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THE R U KA K NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
EXPERIENCE WITH BROOI) SOWS. 
Some weeks ago a subscriber asked 
what was the trouble with his sows, that 
they would not care for pigs after far¬ 
rowing, would not let them suck and 
seemed despondent. The only answer I 
ever saw was one advising that he did 
not feed properly, which I believe was 
not the real cause. Let me grve my 
solution as per experience. Young sow 
in 10x12 pen farrowed seven pigs. I 
could tell by the way they squealed they 
were not doing properly, and one by 
one they went until all were eaten. An¬ 
other case, a young sow in 10x12 pen 
farrowed six pigs; killed two but did 
not eat them, saved rest. I noticed pigs 
killed had tusks and tongues badly cut. 
The above sows being purebred O. I. 
C.’s and young, bred again, both far¬ 
rowing witlrin two days of each other 
again. The first in 10x12 pen farrowed 
10 pigs and before farrowing had been 
completed I noticed some squeal as at 
previous farrowing. On examination I 
found eight tusks to each pig and 
tongues cut and bleeding. I broke off 
all tusks after which pigs grunted like 
they should and sow saved all o.f them. 
The second farrowed this time in lot or 
pasture. On examining sow’s teats found 
them raw and bleeding; examined dead 
pigs and found them with large tusks 
and tongues cut. This sow simply left 
her pigs to die from the chill of the 
night, while the other in first farrow 
was forced to kill- hers, as pen was 
small and she could not get away. 
Indiana. f. n. walton. 
TRAP NESTS AND BARREN HENS. 
In the poultry department of one of 
the magazines which I take a correspon¬ 
dent condemned trap nests as a means 
of testing hens as to their laying quali¬ 
ties. Now, I cannot think of another 
way to test a flock of any size without 
trap nests. The writer said to judge 
by the looks of the birds as to whether 
they lay or not. Most of us know that 
looks are deceptive. I once owned a 
trio of Light Brahmas which cost $12, 
and were the finest specimens I ever 
saw. They were of a noted strain, 
were high scoring, and all farm-bred 
birds. One of the pullets commenced 
to lay, but which one it was hard to 
tell. Finally, by separating them, T 
found the delinquent, and I have living 
proof that this hen never laid , an egg. 
She lived about one year, and during 
that time her head was red, and she 
would sing her song of maternal inten¬ 
tions, but she never fulfilled her prom¬ 
ise. Many poor layers and semi-barren 
fowl which would be unsuspected by 
their looks are detected by trap nests. 
I believe that the profits of the poultry 
business would be increased largely by 
the persistent use of trap nests. 
WILLIAM F. HENDERSON. 
Massachusetts. 
SHEEP NOTES. 
Not long ago at a farmers’ meeting 
I heard two things advocated relative 
to sheep management that I am sure 
are wrong. First, 'the speaker advo¬ 
cated cleaning out the sheep house 
every week or two all Winter. Of 
course I would not for a minute have 
the sheep kept in dirty quarters; but 
if they have plenty of litter under them 
they will be clean; and the sheep will 
keep it so firmly trodden down that 
there will be no offensive odor or loss 
of ammonia. • With plenty of bedding- 
under them the liquid excrement will 
all be saved and the manure worth 
much more than if there is no accu¬ 
mulation of bedding under them as an 
absorbent. Again, if the lambs are 
born in the Winter, the fact of there 
being a foot or so of litter for them 
to drop on, instead of on the floor or 
ground, may make all the difference 
between a lively or a chilled and per¬ 
haps dead lamb. 
The other was the advice to feed 
the following Winter lambs born in 
February or March. First, such lambs, 
if they are crowded along, will be 
worth as much at 10 weeks old as 
when 10 or 12 months. Surely not a 
profitable thing* to do. I have fed a 
great many lambs, and have always 
made most money when I put in late 
lambs, weighing about 60 pounds. 
Such lambs are usually growthy, hav¬ 
ing had plenty of their mother’s milk 
until the Fall feed* came on. Tt takes 
less feed to maintain them, and there 
is a frame to develop, on which can 
be put from 20 to 40 pounds of bone, 
flesh and fat. The early lamb has 
probably become thin (if not he would 
better have have gone to market), and 
any young animal that has had a set¬ 
back in its growth will never make so 
good a feeder. Neither will there be 
a chance to put on very much more 
weight other than- to fatten them up. 
It will also cost much more for a 
maintenance ration. The same money 
will buy 100 lambs, weighing 60 pounds 
that would be required to buy about 70 
weighing 80 pounds. I can* put 30 or 
40 pounds in the former as cheaply as 
I can put 20 pounds on the latter. As 
between the two, the extra 10 or "20 
pounds will be clear profit. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
COPPERAS FOR WORMS OF HOGS. 
In giving lio’gs salt and ashes, would you 
mix copperas with it? l£ so, how much 
salt, how much ashes, and how much cop¬ 
peras? j. c. L. 
Louisville, Ga. 
The mixture to which you doubtless 
refer is made as follows: Powdered char¬ 
coal, four bushels; hardwood ashes, two 
bushels; common salt, six pounds; air- 
slaked lime, two pounds. Mix all together 
and over the whole mass sprinkle a solu¬ 
tion made by dissolving one pound of 
copperas in a pailful of hot water. Now 
mix again thoroughly. Place this mix¬ 
ture in a self-feeder to which pigs have 
access at all times. Unless fed right along 
in this way to little pigs so that they be¬ 
come accustomed to it the mixture should 
be fed lightly at first to adult hogs as 
otherwise they would take too much of 
it. Copperas in any quantity also is un¬ 
safe for pregnant sows. a. s. a. 
RATIONS FOR GROWING PIGS. 
Please give amounts for best results to 
secure growth in pigs. The ration is to 
consist of corn, wheat middlings, tankage 
and a limited amount of skim-milk (milk 
not to be considered in any certain 
amount). it. 
Lucasville, Ohio. 
One of the best rations for growing 
pigs is a mixture of equal parts of corn- 
meal and wheat middlings, with one 
pound of tankage added to each 10 pounds 
of grain, and made into a thin slop with 
skin-milk or water, fed warm in Winter 
and cold in Summer. Do not start to feed 
tankage in large amounts at first, and do 
not feed any before the pigs are eight or 
10 weeks old. At this age you can start 
to feed half the quantity stated in the 
ration, gradually increasing as the pigs 
grow, in ability to digest their food. The 
quantity of corn meal should also be less 
at first with young pigs, gradually increas¬ 
ing until about four weeks before killing 
time the middlings may be discontinued 
entirely. c. s. greexe. 
Scaring the Crows. —If you hang up 
small pieces of bright tin on strings 
around your* feed or henyards the crows 
will leave you. Two years ago I lost about 
60 small chicks from hawks and crows. I 
thought I would try the tins, and it proved 
a complete success. Have the tins from 
four to, six inches in diameter and bright; 
punch a hole in one edge, tie a string 
(stout cord) about 20 inches long, then 
nail a strip to a post about three or four 
feet long. Tie a tin at the end of the 
crosspiece, let your post or stake be about 
six or seven feet long and set your pole. If 
you will take fruit cans or tomato cans, 
strip them up and cut them round. If you 
use the cans rub a little vaseline on the 
bright side to keep it from rusting and the 
rusty side paint bright red. Don't be content 
with two or three: go up into the twen¬ 
ties, for they cost but little except time 
and unless your Jersey hawks and crows 
are different I think you will find it a sue 
cess. Nail up some around that peach 
orchard of yours, aud report results. 1 
find the tins are fine to keep foxes away 
from around your henyard, but the stakes 
must be short so that the tins are about 
a foot or 18 inches from the ground. Old 
pieces of broken glass are very good. 
West Cheshire, Conn. ‘ j. j. w. 
R. N.-Y.—Our Jersey cows are not so 
easily scared. 
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LAFAYETTE STOCK FARM 
Largest Importers in America of Percheron, 
Belgian and German Coach Stallions and 
Mares 
We have over 
t w o h u n d r e d 
head of y onus' 
serviceable stall¬ 
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breeds now for 
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COOK FARMS--JACKS 
Saddle Horses, Trotting 
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Write us your wants. 
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Branch Barn. - Wichita. Kansas 
HORSES 
H 
Going Blind, Bary Co. 
ORSES AND MULES FOR SALE, single and 
pairs. L. A. SMITH, 59 Front St., Winsted, Conn. 
FOR SALE CHOICE LARGE VORKSHIRES 
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. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
Bred sows. Pigs, ali ages. Registered our expense. 
Money back if wanted. Write for booklet. H. C. & 
H. B. Harpending, “ Highwood,” Dundee, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires 
Berkshtres exclusively. 150 head to select from. 
Matings not akin. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FAK31. Gettysburg, Fa. 
SPRINGBANK HERDiiSrSr.m’S 
bred to Watson’s Charmer Duke. 100100, son of 
Charmer’s Duke 23d, 81000, and out of Lady Long¬ 
fellow 10th, 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. 
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. 
February 27,' 
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COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio 
WARRINER’S STANCHION 
I. B. Calvin, Vice-Pres¬ 
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Send for BOOKLET. 
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Forestville, Conn. 
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CCOTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
° eight inos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, J1 
Montrose Pa. 
Large Improved English Yorkshires 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. V. 
DUROC JERSEY PIGS 
POLAND-CHINAS — Chief Fairbanks, second 
prize boar at Ohio State Fair, 1908, at head of herd. 
Big bone, prolitic kind. Stock for sale at living 
prices. E. VV. KELLER, R. 2, Tiffin, Ohio. 
BRKI) GILTS 
- -- AND SOWS. 
From mature stock. Also Purebred high yielding 
Seed Corn. Timothy and Clover Seed. Address 
Meadowbrook Seed Farms, Williamsport, Ohio. 
IlFPflT FARM Durdc Jerseys, Brood Sow, 
* rHIllfl Registered, 3 Fall Sow Pigs, 
$8.00 each, Spring Pigs $5,00 each. Collie Brood 
Bitches, choice Pups $5.00 each, one Pair Rouen 
Ducks, 2 Pair Mallard Ducks, few Pairs Partridge, 
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CALVES. 
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R OSEMOUNT UKI) poll bulls and 
HEIFERS for sale. The best blood of the 
breed. Address. Kosemount, Esopus, N. Y. 
You Can’t Afford J, 
A Grade, when I can sell 
yon a reg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price. 
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Food has been secured in impartial trials 
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Reason WHY— by writing 
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Grade up your herds with Holsteins, 
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A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
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Calf large, thrifty, evenly marked, straight in tho 
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PRICE $100.00. Have others if this fellow does 
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BROTHERTOWN STOCK FARMS, Uti ca, N. V. 
PURE BRED HOLSTEIN- 
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Bull calves of best breeding at very low prices, 
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Write for description and prices. 
WOODCRHST FA RAT, 
Riflon, Ulster County, New York. 
GREAT SPRING SALE 
At the SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, Newark, O. 
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 16th and 17tli, 1900. 
Sale commences at 10 o'clock A. M. sharp, each day. 
150 Belgian, Percheron and German Coach Stallions and mares. 
Most of tho mares have been bred and are in foal. This new im¬ 
portation will arrive from Europe about March 1st. At this great 
sale can be bought home-bred draft mares, most of them in foal. 
High-acting coach stallions, fine high-bred geldings and mares. 
A iot. of extra good, heavy, low-down short-backed geldings. A lot 
of Missouri ami Kansas mules, bred from Spanish jacks. Do not 
fail to send for catalog; send (i cts. for postage. 
Railroads—B. & O. and Pan Handle. Several interurban roads. 
Easy place to reach. Come ami bring your interested friends. 
F.W. Andrews, COL. G. W. CRAWFORD, Prop., 
Auctioneer. Sharou Valley Stock Farm, Newark, Ohio 
