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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 16, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
TRANQUILLITY FARM DORSETS. 
A few weeks ago there was a picture 
in The R. N.-Y. of some of Mr. Stuy- 
vesant’s Dorsets. Last week when at 
Allamuchy, N. J., I had the pleasure of 
visiting the farm. They have over ioo 
purebred ewes, and about 50 grades. 
They are all fine, but the purebreds are 
the best I have ever seen. It ought 
to be true that the stock a man shows 
at the fairs is a good sample of his 
flock or herd. Unfortunately it is not 
always so. Too often a “show” flock 
is got together, and they are the only 
animals worth while that the man has. 
from plumage as well as to rid them¬ 
selves of lice. 2. As to cooking cracked 
corn and oats there is no objection to 
it, the only question is whether it pays 
for the trouble or not. It swells the 
food, particularly the oats, and thus 
makes more bulk, but whether any less 
quantity of food would give as good 
results, simply because it had absorbed 
moisture, is at least doubtful. A few 
years ago a good deal was written 
about the advantages of cooked food 
for hogs and other animals, but ex¬ 
periments showed that as a general 
thing it did not pay for the trouble. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
HOG RAISING ON ALFALFA. 
Many times they are spoiled for breed¬ 
ers in the fitting. Several years ago 
I judged these sheep at the New York 
State Fair, and was impressed with 
their square bodies and heavy quarters. 
Naturally I was glad of the opportunity 
to see if they were only a “type.” One 
could have selected plenty of “show” 
sheep from the flock, and those left 
would have been equally good. About 
half of the purebred ewes have lamhs, 
most of them dropped in August and 
September. A bunch of 50 lambs were 
eating hay out of the racks like old 
sheep. They would weigh from 30 to 
60 pounds, and Were fat enough to go 
to market for “Winter lambs.” They 
will not, however, as they are to be 
kept for breeders. There were others 
just dropped. The remainder of the 
flock will lamb during the next two 
months. Mr. Danks, the superintend¬ 
ent, said it was much easier to get the 
ewes to breed in the cool weather of 
Spring—the lambs coming as above, 
than in the warm weather of July and 
August. While these lambs were a 
little too early for the best market after 
the holidays, they were just right for 
breeding purposes, with the splendid 
start they had. Then too, they can be 
grown very cheaply, as during the early 
Fall the ewes have good pasture and 
give plenty of milk without extra grain. 
Now the ewes are getting but a half 
pound of grain each daily. They had 
some silage in addition to clover hay. 
The flock was not pampered, but had 
good sensible care, with a dry stable, 
well bedde'd, shelter, and ’a clean yard 
to run in. There was a pen of yearl¬ 
ing ewes, that were the best I ever saw. 
In fact, I could scarcely believe they 
were not two years old until I had ex¬ 
amined their mouths. When I com¬ 
pared these sheep in my mind's eye 
with the Dorsets as first imported, I 
felt here was a practical illustration of 
what proper selection in breeding and 
good care would do in developing our 
domestic animals, edw’d van alstyne 
A START IN POULTRY. 
In respect to starting in the poultry busi¬ 
ness, will you please give me your knowl¬ 
edge (not opinion) on the questions herein 
stated? 1. Starting with a new outfit in 
the way of buildings, then getting eggs to 
be hatched by incubator, would they not 
he free from lice, and if so, keep free from 
them all the time? 2. What do you think 
of cooked cracked corn, and also cooked 
oats for fowls? J. c. b. 
South Hanson, Mass. 
1. If a poultry plant was started in 
a location where poultry had not been 
kept previously and all the stock 
hatched in incubators and raised in new 
brooders, and no fowls from outside 
ever allowed to come on the place, I 
do not see why or how there should 
ever be any hen lice on this stock. I 
don’t believe in “spontaneous genera¬ 
tion,” even of hen lice. But to make 
sure the poultryman would have to 
keep away from other poultry plants 
himself, for lice might crawl up his 
shoes or get on his clothing and thus 
be transported to his flock, and the 
same thing would apply to visitors. 
But he would need to supply the “dust 
bath” just the same, for fowls dust 
themselves to get rid of the fine scales 
Having arrived here in Montana eight 
weeks ago and being on my ranch of 160 
acres of fine irrigated land, I am anxious 
to engage in some branch of agriculture 
besides raising sugar beets, grain and Al¬ 
falfa, as my neighbors are doing. Having 
had experience with poultry, the dairy, also 
pork raising, I have concluded to try the 
latter, for I believe there is more money 
and less labor connected with it. This 
last season my farm has averaged 16 tons 
sugar beets, 43 bushels wheat and 61 
bushels oats per acre, no fertilizer, only 
what Alfalfa stores in the ground. Al¬ 
falfa three years old cuts about four tons 
to three cuttings and affords Fall pasture 
more or less until Christmas. One acre 
of three-year-old Alfalfa, I am told, will 
maintain four brood sows and their litters 
during the Summer, if some grain is fed 
during and a little prior to nursing time. 
In early Fall the young shotes can be 
turned on a sugar beet field to help them¬ 
selves, and will fatten rapidly. One acre 
of beets will fatten about 100 shotes, and 
as this valley is blessed with an abundance 
of pure river water, entirely free from 
alkali, plenty of good running water is, 
at hand for any part of the ranch for nine 
months during the year. By drilling 100 
to 150 feet we strike good soft water for 
the three Winter months. One well of this 
kind is just completed on a ranch 60 feet 
from my ranch at a depth of 130 feet. 
Hog diseases are very little known here on 
account of free range and very little grain 
fed and but little wet weather. Pork hero 
is selling at six to 6)4 cents per pound< 
on foot; 50 acres of Alfalfa should easily 
maintain 100 brood sows and their young 
during Summer; 12 acres of beets should 
fatten 1,000 shotes; 1,000 shotes should 
weigh 200,000 pounds, and should bring 
at five cents on foot, $10,000. By raising 
30 acres of sugar beets for Winter feed¬ 
ing. 30 acres of wheat and oats, and three 
crops of Alfalfa hay on the remaining 30 
or 40 acres, enough feed could be raised 
to feed the old stock and raise half the 
number of shotes for Spring market or 
at least enough to cover all expense of 
running the hog ranch. I would like very 
much to hear from some of The R. N.-Y. 
readers how far I have figured out of the 
way, also what breed of hogs is best to 
start with. I intend to go slow, start with 
about 10 sows and work up, as I get 
experience. h. b. n. 
Joliet, Mont. 
R. N.-Y.—We turn this question over to 
some of our western readers for answer. 
‘SaveThe Horse’S pavinCure. 
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Fredericktown, O., Sept. 22 , 1908. I have been using your 
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been offered $250 for her, as she is a well-bred one. I pur¬ 
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P. W. PLUMMEN. 
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Large Improved English Yorkshires 
A. A. BKADLEV, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
| aiujf BKllKSHIftl.N —Grand-daughters of Lord Premier, 
L Premier Longfellow and Masterpiece, bred and safe in 
pig for March, April and May farrow to sons of these boars. 
Pigs all ages. Registered our expense. Money back if 
wanted. H. C. & H. B. liurpemting, “High wood,” Dundee, N. Y. 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES 
Direct Premier Longfellow, Lord Premier and 
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_S. <’. FRENCH. Atwater, N. Y. 
KALORAMA 
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A limited number of young sows bred to a grand 
imported boar for March and April farrow. 
Also a fine lot of fall pigs of the highest quality 
and breeding at very attractive prices. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, PennYan,N.Y. 
COOK FARMS -JACKS 
Saddle Horses, Trotting 
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Branch Barn, - Wichita, Kansas. 
FINE HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
FOR 
SALE 
Sired by “ Sir Sadie Cornfcoima,” No. 42152, 
whose average A.R.O. backing is 32.48 lbs. butter 
in 7 days, which is the world’s record. Bull calf born 
May 31, 1908, Dam very choice young cow “Sadie 
Friend Mercedes,” No. 04928. A.R.O. nearly 20 lbs. 
Calf large, thrifty, evenly marked, straight in the 
bark, deep in body, sound and right in every respect. 
PRICE $100.00. Have others if this fellow does 
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BROTHERTOWN STOCK FARMS, Utica, N. Y. 
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Write for description ami prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
HOLSTEIN -FRIESIANS 
GENIE CLOTHILDE, one of the world’s 
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days and 110.45 lbs. butter in thirty days. 
PONTIAC CHIRON, one of the best sons of 
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A special offer on some nicely bred Bum, Calves. 
A. A. CORTKLYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
MILK FOR BABIES 
Holstein (he Rest. Send for free booklets. 
F. L, Houghton. 81 American Bldg., Brattleboro, Vt. 
CALVES. 
Raise Them Without Milk. 
Booklet Free. 
J. W. Harwell, Waukegan.Ill. 
A Grade, when I can sell 
fou a reg. Jersey bull, best 
You Can't Afford f , _ 
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R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Cnp CU| E— Registered Dutch Belted Bull 
rUll wHLb "Prince”—two years old—seven 
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Hampshire Swine (the Bacon hog). Pigs, regular 
markings $8.00, irregular markings $0.00. Address 
Chas. Stewart Davison. So. Williamstown, Mass. 
A Good Madison County Farm of 
61 ACRES 
Two Miles From Depot, Etc., $1,800. 
Also a few young sons of Fern’s Jubilee, 
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SPRINGBANK HERR*SE , SrJu to S 
bred to Watson’s Charmer Duke, 100100, son of 
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Belle Premier’s Duke, son of Watson’s Charmer 
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C OLLIE PUPS from imported Stock. Females 
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jCOTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
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