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1009. 
QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGORA GOATS. 
I want some information in reference to 
Angora goats. Will they clean up what 
we call sprout land where the underbrush 
is thick and say from three to 10 feet in 
height, made up mostly of chestnut? Will 
Angora goats run in the same pasture with 
sheep without disadvantage to either, and 
will they protect the sheep from dogs? 
Will Angora goats protect themselves from 
the dogs? HEADER. 
There have been several other ques¬ 
tions similar to the above. The Angoras 
will clean up such land. We should not 
keep them with sheep. They will not 
protect the sheep from dogs, nor are 
they dog-proof. Several years ago a 
New England man wrote us he was sure 
his Angoras would drive the dogs away. 
A few weeks after he made the state¬ 
ment dogs killed over half his flock. We 
do not believe the Angoras will prove 
hardy in New England, and we would 
not advise farmers to keep them in 
preference to good sheep. 
VALUE OF CORNCOBS. 
I would very much like to know your 
opinion of the statements made in the in¬ 
closed advertisement, especially those which 
I have underlined : 
“Turn your corncobs into money by 
grinding ear corn, cob and all! The cob has 
the same food elements as the kernels, only 
in different proportions. The cob is rich in 
proteid, the basis of animal tissues. The 
cob when ground with the kernels, gives 
bulk to the feed—fakes the place of rough- 
age —aids digestion—hastens and cheapens 
fattening —stimulates milk production. Far¬ 
mers, stocl;-raisers and dairymen are losing 
an enormous amount of valuable feed by 
throning away the cobs. They don’t stop 
to consider—or do not know— that corn¬ 
cobs. ground with the kernels, have greater 
feeding value 
than potatoes, straw or 
corn 
fodder !’’ 
B. w. 
L. 
Collins, N. 
Y. 
Here we 
have a table 
giving the 
an- 
alyses of various feeds: 
Muscle 
Fat 
Makers. 
Formers. 
Fat. 
Dent eorn. . 
. 7.8 
66.7 
4.3 
Corncob 
. 0.4 
52.5 
0.3 
Corn and cob 
meal 4.4 
60. 
2.9 
Corn fodder 
. 1.7 
32.4 
0.7 
Potatoes . . . 
. 0.9 
16.3 
0.1 
Wheat straw 
_ 0.4 
36.3 
0.4 
Tlius we 
see that the 
corncobs 
are 
not “rich in proteid.” As to whether a 
farmer throws away “an enormous 
amount of valuable feed” when he does 
not grind the cobs—it depends upon va¬ 
rious things. While the cobs do not con¬ 
tain much actual food the small ground 
particles mixed with the meal give a 
better chance for digestion. In feeding 
some of our horses we have had trouble 
with cornmeal alone. It seems to pack 
close and cause more or less colic. No 
one who has ever fed them alone would 
be likely to say that ground corncobs 
have greater feeding value than potatoes 
or good corn fodder. The fodder con¬ 
tains four times as much protein as the 
cobs, and twice as much fat. 
GQOD RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
I read on page 949 about the time when 
March and April pullets could be expected 
to lay. I bought a small place (about 12 
acres) in the suburbs of our city three 
years ago. It is on high ground and has 
no standing water on it. Last year I 
built a bouse. I have a friend who has a 
fine flock of White Wyandottes, and I think 
they are about the handsomest fowl that 
grows. But what I wanted was eggs. By 
inquiry among the different hen owners it 
seemed to me that the Rhode Island Reds, 
especially in Winter, were laying the most 
eggs. I bought 20 pullets of that breed 
September a year ago. They were not spe¬ 
cially early birds, and I was much sur¬ 
prised when November 24 they began to 
lay. I kept a strict account of the eggs, 
and on November 24 this year lacked only 
16 eggs of 3,000. I raised 40 chickens to 
maturity. 24 of them being pullets. One 
of the hens was killed July 1, so that the 
average was about 150 per hen. They were 
housed in a very ordinary building and had 
only ordinary care. One of the pullets be¬ 
gan laying when only five months and 
seven days old. I have increased my flock 
now to 60. and if they can make good, hope 
to increase to 250 next year. In the first 
place you must have a good laying strain. 
Hens, like cows, vary in the same breed. 
Then they must be properly housed, kept 
clean and fed food suitable for producing 
eggs, and then I do not believe that there 
is a fowl that can beat the Reds. I am 
now getting from 12 to 15 eggs a day, 
while many with from 60 to 100 fowls 
are not getting any, I believe. w. b. 
Rutland, Yt. 
20 Hens 
To the average ponltryman that would seem 
impossible, and when we tell you that we have 
actually done a $500 poultry business with 20 hens 
on a corner in the city garden 30 feet wide by 40 
feet long, we are simply stating facts. It would 
not be possible to get such returns by any one of 
the systems of poultry keeping recommended and 
practiced by the American people, still it is possible 
when the new PHILO SYSTEM is adopted. 
The Philo System is unlike all other ways of 
keeping poultry, and in many respects is just the 
reverse, accomplishing things in poultry work that 
have always been considered impossible, and get¬ 
ting unheard-of results that are hard to believe 
without seeing; however, the facts remain the 
same and we can prove to you every word of the 
above statement. 
Tliree-ponn<l While Orpington Rooster, Ten 
Weeks Old KaLed l»y Ihe Philo System. 
The New System Cover* a!! 15rntiche* of the Work 
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detail bow to make everything necessary to run 
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TWO-POIENTB BROILERS IX EIGHT WEEKS 
are raised in space of less than a square foot to the broiler without any loss, and the broilers are 
of the very best quality, bringing here three cents per pound above the highest market price. 
Our Six Month* Old Pullet* Are Laying at the 
Rate of 24 Eirs:* Each Pgr Month 
in a space of two square feet for each bird. No 
green cut bone of any description is fed, and the 
food used is inexpensive as compared with food 
others are using. 
Our new book, “The Philo System of Progressive 
Poultry Keeping,” gives full particulars regarding 
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Don’t I.et the t hicks Die In the Shell 
One of our secrets of success is to save all the 
chickens that are fully developed at hatching time, 
whether they can crack the shell or not. It’s a 
simple trick and believed to be tho secret of the 
Ancient Egyptians and Chinese, which enabled 
them to sell the chicks at 10 cents a dozen. 
A FEW TESTIMONIALS 
Vallky Falls, N.Y., Sept. 6, 190 7. 
Tt was my privilege to spend a week in Elmira during 
August, during which time I saw the practical working of 
the Philo System of Keeping Poultry, and was surprised at 
the results accomplished in a small corner of a*city yard. 
Seeing is believing, they say, and if I had not seen, it 
would have been hard to believe that such results could 
have followed so small an outlay of space, time and money. 
(Kev.) W. W. Cox. 
Oct. 22, 1908. 
P. S.—A year’s observation, and some expet ience of my 
own, confirm mein what I wrote Sept. 5, 1907. The Sys¬ 
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l»e no doubt as to its worth and adaptability. It is especi¬ 
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chickens; seven feet square is pleuty for a flock of seven. 
(Rev.) \V. W. Cox. 
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In Six Months From 
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74 Third St. ' Elmira, N. Y. 
Kansomvii.lk, N. Y., Dec. 5,1908. 
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Spring jid Summer. The same has been a great help to 
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Respectfully yours, W. R. Ccbtiss & Co. 
Skankateles, N. Y., May 5, 1908. 
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