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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 10, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
TURNING HOGS IN WHEAT. 
What Is the right limp to turn hogs in 
wheat ? Is it good feed for them ? At this 
time I can press milk out of kernels. 
Hampton, Va. b. it. b. 
It should not be done till the wheat 
is well ripened, and before they are 
turned on they should be made accus¬ 
tomed to it for fear they overfeed and 
kill some of them. Some of it should 
be cut in the milk and thrown to them, 
increasing the amount till they are on 
full feed, when they can be turned on 
the field with safety. It will, no doubt, 
make excellent feed for them, but care 
should be taken at the finish to keep 
them from gleaning too close and los¬ 
ing flesh. When it begins to be scarce, 
as shown by their continual foraging, 
or by examination, they should have 
corn or other grain to keep them gain¬ 
ing. JOHN M. JAMISON. 
Ross County, Ohio. 
MILLET HAY FOR COWS. 
Does Japanese millet fed to cows (green 
or dry) affect the butter from their milk 
disadvantageously, or stop its. coming alto¬ 
gether? We could not get butter from our 
Holstein's cream for several months before 
she dried up, and we cannot imagine the 
cause. .'She ims always given fine butter 
before, and as fliis is the first year tut 
have fed her Japanese millet, we would 
like to know if it could be flip cause. 
Wilton, Conn. a. m. c. 
So far as our records show, millet 
hay, if properly cured, does not affect 
injuriously the milk of any cow. We 
think in the case of the Holstein milk 
referred to that the trouble was due 
to other causes than the millet ltay. 
It frequently happens during the later 
period of lactation, and especially 
when the cotvs are on dry feed or 
pastures somewhat dry, that the butter 
does not come. This probably hap¬ 
pened in the case of the Holstein cow. 
Last Summer and last Fall were the 
driest seasons we have had in recent 
years in Connecticut. The pastures 
were short, and this probably affected 
the quality of the milk and cream. Im¬ 
proper ripening of the cream will bring 
about exactly the results described. 
L. A. CLINTON. 
Storrs, Conn., Experiment Station. 
SOY BEANS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. 
.I. C., Lawrence Co., hid .—I have bought 
a farm in southern Indiana; if is poor, 
but can be built up. I moved from flic 
North, Clinton county, where land is rich. 
Land is cheap here: it sells for $15 and 
$30 per acre. Will Soy beans feed bogs 
instead of corn? I can raise bogs, but I 
cannot raise much corn, and I have to 
raise stock to get manure. I aiu using 
commercial manure. 
Ans. —Soy beans certainly do make 
excellent hog feed, and properly handled 
they will build up your farm while you 
are growing them. Being legumes, they 
add nitrogen to the soil as all other 
legumes do. However, it is extremely 
important that the inquirer should in¬ 
oculate his soil for them, or else they 
will use up the nitrogen from the soil 
instead of adding more to it. The Gov¬ 
ernment is now getting out a fairly 
successful brand of inoculation, which 
is furnished free, and we would advise 
him to try this. A better way is to get 
soil from a field that is known to be al¬ 
ready inoculated. The growing of Soy 
beans is still in its infancy, and all of 
us have a good deal to learn about it. 
The Government believes that there is 
a great future for this crop, and is 
actually experimenting with several 
hundred varieties. Probably a good 
many of these new varieties will prove 
very valuable, and much better than 
the ones we have been using in the 
past. For instance, there will be found 
varieties suitable for every climate, for 
different kinds of soil and for grain or 
for forage. Some of these new vari¬ 
eties we have seen, and they certainly 
show remarkable variations. We be¬ 
lieve that in a few yeais different vari¬ 
eties will be found that will be adapted 
to all purposes for which these beans 
are used, and also for our different cli¬ 
mates. Some varieties grow only about 
one foot tall; others grow six feet tall. 
Between these extremes are found 
some growing three or four feet tall 
that are very heavily loaded with grain. 
Of the old varieties which we have, the 
Medium Early Green has proven to 
be one of the best general purpose 
beans. It usually grows large enough 
to make plenty of forage, and also is a 
very heavy yielder of seed. The trouble 
with it is that it is very difficult to 
harvest the beans, without large loss 
from shattering. The Ito San fs about 
as good as any where we wish to har¬ 
vest the grain. It does not yield as 
much grain as the greens, but it is eas¬ 
ily harvested, and we can save about 
the same amount from it that we can 
from the greens. 
Some of our friends recommend 
turning the hogs on the bean fields and 
letting them harvest the crop them¬ 
selves. I have never tried this method, 
but it seems to me a wasteful one, be¬ 
cause the beans are so extremely con¬ 
centrated that they need more carbon¬ 
aceous grain to go with them; also 
they are rather more expensive than 
some of the other grains, and they are 
so good that we think it would really 
pay to feed them sparingly and not let 
any kind of stock have all that they 
want of them, or to waste them in any 
way. I actually think that a bushel of 
these Soy beans is worth about $1 for 
feeding purposes, and I have frequently 
bought them for feed, paying this price. 
If I am right in this theory, it would 
certainly be wise to feed them sparing¬ 
ly and in connection with cheaper 
grains. As frequently stated in this 
paper, they analyze almost like 'oil 
meal, which to-day is worth about $30 
to $35 per ton, and they are more easily 
digested and more palatable than this 
meal. Figuring them at the same val¬ 
ue would make one bushel of 60 
pounds worth not less than 90 cents, 
and 1 think it is no exaggeration to 
place at least this value on them. 
If your ground ss very free from 
weeds, I think I would advise you to 
sow the Ito San, and at least on a 
portion of ,the field to try planting 
them in drills 15 inches apart, two 
inches apart in the row. The plant has 
a very strong tap root, which goes 
straight down, and comparatively few 
side roots, so that we think they need 
to be planted rather closely to get th' 
full benefit of the ground. \\ e an. 
trying this method ourselves this year 
for the first time, and we expect -to se¬ 
cure a much larger grain crop on 
ground planted «with the drills 15 inches 
apart than we have been doing on 
ground where we put the drills 30 
inches apart. Thirty inches is as close 
as we can cultivate with a horse culti¬ 
vator, and few farmers have time for 
much hand work on their fields, so 
u here the beans are .planted 15 inches 
apart, it would be necessary to put 
them on soil that is free from weeds 
and also soil that does not run to¬ 
gether too hard. You will find that 
you do not have to teach hogs to eat 
these beans, or in fact, any other kind 
of stock, as they are readily eaten by 
any of the farm animals. . I would ad¬ 
vise, if possible, feeding the beans in 
connection with corn or other car¬ 
bonaceous grain, and using not more 
than one-half beans or even less than 
that, if you wish to get an ideal ra¬ 
tion. On poor soil, you need not expect 
more than about 15 bushels of Ito San 
beans per acre. chas. b. king. 
The Milk Situation. —In writing con¬ 
cerning the milk problem. M. B. It says 
on page 613: “If the people of New York 
city and the hoard of health will bring to 
bear such pressure on the companies who 
sell the milk as to force them to pay in 
proportion to what they charge, then half 
tile battle will be won.” If the men who 
produce the milk will cut down their ship¬ 
ments 15, 20 or 25 per cent, or such a 
percentage that all milk shipped will be 
readily taken at a fair price to the pro¬ 
ducer. then the battle will be entirely won. 
5 ou cannot expect to see the price rise 
in an overstocked market. Every producer 
can in a short time reduce his output so 
that his output will be taken at a fair 
price. Now is the time to begin arranging 
to avoid feeding large amounts of high- 
priced grain the coming Winter by putting 
the beef brand on every inferior milker in 
his herd. amos smith. 
Columbia Co., N. Y. 
Atrophied Udder. 
I have a very line purebred five-year-old 
Jersey. She became fresh with second calf 
last September. About two or three months 
after the above date one of the back quar¬ 
ters of her udder began to shrink, and 
now it looks all shrunken away, while the 
other quarter is well filled out. She gives 
probably one-half as much milk out of this 
quarter as she does the other quarters. 
This cow is due to freshen in September, 
and should this quarter fill out when she 
becomes fresh, what are the chances of it 
remaining so? I am told that it will prob¬ 
ably act the same way next time. The 
only thing I can attribute the trouble to 
is feeding loo much gluten feed. Last 
Winter I fed one quart meal, one quart 
gluten feed and tw.o quarts bran twice ! 
daily, with plenty of good hay three times j 
daily. Would you advise me to sell her 
when she freshens or before she freshens, 
or try her another year? The animal is 
in fine flesh and apparently in perfect 
health, and has always been thoroughly 
milked by myself. x. G. f. 
West Hartford, Conn. 
It seldom pays to retain a cow when 
she has an abnormality of the udder, but 
as this cow still gives sound milk from the 
affected or wasted quarter, it: is possible, 
but not certain, that she will give a fair 
flow from it at a second freshening. For 
that reason we would advise keeping her. 
If she fails to milk profitably when again 
fresh she should lie fattened off for mar¬ 
ket or sold for what she will bring from 
a dealer. Meanwhile we would advise very 
thoroughly massaging the wasted quarter 
twice daily and at the last time rub in 
some alcohol. a. s. a. 
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NEWTON’S 
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Distemper Cure. 
$1.00 per can at dealers, 
or express paid. 18 years’ 
sale. Send for booklet. 
Horse Troubles. 
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HARNESS » B ,L 
You can buy custom-made, oak-tanned harness 
direct from our factory, at wholesale prices. Save 
the dealers' profits. All our harness guaranteed. 
Money back if not satisfactory. Write for illus¬ 
trated Catalogue “F’ and price list. Every farmer 
should have this booklet. 
THE KING 11 iltNKSS CO., 0 Lake St., Oneiro, Tiogn Co., N. Tt 
We have just received our second importation of 
Pure Bred Percheron Mares 
and they are the finest we ever owned. Write us 
for description and prices. HIGHLAND VIEW 
STOCK FA KM, O. N. Wilson, Proprietor, Kit- 
tanning, Pa. 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 
Bulls for sale from 12 to 14 mos. old. Sired by 
Hiil of Meadow Brook, 84618, whose grandsire was 
Lucies Prince, the grand champion bull at the 
International for three years. These bulls are ex¬ 
ceptionally well bred, and are very line individuals, 
smooth and low down. Good enough to head any 
herd. For prices, address 
E.H. HUTCHISON, R.F.D.5,Xenia,Ohio 
SPRING HILL 
STOCK FARM 
offers for sale the pure Scotch Shorthorn hull 
Lovet Ring 242270, weight 2,100, sired by imported 
First in the King 162100, and out of an imported 
dam. He is the sire of second prize junior yearling 
heifer at Ohio State Fair,1908. Price, F.O.B., $125. 
Poland China and Duroc Jersey sale at farm, 
Oct. 30, 1900. For particulars, address 
R. R. WEST SON, IIIHsIioro, O. 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTKIN-FKIESIANS 
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. 
BULL CALVES*"* YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, ami are 
sired by Homestead Girl Do Hoi'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. 
BULL CALVES BULL CALVES 
REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 
SjiSO.OO TO $25-00 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. We sell jobbers, why not to you ? Ail 
the leading families represented. Bargains in 
cows for immediate acceptance. 
RIVENBURGH BROS., HILLHURST FARM, ONEIDA, N.Y. 
A HIGH CLASS HOLSTEIN - FRIESIAN 
BULL CALF FOR SALE 
sired by Sir Sadie Cornucopia, 42152, whose average 
A. R. O. backing is 32.48 lbs. of butter in 7 days, 
which is the world’s record. Bull Calf horn April 
8rh, 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 be sold for $100 if taken soon. 
Have others if he does not interest you. For full 
information, address QUENTIN McADAM, Prop. 
BROTHERTOWN STOCK FARMS, UTiCA, N. Y. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES at Highwood— In the last volume 
of the Ain. Berkshire Record we recorded 158 Herkshires sold, 
which was 10 more than any other breeder in the IT. 3. This 
shows a growing demand for B<*rkshires of our breeding. Write 
for booklet. H. C. <fc If. 1). 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. 
EXCELSIOR SWING STANCHION 
Warranted the Best. 
30 Days Trial. 
Unlike all others. Stationary when 
Open. Noiseless. 
THE WASSON STANCHION CO. 
Box 60, Cuba, New York. 
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 Rutter in 120 days. 
J. GRANT MORSE, - Hamilton, N. Y. 
JERSEYS. 
For sale, one high-bred Jersey Bull, old enough for 
service. Dam an Advanced Registry cow-, testing 
462 lbs. fat in 329 days. Also, eight bred yearling 
Heifers and ton Heifer Calves. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Address E. W. MOSHER, “Brightside,” 
Aurora, N. 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 H. C., 
The Owl P. S. 2195 11. C. Young Bulls and a few 
Heifers for sale. Fair prices. 
M. S. JiELTZ HOOVEIt. 
Sunnyside Park, Irvington, N. Y. 
Ynil PjHl’t Affimi A Grade, when I can sell 
I UU Lf all l HIIUIU yon a reg. Jersey hull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
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 qualitv. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N.Y. 
GET OUT OF DEBT 
Grade up your herds with Holsteins, 
the mortgage lifters. Send for free booklets. 
Holstein-Friesian Assn., Dept.E, Brattleboro,Vt. 
WKIMMVI 
prices & eircul 
Fine large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows, service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein calves. Collio 
Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
ars. Hamilton & Co., Middletown,Pa. 
Large Berkshires 
Premier Longfellow,Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
breeding. Matings not akin. Catalog on applica¬ 
tion. A\ II.LOUGHBY FARM,Gettysburg,Pa. 
THE NEW YORK 
^ II lb O n 1 lb ^ 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. 
FOR SALF- Cho,oe Large Yorkshire 
■ vmi ukli. Chester White Pigs, of 
lire and 
)f 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. II. MINER, Chazy, Clinton County, New York 
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, Marbledale, Conn. 
LARGE ENGLISH Y0RKSHIRES.7 Holstein 
istered Bull. A. A. 
-earling Keg- 
BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
mipnPQ THE dig deep fellows, 
UUnUUu that grow and mature quic-klv. 
Pigs nnd G ilts for sale at all times. Address 
SHENANGO RIVER FAKMS, Transfer, Pa. 
