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THE RURA-L NEW-YORKER 
April 11, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
HOW TO FEED SMALL POTATOES AND 
APPLES SAFELY. 
Small potatoes and apples are worth 
far more as food for stock than pota¬ 
toes are to plant or apples to make into 
cider. There is, however, much danger 
of choking in cattle if either are fed 
whole, and it is a big job to cut or mash 
them if a large quantity are to be fed. 
It is perfectly safe to feed either to hogs 
or sheep in any kind of a feed dish, but 
not so with cattle. But if two pieces of 
timber are put up just far enough apart 
so the animal’s neck can be held between 
them, and a hole be bored through at 
such a height that the animal will be 
prevented from raising the head up to a 
level with the body, there will be no 
danger of choking. j. s. woodward. 
A “PULLING” HORSE. 
I have been asked by one of your 
readers to suggest a cure for the “pull¬ 
ing” habit in a horse. The animal in 
question (his pacing mare) I take it is 
a high-strung standard bred or has a 
Thoroughbred strain. I hesitate to 
offer any advice, as my experience has 
been chiefly with westerners and cross¬ 
bred farm stock, which had been spoiled 
in handling. If I can give any hint, 
however, that will tend to improve his 
mare’s behavior I am his to command. 
I will illustrate a device or two which 
work well on some horses, but which 
I don’t guarantee to cure his mare. She 
is a hot-blooded animal which has been 
given her head until she is nine years 
HANDLING A PULLING HORSE. 
strap over the head and through bridle 
rings (No. 2, Fig. 145,) which is a well- 
known restrainer, but is not always suc¬ 
cessful. Either a straight leather, rub¬ 
ber or iron bit can be used with this 
rig and a jaw strap is needed to make it 
effective. But a good deal of careful, 
special handling would be required to 
make such an animal agreeable to drive. 
If she is self-willed and will not mind, 
or has never been taught to mind 
promptly, I would take her on soft 
ground and throw her until she was 
ready to listen to me. After you have 
rolled them around a little they begin to 
ask you what you want. You must 
have their attention before you can 
teach them anything. Be sure she 
knows the word “whoa,” and stops like 
a soldier when you give the command. 
When she begins to see that she is not 
the whole board of management and su¬ 
perintendent of the works she will take 
your orders. It is impossible to say 
just what treatment would be needed 
without knowing the individual and 
studying her peculiarities, but she can 
be taught to mind as well as a younger 
horse if you have got the time and 
patience to experiment. However, it is 
a job for the long-suffering horse 
trainer; a man of other affairs will sel¬ 
dom “jolly” her through the successive 
stages of stand, walk, slow down, and 
steady gait, which could be done either 
single or bitched with a well-broken, 
steady-gaited horse. You can always 
get best results by appealing to a horse’s 
understanding and leaving brute force 
out of the regime as far as possible. 
Animals of fine breeding are especially 
sensitive, and will raise strenuous objec¬ 
tions until they learn what you are driv¬ 
ing at. Then it is often a marvel how 
readily they will adopt ymur plan. The 
more I study horses the more I am con¬ 
vinced that they have usually a strong 
sense of comradeship, and will respond 
to personal attention and sympathy with 
almost human intelligence. Tod Sloan, 
the greatest jockey of the day, wins 
his races without spurs, and nearly al¬ 
ways without a whip. He experiments 
with his horse until be learns how much 
the animal knows about a race and how 
he wants to run it. Then he lets the 
horse manage it. While the other riders 
are usually bullying their horses he is 
encouraging bis. That is the principle 
for any horse-breaker or horse-owner 
to work on. Make a partner of your 
horse. He does not like to be bullied. 
A HORSE WRANGLER. 
When .von write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee page 10. 
S COTCH COLLIK8, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Cire. SILAS DECKER, Montrose,Pa. 
flflATQ- Angora Goats; Milch Goats. 
U n IV 1 1« 13 u U A I Of.O.G roesbeck.B-Y,Hartford,Ct 
0 1 p PIGS, Mar. and April farrow. Mated not 
• *• akin. Bred sows. All Registered Silver 
Premium Stock. F. J. Schwartz, E. Pharsalia.N.Y 
Fig. 145. 
old. Such a proposition cannot be 
solved in a day. Nearly all track-broke 
horses, or those that have been driven 
for speed on the road, get the trick of 
putting a good deal of weight on the 
bit; some of them will “pull your arms 
off.” His mare has been taught the 
habit by a former driver, and doesn’t 
know any other way to go. He may 
find a rig that will restrain her, but she 
will always have her “heady” notion 
unless he can make her understand that 
a slower pace is more desirable. It is a 
matter of getting her to see what is 
wanted, which is not easy to do where 
3 'ou are dealing with fixed habit backed 
by an inborn “scorching” instinct. It is 
the same old story, “you can teach a 
horse more in an hour than you can 
unlearn him in a week.” There are a 
good many devices for reducing a 
“scorcher,” but like nearly all horse- 
breaking contrivances, no single one of 
them will work in all cases. Severe 
bits as a rule are a failure when used 
on nervous driving-bred horses. It is 
as natural for such an animal to strike 
its best gait as it is for it to eat grass. 
They will ordinarily resist restraint, and 
a bit that is cruel in the mouth will balk 
or fret and worry them, or put them on 
the fight. 
It is possible that a “squeeze strap” 
would work in this case better than an 
ordinary bit. You get a three-quarter- 
inch strap (a thin pliable one doubled 
and sewed with rounded edges is the 
best) about 12 inches long, or long 
enough to go around lower jaw of horse 
and through ring at each side of mouth 
(as in No. 1, Fig. 145,) and a ring 
sewed in each end to buckle driving 
lines into. Use nose band or overdraw 
on bridle. The principle is that it pun¬ 
ishes when the animal pulls it too hard., 
but eases up the instant the pressure 
is taken off. Please remember that I 
mention this “squeeze strap” as an ex¬ 
periment only. I have not tried it thor¬ 
oughly myself. Then there is the draw 
LARGE IMPROVED ENGLISH YORKSHIRES. 
from best Importation. Address 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, New York. 
LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE PIGS.-^Td! 
prize-winning, prolific strain, $20 to $25. Younger 
stock,both sexes,$12 up. Sam’l Fraser,Geneseo,N.Y 
CAR CXI E-DUKOC JERSEY SWINE, bred 
run wALC Sows and Fall Pigs. Collie Dogs; no 
better breeding in America. Hooking orders for 
Spring Puppies. Also Bronze Turkeys and fine 
varieties of chickens. INTER-STATE FARM. 
J. H. Lewis & Son, R. D. No. 1, Cameron, W. Va, 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES. 
Yearling Sows and Spring Gilts, bred to Charmer 
Masterpiece 102371 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. 
/IT ai&f Service Boars, have stock returned, 
refund money if not satisfactory. 
-Ilk Reg. Holsteins, Heifers, Bulls and 
Cows in Calf. HAMILTON & CO.,Cochrauville,Pa 
STONE FARM BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
WE OFFER 
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 
RICHARD H. STONE, Trumausburg, N. Y. 
('LABEL 
DANA’S EAR LABELS 
arc stamped with any name or address with serial 
numbers. They are simple, practical and a distinct 
and reliable mark. Samples Free. Agents Wanted. 
C. H. DANA, 
74 Main Street, West Lebanon, N. H. 
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 
roots you $5.00. Give us your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
The undisputed success of the 
Auction Sale, March 18th, at the 
SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, 
was proven by the buyers who represented every draft horse 
section and who went home more than pleased with their pur¬ 
chases. There are 80 head now on the water from Belgium, and 
bound for the Sharon Valley Stock Farm, Newark, O., and they 
will be ready for sale either privately or by auction in a very 
■ hort time. The Sharon Valley Stock Farm lias' now become 
the leading draft horse market of America, and it is the only placo 
to go to purchase the best draft stallions and mares obtainable at 
a reasonable price. Send for catalogs. All customers met at the 
trains with conveyances. 
COL. G. W. CRAWFORD, Prop, and Owner. 
Citizens ’Phone 206. Bell ’Phone 051 W. 
W. W. CHENEY SPECIAL CONSIGNMENT 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
I wish to call attention to my offering in the HINT SALE, to be held at SYRACUSE, APRIL 
22d, 11>08. The following cattle belonging to mo will he sold on that day. In all there will he Twenty- 
two lie:td of which nine have A. R. O. Records. Two of the nine have records of over 20 lb's. 
Three are two-year-olds, that with their first calves made average records of over 15 lbs. each. 
There is One Imported A. R. O. Cow. In my consignment are also several granddaughters 
of HENGERY MLR DI KOL, through my bull PONTIAC CHIRON No. 39423. These grand¬ 
daughters of HENGEKVELD DEKOL are out of fine dams with official records. There will 
also be in my consignment a son of GENIE CLOTHI DDE, my one day official world’s record 
butter cow, that also has a record of 30.04(5 lbs. butter in seven days and a record of 11(5.445 
lbs. butter in thirty days. A daughter of GENIE CLOTHILRE and a sister of this bull that 
is to be sold has just made a record of 22.59 lbs. and averaged for three days 4.0755 butter fat, This 
young hull is sired by a Grandson of CANARY MERCEDES, so that both on the dam and sires 
side his butter fat is about as good as there is. There will also be a Two-year-old daughter of 
DEKOL BURKE in the sale. This daughter of DEKOL BURKE has just made a record of 
between 12 and 13 lbs. in poor condition. My offering is first -class in every respect and should appeal to 
all good breeders. 'X7V. CIIEWEY, 3VE«,xxli-cis», 3M\ TtT. 
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. 
FERN’S JUBIEEE 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—Kern of Florence, No. 164625. 
Test, 25 lbs. 8 ozs., in 7 days; 1)3 lbs. 4 ozs. in 30 
days; 330 lbs. butter in 120 days. 
Increase of Herd for Sale. 
.T. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
AMHIIC CATTLE For Sale or 
nllUUu Exchange for Horses 
Address MYEIt & SON, Rridgeville, Del. 
FARMERS AND STOCKMEN 
Have you heard of Dr. 
Thatcher’s Ely Killer, 
—the only one that kills flies? 
Every dairyman loses money 
who does not use it. Butter and 
cheese factories are requested 
to write for special proposi¬ 
tion. Responsible agents 
wanted everywhere. Big money-maker for hustlers. 
Address for full particulars to NORTHERN 
WALL PAPER & PAINT CO.,Potsdam,N.Y 
RIVERSIDE AYRSHIRES 
Over 100 head, with the Imported Bull Howie’s Fizzaway,the 
CHAMI’ION of two continents at the head. This herd has to 
its credit more PRIZE 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 TOI* NOTCHEKS, and we have our selling clothes on every 
day (except Sundays). Inspection invited. Address 
J. F..Converse & Co., Woodville, N. Y. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa« 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES *S 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year - b 
old by Grand Premier, No. 80005,bred to Baron Duke 
85th, No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow, No. 
08000, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
BERKSHIRES 
English and American Breeding. We offer ten 
bred gilts for April and May farrow, and will be 
glad to send catalogue of our breeding stock. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
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. 
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 
8tar Masterpiece,$25 up. Correspondence solicited. 
H. C. & H. B. Harpending, Dundee, N. Y’. 
SIOO HOLSTEIN BULLfor$50 
Born Oct. 26.1907— SI RE—BerylWavne’s Son,whose 
dam, Beryl Wayne, has an A.R.O. butter record of 
27 7 s lbs in 7 days, his sire being Johanna Aaggie’s 
Sarcastic Lad. whose dam is from a sister to the 
World’s champion 35-lb.cow,Golan tha4th’sJohanna. 
DAM—White Bess Olothilde 2d, one of largest pro¬ 
ducers we ever owned. She has given 801bs. milk a 
day on ordinary care. This bull is a beautiful indi¬ 
vidual, more w-hite than black, handsomely marked. 
At a year old,he will be worth $100. Buy him now and 
save tlie$50 by growinghini yourself, the stevens 
BROS.-HASTINGS CO. .BrooksideHerd.LIVERPOOL.N.Y. 
THE STEVENS HERD 
HOLSTEIH-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
We will make special prices 
on a lot of choice heifers 
from IO to 16 months old. 
YOUNG C0WS~£ few ready for service 
u irom A. R. O. dams. Our 
herd numbers 175 head. Write today. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON,Brookside Stock Farm,Lacona,N.Y. 
BULL CALVESYOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl I)e Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will he kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTLIN-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 hred Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTKLYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
F^L^^HOJJGHTOb^^ec^^-BiTitUeboro^Vt^ 
Holstein Bull Calves. 
$20.00 to $23.00 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Write for Photographs & Pedigrees. 
We also offer special bargains in cows and heifers 
hred to our great Sir Korndyke Manor DeKol 
Jr, 1UVKNBUUGII IIHOS., llillhurst Farm, Oncidn, N. Y 
Guernsey Bull Calves for Sale. 
From producing dams and high class sires, guar¬ 
anteed to be as represented or money returned. 
A few choice cows to spare. MAPLEHURST 
FARMS, Fayetteville, N. Y. 
GUERNSEYS ling bulls and 
good, thrifty calves for sale from Advanced Regis¬ 
ter cows. OTTO W. POST, Owasco Lake, N.Y. 
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, 1ST. Y. 
75 head of registered stock 
to select from. Young stock 
1 a specialty. Write for prices. 
F. H. COOKINCHAM, Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
DAIRY P.nws — ( ’an furnish High Grade 
UMini uuno. Dairy Cows in Carload lots. 
Write your wants. F. B. DUTTON, Woodstock, Vt. 
DDR^FT RAWK~ For sale - fine > well grown 
UUIluLl IIHIYIO yearling Dorset Rams. Fine 
condition, excellent type. Registered. $25 each. 
Address E. J. SIMMONS, Milestone Farm. 
Millbrook, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
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'. 
JiLCKlS. 
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 the 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 50 per 
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. 
JOE. 1C. WEIGHT, Junction City, Ky. 
