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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
March 
TRAINING A DOG. 
I never owned a dog until recently and 
know nothing about them, but have been 
given an eight-months-old puppy, shepherd- 
collie cross, and would like to know how 
to train him to become a good sensible farm 
dog. How should he be punished when he 
gets into mischief? ITow shall I break 
him from chasing the chickens, barking at 
passing teams, etc., and what is the best 
and most economical way of feeding where 
one has very little waste from the table? 
What I want is a dog that will be of some 
use about the poultry farm and serve as a 
watch dog at night and when we ax - e away 
from home. s. s. c. 
Vermont. 
To train a clog successfully requires 
two things—first, a naturally intelligent 
dog capable of learning the lessons pre¬ 
scribed, and second a person who knows 
more than the dog and who is capable 
of imparting his knowledge to the dog 
without losing his temper. The former 
is the more numerous—the latter is the 
more important. A good rule to follow 
is to show the dog just what you want 
him to do and then make him do it in 
a firm but gentle manner. When you 
see a man go into the house and kick 
the dog and then step on the cat’s tail 
without any provocation you can rest as¬ 
sured that such a person is not fit to 
train any kind of an animal. Dogs and 
horses know much more than people 
generally give them credit for knowing, 
and appreciate kindness above every¬ 
thing else. 
Of course every breed of dogs has its 
purposes and peculiarities, and it would 
be useless to try to train a shepherd dog 
to chase foxes or a foxhound to drive 
cows. It is therefore necessary to work 
dogs along the lines for which they are 
bred and encourage them along the lines 
to which they are naturally adapted. To 
do this requires a knowledge of the 
natural characteristics of the different 
breeds of dogs, just as a successful wild 
seems that nature has failed to endow 
some dogs with any valuable traits or 
characteristics and it is sometimes a 
mystery why such dogs are allowed to 
exist as they are liable to get into mis¬ 
chief and do all kinds of damage. Un¬ 
less you have a good dog it is far pref¬ 
erable not to have any. A good dog, 
however, can easily be spoiled by im¬ 
proper training or by playing with chil¬ 
dren too much while young. 
In regard to feed many people make 
the mistake of feeding too much, espe¬ 
cially meat, while the dog is young. 
Excessive feeding through an attempt 
at kindness is the most potent cause of 
sickness. Common johnny cake in 
which is mixed about five per cent beef 
scrap is a cheap and very satisfactory 
feed when table waste is not available. 
A moderate amount of milk is also a 
good feed, and is always relished by 
dogs of all ages. Butcher’s waste can 
often be procured cheaply and used to 
good advantage as part of the regular 
feed. c. s. greene. 
Food Value of Corncobs. 
Have corncobs any food value? Is any¬ 
thing made by feeding them to stock or 
poultry? Farmers around here have them 
ground up with the corn, i. e., corn on the 
cob, but I have not yet been able to get 
at facts that justify the practice. 
New Jersey. c. n. c. 
Corn and cob meal is not suitable for 
poultry, and if fed to chickens they 
carefully sort out the grain and leave 
the cob particles. There is more excuse 
for feeding corn and cob meal to horses 
and cattle, as the cob tends to lighten 
the ration by making bulk, requiring 
more chewing and tending to prevent in¬ 
digestion. It is about as expensive to 
grind corn and cob meal as it is to shell 
and grind pure meal, but the various 
analyses of feeds seem to show that the 
GET ON THE WATER WAGON—GOING TO THE DOGS ! Fig. 121. 
animal trainer must possess an intimate 
knowledge of the natural characteristics 
of the animals he trains, even to the 
extent of almost living with them in 
their wild state to obtain this knowl¬ 
edge. My limited experience has 
taught me that a dog knows a cross 
work or even a look, and is usually 
anxious to do right if he knows 
how. Last year I raised a pup from my 
noted fox terrier. This pup started to 
kill chickens in the Summer, so I had 
to catch him one day while he was 
trying to kill one and give him a good 
whipping. This cured him, so that he 
would even look the other way if he 
saw a white feather in the air. Nearly 
all breeds of dogs will kill chickens 
until they are taught not to. The best 
way to break a dog of a bad habit is to 
catch him in the act and give him a 
good whipping immediately, not because 
you are vexed, but simply to teach the 
dog his lesson. Never punish a dog 
with a stick or club. A dogwhip or 
horsewhip will produce much better re¬ 
sults without brutality or danger of in¬ 
juring the dog in any way. 
After giving a dog a lesson whether it 
has required a whipping or only a 
scolding, I always make friends with 
him and leave him good-natured. Fox 
terriers are naturally good ratters, be¬ 
cause they are so active and eager to 
catch them. The greatest danger in 
training them is to let them catch a big 
rat before they are strong enough to 
handle it. When this happens the pup 
sometimes gets bitten so badly by the 
rat that it takes a long time to over¬ 
come his timidity. Fox terriers are es¬ 
pecially good for watch dogs, as their 
sense of smelling and hearing is so keen. 
Scotch collies and shepherd dogs are 
very intelligent as a rule, and make ex¬ 
cellent watch dogs, although not vicious 
enough for rogues and swindlers. It 
meal from shelled corn is better. A 
comparison of the digestible nutrients 
in shelled corn, corncobs and corn 
and cob meal show us that if these 
analyses are dependable, we lose one 
pound or more of protein for each 
bushel of corn and cob meal we feed. 
I am feeding corn and cob meal to 
horses and cattle this Winter, because 
it is more convenient to dump the ear 
corn into the mill and let it go at that 
than to shell it before grinding. We 
cannot grind corn and cob meal so 
fine as the pure meal because of heat¬ 
ing the burrs and the excessive power 
cost. I aim to grind the corn and cobs 
so that the meal remains well mixed, 
that is, the cob particles and crushed 
grain do not separate when handled, 
being finer than custom grinding as 
usually done. It costs me one to one 
and a half cents per bushel to grind 
corn and cob meal just for gasoline, 
shelled corn slightly less, even when 
ground quite fine. For various reasons 
I greatly prefer the meal from shelled 
corn. In conclusion I will say that the 
use of corn and cob meal seems to be 
a wasteful expedient. 
Hillsboro, Ohio. w. E. d. 
Puff. 
My horse has a large swelling on the 
Inside of the knee, where she strikes it 
with her other foot when traveling. She 
never struck it until lately; it was with a 
shoe with the caulk too far on the side. I 
had the shoe changed, but the knee is so 
swollen that she strikes it all the time 
now. I got a boot for it, but the swelling 
will not go down. It is puffed up and 
rather soft. f. s. m. 
Massachusetts. 
Stop driving the horse until the knee 
is sound. It may be necessary to open the 
sac for evacuation of serum or 'pus. If the 
part is quite sore when touched opening will 
be necessary. Otherwise poultice with hot 
antiphlogistine until the swelling subsides; 
then drive with knee boot in place. 
a. s. A. 
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