P.48 
T H 5-C RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 3, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE COST OF MILK. 
On page 584 I think E. S. Lovell fig¬ 
ures very near right, at prices named 
and under ordinary conditions. I am at 
present handling a dairy of but seven 
purebred Holsteins. There are so many 
variations in the handling, care and 
feeding, as well as the individual cow 
or cows to produce the milk, that the 
cost to one man might be but half the 
cost to another under .very similar con¬ 
ditions. Four cows for April produced 
2211 quarts milk at 3J^ cents, $71.89. 
heed for April was 1200 pounds Buffalo 
gluten, at $1.55 per 100, $18.60; 800 
pounds wheat bran, at $1.35. $10.80; 
200 pounds cotton-seed meal, at $1.55, 
$3.10; 2400 pounds mixed hay, at 60 
cents per 100 pounds, $14.40; 30 pounds 
salt, 15 cents; total $47.05. We do not 
€ 
sell to Bordens, and feed silage when 
we have it; we were out for April. I 
would stop dairying if I had to do with¬ 
out silage. Two of these cows fed on 
silage gave last November 1260 quarts 
milk at cents, $44.10. They were 
fed 3500 pounds silage, at $1.50 a ton, 
$2.62^2; 300 pounds hay at 60 cents per 
100, $1.80; 500 pounds Buffalo gluten 
at $1.45, $7.25; 200 pounds wheat bran, 
at $1.25 per 100, $2.50; 100 pounds cot¬ 
ton seed meal, $1.55; total, $15.72. 
Pennsylvania._ G. j. 
“WHY THE CHICKS DIE.” 
I have about 65 chicks in a 100-chick 
brooder, all Leghorns. They seem to do all 
right until about four weeks old: then 1 
find some dead nearly every morning. 1 
have opened top of brooder one-lialf inch 
to let In good air. They have grit, char¬ 
coal. cracked corn, chick feed and good 
fresh water every day. Some of them droop 
around a day before they die. No lice or 
bowel trouble that I can see. What kills 
t hem ? D. s. 
Connecticut. 
Probably there are 200,000 people in 
these United States who would like 
very much to know ‘\vhat kills them.'’ 
I have opened dead chicks that had no 
sign of any bowel trouble, and after 
most careful examination could find 
absolutely no reason or cause for their 
dying. Yet there must, of course, be a 
cause. If any man can discover it and 
its prevention or cure, he can add mil¬ 
lions of dollars to the wealth of the 
country, and a tidy sum for himself. 
If w" cannot discover the cause, the 
next best thing is to mitigate as much 
as possible its effect. I have found 
when chicks were acting droopy, and 
showing little appetite for food, that a 
few live earthworms would have a 
good effect in bringing them hack to , 
an eager and active condition. 1 have 
fed worms, in pieces an inch or so Jong, 
to chicks only a day old. and the chick 
knows what to do with the worm the 
instant it gets a taste of it. In a state 
of nature the worm is probably the 
first food and the main food which the 
scratching mother hen finds for her 
brood. First-class beef scrap is the 
next best thing, and for the kinds of 
chicks that feather out early, meat of 
some description is a necessity. If 
chicks can run at large on grass land 
with a mother hen, almost any kind 
of food will answer, in addition to 
what they find. Some of my thriftiest 
broods have had nothing but coarse 
cracked corn from the day they were 
hatched, in addition to what the 
mother hen found for them. The hens 
laid and set in the barn, and the 
cracked corn was taken out of the 
horses’ feed bin and thrown to the 
chicks, and not a single chick of these 1 
broods has died, except two caught by 
hawks. They have been trailed through 
wet grass, been out in rains, shivered 
on cold days, but grew and thrived 
under it all better than those which 
have had my best care. T have heard 
that dry wheat bran mixed with beef 
scraps makes a good feed for chicks 
I am going to try it, and note the 
effect. As a general thing I think 
overfeeding is one of the main causes 
of the high mortality among young 
chicks, and while the loss is something 
enormous if the total could be stated, 
yet it is not without its beneficial side, 
for it is the fittest that survive, the 
weaker that are eliminated, and the 
general stock of fowls is thus kept 
from depreciating in stamina as rap¬ 
idly as they otherwise might. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
SHEEP RAISING IN NEW ENGLAND. 
I have a friend who is much interested 
in the raising of sheep in Now England 
and wishes mo to go in with him and make 
it a business for profit. Do you consider 
that it can be made profitable with reason¬ 
able care, and what are the chief causes 
of failure? ITow much land would he re¬ 
quired for 400 sheep? I Tow would bo the 
proper manner to fence if in? Why do not 
farmers raise more sheep in this part of 
the country? What are the host climatic 
renditions, kind and lay of land, etc.? 
Massachusetts. f. e. b. 
'1 here is no question that on most of 
the New England hill lands, sheep 
keeping can be made a most profitable 
industry, if the land grows good grass, 
both for pasture and hay, and if the 
owner handles them according to the 
laws of sheep, or as you intimate, gives 
‘‘reasonable care.” This means to see, 
first of all, that they have an abundance 
of nutritious feed. Summer and Winter, 
are sheltered from the Fall rains, 
housed in clean, airy, dry quarters, have 
fresh clean water at all times, and are 
kept free from parasites and dogs. 
While all the above is within the reach 
of any intelligent man, and not difficult 
of accomplishment, there are many de¬ 
tails, that need to be looked after, 
which would take more space to give 
you. I would suggest that you send for 
‘‘Joe’’ Wing’s “Sheep Farming in Amer¬ 
ica.” It is condensed, up-to-date, prac¬ 
tical, and costs $1. You can get it 
through The R. N.-Y. 
1 he .chief causes of failure are, as 
implied above, lack of proper food and 
shelter, parasites and dogs. I place 
them in the order of their importance, 
as I see it. For 400 breeding ewes, 
with their lambs, you will need 100 acres 
of pasture, as it is usually found in the 
section you speak of. A like acreage 
will be needed for Winter feed, includ¬ 
ing some home-grown grain. Without 
knowledge of the business I consider 
you would be very unwise to start m 
with that number. Better take 50 or 
not to exceed 100, and after you have 
succeeded with them, increase as seems 
wise. Most failures in new enterprises 
result from starting in on too large a 
scale. There is no fence so good for 
sheep as one of four-foot woven wire, 
nor as cheap. The posts need not be 
nearer than 15 feet. Such will keep 
sheep in and dogs out. If the latter are 
very troublesome, run a barbed wire 
along the top. Sheep have gone off too 
many farms on account of poor fences, 
dogs, low price of wool, sheep not 
adapted to the locality, or whose needs 
the owner did not understand, parasites, 
and the fever for dairying, engendered 
by the glowing accounts told by the pro¬ 
moters of creameries. Sheep need a dry 
climate, high lands, well watered, with 
shade in Summer. 
Lambs at $3 and wool at $1, is cer¬ 
tainly a “minimum price”; such would 
never satisfy me. A March lamb should 
bring $4 or $5 by Fourth of July. The 
New England towns and cities want 
them. One born in April or early in 
May should weigh 80 pounds by De¬ 
cember and bring six cents a pound. 
Any sheep that is well bodied, and fed 
should shear not less than seven pounds 
of wool. Last year it was unusually 
low, 18 cents a pound, or $1.26. To¬ 
day we are offered 27 cents for the same 
wool, and do not consider it a high 
price. I am writing with medium wool 
sheep in mind; if you had fine wools, 
they would shear much heavier, and 
there would not be over a cent or two 
difference in the price. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
A PERFECT COMBINATION 
THE MODERN SWING STANCHION, WATERING BASIN, 
REVERSIBLE MANGER PARTITION, STEEL GUARD RAILING, 
and extension !>ar preventing cattle from putting head 
in at side. A whole herd of cows can be stanchioned in a 
jiffy—safe, comfortable and clean. 
Write to-day for full information and prices. 
GLOR BROS. & WILLIS MFG. CO., Attica, N. Y. 
CHAIN HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
sale by 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestville, Conn. 
Death to Heaves Guaranteed 
Or Money Refunded. 
NEWTON’S 
Heave, Cough and 
r^;;> IMstemper Cure. 
““ $1.00 per can at dealers, 
or express paid. 18 years’ 
sale. Send for booklet. 
Horse Troubles. 
THE NEWTON RKMIIDY CO., Toledo, Ohio. 
sr\ 
AjJSORBINE 
Removes Bursal Enlargements, 
Thickened, Swollen Tiesues, 
Curbs, Filled Tendons, Soreness 
from any Bruise or Strain, 
Cures Spavin Lameness, Allays 
Bain Does not Blister, remove 
the hair or lay the horse up. $2.00 a 
bottle, delivered. Book 1 D free. 
ARSORI1INE, JR., (mnnklnd$1.00 
-bottle.) For Synovitis, Strains, Gouty 
or Rheumatic Deposits, Varicose Veins, Varico¬ 
cele, Hydrocele. Allays pain. Book free. 
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 88 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. 
Locate Lameness 
Believe and cure all the common 
ailments which handicap, blemish 
and decrease value of your horses. 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
does these things. Has done it in 
hundreds of thousands of eases for 
many yearn. Write for the proofs and FRKJB 
VETERINARY KOOK. If your dealer cannot 
•upply you, we’ll ship by express. Don’t ex¬ 
periment. Uee Tuttle’* Remedio*. 
TUTTLE'S ELIXIR CO. 
30 Beverly St., Boston, Meet* 
The 
Guernseys 
have proven them¬ 
selves 
\ the Most Economical 
Producers of Dairy 
Products of the 
Highest Quality and Best Color 
at the Pan-American Breed Test and Other Impartial Trials 
7*f MONTHLY GUERNSEY BULLETIN and information 
regarding the breed free by addressing 
GUERNSEY CLUB, BOX R. PETERBORO, N. H. 
GET OUT OF DEBT 
Grade up your herds with Holsteins, 
the mortgage lifters. Send for free booklets. 
Holstein-Friesian Assn., Dept.E, Brattleboro,Vt. 
Holstein Bull Calves 
Bred in the purple front Johanna Rue .Id’s Lad, 
Jessie DoBurke Lad, a son of Sarcastic Lad, ana 
Pontiac Chiron, a son of Hengerveld DeKol, the 
greatest bull of the breed. Prices low for the quality 
w. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. V. 
A HIGH CLASS HOLSTKIN - FRIESIAN 
BULL CALF FOR SALIC 
sired by Sir Sadie Cornucopia, 42152, whose average 
A. R O. tracking is 32.48 lbs. of butter in 7 days, 
which is the world’s record. Bull Calf born Am it 
8th, 1909: I)atn, Maple Ridge Pietje, 98995, 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 be sold for $100 if taken soon 
Have others if he does not interest you. For full 
information, address QUENTIN McADAM, Prop 
BR0THERT0WN STOCK FARMS, UTICA, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires 
Premier Longfellow .Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
breeding. Matings not akin. Catalog on applica¬ 
tion. \YI LLOUG II liY FARM,Gettysburg,Fa. 
FOR SALF- cho,ce I-' ar K e Yorkshire and 
■ wii tfNkb Chester White Pigs, of both 
sexes. These pigs are from brood sows producing 
large litters, and from good herd boars. Also two 
selected Yorkshire boars ready for service and 
Yorkshire gilts old enough for breeding. 
W. H« MINER, Chazy, Clinton County, New York 
LARGE BERKSHIRES at Highwood 
SPECIAL.— 30 Masterpiece bows bred. Pigs all* ages; the type 
that weighs 700 to 800 pounds at maturity, with abort, broad 
heads. Come and see them. If impossible, write for free book¬ 
let. H. C. A H. B. HA UPENDING, Dundee, 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. 
BULL GALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and tire 
sired by Homestead Girl Oe Kol’s Snrcnst i<- 
Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will be kept in the Herd anti officially tested. 
Write for description ami prices. 
WOODCRBST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster Cou nty, New York. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTFIN-FRIESIANS f 
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 ail ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bum, Cai.vks 
A. A. CORTKLYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
REGISTERED JERSEYS 
Rich in the blood of Golden Lad P. S. 1242 H. C , 
, Flying Fox P. S. 2729 H. C.. Courage P. 8. 1813 H. C., 
The Owl P. S. 2195 II. C. Young Bulls and a few 
Heifers for sale. Fair prices. 
l M. S. BEI.TZHOOVER. 
Sunnyuide Park, Irvington, N. Y. 
JERSEYS. 
For sale, one high-bred Jersey Bull, old enough for 
service. Dam an Advanced Registry cow, testing 
4C2 lbs. fat in 329 days. Also, eight bred yearling 
Heifers and ten Heifer Calves. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Address E. W. MOSHER, "Brightside,” 
Aurora, N. Y. 
I rn O rV0 —Conl,)i nation and Golden Lad; for 
JLlioLltJ s S Ie> 20 eows ’ 18 heifers, 17 bulls. 
JUIIUU I U S. K. NIVIN, Landenhurg, Pa, 
Laurel Farm Jerseys 
Fern’s Jubilee, No. 73852, at the head of 
tlie herd. Sire: Louisiana Purchase, No. 
08494. Dam: Fern of Florence, No. 164625. 
Test 330 lbs. of Butter In 120 days. 
J. GRANT MORSE, 
Hamilton, N. Y. 
LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES .- 1101 stein 
istered Bull. A. A. BRADLEY, 
Yearling Reg- 
Frewsburg, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
THE NEW YORK 
„ , FARMER’S hog 
Hardy, prolific, light, strong bones, mature early. 
Easy keepers. Young stock for sale. Address 
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDU Y 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
TLfllLk PRODUCERS for New York City market 
desiring information how to form brandies 
of the Dairymen’s League, write to the Secretary 
ALBERT MANNING. Otisville. N. Y. 
THE WOODLAWN SHORT-HORN FARM 
Offers For Sale—Short-Horn Bulls. 
Broadliooks King, No. 3073G4, calved March 30th 
1908. Sired by Whitehall King, No. 222724. Dam, 
Duchess 4th, vol. 57, page 583. Red Boy, No. 299744' 
calved October 25th, 1907. Sired by Gay Lad, No 
244135. Dam, Lady Peerless, vol. 50, page 805. 
Also others sired by Cumberland Last, No. 223822, 
Whitehall Count and Orange Sultan, No. 203522 Of 
good type, size and quality. From four to eighteen 
months. For particulars and prices address 
C. P. WEST & SON, Box 86, Bloomingburg, Ohio. 
Ymi Han’t Affnrri A Gia<ie - whe " i can sen 
I UU uail l HIIUIU you a teg. Jersey hull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
CCOTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eightmos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose Pa. 
nilRflP? THK BIO DEEP fellows. 
UUnUUw that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and (Jilts for sale at all times. Address 
SHENANGO RIV ER FARMS, Transfer, Pa. 
FflR <\A! C-Yhoroutrlibred Oxford Down 
I Ull OnLL Ham. Imported—5 years old—a 
sure stock getter and a good one. Address 
H. A. SHELDON, West Suffield, Conn. 
HAMPSHIRE SWINE 
PIGS —BOTH SEXES. 
CHAS. STEWART DAVISON, 
60 Wall Street, .... New York City 
FOR SALE - Dnroc Jersey Red Swine; bred 
* . Sows and Spring Pigs. Dolaine 
Merino Sheep. Collie Dogs. All first-class stock. 
J. H. LEWIS & .SON, Cadiz, Ohio, R.F.I). No. 2. 
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 dav 
Berkshires, combining size, symmetrv, grand feed¬ 
ing qnality and prolificacy. Send for booklet. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
BELGIAN, PERGHERON AND GERMAN COACH 
IMPORTED AND RAISED ON 
THE SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, NEWARK, OHIO. 
This great establishment lias now become the leading importing establish¬ 
ment in America. Imports and sells more stallions and mares than any 
other three importing establishments in America. The proprietor, Col. (i. 
vv . Crawford, has had a very busy and successful winter. Will start across 
the Atlantic in a very short time, and is determined to lav in the greatest 
stock that has ever been purchased in the Old Country by an American. 
Me will not stop for price, but will have the quality regardless of price. 
J he 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 
tmg the good kind. My next sale will be in October. Write me and tell me 
what you want. All letters will he forwarded to me in the Old Country. 
COL, G. W. CKAWFOE1), Proprietor, 
Sharon Valley Stock Farm. Newark, Ohio. 
Tlioues, Bull C51 W—Citizens 266. 
