1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
II2 3 
PUT THE BULL AT WORK. 
Last year there was an article by John 
McLennan on working the farm bull. I 
would like to have further advice about 
this. Would it do any harm to work a 
gelding or a steer beside a stallion or a 
hull? c. R. 
Last year I tried to explain in The 
R. N.-Y. my methods in the treatment, 
not only of bulls, but of stallions as 
well; and while I thought I had made 
the matter plain, still I appreciate the 
fact that it is difficult to put into print 
all the information necessary for the 
training of such animals. I may say, 
however, that the team of bulls and the 
Percheron stallion at the farm of the 
New York State School of Agriculture, 
at Alfred, turned out to be three of the 
best work animals upon the farm. There 
was no kind of work which could be 
done by the best horses, which they did 
not do, and many things the bulls did 
much better. For the man who keeps 
but one bull (and that includes most 
dairy farmers) the proposition is very 
simple indeed. Of course, every bull 
should have a ring in his nose, which 
will always serve the purpose of a bit 
in guiding him. Then put the harness 
on, with the hames and collar turned 
upside down, snap the lines in the nose¬ 
ring and drive him just as a colt would 
be driven. He must be taught the mean¬ 
ing of words of command, such as 
“whoa,” “get up,” “gee” and “haw,” just 
as any well-trained colt should be, and 
never under any circumstances loaded 
beyond his strength. When he learns 
to obey the lines readily, he may be' 
put into a cart and worked exactly as 
a colt would be; or he may be hitched 
to a light stone-boat or sleigh if a cart 
is not at hand. The principal thing to 
remember is the fact that in the training 
of bull or colt they must be taught one 
thing at a time, and always treated with 
kindness. 
Regarding the proposition of whether 
it is feasible to work a bull and steer 
together, I really see no objection to it. 
A well-trained bull will work by the 
side of almost any animal and do his 
share. Some years ago a farmer, whom 
I knew well, owned a line yoke of oxen. 
In the Spring time, when work was 
most pressing, he had the misfortune to 
lose one of the pair. He had at the barn 
a big, unruly bull; he put the bull in 
training for a few days and then put the 
yoke on him, beside the remaining ox, 
and they proved equally as valuable as a 
work team as the ox team formerly did. 
I have frequently seen, while traveling 
through the South, a bull and a mule 
working together, and we have all seen 
the pictures of a bull and camel hitched 
as a team to plow the fields in certain 
Asiatic countries. There is also no rea¬ 
son to believe that the steer or ox will 
not thrive when worked with a bull, and 
I do not believe that a gelding will be 
unfavorably affected by working with a 
stallion, provided the stallion is not al¬ 
lowed to molest or frighten him. It is 
not a very serious task to train a bull 
or a pair of bulls to work upon the 
farm—not nearly as difficult as the train¬ 
ing of a full-grown colt, and the won¬ 
der is that so few farmers make use of 
their bulls. If the farmer, who has a 
vicious bull, could be convinced that the 
animal would become just as gentle as 
his gentlest cow; if he could know that 
he wotdd become a sure calf getter ev¬ 
ery time; if he could see the splendid, 
useful worker which he becomes, I 
think every farmer who owns a bull 
woidd extend to him the privilege and 
kindness of allowing him to do some 
kind of useful labor. 
I have been frequently told by dairy¬ 
men that they did not dare to undertake 
the training of a vicious bull; that the 
danger was too great; but there need 
be no fear on that score. All that is 
necessary is to get him well tired before 
hitching him up, and he will obey as 
meekly as any other animal. Lack of 
exercise and isolation are the two prin¬ 
cipal causes of viciousness in bulls and 
stallions, and both of these requirements 
are supplied to the working animal. No 
one would class the farmer as a cruel 
man, but when I see a splendid animal 
like a bull isolated in a narrow pen or 
tied to a manger, there to spend his days 
and years in absolute idleness, wasting 
bis grand, muscular development, bel¬ 
lowing forth his rage at such confine¬ 
ment, until his temper is spoiled, and 
he becomes a menace to all who come 
near him, I can but think how thought¬ 
less and how cruel the farmer is. There 
seems to be a law of nature that every 
animal (including human beings), in or¬ 
der to he happy, healthy and contented, 
must perform some useful labor to the 
extent of their ability. Those who vio¬ 
late that law must, sooner or later, pay 
the penalty. Sometimes the end is a 
tragedy and sometimes oblivion over¬ 
takes the wretched creature while still 
living, but, in either case, the result is 
the same—a wasted life. 
Waving aside all sentiment in the 
matter, there can be no question regard¬ 
ing the direct benefit which the farmer 
would derive as a result of furnishing 
regular work for his bulls. He secures 
a vast amount of extra labor with no 
extra expense. He secures a sure service 
animal, when before he was uncertain. 
He exchanges a vicious, dangerous, 
troublesome white elephant for a gentle, 
quiet and useful animal. I may say, in 
conclusion to those farmers who still 
have not the courage to try to drive 
their bull: Get a tread power and let 
the bull exercise regularly in that, and 
if you see fit you can make him do many 
useful things for you. By belting the 
pulley on the tread to a line shaft he 
will pump the water, turn the grindstone, 
run the cream separator, the corn sliell- 
er, the strawcutter, root cutter, bone 
cutter, wood saw, grinder and many 
other things which you are now doing 
by hand. john mclennan. 
DOGS 
PHI 1 IP PH— From imported stock. Females 
UULLIL rUlOchenp. NelsonBros. GroveCity, Pa. 
IX OHSES 
GREAT ,r '’'•frfp * 
ANNUM j , W :''. J 
AUTUMN^Mr 
SALE! , 
TO BIC HELD AT THE NOTED 
SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, Newark, Ohie 
On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8th and 9th, 1911 
inn Belgian, Percheron & German nfl 
1 UU Coach Stallions and Mares IUU 
Mares have all been bred, both Belgian and Per¬ 
cheron, to the very best stallions of the land. A 
large per cent of these mares have been carefully 
mated, and anyone lucky enough to get a pair of 
them has a fortune in his hand if properly taken 
care of. These mares run in age 2 and 3 years old, 
colors—bays, blacks, greys and chestnuts, weighing 
from l.>00 to 1800 lbs, each. 
It is to the interest of every prosperous man to 
attend this sale. Bad weather makes no interfer¬ 
ence, as the sale is held in the barn. SIXTY head 
ot these mares will arrive just four days before 
this sale, lermswill lie known on day of sale, 
bend 6 cents and got Illustrated Catalogue. 
I he Sharon Valley Stock Farm is so well and 
favorably known for good stallions and mares, 
with fair dealings, that any further comments are 
useless to say to the people. 
Free conveyances to and from the farm. 
Do not fail to come and bring your friends. 
COL. GEO. W. CRAWFORD 
Proprietor of Sharon Valley Slock Farm. NEWARK, OHIO 
F. W. ANDREWS, Auctioneer. 
Both Phones—Citizens 1252; Bell 651 W. 
^Jercheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
■ at farmers’ prices. A W. GREEN, Route 1. 
Middlefield. O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
on Peniia. U.R. 30 miles north of Youngstown, O, 
Having Just Arrived from tlie New 
York State Fair with a Lot of 
PREMIUM HORSES 
We are now ready for business at prices never 
beard of liefore. Wo have both Imported and 
Home-Bred Registered 
PERCHERONS only 
Prices—$3.50 to $750 on Mares, according 
to age, weight and size. 
Stallions from $500 to $2,000. 
These prices include the Great Stallion NOGEN- 
TAIS, winning first with three of his get; also the 
5-year-old Stallion ROULE, winning the 4-year-old 
and over class with 14 animals in the ring. 
We have on hand in nil about SIXTY HEAD 
Don t wait to write—come and see us at once. No 
peaches and cream, but plonty of plums, and plumb 
good ones. 
D. J. 61UNDICIJ,, Kenton, Ohio 
SHEEP 
Shropshire and Hampshire SHEEP For Sale 
Five yearling Shropshire and five yearling Hamp¬ 
shire Rams; also twenty hi ed Shropshire Ewes and 
fifteen bred Hampshire Ewes. The Shropshire 
Rams are by Trysail Champion, grand champion 
at the Chicago International. 1907 The llanip- 
shires are by an imported H. C. Stephens Ram. 
As the season is getting late, we will sell the 
Rams at half-price and the bred Ewes at a very 
low figure. Wo have more sheep than we can pos¬ 
sibly winter, and we are going to sell a lot of them 
if low prices will do it. All our sheep are regis¬ 
tered. Write for catalog and prices to 
W. UAKLOYV DUNI.AP/Amsterdam. N. Y. 
RFRISTFRFfl Shropshire rams and ram lambs 
„ n om HOLSTEIN BULL eight months 
Old, $50. E. E. STEVENS & SON, Wilson, N. Y. 
Snowcroft Hampshire Downs 
Never overfitted; always strong, healthy and vigorous. 
Ail shipments guaranteed as described. Inquire 
DR. S. F. SNOW, 713 University Block, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
COR SALE— Choice pure-bred Rams-Shropshire, 
1 Hampshires and Southdowns (yearlings * lambs) 
at prices hi accordance to the times. Correspond¬ 
ence invited. C. 0. Pattridgc, Cold Spring Farm. Perry, N.Y, 
9 fl Registered Shropshire EWES for sale. Also 
ou yearling RAMS. H. B. Covert, Lodi, N. Y. 
HIGHI ANT) FARM° ffcrs some choice 
muilLnnu I shropshi res—yearlings 
and lambs of either sex. Bred for type and 
quality. W. F. BLACK. HALL, N X. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
Learn 
about the 
Guernsey 
Cow 
is one 
The Most Economical Production of the 
II igliest Class of Dairy Prod nets, excell¬ 
ing in Natural Color and Good Flavor. 
fThe Pan Amerioan Dairy Breed Test, 
J The Iowa Dairy Cow Contest, 
( Inpartial Experiment Station Trials. 
The Guernsey was the First Freed to establish 
an Advanced Register on basis of Years 
Records with Public Supervision. 
An Bverngo of over 1200 official year* records show : 
8070 lbs. Milk 410 lbs. Butter Fat 
(Equivalent to 460lbs. butter) 
AVERAGE PER CENT. BUTTER FAT 5.08 
Pull information regarding the breed by writing 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
3ox R. PETERBORO, N. H. 
LAUREL FARM 
FLORHAM GUERNSEYS .... 
Several Yearling Bulls for sale at very moderate 
prices. Pedigrees and photographs furnished. 
J. L. HOPE Madison, New Jersey 
SIX GUERNSEY BULL CALVES 
Prices, Quality and Breeding RIGHT. 
W. A, ALEXANDER, Union Springs, N. Y* 
MEADOW BROOK GUERNSEYS 
Several Bull Calves from one to nine months old, 
from dams and sires that are prize winners and 
large producers. If you want quality and quantity 
write us for full particulars. Address SUPT., 
Meadow Brook Farm, Bernardsville, N. .1. 
“ <^> U A III T Y ” 
FOR SALE-THREE RICHLY BRED YOUNG JERSEY BULLS, 
DAMS HAVING YEARLY AUTHENTICATED RECORDS, as fallows: 
Dam of No. 1, 8128.3 lbs. milk in 28(1 days, 
_ testing 527 lbs. 12 oz. butter 
Dam of No. 2, 11265.3 lbs. milk in 365 days, 
testing 701 lbs. 12 oz. butter 
Dam of No. 3, 12840.6 lbs. milk in 305 days, 
testing 803 lbs. 10 oz. butter 
Write for description ami prices, or come and see 
them, visitors always welcome. 
E. W. Mosher, “ BKIGHTSIDE,” Aurora, New York 
Breeds the cattle 
that most eco¬ 
nomically turn farm produce into money— 
JERSEYS, and the swine that do the same 
thing— BERK SHIRES. Which do YOU want ? 
J. GRANT MOUSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
FOR SALF ~ Glomvoo<1 Farm will sell 10 bead of 
i wii vhll registered Jersey Cows and lleifers 
at a price that will move them. We are short of 
feed and must sell the best of breeding. We have 
13 cows in the register of merit, average per cow, 
540 lbs. butter. Glknwood Fakm, Ensenore, N.Y. 
m CAl C—REGISTERED JERSEYS—COWS, 
0HLI - HEIFERS AND YOUNG BULLS; 
largo selection; blue ribbon winners; won in butter 
contests. Come and see them. Full particulars of 
DAVID WALLACE, Supt. Ruitisonhill Farm, Fairhaven, N. J. 
Breed Up-Not DawnToTc.""'!.™^ 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. K. F. 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
M. S. BELTZHOOVER’S 
Rochroane Jersey Herd 
Offers For Sale a Number 
of Good Things 
Write for Price List 
JOHN R. GATES, Supt. 
R. F.D. 75 trvington-on-Hudson, N.Y. 
Young 
.W£ HAVE A FEW... 
BULLS FOR SALE 
THAT ARE READV FOR SERVICE. 
THEY ARE FROM ADVANCED REGISTRY 
DAMS, AND BY ONE OF THE BEST SIRES 
OF THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BREED. 
WE ARE SHORT OF ROOM AND WILL 
MAKE PRICES ON THESE FELLOWS 
THAT WILL SURELY MOVE THEM. 
WKITE FOR PEDIGREES AND PRICES. 
I VOOOCREST FAKM 
RtFTON, N. V. 
READY FOR SERVICE-~M|gg»§g 
DE KOL 4th, registered show Holstein, born 
Dee. 5, 1910. Nearly all white. Prize winner at 
Fall Fairs. Pries, $100 f. o. b. Send for pedigroe 
CLOVERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
REG. HOLST El NS 
Superior individuals, deep, heavy milkers, in line con¬ 
dition. If you are a dealer, you can please your custom¬ 
ers; if a breeder, or beginner, you can save the middle¬ 
man's profit. Also, one of the beet bred male culver 
in this country and other mules at bargain prices. Write 
phone, or come and see me. It. K. .Stations, Valley Mills’ 
on O. &■ W., Vernon, Syracuse & Utica Electrics. 
F. H. HIVENBURGH, HHIhurst Farm, Munnsville, N. Y. 
SWINE 
KALORAMA FARM 
is now offering a limited number of 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
from eight to twelve weeks old, of 
the highest quality and breeding. 
... AT KEASONABJJC PRICKS ... 
CALVIN J. HUSON, - PENN YAN, N.Y 
Mead ow Brook Berkshire# 
Grand Fall Offering of large and vigorous breed¬ 
ers. both sexes, no akin, all ages. Also young 
PIGS in pairs and trios. This stock represents 
English and American I test strain. Prices moder¬ 
ate. Quality guaranteed. Your addross will socure 
full description and prices. Address SUPT.. 
Meadow Brook Farm, Bernardsville, N. J. 
START RIGHT CET A PA,R 
OF OUR 
HIGH-BRED BERKSHIRE PIGS 
Bred for Utility of the Best Strains. 
Write for particulars. 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Toboso, Licking Co., Ohio 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
Regular Fall offering of Service Boars and 
of young Pigs in pairs and trios, not akin. 
H. C. & M. B. Harpemlingj Dundee, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES.-?;;,gg 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; lute, to ser¬ 
vice Of Watson’s Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Bend for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON. Pioprietor. Marhledale, Conn. 
S UNNY BANK FARM BERKSHIRES; For Sale. Choice fall 
pigs; matings not akin; Masterpiece and Long¬ 
fellow breedings. Pricer reasonable. Registration 
free. A. F. JONES, Box 117, Bridgehamptou, New York. 
FASHIONABLY BRED BERKSHIRES 
A few Spring and Summer PIGS for sale at rea¬ 
sonable prices. Dr. J. K. ALLEN, Orwell, N. Y. 
LARGE—bbooxfield farm—YORKSHIRES 
Pigs of June or August farrow, both sexes, from 
the most improved type and registered breeding, for 
sale at $10 each I'.o.b. Bnffalo, crated with registered 
certificate. W. Allan Gardner, Snyder, Erie County, N.Y. 
I ARGE YORKSHIRE BOAR, registered: 18 months old; 
u a fine one; cheap. H. W. MERRITT, Syracuse, N. Y. 
A Fine Lot of 
CHESTER 
WHITE 
PIGS 
from stock Lady 
York and King 
FARM Spruce. Ages— 
m four weeks to 
Groton-on-Hudson,N.Y. three months. 
Address all correspondence to 
New York Office, 45 Lafayette Street, N. Y. 
SfrriyL 
FflR ^Al F -A lot o{ nice CHESHIRE FIGS, 
I”) d '’LL farrowed in September. Price, 
*“•00 each, eithor sex, registered, crates and deliv- 
Express Company. Address DEPART- 
MENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, Ithaca. N. Y. 
For Sale-Registered Chester Whites 
Six weeks old Sows and Barrows, $6.00 to $7.00 
-Eight -. 7.00 to 8.00 
Yearling Sows, bred to our celebrated Boar, $20.' 
to $— 1 . 00 . G. JASON WATERS, Fair Acre Farr 
K. *• D. 42, Norwalk, Conn. 
8.00 
.00 
111 , 
nilRflP DIOC—A few choice BOARS, born in 
, .V* I IUO July, of finest breeding —$6.00 
each, if taken at. once; am shortof room. Edward 
van Ai.stynk, Sunnyside Farm, Kindernook, N. Y. 
D 
|UR0C PIGS, $6. Growthy, Pedigreed Angora kit¬ 
tens, $3.50 each. Serene Weeks, DeG raff, Ohio. 
OHELD0N FARM reglstei ed Duroc6 
O Hrorl ~ 
- ---Pigs of both sex. 
Bred Sows. Service Boars Best of breeding. 
C. K. BARNES, Oxford, N. Y. 
nURftpC THE ItIG, DEEP FELLOWS 
uunvuo that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all rimes. 
SHENANGO RIVER FARMS. Transfer, Pa. 
CHESHIRES-'l ’belong, deep-bodied, white bacon bog; 
——- prize winners at State and county fair. 
Write your wants. E. K. MORSE, Moravia, N. Y. 
CHESHIRF^~, Both s £, x - -AH ages. The quality 
Ullioninco herd. G. E. SMITH, Castile, N.Y. 
CATTLE j 
[FuTcFFElffoiATTLEl 
1 CHAS. STEWART DAVISON \ 
j G O Wall St . 9 New York Cit y | 
BlffS 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 hulls for salo; no females. 
A. A. CORTELYOU. So&jkrvim.e N. .1. 
OAKLAND FARM HOLSTEINS 
FINE INDIVIDUALS—LARGE PRODUCERS 
Choice YOUNG BULLS For Sale 
Write, stating just tvhut you want. 
T. A. MITCHELL, Weed sport, N. V. 
Millf Prndlirpr*; ,or e . w ^ °>'k City market 
1Y111H riUUULCIb desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary, Albert .Manning Otisville, N. Y. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
37.21 pounds of butter in seven days is the 
record of Pontiac Clothilda, while Colantha 4th’s 
Johanna made the world record of over 1,247 pounds 
of butter in 365 days. 
Wo cannot all own the record breakers, but a breed 
with such possibilities is ail incentive to any man. 
Wo can name more than a hundred Holsteins that'pro¬ 
duce more than twenty-live pounds of butter in seven 
Consecutive days. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. 
They contain valuable information for any Dairy¬ 
man. 
HOLSTE1N-FRIESIAN ASS'N, F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec y, Box 105, Brattleboro, Vt- 
