1912. 
THE R.UR.A.L/ NEW-VORKEK 
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TRANQUILITY FARMS offer choice DORSET 
RAMS and EWES for sale at farmors’ prices. 
One of the oldest flocks in America. 
Arthur flanks, Mgr....ALLAMUCH¥, N. J. 
DiLIXlY CATTLE 
PINE GROVE GUERNSEY STOCK FARM 
00YLEST0WN, PA. 
BREEDERS AND IMPORTERS OF HIGH CLASS 
[TOO Head of HEIFERS 
and YOUNG BULLS Now 
on Hand For Sale. . . . 
Write for Particulars 
INSPECTION OF HEED SOLICITED 
GEORGE W. OTT - Owner 
irWl.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. OORTELYOU. Somerville N. J. 
1401 QTPIIM^ Four Holstein Heifer 
rUVSUO 1 El 1*0 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. Edgewond Farm, Route2,Whitewater,Wis. 
Wanted TwoYoung Grade Holstein Cows 
Must 1)0 good. F. S. MORTON, Freehold, N. J. 
ONTARIO BEETS DE KOL 
superb Holstein bull, largely white, born 
Nov. 26,1911, out of a grand A. R. O. cow. 
Price $75. Send for pedigree. 
CLOVIOKWALE FARM.Charlotte, N. Y. 
PAH C A 1 C — R© glutored Holuteln-Fricslan Bull Calf from 3 
run OALL year old cow that produced 92^ lbs. milk in 
one day; $75. Others nearly as prood for less money. Write for 
bargains. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenango, N. Y. 
COD C Al C~ Bu11 Calf dropped April 7, 1911, 
rUO DALE. First Prize Far Hills, N. J. Sire, 
College King Rex 80338. Dam, Beauty of Bloom- 
ville 228508, $125. College King Bellefontaine 
droppod 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 H. C. Dam, Imp. May 
Times 23179, $85. Raritan Valley Farms, Somerville, N. J. 
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 Houxe, Syracuie.N.Y. 
Breed Up-Not DownV’.'T’™ * 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. B. F 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
'TOMPKINS 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. 
Millr PrortlTGAre for New York City mar’.et 
lulliY x lUUUtOla desiring information how to 
form blanches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary, Albert Manning Otisville. N. Y. 
HORSES 
A FINE TOPPY DRIVING TEAM 
and right in every way, six and eight this 
spring weighing about nineteen hundred. 
Herman Von Morstein, No. White Lake, N. Y. 
r^erclieron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
at farmers' prices. A- W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Middlefield, O. Railroad station. East Orwell. O., 
on Penna. R.R., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O. 
D O G- S 
aai 1 1C Dll DO entitled to registry ; spayed females 
uULLIL i U i w Circulars. SILAS DECK l‘. It, 3Iontro*e, l*a. 
Pm IIC DllDQ—' The intelligent kind. Females 
UULLIl lUrO cheap. NELSON’S, Grove City, Penna. 
COLLIE PUPS 
Dog Strain. FRED CHENEY, Guilford, N. Y. 
8 WI3XTB 
HIGH-CLASS BERKSHIRE PTGS For Sale. 
|| WILLIAM L. MORRIS, Greenwood, Del. 
SUNNY BANK FARM 
D r 1 Of Clff IDP' C Both sexes; Master- 
** *- “■ "* !■* * *- ^ piece and Longfellow 
breeding.) ; bred sows. Prices reasonable. Registration 
free. A. F. JONES, P. 0. Box 117, Ilridgchainpton, New York. 
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 BERKSHIRES at HIGHWOOD 
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. Selected individuals, all ages, 
for sale. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
The New York Farmer’s Hog 
Hardy, active, prolific, medium- bacon type. Some 
very fine young sows ready to brood. 
Orders booked for pigs for spring delivery. 
Address DEPT. OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY , 
Cornell University , Ithaca, N. Y. 
A ONE-COW SILO. 
Will you try to find out for me, 
through your readers, all you can about 
the one-cow silo? Would it pay to cut 
green rye, plow under the stubble and 
plant something else? The same with 
green corn and beans, instead of hav¬ 
ing this go to waste on a truck farm. 
How would silage be for hogs and hens 
in the Winter? Would not the under¬ 
ground silo be better than the others, 
those made of concrete? How- would 
the heat in Summer and the cold in 
Winter affect them? w. K. 
Long Island. 
We will try, but it will be a job, for 
few people seem to have tried a one- 
cow silo. On sandy, well-drained soil 
the underground silo seems to give fair 
satisfaction, but it will be hard to keep 
green crops during the Summer in small 
quantities. This is a live question to 
many smaller truck farmers, and we 
would like it fully discussed. 
I notice the request of Ralph F. Sherman 
for suggestions as to digging a trench 
20 feet for an underground silo. I do 
not know the nature of his soil, but under 
some conditions a series of auger holes 
wpuld solve the problem. Reinforcements 
could be placed In each hole if desired. 
Then fill with concrete. After it is set the 
pit can be dug and spaces between the 
cement pillars filled with mortar. My 
experience extends to boring the hole with 
the auger. It is no great trick to go 20 
feet deep by hand work alone. The remain¬ 
der is theory. Your inquirer would have a 
sad time working planks that had been 
used for concrete forms. Timber that had 
been in Cape Cod surf would be clean in 
contrast. e. s. small. 
Cape Cod, Mass. 
PnoLiFic Swine. —Realizing the import¬ 
ance of prolificacy in swine to every breed¬ 
er, we think possibly the following record 
of one strain of our Berkshires may be of 
interest to your readers. For many years, 
we have been breeding and developing a 
strain of Berkshire sows which we have 
named the ITighwood Columbias. The fol¬ 
lowing is the record of sows of this strain 
In our herd during the past month: One 
sow farrowed 10 pigs. Two sows, year¬ 
lings, farrpwcd 13 and 14. Another far¬ 
rowed 14, making 130 pigs farrowed by 
her - in 10 consecutive Hitters. Another 
farrowed nine and another 18. This last 
mentioned sow is full sister to the one 
which farrowed 130 in 10 litters. She 
farrowed 15 her first litter. These sows 
have been bred and developed with a view 
of retaining quality and size combined 
with greatest utility and we think with a 
measure of success. 
H. C. & n. B. HARPENDING. 
The Good Sheep.— Few lines of work 
offer greater financial returns for the capi¬ 
tal invested than a good flock of breeding 
sheep. This is especially true when good 
mutton conformation is combined with a 
long, dense fine fleece. The question of 
constitution is very important in sheep. 
In selecting rams, blockiness, lowsetness, 
wide backs, loins, and heavy well filled 
hindquarters should always be demanded. 
The head should be broad and masculine 
in appearance, the neck short and the 
shoulder broad and compact. The legs 
should be short and straight, especially at 
the hocks. The skin should be pink In 
color and the fleece long, dense, fine and 
uniform on all parts of the body. Too 
much attention cannot be given the im¬ 
portance of density of fleece. It Insures a 
heavier clip of wool, protects the sheep 
from rain, snow and cold weather, and 
also sheds chaff and other foreign material 
so detrimental to the wool. 
Iowa. [prof.] w. jr. Kennedy. 
A Pig Record. —On the seventh of last 
October our O. I. C. farrowed seven pigs. 
One was accidentally killed by the sow, 
leaving six promising youngsters. Of these 
six pigs one was selected for a future 
brood sow, the runt of the litter was handed 
over to the “boys.” At eight weeks of age 
the four pigs were taken from the sow and 
put in a box stall and liberally fed for a 
few days until they were well weaned; 
then they were put in a small lot with 
an open shed that faced the south. They 
were kept in this lot as long as the weather 
would permit. However, shortly after New 
Year’s a blizzard struck us and it kept 
so cold we were obliged to take them to 
the barn basement. They seemed to ap¬ 
preciate the warmer air of the basement 
and responded well to our feeding. As is 
shown in the following acount they were 
fed a mixture of corn (half ground and 
half shelled), bran and middlings, and 
tankage, all they would eat up clean. The 
grain was all fed dry and was all the 
nutriment they were given except a small 
amount of skim-milk. The pigs were fed 
with the Intention of marketing them as 
soon as they would net 100 pounds. Below 
Is given an account of the grain fed, with 
amount of pork sold: 
To 125 lbs. tankage at $40. $2.70 
To 200 lbs. bran and mid. at $35. 5.07 
To 888 1bs.com at $30. 13.32 
Total grain fed.$21.09 
To market value of 4 pigs, 8 weeks 
at $2 . 8.00 
Total expense .$29.09 
By amount received for 526 pounds 
pork at 8 cents. 42.08 
Balance .$12.99 
Each meal was weighed separately as 
fed. The amount given was increased daily 
which was one ounce with an occasional 
two ounce Increase. The last pig killed 
took an increase of one ounce daily alone 
for about 10 days and weighed 153 pounds 
and was killed March 25. The first one 
was killed February 28 and weighed 118 
pounds. a. s. PHELPS. 
Washington Co., O. 
“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 be offered at public sale directly following the First Annual Wood- 
crest-Oakland sale, May 29, 1912. Among this number are : 
Fouv sons of Homestead Girl De Kol Sarcastic 
Lad, who now has 90 A. R. O. daughters, includ¬ 
ing tho 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 recoi-d of 812.63 lbs. 
Three sons of Pietje 22d's Woodcrest Lad, who 
was by Homestead Girl 1 >e Kol Sarcastic Lad 
and from Pietje 22d (31.62 lbs.), the greatest 
imported cow in America. These calves are 
brothers on tho sire's side, to the World’s Cham¬ 
pion junior 4-year-old, Fairmount Zerma Sogis 
Pietje (35.fi 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, Rifton, 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 Rifton, N. Y., May 29, 1912. 
For Catalog, address 
E. M. HASTINGS, Sale Manager 
Lacona, New York 
LINDEN GROVE JERSEYS 
Ninety Per Cent of the First Prizes and Championships Awarded for 
Jersey Cattle at the State Fairs and Important Expositions of 1911 were 
Won by Animals of the Blood that Flows Through “ Linden Grove.” 
ANNUAL DECORATION DAY SALE OF 
JERSEY CATTLE 
3 HEAD —Imported Animals and their Defendants — 1*73 HEAD 
COOPERSBURG, PENNA., THURSDAY MAY 30, 1912 
(Coopersburg is on the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad, 43 miles north of Philadelphia, 
98 miles west of New York City, 11 miles south of Bethlehem, I'ennn., and 8 miles south of 
Allentown, Penna. Several trains daily on the “P. & It.” stop at Coopersburg. Tho 
Philadelphia and Allentown trolley cars pass the ‘‘Linden Grove” stables hourly on week¬ 
days, half-hourly on holidays and Saturdays. Sale Decoration Day, May 30.) 
LINDEN GROVE JERSEYS ENJOY THE STEflOY PATRONAGE OF DISCREET JERSEY BREEDERS from all parts of 
America. As usual, in our next Decoration Day auction, we shall offer imported Jersey cattle of 
the quality and breeding that attracts them here year after year. The best advertisement is 
tho endorsement and continued support of pleased purchasers. Onr oldest and heaviest buyers 
are our most zealous supporters. It is because we bring over and sell each year 
THE CREAM OE THE ISLAND 
Public Butter Test Cows, winners in the tests under auspices of the English Jersey Cattle Society, and their 
Offspring of Both Sexes 
Prize Winners from the Royal Shows on Island of Jersey, with their Sons and Daughters 
Bulls of Royal Blood and Individuality, Fit to Win, and to Head the Best American Herds 
Females of All Ages, from Heifer Calves to Mature Cows, Bred to Prize Winning and Richly Bred Bulls 
CATALOG READY— Sent postpaid, on application to the Undersigned. Our annual Jersey auction catalog has 
become one of the historical publications. It is compiled and illustrated with the greatest care, and is a 
costly pamphlet. We are anxious that everyone really interested should have a copy, but it is too expensive 
to send out merely to satisfy curiosity and then he thrown aside. 
CATTLE IN PERFECT HEALTH— Tuberculin test certificate acceptable to anyStato in the Union goes with every 
animal over six months old. 
For Catalogs and any Information, address: 
T. S. COOPER & SONS, “Linden Grove,” COOPERSBURG, PENNA. 
L. F. HERRICK, Manager of Sale Mkntion The Rural New-Yorker 
SWINE 
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. 
DUROC-JERSEY PIGS 
FROM REGISTERED STOCK FOR SALE 
JOHN F. PERHAM LUDLOW CENTER, MASS. 
0.1. C.’S Of Superior Quality Service Boars, Gilts, SprlngPIgs, 
■ ■ 11 1 1 1 * ■ ~ no akin pairs, also Buff Rock 
Fggs, $1.50 per 15. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No. 1. 
-SPRING PIGS, $7.00—pedigreed. 
S. A. WEEKS.... DeGraff,Ohio. 
DUROCS 
L ARGE YORKSHIRES- Sows bred for Juno and August 
farrow. Boars ready for service. May pigs. 
Ordernow. Glknmark Farm, Robertsviile, Conn. 
LARGE 
BROOKFIELD 
FARM 
YORKSHIRES 
Pigs of April farrow, both sexes, from the most im¬ 
proved type and registered breeding for sale when 10 
weeks old at $10 each f.o.b. Buffalo, crated with reg¬ 
istered certificate. W. Allan Gardner, Snyder. Erie Co.,N,Y 
Roi'L'ctilfA —Both sex. Masterpiece and 
DerKSnire rigs Premier Strain, also a few 
bred sows cheap. J. I. HERETER, Gettysburg, Pa. 
DCD|fC|l|DCC Choice breeding stock for sale. 
Dcnivoninto Write me your wants. Will give 
you a square deal. M. H. Taylor, West Alexander, Pa. 
CHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both-sex 
G Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. K. BAKNKS. Oxford, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITES and 
LARGE YORKSHIRE GILTS 
to farrow September, 1912. Bred to choice herd 
boars that have proven themselves good sires. 
Also 7 to 8 months old pigs of both sexes for sale. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM 
C. E. HAMILTON. Mgr. CHAZY. NEW YORK 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. f T, r % 
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. Piourietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
Fashionably Bred BERKSHIRES 
Winter offering of Sows, some bred. Also a few 
Boar Pigs. Prices reasonable, quality considered. 
Satisfaction gnaran teed. Dr. J. R. Allen, Orwell, N, ¥. 
T> ERKSHIRE and O. I. C, SWINE -All re£i*- 
tered. Young stock always for sale at 
reasonable prices. See our Poultry ad. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM.MILLERTON. H. Y. 
is & Berkshires ,!ulls sired by 
JerSeyS wl uunwuci Jubilee, No. 73852. 
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. T. 
E ureka stock farm- 
Itegistered Jersey 
Bulls and Heifers, 
2 mos. to 2 years old. 
Chester White, Po¬ 
land China and Berk¬ 
shire Pigs, all ages. 
Collie Pups and a _ 
variety of POULTRY. White fob Cikcular. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Pa. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
The Imperial Agricultural College of Japan has 
just purchased a carload of purebred Holstein heifers 
and two hulls from a well-known New York farm. 
The Breeders' Gazette reports that during the past 
year the same farm has shipped Holstein Cattle to Mexico, 
the West Indies, South America and South Africa. 
Every corner of the earth is thoroughly awake to the 
necessity of increasing the yield of the dairy cow and to 
the value of the Holstein breed. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets, 
contain valuable information for any Dairyman. 
They 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUGHTON. Sec’y, Box 105, Bratileboro, Vt. 
