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THE RURAL NEW -YORKER 
November 27, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
GRAIN HOPPER FOR CHICKS. 
Thinking the hoppers we use might 
interest your readers who have not 
been here and seen them, I send you 
this description, for when you need 
hoppers for 40 or 50 pens of birds it 
is quite an item. We make our own, 
and with the exception of the end 
pieces, they are all galvanized sheet- 
iron. We make the ends of wood, as" 
seen at right, Fig. 563, then take a piece 
of galvanized iron 25 inches long and 
12 inches wide, put one end in our 
home-made “bender” and turn a lip on 
it just as a tinner turns up a piece of 
tin when tinning your roof. This lip 
is fitted in the cuts sawed near the bot¬ 
tom of the ends where the cross is; 
GRAIN HOPPERS FOR CHICKENS. Fig. 563 
is bent smoothly back and nailed every 
few inches to both ends. Then another 
piece of iron 18 inches long and 12 
inches wide has a lip bent on both sides, 
just so it will fit in between the ends. 
This is nailed to the ends with the top 
flush with the front, and the bottom 
back about two inches, which makes a 
perfect hopper with a throat of two 
inches that will hardly ever clog or 
choke up, ‘and the lip in front will pre¬ 
vent the wasting of the feed. The fin¬ 
ished hopper is shown at left of cut, 
and is fastened to the wall of the house 
with two nails driven through the 
sheet iron back of the hopper. The 
cover is a board fastened with one nail 
and opens by pulling one end to you. 
FLOYD Q. WHITE. 
A BEGINNER AND HIS SHEEP. 
Part I. 
We beginners enjoy reading stories 
of farming success; they give us cour¬ 
age and inspiration. But we need sym¬ 
pathy, sympathy too, from our own 
kind, and we prize most highly a word 
of helpful encouragement from those 
who, like us, are still very near the 
bottom of the ladder. I shall tell of 
some of my “knocks” and lessons. 
When it came to stocking my farm, 
I decided on sheep as likely to be the 
most profitable investment in building 
up its fertility and pasturing its badly 
washed hillsides. Sheep, too, require 
less capital to start with, promised 
quick returns, and I felt that I could 
stand the loss of a few sheep much 
easier than a steer or a valuable cow in 
paying the beginner’s price of experi¬ 
ence. I read whatever I could find on 
the subject, visited a number of suc¬ 
cessful sheep farmers near home and 
elsewhere in the State, and in fact, 
studied the whole proposition carefully. 
Then, as I had never handled sheep 
myself, I began in a small way by pick¬ 
ing 20 ewes from a carload lot that a 
local dealer had in stock. Unfortu¬ 
nately, I mistrusted my own judgment 
and depended largely on the dealer’s 
Pick the big ewes every time until you 
have experience that will make your 
selection more intelligent. 
Soon after bringing the flock home, I 
dipped them for scab, and have had no 
trouble from that pest. A neighbor 
who picked his flock from the same 
bunch of sheep neglected dipping, and 
by shearing time his wool was hanging 
on bushes and fences, and off, not on, 
his ewes. My wool crop, although light, 
brought 29 cents, one cent below the 
top of the market. I held it a little too 
long, or I might have got a couple of 
cents more. My first dipping apparatus 
was a big hogshead, out of which I 
had to lift the sheep, dripping and 
heavy with dip. higher than my waist. 
The next time I arranged matters dif¬ 
ferently. I bought a vinegar barrel, 
sawed out six staves along the inside 
edge of the lowest and uppermost hoops 
and blocked it up. Then I backed a 
one-horse handy wagon, with low sides 
and watertight bottom, up to the barrel, 
took off the hind wheels, and supported 
the axle so that the end of the wagon 
projected just a little over the opening 
in the side of the barrel, allowing the 
liquid to drain into it. It was an easy 
lift for one man, and by letting the 
sheep drain a few minutes in the wagon 
very little of the dip was lost. The 
barrel was a tight fit for my largest 
ewes, but the animals were completely 
soaked, and it took only a little dip at 
a time to cover them. There is a great 
saving in improvised homemade outfits 
for many purposes, but there is just as 
much saving to be made in knowing 
when it is econoriiy to discard your 
labor-wasting concern for a ready-made 
labor-saving machine. 
I bought my flock in August, and 
into early Winter they pastured in a 
couple of small paddocks, which they 
promptly cleared of blackberry vines 
and underbrush—a promise of what 
they will do for the rest of my rough 
land as fast as I can fence it. For 
although they require little care during 
the pasture season, that they do 
need fencing is a lesson soon learned. 
The cheapest and most satisfactory that 
I have yet tried, is made up of a 26- 
inch woven wire fence and two strands 
of barbed wire four and 16 inches above 
it. This holds them all right, and for a 
temporary fence I do without the 
barbed wire. While I am fencing in 
the land I find my thoroughbred collie 
invaluable in keeping the sheep from 
straying. I am often working near a 
rye field or some fresh pasture to which 
I drive the sheep, and have little trouble 
in keeping them where I want them. 
After working them with the dog for a 
while, simply a sharp whistle will turn 
them homeward or off forbidden 
ground. 
My ewes began dropping their lambs 
in the latter part of December, and in 
this climate I believe that with fairly 
warm weather most profit can be secured 
from sheep by having them lamb at this 
time, or even a month earlier. But you 
must have plenty of clover or other 
leguminous hay, of which I have a very 
short supply, so I had to depend on 
grain feeding rather more than I liked. 
Luckily I had quite a patch of pump¬ 
kins, of which the sheep ate greedily 
so long as they lasted. The feeding of 
these and of tobacco stems, I think had 
much to do with keeping the ewes in 
good health and free from worms. I 
found that it paid to feed the milking 
ewes all they would eat clean, and par¬ 
ticularly plenty of water to drink. I 
kept each ewe with her lamb in a pen 
four feet square for several days after 
lambing and had no trouble in inducing 
mothers to own their young. When 
there was likely to be any trouble, a 
little salt sprinkled on the lamb’s back 
started the ewe to licking him off, 
and in a short time he would be a- 
milking for all he was worth. I cannot 
understand why any beginner who gives 
his ewes reasonable care and feeds 
them well should lose any lambs or 
mothers at birth or shortly after. 
Brinton, Mel. r. b. 
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. 
Write for booklet giving full informatioji. 
THE AMERICAN MOLASSES COMPANY OF NEW YORK, 
Ill WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 
NI CORN DAIRY RATION ^,1“^ 
honest, pure and practical ration—has increased the profits of hundreds of 
“every day dairymen’’—it will increase yours. The most economical feed. 
Write us for particulars and official records. CHAPIN & CO., BUFFALO, N. Y. 
DUTCH BELTED CATTLE 
FOR SALE 
Young calves bear shipment first rate and the cost of transportation is small. 
A good 2-year-old bull and mature cows for sale. 
G. G. GIBBS, .... MARKSBORO, N. J. 
RIVERLAND FARM 
OFFERS 20 HEAD OF HIGH CLASS 
REGISTERED 
Till RHP |CRQCVC —Scrv i ce Boars. Gilts Open, or 
UUTlUU JCnOL I O Bred. Pedigreed Stock. Narragan- 
set Turkeys. Enquire C. C. MILLER, It. 9, Decatur, 1ml. 
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 si*ze, symmetry, grand feed¬ 
ing quality and prolificacy. Send for booklet. 
J. K. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
PERCHERONS 
Mostly mares in foal from Two to Five years. A 
few young Stallions, all priced at their real worth. 
JAY GELDER, Kanona, N. Y. 
1 AIIRFI — REGISTERED JERSEYS ONLY 
LnUllLL Fern’s Jubilee 73852, as well bred in 
_ , “butter lines” as any bull in the 
I [1 M world, heads the herd. 
f fl n V STOCK FOR SALE. 
1 n 11 m J. GRANT MORSE. Hamilton, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITE AND LARGE YORKSHIRE 
YOUNG BOARS AND SOW PIGS FOR SALE 
SIX MONTHS OLD 
Only the best animals of these two breeds 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 YORK 
Ynil PotlH Affnrrl A Grade, when I can sell 
I UU Udll 1 MIIUIU you a reg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer’s price, 
li. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
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 CALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl l»e Rot’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have sixty dan&iiters of this Bull that 
will he kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Wrjte for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rif ton, Ulster County, 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. F. O’HARA, Moravia, New York. 
PURE BRED HOLSTEIN CALVES 
FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT. 
Finely bred bull and heifer calves at reasonable prices* 
Write for list tohich will please you. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
Reg, P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
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. 
J ' ine , ? 1 'K e strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows, service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein calves. Collie 
Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Middletown,Pa. 
Large Berkshires 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS 
FOR SALE AT FARMERS’PRICES. 
Have two yearling bulls, ready for immediate 
service, and four bull calves, from six to ten 
months old ; all large, handsome, well-grown 
animals. Address P. B. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Premier Longfellow .Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
breeding. Matings not akin. Catalog on applica¬ 
tion. WILLOUGHBY FARM,Gettysburg,Fa. 
T AKCK BERKSHIRES AT HIG11 WOOD— Short, 
J-/ broad heads. Mature animals weigh from 700 to 900 IIib. 
Special offering of bred sows. Sows averaged eleven to the 
litter this spring. Write for booklet. 
H. C. A H. 11. HARPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
ANGUS CATTLE 
Hackney and trotting bred horses, brood mares, 
colts and fillies. High class stock at reasonable 
prices. DELAWARE STOCK FARM, Bridoeville, Del. 
World’s Best 
will be bred for March farrowing. 
CEDAR LAWN FARM, Ludlowville, N. Y. 
help for selection. He was honest as 
dealers go—that is, honest until lie saw 
the small end of the horn turning his 
way—but. when I had selected seven or 
eight large, big-framed ewes, he cau¬ 
tioned me to take some smaller and 
“younger” ones, or I would have a lot 
of old ewes on my hands in a couple of 
years. I have a couple on my hands 
now; the small “young” kind with their 
teeth nearly gone. Those that T picked 
first are the best in my flock today; 
nearly all had twins, raising fine, big, 
healthy lambs, while the small, “young” 
sheep either died by the wayside or 
brought forth after their kind—small, 
smaller, smallest. I believe that in all 
buying of stock it is sound business to 
trust to your own judgment unless you 
have some really disinterested and ex¬ 
perienced friend to select for you. 
COLLAR SORES. 
I traded for a large horse last Spring 
that had a big sore on each shoulder, down 
on the point of shoulder toward the breast, 
simply caused by an ill-fitting collar. The 
hunches are soft, and are not fast to the 
bone, about the size of half of an ordinary¬ 
sized apple. This was all raw and sore 
when I got him ; now one is entirely healed, 
the other nearly so, and worked right along, 
but tbe bunches are still there and have 
been on him between two and three years. 
Is there any medicine or linament' that 
will take the hunches off? I have been told 
by different people that to have them cut 
out didn’t give satisfaction. c. p. k. 
Ohio. 
The sores should be cleanly dissected out 
and then will heal promptly and stay healed 
if a properly-fitting collar is used "and the 
horse is used humanely. Such baggy sores 
are due to invasion of the original sore by 
the fungus known as “botryomyees,” and 
excision is the only sure method of treat¬ 
ment. • , . . A. S. A. 
IUMLK 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. 
IMPORTATION £/■ t * ie best; large improved 
Im rUIl I M l lull English Yorkshires for sale. 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
Aberdeen-Angus 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. These bulls 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 
36 CHOICE CHEVIOT EWES, 
One Ram and 20 Spring Ewe Lambs, all registered. 
For sale at a sacrifice if sold at once. 
B. W. SHERWOOD, M.D., Jamesville, N. Y. 
F OR SALE— Registered Rambouillet Rams and 0.1.C. 
Swine. C. W. Halliday, North Chatham, N.Y. 
SHROPSHIRES 
FGood yearlings at prices you can afford to buy. 
Address J. 0. DUNCAN, Mgr., Lewiston, N. Y. 
R EG. JERSEY CATTLE. Chester White, Poland 
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 ami make your own selections. Address 
EDWARD WALTER, WestChester.ChesterCo., Pa. 
TUNIS SHEEP~ Get 11 start now with thisvery 
1 w 111 T 11 Ltl ‘ hardy and money-making breed. 
Prices reasonable,forbothsexes. 
J. N. MAC PHERSON, Pine View Farm, Scottsville, N. if. 
UIIUU.V ANU EWE LAMBS from Choice Im¬ 
ported Stock. FRED VAN VLEET, Lodi, N. Y. 
S OME good coon and fox dogs for sale; pedigreed; 
Birdsong and Walker strains. Sent on 10 days’ 
trial. it. F. JOHNSON, Assumption, Illinois. 
Pfll I IF P|I DC—From imported stock. Females 
UULLIL lUrOeheap: Nelson Bros., Crave City, Pa 
