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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 16. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
SHEEP IN THE EARLY FALL. 
Frequently we hear and read of sheep 
farmers saying, “In the Summer sheep 
are no care at all; just turn them out 
to pasture and let them go.” So they 
are—very little trouble. Still it pays to 
keep an eye on them. I was brought 
up to “put my eggs in one basket and 
watch that basket.” Since most of my 
“eggs” are in sheep, I find it pays me 
well to watch them. Salting them in 
the Summer gives you a chance to look 
them over frequently, and if any are off 
their feed you can generally pick them 
out and give them any attention they 
may need. But now that the breeding 
season for early lambs at least is on its 
way, I find it pays to give them more 
attention. The ram, particularly, should 
have good care, since much depends on 
having a vigorous sire. See, that he 
stays in fit condition. Take paints to 
let him have a quart or so of oats each 
day undisturbed. He will soon learn to 
come for them, and if handled gently, 
will not get troublesome at other times. 
The ewes ought to be kept in good 
condition from the time they are bred 
if you want strong, fat lambs that will 
grow without a check from birth to 
market. Every pound you put on the 
ewes now means profit in fattening 
their lambs; and every pound you try 
to put on by heavy feeding after birth 
means loss. If pasturage is at all short, 
as it is in many places this year, I 
would feed them all the green stuff 
they needed, cow peas, clover hay, sweet 
corn stalks,, anything to help keep them 
in shape. If any are inclined to be ail¬ 
ing or run down, try a little grain on 
them. You will be surprised to see 
how much life a few oats will put into 
a sheep that has been worrying, along 
on dry, scant pasturage. They will come 
pretty near living “on a straw a day” 
in hard times, but not quite. Now is a 
good time to dip them if they were 
sheared early. These hot days are just 
the ones for drying them off in good 
shape. And by getting rid ol ticks, 
scab germs, etc., you will be saving in 
feed and improving the quality of the 
wool at the same time. 
Late pasturing is about the best and 
cheapest way to fatten ewes and inci¬ 
dentally their lambs. With me it is go¬ 
ing to help out the very short hay 
crop immensely. About the middle of 
August I began seeding five acres near 
their paddock to rye, vetch and Cow- 
horn turnips, and shall keep up the 
combination until the middle of Sep¬ 
tember. Then I shall continue seeding 
to rye along until the ground is no 
longer open. 1 shall have none too 
much either this Fall or next Spring. If 
any outgrow the sheep, I know of no 
cheaper green manuring for corn land. 
So next Spring when feed runs short, 
and my lambs need to be pushed the 
most, I ought to have the best of long 
feed to finish them off with. k. b. 
THE POLAND CHINA HOGS. 
A few years ago I decided to start 
with some purebred hogs, instead of 
keeping on with the mixed-up breeds 
known as “just hogs.” I investigated 
and studied the different varieties of 
purebred swine. I was not very long 
in deciding that the Poland Chinas were 
the hog for me, so I bought some 
registered stock and started out to give 
them a fair trial. The result is I would 
not drop them to-day to take up any 
other breed, for I do not think I could 
find a better variety, better suited for 
all purposes, than the Poland China. 
They are easy feeders, keep in good 
growing condition and fatten on less 
feed than any hog I have found. They 
can be. turned on good pasture, and little 
other feed is required to keep them in 
good shape. I hear some one say they 
are not productive, farrow but a few 
pigs at a litter. I have a sow now due 
to farrow October 25 that is out of a 
litter of nine pigs. No later than last 
Fall I had sows farrow eight pigs. Eight 
and nine pigs is enough for any sow 
to raise; if she has more nine cases out 
of 10 one-fourth of litter will be runts 
or under size. 
What’s that? Didn't some one say 
the Poland China is too small, does not 
make large hogs? Perhaps some kinds 
of them never do get so large, but the 
kind I am talking of are the right kind, 
“big type,” the large prolific kind. I 
know of herd boars weighing 1,000 
pounds; this size is not so hard to find. 
Sows will run away up in weight also. 
I have a pig, a. gift, nine months, old, 
going over 200 pounds, and only in stock 
condition. Then I find they carry a 
small bone with a large amount of 
meat; take a ham or shoulder and you 
cut deep before you find a bone. They 
are noted for deep-mea.ted, fine hams, 
easy feeders, and the poor man’s hog. 
Tn conclusion, I say give the Poland 
China a fair trial; start with good stock 
and the right kind, and they will not 
disappoint you. e. r. freeland. 
West Virginia. 
STOCK NOTES. 
The Guernsey bull, George Washington 
of Fairfield Farm. No. 10806. was recently 
sold by Corydon Peck, of Locke, N. Y., to 
('has. ‘P. Ettlnger, of Chicago, for $3,500, 
the highest price ever paid for a Guernsey 
bull. This bull will be exhibited with Mr. 
Ettinger’s herd at the National Dairy 
Show. 
At the annual meeting of the American 
Tunis Sheep Breeders’ Association, held 
at Russellville, Ind., August IT. .1. N. Mac- 
Pherson was elected president; Frank 
Hartman, vice-president: Raymond IT. 
Ilayes, secretary; M. T. P.owers, treasurer; 
Nathan Corson, chairman of executive 
committee. The A. T. S. B. A. was or¬ 
ganized in 1806 with two' members and 
about a dozen sheep. There are now about 
40 members and over 2,000 sheep recorded. 
Large Black ITogs. —On page 826 .T. H. 
B., of Ringgold. Va., inquires about Mam¬ 
moth Black Hogs. lie doubtless means the 
“Barge Blacks.” This is a distinct English 
breed. They are large, all black, and have 
a head much like a Poland China. They 
have excess fat above and about the tail 
setting, which is a distinguishing charac¬ 
teristic and makes a very high tail setting. 
They are prolific and good mothers. They 
are a bit coarse, but good grazers; are 
used quite a bit for cross breeding. They 
are common in Maryland and in some parts 
of Virginia. The writer saw a herd of them 
in Maryland last year. 
H. C. AND H. B. HARPENDING. 
R. N.-Y.—As mentioned last week, a black 
pig society has been formed at Lexington, 
Ky. 
Dexter and Kerry Cattle.—A new cat¬ 
tle club to promote this breed has been 
formed. Prof. C. S. Plumb, the secretary, 
thus describes the cattle: "Among the 
British breeds of cattle, that known as the 
Kerry has long been recognized as the one 
distinctively Irish. Its origin is unknown, 
excepting that it undoubtedly came from 
early Irish cattle stock. Some authorities 
have thought the breed descended from the 
smaller type of prehistoric ox, of which re¬ 
mains have been found in the bogs of Ire¬ 
land. We have no definite information, 
however, on this point. The present day 
Kerry is black in color, with no white, ex¬ 
cepting occasionally about the udder or 
scrotum. The head is lean in character, 
with black tipped horns that are frequently 
up-standing and somewhat wide spread. The 
neck is inclined to be slender and long, the 
body is of medium proportions and shows 
good capacity. The udder often impresses 
one as large for the size of the cows. An¬ 
other Irish breed, called the Dexter, has 
been by some assumed to be a cross of the 
Kerry and Devon, or Short-horn, but there 
is no definite information on this historical 
point. The Dexter is more compact and 
blocky than the Kerry, is somewhat lower 
set, and is usually black or red. The Dex¬ 
ter is one of the smaller breeds of cattle, 
and at maturity may not stand over 36 
inches high. Mature Kerry cows weigh from 
500 to 600 pounds, very often, and bulls 800 
to 1.000 pounds. The Dexters weigh con¬ 
siderably less. La Mancha Union .Tack, a 
very famous Dexter bull, weighed but about 
400 pounds.” 
H OILSES 
rnn P Al C—Best six Mares in.Beaver Co , Pa. 
lUn OHLl Imported—registered. Two Bel¬ 
gians, four Percherons. C. F. Mount, Koppel, Pa. 
P ercheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers’ prices. A. W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Mitldlefiehl, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
on Penna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O, 
STALLION FOR SALE OR TRADE. 
KUSHIKO, Trotting Stallion, a first-class siring 
son of Kremlin, is offered for sale for $500, or will 
trade for a first-class “roadster automobile.” This 
stallion has a mark of 2.08, is pronounced sound 
by Dr. Edward Moore of Albany, N. Y., is guaran¬ 
teed fearless, kind and gentle in all harness, and 
has never hurt a fly. Particulars by letter. 
It. B. ANDEltSON. 
Maple Hurst Stock Farms, Guilford, Conn. 
1 HAVE just 
a rrived 
fromBelgium, 
France and 
Germany, 
where I pur¬ 
chased an ex¬ 
tra fine lot of 
STALLIONS 
and MARES 
of the differ¬ 
ent breeds, 
which will ar¬ 
rive at the 
Sharon Valley Stock Farm, 
Newark, Ohio, 
in the next ten days. Will be glad to welcome any 
customers to the farm. Will also exhibit at all the 
leading fairs in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vir¬ 
ginia, where I will be glad to meet friends and 
customers. Col. G. W. CltAWFOltD. 
PAID HIM TO CHOOSE 
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Has anyone tried to convince you that 
disks or other contraptions are needed in 
modern cream separators? If so, read this : 
West Ncwtield, Me. 
The Sharpies Separator Co.: 
The Tubular Separator I bought ot 
you paid tor itself in six months with 
only six cows and lelt a balance to 
the credit o! the Tubular ot $14.00. 
People came to my house, saw the 
Tubular at work, and purchased a 
Tubular for themselves; others that 
had separators of another make, after 
seeing the Tubular at work and the 
ease with which the bowl was 
cleaned, traded their separators for a 
Tubular. GEO. T. WILSON. 
Geo. T. Wilson personally appeared 
before me and declared the above 
statements to be the tact. 
Luther E. Sanborn, Justice of the Peace. 
It paid Mr. Wilcon to choose the Tubular, 
for Tubulars have twice the skimming force 
of others and repeatedly pay for themselves 
by saving what others lose. Dairy Tubulars 
contain nodisks—weara lifetime—are guar¬ 
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have a Tubular. Buy The 
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self the expense of discarding 
some cheap or complicat¬ 
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Toronto, Can. Winnipeg, Can. 
dairy cattle 
SHELDONCROFT 
J. T. RUSSELL, Prop. CHAS. B. DAYTON, Supt. 
SILVER LAKE, Susq. Co., Pa. 
Pure Bred Jersey Cattle. Berkshire Swine. 
WiT, HOLSTEINS 
are bred for large production, good size, strong 
constitution, and best 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 
Illustrated Descriptive Booklets Free 
HOLSTEIN-FRI ESI AN ASS’N OF AMERICA 
F.L. HOU GHTON.SEC'Y.SOX 105, BRATTLEBO RO. VT. 
DE K0L BURKE BLOOD. 
Will sell ONTARIO COUNT DE KOL, Holstein 
Bull, half white, born April 25th, by America I)e 
Kol Burke, out of Bettinn De Kol. Bargain at $75, 
f. o. b. CLOVERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
AT LAUREL FARM 
we have on hand some half-dozen sons of Ferns’ 
Jubilee, 73852, A. J. C. C., frpm ton months down 
to a few days old. All out of good cows. Discount 
price for next thirty days. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N, Y. 
St®* Ayrshire Registered Cows 
Also some Yearlings and Calves, Chester White 
Pigs aud Yearling Sows. Address C. D. TOWS, 
P. O. Box 32, Norfolk, Conn. 
Breed Up--Not DownloT™ U «SS’“ 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. R. F. 
SHANNON, 01)7 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Piirolta Qtnrlr Farm _1!e 8 istered Jersey Bulls 
C.UI end OlUbn I a I III and Heifers, G monthsto 2 
years old. Chester White, Poland China and 
Berkshire Pigs. Scotch Collie Pups and a variety 
of poultry. Send two-cent stamp for circular. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Pa. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
DAIRY CATTLE] 
ROCHROANE JERSEY HERD 
FOR SALE: YOUNG SERVICE BULL 
Born June 27, 1910. Solid Color. 
Sire: Fontaine’s Chief—P. S. 4153 H. C. 
Dam: Fontaine’s Fairy — Imp. 241319 
PRICE, $250 (F. O. B. Irvington, N. Y.) 
M. A. TRAVIS (Supt. for M. S. Beltzhoover) 
Irvington, New York. 
AT FARMERS’ PRICES 
The well-bred Holstein bull calf, SPRUCE 
D1CHTER SIR W1TKOP. ono month old. Price, 
registered and transferred, $25. 
Also, the young bull, SPRUCE JOHANNA SIR 
AAGGIE: ready for service. Price, with papers, 
$65. Color nearly white. 
CHESTER WHITE PIGS, registered, $7 each. 
GEO. E. HOWELL, 
Spruce Farm, Howells, N. Y r . 
On account <f poor health I will sell my entire herd of 
registered Ayrsh res, consisting of one 2 year old bull, 
one bull calf, five months old, nine cows from 3 to 8 year 
old. good "m s. and three heifers. Price right to aquick 
buyer. J. A. DOB EMUS, Gladstone, N. J. 
[BELTED HAMPSHIRE 
WELL MARKED PICS 
CHAS. STEWART DAVISON 
60 Wall SU, New York City t 
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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 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
ovc T-I nm ilt.rm X; Pn 
--i iijis, uciiKioa aim x uuni j . d iitu lui 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun Pa. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES.^, H ° e n |JS 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
| Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; late, to ser¬ 
vice of Watson's Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON, Pioprietor, Marbleriale, Conn. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
Regular Fall offering of .Service Boars and 
of young Pigs in pairs and trios, not akin. 
H. C. & H. B. Harpentling, Dundee, N. Y.' 
MIRflPQ THE BIGf I>EEF fellows 
UUflUUO that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. 
SHENANGO RIVER FARMS, Transfer, Pa. 
S HELDON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex. 
Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding. 
C. E. BARNES. Oxford. N. Y. 
O hio Improved Chesters—Choice Boars for 
Kali servico at bargain prices. Pigs not akin. 
CROSSROAD FARM, Flattsburg, N. Y. 
pupoui R CC-Tlie nice thrifty kind; March Boars 
UnLOnillLO and Sows. Orders taken for Pigs of 
September farrow. G. E. Smith, Castile, N .Y. 
C HESTER WHITES—A few Choice Registered BOARS 
for sale. EUGENE T. BLACK, Scio, N. Y. 
J5» IIEEP 
Black-Faced Highlands exchange - 1 ” 
avoid inbreeding—4 P U R E-B R E D It A M S. 
BESSBORO FARM, Westport-on-Lake Champlain, New York. 
RAMS FOR SALE 
-Registered Shropshire 
yearlings and two-year- 
olds. Also, one fgur-jear-old Hammer Ram and 
some nice Ram Lambs. E. E. Stevens & Son,Wilson, N.Y. 
Hirui AMD FARM Offers some choice 
shropshires—yearlings 
and lambs of either sex. Bred for type and 
quality. W. F. BLACK. Hall, N.Y. 
rnn cii C—Pure-bred male GUERNSEY 
J/iLL CALF, Fox and Rabbit Hounds. 
Melvin Thomas, R.F.D., Wayville, Sara. Co., N. Y. 
Millr Prndirrprc for New York City mark 
1"UIn. riUUUtClo desiring information how 
market 
to 
form brandies of the Dairymen's League, write to 
tlie Secretary, Albert Manning, Otisville, N. Y. 
Qhrnnehira Rame Some good ones at right prices. 
Oil! U|Jollll C 11 alllb Flock contains English blood 
from Cooper, Thorn, and Buttar; is well covered 
and tight wooled. TRAVER FARM, Wynantskill, N. Y. 
DOG 
pm I 1C DllDQ—From imported stock. Females 
uULLIL fU TO cheap. Nelson Bros. Grove City, Pa. 
HAMPSHIRE DOWNS iK&S 
ling Ewes and Ewe Lambs for sale; from fine im¬ 
ported Ram. AH registered. Write your wants. 
Prices right. W H. Crawford, R.F.D. No. 10, Mercer, Pa. 
CflD 0*1 C - REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET 
rUn OALt RAMS; O. I. C. SWINE. 
C. W. HALLIDAY, North Chatham. N. Y. 
REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE RAMS S'SeLT! 
Yeoman. FRED. VAN YL KET, Lodi, N. Y. 
Snowcroft Hampshire Downs 
150 Rams and Ewes from best English Foundation 
stock. All shipments guaranteed tts described. 
DR. S. F. SNOW. 713 University Block, SYRACUSE. N. Y. 
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