H74 
Live Stock and Dairy 
LIMBERNECK IN HENS. 
My chickens apparently were well, had 
free range on our own two acres, and some 
adjoining cornfields. They were fed whole 
corn (cracked to the smaller ones), good 
wheat bran and shorts, cooked small pota¬ 
toes, etc.; housed In three different good- 
sized houses, whitewashed; as a disin¬ 
fectant used carbolic acid. They seemed 
to have hut few mites and lice; but the 
older hens became 111 (they were, year-be- 
fore-Iast's (Spring chicks). I would run 
across one here and there where they ap¬ 
parently just dropped; heads a nice bright 
red, as healthy looking as any of the others, 
but the eyes looked glassy, some fever, 
didn't try to eat nor drink. Some would 
totter around ; just seemed to die on their 
feet. Pick one of the sick ones up and 
their necks were limber. What is it? 
Worthington, Ind. m. b. d. 
Your fowls arc no doubt suffering best investments that can be made, 
with the disease known as “limberneck,” While it is a trite saying that “the 
which is caused by the absorption of a male is half the flock” it is a very true 
poison found in decaying animal food, one, and apparently often lost sight of, 
It may be found in beef scrap or meat and in more ways than one . First, as 
from any other animal or bird that has to the breeding. It does not pay to use 
become tainted or soured before it is other than a purebred, however excel- 
eaten by the poultry. The poison may lent as an individual he may be, for 
even develop after the meat has been just in proportion to his alien or un¬ 
eaten, provided the meat was not per- known blood, will lie be likely to fail 
fectly sweet when fed. The remedy is to reproduce his good qualities. This 
plain.to be seen. Keep your fowls away is of prime importance even in raising 
from all kinds of decayed or spoiled lambs just for the market. Many with 
meat, and feed only fresh green bone and an idea of economy use a lamb for sire, 
beef scrap that is sweet enough for Such will it is true often produce good 
your own table. It is not safe to allow lambs, but only when they are used 
your fowls to roam over your neigh- with a limited number oi ewes. In any 
hors fields unless you arc sure that no case if we would have stamina in the 
T M J-C RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 2, 
lamb. Even if they do so, it means they 
become thin, and then it is well nigh 
impossible ever to get them in flesh 
enough to sell for anything worth 
while. If such are separated now, and 
put in good feed, they will fatten rap¬ 
idly, and bring enough to replace them 
with young sheep. Those too that in 
the past have shown themselves to be 
poor milkers or mothers, would better 
be discarded also. A half dozen such 
will take the profit off twice the num¬ 
ber of producers. This year of drought 
and scanty pastures, there is danger of 
the ewes going into the Winter thin, 
which means an extra ration next Win¬ 
ter to enable them to produce what 
they should. When feed is too short 
a few hundred of wheat bran, fed in 
addition to the pasture, is one of the 
dead animals have been left in them. 
'I his disease usually occurs in warm 
weather, when meat will spoil very 
quickly. C. S. GREENE. 
CORN FODDER FOR HORSE. 
What is the value of shredded corn fod¬ 
der over the whole feed? We keep ubout 
20 horses in Boston and are trying to 
raise a good part of the feed for them 
here; raise all the corn, a good part of the 
hay, and 1 thought that the fodder could 
be cured and shredded. At what price 
would you fix the value of well-cured corn 
fodder, shredded? C. E. t. 
Fltzwilliam Depot, N. II. 
We have fed shredded corn fodder 
for 10 years, and can make it worth 
about GO per cent of good hay—ton for with the ewes,if he is kept up during the 
ton. The analysis shows up better than day, fed as above, and only put with 
this, but you will find considerable the flock at night. These may seem to 
waste. Our small stalks of flint corn those who have never thought of or 
fed whole give less waste than heavy practised them to be trivial and a lot 
stalks of dent corn run through the of fuss and importance attached to 
shredder. Horses eat the stalks well at nice theories. If anyone will practice 
offspring we must have maturity in the 
parents. With this in mind I would 
never use a lamb as a sire except ma¬ 
ted with mature ewes; for the same 
reason a young ewe with a fully-ma¬ 
tured sire. That any ram may be at 
his best for a sire he should have much 
the same attention prior to the mating 
season, as a horseman gives to a stal¬ 
lion. It is not a difficult matter to keep 
the ram in a paddock, or some conve¬ 
nient field, by himself, where he can 
have liberal feeding, nothing better 
than oats. I repeat what I have said 
more than once in these columns, that 
it will pay well at the time he is put 
first, but grow tired of them easier than 
they do of hay. We have seen farmers 
feeding stalks in such a way that barely 
40 per cent of them were eaten. After 
some experiment we have found waste 
what I have above indicated, and at the 
time the lambs are sold next season 
say that it is theory and of no worth, 
and prove his statement, I will agree 
never to write another word of advice 
molasses an excellent condiment to feed on the subject of sheep. 
with the stalks. The claims that this 
molasses is equal, pound for pound, to 
grain are not borne out by experience 
in our feeding, but the molasses keeps 
the horse in good condition, prevents 
constipation and gives a relish to the 
stalks. The cows cat shredded stalks 
cleaner than the horses do, and we 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
BEDBUGS IN HENHOUSE. 
One of my friendH lias a henhouse badly 
infested with bedbugs. Is there any way 
to exterminate them without burning the 
house down? c. w. r. 
Middletown, N. Y. 
Although I have never had any ex¬ 
perience with a henhouse infested with 
would pay more for them as cow feed. |>cdbugs I am very sure that by follow¬ 
ing these directions the bugs would dis¬ 
appear: First clean the house thorough- 
For horses we would pay GO per cent 
of the value of baled hay, and they ly 'and wash or spray' the whole’ i merit»'r 
would have to be fed with good judg- with boiling water. Be sure the water 
ment at that ; * s boiling and use it freely. When dry 
: -' spray with a mixture of equal parts of 
SUGGESTIONS AS TO BREEDING EWES ? compound solution of cresol and spir- 
AND RAMS. » ,ts of turpentine. Do not let the hens 
This is the time for the shepherd to 
take heed to the condition of hfs flock. 
Some of the fundamentals which I 
briefly cite, neglected, will make the 
difference between success and failure 
next Spring. It never pavs to retain 
old ewes after their mouths begin to 
break. They may be excellent breeders, 
but their vital powers have begun to 
wane; they cannot make the best use 
of their food, often can only masticate 
ground feed, or only the most tender 
parts of the hay or fodder. Hence they 
fail to produce the wool they should; 
often it drops off on the belly and about 
the neck, and are likely not to give 
milk enough properly to sustain the 
impvmiut, UKJi ml WJC llCIlh 
‘ roost in the house until it has become 
perfectly dry. This is a a cheap and 
effective remedy and will kill the lice 
as well as the bugs. If one application 
does not exterminate them repeat in a 
few days. c. s. greenb. 
Res. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
,l ino Girco strains; all ages, mated ' 
Saf not akin. Brad sows, service BoaPs, 
Jersey and Holstein calves, Collie 
„ . Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Middletown,Ba. 
nni I IF PIIPQ -from imported stock, Females 
UULLIL I UlOeheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
Bloodhound $35, Collie $20 
1*11 i*I*l ICS 
CHAS. STKWART DAVISON, 
CO Wall Street. - - New York City 
FOX, RACCOON and RABBIT HOUNDS 
Ppies. Melvin 
Saratoga Co.,N.Y. 
Now road 
Thomas 
ly for business, also puppies 
It.I'M;. No. 1. Wayvillo, Karat 
BULL CALVES»YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and ate 
Sired by Homestead <>li-l I»e Kol’s Sarcastic 
I,ad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will ho kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
woodcrest farm, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
IIOI.STKIN-FKIKSIAN8 
aro bred for largo production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution. Best Individuality. 
If those are the kind you want write or come to 
see them. 126 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 Bm.r, Cai.ves. 
A. A. CORTIOLYOU. Somerville. N. J. 
MINERAL 
HEAVE 
REMEDY 
NEGLECT 
Will Ruin, 
YourHorse 
Reg. Holstein Bull $65 
Two years old, royally bred, fine individual, attrac¬ 
tively marked. Above is not half his value. 
Wo also offer fashionably bred cows and Jan. 
heifer calves at low prices. Write wants. 
RIVENBURfifl BROS., MilIhurst Farm, Oneida, N. Y. 
JERSEYS. 
For sale, one high-bred Jersey Bull, old enough for 
servico. Dam an Advanced Registry cow, testing 
402 lbs. fat in 820 days. Also, eight bred yearling 
Heifers and ten Heilor Calves. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Address E. W. MOSHER, "BrightsTde," 
Aurora, N. Y. 
IMlLK PRODUCERS for New York City market 
desiring information how to form brandies 
of the Dairymen’s Dengue, write to the Secretary, 
A EBERT MANNING, Otlsville, N. Y. 
Send today for 
only 
PERMANENT WKj 
SAFE 
CERTAIN 
Mineral Heave Remedy 
'u 
S3 PACKAGE 
will cure any cane or 
money refunded. 
$1 PACKAGE 
cures ordinary cases. 
Postpaid on receipt of 
price. Agents Wanted. 
Write for dcHcrlptlvo booklet. __ 
Co., 461 fourth Avenue, Pittsburg, P4 
SHR0PSHIRES FOR SALE 
I offer somo very fiuo imported and home bred 
Yearling Rams. Also Ram and Ewe Damhs bred 
from imported stock. W. F. BLACK, Halls Corners, N. Y 
<\HRflP < \HIRF < v- YEflRLING RflMS . RflM lambs, ewes 
onnuroninCo and ewe lambs from Choice Im¬ 
ported Stock. EKED VAN VDEET, Dodi, N. Y. 
F 
OR SALE— Registered Ram non i) let Hams and O.I C 
Swtne. C. W. Ham.iday, North Chatham, N.Y. 
MI ItOI’SIII It i;s._ A few choice, heavy yearling 
Hams. Also. Ram Damhs. Ewes and E'.vo Dumbs. 
BERT VAN VDEET, Valois, N. Y. 
Laurel Farm Jerseys 
For Sale at present: A Son of Fern’s 
Jubii.ee, fit for service. Also younger bull 
and heifer calves. 
J. GRANT MORSE, 
Hamilton, N. Y. 
R KC. JKItHKY CATTLE. Chester White, Poland 
China and Berkshire Pigs. Lincoln, Shropshire and 
Hampshire Down Sheep. Scotch Collie Dogs and a 
variety of Poultry. Semi U cent stamp for circular. Come 
see my stock and make your own selections. Address 
E1) WARD WALTER, WestCli ester, Ch os to rCo., I’a. 
Ynil ParFt AffnrH -A Grade, when I can sell 
I UU bail I HIIUIU you a 1-eg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer's price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liborty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 
Bulls for salo from 12 to 14 mos. old. Sired by 
Hal of Meadow Brook, 841118, whose grandsire was 
Ducios Prince, the grand champion bull at the 
International for three years. Those bulls are ex¬ 
ceptionally well bred, and aro very fine individuals, 
smooth and low down. Good enough to head any 
herd. For prices, address 
E.H. HUTCHISON, H.F.D.5,Xenia,Ohio 
DOS 1C MO IT NT KBIT 1*01,1, CALVES and 
■ ■ yearling hulls for snlo. The host of the I.reed 
Descendants of Mayflower 2nd, Enlulio and Pert 
and of Endymion, Eyke. Dandy and Corporal. 
Address, ALEX. SMITH, Supt., Esopus, N. Y. 
COTSWOLD and LINCOLN SHEEP. 
All ages, either sex. L. R. KUNKY, Adrian, Mich. 
„ u , DELAINE RAMS 
Write for prices and describe the stylo of ram that 
you want. L. M. ADAMS, Eagle Bridge, N. Y. 
Registlre°d Shropshires Ewes and Rams 
_Inquire of ID B. COVERT, Lodi, N. Y. 
FOR SALF- ,,uroc Jersey Red Swine: bred 
■ Sows and Spring I’igs. Delaine 
Merino Sheep Collie Dogs. All first-class stock. 
J II. LEVY IS & SON, Cadiz, Ohio, R.E.D. No. 2. 
SPRING HILL 
STOCK FARM 
offers for sale the pure Scotch Shorthorn bull 
Do vet Ring 242270, weight 2.100, sired by imported 
First in the Ring 162100, and out of an imported 
dam. He is the sire of second prize junior yearling 
heifer at Ohio State Fair,1008. Price, F.O.B., $135. 
Poland China and Duron Jersey sale at farm, 
Oct. 30, IOOO. For particulars, address 
R. It. WEST SOTS, Hillsboro, O. 
SPRINGBANK HERD OF BIG 
BERKSHIRES. 
Am sold out of sows to farrow earlier than June 
10lh. All stock registered and bred In fashionable 
lines. My bogs aro the correct type of present day 
Berkshires, combining size, symmetry, grand feud¬ 
ing quality and prolificacy, bend for booklet. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbludule, Conn. 
(CHESTER WHITE AN0 LARGE YORKSHIRE 
YOUNG BOARS AND SOW PIGS FOR SALE 
SIX MONTHS OLD 
Only the best animals of these two lu-eods sold for 
breeding purposes. Yorkshire and Chester White 
Boars old enough for service. Prices Reasonable. 
Our Motto is : To Please Our Customers At Any Cost. 
HEART'S DELIGHT FARM, CHAZY, NEW Y0HK 
JERSEYS 
—Combination and Golden Lad; for 
sale, 16 cows, It; bolfers, 18 bulls. 
8. E. NIVIN, Landcnburg, Pa. 
I OFFER for sale my Holstein Bull, '• Butter Boy 
Artis Clotbllde, - ’ 41786. H.F.H.B.. calved Feb.24, 
l'.iu;. Also a pair extra line Jarin horses, or would 
exchange for young Holst, in cows. C. F. BEDELL, 
Allcedetl Farm, Salisbury Mills, Orange Co., N. Y. 
Pigs from mature registered stock. 
Best strains. Satisfaction gunran- 
nnnLo for circular ami price. 
CROSS-ROAD FARM, Plattsburo! N. 1 . 
0,1. c. 
DUROCS 
THE HJG I)ICKI* FELLOWS, 
■-— that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at nil times. Address 
8HKNANG0 RIVEK FAKMH, Transfer, Pa. 
CHESHIRFS~? HK It A CON HOG, 
oncomneo Long-bodied, Square built, good 
grazers, good mothers, gentle, profitable. 
MORNJNUSIJ/K FARM, SyJvania, Pa. 
¥ A It UK HKHkKill ItK8 AT WOOD— 8h»tt 
broad Imjh.Ih. Mature HitlrmtlH weigh from 700 to 900 Iba. 
Special offering NOW ( ,i young piga, pul in ami trloa, no akin 
Sown averaged eleven to the llttor UiIm aniing. Wiif« for 
bnoklfet - H* C. A II. H. IIAKI’KNDINO, Dundee, N. Y. 
BROOKSIDE BERKSHIRES 
Have a choice lot of young stock ready for ship¬ 
ment, sired by Hopeful Masterpiece the 2nd and 
also a grandson of Lord Premier, and out of 
Daughters of Lord Premier and Premier Long¬ 
fellow. Also have a few yearling sows sired by 
Hopeful Masterpiece the 2nd. 
•X. I*. O’IIAKA, Moruvia. New York. 
Large Berkshires 
Premier Longfellow .Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
brooding Matings not akin. (Jatalog on applica¬ 
tion. B I I.LOMi II IIV JKA It JY1 | ■tytihurg, I'n. 
LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES 
Young pig* for »alr, bred from 
Regislered prize winning slock. 
CHAS. W. SWITZER. SOUTH EUCLID. OHIO. 
S OME good coon and fox dogs for sale; pedigreed; 
Birdsong and Walker strains. Bent on 10 days’ 
trliil. it. v. JOHNHON, Assumption. Illinois. 
u 
NICORN DAIRY RATION Enables you to 
i .1 i c o , make G lbs. of feed 
do the work of 8 or 10 lbs. of any other ration. Send us cony of ration 
you are now feeding and let us tell you bow to save money on your feed 
bl S ~ _ CHAPIN & CO., BUFFALO. N. Y. 
Octolicr Auotion Sale. 
130 Belgian &. Percheron Stallions &. Mares 
The Next Great Auchan Sale will he held at the SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM 
Til nr«clay October IL4, 1900 
Hale commences at !) o'clock a. hi., rain or shine. It. will be to the 
Interest of every lover of a good horse to attend this sale. More 
than half of the mares that will he sold at this sale are well mated, 
and a large number of them In loul, making a grand opportunity 
for any breeder to establish the right foundation to start In the 
horse business. The great sales that have been conducted at this 
renowned farm have now become thoroughly established, the public 
are satisfied that they have been receiving more than full value 
lor their investments, and they know nothing but honesty and fair 
dealing are permitted. 8end for an Illustrated catalogand posters; 
they will be forwarded to you at once. Gome and bring all your 
friends with you who are interested In good horses. 
COl GEO. W. CRAWFORD, Prop, of Sharon Valley Stock Farm. NEWARK. OHIO. 
It W. ANDUEW8, Auctioneer. (Citizens Phono 266. Hell 661 W.) 
Fourth National Dairy Show 
OCTOBER 14 24, 1909 
1906 I AN EXPOSITION OF DAIRY INDUSTRIES AND RELATED BRANCHES I IOQQ 
NEW AUDITORIUM, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 1 
DISPLAY— Fine Dairy Cattle, Modern 
Machinery, and all kinds of Dairy 
Products. 
SPECIAL Jt'KATlJKICS - Working 
Dairy Herd, Milking Machine,4-Horse 
Delivery Teams, Working Creamery 
in Charge of Government Kxperts. 
PRIZES- Silver Cups, Medals, for (tat¬ 
tle, Milk, Butter, Cheese, and Teams. 
CON V KNTION S—National Creamery 
Buttormakers Association; Interna¬ 
tional Milk Dealers’Ass’n; American 
Dairy Farmers; Official Dairy In¬ 
structors Ass’n; Dairymen's Ban¬ 
quet: Wisconsin CheosonjnkorH’Ass'n. 
KNTKKTAI N 81 ENT - B a n <1 Con¬ 
certs, Moving Pictures, Special Novel 
A ttractions. 
40,000 Square Feet Kxhibition Space. 
Working KxhildtOOO Head Dairy Cattle. 
REDUCED RATES ON RAILROADS 
ASK LOCAL AGENT , 
