1911 . 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKER 
£6 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 14, 1911. 
FARM TOriCS. 
The Story of Alfalfa.25, 26 
The Pdoduets of an Acre.26 
potato Growing in California.27 
Alfalfa Seed in New York.27 
Different Forms of Lime.28 
Vetch for Ohio Soil.28 
Acetylene Refuse; Pig Manure.28 
An Ohio Potato Crop.29 
oats and Peas and Corn.29 
Water Supply for Barn.30 
A Farming Town in Southern New Hamp¬ 
shire ...31 
Fertilizing for Potatoes.31 
Killing Out Dodder.31 
Buying a Feed Mill.32 
Crops and Prices.32 
Drilling Wheat Both Ways.34 
Handling the Poultry Manure.35 
Value of Corn Fodder.37 
Hope Farm Notes..... 38 
Rhode Island Farmers Meet.41 
Keeping Roots Out of Drain Tile.47 
What to Do With Buckwheat.47 
Growing Cactus in Florida.48 
The Sunflower Crop.51 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Hens Against Cows.46 
Mange .46 
Heave's .46 
The Western Meat Situation.48 
Ringworm .48 
Sick Cat .48 
Congested Udder .*8 
Milk .49 
The Cost of Milk.49 
Bitter Milk .49 
Reduced Milk Flow.49 
Cabbage in Milk Ration.50 
A Kentucky Ration.50 
Ration With Mixed Materials.50 
New York Poultry Show.51 
Sprouted Oats for Poultry.51 
“Growth” on Chicken’s Toes.51 
Ganders Sing Tenor.51 
Poultry in Small Run.51 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Bone Tumor .52 
Abnormal Sweating .52 
Cow With Cough .52 
Rickets in Pigs.52 
Strangles .545 
Worms -. 52 
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Truss for Roaring Horse. 
I have a line large roaring mare eight 
years old. Would you indicate how spring 
mentioned on page 1149 is made and used, 
of what material and is it put inside of 
nostral or outside. N. a. m. 
New York. 
The truss is simply a pad of oakum or 
tow covered with chamois skin or other 
soft, pliable leather and kept pressing upon 
the outside of the false nostr’l, by means 
of a spring. Any harness maker will make 
the necessary apparatus. A spring, like 
that on ordinary ear muffs, may be used 
with success. a. s. a. 
Dog with Catarrh. 
I have a dog that was taken with sneez¬ 
ing last March like a person ; his nose now 
runs and his head gathers. His gums and 
his teeth bleed and he does not eat very 
much. When he was ttrst taken he was 
very fat, but now is quite thin. Can you 
give me any remedy ? T. M. 
New York. 
Keep the nose clean by sponging with a 
saturated solution of boric acid. Use a 
similar solution with which to wash the 
gums twice a day. Give two grains of qui¬ 
nine in capsule every night and twice a 
day 20 drops of elixir calisaya bark, iron 
and strychnine in a little water, a. s. a. 
Poultry Poisoned with Brine. 
What can ne done for poultry that has 
been poisoned by fish brine or salt? 
Baltimore, Md. l. c. C. 
All kinds of poultry, especially pigeons 
and turkeys, die so quickly from salt poi¬ 
soning that there is not much time to do 
anything for them. It usually takes less 
than an hour for them to die. If prompt 
Scours in Cow.52 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Size of Nut Seedlings.28 
Keep Lime from Strawberries.28 
Lime and Sulphur Injury.28 
Tax Exempted Orchards.29 
Grapes, Quince and Peach Orchards.30 
The Grimes Golden Apple.32 
The Inside Ballot .32 
The Cost of an Apple Orchard.33 
.Mix the Apple Varieties.34 
Possibilities of Orchard Heaters.34 
Protection Against Rabbits.36 
Trouble With Dwarf Apple.37 
Notes on Blackberries.39 
Mulched Peaches .39 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.42 
Home Treatment for Small Ills.42 
The Rural Patterns .43 
Enough for Two Days.43 
Haricot of Mutton.43 
Aunt Martha’s Envelope Library.44 
The Michigan Woman on Summer Board¬ 
ers .45 
Making Over to Advantage.45 
Stewed Red Cabbage .45 whip smartly 
Stuffed Potatoes With Hamburg Gravy..45 mean. 
Priscilla Cream Roll.45 _________ 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Handy Gate Fastener.27 
A White Winter .29 
Producer’s Share of Hats.31 
Express Charges.32 
Suggestion for Parcels Post.3S 
Use for Defaulted Bonds.35 
Products, Prices and Trade.36 
Editorials .40 
Other People’s Money.41 
Events of the Week.41 
Prepaid Express Charges.41 
A Consumer’s Observation About His 
Dollar .47 
Publisher’s Desk .54 
to get sick, it would be a good plan to 
wash out the crop with warm water, hold¬ 
ing the birds enough under a stream of 
water until the crop is full and then let.ting 
the head hang down while the contents of 
the crop runs out. Mild cases of poisoning 
may be saved in this way. c. s. g. 
Vicious Mare. 
I have a mare eight years old that was 
always quiet and gentle until three months 
ago she became cross so that I cannot 
use her. She will strike, bite and kick. Is 
there a cure? h. k. m. 
If possible have the mare spayed by 
an expert veterinarian. If this cannot be 
done give her a dram of iodide of potash 
twice a day in water for five consecutive 
days a week for several weeks, and feed 
her sparingly. She also should have the 
applied when she acts 
a. s. A. 
POULTRY 
TRUTHS 
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A YOKE OF YOUNG CATTLE. 
Fred Bayhan, the youngster with the 
calves in Fig. 11 (see first page), is 
following the advice of The R. N.-Y. 
by breaking a yoke of cattle. The Red 
Polled cow in Fig. 12 is the mother of 
these calves, which are twins and were 
about six weeks old when the pictures 
were taken. Oxen are of considerable 
utility on the farm, and this young man 
has made a good start, by kindness and 
patience, towards securing a dependable 
ox team. These calves weighed about 
155 pounds apiece, were quite thrifty 
After all, it’s the 
TRUTH—the plain 
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Preparing for Alfalfa. 
1 have a piece of ground, about one-half 
acre. I desire to sow in Alfalfa the coming 
season. It was an old peach orchard; the 
soil tv as corned two years, last Spring sown 
with oats aud Red clover. I got a nice 
stand of clover, during August turned the 
clover under and sowed with rye. In 
Spring I think I shall turn the rye under 
and sow with Canada peas and oats; cut 
the same for hay, plow and prepare the 
ground by frequent cultivation, lime and 
'hoculatlon, and sow about August 15. 
Mill it be better to let the rye mature and 
turn stubble down aud then prepare the 
ground as above? w. e. c. 
Flemington, N. J. 
Our plan would be to plow under the 
rye and seed to Canada peas. You should 
try to get all the vegetable matter possible 
into the soil when seeding Alfalfa, hut re¬ 
member that this makes more lime neces¬ 
sary. 
Peach and Apple Trees 
For fall or spring planting. Prices right; stock 
right. MYER & SON, Bridgeville, Del. 
CflD CAI C—Canada Peas,$1.85bushel; Alas- 
■ If it VHLL ka Peas, $4.00 bushel; Cow Peas. 
$2.25 bushel; Crimson Clover Seed, $8.50 bushel. 
Sow Canada Peas and Oats in March ami harvest 
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On account of the owners wish to discontinue 
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GU14KNSEY CATTLE of BKAFIBUKN FARMS, 
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head, various ages, from 1 month to 3 years. Also 
2 purebred Holstein cows in advanced registry 
Netherland Do Kol strain; one Guernsey bull, 15 
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Thirty-two head of Pure Southdown Ewes, im¬ 
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