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THE RURAL NR W-YORKER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
POETRY IN THE CATTLE CASE. 
As a reformed poet who lias in years past 
hurled some very bad verses at an unpro¬ 
tected public, the writer has hesitated to 
print some of the poems which this Jersey 
cattle controversy has started. It may be, 
however, that the literature of this matter 
will not be complete without a small 
sprinkling of verse, and therefore we print 
(lie following voluntary contributions: 
PLUCK vs. JUDGMENT. 
[Respectfully dedicated to The Country 
Gentleman], 
A farmer whose broad acres fair, 
Were ample proof of skill and care, 
Had grazing in his pasture wide, 
A blooded herd, that was his pride. 
The restless leader chanced, one day, 
To jump the fence and thence to stray 
Upon the shining lines of steel, 
That tremble ’neath the rushing wheel, 
That ever swiftly onward rolls 
Bearing Its living freight of souls. 
Ilis owner missed him from his place, 
And sought the railroad track in haste. 
There stood the object of his care, 
Who prizes won at many a fair; 
lie tossed his horns; the unafraid, 
'The express came thundering down the 
grade. 
The engine tooted its alarms, 
The farmer yelled and swung his arms. 
“Get off the track; you’ll see your finish !” 
But noise could not his grit diminish. 
He bellowed loud, then lowered his head, 
And charged the coming monster dread. 
You- guess the rest, enough is said, 
As the unequal powers drew nigh, 
llis owner shouted loud and high, 
“Go it! Your pluck deserves a prize, 
But oh! your judgment I despise!” 
1 Mscretion’s valor’s better part, 
Look to the end before you start. 
If you make war you’d best get wise, 
Don’t tackle those beyond your size. 
Massachusetts. c. a. r. 
THE JERSEY MIX-UP. 
There’s a mix-up on in York State about 
some Jersey cows, 
Because the man that sold them cannot 
tell the whys and hows 
Of the papers that went with them and 
folks are getting mad; 
'They want some information, and they 
want it mighty bad. 
They want to know if scrubs are bought 
and registered as pure; 
The facts are what they’re after. They’ll 
administer the cure 
When they get stirred up completely; they 
are pretty near there now. 
They are sore about those papers. They 
have got to fit the cow. 
Whether Dawley’s saint or sinner depends 
upon the point of view. 
There are arguments on both sides, and the 
question’s up to you. 
But for us the question’s settled; the dif¬ 
ference isn’t wide 
Between it and Stevenson's creation—Doc¬ 
tor Jekyl-Mr. Hyde. 
The institute director is the Jekyl in this 
•case 
And the cow man is the demon Hyde. He 
surely fits tho place. 
r i’he one gets fame and honor and his 
conscience seems at ease, 
While the other gets the money with his 
bogus pedigrees. 
This dual life has drawbacks; and identifies 
get mixed. 
If Il.vde gets what’s coming to him, won’t 
Jekyl’s clock be fixed? 
We rather think so. That’s the humble 
farmer’s view. 
Let's put it up to Hughes and see what he 
will do. 
In the meantime just be careful what you 
say concerning horns, 
For every time you mention them you 
tread on Tucker’s corns. 
That brother’s in a nasty fix and his Daw- 
ley alibi 
Receives but scant attention, so he's left 
high and dry. j. M. f. 
Ohio. 
dition, feeds a powder known only to him¬ 
self that puts them in good condition in a 
short time. If you wanted to fatten 
young shotes to weigh 150 to 175 pounds, 
what feed would you give them to push 
them ? c. R. 
Chester Co., Pa. 
We are afraid of cotton-seed meal for 
hogs. It has been fed in the South, but 
in many cases the hogs after a time 
died, apparently from some nervous 
trouble. At the Texas Experiment 
Station experiments were tried at fer¬ 
menting the meal before feeding. When 
this was done the hogs were not in¬ 
jured and did well. A bulletin describ¬ 
ing this experiment may be obtained 
from College Station, Texas. We 
should not care to continue feeding the 
pigs as you mention. We have not fed 
the beet pulp to our own horses, but 
have been assured by others that it 
makes a good horse feed. Our horses 
do well on hay or stalks and ground 
corn and oats and bran—except one 
mare somewhat addicted to colic, who 
needs special feeding. We shall be 
glad to have the experience of farmers 
who have f&d beet pulp or cotton-seed 
meal. We feed a bulky ration of cab¬ 
bage and boiled potatoes and turnips. 
We doubt if there is any better mix¬ 
ture than cornmeal, bran and middlings, 
equal parts, fed in a thick slop, and ear 
corn. 
Bank President : “What we need is 
a young man who has lots of patience. 
Do you think you would do?” Appli¬ 
cant: “Yes, sir; the last time there was 
a run on your bank, I stood in line for 
over four hours.”—Life. 
HORSE OWNERS! USE 
GOMBAULT'S 
CAUSTIC 
BALSAM. 
A safe.speedy and positive care. 
The safest, b»s« blister ever 
used. Removes all bunches from 
Horses. Impossible to produce 
scar or blemish. Send for circu¬ 
lars. Special advice free. 
LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland. O. 
PERGHERON and 
FRENCH COACH 
STALLIONS 
for sale. Help the far¬ 
mers make money with 
better horses. Make a 
big profit yourself with 
a good Stallion. Write 
Elwood S. Akin, 
Auburn, N. Y. 
WE HAVE A FEW 
BLACK JACKS 
Age, 3 to 5 years, 
thoroughly acclimated; 
broke to drive in har¬ 
ness ; will tease and 
serve mare without 
Jennet. Also have a 
few black Jennets,some 
with foal. 
SO. CANAAN JACK CO., So. Canaan, Pa. 
Jacks, Jennetts, Saddle Horses, 
Trotting and Pacing Stallions, 
Poland China and Tamworth 
Hogs. We are the largest 
Breeders and Importers of 
Jacks in America, and have a 
large stock of Saddle Stallions 
and Mares, Trotting and Pacing 
Stallions. 
Our catalogue is the finest 
ever issued by any Jack breeder, 
J. F. COOK & CO., Lexington, Kentucky. 
BRANCH BARN : Greenville, Texas. 
HACKNEY STALLIONS! 
The best of the breed; 
. all ages. Includes N. 
Y. Champion and right at home. Prices one-half 
what others ask. R. P. Stericker, West Orange,N.J. 
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, Plainsboro, N. J. 
COLLIE PUPPIES Sable and white; fashionable 
breeding: reg. stock, 3 to4 mos. old. Berkshire pigs, 
2-yr. old boar cheap. W. A. Lothers.Peru Lack, Pa. 
arge White Yorkshire Pigs— Bred sows 
4 boars. Samuel Fraser, Geneseo, N. Y. 
SOME FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Some time ago I bought some shotes and 
fed middl'ngs to them, with salt, plenty of 
wood ashes in a trough by itself. I com¬ 
menced to feed cotton-seed meal, one hand¬ 
ful in a bucketful of slop, twice per day. 
They commenced to improve at once, and 
to-day are thriving. Some say it is not 
safe to feed it to hogs. What is your opin¬ 
ion? I see that some men advocate feed¬ 
ing beet pulp to horses. The horse doctor 
here says that it is not fit to feed to 
horses; that they do not like it, and that 
it will give them scours. My horses like 
it. One of the best horsemen here, who 
keeps his horses in prime condition, feeds 
out hay mixed with ground corn, oats and 
bran ; feeds no tonic, but when out of con- 
O. I. C. PIGS. 
Silver Premium Stock; Aug., Sept, and Oct. farroy 
10 weeks pigs $24 trio witli pedigree; Brood sows$ 
each. F. J. SCHWARTZ, East Pharsalia, N. Y. 
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. 
FARM Kerksl, ire Hogs and Jersey 
I rill III Cattle; stock for sale; always 
on hand. M. L. BENHAM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
50 Mammoth Bronze 
Turkeys; 75 Chester 
Wliite.Poland China 
and Berkshire Pigs, 
all ages. 100 bus. Improved Golden Dent Gourd 
Seed Corn, and 2 litters Scotch Collies. Send 
2-cent stamp for prices. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Pa, 
February 8, 
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 throe 
years. Also 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 B. & 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. 
THE CLARK FARM HEHH 
HOLSTEIN-FRIES I AIM CATTLE 
GENIE CEOTIIIGDE 48097 RECENT OFFICIAL RECORD. 
One day test 95.1 lbs. milk, 4.943 lbs. fat and 6.179 lbs. butter. 
Seven day test 639.4 lbs. milk, 84.337 lbs. fat ami 30.431 lbs. butter. 
Thirty day test 3603.15 lbs, milk, 93.439 lbs. fat and 116.797 lbs. butter. 
Best World’s Official Record of all Breeds for One Day’s Butter Production 
Tlie Clark Farm herd is headed by PONTIAC CHIRON 39423, one of the best sons of Hengerveld 
DeKol and out of Inka Darkness 2nd's Queen 40182, witli a record of 492.20 lbs. milk and 25.70 lbs. butter 
in seven days, with average butter fat of 4.17. Two sisters of this bull on the dam’s side have recently 
made records, one at four years of 26.39 lbs. and another at three years of 20.59 lbs. butter in seven days. 
A fine lot of Bull and Heifer Calves is offered for Sale. 
W. W. CHENEY, manlius, 3VT. Y. 
GREENWOOD HERD HOLSTEINS. 
Head«d by our famous herd Dull PRINCE YMBA SPOFFORD whose dam, Ymba Sd’s Pledge Clothilde sold for »r,000, lias A.R.O- 
record of 6-13.9 lbs. milk, 30.38 lbs. butter in 7 days, 2029.3 lbs. milk, 121.3-1 lbs butter in 30 days, 100.r, lbs. milk In 1 day. 
His Sire’s dam Katy Spofford Corona holds World’s champion Jr. 3 year old record of 590.65 lbs. milk. 26.02 lbs. butter in 7 days. 
Write us your needs in nolstelus or come and select for yourself, (cilhor secures an honest and satisfactory deal.) 
E. H. KNAPP & SON, ....... Koute I, FA BIUS, N. Y. 
VILLAGE FARM 
JERSEY HERD 
H. V. PRENTICE, Prop., Worcester, Mass. 
HERD HEADED BY 
THE GREAT FONTAINE FERN BULL 
GOLDEN FERN’S 
GEEY FONTAINE 
A son 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 CAN furnish YOU with GRADE JERSEYS 
and HOLSTEINS, fresh and soon to freshen. 
Write for special price on car lots. Address 
F. S. WILBUR, Portiandville, New York. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
STAB 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. 
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 Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will be kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
R. F. SHANNON. 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year 
old by Grand Premier, No.80005, bred to Baron Duke 
85th, No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow, No. 
68600, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
BERKSHIRES. 
American and English Breeding. Matings not akin. 
Large, Early Maturing. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN YEARLING 
BULLS FOR SALE AT 
FARMERS’ PRICES. 
1 have for sale several Registered Holstein-Frie- 
sian Bulls ready for service; handsomely marked, 
well-grown, straight animals, of exceptional breed¬ 
ing, and perfect in every resmeet. Also six heifers a 
year old in November and December last, of equal 
quality. These animals are offered for sale at 
F rices within easy reacli of the ordinary farmer. 
f price and breeding are satisfactory, will ship on 
approval as to individual qualities, and if not en¬ 
tirely satisfactory may be returned at my expense 
both ways. Pedigrees, markings, and full descrip¬ 
tion furnished on request. Address 
P. B. McLENNAN, Syracuse, New York. 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y.-Brattleboro, Vt. 
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, PennYan,N.Y. 
Aubrey Farm Berkshires. 
Our herd is headed by Lord Premier of Aubrey, 
an own son of the Great Lord Premier. We are 
offering some of his get, also a few sows in pig to 
him at attractive prices. 
J. G. & J. L. STACEY, Geneva, N. Y. 
WE OFFER 
STONE FARM BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
4 Full Age Sows bred for March far¬ 
rowing; 10 Spring Gilts bred for March 
and April farrowing; 6 Spring and 
Summer Service Boars; 1 2-Yr. Old 
Son of Masterpiece 77000; 60 Summer and Fail Pigs- All 
representing the improved American type. We huve over 100 
head of all ages, and all prices, from good useful farmers’ hogs 
to fancy show animals. Address all letters to 
RICHARD H. STONJl\ Truiminsburg, N. Y. 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES. 
Yearling Sows and Spring Gilts, bred to Charmer 
Masterpiece 103371 for early Winter and Spring far¬ 
row; one aged herd Boar, choice Spring Boars, Sum¬ 
mer and Fall Pigs for sale. For prices, etc., write 
S. C. FRENCH, - Atwater. New York. 
Reg. P, Chinas, 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 
HAMILTON & CO.,Oochranville.Pa 
Cows in Calf. 
C HP<?HII?F ^ THE NEW YORK 
IILJII1KLD FARAIERS’ HOG. 
Hardy;proliflc:strong Une boned;qulck growers and 
easy keepers, young stock for sale. Department of 
Animal Husbandry, Cornell University.Ithaca.N.Y. 
LARGE IMPROVED ENGLISH YORKSHIRES. 
from best Importation. Address 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, New York. 
SOAPSTONE FARM 
Haverford, Penna. 
We will be glad to quote prices on 
GUERNSEYS, SHROPSHIRES, DU= 
ROC=JERSEYS, WHITE MUSCOVYS 
AND WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
fffiVyC —Can furnish High Grade 
UU VV -)• Dairy Cows in Carload lots. 
Write your wants. F. B. DUTTON, Woodstock, Vt. 
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,statius waute, H.M.Lyon & Sons.Wyalusing.Pa. 
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 bull 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 
farm only 30 minutes trolley ride from Syracuse. 
JOHN McLENNAN. Fayetteville, N. Y . 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTKIN-FKIESIANS 
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 Calvks. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
AYRSHIRE CATTLE OF AVON. 
As I am making arrangements for my next trip to 
Scotland, I have a few very choice young Imported 
Cows, also Heifers and Bulls from Imported Sires 
and Dams, which I will offer at very attractive 
prices in order to make room for my next importa¬ 
tion. Write for prices, etc., or call and see them. 
W. P. 8CHANCK, Avon, New York. 
Choice Young GUERNSEYS for Sale 
I will exchange some cows and heifers for a first- 
class farm team, weight from 1200 to 1250; or would 
like to take a cream separator for Guernseys, if in 
first-class condition. These animals are first-class 
and sold subject to tuberculin test. 
I have some choice Black Langshans for sale at 
farmers’ prices. 
W. Robert Dunlop, Fayetteville, N.Y. 
A IJ 0 110 CATTLE For Sale or 
H 11 U U 0 Exchange for Horses 
Address MYKR & SON, Bridgeville, Del. 
Holstein Bulls & Cows 
Write for particulars. Also large English York¬ 
shires,fine springpigs.VallevistaFarms, Albany ,N.Y 
