-01J. 
Spent Tanbark for Bedding. 
We have been asked if tills taa bark 
would make suitable bedding for cattle 
and horses. We can find no one who 
has had personal experience in using it. 
Dr. Thorne of Ohio thinks the tan bark 
would be so acid that it would have a 
bad effect upon the soil. This bark is 
very slow to decay, as we know when it 
is used on streets or walks to deaden 
sound or make .a soft footing. It would 
absorb liquids freely, but the odor might 
be objectionable in a dairy barn. Our 
guess would be that the tan bark would 
not be satisfactory, but we do not know 
of any actual trials. 
THE HU rad nbw^yokker 
Pit Silos. 
I have been persuaded by a cement 
company that a pit silo is all right They 
claim that anybody who can build a cis¬ 
tern can put them, in, and not have to go 
to the expense of building up in the air. 
They don’t recommend a pit silo where 
there is water less than '_'4 feet from the 
surface of ground. Any information in 
regard to this style of silo will be appre¬ 
ciated. l. n. E. 
Idaho. 
There are a good many of these pit 
silos in the dry lands of West Kansas 
and Nebraska. They are a well or pit 
lined with concrete or stone and cement. 
On dry soil, well drained, they are useful. 
On wet soil or near standing water the 
silage is liable to spoil. One trouble with 
them is the danger of poisonous gas form- 
ng at the bottom. The Experiment .Sta¬ 
tion at Lincoln. Nebraska, has a good 
ircular on silos. 
What Breed for Milk. 
Would you give me some information 
n regard to the best breed of cattle for 
my purpose? I want a breed that looks 
well and will sell well. I want a breed 
that will yield a lot of milk, the milk to 
be fed to bogs, and some of it back to the 
cows, and tin* cream delivered to a cream¬ 
ery and sold on its test. I am a farmer, 
but have not bad very much experience 
yet and. as you see. I want a breed that 
will average up the best all around. The 
more milk I have the more hogs I can 
feed, and then the more manure I will 
have. Would you think it best to have a 
breed that would give more milk and a 
little less test than one the opposite? I 
have in mind all this time the amount of 
milk I am going to receive, the test, the 
amount of hogs I can feed and the man¬ 
ure. I think a lot of Holsteins. but I 
don’t know that they would be what I 
want. 1 never had anything to do with 
them. o. v. n. 
Schoharie County, N. T. 
It- N.-Y.—For the purpose you mention 
we should leave out the Jersey and 
Guernsey breeds. They will not give you 
as much milk as you want. The Ayr- 
shires will probably average to give a 
richer milk than the Holsteins, but not as 
heavy a yield. The Ayrshire is the easit :• 
keeper of the two breeds, for the Hol¬ 
steins must be heavily fed. The Ayr- 
shires will make the better carcass of | 
beef after milking out, or for the steers, ! 
but the "best breed’’ is the cue a man i 
likes best. If for any reason the Hol¬ 
steins appeal to you more thau the other 
they will probably pay you best. 
Srx"-suc::ixQ Cow.—I notice from 
time to time inquiries for a method of 
breaking a cow from sucking or milking 
herself. I have seen many devices offered 
and tried with more or less success, usu¬ 
ally winding up in failure, and a good 
milker is sacrificed to the butcher. I 
have only owned one self-milker and I 
successfully broke her of the habit by 
buying a large strong calf (hers having 
been born dead), that would keep her 
udder drained all the time and turned her 
out to pasture with it. This was a fine 
grade Jersey heifer. She freshened when 
17 months and 10 days old. Some years 
after I had sold her I inquired whether 
she had ever gone back to the habit of 
sucking herself, and was informed that 
she had not. Ordinarily I never allow a 
calf to run with a good milch cow, but I 
argue that it is better to do this for one 
whole period of lactation than to sacrifice 
a fine cow. This heifer had not been at 
this pernicious practice more than about 
a month. t. b. 
Mississippi. 
Pigs On A Bottle. —In four cases out 
of five, the farmer is unsuccessful in rear¬ 
ing a litter of pigs from the age of a 
day or two to the time when they should 
be weaned. Ralph Hoover, of Ashtabula 
county, Ohio, has 12 little porkers which 
he has successfully brought to the age of 
four weeks and they are in as good con¬ 
dition as they might have been had the 
mother eared for them. He feeds them 
cow’s milk, does not dilute it, but every 
other day he gives a laxative. In start¬ 
ing the pigs he used a bottle and nipple, 
giving the little fellows about one-eighth 
of a pint the first day or two. The lit¬ 
tle fellows were fed each hour during the 
day and night, and every other day a 
teaspoon filled with Epson salts was put 
in the milk. This kept their bowels loose, 
and did away with the one trouble which 
above all others makes it difficult to care 
for the little fellows. Mr. Hoover grad¬ 
ually increased the quantity of milk, and 
fed them less frequently, until at the ago 
<>f three weeks he fed them only four or 
five times during the 24 hours. It sounds 
easy, then don’t forget the Epsom salts, 
and remember to get up every hour in 
the night and feed them regularly, keep 
them warm and clean, use common sense 
in handling them, and there is no reason 
why the entire litter should not be raised, 
is th(> opinion of Mr. Hoover. 
CA.TTIj33 
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 
■^•'-■shu-e hoar, registered, $25.00 TOMPKINS CO. 
BREEDERS ASSOCIATION, Box B, Trutnansbiirg, N- Y, 
WANTED—AT ONCE 
Two or Three Ayrshire Cows 
grade or pure-bred. Must be fresh and heavy 
milkers. Address. TARLETON FARM, Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
If Yon Want Guernseys n£w ml 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION, Box 96, Peekskill.N. Y. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
UOLSTEIN CALVES— Beautifully marked. 3 to 5 weeks 
■* old. $20 each crated. Erigewood Farm. Whitewater, Wis. 
Purebreds in Vermont. 
This section of Vermont (Orange 
County) is devoted almost entirely to 
dairying. Most of the farmers take their 
cream to a creamery, a few make butter. 
A large proportion of this cream goes as 
cream to Boston and vicinity, a smaller 
part is made into butter, going to the 
same market. Nearly every farmer raises 
his own cows, and some raise all their 
heifer calves. There are plenty of buyers 
ready to take the best cows when they 
are_ shipped to Brighton. The people are 
mostly the old New England stock, who 
believe in getting every dollar they can 
and not letting so much as one leave their 
possession thereafter. For that reason 
they do not believe much in purebred or 
registered stock. The first cost is too 
much. But they do believe in breeding 
to a registered or high-grade bull if near 
and service fee not over one dollar. The 
proportion of registered bulls iu the east¬ 
ern half of Orange County is probably 
from seven to 10 per cent.; that of high 
Siades 12 to lo per cent. Half bloods are 
quite common. The Holsteins are the 
most popular, because they briug the best 
in ice Lo ship. The Jerseys, Durhams and 
Ayrshires follow in the order named. 
There are a few Guernseys and Devons, 
:,lld I might add, though not a dairy 
breed, a very few Ilerefords. b. m. b. 
Vermont. 
Holstein-Friesian Bui! Calves F ,°o r^.T'c' 1 . 4 ! 
offer, THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM , Cliittenango, N.t. 
| 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. SAUNDERb & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
A Sayda Bull 
I that Sayda blood ■''makes good" is proven 
j *’.v the records of seventeen Savda cows 
which have had opportunity to* complete 
yearly tests. They average 1)000 lbs. milk, 
0(5 lbs. butter per cow. 
1 hat Saiida s Heir ad is further improving 
“e »ayda quality is proven by the fact 
ihat liis daughters are higher testers and 
heavier producers than their dams. 
An especially attractive son of Savda’s 
Heir .‘id was dropped November 10, 1012— 
solid dark fawn in color, with very straight 
back, exceptionally long rump, perfect tall- 
setting. smooth finish, and the great depth 
ot body which characterizes ail the Saydas. 
I lis dam, Meridulc A lap’s Gazelle, entered 
the Register of Merit with first calf, and 
with second calf has given us 8520 lbs. 
milk, 522 lbs. butter in 11 months. She 
has three crosses to the famous Gazelle's 
I; awn, and is granddaughter of King's 
Gazelle Fawn, who won distinction at the 
St. Louis World's Fair. Her dam ami 
grand am were tested cows, and both car¬ 
ried udders of great size with large teats. 
We ask for this bull the particular consid¬ 
eration of those who are working for utility 
the dairy cow. 
as well as beauty in 
For particulars and 
pedigree address 
ayer & McKinney 
300 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
| Horses and MulesJ 
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 Pcr- 
chcron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middlefield, O. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula & Warren 
Kentucky Jack & Percheron FarmsT ^;^ 6 
Mammoth jacks, Percheron stallions, mares and 
saddlers. Special prices in car load lots. Fata loirs 
ready November 13th. COOK & BROWN Lexington, Ky. 
BUY GUERNSEYS 
BECAUSE 
At the only impartial test where all breeds 
were represented the 
fillFRN^FY r:iI ‘ked highest, returning $1.67 
UULI1IY-JL 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 tor free literature. 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
BOX Y-PETERBORO, N. H. 
iasb 
Milcli G-oats 
choice grades lor sale. Send stamp. Goat Bool 
25 cents. JAGEK, Barnard, New York 
soNABLE-Registered Angora Buck-g 1 ^ 
African Geese. THYSON, 43 Ashford St., Brooklyn, N. Y- 
Mil If Til* If ETC Latest Sanitary Style 
miLn I IviVE I W Kx Press Paid Anywhere 
Samples I’ re e. Dept. I 
Travers Bros., Gardner, Mass 
5S 
EEP 
DEGISTERED SHROPSHIRE YEARLING 
11 RA.HS & EWES— Cheap. Fred Van Vleet, Lodi,N.Y . 
FL0CK with a goo.l "SHROPSHIRE” or 
1 SOUTHDOWN ram from the NIAGARA STOCK FARM 
J. C. DUNCAN, Mgr., - Lewiston, N. Y. 
CHROPSHIRE RAMS FOR SALE —Registered yearlings 
w two-year-olds and iambs from imported sires. 
K. K. STEVENS & S ON, - Wilson, N. Y, 
FOR , 
SALE-1 
Price, registered and transferred, $10.50 a head. 
Write for particulars. For lack of feed we are 
forced to sell. H. H. Goalee & Son. Oneida, N.Y. 
16 Up-to-Date Shropshire Ewes 
Dogs and Ferrets 
^Yearling Jersey Bull 
Fancy hill selected Delaware potatoes. Barred 
Bock Cockerels. WILL W. CLARKE, New Preston, Conn 
THREE MONTHS OLI) REGISTERED 
• JERSEY BELL for sale, from imported stock. 
5 ery fine. K. NICHOLSON, Highland Mills, N. Y. 
FOR PR0DUCTI0N- BREED up N0T qqwn- 
run rnUUUUIIUIl Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa. 
Fosterfields Herd Registered Jerseys jj fl 0 L !? 
Cows, yearling and two-year-old heifers, some of them 
cine to caive soon. .Also heifer calves, young bulls 
Charles G Foster, P 0. Box 173, Morristown.Morris Co-,N. J' 
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME 
ToPurchase a JerseyBulI 
that will increase the production of vour herd and 
also bring you many dollars from stock sold from 
this bull. We intended to retain this bull for use 
in our own herd, but owing to change of business 
we offer him for sale. He is line-bred from one of 
the best producing families in the world. His dam 
has a yearly record of 595 lbs. of butter. She is 
also the dam of one with a record of 7G7 lbs. One a 
record of 593 lbs. at three years old. One with a 
record of 447 lbs. at four years old. and dropped 
a calf during test. This bull is a grand indivi¬ 
dual. One year old. Send for pedigree and price 
LETCHWORTH & DELANO, Ensenore, N. Y. 
Buy Jerseys 
Dollar for dollar invested, the Jersey 
will earn back the amount paid 
for her quicker than other 
i breeds because her product 
brings a higher price per quart 
or per pound. For the home 
she is unsurpassed, and her 
low cost of keep makes her 
most desirable. Write now for Jersey 
facts. No charge. 
AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 
824 W. 23d St., New York 
flfll I IF PUP?—Natural drivers. Also English 
uULLIL rUiO Bloodhounds, Nelson’s, Grove City, Pa 
BEAUTIFUL SABLE and WHITE COLLIE 
pedigreed, 8 months. $10. Edgewood, Douglaston, L. I. 
For Sale-Coon, Fox and Rabbit Hounds 
well and partly trained; Puppies of all varieties; we 
mail a handsome descriptive, illustrated CATALOGUE 
for 10 cents. 
28-C0LLIES-28 
From 4 to 9 months old. Write today and 
get a dog at farmers’ prices. I also have 
a few brood bitches to spare at half., then- 
value. Full pedigree with each dog. 
Getmore Collie Ken nel, P. T. Kelly, Ithaca, N. Y. 
FFRRFys fnr Qa Ip-Catalogue free. C. 0. MURRAY, 
rcnncia lUI OdIB R . D , No, 2, New London. Ohio 
Fprrpk fnr ?q Ip—Either color or sex, anysize.sin- 
I 01 1 019 lUI vUIB gles. mated pairs and dozen lots 
Catalogue free. C. H. KEEFER & CO.. Greenwich, Ohic 
FERRETS - BY THE THOUSANDS—First extensive 
breeder and shipper; over twenty 
-years' experience. Book and price list free 
leu Jt ARNS WORTH, New London, Ohio 
SS'WIJNTIES 
0 on QUICK-GROWING MULEF00T HOGS FOR SALE. 
C.WV JOHN 1MJNLAP, Williamsport, Ohio 
CHELDON FARM REGISTERED DUROCS 
Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars 
Best of breeding, C. E . BARNES, Oxford, New York 
TAMWORTHS- pi * s « ilts an(i 
1 vn I no boars ready for ser 
vice for sale at reasonable prices. All well bred and 
none but good individuals offered for sale 
WESTVIEW STOCK FARM 
0. J LYBR0HK, Mgr. - R. 1, Winston-Salem, ■. C 
Jersev Reds L ar i!?* srowthy p;gs, 10 week^ 
uciscy i\CU5 0 | (ii $6 each. Older stock at cor 
responding low prices. E. L. ALBERTSON, Hope. N. J. 
W ANTED TO BUY—100 GOOD YOUNG COWS-HOLSTEINS 
AYRSHIRE® nnd JERSEYS. .Must be in "althy coil, 
dition and good size. V. S. Edwards, Box’ TO. Stepney, Couu- 
Hudson Valley Holstein Headquarters 
Registered and Grades. 1 hour from New York 
M0HEGAN FARM, Mohegan Lake. Pcekskill. New York 
FOR 
SALE 
Shortage of fodder renders it impossible for 
me to retain all my herd. Some due this fall; 
come and take your choice ; prices reasonable 
Male calves at cut prices. HILLHURST FARM. 
F. H. RIVENBURGH, Munnsville, New York 
OLLINS’JERSEY PE 
thebe: 
You get finest Jersey Red 
Pigs at cost of common stock by JY 
^ our New Sales Offer. fr 
.New Illustrated Catalog FREE. 
7 , 
Reg. Holstein Cows 
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 
We are offering twenty head of verv fine high-grade 
Holstein Heifers, all siTed bv registered bulls and 
due to calve within the next two months. All are 
bred to registered bulls. Priced right if taken im¬ 
mediately, to make room. Tuberculin tested. If 
Interested, wire—our expense if sold before coming. 
TRANQUILLITY FARMS 
Arthur Danks, Mgr. _ Allamuchy, N. J. 
East RiverGrade Holsteins 
FOR SALE 
100 HEIFERS—1 and 2 years old: sired by full- 
blooded bulls; dams arc high-grade Holsteins. 
7a t OWS-due to calve this Fall. Large, hoaw 
milkers. 
Come and see them milked. 
10 REGISTERED B1 LES—Also grade bulls 
n „ BEPT U * „ JOil ^ «• WEBSTER, 
Bell Phone No. 14, F. S. Cortland, N. T. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
According to figures compiled by the de¬ 
partment of animal husbandry of Illinois 
University, a cow must produce' 4.‘JO0 pounds 
of milk and 160 pounds of fat a vear to pay 
for feed and labor. Every 1,000 pounds above 
this brings a yearly profit of $10. Thus a 5,000 
pound cow^ earns $10 a year, an 8,000 pound 
cow earns $40, but when production reaches 
10,000 pounds the profit is $6o. 
Systematic investigation confirms the wis¬ 
dom of those who have taken up the Holstein- 
Friesian breed, 
Send for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
Holstein-Friesian Asso-, F. L. Houghton, Scc’y 
Box 105 Brattleboro, \'t. 
PIGS -55 each Berkshire-Chester White 
« cross. CLARK FARM. Boonton, New Jersey 
Reg. P , Chinas Berkshires, C. Whites, 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pups.Bengles and Poultrv. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildouu, Pa 
0. i. C’s ant| Chester Whites 
Registered, bred from finest stock; pigs, either 
sex, 8 weeks,$10.00 each: 12 weeks, $15.00 each. 
More than one (no reduction). No old stock for 
sale. Chesters are the farmers’ hog; excellent 
breeders, mothers and meat producer^ De¬ 
mand for them is increasing daily. We are 
Members of The O. I. C. Swine Breeders’Assn, 
and The Chester White Record Assn. 
VICTOR FARMS, BELLVALE, N-Y . 
DEGISTERED BERKSHIRES —Large, heavy-boned quiek 
11 growers, none better. Spring Boars and Gilts at 
farmers’ prices, Ira Kel lar, Prospect, Ohio 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
BIG BERKSHIRES I have bred more higli- 
class hogs than any breeder in Connecticut. Wat¬ 
son s Masterpiece No. 123931 at head of herd. Noth¬ 
ing for sale hut March and April pigs at present. 
J. E. WATSON, Prop., Marbledale, Ct. 
For Sale-Berkshire Pigs a m b 0 ° t V s a J d x 
very reasonable in price. Among them is the Second 
Prize Female and the Second Prize Male Pig at the 
New York State Fair. Also young pigs of both sexes, 
six weeks old, $7.(10 each. Sire and Dam both 
have been Prizewinners at the New York State 
Fair. WARNER STOCK FARM, Warner Onondaga Co., N.Y. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
Sired by the largest boars of the breed (eight 
mature boars in herd) out of .mammoth, -prolific 
dams (ninety-five brood sows in herd.) SeventT 
selected sows and fifty high-class service boars 
(some of them show animals) for sale at reason- 
aide prices. Visitors always welcome. 
H. C ,Y H. B. HA It PENDING Dundee, N.Y 
If you want the best hog 
Write us. Our farms are devoted exclusively to the 
production of Bevkshii-es. Breeders in the following 
States havo been supplied from our great herd- N.Y • 
Penna.; Dist. Col.; Md.; Va.; N. C. ; S. C.: Ga.; La ■ 
Ala.; Miss.; Fla.; Tenn.; Ky.; Texas, and Porto Rieo.’ 
Berkshires for foundation and 
show purposes a specialty. 
THE BLUE RIDGE BERKSHIRE FARMS, Asheville, N. C. 
