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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
COMFORT FOR THE HORSE. 
The steel horse collar is the most 
humane contrivance ever invented for 
the use of a draft horse. We used to 
run a freight team of six horses and 
two wagons, hauling supplies from the 
railroad to inland points over a hundred 
miles over mountain rocky roads. We 
served Malheur Co. two years as road 
supervisor and had the care of over GO 
miles of the costliest kinds of dirt and 
rock roads to keep in repair and helped 
build many grades, some of which re¬ 
quired six horses at once hitched to a 
large “V” or grader and the dirt so heavy 
that the team could pull only a short 
distance at a time. We also use an 
Oliver road plow and Canton sulky on 
the little ranch in the foothills which is 
rocky and full of willow grubs. We 
have used the steel collars in all these 
places with entire satisfaction. Last 
but not least, from the first of August 
to the first of November we drove a lit¬ 
tle less than 5,000 miles on a stage line 
with four horses and used but one steel 
collar on the four changes, adjusting it 
for each horse in a moment, and did not 
have a sore on any horse as large as a 
dime. The distance was 04 miles twice 
a week. It was a one-horse rig and we 
often had two passengers and trunks, 
and mail and light express. The two 
collars 1 got four years ago are as good 
to-day as the day I bought them, save 
that they have corroded. 1 have traded 
for sore shoulders horses in the middle 
of the road and healed the sores up 
while working the horse under the steel 
collar, and never had them get sore 
again. When the steel collar is properly 
adjusted it cannot hurt the shoulder or 
make the neck pore. They will not rot, 
burn or swell up or crack or rip in wet 
weather. I he mice or calves will not 
gnaw them. You can harness and un¬ 
harness in just half the time it takes 
with a stiff leather collar buckled at the 
top. I wouldn’t have a leather collar 
of any kind as a gift, and bind myself 
1o put it on my horse and work him in it. 
Oregon. harry g. Wallace. 
LINE BREEDING OF POULTRY. 
In tI k; poultry business, what Is line 
breeding? c . u 
Massachusetts. 
Line breeding, according to the gen¬ 
eral acceptance of the term, is inbreeding 
from a single pair of fowls in such a 
manner as to establish a strain of birds 
with certain desirable characteristics of 
the parent stock improved upon and 
predominating to a great extent. There¬ 
fore when a person buys a line-bred 
cockerel, for instance, he is expected 
to be prepotent and produce a uniform 
lot of strong chicks. In beginning line 
breeding the laws of heredity, transmis¬ 
sion, prepotency, variation, selection, re¬ 
version, atavism, care and environment 
must be followed closely and carefully 
or failure will certainly follow. The 
usual practice is first to select a pullet 
and cockerel not closely related, but as 
near your ideal as possible. Then mate 
the best cockerel hatched from this pair 
back to bis own dam, and the best pullets 
to their own sire. This gives you two 
pens of chicks the second year, one pen 
being 75 per cent of the blood of the 
sire and the oilier 75 per cent of the 
blood of the dam. The next step is to 
mate a cockerel from the female line 
back to the original dam, and a few of 
the best pullets carrying 75 per cent of 
the blood of the sire back to 1 lie orig¬ 
inal sire. This gives you chicks carry¬ 
ing 87^2 per cent of the blood of the 
dam on the female side and ft r t 1 / 2 per 
cent of the blood of the sire on the 
male side. This is as far as direct in- 
breeding should go. The two lines arc 
then crossed and the two 75 per cent 
lines are also crossed the third year. 
After this, five pens of fowls are bred 
each year, two mated to produce chicks 
with a preponderance of female blood, 
two mated to produce chicks carrying 
a preponderance of the original male 
blood, and one mated to produce chicks 
carrying one-half blood of the female 
line and one-half blood from the male 
line. Much of the success in this line 
of work depends upon the skill of the 
breeder in selecting suitable birds. 
C. S. GREENE. 
INSULATING MATERIAL FOR HENHOUSE. 
I am bullfling a now henhouse. Will 
you advise met If mineral wool is the 
best material to put between the floors, 
or is there something cheaper that, will 
answer the purpose (to keep out frost and 
vermin), just as well? 
My advice in this matter would be 
to use concrete for floors of all chicken 
houses except the small portable houses. 
Mineral wool is expensive, and so is a 
double board floor at the present price 
of lumber. Concrete is cheap, perma¬ 
nent and, if kept covered with plenty 
of litter, as any floor should be, it is 
warm enough. It affords no shelter for 
vermin, is sanitary, and better every way 
than a board floor. floyd q. white. 
Dishorning Hulls. —Hero is my experi¬ 
ence with dishorning bulls. I took the 
same advice as is offered F. to let the 
bull keep ids horns until he knew how to 
use thorn, then surprise him by Inking them 
away. After they were clipped off be was 
very meek and quiet just as long as they 
were sore, and no longer. I really believe 
lie was worse than before, so I took other 
advice to have him steered so I could fatten 
him without some one being killed. As 
soon as lie was well again he was on the 
"war path” and we had no trouble from 
sportsmen tn our pasture that Fall. All 
are not likely to behave- as lids one did, 
bid by Ibis you see it is not a sure cure 
for an ugly bull. Why doesn’t I*'. take 
a penknife and cu* the mile born out ns 
I saw recommended in Tun It. N.-Y. some 
time ago? I have not tried it, but should 
if I had not. registered stock, and so wish 
to keep the horns for beauty and better 
prices. a. 
Connect icut. 
PERCHERON and 
FRENCH COACH 
STALLIONS 
for sale. Help the far¬ 
mers make money with 
better horses. Make a 
hie profit yourself with 
a good Stallion. Write 
I d wood 8. Akin, 
Auburn, N. Y, 
i-B F Going Hliiul, Bury Co., 
M V/ T\ bO Iowa City, la. (fan dure. 
DRIVING GDAK- Angora Goats; Milch Goats. 
LmiVmU UUrt I Op.o.droeslmck,B Y,Hartford,dt 
C 01 , 1 , 110 PHI’S from imported Stock. Females 
cheap. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
A LOST COW. 
That can never happen where the ^ 
cows wear our patented 
Swiss Cow Bells 
Made from finest quality of HwIkh 
B ell Mel 111 , they are light, but 
strong and lasting. Musical in the 
extreme. They add to the appoar- 
inicu of herd bouillon making them tame nml - 
tractahla. 4, 5 nml (I In. In dlamatar. Strap with caoh. Direct In nota 
.1 to Introduce. (Ansaluri. on Cow, Whoop nml Turkov Holla grots. 
Bovin Bros. Mfg. Co.,East Hampton,Conn* 
Jutt Enough] 
and just as they want it. Tho right way to 
salt animals is to lot them help tboiusol ves. 
Compressed 
Pure-Salt Bricks 
In onr Patent Feeders, supply refined dairy salt. 
I bey moan animal thrill,. they cost but little. 
I . Convenient for you and your I 
f t I [Yj animals bii Her no neglect. Ask 
your dealer and write us lor 
. — booklet. 
j: i IS, 
Mff wH? jl I’atontuon , Mfri. ] 
l V ’ ' , JaR® Station C, 
Brooklyn, 
Keeps Night’s Milk 
lor 
Morning Delivery 
Tho Champion Milk 
Cooler takes tho place _ 
of both strainer aiul 
cooler—cools milk more 
t It o r o ii g h 1 y than any 
other method and also 
aerates It - absolutely ro- 
m moves the “cowy" taint and animal heat. 
Aerating Is as necessary as cooling and tho 
Champion 
Milk Cooler Aerator 
cools, strains anti aerates milk in one operation 
—keeps milk 24 to 4H hours longer than any 
other method of rooting. Kent free on trial. 
Catalog Free—Write to-day. 
CHAMPION MILK0001,Ml 00., 11thSt., Cortland, N.Y. 
Citizens ’Phono *.!GG. 
May 2, 
SECOND SPRING AUCTION SALE 
At the Sharon Valley Stock Farm, Newark, 0. 
On WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th, 1908. 
After such a very successful gale on March IHtli, Col. Crawford 
driblet! at once to Europe for another lot of Belgian anti Pereheron 
stallions anti mares. Anti at this second sale ho will odor to you 
all fresh, sound imported stallions and mares, home-bred stnllions 
and mares, draft geldings 4 yrs old, well muted, suitable for heavy 
drays or brewery teams; stunts high-stepping coach horses, also 
stunts singlss drivers. Farmers and breeders should not fail to 
attend as it will be to your interest. 
Bond for circulars which will explain all about it nml toll you 
where the Stock Farm is. Catalogs will bo out one week before 
the sale. Send for one. 
CO I.. G. W. CKAVFOIU), Prop. 
Sharon Valley Stock Farm, Newark, O. Boll ’Phone G. r tl W. 
GREENWOOD HERD HOLSTEINS. 
Iltsntlotl by our fusion,, herd null PRINCE YMBA SPOFFORD whotns dnm, Ymlio »d’« J’letlue Clothlldo noli! for $0000, tun. A.R.O. 
record of Clfi.o llm. milk, :io.n« II,h. butter In 7 dtija, 2l»».:i lbs. milk, m.Mlhu lmttiir In :sti clnyit, loo.fi lint, milk In 1 day. 
‘"• Hire fl ditm Kilty Spufford Ciirnnn hold* World’* ehnsiiplmi .lr. a yen, old record or fiOO.Ofi llm. milk. 20.02 II,h. butler In 7 days. 
UTS, N. Y. 
Write ms your iireii* in llnlutelns or come and eeloct for yournulf, (elthor eacurtsean lione»t anil enllahictory deal.) 
K. II. KNAPP & SON, - - - - - - . Route 1,FAB 
VILLAGE FARM 
JERSEY HERD 
H. V. PRENTICE, Prop., Worcester, Mass. 
HERD HEADED BY 
THE GREAT FONTAINE FERN BULL 
fUsr/ISKN FERN’S 
OBEY FONTAINE 
a son of GOLDEN FERN’S LAD. 
Dam Kontaino of St. Saviour, with a butter 
test of lti lbs. 12 ts/.s. This herd contains nine 
daughters of Golden Ecru’s Lad anil several 
daughters of Eminent 2d, Blue Bull’s Blue 
Eox.Caiest, Maple’s Poet, Stockwell and other 
noted sires. 
FERN’S ,TU3VI LEE No. 73852 
LAUREL FARM'JERSEY HERD 
SI RE Louisiana Purchase, out of the great 
St. Louis test cow Blossom of Florence. No. 
166108. DAM Kern of Florence, No. 164625. 
Test, 25 lbs. k tiy.s., in 7 days: 1)3 lbs. 4 ozs. in .'10 
days; 330 lbs. butter in 120 days. 
Inrrcii.se of Herd for Sale. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N.Y. 
REG. JERSEYS 
For suits, u 2h year old bull, also a heiftsr tho same 
ago. and a heifer calf eligible to registration. 
< htneo stock at reasonable prices. 
MATTHEW <’ALV1N, Hallidaysburg, Pa. 
JERSEY BULL CALVES AND YOUNG BULLS 
Grandsons of (.olden I, ml, Kiniiicnt, and 
King of St. Lambert. Over 20l> head of Regis¬ 
tered stock to select from. ST. LAMBERT 
DAIILY <’<)., Goorgesvillo, Ohio. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
It. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa* 
OHIO FARM raup'"™ H,,,i Jer8,,y 
on hand. M. 1, 
stock for sale; always 
BENliAM, Loltoy, Ohio. 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
A limited number of young sows bred to a grand 
imported boar for March and April farrow. 
Also a lino lot of fall pigs of tho highest quality 
and breeding at very attractive prices. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
NOW READY 
AO I>1 ;■ 111 mol Is Bronze 
Turkeys; 75 Chester 
White,Poland China 
and Berkslii re Pigs, 
all ages. 100 bus. Improved Golden Dent Gourd 
Seed (lorn, and 2 litters Scotch Collies. Send 
2 -cont stamp for prices. 
EDWARD WALTER. West Chester, Pa. 
LARGE IMPROVED ENGLISH YORKSHIRES. 
from best Importation. Address 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, New York. 
LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES 
Three young boars farrowed in Oct., and spring 
pigs, whose dam, Ivernia No. 7820, won 1 st prize at 
N. Y. State Fair, Allentown, Pa.,Trenton, N. .1., and 
six leading county fairs in 1000. Will sell cheap to 
quick buyer. Otto W. Post, Owasco Lake, N. Y. 
LOCUST GPOVIi STOCK FARM lias some fancy 
< 'blister White male pigs for sale. Heady for Spring 
Service from Prize winning ancestors; write for 
prices. H .8.11 Ul,lVlgr.,R.I>.l,8enecavllle,0. 
white, bacon bog. 
0 II LoIIIII Lo Long-bodied, Square-built, good 
grazers, good mothers, gentle, profitable. 
MORNING SI 1)14 FARM. Sylvania, Pa. 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES 
Direct Premier Longfellow, Lord Premier and 
Masterpleco strains. Young stock for sale. 
S. V. FRENCH, Atwater, N. Y. 
REG. O. I. C. PIGS Zt ? tt n r d 
row. Hilts. Not bred. Young service boars. 
CEDAR LAWN FARM. Ludlowvillo, N. Y. 
ROUGH-ON-FLIES 
You couldn’t light /lies anti do your best 
work; neither can a cow. Protect your stock 
with “Kough-on-FlIos.” It Is a wontlerhil 
new spraying preparation that increases Hits 
production of milk and 
eggs by killing the Insect 
pests that annoy your 
Ufinp stock and poultry. Busy, 
DIOIlC safe and economical to use. 
Try it at our risk. Your 
Increased profits will 
amaze you. 
Trial gallon, with 
sprayer, $ 2 . 00 , express pre¬ 
paid to any point east of the Jtoeky Moun¬ 
tains. Hulls faction guaranteed, or money re¬ 
funded, and goods returnable at our expense. 
Trade discount to agents. 
EGGS 
MORE 
MILK 
EUREKA MOWER CO., Utica, N. Y. 
Full Hue of Fpruversfor all purposes. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN HEIFERS 
For Sale at FAK>1 MRS’ PRICKS. 
I lmvo six two-year old Registered Heifers for 
sale; large, handsome, and porfeetly marked. line 
to calve in May; all broil to tho great BULL, Sir 
Segis Inka Pouch, No 3H40(i; also four heifers 14 
months old, all bred to same bull. Also a number 
of bull calves from one to six months old, sired by 
same bull. Pedigrees and full descriptions fur¬ 
nished on request. 
P. It. Mrl.HNNAN, Syracuse, N. V. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOL8TK1N-FKIE8IANS 
aro brod for large production. Good sizo, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these aro the kind you want writo or come to 
see them. 12.4 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
anil all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bonn Oai.vks. 
A. A. UORTKLYOfJ, .Somerville, N. , 1 . 
BiJLLCALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
viji uu neini 111 tiiti j 1 wiu turn omuiully tOKttid. 
Writo for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rift on, Ulster County, New York. 
Holstein - Friesians. 
(.'14NIK < LOTII I LI)K best world’s official 
record of all breeds for one day's butter 
production. 
PONTIAC OH IRON one of the best sons 
of Ilong’ei’vold DoKol. 
Bull ami Heifer Calves for Sale. 
TV. W. CBKNKY, - Manlius, N.Y. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlot describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
JL_J J ij__HOV2GjjjyPL__Scc'^>’ ) -Brattli:boro, Vt. 
GUERNSEY BULL DARLIUS 9556. 
A lints animal and tuberculin tested. Also some 
Choice Chester Wlsite Pigs of both sexes. 
Hearts Delight Farm, C'hazy, N. Y. 
nirPRUQrYQ Choice yo.ar- 
V,* EL flKV ii EL ■ Cj ling hulls ami 
good, thrifty calves for salts from Advanced Regis¬ 
ter cows. OTTO W. POST, Owasco Lake, N.Y. 
GUERNSEYS WANTED 
tieulars. 
s price and full par- 
Win. S. Richardson, Marion Sta., Mil. 
SOAPSTONE FARM 
Haverford, Pennn. 
We will be glad to quote prices on 
GUERNSEYS, SHROPSHIRE, DU- 
ROC-JERSEYS, WHITE MUSCOVYS 
AND WHITE WYANDOTTES. 
AYRSHIRE CATTLE OF AVON. 
As I am making arrangements for my next trip to 
Scotland, I have a few very choice young Imported 
(lows, also 1 leifers anti Bulls from Imported Sires 
and Dams, which I will offer at very attractive 
prices in order to make room for my next importa¬ 
tion. Write for prices, etc., or call and sots them. 
W. P. SCHANCK, Avon. Nmv York. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A line hunch of Sows comingayear 
old by Grand Premier, No. 80005,bred to Baron Duke 
K5t.li. No. 91215. A son of I’rtsmior Longfellow, No. 
(18(100, (iranti Champion at St. Louis in 1904, Booklet 
on application. .). 14. WATSON, Marbledaie,Conn. 
Stone Farm Berkshires 
111- flffni* ft Yearling Hows, bred to choice 
Wu lliirl * K)!UK for April and May farrowing. 
10 Fall Boars and 50 Spring 
Pigs. All at attractive prices. Address all letters 
to RIOHARD H. STONE, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
Aubrey Farm Berkshires. 
Our herd is headed by Lord Premier of Aubrey, 
an own sou of tins Grout Lord Premier. Wo aro 
offering some of his get, also a few sows in pig to 
him at attractive prices. 
J. G. & J. L. STACEY, Geneva, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires 
American anti English Breeding. Matings not akin. 
Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
nip PIGS, Mar. and April farrow. Mated not 
U. 1 . U. akin. Bred sows. All Registered Silver 
Premium Stock. F. J. .Schwartz, 14.1’lmrsalia.N.Y 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires & C. Whites 
8 wks. and older, muted not ^akln. 
Service Boars, lmvo stock returned, 
refund money if not satisfactory. 
_ _ Jtisg. ilolsteins, Heifers, Bulls and 
Cows in Calf. HAMILTON <fc 00„Coehrauvillo,Pn 
