1912. 
’rTIrlEQ RURAL NEW-YORKER 
611 
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The “North American’s” egg-laying 
contest at Storrs College concluded its 
twenty-fifth week Tuesday, April 23d. 
The number of eggs laid was 2,306, a 
falling off of 35 from the previous week. 
The highest production was in the twen¬ 
ty-third week, when 2,406 eggs were 
laid, just 100 eggs more than this week. 
The explanation is of course the desire 
of biddy to have a family. Broodiness 
will be at its height now for several 
weeks, and doubtless there will be a still 
greater drop in egg production. Here 
is where the non-sitters will gain. W. 
J. Tilley’s White P. Rocks laid live eggs 
last Wednesday, so that there actually 
were seven days in which every pullet 
laid every day; but as the score week 
ends Tuesday the record has to stand 
34 eggs for the week, one pullet having 
missed one day in that week. The Sin¬ 
gle Comb R. I. Reds make the biggest 
score of any breed this week, Homer P. 
Dealing's, Mrs. Plarris Lehman’s, and 
the Colonial Farms’ scoring 31; A. B. 
Hall’s Barred Rocks and Toms Poultry 
Farm White Leghorns score 30. Five 
pens score 29 each. The English pen 
of White Leghorns are still laying well, 
their score for the week being 26, and 
the total to date being 511; the next 
highest score is by F. G. Yost’s White 
Leghorns, 484. Beulah Farm’s White 
Wyandottes and Bunker Hill Farm’s 
S. C. R. I. Reds have each laid 467. 
The “Poultry Item,” published in Sel- 
lersville, Pa., is getting up a Summer 
poultry show to be held at Atlantic City, 
N. J., and to last three months, begin¬ 
ning June 24 and ending September 24. 
It is expected to house the birds at 
Young’s Pier, which is visited by about 
40,000 people daily during the Summer. 
It ought to create a great interest in 
the poultry industry and be of immense 
value to the exhibitors. Columbia Uni¬ 
versity of New York City is giving an 
agricultural extension course, and Prof. 
Stoneburn of Storrs College was invited 
to deliver a lecture on poultry keeping 
before the students and faculty of Co¬ 
lumbia. It is a very significant event, 
and strong evidence of the increasing 
importance of agriculture in the public 
mind when a great institution of learn¬ 
ing like Columbia University furnishes 
instruction in poultry keeping to its stu¬ 
dents. GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
RYE AND VETCH FOR HOG PASTURE. 
I would like to inquire In regard to a 
system of pasture for hogs this season, 
the pasture to include Sand vetch and rye 
which was sown last Summer, and has win¬ 
tered through in good shape, rape to be 
sown as early as ground can be worked, 
and also seeded again so as to furnish Fall 
pasture; also sweet corn (?), the ears to 
be pulled and fed just as they are from 
the time the kernels are suitable for table 
use and as long as they last. Corn stalks 
used as roughage for the cows in Winter. 
Also they will have skim-milk and garbage, 
and would buy some supplementary mill 
feed. Would the sweet corn, say an aver¬ 
age yield, be worth as much to feed in the 
above manner as it would to haul it to 
the cannery, six miles away, at $8 per ton? 
Towns of any size are too far away to per¬ 
mit peddling, and you know commission 
houses. Of course Alfalfa or Red clover 
would fill the bill to go with rye, vetch and 
rape, but the soil is a light sand and has 
not been doctored up sufficiently for their 
growtti, and the last two extremely hot, 
dry .Summers have killed what clover was 
seeded. However, we intend to keep at it 
until we do succeed in getting a satisfac¬ 
tory stand of both clover and Alfalfa. 
Ottawa Co., Mich. n. B. 
Ans. —The writer is not familiar with 
the use of vetch, but from what has 
been gathered from reading, the con¬ 
clusion is arrived at that it can be used 
in season with rye. Rye can be used 
well for hog pasture from early Spring 
till it begins to joint and gets too coarse 
for them to relish, then allowed to 
mature with the vetch, but I take it 
that the hogs will relish the vetch more 
than they do the rye, and will feed it 
down closer, allowing the rye to gain 
on it and become too coarse for the 
most desirable pasture for the hogs. 
After the rye has ripened and straw 
broken the hogs can be put on it and 
the crop gathered in that way. If the 
weather is moist there will soon be an 
abundance of volunteer rye for the hogs 
to graze on. I would be glad if I were 
familiar with just how the vetch will 
come in with this management, but I 
have an idea that it will add much to 
the feed for the pigs, and of the most 
desirable kind in connection with the 
rye. This foraging of the rye and 
vetch should lap over onto the time that 
the sweet corn will be ready to feed. 
The surest way to get the most out 
of the sweet corn is to feed stalk and 
all as soon as the ear is ready for table 
use. The trouble with the fodder is to 
get ic properly cured and save it till 
.Winter comes for the cows. If there is 
shelter in which to store it then it can 
be saved for the cows all right. But if 
left standing out and the Fall is a wet 
one it will be of little value when it 
comes time to feed it. If the corn plant¬ 
ing can be extended over considerable 
time the crop will last much longer for 
the pigs and be in the proper stage to 
feed. I would much rather feed it to 
the pigs than to try to haul it to the 
canning factory. This way you get it 
all, and the pigs pay wonderfully well 
for the use of it. If it goes to the fac¬ 
tory too many shares must be counted 
out before you come to your own, and 
this counting out is done by people who 
have a reputation of taking care of 
themselves without much consideration 
for the farmer. When the pig eats it 
he carries but little away from the farm. 
Leaving all you can on the land tends 
to feed the land in preparation for the 
growth of clover and Alfalfa. 
Going back to rape it can be sown 
about as soon as the soil can be plowed 
and put in proper condition. It can be 
sown broadcast at the rate of four to 
five pounds per acre. It can have the 
pigs turned on it at 10 inches high. They 
will leave the stalks and stems of the 
leaves that will fill up the second time. 
Much more can be had in pasturing 
rape to have two or three sowings at 
stated intervals apart. When the first 
plot sown has been grazed turn on the 
second, followed by grazing the third; 
by the time the third sowing is fed off, 
if the plan is properly managed, the first 
plot will be ready for a second grazing. 
When this has been grazed the second 
time the land can be plowed and re¬ 
sown. By treating the three plots in 
this way a great amount of forage can 
be secured, extending over much of the 
grazing season. On this farm it has 
been sown the first of September with 
rye after corn, both coming rapidly and 
giving a good amount of pasture for 
lambs. It is better in connection with 
the rye straw sown alone. At this sea- 
sqn, late in the Fall, it would be hard 
to tell which pigs will relish most. 
Ross Co., Ohio. JOHN M. JAMISON. 
MILCH GOATS FOR SALE 
BARGAIN IF SOLD AT ONCE 
F. P. KNOWLES, GUILFORD, CONN. 
MILCH GOAT 
For Sale, Good Milker; Also Yearling Doe 
D. F. Easterbrooks, 12 County St., Newport, R. I. 
P erclieron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers' prices. A W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Midilletield, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
on Penua. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O. 
JS '**7" X 1ST El 
Fashionably Bred BERKSH1RES 
Winter offering of Sows, some bred. Also a few 
Boar Pigs. Prices reasonable, quality considered. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Or. J. R. Alien, Orwell, N, Y, 
WHITE HORSE FARM 
BERKSHIRES 
We specialize on shipping Trios of Pigs, one 
Boar and two Sows, unrelated. Registered and 
Transferred. Mated from blood lines that will 
produce results. Write for Catalogue. 
W. W. BLAKE ARKCOLL, Mgr., Paoli, Pa. 
Dogs and. ^"orrets 
pm | IE Dll DQ entitled to registry; spayed females. 
uULLIu rUlu Circulars. SILAS 1)K€K 111,Montrose, I’ll. 
Here I am again, dealing in ruff on 
* LIXIXL i vJ rats. The Ferret. Enclose stamp 
for prices. CALVIN JEWELL, Spencer, Ohio. 
SWI3NTE 
0. I. C. ’s of Superior Quality Nine High-Class Fall Boars 
--- -Booking orders for 
Spring Pigs. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., It. No. 1. 
Pigs For Sale-Chester Whites 
6 weeks old.$4.00 per pair 
8 “ “ .6.00 “ “ 
10 “ “ .10.00 “ « 
THE MAPLES FARM . .. BERLIN, CONN. 
A FEW MOKE 
REGISTERED CHESTER WHITE 
and LARGE YORKSHIRE BOARS 
READY EOK SERVICE 
Weight about 250 lbs. each. Everyone a perfect 
individual. 
Price of Chester Whites.S25.00 each 
Price of Large Yorkshires— 30.00 each 
Order at once as these boars are selling very rapidly 
HEART’S DELIGHT FAR IV! 
C. E. HAMILTON, Mgr. CHAZY, NEW YORK 
CHESHIRES 
The New York Farmer’s Hog 
Hardy, active, prolific, medium bacon type. Some 
very fine young sows ready to breed. 
Orders booked for pigs for spring delivery. 
Address DEPT. OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
OHELDON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
O Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. K. BAltNES, Oxford, N. V. 
nilDnPC— iSPRING PIGS, $7.00—pedigreed. 
UUnUud S. A. WEEKS.... DeGraff. Ohio 
DUROCS. 
IIAYES 
HOMESTEAD 1 
HERD 
BERKSHIRES.. 
HARDY 
HEALTHY 
IIOGS 
C. H. HAYES & CO., 207 Moffatt Av„ Binghamton, N.Y. 
REGISTERED YORKSHIRES 
Healthy, well-grown stock, all ages. Boars ready for 
service and just weaned. If on arrival stock is not 
as represented in youropinion, return same and we 
will refund money. Raritan Valley Farms, Somerville,N.J. 
BERKSHIRE and O. I. C. SWINE -All regis- 
•*-' tered. Young stock always for sale at 
reasonable prices. See our Poultry ad. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM.MILLERT9N, N.Y. 
RFRIf QUIRES Choice breeding stock for sale. 
DtRlkOilintw Write me your wants. Will give 
you a square deal. M. H. Taylor, West Alexander, Pa. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES at H1GHW00D 
No Animal Good Enough Unless Large Enough 
When the U. S. Government required boars of 
immense size and feeding quality with which to 
improve the native stock of Panama, it purchased 
them from our herd. The selection for the Gov¬ 
ernment was made by a representative of one of 
the largest Chicago packing houses. Isn’t this the 
type of Berkshire you need? Mature animals 
weigh 600 to 850 lbs. Service Boars and young 
stock for sale. Bred sows all sold. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. ^eH D e n ! v d 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April Jitters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow iu 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. Piuprietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
TRANQUILITY FARMS offer choice DORSET 
RAMS and EWES for sale at farmers’ prices. 
One of the oldest flocks in America. 
Arthur Ranks, Mgr....ALLAMUCHY, N.J. 
i DAIILY CATTLE 
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALF 
Sired by Sir Wayne Pauline. Also bull calf 
sired by King i’ontiac—the pair for $125. 
Well marked and not akin. These calves 
will start you right in the breeding business. 
OSWEGO RIVER STOCK FARM PHOENIX, N. Y. 
WOODCREST FARM 
has recently purchased 
the Klockdale Herd of 
Holstein-Friesians 
at caaiasTora, nr. v. 
getting some Choice Young Bulls ready 
for service, also a few Young Male 
Calves. As we are very short of stable 
room, can make especially low prices on 
these youngsters for quick sale. 
This Herd has been under Government 
supervision and regularly tuberculin 
tested for nearly two years. 
Address all inquiries to 
WOODCREST FARM, Rif ton, N.Y. 
Mr. 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. 
UH9 CTCriBVIJC Four Holstein Heifer 
1 Calves and one Bull, 
15-16th pure, 3 to 4 weeks old, $15 each, crated for 
shipment anywhere. Also one yearling Bull, $45— 
ami one 6 mouths old, $30. Al! well marked and from 
heavy milkers. Edgewood Farm, Route 2,Whitewater,Wis. 
Handsome Registered Holstein Yearling Bull 
FOR SALE cheap. Born May 2, 1911. Also sev¬ 
eral BULL CALVES, from two to three months 
old, selected from best dams in herd. 
P. B. McLENNAN, Court House, Syracuse, N.Y. 
CflD C Al E — Bull Calf dropped April 7, 1911, 
■ UH vHLIa First Prize Far Hills, N. J. Sire, 
College King Rex 80338. Dam, Beauty of Bloom- 
ville 228508, $125. College King Bellefontaine 
dropped August 19, 1910. Sire, College King Rex 
80338. Dam, Bellefontaine Beauty 183233, $85. 
Raritan King, Imp. in dam, dropped Sept. 29, 1909. 
Sire. Count Bective 4226 II. C. Dam. Imp. May 
Times 23179, $85. Raritan Valley Farms, Somerville, N. J. 
COR C A I C —He gistered Holsteln-Friesian Hull Calf from 3 
rUll OALC. year old cow that produced 92H lbs. milk in 
one day; $75. Others nearly as Rood for less money. Write for 
bargains. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Ctdttenango, N. Y. 
ONTARIO BARON HENGERVELD 
Holstein Bull; largely white: born Nov. 16, 1911. 
Royally bred, fine individual. Price, for quick 
sale, $50. Send for pedigree. 
CLOVERIJALE FARM.Charlotte. N. Y. 
XOMPKINS CO. BREEDERS’ ASSOCIA- 
— TION, Box B, Trumansburg, N. Y.—Breeders 
of Holstein, Jersey & Guernsey cattle and the lead¬ 
ing breeds of sheep and swine. Write for sale list. 
E ureka stock farm- 
Registered Jerse 
Bulls and Heifer 
2 mos. to 2 years ok 
Chester White, Pc 
land China and Berk 
shire 1’igs, all age: 
Collie Pups and 
variety of POULT 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Pa. 
Jerseys & Berkshires ®SK! 
From 16 months down to a few days old—$100.00 to 
$25.00. Berkshires, six months old, and young 
Pigs, $20.00 to $8.00 each. .Everything registered. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Laurel Farm, HAMILTON, N. Y. 
Breed Up—Not DownTo'J w »? 1 i«SS'S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. F. 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street. Pittsburg, Pa. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Grade up your common stock with a Purebred 
Holstein Sire; soon you’ll have a money-making herd. 
Holstein Bulls impress their characteristics upon any 
blood they come in contact with, and their calves are 
thrifty from the start. 
You can’t afford to use a scrub bull. A Purebred Holstein 
Sire is soon paid for by the improved milking capacity of 
his daughters, and tho increasing value of the herd is all 
clear profit. Head what others have done. 
Ser.d for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. They 
contain valuable information for any Dairyman. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUCHTON, Sec’y, Box 105, Brattleboro, Vt. 
profits. Read 
HI Sign Your Wotiii Losses 
President 
S. R. FE 5 L 
Reg. Pharmacist { 
and Graduate 
Chemist 
I’ll Feed Your Stock 
60 Days Before You Pay 
I want the privilege of sending you a 60- 
day supply of SAL-VET, the great worm destroyer 
and conditioner, at my risk and without asking you 
a single penny in advance. 
If your stock (especially sheep and hogs) cough, 
look gaunt and thin, have dull eyes, laggard steps 
and drooping ears—look out for worms. They are stealing your stock 
profits and keeping your animals from thriving and putting on money¬ 
making flesh. Some may even die. I’ll stop these losses, or no pay. 
READ 
THIS 
Ship us at once LETTER 
another 300-lb. barrel of Sal-Vet. We find 
it an invaluable asset to successful sheep 
farming. Every sheep on our place is ,* v 
in excellent, thrifty condition."—Geo. j* 
MeKerrow & Sons, Pewaukee, Wis. 
I never ask any man to 
pay me a penny for Sal-Vet 
until he has convinced him¬ 
self that it has rid his stock 
of 
losses and increased 
this liberal offer, already 
hundreds of thousands 
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-PRiCES- 
40 lbs. $2 25; 100 Ibe, $5.00; 
200 lbs. S9.00; 300 lbs. $13; 
600 lbs, $21.12. No orders 
filled for less than 40 lbs. 
Never sold in bulk; only in 
Trade-Marked “SAlr-VET” 
packages. I 
Send No Money—dust the Coupon 
Just fill out the coupon, tell me how many head of stock you have; mail it to me today 
you enough Sal-Vet to last all your stock 60 days. You simply pay the freight charges 
it arrives; when the 60 days are up report results. If Sal-vet does not do all I claim. I’ll i 
cel the charge; you won’t owe mo a penny. Send no money, just the coupon. Address 
SIDNEY R. FEIL, Prea. 
THE S. R. FEIL CO., Dept._RNy, Cleveland, O. 
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