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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
f IVP QfYY/’»lz Qrirl Poughkeepsie fair for three or four 
L/ivt: oiuik diiu l^airy years and this year they were j Udged 
by one of the foremost Shropshire 
breeders in this country. He said that 
they had remarkably good backs and 
hind quarters from a mutton stand¬ 
point for field sheep. They had no 
special preparation. Still these ' were a 
few selected specimens and I will 
agree with Mr. Van Alstyne that they 
are now a special purpose sheep, and 
that their specialty is fat early lambs 
for dressing. Yet I think with good 
selection a good mutton breed can be 
made of them. jesse h. alley. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
HORSES FOR THE ARMY. 
Some time ago I received an inquiry 
from West Point Military Academy for 
horses to use in the service. I was un¬ 
able to find any in this section that 
would meet their requirements. All 
the horses being either of the light 
trotting type or of a slow draft char¬ 
acter. I inclose the list of require¬ 
ments for an artillery horse that the 
, Department sent me. It strikes me 
that they describe a mighty good farm 
horse, and I think it would be a good 
idea for farmers to try to breed for 
this type. If the colts were good 
enough, they would bring a good price, 
, and Uncle Sam always has the cash to 
pay for them. On the other hand, if 
anything happened to render them unfit • 
for the army, they would still be good 
general-purpose animals for the farm. 
How are we going to get these colts? 
Well, there are so many types of mares 
in the country that it would be impos¬ 
sible to give a formula to work upon, 
but if one knows what he wants, he 
can generally find the right horse to 
breed to his mares to produce it. If I 
had some trotting-bred mares of fair 
size and good bone, I shou'd expect 
to get these colts from a good big 
coach horse. Or if my mares were 
of the smaller draft type I would use 
a good, strong-limbed Morgan or 
Hackney horse. Of course one could 
not expect to hit it right every time, 
but it appears to me that here is a good 
type of horse for farmers to breed for. 
J. GRANT MORSE. 
R- N.-Y.—A copy of the specifications 
can be obtained from the War Depart¬ 
ment at Washington. The cal] is for 
a gelding of uniform, handy color, five 
to eight years old. weighing from 1.100 
to 1,200 and 15 JX to 16 hands high. 
Must be sound and kind and possess 
good quality . _ 
LIKES THE TUNIS SHEEP. 
I noticed an article in The R. N.-Y. 
about raising the so-called “hothouse 
¥ lambs” written by Edward Van Al¬ 
styne. He said he was using Tunis 
sheep and thought they made the fat¬ 
test lambs. I bought two Tunis ewes 
and a ram in the Fall of 1902, and up 
to last year kept all my ewe lambs. 
Last year I found the price of dressed 
lambs too tempting and let a New 
York butcher have all but three of my 
best ewe lambs and all my ram lambs 
but one at prices from $12.50 net down, 
for eight to 12 weeks’ old lambs. I 
now have a flock of over 20 Tunis 
ewes and grades of different kinds 
to make 69 ewes. When I sold my 
lambs to a local butcher per pound live 
weight I found my larger Shropshire 
grades would make a heavier lamb at 
three or four months old than the 
I unis. But the average grade ewe 
dropped her lamb later in the Winter. 
Two years ago I dressed a Tunis lamb 
and sent to a commission merchant 
in New York. It w« my first trial 
and the lamb was a' little too light 
weight—28 pounds dressed—but he 
brought top quotations, $ 12 ; about Feb¬ 
ruary 22 . In March I sent four grades 
that cleared $8 each, and three of 
them were twin lambs. Last year I 
dressed and shipped 29 lambs which 
cleared $9.50 on the average. Most of 
them went in March and some in April. 
There were twins enough among them 
to make better than $10 each for lambs 
from each of the ewes that furnished 
them. I found in dressing these lambs 
that a lamb from a Tunis ewe would 
dress fatter all over than a lamb from 
a grade Shropshire ewe. All were sired 
by a Tunis ram. A Tunis lamb has 
a fat tail, sometimes three or four 
inches wide at eight weeks old and 
they have fat well over the carcass 
and good kidney and caul fat. I have 
shown Tunis and grade sheep at 
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intelligent dairyman who will make proper 
effort to familiarize himself with the test 
and its limitations can use it on his own 
cattle with good results. The hypodermic 
syringe used should hold at least six cubic 
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per cent), for disinfecting the syringe and 
needle points. The tuberculin for injec¬ 
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some conditions can be bad from the United 
States and various State departments of 
agriculture. 
In making the test, first mark the ani¬ 
mals in some way, and then take the nor¬ 
mal temperature. Four readings, viz.: 
morning and evening and two more at 
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answer. Shake the mercury in thermometer 
until it drops below 99 degrees ; smear the 
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sert it in the rectum full length and leave 
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or band to base of tail, so that if thrown 
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syringe, fill it through the needle from the 
bottle of tuberculin. Set the burr on piston 
rod of syringe so that not more than the 
dose ini ended can be injected. The size 
of dose is given in directions on bottle The 
injection is usually made in side of neck 
where the skin is thin and loose. A fold 
of -the skin is taken in the left hand, the 
syringe point inserted in the pocket thus 
formed and the dose injected, as shown 
in Fig. 6. The temperature should be 
taken at about the 8th. 10th, 12th, 14th, 
10th and 18th hours after injection, con- 
tinning still further in cases showing a 
rising temperature. If tuberculosis is pres¬ 
ent there must he a rise of at least 1.5 
degree oyer the normal temperature taken 
the previous day. When the temperature 
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The California Experiment Sfation lias 
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culosis from which the accompanying pic¬ 
ture and notes are taken. The stamping 
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more difficult task than was at first sup¬ 
posed, and it is stated that taking the 
country as a whole bovine tuberculosis has 
fully kept pace with the efforts directed 
against it. It is evident that the most 
vigilant and strenuous efforts by cattle 
owners themselves are needed to rid the 
herds of this counlry of this menace, both 
to health and financial profits. Much can 
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and sunlight are deadly enemies of the 
germ. Suspected cases should be isolated 
until a definite decision can he reached; 
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Sired by “ Sir Sadie Cornucopia,” No. 42LMk 
whose average A.R.O. backing is 32.48 lbs. butter 
111 1 days, which is the world’s record. Bull calf born 
Amy 31, 1908. Dam very choice young cow "Sadie 
/V i? 1 Mercedes,” No. 64928. A.R.O. nearly 20 lbs, 
( nlf large, thrifty, evenly marked, straight in the 
bacic, deep in body, sound and right in every respect. 
FRICK $100.00. Have others if this fellow does 
not interest you ns well as cows and heifers. For 
full information address, Quentin McAdam, Prop , 
BROTHERTOWN STOCK FARMS, Utica, N. Y. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
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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. CORTKLYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
HOLSTEIN -FRIESIANS 
CLOTH 11.1)10, one of the world’s 
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days and 11(1.45 lbs. butler in thirty days. 
PONTIAC CHIItON, one of the best sons of 
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W. W. CHENEY, - Manlius. N. Y. 
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A limited number of young sows bred to a grand 
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Also a fine lot of fall pigs of the highest quality 
and breeding tit very attractive prices. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES 
J)iiect I iemier Longfellow, Lord Premier and 
Masterpiece strains. Young stock for sale. 
S» (’. EKENCH, Atwater, N, V. 
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bred to Watson’s Charmer Duke, 10(1100, son of 
Charmer s Duke 23d, 84000, and out of Lady Long¬ 
fellow 19th, 97871, by Premier Duke, 70054, and to 
I, , Premier’s Duke, son of Watson's Charmer 
Duke and Belle Premier, 93736. she a daughter of 
Lady Premier B., 81248. The first Berkshire Sow 
that ever sold for $1000.00 at Public Auction. 
J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
flHIf) FARM Berkshire Hogs ami 
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JERSEY BULL CALVES AND YOUNG BULLS 
Thanksgiving bargain, 4 mos. old Bull Calves 
$2.).00, White Holland Toms $3.00, S. C. B. Orpington 
Cockerels $2.00. Address 
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IC D C C VC —Combination and Golden Lad;for 
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S. 1G. NIV1N, Landenberg, Pa. 
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Duroc Jersey Hogs, Delaine Merino Sheep, Collie 
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J. H. LEWIS & SON, R.F.D. 2. Cadiz, Ohio' 
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A THOROUGHBRED PIG IN EXCHANGE 
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A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
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For Sale—Choice Fox and Rabbit Hounds 
now ready for business. MELVIN THOMAS, 
R. F. D. 1, Wayviile, Saratoga, Co., New York. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Lire. SILAS DECKER, Montrose Pa. 
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OAA BELGIAN, PERCHERON AND GERMAN Ortrt 
£UU COACH STALLIONS AND MARES 
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