120 
February 6, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE HAMPSHIRE SHEEP. 
Is not the Hampshire sheep, as com¬ 
pared with the Shropshire, a more hardy 
and vigorous animal, especially under 
. rugged conditions and environments? If 
this supposition be true why is it not 
equally popular? J. b. m. 
Grantsville, Md. 
If the desire of the questioner is to 
get a sheep that will stand exposure, 
neglect and scanty food, he will never 
attain wealth as a shepherd, and cer¬ 
tainly will not want any. of the English 
mutton breeds. I was talking yester¬ 
day with a friend, who has just re¬ 
turned from England. He says that 
no mutton he ever ate compares with 
that found there, for the sheep are fed 
on rich, succulent food, and kept grow¬ 
ing, and are cared for from their youth 
up. To expect very good results from 
sheep so developed with the reverse of 
such treatment is to look for the im¬ 
possible. With the above well in mind 
I would reply to the specific question 
by saying that the Hampshires are a 
larger, stronger-boned sheep than the 
Shropshire. Their lambs mature early; 
not quite as good a shearer as the 
Shropshire. Otherwise, it is largely a 
matter of individual taste. Both will 
do best under good care. The Shrop- 
shires are more popular, because they 
have been “boomed” more, their com¬ 
pact bodies taking the eye, and nat¬ 
urally satisfying the desire for a heav¬ 
ier, better wooled sheep than the 
THE RURAL 
all black in its under color. Breeders gen¬ 
erally admit that to secure the rich, dark 
red we all admire, some traces of black 
must have been in their parents or grand¬ 
parents. 
When we started to breed our chief aim 
was to get a breed of fowls that had 
vigor, size and good Winter layers if given 
proper care and feed. After breeding them 
a couple of years with satisfactory results, 
not paying much attention to color, etc., we 
had a tine lot of young stock running in 
the orchard. A fancy breeder came to the 
place to see our Reds. We were proud to 
show them to him, as they were just com¬ 
mencing to lay. After looking them over 
he inquired what we would take for some 
of the dark-colored pullets. This rather 
opened our eyes, as we knew he wanted 
fancy stock. We finally sold him 20 odd 
l’.ead for .$3 apiece. This set us to think¬ 
ing that these pullets did not cost any 
more to raise than the lighter or poorer 
colored ones did. Then why not try to 
breed for this color as well as eggs? We 
have bred our “Reds’’ with this idea in 
mind ever since, and have met with fail- 
success. We find that to produce these 
colored birds an even colored male, good in 
color (a little black not objectionable in 
either male or female) and other points as 
good as possible. The females to be as 
red as possible, or about the color of the 
male’s breast feathers. We have been told 
that breeding for feathers and eggs was 
impossible, but we have failed to prove 
this, as the past season the two best lay¬ 
ing hens we had - were the best colored 
ones, and one of the first pullets to play 
this Fall was as red a one as we raised 
this season. Yet on the other hand if a 
pullet or lien is red do we consider her 
one of our best layers? Mo; not until she 
proves it by the eggs she lays. She must 
build of a dairy cow, with a long 
deep breast and have lots of am- 
hustle for her food. 
J. E. VAX ALSTYNE. 
NEW-YORKER 
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A gain of 10 lbs. of milk per cow in one month is 
one Badger Dairy Feed record. Don’t take our 
word for it. Read what Mr. J. J. Liston says on 
the right. But you don’t even have to take Mr. 
Liston’s word. Try Badger Dairy Feed on your 
own cows. It contains the necessary Protein, 
Fat and Carbohydrates, in perfect proportion 
for milk making and conditioning. Badger 
Dairy Feed is a big money maker for the dairy¬ 
man. and our interesting Free Book tells why. 
Write for it today. * 
CHAS. A. KRAUSE MILLING CO., Box 100, Milwaukee, Wis, 
Rock City, Ill. 
Chas. A. Krause Mill¬ 
ing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 
Gentlemen:—In regard to 
Badger Dairy Peed would state 
I have used it the past winter on 
4 heifers with their first calf. Before 
I started feeding them on Badger 
Dairy Peed I had been feeding them ' 
on corn, oats, bran and oil meal. I got 
30 lbs. of milk a day per cow from the 
above ration. 
After using Badger Dairy Peed they 
increased to 40 lbs. per day, so you see 
it paid me to feed it. 
I can cheerfully recommend Bad¬ 
ger Dairy Feed to anyone milk¬ 
ing cows, as it more than 
pays for itself.Yours truly, 
yj (Signed) J.J. Liston. “ J 
THE GREAT IMPORTING BARNS OF 
THE SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, NEWARK, OHIO., 
contain animals of the highest quality—for that is our motto— 
“Buy The Best Or None At All.” 
These grand young stallions and mares—Belgians, Perclierons and 
German Coach—have always been selected with the greatest care 
in the Old Country by Col. Crawford himself. As he has always 
been in the horse breeding industry and has proven himself a com¬ 
petent judge and made a success in his great undertaking, you 
should, therefore, not hesitate about consulting him in regard to 
wliatis best for you to buy. All correspondence carefully answered, 
and we ask you to scrutinize our stock and see if you do not 
think it compares very favorably with the very best. 
COI.. G. W. CRAWFORD, Prop.. 
Sharon Valley Stock Farm, Newark, Ohio. 
Citizens Phone 266 Bell Phone 651 W 
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NICORN DAIRY RATION 
a new feed in Beady 
to Feed Form that 
every Farmer and Stock Raiser should know all about. Robert M. Taylor, Towson, Md., 
says his milk output increased 25 gallons daily after feeding Unicorn. You can increase 
yours. Send for book, prices, etc. Write, CHAPIN & CO., Inc., Buffalo, N. Y. 
A WHITE-FACED PET. Fig. 30. 
Southdown, the first love of the sheep¬ 
man when he abandoned the fine wool 
merino for a strictly mutton sheep. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
LUMBER FOR SILO. 
What is best wood for silo? I can have 
choice of pine, hemlock or cypress at same 
price. Which is better, single or double 
matching? What kind of doors are best? 
Clay, N. Y. 
L. S. 
I prefer cypress lumber for a silo, but it 
should be kept painted on the outside to 
protect It against the action of the 
weather, and the inside should receive a 
coat of some good wood preservative. Sin¬ 
gle tongue and groove answers every pur¬ 
pose, so I cannot see any advantage in 
making them double. I prefer a contin¬ 
uous door running all the way to the top 
of the silo. With a door of this style you 
can always keep the surface of the silage 
level when feeding from the silo, which is 
a very important consideration. The con¬ 
struction of the door depends a great deal 
upon the construction of the silo. Some 
of the patent silos on the market are very- 
convenient. C. S. GItEEXE. 
BLAGK PERCHERON HORSES. 
The black Percheron mares shown 
at Fig. 47, page 103, were imported by 
Col. G. W. Crawford, of the Sharon 
Valley Stock Farm. They are good 
specimens of the breed. On January 
12-13 a sale, attended by nearly 3,000 
people, was held at this farm. In spite 
of the unpleasant weather the sale was 
a success. Ninety-seven stallions and 
mares were sold. Three or four of 
the stallions brought $2,000 each. The 
remainder ranged from $900 to $1,600 
each. The highest price for a pair of 
Percheron marcs was $1,715. Others 
brought $700 to $800 each. A number 
of Belgian and Percheron mares sold 
from $400 to $600 each. 
COLOR AND MATING OF R. I. REDS. 
There is a great difference of opinion as 
to the true color of Ii. I. Reds, which 
varies from a light red or buff to a dark 
brown, especially in the females. With a 
great many breeders - this is a matter of 
individual taste. The “Standard of Per¬ 
fection” and that considered by the best 
judges of the breed of to-day is best de¬ 
scribed by the color of a Red Oxheart 
cherry for the males and a brick color for 
the females, and of one shade from bead 
to base of tail. Such birds, other points 
being equal, will always command a 
premium in price. There are many breeders 
of Reds who consider a bird with any 
black in its under color unfit to breed 
from'. This is a great mistake, as many 
times the stock raised from such a bird will 
be as free from black as can be, while a 
bird free from black will breed stock with 
FEEDING BAKER’S BREAD. 
We can buy baker’s bread for .$1 per 
100 pounds, no cost for delivery. Some of 
this is hard, and some fresh enough to he 
torn apart with our hands. IIow can we 
feed this to advantage? We have chickens, 
horses and one cow. We can grind this 
very readily. k. t. f. 
Mercliantville, N. J. 
Stale baker’s bread is pre-eminently a 
feed for chickens if it is not sour or 
mouldy. When in this condition it is not 
fit to feed to any-thing. One common mis¬ 
take made in feeding this dry bread to 
chickens is in thinking that it must be 
soaked with water, and often mixed with 
other feed and fed wet early in the morn¬ 
ing. This is about the most disastrous 
practice a person can follow in feeding 
laying hens, or even young chickens. The 
best way I have found to feed this bread 
is to separate the soft parts from the hard 
crusts and grind the latter quite fine. (A 
sausage mill may be used for this pur¬ 
pose.) The soft part and the ground 
crusts are then mixed together and fed 
dry to either young chickens or laying 
hens. I prefer feeding this feed the first 
thing in the morning, just as much as will 
be eaten up clean in 10 or 15 minutes. 
If plentiful, this bread may form a part 
of the noon feed with boiled potatoes and 
beef scrap. The noon feed is given at 
11.30 A. M., just as much as will be eaten 
in .10 minutes and no more. At about 
three P. M. the night feed of whole wheat 
and cracked corn is mixed with the litter 
on the floor in sufficient, quantity so that 
some remains to keep the birds busy 
scratching for about two hours the next 
morning. This ration has proved to be a 
MAPLEDALE FARM 
A.UCTIOM SiLLE OF 
GUERNSEY CATTLE 
AND FARM IMPLEMENTS 
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 24-25 ,1909 
The proprietor of Mapledale, E. J. Clark, having 
disposed of his farm, will sell at Public Auction at 
Mapledale, his entire herd of GUERNSEYS, con¬ 
sisting of about 50 head, very fine specimens of the 
breed, besides a few high-grade Guernseys. Also 
all the Farming Utensils necessary to carry on a 
first-class dairy farm, and One Pair of Horses. 
Tiie farming utensils and horses will be sold on 
the first day of sale, Wednesday, Feh. 24, 1909, and 
the cattle on the second day, Thursday, Feb. 25, 
1900. Sale to commence at 10 o’clock each day. 
MAPLEDALE is located at East Onondaga, a 
suburb of Syracuse, a twenty minute trolley ridg 
from the center of the city. 
Catalogues will be sent on application. Address, 
E. J. CLARK. 
2144 South Salina St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM 
Largest Importers in America of Percheron, 
Belgian and German Coach 
J. CROUCH S SON, Dept."A, La 
Stallions and 
Mares 
We have over 
two hundred 
head of young 
serviceable stall¬ 
ions of the above 
breeds now for' 
sale at moderate 
prices, reasonable 
terms and best of 
guarantee. 
If your neigh¬ 
borhood needs a 
stallion, write us. 
Fayette, Indiana. 
The GUERNSEY COW is the 
Most Economical Producer of 
Dairy Products of the Highest Quality. 
Reason WHY— by writing 
Guernsey Club, Box R. N. Y., Peterboro, N. H 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-*RIESIANS 
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. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
For 30 years an 
IMPORTER and BREEDER 
of high-class 
Percheron and French 
Coach Stallions. 
No investment brings 
you so large returns 
with so little effort as a 
draft or coach stallion. 
Write EL WOOD S. 
AKIN, Auburn,N.Y. 
BOLL CALVES-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 De Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We Have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will lie kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
Now is the approved time to start, double your profits 
Registered Holsteins 
The quarantine retarded our sales. Choice cows 
at bargain prices, also heifer calves. We are fairly 
crazy with the bull fever. They range from four 
weeks up. Royally bred. Prices way below value. 
Write to-day. 
RIVEN BURGH BROS, 
Hillhurst Farm Oneida, N. Y. 
FINE HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
great egg producer. 
C. S. GItEEXE. 
FOR 
SALE 
Sired by “ Sir Sadie Corxucopia,” No. 42152, 
whose average A .R.O. backing is 32.48 ibs. 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 
back, deep in body, sound and right in every respect. 
PRICE $100.00. Have others if this fellow does 
not interest you as well as cows and heifers. For 
full information address, Quentin McAdam, Prop., 
BROTHERTOWN STOCK FARMS, Utica, N.Y. 
G reat iiolstein bargains — Two 801)8 of PON- 
TIAO CHIUON No. 39123, one of the best sons of HENGEK- 
V1CI.D DEKOL, ami with a record on the dam's Bide of 25.70 lbs. 
butter in seven days. PONTIAC CHIltON also has a sister on 
the dam's side that at four years mails 26.39 lbs. and another 
sister on tlie dam's side that made 20.59 lbs. at three years. One 
of these calves is out of DIXON HKNGEItVEbD DKKOb, with a 
seven-liny record of 332.7 lbs. milk mid 18.38 His. butter, and the 
other is out of DKKOb NKTHERLAND 1'IETKRTJE with a 
seveu-dav record of 386.9 lhs. milk and 16.43 lbs. butter. First 
check for $50 takes choice, or a check for $100 will take botii. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
MILK FOR BABIES 
Holstein the Best. Send for free booklets. 
F. L. Houghton. 81 American Bldg., Brattleboro, Vt. 
COOK FARMS -JAQKS 
Saddle llorses. Trotting 
and Paeing Stallions. 
We are the largest Breeders and 
Importers of Jacks in America. 
Write us your wants. 
J. F. COOK & CO., 
Lexington, Kentucky. 
Branch Barn. - Wichita, Kansas 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
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, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows, service Boars, 
Guernsey and Holstein calves. Collie 
Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Middletown,Pa. 
SPRINGBANK HERD^^.'ITwI.r" 
bred to Watson’s Charmer Duke, 106100, son of 
Charmer’s Duke 23d, 84000, and out of Lady Long¬ 
fellow 19th, 97871, by Premier Duke, 70054, and to 
Belle 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. 
FOR SALE CHOICE LARGE YORKSHIRES 
sows to farrow in the spring; also young boar pigs. 
These Yorkshires are from such breeding as Earl of 
Rosebury, Scott, Flatt and other. Also a choice lot 
of Chester White sows to farrow in spring. Selected 
boar pigs from large litters. Prices reasonable. 
W. H. MINER, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. 
DUROC JERSEY PIGS 
CALVES. 
Raise Them Without Milk. 
Booklet Free. 
J. W. Barwell, Waukegan.Ill. 
BRED GILTS 
_ AND SOWS. 
From mature stock. Also Purebred high yielding 
Seed Corn. Timothy and Clover Seed. Address 
Meadowbrook Seed Farms, Williamsport, Ohio. 
PHF^HIRFQ— THK WHITE, BACON HOG. 
UIILOIIMILO Long-bodied, Square-built, good 
MORNINGSIDE F 
tie, pro 
FARM, 
Sylvania, Pa. 
. .. . — Pedigrees and 
prices upon application. Bronze Tom Turkeys, with some 
wild blood. J. Spencer Hosford, Kinderliook, N. Y. 
Cfip Cfil E—Registered Dutch Belted Bull 
rUTl OHLC “Prince”—two years old—seven 
prizes. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. "Lad ’’—yearling—marked perfect: 
‘Pirate”—calf—marked perfect. Registered 
Hampshire Swine (the Bacon hog). Pigs, regular 
markings $8.00, irregular markings $6.00. Address 
Chas. Stewart Davison, So. Williamstown, Blass. 
You Can’t Afford 
dairy stock, rea ’ “ 
R. F, SHANNC 
JERSEYS 
R OSEMOUNT bed 
HEIFERS for sale, 
breed. 
when I can sell 
- „ ... Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHA NNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
-Combination and Golden Lad: for 
sale, 48 cows, 4 heifers 22 hulls. 
S. E. NIVIN, Landenhnrg. Pa. 
POLL BULLS AND 
The best blood of the 
Address. Rosemount, Esopus, N. Y. 
OHIO FARM Berkshire Hogs ami Jersey 
on hand. 
lattle; stock for sale; always 
M. L. BENUAM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
PHFQHI RFQ — 'Service Boars Sows Bred, 
unconmco germaine. smith, castiie, n. r. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
Bred sows. Pigs, all ages. Registered our expense, 
Money buck if wanted. Write for booklet, H. C. & 
H. B. Harpending, “ Highwood,” Dundee, N. Y. 
POLAND-CHINAS — Chief Fairbanks, second 
prize boar at Ohio State Fair, 1908, at head of herd. 
Big bone, prolific kind. Stock for sale at living 
prices. E. W. KELLER, R. 2, Tiffin, Ohio. 
Large Berkshires 
Berkshires exclusively. 150 head to select from. 
Matings not akin. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM. Gettysburg, Pa' 
