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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
August 31, 
OIL MEAL AND SKIM-MILK. 
Does the adding of oil cake to skim-milk, 
that is, separated milk, which has been done 
by centrifugal work, make it any better for 
pig or hog feeding? Docs it pay to use oil 
cake along this line? G. A. c. 
Elizabethtown, Ky. 
Everyone has noticed how the skim- 
milk fed calf lacks the bloom and condi- 
dition of the one that is allowed to suck 
the cow and thus get the milk before the 
fat is removed, and hence many attempts 
have been made to replace this expensive 
butter fat with some cheap animal or 
vegetable oil. Linseed oil, cotton-seed 
oil, cod-liver oil and oleo or natural oil 
have all been tried for this purpose, usu¬ 
ally with only very moderate success. The 
gist of the matter is that the addition of 
any other fats generally brings about di¬ 
gestive disturbance which overbalance any 
good results from the substitution. One 
of the most commonly-recommended 
methods is to add ground flaxseed after 
it has been made into a jelly with water. 
I tried this some years ago, and must 
confess that I had no good results, al¬ 
though it may have been owing to the 
fact that it was used too freely, and as 
well known, flaxseed is very laxative. If 
anything of the kind is attempted I 
should use ground flaxseed rather than 
oil cake, because the oil is what we want, 
and this is present in oil cake in very 
moderate amounts. In fact “new process” 
oil meal has less oil that has cornmeal. 
Then, too, skim-milk is a very nitrogen¬ 
ous or “narrow” ration, and when we add 
this nitrogenous oil meal we only in¬ 
crease the trouble. If, however, we were 
to add cornmeal we should tend to bal¬ 
ance up the skim-milk by adding carbon¬ 
aceous material, and thus would make 
it more like full milk in composition. As 
a matter of fact very fine dairy calves 
can be grown on skim-milk, only adding 
grain when the calf is old enough to eat 
it dry. The attempt to make veal in this 
way will be unsatisfactory. I feel pretty 
sure that the inquirer cannot do better 
than to use either a very small amount 
of flaxseed (not oil cake) or else cook 
cornmeal and stir in a little of this with 
the separator skim-milk. Experiment 
station work has shown that the addition 
of more than an ounce a day of foreign 
fats is apt to cause digestive disturbances 
in the young calf. 
JARED VAN WAGENEN, JR. 
AILING DUCKS. 
What is the trouble with our ducks? They 
lived to be over three weeks old and then 
started to die off. We feed them bread soaked 
in sweet milk, corn cake, cornmeal and bran 
mixed. They have had plenty of water; not 
very much meat. e. r. 
Lyme Centre, N. H. 
It would appear that the death of the 
ducks was due to improper feeding. The 
mash fed to ducks should never be sloppy; 
only enough moisture should be added to 
make the mash crumbly. Meat in some form 
should be fed to the amount of about five 
per cent in weight of the total feed. This 
amount should be increased gradually with 
age up to 10 per cent. It is very essential 
that the troughs be carefully cleaned if any 
food is left; otherwise, it will sour and be 
sure to cause trouble. About five per cent 
in weight of sand should be added to the 
meal mixture. It is also well to keep grit 
and oyster shells before the ducks in hop¬ 
pers. 
SICK TURKEYS. 
Will some one give me a remedy for my 
turkeys? I had 19 hatched in May; did 
not have any trouble with them till they 
were six weeks old, then they commenced to 
droop their wings. Their droppings were 
yellow; they are sick about one week, then 
die. I have but four left. I tried to take 
good care of them; made pets of them. 
Skaneateles, N. Y. J. Q. 
The diarrhea would Indicate digestive 
troubles. Care should be taken not to use 
sloppy feed, nor any left to sour. Provide 
dry, clean, well-ventilated shelter at night. 
Rice boiled almost dry in milk usually serves, 
to relieve ordinary diarrhea. A little char¬ 
coal may prove beneficial. It may be that 
the flock was affected with blackhead. An 
examination of the internal organs would 
determine whether this disease is present 
and would be indicated by enlarged cseca and 
enlarged and spotted liver. If the flock is 
found to be infected with blackhead, about 
the only thing to do is to kill off all the 
flock and start with new stock upon unin¬ 
fected land. __ 
A LIVE STOCK EXHIBITOR TALKS. 
We have taken The R. N. Y. for some 
years, and each year are better pleased with 
your fearless exposure of rogues and swind¬ 
lers, and your championship of the cases of 
those who are right but weak. Particularly 
do I commend your stand In the Wadsworth 
case and in the Jersey matter. But it seems 
to me you go rather farther than necessary 
in classing exhibitors at county fairs in the 
above category, and also print something not 
warranted by the facts. In the first place, 
the county fairs of New York State are not 
supported by the State, but by a percentage 
of the gate receipts of the racing associations 
doing business in the State, the money being 
divided in proportion to the premium money 
paid by each fair association to exhibitors 
and certified to by them. This leaves gate 
receipts, privilege money and the large en¬ 
trance fees to the credit of the society free. 
As a result, our fairs pay in full, and with 
the exception of a few whose officers lack 
ordinary ability are in a very prosperous con¬ 
dition. ‘ Small fairs that five years since had 
no exhibit worthy of the name and few vis¬ 
itors, or were abandoned entirely, are to¬ 
day on a sound financial basis, and have a 
show that is a credit to any place. Many of 
the larger places have fairs that rival the 
State Fair, except they are on a smaller 
scale, while most of them can show as fine 
an exhibit as the ordinary State show of a 
decade ago. And the success of these fairs 
is owing to the enterprise of the travelling 
exhibitors. 
Ten vears ago the average county fair In 
this State was confined to what the nearby 
people saw fit to bring in. a few fakers and 
a horse race. Many places produced a very 
fine exhibit of fruit and vegetables, a few 
“chickens” and horses. But the stock show 
was limited. Ordinary hogs and sheep and 
a line-up of pure grade or scrub cattle was 
not a very attractive feature of the exhibit, 
and little‘likely to attract people, as a com¬ 
parison of the old-time crowd and those of 
the present dav will convince any fair-minded 
person. In the first place, the average farmer 
is unable to afford well-bred stock, and has 
little time to make a creditable showing. 
Nor does it pay to fit for one fair when one 
considers the trouble and cost involved. The 
State Fair stock are fed and groomed the 
whole year in a manner to compare with the 
“string of race horses” referred to. while 
even us county fair people never cut the 
grain ration and use one man's whole time 
for a month or more on a show before start¬ 
ing. to say nothing of allowing calves to 
suck, new bulls and registration fees, with 
a hundred other expenses. On the road we 
have to buy a railroad to get there, and 
everything on the fair grounds, as well as a 
big entrance fee for the privilege of staying, 
and if one will figure carefully he will quick¬ 
ly understand that the traveler’s path is not 
strewn with roses or dollars. 
As for the charges of dishonesty, they have 
little foundation in fact, and are probably 
made by a few disgruntled farmers who for¬ 
merly divided the “prizes’ among themselves 
for a line-up of grade stock that can never 
be anything but a fright as anyone will 
agree 'who has ever seen a show of grass 
cattle after they have traveled a few miles. 
We see such people occasionally on the 
boards of the least progressive fairs, but 
their influence is rapidly dying out. Fair 
people to succeed must belong to the hustling, 
modern type of farmer or business man, and 
the only way to succeed is to put up a show 
that is not a laughing stock for the public. 
As to the charges of dishonesty among the 
judges, that we deeply resent. There are 
few things fairer than the ordinary stock 
judging of the present day. It has to be. 
The least taint on any judge’s name would 
bar him with any progressive society, and 
every traveler would be wise in a week. 
There may be isolated instances, the same 
as in any walk in life, but such are rare, 
and that man would have to step down and 
out. To cast a slur, even indirectly, on such 
men as Dr. Smead, Prof. Wing, Mr. Alexan- 
ander and a score of other expert chicken 
and stock judges is in very ill taste, to say 
the least. 
With the travelers themselves it is no 
great matter. We have been maligned so 
long that few do more than smile, while none 
take up their own defence, but continue to 
breed and fit - with the most good-natured 
composure in the world, hoping to bring out 
the goods next time. As a rule, we are all 
farmers, who in the beginning have managed 
to scrape up enough to start a small bunch 
of registered cattle and exhibit locally in a 
small wav. Then we were just farmers. 
Finding it scarcely paid to put up a show 
for one fair, we branched out, and thus be¬ 
came travelers, seemingly with every man’s 
hand against us, but still a distinction with¬ 
out a difference. So, as a rule, you find us 
representatives of the modern, thinking 
farmer, with the honesty of the class, and 
while occasional sharp practice will crop out, 
there is none of the downright dishonesty 
and cutthroat piracy such as is common in 
city life and business, where one man lives 
and accumulates from the property of his 
fellows by any means, whether lawful or 
not, and often with little fear of jail or 
any punishment. Just give us justice and 
leave us alone, and we will continue to do 
more for the livestock improvement in the 
East than any other agency in the business. 
Alpine, N. Y. b. i*. Hathaway. 
SUFFERED FOR 15 YEARS 
With Torturing Eczema—All Sorts of 
Remedies Failed—Friend Recom¬ 
mended Cuticura Which 
Cured At Trifling Cost. 
“I have had eczema for over fifteen 
years, and have tried all sorts of reme¬ 
dies to relieve me, but without avail. I 
stated my case to one of my friends, and 
he recommended the Cuticura Remedies. 
I bought them with the thought that they 
would be unsuccessful, as with the others. 
But after using them for a few weeks I 
noticed to my surprise that the irritation 
and peeling of the skin gradually de¬ 
creased, and finally, after using five cakes 
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuti¬ 
cura Ointment it disappeared entirely. I 
feel now like a new man, and I would 
gladly recommend these remedies to all 
who are afflicted with skin diseases. David 
Rlum, Box A, Bedford Station, N. Y., 
Nov. 6, 1905.” 
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CAUSTIC 
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A safe, speedy and positive cure. 
The safest. Best BLISTER ever 
used. Removes ail bunches from 
Horses. Impossible to produce 
scar or blemish. Send for circu¬ 
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LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS 00.. Cleveland, Ohio. 
“KANT CUM OFF” 
FLY-COVERS FOR COWS. 
Cows wearing “ KANT CUM OFF” FLY- 
COVERS will give one-quarter more milk. 
Guaranteed to stay on. 
PRICE, $9.00 PER DOZEN. 
Send ONE DOLLAR in stamps for sample by 
prepaid express. 
FOND DU LAC AWNING AND TENT GO., 
Dept. 26, Fond Du Lac Wis. 
NEWTON'S Heave and Cough Cuie 
A VETERINARY SPECIFIC. 
15 yearssale. One to two cant 
cure Heaves. $1.00 per 
^•“can. of dealers, or express 
prepaid. Send for booklet. 
TheNew ton KemedyCo.,Toledo,O. 
YOUNG MEN WANTED —To learn the 
Veterinary Profession. Catalogue sent 
free. Address VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 46 LOUIS STREET. 
New York State Veterinary College 
of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 
Free tuition to New York State Students. Extended 
announcement. Address 
Prof. JAMES LAW, F.R.C.V.S.. Director. 
WARRINER’S hSK&SU STANCHION 
I. B. Calvin, Vice-Presi 
dent, State Dairy Associa¬ 
tion, Kewanno, Ind.,says: 
“I think them 
PERFECT.” 
Send for BOOKLET. 
W. B. CRUMB, 
73 Main Street, 
Forestville, Conn. 
CHAIN HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
cqlp hv 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestville, Conn. 
Death tho Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
We will send you 100 lbs. of I»R. 
HOLLAND’S MEDICATED STOCK 
SALT on 60 days’ trial, freight pre¬ 
paid. If you derive no benefit, it 
costs you nothing; i 1 you do, it 
costs you $5.00. Give us your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
DAIRY COW FEED 
We have the milk producing feed with the two big 
requisites in 
Dewey’s Distillers’ Dried Grains. 
It is lightweight and bulky, a good filler. And it's 
nearly one-third protein, 30# protein by analysis. A 
great milk maker and great ration balancer. Has twice 
the value of wheat bran. Low Summer Prices still on. 
DEWEY BROS. CO., Box 666, Blanchestor, Ohio. 
10 000 EERRETS from selected breeders. Per- 
iu,uuu j. pct wor ] Cer8# They exterminate rats, 
drive out rabbits. 48 p. illus’d book and price 
list free. g_ FARNSWORTH, Middletown, Ohio. 
fOLLIE PUPS AND WHITE AND BROWN 
^ FERRETS. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose, Pa. 
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. HALLIDAY, Route2,Hammondsport, N.Y. 
OHIO FARM 
Berkshire Hogs and Jersey 
Cattle; stock for sale; always on 
hand. M. L. BENHAM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
f , ROSS-ROAD O. I. C’s.—Very best strains. 
^ Choice pigs only. Prize-winning stock. Satisfac¬ 
tion gtiarranteed. CROSS-ROAD FARM, Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. ‘and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
MOJLSTEIN BULL 
Born last January. A Beautiful, well developed 
individual, largely white, handsomely marked. Sire— 
By a son of Rosa Bonheur 5th (682 II). milk, 25.34 lb. 
butter in 7 days, A. R. O.) and Colantha Lad, a 
brother to the new World's Champion 35-lb. cow, 
Colantha 4th’s Johanna. I)am—Pertnnia Daw 2d, a 
splendid cow and a largo producer, uniting Friesland, 
Clothilde and other noted strains. This bull lias the 
right to make an extra good sire. The first order 
with $40.00 takes him, all papers included. Address 
THE STEVENS BROS.-HASTINGS CO.. 
Brookside Herd ... Liverpool. N. Y. 
F REE— Pedigree of the great Holstein sire 
Sir Korndyke Manor De Kol Jr. Extra fine 
females bred to above sire. Prices mod¬ 
erate. Have reduced price of male 
calves to insure quick sales. 
RIVENBURGH BROS. 
Hillhurst Farm - - Oneida, N. Y. 
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. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OP 
HOLSTE1N-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 sDecial offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. COUTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this groat breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y.-Brattleboro, Vt. 
BULL CALVES and YOUNG BULLS 
ready for serviee, 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. Wo 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. 
AS FINE HERDS OF 
GUERNSEY and RED POLLED Cattle 
a.- any in the great state of PennsylvaniaatUniondale 
Stock Farm. A limited number for sale. Address 
D. L. STEVENS. Proprietor, Uniondale, Susq. Co., Pa. 
DIJI J, <’ALF— A descendant of “ The Owl.” P. 2195 
U H.(’. II El PER CALF—A descendant of ‘‘Flying 
Fox,” P. 3123 H. C. Both solid color and from splendid 
cows. Price, $10(1. Laurkl Farm, Hamilton, N.Y. 
BERKSHIRES. 
Three choice yearling sows, bred to Masters Chief 
No 984GO, a son of Masterpiece. 
Eight very fine boars. June farrow, sired by Baron 
Duke 82nd, a son of Premier Longfellow, Grand 
Champion at Universal Exposition. 
Correspondence solicited. 
B. E. HUNT - Reading Centre, N. Y. 
LARGE BERKSHIRE SWINE 
Grandsons and daughters of Lord Premier, 
Premier Longfellow and Masterpiece. 
Special offering of pigs 10 weeks old. 
H. C. 6 H. B. HARPENDING - Dundee, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A tine 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. 
68GOO, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
Stone Farm BERKSHIRES 
Rich in the blood of Lord Premier Masterpiece, 
Baron Duke 50th, Ijord Bacon, Baron Premier 8th, 
Artful Bell, Charmer and Dueliess, the most ap¬ 
proved up-to-date breeding in New York State, For 
price, etc., write to 
RICHARD H. STONE, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
KALORAMAFARM BERKSHIRES 
We now offer a splendid lot of Young Pigs, sired 
by imported 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 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. 
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 
HAMILTON & CO.,Coehranvi 1 le,Pa 
Cows in Calf. 
LARGE IMPROVED ENGLISH YORKSHIRES, 
from best Importation. Address 
H P H I P F ^ THE NEW YORK 
L, O I I I *V l. . FARMERS’ HOG. 
Hardy; prolific; strong fine boned; quickgrowersand 
easy keepers. Young stock for sale. Department of 
Animal Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca.N. Y. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
K. F. SHANNON. 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
