800 
Live Stock and Dairy 
AILING SHEEP. 
I have 65 Shropshire sheep. I have had 
a number of sheep ailing this Winter, but 
they have all got over it but one, which 
is sick at present; symptoms are strange. 
They will commence to throw up their head 
and back all around the farm, roll their 
eyes up and run a lit tie at nose. I thought 
perhaps it was grub in head. What is your 
opinion? G. J. u. 
New York. 
Your sheep may be troubled with 
“grub in the head,” but if they are in 
good condition they will expel the grubs 
and be not much the worse. From the 
symptoms as described, there are two 
probable troubles. First, and most un¬ 
likely a species of tapeworm that comes 
from the dog, and goes to the brain of 
the sheep. I know of no cure. This 
is unlikely because most rare in this 
country, yet those symptoms follow. 
More likely the trouble is indigestion, 
and a kind of “stomach staggers” similar 
to that seen in horses and pigs, when 
an over-amount of blood goes to the 
head and produces the giddiness de¬ 
scribed. With only 16, doubtless receiv¬ 
ing good feed, the trouble would be 
likely to occur as indicated, or if they 
have had too much dry feed, such as 
Timothy or coarse hay and stalks, with 
no roots or laxative feed, their diges¬ 
tive organs will be deranged and prac¬ 
tically the same trouble follows. The 
remedy is to withhold any stimulating 
feed for a few days and not overfeed in 
the future, or if the feed has been of 
the dry indigestible sort, give roots, oil 
meal and wheat bran. Give one-quarter 
pound of Epsom salts as a drench. Fol¬ 
low the second day with two ounces of 
sweet oil in which is mixed a table¬ 
spoonful of ginger. e. van alstyne. 
FARMERS AND THE TUBERCULIN TEST. 
On page 216 of The R. N.-Y. is an 
article from Charles Phelps about 
farmers testing their own herds with 
tuberculin, a matter about which—in my 
opinion—he attaches too little import¬ 
ance to the knowledge, and skill of the 
operator. I doubt if reliable work and 
results shown are as simple as making 
a Babcock milk test. If tuberculosis 
was the only thing that would show a 
reaction, and consequent rise of tem¬ 
perature, there might be no objection to 
anyone using the test who could read 
the markings of a thermometer, but 
there are so many other things which 
may affect a cow, or outside conditions 
influence, that it needs a most skilled 
practitioner to administer the test, and 
be able to judge correctly the actual 
cause of the rise of temperature. A 
trail of dead cows in northern Ohio, 
traceable to testing by men who knew 
nothing about cow ailments, not to men¬ 
tion deaths of animals within four days 
after injection, by gangrene infection, 
at the hands of novices, has shown the 
farmers in this section at least that 
tuberculin in the hands of unskilled men 
is a most dangerous thing. Prof. James 
Law, of Cornell, probably the ablest 
veterinarian in the United States, says 
in a recent letter: “The tuberculin test 
alone may lead to many unwarranted 
condemnations, unless physical examina¬ 
tion is used in connection, and that with 
microscopic and inoculation demonstra¬ 
tion. Things may affect an animal un¬ 
known to the operator at the time of 
injection, which would cause the rise in 
itself and would not be tuberculin re¬ 
action after all. A cow exposed to cold, 
wet, a sore throat, pleurisy, bronchitis, 
inflammation of liver or kidneys, all in 
conjunction, might be mistaken for the 
sought-for reaction, and tuberculosis 
predicted; confinement in a close stable, 
abortion, excitement, etc., all may and 
must be considered, and are matters that 
must be reckoned with in connection 
with the test, and needs a trained, 
skilled veterinarian to administer, but in 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 28, 
addition this man should be practiced 
in the habit of painstaking observation, 
and intimate acquaintance with the func¬ 
tional life of animals, or he will be mis¬ 
led, and give erroneous judgments very 
often.” All of the above coming from 
the authority that it does, does not 
favor any farmer testing his own herd 
with any expectancy of arriving at any 
very definite conclusions. 
A cow well advanced in tuberculosis 
will not respond to the test, and here 
physical examination, and microscopical 
tests must be the real test. Of course 
the unskilled farmer passes this cow as 
sound, and she is left to “seed” the 
herd, while a skilled man would have 
detected the disease. First find the cows 
by physical examination that have evi¬ 
dences of disease, and then try the 
tuberculin on the suspects. In a late 
journal of the American Medical Asso¬ 
ciation are two articles, one by Dr. 
Morgan Rotch and the other by Cleve¬ 
land Floyd, both of the Harvard Medi¬ 
cal College, men both of world-wide 
fame as original investigators, and this 
is some of their findings: “Tuberculin 
is a powerful agent and on account of 
this power, should never be used by in¬ 
experienced hands, only by trained 
hands,” and then, “Tuberculin is a 
valuable aid in early tuberculosis, but in 
inexperienced hands is dangerous, and 
may bring disaster.” * * * Adding 
the testimony of Drs. Smead, Abt and 
others showing where tuberculin has 
started up the latent, encysted germs, I 
am still sure, that the common use of 
tuberculin, which no doctor in the 
United States or Europe would now 
dare inject a human, is not a safe thing 
for the common farmer, with little or no 
knowledge of medicine, to meddle with, 
or counsel others to use. 
Ohio. JOHN GOULD. 
OXFORD DOWN SHEEP. 
Do you consider the Oxford Down sheep 
a good one for New England? Is it as 
hardy and will it compare favorably with 
the Shropshire as an all-around sheep? I 
have handled Sliropshires for the past five 
years, but would like to change the breed, 
as I wish to procure a larger sheep, with 
good mutton and hardiness combined. If 
you do not recommend the Oxford, which 
other breed would you recommend? 
Readville, Mass. w. B T. 
The Oxford is a fine sheep, larger 
than the Shropshire, taking longer to 
mature, with a more open wool. They 
are no more hardy than the Shrop- 
shires. They were produced about 1830 
by a cross of the Shropshire and Cots- 
wold, and are a beautiful and most de¬ 
sirable sheep, where one wants a larger 
one than the Shropshire. If you have been 
breeding the latter for five years, with 
not the best success, you will scarcely 
be likely to do better with the Oxfords. 
You will get nothing that will fill the 
bill so well as to size. The Cheviots are 
more hardy, but not so well bodied as 
the Sliropshires. I am inclined to think 
you would do better on your New Eng¬ 
land hills with the French Merinos. 
They are the hardy sheep. None of the 
open wools will stand neglect and ex¬ 
posure. The Oxfords are not nearly as 
plentiful as the Sliropshires. Those who 
have them are usually not anxious to 
Sell. EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
Patient: “And if I have gas I shan’t 
feel nothin’?” Dentist: “Nothing what¬ 
ever.” Patient: “And I shan’t know 
what you be doin’ ?” Dentist: “You 
won’t know anything.” Patient: “Well, 
just wait a minute till I’ve counted my 
money.”—Punch. 
LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE PIGS,-5S“K 
prize-winning, prolific strain, $20 to $25. Younger 
stock,both sexes,$12 up. Sam’l Fraser,Geneseo,N.Y. 
OHIO FARM 
on hand. M. L. 
Berkshire Hogs and Jersey 
Cattle; stock for sale; always 
BENHAM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
75 head of registered stock 
to select from. Young stock 
1 a specialty. Write for prices. 
F. H. COOKINCHAM, Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
ANfillS CATTLE Sale or 
nllUUO Exchange fer Horses 
Address BIYEH & SON, Bridgcville, Del. 
THE CLAEK. FARM HEHD 
HOLSTEIN-FREESIAN CATTLE 
GENIE CLOTHILDE 48097 
RECENT OFFICIAL RECORD, 
One day test 95.1 lbs. milk, 4.042 lbs. fat and 5.803 lbs. butter. 
Seven day test 039.4 lbs. milk, 24.037 lbs. fat ami 30.040 lbs. butter. 
Thirty day test 2001.2 lbs, milk, 93.150 lbs. fat and 110.445 lbs. butter. 
Best World’s Official Record of all Breeds for One Day’s Butter Production 
Tiie Clark Farm herd is headed by PONTIAC CHIRON 39423, one of the best sons of Hengerveld 
DeKol and out of Inka Darkness Sind's Queen 40182, with a record of 492.20 IDs. 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, Miftnlixis, 3NT. Y. 
FERN’S JUBILEE No. 73852 
HEADS the 
LAUREL FARM JERSEY HERD 
SIRE—Louisiana Purchase, out of the great 
St. Louis test cow Blossom of Florence, No. 
166108. DAM—Fern of Florence, No. 164625. 
Test, 25 lbs. 8 ozs., in 7 days; 93 lbs. 4 ozs. in 30 
days; 330 lbs. butter in 120 days. 
Increase of Herd for Sale. 
•T. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, X. Y. 
ST. LAMBERT JERSEYS ^ITbS: 
3 trios.; 2 St. Lambert Heifers, 0 raos. All solid 
color. (Dam of one 21 lbs. butter 7 days. Good 
B.P.Roek G kls. J. ALDUS HERR, Lancaster, Pa. 
VILLAGE FARM 
JERSEY HERD 
H. V. PRENTICE, Prop., Worcester, Mass. 
HERD HEADED BY 
THE GREAT FONTAINE FERN BULL 
GOLDEN FERN’S 
GREY 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. 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTKIN-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 Butt Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
WANTED 
to exchange HoHtein-Fricsian cattle fora good 
farm team. Team mils'! be from four to seven 
years old. sound, and weigh at lea$t 2.400 lbs. 
We have ^tock of all ages, both sexes. 
If you are interested write now. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON, 
Brookside Stock Farm, Lacona. New York. 
$IOO HOLSTEIN BULLfor$5Q 
Born Oct. 26,1907—SIRE—BerylWayne’s Son,whose 
dam. Beryl Wayne, lias an A.R.O. butter record of 
27 7 8 lbs in 7 days, ids sire being Johanna Aaggio's 
Sarcastic Lad, whose dam is from a sister to the 
World’s champion35-lb.cow,(k>!antha4th’sJoha»iia. 
DAM—White Bess Clothilda 2d, one of largest pro¬ 
ducers we ever owned. She has given 80lbs. 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 be worth $100. Buy him now and 
save the$50 by growing him yourself, the Stevens 
BROS.-HASTINGS CO..BrooksideHerd,LIVERPOOL.N.Y. 
BOLL CALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. Ail are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl I)e Kill’s Sarcastic 
l.ad. 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. 
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. 
orninuDAiiK nenu „ 
LARGE BERKSHIRES^ 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year 
old by Grand Premier, No. 80005,bred to Baron Duk 
85th, No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow, Nc 
68600, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. liooklt 
on application. J. K. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn 
BERKSHIRES. 
American and English Breeding. We offer fifteen 
gilts bred for March and April farrow, and will be 
glad to send catalogue containing descriptions of 
our breeding stock. Address 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES. 
Yearling Sows and Spring Gilts, bred to Charmer 
Masterpiece 103371 for early Winter ami Springfar- 
row; one aged herd Boar, choice Spring Boars, Sum¬ 
mer and Fall Pigs for sale. For prices, etc., write 
S. C. TRENCH, - Atwater, New York. 
BERKSHIRE PIGS tered Stock, not related. 
Early Fall Boars or Sows, first choice—#20.00. 
Early Fall Boars or Sows, second choice—#15.00. 
Early Fall Boars or Sows, third choice-#12.00, 
Hit. J. H. MARSHALL, Soutliold, N. 
Reg. P.Ghinas, Berkshires&G. 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.,Coehranville,Pa 
Cows in Calf. 
LARGE BERKSHIRE SWINE 
Breeding herd of 150 animals to select from. 
Both English and American breeding. Breeding 
herd largely the get of Lord Premier 50001, Premier 
Longfellow 68,600 and Masterpiece 77,000. Thirty 
bred gilts and sows, now safe in pig to an outstand¬ 
ing son of Masterpiece and half-brother to the $5,500 
Star Masterpiece,$25 up. Correspondence solicited. 
H. C. & H. II. Harpending, Dundee, N. \ r . 
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 Fall Pigs- All 
representing the improved American type. We have over 100 
head of all ages, and all prices, from good useful farmers’ hogs 
to fancy show animals. Address all letters to 
KICHARD H. STONE, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa* 
FOR <IAI F-Dtmoc JERSEY SWINE,bred 
I Mil vHLL Sows and Fall Pigs. Collie Dogs; no 
better breeding in America. Booking orders for 
Spring Puppies. Also Bronze Turkeys and fine 
varieties or chickens, INTER-STATE FARM. 
J. H. Lewis & Son, R. D. No. 1, Cameron, W. Va, 
LARGE IMPROVED ENGLISH YORKSHIRES. 
from best Importation. Address 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, New York. 
PERCHERON 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- 
Holstein Bull Calves. 
$20.00 to $25.00 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Write for PHOTOGRAPHS & PEDIGREES. 
We also offer special bargains in cows and heifers 
bred to our great Sir Korndyke Manor DeKol 
Jr. HIVEMBUKGH BROS., llillliurst Karin, Oneida, N. V 
RIVERSIDE AYRSHIRES 
Over 100 head, with the Imported Bull Ilowie’s Fizzaway, the 
CHAMPION of two continents At the bead. This herd has to 
its credit more PRIZK RIBBONS than any herd in America. 
For sale, of both sexes, animals from Imported, advanced 
registry, prize-winning Dams. The barn is full to the peak 
of TOP NOTCHKKS, and we have our selling clothes on every 
day (except Sundays). Inspection invited. Address 
J. F. Converse & Co., Woodville, N. Y . 
DAIRY COWS 
Write your wants. 
—Can furnish High Grade 
* Dairy Cows in Carload lots. 
F. B. DUTTON, Woodstock, Vt. 
FOR. SALE 
GUERNSEY BULL DARLIUS 9556. 
A fine animal and tuberculin tested. Also some 
Choice Chester White Pigs of both sexes. 
Hearts Delight Farm, Cliazv, N. Y. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
^^L^IOUGHTDb^^ecGfj-Bimttleboro^^t^ 
WANTFn“ Register ed Holstein-Friesian Heifers, 
flnlllLU open or bred. Must be cheap: no fancy 
prices need answer. ORCHARD GROVE DAIRY, 
Box 243, Mannington, W. Ya. 
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. 
BLATCHFORD’S 
CALF MEAL. 
Our BOOKLET plainly tells the story of 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal with convincing 
testimonials from some of the 20.000progressive 
farmers who have had excellent success with 
this perfect milk substitute It costs about 
half as much as milk. Itpi’events scouring. It 
is the oldest and best. It is free from mill feed. 
It is cooked. The Booklet is Free. Write for it. 
BLATCHFORD’S CALF MEAL FACTORY, 
Waukegan, Illinois. 
Established at Leicester, England, in 1800. 
JiAC li 8 . 
147 Big black Kentucky Mam¬ 
moth, Imported Catalonian and 
Majorca jacks, forty Jennets, 
thirty saddle and harness stal¬ 
lions, forty saddle mares. 
Tamworth and Poland China 
hogs. Our catalogue is the finest 
ever issued by any Jack Dreeder. 
Our prices are right and you 
will positively buy if you visit 
our farms and mean business. 
J. F. COOK & CO., Lexington, Kentucky. 
The Kentucky Jack Farm 
Is tiie wholesale house for 
jacks, as we breed and raise 
the big mam’oth Kentucky 
jacks, and can sell you a 
first-class jack at 25 to 50per 
cent, cheaper than a dealer 
or speculator can. Write to¬ 
day for prices on jacks, jen¬ 
nets and mules. A large 
lot to select from. 
JOB. F. WRIGHT, Junction City, Ky 
