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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
817 \ 
OHIO SHORT-HORNS. 
Stiff Knee. 
It was quite a pleasure, recently for 
the writer to visit the stock farms of 
R. R. West and Son, Hillsboro, Ohio, 
breeders of Short-horn cattle. R. R. 
West is the pioneer of Highland coun¬ 
ty’s purebred stock industry, having 
started in the early seventies, and has 
gone ahead conservatively, buying the 
best foundation stock procurable, tak¬ 
ing numerous prizes at the shows, and 
placing numerous excellent individuals 
in the hands of other farmers and stock- 
men. These men are also extensive 
feeders of steers and have quite a lot of 
excellent grade sheep and hogs. 
Besides the Short-horns this firm has 
a large number of pure-bred Poland 
China and Duroc-Jersey hogs, all fine 
individuals of good breeding. A draft 
of these hogs will be sold at public auc¬ 
tion during October. The illustration, 
Fig. 459, page 80.3, shows the show herd 
of Short-horns just before starting on 
the showing campaign. To this herd 
was added the show herd of C. P. West 
and Son of Bloomingbtirg, Ohio, mak¬ 
ing 14 show cattle in all and enabling 
good showings to be made in several 
classes at the various fairs. Many of 
the younger cattle in the purebred herd 
of this firm and of C. P. West and son 
were «sired by Orange Sultan 263522, 
Fig. 456, page 802, now being shown 
with the combined show herd, C. P. 
West is a brother of R. R. West, an ex¬ 
tensive breeder of fine Short-horns and 
a finisher of steers. w. e. d. 
Hillsboro, Ohio. 
THE MARKET FOR POULTRY PRODUCTS. 
I wish you would give your opinion on 
tlie future demand or markets for poultry, 
both for meat and eggs. I saw an article 
in several poultry papers about the great 
possibilities in raising both eggs and mar¬ 
ket poultry. Whether this is 41 scheme 
10 boom the advertisers of stock and 
equipment for greenhorns 1 don’t know, but 
some do look rather soft-shelled. I have 
had good luck in the production of eggs 
and rearing or hatching chicks, and know 
that it pays, and would like to go into it 
heavier. w. h. s. g. 
Eatontown, N. J. 
No doubt some of the articles you refer 
to are written for the purpose of “boom¬ 
ing” the sale of incubators or other fix¬ 
tures. They are disguised advertisements 
prepared by the advertisers and printed so 
as to appear as editorial matter. The great 
majority of readers know what they are 
and pay little attention to them. The 
poultry business is in no danger of being 
overdone, and has a great future. You 
will notice that prices for eggs and chick¬ 
ens are kept up well, and there is always 
a demand for good stock. It is the poor 
trash that fails to find good sale. Another 
thing that will help hen men is the en¬ 
forcement of the pure food laws. This 
will mean that storage or preserved eggs 
or chickens must be marked as such and 
not sold as “fresh.” This will give a farm¬ 
er near a local market a better chance to 
sell his fresh products. You need not be 
at all afraid of increasing your poultry 
business. 
WANT TO KNOW. 
Is there any practical way of fastening 
shafts to a one-horse wagon so that they 
r an be quickly detached in case the horse 
runs away? c. l. k. 
Connecticut. 
A Problem in Corn Feeding. 
1 am up against a problem in feeding. 
I have a herd of 20 cows, am milking 16 
< f them. One of the others has a young 
»alf by her side, and three are due to 
<*ome fresh in September and October. We 
are having a severe drought and the 
pastures are all dried up. I am feeding 
them field corn, a big wagonload every day. 
I lie eorn Is silked out and has large ears 
'"i! not much corn, although it is getting 
better every day. I weighed one day what 
I considered an average load, and had 865 
pounds of com. At that rate I am feed¬ 
ing three tons per week. If I feed grain 
at the price it is now, to give them any¬ 
thing of a feed would cost me $1.50 per 
day, and 1 would have to have an increase 
•’f more than 40 quarts of milk to make 
it pay. ] know well enough that 1 would 
not get it; in spite of what I am feeding 
them they are slowly shrinking in their 
milk. Can anyone give any suggestion 
about feeding, and oan some one tell me the 
money value of the corn that I am feeding 
them? c> 
Erie Co., Pa. 
I have a horse with stiff front leg; he 
hurt himself in the stable and it left him 
stiff in the knee, lie is young and good- 
sized, and a good worker. Can anything 
be done for it? j. h. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
If the condition has existed for some 
time there is little likelihood that the 
knee can lie brought back to its normal 
suppleness. In chronic cases (carpitis) 
there are bony deposits and adhesions 
which make the stiffness incurable. If the 
knee can bo bent by gradually applied force, 
so that the heels may be made to touch 
the elbow, there is a possibility of removing 
much of the stiffness by clipping off the 
hair, rubbing in a small bit of five-per¬ 
cent oleate of mercury each other day, and 
three times daily massaging and working the 
knee thoroughly and patiently to establish 
perfect flexion of the joint. a. s. a. 
Injured Joint. 
How shall I treat my mare, who in¬ 
jured her hind leg ou the inside of the 
gambrel joint by kicking at another horse? 
Her shoe was loose, and she made a small 
sore about the size of a penny. This ap¬ 
parently did not trouble her at all for a 
week or more. Then it suddenly began 
to swell, and the next day beoame so pain¬ 
ful that she would not step on it, and re¬ 
fused to eat. I poulticed it until it was 
ruiming freely, which eased the pain. This 
was about three weeks ago, and she is stfll 
very lame. I have been washing it with 
sugar of lead in rain water, but the joint 
is swollen badly. Shall I continue the 
sugar of lead or is something else better? 
New York. j. h. b. 
Clip off the hair and wash the joint per¬ 
fectly clean; then apply hot poultices of 
anliplilogistine or other commercial plastic 
dressing material. Twice daily inject a lit¬ 
tle of a mixture of one dram of iodoform 
and two ounces of sulphuric ether. As soon 
as the discharge ceases, stop poulticing, 
wash the joint and when dry blister with 
cerate of cantharides. In such a serious 
case, however, it would be much better to 
have a local graduate veterinarian give 
the treatment he considers appropriate. 
_ a. s. A. 
Weeds in' Silo. —Tell L. A. S., page 760, 
to put his weeds into the silo, as the cat¬ 
tle will eat them up all right, and very 
few. if any. seeds will be able to grow after 
they get through the process. g. M. h- 
Charlotte, Yt. 
Auction op Guernseys. —Mr. Alfred G. 
Lewis, proprietor of White Springs Farm. 
Geneva, N. Y., announces a public sale of 
Guernsey cattle at his farm on September 
21 . when buyers will he given an oppor¬ 
tunity to get at their own price, 100 mature 
cows, bred heifers, hull and heifer calves, 
from (he best of the prize winning strains 
on the Island of Guernsey, including ani¬ 
mals strong in the France blood through 
Imp. Raymond of the Free], Imp. Masher's 
Sequel, imp. Billy’s France, Imp. France’s 
Jewel XIII, Governor of the Chene, etc. 
If you are unable to attend this sale and 
wish to send bids, you can communicate 
with the auctioneer, Leander F. Herrick, 
405 Main street. Worcester, Mass., who 
will look after same free of any charge 
whatever. Nothing more will he’ sold by 
private sale at White Springs Farm until 
after this sale. Catalogues will be ready 
early in September. 
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Unsat¬ 
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What’s the use of expensive silos 
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Cream separator agents charge twice 
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