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THE RURAb HEW-YORKEK 
367 
Feeding a Thin Heifer. 
Three weeks ago I bought a three-yenr- 
old Holstein heifer which will be fresh Some 
time from the middle to the last of March. 
She was quite thin, and had had no grain 
all Winter. What kind of grain and how 
much would be safe to feed this heifer? 
West Vienna, N. Y. i. c. G. 
This heifer needs good feeding; from 
six to eight pounds of grain a day will 
be safe enough. Start with a small 
amount each day, if she is not in the 
habit of eating grain, and gradually in¬ 
crease the amount. Ground oats and 
peas, wheat middlings, wheat bran and 
cornmeal, equal parts, or a combination 
of these feeds will be perfectly safe and 
will increase flesh and give strength. 
An addition of one pound per day of 
linseed meal would be an improvement. 
C. S. M. 
Massachusetts Milk. 
T have been interested in the discus¬ 
sions in T he R. N.-Y., on the “pro¬ 
ducer’s share.” We sell milk for four 
cents per quart <to the contractors, for 
the Boston market; the consumer pays 
nine cents per quart, at Boston. We 
shall soon start a cooperative creamery 
at Milford. Prospects for peaches were 
never better than now, buds practically 
all alive; have only had one day with 
mercury 12 degrees below zero. There is 
a new awakening in fruit growing here 
as was never seen before. This is to a 
great extent a result of the New England 
fruit show and the exhibits held by our 
State. Horticultural Society. Some large 
orchards will be planted and some are 
going out of the dairy business, so as 
to devote their entire time to fruit cul¬ 
ture. This Winter has been a record 
breaker here; so far have had 67 days 
continuous sledding, elmer b. parker. 
New Hampshire. 
Preparation for Corn. 
J. G. G., West Vienna, N. Y.—I have 
seven acres of sod land I had plowed early 
last Fall. Part of this is clay loam and 
part sand loam. Ilay has been cut on the 
field for several years without any ferti¬ 
lizer. I wish to plant corn and I have 
some hen manure which I thought of using 
in the hill. This is rather level land, and 
last year there were quite a few wild car¬ 
rots and other weeds growing on it. Can 
you offer me any suggestions how to handle 
this land to bring forth the best results? 
What kind of corn would be best to plant? 
Ans. —If you have a disk harrow we 
should use it this Spring to tear up that 
sod. Work it several times and then 
smooth with an Acme or tooth harrow. 
We would plant in hills and work both 
ways. Our best yields are obtained with 
Hint varieties—the dents are too uncer¬ 
tain with us for grain. The hen manure 
is all right as far as it goes but would be 
more effective mixed with chemicals. If 
you can dry and fine the manure mix 600 
pounds with 300 pounds acid phosphate 
and 100 muriate of potash. We get best 
results by scattering the fertilizer along 
the rows after planting and harrowing or 
cultivating in. 
after skin eruption has set in. This cure 
was discovered almost accidentally by a 
friend, and in his case and in the ex¬ 
perience of my own family, all subject to 
Rhus radicans poisoning, this cheap and 
harmless remedy has never failed. I be¬ 
lieve it is far more efficacious than sugar 
of lead or alcohol. Arthur c. mack. 
Depluming Mite on Fowls. 
I have 53 chickens in a flock; some of 
them are all right, but on some of them 
the feathers a little below the head come 
out, and some break off. The birds eat 
well and are real lively. h. ii. a. 
Port Clinton, O. 
This is the work of the depluming 
mite, a microscopic insect that works 
just under the top skin. Mix equal parts 
kerosene and linseed oil and wet the 
bare spots. Kerosene alone will take the 
skin off, but linseed oil is healing and 
makes the kerosene less harsh in its 
action. geo. a. cosgrove. 
The Doctor’s Share of the Dollar. 
Some one has said that misery loves com¬ 
pany, so I can sympathize with our friend 
on page 78 who has been duped by the 
electricity cure for rheumatism. Is there no 
redress for a swindle of this kind? The 
reason I ask is that I have been a victim 
of this same profession. My wife was left 
in such condition that she has furnished 
practice for a dozen or more of the best 
doctors we could get. We have been to a 
hospital and have had operations performed, 
and at this writing she is lying in bed. 
We have spent a thousand dollars that we 
needed, sacrificed ourselves, pleasures and 
almost the necessaries of life with seeming 
no results. If I go to a merchant and get 
an article that does not give satisfaction, 
he makes it right. These doctors have given 
medicine that never did one bit of good, yet 
they make their charge, collect their bill, 
and the victim (or patient if you wish) is 
no better. I feel as though I am tied with 
fetters. Every one of these professionals 
is a nice fine, congenial gentleman, yet they 
will accept money for something they do 
not give. If I were to sell anyone of those 
gentlemen a dozen of eggs that they could 
not use, would they not be justified in de¬ 
manding their money back? They know 
that their medicines have not done what we 
paid them for doing, yet if we should go and 
demand our money, we would be ejected 
from their office and he called a lunatic. 
But my wife is sick and must have relief 
so I am going for the doctor. s. a. 
Keeping Off Gopheus. —On page 189 L. 
T. F., of Wisconsin, asks for information 
as to how to keep gophers from digging 
up his corn after planting. In Illinois 
my father had a plan that worked very 
satisfactorily, and that was to distribute 
small ears of corn about two or three rods 
apart around the outside of the field; three 
or four nubbins in a place is sufficient. 
New Jersey. . j. e. h. 
SAd for Peach Trees. —One swallow does 
not make a Summer, and one experiment 
will not decide a problem. But I had one 
experience with a peach tree in sod. I had 
near my house a piece of land planted in 
peach trees. The land was carefully culti¬ 
vated and planted in garden vegetables. 
Wishing to extend my lawn I took in one 
peach tree in the sod. The lawn was regu¬ 
larly mown, and the cut grass left where 
it fell. That peach tree was thrifty and 
giving good crops long after every one of 
the other trees in the cultivated ground 
was done and dug up. w. F. massey. 
Maryland. 
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DE LAVAL 
Cream Separators 
NOT THE 
“MAIL ORDER” KIND 
The World's Standard De Laval 
Cream Separators are not sold in 
the “mail order” way and there¬ 
fore not advertised with the big- 
newspaper space and big “word 
claims” used to sell low grade 
separators in that manner. 
Part of the money spent in cost¬ 
ly advertising and catalogues to 
sell inferior separators in the 
“mail order’ ’ way is put into vast¬ 
ly better made machines in the 
case of De Laval separators, and 
part of it into commissions to local 
agents who look after the setting¬ 
up of the machine and the in¬ 
struction of the buyer in its 
proper use, as well as the prompt 
supplying of any needed parts 
for it in the years to come. 
That’s the difference in the 
method of sale between the 
De Laval and most other makes 
of cream separators, of which the 
De Laval buyer gets the benefit 
instead of the newspaper and 
printer. 
If you don’t know the nearest De Laval agent 
to you, send for a catalogue and his address. 
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Poison Ivy. 
Some one asks for a remedy for poison 
ivy poisoning. A few years ago I was 
annoyed very much with a case of such 
poisoning, I had been using boracic acid 
for a sore on my head, and it occurred 
to me that it might be good for the ivy 
poisoning, so rubbed the powder thor¬ 
oughly on the places affected, and it 
worked like a charm. I have recom¬ 
mended it to several others since who 
are troubled with the ivy poisoning and 
it acted as well with them as with my¬ 
self. I am sure it is worth trying. One 
person who had been trying the usual 
remedies for several days without any 
relief was cured with a few applications. 
Kentucky. newton frazier. 
In connection with your recent article 
on " I he Pernicious Poison Ivy” a rem¬ 
edy which I have found almost magical 
m its preventive and curative power is 
oi dinary crude oil, applied liberally either 
directly after contact with the ivy, or 
Destroys Worms—Aids Digestion 
It’a at marketing time that you reap the full benefit of feeding Sal-Vet. It rida your stock of worms 
and all worm troubles—prevents loss of lambs by parasitio infection—enables you to raise healthier lambs, finer 
sheep with more wool and better mutton. Especially effective against stomach worms in Bheep and hogs. 
We Prove it Before You Pay— Send No Money 
PRICES—100 lbs., $5.00; 200 lbs., $9.00; 300 lbs., $13.00. 
Sal-Vet saves your shoats and enables you to raise big 
hogs. It makes bigger steers and puts cows in condition to 
give more and richer milk. It will keep the digestive 
organs of all your stock in perfect condition, so that what 
they eat goes to make profit for you. 
Animals cannot fatten and thrive when they havs 
worms. These parasites eat the feed that should go to 
nourish the animal. Get rid of the worms—Sal-Vet kills 
worms. It will put yarn- stock in prime condition and keep 
them immune from parasitic infection. 
Sal-Vet is a highly medicated salt that is easily fed— 
the animals take it so readily that with it they doctor them¬ 
selves. Every cent you spend for Sal-Vet will be returned 
to you ten fold by your stock. 
Feed it to your stock and get the big profits your 
hard work entitles you to. 
From New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. 
“We have obtained wonderful success in the use of “Sal- . 
Vet’’ for destroying stomach worms. Since we began its / ‘ ^ , 
use, our entire nock oi sheep have become much healthier ^ 
(Signed) T. K, ARKELL, Prof. Animal Husbandry. 
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We will send you enough Sal-Vet for sixty days use ^ .. 
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Don’t pay us If it falls to do what we claim. 
Just fill in the coupon and mail ij to us. 
The S. R m Fell Company, 
Dept. R N .y Cleveland, O. 
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