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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
EXERCISING A BULL. 
I have seen a sweep spoken of in your 
paper for exercising the bull. Will some 
one describe how to make one? p. a. e. 
Knoxboro, N. Y. 
P. A. E. can exercise his bull by mak¬ 
ing a sweep as follows: Place a stout 
pole well down in the earth, at least 
three feet. This pole should be at least 
30 feet long above the surface of the 
ground. At six feet from the ground, a 
groove two inches wide and an inch 
deep should be cut smoothly around the 
SINGLE ARM SWEEP. Fig. 590. 
pole. Then an arm of good tough wood, 
which should be as wide as the grooved 
place in the pole, should be bolted to 
the pole by means of a band of two-inch 
iron fitting the groove. A good-sized 
ring should be fastened to the other end 
of the arm, and a brace chain also fas¬ 
tened to this end and to the top of the 
pole, so that it will not bind as the arm 
revolves around the pole. This kind of 
sweep is all right for a bull that may be 
safely hitched out by the ring in his 
nose, but some bulls ought not to be 
hitched out that way, and another style 
of sweep is more desirable. 
The second sweep, Fig. 591, is made 
also by placing a heavy post in the 
ground, but the top of it should be only 
a little higher than the bull’s shoulders. 
Bore a deep hole in the top of the post 
and drive in one end of an old buggy 
axle, leaving the skein sticking up. Now 
take another good stout nole and bal¬ 
ance it across the top of the post. The 
longer and smaller end must be at least 
10 feet from the post. Make a hole in 
SWEEP WITH DOUBLE POLE. FiG. 581. 
this pole where it balances across the 
post, and insert the box from the hub 
of the wagon wheel. Place the pole on 
the post, and it should turn nicely and 
the boxing will prevent wear. Fasten a 
very short chain with a snap or other, 
contrivance strong enough to hold the 
bull, at the long end of the pole and j 
when you have a heavy two-inch strap 
with a ring in it around the bull's neck 
he is ready to hitch to the sweep. If he 
is particularly rebellious you can place 
another pole across the top of the post 
at right angles to the first and hitch a 
light lead chain from the ring in the 
bull’s nose to the end of this pole. 
J. GRANT MORSE. 
Dosing a Sick Hog. 
I would like to give my experience with 
a case of hog cholera, as it may he of 
value to some one. I had a fine sow that 
farrowed a short time ago; had a nice litter 
of ten pigs. She was sick about 24 hours 
before farrowing, and 1 expected she would 
be all right in the course of 48 hours, but 
as she refused to eat from the time she 
was taken sick for two days I took her 
pigs away and turned her out. She was 
in a box stall where it was not very light, 
and) when she came out into the light I 
saw she had turned purple on nose, ears, 
neck and between hind legs, and thought at 
oner it was hog cholera, and expected she 
would die in a short time. As it is a 
fatal disease nearly always, I commenced 
treatment at once. I took water from tank 
and gave her a cold water douche, using 
four or five pails of water once in about 
an hour. Then I dug a hole in the ground 
large enough to bury her in, and laid her in 
and threw earth over, lightly covering her, 
and left her there seven hours entirely 
covered except nose. Then I took her out 
and gave her another douche, and put 
her in pen with good dry bed. Next morn¬ 
ing I gave her another douche, also about 
noon gave her another. She ate nothing 
from Wednesday morning until Sundlay 
morning. I then gave her one pint of 
whole milk. I fed her once in three hours 
that amount fbr two days. She then ate a 
little more each time she was fed, until 
she is now taking her regular feed and 
doing nicely. I would now like your ad¬ 
vice as to whether it would be best to breed 
her again. l. e. stevexs. 
Vermont. 
There is no evidence that the sow had 
cholera, and we see no reason why she 
should not be bred when she has fully 
recovered from her sickness, whatever it 
happened to be. The treatment certainly 
was novel, and would be likely to prove 
fatal to many a sick hog. a. s. a. 
Catarrh. 
I have a cow with serious difficulty in 
breathing. Her nose seems to be clogged 
with a thick discharge, so that sometimes 
she has to breathe through her mouth for 
a short time. Nostrils seem swollen and 
sore. Can you tell anything about the 
nature of her trouble and remedy for it? 
Virginia. j. o. b. 
Cattle take a malignant form of catarrh 
which presents such symptoms as you de¬ 
scribe : but they may also have a simpler 
chronic catarrh, which i*s curable. The 
other malady does not respond well to 
treatment. Cleanse the nostrils with a sat¬ 
urated solution of boric acid and inject 
a little sweet oil. Place her in a box stall 
and steam the atmosphere with hot water, 
to each pailful of which adci a teaspoonful 
of beech wood creosote. In her feed night 
and morning mix a dram of dried sulphate 
of iTon and two drams of ground gentian 
root. A. s. A. 
Mud Fever. 
I own a five-year old mare, white hind 
legs, that has what appears like scratches 
above ankles. The trouble appears in two 
limes of scaly eruptions leading from ankles 
up. I have washed with castile soap and 
water and applied zinc ointment, but do not 
see much improvement. I am feeding con¬ 
dition powder in oats. Is there a better 
treatment for this affection? g. c. 
New York. 
Do not wash the legs. That aggravates 
the condition when erythema or inflamma¬ 
tion of the skin (mud fever) is present. Dry 
the legs thoroughly when the horse comes 
into stabt' and apply a lotion composed of a 
mixture of four ounces of Goulard’s extract 
and two ounces of glycerine with water 
to make a pint. See that horse does not 
stand in a draft in stable. As soon as 
cracks and sores heal apply sulphur oint¬ 
ment twice daily if there is a tendency for 
the skin to crack open under exercise. 
a. s. A. 
IMPORTATION 
of the best: large improved 
English Yorkshires for sale. 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
nimnp IPRQPVQ - Servioe boars. Gilts Open, or 
UlinUlt JCnOLlo Bred. Pedigreed Stock. Narragan- 
set Turkeys. Enquire C. C. MILLER, R. 9, Decatur, lnd. 
L arge berkshires at niGiiwoo»-shnit, 
bread liemin. Mature animals welsh from 700 to 900 lbs. 
Special offering of bred bows. Sows averaged eleven to the 
litter tbia spring. Write for booklet. 
II. C. k H. II. HAKPEND1NG, Dundee, N. Y. 
World’s Rost Hna— Ke «* c. pigs, 
VIUrill ® D“5l nOg September farrow. Gilts 
will lie bred for March farrowing. 
CEDAR LAWN FARM, Ludlowville, N. Y r . 
Large Berkshires 
Premier Longfellow.Lord Premier and Masterpiece 
breeding. Matings not akin. Catalog on applica¬ 
tion. WII.I.OUG H ItY 1«'AKM,Gettysburg,Pa. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows, service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein calves. Collie 
Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices Ai circulars. Hamilton & Co., Middletown,Pa. 
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 bogs are the correct type of present dav 
Berkshires. combining size, symmetry, grand feed¬ 
ing quality and prolificacy, bend for booklet. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
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. 
^mi-viiii n. husuh, Penn Yan , N. 
CFRPCTQ Heie * ‘' ml a £»in, dealing in r 
runnel 3 on rats: THE FERRET. Each 
stamp for prices. CALVIN JEWELL, Spencer, 
-From imported stock. Ferna 
cheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, 
COLLIE PUPS 
CCOTCH COLI.IES, Spayed Females, two to 
° eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose Pa. 
Five Female Fox Hounds Raccoon Hound 
Puppies for $5.00 each; six weeks old. MELVIN 
THOMAS, K. F. D., Wayville, Saratoga Co., N.Y. 
December IS, 
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 II omesl end Girl I)e Kol's Sarcastic 
Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will he kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Riftou, Ulster Comity, New York. 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTFIN-FRIESIANS 
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. 
PURE BRED HOLSTEIN CALVES 
FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT. 
Finely bred bull and heifer calves at reasonable prices. 
Write tor list which will please you.. 
W. W. CHlSNEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
_0HI0 HOLSTEINS_ 
THE BAWNDALE STOCK FARM 
Registered Holstein-Friesians Herd Founded in 1880 
Offers yearling heifers and bull calves of the 
best milking strains. Has bred and raised two 
cows which made over 32 lbs. butter, official 
test. Herd numbers 90 head. Address 
CHAS. W. HORR, 
Wellington, Ohio. 
BUTTER-BRED HOLSTEINS 
I am offering two very fine and three-quarter white 
Bull Calves that have 25 A. R. O. sisters, one with 
ovor 31 lbs. butter in 7 days. They are one month* 
old and the first draft for 150 takes ono Registered 
and transferred. Also Yearling Heifers, Fresli 
Cows and Springers. 
FLOYD M. PELTON, La Grange, Ohio. 
Hill View Ayrshires 
FOR SALE. 
BULL CALF, sired by Dairy King of Avon: dam 
Mayflower Monkland, who is the dam of the cham¬ 
pion 4-year-old Ayrshire cow of the world. 
Also other animals of all ages for sale from my 
great herd of producing and show animals. All 
tuberculin tested. 
For prices and further particulars, address 
W. W, BLAKE ARKCOLL, Paoli, Fa. 
HILL TOP FARM AYRSHIRES 
One of the Good Herds of the Breed 
The home of the Champion two-year-old heifer and 
the ex-Champion two and three year oid heifers. 
Herd headed by the great A. R. sire Noxemail, 7312. 
Young Bulls for sale, of approved type and 
hacked by official records. Herd tuberculin tested. 
L. A. RKYMANN, WHEELING. W. Va. 
IAIIRFI —registered jerseys only 
LnUIILL. Fern's Jubilee 73852. as well bred in 
FARM 
Fern’s Jubilee 73852, as well bred in 
“ butter lines ” as any bull in the 
world, heads the herd. 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
JERSEYS 
—Combination and Golden Lad; for 
sale, 16 cows, 13 heifers, 12 bulls. 
8. E. N1VLN, Landenburg, Pa- 
SHROPSHIRES 
Good yearlings at prices you can afford to buy. 
Address J. C. DUNCAN, Mgr., Lewiston, N. Y. 
CHEVIOT SHEEP 
—$11)0.00 buys 10 head. Pure¬ 
bred. W. SHRINER, Hector, N. Y. 
REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE EW ES, 
two and three years old, for sale. Due to 
lamb in March. H. B. COVERT, Lodi. N. Y. 
YEARLING RAMS. RAM LAMBS, EWES 
IN0 EWE LAMBS from Choice Im¬ 
ported Stock. FRED VAN VLEET, Lodi, N. Y. 
ILYlLK PRODUCERS for New York City market 
4Ti desiring information how to form brandies 
of the Dairymen's League, write to the Secretary, 
ALBERT MANNING, Otisville, N. Y. 
SHROPSHIRES-, 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS 
FOR SALE AT FARMERS’PRICES. 
Have two yearling bulls, ready for immediate 
service, and four bull calves, from six to ton 
months old ,- all large, handsome, well-grown 
animals. Address P. B. McLENNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
THE WOODLAWN SHORT-HORN FARM 
OFFERS FOR SALE MILKING SHORT-HORNS 
We are at present offering for sale at reasonable prices a 
number or good young bulls from milking Short-Horn 
Cows. Rose of Sharon, Ruby’s Bright Eyes, Young Mary, 
Peerless, Nonpareil, and other well known strains repre¬ 
sented. All these bulls are sired by Orange Sultan 263522, 
son of the champion Whitehall Sultan 163573, and first 
prize two year old bull at Ohio State Fair in 1998. The 
bulls range from four to eight months old. 
For particulars and prices, address 
C. P. WEST «fc SON, Box 86, Rlooininghurg, O. 
Ynil Pan*! Affnrd A Grade, when I can sell 
IUU Udll l HIIUIU you a l-eg. Jersey bull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer's price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Farm broken: 25 pair, 4 to 10 years. 
Prices Right—Mules Right. 
Delaware Stock Farm, 
Meyer A- Son, Bridge ville, Del, 
RIVERLAND FARM 
OFFERS 80 HEAD OF HIGH CLASS 
REGISTERED 
PERGHERONS 
Mostly mares in foal from Two to Five years. A 
few young Stallions, all priced at their real worth. 
JAY GELDER, Kanona, N. Y. 
LATCHFORD’S CALF MEAL 
The richness of Milk at Y> the cost. 
Booklet, “How to raise Calves cheaply and successfully without milk,” Free. 
BLATC’HFORD’S CALF MEAL FACTORY, WAUKEGAN, ILL. 
Established at Leicester, England, in 1800. 
GREAT NEW YEAR AUCTION SALE 
100—BELGIAN, PERCHER0N AND GERMAN COACH STALLIONS AND MARES-100 
Will be held at SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, NEWARK. OHIO, 
WodiicsdLay, Jan. 12. YOYO. 
Sale will begin at 10 o’clock sharp, rain or shine. Bad weather no 
interference as sale will bo held in tiie barn. A new importation 
of 100 stallions and mares will arrive on the S.S. St. .Andrews tr >tit 
Belgium and France December 25. 1909. This will be one of tlio 
greatest lots that have ever arrived at the Sharon Valley Stock 
1-arm, which has attained the lame of handling only the best. At 
this sale will be offered, besides the imported horses, a lot of geld¬ 
ings and home-bred mares. Everybody interested in draft 
horses should attend this sale. Send six cents in stamps to pay 
postage for a fine illustrated catalogue which will bo out three 
weeks before the salo. All trains met at station with tree convey¬ 
ance to and from the farm. Newark, Ohio, is centrally located in 
the state and your ticket agent can easily tell you how to arrive 
here either by steam or electric cars. 
COL. GEO. W. CRAWFORD, Prop, of Sharon Valley Stock Farm, F. W. ANDREWS, Auctioneer, Citizens Phone 266, Bell 65) W. 
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