1912. 
THB RUR.A.L, NEW-YORKER 
071 
THE BEEF BREEDS OF CATTLE. 
I would like to have all the information 
possible about the beef breeds of cattle. 
Do they make any butter or sell any milk 
at all from them; in other words, on a 
farm where they grow beef especially do 
they have the butter or milk as a by¬ 
product V What are the best beef breeds? 
What satisfaction are the dual purpose 
breeds giving? j. w. f. 
Delmar, Del. 
The important breeds of beef cattle 
are Short-horns, Herefords, Angus, 
Galloways, Devons, Red Polls, Polled 
Durhams, Polled Herefords, Brown 
Swiss and Sussex. For beef as the 
main item Short-horns of the Scotch 
type, Angus and Herefords may be 
selected. If both beef and milk are 
equally important the dual-purpose 
breeds should be selected, such as the 
Bates Short-Horns, Red Polls, Devons 
or Brown Swiss, but right here it 
should be pointed out that milk or beef 
production is a question of type rather 
than of breed; that is, there is a dairy 
and a beef conformation, and within 
certain limits all breeds of cattle have 
types showing both conformations, and 
while beefiness and deep milking quali¬ 
ties exist in separate individuals usually, 
at times they are co-existent in single 
individuals or families, constituting the 
dual-purpose strains. One should not 
expect a dual-purpose cow to produce 
so much butter fat as a highly special¬ 
ized cow of pronounced dairy type, nor 
should a steer from such a cow be ex¬ 
pected to equal in weight at maturity 
a steer of pronounced beef type, but in 
the extremes may not lie the greatest 
profit. Most cows of the beef breeds 
give lots of milk, but owing to feeding 
and handling they dry up sooner than 
cows of the dairy breeds. However, for 
the feed consumed they give good re¬ 
turns in milk. Our farmers here have 
worked away from general-purpose cat¬ 
tle, some selecting the beef breeds and 
others getting the dairy breeds, but 
judging from apparent economic condi¬ 
tions it is up to some of us to get cat¬ 
tle capable of making good beef and 
milk in paying quantities during a long 
lactation period. Milking Short-horns, 
selections from the Bates cattle, care¬ 
fully developed and highly profitable in 
certain localities in England, Red Polls, 
Devons and Brown Swiss, all dual-pur¬ 
pose in character, may furnish us ma¬ 
terial to select from and in the selec¬ 
tion we should select strains having 
vigor and as good a blending of beef 
and dairy conformations as possible. 
Dual-purpose cattle give good returns 
in densely populated England, France 
and Switzerland, and there are no doubt 
numerous herds in America, but as 
there are no statistics available con¬ 
cerning them their number and location 
are largely unknown. There are two 
obvious features in regard to cattle at 
the present time in the United States. 
One is that the scarcity of stock cattle 
is forcing cattle feeders into other 
lines of farming, and in many instances 
they are working into some form of 
dairying. The other is that the les¬ 
sened production of beef cattle is mak¬ 
ing higher beef, which will hold up the 
price of dairy products and make the 
production of beef again profitable in 
the East where conditions suit and 
especially is this true where milk and 
beef can both be produced on the same 
farm. A dual or general-purpose herd 
of cattle must be carefully selected and 
built up, by purchase and by breeding, 
and the process will not be a rapid one. 
Bulls from deep-milking families must 
be used and both cows and bulls must 
carry lots of flesh. The cows must be 
regular breeders, produce milk at a 
good profit and the herd must suit the 
conditions and circumstances of their 
owner and his farm. 
Ohio. W. E. DUCK WALL. 
Ration for Milch Cows. 
Is the following ration suitable foi* milch 
cows? Having no silage I thought it might 
be too constipating. Will you suggest im¬ 
provements? I have only Timothy hay: 
20 pounds Timothy, two pounds cornmeal, 
two nounds cotton-seed meal, four pounds 
XXXX flake. I make the ration about 
1 to 5.4. P. G. 
Oswego Co., N. Y. 
Your ration would probably be improved 
if you would add a pound or two of dried 
beet pulp, soaked with water before and 
mixed with the other grains. If you can¬ 
not obtain the beet pulp add a pound of oil 
meal instead of part of the XXXX flake or 
cotton-seed. Your ration is very good ex¬ 
cept that it lacks succulence. The beet 
pulp or oil meal will correct this fault. 
C. T,. M. 
A SUCCESSFUL TURKEY MAN TALKS. 
Everybody who is in the business of 
breeding turkeys in New England, has 
probably had this question asked them 
a good many times: “Can turkeys be 
successfully raised in New England?’’ 
Now, I don’t profess to be an expert 
by any means, but I believe that with 
proper care and a good deal of patience 
as well as hard work it can be done. 
Seven years ago I bought nine eggs. I 
hatched seven pullets and succeeded in 
raising one. This bird proved to be a 
tom. I still have him, and at the pres¬ 
ent time he weighs some over 30 
pounds, and is as healthy and vigorous 
as ever. When he was one year old I 
bought two hens, and all the turkeys 
I ever raised sprang from this two. 
In regard to breeding I will say that 
I have never bought a tom or any eggs 
in my life for the purpose of introduc¬ 
ing new blood into my flock. At pres¬ 
ent I am using only two toms, the old 
seven-year-old bird and one of his own 
sons who will weigh 31 pounds. I keep 
all my young toms away from the hens, 
and breed the two old birds right back 
to the pullets. This may seem strange 
to a good many, but I am raising toms 
that will weigh 22 to 26 pounds at six 
months old, and so long as I can do 
this I shall not be looking for new 
blood. I thoroughly believe this is the 
proper breeding. 
In regard to raising the young 
turkeys, great care must be taken in 
keeping them warm and dry. I find 
that there is nothing much worse for 
young turkeys than cold and rainy 
weather. I always hatch my first lot 
in incubators and put them in brooders 
just the same as chickens. I find sand 
is better than anything else to put on 
the floor of the brooder, but it must 
be changed every day or two. If the 
brooder is out of doors it should be 
heated every night. I find that the 
young birds will crowd in the brooder 
more than chickens, and for that reason 
there should not be any corners for 
them to push into; this can be overcome 
by tacking strips of tin or zinc all 
around the inside of brooders so as to 
make a circular space, and by putting 
the hover in the center of this space 
few birds will be lost by crowding. I 
give them yards to run in and keep 
them in the brooders nights until they 
are old enough to fly on to a roost. I 
have portable pens covered with poultry 
netting on the sides with oilcloth top 
and side curtains, containing perches. 
After taking out of brooder I put the 
young turks in these pens, and aftet 
two or three nights they will all go itv 
of themselves. I let them stay in these 
pens until they get old enough to follow 
the old birds to their permanent roosts. 
Feeding is an important part ot 
turkey raising. I wouldn’t say that 
mine is the only right way, but I have 
had pretty good luck with it. I feeu 
very little grain for the first 10 or 12 
weeks. Hard-boiled eggs, toasted stale 
bread, sour milk, a little lettuce or 
dandelion leaves, is all they require. 
Take the toasted bread and put it 
through a grinder, then grind up the 
boiled eggs, shell and all, mix both 
with the curdled milk and make as 
thick as ordinary wet mash you would [ 
feed to hens. Feed four or five times j 
a day. Don’t give too much at a time. ■ 
Feed about one-half what you think 
they ought to have, and then they will 
by getting too much. More poults are 
killed by over feeding than any other 
cause. Keep away from rats. Rats 
will go right by a nice little chicken if 
there are any young turkeys around. 
I have followed this course for the last 
six years, and have had pretty good 
luck. Of course you will lose some of 
them, but you lose hens just the same. 
Last year I raised more turkeys than 
I did hens, and with a proper amount 
of care and common sense I see no 
reason why they cannot be raised in 
far greater numbers than ever before. 
Massachusetts. H. w. macomber. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An unceasing source of pleasure and robust health tochfldren. 
Safe and ideal playmates. Inexpensive to keep. Highest type. 
Complete outfits. Satisfaction guaranteed. Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue. BELLE MEADE FAltM, Box 20, Markham, Va. 
PHI I Id DIIDQ —The intelligent kind. Females 
uULLIL rUr0 cheap. NELSON’S, Grove City, Penna. 
P ercheron 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. 
D2LirfX' CATTXi* 
If You Are Looking For 
PROFITS IN THE DAIRY 
Then Select From The 
MOST ECONOMICAL PRODUCER 
THE GUERNSEY COW 
LOOK AT THIS RECORD 
Year’s Official Records 
A cow has given 18,808 lbs. milk. 
A cow has given 957 lbs. butterfat. 
Several cows have given over 900 lbs. butterfat. 
1,600 Cows Average 
8,081.16 lbs milk 
409.55 lbs. butterfat 
5.068# butterfat 
Average 3 Successive Years’ Official Records 
One cow 17,092 lbs. milk. 828 lbs. butterfat. 
Another 13,252 lbs. milk. 957 lbs. butterfat. 
Average 4 Successive Years’ Official Records 
One cow 10,402 lbs. milk. 642 lbs. butterfat. 
One ( At 4 yrs.old 11,570 lbs. milk, 572 lbs. butterfat 
Cow ( At 7 yrs.old 18,602 lbs. milk,957 lbs. butterfat 
Write for particulars regarding this cow which is 
winning so much favor in the Dairy World. Address 
THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB 
Box R. 'Peterboro, N. H. 
WOODCREST FARM 
has recently purchased 
the Klockdale Herd of 
Holstein-Friesians 
at caaiasrora, /v. 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 . 
IMS'S, 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. COItTELYOU, Somerville N. J. 
Handsome Registered Holstein Yearling Bull 
FOR SALF, 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, 
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 ono6 months old, $30. All well marked and from 
heavy milkers. Edgewood Farm, Route2,Whitewater,Wis. 
CfID CNI C —Bull Calf dropped April 7, 1911, 
run DULL First Prize Far Hills, N.J. Sire, 
College King Rex 80338. Dam, Beauty of Bloom- 
ville 228508, $125. College King Bellefontame 
dropped August 19, 1910. Sire, College King Rex 
80338. Dam, Bellot'ontaine 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. 
Reg. HOLSTEIN MALE CALVES 
——■$20 to $25 ■ 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Choicely bred, fine individuals. 
Satisfaction Guakanteed. 
HILLHURST FARM. .F. H. Rivenburgh, Prop. .Munnsville, N.Y. 
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. 
CI-OVliKWAI.E FAltM.Charlotte, N.Y. 
'TOMPKINS CO. BREEDERS’ ASSOCIA- 
* TICN, Box B, Trumausburg, N. Y.—Breeders 
of Holstein, Jersey & Guernsey cattle and the lead¬ 
ing breeds of sheep and swine. Write for sale list. 
rnn Oil C — B® gistcred Holstein-Frlesian Bull Calf from 3 
lUil OnLL year old cow that produced 92^ lbs. milk in 
one. day; $75. Others nearly as good for lesa money. Write for 
bargains. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenango, N. Y. 
Breed Up—Not 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. R. F- 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
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. 
Sheldoncroft 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 OF MERIDALE, 85989, A. J. C. C., and from 
this cow interest you? There are others at 
SHELDONCROFT, Silver Lake, Susq. Ce., Pa. 
SWIKTE 
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 
GHESHIRES 
-GUERNSEY S-Service boars 
and gilts now ready. Service 
bull and bull calves. 
0.1. C.’S of Superior Quality Service Boars, Gilts, Spring Pip, 
no akin pairs, also Buff Rock 
Eggs, $1.50 per 15. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., R. No. 1. 
PCfilQTCRCn- 0 - c flND CHESTER WHITE PIGS, 
IlLUIOl LnLU E. P. ROGERS, Wayville, N.Y. 
nilDnnC-SPRING PIGS, $7.00-pedigreed. 
UUflUuO S. A. WEEKS.... DeGraff. Ohio. 
For Sale—Duroc Jersey BoarSfiSs 
choice Collie Pups, cheap. Ready to ship. 
J. H. LEWIS, - - CADIZ, OHIO. 
OHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
0 Bred Sows. Service Boars Best of breeding 
C. K. BARNES, Oxford, N. V. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites, 
■**'»" — ii,,^ Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collio 
Pups,Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildoun, Pa. 
1 ARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES-Thoronghbred boars 
L ready for service. Sheldon Homestead,Martinsburg.H.Y. 
LARGE Bs rr 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 
| ARGE YORKSHIRES—Sows bred for June and Angust 
L farrow. Boars ready for service. May pigs 
Order now. Glinmabk Farm, Robertsville, Conn’ 
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. 
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 ordere 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSON. Piuprictor, Marbledale, Cenn. 
SUNNY BANK FARM 
ft JT ff ft C ff f ft F C Roth sexes; Master- 
ocnnariinta piece and Longfettow 
breedings; bred sows. Prices reasonable. Registration 
free. A. F. JONES, P. O. Box 117, Brltlgehampton, New York. 
BERKSHIRE and O. I. C. SWINE—AH regi*- 
tered. Young stock always for sale at 
reasonable prices. See our Poultry ad. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM.MILLERTON, N. T. 
1?^. BERKSHIRE BOAR PIGS 
of a large, prolific, and well 
marked type, eight and JNO. C. BREAM, 
twelve weeks, $10 and $12. R. 4 - Gettysburg, Pa. 
FASHIONABLY BRED BERKSHIRES 
Three young sows of broeding age at $16.00 
each. Also a few young pigs of either sex. 
DR. J. It. ALLEN ORWELL, N.Y. 
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. 
LIIGH-CLASS BERKSHIRE PTGS For Sale. 
Il WILLIAM L. MORRIS, Greeuwood, Del. 
S XI EET 
DORSETS 
TRANQUILITY FARMS offer choice DORSET 
RAMS and EWES for sale at farmers’ prices. 
One of the oldest flocks in America. 
Arthur Danks, Mgr_ALLAMCCHY, N.J. 
TTTNI<i ^il-IPFP The loading breed for early 
ALIIllO OnLLr market Lambs. All ages. 
Both sexes. Prices reasonable. J. N. MacPHER- 
SON, Pine View Farm, Seottsville, N. Y. 
j DAIRY CATTLE 
Millr PrrwItTr'anc for New York City market 
lulln. riUUULiClo desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary. Ai.bert Manning Otisville. N. Y. 
WANTED—12 YEARLING HEIFERS 
Either Holstein or Guernsey. What have you to offer ? 
G. W. SMITH, Burlington, N. J. 
PH D d A t E* ONE THOROUGHBRED 
■ A 3/ILC JERSEY BULL CALF. 
6 mos. old. C. A. MUNGERS0N, Grand Rapids, Mich. R. 2. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
are the most protitable dairy breed. They are the 
direct result of a consistently scientific testing and 
breeding system that in 16 years has raised their 7- 
day butter-fat record from 21 lbs. to over 30 lbs. 
Their history should be an incentive to every dairyman 
to improve his own herd by testing his cows, discarding 
the poor ones and filling their places with purebred Hol¬ 
stein Cows, the product of known ancestry. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. They 
contain valuable information for any Dairyman. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Box 105. Brattleboro, Vt. 
