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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May IT,. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
LIVE STOCK NOTES. 
Ventilation of Pigpens. — How 
prone we mortals are to go to ex¬ 
tremes. Most of us come pretty near 
being cranks on at least one or two 
subjects. Why can we not take a mid¬ 
dle course? A middle course is always 
the safest, and nine times out of 10 
leads most directly to success. In one 
large pigpen which I have in mind, all 
of the windows, and there are plenty, 
are left open to their full extent during 
our raw Spring weather. Those damp, 
chilly winds of early April were blow¬ 
ing through the pen, when I happened ‘to 
be there, it seemed to me, at the rate 
of 25 miles per hour. At any rate, the 
pigs were plainly uncomfortable. Many 
were huddled together and partially 
buried in straw, others were wandering 
about the pens—backs humped up and 
bristles turned the wrong way—trying 
to find a less windy corner. No animal 
will thrive when uncomfortably cold. 
If all those windows on the north side 
(from which quarter the wind was 
blowing at the time) had been closed— 
leaving those open to the south, the 
pen would have been warm enough for 
comfort and the air would have been 
pure enough for anybody to breathe. 
The air pressure from the north was 
strong enough, on that day, to force’ 
itself through invisible crevices and 
cause a good circulation through the 
open windows to the south. One ex¬ 
treme. Another pen which I have often 
visited is a good example of the other 
extreme. A stove in the alley furnishes 
artificial heat, doors and windows are 
kept carefully closed, and there is no 
ventilation. The temperature will prob¬ 
ably average about 70 degrees F., and 
the air is stifling. The owner of this 
pen, although a good farmer and un¬ 
usually bright about most subjects, can¬ 
not be made to understand the necessi¬ 
ty of pure air. Needless to say, he los¬ 
es maily from disease—often when 
they are several weeks old— but he al¬ 
ways lays it to something else. Light, 
dry, well-ventilated pens free from 
draughts in cold weather, will always 
give satisfaction. In extremely cold 
weather, a little artificial heat may be 
an advantage at farrowing time, but 
in well constructed buildings, artifi¬ 
cial heat is seldom necessary. 
Weaning Pigs. —We think that it 
pays to allow pigs to run with the sow 
until they are six or eight weeks old. 
They will eat out of the trough with 
the mother long before this, and should 
be given a low shallow trough of their 
own, if possible, in an adjoining- pen 
with a small door between—the door 
being large enough to admit the pigs, 
but too small for the sow. There is 
nothing better for young pigs than 
sweet skim-milk and shorts. If we had 
no skim-milk we would dilute a little 
sour milk with warm water, add shorts 
enough to make a thin gruel, and feed 
this for a few days after weaning. Pigs 
two months old or more do well on 
sour milk, and can get along with no 
milk at all, but will not grow as well. 
It is better to feed often, after wean- 
ing, and only a little at a time, five or 
six small feeds per day are better than 
three big feeds, especially if the food is 
given cold. In cool weather, young 
pigs appreciate, warm food, and are not 
so apt to get diarrhoea. A day or two 
before weaning the pigs, we materially 
reduce the sow’s feed, and keep her on 
short rations until her milk dries up. 
Better let her suffer a little from hun¬ 
ger than to suffer a great deal from 
dksOsnded and inflamed mammary 
glands. If there are any ruptured pigs, 
it is well to keep such pigs as quiet as 
possible, and to dispose of them just 
as soon as they are large enough to kill. 
Sometimes they have a disagreeable 
way of “kicking the bucket” just be¬ 
fore they reach the pink of condition. 
C. S. M. 
TROUBLES WITH CHICKS. 
Chicks die in il'.e shell from several rea¬ 
sons. First, weak germs make chicks too 
feeble to break from the shells. There will 
usually be some weak germs under the 
most favorable conditions, but only eggs 
from the most healthy and vigorous stock 
should be selected. Second, not enough 
moisture present during the hatch will 
cause some of the chicks to stick in the 
shells. It is a good plan to keep a damp 
sponge or a pan filled with moist sand in 
the nursery tray toward the latter part of 
the period, especially after the eighteenth 
day. This will ordinarily insure sufficient 
moisture. The cause of lack of moistpre 
is often due to the dryness of the air of 
the room in which the incubator is located. 
Common diarrhoea in chicks is often 
caused by a chill while they are young. 
White diarrhoea is a bacterial disease, and 
its treatment is difficult. It is contagious, 
and therefore the sick chicks should be 
separated from the well. In U. S. Circular 
128 of the Bureau of Animal Industry the 
following treatment is suggested : Calomel, 
one-tenth grain; castor oil, a few drops, 
with one to three drops of turpentine. 
Along with this five to ten grains sulphate 
cf iron (copperas) .should be dissolved 
daily in one gallon drinking water. The 
best way to battle with the disease is to 
try to prevent it. First, the eggs should 
be disinfected with 95 per cent alcohol, 
and the machine should be thoroughly 
cleaned, sunned, aired and disinfected. The 
soil to which the sick birds had access 
should be spaded up, limed, and thor¬ 
oughly exposed to sun and air. All sick 
birds should be immediately separated 
from the well ones. Feed a little bread 
crumbs either dry or wet with milk, with 
the hard boiled eggs for the first, two to 
three days. chas. f. boehler. 
Hens Eat Feathers. 
What is the cause of my hens molting, 
but I find no feathers? I have been told 
that they eat them. They have been fed 
principally on corn; they are very fat. 
They have had plenty of meat through the 
Winter. f. a. s. 
East Setauket, N. Y. 
Doubtless your hens eat the feathers. 
Feather eating, either by pulling or after 
molting, is due to an improper diet and 
lack of exercise. Your hens, being very 
fat, are not in very good condition. They 
should be fed less corn and more green 
food, and should be given an. opportunity 
to exercise. Give them a grass run if 
possible. Substitute for some of the corn, 
wheat and oats and throw it in the straw 
litter so that the fowls will have to work 
for it. Some meat food should be fed 
and oyster shell should always be at hand. 
Color of Eggs. 
Is each variety of purebred eggs the 
same color? I know Brown Leghorn are 
white, so are Black Minorca. I have just 
got Indian Game and they are all colors. 
Should they vary in color? a. m. c. 
Middleburg, Va. 
Each variety of purebred fowls usually 
lays large eggs of a uniform color, although 
often a shaded egg is found among white 
ones from a purebred strain. It is not 
necessarily an indication of impurity of 
blood, although it should be guarded against 
in hatching. Only those eggs which are 
true to type should be used for hatching 
purposes. Most Games lay white eggs, but 
some lay colored ones, and therefore your 
colored eggs do not indicate unreliability on 
the part of the sellers. The color of Barred 
Plymouth Rock eggs varies through several 
shades of brown with different strains, and 
often in the same strain. Sometimes pure¬ 
bred Plymouth Rocks lay white eggs 
■ c. F. B. 
ANOTHER, SUGGESTION right here: You can 
A IRAKIS YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS and 
know they are pure, clean and wholesome (not 
mill sweepings, ground chaff, husks or distillery 
mixtures), having the medicinal properties the 
proper strength for your particular case. With 
this feed you can force the fattening of stock for 
the market without danger of getting the blood 
feverish or the legs stocked up. Excellent for 
brood mares, growing young stock or for keeping 
work horses In condition. 
FORMULAS FOR A FEW COMBINATIONS: 
No. 1. 12 lbs. Wheat Bran, 36 lbs. Com Meal, 36 
lbs. Gluten Feed, 0 lbs. Linseed Meal, 1 pkg. 
Kidney and Nerve Powders. 
No. 2. 12 lbs. Wheat Shorts, 36 lbs. Com Meal, 
48 lbs. Ground Oats, 4 lbs. Linseed Meal, 1 pkg. 
Kidney and Nerve Powders. 
No. 3. 24 lbs. Com Meal, 40 lbs. Dried Brewers’ 
Grains, 16 lbs. Wheat Bran, 4 lbs. Linseed Meal, 
1 pkg. Kidney and Nerve Powders. 
No. 4. 48 lbs. Com Meal, 12 lbs. Wheat Bran, 
6 lbs. Cottonseed Meal, 12 lbs. Linseed Meal, 1 
pkg. Kidney and Nerve Powders. 
Mix thoroughly together and feed as a regular 
grain ration and in quantity to suit the individual 
vase. Price, 25c. package; 35c. by mail. 
I will furnish my Kidney and Nerve Pow¬ 
ders in bulk lots. 10 lbs., $3.50; 25 lbs., $7.50; 50 
lbs., $14; 100 lbs.. $25. Freight prepaid. 
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 
88 Temple Street, Springfield, Mass. 
Dairymen Having Ten or More Cows Need 
Mehring’s Foot Power Cow Milker 
Milks two cows at a time, 20 cows per hour. 
Describe your dairy and write to 
W. M. Mehring, York Road, Maryland 
A HIGH CLASS HOLSTKIN - FRIESIAN 
HULL CALF FOB SALK 
sired by Sir Sadie Cornucopia, 42152, whose average 
A.R. (). backing is 32.48 lbs. of butter in 7 days, 
which is the world’s record. Bull Calf bofn April 
8th, 1909: Dam. Maple Ridge Pietje, 98965, a grand 
young heifer with an A. R. O. record at 2 years of 
between 17 and 18 lbs. of butter in 7 days. The calf 
is large, thrifty, sound and right, beautifully 
marked and will he sold for $100 if taken soon. 
Have others if ho does not interest you. For full 
information, address QUENTIN MCA DAM, Prop. 
BROTHF.RTOWN STOCK FARMS, UTICA, N. Y. 
BULL CALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
readty for service, that are of good .size and individ¬ 
uality. All tire from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl i)e Kid’s .Sarcastic 
bad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
wilt tie kept in the Herd ami officially tested. 
Write for description ami prices. 
WOODCRHST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
THE WOODLAWN SHORT-HORN FARM 
Offers For Sale—Short-Horn Hulls. 
Broadhooks King, No. 307304, calved March 30th, 
1908. Sired by Whitehall King, No. 222724. Dam, 
Duchess 4th, vol. 57, page 583. Ited Boy, No. 299744, 
calved October 25th, 1907. Sired liy Gay Lad, No. 
244135. Dam, Lady Peerless, vol. 56, page 805. 
Also others sired by Cumberland Last, No. 223822, 
Whitehall Count and Orange Sultan, No. 263522. Of 
good type, size and quality. From four to eighteen 
months. For particulars and prices address 
C. P. WEST & SON, Box 86, Bloomingburg, Ohio. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee page 10. 
Cure That Horse With 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
Lame horses Veterinarians have given up and 
Which Otherprenarations have failed to help have 
been eured, niaiio os sound as a dollar with Tuttle’s 
Elixir. It produces better results than anything 
else because it acts on a different principle It Is 
something more than a mere liniment. Let us ex¬ 
plain and show you the proofs of its value In cases 
of Curb,Splint, Spavin, Sprains, 
Swellings of any kind. Also for 
internal ailments. 
Horse Doctor Book Free 
Write for it today. 100 pages, 
illustrated, filled with informa¬ 
tion valuable to every horse 
owner. Dealers keep Tuttle's 
Remedies. Do n ’ t experiment. 
Get Tuttle’s. 
TUTTLE’S ELIXIR CO. 
33 Beverly St., BOSTON, MASS. 
LJF? 
TRADE 
MARK/ 
Tho standard reliable 
remedy for Galls, Scratch¬ 
es, Cracks, Wire Cuts and 
all similar sores on ani¬ 
mals. Sold by dealers 
everywhere. Money re- 
Ifunded if It fails. Valuable Horse Book and earn 
|ole free if you send 6c for postage and packing. 
Bickmore Gall Cure Co., 
Box 912» Old Town. Maine. 
Death 
Worms 
to 
tho 
Stomach 
Guaranteed 
Wo will send you loo 1 I>h. of DR. 
II OI.I. A N D’S MEDICATED STOCK 
SALT on 60 days’ trial freight 
prepaid. If you derive no benefit, 
It costs you nothing; If you do, It 
costs you $5.08. Give us your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
IGflLK PRODUCERS for New York City market 
desiring information how to form branches 
of the Dairymen's League, write to the Secretary, 
ALBERT MANNING, Otisville, N. V. 
Bred in the purple from Johanna Rue 3d’s 
Lad, Jessie DeBurke Lad a son of Sarcastic 
Lad, and Pontiac Chiron a son of Hengerveld 
DeKol the greatest bull of the breed. 
PRICES LOW FOR THE QUALITY. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTKIN.FRIESIANS 
are bred for large production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If tlieso 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 Run, CALVES. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
GET OUT OF DEBT 
Grade up your herds with Holsteins, 
the mortgage lifters. Send for free booklets. 
Holstein-Friesian Assn.,Dept,E, Brattleboro,Vt. 
The MOST MONEY for $1 Invested in 
Food bus been secured in impartial trials 
from THE GUERNSEY COYV. 
Reason WHY— by writing 
Guernsey Club, Box It. N. Y., Peterboro, N. H 
DUROC JERSEY RED SWINE 
Mature Early, Hardy and Very Prolific. Choice 
Stock. Guaranteed to please. Address 
R. W. NIcALLEN, Fannettsburg, Pa. 
REG. O. I. C. PIGSjitt 
Cedar I.awn Farm, Ludlow villo, N. Y. 
Kalorama Farm 
Has a Splendid Crop of Young 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
ready for shipment at reasonable prices. They 
were sired by imported boars and are out of large, 
mature, prolific dams. Would be pleased to price 
them to you. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
SPRINGBANK HERD OF BIG 
BERKSHIRES. 
Am sold out of sows to farrow earlier than June 
10th. All stock registered and bred In fashionable 
lines. My hogs are the correct type of present day 
Berkshires, combining size, symmetry, grand feed¬ 
ing quality and prolificacy. Send for booklet. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marblcdaie, Conn. 
4 ST. LAMBERT HULL CALVES FOR 
SALE. Two to ten months old. Solid color. 
Breeding the best. 
J. ALDUS HKKK, Route 4, Lancaster, l’a. 
Laurel Farm Jerseys 
Fern’s Jubilee, No. 73852, at the head of 
the herd. Sire: Louisiana Purchase, No. 
68494. Dam: Fern of Florence, No. 164625. 
Test 330 lbs. of Hutter in 120 days. 
J. GRANT MOUSE, - Hamilton, It Y, 
REGISTERED JERSEYS 
Rich in the blood of Golden Lad P. S. 1242 H. C., 
Flying Fox P. S. 2729 H. C.. Courage P. S. 1813 II. C., 
The Owl P. S. 2195 H. C. Young Bulls and a few 
Heifers for sale. Fair prices. 
M. S. HELTZHOOVER. 
Sunnyside Park, Irvington, N. V. 
QUALITY 
F OIt SALE : ( satisfaction guaranteed ) two high 
bred Jersey Bulls, one ten, one sixteen months 
old. Both out of Advanced Registry Cows, having 
authenticated yearly fat tests made under supei- 
vision of the State Agricultural College, Cornell 
University. For description and prices address 
THOMAS ROSE, Mgr., ‘'Brightside,’’Aurora,N.Y. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eightmos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose Pa. 
18 REGISTERED PERCHERON STALLIONS 
From One to Five Years. 
Bred from the best imported stock, closely related 
to the most famous show horses of the breed. 
Several will make Ion horses, and will be priced at 
their real worth. ROBINSON & GE1.DER, 
Kanona, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
DEPOT FARM. 
Collie Do*fS. Delaine Merino Sheep. 
Partridge, r. Itooks, Golden Barred 
Plymouth Bocks, Rouen and Mallard Ducks. Kxgg for Hatching. 
J. H. LKWIS & SON, ilf.d.No.2. Cadiz, Ohio 
CHESHIRES 
THE NEW YORK 
FARMER’S HOG 
Hardy, prolific, light, strong bones, mature early. 
Easy keepers. Young stock for sale. Address 
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
nilQfipC THE big deep fellows, 
UUItUvO that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. Address 
SHKNANGO RIVER FARMS. Transfer, Pa. 
Large Berkshires 
Premier Longfellow.Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
breeding. Matings not akin. Catalog on applica¬ 
tion. WILLOl Gil BY FARM.Gettysburg,Pa. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES at Highwood 
SPECIAL. —30 Masterpiece sows hied. Pigs all ases: Ihe typo 
that weighs 700 to 80o pounds at maturity, with shoit, broad 
heads. Come and see them. If impossible, write for free book¬ 
let. II. C. & H. B. HAPPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
TUNIS RAMS FOR $15 WHILE THEY LAST. 
W. I. WOOD, Williamsport, Ohio. 
TUNIS SHEEP—Both Sexes. 
Write your wants and let me quote yon prices- 
,J. N. Mac PH Kit SON, 
Pine View Farm, Scottsville, N. Y. 
B ROWN SWISS BULL CALVES, three for 
sale, two to four months old, from extra good 
dairy strain. Grandsons of Hector No. 2191, imported 
from Switzerland. C. F. MAPES, Mapes, N. Y. 
You Can’t Afford 7 
A Grade, when I can sell 
you a reg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
BELGIAN, PERCHERON AND GERMAN COACH anVmares 
IMPORTED AND RAISED ON 
THE SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, NEWARK, OHIO. 
This great establishment has now become the leading importing establish¬ 
ment in America. Imports and sells more stalHUns and mares than any 
other three importing establishments in America. The proprietor. Col. G. 
W. Crawford, has hud a very busy and successful winter. Will start across 
the Atlantic in a very short time, and is determined to lay in the greatest 
stock that has ever been purchased in the Old Country by an American. 
He will not stop for price, but will have the quality regardless of price. 
The American people have found out where to come to find the good 
stallions and mares. And a man who is a judge will know that he is get¬ 
ting the good kind. My next sale will be in October. Write me and tell me 
what you want. All letters will be forwarded to me in the Old Country. 
COL. G. W. CRAWFORD, Proprietor, 
Sharou Valley Stock Farm. Newark, Ohio. 
'Phones, Bell 651 W—Citizens 260. 
