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THE RT toaL NEW-YORKER 
May 6, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A “BACK TO THE LAND” COW. 
I have read the cow story of F. N. B., 
Pine Bluff, N. C., on page 458. He 
should not be discouraged. There are 
stock farms in his State that will sell 
him a good purebred cow at a fair 
price, or Clemson College, S. C., can 
put him in touch with good stock. A 
good dairy cow ought to produce $65 to 
$125 milk or butler a year, giving not 
less than 30 pounds of milk per day, and 
testing not less than five per cent butter 
fat. Being a back-to-the-land man, I 
know nothing about animals, but need¬ 
ing a cow I got in touch with a “re¬ 
liable” merchant in the nearby village 
who had an “eight-year-old” for sale. 
An experienced farmer acquaintance 
pronounced the cow and its vendor 
O. K. and trustworthy respectively. I 
soon found I had been swindled, but 
kept silent, thinking to repair the loss 
by the “breeding-up” process, so had the 
cow bred to the best bull on the country¬ 
side. In due time she dropped a likely 
heifer calf, which was bred to a first- 
class sire in season, which in turn pro¬ 
duced twin heifer calves. These calves 
and their dam I kept until they were 
nine months old, then realizing that these 
animals would never more than pay for 
their keep, sold them, getting $53 for the 
four. Other cow experiences have been 
just as interesting to me, and just about 
as unprofitable—but not many of them, 
for I studied the situation and mended 
my methods, while losing my regard for 
mankind, but not for the Jersey cow. 
Tompkins Co., N. Y. e. f. w. 
BREEDING UP HOLSTEIN COWS. 
I have been raising Holstein cows for 
the past 16 years and my father did on 
the same farm some 12 years previous. 
We milk about 40 cows and have found 
purchasing very unsatisfactory, because 
when a cow is for sale for less than the 
cost of raising her there is evidently a 
reason. She may have tuberculosis, she 
may have some bad tricks, sbe may have 
poor ancestors, or the habit of not pay¬ 
ing her board. I began managing the 
farm on my own account March 1, 1896, 
I have always kept the best registered 
Holstein bull I could get and have raised 
the heifers from the best cows. We 
have weighed and recorded every quart 
of milk from each cow every week, and 
though progress has been slow it is en¬ 
couraging. I give you the actual sum¬ 
mary of the cows that stayed in the barn 
and finish 52 weeks’ work for each year, 
and you will not then wonder when the 
heifers of my own raising began to 
milk the average production raised. 
1897 
10 
cows averaged for 52 weeks 
ii ii (t 44 
I.bs. 
6,562 
1898 
32 
5,890 
189!) 
39 
it 
it t 4 44 
6,005 
1900 
20 
n 
it it ii 
5,814 
1901 
23 
ii 
ii ii (4 
5.626 
1902 
26 
ii 
ii a a 
5,889 
1903 
38 
ii 
it ii a 
5,238 
1904 
36 
it 
a a a 
5,896 
1905 
34 
it 
a u a 
6,096 
1906 
27 
it 
it 41 44 
6,434 
3907 
29 
ii 
ii 44 44 
6,599 
190S 
25 
it 
44 44 44 
7.350 
1909 
26 
it 
44 44 44 
7,432 
1910 
22 
“ 
44 44 It 
7,725 
If 
I had kept 
25 cows for 13 
years 
that 
averaged as 
good as my best 
cows 
I would have $20,000 profit for 13 years. 
If I had kept 25 cows averaging with 
my poorest, I would have $19.50 for 
13 years work. a. j. pierpont. 
Connecticut. 
MORE EXPERIENCE WITH HORSE COM¬ 
PANIES. 
Possibly the story of our experience with 
horse companies will shed some light and 
probably act as a smoothing trowel on tbo 
subject. I believe that W. E. Duckwall, of 
Ohio, strikes the keynote when he says it 
is too bad that some communities will not 
buy a good horse until a horse peddler 
comes along. This one fact alone makes 
tlie horse peddler a necessary evil for the 
improvement of horses in far too many sec¬ 
tions of this country. Who will deny that 
the breeders and importers are not a great 
boon in improving the horses of this coun¬ 
try? The numerous horse breeding estab¬ 
lishments of this country cost millions upon 
millions of dollars to supply the demand 
and to keep up their breeding stock. These 
breeders or establishments are compelled to 
import from France and other foreign coun¬ 
tries a great number of breeding horses; 
consequently these foreign breeders set the 
price that we must pay for horses of the 
right quality and breeding. Now this should 
not be the case. We can raise just as good 
horses as any foreign country; all we need 
to do is to get the best, with right breeding 
to begin with. Such stock will cost no 
more to keep and will do as much work 
as ordinary bred horses. Until we do this 
the breeder will continue to import and 
sell registered horses for the best price he 
can get; he has that right, and it seems to 
be human nature to use such right. 
What is a good registered draught horse 
worth? W. B. Otto says he once sold a 
Belgian for .$2600, agreeing to take 13 
colts at five months old as part payment. 
The writer is of the opinion that Mr. Otto 
got those 13 colts on the clear, after allow¬ 
ing himself a reasonable profit on the horse 
sold at $2600, and as a support to my opin¬ 
ion I will relate the experience I have had 
with horse companies. Like Mr. Otto, I 
have been through the mill too, but with 
different results, as my grist was heavily 
tolled. In March, 1902, about 25 farmers 
here organized a stock company among our¬ 
selves for the purpose of purchasing two 
rather good draught stallions, aged four 
and five years. These horses had been 
shipped out by one of the most prominent 
stock farmers of Illinois. The agent was 
already here with the horses, and priced 
them at $1500 each. This price we agreed 
to give, and gave the agent in payment 
three $1,000 notes, payable in one, two and 
three years, bearing interest from date. 
The president of our new company endorsed 
the notes, which made them as iron-clad as 
anyone could wish. A short time, probably 
six months after purchasing these horses, 
we thought possibly we had paid too much 
for them; consequently we made the com¬ 
pany who held our $3,000 worth of notes 
an offer of $2300 cash for them, which the 
company accepted and was promptly paid 
by us. I dare say $1100 or $1200 each will 
buy good breeding stallions of right quality 
from any of the prominent stud farms to¬ 
day. Why farmers will continue to pur¬ 
chase stallions from agents at anywhere 
from $1800 to $3600 I cannot see. The 
two horses purchased by us proved to be 
noble breeders, and are now looking as well 
as they did nine years ago. Neither one 
has a blemish or missed a season during 
this time. Their offspring attracts buyers, 
who invariably come again. This section 
of Virginia, with its Blue grass and river 
bottom lands, is peculiarly adapted to the 
raising of good horses, this fact being al¬ 
ready recognized by the U. S. Army officials, 
who have established a remount station 
here and are raising horses to supply the 
regular army. c. u. s. 
Front Royal, Va. 
PIGS AND MOLASSES. 
The enclosed was published in the Con¬ 
necticut Farmer. Perhaps you might think 
it worth while to give it space, as it might 
reach some who would be helped by it. The 
article is a plain statement of facts. 
Connecticut. geo. b. hyde. 
R. N.-Y.—Mr. Hyde says that he moved 
to a farm and wanted to keep a pig. He 
hesitated because he thought milk was a 
necessity and lie did not keep a cow. Then 
he heard that molasses will take the place 
of milk. 
“In October I bought a pig seven weeks 
old that was dropped September 5; four 
week later bought one dropped September 
7. I fed them one quart warm water, one 
teaspoonful of molasses thickened with 
wheat middlings; the second week I doubled 
the molasses, and as they grew kept in¬ 
creasing water and feed until I was feed- 
uig one quart of molasses per day for the 
two pigs. March 23 I butchered one pig 
that dressed 188 pounds. The pig would 
have cost me 12 cents per pound, or $22.56. 
The next morning a man drove into my 
yard, saying that lie would get me 12 cents 
for the other if I wished to sell it. It was 
the larger of the two, but I intend to breed 
it. The men I bought the pigs from said 
I had beaten them all, and they have lots 
of milk to feed, also corn. I figure the 
cost of these pigs as follows : 
DR. 
i pig . 
1 pig . 
20 gals, molasses. 
Corn . 
. 5.00 
. 3.00 
. 1.20 
Middlings . 
Cormneal . 
. 4.85 
ctt. 
188 lbs. pork at 12 cents. 
Manure . 
$29.25 
.$22.56 
$24.56 
$4.69 
“I now have one pig in the pen that will 
dress 200 pounds, that has cost me $4.69. 
1 have bought all the feed ; the only waste 
from the house they had was potato and 
apple parings. I have not fed swill, slops 
or garbage, but good clean feed. I forgot 
to mention that I found about one-half 
bushel of charcoal on the place, giving them 
a little each day.” 
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mares. For information address WAYNE 
DINS M ORE, Secretary, Union Stock Yards. 
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DAIRY CATTXiiE 
REG. HOLSTEIN MALE CALVES 
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F. H. RIVENBURGH, HILLHURST FARM, MUNNSVILLE, N. Y. 
“Si HOLSTEINS 
are bred for large production, good size, strong 
constitution, and host individuality. The best 
sires are used in this herd that it is possible to se¬ 
cure. A nice lot of young bulls for sale; no females. 
A. A. CORTELYOU. SOMERVILLE, N. J. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
THE MOST PROFITABLE DAIRY BREED 
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They are Tuberculin Tested. Forty just fresh and 
that will freshen in the next two months, with 
milk records from 8,000 to 12,000 lbs. in the last 
year. V. D. ROBINSON, JfiDMESTON, N. Y. 
[ ALLAMUCHY FARM HOLSTEINS 
Wo offer well bred bull calves out of A. R. O. 
dams at reasonable prices. Send for list before 
placing your order. ALLAMUCHY, N. J. 
Registered Holstein Bulls ^ a ^, u, s!3; 
bulls from one month to 18 months of age. Best A. 
R. O. breeding and individuality. State your wants. 
JAKVIS BUGS. .... FI j creek, N. Y. 
BULLS FOR SALE 
We offer for sale at our farm at Earl- 
ville, Madison County, New York:— 
Ono Registered Guernsey Bull, age 1 year, 7 mos. 
One Registered Brown Swiss Bull, age 1 year,3 mos. 
One Registered Brown Swiss Bull,ago3 years,9 mos. 
Address: 
BORDKN’S CONDENSED MILK CO. 
Earlville, Madison County, New York 
W. C. Young, Supt. 
FOR SALE-GRADE GUERNSEYS 
Delmar, N. Y. 
Jersey Bulls For Spring Service 
From Son of " The Imported .Tap.” Danis are 
Flying Fox, Financial King, Stoke Pogis, and 
Combination Blood. Also Fertile Eggs from 
Young’s S. C. W. Leghorns, Wrights W. W.van- 
dottos, and Tuttle’s R. and S. O. R. I, Reds. $1.00 
per 15, $5.00 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
SlIELDONCROFT, Silver Lake, Pa. 
Clias. B. Dayton,Supt. 
LAUREL FARM JERSEYS 
breed regularly, and their calves live. Fern’s Jubi¬ 
lee still heads tbo herd. What do you want? 
Will also soil full blooded Morgan filly, coming 
2 and a beauty, at $100. 
J. GRANT MOUSE, Hamilton, N. V. 
COW COMFORT 
V 
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durable, easily locked. Foster 
Steel 8 t u >i c h I o n a cannot be 
opened by the cattle. Top and bot¬ 
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ment, standing or lying down, yet 
keep cattle lined up and clean. 
Write for new booklet showing 
model stables. 
Foster Steel Stanchion Co., 
906 Ins. Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 
pm I |C Dll DP —From imported stock. Females 
UULLiL i U lu cheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
SWIKTE 
LARGE BERKSHIREvS 
Not the cheapest, but llio best. Special offering of 
Spring pigs, single or mated, for breeding. Cata¬ 
logue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg!:, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
ter Boy, 82729. for sale cheap. OSWEGO RIVER 
STOCK FARMS, Phoenix. New York. 
Breed Up—Kot Down^T»ri«S3 T 2 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. F. 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
SWIWE 
KALORAMA FARM 
is now offering a limited number of 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
from eight to twelvo weeks old. of 
the highest quality and breeding, 
. . . AT REASONABLE PRICES . . . 
CALVIN J. HUSON, - PENNYAN, N.Y 
| ARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD-Special Offering 
L of Service Boars. Good useful Boars, $30 to $10. 
Fancy Boars for the breeder and exhibitor, $50 and 
up. They should develop into 800-pound boars at 
maturity. H. C. 8 H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee. N. Y. 
LARGE YORKSRIRE PIGS 
Boars ready for service May Sl.UUtflbH 
15, 1911. Clias. H. Emeus, Spring Hill Farm, Binghamton, N.Y. 
FflR QAI C— One large Berkshire Boar Pig, $20; 
lUn OnLL three large Berkshire Gelts, $15each. 
Also orders taken for pigs. ,8. C. \V. Leghorn Eggs, 
$5 per hundred. GEO. L. FERRIS, Atwater. N.Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES."^tfS 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have l sows bred to farrow In July ; late, toser- 
vice of Watson's Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WA1S0N, Pioprietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
D UROO P1GiS,$ 8. White Buff Rocks and Leghorn 
eggs, $2. Serene Wieks, DeGraff, Ohio. 
S HELDON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex. 
Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding. 
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