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January 18, 
18.6 
4.2 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE FEED QUESTION DISCUSSED. 
The remarks on ground feed ou page 
813 attracted my attention. It is not 
quite clear to me as to whether the feed 
named was intended for horses or cows, 
and it matters but little which. The 
mixture of corn and oatmeal, bran and 
oil meal in the proportions named make 
an excellent ration, showing an analysis, 
as I figure it, of 11.2 per cent protein, 
52.9 carbohydrates, and 4.2 fat, or a 
ratio of 15.59. This combination at 
Michigan present market prices would 
cost $1.56 per 100 pounds and while a 
good feed is not in my judgment suf¬ 
ficiently economical. The total pounds 
of nutrients in a ton of oats is 1330 
pounds, and at 55 cents per bushel with 
$2 added for grinding costs $36.50, or 
2.740 cents per pound of nutrients, and 
has a comparative feeding value of 
$24.76 as against gluten feed at $30 per 
ton. In fact oats top the list, as the 
very most expensive feed stuff, on my 
table of 28 leading stock feeds, used in 
this section, and wheat bran comes next 
in order at $28 per ton, with total nu¬ 
trients costing 2.397 cents per pound, 
and showing a feeding value of only 
$21.71 as against gluten. 
I call attention to the enclosed for¬ 
mulas No. 1, which is in use on our 
HOPE FARM HOUSE FEED. 
Cost Protein Carbo Fat 
Lbs. libs. Lbs. Lbs. 
200 Corn'Meal.$2.80 15.8 133.4 8.6 
100 Oat Meal. 1-85 9 2 4. 3 4.2 
100 Wheat Bran. 1.50 12.6 38.6 3.0 
40 Oil Meal.0.72 11.7 131 JL8 
440~ Total.$6^87 49.3 232.4 
100 Average, Itatto 1.5.59 1.66 11.2 a2.J 
PUTNAM FARM HORSE FEED. 
1907 
Nov. MIXTURE No. 1 
Lbs. 
130 Corn Meal.l.< . 
100 Brewers’.Grains. 1-40 
40 Beet Pulp.90.. 
30 Oil Meal.1.75.. 
300 Total.. 
100 Average “Ratio 1.5.12” 1.37 
1907 
Nov. Mixture No. 2 
Lbs. 
170 Corn Meal.1.40. 
100 Brewers’Grain. 
30 Oil Meal.1.75. 
300 Total.$4.30 
100 Average "Ratiol 5.13” 1.43 
farm as a horse feed, and is giving full 
satisfaction. The analysis is a little 
richer than yours, and costs about 12 
per cent less. In the absence of dry 
beet pulp corn can be substituted, as 
in mixture No. 2*. with practically the 
same analysis, but an added cost of 
$1.20 per ton. The dry pulp at $20 per 
ton furnishes 145S pounds digestible nu¬ 
trients at a cost of 1.372 cents, which 
is at present the cheapest feed known 
to me, and is followed in order by corn 
and cob meal, cornmeal, distillers’ dry 
grains, gluten feed, etc., with oats, bran 
and barley at present out of the race. 
Our own ration for cows consists of 
one-third dried beet pulp, which contains 
16.3 per cent protein, 54 carbohydrates 
and 3.4 fat, with a ratio of 1.3.82, cost¬ 
ing on the same basis as shown in table 
above $1.31 per 100 pounds, and is fed 
to my grade Jerseys together with corn 
silage, clover and Timothy or oat hay, 
at the rate of not to exceed one pound 
of the mixture to three pounds of five 
per cent milk produced. My research 
has proved to me that many of us are 
using feed stuffs that for economy’s 
sake can well be eliminated. 
B. W. PUTNAM. 
R. N.-Y. —Our mixture is fed to 
horses. We do not claim it is the best ; 
in fact we are experimenting. Our last 
quoted prices are corn, $1.3S per 106 
pounds; bran, $1.50; oats, $1.60. At 
present we have our own corn. Ye re¬ 
gard oats as the best of all grains for 
horse feed, and pay what seems too 
high a price for that reason. We have 
tried dried brewers’ grains., but they 
do not seem to us equal to oats, though 
some scientific experiments indicate that 
they are. We like wheat bran to mix 
with meal, because it is bulky and has 
some laxative effect upon the horse. 
We should also state that at present we 
feed only dry cornstalks for roughage. 
Cost 
Protein 
C. H. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
.$1.82 
10.3 
80 7 
, 1.40 
15.7 
36,3 
. .36 
2.3 
26.8 
. .52 
8.8 
9.8 
.$4.10 
37.1 
159.6 
” 1.37 
12.4 
53.2 
Cost 
Protein 
C. H. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
.$2.88 
13.4 
113.3 
. 1.40 
15.7 
36.3 
. .52 
8.8 
9,8 
37.9 
159.4 
’ 1.43 
12.6 
53.1 
5.6 
5.1 
.0 
2.1 
12.8 
4.3 
Lbs. 
7.3 
5.1 
2.1 
14 5 
4.8 
'THE RURAL 
RURAL AUCTIONS IN INDIANA. 
The farmers of Indiana are noted for 
selling property at auction. The breeders 
of purebred hogs and cattle sell nearly 
all of their surplus stock by the auction 
method and they get good prices. Young 
hogs from six to eight months old fre¬ 
quently bring an average price of $25. There 
are a number of professional live stock 
auctioneers in this State who do business 
in all parts of the country, but the profes¬ 
sional live stock auctioneer does not conduct 
miscellaneous farm sales. The miscellaneous 
sales are made by farmers who are “over¬ 
stocked” and those who are going to move, 
and there is a large number of them eacli 
year; the local auctioneer takes charge of 
these sales. I once knew a local auctioneer 
who was engaged with sales of this kind for 
37 consecutive days and his price was “No 
sale for less than $10 and one per cent on 
all sales of $1,000 or more.” By common 
consent the auctioneer is given the title of 
“Colonel.” I have in mind at the present 
time a young man who began to practice as 
an auctioneer three years ago and now dur¬ 
ing the Spring and Fall months he is busy 
nearly every day. lie told me November 
20 last, that he bad 15 dates booked 
for February and March. Nearly all prop¬ 
erty that is sold by the auction method is 
sold on nine months’ time without interest, 
and this seems to make the price all right. 
Corn sold in this neighborhood last: week for 
55 cents per bushel, while the cash price at 
the local elevators was only 40 cents. 
Indiana._F. w. 
ITCHING MANE AND TAIL. 
How can I cure a horse that rubs his 
tail and mane? lie lias done it for a year 
and a half, and I cannot stop it. 
Wisconsin. <*• B. D. 
Where this habit exists there is some¬ 
thing far wrong with the feeding and man¬ 
agement of the horse. As a rule too much 
feed, too little grooming and too little 
exercise are given, and besides this we often 
find those horses inhabiting a hot. dirty, 
dark, badly ventilated stable. The first 
step should be to make the stable sanitary 
and comfortable; then cut down the grain 
ration, groom the horse well every day and 
either work him daily or make him take 
abundant outdoor exercise. Corn should 
not be fed during warm weather. As to 
local treatment that should consist in 
washing the affected parts with hot water, 
soap and soda for removal of scales, crusts 
and scabs under which mite parasites are 
liable to lurk. Then take the upright hair 
of affected part, lock by lock, wind around 
fingers and pull hard until skin gives with 
a crack. Repeat this pulling act as re¬ 
quired and it will he likely to prove effective. 
Also apply to affected parts several times 
a week, or as found necessary, some of a 
lotion composed of ichthyol, two drams; 
glycerine, one ounce; water, one pint. In 
mares chronic itching of the tail some¬ 
times is due to collections of sebaceous 
matter between the teats, so that the udder 
should he cleaned thoroughly now and then 
to prevent irritation. A filthy sheath, or 
the presence of pin worms in the rectum, 
also may cause tail-rubbing. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
new-vorker 
COL. G. W. CRAWFORD’S 
SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM 
of nearly 1500 acres, and barns holding 300 horses, 
has now on hands over 200 stallions of fine 
BELGIANS, PERCHERONS and GERMAN COACH 
Running in age from 1 year old to 5 years. Color—bays, blacks and 
grays: weigh from 1600 to 2200 lbs. These stallions are all for sale on 
reasonable terms. Cash or bankable notes running 1. 2 and three 
years. A lso there is a lot of fine Belgian and Percheron mares for sale. 
Newark is situated 33 miles east of Columbus, and 157 miles west 
of Pittsburgh, on R. & O. and Pan Handle R. R. Trains every hour. 
Customers are invited to visit the farm and see the nice stock. 
Send for Catalogues. 
SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, Newark. Ohio. 
Citizens Phone 266, Bell Phone 651 W 
VILLAGE FARM 
JERSEY HERD 
H. V. PRENTICE, Prop., Worcester, Mass. 
HERD HEADED BY 
THE GREAT FONTAINE FERN BULL 
GOLDEN FERN’S 
GREY FONTAINE 
A soil of GOLDEN FERN’S LAD. 
Dam Fontaine of St. Saviour, with a butter 
test of 16 lbs. 12 ozs. This herd contains nine 
daughters of Golden Fern’s Lad and several 
daughters of Eminent 2d, Blue Bell’s Blue 
Fox.Caiest, Maple’s Poet, Stockwell and other 
noted sires. 
I A IIDH C A D U --JERSEY CATTLE ONLY ! Do not 
LAUnuL I AnlYl .jsk us what we have for sale but 
tell us what you want. We will not try to sell you 
something different. Laurel Farm. Hamilton, N. Y. 
BERKSHIRES 
Three choice yearling sows, bred to Masters’ 
Chief No. 98466. a son of Masterpiece. 
Eight very fine boars, June farrow, sired by 
Baron Duke 82nd, a son of Premier Longfellow, 
Grand Champion at Universal Exposition. 
Correspondence solicited. 
B. E. HUNT, Reading Center, N. Y. 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
A limited number of young sows bred to a grand 
imported boar for March and April farrow. 
Also a fine lot of fall pigs of the highest quality 
and breeding at very attractive prices. 
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 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 ami prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS 
If you are interested in Registered- 
Holstein-Friesian Cattle, you should 
send for Star Farm’s new publica¬ 
tion called 
“STAR FARM NEWS.” 
Sent free. Write to-day. Address 
HORACE L. BRONSON, 
Department D, - Cortland, New York. 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-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. 
$100 HOLSTEIN BULLfor$50 
Born Oct. 26.1907. SI RE—BerylWayne’s Son, whose 
dam, Beryl Wayne, has an A. R. O. butter record of 
27 7 „ His. in 7 days, liis sire being Johanna Aaggie s 
Sarcastic Lad. whose dam is from a sister to the 
World's champion 35-lb.eow,Colantha4th'sJohanna. 
DAM-White Bess Clothilde 2d, one of largest pro¬ 
ducers we ever owned. She has given 80 lbs. milk a 
day on ordinary care. This bull is a beautiful indi¬ 
vidual.more white than black, handsomely marked. 
At a year old,he will he worth $100. Buy him now and 
save the$50 by growing him yourself, the stevens 
BROS.-HASTINGS CO., Brookxlde Herd, Liverpool, N.Y. 
LARGE BERKSHIRE SWINE HOLSTEIN BULL. 
“Now then, children,” said the teacher, 
“what is it we want most in this world 
to make us perfectly happy?” “De 
things we ain’t got!” shouted the bright 
boy in the back seat.—Philadelphia 
Press. 
A Government inspector, entering a 
rural postoffice, expressed surprise upon 
seeing a woman at the delivery window. 
“I was under the impression,” said he, 
“that a man was in charge of this office.” 
“And so he was,” replied the woman, 
sharply, “but I married him 1”—Atlanta 
Constitution. 
Are You Feeding A Balanced Ration? 
Calculating a nutritive ratio made easy by use of 
a device recently invented. 
Write for particulars. 
Address Henry W. Jeffers, riainsboro, N. J. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose,Pa. 
HACKNEY STALLIONS! I,'riS 
V. Champion and right at home. Prices one-half 
what others ask. R. P. Stericker, WestOrange.N.J. 
CAD C AI C- choiee Chester White Pigs of 
rUll wALC both sexes, also a fine lot of 
Dorset Rams ready for breeding. Address 
HEARTS DELIGHT FARM, (’hazy. New York. 
rHF<?HIPF^ the new YORK 
U 1 1 L O I 1 1 l\ c J FARMERS’ HO(T. 
Hardy: prolific: strong fine boned-.quick growers and 
easy keepers. Young stock tor sale. Department of 
Animal Husbandry, Cornell University.Ithaca.N.Y . 
BERKSHIRE SWINE 
Three BOARS. April farrow, by Baron Duke 85th 
91215, out of’Clarion Maid 100536 (a Longfellow sow). 
Price $20,$30 and $50 each. Also, three GIL IS of the 
same farrow—will he tired to Premier D. B. 100338. 
Orders booked for Spring Pms of Premier 
and Longfellow strains. CLARION FARM, 
II.F.D. 26, Box 63 Y. Greenwich, Conn. 
Grandsons and daughters of Lord Premier. 
Premier Longfellow and Masterpiece. 
Special offering of pigs 10 weeks old. 
H. C, & H. B. HARPENDING - Dundee, N. Y. 
Reg.P.Ghinas, Berkshires&C. Whites 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. 
Service Boars, have stock returned, 
refund money if not satisfactory. 
—*- Reg Holsteins, Heifers, Bulls and 
Cows in Calf. HAMILTON & CO..Cockranville,Pa 
STONE FARM BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
.... Arrpn 4 Full Age Sows bred for March far- 
\Al I 11 L L L U row in#: 10 kpring: Gilts hro-l for March 
W r Ai*ril farrowing: 6 Spring and 
Summer Service Boars; I 2-Yr. Old 
Son of Masterpiece 77000; 60 Summer and Fall Pigs- All 
ra|*resei»tini; the impinved American type. We have over loo 
hea l of all age*, ami all prices, from good useful farmers' bogs 
«to fancy show animals. Address all letters to 
KICHAKI) H. STONE, Trumansburg, N. V. 
SPRIHGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year 
old by Grand Premier, No. 801)05. bred to Baron Duke 
85tii. No. 91215. A sou of Premier Longfellow, No. 
68600. Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. liooklet 
on application. J. 1C. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES. 
Yearling Sows and Spring Gilts, bred to ikunner 
Masterpiece 103371 for early Winter and SpnTg far¬ 
row; one aged herd Boar, choice Spring Boars, Sum¬ 
mer and Pall Pigs for sale. For prices, etc., write 
S. C. FRENCH, - Atwater, New York. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa« 
A S fine herds of G DERNSE Y and RED 
POLLED CATTLE as any in the great State 
of Penn. atUniondale Stock Farm; a limited num¬ 
ber for sale; the best red polled bull I ever knew; 
dark red, kind, and perfect in everyway, for sale, 
3 yrs. old: also fine 3 yr. old Guernsey bull from 
advanced registry sire, for sale. 
I>. L, STEVENS, Prop., Uniondale, Susq.Co.,Pa. 
O. I. C. PIGS. 
Silver Premium Stock; Aug.. Sept, and Oct. farrow; 
10 weeks pigs $24 trio with pedigree; Brood sows$25 
each. F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia, N. Y. 
R EG. O. I.C. PIGS, all ages; 10 Shrop. Ewes, 
$150; 10 Shrop. Ewes, $250: 10 Ewe Lambs, $115. 
Allreg. CEDAR LAWN FA RM, Ludlowville. N.Y 
BERKSHIRES. 
American and English Breeding. Matings not akin. 
Large, Early Maturing. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
m r A Oil Berkshire Hogs and Jersey 
iHmll Cattle; stock for sale; always 
on hand. M. L. BENHAM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
PRICED TO SELL-DUROC JERSEYS 
Three Spring Boars; some nice Sows bred; Fall 
Pigs, the best lot we ever raised; choice Collie 
Dogs all ages. Address 
J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cameron, W. Va. 
A 2 to 3 Mos, Old Pig, Express Paid, 
in exchange for a few days of your spare time 
Von invest no money. Semi fpr particular* at onr«. Address 
Penna. Berkshire Company, Fannettsbnrg, Pa. 
Born Dec. 26, 1906. Large, good condition, black 
with white points, a very film individual. Sire—A 
son of De Kol 2d's Butter Boy 3d and Clothilde 
Eva. official record, 604.5 lbs. milk and 24.287 lbs. 
butter in 7 days. Dam—Yan Friesland Pet, official 
record, 16.467 lbs. butter in 7 days. 3.96 5- fat. Price 
$60.00 F.O.B. cars at Lacona. The first check gets 
him. Buy from a herd witli a reputation to sustain. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON, - Lacona, N. V. 
Holstein Bull Calves. 
S20.00 to S33.00 
Cheaper than vou can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Write for Photographs & Pedigrees. 
W« also offer special bargains in cows and heifers 
bred to our great Sir Korndyke Manor I)e Kol 
Jr. RIVENBURGH PROS., llillhurst Earn,, Oneida, N. V. 
REG, HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN STOCK, 
For Sale at FARMERS’ Prices. 
I have several heifers past two years old, due to 
freshen in January, February and March next, 
perfectly marked, large, handsome animals, Also 
a fine yearling hull of excellent breeding, and sev¬ 
eral bull calves which will be ready for service in 
the Spring. Also six choice young cows due to 
freshen in January and February next. All these 
animals are guaranteed perfect in every respect and 
will be sold at reasonable prices. May be seen at 
i farm only 30 minutes trolley ride from Syracuse. 
JOHN McLennan. Fayetteville, N. Y . 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y,-Brattleboro. Vt. 
m CAl C-At very low price. Fine Holstein 
oALl Hull Calf. Sire one of the great 
Ormsby family, whose dam and sire’s dam average 
26.92 lbs. butter 7 days A. R. O. 4.88 per cent, tat 
A. L. DRAPER. Troy, N. Y. 
Springdale Holsteins-Are producers, fine in¬ 
dividuals and richly bred. A grand lot of bulls,cows, 
heifers and calves, for sale at reasonable prices. 
Write,mating wants, H.M.Lyon & Sons,Wyalusing.Pa. 
RIVERSIDE AYRSHIRES 
Herd numbering SO Head, headed by the Im¬ 
ported Champion, Howie's Fizzaway. 
PRIZE-WINNKKS AND PRODUCE US. 
STOCK of both sexes for sale. BULL CALVES 
sired by Fizzaway and dams of remarkable produc¬ 
tion a specialty. Inspection invited. 
J. F. Converse & Co., Woodviile, Jeff. Co., N. \ . 
JERSEY REDS GET HEAVY FAST 
It’s “Pounds that count.” Buy Jersey Red 
Pigs—the rapid growers. Strong, vigorous, 
small-boned, long-bodied. Nine months 
S igs often dress 350 lbs. Buy a pair now. 
et quick profits. Circular Free. 
A. J. COLLINS, Box R , Moorestown, N. J. 
Jacks, Jennetts, Saddle Horses, 
Trotting and Pacing Stallions, 
Poland China and Tamwortli 
Hogs. We are the largest I 
Breeders and Importers of 
Jacks in America, ami have a 
large stock of Saddle Stallions 
ami Mares, Trotting and Pacing 
Stallions. 
Our catalogue is the finest 
ever issued by any Jack breeder, 
J. F. CODR & CO., Lexington, Kentucky. 
BRANCH BARN : Greenville, Texas. 
