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THE K.UK.A.T NEW-YORKER 
August 29, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A THIN CALF. 
I have a fine Guernsey cow. She gave 
liirth in March last to her first heifer calf. 
As it was almost perfect in its markings, 
and also giving every assurance as to size 
and development of its mother, 1 concluded 
to save it and bring it up. It has grown* 
exceedingly fast, seems 1o be kind, but 
does not and never has developed any fat, 
but rather keeps poor and its appetite 
has also been rather dainty. It does not 
take to hay or fodder and has also never 
shown any eagerness to eat grass. It is 
now inclined to ignore anything, simply 
drinking milk diluted with water; does not 
take to any kiixl of ground feed. Can 
you recommend anything to be done to 
make an appetite or remove this starving 
disposition? I am inclined to think that 
she is getting weak, although her eye is 
bright and she seems to look all right. 
Long Island. r. it. b. 
As you say your calf has grown ex¬ 
ceedingly fast, I am inclined to think 
that you have been pampering her and 
feeding her just a little too much. You 
should not expect a growing Guernsey 
calf to develop fat, as it would practi¬ 
cally destroy her future value as a dairy 
cow. All you want to do is to keep her 
in good growing condition. Of course, 
we occasionally find a calf that is nat¬ 
urally a poor feeder and rather dainty 
even when she is full grown. Such 
cows will never make extra large pro¬ 
ducers, because they do not possess the 
natural capacity to cat and digest the 
proper amount of food. There is no 
A FEW WORDS FOR SHEEP. 
Year after year, one after another, 
sheep are the most profitable of any 
farm animals. This being the fact, then 
why not consider of animal profit in 
that light? Perhaps some of our dairy 
men will say no. Well, I think very 
likely that some of you men never 
ought to go into a sheep yard; if you 
hate sheep then leave them alone, be¬ 
cause you would never succeed with 
them. Let your wife still drudge in the 
old calico dress instead of wearing 
richer garments and taking a drive 
often in the carriage or auto or spend¬ 
ing a little vacation now and then. The 
fact of labor between the two classes 
of stock is a vital question. Man’s 
life is only a span long. Then, instead 
of sitting under a cow twice a day, 
every day, 12 months in the year, why 
not go in the sheep pasture now and 
then and watch the golden hoof? You 
will not see them destroying your mea¬ 
dows by pulling the roots every mouth¬ 
ful they get. You will find meekness 
and contentment, unless you are feeding 
them something after the fashion that 
some good folks give to the missionaries 
—things that arc of no account. Sheep 
on the farm means a better class of 
hired help; it is only now and then 
you’ll find a man who likes to milk, or 
who ought to he permitted to milk. Just 
now I would say, what is there that can 
improve the condition of a widow who 
has been left with one or perhaps half 
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A BUNCH OF FINE SHROPSHIRES. Fic. 312. 
way of changing a cow’s nature in this 
respect. I would suggest that you try 
feeding the calf just what new milk it 
will drink quickly and greedily, prob¬ 
ably four quarts at a feed twice a 
day would be enough with good pasture. 
Continue this feed for a week or until 
you see signs of improvement in the 
calf, and then gradually change to sweet 
skim-milk bv mixing a little skim-milk 
in with each feed. This change must 
he made very slowly during two or three 
weeks at least. As soon as the calf will 
tat ground feed a very little wheat mid¬ 
dlings and O. P. oil meal, equal parts, 
may be mixed with the milk at first, un¬ 
til the calf learns to like it, when it 
should be fed dry immediately after the 
milk. One of the most common mis¬ 
takes in feeding calves is to make too 
abrupt changes in either the quantity 
i r quality of the food. While some 
strong calves will stand almost any kind 
of feeding and seem to do well, those 
which are naturally delicate, like Jer¬ 
seys or Guernseys, must be fed with 
great care, or they will never become 
profitable producers. c. s. greene. 
Stock ix Orchards. —I do not want 
cattle or horses in the orchard at all. I 
use sheep, but they bunch up around a tree 
and stamp flies until I think they injure 
(he trees. You cannot use sheep at all in 
low-headed or young trees. I hate a hen on 
a farm anyway, but where a person can 
love a lien they are all right. I believe 
hogs are about as good as hens, although 
1 don’t keep them. If cultivation Is fol¬ 
lowed, and I believe that is the best, there 
is nothing for stock to oat. and you have 
lo have some other way to keep up fertility 
anyway than by stock pastured in orchards. 
CLARK ALLIS. 
a dozen fatherless children and many 
acres more than a fine flock of sheep? 
I mean profitable sheep. “Oh,” some 
one will say, “sheep are sheep.” But 
some sheep are not sheep, when you 
come right down for profit. In buying 
don't see how cheap a sheep you can 
get, but how good. Don’t buy cheap 
sheep thinking you can improve them, 
but rather purchase good breeders and, 
be willing to improve them. Breed for 
high quality. Don’t buy a grade ram; 
remember the sire is 6-8 of the flock. 
Some are asking what breed to buy. 
Buy in accord with your tastes and 
surroundings. What does the market 
require? What breed does your farm 
require? Where do you live? What is 
the climate? Have you a hilly, rough 
farm, or low rich bottom land? It 
matters not if you put the right breed, 
according to its adaptability, whether 
rough land or large crop producing 
land; there is, I say, properly managed, 
money in sheep. Raise the carcass that 
the butcher demands and in so doing 
don’t forget the fleece. It costs no more 
to keep a sheep that shears 12 pounds 
than one that shears only five. The 
difference in the heft of those two 
weights will almost winter the sheep, 
and don’t overlook the high quality of 
their manure. chas. criddle. 
Livingston Co., N. Y. 
Fine Shropshire Youngsters. —At 
Fig. 212 is shown a few young Shrop- 
shires on the farm of Henry L. Ward- 
well, Springfield Centre, N. Y. This ex¬ 
cellent breed ranks high for mutton and 
lambs, and shears a very fair fleece. 
The ewes are prolific, frequently raising 
twins or triplets, and the lambs mature 
early. 
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I. B. Calvin, Vice-Pres¬ 
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BULL CALVES-YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size and individ¬ 
uality. All are from officially tested dams, and are 
I sired by Homestead Girl lie Kol’s Sarcastic 
[ Lad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will be kept in the Herd and officially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
We Would Like To Sell 
Twenty Cows—2 to 7 Years Old 
most of which are coining fresh this Fall, some 
recently fresh. Every one sound and right in every 
particular. Tuberculin tested. They are splen¬ 
didly bred, of good size, great dairy cows, and will 
please the purchasers. A great opportunity to 
seeme absolutely sound cows that are wonderful 
producers at a reasonable price. 
THK STEVENS BROS.-HA.STINGS CO., 
Brookside Herd, - Liverpool, N. Y. 
THE STEVENS HERD 
offe nS 
20 REGISTERED HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN 
COWS from 2 to 6 years old. These cows are 
large producers, well bred and perfect in every¬ 
way, some recently fresh, others due soon, others 
i bred to freshen in the fall. All have A.R.O. backing. 
PRICE REASONABLE. 
Write at once for particulars, or better come and 
see them. 
HENRY STEVENS & SON,Brookside Stock Farm,Lacona,N.Y. 
Holstein Bull Calves. 
S20.00 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 I)eKol 
Jr* KIVENBUKOII DUOS., IfiHimt-st Farm, Oneida, N. V 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
GENIE CLOTBILDE, one of the world's 
official record cows with 30.03 lbs. butter in seven 
days and 116.43 lbs. butter in thirty days. 
PONTIAC CHIRON, one of tlio best sons of 
Hengerveld De Kol. Out of a dam with a record of 
23.7 lbs. butter in seven days and with two sisters 
on tlie dam’s side with records of 26.39 lbs. butter at 
four years and 20.59 lbs. butter at three years of age. 
Bull Calves For Sale. 
W. W. CHENEY, - Manlius, N. Y. 
The BLOOMINGDALE 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 
see thorn. 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 Bull Calves. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES. 
Most approved breeding. All animals guaranteed 
large. Write for prices. 
B. Harpending, Dundee, N. Y. 
ng. 
and registered free of ens 
H. C. & II. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send for free illustrated pamphlet describing 
this great breed of cattle. 
JLJ-^—HOjJCJHTON^-Sec’y.-Brattleboro, Vt. 
RFD POT T ^ Are the Most Profitable 
IVE/Lf rUULO Cattle on Eartl) . 
As fine herds of Red Polls and (unregistered) 
Guernseys as any in the state of Pennsylvania at 
Uniomlnlo Stock Farm. A limited number for sale. 
D. L. Stevens, Proprietor. Uniondale,Susq.Co.,Pa. 
C OLLIE PUPS from imported Stock. Females 
cheap. NELSON BRCS. Grove City, Pa. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose,Pa. 
COD C Al C Registered kambouillet Sheep 
run dflLC and O. I. C. Swine. 
C. W. HALLIDAY, Route 2, Hammondsport, N. Y. 
0 URflPQUI D EIQ —30 Yearling Rams, 30 Ram 
OnnUromnLO Lambs. Also Ewes and Ewe 
Lambs; 2 extra rams for show. Address 
FRED VAN VLEET Lodi. New York. 
m C ARM Berkshire Hogs and Jersey 
Inlllll Cattle; stock for sale; always 
on hand. M. L. BENHAM, LeRoy, Oiiio. 
0 | f PIGS, Mar. and April farrow. Mated not 
. l. U. a ] ; j n Bred sows. All Registered Silver 
Premium Stock. F. J. Schwartz, E. Pharsalia.N.Y 
CHOICE BERKSHIRE SERVICE BOARS 
Two 3 year old and one I year old son of Premier 
Longfellow; one six months old son of Lord 
Premiers Rival and one son of Lord Premier 2nd; 
one 1 year old son of O. H. F. Sensation; 3 1 year 
old sons of Premier Longfellow. Several spring 
pigs, both sexes, by same boars: all are line bred 
and out of Lord Premier and Premier Longfellow 
sows. Registered and transferred free. Also 
several year old brood sows bred to above boars. 
JAMES MARSH, Greenwich, Conn. 
Aberdeen Cattle and 0,1. C. Hogs 
nitDER NOW.—I am booking orders for O. I. O. 
Pigs, either sex, to bo shipped when six weeks 
old, f. o. b., Walker, N. Y., $5 each; eight weeks 
old, $7 each. Cash must accompany all orders. 
My breeders are in fine condition; they have a 
large range and plenty of running water. All 
breeding stock is registered. 
ELM BANK STOCK AND FRUIT FARM, 
1>. H. Hamil, Prop., Walker. N. Y. 
CLARION FARM BERKSHIRES. 
Choice individuals all ages in both sexes, bred 
sows, service boars. Some hog as well as pedigree. 
State your .wishes, prices reasonable considering 
quality and breeding. America's and England’s 
l>rize winners and highest priced strains represented 
in our herd, all line bred in respective families. 
Sons and daughters of Lord Premier, Masterpiece, 
Lord Premier's Rival Sensation, Premier Long¬ 
fellow, Black Robinhood, American bred. Baron 
Kitchener, Supremo Boy, Pol gate, and Compton, 
English bred. Service of our herd hours for sale 
on registered sows. Catalogue and text book, post¬ 
age lOets. Clarion Farm, R. C. 3, Greenwich, Conn. 
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. 
SPRIHGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES «, 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year 
ojd by Grand Premier, No. 80005, bred to Baron Duke 
85th, No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow, No. 
68600, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale. Conn. 
LOCUST HOME BERKSHIRES 
Direct Premier Longfellow, Lord Premier and 
Masterpiece strains. Young stock for sale. 
S. C. FRENCH, Atwater, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires 
American and English Breeding. Matings not akin. 
Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
Duroc Jersey- Red Pigs and Collie Pups. 
We have a fine lot of Red Pigs we must sell. If you 
want some nice Pigs write us; will Price them 
right. J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cameron, W. Va. 
A Few Gilts For Sale, 
duo to farrow between now 
and September 15,1908; also 
Spring pigs of both sexes. 
Write for prices to J«*»* 
(loudMine Jr.,Potomue,Ver.Co.,III. 
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