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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 11, 
SEEDING A SHEEP PASTURE. 
I have a sheep pasture which is light 
sandy soil. Two years ago Ihe white grubs 
ruined it. Last Fall I plowed it and seeded 
it with Orchard grass, Red-top and Timothy, 
using rye as nurse crop. I wish to get it 
back to pasture as soon, as possible. Would 
you advise turning the sheep in early or 
letting the rye grow and cut it in the milk? 
I do not care for the rye except to protect 
the seeding and give best results to the 
pasture. r. a. w. 
Oswego Co., N. Y. 
While the sheep will do well on the rye, 
and it will continue to grow when pas¬ 
tured, so as to afford feed well into the 
Summer, I am sure the pasture will he 
much better in the end if you cut the rye 
this year. Sheep are. very fond of the 
sweet tender grasses, and if let run in 
the new seeding will gnaw it down to the 
ground. I have had a flock of sheep ruin a 
piece of new seeding in this way. If you 
cut the rye just as the heads begin to 
form it will make excellent fodder. You 
will then be likely to get a second growth 
of rye, which with the clover and grass 
that comes up with it, will make more 
good feed. Then another year you stand 
a good chance to have some good pas¬ 
ture. It is not wise to plow a field that 
has been in grass and sow immediately to 
grass again; most times a poor seeding 
will result. If such field is plowed in the 
Spring or early Summer and then worked 
down solid, and well fertilized, a good 
seeding can be had, otherwise the con¬ 
ditions are not favorable for a good stand 
of grass. If you will sow as soon as you 
can this Spring, five pounds of Blue grass 
and two pounds of White clover per acre 
in addition to those grasses mentioned, 
you will have a much better pasture if 
your seeding stands at all. 1 imothy will 
stand but a little time in pasture, and 
sheep will soon tramp out and destroy 
its bulbous roots, edward van a-lstyne. 
FISTULA OF THE MILK DUCT. 
I have bought a Jersey cow with her 
second calf that has a hole at the base of 
her right hind teat; about three-fourths of 
the milk from that quarter comes through. 
The hole is in a lump that looks to me as 
though it had been a teat and was cut off. 
The man I got her from bought her last 
Fall at a sale 13 miles from here; he says 
that he did not notice any milk coming out 
of the hole then. When I got her her udder 
was swollen, with a hard lump in it, and 
was inflamed, but with the application of 
lard and turpentine and kneading her udder 
I have got it about all right again. What 
shall I do with that teat? Would it he ad¬ 
visable to let It dry and heal it up, as she 
does not give more than a pint at a milking 
from that quarter, or milk her until she goes 
dry, and then heal it up? How shall I do 
it? That is her only fault as far as I know, 
and I believe she will make a good cow, so 
I would like to give her the best treatment 
I can. s - D - H - 
Ashville, Ta. 
Will you publish the cause and cure for 
heifer, with her first calf, with an extra 
hole on side of teat? When milking milk 
comes out in a stream size of a thread. She 
has had best of care and careful feeding. 
The hole is in back teat. s. M. G. 
Elwyn, Fa. 
Fistula implicating the milk duct of the 
teat may be due to a wound, such as that 
made by barb wire. Often, however, 
where one of the back teats is involved, 
the false opening is the duct of a rudi¬ 
mentary teat which has no individual 
gland, but opens into the teat of normal 
size. In this case, as there is a “lump” 
in connection with the abnormal opening, 
I strongly suspect that originally the cow 
had quite a large extra or rudimentary 
teat, through which milk issued at milk¬ 
ing time, and that some one amputated 
the extra teat, thinking to lessen the an¬ 
noyance in this way. As the cow is giv¬ 
ing but a pint of milk from the quarter 
of the udder with which the fistula con¬ 
nects, and has had garget (inflammation) 
in that quarter it is evident that infective 
matters (germs) entered by way of the 
false opening, and in that case it is highly 
improbable that the quarter will resume 
its natural productice function, even when 
the fistula has been cured. Under the 
circumstances we would advise coating 
the part with flexible collodion as re¬ 
quired to prevent flow of milk until the 
cow dries off when the false opening 
possibly may be done away with by cau¬ 
terization with a red-hot knitting needle. 
It would be better however to have it 
operated upon by a qualified veterinarian. 
In the case of the heifer with very small 
fistula the use of flexible collodion or the 
application of a turn of surgeon’s plaster 
around the teat so as to occlude the false 
opening should suffice until she is dry 
when the fistula may be cured by opera¬ 
tion. The best method of operating is a 
vexed question with surgeons but experi¬ 
ence has taught us not to suture (stitch) 
wounds of the teat through which milk 
issues at milking time. It is better thor¬ 
oughly to cleanse the parts, remove shreds 
and ragged tissues, then dust the wound 
with iodoform, insert a sterilized self-re¬ 
taining milking tube in the natural duct 
to prevent milk from flowing through 
fistula, then bandage the teat with sur¬ 
geon’s plaster from its tip right up to the 
udder. In a couple of days, if all goes 
well, the milking tube may be dispensed 
with, and the cow milked in the usual 
way, the plaster being sufficiently elastic 
to allow of this being done, and in a 
week to 10 days the plaster may be re¬ 
moved, when the wound and fistula should 
be found closed by “first intention” heal¬ 
ing. In an old standing case of milk 
duct fistula due to a tearing wound that 
failed to heal properly, treatment is more 
difficult. After cleansing parts perfectly 
and sponging with a 1-1,000 solution of 
bichloride of mercury, a clean milking 
tube is inserted in the normal milk duct. 
With a clean, sharp scalpel the tissues of 
the edges or lining of the fistula are then 
cut away right down to the tube; a num¬ 
ber of deep, parallel cuts are then made 
lengthwise through the tissues of the teat 
wall above, through and below the orifice 
of the fistula, these cuts being made very 
close together like leaves. The fresh 
wounds are then dusted with iodoform 
and the teat from tip to udder imme¬ 
diately bandaged with surgeon’s plaster. 
After treatment is the same as prescribed 
in the foregoing relating to use of plaster. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
When the young man, who sold chick¬ 
ens, cleaned and dressed, called one 
morning on his usual rounds the young 
housekeeper, who was about to buy, re¬ 
marked : “I should think you would hate 
to cut the heads off those poor chickens?” 
“I do,” replied the man, “but I manage 
to get around that all right.” “How?” 
asked the tender-hearted purchaser. 
“Chop the chickens off,” was the reply.” 
—Boston Herald. 
SKIN SORE FOR 8 YEARS 
Spent $300 on Doctors and Remedies 
But Got No Relief—Work Often 
Impossible — Trouble Gone — 
Cured in a Week by Cuticura. 
“Up to a week or so ago I had tried 
many other remedies and several doctors, 
and spent about three hundred dollars, 
without any success, but this is to-dav 
the seventh day that I have been using 
the Cuticura Remedies (costing $1.50), 
which have cured me completely, so that 
I could work again to-night. My trouble 
was as follows:—Upon the limbs and 
between the toes my skin was rough and 
sore, and also sore under the arms, 
and I had to stay at home several times 
because of this affection. I had been 
suffering for eight years and have now 
been cured by the Cuticura Remedies 
within a week. I shall recommend it to 
my friends. Fritz Hirschlaff, 24 Colum¬ 
bus Av.e., New York, N. Y., March 29 
and April 6, 1906.” 
DON’T STOP GRAIN FEEDING 
WHEN PASTURE COMES. 
T HE Experiment Stations have demonstrated that it pays to keep up the 
grain ration for dairy cows throughout the summer. The Station at 
Cornell University by a series of experiments covering four years, shows 
that there is not only an increased flow of milk, hut that small gram ration 
added, even to best pasturage, produces that milk economically. 
Summer grain rations guard against sudden changes m conditions, ihe 
milk flow remains regular in times of drouth, in short pasture. Don t let 
your cows start to go dry for lack of proper feed. 
CORN PROTEGRAN 
T 1 TIIE IjO'W (SUMMER. URICES 
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allow you a liberal commission for your trouble. Liberal terms of payment made to 
responsible parties. Address, . . .. . 
THE DEWEY BROS. CO., Box 656, Manchester, Ohio. 
JERSEY REDS GET HEAVY FAST 
It’s “Pounds that count.” Buy Jersey Red 
Piers—the rapid growers. Strong, vigorous, 
small-boned, long-bodied. Nine months 
pigs often dress 3.>o lbs. Buy a pair now. 
Get quick profits. Circular Free. 
A. J. COLLINS, Box R , Moorestown, N. J. 
KALORAMA FARM 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 ana 
American bred. . , ^ T . , 
They are the best lot ever raised at Ralorama 
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. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Bcrkshires and C. Whites. 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. Ser¬ 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund money if not satisfactory. Reg 
Bolsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cow* 
in Calf. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS. 
Registered Silver Premium Stock. Mate- 
not akin. March, April, and May farrow. 
F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pliarsalia, N. Y. 
0.1. C.’s 
Kansas City. 
—All ages. Sows bred to brother 
of Junior champion World’s 
Fair, St. Louis, sired by Grand 
champion Amer. Royal Show, 
PARDY BROS., Plattsburg, N. Y. 
PRIMROSE STOCK FARMiSirSf l.X 0 ™'’' :ork 
imported stock. 
shires: no better: from 
A. A. BRADLEY’, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITES —Pigs 'of April. May and 
not akin. JOS.T. FLEMING, Belleville 
: pair 
e, Fa., 
Route 2. 
fHF^HIPF^ the new york 
v 11 L-Olll FARMERS’ HOG. 
Hardy; prolific; strong fine boned; quick growers and 
easy keepers. Young stock for sale. Departmentof 
Animal Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca.N.Y. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
li. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg 
Pa. 
|—REGISTERED JERSEYS 
only. Increase of herd 
for sale. Address 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, New York. 
GUERNSEY BULL CALF^MS 
sired by a son of Prince Rosendale, $:JO. liUFF 
ORPINGTON EGGS for hatching. Prize winning 
stock on free range, $1.25 per 13: $7.00 per 100. 
HAWTHORNE FARM, Williamsviile, N. Y. 
F OR SALE— Pure bred Holstein Friesian Heifer 
and Bull Calves. The best goods for the least 
money. YVrite promptly. 
W. W, CHENEY, 
Manlius, New York. 
BULL CALVES and 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 Oe Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have over 40 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. 
STAR FARM H0LSTEINS 
SPECIAL SPRING SALE. 
One Hundred Registered Holstein Cows; 
Fifty Registered Holstein Bulls; 
One Hundred Registered Holstein Calves. 
CUT PRICES. 
I pay the freight on carload lots east of the 
Mississippi river. Send for “BARGAIN COUNTER 
LIST.” Circulars and photographs free. Do not 
miss this sale. HORACE L. BRONSON, 
Oept. D, Cortland, N. V. 
DISPERSAL SALE 
HIGH GLASS 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. 
RIVENBURGH BROS., 
I Hillburst Farm, Oneida, N. Y. 
SHOE BOILS 
Are Hard to Cure, 
yet 
^SORDINE 
will remove them and leave no 
blemish. Does not blister or re- 
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be worked. S2.00 per bottle, delivered. Book 6-C Free. 
ABSORI5INE, JR, for mankind, jgl.OO per 
bottle. Cures Boils, Bruises, Old Sores, Swellings, 
Varicose Veins, Varicocele, Hydrocele. Allays Bain 
W. F.YOUNG, P.D.F. 88 Monmouth St, Springfield,Mass. 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
Our old $100 offer always good for fail- 
ure to cure, when cure is possible, any 
case of splint, curb, colic, thrush, etc. 
“Veterinary Experience," the horse¬ 
man’s infallible guide. Valued every¬ 
where. A copy mailed free. Write 
for it 
Tuttle’s Elixir Co., 
SOBeverly St., Boston, Matt* 
CANADIAN BRANCH: 
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Death tho Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
We will send von 100 lbs. of DR. 
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COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
Kills Every Fly It Strikes. Keeps allinsect pests 
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harmless. Cures all sores. Used since 1885 . Kills lice 
and mites. If dealer offers substitute, send us $1 for 
Improved 3 -tube Sprayer and enough SHOO-FLY to pro¬ 
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a permanent cure for 
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dealers or sent direct, express prepaid. 
Bend for booklet of endorsements. 
THE NEWTON REMEDY CO., Toledo, Ohio 
WARRINER’S hSg STANCHION 
I. B. Calvin, Vice-Presi¬ 
dent, State Dairy Associa¬ 
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“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 
sale by 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestville, Conn. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose. Fa. 
Dm I 1C DIIDC Females and brood bitches. NEL- 
UULLIt rUrO son BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
T HOROUGHBED FOX TERRIER Puppies 
for sale. A very choice lot, beautifully marked 
and well developed. Expressed anywhere for $10 each. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. S. L. Black, Bartow, Ga. 
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. COKTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
REMOVAL SALE OF HOLSTEINS 
Having sold one of our large farms at Lacona, 
preparatory to concentrating at Liverpool March 1st, 
wo ought to sell at least 180 head before that date. 
We are offering special bargains and just now 
can supply you with anything in high class Holsteins 
at lower prices than evertefore quality considered. 
STEVENS BROS.-HASTINGS CO., 
Broobside Herd, Lacona, New York. 
