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Live Stock and Dairy 
PROPAGATING THE FAMILY COW. 
The picture, page 799, Fig. 303, shows 
four generations of Jersey-Guernsey 
grades, three of which were bred and 
raised by Clarence Langley, of Somer¬ 
set County, Me. He operates his farm 
alone, and during May was milking but 
six cows, including a 19-months-old 
heifer, but the cream wagon took 106 
pounds of separator cream from four 
milkings on one day. The excellence 
and uniformity of the animals in the 
tie-up so impressed me when I was 
there that I made some inquiries as to 
the method of raising the calves. I 
found that Mrs. Langley is quite a fac¬ 
tor in the process, for she prepares the 
feed, that is in part. As soon as the 
calves have sucked once, they are taken 
away from their mothers and taught to 
drink. They get fresh whole milk for 
about a week, but after that are shifted 
onto the separator product quite rapid¬ 
ly. Along with the shifting process 
comes the addition of boiled flour paste, 
that is the product of Mrs. Langley’s’ 
culinary skill. Like most really good 
cooks she never measures the ingre¬ 
dients, but in general uses one part of 
flour to six parts of water, measured. 
The flour is first stirred into a thick 
paste with cold water, boiling water is 
then added and the whole allowed to 
cook for about half an hour. In shift¬ 
ing from the whole milk to the skim- 
milk-paste combination, the amount of 
the latter is increased gradually until 
it comprises about a quarter of the 
whole. Mrs. Langley also takes par¬ 
ticular pains to keep the feeding pails 
especially clean, and says that they have 
not had a calf off feed in years. Be¬ 
ginning the sixth week the calves get a 
little dry middlings, and some nice fine 
hay as soon as they are ready to eat it. 
When they are finally taken to pasture 
the feeding process is tapered off so 
that there is no check to their growth. 
The most conclusive evidence in favor 
of this method is the appearance of 
the third and fourth generation that has 
grown up under it. c. m. g. 
R. N.-Y.—The four generations are 
shown in the picture, Fig. 303, as fol¬ 
lows: From left to right in the picture: 
Six weeks bull calf, 196 pounds; 19- 
inonths-old heifer giving 16 quarts of 
milk daily; three-year-old cow giving 
18 quarts of milk daily; seven-year-old 
cow giving \9]/ 2 quarts of milk daily. 
These animals are a combination of 
Jersey and Guernsey blood and show the 
profit of printing new editions of the 
good family cow. 
THE RURAL, -NEW-YORKER. 
and considered unwarranted. We think we 
ought to have half the retail price at least. 
The milk dealers fix the price they pay, 
and the price at which they sell, and in 
this way manage to “make the ends meet.” 
The Borden condensery is the most satis¬ 
factory milk market in the State. The New 
York board of health does not meddle with 
their dairymen. The company has its own 
sanitary regulations and is not unreasonable. 
As to the outlook for the future it is ex¬ 
tremely uncertain. We are suffering from 
a very severe drought. We have had only 
one good rain since the middle of April, it 
was wet up to that time. Since then the 
only rain of any account was the three 
days June 4-G. The hay crop is short 
twenty-five per cent or thirty per cent, and 
is drying up standing. Pastures are dry and 
eaten to the roots. Some farmers are feed¬ 
ing their cows. It now threatens our corn 
crop. If that should fail there is no telling 
where we would be. Until last Winter the 
Bordens refused to receive milk from silage 
at the condensery. Now the Borden men 
are in most cases preparing to put up silage 
for next Winter. Our aim is, and always 
has been to make milk as cheap as possible. 
But with the increasing demands for a 
high per cent of butter fat, a low bacteria 
content, air space, light and ventilation 
and greater cost of labor, we feel that the 
price of milk must be advanced or we will 
be compelled to abandon the dairy, for some 
other branch of farming. H. v. D. K. 
Amenia Union, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page 
August 5, 
Boston Milk Situation. 
The price of milk shipped to Boston was 
advanced July 1G about eight cents per 8%- 
quart can on the general average by some 
contractors and all will probably fall in line 
not later than August 1. On the B. & A. 
R. R. the farmers will receive east of 
Worcester 34 and 35 cents per 8%-quart 
can delivered on cars. In cases where it is 
collected by team and carted to railroad 
two or three cents per can is charged foT 
cartage, and deducted from the 34 or 35 
cents. As most of the milk is handled this 
way the price at the farm net is about 30 
cents on the average, in some cases a few 
cents more and in other cases probably a 
cent or two loss. The cause of this advance 
which we asked for July 1 and were re¬ 
fused (and given a two cent advance in¬ 
stead) is the fact that the contractors could 
not got enough milk to supply their trade 
from any source whatever, as milk is very 
short all over New England. 
In this vicinity when we failed to get 
what we asked for July 1, while we did not 
strike, we sent only what milk we could not 
dispose of to other outlets and use in other 
ways at home. We sold to local parties 
wherever possible, and at this time of year 
with many city people camping and board¬ 
ing about here much has been disposed of 
to them. Thus we cut the shipment down 
to almost half the usual supply on our local 
car, and as this was done more or less all 
over the milk section usually sold to Bos¬ 
ton they were forced to pay more in order 
to get the milk they wanted and must have 
to supply the trade. The dry season has 
also helped in reducing the supply and un¬ 
less we have a very wet season from now 
on the price will have to advance again later 
on. Pastures are all gone, hay crop very 
snort, and corn in many cases is very poor. 
Conditions in this immediate vicinity are 
the worst for years for all kinds of crops, 
including small fruits and berries. The B. 
C . M. P. Co. have been urging for the better 
price and also asking the farmers individ¬ 
ually to write and ask for same ever sinde 
the low cut April 1. A> E P- 
Iloplcinton, Mass. 
LESS THAN 2 CENTS 
a year 
For Oil and Repairs 
A regular hand-driven, five hundred 
pounds capacity per hour 
SHARPLES 
Tubular Cream Separator 
has recently finished work equal to 100 years’ 
service in a five to eight cow dairy. Total cost 
tor oil and repairs only one dollar and fifteen 
cents. Less than two tents per year. Write for 
free dlustrated account and see how the parts 
of this I ubular resisted wear. 
You are right in concluding that a separator 
which gives you this kind of service is 
the quality separator—The World's Best 
„ n . c !J}P t mhc \ * hat Tubulars are later than 
and different from all others. Built on tho 
only known principle which overcomes tho 
many parts and faults of others. Patented. 
n2dis°l!s be T^ce a th e d - ^ Tubulars hav ° 
skimming force of 
others. Skim faster 
and twice as clean. 
Wear a lifetime. 
Guaranteed forever 
by America’s oldest 
and world’s biggest 
separator concern. 
Everybody nat¬ 
urally wants a ' 
modern sepa¬ 
rator. That is 
why users of 
other ma¬ 
chines finally 
buy Tubulars. 
You can ar¬ 
range with our 
local agent for 
free trial. 
Other separa¬ 
tors taken in 
exchange. 
Write for cat¬ 
alog No. 153. 
30 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO„ 
WEST CIIE8TEH, PA. * 
ChloAKo. III., Han Franolsco. Cal., Portland. Ora. 
T oronto, Can.Winnipeg, Can. 
DiYIIlY CATTLE 
SIR AAGGIE LINCOLN DE KOL-SR 1 '"- 
"AU h° rl1 Jan. 1, half whito, by Belus Lincoln, out 
of I '‘.usy Aaggio Queen. Price only $75 f, o. b. 
cratea. CLOVIiiRDALE BARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
THE MOST PROFITABLE DAIRY BREED 
Illustratod Descriptive Booklets Free 
HOLSTEIN-FRIES1AN ASS’N OF AMERICA 
F. L. HOUGHTON. SEC’Y. BOX 105, BRATTLEBORO, VT. 
at,ft HOLSTEINS 
are hied for laige production, good size, strong 
constitution, and best individuality. The best 
sires are used m this herd that it is possible to se¬ 
cure. A nice lot ol young bulls for sale; nofomalos 
A. A. CORTELYOU. Somerville N. J. 
SHELDONCROFT 
J. T. RUSSELL, Prop. CHflS. B. DAYTON. Supt. 
SILVER LAKE, Susq. Co., Pa. 
pure Bred Jersey Cattle. Berkshire Swine. 
Breed Up-Not Down“ J ,r r ..“"‘;eS’S 
Eureka Stock Fariu -Ite j?T) e L ecl Jerse y b»hs 
u , , , 1 0,1,1 and Heifers,G monthsto 3 
years old. Chester White, Poland China and 
Berkshire Pigs. Scotch Collie l*up 8 and a variety 
Of poultry. Send two-cont stump for circular. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Pa. 
AT LAUREL FARM 
1,00,1 cows - 
J. (iKANT MORSE, Hamilton, N, Y. 
7OR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE BULL 
horn March 2, 1900. Price, $80.00. ’ 
ARTHUR G. WELLS, Oswayo. Pa. 
Wilk Producers f i° r -? ew L ork City market 
c , , desning information how to 
n r Ches t l0 dairymen’s League, write to 
tho Secretary, Albert Manning, Otisville, N. Y. 
SWINE 
1 95 and Upward 
AMERICAN 
SEPARATOR 
FREE TRIAL FULLY GUARANTEED. 
Easy running. Easily cleaned. 
. , , Whether dairy is largo or small, 
obtain our handsome free catalog. Address 
■ i.rirt.si . ow... ■ - ■-p „„ BOX I07S 
_ I\ LU. BAINBKIDGE, ft. Y. 
NEWTON’S HEAVE 
COUCH, DISTEMPER I DC 
AND INDIGESTION l/UKt 
Tho Standard Veterinary Remedy. 
Reg, P. Chinas, Berhshires, C. Whites. 
—ITtTi ~ Fine, large strains; all agos, matod 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
I . —. Pups, Beagles and Poultry Write for 
| prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun Pa 
KALORAMA FARM 
is now offering a limited number of 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
from eight to twelve weeks old, of 
the highest quality and breeding, 
. . AT REASONABLE PRICES . . . 
CALVIN J. HUSON, - PENN YAN, N. Y 
M I 
The New York Exchange price is $1.51 
per 40-quart can, netting three cents per 
quart to shippers in 2G-cent zone who have 
no additional station charges. 
.£ s .3 ■ resu JJ the present scarcity of 
milk it is said experiments in freezing that 
fluid are being tried in New Haven Conn , 
with a view to providing a supply against 
possible recurrences of the present situation 
The P lan is to freeze the milk into blocks 
of 250 and 300 pounds, which may be used 
as found necessary. At the present time 
milk dealers must depend solely on the daily 
output from dairy farms, and are able to 
allow for any sudden increase in demand or 
falling off in supply. 
A Good Record.—S anford Everson has 
two Jersey cows, one seven and her heifer 
two years old, which made in 10 months 
' pounds of butter, money received 
$257.73; buttermilk sold, 301 gallons 10 
cents per gallon, $30.10; milk and cream, 
homo use, $20. Two calves raised on the 
sweet milk set in pans 24 hours, fed sweet 
and warm, value $100, total $407.83. The 
cows have not been under tost; fed grain 
eight months out of 12. It pays to keep 
good cows. The seven-year-old cow has 
been milked five years without stopping. 
Steuben Co., N. Y. s e 
, SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. fe,£> 
m Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold 
S 0 ™* w w . 8 b ' e(Et0 farrow In July; hue, toser- 
vlce of Watson s Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON, Pmpr ictor, Marbletiale, Conn. 
Lun-lWlP/J HIGHWpOD-Regular Summer 
— - I Q.,. Sows. Eighty at our homo farm, 
- Makes the liorso sound, stay sound I y 10 lumonths old, some of them bred; selected from 
rxr< A 'TTT m/\ tTn . - ___ Jargelitters out of mature dams. *:i5 up. Come and 
DEATH TO HE A. VES * l0 ° k 1UM OVOr- H C - 8 H - B - HflRPEND »<C. Dundee. W.Y 
The Hr si or second $1.00 can cures Heaves. The third 
can is guaranteed to cure or money refunded. 
$ 1.00 per can at dealers, or express prepaid. 
THE NEWTON REMEDY CO., Toledo. Oblo 
Tho dairy business in this section seems 
to be in a very satisfactory condition. Sev¬ 
eral small farmers hack on the hills have 
Increased their output and are taking their 
milk to the shipping station, which they 
have never done before. The price received 
at the shipping station is about $1.17 per 
hundred, on an average, for the six months 
ending with September. The retail price 
for the bottled milk for the same period is 
five cents per quart, and in nearby villages 
that are much larger, the same price for re¬ 
tail milk holds. Farming seems to be car¬ 
ried on in a much more progressive and 
profitable way than ever before. The farm¬ 
ers are not only pushing their dairies with 
vigor and more intelligence than in the past, 
but they are cultivating hotter and are 
paying more attention to tho money-making 
crops, such as cabbage, potatoes and the 
canning crops. They seem to be making 
good. H 
Ilubbardsville, N. Y. 
You can keep your 
Stalls and cows clean 
with half the labor— 
save time, and feed, 
and 1 ncrease your 
profits because o f tho 
exclusive patented features of the 
James Sanitary Barn Equipment 
Saves Its costln a year’s time. Without the 
James Equipment you spend an amount equiva¬ 
lent toi ts costt n unnecessary expense of barn 
work, in wastedfeed, in ruined udders and un¬ 
healthy cows, so why not have the James 
Equipment to show for the money spent—and 
save the amount each succeeding year. 
Write for Book No. 8 1 f interested in Stalls 
and Stanchions—and Book No. 91 f interested In 
Litter or Feed Carriers. Either or both sent 
FREE. Bo sure to state number of cows owned. 
KENT MFC. CO., 3l30Caue St, Fort Atkinson, Wis. 
All the milk in this section is sold either 
to the Bordens or the Sheffield Farms asso¬ 
ciation. The Bordens have a condensery at 
Wassaic, (the oldest condensery in the 
country.) The Sheffields have a receiving 
station at Amenia, three miles north of 
Wassaic. Each draws from its own terri¬ 
tory. They pay the same price delivered at 
their plant, viz., by the 100, April, $1.50; 
May, $1.25; June, $1.10; Julv, $1.30; 
August, $1.40; September, $1.50. They con¬ 
tract every six months, from April to*Octo¬ 
ber and from October to April. Their retail 
price I do not know. Locally the price is 
five cents per quart. As for the farmers 
being satisfied they never are. They think 
the milk company always offers the lowest 
prices that farmers will accept. The cut in 
price last Spring was a source of grievance 
MINERAL 
* HEAVE 
REMEDY 
DUROR^ THK 1JIG ’ ,)EE1 ’ EELI.OWS 
.■»VMMVe# that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. 
SHLNANGO IilVER FARMS, Transfer, Pa, 
I S HE «^h £ flRM re g lsle /' e<1 Durocs. Pigs of both sex. 
Bied Sows. Servico Boars. Best of breeding. 
C. K. BARNES, Oxford. N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
The pig with a long, square 
body and good hams, weigh¬ 
ing moro than ho appears to. 
■ Morningside Farm, Sylvania, Pa. 
NEGLECT 
Will Ruin\ 
YourHorse 
Send today for 
only 
permanent! 
$3 PACKAGE 
will cure any case or 
money refunded. 
$1 PACKAGE 
cures ordinary cases. „ 
Postpaid on receipt of price./ ? ™ 
Afjantm Wanted 
Write for descriptive 
booklet 
SAFE 
CERTAIN _ _ 
Mineral Heave Remedy Co. ,461 Fourth Avenue,Pittsburg,Pa. 
FflR F~L DUR0C JERSEY BOARS-One choice 
I Ull OHLL BROOD SOW bred for 1st of Soptem- 
bor 1' arrow-Some nice SPRING PIGS. Address 
1 J. H. LEWIS, R. F. D. No. 2, Cadiz, Ohio. 
[ Large English Yorkshire and Mulefoot Swine 
all AGES, BOTH SEXES, FOR SALE, 
CHARLES C. ALLEN, Greene, New York 
| Spring Hill Yorkshires-;’ 1 ^' “"TV.'X 
sale. Quality and prices right. CHAS. 
H. LMLNS. Spring Hill Farm, Binghamton, N. Y. 
D O G- S 
Quinn’s Ointment 
dooa for the horse what no other remedy can do. 
There’s not a curb, splint, spavin, wind puff or bunch 
that it will not remove. Sure and speedy. Thous¬ 
ands of horse owners use it—Quinn’s alone. They 
regard it as the unfailing remedy. 
PRICE SI.OO PER BOTTLE. 
At all druggists or sent by mail. Testimonials free. 
W. B. Eddy ft Co., Whitehall, Now York. 
THE CONNECTICUT 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 
Four-year Course in Agriculture for grad- 
uates ot high schools. Dogree of D. S. 
Four-year Course inAgrieulturefortlio.se 
who have t completed two yoars of high 
school work. Diploma on graduation. 
Two-year School of Agriculture open to 
those who liavo had a common school 
education. 
Two-year School of Mechanic Arts open 
to those who have completed two years of 
high school work. 
J wo-ycar School of Home Fconomics 
open to those who have had a common 
school education 
. . . Send for Catalog . . . 
CHARLES L. BEACH, President, Box A, Slorrs, Conn. 
m 
KENDALL'S 5PAVIN CURE 
''KENDALL'S 
IN CIRf 
The world-wide remedy. 
Once used, always used. 
Cures Spavin, Spllni, King- 
hone. Curb, Swellings, Lame¬ 
ness. 
$1 a Bottle; 6 for $5 
All druggists. Got freo book, 
“Treatise on tho liorso.” 
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. 
Enosburg Falls. Vermont I 
P erclieron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers’ prices. A. W. GREEN, Route 1, 
JMiddlefield, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, ()., 
on 1 enna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O, 
Terre Haute Veterinary College 
A complete practical course in Veterinary Science. 
„ „ today for catalogue and information. 
DR. fe. V. RAMSEY', TERRE HAUTE, IND. 
BLUE BLOOD COLLIE PUPPIES 
Ten Champions of England in their Pedigree. Price, $10.00. 
hend $.>.011'with order and balance on receipt of 
puppy. FIVE MALES tor sale. .Send your order at 
A chance not often found. 
j ROBERT S. WEST . Thorneycroll Farm . Perry, Ohio. 
(JOLLjE PUPS from Imported Champion Mood; real 
u drivers; strong, farm-grown, beautiful pups; $5 
| each and up, BROOKSIDE FARMS. Prospect. Ohio. 
C OLLIE PUPS ! Sire, a son of “Ch. Squire of Tyt- 
ton.” Males, $7; females, open or spayed, $5. 
clovbknook Fkuit Fa km, Cnambersburg, l’a. 
P.fll I IF PI I PC—From imported stock. Females 
UULLIL I Ul Ocheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
SIIEEI? 
Grade DnrspI I would sell twenty 
„ , ° r . , IV ' Ve8 high grade Dorsot 
ewes good ones. Also a few registered Dorset ram 
lambs. JOHN A. LOREMUS, Gladstone, N. J. 
FOR SAI F~S? gi stered rambouillet 
j, UG RAMS; O. I. O. SWINE. 
C. VV. HALLIDAY, North Chatham, N. Y. 
VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS 
(Trocars, Hopples, Impregnators), for 
Horses, Cattle, Swine, Poultry, Ktc. 
Received only award World's Fairs 
Chicago, St. Louis. Writo for Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue. 
HAUSSMANN & DUNN CO., 
708 So. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 
