1913. 
THE RURAt, NEW-YORKER 
406 
AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION AT 
ALBANY. 
Assembly Bills Nos. 673, 837, introduced 
by Mr. Hover, which have been read once 
and referred to the Committee on General 
Laws, establishing standard pear and 
quince barrels, which must be marked thus 
in letters one inch high, capacity to be 
6404.39 cubic inches, or 641.61 cubic inches 
less than standard apple barrel. 
Assembly Bill No. 956, introduced by Mr. 
Cole, is an act to amend the agricultural 
law in relation to branding skim-milk 
cheese. It states that no person shall sell, 
offer or expose for sale cheese commonly 
known as Cheddar cheese made from 
skimmed or partially skimmed milk unless 
the same is branded to show that it is skim- 
milk cheese. All such cheese so sold, of¬ 
fered or exposed for sale shall be branded 
with the words “skim-milk cheese,” or if 
such cheese contains 13 per cent of milk 
fat or over, it may be branded “medium 
skim-milk cheese,” or if it contains 18 per 
cent of milk fat or over, it may be branded 
“special skim-milk cheese.” Such branding 
shall be upon the sides of both the cheese 
and the container. The branding herein 
A TEAM OF BULLS. 
I noticed some weeks ago inquiry con¬ 
cerning the breaking of oxen. In the Fall 
of 1909 I spent two days in October try¬ 
ing to buy bulls for oxen. I failed to 
find any that I could buy until I got nearly 
home, and I saw a fine Durham bull inside 
of a hay-pen wasting the hay. I thought 
a good time to buy him, so I rode back to 
the house to see what I could do. The 
owner went to the haystack with me and 
I bought the bull for $35. I went after 
him in a few days and we put him in the 
scales to catch him and while in there we 
weighed him and he weighed 1300 pounds. 
I saw they were all afraid of him; he liad'a 
ring in his nose and I tied a rope in it. I 
took the rope and got on a horse and a 
man rode behind and I soon had him at 
home and tied in the stable. On the way 
home I saw a man who lived near where 
I got him, and he wanted to know what 
I was going to do with him. I told him 
and he said he would kill me; that he 
was very cross and he just went where he 
pleased and would make barb-wire fences fly 
like fiddle strings. Then I must have a 
mate for him. I saw a farmer who said 
A TEAM OF BULLS IN WEST VIRGINIA. 
provided shall be in block letters at least 
one-half an inch square. 
Assembly bill No. 957, introduced by 
Mr. Cole, Is an amendment regarding the 
sale of oleomargarine, butterine and simi¬ 
lar products. It compels the licensing of 
dealers, manufacturers and their agents, 
and an accurate description of the place 
where the business Is to be carried on. The 
manufacturer’s license is to be $500 an¬ 
nually ; the wholesale dealer’s, $300 ; retail 
dealer’s, $20; and these licenses are to be 
conspicuously displayed. 
_ Assembly bill No. 967, introduced by Mr. 
Vert, is to amend the agricultural law, 
in relation to the sale of fruit-bearing 
trees. It states that “Every person, firm, 
or corporation, who shall sell any fruit 
bearing trees, shall attach to each tree 
before delivery a tag correctly stating the 
name and variety of such tree, as classi¬ 
fied by the State Commissioner of Agricul¬ 
ture, and such trees shall be so marked 
and tagged when delivered to the pur¬ 
chaser. Every sale of fruit bearing tree 
or trees shall be made by a contract in 
writing stating the name and variety as 
classified by the State Commissioner of 
Agriculture, and signed by the person, firm 
or corporation making such sale, or their 
duly authorized agent, and if such fruit 
bearing tree or trees are not of the name 
or kind specified in such contract, the 
person, firm or corporation shall be liable 
for all damages resulting therefrom and 
the penalty of live dollars for every tree, 
which has been received by the purchaser 
and planted for growth, which is not of the 
name and variety specified in such contract. 
Such damages and penalty may be recov¬ 
ered in a civil action by the purchaser 
of such fruit bearing trees. All contracts 
and agreements contrary to the provisions 
of this section shall be void. 
Assembly Bill No. 1055,' introduced b 
Mr. Webb, provides that no person, firi 
or corporation shall operate a milk gatl 
ering station or other plant in which mil 
is bought or received, which milk or an 
part thereof is to be thereafter sold fc 
consumption as such or in a condensed forn 
without making and filing with the Con 
missioner of Agriculture a bond to th 
people of the State; said bond to be ai 
proved by the Commissioner of Agricultur 
renewed thereafter each year on th 
urst day of April and shall be in a pens 
sum equal to the amount of the probabi 
value of the milk or cream purchased o 
to be purchased during a period of flv 
weeks of the busiest season of the yeai 
, bond shall be conditioned that sue 
obligator will pay in full from time t 
time when due, the claims and account 
or an persons from whom such obligo 
purchases milk or cream, at such mil 
gathering station or plant. Such proprh 
, rs „ . !l upon the receipt of the mil 
at their respective factories or station! 
give to each producer or patron, a sli 
or check containing a statement of th 
received, and date of n 
apt thereof, signed by such proprietoi 
H ‘ breach of the conditions of sal 
. sai ,d Principal obligor, any perso: 
iiYr. a c , i l, ilu a Suinst said principal ol 
t!f k or cream so ld or delivere. 
hv •I"! obligor or the factory represents 
b^fig an action thereon in be 
ln Lt!.if n f e f f. a " ( , when <lu, y authorize! 
in ,„ U others having similar claim 
«h,.n k 0 competent jurisdiction, an, 
tv nl ®« tltled „ to recover from such sure 
remain ’ ’I 11 SU,,1S and amounts wide! 
remain due and unpaid. 
he had a match for him; he was not quite 
so large and I had to give $40 for him. 
I had to take him 11 miles; 1 put a ring 
in his nose and led him home in three hours 
myself. I put them in a stall large 
enough to put the yoke on, then took small 
rope, but a strong one, and put around 
their flanks so they could not turn the 
yoke, and turned them out in a lot where 
there was nothing for them to get fast on 
and left them two or three days, and when 
they did not move enough to suit me I 
would go and move them. Then I put 
them in the wagon and put a ring in the 
near one's nose, proceeded to break them 
and I soon had working in the wagon, sled, 
plow or anywhere I wanted them and I 
still have them. 
They are worth $200 now and they only 
cost the price of a set of harness. I plowed 
16 acres of new land last Spring and did 
a lot of hauling; besides I find a bull 
easier broke than a steer. I think a farmer 
will find one ox team a great advantage. 
A farmer has to have a bull and by break¬ 
ing him he is always easily handled and he 
gives better service if he is used as an ox, 
and not worked too hard; can work steer 
by him if you don’t want two bulls. I 
can work them on smooth laud for six 
months in the year without having them 
shod. I have broken three yoke of three- 
year-old bulls this way. b. f. w. 
West Virginia. 
Breaking Older Oxen. 
On page 270 I notice an article on “break¬ 
ing steers,” by G. H. Williams. As I, while 
a young man, had considerable experience 
along that line I think I may safely say 
they can be broken at mature age and be j 
made “handy.” My father raised cattle 
to sell, and the majority of his steers went 
into the yoke and seldom a pair were 
broken before three or four years old, or 
seldom even roped, until wanted for the 
yoke. I have had some warm times hand¬ 
ling those wild brutes, but don’t remember 
ever getting beaten but once, and then he 
went into the beef barrel. The first thing 
was to get them thoroughly halter-broken 
and no “light rope around the neck” was 
ever attempted, but a good strong rope 
around horns and fastened well up on a 
springy sapling was the best subduer. 
We had a four-year-old Durham bull that 
was getting a little ugly, and also had 
something more than 100,000 feet of hem¬ 
lock logs to take out of the woods. We 
had one good yoke of oxen and needed 
auother, so we bought another Durham bull 
six years old weighing 1,600 pounds 
(our first one weighed over 1800), and 
turned the two into a lot to fight it out, 
which they soon did, the smaller one get¬ 
ting the big one down and rolling him 
over and over. I took a pitchfork and 
drove him away, and grabbed the big one 
by the ring and led him to the barn, then 
drove the other in; then witli some assist¬ 
ance got the two together and yoke on 
and in less than an hour was drawing poles 
to tl>e house for firewood with them. I 
never had any serious trouble with them, 
though they were never a very ‘handy” 
team, but did some verv heavv work * I 
never knew a bull that did make a handy 
worker and I have worked a good many. 
I don t care how gentle or docile a bull is, 
never try to handle one without one (two 
is safer (strong ring in liis uose. It may 
be all right to fool away time if you have 
it to spare, breaking calves or yearlings 
to the yoke, but I never had the time to 
spare, and it Is not necessary to make good 
work oxen that way. i, w. pibrcb 
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