828 
1'HE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER 
October 24, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE OUTLOOK FOR SWINE. 
The pendulum swings from one extreme 1o 
the other in the business of selling pure¬ 
bred live stock, the same as in other lines. 
On account of the high price of grain, par¬ 
ticularly corn, and the low price of pork, 
all breeders of purebred swine, East or West, 
have noticed a falling off in the demand for 
their stock. The prices obtained at public 
sales have been a fair criterion. During 
the past Summer and Fall prices for Berk- 
shires and the other breeds at the public 
sales have fallen off from one-third to one- 
half. In a way this depression will work 
for the permanent benefit of bofh breeders 
Spavin. 
I have a mare 10 years old; she is good 
and sound, but two weeks ago she started to 
become lame on one hind leg. The trouble 
seems to he in her knee or hock. It is a 
liffle swollen at times; it looks like a puff 
and at times is a little bigger, looking like 
a spavin. It is soft and she limps mostly 
when I work her a little harder, but even 
in the stall when she has to move from 
place to place she lames. I was told to 
blister it. but am afraid to do so, as I think 
it is very hard to heal it: afterwards. In¬ 
stead I used a certain liniment that the drug¬ 
gist recommended me, but it did no good. 
For the last two days she has got worse, 
and people tell me that if I cannot blister 
it, it might become chronic, and I shall never 
be able to cure it. There is no competent 
veterinarian around here. Should I blister? 
If so, what shall I use? Is fire-fly good? 
If so, how should I use It? h. g. 
New Jersey. 
and buyers, because it will lead breeders to 
cull their herds more closely. Lots of ani¬ 
mals of both sexes, that under a strong de¬ 
mand, particularly at this season of the 
year, would be shipped out to customers, 
perhaps at a bit lower price, will be put 
in the fattening pen, and only the choicest 
specimens will lie retained and developed for 
trade. Thus for two reasons this is the 
very best time for those intending to pur¬ 
chase breeding stock to oblain it, first be¬ 
cause the prices are lower than they have 
been before in some years, and we prophesy 
lower than they will be again in years, and 
also because the stock shipped out on orders 
will grade better than at a time when the 
demand is stronger. 
There is one thing which overcomes to a 
large extent the conditions suggested above, 
and that is the fact that the average farm¬ 
er is becoming convinced that the only kind 
of breeding stock to buy, especially animals 
fo be used in service, are purebred animals 
of the particular breed fancied. The export 
demand, too, is a matter of no small con. 
sideratlon. Within the last month we have 
had inquiries from Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, 
Ecuador, San Domingo and Bermuda. These 
buyers require purebred stock of the very 
highest excellence. It is no longer dis¬ 
puted by intelligent farmers that pigs from 
a purebred sire will be more uniform in 
size, conformation and feeding qualifies, and 
will bring more in the market than scrubs. 
The sire is half the herd. A good boar, 
in fact one of the best, can be bought at 
this time for from $25 to $50. One having 
four or five sows to breed can almost make 
up the difference in one lot of pigs. It is 
difficult to understand why the western 
breeder has been permitted to get the lead 
in the swine business. Swine can be raised 
in the East on almost every farm under the 
most favorable conditions. Waste fruits and 
vegetables, roots, pasture, skim-milk and 
buttermilk usually in abundance, produce 
animals of great size, and maintained in 
condition for the best results at farrowing 
time and during the sucking period. There 
is a great and growing demand right at 
home, in the East, for the best of purebred 
swine, and the farmer who keeps his herd 
free from scrub stock, keeps his records 
straight so that the choice animals may be 
registered, and carefully culls the herd, sell¬ 
ing only the best representatives of the 
breed, will soon find that he has a demand 
for all the first-class stock he can produce. 
II. C. & H. B. HARPBNDING. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Fistula and Cough. 
We have a cow which had her. shoulder 
bruised two years ago; she does not seem 
sick, eats well, but the shoulder swelled 
up and has been running for two years. I 
had a doctor who cut it and told us to wash 
it out every morning with something he 
left us. It has been cleaned out every morn¬ 
ing regularly for all that time. She has had 
a calf in the meantime, and fattened it, 
and is just finishing fattening another. 
Flies seem to worry her. What can we do? 
Is she curable? She has a hoarse cough; 
sometimes coughs a great deal at night. 
It seemed to be getting well, but now is 
worse. H. p. b. 
New Jersey. 
As the cow has a hoarse cough the first 
step should be to have her tested with 
tuberculin, as the cough may be due to 
tuberculosis, and if that disease is present 
possibly the same disease has to do with 
the running sore. If she proves to be 
free from tuberculosis we would suspect the 
presence of some foreign body in the sore, 
and it would explain the continued flow of 
pus and the failure to heal. By probing 
the foreign body could be found and then 
removed by cutting. Afterwards the wound 
would heal quickly if kept clean and the | 
cavity packed once daily with oakum sat¬ 
urated in a mixture of equal parts turpen¬ 
tine and raw linseed oil. A chronic cough 
may be due to other causes than tuberculo¬ 
sis, and a careful search has to be made 
for the determination and removal of the 
cause before success in treatment can be 
expected. The stable should be kept clean 
and perfectly ventilated to prevent forma¬ 
tion of noxious gases which often cause 
cough by irritating the sensitive lining 
membranes of the nostrils and throat. Dust 
in the food also may cause cough. A good 
remedy for cough is to give from one-half to 
one ounce of gl.veo-heroin two or three times 
daily, for either cow or horse. Also wet all 
food. A. s. A. 
Your description of the symptoms makes 
it about certain that not only is there a 
hog spavin (soft distension or “puff”) pres¬ 
ent in this case, but also a bone spavin, 
which is the true cause of lameness. For 
such a condition ordinary blistering will 
not prove effective. It will be necessary to 
allow a long period of absolute rest, the ani¬ 
mal being tied up so she cannot lie down in 
stall, or step back and forth. This is re¬ 
quired to insure that the joint will be flexed 
as little as -possible, and is the customary 
treatment following line and puncture firing 
and blistering, which should be done in an 
obstinate or chronic cases of spavin. As 
you cannot command the services of a veter¬ 
inarian qualified to do the necessary firing 
we would advise clipping off the hair, tying 
the mare up short in her stall, and then blis¬ 
tering the hock joint every three or four 
weeks when condition of part will allow, 
with a mixture of one dram of biniodide of 
mercury and two ounces of cerate of can- 
tharides. Rub the blister in for 15 minutes; 
wash it off in three days; then apply a lit¬ 
tle lard daily for a week. Also tie the tail 
up so she cannot switch the blister from 
the joint to other parts of the body. Use 
the blister at least three times. a. s. a. 
Contracted Hoofs; Scouring. 
1. I have a horse 20 years old whose 
feet are too hard and dry, not cracked. His 
front feet are worse than his hind feet. 
His feet have always been harder than they 
ought to be. but are worse now than ever; 
on hard roads they get warm and hurt him, 
so that he can hardly stand . Can you tell 
me what to do to soften them? He is still 
a good horse at his age. 2. I have an old 
horse whose bowels have been too loose 
for over a year. I think it is due to indi¬ 
gestion. Tie eats well. Change of feed will 
not affect him. Wlmt can I do? j. s. 
Long Island. 
1. In a horse of the age meniioned there 
is little hope of greatly changing the condi¬ 
tion of the hoofs, but some good may follow 
the persistent soaking of t lie feet in cold 
water. Do this for an hour or two twice 
a day and on removing from tub smear the 
feet with any simple greasy hoof dressing. 
When not standing in tub have the horse 
stand on a wet clay floor; but at night put 
him into a well-bedded box stall. In one 
month discontinue the soaking, clip the 
hair from the hoof heads and blister twice 
a month with cerate of cantharides, if the 
condition of the skin will stand it. Such 
treatment should cause new life and growth 
in the hoofs. 2. Have his teeth attended to 
by a veterinary dentist; then reduce his feed 
one-half until lie can digest if, when it may 
be gradually increased in amount. In the 
feed night and morning mix a tablespoonful 
of a mixture of equal parts subnitrate of 
bismuth, powdered catechu, wood charcoal 
and hyposulphite of soda. If he will not 
take the medicine in feed mix it in gruel and 
administer as a drench. If he lias a long, 
weak, “washy” coupling be will be apt to 
scour despite any treatment that is given 
him. a. s. a. 
CREAM 
SEPARATORS 
Hold World’s Rocoid 
for clean skimming 
Cavendish, V*., Sept. 8, 
purchasing a U. S. separator 
> nave gained $11.87 per cow 
Since i 
ago, we 1 
water teparator, from our herd of aeven 
though three of theie are helferi and one cow 
had been milked two yeari. 
_ ALBERT S. EATON. 
A saving of $1 1.37 per cowin one 
year amounts with 7 cows to $79.59 
or within 41 cents of $80, the price of a 
No. 6 U. S. separator. 
Stop and ask yourself, “How much am 
I losing?” Perhaps not as much as Mr. 
Eaton, yet you may be losing even more. 
You perhaps will say, “The calves and 
pigs must have something to eat. To be 
sure they have, but it is not policy to feed 
them butter fat at 32 cents a lb. when 
substitutes at one and two cents a pound 
are just as good. 
You can’t afford such robbery in your dairy, 
therefore send for Cat. No. 159 at once. 
■ Audrrrs ALL LkTTERbTO* 
I Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, Vt.,U. 
Prompt Dellverlei from 16 Warehouse In U. S. and Cai 
Cures Strained Puffy Anl 
Lymphangitis, Bruises t 
Swellings, Lameness 
Allays Pain Quickly wltl 
Glistering, removing the hai 
jWSPff the horse up. Pleasant to 
Jm. 00 per bottle, delivered with 
direction*. Book S-C, free. 
ABSORBINE, JR., for 
kind, $1.00 Bottle. Cures Str 
Gout, Varicose Veins, Varico 
Hydrocele, Prostatitis, kills pali 
W. F.Young, P.D.F., 88 Monmouth St.. Springfield, 
A FEW REASONS 
WHY 
ERGO 
PURE 
PORTO RICO 
MOLASSES 
DESERVES VOUR 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 OP NEW YORK, 
III WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 
BULL GALVES»" YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, ami are 
sired by Homestead Girl I)e Kill’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will be kept in the Herd ami officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
GENIE CLOTHJEDE, one of the world’s 
official record cows witli 30.05 lbs. butter in seven 
days and 116.45 lbs. butter in thirty days. 
PONTIAC CHIRON, one of the best sons of 
Hengerveid De Kol. Bull Calves For Sale. 
W. W. CHENEY, - Manlius, N. Y. 
DO YOU WANT 
HOLSTEINS ? 
COWS—That are large producers. 
IIFIFFKS—Bred to the best bulls. 
BULLS— Heady to use, at a price 
you can well afford to pay. 
We can supply the right kind. 
We will make prices to please vou. 
T. A. MITCHELL. 
Oakland Farm, Weedsport, N. Y. 
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 thorn. 125 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that will please yon. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bum, Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
Large Improved 
English Yorkshires 6 Holstein Cattle. 
Address A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y, 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
F^L^IOUCHlTOb^^ec^^BrTittleboro^^V^. 
HERE IS A GOOD START IN 
REGISTERED JERSEYS 
FOR $100 
Bull Calf sired by Fern's Jubilee No. 73852. 
Heifeii Calf sired by Laird Pedro No. C4669. 
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. LAMBiCUT DAIRY CO., Georgesville, Ohio. 
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., Petorboro, N. H. 
ar/)D C/|f #T—Five large thrifty Guernsey 
rvn heifers 7 to 9 months. Two 
bull calves 4 weeks. Price, quality and breeding 
right. W. A. ALEXANDER, Union Springs, N. Y- 
CALVES. 
Raise Them Without Milk. 
Booklet Free. 
J. W. Barwell, Waukegan,Ill. 
DORSET SHEEP 
Chester White and Large Yorkshire Swine. 
FOR 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, Cliazy, Clinton Co,N.Y. 
Death the Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
We will send you 100 lbs. of DR. 
HOLLAND'S MEDICATED STOCK 
SALT on 60 days' trial freight 
prepaid. If you derive no benefit, 
It costs you nothing; If you do, It 
costs you $5.00. Give us your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY. Wellington, Ohio. 
Quinn's Ointment 
VlooB for the horse what no other remedy can do. 
There’s not a curb, spl int, spavin, wind puff or bunch 
that It will not remove. Sure and speedy. Thous¬ 
ands of horse owners use it—Quinn’s alone. They 
regard it as the unfailing remedy. 
PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE. 
At all druggists or sent by mail. Testimonials free. 
W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall, New York. 
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. 
BERKSHIRES. 
cppni A| —As I am going to sell all my milk off 
OILUIHL the farm I will close out my Regis¬ 
tered Rerkshires. Spring pigs for $10 each, tlieso 
are well 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. 
S PRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A lino bunch of Sows coming a year 
old by Grand Premier, No. 80005,tired 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 
Borksliires exclusively. 150 head to select from. 
Matings not akin. Catalogue on application. 
AVILLOUGHBY FARM. Gettysburg;, Pa 
BROOKSIDE BERKSHIRES 
Seven choice young Hoars, Twenty choice young 
Gilts to select from. Sired by a Son of Masterpioce 
and out of Premier Longfellow sows. I can please 
yon. Write for prices and exact description. 
J, P. O’HARA, Moravia, New York. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES. 
Most approved breeding. All animals guaranteed 
and registered free of charge. Write for prices. 
H. C. & H. B. Harpeiiding, Dundee, N. Y. 
OHIO FARM Berkshire Hogs and Jersey 
on hand. M. L 
little; stock for sale; always 
BEN11AM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
0.1. c. 
P‘gs : 
THE DAIRY FARMER'S 
HOG. Large litters of large 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 
ROAD FARM, Plattsburg, New York. 
Dir PIGS, Mar. and April farrow. Mated not 
v * akin. Bred sows. All Registered Silver 
Premium Stock. F. J. Schwartz, E. Pharsalia.N.Y 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES 
Direct Premier Longfellow, Lord Premier and 
Masterpiece strains. Voting stock for sale. 
S. U. TRENCH, Atwater, N. Y. 
CHAMPION HERD OF LARGE YORKSHIRES 
At the N. Y. State Fair for Two Years. 
EVERY ANIMAL FOR SALE. 
Grand Champion Sow.$75.00 
Grand Champion Boar.$40.00 
Champion Sow under six months.$30.00 
Champion Boar under six months.$30.00 
Young Pigs from $5.00 to $10.00 
PINE GKOVE FARM. Bath, New York. 
FflR QAI C — T)uroc Jersey Red Swine. Prize 
rUll OHLL winners at W. Va. State Fair, Sept. 
7 to 11,1908, on 8 entries in strong competition wo 
won 6 prizes, 3.firsts, 2 seconds, one sweepstake 
prize; also have choice Delaine Rams and Collie 
Dogs. Write for price on what you want. 
J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cameron, W. Va. 
Yearling Rams, Rani Lambs, 
Ewes and Ewe Lambs 
For Sale. Bred from imported stock of the highest 
quality. W. F. BLACK, Halls Corners, New York. 
Shropshires 
If in need of a good 
SHROPSHIRE RAM OR RAM LAMB, 
write J. C. DUNCAN, Lewiston, New York. 
CflD CAI C Registered Rambouiilet Sheep 
run OALE and O. I. C. Swine. 
C. W. HALL1DAY, Route 2, Hammondsport, N. Y. 
QH YEARLING SHROPSHIRE RAMS FOR 
OU SALE—Bred from Imported Stock. Also 
Ewe Lambs. H. B.COVERT, Lodi, New York. 
QH RflPQ U I R CQ~’30 Yearling Rams, 30 Ram 
OnnUromnLO Lambs. Also Ewes and Ewe 
Lambs; 2 extra rams for show. Address 
FRED VAN VLEET, Lodi. NewYork. 
PRIfiCQ VNHP P11— Poland Chinas away below 
rniuto MiUuNLU value. Best breeding and 
quality. Tell us what you want. Can give most 
value for least money ever offered by anyone. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Maplewood Slock Fa mi, Allegan, Midi. 
BELGIAN HARES 
— Some fine 8 months old 
breeding bucks, $2 apiece. 
HENRY GRIBS, Egg Harbor City, N. J. 
4000 
FERRETS For »Sale. Write for price list ami circular, 
it’s free. De KLK1NE BROS., Box 42, Jamestown, Mich. 
3000 FERRETS 
j C. J. DIM1CK, - - ROCHESTER, OHIO. 
u 
NICORN DAIRY RATION 
every Farmer and Stock Raiser should know all about. 72# of digestible organic 
matter, and 22 % protein—No salt or filler. This is far more digestible food material 
than any other dairy feed ever marketed. Made of Ajax Flakes properly balanced. 
Write, CHAPIN & CO., Inc.. Buffalo. N. Y. 
