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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 17, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
LIVE STOCK QUESTIONS. 
I have considerable good pasture for re¬ 
mainder of this season, also good quan¬ 
tities of hay, corn and fodder in prospect. 
In order to make the most of this feed, 
what kind of live stock would be best to 
buy and feed to, either thin cattle or ewes? 
To avoid getting diseased or sickly ones, 
would you advise buying at stockyard or 
from any private party? Where could I 
buy 200 or 300 two-year-old hens for egg 
production? I only got my farm late last 
Spring. j. H . 
Baltimore, Md. 
I take it that the stock to be kept are 
largely for the Winter, to eat up the 
surplus pasture and fodder with some 
grain, and turn these into a more valu¬ 
able product, as well as make a good 
bit of manure, and not to establish a 
dairy or permanent flock or herd. In¬ 
asmuch as you have evidently little ex¬ 
perience in farming, and are dependent 
on hired help, I would not advise you to 
put in ewes at this time, although it is 
a most advantageous time to buy them, 
in view of the low price of wool, and 
short pasture all through the East and 
West on account of the prolonged 
drought. I would advise buying either 
dry cows that are to freshen in the 
Spring, which would eat the fodder and 
hay and with it should have a little 
protein grain, such as wheat feed, dried 
grains or malt sprouts, for which if 
need be some of the corn could be ex¬ 
changed. The selling over the purchase 
price should return a fair profit for the 
food eaten in addition to the fertility 
Virginia and are purchased by feeders 
about Baltimore. 
I suggest you insert an '“ad.” in The 
R. X.-Y. saying you want 200 hens. 
State of what breed and how much you 
are willing to pay. I think you will be 
supplied. EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
THE DAIRY COW’S NIGHT. 
An experience in sleeping out of doors in 
Summer caused me to do some thinking, 
and the result has been a desire to do 
something to make the dairy cow more com¬ 
fortable, and therefore more profitable. One 
warm night in Summer I put up my ham¬ 
mock in the woods, and with blankets un¬ 
der and over me, went to sleep. In the 
night I awoke with a feeling of chilliness. 
The earth where I was had turned away 
from the sun, had grown cold, and the 
moisture in the atmosphere had congealed 
into a heavy dew. The temperature con¬ 
tinued to grow colder until morning, and I 
noticed a light frost. With my protection 
of blankets I was cold. In the pastures 
near me were some Jersey cows. Their bed 
was the cold ground, and their coveidng 
the sky. The high-bred dairy cow of the 
extreme nervous type, like the Jersey, has 
a body that approaches in sensitiveness near 
to humans, and I must think that they, 
like myself, suffered from cold and damp¬ 
ness. and there was a shrinkage of milk 
from this exposure. Many times have I 
seen cattle running to the barn during 
severe storms, accompanied by thunder and 
lightning, because of fright and the ex¬ 
posure, and such storms occur frequently 
during nights in Summer, making a watery 
bed for the cows. 
Last Summer on one of the hot days I 
visited the dairy farm of J. «Q. Barlow, 
Delaware Co., N. Y. I found he was stabling 
his cows every night in the year. He had 
built his stable so as to afford the greatest 
comfort for the cows at all seasons of the 
year, and the cattle that Mr. Barlow cares 
a FEW REA SO IMS WHY 
EKCO PORTO RICO MOLASSES 
DESERVES VOLIR CONSIDERATION 
It Will Reduce Your Feed Bill At Least 25%. 
It Will Put Your Stock in the Best Possible Condition. 
It Will Increase the Milk Yield. 
It Abolishes Colic and Improves the Digestion. 
Produces a Shiny Coat and Gives Vigor and Strength to the Animals. 
“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 information. 
THE AMERICAN MOLASSES COMPANY OF NEW YORK, 
Ill WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 
AYRSHIRE CATTLE 
DORSET SHEEP 
\l/r nCCCD F° llr Registered Bull Calves, 
U r r LM Two Registered Heifer Calves, 
1 Two Registered Yearling Heifers, 
all sired by a grandson of the champion bull Imp. 
Lord Dudley of Drumsnie 12293, and Moilena of 
Ste. Annes 10009, second prize, three-year-old in 
muk class Toronto, 1902, and a great grandson of 
the famous Glencairn 3d Imp, 6955, and Kirsty 
Wallace of Auckenbrain Imp. 8301, who was cham¬ 
pion Ayrshire cow in milk and butter test at Pan- 
American (Buffalo) Exhibition. The dams of these 
calves and heifers include granddaughters and 
great granddaughters Of such famous individuals 
as Lady Pox 9669, Lukolela 12357. Glencairn 3d Imp. 
6955, and Douglasdale of Dam of Aber Imp. 12212, 
1st and champion at Pan-American Exhibition, and 
for years champion against all comers in Canada. 
PRICES VERY REASONABLE. 
HERE IS A GOOD START IN 
REGISTERED JERSEYS 
FOR $100 
Bull CALF sired by Fern's Jubilee No. 73852. 
Heifer Calf sired by Laird Pedro No. 61659. 
These calves carry the blood of the greatest 
Jerseys In the world. Address 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
JERSEY BULL CALVES AND YOUNG BULLS 
Grandsons of Golden Lad, Eminent, and 
King of St. Lambert. Over 200 head of Regis¬ 
tered stock to select from. 
ST. LAMBERT DAIRY CO., Georgesville, Ohio. 
DO YOU WANT 
HOLSTEINS ? 
Registered Dorset Ewe and 
Ram Lambs, and a Few 
_ Yearling Ewes and Rams. 
Our flock was founded by stock purchased from 
such breeders as Flower, Tranquillity Farms, and 
some of the leading Canadian Flocks, and tlie stock 
we otter were all sired by the imported Merson’s 
Ram who was Grand Champion of the breed at the 
St. Louis World's Fair, and has been at the head 
of our Flock for two years. 
PRICES VERY REASONABLE. 
COWS— That are large producers. 
HEIFERS —Bred to the best bulls. 
BULLS— Ready to use, at a price 
you can well afford to pay. 
We can supply the right kind. 
AVe will make prices to please you. 
T. A. MITCHELL. 
Oakland Farm, Weedsport, N. Y. 
BULL CALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
MODEL COW STABLE IN DELAWARE CO., N. Y. Fig. 381. 
left on the farm, with a minimum of 
labor. Or steers that can eat the bran 
and the corn as well, which would bet¬ 
ter be ground, but should have with it, 
if they are to do their best, some oil 
meal and cotton-seed meal to provide 
blood and flesh material. If the idea is 
to make them grow as fast as possible 
and finish them for market next Spring, 
I would buy well-developed two-year- 
olds or three-year-olds a little thin. 
The former will grow the faster and 
make the greatest per cent of gain for 
food consumed, but will not make so 
heavy a carcass, which will not bring 
quite so much per pound as that of the 
older animal if both are equally well 
fattened By buying them thin the pur¬ 
chase pi-ice per pound will be low, and 
the chance to lay on weight greater. 
In any case buy nothing but thrifty 
growing steers. If you can secure them 
with a good proportion of the blood of 
some of the beef breeds in them, such 
as Hereford or Short-horn, all the bet¬ 
ter. Runty culls are usually dear at 
any price. You could buy yearlings or 
two-year-olds, just keep them growing 
this Fall and through the Winter, with 
but little grain, then if there was good 
pasture next Summer turn them out 
and finish as above next Winter. Many 
in your locality are doing this with 
profit. Often such animals of either 
class can be bought at stockyards if the 
buyer understands his business, and I 
consider the danger from disease is 
small, particularly with cattle. Many 
steers are raised in Virginia and West 
for are most fortunate. His neighbors call 
his place "Cow Heaven.” The stable is 
shown in Fig. 38.1. The doors are raised 
on both side, so on hot nights in Summer 
there is as good a circulation of air as 
out of doors, but the doors are so placed 
that there is not a direct draft of air on 
the cattle. In this stable the cattle lie 
every night in Summer, not in stanchions, 
but well-bedded Bidwell stalls, protected 
from storms and cold. The stable is so 
built that Mr. Barlow can drive through 
between the mangers with a load of fodder, 
so the cows are easily fed in the stable. 
The plan of partial soiling is practiced, and 
the cows are fed green food or early cut 
hay every night all Summer. The work of 
driving the cows to and from pasture night 
and morning is saved, also the worry to the 
cows, as the dairy cow does the best .the 
least she is disturbed. 
Mr. Barlow says he knows there is a 
shrinkage in milk when cows are turned 
out nights, if exposed to cold or storms. 
One result of keeping his cows in nights is 
a good load of manure every day from his 
30 cows, which is drawn out and spread 
every day. The manure so made enables 
Mr. Barlow to carry on a work he calls 
“mending his pastures.” When the grass 
is too large, in June, for top-dressing 
meadows and the crops are planted, a por¬ 
tion of the pasture is top-dressed with the 
manure drawn from the stable each day. 
This plan of partial soiling, keeping cows 
in the stable every night, and saving all the 
manure, has made the farm so productive 
that each improved acre keeps a farm 
animal. In Mr. Barlow’s experience there 
should be a lesson for dairy farmers. One 
thing I would mention is that in every 
pasture where cattle are turned, if only 
during the day, there should be groves of 
trees to protect them from sun and storm. 
Such a pasture, and stables like Mr. Bar¬ 
low’s, where the cows may be kept every 
night, furnish an almost ideal environment 
for the dairy cow. w. h. jexkins. 
New York. 
Large Improved 
English Yorkshires 8 Holstein Cattle. 
Address A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y, 
Qhrnnehiroo Yearling Rams, Ram Lambs, 
0111 UjJoll 11 GO Ewes and Ewe Lambs 
For Sale. Bred from imported stock of the highest 
quality. W. F. BLACK, Halls Corners, New York. 
Hickory Island Farm, 
F. B. CARNSEY, Manager, 
CLAYTON,_NEW YORK. 
To Reduce Stock We Are Offering 
50 EARLY FALL PIGS 
8 to lO Weeks Old At *0.00 Each. 
Large English Berkshires; the long, broad, low 
down kind that get big quick. These pigs are far¬ 
rowed by aged sows and sired by imported stock. 
This is your chance, order soon, money back if yc 
are dissatisfied. 4 Sow Pigs *«0,00. 
Peima. Berkshire Co., Eanuettsburg, Pi 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES 
Direct Premier Longfellow, Lord Premier an< 
Masterpiece strains. Young stock for sale. 
S. C. FRENCH, Atwater, N. Y. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites 
Fine large strains; all ages, matei 
not akin. Bred sows, service Boars 
Guernsey ami Holstein calves. Coilii 
— c ~ Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Writefoi 
prices k, circulars. Hamilton <fc Co,, Middletown.Pa 
flHin FARM Berkshire Hogs and Jersej 
UIIIU I nil III Cattle; stock for sale; always 
on hand. M. L. BBNHAM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
THE DAIRY FARMER’S 
— — - HOG. Large litters of large 
pigs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 
CROSS-ROAD FARM, Plattsburg, New York. 
O. I. c. 
0 I f, PIGS, Mar. and April farrow. Mated not 
*• akin. Bred sows. All Registered Silver 
Premium Stock. F. J. Schwartz, E. Pharsalia.N.Y 
CHAMPION HERD OF LARGE YORKSHIRES 
At the N. Y. State Pair for Two Years. 
EVERY ANIMAL FOR SALE. 
Grand Champion Sow.$75.00 
Grand Champion Boar.$40.00 
Champion Sow uuder six months...$30.00 
Champion Boar under six months.$30.00 
Young Pigs from $5.00 to $10.00 
PINE GROVE FARM. Bath, New York. 
RARE OPPORTUNITY 
TO SECURE CHOICE REGISTERED 
Chester White, Poland China and Berkshire Pigs, 
all ages. Also Reg. young Jersey stock and Scotch 
Collie Dogs. Come see my stock and make your 
own selections. Send 2 cent stamp for Circular. 
EDWARD WALTER. West Chester, Pa. 
JERSEY REDS GET HEAVY EAST 
It’s “Pounds that count.” Buy Jersey Red 
Pigs—the rapid growers. Strong, vigorous, 
small-boned, long-bodied. Nine months 
pigs often dress 350 lbs. Buy a pair now. 
Get quick profits. Circular Free. 
A. J. COLLINS, Box R , Moorestown, N. J. 
RFI RIAN HARFR — Some flne 8 months old 
ULLUIMI1 nHilLO breeding bucks, $2 apiece. 
HENRY GRIES, Egg Harbor City, N. J. 
QA YEARLING SHROPSHIRE RAMS FOR 
WV SALE—Bred from Imported Stock. Also 
Ewe Lambs. H. B.COVERT, Lodi, New York. 
QHRHPQUIRFQ -30 Yearling Rams, 30 Ram 
OnnUrOriinLO Lambs. Also Ewes and Ewe 
Lambs; 2 extra rams for show. Address 
FRED VAN VLEET, Lodi. NewYork. 
If in need of a good 
SHROPSHIRE RAM OR RAM LAMB, 
write J. C. DUNCAN, Lewiston, New York. 
FOR CM | C Registered kamboulllet Sheep 
rUn OALC and O. I. C. Swine. 
C. W. HALLIDAY, Route 2, Hammondsport, N. Y. 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl De Kill’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. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-ERIESIANS 
! 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 Bunn Calves. 
A. A. OORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
GENIE CLOTHILDE, one of the world’s 
official record cows with 30.05 lbs. butter in seven 
days and 116.45 lbs. butter in thirty days. 
PONTIAC CHIRON, one of the best sons of 
Hengerveld De Kol. Bull Calves Por Sale. 
W. W. CHENEY. - Manlius. N. Y. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
,F^L^10UGHT()N^^>ec^ i -BnittIeboro i ^jL i 
‘ ‘ QUALITY. ” 
For Sale-Bull Calf and Young Bull 
ready for service; also, from one to ten heifers 
coming fresh this Fall, all out of dams with good 
records. The animals are right, and prices right. 
Let me know your wants. 
E. W. MOSIIEIt, Aurora, N. Y. 
The GUERNSEY COW is the 
Most Economical Producer of 
Dairy Products of the Highest Quality. 
Reason WHY— by writing 
Guernsey Club, Box R. N. Y., Peterboro, N. H 
BERKSHIRES. 
OPFPIAI —As I am going to sell all my milk off 
OrLUIHLthe farm I will close out my Regis¬ 
tered Berkshires. Spring pigs for $19 each, these 
are weli bred and good size; Fall pigs ready about 
Nov. 1st, $3 each and will get these registered at 
cost. Cash with order. Address 
S. S. STORY, North Stockholm, New York. 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
A limited number of young sows bred to a grand 
imported boar for March and April farrow. 
Also a fine Jot of fall pigs of the highest quality 
and breeding at very attractive prices. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES mmm 
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. 
Large Berkshires 
Berkshires exclusively. 150 head to select from. 
Matings not akin. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM. Gettysburg, Pa. 
DORSET SHEEP 
Chester White and Large Yorkshire Swine. 
EOK SALE— Dorset Yearling and Ram Lambs 
from one of the best flocks in the United States or 
Canada. Also Chester White and Large Yorkshire 
Swine of both sexes for sale at all times. Also some 
young Chester White Sows to farrow soon. Prices 
reasonable. W. H. Miner, Chazy, Clinton Co.N.Y. 
