109 
1913. 
SHEEP FEEDING IN THE MIDDLE WEST. 
The picture on page 91, Fig. 31, rep¬ 
resents a farm scene in one of the most 
profitable feeding operations now being 
carried on near the great markers of the 
Middle West. At the time this picture 
was taken there were over 11,000 head 
of sheep on two farms owned by the 
same man. All were brought from the 
far western ranges and are fitted for the 
market on Illinois and Wisconsin farms. 
In this way the farmer makes a profit¬ 
able use of pasture, a great deal of which 
is in woodlands, and he also disposes of 
other kinds of feed. The advantages 
of these near Chicago feeding points are 
several, but the most important one is 
that the feeding place is so near the 
market that carloads may be run to the 
city in time to catch a desirable price. 
Another is that there are certain lands 
especially adapted to this kind of feed¬ 
ing operations, in some instances is fitted 
for no other use, is well watered and 
lies handy to the best and quickest ship¬ 
ping facilities. The picture was made 
on a farm known as the Wilson place 
near Burlington, Wis. In late years 
the business has been invading the Wis¬ 
consin districts. Formerly it was almost 
wholly confined to points in Illinois 
where, at some of them, are barns capa¬ 
ble of sheltering 100,000 head of sheep 
at one time. At some of these places 
100 cars, double deckers, are loaded in 
record-breaking time and rushed to Chi¬ 
cago. where they arrive on the top of 
the market. j. l. graff. 
THE RURAI, NEW-YORKER 
Thriftless Pigs. 
I have two pigs; one of them does not 
grow as fast as the other. He has had 
black teeth, but I have pulled them out. 
He acts dizzy-headed. Will you tell me 
what to do for him, and a good feed for 
the two? I do not have milk for them. 
Bainbridge, N. Y. w. n. s. 
Black teeth are perfectly harmless and 
need not be extracted. They do not in 
any way cause or explain the fact that the 
pig fails to grow and thrive. It is likely 
that the pig is infested with worms, and 
we would give it sulphate of iron in its 
slop at the rate of ope dram per 100 
pounds of body weight, administered once 
daily for five successive days. Feed slop 
of middlings, eornmeal, bran, oil meal and 
10 per cent of digested tankage. A little 
shelled corn also may be sprinkled on a 
big barn floor and covered with litter ; then 
turn the pigs in to root for the corn. This 
gives them necessary exercise. Roots, sil¬ 
age, or Alfalfa hay would be good for the 
pigs. a. s. A. 
[[ 
SES 
Alfalfa meal . 
Bariev . 
" IRS 
WhonL __ i fiK 
< ’orn . 
Oats . 
Wheat middlings .. . , 
73 
YY'heat bran . 
Corn meal .. 
Corn P.ran .. 
Corn distillers’ grains 
(dried) .... 
. - .53 
Rye distillers' grains 
(dried) . 
. . .41 
Dried brewers' grains 
Malt sprouts . 
Hominy feed . 
Gluten feed . 
Gluten meal . 
Cottonseed meal . 
Cottonseed feed (meal 
aud bulls) . . 
. . 1.00 
Linseed meal . 1.17 
Dried beet pulp .49 
Pea meal . 1.11 
Blood meal . 1.03 
Animal meal . t.f>8 
Beef scraps . 1.30 
Digester tankage . 1.11 
Another table shows some of the 
trash used in stuffing some of those 
compounded feeds. You are expected to 
pay full price for this trash: 
Composition of “Trash.” 
Nitrogen 
Material 
per ct. per ct. per et. 
Corn cobs . 2.7 
Cottonseed hulls ... 
Oat feed (mostly liulL.. 
Oat hulls. 3.3 
Peanut feed (largely husks) 8.9 
Peanut husks . 
Peanut shells .. 
Protein 
Fat 
free 
extract 
1.1 
39.3 
.5 
56.2 
. 4.0 
2.0 
36.6 
. 5.1 
1.6 
54.4 
1.0 
52.0 
i) 8.9 
5.5 
16.6 
. 5.0 
1.7 
IS. l 
2.5 
IS. 7 
.7 
27.9 
Surely no New York farmer should 
ever buy one of these feeds until he has 
studied this bulletin. When he finds 
one containing this trash he should let 
it alone. 
FACTS ABOUT FEEDS. 
Bulletin No. 351 of the Geneva Ex¬ 
periment Station is a very valuable 
document to all who feed animals or buy 
feed. Under the New York law the 
station must take fair samples of feed 
sold in the State, analyze them fairly 
and print the results, showing what the 
manufacturers claim and what the goods 
actually contain. This law does not re¬ 
quire sampling of whole grain or hay 
or the whole grains ground and un- 
mixed or_ bran. Last year the station 
analyzed 772 samples and found 60 con¬ 
siderably below guarantee. There are 
many so-called “compound feeds” on 
the market. Out of 236 sampled, 16 
were very bad—adulterated with hulls, 
corn cobs, peanut hulls, weed seeds and 
sand. 
It is evident that in some of these 
feeds a very poor quality of “screen¬ 
ings” is used as a filler. It looks as if 
floor sweepings of chaff, sand, dirt and 
trash are dumped into some of these 
feeds to make weight. Many vital weed 
seeds are found, and in one feed there 
was over 6 l /> per cent of sand. It was 
not claimed that this sand was added as 
such, but it probably came in the screen¬ 
ings. It is much cheaper to let the 
stock run out and lick up sand if they 
want it rather than buy it at the rate 
of $30 per ton ! 
Among the other information in this 
bulletin is a table giving the weights of 
one quart of different food stuffs. This 
may be useful in figuring out a ration 
for stock: 
Approximate Weight of One Quart. 
Lbs. 
High Piuced Horses.— Everywhere the 
same story prevails about horses. Consul 
Halstead of Birmingham, England, says: 
“The change from the horse omnibus to 
the motor bus is progressing so rapidly 
that it is expected in six month there will 
not be a single horse omnibus remaining 
on the streets of Birmingham. The horses 
are being sold and, what might seem sur¬ 
prising, are bringing good prices, some¬ 
times as high as $200, while the average is 
$143. A good demand for horses exists at 
present, there being somewhat of a short¬ 
age because fewer are being bred. Breed¬ 
ers have felt that it was rather risky, in 
the changing conditions of transport, to 
breed many horses, with a resulting short¬ 
age in young stock and an increase in the 
demand and prices asked for older 
animals.” 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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more potatoes and better stock than three-fourths 
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(Name furnished on application.) Martin Fertili¬ 
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LAND OF 
MILD WINTERS 
I’ II \ Thousands of Acres— Rich, Black 
1 Sandy Loam Soil; Virgin Farm 
hands, fronting on the ocean. 
” Ample monthly rainfall. 
Nearby markets. - Twelve 
hours from New York. 
Low priced farming lands. Monthly Excursions. 
Write for Free Colored Maps and Descriptive Liter¬ 
ature. Address B. E. RICE, Land Agent, Norfolk, 
Southern R, R., Dept. D, Norfolk, Virginia, 
CAROLINA' 
A O'T' Thousanc 
LUao 1 f and / L ; 
Lands, I 
COUNTRY 
R egistered Chester white pigs for 
sale; 5 weeks old. WM. C. BATCHELOR, Sterling, Pa. 
0 1. C. S— Young Sows bred for March-April farrow. 
« Sept. Pigs, pairs, no akin. Holstein Hull Calf, sired by 
Pontiac, Burke 2d. ^KKEl) MCKKI,, H. .No. 1. Monroe, Mich. 
Rprluthirp Fall Pio-C- b °th sex; pairs not akin, 
UCI no II11 0 1 ul I r i&O containiugbloodof notedwin- 
ners; at farmers’ prices. J. I. Hereter, Gettysburg, Pa. 
OHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
v Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. K. BAUNKS. Oxford, N. V. 
Chpqfpr WHMoc -1 Thoroughbred Sows,bred to 
WIIBSICI milled registered boar for April far¬ 
row, $22 each -. weigli over 150 lbs. Sow pigs, 3 months 
old,$6each; Boar pigs.3 months old, $5 each; Trios 
3 months oid, $15. VICTOR FARMS, Bellvale, N. Y. 
HOGS and POULTRYi'TES/iS 
ner Dndt Eggs, White and Brown Leghorn Eggs 
of best strains. Bred Berkshire Sows and Pigs 
CHERRY HILL FRUIT FARM, Tobuso, Licking County, Ohio] 
Registered Berkshires at Farmers’ Prices 
Descendants of Masterpiece and Premier Long¬ 
fellow and from prize-winning dams. Either sex, 
any age from young pigs to boars ready for service, 
or sows with pigs. • Every animal guaranteed. 
McLKNNAN farm Fayetteville, N. Y. 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
Has bred more high-class hogs than any in Connec¬ 
ticut. Have sows bred for Spring iitters and some 
Summer farrowed sow pigs that are right to lie bred 
for next Summer farrow. Write me. Address, 
J. E. WATSON, PROP,, MARBLEDALE, CONN. 
Reg, P, Chinas. Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains: aii ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
— —. Pups,Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ereildouu, Pa. 
Homestead Herd Duroc-Jersey Red Swine 
The kind that will grow. improve your 
stock and do you good. Spring Gilts, bred, 
$35.00 each. Service Boars, $25.00 each. 
Younger stock and pigs at reasonable prices. 
R. W. McALLEN - F’annetlsburg, Pa. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES ai HIGHWOOD 
We have for sale service hoars, brood sows and 
pigs, all ages. These are sired by Berry-ton Duke’s 
Model, the boar that headed the first prize herd at 
the Royal in 1909; Highwood Duke 75th, a half- 
brother to the Grand Champion boar, at the last In¬ 
ternational, and other boars of equal merit. 
D. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
THE BEST PAYING FARMS 
are in 
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA 
\\ here lands are level as the prairie; 
climate so mild roses bloom in December. 
Rainfall abundant. A natural truck gar¬ 
den and corn belt. The coming Alfalfa 
region of America, giving annual net profit 
of double the cost of the land. 
Low rates by water and rail to 30 million 
consumers in a day’s shipment. Where 
increase of money and comfort go hand-in- 
hand. Write to-day for Real Estate Herald 
No. 20 with map and full account, and 
descriptions of farms for sale. 
PYLE & CO., Inc., Dept. E, Petersburg, Va 
OLUN5’JERSEY RED 
-the best 
pi a % 
bred 
Fattens quickest at least cost. 
Healthy, prolific, small-boned, 
long bodied — meat unsur¬ 
passed. The “perfect profit 
New catalog FKKE. . 
9 S ) > 
375 lbs. in 
9 months! 
DERCHERON STALLIONS, with quality guaranteed, at 
' farmer’s prices. BONNY BROOK FARM, Gardiner, N. Y. 
For Sale—Shetland and Welsh Ponies 
spotted and solid colors. All ages. Snitable for 
Christmas presents. Nothing so much appreciated. 
SHERMAN SANFORD ■ Seymour, Conn. 
STALLIONS 
and MARES, $250 to $1000 each 
Write for my Illustrated 
Circular telling why I can save 
you money on the purchase of a Per- 
cheron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W.Green,MiddIefieId,0. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula &Warren 
Adirondack Farms, 
Glens Falls, N. Y. 
The greatest Breeding 
Establishment in the East. 
Champion Stud of Perch- 
eron and Belgian Stallions 
and Mares. 
Catalogue C if interested 
_ 3 crchc ron 
Belgian and Hackney Stallions and Mares 
Your pick of my sale Stallions for$1,000.00. New ship¬ 
ment arrives the first of the year. Big ton boys, 
lots of bone, quality and action; the kind that will 
look good to you. Come and see them ; you caD’t 
beat it in America. Book what my horses did at 
Wheeling, our State fair. Everything in Hackneys. 
Six prizes on Belgians; four of the six were first 
prizes. Percheron won almost everything in three- 
year-old stallions and over; first prize under three, 
first and second prizes, second on mare, first and 
second on young mares. Stallion and four of hi 3 
gets, first prize. Mare and two of her get. first and 
second prizes. Stud group, consisting of stallion 
and four mares, first prize. Five best stallion, first 
prize. Champion Stallion, Reserved Champion Stal¬ 
lion. Reserved Champion Mare. Doesn't this look 
like I have the goods in both Imported and Ameri¬ 
can-bred stock from weanlings up. My new ship¬ 
ment is the best I have ever had. Be sure and come 
and see them or write DR. OTIS M. TREVEY, LOCUST 
GROVE FARM, M0UNDSV1LLE, W. VA. Moundsville is 
only 11 miles south of Wheeling, has trains, each 
way, 8 times a day on the B. & O.. and O. R. street 
cars every 30 minutes to Wheeling, where you can 
get the W. & Lake Erie and Pennsylvania lines. 
Don’t forget where you find your money’s worth. 
Como early and get your choice. 
■pleasant, permanent and profitable agency 
Iwork? We offer a position as exclusive dls- 
Itributlng salesman either all or spare time 
Ifor the Automatic Combination Tool, a Fence 
IBtillders Device.Post Puller, Llftingand Pull- 
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Iby Contractors,Teamsters,Farm era,Factories 
land others. Wei ghs 24 1 bs. ,11 fts or pu Us 3 tons. 
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■AUTOMATIC JACK CO., Box 296, lBloomfleM, Ind. 
CATTLE 
YMEN 
Your name on a postal card 
will bring information about 
THE WONDERFUL 
GUERNSEY 
COW 
Write : : 
The American Guernsey Cattle Chib 
Box Y PETERBORO, N. H. 
EAST RIVER HOLSTEINS 
_. ..FOR SALE.. ._ 
70 Cows, grade Holstein, due to calve soon. The kind 
that fill the pail. 1 0 Registered 2 and 3 year old Hallers 
bred to good sires. 10 Registered Bulls ready for ser¬ 
vice, with extra good breeding. 10 Registered Bull 
I Calves. Most of these bulls have good A. R. O. Dams, 
and large record sires. 
BELL PHONE 
311-F-5 
JOHN B. WEBSTER 
Dept. R, Cortland, N. Y. 
GRADE HOLSTEINS 
60 Extra Fine, Large, Heavy Milking Cows 
All young, nicely marked and due 
to freshen within sixty days. 
IF YOU WANT GOOD ONES COME AND SEE THESE COWS 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
Cp-TT-ZY-X j-X-T 
For Sale— JERSEY BULL CALF— Dropped Nov. 29, 1912; 
Dam's record, 12,840 lbs. milk, testing803 lbs. butter! 
Dam of Sire has record of 9744 lbs milk, testing 655 
lbs. butter. Can you buy anything better ? For des¬ 
cription and price, address, E W. Mosher, Aurora, H. Y. 
For Sale 
Registered Holstein Male Galt 
Choicely bred, fine individual, attractively marked. 
$25—with all papers. 
Also choice young cows at reasonable prices. 
HILLHURST FARM. F. H. RIVENBURGH, Munnsville, N. Y. 
Breed Up—Not DownTo'r’o.“'"i««™ , ~ 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. K. F. 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street. Pittsburg, Pa. 
If You Want Guernseys ^W h the®Ew*Ym 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION, Box36. Peekskill, N. Y. 
Ontario Segis Burke“ s H 6 °‘t e T ; b showy 
markings; rich breeding; fine individual. Price, $75. 
Send for pedigree, etc. Cloverdale Farm, Charlotte, N. Y. 
GUERNSEY BULLS —Farmer’s prices; from excellent 
u dams and sires. Send for price list. Some choice 
heifers, too. W. R. DUNLOP, R. F. D. No. B, Auborn, N. Y. 
Holsiein-Friesian Bull Calves f° 0 r r S, sVe^ul 
offer, THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenanpo, N. Y . 
SPOT GASH FOR HOLSTEIN CALVES 
Will pay spot cash for registered Bull and Heifer 
Calves. State number of calves, ages, sex, breed¬ 
ing, and lowest immediate spot cash price. 
Address, M. R., care Rural New - Yorker 
HAVE SEVERAL THOROUGHBRED REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN YEARLING BULLS 
for sale cheap at farmer's prices. All well grown, 
ready for immediate service, perfectly marked, well 
bred ami guaranteed right in every particular 
V. B. McLKNNAN, ■ Syr acuse. N. Y. 
'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. 
AYRSHIRES’FOR SALE 
Three choice young Cows; alsoCalves. Prices right. 
Dorset Rams for sale. J. A. DOREMUS, Gladstone, N. J. 
Milk Prndllflftrs for New York City market 
XHUtV t 1 UUUuGlo desiring information how to 
form brandies of the Dairymen s League, write to 
the Secretary, Albert Manning Otisville, N. Y. 
Dogs and Ferrets 
Collie Pups NELlo n N s h '''g?o r i°. g c1,’, I0 r l 
FERRETS FOR SALEiSIr 
catalogue and priee list. KEEFER BROS.. Greenwich. 0. 
3 Trained Ferrets for Sale 
$3.00 each. THEO. BARON. R. F. D. No. 4, Montague, Mich. 
Seotch. COLiLiIE DOG 
Handsome, good type, tawny yearling. Eagtr to 
drive cattle, but untrained. Purebred but not eligi¬ 
ble to registry. He is good tempered, in perfect 
health and house broken. I must sell as I have no 
place for him. Price. $25. C. B. LOOMIS, Beltvile, N. Y. 
PUREBRED REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
. Choose Holsteins and you have cattle worth owning. 
They hold all milk and butter records. Their milk is of 
excellent quality. The small and uniform size of the fat 
globules makes it exceptionally digestible and prevents 
the rapid rising of cream. No other milk ships so well. As 
the milk is of more even quality throughout, it appears 
less rich than milk upon which the cream quickly rises. 
Holsteins are the largest, strongest and most profitable 
of dairy cattle. 
Send for Free Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS'N, F. L. HOUGHTON. Sec y. Box 105. Brattleboro, Vt. 
