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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 2G, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
HOGS AT PASTURE. 
I intend to pasture pigs in clover nest 
Summer and when corn is ready turn them 
into the corn to help themselves. In case 
I he clover does not last, will cow peas an¬ 
swer the same purpose, and what variety is 
best for hogs? Will some sweet corn be 
better to start the hogs on, or is it best to 
plant all dent corn? How young can little 
pigs be fed meat meal? o. d. t. 
Town Ilill, Pa. 
I have had experience in pasturing 
pigs in Alfalfa, clover and rape. Alfalfa 
is the best of all pastures for pigs. I 
have read much about rape as a pasture 
for pigs, but I found that they do not 
relish it as much as either Alfalfa or 
clover, but in case one has no clover or 
Alfalfa as the case is sometimes, it 
comes in very handy. It can be sown 
quite early in the Spring, and in six to 
eight weeks it is ready to pasture. Rape 
is a heavy yielder. I would recommend 
a mixture of Soy beays and rape, as the 
Soy beans are relished almost as much 
as Alfalfa. I prefer Soy beans much be¬ 
fore cow peas, as the cow peas are too 
much a warm weather plant. About 
sweet corn and dent corn I prefer the 
dent corn, because the dent will yield 
twice as much. Of course the sweet is 
better, but I think the dent is preferable 
because of the larger yield. About meat 
meal I have no experience. I like to 
start little pigs on milk and wheat middl¬ 
ings. The Ito San is the best variety of 
Soy beans for our climate. I have tried 
others, but this is the one for me. I 
shall sow four acres for hay this Sum¬ 
mer; I had four acres for seed last sea¬ 
son. C. R. BASHORE. 
Pennsylvania. 
MORE BEEF IN NEW ENGLAND. 
The present high price of beef has 
propounded many questions in regard 
to beef raising in New England. In my 
talks with the farmers in this locality 
the heef question is the main topic of 
conversation. Not only to the farmer 
but to the great majority of the people 
East and West it is a question of vital 
importance. The New England farmers 
will help .to solve this question. I think 
in the near future that beef raising will 
be established in New England on no 
small footing. By this statement I do not 
mean that there is going to be a great 
upheaval of the dairy interests and a 
sudden change to the beef type, but I do 
think that there will be a gradual 
change on the part of the average farm¬ 
er, to a much more ‘‘beefy’’ type of cow. 
Let me cite a case in point. The other 
day I was talking with a farmer not far 
from here who has a very successful 
butter trade, though on a small scale. 
In looking over his herd I found that he j 
had grade Jerseys of a very small type. ! 
He told me himself that he wanted to 
get a herd of cows that would be of a 
much larger frame, something like the 
Short-horn, the milking Short-horn. 
“Now,” he said to me, “if I have to get 
rid of a cow, find that she is not paying, 
she is with these small cows nearly a 
total loss. Poor cows are hard to sell, 
and if only these cows were of bigger 
frame, more along a beef type, I could 
push the grain to them and find rather 
an easy way out of my difficulty. As it is 
these small cows are worth little more 
than their skin and bones.” I found, 
also, that this farmer was “not alone in 
his boat,” for others had expressed to 
me similar views. There seems to be an 
undercurrent of dissatisfaction with the 
present stock and a leaning toward the 
heavier beef breeds. One farmer went 
so far as to say that he intended to 
clean out all his cows and go purely into 
beef. Now, taking the above case as a 
sample of the general trend of affairs in 
this locality, at least, why may we not 
look to the introduction of a more 
‘beefy” cow? May we not go a step 
further and say that in the near future 
the local demand for beef will be sup¬ 
plied - in greater measure by the local 
production? c. e. treat. 
R. N.-Y.—This has often been dis¬ 
cussed. In one way the theory is sound, 
yet, thus far, most Eastern farmers have 
held to the special breeds. It is likely 
that mutton and wool would pay better 
than beef. 
Expressage on Hog.. 
I am enclosing you an express receipt 
showing charges on a male hog from 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. This 
hog weighed net 148 pounds, and cost at 
the University $12. You will see the 
transportation charges from Ithaca to 
\\ yrine, Md., were $5.35, almost half of 
the original cost. Do you not think it 
would pay the express company to en¬ 
courage the farmers to raise pedigreed 
stock so as to get more of them to carry 
at that rate? w. r. powkll. 
Maryland. 
R. N.-Y.—The express receipt shows 
the Adams charged $1.50 from Baltimore 
to Wynne, some 75 miles, with $3.85 “ad¬ 
vanced charges.” We have been talking 
about the producer’s share of the con¬ 
sumer’s dollar. Here is another side of 
it. There does not seem to be much 
question as to where the buyer’s dollar 
goes to in this case. If such rates can be 
kept up it would certainly pay the Adams 
Express Company to establish model 
farms along its route to show the great 
■superiority of blooded stock 1 
Grass Without Nurse Crops. —R. H. 
Price of Virginia, on page 153, gives an 
account of his failures seeding to grass 
without nurse crops. The cause of his 
failure was not so much a lack of a nurse 
crop as it was too late a start for the 
young grass. Had the meadow referred 
to been sown during Spring or early 
Summer the grass would have lived 
through the first Winter and would have 
been far ahead of grass sown later with 
wheat. Sowing grass and clover with 
wheat is not the best way for success 
with meadows, but to save time and to 
have a crop on the soil all the time, 
and because grass and clover usually 
succeed in spite of the severe handicap 
of being sown with wheat, such a plan is 
usually followed. The writer has been 
very successful with Timothy and 
clover when seeded alone in the Spring 
on frozen ground, following corn, but 
usually fails with grass sown in the Fall 
without protection. w. E. D. 
Hillsboro, Ohio. 
Save Your Lambs 
w or win are tho sheep breeder’s worst enemies. 
They deplete his flock and eat his profits. 
Stop your losses by feeding 
Sal-Vet 
Worms 
No trouble to feed it, as with this wonderful medi¬ 
cated salt the animals doctor themselves, tt costs 
but 1-12 of a cent a day per head to feed. 
Write for Free Hook and CO Trial Offer. 
TIIE S. R. FEIL CO., Dept, R.fl.Y Cleveland, 
BULL CALVES" YOUNG BULLS 
reatiy for service, that su e of <;oo<i size :iml imliviil- 
uniity. All are from officially lasted liams. ami are 
sired by Homestead Girl i)e Kill's Sarcastic 
J.ad. We have sixty daughters of this Bull that 
will he kept in the Herd, ami oflicially tested. 
Write for description and prices. 
WOODCREST FARM, 
Rifton, Ulster County, New York. 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-EKIESIANS 
are bred for large production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to 
see them. 125 to select from. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bum, Cai.VES. 
A. A. CORTELYOU, Somerville, N. J. 
Dewey's Distillers’ Dried Grains, 
Old Process Oil Meal, Buckeye Gluten Feed, 
Flour, Grain and Hay. 
Send your correct address, will enter on our list 
and mail you prices from time to time. You can 
save money buying high class concentrates instead 
of mixed feeds. 
THE DEWEY BROS. CO. 
Box 444, Blanchester, Ohio 
WfllLK PRODUCERS for New York City market 
desiring information how to form blanches 
of the Dairymen’s League, write to the Secretary, 
ALBERT MANNING, Otisville, N. V. 
It’s “Pounds that count.” Buy Jersey Red 
Pigs—the rapid growers. Strong, vigorous, 
small-boned, long-bodied. Nine months 
g igs often dress 350 lbs. Buy a pair now. 
et quick profits. Circular Free. 
A. J. COLLINS, Box R , Moorestown, N. J. 
—«———a—c— ■imiiiM 1 
Kalorama Farm Berkshires. 
Service Boars all sold. 
Bred Sows all sold. 
Fall Pigs all sold. 
Am now talcing orders for Spring Pigs, April and 
May delivery. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
Hinman Milking Machine 
Simple, Sanitary and Practical. Weighs 10 pounds. 
Costs S35.G0. Ask for milk records made with 
Machine during past year. 
HINMAN MILKING MACHINE CO. 
80 Washington Avenue, Oneida, N. Y. 
You Can't Afford 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer s price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
JERSEYS 
—Combination and Golden Lad: for 
sale, 9 cows, 13 heifers, 11 bulls. 
8. E. N1VIN, Landenburg, Pa. 
I AlIRFi —REGISTERED JERSEYS ONLY 
LnUlILL Fern’s Jubileo 73852, as well bred in 
FARM 
butter lines” as any bull in the 
world, heads the herd. 
STOCK FOR SALE. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
PUREBRED 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
if Read and re-read, and then 
memorize the following: The 
champion Holstein cow of the 
world averaged for 3G5 days 
75.2 pounds of milk and 2.74 pounds of 
butterfat a day; 19.2 pounds of butterfat a 
week, totaling 998.20 pounds of butterfat 
from 27432.5 pounds of milk in the 365 
day's. This shows an average for the 
year of 3.64% of butterfat. This is equal 
to 13063 quarts worth $1175.76 at the 
present price of 9c., or 1164.63 pounds of 
butter worth $442.56 at 38c. per pound. 
This is a true story of one cow. Doesn’t 
it give you a reason for using Holsteins ? 
Remember 
“Holsteins are the most profitable cattle.” 
Send for Free Illustrated Booklets 
IIolsteix-Friesian Association 
105 American Bldg., Brattleboro, Vt. 
HILL TOP FARM AYRSHIRES 
S panish jack for sale— hands; 
good foal getter; gentle; serve any mare. 
Price $350. Send lor particulars. 
L. A. CONARD, Somerville. N.J. 
KENTUCKY MAMMOTH JACKS 
Jacks. Jennets and Saddle Horses; 200 head to se¬ 
lect from. Tamwovth swine, all ages. Catalogues 
now ready. J. F. COOK & CO., Lexington, Ky. 
AMERICA’S 
Leading Horse Imnorters 
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 
REASONABLE PRICES. 
McLaughlin bros., 
KansasCity, Mo. Columbus,0. St. Paul,Minn. 
SHETLAND 
PONIES 
An unceasing source of 
pleasure and r o b u s t 
health to children. Make 
ideal playmates. Safe. 
Inexpensive to keep. Stal¬ 
lions and mares for 
breeding. Complete out¬ 
fits. Write today for our 
beautiful illustrated free catalogue, which tells all about 
them. ItEI.I.K IlKtltli K.1K.1I, Dept. S, 1IAKKIIAM, VA. 
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. 
One of the Good Herds of the Breed 
The home of the Champion two-year-old heifer and 
the ex-Champion two and three year old heifers. 
Herd headed by the great A. R. sire Noxemall, 7312. 
Young Bulls for sale, of approved type and 
backed by official records. Herd tuberculin tested. 
L. A. REYMANN, WHEELING, W. Va. 
Hill View Ayrshires 
FOR SALE, 
BULL CALF, sired by Dairy King of Avon: dam 
Mayflower Monkland, who is the dam of the cham¬ 
pion 4-year-old Ayrshire cow of the world. 
Also other animals of all ages for sale from my 
great herd of producing and show animals. All 
tuberculin tested. 
For prices and further particulars, address 
YV. W. BLAKE ARKCOLL, Paoli, Pa. 
THE WOODLAWN SHORT-HORN FARM 
OFFERS FOR SALE MILKING SHORT-HORNS 
We are at present offering for sale at reasonable prices a 
number of good young bulls from milking Short-Horn 
Cows, llose of Sharon, ltuby’s Bright Eyes, Young Mary, 
Peerless, Nonpareil, and other well known strains repre¬ 
sented. All these hulls are sired by <)range Sultan 263522, 
j son of tho champion Whitehall Sultan 163573, and first 
prize two year old bull at Oitio State Fair in 1908. Tho 
bulls range from four to eight months old. 
For particulars and prices, address 
C. I*. WEST SON, Box 8<», Klootiilngbiirg, O. 
REGISTERED OHIO 
HOLSTEINS -FRIES1ANS. 
THE BAWNDAI.K STOCK FARM 
For tbree'years the home of PletertjeHenger- 
veld’s Count DeKol. Eighty head. Bull calves 
for sale. Address. 
CHAS. W, BORR, 
Wellington, Ohio, 
De Kol Bull Calves 
Percheron Stallions 
Imported and Home Bred 
The best lot ever shown in this country. Pair 
black imported black mares, $1,000. A few fine 
French Coach Stallions to rent for the season. 
I am offering for sale Bull Calves from one to nine 
i months old. These calves are light colored and 
sired by tiie only living son of Do Kol 2d. These 
calves trace three to live times to De Kol 2d. 
FLOYD M. PELTON, LA GRANGE, OHIO 
Reservation Guernseys. 
Choice Bull Calves, one to eight irtonths old. Best 
breeding. Dairy types. 
TABER & MIGNIN, Castile, N. Y. 
E. S. AKIN, 173 South St., Auburn, N. Y. 
100 Perciieron Stallions & Mares 100 
Imported and Purebred Reg¬ 
istered Stallions from $400 to 
$ 1 , 200 . 
Mares from $250 to $600. 
WRITE FOR ART BLOTTER. 
BURTON & CO., KENTON, OHIO 
L ARGE Berkshires at Highwood—Short, broad heads. 
Mature animals weigh from 700 to 900 lbs. Special 
offering of bred sows. Sows averaged eleven to the 
litter this spring. Write for booklet. 
H. C. & li. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N.Y. 
O sborn farm-g uernseys—several very fins Bull 
Calves for sale; different ages; from prize-win¬ 
ning sires and dams at moderate prices. Visitors 
cordially invited. Address WILLIAM HART- 
WICK, Mgr. Osborn Farms, Box 75, Garrison,N.Y. 
T||U|C QHFFP- Get a start now with this very 
I llllU wl»LLr hardy and money-making breed’ 
™Prices reasonable,forbothsexes. 
J. N. MAC PHERSON, Pine View Farm, Scottsville, N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES.p™ e e Herd 
in Connecticut. Send for new booklet just pub¬ 
lished; 40 sows bred for Spring 1910 Farrow; no 
culls; any one is a show sow. J. E. WATSON, 
Proprietor, Marbledale. Connecticut. 
IMPflRTATIAN of ,lie best = large improved 
imrUniAIIUIl English Yorkshires for sale. 
A. A. BRADLEY, Frewsburg, N. Y. 
our first Highland View Stock Farm, K Tr G 
AUCTION SALE —of purebred registered Perciieron mares will be held MON¬ 
DAY, FEBRUARY 38, 1910, at 10 A.M., rain or shine. 
We have good accommodations under cover in our barns. We 
will sell twenty (20) head of imported and liome-bred mares, 
two stallions and two stud colts. These mares are all in foal to 
our imported Perciieron Stallion, which is one of the greatest 
Perciieron horses that was ever imported from France. We 
have colts to show for tiie mares and stallions, This will be 
one of the greatest lot of mares that have ever been offered at 
Auction Sale. Any one interested in pure bred draft horses 
should not fail to attend this sale. Ali trains met witli free con¬ 
veyance to and from Farm. Highland View Stock Farm is lo¬ 
cated on the state roadie miles from Kittanning, which is forty 
miles north of Pittsburgon themain linebetween Pittsburg and 
Buffalo. Ourcatalogue will be ready February 15tb, which will 
give you description of mares and stallions, Address all cor¬ 
respondence to O. N. WILSON, Kit tanning, Pa. 
A Great MID-WINTER SALE 
Will be held at the Sharon Valley Stock Farm, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1910. 
137 St all ions and Mares, Belgians, Percherons and German Coaeli—137. 
No question but thiswill be the greatest mid-winter sale ever held in America. 
It is only through the pressing demand that i have consented to hold it. A grand 
and select lot of stallions and mares. Marcs will be sold at auction, the principal 
number of stallions at private sale. The great grey Percheron mare, Champion of 
France last year at the Paris show ; a lot of the best Belgian mares, mostly in 
pairs ami in foal; a few fine stallions that received blemishes on the ship (the 
blemishes not hurting them for breeding or looks); also a young, dark steel grey 
Percheron stallion colt, will all be sold at this sale. Two car loads of Kentucky 
and Kansas mules coming 3 years old, worked in harness a few times, and broke 
to handle, will go to the highest bidder, as well as some home bred mares and 
geldings. Come and bring your friends and neighbors. You will soon need just 
what 1 have to offer. Catalogs Mill be furnished on day of sale. Newark is 
centrally located in the State, on the B. Sc O. ami P. C. C. and St. Louis HR. Free 
conveyances to and from farm. All communications promptly answered. Address 
COL. (i. W. CRAWFORD, Prop., Sharon Valley Stock Farm, NEWARK, OHIO. 
Cit. Phone 2GG—Bell Phone 651W, 
