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DRAM' HORSES AND FARM CHARACTER 
Draft horses have their places, so have 
tractors; it is a matter of choice and con¬ 
ditions. I have examined tractors and 
their work, but have had no practical 
experience with them, having a leaning 
towards animal husbandry rather than 
mechanics. Horses are my choice; I like 
a horse and speak from that standpoint. 
Eighteen years ago, when the horse indus¬ 
try was flat and at a low ebb, I needed 
an extra horse and went to a public sale. 
Horses were a drug then; the best could 
be bought for $60, and iu looking over 
the offering I bid on a mare, “Queen.” 
It was a farm sale, and the man bidding 
against me had raised her and knew her. 
and wanted her back. I was no horse¬ 
man. and relied on the fact that if he 
wanted her back there must be good 
stock in her. Bids ran up to $100, my 
bid was $105, and the neighborhood had 
the laugh on me, as at the time I paid 
$40 more than the prevailing price. But 
I had the laugh later, on my side. 
“Queen” was then 10 years old and a fine 
specimen; had few faults; typical Nor¬ 
man ; she was a likeable mare of excel¬ 
lent disposition, kind, gentle, true, easy 
keeper, regular weight 1,000 to 1,800 
pounds. An excellent mother, she had 
prodigious strength, heavy bone, im¬ 
mense heart girth and great vitality; 
true in the harness. She always leads in 
all the work; we could depend on her, 
and she proved a fine mother and 
breeder. She produced better colts than 
herself. Through 1” years she was with 
me she produced six mares that are of the 
highest class and type; all offspring were 
mares. In fact, in looking over exhibits 
at Iowa and Minnesota State fairs I 
found that her colts would duplicate some 
of the finest Percherons on exhibition. 
These horses are almost too good for 
ordinary farm work; in fact, we are 
weekly bothered by buyers from at home 
and distance wishing to buy them; of¬ 
fers of $450 to $600 per team come often. 
They come personally and over telephone, 
and we decline to price the horses, as we 
need them, and use them for breeding 
purposes. Colts now from “Queen’s” 
daughters are still further improved, and 
it is but proper to note here what good 
horses will do for a farm and its owner. 
It gives his farm and the farmer a new 
interest in a farm and his work. Extra 
fine, showy, useful horses instil a pride 
and feeling that dignifies farm work. It 
gives a farm and the farmer a standing, 
and establishes a standard of progress in 
a neighborhood and community. The 
writer likes beautiful animals, and what 
is more beautiful than a fine team? Only 
a fine lot of cattle will come up to near 
the standard. 
Our teams are an attraction at home 
or away from it, and are enjoyed by 
every member of the family, and even 
the hired help get inspiration out of 
working the best teams in the neighbor¬ 
hood. Our young people enjoy them, and 
take interest and pride in them. I am 
so built that I could not take? the same 
interest in a tractor. At a year old the 
colts have a value in this neighborhood 
of $150 each. I have five bred for this com¬ 
ing season. These colts at a year old 
will have a value of $750, at two years 
a value of $1,000. A part of their first 
year’s growth is very rapid, two to three 
pounds per day, at 12 to 13 months thev 
run from 900 to 1.200 pounds. We get 
regular work out of their mothers, and 
no gasoline to buy or greasy machinery 
to manipulate. We have to feed and 
teed lots of it. but it is surprising how 
rapid is development of young horses 
that are easy keepers on a minimum of 
teed, and they in pasturage will eat and 
graze down a wider range of waste weed 
growth and get something out of it better 
than cattle, and young horses here beat 
in growth and weight-getting best fed 
steers in feed lot. 
After using “Queen” 12 years, we at a 
misguided moment, thinking that we had 
too many horses on farm, sold her to 
a neighbor who has a large wheat ranch 
in Saskatchewan and she now is in the 
I >nminion of Canada still raising colts in 
better health than when here, in good 
hands, and with a kind keeper “Queen’s” 
daughters are making good, and this farm 
is $2,000 better off for her presence. This 
mare is an excellent showing of what one 
good breeding animal will do. It will 
pay any young man, or older one either, 
to buy one of the best horses be can get, 
v* 1 *I>p cows he can get, and one 
of the best sows he can get, mate to the 
best, and farming will soon be changed. 
There is nothing that has so completely 
changed our attitude to the farm as the 
presence of this mare. One cow we 
bought has done equally well. At a 
purebred stock sale a breeder held back 
tlie best cow in the herd, and was afraid 
to let her go, and after sale was over I 
asked the price. The owner had long 
experience with Short-horns, and the 
price was made. I paid it and now have 
tour heifers and one bull from the cow 
that are the highest type Short-horns, 
and would fit anywhere up to standard 
and score card; deep milkers, good breed¬ 
ers, a credit in the barn, feed lots, and 
pasture. I advise tin* smaller farmer to 
get interested in good mother stock rather 
tnan gasoline machinery. 
AV. M. BOMBERGEK. 
The rural 
Distemper. 
I had a puppy about six months old 
that I have had to kill; it became sick 
two or three weeks ago. had diarrhoea, and 
vomiting, fell away to skin and bones, 
would not eat or drink, eyes very red and 
seemed sore, head and tail hanging. The 
day before lie died lie acted very strange¬ 
ly, ears pricked up, barking at nothing, 
then stopping to cry and whine, his jaws 
were working and the froth ran to the 
ground; he shook as if in a chill. At 
times he would act very much excited, 
and at other times terror-stricken, hiding 
away. When food or drink was offered 
him he would run up to it and then 
dodge back as if frightened. He did not 
offer to bite. What ailed this dog? Was 
he mad? He was never bitten, was never 
away from home. n. a. b. 
The puppy had a severe attack of dis¬ 
temper. and fits resulted, as often is the 
case. He no doubt would have died had 
you not put him out of his misery, 
ltabies was not present. That kills a 
dog inside of a week. The other dog 
may safely be kept and apparently has 
had distemper and so will not take it 
again. _ a. s. a. 
Weak Stifles. 
We have a four-year-old mare which 
is troubled with cramps in the stifle joints 
while in the stall. When working she is 
apparently all right. She cannot step over 
in the stall without trying once or twice. 
What can be done to help her. She is 
running in the pasture nights and is 
harnessed nearly every day. n. w. w. 
New York. 
The patella (knee cap) of the stifle 
probably slips out and in, from its nor¬ 
mal position, and if so a clicking noise 
will be heard when the filly moves. While 
the patella is out of place the hind leg is 
held backward and cannot be advanced. 
Rub the joints once daily with liniment 
and if that does not suffice blister them 
lightly at intervals of two or three 
weeks. a. s. a. 
NEW-YORKER 
1029 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
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Mil If TlfilfCT C —Express Prepaid. Sam pies Free. 
■*■■■-■* IIUIYIbIw Travers Brother*. Gardner, Mass. 
F i n P n n II ip PlinQ - All ages—born drivers. William A. 
rillCuUlllcrUfJo Dodderer, Stratford Road, Delaware.0. 
MILCH CHAT'S grade 
m UUH 1 a TOGGENBURG 
*6 buck kid. !• inely colored and marked. 
E. N. BARRETT, - - Amherst, Va. 
Hogs and Ferrets 
Pm 1 IF PUPQ—Natural drivers. Also English 
UULLIL 1 Uro Bloodhounds, Nelson's, Grove City.Pa. 
Fprrpk fnr Qa|o—Either color or sex, any size.sin- 
1 Cl 1C 10 IUI Oalc 2 ] es , mated pairs and dozen lots. 
Catalogue free. C. H. KEEFER 8 CO., Greenwich, Ohio 
8IIEEP 
IMPROVE YOUR FLOCK with a good ■' SHROPSHIRE " or 
* SOUTHDOWN ” ram from the NIAGARA STOCK FARM 
J. C. DUNCAN, Mgr., - I.ewiston, N Y. 
DEG. SHROPSHIRE RAMS AND RAM LAMBS of the best 
. breeding. 25 cents will bring you photos of 
sheep. C. G. BOWER, i.udlowville, N. Y. 
REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE YEARLING 
n RANIS & EWES—Cheap. Fred Van Vleet, Lodi, N.Y. 
FOR SAIF-HAMPSHIRE RAMS-Bred 
' ‘ , from ewes direct from Dr. Snow’s 
fine nock, \ earlings and ram lambs. Large stock. 
1 rices right. G. BRUNDAGE, Salisbury Mills, N.Y. 
| SWINE 
Rpff (I 1 n PiofO—Extra choice yearling Bcmr at 
nc&, U. 1. U. rigb * 30 . C. G. Bower. Ludlowville. N. Y. 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
15IG 15 E1!K SHI It US I have bred more high- 
class hogs than any breeder in Connecticut. Wat¬ 
son's Masterpiece No. 123931 at head of herd. Noth¬ 
ing for sale but March and April pigs at present. 
J. E. WATSON, Prop., Marbleclale, Ct. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
The Government has just purchased another 
Highwoqd Boar to head ito herd at Panama. This 
is the third herd boar purchased of us by the Gov¬ 
ernment. which speaks for itself. We have the 
large, long-bodied and fancy-headed Berkshire, all 
ages for sale. Visitors always welcome. 
H. C. JiH. 15. Harpendiiig, Dundee, N. Y. 
If you want the best hog 
Write us. Our farms are devoted exclusively to the 
production of Berkshires. Breeders in the following 
Stales have been supplied from our great herd: N.Y. • 
I’eiimi.; Dist. CoL; Md.; Va.; N. C.; S. C.: On.: La • 
Ala ; Miss.; Fla.; Term.; Ky.; Texas, and Porto Rico. 
Berkshires for foundation and 
. show purposes a specialty. 
THE BLUE RIDGE BERKSHIRE FARMS, Asheville. N. C. 
nilRflP, AMR PlfiQ—iispor pair. 7 to 10 weeks, 
uunuo HUU. rlOOs. A. WEEKS, DeG raff, O. 
OHELOON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
O Bred Sows. Service Boars Best of breeding 
C. K. BARNES, Oxford. N. V. 
Reg. Improved Small Yorkshires 
nine stock. Entire Lord for sale Correspondence 
solicited. C. H. JENNINGS, R. D. No. 1, Freehold, New York 
■ b ivniai j-v v kv ^ 
JDrew, Sectional Barn Equipment 
saves your time and increases your profits. 
Don’t buy any barn equipment till you 
learn all about the Drew. Here are three 
more new ideas. 
1—Light, Handy, Manger Partitions— galvanized 
steel. Easily raised and stay up without springs. 
2—Time-saving Adjustment —adjusts instantly 
without removing a bolt, and lines cows up on 
the gutter. 
3—Double Automatic Sure-Stops —on each side! 
of stall make it impossible for cow to miss the stan-’ 
chion. Folds back against stall partitions out of way. 
Made by the makers of the widely-known 
Drew Carriers and guaranteed to be right. 
Send for catalog of complete barn equipments.’ 
DREW CARRIER CO., 130 Menree St., Waterloo, Wis. 
Eastern Branch, Roma, N. Y. 
CATTLE 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES 
nicely marked and well-grown BULL CALVES FOR SALE, 
from three to four months old. All from A. It. O. 
dams with records of 19 lbs., jr. three, to 25 lbs.. 5 
years old. Sire, Pietertje Hengerweld Segis 6ih, 
whose dam and grand-dam averaged 31.15 lbs. but ter 
in 7 days. Average fnt, 4.06. Price, $50 00 to $100.00. 
ELMTREE FARM, Harry Yates, Prop., Charlotte. N. Y. 
150 HIGH GRADE 
HOLSTEIN COWS 
Large, fine individuals, nicely marked and 
heavy producers, due to freshen in August, 
September and October. 100 two-year-old 
heifers, sired by registered Holstein bulls 
and from grade cows with large milk records. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
East RiverGradeHolsteins 
FOR SALE 
100 HEIFEUS—1 and 2 years old; sired by full- 
blooded bulls; dams are high-grade Holstein*. 
75 COWS—due to calve this Fall. Large, heavy 
milkers. 
30 FRESH COWS—Come and see them milked. 
10 REGISTERED BULLS—Alto grade bulls. 
DEPT. Y JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Bell Phone No. 14. F. S. Cortland, N, T. 
Hclstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAO FARM. Chittenanoo. N. Y. 
Ontario Pietje Segis 
born Feb. 8, 1913, grandson of King Segis and 
Pietje 22d’s Wopdcrest Lad. Showy markings; 
white predominating. Remarkable breeding. 
Price, for quick sale, $150. Send for pedigree. 
CLOVERDALE FARM, • Charlotte. N, V. 
POLLED HOLSTEINS 
The only herd in the world—all of A. R. 0. breed¬ 
ing and registered in the H. F. II. B. of America. 
A few choice Bull Calves from A. R. O, dams for 
sale at 6 months of age. $125.00 and up. 
Geo. E. Stevenson <& Sons, Waverly.Fenna. 
THE TOMPKINS CO. BREEDERS' JOURNAL, with sale-list 
■ of pure-bred stock, 25cts per year. Copy free. 
We have some very good offers in Holstein and Jer¬ 
sey cattle, German Coach Horses, Shetland Ponies, 
Southdown ewes and Cheshire gilts. A two-year 
Berkshire boar, registered, $25.00. TOMPKINS CO. 
BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION, Boi B, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
Eureka Stock Farm 
ed Jersey Bulls and Heifers 
REGIS 
TER 
2 mos. to 2 yrs. old. Chester White, Poland China 
and Berkshire Pigs, all ages, Lincoln Sheep, and 
a variety of Poultry. Write for Circular. 
EDWARD WALTER, * Weit Chester. Penna. 
Breed Up—Not Down 
—Jersey Bull Calves 
you can afford to 
buy. Superior dairy dams. No better sires. ILF 
SHANNON. 907 Liberty Street.Pittsburg, Pa. 
The WARNERS AYRSHIRES for Sale 
UNCAS 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 Lnkaleln, No. 
12357 (12187 lbs- milk, 543 lbs. butter) and grandson 
of Lady Fox, No. 9669 (12299 lbs. milk, 624 lbs- but¬ 
ter). Descended also from such individuals as Lord 
Dudley of Druinsuie, No. 7552, Gieucairn 3d and 
Kirsty Wallace of Auchentrain, champion cow in 
milk tests at Buffalo Exhibition. Young stock for 
sale. Address. MANAGER WARNERS, Ipswich, Mass. 
PURE¬ 
BRED 
Regis¬ 
tered 
HOLSTEIN Cattle 
In the production of milk and butter the larger 
the cow the larger the profit, other tilings being 
equal. This principle lias been established through 
the investigations of government experts and is 
generally recognized. 
When a cow s milking days are over, size is still 
an important factor. The nig Holstein Friesian, 
weighing anywhere from 1.000 to 1,800 pounds with 
her clean white fat well distributed through her 
muscular system, proves a most profitable dairy 
beef animal. 
Send for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
Holstein-Friesian Asso., F. L. Houghton, Sec’y 
Box 105 Brattleboro, Vt. 1 
“Licks the Bucket Clean ’ 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal 
As good as New Milk at half the Cost. 
iTCHF' 
CALF 
MEAL 
•RI 
100 pounds makes 100 gallons of Perfect 
Milk Substitute. 
Send for pamphlet, “How to Raise Calves 
Cheaply and Successfully Without Milk.” 
At your Dealers or 
BLATCHFORD’S CALF MEAL FACTORY 
WAUKEGAN ... ILLIN OIS 
Cows Love Unicorn 
Ready mixed dairy ration 
GUARANTEED 
ANALYSIS 
PROTEIN_26% 
r AT_6% 
CARBOHYDRATES S0% 
FIBRE_9% 
It cuts down the 
amount of grain used, 
lowers the cost.increases 
the flow of milk and 
pleases the cows. 
Unicorn isn’t a single 
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go FEED IT STRAIGHT 
and stop your worry ingand 
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Proof of the strength and 
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r CHAPIN & CO.® 
Box K, Hammond, Ind 
Pure Feeding Molasses 
We are first hands and can quote you absolutely 
bottom,prices, delivered your station, in lots of 
anywhere from one barrel to- a trainload. 
THE MEADER-ATLAS CO. 
N. V. Office, 107 Hudson Street, Now York City 
BUY GUERNSEYS 
BECAUSE 
At the only impartial test whore all breeds 
were represented the 
RIIFRN^FY ra!) ked highest, returning $1.67 
uuuiiiiviL i f or every dollar invested in food. 
ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION 
of the highest grade of DAIRY PRODUCTS is one of 
the important characteristics of the GUERNSEY. 
Write for free literature. 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
BOX Y-PETERBOKO,N 
H. 
Registered GUERNSEY BULL 
three years old, at a bargain. Grandson of 
Masher's Sequel, out of heavy milking cow. 
Kind, healthy, and all right in every way. 
LOCH EVAN FARM, Derby, Erie Co.. N. Y. 
WANTED—IN THIS VICINITY 
A GOOD JERSEY OR GRADE JERSEY COW 
not over 5 years old. 
KENNETH MYGATT, Pelham Manor, Westchester Co.. N. Y. 
If You Want Guernseys Tift^Vum 0 n^mK 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. Box 96. Peekskill.N. Y 
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Birmingham Stock Farm For Sale 
PERCHERON, COACH, AND HACKNEY STALLIONS. Prize 
winners at the Lending Hoi*e Shows, Prices right 
to quick buyers aud long time given on paymeuts. 
Agents wanted. For further particulars apply 
Birmingham Stock Farm, Manassas, va. 
50 STALLIONS 
and MARES, $250 to $1000 each 
Write for my Illustrated 
Circular telling why 1 can oave 
you money on the purchase of a Per- 
cheron or Belgian Stallion or Mate. 
A. W. Green, Middlefield, O. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula Sc Warren 
