1912. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
R31 
THE SANITARY MILK STOOL 
has a pail supporter which 
does away with holding the 
pail between the knees. 
Made to fit the ordinary 12- 
quart pail and easily ad¬ 
justed to any desired posi¬ 
tion. With ordinary care 
will last a lifetime. 
| PRICE $2.00. Sent direct, if not at your dealers. 
I^YREMAN^JWAONEBj^Stroudsbu^^Pa^ 
DAIRY CATTLE 
The Greatest Profit 
is found in 
GUERNSEY COWS 
What They Are 
What They Can Produce 
Every Dairyman Should Know 
GUERNSEY COWS 
EXCEL IN 
Natural Color 
Richness 
Flavor and 
Profit of 
Their Dairy Products 
Write for particulars regarding this 
cow which is winning so much favor 
in the Dairy World. Address 
THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB 
Peterboro, N. H. Box R. 
Reg. HOLSTEIN MALE CALVES 
$20 to $25 — 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Choicely bred, fine individuals. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
HILLHURST FARM. .F. H. Rivenburoh, Prop. .Munnsville, N.Y. 
Sheidoncroft JERSEYS GOOD 
EDITH MAY OF STONE ST., 185506, A. J. C. C. 
Calved April 29, 'll. Authenticated work to Mar. 1, 
’12: 6,911.45 lbs. milk, 402.86 lbs. butter fat. Served 
Aug. 21, ’ll. Would a bull sired by GOLDIE'S 
JAP OP MERIDALE, 85989, A. J. C. C„ and from 
this cow interest you? There are others at 
SHELD0NCR0FT, Silver Lake, Susq. Ce., Pa. 
Breed Up—Not DownToT«?«SS’S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. K. F- 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
'Tompkins co. breeders’ associa- 
* TION, Box B, Trumansburg, N. V.— Breeders 
of Holstein, Jersey & Guernsey cattle and the lead¬ 
ing breeds of sheep and swine. Write for sale list. 
Millr Prndtirgrc for New York City market 
ITUliY riUUUtiClN desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary, Albert Manning Otisville, N. Y. 
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CHESHIRES 
The New York Farmer's Hog 
Hardy, active, prolific, medium bacon type. Some 
very line young sows ready to breed. 
Orders booked for pigs for spring delivery. 
Address DEPT. OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
0.1. G.’s of Superior Quality Service Boars, Gilts, Spring Pigs, 
~ no akin pairs, also Buff Ruck 
Epos, $1.50 per 15. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No. 1. 
CHESTER WHITES and 
LARGE YORKSHIRE GILTS 
to farrow September, 1912. Bred to choice herd 
boars that have proven thomsolves good sires. 
Also 7 to 8 months ol 1 pigs of both sexes for sale. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM 
C. E. HAMILTON, Mgr. CHAZY, NEW YORK 
RorL-cTiifo DIcfc-T? 01 ' 1 sex. Masterpiece ai 
DerKSmre rigs Premier Strain, also a f< 
bred sows cheap. J. I. HERETER, Gettysburg, F 
REGISTERED YORKSHIRES 
Healthy, well-grown stock, all ages. Boars ready for 
service and just weaned. If on arrival stock is not 
as represented in your opinion, return same and we 
will refund money. Raritan Valley Farms, Somerville,N.J. 
LARGE BR KT YORKSHIRES 
Pigs of April farrow, both sexes, from the most im¬ 
proved type ami registered breeding for sale when 8 
weeks old at $10 each f.o.b. Buffalo, crated with reg¬ 
istered certificate. W. Allan Gardner, Snyder, Erie Co.,N.Y 
I ARGE YORKSHIRES— Sows bred for June and August 
L farrow. Boars ready for service. May pigs. 
Order now. Glknmark Farm, ltobertsville. Conn. 
DUROC-JERSEY PIGS 
FROM REGISTERED STOOK FOR SALE 
JOHN F. PERHAM L0DL0W CENTER. MASS. 
nilDnPC-SI liING PIGS, $7.00—pedigreed. 
UUnUUO S. A. WEEKS.... DeGraff. Ohio. 
CHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
v Bred Sows. Service Boars Best of breeding 
C. K. BABNK8. Oxford, N. V. 
—Parent stock from herd that 
won over 100 ribbons in 1911, 
also bunch of champion- 
_i ships. Pigs(notfat)averaged 
six lbs. less than one lb. to every day of age at3 mo. 
H. 8. GREEN POWHATAN POINT, OHIO 
Reg, P, Chinas, Berkshires, C. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pups.Boagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildouu, Pa. 
BEEF CATTLE ON EASTERN FARMS. 
For the past 25 or 30 years I have 
been feeding sheep and cattle on my 
farms, nearly all of which have been 
purchased in Chicago or Buffalo, brought 
to the farms in the Fall, fattened and 
disposed of by or before June of next 
year. I dropped the cattle end of the 
deal about 10 years ago, for the reason 
that at that time cattle did not pay as 
well as lambs. Since that time I have 
fed nothing but sheep or lambs. But 
during the last four or five years cattle 
have been paying the feeders a fair 
profit, and at present my opinion is that 
the Eastern farmer who has cheap pas¬ 
ture land and also land capable of pro¬ 
ducing corn could make it pay to buy 
good well-bred calves or yearlings, carry 
them over one Summer on pasture, fat¬ 
ten and finish the next Winter, and 
market them in June when beef is al¬ 
ways selling at high prices. Of course 
one would need to have silage, for that 
is probably the cheapest bulk feed that 
can be produced to-day. Where I live 
in Genesee County we have no pasture 
land, and of course could not afford to 
keep cattle over Summer on high-priced 
grain land. We buy every pound of 
grain that we put into our lambs. In 
other words, we raise fruit, beans and 
potatoes, and let the West raise the 
grain, which we buy in carload lots. 
As to keeping the beef breeds and rais¬ 
ing one’s calves to grow into beef would 
depend on whether one could make 
more out of a butter or milk cow, and 
either sell milk or cream or make it 
into butter, with the extra labor at¬ 
tached, or raise the calves from the beef 
breeds for beef with less labor, I 
could not say as to that. To make beef 
in the way I first suggested ought to 
pay in the East to-day if rightly man¬ 
aged. I have spent my thought and 
time more for the last 10 years on the 
feeding of lambs and the different prob¬ 
lems that we meet in that kind of work. 
Genesee Co., N. Y. c. e. shepard. 
A Cow Record. 
As I see cow records printed in The 
R. N.-Y. I will give mine. She is a Hol¬ 
stein heifer, two years old in Januar.v, 
fresh November 9. I do not claim this 
to be a great record but consider it fair 
for a two-year-old. Milk is eight cents 
per quart here, and as I live in town I 
have to buy all feed. You will notice that 
she has gained right along, and gave 80 
pounds per day oil April 1 and 2, and is 
giving 2914 to 29% pounds per day now. 
No pasture diet. 
Nov. 9 to Dec. 9. .770 25 2-3 $28.96 
Dec. 9 to Jan. 9. .779% 25 1-3 29.36 
Jan. 9 to Feb. 9..804y a 26 30.24 
Feb. 9 to Mar. 9..781 27 29.44 
Mar. 9 to Apr. 9..866% 28 32.64 
Total for five mos.4010% $150.64 
Feed for five Winter months, 43 cents 
per day .$65.36 
Profit in five Winter months.$85.28 
Feed per day: 
4 lbs. beet pulp, .01 %.06 
1% lbs. linseed meal, .02.03 
2 lbs. chop, .01%.03 
1 lb. bran, .01%.01% 
3 lbs. 3 D. grains, .01%.04% 
20 lbs. Alfalfa hay, .01%.25 
.43 
W. Virginia. H. L. smith. 
Butter Fat or Beef. 
I have seen in two places in past month 
where you have asked, why the farmers of 
the East: did not produce beef? Here is the 
answer, in my opinion. Hoard’s Dairyman 
says (and if there is a better authority 
in dairying or such matters. I should like 
to know where it is), a pound of butter 
fat can he produced as cheaply as a pound 
of beet fat. The rest is easy; a pound of 
butter fat has been bringing 25 to 40 cents 
and more, while a pound of beef fat bring# 
six to eight cents. J. t. s. 
Massachusetts. 
R. N.-Y.—That is all true, but there are 
places or conditions where dairying is not 
practicable. More capital is required for 
dairying and far more labor. One man 
might be limited to the care of 15 cows and 
be tied fast to them, while with good fences 
and a silo he might care for 50 steers. 
Sorghum for Fodder. 
I have been very much interested in 
reading the experience of Geo. Purdy, of 
Kansas, in raising sorghum for fodder. We 
here in western New York have been very 
short of hay for two years, and I see no 
let-up this season, as all new seeding is 
very light. Can any readers of The R. 
N.-Y. tell me where I can get sorghum seed? 
Brockport, N. Y. m. s. r. 
We buy of the largo seed stores adver¬ 
tised in The R. N.-Y. Our experience, 
however, is that in the humid section along 
the Atlantic.com fodder thickly seeded in 
drills will give more and better forage than 
sorghum. 
The location of the Devon Cattle Club 
office lias been changed from Harvey, Ill., 
to Charlottesville, Va. 
L. p. Sisson, Secretary. 
“The Bull is Half the Herd”— 
an axiom the truth of which is undisputed, and the best authorities agree 
that he is more than that. Therefore, the selection of a herd sire is a 
matter of the highest importance, and one meriting the deepest thought. 
In this space we desire to call your attention to the 24 young bulls that 
are to he offered at public sale directly following the First Annual Wood- 
crest-Oakland sale, Aiay 29, 1912. 
Among this number are 
Four sons of Homestead Girl De Kol Sareastic 
Lad, who now has 90 A. R. O. daughters, includ¬ 
ing the two largest record 2-year-olds in the 
semi-official yearly division. The dams of these 
four have records ranging from 19 lbs. at 2 years 
to 24 lbs., one having a year’s record of 812.63 lbs. 
Three sons of Pietje 22d's Woodcrest Lad, who 
was by Homestead Girl De Kol Sarcastic Lad 
and from Pietje 22d (31.62 lbs.), the greatest 
imported cow in America. These calves are 
brothers on the sire's side, to the World’s Cham¬ 
pion junior 4-year-old, Fairmount Zermu Segis 
Pietje (35.6 lbs.), and are from dams with records 
of 21. 22 and 23 lbs. 
Eight sons of Pietje 22d’s son (our present herd 
sire) who is a full brother to Pietje 22d’s 
Woodcrest Lad. These eight are all from 
dams with splendid 7-day records, some hav¬ 
ing year’s records that rank with the greatest 
ever made. 
This offering of bulls affords the chance of a lifetime to secure a herd 
header that will put your herd in the front rank. Every calf in the list has 
a strong pedigree, and is individually in the same class—in short, each is a 
bull that we can recommend. 
Woodcrest Farm, Rif ton, N. Y. 
J. W. DIMICK, Prop. 
A. S. CHASE, Manager 
P. S.—Some of the best cattle ever led into the auction ring are going to 
be sold in the Woodcrest-Oakland Sale at Kifton, N. Y., May 29, 1912. 
For Catalog, address 
E. M. HASTINGS, Sale Manager 
Lacona, New York 
DISPLENISHING AUCTIOH SALE OF JERSEY CATTLE 
FROM THE CELEBRATED 
irsr 
TO BE SOLD ON 
Thursday, June 6th, 1912, At 10.30 A. M. 
DARLINGTON FARM, RAMSEY, N. J. 
(Three miles from Ramsey R. R. Station on the Erie R. R.—28 miles from New York City) 
Seventy head will be sold, this being the entire herd, with the exception of a sufficient number 
of animals to supply the dairy products necessary for the present owners use. 
Thirty of the cows and heifers are bred to freshen this summer and fall. They are bred in the 
blood of such famous animals as Eurotas, who tested 778 lbs. 2 ozs. in I I months and 5 days; 
Bomba, a famous high-testing cow; Marjarom 2nd, etc. 
The heifers and calves are mostly sired by Balance 85667, a grandson of Oxford Lad, P.3123 
H.C. and Minted Gold 82129, a son of Flying Fox’s Oxford Duke 61439. 
For Catalogue Address. Leander F. Herrick, Auctioneer, Worcester, Mass. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An unceasing source of pleasure and robust health 
to children. Safe and ideal playmates. Inexpensive 
to keep. Highest typo. Complete outfits. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Illustrated Catalogue. BELLE 
MEADE FARM, Box 20, Markham, Va. 
P ercltercn and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at, farmers' prices. A W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Middletiehl, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
on I’enna. K.K. 3U miles north of Youngstown, O. 
TRANQUILITY FARMS offer choice DORSET 
RAMS and EWES for sale at farmers’ prices. 
One of the oldest flocks in America. 
Arthur Banks, Mgr-ALLAMUCHY, N.J. 
JS '\7*7’ X 3XT 3E3 
Fashionably Bred BERKSHIRES 
Winter offering of Sows, some bred. Also a few 
Boar Pigs. Prices reasonable, Quality considered. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Dr. J. R. Allen, Orwell, N, Y, 
H 
IGH-CI.ASS BERKSHIRE PIGS For Sale. 
WILLIAM L. MORRIS, Greenwood, Del. 
Choice breeding stock for sale. 
Write me your wants. Will give 
you a square deal. M. H. Taylor, West Alexander, Pa. 
BERKSHIRES 
OERKSHIRE and O. I. C. SWINE-All regis- 
-*-* tered. Young stock always for sale at 
reasonable prices. See our Poultry ad. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM.MILLERTON, N.Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES.- 
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. PiuDrietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES at HIGHWOOD 
No Animal Good Enough Unless Large Enough 
When tlie U. S. Government required boars of 
immense size and feeding quality witli 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. 
j DA.IHY CATTLE 
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALF 
Sired by Sir Wayne Pauline. Also bull calf 
sired by King Pontiac Butter Boy—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. 
Handsome Registered Holstein Yearling Bull 
FOR SALE cheap. Born May 2, 1911. Also sev¬ 
eral BULL CALVES, from two to throe months 
old, selected from best dams in herd. 
P. B. McLENNAN, Court House, Syracuse,N.Y. 
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 sule; no females. 
_ A, A. OORTKLYOU, Some rville N.J. 
FflR V AI p—R** tklerfd lloisletn-Krlcslnn Hull Calf from 3 
I U ll OHLL year old cow that produced 92(f, ll>«. milk in 
one day; $75. Others nearly as good for !es« money. Write for 
bargains. GATES HOMESTEAD PAIiM, Chittenaugo, N. Y. 
HOLSTEINS 
Four Holstein Heifer 
Calves and one Bull, 
15-16th pure, 3 to 4 weeks old, $15 each, crated for 
shipment anywhere. Also one yearling Bull, $45— 
and one 6 months old, $30. All well marked and from 
heavy milkers. Edgewood Farm, Route 2, Whitewater,Wis. 
ONTARIO BEETS DE KOL 
superb Hoistein'bnll, largely white, born 
Nov. 26,1911, out of a grand A. R. O. cow. 
Price $75. Send for pedigree. 
CLOVER DALE FARM.Charlotte, N.Y. 
FOR SALE 
-Bull Calf dropped April 7, 1911, 
First Prize Far Hills, N. J. Sire, 
College King Rex 80338. Dam, Beauty of Bloom - 
ville 228508, $125. College King Bellefontaino 
dropped August 19, 1910. Sire, College King Rex 
80338. Dam,, Bellefontaine Beauty 183233, $F5. 
Raritan King, Imp. in dam, dropped Sept. 29, 1919. 
Sire. Count Beetjve 4226 H. C. Dam, Imp. May 
Times 23179, $85. Raritan Valley Farms, Somerville, N. J 
Jerseys & Berkshires 
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. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
lead all breeds as butter cows with average daily 
yield of 1.61 lbs. fat. Bulletin No. 75, Bureau of 
Animal Industry, U. S. Dep’t of Agriculture, shows 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, 
their leadership. 
B Ill ’*• ]■“ 
Daily Weld (jerseys, 24.5 " “ 1.26 “ “ 
Study the figures and you’ll see why the important dairy 
sections are occupied mainly by the Holstein breed. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. They 
contain valuable information for any Dairyman. 
F. L. HOUGHTON. Secy, Box 105, 
Brattleboro, Vt. 
