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THE RURAR NEW-YORKEB 
February 25. 
A GOOD COW. 
I wish to get your opinion upon a 
cow I own. I am no farmer, but live 
in the village. I bought this cow last 
March; she was fresh in January, was in 
poor condition when I got her. I 
weighed every milking up to January 22, 
1911. From March 24 to January 22 
she gave 7,121 pounds of milk. We 
sold all of her milk but what we kept 
for our own use, and counting what we 
used she brought us in about $150. She 
is part Jersey, I don’t know how much 
Jersey or what breed the rest is. I 
paid $50 for her. We consider her a 
good cow, but having had no experience 
in cows, would like your opinion upon 
her. We think she has more than paid 
for herself and her keep the past sea¬ 
son, and for wintering her through. 
Wellsville, N. Y. A. m. d. 
R. N.-Y.—That is a good cow. Many 
a purebred with a yard long pedigree 
would be proud of her record. 
MUZZLE FOR UGLY SOW. 
For the benefit of some R. N.-Y. 
reader in his time of need I send you 
description of a homemade appliance, 
used by a neighbor of mine, which will 
reridet the cross sow harmless and tract¬ 
able, when it is a case of life or death 
(generally death) to the pig that comes 
near her. Just cut off the top of an 
old felt boot overshoe, one having two 
or three buckles, and buckle it around 
her nose, medium tight, fastening with 
a stout string back of her ears, and 
the game is won. Arrange it so that 
THE SOW AND HER MUZZLE. 
her rose will be out far enough to drink 
and breathe well, yet still be unable to 
open her mouth. Since prevention is 
better than cure, it is well to add that 
proper feeding and breeding will largely 
do away with cross sows; but the writer 
once had a well-mannered animal, one 
that had reared several litters, positively 
refuse to allow the pigs to nurse. The 
cause of her ill-temper was that those 
pigs were born with needle-pointed 
tusks, and her only way to stop their 
biting was to kill them. By clipping off 
the end of each tusk with a pair of lamp 
trimmers the cause was removed and 
the trouble ended. Timely attention to 
such little details quite generally elim¬ 
inates the element of “luck” so often 
ascribed to stock-raising. h. 
CLOVER IN THE SILO. 
I have never seen the crop of 
clover put into the silo alone, but 
have seen the second crop or cut¬ 
ting put in in connection with corn, 
I have had no experience on my 
own farm in this matter, but have helped 
neighbors, so can speak from observa¬ 
tion only. Those who have cut clover 
and corn together into the silo think 
very highly of the feed. The rule here 
seems to be one load of clover to about 
three of corn, both being fed into the 
cutter at the same time, the clover from 
one of the machines and the corn from 
the other. With both men feeding as 
fast as possible, the load of clover will 
take as long as three of corn. We are 
often told to make hay of our clover, as 
it loses nothing that way, but it seems 
to me that there would be just the same 
difference with clover that there is with 
corn. We know that we get much bet¬ 
ter results with silage than we do with 
dry fodder. Why not the same differ¬ 
ence with clover? I have often had a 
big crop of second growth of clover at 
silo filling time and it is a great tempta¬ 
tion to cut and put it in the silo, but I 
swore off either cutting or pasturing 
this second growth, and we stick to our 
swear. We have made arrangements to 
use some Alfalfa this way this coming 
Fall. The only objection against this 
work comes from the machine men. Un¬ 
less care is taken in raking and drawing 
the clover many little stones will be 
gathered up and many times damage 
will be done the cutter. They try here 
to make the farmer who has the work 
done become responsible for any damage 
done. c. i. hunt. 
Law Regarding Brewers’ Grains. 
I fail to find wet brewers' grains licensed 
by the sellers thereof. I fail to find any 
provision of the law that exempts them 
from paying tax, just as other feeds must 
be taxed. My opinion is that if farmers 
knew how much they were paying for plain 
water there would be less of this unsani¬ 
tary feed used. I wish you would look 
over the law and see if I am not right. 
Ohio. J- w. G. 
Section 12717 of the Ohio Food and 
Drug laws reads in part as follows: 
“Whoever sells, exchanges or delivers milk 
from cows fed on wet distillery waste or 
starch waste shall be fined not less than 
$50, etc.” The Ohio Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment enforces the feed stuffs law requiring 
a license fee of $25 on each brand of dried 
distillers’ grains or dried brewers’ grains 
placed on the market. 
Eczema. 
What is wrong with my dog? He broke 
out on his nose in blotches last Fall, but 
there was no pus, only the hair came off 
in patches and he still remains so. He 
is also lame in the right fore foot, hair is 
coming off foot. Foot does not seem to be 
sore. Dog is 18 months old. s. L. F. 
West Virginia. 
Apply sulphur ointment freely once a 
day to each affected part. It may be 
eczema, but that would scarcely explain 
the lameness, yet we cannot say what is 
causing that, as an examination would be 
necessary. We suspect that a foreign body 
is present in a pad or toe of foot. 
a. s. A. 
Horse with Catarrh. 
I have a horse eight years old, in good 
flesh, and works every day. He has a whit® 
discharge, sometimes thick and sometime* 
thin, from his nose, and coughs some. Will 
you tell me what the trouble is, and what 
treatment I can give him? k. 
Massachusetts. 
In such a case the most important mat¬ 
ter is to decide whether or not glanders ia 
the cause of the discharge. If it is, tho 
animal has to be destroyed according to 
State law, and the premises quarantined 
and disinfected. We cannot decide the 
matter, so an expert should be called in 
to make the necessary examination. It may 
be stated, however, that discharge is simply 
a symptom, and may indicate simple or 
chronic catarrh, or be due to a diseased 
molar tooth in the upper iaw and that 
might be removed by trephining, a. s. a. 
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