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THE HUKAL NEW-YORKER 
October .'50. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
HOG CHOLERA SERUM. 
Many of our readers have evidently hoard 
of the various serum treatments for hog 
cholera nnd other diseases. Not all know 
what the “serum”' Is or how It Is ob¬ 
tained. A bulletin from the Michigan Sta¬ 
tion gives a very good brief account of 
it. The serum Is obtained In the follow¬ 
ing manner: 
“A pig which has passed through an 
attack or epidemic of hog cholera and is 
resistant to the disease or has been 
treated with serum and virus, or, In other 
words, has been artificially vaccinated 
against the disease, is treated with large 
quantities of blood (virus) from a pig,very 
sick with hog cholera. After a short 
period, the blood from the pig so treated 
is drawn, the clot removed, and one-half 
per cent carbolic acid added. This con¬ 
stitutes the serum used for combating hog 
cholera.” 
There are two methods of giving the 
treatment. One Is to inject some of this 
serum into the pig and at the same time 
some of the virus of the hog cholera. The 
other and usual method is to give a dose 
of the serum alone. This method is to be 
used In herds where the disease already 
exists nnd is to be used on seemingly 
healthy pigs only. The earlier In the 
outbreak It is used, the greater the num¬ 
ber of animals that may be treated with 
prospects for a successful outcome. Tigs 
already sick will probably not benefit by 
its use. Many pigs, apparently well, but 
already Infected with the disease germs, 
cannot be saved by the use of serum, al¬ 
though a number of them may be saved. 
Serum alone may also be used on pigs 
tiint it Is desired to show at fairs or 
other public places for a short time, where 
they may be exposed to infection. The 
attendant holds the pig by the hind legs 
with the snout toward the ground and 
the Inside of thighs or hams exposed to 
the operator. Pigs weighing less than 100 
pounds can be easily held In this way. 
Larger hogs may be thrown on the back 
with the hind legs spread apart and held 
securely. Hogs weighing over 200 or 300 
pounds can be treated while standing by 
inserting the hypodermic needle into the 
muscles on the inside and back portion of 
the ham, approaching the hog from the 
rear. An assistant holds the hog firmly 
by the tail. A “hogholder” or rope with 
slip-noose may be placed over the hog’s 
tipper jaw, the rope being then snubbed 
to a fence post. The treatment is not 
painful to the pigs, which usually cease 
resistance while the injection Is taking 
place. 
ALFALFA MEAL IN NEBRASKA. 
I do not know anything about this mat¬ 
ter, but I have been informed that some 
people have made a little effort to use a 
greater or less amount of Alfalfa meal 
along with flour or cornmeal for cakes. 
There can be no doubt about the possi¬ 
bility of making such a use of Alfalfa, 
but there might be serious doubt as to 
Its economic value for •this purpose. Con¬ 
siderable quantities of Alfalfa hay are 
being ground for stock-food purposes. 
This Alfalfa grinds somewhat readily 
when thoroughly dry, and is made Into a 
coarser or finer grade of so-called meal. 
The finer grades of meal, in fact all this 
meal, is very dusty when fed alone, and 
on this account the manufacturers have 
generally mixed it with a low grade of 
molasses, using either the molasses from 
the beet sugar factories or the refuse mo¬ 
lasses from cane sugar factories. I un¬ 
derstand that the refuse molasses from 
the beet sugar factories which operate un¬ 
der the Steffens process is of very little 
value for this purpose, as it contains a 
very low sugar content. The value of 
the molasses is In Introducing carbohy¬ 
drates into the food, and in laying the 
dust, which practically prevents using Al¬ 
falfa meal in its dry form. When about 
25 per cent of the weight of the material 
Is molasses, you have a mixture which Is 
perfectly dry to the touch, but is suffi¬ 
ciently coated so that it is no longer 
dusty, and is in a very convenient form 
to feed. 
A considerable part of the Alfalfa hay 
used in Alfalfa meal is of high quality, 
much of it being shipped from western 
Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming to the 
mills in Omaha, and there manufactured. 
Alfalfa meal carries a lower freight rate 
than Alfalfa hay, and can probably be 
shipped to New England more economic¬ 
ally than Alfalfa hay. In my judgment 
several of these Alfalfa products can profit¬ 
ably be used by New England dairymen. 
It would be well, however, to have these 
products rather carefully watched bv the 
inspectors to see that the per cent of pro¬ 
tein does not run down. In the fine 
grades of Alfalfa hay cured without rain 
and without loss of leaves, the protein is 
liable to run from 14 to 20 per cent. In 
the coarser grades of Alfalfa hay and 
hay which has been somewhat damaged 
and has lost its leaves by handling, the 
percentage of protein runs down very much 
lower, often probably to 10 per cent or 
below, so that the protein composition of 
Alfalfa meal is dependent upon the qual¬ 
ity of the hay used. 
Within the last year or so, a good many 
local mills have sprung tip in the State, 
and these are confined in their output al¬ 
most entirely to the hay grown in the 
locality, most of which will be lower in 
protein than the hay shipped from the 
western end of the State. It is not al¬ 
ways true that Irrigated Alfalfa is high 
in protein, since frequently so much water 
Is used as to make the growth coarse and 
stemmy. In these cases the protein con¬ 
tent probably does not run higher than 
that of the average hay raised In Ne¬ 
braska without Irrigation. There can be 
no doubt about the very high economic 
value of Alfalfa hay for ordinary com¬ 
mercial purposes and for producing Alfalfa 
meal and similar products to use as stock 
foods, provided the price of the finished 
product can be kept low enough to war¬ 
rant its use. In my judgment, however, 
the use of Alfalfa for human food is purely 
a novelty, there being no occasion Id this 
country to resort to a coarse or inferior 
grade of human food. The wheats grown 
in our region are rich in protein. Our 
corn Is the best in the world. We export 
large quantities of both these products. 
We ship millions of dollars’ worth of beef 
every year from the State, Nebraska, I 
believe, ranking about fourth or fifth in 
the production of cattle, and fourth In 
the production of hogs. While we do 
not produce a large number of sheep, we 
fatten immense numbers for market. All 
of these things indicate a liberal and cheap 
food supply in the State, with absolutely 
no occasion for seeking inferior grades 
of food because of cheapness. In fact, 
the Alfalfa flour referred to probably is 
more expensive than cornmeal or the flour 
of our durum wheats, which are very rich 
in protein. E. a. buknett. 
Nebraska Exp. Station. 
LIVE STOCK IN NEW JERSEY. 
Display at the Inter-State Fair. 
The cattle show at the Inter-State Fair 
at Trenton last week was strictly a dairy 
show. The money that went for beef cat¬ 
tle in former years was used to swell the 
premiums of the dairy classes, $800 being 
appropriated for each of the four breeds— 
Ayrshires, Holsteins, Jerseys and Guern¬ 
seys. This makes it more of an educa¬ 
tional exhibit, as New Jersey is a dairy 
State, there being only one herd of beef 
cattle in the State, and that is kept for 
a hobby. Next year more money is to be 
appropriated for exhibits of grade animals. 
They certainly merit some notice, as 95 
per cent of the cows in the State are 
grades and the other 5 per cent pttre- 
breds. This year $85 was appropriated 
for 24-hour butter test, open to grades 
and purebreds, but there were no grades 
entered. This feature will also be in¬ 
creased, and more money be awarded for 
butter tests, so as to induce grades to 
compete, for they are the ones the dairy¬ 
men of the State make their living from. 
The Holsteins and Guernseys were repre¬ 
sented by two herds each. In Ayrshires 
and Jersey the competition was very 
strong, both being represented by four 
herds each. The Ayrshire exhibit was 
the best ever held at the fair, and was a 
credit to the breed, as it was as good 
as could be seen at any of the great fairs 
this year. Ayrshire cattle were exhibited 
by Kent Barney, Milford, N. Y.; W. P. 
Sclianck, Avon, N. Y.; Ryanogue Farm, 
IBrewster, N. Y., and Mrs. Fannie I>. 
Erhardt, Lotus Fields Farm, West Ber¬ 
lin, Vt. The Holstein exhibitors were 
Geo. M. Carpenter, Wilkes-Barre, I*a., and 
Chester County Home, Embreeville, Ta. 
Jersey exhibitors—Valley Hawkins, M. D., 
Fawn, Grove, I’a.; A. F. Pierce, Win¬ 
chester, N. II.; M. H. Packer, Milford, 
N. Y., and W. M. Holcombe, Kingoes. N. J. 
Mr. Holcombe, the only New Jersey ex¬ 
hibitor of cattle this year, is an old friend 
of the Inter-State Fair, having exhibited 
for about 20 years, and at this fair only, 
It is a credit to the State, as he won the 
most premiums with his fine herd of Jer¬ 
seys. Guernsey exhibitors were Win. II. 
Gould, Beverly, Mass., and M. II. Packer, 
Milford, N. Y., the latter having both 
Jersey and Guernseys. 
The exhibit of sheep and swine was 
very fine, some of the most prominent ex¬ 
hibits being by W. II. Miner’s Heart’s De¬ 
light Farm, Ohazy, N. \ T ., who had a 
prize-winning flock of Horned Dorset sheep 
nnd herd of Yorkshire hogs. Ellis and 
Chas. II. Tiger, of Peapack, N. J., ex¬ 
hibited Hampshire Down sheep, this being 
their first exhibit. The sheep were not 
in best show condition, but were in good 
field condition; they secured several second 
prizes. All breeds of sheep nnd swine 
were exhibited and were well worth see¬ 
ing. One Jersey Red exhibit was excep¬ 
tionally large and fine. a. s. 
THE HIGH PRICES OF FEED 
SHOULD MAKE YOU INTERESTED IN 
ERCO PORTO RICO MOLASSES 
When Made Part of the Ration, Reduces Your 
Feed Bill 25 % or More, Besides Putting Your Stock 
in the Best Possible Condition, Abolishes Colic, 
Removes Worms and Improves the Digestion. 
“ERCO” is high testing pure, unadulterated molasses and when 
mixed with grain and by-products of the farm makes a perfect ration. 
Thousands now use it with marked success. Make your own molasses 
feed, save the manufacturers expense and know what you are feeding. 
IVrite for booklet giving full information. 
THE AMERICAN MOLASSES COMPANY OF NEW YORK, 
111 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 
tlHRnPQUIRF^ FOR SALK-I offer some very 
OnnurOnluLO fine imported and home bred 
Yearling Rams. Also Ram and Ewe Lambs bred 
from imported stock. W. F. BLACK, Halls Corners, N. Y. 
Kalorama Farm 
Has a Splendid Crop of Young 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
rendy for shipment at reasonable pricos. They 
wore 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. 
CHROPSHIRES --A few choice, heavy yearling Rams. 
0 Also, Ram Lambs, Kwos and Ewe Lambs. 
BERT VAN VLEKT, Valois, N. Y. 
QUROPQUIRFQ-yearling RAMS, RAM LAMBS. EWES 
onnuromneo AND EWE LAMBS from Choico Im¬ 
ported Stock. FRED VAN VLEET. Lodi, N. Y. 
SHROPSHIRES 
25 CHOICE, YOUNG REGISTERED EWES. 
TH0RN0ALE STOCK FARM MILLBROOK, N. Y. 
PERCHERONS. 
lleg. Mares bred, and one extra flue black wean¬ 
ling Filly for sale. 
EUGENE HAM, Verbank, N.Y. 
COR SALE— Registered Haraboulllet Rams and O.l.C. 
1 Swine. C. W. Hali.iday, North Chatham, N.Y. 
COME good coon and fox dogs for sale; pedigreed; 
0 Birdsong and Walker strains. Sent on ID days' 
trial. K. F. JOHNSON, Assumption, Illinois. 
36 CHOICE CHEVIOT EWES, 
One Ram and 20 Spring Kwe Lambs, all registered. 
For sale at a sacrifice If sold at once. 
B. W. SHERWOOD, M.D., Jamesvllle, N. Y. 
pm I IC D|| DC — From imported stock. Females 
uULLIl rUlO cheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
HAMPSHIRE 1 AMRQ fob SALB-Slred by 
nAlYlronlnL LAmDO Imported Ram 7620, 
who took first and champion prizes at N. V. State 
Fair. Good sized, healthy, hearty Held lambs, not 
pampered or overfed, $15 each. Several sold to 
KUUAD readers last week. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. W. 1*. RUPERT & SON. Box 15, Seneca, N.Y, 
Bloodhound $35, Collie $20 
PUPPIES 
OH AS. STEWART DAVISON, 
60 Wall Street. - • Now York City 
jinnn FKRKET8 For Sale. Write for price Unt and circular; 
T’UUU it’fl free, DkKLKINK BUGS., Box 42, Jitinontowu.Mich. 
miDfiPQ THK BIG DEEP FELLOWS, 
UUilUUw that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and (lilts for sale at all times. Address 
S1JENANUO RIVER FARMS, Transfer, Pa. 
CCDDETC— Warranted good rat and rabbit 
■ LWIEIO hunters. A few choice Fox Terrier 
Pups. Circular nnd price list free. Address 
SHADY LAWN FERRET FARM, New London, O. 
T Alt<;K nKKKKHIKEB AT IIIGHWOOD—Short, 
JL/ broad heads. Mature animals weigh from loo to P00 lbs. 
Special offering of bred sows. Sows averaged eleven to the 
litter this spring. Write for booklet. 
1L C. k H. B, HAKPKNPING, Dundee, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires 
Premier Longfellow .Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
breeding. Matings not akin. Catalog on applica¬ 
tion. W 1 PLOUGH 15V FARM,Gettysburg,Pit. 
20 Cows W anted 
1 wish to purchase choice young 
Holstein Cows due to freshen this 
fall. When you write give breed¬ 
ing, age, size, condition, when 
due, price. C. F. BEDELL, Salis¬ 
bury Mills, Orange Co., New York. 
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. 
J. P. O’HARA, Moravia, 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. bend for booklet. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
Laurel Farm Jerseys 
For Sale at present: A Son of Fern’s 
Juui i.r.E, fit for service. Also younger bull 
and heifer calves. 
J. GRANT MORSE, - Hamilton, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITE AND LARGE YORKSHIRE 
YOUNG BOARS AND SOW PIGS FOR SALE 
SIX MONTHS OLD 
Only the host animals of these two breeds sold for 
breeding purposes. Yorkshire nnd Chester White 
Boars old enough for service. Prices Reasonable. 
Our Motto is : To Please Our Customers At Aoy Cost. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, -:• CHAZY, NEW YORK 
J E R S E Y S 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, G. Whites. 
FOR SALE-REGISTERED JERSEY HULL 
Eleven months old. Dam’s test 5-12 lbs. butter in 
:i28 days. Also 3 two year old heifers duo in Janu¬ 
ary and 10 yearling heifers. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. Write for what yon want. Address 
E. W. MOSHER, -:• " BRIGHTSI0E," •:• AURORA. N. Y. 
not akin. Bred sows, servico Boars. 
Jersey and Holstein calves. Collie 
Pups, beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton &Co., Middletown,I’a. 
IMDORTATinU of the best: largo improved 
IIYI r UI1 1 A 1 IUI1 English Yorkshires for sale. 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
D EO. JERSEY PATTI.E. Chester White, Poland 
II China and Berkshire Pigs. Lincoln, Shropshire and 
Hampshire Down Sheep. Scotch Collie Dogs and a 
variety of Poultry. Send 2-cent stamp for circular. Come 
see my stock and make your own selections. Address 
EDWA RD WALTER,WestChester,ChesterOo.,Pa. 
Rif ILK 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. Y. 
1 rn Q PWO— Combination and Golden Lad; for 
I rn \r T A sale, 15 cows, 16 heifers, 13 bulls. 
rfi_iivk.iv 8 . E. N1VIN, Landenburg, Pa. 
will buy a two-year-old purebred reels- 
wlUU tered SHORT HORN HULL. Color 
red. Bred by William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. 
Ho is fit to head any herd of Milking Short Horns. 
Address Ryerson W. Jennings, Mt. Pocono, Pa. 
Ymi PonH Affnrrl A Grade, when I can sell 
1 UU uall l HIIUIU you a reg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for servico at farmer’s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 007 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT. 
Finely bred bull calves at reasonable prices. 
Write for list which will please, you. 
W. XV. CHUNKY, Manlius, N. Y. 
AYRQUIRFQ- Bu11 halves from cows milking 
HI nonmeo over 45 lbs. per day Address 
R. TEMPLETON & SON. Ulster, Pa. 
GUERNSEY BULL CALVES. 
One month to one year old. Quality, brooding nnd 
pricos the best. W. A. ALEXANDER, Union Springs, N. Y. 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS 
FOR SALK AT FARMERS’PRICKS. 
Have two yearling bulls, ready for immediate 
service, and four bull calves, from six to ton 
months old ; all largo, handsome, well-grown 
animals. Address P. B. McLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Aberdeen-Anps Cattle 
Bulls for sale from 12 to 14 mos. old. Sired by 
Hal of Meadow Brook, 84618, whose grandsire was 
Lucies Prince, the grand champion bull at the 
International for three years. Those hulls are ex¬ 
ceptionally well bred, and are very fine individuals, 
smooth and low down. Good enough to head any 
herd. For prices, address 
E.H. HUTCHISON, R.F.D.5,Xenia,Ohio 
BULL CALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
reaily for servico. that are of good size and Individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl Do Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. Wo have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will be kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rif ton, Ulster County, New York* 
SPRING HILL 
STOCK FARM 
offers for sale the pure Scotch Shorthorn bull 
Lovot 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., $1545. 
Poland Chinn and Duroc Jersey sale at farm, 
Oct. 30, 1900. For particulars, address 
R. It. WEST & SON, Hillsboro, O. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTKIN-FRIKHIANB 
are bred for largo production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution, Dost 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 Bui.t, Oadvks. 
A. A. CORTELYOU. Somerville, N. J. 
