’TUTS RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
477 
191£. 
WESTERN HORSE NOTES. 
Recently at Sycamore, Ill., horseflesh 
to the amount of nearly $8,000 was sold 
in about two hours. The sales took 
place in a county at several places in 
which horse-sale days are a regular in¬ 
stitution. They come as regularly as 
any of the legal holidays of the year, 
and all are attended by buyers from 
several of the most important horse 
markets. Here is a record of some of 
the sales at Sycamore: One pair of 
horses, five and six years old, 2,800 
pounds, $510; pair of brown mares, $440; 
pair of geldings, $430; team weighing 
2,600 pounds, $417.50; one young chest¬ 
nut driver, $180; one mare, $260. At a 
recent sale at Somanauk in the same 
county, and which maintains a regular 
horse sale day once a month, 20 horses 
were disposed of at an average of $181 
a head, but some of the animals brought 
over $200. 
A large number of horse sales have 
been held in Indiana territory. One of 
the greatest horse breeding institutions 
in this country is located within this 
territory, and that it is a good institu¬ 
tion for a community of farmers to 
have with them is shown by the prices 
brought by some of the equines. In this 
connection it may not be out of place 
to mention here an interesting organ¬ 
ization maintained by some of the 
Hoosier horse owners. It is the Beech 
Grove Horse-thief Detective Associa¬ 
tion, by the operation of which hundreds 
of good horses have been recovered and 
the thieves brought to grief. The lead¬ 
ing feature of this organization is that 
thefts are prevented, which is much bet¬ 
ter than recovery. Most of the methods 
of this organization are secret, known 
only to members, who know how to use 
the farm telephone and other aids to 
great advantage. There is now a move-, 
ment in Indiana to have members of the 
association appointed constables author¬ 
ized to make arrests, and with authority 
to take violators of the State automobile 
laws into custody. This is expected to 
curtail a lot of the criminal speeding 
from which citizens ruthlessly are run 
down, some of them killed or maimed. 
This really is the only feature of the 
growing automobile industry that the 
horse breeders fear. They are able to 
sell horses and as many as they may 
raise. The horsemen drive their animals 
within bounds, and they are determined 
that the drivers of the devil-wagons 
shall do likewise. There is another very 
successful Horse Owners’ Protective 
Association in Rock County, Wisconsin, 
with headquarters in Beloit. The man 
who leads away a horse in that district 
is almost sure to be taken. This asso¬ 
ciation is over 25 years old and a vast 
amount of good detective work has been 
done, leading to recovery of animals and 
punishment of the thieves. 
J. L. GRAFF. 
TRAINING A YOKE OF CATTLE. 
I note with interest the inquiry of P. C. 
.T. (page 108) in regard to breaking oxen 
to work, and have seen one or two replies 
or comments which do not throw much light 
on the subject. The breaking or training 
of a pair of oxen is not so very difficult 
to one who has the “knack,” but good ox 
teamsters, like poets and some other things, 
are born and not made. I am "not certain 
that I was born with an ox-whip in my 
hand, but if not 1 got one there as soon 
as possible after. When 10 years old I 
used to work for a neighbor all day without 
pay, picking stones in a rough New Eng¬ 
land field, just for the chance occasionally 
to drive the cattle and empty stone boat 
back from the pile to starting place. This 
by way of illustrating the spirit that makes 
for good handling of oxen. 
A pair of steers to make the best oxen 
should be handled some as yearlings and as 
two-year-olds should.be pretty well accus¬ 
tomed to yoke and work. However, an 
older pair can be broken to make a useful 
team if one has plenty of determination 
to make them such and in addition, is 
possessed of a considerable stock of patience. 
In matching up steers bear in mind that 
the quicker moving one should be on the 
“off” side or right hand side as one stands 
behind them. Then as we drive them from 
the “near” or left side they are all the 
time working towards the driver, instead of 
away as they would do if the quicker one 
were on the “near” side. Select steers of 
a quiet disposition and tame enough to 
follow you about the yard, looking for a 
nubbin of corn or other ox delicacy. 
First give the “near” or left hand steer 
two or three lessons in being led with rope 
or halter. Next put a elose-littiug yoke 
on them and turn them in a large yard 
for an hour or two q day, that they may 
(earn the feel of the yoke and to walk and 
turn in unison. Them put the rope on the 
near steer, or a leading ring may be neces¬ 
sary if they are large and headstrong, for 
there must never be any question as to who 
is driving. A stout whip with stock four 
ieet long and lash not more than 18 inches 
is the proper thing for first lessons. Take 
your place on the “near” or left-hand side 
and drive them around the yard and teach 
tnem to stop and start at the word. Tap¬ 
ping them on the face with whip will stop 
them at first. They will learn this very 
quickly. Always carry a few ears of corn 
in your pockets to bestow as rewards for 
well-doing. 
To turn the cattle away from you, or to 
the right, known In drivers’ lingo as 
“geeing” them, touch up the near steer, 
making him step faster, at the same time 
restraining the off one with the whip across 
his face. Always say “gee” in connection 
with this. “Hawing” them or turning them 
towards you, or to the left, is done in just 
the opposite way, touching up the further 
ox and restraining one next you, and al¬ 
ways say “haw” till it is second nature for 
them to turn the proper way at sound of 
the word and motion of the whip. Both 
driver and cattle will soon learn the how 
of it. In teaching them to pull loads be 
very careful never to overload, and never 
ask anything of them that they cannot do 
easily, and then see that they do it, never 
abusing them but always firmly insisting 
on doing the driving yourself. 
If you get into a tight place be sure to 
see it before your cattle do, and then not 
let them see it at all. Dispense with the 
rope as soon as possible and gradually 
work back till you can drive from the load. 
.The making of a good pair of cattle is no 
job for a careless or disinterested person. 
As the old proverb put its “The eye of the 
master maketh fat the oxen.” At the risk 
of being thought old-fashioned I will say 
that I would rather have a good pair of 
cattle and own them than an auto with the 
customary mortgage, l. c. Litchfield. 
Vermont. 
A Pure 
Spring Tonic 
0 SHOULD NEVER CONTAIN a 
WINE OR ALCOHOL 0 
Alcohol undermines health. 
It is harmful, unnecessary and 
habit-forming. 
Scott’s Emulsion is a true 
and efficient Spring tonic to 
purify and invigorate the blood, 
start the healthy action of body 
cells, and tone the appetite to 
make all good food do good. 
There is no alcohol or narcotic 
drug in Scott’s Emulsion—it is 
medical nourishment. 
Physicians everywhere 
prescribe Scott’s Emulsion 
for a health-building Spring 
tonic. 
Scott & Bowne 
Bloomfield. N. J. 12-135 
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D I STI UUEFi S 
Cheapest Source of Protein and Fat 
Bulky, palatable, easily digested, safe 
to feed. Ask your dealer. Write 
for circular showing how to get more 
milk for each dollar paid for feed. 
THE DEWEY BROS. CO., Box 541. Blanchester. O. 
CATTLE 
F or sale-the choice guernsey bull, commonwealth 
17517, 3 years old, combines the blood of Pretor 
and Prince Rosendale, through an excellent line of 
females. Price, $110. Hawthorn Farm, Williamsville, N.Y. 
They Keep It Up 
There are some cattle that give more 
milk when they are fresh than a Jersey, 
but there isn't any breed that gives as 
rich milk as 
The Jersey 
at as small feeding cost, nor is there 
any breed of cattle that will keep it up 
like Jerseys will, year in and year out. 
That’s why you ought to buy Jerseys to 
Increase your herd's efficiency. Send 
for Jersey facts. 
AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLTJB 
324 W. 23d St., New York 
JUST DROPPED 
Eighteen More of Those Berkshire Pigs 
(two litters.) Price, $10, at eight weeks old. Also 
a splendid boar, farrowed Oct. 10,1912. Price, $20.00. 
Several Jersey BULLS 
aro all ready to_ drop off at your station at very low 
prices. Ages, from two years dowu to a few weeks. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Laurel Farm, Hamilton, N. Y, 
CAR C Jl I C—' Two handsome registered Holstein yearling 
■ UR wHLt bulla sired by Oakliurit Paul DoKol Aaggie, 
No. 66,977, one mostly white, from heavy milking, vigorous- 
youngcowa. Also a few registered male calves by Colonel Korn- 
dykeDeKoIjNo. 77.276, one of the hontaons of Pontiac Korndyke, 
having 74 A. R. O. sisters, 3ahove37 lbs. and 39 above 20 lbs. of 
butter in 7days. A rme opportunity to get the best at a reason, 
able price. Morgan Farm, North Cuba, N. Y, 
Mill* Ppnrlurppc for New York City market 
lulUV riUUULCIo desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary. Albert Manning Otisville. N. Y. 
Dogs andL Feirrets 
OHMIC Dll DC entitled to registry; spayed females 
uULLIl ruro Circulars. SILAS UKOKElLMoi.tro.or., 
Dune—The kind that bring the cows. 
IsOUie f'UpS NELSON’S. Grove City, Pa. 
Don’t Put Salt 
In Their Feed's 
Many of the 
a! 1 in e n ts of 
your cows and 
horses aro 
caused by un¬ 
natural salt 
feeding. Your 
veterinary will 
tell you it has 
been proved 
that many ani¬ 
mal diseases are caused by putting salt in their feed there* 
by forcing salt in opposition to the animat Instincts. 
An equally dangerous custom Is salting “ now and then.” 
The animals become unnaturally thirsty and drink water 
in enormous quantities which swells out and chills their 
digestive organs. The result is indigestion and a train of 
other ailments. You can improve the healfn of your stock 
ami horses by keeping salt before them all the time in the 
Roto Salt Feeder 
Made of glazed stoneware—no corners. Fastens to any 
stall, stanchion or wall. Keeps clean. Lasts a lifetime. 
ROTO SALT CAKES of purest .able salt. Almost as 
hard and smooth as marble. Can’t crumble. Mixes with 
digestive juices In the natural way. Keeps bowels regular 
and purifies the blood. Increases flow of milk. A health 
insurance. Saves veterinary bills. Writo for name of 
dealer and convincing literature. 
ROTO SALT COMPANY 
Roto Bldg., - Union Springs, N. Y. 
H O 
SES 
Adirondack Farms 
GLENS FALLS, N. Y. 
The Greatest Breeding 
Establishment In the East. 
Imported and American 
bred Percheron.Belgianand 
Suffolk stallions and mares 
of unequalled quality, 
breeding, style and action, 
a new importation of forty 
head. 
Why longer neglect the 
greatest possible source of 
profit on your farm. 
Better Horses, Better Fanning, 
More Power, More Profit*. 
Catalogue C, the finest ever, 
if you are interested. 
50 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- 
chcroo or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middlefield,0. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry, 
Midway between Ashtabula &Warren 
DERCHER0N STALLIONS, with quality guaranteed, at 
■ farmer’s prices. BONNY BROOK FARM, Gardiner, N.Y. 
SHETLAND PONIES maka R raa ‘ p**»v., Fop “'e. 
- mares aue to foal this summer. 
Also geldings and colts. TERRY, WATERVILLE, MAINE 
The School of Veterinary Medicine 
at the University of Pennsylvania 
trains students in all lines of veterinary work. Fa¬ 
cilities unexcelled. For catalog, address LOUIS A. 
KLEIN, Dean, Dept. E, 39th and Woodland Ave., 
Philadelphia, 
For Sale—A Registered Percheron Colt 
coming 2 years old. Sired by a ton horse: dam, large 
imported mare. Unusually large in bone. Will 
make a ton horse with good care. Pricn, $300. 
Address. J. P. WILSON, - Newark, Del. 
JS X*7-1 3NT DE5 
nUNLAP’S MULE-FOOT HOGS are hardy, prolific and 
A* quick growers. Box 441, Williamsport, Ohio 
Full Blooded Berkshire Pigs , A . T $ 5 • 
-2™ John Gillner, Sterling. Pa. 
Mammoth Tam worth SWINE 
Two gilts of August farrow; weight, 200 lbs. 
each. Pigs equal to best of this or any 
other breed. From championship stock. 
WILL0W0ALE FARM, H. S. Green, POWHATAN. OHIO 
CHELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
J Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. K. BAllNKS, oxford, N. Y. 
E ureka stock farm- 
Registered Jersey 
Bulls and Heifers. 
2 mos. to 2 years old. 
Chester White. Po¬ 
land China and Berk- 
shire Pigs, all ages. 
Collie Pups and :t_ 
variety of POULTRY. Wiurn you ci ucui.au. 
EDffAKD VVALTEIt, West Chester, Pa. 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
lias bred more high-class hogs than any in Connec¬ 
ticut. Have sows bred for .Spring litters and some 
Summer farrowed sow pigs that are right to he bred 
for next Summer farrow. Write me. Address, 
J. E. WATSON. PROP- M A RBLEDALE, CONN. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES at HIGHWOOD 
W e have for sale service hoars, brood sows and 
pigs, all ages. These are sired by Berryton Duke’s 
Model, the hoar 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 hoars of equal merit. 
U. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee. N. Y. 
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CATTLE 
^Calves Without Milk\ 
Cost only half as much as the milk 
raised calves. Increase your 
profits by using 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal 
The perfect milk substi¬ 
tute—the best since 1800. 
Write^ today for free 
book, “How to Raise 
Calves.” Your name and ad¬ 
dress on a postal is enough. 
Blatchford’* 
Calf Meal 
Factory 
Waukegan, lU 
E leven registered holstein 
HEIFER CALVES. $1,000. Holstein Bull 
Calves from heavy producing stock. $30 to $100. A 
few grade cows and heifers. We have some bar¬ 
gains in Percheron stallions, Southdown ewes and 
poultry. TompkinsCo. Breeders’ Journal, with sale- 
list of pure-bred stock, 25 cents per year. Copy free. 
TOMPKINS CO. BREEDERS' ASS N. Box B, Trunuasfcsra. N.Y. 
GUERNSEY 
MOST ECONOMICAL 
PRODUCER OF HIGHEST 
NATURAL COLORED 
DAIRY PRODUCTS 
GET THEM. WRITE 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
Box Y PETERBORO. N. H. 
EAST RIVER HOLSTEINS 
...FOR SALE... 
70 Cows, grade Holstein, due to calve soon. The kind 
that fill the pall. 10 Registered 2 and 3 year old Heifers 
bred to good sires. 10 Registered Bulls ready for ser¬ 
vice, with extra good breeding. 1 o Registered Bull 
Calves. Most of these bulls have good A. H. O. Dams, 
and large record sires. 
BELI, PHONK 
311-F-5 
JOHN B. WEBSTER 
Dept. K, 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. 
HAVE SEVERAL THOROUGHBRED REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN YEARLING BULLS 
for sale cheap at farmer’s prices. All well grown, 
ready for immediate service, perfectly marked, wall 
bred and guaranteed right in every particular. 
P. B. McLJENNAN, - Syracuse, N. V. 
ONTARIO PIETER MENELIK— Holstein Bull, born Oct. S, 1 
U Nearly all white. Sired by a grandson of Kin* Sect* 
1 * 11 . 
_ i end 
Homestead Qirl Do Kol Sarcastic Led. Dam of sire teete a le, 
Price *100. First check get* him. Send for pedigree. 
CLOVERDALE FARM, - CHARLOTTE. N. T. 
Breed Up—Not Dowir J /„'rc.“"‘L,S« S 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. R. F. 
SHANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, P», 
It You Want Guernseys ^sVV h th?®Ew m* 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION. Box 96. PeekskM.N. Y. 
MAPLE IiOWSTOCK FARM AYKSBIRES 
■** Stock of all ages for sale from good producers. 
Herd established in 1882. Correspondence solicited, 
F. H. COOKINGHAM, CHERRY CREEK. N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves f 0 o % s *iV^ui 
offer THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Chittenangs. N. Y. 
OLLINS’JERSEY RED 
the best 
piq 
bred 
Fattens quickest at least cost. 
Healthy, prolific, small-boned, 
long bodie d—m eat uunnr- 
passed. The “ perfect profit 
P*S.” ^ New catalog FREE. . 
375 lbs. in 
9 months! 
PUREBRED REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
The Pacific Dairy Review reports an interview with 
Mr. W. G. Stimmel, Superintendent of the great ranch 
owned by Stanford University of California and famous 
for its thousands of acres of vineyard and orchard. 
According to Mr. Stimmel a herd of 300 Registered HoF 
steins is one of the best revenue producers comprised In 
the extensive property holdings of the University. 
Whatever good money is made out of dairying thers you 
find Holstein cows. 
Send for onr Fret Illustrated Dsssriptivs BookUtM. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS'N, f. L. HOUGHTON. See>. Box 10S. Brattleboro, Vt. 
