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THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
January 15, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
FACTS ABOUT AYRSHIRE CATTLE. 
I would like some information in re¬ 
gard to the Ayrshire cattle. Are they con¬ 
sidered as good for dairy purposes as*tlie 
Guernseys or Jerseys in quality of milk 
for butter yield? H. d. s. 
New York. 
After eight years’ experience with 
Ayrshire cattle we are more than ever 
impressed with their excellence. Their 
strong, robust constitution and ability 
to rustle for themselves commend them 
to all who have steep rough pastures, 
and some not very nutritious grasses. 
While they respond readily to high feed¬ 
ing and good.care yet under ordinary or 
careless handling they so far eclipse*the 
other breeds of about the same size that 
there is no comparison. Then again their 
freedom from udder .troubles commends 
them to all dairymen, for it is rare that 
you see an Ayrshire except with the 
most beautiful square level udder, and 
with no shrunken quarters. It is true 
that they do not give as rich milk as 
the Jerseys or Guernseys, but they give 
so much more of it that the quantity 
fully makes up for the quality, and is 
produced at less cost. A dairyman once 
said to me that when he had a good cow 
and she was homely he had but half, but 
when lie had a good cow and she was 
handsome he had-the whole thing. Where 
can you get greater beauty both in form 
and color than in the Ayrshire? Buy 
the best registered bull you can afford, 
one whose ancestors are noted for large 
production, saving only the calves from 
your best cows. Continue to breed from 
a registered bull and you will soon have 
a herd you may well be proud of, and 
the balance will be on the right side. 
D. W. SOUTHARD. 
furnish you with all the pigs you can 
care for properly, and even this number 
may be too many. You must bear in 
mind that there is much more money 
made on a few pigs well fed and cared 
for than there is on a large number fed 
on a squealing ration. There is no mon¬ 
ey in Fall pigs for you except to sell 
them right off when old enough to wean. 
I would advise planting corn on the 15 
acres of potato ground and sowing oats 
on the five acres upon which you raised 
poor corn. If barley grows and fills well 
in your section I would plow up the five 
acres of poor meadow and sow barley. 
Both the barley and oats can be soaked 
and fed during the Fall and early Win¬ 
ter, together with the. home-grown corn. 
You should also buy some tankage to 
mix with your other feeds. You can sow 
a few pounds of rape seed on your 
clover field early in the Spring and you 
will have good pig pasture for a long 
time. 
Provide some shade for them and let 
them have the run of the clover field, 
or as much of it as they can use to 
good advantage. With this clover pas¬ 
ture you should feed the brood sows 
and young pigs some middlings or shorts 
made into a thin slop until some of 
your home-grown grain becomes avail¬ 
able. Your Spring pigs should be ready 
for market in December or January, 
Another method requiring less labor is 
to sow barley on the 15 acres of potato 
ground instead of planting corn. If you 
want to economize labor, and if you 
have no use for the cornstalks, this 
would probably be the better plan, al¬ 
though you could not raise as much feed. 
It would also be advisable to have a 
small field of oats and peas sown about 
June' 20 for August pasture in case of 
drought. c. s. greene. 
A HOG RAISING SCHEME. 
I hired a farm for two years. The first 
year, which will end April 1 next, 1 made 
a specialty of potatoes, and have made 
money, hiring all the work done. Now I 
think I see money in hogs, and wish your 
advice. The usable part of this farm of 
350 acres is only about 40 acres; 15 
acres where I had potatoes with nothing 
done to it since digging, light friable deep 
bottom land mostly. Eight acres are new 
seeding with heavy clover stand; eight 
acres of low wet permanent bayfield ; five 
acres of poor land upon which 1 had poor 
corn, gravelly clay, and five acres of poor 
meadow. The rest is hilly, poor pasture 
and woods. I shall have the year's manure 
from 15 head of cattle and two horses. My 
idea is to start this Spring and grow as 
many hogs as possible, devoting all the 
farm to it, to market at the greatest profit 
before the following April, when I give 
up the farm. Will you tell me how many 
hogs to begin on, when to start, how best 
to got the hogs, whether to buy sows early 
and breed them, or to buy sows with pigs; 
what to plant in the 15 acres of pretty 
good level land upon which I put last year 
the previous year’s manure from 10 head 
of cattle and six tons of potato fertilizer, 
and what to plant on the five acres upon 
which the poor corn was? I have plenty 
of room in buildings for keeping great num¬ 
bers of hogs. Of course, the idea is to raise 
as many as possible and buy as little feed 
as possible. t. e. it. 
I also believe there is money in hogs, 
as the high prices of grain in the West 
have naturally reduced the supply from 
most of the great swine-producing 
States so that high prices must continue 
for another year at least. You do not 
say anything about feeding skim-milk, 
so I assume that it is not available. 
Therefore you will depend upon home¬ 
grown feeds with pasture, buying what 
feeds you cannot produce. You will not 
require the. whole farm for your hogs, 
so you can pasture live, stock on the 
greater portion. You will work some¬ 
what to a disadvantage fencing your 
hog pasture for one year unless you can 
utilize the fences already erected as you 
must utilize all the pasture you can 
to cheapen the cost of production. If 
you can buy sows bred to farrow in 
March and April that would probably be 
better than buying young pigs in the 
Spring, as you could raise a Fall litter 
from the same sows before fattening 
them for market. Fifteen sows ought to 
METASTATIC TUMORS. 
I have a cow with lumps on one of her 
hind legs, one above the gambrel joint and 
one near t ho ankle joint. The one near 
tlie ankle is like a collection of small lumps. 
There are some smaller lumps about the 
size of a hickory nut; the lumps came on 
after the cow had her calf in the Spring. 
I thought it very much like lumpy jaw. 
The R. N.-Y. gave remedy for lumpy jaw 
some years ago, which as near as I remem¬ 
ber was iodide of potassium, but do not 
remember the amount to get or how much 
to it dose. I found t lie bottle which we 
used for it marked off in eight doses. We 
took it to the druggist to be filled. lie 
thought about a dram to a dose, and filled 
the bottle accordingly, which we gave in 
eight doses once a day, but the lumps are 
not any better. We treated some cases in 
this way some years ago, and the lumps 
disappeared, or nearly. Will you give the 
remedy again? Would some other treat¬ 
ment be better? j. h. 
Wisconsin. 
Iodide of potash, while effective for lumpy 
jaw, will do no good in the case described. 
The tumors should be let alone, or simply 
painted with tincture of iodine two or three 
times a week. Such tumors often are can¬ 
cerous, and when cut out return, and are 
accompanied by like tumors on the course 
of the lymphatic vessels and internally. 
There is a possibility, of course, that they 
are simple tumors instead of malignant ones, 
but we have seen so many cases of the 
malignant, metastatic kind that we feel 
justified in giving this opinion. Better have 
the cow examined by an expert veterinarian. 
• A. S. A. 
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lan.” “An’ why?” “Shure, ’tis on ac¬ 
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he, ‘ye’re discharged.’ ”—Sketch. 
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SCOTCH COLLIE PUPSl^mn.e *3 
I—Two months old; 
shire Boar 
I leifers. 
years old, $24. Jersey Bulls 
PRAIRIE FARM, Atwater, N. 
Pfll I IF P| IDQ— Trout imported stock. Females 
UULLILI U f O cheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. ('ire. SILAS DECKER, Montrose Pa. 
PiII a Choice Mule Fox Hound Puppies ; 1 Male Fox Hound, 
■ ■ w w 18 months old. Address Charlie* W. Dig-g-s, VA. 
Collie Pups 
cheap, from imported champion stock 
realdrivors. Ira Keller,P rospect,O. 
S OME good coon and fox dogs for sale; pedigreed; 
Birdsong and Walker strains. Sent on HI days’ 
trial. It. F. JOHNSON, Assumption, Illinois. 
Let Help 
You to 
Higher Suc¬ 
cess in Dairying 
Granted that you have good dairy cows, 
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1 can send you the names if you wish. 
My new feed and litter carrier catalog is Just off the press, also 
a large folder in colors describing the famous James Sanitary 
Cow Stalls and Stanchions They are given free for the asking. 
W D. JAMES, Mgr., KENT MFC. CO. 
1 30 Cane Street Fort Atkinion, WSJ 
LATCHFORD’S CALF MEAL 
The richness of Milk at '/* the cast. 
Booklet, “How to raise Calves cheaply and successfully without milk,” Free. 
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PERCHERON STALLIONS 
And FRENCH COACH 
STALLIONS 
We import the BEST of each of the 
above breeds, and have them constantly 
on hand FOR SALE at VERY 
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RIVERLAND FARM 
OFFERS SEVERAL HEAD OF HIGH 
CLASS REGISTERED 
PERCHERONS 
Mostly mares in foal from Two to Five years. A 
few young Stallions, all priced at their real worth. 
JAY GELDER. Kanona. N. Y. 
Death to Heaves Guaranteed 
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Death 
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to 
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The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio 
PURE BRED HOLSTEIN CALVES 
FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT. 
Finely bred bull and heifer calves at reasonable prices. 
Write for list which will please you. 
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LAUREL 
FARM 
-REGISTERED JERSEYS ONLY 
Fern's Jubilee 7B852, as well bred in 
“butter linos” as any bull in the 
world, beads the herd. 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
You Can’t Afford 
dairy stock, ready 
R. F. SHANNON, 
tor 
1107 
A Grade, when I can sell 
you a rog. Jersey bull, host 
service at farmer's price. 
Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
IGTILK PRODUCERS for New York City market 
lvl desiring information bow to form branches 
of tho Dairymen's League, write to the Secretary, 
ALBERT .MANNING, Otisville, N. Y. 
Kalorama Farm 
Has a Splendid Crop of Young 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
ready for shipment at reasonable prices. Tlioy 
were sired by imported boars and are out of large, 
mature, prolific dams. Would be ploased to price 
them to you, 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan N.Y. 
IM DflRTATinU of the best: large improved 
imrUnlAIIUN English Yorkshires for sale. 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
L Alibi: liEltkSIHRIS AT IIK1I1 WOOD—short, broad haaclB. 
Mature animals weigh from too to 900 lbs. Special offering 
of broil sows. Sows averaged eleven to the litter tbiB spring. 
Four sons ol Masterpiece, 7 months old, lor sale at a bargain. 
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FERRETS 
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THE WOODLAWN SHORT-HORN FARM 
OFFERS FOR SALE MILKING SHORT-HORNS 
We are at present offering for sale nt reasonable prices a 
number ol' good young bulls from milking Short-Horn 
Cows. Hose of Sharon, Kilby’s Bright Eyes, Young Mary, 
Peerless, Nonpareil, and other well known strains repre¬ 
sented. All these bulls are sired by Orange Sultan 203622, 
son of the champion Whitehall Sultan 163673, and llrst 
prize two year old bull at Ohio State Fair in 1908. The 
bulls range from four to eight months old. 
For particulars and prices, address 
O. I*. WEST A SON, Box 8(1, ltloomliigbiirg, O. 
HILL TOP FARM AYRSHIRES 
One of the Good Herds of the Breed 
The home of the Champion two-year-old hoifor and 
tlie ex-Champion two and three yonr old heifers. 
Herd beaded by the great A. It. sire Noxemall, 7312. 
Young Bulls for sale, of approved typo and 
backed by official records. Herd tuberculin tested. 
I,. A. KKYMANN, WHEELING, W. Va. 
Hill View Ayrshires 
FOR SALE. 
BU EL CAI jF, sired by Dairy King of Avon: dam 
Mayflower Monklnnd, who is the (bun of the cham¬ 
pion 4-year-old Ayrshire cow of the world. 
Also other animals of till ages for sale from my 
great herd of producing and show animals. All 
tuberculin tested. 
For prices and further particulars, address 
W. W. BLAKE AKKCOI.L, 1'iioli, Fa. 
BUTTER-BRED HOLSTEINS 
1 am offering two very fine and throe-quarter white 
Bull Calves that have 25 A. R. <>. sisters, one with 
over 31 lbs. butter in 7 days. They are one mouth 
old ami tho first draft for $50 takes one Registered 
and transferred. Also Yearling Heifers, Fresh 
Cows and Springers. 
FLOYD M. BELTON, La Grange, Ohio. 
BULL CALVES“« YOUNG BULLS 
ready for service, that are of good size ami individ¬ 
uality. All ate front officially tested dams, and are 
sired b.\ Homestead <;irl I)e Kol’s Sarcastic 
i.nd. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will he kept in the Herd ami officially tested. 
Write for description ami prices. 
WOODCRKST FARM, 
Rif ton, Ulster County, New York. 
REGISTERED OHIO 
HOLSTEINS-FRIESIANS. 
THE BAWNDAI.E STOCK FARM 
For three years the home of Diotertjoi lenger- 
veld's Count l.e Kol. Eighty head. Bull calves 
for sale. Address. 
Oil AS. W. HOUR, 
Wellington, Ohio. 
The BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOESTEIN-FKIESIANS 
nro brod for large production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If thesa are the kind you want write or come to 
see them. 125 t.o select from. Animals of both soxes 
ami all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bum. CARVES. 
A. A. OORTELYOU, Somerville. N. J. 
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