pre¬ 
vent smith from rasping the walls of the 
hoof, cutting the frogs, “opening the 
heels” and cutting and burning the soles. 
Have him make shoes that will fit the 
feet instead of allowing him to whittle 
and rasp the feet until they fit the shoes. 
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Two Sisters Had Eczema of Head— 
Another Needed a Tonic—They 
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Pills and thinks they arc a splendid tonic. 
I cannot say exactly how long I suffered, 
but 1 think about six months. Miss Edith 
Hammer, R. F. D. No. 6, Morrison, Ill., 
Oct. 3, 1906.” 
DISPERSAL SALE 
HIGH CLASS REG. HOLSTEINS 
Scarcity of help renders it impossible to retain all 
our herd. Come and take your choice. Male calves 
at almost your own price. 
„ KIVENBURGH BROS., 
Hillliurst Farm, Oneida, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULL 
Born last January. Sire—Sir Pauline Colantha 
Lad, by a son of Rosa Bonheur 5th (A. R. O. 25.34 
lbs.) Dam—Hettie Belle, a typical dairy cow, and a 
large producer. This young bull is a nice individual, 
largely black, handsome and attractive. Would 
make a splendid sire to grade up a herd. The first 
order with $25.00 takes him all papers included. 
N. B. This a very special offer. Address 
STEVENS BROTHERS-HAST1NGS CO., 
Liverpool, New York. 
BULL CALVES and YOUNG BULLS 
were fed wholly on the two feeds men¬ 
tioned and had no pasture and were fed 
all they would eat of these two feeds I 
would expect some such trouble as the 
inquirer’s. The pigs will begin to eat be¬ 
fore they see this and if they have grass 
will probably begin to improve unless 
their systems are too badly deranged. 
Usually where I have known this trouble 
in a herd it has resulted from too much 
corn fed and slop too rich, and I believe 
it safe in this case to advise a change in 
feed or else cut down in quantity. It is 
better not to have the pigs look so well 
than to have them too sleek and overfed. 
Never feed so much but that they will 
clean the troughs promptly and be ready 
squealing for the next feed. This rule 
applies to sow as well as the pigs. Get 
them on grass. Feed pure middlings for 
slop, not thin; let them drink pure water 
to satisfy thirst, not drink great quanti¬ 
ties of water with a little thickening to 
satisfy hunger. If you have skim-milk 
feed it with the middlings, as the two 
make a better ration together than either 
alone. I would feed little if any corn. 
1 feel almost certain that with a cut down 
in amount fed and grass along lines sug¬ 
gested the pigs will improve. The pigs 
last year were, I think, overfed or milk 
too rich. A sow’s milk is rich at first, 
but changes to thinner quality very rap¬ 
idly as the pigs grow older, while a cow’s 
milk after the first few days after calving 
changes very little. John m. jamison. 
CRACKED HOOFS. 
Would standing on a cement floor crack a 
horse’s hoofs, or is it from some other cause? 
Orange Co., N. Y. . w. w. 
Cement floors would not in themselves 
cause cracked hoofs. Any dry floor 
helps to cause cracks, brittleness and con¬ 
traction, when the tendency to such con¬ 
ditions exists by reason of other causes. 
These causes are: Rasping away the 
“cortical layer” of horn from the walls 
of the hoof at shoeing time, this layer be¬ 
ing a coat of varnish secreted by the 
perioplic band for the express purpose of 
sealing the hoof against escape of its 
natural moisture; cutting and burning 
away the old, dry horn layer from the 
sole of the hoof, this layer being intended 
by nature to protect the underlying lay¬ 
ers which gradually are being formed, 
and while forming should not be exposed 
to the air or fluids of the stable floor; 
cutting the frbg and “notching” at each 
side of it to “open the heels,” both of 
which practices are wrong and ruinous 
in that they make contraction of the 
Pasture the horse moderately to help 
keep the hoofs moist. Keep the stable 
floors clean to prevent urine and manure 
from injuring the hoofs. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
ready for servico, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl De Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will be kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
SOW PARTLY PARALYZED. 
I have a sow one year old that has suckled 
seven pigs up to five weeks old. Up to .Tune 
18 sow and pigs were thriving finely; then 
all at once the sow seemed to lose control 
of her hinder parts, and cannot get up. She 
does not seem to suffer pain, has a fairly 
good appetite, and is in fairly good flesh. 
Her feed has been one quart each of brown 
middlings and ground rye, in buttermilk, and 
an occasional ear of corn, say three large 
ears daily, also the run of a pasture field. A 
neighbor has an older sow that has been the 
same way six weeks, hut is gaining a little 
as she now begins to hobble about some, but 
is very wobbly as to her hinder parts. Neith¬ 
er sow appears to be sick at heart, as their 
appetite continues fairly good, considering 
that they cannot take exercise. Could you, 
from the above, decide what ails the sow, 
and suggest a remedy? G. e. h. 
Layton, N. J. 
Years ago on a near-by farm the writer 
remembers often seeing one or more 
DUTCH BELTED BDLL CALF. 
Dropped Mar. 30, 1907, by Byblis, No. 1023. Sired 
by Bloomfield, No. 474. Price $75. Address 
G. G. GIBUS, Vail, New Jersey. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. 
Star Farm is selling more registered Holstein cattle 
to-day than any other two individuals or concerns in 
the United States. Here are some of the reasons. 
First, we carry the largest stock. 
Second, wc carry the best stock. 
Third, our prices are lower. 
Fourth, we have satisfied customers. 
We fully guarantee every animal sold. Tabulated 
charts, photographs and full information sent free 
on application. Address 
Horace L. Bronson, Dept. I), 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. 
FAD CAI C — Czar’s Rissa’s Czar No. 76,208 
lUn OALC A. J. C. C. Dropped Nov. 7, 1906. 
The best bull ever bred at Laurel Farm. Price $100. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, New York. 
hogs in the herd dragging their hind 
legs and they would do it for a long 
time. Whether they ever recovered he 
does not know, for as a schoolboy ob¬ 
servation was not carried that far. When 
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TheNen tunKemedy Co.,Toledo,O. 
a hog got down that way it was said to 
have kidney worms. This worm when 
full grown is about two inches long and 
as large as a small wheat straw. It lives 
in the leaf lard near the kidneys and in 
burrowing in the fat near the kidneys 
affects them and weakens the muscles of 
the back. This writer says the only ef¬ 
fectual remedy is turpentine poured 
across the loins; by absorption it drives 
the worms from near the kidneys, when 
inflammation ceases and the animal gets 
better. A tablespoonful poured across 
the loins once a day for three days, an 
old experienced farmer says, is a sure 
cure. Another farmer says that he has' 
found a teaspoonful of copperas mixed 
with an equal amount of sulphur fed at 
night’s meal for three days is effective 
in this disease. If hard wood ashes are 
fed the hogs in abundance it is a splendid 
preventive against this trouble, or if corn 
soaked in lye made from such ashes is 
fed less of the disease will be known. 
It is very seldom that the writer sees a 
hog down with this disease these days. 
JOHN M. JAMISON. 
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Better Than Bran 
Cheaper aud nearly twice the protein in 
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SWING COW STANCHIONS 
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COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y.-Brattleboro, Vt. 
For Sale AYRSHIRE BULL 
Eight months old; two-thirds white. Also, Cows, 
Cheshire Sows in farrow. All stock eligible to Reg, 
HOMER J. BROWN, Harford, Cortland Co., N. Y. 
TAMWORTH SWINE*;;;, 
size, prolific 
grand suck- 
lers and economic, feeders; booklet free. Address 
WARREN MORTON, Russellville, Ky. 
For Sale.—DUR0C JERSEY REDS. 
Sows bred for September and October farrow. Nice 
Spring Pigs. Choice Collie Dogs. 
J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cameron. W. Va. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year 
old by Grand Premier. No. 8091)5. bred to Baron Puke 
85th, No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow. No. 
68600, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. K. WATSON. Marbledale. Conn. 
Reg. P, Chinas, Berkshires&C, Whites 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. 
Service Boars, have stock returned, 
refund money if not satisfactory. 
- _ Reg. Holsteins, Heifers, Bulls and 
Cows in Calf. HAMILTON & CO.,Cochranville,Pa 
KALORAHA FARM BERKSHIRES 
We now offer a splendid lot of Young Pigs, sired 
by imported hoars of the highest type and out of 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. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
R. F, SHANNON. 907 Liberty St.. Pittsburg Pa. 
THOROUGHBRED CHESTER WHITE PIGS 
* for sale at Farmers’ Prices. Address 
W. P. RECTOR, Waterloo, Seneca Co., New York. 
pUCCUIRCq —the white. BACON HOG. 
UllLOnillLO Long - bodied, Square-built, good 
grazers, good mothers, gentle, profitable. 
MORNINGSIDE FARM, Sylvania, Pa. 
C HF ( sHIPF ( S THE NEW YORK 
11 LJll I FARMERS’ HOG. 
Hardy; prolific: strong fine boned: quick growersand 
easy keepers. Young stock for sale. Department of 
Animal Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca. N. Y. 
BERKSHIRES. 
American and English Breeding. Matings not akm. 
Descriptive catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg;,Pa. 
JERSEY REDS 
R. B. HARRISON. 
200 PIGS FOR SALE. 
The right kind at 
right prices. 
Chesterfifild. New .lersev. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa. 
COLLIE PUPS 
Females and brood bitches. 
SON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
NEL- 
