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THE RURAL NEVY-YOKKER 
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A CALIFORNIA DAIRY SECTION. 
California is one of the best natural 
dairy countries in the world. The clover 
and Timothy pastures in the Summer 
produce plenty of milk without much 
outside feeding of roots. In Winter the 
Alfalfa hay is fed, almost exclusively, ex¬ 
cept on the coast, where a few roots, as 
carrots and beets, are fed along with the 
hay. The Alfalfa hay here grows very 
heavy, and seems to have the milk pro¬ 
ducing qualities when fed alone. The 
spineless cactus is considered a good milk 
producer, but as yet very little is used. 
The northern part of the State, where 
we are, is a natural dairy country, and I 
think about 16,000 pounds of butter is 
produced every day in the county of 
Siskiyou alone. In the small valley of 
about 150 square miles, where our 
creamery is, the conditions are ideal. 
About 4,000 pounds of butter is made 
here every day. Every Winter from 
7,000 to 8,000 head of beef cattle are 
shipped from here to San Francisco and 
to Portland, Ore. The cows are mostly 
of mixed breed. Some herds throughout 
the State are purebred. The Roan Dur¬ 
ham is the most numerous, but there are 
many herds of Ilolsteins and some Jer¬ 
sey and Ayrshire herds will be found 
here and there. The tendency is to get 
the better stock. One thing that is lack¬ 
ing here is the help. It is hard to get good 
milkers, and also hard to get help in the 
house. The herds would be increased if 
some way could be found to overcome this 
help proposition. jas. a. walker. 
Siskiyou Co., Cal. 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE ON SHARES. 
We have never let any cattle out in the 
way you mention, or in fact in any other 
way. but it is often done and sometimes 
successfully. The way that it has always 
been done as far as we know is this. A 
lets I> a certain number of females for 
a period of five years, and furnishes the 
services of a bull free of charge during 
this time. The calves born the first year 
shall all be heifers; that is, A replaces 
the male calves that are born the first 
year with female calves of like quality. 
The second year the same thing is done. 
Thereafter all male calves, born of the 
original animals or their progeny, or the 
heifer calves which have replaced males, 
are divided at six weeks of age. They 
are either sold and the proceeds divided; 
they are auctioned off between A and B 
or some other method of division agreed 
upon. The original females, the female 
calves and the calves which have replaced 
male calves, are kept by B until the end 
of the five years, when the original ani¬ 
mals are returned to A and all the others 
divided equally. There are some advan¬ 
tages and some disadvantages to this way 
of doing business. The advantage to B 
is that he gets a start in purebred cattle 
without any real money investment. The 
advantage to A is, that he has an invest¬ 
ment that will pay him from 20 to 50 
per cent yearly. The disadvantages are, 
to A, none at all, provided B is a good 
feeder and a good caretaker, and every¬ 
thing provided he does not take good care 
of the cattle. The disadvantage to I> is 
that it is poor business, and he would be 
many dollars better off at the end of the 
five years had he borrowed the money 
and bought the original animals outright. 
New York. henry stevens & SON. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Hairless Knees. 
My horse fell a few days ago. A11 
the hair is gone from his knees. What 
can I do for it? Is there anything to 
make new hair grow out? T. D. B. 
If the hair roots have not been killed 
the hair will soon grew in again. Ap¬ 
ply a little earbolated vaseline once or 
twice daily. A. S. A. 
Worms. 
Our little dog, seven weeks old, is 
troubled with long white worms nearly 
six inches long. We feed it oatmeal 
m the morning with a little milk diluted 
and give it some dog biscuits; never give 
it meat. Will you advise me how to 
^*is P U P rid it of worms? 
New Jersey. F. E. s. 
Suitable worm medicine may be bought, 
ready _ for use, at any drug store, and 
directions are given by the maker of 
the medicine, The fluid extract of 
pink root (spigelia) and senna given in 
-0-drop doses once an hour until the 
puppy has diarrhoea often proves effective. 
I he worm medicine should be given on 
an empty stomach. A. s. A. 
Diabetes; Bots. 
. lla Y°, a horse that has kidney 
trouble, with excessive urination. He 
eels good, is in a good condition and 
■ eems to be in perfect health aside from 
is trouble. Can you recommend any 
meduune that wil help him? 2. Call 
Jon give anything to kill Bots in a 
V * xr , I. J. H. 
New York. 
' L V S irritation often is brought on 
p ee< hng moldy hay or damaged grain. 
„ Slu -h a cause. Try feeding 
glass in Summer, along with sound, whole 
tn,nhi an< a .^ ew ears of corn. If the 
, , por ’ sl ’ st * s have the bladder ex- 
( d by a veterinarian, as a stone or 
gravel may be present and have to be 
removed by operation. When the latter 
causes are absent the profuse urination 
may be stopped by giving a dram of dried 
sulphate of iron in the feed night and 
morning. 2. Bots cannot be killed in 
the stomach of a horse; nor need an 
attempt be made, as the Bots do prac¬ 
tically no harm and they are present in 
the stomach of every horse that has pas¬ 
tured grass the previous season. Feed 
green grass and the Bots will pass out 
of the body; then keep the hairs on a 
horse’s legs and chest, etc., free from bot 
eggs. a. s. A. 
Pigment Tumors. 
I have a gray mare 12 years old. At 
root of tail underneath were quite a 
number of small pimples; they are hard 
and smooth. What are they? Can I 
do anything for them? j. f. w. 
Indiana. 
The lumps are cancerous, malignant 
pigment or melanotic tumors found on 
the black skin of the tail or around 
anus of white horses or grey ones that 
are ageing and turning white. They 
are incurable. a. s. a. 
Shrink in Milk. 
Could you advise me about my cow, 
fresh April 12 and giving, without heavy 
feeding, 13 to 15 quarts a day, which 
dropped in a few days to the half of her 
milk flow? She eats well and I can see 
no apparent cause to account for it. 
New York. c. K. 
A sudden chill, or change of feed, or 
change of milkers, or attack of indi¬ 
gestion, or coming in heat, may cause a 
shrink in milk flow and the milking func¬ 
tion may not be wholly regained before 
a second calving. Milk her four times 
a day and at night rub the udder with 
brandy. Massage the udder gently and 
thoroughly for a few minutes, each time 
before starting to milk. Feed sloppy 
bran mashes well sweetened with mo¬ 
lasses and let her eat green grass and 
other milking making feeds. a. s. a. 
Catarrh in Belgian Hare. 
I am breeding Belgian hares, and a 
few weeks ago the buck began acting 
queer. lie did not eat for several davs. 
I noticed that he held his head on the 
left side and examined him and found 
that the inside of his left ear was sore 
and a yellow matter was running out 
of the left eye. I put peroxide on the 
sore, but it does not seem to help it. 
Can you tell me if he is all right to 
use, and if there is anything I can do 
to help it? k. B. K. 
New York. 
Belgian hares often suffer from a 
malignant form of catarrh and it proves 
incurable. We have frequently found 
tuberculosis present. It would be well 
to buy a new, young, healtliv buck for 
breeding purposes. The diseased one will 
probably have to be destroyed, a. s. a. 
Lameness. 
A seven-year-old mare last Fall while 
standing in stall kept weight on one 
hind leg for a few days and would not 
move over. When I went to take her 
out. of stall her hind legs spread apart 
as if she had no control of them. After 
perhaps 20 minutes she got straightened 
up and no more trouble till about a 
week ago, when she acted the same way. 
I worked her after half day rest; she 
had only stood in stall one day. this 
last time. She eats well but seems 
rather weak in her hind legs and goes 
lame in one sometimes for some distance. 
I feed plenty of hay, and this Spring 
was feeding more corn than common, 
but not last Fall; also some oats. 
Pennsylvania. j. p. y. 
Give this mare a roomy box stall in 
the stable and she may not suffer from 
cramps of the muscles. See that she 
never stands idle a single day in stable, 
and teed her on oats, bran and mixed 
hay in preference to corn in Summer. 
_ A. S. A. 
Ringworm. 
I have two calves which I think have 
either barn itch or the ringworm. A 
scab formed on their necks, then it de¬ 
cayed -and left a bare spot. Now a 
weaning colt which is kept near the calves 
lias it on the knee and thigh joints of 
all four legs, but the colt’s affection seems 
to be rough and more open, more like a 
ringworm. IIow can I cure it? 
New York. ^ 
Ringworm no doubt is present in both 
cases described. Scrub the spots clean 
with, soap and hot water and when dry 
rub in a little iodine ointment. Repeat 
the application each other day until the 
spots are cured. The vegetable parasite 
(tncophyton tonsurans) lives on walls, 
woodwork, fences, etc. To get rid of it 
the stables must be cleansed, disinfected 
and whitewashed and they should also be 
well lighted and ventilated. a. s. a. 
Indigestion in Dogs. 
I have two half-grown dogs which 
eat a great deal of earth. My ground 
is sandy loam and there have been char¬ 
coal pits in the yard where the dogs are 
kept. I thought this was what they 
were eating it for at first, as 1 Ed them 
some ground charcoal last Winter when 
they were very young and had to be 
housed. But now they eat the earth 
which has no charcoal in it and even 
eat pure sand if they can get it. Will 
this harm them, and if so, what can I 
do to stop it? They are fed on a home¬ 
made cake of cereals, beans and rve 
fl °ur. The cereals and beans are thor¬ 
oughly cooked in a thick soup and when 
cold worked full of rye flour. Then 
rolled in cakes one-half to one inch thick 
and thoroughly baked till thoroughly 
dry. I also boil soup bone and thicken 
with cereal and feed daily after the cake. 
Not a large feed of either, but enough 
to satisfy and keep them steadily grow¬ 
ing. Is the feed all right and will it 
be as well to change the cake com¬ 
position to wheat, ground oats and mid¬ 
dlings? The nine-months-old bull terrier 
sometimes bloats but he had poor di¬ 
gestion and a bad case of eczema till a 
few weeks ago. c. p. 
New Jersey. 
You are killing the dogs with feed. 
Give them one small feed a day, at 
night, and several times a week allow a 
large raw meat bone. The feed may 
consist of meat soup, with vegetables 
and oatmeal porridge and milk. Physic 
each dog with castor oil, or syrup of 
buckthorn and watch for worms in the 
droppings. If worms are seen give 
worm medicine which may be bought 
ready for use at the drug store. A. s. A. 
Horses and Steam Engines. —Per¬ 
haps it would not be amiss at this time 
to caution drivers to watch the horse 
when they meet a steam roller or trac¬ 
tion engine on the road. I have had 
this point called to my attention this 
Spring by the operator of a steam roller, 
and to see for myself I took a trip doAvn 
the road with him. Every driver we 
met looked at the roller and seemed 
more excited than the horse. In case 
he meets a troublesome horse the opera¬ 
tor usually gets down and leads the 
horse past, but most often it is the 
driver who needs leading. j. j. o. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
K- N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.’’ See guarantee editorial page. 
MILK TICKET^~J- xpiess Pr ®P aid - Samples Flee. 
UIIL.IV llUiYUid Travers Brothers, Gardner, JIass. 
SWIWE 
Large Berkshire ^ ee v ks old -. . Fi »e 
° , , o pe an u breeding 
Fn ces reasonable, JAMES G. RUGH. Emlenton. Pai 
Reg. Chester White Pigs 
farrowed May 1st. Growths; and very prolific. Also 
Poland Chinas. S. R. YOUNG, R. D. 4, Coatesville, Pa. 
350 mulefoot hogs for sale. 
JOHN Dlh l,AP, Williamsport, Ohio 
CHELDON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
° Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. K. BAltNKS. Oxford, N. V. 
PIGS ® a .ch- Berkshire-Chester White cross- 
CLAltK FARM, Boonton, N. j. 
I arsre BERKSHIRE FALL PIGS, either sex, also booking 
6 orders for early Spring Pigs ; reasonable 
prices. Frank Br um. R. 2, New Washington, Ohio 
QHESTEK WHITE REGISTERED PIGS. 
w Both Sexes. EUGENE T. BLACK, Scio, N.Y. 
Alfalfa Lodge Yorkshires 
Large English White—Short-nose type. 
,nT,>r!f', a !, s . ale Boar Pies. Trios not akin. 
JOHN G. CURTIS, Box 373 . Rochester.N.Y. 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
BIG BEKKSHIHES —I have bred more high- 
class hogs than any breeder in Connecticut. Wat¬ 
son s Masterpiece No. 123981 at head of herd. Noth¬ 
ing for sale hut March and April pigs at present 
J. K. WATSON. Prop., Marble dale, Ct. 
Reg. P, Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pups.Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildoun, Pa. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
Bred Sows, Service Boars, Pigs all ages. Ninety 
brood sows and seven mature herd boars in our 
brooding herd. No animal good enough unless 
large enough. We have the large, long-bodied and 
good-headed kind that make good in the farrowing 
pen as well as show ring. 
H. C. & H. B. Harpeuding, Dundee, N. Y. 
f? 
W Fatten# quickest at leaat co#t. 
I M| Healthy, prolific, amall-boned, 
I bodied—meat unsur- 
1 paused. The “perfect profit 
R P ‘ S '”>\ N ® W ca, “ lo S FREE. . 
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SES 
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- 
cheron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middlefield, O. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula &Warrcn 
DAIRY CATTIjE 
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 CLUB 
324 W. 23d St., New York 
FROM ALL OF THE BREEDS 
at the National Dairy Show, 1913 
A Guernsey 
was pronounced by Jndjes the Best. Write us about her. 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
Box Y PETERBORO, N. H. 
JJ 
“EAST RIVER GRADE HOLSTEINS 
FOR SALE 
60 COWS served to come fresh this fall and milking 
from thirty-five to forty pounds per day. now. 
20 FRESH COWS. Yon will like them. Come and 
see them milked. 
25 COWS due to calve this spring— Good size and 
in fine condition. 
Registered Bulls and Registered Cows also For Sale. 
Fell Phone, JOHN It. WEBSTER, 
No. sii-F-5 Dept. It Cortland, N.Y. 
The WARNERS AYRSHIRES for Sala 
UN CAS OF HICKORY ISLAND, No. 12740, dropped Decem¬ 
ber 12. 1909, by Osceola of Hickory Island, a son of 
Olga Fox, No. 18545, and grandson of Lukalela, No 
12857 (12187 lbs. milk, 543 lbs. butter) and grandson 
of Lady Fox, No. 9669 (12299 lbs. milk, 624 lbs but¬ 
ter). Descended also from sneb individuals ns Lord 
Dudley of Drumsuie, No. 7552, Glencairn 3d and 
Kirsty Wallace of Auchentrain, champion cow in 
milk tests at Buffalo Exhibition. Young stock for 
sale. Address, MANAGER WARNERS. Ipswich, Mass. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
marked and well-grown BULL CALVES FOR SALE, from 
three to four months old. All from A. R. O. dams 
with records of 19 lbs., jr. three, to 25 lbs., 5 years 
old. Sire, Pietertje Hengerveld Segis 6th, whose 
dam and grand-dam averaged 31.15 lbs. butter in 7 
days. Average fat, 4.06. Price. $50.00 to $100 i n 
ELMTREE FARM, Harry Yales. Prop., Charlotte, N. Y. 
Ontario Oliver Segis 
Holstein bull. 6 months old, mostly white. Kim- 
Segis on both sides pedigree. Bargain at SIl ~ 
Send for pedigree. CLOVEROALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
JERSEY HEIFERS", 
bpienaia specimens, financial King-Pedro bloo.l 
Bred to a magnificent grandson of the $15.0(0 
f e s.T 
BIG REDUCTION IN 
REG. HOLSTEIN MALE CALVES 
Bound to close them out at once. Choicely bred, 
fine individuals; large producing dams. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Oan also spare a few cows. 
F. H. RIVENBL'RGH HILLHURST FARM, Munnsville, N. Y. 
WDITP the Tompkins Co. Breeders’ Ass n, 
ww Box B. Trumaushnrg, N. Y., for 
a copy of The Tompkins Co. Breeders' Journal 
with sale-list of pure-bred stock, or better yet. 
send 25 cents for a year’s subscription. Soma 
special offers in Holstein cattle, Percheron stal¬ 
lions, Southdown ewes and Cheshire gilts. 
FOR SALE—OR WILL TRADE 
for Heifer Calves, Cows or Berkshire Pigs 
(sows) one A No. 1 Manure Spreader, and one 
10-horse power Church Engine, ii; A No. 1 order 
and one Sulky Plow, or will trade for ponltry 
RICHARD WAGANER, Brookfield Centre. Conn. 
REGISTEREDJERSEYS 
Both sexes for sale at reasonable prices. 
B. G. WELLS, • Wyalusing, Pa, 
For Sale—JERSEY BULL 
Full blooded: grandsire Champion Flying Fox 
Dropped, August. 1911. Apply H. 0. K.. Rural New-Yoric/ 
For Sale—A Pure-bred Jersey Bull Calf 
and ten heifers, all registered and from some 
of the best St. Lambert stock in the State. 
GEO. W. WALLACE & SON, Canandaigua, N. Y. 
1UIilnh Togsenl,ur 2 ^i<is; 3 4.md 
IVIIIUlIVaUdlS 7 S bi0O(J . fineiy mavked . 
one hornless buck. E. N. BARRETT, Amherst, Va. 
If You Want Guernseys 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ASSOCIATION, Box 96. Peeks Kill. N. Y. 
G UICKNSFYS-COWS, HEIFERS AND BULLS-Two 
bulls old enough for service. Prices, $100 up 
W. ROBERT DUNLOP, Trolley Station 19, Fayetteville, N. y! 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves f°or al *p'ecu 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenanoo, N Y. 
—Jersey Bull Calves 
yon can afford to 
buy Superior dairy dams. No better sires. It. E 
SHANNON. 907 Liberty Street. Pittsburg, Pa. 
Breed Up—Not Down 
DOGS 
Collie Pups 
—The kind that bring the cows. 
NELSON’S, Grove City. Pa. 
PUREBRED REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
By the time the average farmer dairyman fully com¬ 
prehends what progressive grading up with purebred 
Holstein blood will do for his cows, it will be difficult 
to secure good sires. 
At the present time you can get good sires of tested an¬ 
cestry a* reasonable prices—sires that in a few years will 
put your herd on a very profitable basis. 
With land increasing rapidly in value, food stuffs and 
labor iiceoming expensive, cows must be larger producers 
merely to maintain their earnings. 
Send far Xrt* Illustrated Descriptive Booklets. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASS’N, f. L. HOUGHTON. Sec’y. Box 105. Brattleboro, Vt. 
