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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 12, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
GROWING RATION FOR COLT. 
Will you give me a good growing ration 
for a six months’ old coll? Mother of colt 
weighs about 1,550. The colt is in very 
line condition at present time, and I want 
it to keep that way and grow to a good 
sized horse. J. A. 
Waukesha, Wis. 
There is a good deal of difference of 
opinion as to the proper method of feed¬ 
ing and handling a growing colt. I have 
a pair of mares six years old that were 
never in a barn or received any food 
excepting what they picked for them¬ 
selves, until I began handling them a 
little over a year ago. These mares 
were raised running wild in South Da¬ 
kota, and according to the old general 
belief they ought to be “easy keepers 
and tough.” I have another mare seven 
years old that I bought two years ago 
from a horse dealer. This mare came 
from Illinois. She had been stall fed 
to fit her for market, and was carrying 
about 100 pounds of superfluous flesh. 
That is, after she had shrunk in weight 
100 pounds she was still sleek and fat. 
During the past season one of these 
“wild” mares has worked in the team 
with the “stall fed” mare. They have 
been fed just alike (from 12 to 15 quarts 
of grain daily) and the “stall-fed” mare 
go to work sooner. This year I have 
but one colt. He is being stabled in a 
box-stall, and is let out every day in 
the yard with the Jersey heifers. My 
oats were sown with about one-third 
Canada peas this year, which necessi¬ 
tates their being ground, so I feed a 
quart of this with a quart of wheat bran 
three times a day, and what bright early 
cut hay he can eat. If I had the oats 
alone, I would feed a quart of whole 
oats and a quart of bran at a feed. It 
is very essential that the colt does not 
get lousy (but there is little danger of 
that in a fat colt), and also that he 
does not get wormy. Mix common hard 
wood ashes, equal parts, with salt, and 
let him lick it at will. This will keep 
down the worms. Perhaps J. A.’s colt 
is larger than mine and will eat more. 
If fed regularly he won’t eat enough to 
kill himself. j. grant morse. 
APPLE POMACE AS A HOG FEED. 
Seven years ago we began drawing 
apple pomace from the cider mill and 
put it in the silo for the cows; they 
did so well on it that we commenced 
feeding it to the hogs, and found that 
they would eat quite a little of it. We 
tried different ways of feeding it; one 
year we mixed it with the swill, which 
is a very satisfactory way of feeding 
A NEW YORK STATE FARM COLT. Fig. 454. 
has kept in the better condition of the 
two. But in justice to the “wild” mare, 
I will say that this being her first year 
in harness, and all work new to her, 
she has fretted more than her mate, and 
I expect that another year she will do 
her work easier. 
When I bought the “stall-fed” mare 
some of my acquaintances said that she 
wou’d go all to pieces when put to 
work, and that she would always require 
a large amount of grain to get any work 
out of her. These men contend that a 
young colt should spend his first Winter 
on the south side of the straw stack and 
should never eat any grain until he be¬ 
gins work. I believe that the general 
opinion among farmers is that a colt 
should have a shed or box stall to run 
in and should have just a little grain, 
usually a quart of oats or a little bran, 
with plenty of hay the first Winter, and 
after that he should have only hay until 
he is broken. 
I will confess that I don’t know very 
much about horses, and have never 
raised but a few colts. But I like horses 
and I like to see them looking well, so 
I have always fed my colts about all they 
wanted to eat, regardless of whether it 
paid or not. I do know that it does not 
spoil them or shorten their lives by feed¬ 
ing them well when they are young, 
and I am inclined to think that they will 
grow larger, and I am very sure that 
they will mature earlier and be able to 
it, but makes lots of work where there 
are very many hogs. Our present 
method of feeding is to feed twice a 
day, first putting the pomace in the 
troughs and then in half an hour giv¬ 
ing them their swill and grain feed. 
Fed in this way they will eat every¬ 
thing up clean. At present we are feed¬ 
ing 45 shotes that will weigh about 125 
pounds each ; they eat from five to six 
bushels of pomace a day, besides their 
milk and grain. Brood sows will live 
on it, and with a very little milk once 
a day will lay on flesh. If you want 
thrifty hogs do not feed more than 
they will eat up clean and be hungry 
for the next meal. 
We consider it worth as much to 
feed as good corn silage. Some ad¬ 
vise feeding from 30 to 35 pounds a 
day per cow. After quite a little ex¬ 
perimenting we have found that a ra¬ 
tion of from 20 to 24 pounds a day 
per. cow will give better results than 
if fed more. Apple pomace is much 
easier to keep than corn is; just put 
it in a pile anywhere that it will be 
handy to feed and protected from the 
weather; draw and put it on the pile 
as soon as it is made, for it will spoil 
fast if left exposed in warm weather. 
When in a pile it will settle together 
like a cheese and can be sliced off just 
like cheese. In feeding it do not use 
a fork, as that will loosen the top of 
the pile and leave a lot of loose pieces 
that will mold very fast. Slice it off 
the top of the pile with a shovel, going 
over the surface once in one or two 
days, and you will have a valuable 
feed that all kinds of stock will like 
and do well on. Try it and you will 
never again let it go to waste as so 
many do. e. l. a. 
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JERSEY CATTLE $50 and Upwards. 
J. GRANT MOUSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
C OL»LIJE PUPS from imported Stock. Females 
cheap. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
A find * , ’EUltETS For Sale. Write for price list and circular, 
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FINE HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
Sired by “ Sir Sadie Cornucopia,” No. 4212, 
whose average A .R.O. backing is 32.48 lbs. butler 
in 7 days, which is the world’s record. Bull calf horn 
May 31, 1908, Dam very choice young cow “Sadie 
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Calf large, thrifty, evenly marked, straight in the 
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1’KICE $100.00. Have others if this fellow does 
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BROTHERTOWN STOCK FARMS, Utica, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN -FRIESIANS 
GENIE Cl.OTHItDK. one of the world’s 
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days and 116.45 lbs. butter in thirty days. 
PONTIAC CHIRON, one of the best sons of 
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RATHER THAN HAVE AN 
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We will cut the price for immediate acceptance. 
Fashionably bred large producing cows bred to 
our great Sir Korndyke Manor DeKol Jr. Male 
calves at farmer’s prices to close out. 
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Hillhurst Farm - - Oneida, New York. 
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ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
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sired by Homestead Girl J>e Kid’s Sarcastic 
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Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARAI, 
Rifton, Ulster County, 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 
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and all ages to offer at prices that will please yon. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. ,1. 
MILK FOR BABIES 
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JERSEY BULL CALVES AND YOUNG BULLS 
Thanksgiving bargain, 4 mos. old Bull Calves 
$25.00, White Holland Toms $3.00, S. C. B. Orpington 
Cockerels $2.00. Address 
ST. LAMBERT DAIRY CO., Georgesville, Ohio. 
VQ “Combination and Golden Lndifor 
UCIlvCI V sale, 51 cows, 4 heifers, 20 bulls. 
S. E. NIVIN, Landenberg, Pa. 
sale Registered Reonbouillet Rams 
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'ou Can’t Afford_,. . 
airy stock, ready for service atj'armer’s price 
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m C A DM Berkshire Hogs and Jersey 
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Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine large strains; all ages, mated 
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A THOROUGHBRED PIG IN EXCHANGE 
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FENNA. BERKSHIRE CO., Fannettsburg, Fa. 
Premier, 
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Beef-Milk Shorthorns' c «ri , e e ,„?"Si!'; ,,13 
calves all ages 25 head must go at once. Satis¬ 
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today. Maplewood Stock Farm, Allegan, Mich. 
SPRINGBANK HERD^.Sr^r 1 ,,),,^. 8 
bred to Watson’s Charmer Duke, 106100, son of 
Charmer’s Duke 23d, 84000, and out of Lady Long¬ 
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A limited number of young sows bred to a grand 
imported hoar 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. 
GREATNEW YEAR SALE 
Oftrt BELGIAN, PERCHERON AND GERMAN 
■i-UU COACH STALLIONS AND MARES 4Z\J\J 
WILL BE SOLD AT 
THE SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, NEWARK, O., 
on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 12th and 13th, 1909. 
SALE TO COMMENCE AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M. EACH DAY. 
RAIN OB SHINE. BAD WEATHER NO INTEKEF.BENCE. 
A new importation of 100 head of stallions and mares will arrive 
from Europe at The Sharon Valley Stock Farm on New Year’s 
Day. 100 head of Belgian, Percliei'on and German Coach Stallions 
will be offered for private sale during this two days’ sale. At this 
sale you can buy pairs of heavy draft mares, Belgians and Perehe- 
rons, 2,3 and 4 years old, in foal, and Draft Stallions weighing over 
a toil. German Coach Stallions, the finest in the world. A lot of 
draft geldings in pairs or single—some fine liigh-acting roadsters. 
