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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 24, 
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Live Stock and Dairy 
BEEF CATTLE AND HORSES IN 
NEW YORK. 
There are some “wayback” farms 
in this section that can be bought for $20 
per acre, or less, and some “nice farms” 
along the river road that would cost $50 
per acre, or more; hut the general price 
for the hill farms is from $30 to $40 
per acre. What 1 mean by “hill farms” 
is those farms on the hills back from 
the river road, hut few of them contain 
much side hill, all are rolling and uneven. 
They do not produce as well as some 
of the river farms do; will grow about 
one ton of hay, or 35 bushels of oats, 
or 75 bushels of corn (ear) to the acre. 
Wheat, buckwheat, barley, rye and pota¬ 
toes are also grown. Mixed farming is 
generally practiced; more or less cows 
arc kept on every farm; veal calves bring 
$10 to $15 each at from five to seven 
weeks old; the price is 6^4 cents now. 
Weaned calves can he bought in the Fall 
for $8 to $10 each, yearlings in the Spring 
for about $16 to $18. A large propor¬ 
tion of the calves are vealed. There is 
always a ready market for beef cattle; 
in addition to the local butchers there 
are shippers who buy beef cattle, veal 
calves, hogs and sheep and ship to New 
York every second Saturday the year 
around. For the last few years the price 
of beef steers weighing about 1,100 
pounds, which is about the average 
weight here for two-year-olds, has been 
about four cents. This Summer it has 
been a little higher. 
Some of the farmers buy 18-months- 
old steers in the Fall, feed through the 
Winter and sell to shippers iri the Spring, 
or sometimes ship them themselves. I 
sometimes doubt if there is any profit in 
that, as it often pans out about like this: 
Cost of steers in Fall, $25 each; hay and 
grain to Winter, $25 each; sell in Spring 
for about $45 each. Those who plan to 
get most of their growth on pasture are 
the ones who make the most profit. Last 
Fall Mr. K- went to Buffalo and 
bought 22 head of 18-months-old steers 
for $3.75 per hundred pounds. Their 
average weight was 740 pounds. He 
wintered them on straw and silage, no 
bay, no grain; they were not fat enough 
for butchers or shippers in the Spring 
and having no pasture he sold them to 
my neighbor, Mr. S-, for four 
cents per pound. April 26, average weight 
was 833 pounds. Mr. S- fed them 
hay and grain, corn and oats ground) 
for two weeks and then turned them out 
to pasture; the middle of June he sold 
them to a local butcher for five cents 
per pound (to be shrunk 25 pounds each), 
the butcher to take them out a few at 
a time as he wanted them, but all to go 
by the first of August. The average 
weight was 1,003 pounds. 
Horses now bring a good price; a good 
farm horse weighing 1,200 or more will 
sell for $200. Ten or 12 years ago 
horses went begging a market at half 
the price they now bring. There are a 
number of colts raised in this section, 
but the mares most commonly used are 
“good for nothing else,” most farmers 
considering a good mare to be too good 
to breed, and until within the last few 
years, they all wanted to raise trotters. 
Result, the country is full of. undersized 
scrubs, too light and not true enough to 
handle heavy farm machinery. For the 
last three or four years an Indiana man 
has brought two or three carloads of 
Indiana horses to Bath every Winter, 
and sold them for $125 to $175 each. It 
took but a few days to dispose of a car¬ 
load, and it is said that he made a good 
profit on them. A New York man has 
visited this vicinity occasionally within 
the last few years and bought all the 
promising carriage horses, four to six 
years old, that he could get, paying $250 
to $300 each. My choice of breed would 
be draft stock, for horses weighing about 
1,300 pounds will sell readily for good 
prices. A good carriage horse will bring 
a higher price, but a large proportion of 
them are thrown out because of minor 
defects that would make little difference 
with a work horse. But my neighbor 
says carriage stock for him, he having 
had some success in that line, buying un¬ 
broken colts of carriage style, keeping 
them a couple of years, getting some 
work out of them and then selling for a 
good profit. Ten years ago be bought 
a mare for $35 and raised three colts 
from her. The first one he sold when 
three years old for $175, the second when 
six years old for $260, and the third 
when five years old (about one year ago) 
for $250;. and he points to a man of this 
town who has within the last few years 
sold four teams to city parties, one for 
$600, one for $1,200 and $2,500 each for 
the other two. m. r. w. 
Bath, N. Y._ 
CELLULITIS IN MARE. 
I have a mare that got cut on a wire 
f<>nee about two inches above the hoof, ex¬ 
tending from front of leg around to back on 
the right side of right forefoot about eight 
weeks ago. Her foot lias swollen a good 
deal, and has broken out in five different 
places, and when I syringe in one place it 
will squirt out of the other places. I am 
putting in carbolated sweet oil and carbolic 
acid and corrosive sublimate. The mare is 
a healthy, strong animal and is raising a 
colt, now about 10 weeks old. Does she 
need anything for her blood? I was told to 
give her arsenic. What do you advise, or 
do you think she will never get over it? 
Camden, N. J. c. c. 
This is a desperate case, as infective 
matters have entered the wound and 
spread through the cellular tissue under¬ 
lying the skin, causing pus to exude at 
points mentioned, and leading to slough¬ 
ing and widespread disease of the parts 
involved. As a general rule when the 
entire coronary region (hoof-head) be¬ 
comes involved and punctured with dis¬ 
charging orifices the case proves incur¬ 
able, and the animal may die of blood 
poisoning. If but one-half of the hoof- 
head is implicated in the trouble there is 
a fair chance of recovery, but if possible 
a graduate veterinarian should be em¬ 
ployed to treat the case intelligently. Re¬ 
move the hair and perfectly cleanse the 
wound and hoof-head. Cut away all 
ragged edges of skin and flesh and re¬ 
move any foreign matters that may have 
entered the wound. Ream out all of the 
dead skin and flesh about the orifice of 
each discharging center, and if possible 
scrape the inside lining of such sinuses 
(pipes). Mix together two drams of 
finely powdered corrosive sublimate, one 
dram of hydrochloric acid and one ounce 
of water. Inject a little of this caustic 
solution into each discharge pipe and with 
it swab the external wound. Then apply 
a hot flaxseed poultice fn which mix a 
two per cent solution of .carbolic acid or 
coal tar disinfectant. Renew the poultice 
night and morning for four days; then 
cleanse the parts and inject a little of a 
mixture of one dram of. iodoform in an 
ounce of sulphuric ether. Repeat the 
injection once or twice daily. When the 
pipes have filled up and the wound is 
looking healthy discontinue the use of 
injection medicine, and after clipping hair 
down as short as possible blister the 
hoof-head thoroughly with a mixture of 
one dram of biniodide of mercury and 
two ounces of cerate of cantharides 
rubbed in for 15 minutes and washed off 
in 48 hours. Repeat the blister every 
two or three weeks until lameness sub¬ 
sides and wound is completely healed. 
Apply oxide of zinc ointment to wound 
while blister is acting. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
ECZEMA COVERED BABY 
Worst Case Doctors Ever Saw— 
Suffered Untold Misery 3 Years. 
Cuticura Made Him Well. 
“My son, who is now twenty-two years 
of age, when four months old began to 
have eczema on his face, spreading quite 
rapidly until he was nearly covered. The 
eczema was something terrible, and the 
doctors said it was the w 9 rst case they 
ever saw. I used many kinds of patent 
medicines, but all to no avail. A friend 
teased me to try Cuticura Remedies. At 
last I consented and began to use all 
three of the Cuticura Remedies; the Cuti¬ 
cura Soap helped as well as the Oint¬ 
ment. He was better in two months; in 
six months he was well, but I gave him 
the Cuticura Resolvent one year and al¬ 
ways used the Cuticura Soap for bath¬ 
ing. He was four years old before be 
was perfectly well, after suffering untold 
misery three years. Mrs. R. L. Risley, 
Piermont, N. IT, Oct 24. 1905.” 
MILK TUBES' 
Indorsed by leading veterinary 
surgeons. Coin Silver 50c Set of four 
$2. Teat,Opener75c. Dilating I’lug 25c. 
Milk Fever outfit $3. Teat Slitter 
$1.50. Postpaid on receipt of price. 
Full directions. 
GEO. P. PILLING & SON, 2233 Arch St., Phila.,Pa. 
SOAPSTONE FARM. 
Haverford, Pa. 
GUERNSEY CATTLE 
AS FINE HERDS OF 
GUERNSEY and RED POLLED Cattle 
a= any in the great state of Pennsylvania at Uniondale 
Stock Farm. A limited number for sale. Address 
D. L. STEVENS. Proprietor, Uniondale, Susq. Co., Pa. 
AYRSHIRE CATTLE OF AVON. 
As I am making arrangements for my next trip to 
Scotland, I have a few very choice young Imported 
Cows, also Heifers and Bulls from Imported Sires 
and Dams, which I will offer at very attractive prices 
in order to make room for my next importation. 
Write for prices, etc., or call and see them. 
W. 1’. SCHANOK, Avon. New York. 
DUTCH BELTED CATTLE, 
BELTED HAMPSHIRE SWINE, 
LAKENVELDER FOWLS. 
G. G. GIB1IS, Vail, New Jersey. 
R kgist’ji Jersey Cattle, Lin 
coin, Shropshire. Hamp¬ 
shire and South Down Sheep; 
Chester White, Poland China 
and Berkshire Pigs; Scotch 
Dogs and a variety of 
Poultry. Come see my 
and make yonr own 
selections. Send 2c. stamp 
Fancy of Knrcka 130891 f or \cw Catalogue. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester. Penna. 
DULL CALF-A descendant of “ The Owl,” P. 2195 
u H. C. HEIFER CALF-A descendant of “Flying 
Fox,” P. 3123 H. C. Both solid color and from splendid 
cows. Price, $101). Laurel Farm, Hamilton, N.Y. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y,-Krattleboro, Vt. 
HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN Bull Calf 
BORN, MARCH 2, 1907. 
Sire:—K ing of the Pontiacs. 
Dam : —Pietertje Mink Lady De Kol, a fine 
well bred cow with an official record of 17.26 lb. 
butter in seven days. 
Price, $75.00. Write now. 
175 head in the herd. Females singly or in car lots. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON, Lacona, N. Y. 
THE BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 
brod for large production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
E these are the kind you want write or come to see 
m 125 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
i all ages to oiler at prices that will please you. 
. special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
BULL CALVES ^ YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl I)e 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. 
Cooper’s Tablets 
A Sure Remedy for 
Intestinal 
IO 
TABLETS 
Postpaid 
20 Conti 
Worms 
in Horse9, 
Sheep, 
Cattle, 
Hogs. 
DOSE—One tablet for lamb or shoat; two for 
sheep or hogs; three for horses and cattle. 
Box of fSOTablets, SI.50 Postpaid. 
Wm. Cooper & Nephews, 177 Illinois St., Chicago 
YOUNG MEN WANTED —To learn the 
Veterinary Profession. Catalogue sent 
free. Address VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 46 LOUIS STREET. 
10 000 FERRETS from selected breeders. Por- 
’ foot workers. They exterminate rats, 
drive out rabbits. 48 p. illus’d book and price 
list tree. s> FARNSWOKTII, »lid<il<-tnnn, Ohio. 
fOLLIB PEPS AND WHITE AND BROWN 
v FERRETS. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
Star Farm Holsteins 
Readers of THE RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
Write Horace L. Bronson, Dept. D., 
Cortland, N. Y., for Photographs 
and Prices of his Famous Registered 
Holstein Cattle. 
Feed and labor are high, therefore, 
keep fewer and better cows. 
S HROPSHIRE Ram Lambs, $12; Collie Pups, Males. 
$5; Females, $4; Berkshire Pigs, $5; excellent breed¬ 
ing; registered stock. W. A. Lothers, Peru Lack, Pa, 
REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
C. W. HA LEI DAY, Route 2, Hammondsport, N. Y. 
Stone Farm BERKSHIRES 
Rich in the blood of Lord Premier Masterpiece, 
Baron Duke 50th, Lord Bacon. Baron Premier 8th, 
Artful Bell, Charmer and Duchess, the most ap¬ 
proved up-to-date breeding iu New York State, For 
price, etc., write to 
RICHARD H. STONE, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
R. F. SHANNON. 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
fHFQHIDP^ the new york 
V»I LOll 1 KLd. FARMERS’ HOG. 
Hardy; prolific; strong fine boned; quick growers and 
easy keepers. Your.g stock for sale. Department of 
Animal Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca.N.Y. 
THOROUGHBRED CHESTER WHITE PIGS 
* for sale at Farmers’ Prices. Address 
W. P. RECTOR, Waterloo, Seneca Co., New York. 
LARGE IMPROVED ENGLISH YORKSHIRES. 
from best Importation. Address 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, New York. 
JERSEY REDS 
R, 
200 PIGS FOR SALE. 
The right kind at 
right prices. 
1J. HARRISON, Chesterfield, New Jersey. 
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 
HAMILTON & CO.,Coehranville,Pn 
Cows in Calf. 
KALORAMAFARM BERKSHIRES 
We now offer a splendid lot of Young Pigs, sired 
by bnported boars 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 Ivalorama 
Farm. Also a few sows bred for July farrow. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Van, New York. 
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. 
08000, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
BERKSHIRES. 
American and English Breeding. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg:,Pa. 
IMMUNITY FROM TUBERCULOSIS 
with Prof, von Behring’s BOVOVACCINE 
Over 100,000 bovovaccinations performed. Records prove complete suc¬ 
cess, and Bovine Tuberculosis, the "great white plague” finally conquered! 
BOVOVACCINE 
is easy of application and within the means of every breeder, 
dairyman, etc. Write for details. Don’t postpone. 
C. BISCHOFF & CO., 451 and 453 Washington St., N. Y. 
