THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1912. 
WOOL GROWERS AND TARIFF BOARD. 
I want to call your attention to a 
grievous wrong the report of the Tariff 
Board is going to work on the farmer 
sheep raisers of the country. The re¬ 
port purports to have found that there 
is an average of 63 cents clear profit on 
each fleece. Granting that is true, when 
it is recalled that 90 per cent of the 
sheep studied by the Board agents were 
sheep grazing upon Government land 
for which very little or nothing was 
paid, it will be seen that the “average 
cost” is no indication as to what wool 
costs on the farms of the country, 
against which there is an annual interest 
and tax charge of $2 to $6 an acre. I 
was over the western country in the in¬ 
vestigation myself, and know that men 
who do not have the advantage of much 
free range or ridiculously low cost Gov¬ 
ernment range are being forced out of 
the business. h. p. miller. 
Secretary Ohio Wool Growers’ and 
Sheep Breeders’ Association. 
DAIRY SHORT-HORNS ARE COMING. 
The specialists have for a long time eon- 
tended that there could not be a dual-pur¬ 
pose cow; that it was impossible to get 
milk and beef from the same animal, but 
we have been doing it right along, and 
since the organization of the Dairy Short¬ 
horn Breeders’ Association, last year, some 
of the leading agricultural societies have 
provided a class for them at their fairs. 
Vermont (your so-called Bashful State) led 
off in 1910. and this year New York opened 
a class for them, and they made a very 
meritorious exhibition at Syracuse. They 
were very much adjnired by the ringside 
farmers, many of them expressing a deter¬ 
mination to own some o£ that kind of 
cattle in the near future. At the Vermont 
State Fair at White River .Junction they 
were out in still greater numbers, and the 
society offered prizes for the three cows 
making the best butter record during the 
two middle days of the fair, open to Jer¬ 
seys and Short horns only. Of the numer¬ 
ous entries made only three teams lined up 
for the fray, two trios of Jerseys and one 
of Short-horns. One of the Jersey teams 
was owned by II. M. Tucker, of Maine, and 
was composed of the three cows. Belle’s 
Golden Girl, Maxime’s Golden Girl and 
Rosette’s Miss Golden. The other Jersey 
herd was owned by F. F. Dow, of Vermont, 
and included the cows Lady Eminent But¬ 
tercup, Wardner’s Crown and La Chasse’s 
Belle. The Short-horns were Doris Clay, 
Nancy Lee 2d, and Red Rose of RIchbarons, 
owned by May & Otis, of Pennsylvania and 
Ohio. The contest was carefully conducted 
under the supervision of Prof. Hills, of 
the Agricultural College at Burlington. Vt. 
The following summary of the contest 
shows that the Short-horns were very de¬ 
cidedly the winners. Although the Jerseys 
were defeated they were so good a lot that 
almost any farmer would feel proud to have 
them in his barn. The relative positions 
of the teams are as follows: 
SHORT-HORNS. 
Owned by May & Otis. 
Doris Clay . 4.359 
Rod Rose . 4.043 
Nancy Lee 2d . 3.291 
Total .11.693 
JERSETS. 
Owned by II. M. Tucker. 
Belle’s Golden Girl. 3.026 
Maxime’s Golden Girl. 3.328 
Rosette’s Miss Golden . 3.6 
Total . 9.954 
JERSEYS. 
Owned by F. F. Dow. 
Lady Eminent Buttercup. 4.32 
Wardner’s Crown . 2.368 
La Chasse’s Belle .2.49 
Total .. 9.178 
The Breeders’ Gazette in its report of 
the International Show, in speaking of the 
dairy Rhort-horns that were exhibited there 
said this division was eagerly sought out 
by the visitors and commanded a great deal 
of attention, and there were cows there 
that would easily give 60 pounds of milk 
per day under favorable conditions when at 
home. At the London Dairy Show again 
this year the championship for the best 
dairy cow in the show was won by a Short¬ 
horn. Charlotte B., owned by W. W. 
Knapp, of Michigan, gave in io months 
13,793.3 pounds of milk, 675.08 pounds of 
butter, 85 per cent fat, and at the end of 
the tenth month was giving 30 pounds of 
Mink per day, which will total close to 
IbfOOO pounds of milk for the year, and 
they are surely breeding on. for her three- 
year-old daughter has given over 10,000 
pounds of milk in a year. With the records 
the dairy Short-horn^ are making they will 
soon have to be classed with the other 
great dairy breeds. Yon can’t keep them 
out. A. H. PRINCE. 
Schuyler Co., N. Y. 
The reason T breed Chester White 
swine Is, first. I prefer white hogs. They 
look better than black or black and white 
hogs when dressed. My hogs are very quiet 
and a low fence will hold them. They fat¬ 
ten very quickly, so give quick returns for 
their feed. The type I breed is the quick 
maturing kind, with good shoulders, hams 
and full arched backs. They are good moth¬ 
ers and have good sized Jitters. 
Cayuga, N. Y. c. henry pease. 
SHALL IT BE JERSEY OR HOLSTEIN? 
Having persuaded my father to build a 
silo last Fall, and a modern and sanitary 
barn, just completed. I am now thinking 
of buying 10 or 15 yearling heifers of 
either the Jersey or Holstein breed. When 
I told my father of my plan and asked 
him for advice he told me to ask some one 
who knew. Wishing to sell butter fat and 
use skim-milk for calves, and as many pigs 
as I can profitably raise on the milk, to 
be fattened with corn raised on place or 
purchased, which breed will net me the 
larger profit, Ilolsteins or Jerseys? The 
bull calves, if Jerseys, to be vealed, the 
Ilolsteins to be fed out at two years old. 
My farm consists of 80 acres (all under 
cultivation) and have use of 40 acres on 
my father’s farm, together with 65 acres 
of Blue grass pasture at so much per acre 
rental. Not purchasing any feed except, 
perchance, a bad year, how many bead 
can I keep of Jerseys, all heifer calves, to 
be raised to three years and bulls vealed? 
Of Ilolsteins, heifers same, bulls raised to 
two years? With that determined upon 
would I better buy just weaned calves or 
yearlings or heifers just about to freshen? 
Either age must be registered and of a 
good milking strain. 
I am now putting all my earnings on 
the farm in way of improvement and up¬ 
building of the soil, etc., therefore I will 
not have the ready cash to buy Jerseys 
or Ilolsteins. Will it bo practical, wise 
and beneficial for me to borrow sufficient 
capital at seven per cent annually for re¬ 
quired outlay? My silo holds 7(> tons 
(12x32). I piled it with good corn and 
am now feeding the silage to a bunch pf 
steers at rate of 35 pounds daily, one 
feeding, nothing else except pretty fair 
pasture. Would I bettor make two feed¬ 
ings daily of the 35 pounds? The silage 
is yet hot and steaming (filled September). 
Will it remain sufficiently warm to pre¬ 
vent freezing this Winter? I have corn 
fodder, Timothy and clover hay and cow 
peas to feed to my dairy bunch when 
purchased in January or next Spring as 
1 Bke. b. h. e. 
(’lark Co.. Ill. 
DELAINE SHEEP IN MISSOURI. 
I presume land is as high here as in 
New York, and possibly as good. The best 
general purpose sheep would seem to be the 
one that makes the best fleece and still 
has a good carcass that is first class as 
mutton. The Delaine here shears twice as 
much wool as the Shropshire, or twice as 
much as they do in New York, and we do 
not have to keep two sheep to get what 
ought to grow on one. The primary ob¬ 
ject of raising sheep is to get the wool and 
secondary the carcass. I do not see why 
anyone would keep coarse wool sheep as a 
profitable investment when more money can 
he had in breeding fine wools, and you 
have a good mutton sheep beside, not so 
large hut a healthier sheep. I have no 
sheep to soil now. but sav that last clip 
11911) yearling iambs sheared over 20 
pounds and grown ewes sheared as high as 
23 pounds. Others sheared as high as 18 
pounds and raised two lambs. Rams 
sheared 16 to 30 pounds and over. The 
mutton feature is a good thing, hut take 
the average cross-bred sheep here, they are 
very little if any larger than the Delaine, 
although they look larger with the wool on. 
I admit if a bruodor is aftor mutton as 
a first objoot. ho ran #ct a larger carcass 
in a good class of long wools but would 
do better to get a larger, healthier sheep 
than the Shropshire. I get from one to 
two cents less for my woo] than the Shrop¬ 
shire folk, but I ean stand twice that much 
cut and thou come out ahead. Three years 
ago our flock averaged 16 pounds to fleece 
and brought over $4. Two years ago the 
average was 14 pounds, in 1911 the average 
was 15 nonnds. We have a fine sheep 
country and good sheep, and if Congress 
gets sane and gives the sheep grower a fair 
show the industry will he a great thing to 
the western farmer. The Delaine and Me¬ 
rino folks ean make some money from 20- 
cent wool on land worth $100 per acre. 
Grundy Co., Mo. geo. w. frey. 
“ASK THE COW.” 
Which of the rations given below do you 
think the most desirable at the price? 
No. 1. Two pounds cotton-seed meal, six 
pounds dried brewers’ grains. 
No. 2 is a mixture of the following, the 
proportions I do not know, but it is guar¬ 
anteed to contain at least 24 per cent 
protein and seven per cent fat and not 
over nine per cent fiber: Distillers’ dried 
grains; choice cottonseed meal, O. P. lin¬ 
seed meal, white wheat middlings. Winter 
wheat bran, hominy meal, dried brewers’, 
grains, barley, malt sprouts, a small per 
cent of salt “and nothing else.” 
The roughage we are giving is 30 pounds 
good silago and about five pounds cut fod¬ 
der. Our cows are only averaging about 
i Vi quarts per day now, ns most of them 
are going dry. Mixture No. 2 seems to 
lie relished most by the cows. No. 1 
costs $29 per ton or less and No. 2 $31 25 
plus frieght from Ohio. a. h. f. 
New Jersey. 
Mixture No. 1 not only has the advan¬ 
tage of being lower in price, hut also con¬ 
tains considerably more crude protein, and 
would appear to be the more economical 
feed to buy. But you say that No. 2 is 
relished better by the cows, and without 
a doubt palatability is an important factor 
in determining the value of feed. It is 
possible that the salt may in part he re¬ 
sponsible for the extra relish shown for 
No. 2. This you can certainly provide for 
much less than $31.25 per ton, and you 
will find that a ton of the mixture contains 
a ronxiderrrble quantity of salt. There may 
he some advantage in having so many kinds 
of grain, but I hardly think it sufficient 
to offset the difference in price. When 
asked a question in regard to feeding Prof. 
Roberts of Cornell frequently replied “Ask 
the cow.” and in this case it may be to 
your advantage to do so. for there is no 
higher authority on dairy feeds than the 
cow herself. Take two cows in about the 
same period of lactation and to one of 
them feed No. 1. and to the other No. 2 for 
a couple of weeks, then change for the 
same length of time, and watch the results 
at the pail. Of course. ' manufacturers of 
compounded feeds make great claims for their 
mixtures, but generally you have to pay 
a liberal price for the mixing. c. L. m. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
Learn 
about the 
Guernsey 
Cow 
Story 
is one of 
dale Herd of 
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. 
Oakland Farm Holsteins 
Young Bulls for $50, $75 and $100, and some at 
higher figures—ail of Oakland quality, and every¬ 
one guaranteed to suit the purchaser. Our sires 
aro the best wo could select, and are of national 
reputation, while our females are of equal merit. 
At our prices a registered bull is cheaper for you 
than any other: you cannotafford to get along with 
a grade. T. A MITCHELL, Weedsport, N Y. 
(40 minutes from Syracuse on R. S. & E. Trolley.) 
REG. HOLSTEIN MALE CALVES 
Closely related to champions of the world 
at farmers’ prices. Fine individuals, nicely 
marked. Fifty per cent below value. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Write to-day. 
F. H. RIVENBURGH, HILLHURST FARM, MUNNSVILLE, N. Y. 
I 
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READY FOR SERVICE-®®®^ 
PE KOI, 4tij, registered show Holstein, born 
Dec. 5, ]910. Nearly all white. Prize winner at 
Fall Fairs. Price, $100 f. o. b. Send for pedigree. 
CLOVER.PALE FARM, CHARLOTTE, N. Y. 
Young 
...we have a few... 
BULLS FOR SALE 
THAT aRE READY 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. 
White for Pedigrees and Prices. 
I VOODCREST FARM 
RIFTOISI, /V. V. 
LAUREL FARM 
nomically turn farm produce into money— 
JERSEYS, and the swine that do the same 
thing— BERKSHIRES. Which do YOU want ? 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
JERSEYS 
For Sale—Richly Bred Young Jersey Bull 
Dam’s test, 573 lbs. 12 oz. butter in one year. 
Also Other Young Things 
-ADDRESS- 
E. W. MOSHER, “Brightside,” Aurora, N. Y. 
FOR ^Al F-kegistered jerseys— cows, 
run CALL HEIFERS AND YOUNG BULLS; 
large selection; blue ribbon winners; won in butter 
contests. Come and see them. Full Dartieulars of 
DAVID WALLACE, Supt. Rumsonhili Farm, Fairhaven, N. J. 
Breed Up—Not Down^oT’e."” 1 !^’” 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. B.. F. 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, I’a. 
Milk Prnfllirprv lor New York City market 
man riUUUOCIi desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
tiie Secretary. Albert Manning Otisville, N. Y. 
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Snowcroft Hampshire Downs 
Never overfitted; always strong, healthy and vigorous. 
All shipments guaranteed as described. Inquire 
DR. S. F. SNOW. 713 University Block, SYRACUSE, H. Y. 
HORSES 
The Most Economical Production of the 
Hifjliest Class of Dairy Products, excell¬ 
ing in Natural Color and Good Flavor. 
r The Pan American Dairy Breed Test, 
-I The Iowa Dairy Cow Contest, 
WON Inpartlal Experiment Station Trials. 
The Guernsey was the First Breed to establish 
an Advanced Register on basis of Years 
Records with Public Supervision. 
An average of over 1200 official years recorfls show : 
8070 lbs. Milk 4 IO lbs. Butter Fat 
(Equivalent to 460 lbs. butter) 
AVERAGE PER CENT. BUTTER FAT 5.08 
Pall information regard!n? the breed by writing 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
Box R PETERBORO, N. H. 
MW'* HOLSTEINS 
FORTY 
Stallions 
and Mares 
i Belgians & 
Percherons 
Will Arrive 
at the 
SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM, Dec. 21 or 22 
They are an extra fino lot, and will he 
SOLD BY AUCTION between the 
1st and 15th of JANUARY, 1912 
Everyone that wants to improvo his stock and be 
up to date must not fail to attend this sale. 
COL G. W. CRAWFORD, Prop., Newark, Ohio 
P ercheron and Beloinn Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers' prices. A. W. GREEN, Rome 1, 
Middlefield, O. Railroad station. East Orwell, ()., 
on Penna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O. 
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ANTED—One Blnck Shetland Pony, foaled fall of 1909; 38 Inch 
high. Address Michiua.v, care of Rusal Nkw-Yorkkb. 
Doss and Porrots 
COLLIE PUPS“, Fromimporte<lstock - ^' n,,,a * es 
nip. Nelson Bros. Grove City, Pa. 
FFRRF T< S SALE —Choice stock. Order at once 
l liiiiliO while the supply lasts. Prices—$3.50 
per single male, $4.50 per single female, Send 
orders to KEEFER BROTHERS, Greenwich, Ohio. 
L 
CHELDON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex. 
° Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding. 
C. K. BARNES. Oxford, N. Y. 
nilRflPQ THK BIG - beep fellows 
UUHUUO that grow and mature quickly. 
Pigs and Gilts for sale at all times. 
SHENANGO RIVER FARMS. Transfer, Pa. 
0 1 P PDAR PlfiQ-BEST we have ever 
ililli DUHn nuo raised. Six weeks old, 
$9.00. Registered. $10.00. MAPLE GLEN POUL¬ 
TRY FARM, Mills Eton, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES —The long, deep-bodied, white bacon hog; 
- prize winners at State ami county fair. 
Write your wants. E. K. MORSE, Moravia. N. Y. 
COD CHI Chester White Boars, weight 
lUn OHLC 235 lbs. each. These young Boars 
are sired by Sunny .lira. No. 15025. the greatest 
Chester White sire of to-day. Everyone a perfect 
individual. Price $25.00 each, if ordered at once. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM 
C. E. Hamilton, Mur., Chazy, New York. 
n I p »e OF SUPERIOR QUALITY- A ng. & Sept. Pigs, 
Ui It u. o pairs and trios, not akin. Registered in 
buyer’s name. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No.1. 
O.I.C. 
Service boars with grandparents; bred by 
the L. B. Silver Co., S20. 
C B. Smilli 8 Son, Jackson Summit, Pa. 
I i, 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. I'J'. "■'» 
Prize Herd 
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. Pmnrictor, Marbledale, Conn. 
RIVEN ^ Berkshire or Dnroe Pig for a few 
hours of your time, stamp for parti¬ 
culars. PENNA, BERKSHIRE COMPANY, 
Ean nett slxirg, Pennsylvania. 
FASHIONABLY BRED BERKSHIRES 
A few Spring ami Summer PTGS for sale at rea¬ 
sonable prices. Dr. J. R. ALLEN, Orwell, N. Y. 
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 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Our farrowing record for 1911, just tabulated, 
gives the following averages: 
High wood Oohmibiaa farrowed averaged J6.4 to litter. 
Highwood Kzitta “ “ io.3 “ “ 
High wood Mistresses “ “ 10.2 “ “ 
Highwood Starlights “ “ 10.4 “ “ 
Highwood Belles “ « g.g « « 
Highwood Jewells “ “ 12 ’* <• “ 
This includes all litters—gilts ns well as matured 
sows. Twenty Service Boars and sixty Bred Sows 
for sale. Our mature animals weigh fiOO to 850 lbs. 
H. C. & II. B. HARP ENDING, Dundee, N.Y. 
Sheldoncroft Berkshires 
We offer a son of BKRRYTON DUKE JR., 
farrowed March 7. 1910. Sure breeder and 
first class. Price S50. Also Hoar Pigs from 
this sire. 
CHAS. B. DAYTON, Supt., Silver Lake, Pa. 
BERKSHIRES 
JOHN LEACH, Sunderland, Mass. 
BERKSHIRE BOAR PIGS“Iv"" t ,S‘ er st 
weeks old, $9.00. Registered, S10.00. MAPLE 
GLEN POULTRY FARM Milleuton, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS'N, 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Suppose you have 30 common cows each giving 3.000 
lbs. of milk per year, and introduce a purebred Hol¬ 
stein bull, in 2 years you’ll be milking grades yield¬ 
ing 4,500 ibs. In 5 years you’ll have 0,000 lb. cows, 
and will need to keep only 15 cows for the same amount of 
milk. In 10 years you’ll have 8.000 to 9,000 lb. cows, and a 
ten-caw herd will produce as mucb milk as your 30 cows do now. 
Quite a saving just in labor, feed and equipment. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. 
They contain valuable information for any Dairy¬ 
man. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Secy, Box 105, Brattleboro, Vt. 
