1913. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKEK 
1333 
SHORTAGE OF GOOD DAIRY COWS. 
Successful dairying consists of three 
elements; breed, individuality and care. 
I think that one is safe in saying that 
there are but four real dairy breeds: the 
Jersey, Guernsey, Ilolsteins and Ayr- 
shires. The first two are preeminently 
butter cows, and the last two for the pro¬ 
duction of market milk or for cheese¬ 
making. 
So much for breed, and then comes 
individuality. I am not sure but that 
we ought to place individuality ahead of 
breed, for we are all the time coming 
across individuals of some breed that 
seem to possess the very characteristics 
they are supposed not to have, and that 
are prominent in some other breed. So 
we sometimes see a great milking Short¬ 
horn, or a Jersey that gives (>0 pounds of 
thin milk per day, or a Holstein that 
gives 30 pounds of milk that the Jersey 
fancier believes his cow has an exclusive 
copyright for. There is variation enough 
in the different individuals, or even fam¬ 
ilies of the same breed, so that one can 
get good results in either market milk or 
butter production with any of the dairy 
breeds. 
Come to think about it, I believe that 
I started this letter bottom side up, and 
should have placed care ahead of either 
breed or individuality. For truly, the 
best dairy cow in the world would be 
worthless without care. What a sermon 
one could preach on care, healthful and 
comfortable quarters, the proper food pro¬ 
vided at the proper time,. the general 
handling of the cows and, greatest of all, 
the milking. When one sits down to milk 
a cow, she “gives down” if she likes you. 
If she doesn’t, she sometimes kicks you 
over. But if she does like you and gives 
down, don’t think that she will continue 
to do so all day, for she won’t. Be ready 
to take the milk when she is ready to let 
you have it. And don’t go after it with 
hysterical, spasmodic jerks, but rather in 
a quiet, quick and firm manner. 
My excuse for injecting this lecture on 
milking is the fact that there are thou¬ 
sands of men all over the country who 
think because when they squeeze hard 
enough and long enough on a cow’s teat, 
and they can start a thin stream of milk, 
they are milkers. Perhaps they used to 
milk when they were 15 years old and 
lived on the old farm, just before their 
father became convinced that they would 
never be worth their salt as farmers, and 
therefore consented to let them go away 
to the city. When these fellows get to 
be around 50 they begin to think of the 
good old farm and the good things that 
went with it. This reminds them of the 
cow, and they remember that they used to 
milk. Of course the mees they made of it 
is forgotten, and only the pleasurable part 
remains. So they buy a cow and cheer¬ 
fully proceed to ruin her. Then the “cow 
jockey” who sold her gets it; one would 
suppose to hear them that those “cow 
jockeys” were in the habit of searching 
around among the hills of the dairy 
regions for all of the worthless old crit¬ 
ters they can find. But we of the hills 
know better. Perhaps there is some one 
who would like to know just how these 
fellows do get their cows. Well, all of 
them that I know anything about have 
men who live right in the district to buy 
or at least locate their cattle for them. 
These local men are generally farmers 
themselves, and are extra good judges of 
dairy cows. They have traveled all over 
the territory time after time, and they 
very often know the cow from calfhood. 
They even know when the desirable ones 
are due to freshen, and they are around 
after them at the proper time. So it is: 
“I will give you a hundred for that one 
to-day. No, I can't take the other one; 
she ain’t ready yet. Will take her next 
month.” 
“Let me see; which one is the daugh¬ 
ter of that best cow that I bought from 
you last year? Oh, yes, that is her. 
Say, she will be all right by next Fall, 
won’t she?” 
Why, I have actually known of farm¬ 
ers who curried the hair on their best cow 
depot out of districts where one would 
suppose there were no more to sell. Will 
the time come when there are actually no 
more to sell? It looks that way. The 
farmers are onto the situation now, and 
are raising more heifer calves just now 
than in a long time before. But they did 
not catch on quick enough, and I am 
afraid that there will be a big gap be¬ 
tween the time when the supply runs out 
and the new crop comes on. Therefore 
I am going to predict that dairy cows 
will be higher in 1914 than ever before, 
and 1915 will see them almost off the 
market. j. grant morse. 
BLACK CATTLE BEST. 
This year again the Angus tribe of 
beef cattle have the second place in the 
procession at the International Livestock 
Exposition. Breeders from eight Amer¬ 
ican States and two Provinces in the 
British possessions sent-275 head. They 
are second only to the Shorthorns with 
400 head. For the last several years the 
Angus people have shown the steer that 
was awarded the championship of the 
show, and this is the most coveted prize 
of the exposition. Largely the candi¬ 
dates of this year belong to the same 
black tribe, and the enthusiasts of the 
Shorthorns and Ilerefords will have to 
put up some great stock to beat the black 
ones. Pictures of some of these winners 
are shown at Fig. 519, page 1319. 
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DAIRY CATTLE 
WANTED—WEANED AYRSHIRE HEIFER CALVES OR YEAR- 
** LINGS—( arload, if price and Quality right. 
WILLIAM HART, - Wattkon, Iowa 
FOR PROOllCTION- BRIEEO up - N0T D0WN ~ 
run rnUUUUIIUN Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa. 
b. The Jersey gives richer 
milk and more butter than 
any other known breed, at a 
lower keeping cost. She does it 
continuously and persistently, 
p Her milk and butter bring better 
prices than the product of any other 
dairy breed. That’s where quality 
does count. Jersey facts free. Write 
now. We have no cows for sale. 
AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 
314 W. 23d Street, New York 
II You Want Guernseys l.l.W’S? «iw 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION, Box 96, Peekskill.N. Y. 
BUY GUERNSEYS 
BECAUSE 
At the only impartial test where all breeds 
were represented the 
fillCRUCpY ranked highest, returning $1.67 
uuuimoL 1 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 
HO\ Y—PKTEKBOKO, N. H. 
THE TOMPKINS CO. BREEDERS’ JOURNAL, with sale-list 
1 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.DO. TOMPKINS CO. 
BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION, Box B, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
W ANTED TO BUY—100 GOOD YOUNG C0WS-H0LSTE1NS. 
AYRSHIKKS mi,I JKKSKYS. Mnst be in good.healthy con¬ 
dition and good size. A. S. Edwards, Box 76, Stepney, Conn. 
Hudson Valley Holstein Headquarters 
Registered and Grades. 1 hour from New York, 
M0HEGAN FARM. Mohegan Lake. Peekskill, New York 
U01 STEIN CALVES—Beautifully marked.3 to 5 weeks 
*■ old, $20 each crated. Edgewood Farm, Whitewater. Wis. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Chittenango; N. Y. 
READY FOR U ft l«.* p : n R„|l Ontario Pietje Segis, 
SERVICE noistein Dull No 112 , 26 3 . grandson of 
King Segis ami Pietje 22d’s Woodo.rest Lad. Show 
markings and grand individual. Price. S150. Don't 
buy scrub stock when you can get breeding likethlsatthe 
price. Send for pedigree. Cloverdal© Kami, l harlott*, N. Y. 
Airedale Plinnie«K (Registered) by son of 
Hireudie ruppies Champion Riding Master, 
ex daughter of Champion KingOornng. Whelped, 
November 20. Males. $15; Females, $10. Send for 
pedigree. ItIKCH FARMS, Three Tuns, Ha. 
Grade Holstein Wanted^ f / V e e sh ‘ heavy lHilker 
ulars, price. JAMES G. 
re complete partie- 
RUGH, Westfield. New Jersey 
FOR SALE CHEAP 
Reg. HOLSTEIN BULL 
ready for service. Reg. MaleCalves, $25 and upwards. 
Choicely bred, fine individuals. Can also furnish a 
few cotvs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write today 
HILLHURST FARM 
F. H. Rivenburgh, Prop. Munnsville, N. Y. 
so that it would till stand towards her 
head and make her look as though she 
were out of condition, so that the buyer 
would pass her by. 
Why do they sell them? Only for one 
reason—the price. The dealers keep of¬ 
fering more ai^d more, and they keep right 
on driving the good ones down to the 
FOR SALE 
HIGH BRED 
JerseyBULL CALF 
dropped Oct. lath, 1912. Dam, No. 598. R. of M. test 
9,383.6 lbs, milk and 584 lbs 3 os. butter in one 
year. Sire, Tonona Pogis, his first daughter in 
R. or M. test 9.950.2 lbs. milk. 631) lbs. 6 oz. butter, 
with first calf. He's as eood as the host. Address 
E. W. MOSHER, - Aurora, N. Y. 
East RiverGradeHolsteins 
FOR SALE 
IOO H LIFE US—1 and 2 years old: sired by full- 
blooded bulls: dams are high-grade Holsteins. 
75 COWS—due to calve this Fall. Large, heavy 
milkers. 
30 F14ESH COW'S—Come and see them milked. 
10 REGISTERED BULLS—Also grade bulls. 
OtPT. Y JOHN B. W'KBSTKK, 
Bell Phone No. 14, F. S. Cortland, N, Y. 
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SHEEP 
IMPROVE YOUR FLOCK with a goo.i "SHROPSHIRE "or 
1 " SOUTHDOWN ” ram from the NIAGARA STOCK FARM. 
J. C. DUNCAN, Mgr., - Lewiston, N. 1 . 
CH ROUSH IKK RAMS and K WES—Register- 
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ported sires. E. E. STEVENS & SON, Wilson, N. Y. 
( Dogs and Ferrets 
#"*OI I I p—Females only. Registered stock. 
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PUPC—Natural drivers. Also English 
i ui o Bloodhounds, Nelson’s, Grove City,Pa. 
Pedigreed Collie Pups-$1 
Rabbit Dogs 
—Six months. $5 each. 
CHAS. JOSEPH, Townsead. Oil. 
Aireriala Torriorc for sale—B elshazzar 
Aireaaie ierriers n . Registered. Ages-ia 
months, J. D. MILLER, Elk Lick, Henna. 
AIREDALE TERRIERS—I still have a few 
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Will sell cheap if sold atonce. AH. Penny, Mattituck.N.Y. 
Airpflalp Punnipc (female) three months 
SALE— Alreaa,e LUppieS o](i Fine pedigree. 
Moderate prices. BRIGHTSIDE KENNELS, Dunellen, H. J. 
28-C0LLIES-28 
From 4 to 9 months old. Write today and 
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WESTV1EW STOCK FARM 
0. J. LYBR0GK, Mgr. - R. 1, Winston-Salem, I. C 
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 
PIJpQUinCQ—Yearling sows bred. August p: 
uncomnco either sex. G. E. SMITH, Castile, H. Y. 
ugs 
one QUICK-GROWING MULEFOOT HOGS FOR SALE. 
JOHN DUNLAP, Williamsport, Obio 
CHELDON FARM REGISTERED DUKOCS 
Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BARNES, Oxford, New York 
Duroc Pigs s $ . 15 a 
per pair. 7 to 10 weeks. 
, WEEKS, De Graff, O. 
PIF2C~^ each. Berkshire-Chester White 
i IUO cross. CLARK FARM. Boootsn. New Jersey 
BERKSHIFES FOR SALE 
M. H. TAYLOR, West Alexander. Penn’a 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
BIG BERKSHIRES I have bred moro high 
class hogs than any breeder in Connecticut. Wat¬ 
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J. E. WATSON’, Prop., Marbledale, Ct. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
A cordial invitation is extended to those interested 
in the care of swine to visit and inspect our herd 
and its surroundings. Over one hundred sows, 
bred and open, for sale. Service boars, and pigs all 
ages. H. C. S H B. HARPENDING. Dundee, New Ysrk 
If you want the best hog 
Write us. Our farms are devoted exclusively to the 
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Berkshires for foundation and 
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THE BLUE RIDGE BERKSHIRE FARMS. Asheville. N. C. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
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 bull* 
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F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
Quantity of production and persistency of 
milking during long periods are well-known 
characteristics of Holsteins. Dropping her 
first calf at about two years old the average 
cow. if well cared for. will produce from 5,900 
to 6,000 pounds of milk in ten months, and 
she will increase the production every year 
until, at five years, she will give from 7,000 to 
9,000 pounds. 
If fed to their ability to digest and assimi¬ 
late food, many Holsteins will exceed this 
production- 
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Holstein-Friesian Asso., F. L. Houghton. See’y 
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