4I2H 
THE KUKAIi NEW-YORKER 
May 0, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
FEEDING KITCHEN REFUSE AND TABLE 
SCRAPS TO SWINE. 
The practice of feeding all kinds of 
kitchen and table refuse to swine has 
been followed for so many years that 
it may seem useless to make any com- 
. ments here, but there is a great deal of 
difference between feeding the refuse 
from the family table to a few pigs and 
feeding the refuse from large hotels, 
boarding houses or institutions to large 
herds of swine. It is for people who 
are contemplating or practicing the lat¬ 
ter method that this article is written. 
That there is money to be made col¬ 
lecting this swill and feeding it to pigs 
cannot be denied, but there are many 
considerations which must not be over¬ 
looked if much success is expected. 
First, a man must understand the busi¬ 
ness of raising pigs and caring for 
them. He must know all of the details 
of the business, too, from actual ex¬ 
perience, or more or less loss will fol¬ 
low the undertaking until that exper¬ 
ience has been gained. It pays to give 
pigs just as good care as cows and 
horses usually receive. Warm houses 
must be provided in a cold climate, their 
pens should be kept clean and a good 
dry bed provided at all times. Anyone 
who neglects this part of the business 
docs so to his own disadvantage and 
loss. 
The best location for the piggery is 
on some well-drained land within three 
or four miles of the source of the food 
supply. Under favorable conditions it 
would pay to haul the swill even a 
greater distance. In practice this re¬ 
fuse is gathered every afternoon and 
fed before it becomes sour. It can gen¬ 
erally be kept safely from 12 to 24 
hours when all barrels and receptacles 
are washed and scalded perfectly clean 
when not in use. One horse and man 
should be able to collect swill enough in 
half a day for 200 to 250 pigs. Of 
course it is necessary to make arrange¬ 
ments with the managers of the hotels 
and boarding houses to keep the good 
swill separate from the garbage, such 
as tea leaves, coffee dregs and all kinds 
of dirt and sour and decayed animal 
and vegetable matter usually found in 
such places. There is generally more 
or less trouble in doing this satisfac¬ 
torily, but it is very important that it 
be done right. As a rule, it is not 
necessary to mix anything with the swill 
except a little hot water in cold weather, 
and cold water in warm weather. How¬ 
ever, a little wheat middlings, say half 
a pound to each 200 pounds live weight, 
added improves the feed - for growing 
pigs, and pays a good profit over its 
cost. If the pigs become constipated, as 
is sometimes the case in cold weather, 
their condition should be noticed at 
once, and a little oil meal given im¬ 
mediately with the swill- A little corn- 
meal should be used in finishing them 
off for market, and they should be sold 
when they reach 200 to 250 pounds 
live weight. 
This method of making pork has 
more advantages <in Winter than in 
Summer. With a good warm house 
September pigs can be kept growing 
nicely all Winter. Labor is cheaper in 
Winter, and there are not so many de¬ 
mands for horse work on the farm. 
There is no danger of the swill souring 
in cold weather, as is sometimes the 
case in Summer. Another point in 
favor of Winter feeding is the lack of 
a cheap food supply, such as pasture, 
soiling crops, and skim-milk, which is 
available on most farms in Summer, but 
in Winter this supply is reduced to al¬ 
most nothing. In producing over 95,- 
ono pounds of dressed pork by this 
method during the last three years I 
have found it to be the most profitable 
branch of the farm operations. Grade 
Chester Whites are raised, but it would 
be more profitable to keep purebred 
stock entirely and sell some of the best 
for breeding purposes at an advance 
over the market price. C. s. gkeene. 
A DISEASE LIKE “GAPES.” 
What is the matter with our liens? They 
act just like young chickens witli the gapes, 
and in course of a week or so die without 
losing flesh. w. b. s. 
New York. 
There are at least two diseases in 
which the hens act something like the 
“gapes,” bronchitis and pneumonia. But 
W. B. S. can easily tell whether his 
hens have the gapes or not by cutting 
open the windpipe of one that dies. If 
it is the gapes there will be found 
worms about half an inch long in the 
windpipe. This worm, called Syngamus 
trachcalis, is supposed to be a natural 
parasite of the earthworm, and in sec¬ 
tions of the country where the disease 
exists it is dangerous for fowls or 
chicks to cat many worms. With the 
possible exception of roup there is no 
disease that kills so many chicks as the 
gapes. The old remedy was to take a 
quill feather, strip the web off all but 
a half inch at the point or small end, 
then dip the feather in turpentine, open 
the hen’s mouth and insert the feather 
in the windpipe, turning it around and 
withdrawing it quickly. The worms will 
come out on the feather, killed by 
the turpentine. This is rather danger- 
ougli for the fowl unless it is quickly 
done. Another way is to put two or 
three hens in a box, cover the top with 
a bran sack or coarse cloth and dust 
air-slaked lime on the cloth; the lime 
dust seems to make the worms lose their 
hold and the coughing induced throws 
them up. Add a teaspoonful of car¬ 
bolic acid to each gallon of drinking 
water and feed chopped onions fre¬ 
quently. If the ground where the 
coops now are, is infested with the 
gape worm, it would be wise to remove 
the houses to a new location if pos¬ 
sible to do so. If there are no worms 
in the windpipe it is not the gapes, but 
most likely bronchitis, an inflammation 
of the air tubes. Give a drop of aconite 
in a little water once an hour, five or 
six times, then once in three hours for 
a day or so. Feed warm mashes of 
bran and cornmeal, and keep the fowl, 
if possible, in a place where the air is 
warm and moist, george a. cosgrove- 
Devon Butter. —On page 369 you state 
“We are satisfied tliat Jersey butter is the 
world over recognized as the very best but¬ 
ter made.” That may be, but I had a client 
who supplied one of the best hotels with 
dollar-a-pouad butter, and he seemed to 
think that Jersey butter was too oily, and 
that it needed a Devon blend to make “best” 
butter. I had Jerseys only , so I got some 
Devons so as to have the blend, and I most 
decidedly find the cream better in favor and 
texture. ei.bert wakeman. 
Long Tsland. 
C OI.I.IK PUPS from imported Stock. Females 
cheap. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
S COTCH COLLI KS. Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Cire. SILAS DECKER, Montrose,Pa. 
nRIVINfi RHATQ- Angora Goats; Milch Goats. 
Util YIBU Uufl I Op.o.Groesbeck.B.Y,Hartford,Ct 
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, N. Y. 
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. Tills herd cont ains 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. 
TENTH PUBLIC SALE 
160 HEAD PURE BRED 
Holstein-Friesian Cattle 
SYRACUSE, N.Y., JUNE 4 and 5, 1908. 
THE BEST EVER. 
Breeders’ Consignment Sale Co,, Syracuse, N, Y. 
WOODCREST FARM, ltifton. N. Y. WING R. SMITH, Syracuse, N. Y. 
T. A. MITCHELL,, Wcedsport, N. Y. A. A. CORTELYOD. Somerville. N. J. 
F. 1’. KNOWLES. Auburn. Mass. H. A. MOYER. Syracuse. N. Y. 
STEVENS BROTHERS-HASTINGS CO.. Liverpool. N. Y. 
COL. B 
S 
COL 
Auctioneers. 
CATALOGUES 
READY 
MAY 25. 
S. D. W. CLEVELAND, 
Sales Managor, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
BULL CALVES^ YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
sired by Homestead Girl l)e Kol’s Sarcastic 
Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull tiiat 
will ho kept iti the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN HEIFERS 
For Sale at FARMERS’ PRICES. 
I have six two-year old Registered lleifors for 
sale; large, handsome, and perfectly marked. Duo 
to calve in May; all bred to the great BULL, Sir 
Segis Inka Pose.h, No 38406; 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 roquest. 
P. B. McLKNNAN, Syracuse, N. Y. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
are bred for largo production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to 
See them. 125 to soleet from. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
Aspocial offeron some nicely bred Bum, CAbVKS. 
A. A. CORTELYOU. Somerville, N. .). 
Holstein - Friesians. 
GENIE CLOTH ILDE, one of the best 
world’s official record cows for one day’s 
butter production. 
PONTIAC G’H IRON, oneof the best sons 
of llongorveld DeKol. 
Bull and Heifer Calves for Sale. 
W. W. CHENEY, - Manlius, N. Y. 
Holstein Bull Calves. 
$20-00 to $25.00 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Write for Photographs & Pkdighees. 
Wo also offer special bargains in cows and heifers 
bred to our great Sir Kormlyke Manor DeKol 
Jr. ItIVENIUmOll HIIOS., Illllliurst Kami, Oneida, N. Y 
RIVERSIDE AYRSHIRES 
Over ion head, with the Imported Bull llowie’s Fizzaunv,tho 
CFIAMIMON of two contlnontBat tho head. Thin herd has to 
its credit more I’KIZK RIBBONS than any herd in America. 
For sale, of both sexes, animals from Imported, advanced 
registry, prize-winning Dams. The barn is full to tho peak 
of TOI* NOTOllKKS, and wo have our Helling clothes on every 
day foxcopt Sundays). Inspection invited. Address 
J. F. Converse & Co., Woodville, N. Y. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGH ION, Sec’y.-Brattlehoro, Vt. 
THE STEVENS HERD 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
We will make special prices 
on a lot of choice heifers 
from IO to 16 months old. 
YMINft PflWQ— A fow bulls ready for service 
luunu uuno frwm A K 0 (laius 0ur 
herd numbers 175 head. Write today. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON.BrooksIde Stock Farm,Lacona,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. LAMBERT 
DAIRY CO., Georgesvillo, Ohio. 
WARRINER’S 
CHAIN 
HANGING 
STANCHION 
I. B. Calvin, Vice-Pres¬ 
ident, State Dairy Asso¬ 
ciation, Kewanno, Ind., 
says; 
“I think them 
PERFECT.” 
Send for BOOKLET. 
W. B. CRUMB, 
73 Main Street. 
Porestville, Conn. 
||C CHAIN HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
sale by 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Porestville, Conn. 
EXCELSIOR SWING STANCHION 
Warranted the Best. 
30 Days Trial. 
Unlike all others. Stationary when 
Open. Noiseless. 
THE WASSON STANCHION CO. 
Box 00, Cuhu, New York. 
KALORAMA 
BERKSHIRES 
A limitod number of young sows bred to a grand 
imported hoar for March and April farrow. 
Also a fine lot of fall pigs of tho highest quality 
and breeding at very attractive prices. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
Large Berkshire Swine 
Brooding herd of 150 animals to soleet from. 
Both English and American brooding. Breeding 
herd largely tho get of Lord Premier 50001, Premier 
Longfellow 68,600 and Masterpiece 77,000. 
Correspondence solicited. 
H. C. & II. II. Uarpending, Dundee, N. Y. 
SPRIN GBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES t 
A line bunch of Sows coining a year 
old by Grand Premier, No. 80005,bred to Baron Duke 
85th, No. 01215. A son of Premier Longfellow, No. 
08600, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1004. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbiedule, Conn. 
Stone Farm Berkshires 
5 Yearling Sows, bred to choice 
boars for April and May farrowing. 
10 Fall Hoars and f>0 Spring 
Pigs. All at attractive prices. Address all letters 
to RICHARD H. STONE, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
We Offer 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES 
Direct Premier Longfellow, Lord Premier and 
Musterpioce strains. Young stock for sale. 
S. C. FRENCH, Atwater, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires 
American and English Breeding. Matings not akin. 
Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGIIKY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES 
Three young hoars farrowed in Oct., and spring 
pigs, whose dam, Ivernia No. 7820, won 1st prize at 
N. Y. State Fair, Allentown, Pa.,Trenton, N. J., and 
six leading county fairs in 1006. Will sell cheap to 
quick buyer. Otto W. Post, Owasco Lake, N. Y. 
m CADM Berkshire Hogs and Jersey 
I nil III Cattle; stock for sale; always 
on hand. M. L. BENHAM, LeRoy, Ohio. 
LOCUST GROVE STOCK FARM has some fancy 
Chester White male pigs for sale. Ready for Spring 
Service from Prize winning ancestors; write for 
prices. H.S.IIill,Mgr.,K.I>.l,Seiiecaville,0. 
LARGE IMPROVED ENGLISH YORKSHIRES. 
from nest Importation. Address 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, New York. 
Reg, P, Chinas, Berkshires & C, Whites 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. 
Service Boars, have stock returned, 
refund money if not satisfactory. 
Reg. Uolsteins, Heifers, Bulls and 
Cows in Calf. HAMILTONAsCO.,Coehrauville,Pa 
FOR SALE-° hoieo Dur<>e •Jorsey Swine, Collie 
■ uii iiHbk |) (J1 , Si Also Eggs for Hatching from 
Partridge Plymouth Rocks, Golden Marred Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks, Rouen and Wild Mallard Ducks. 
All Prize Winning Stock, j. H. LEWIS & SON, 
R. D. 1, Cameron, W. Vu. 
JERSEY CATTLE, 
BERKSHIRE HOGS, 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
0 I f, PIGS, Mar. and April farrow. Mated not 
v. »• v. n kin. Bred sows. All Registered Silver 
Premium Stock. F. J. Schwartz, E. Pharsalia.N.Y 
REG. O. I. C. PIGS K 1 ft"! 
row. Gilts. Not bred. Young service hoars. 
CEDAR LAWN FAR 
mug 
M, L 
ludlowvillo, 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. 
Death ths Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
Wo will ««nc! you loo lb8. of DEI* 
HOLLAND'S MFDILATFD STOCK 
HALT on 00 (lays' trial freight 
prepaid. If you derive no benefit, 
It coMtn you nothing; if you do, it 
costs you $fi.oo. Jive ub your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMFDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio. 
