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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 23, 
THE AGE OF COMMON DEER. 
8. 8. C., Waupaca, Wi s'.—What is sup¬ 
posed lo be the average age of our common 
deer when not molested, or as they would 
l»e if not molested by man? 
Ans.— Data in reference to the age of 
deer under natural conditions is, as 
may be supposed, scarce. It is known 
that the red deer of Europe begins to 
lose its teeth when about 14 or 15 years 
old, and to show other signs of age. 
From this it has been inferred that the 
life of such deer in parks is about 30 
years. The age of 100 or more years, 
which has sometimes been ascribed to 
the red deer in books, is entirely with¬ 
out basis of fact. Our own common 
deer have been stated to live about 20 
years, although I am not aware on pre¬ 
cisely what data such statements are 
made. It is probably not far from the 
truth. H. W. HENSHAW. 
Biological Survey. 
LIME IN THE CORNFIELD. 
E. L. IS. ( No Address ).—Did not you 
say some time last year that you applied 
lime to your corn after it was up? If so, 
bow large was it, how did you manage to 
get the lime on, how much did you use, 
and does the subsequent cultivating mix 
it sufficiently with the soil? 
Ans. —Last year, as an experiment, 
we put lime on a cornfield just before 
seeding to Crimson clover—about Au¬ 
gust 1. The soil was inclined to.be 
sour, and we knew that Crimson, like 
other clovers, does best in alkaline soil. 
The lime, about 1,000 pounds per acre, 
was scattered by hand and cultivated 
in. A week or so later the clover seed 
was scattered and cultivated in. The 
clover grew well and was, we think, 
helped by the lime, but, like most of 
our crop, was killed out in March. We 
do not think the plan is profitable, as 
it is expensive spreading lime by hand 
in a cornfield. It will not be tried again. 
THE PHEASANT IN OREGON. 
I see the people in New York are pass¬ 
ing through the pheasant “mania,” as we 
in Oregon did 20 years ago. Directly 
after the pheasants were introduced here 
from China such tales were told of them 
that a timid man was almost afraid to go 
out of the house without a gun for pro¬ 
tection. At the time I thought there must 
be some foundation for the .reports that 
were coming in of .their villainous habits, 
and I asked Judge O. N. Denney, their 
introducer, if they were likely to prove a 
pest. He S'aid no, -but, to the contrary, 
he looked for them to prove a most bene¬ 
ficial bird to the farmer, and that he had 
investigated their habits thoroughly be¬ 
fore introducing them, and felt sure he 
was not mistaken, and as soon as the law 
protecting them was removed we would 
hear no more charges against them. His 
prophecy proved to be correct. The charges 
made against them of destroying gardens, 
fruit and grain, killing young chickens and 
turkeys, have not been heard since they 
can be legally killed. The Oregon Experi¬ 
ment Station made a thorough investiga¬ 
tion, such was the public clamor against 
the pheasant, and issued a bulletin claim¬ 
ing they were less injurious than the 
native grouse, and were in fact beneficial 
as a destroyer of insects. I permit no 
hunting of pheasants on my premises, and 
consequently they stay on my grounds in 
numbers, and I have yet to see any dam¬ 
age in any way they do to garden, fruit 
or grain. I have examined hundreds of 
them to find what they live on, and al¬ 
ways found their craws well filled with 
insects, with some little grain. They will 
live on one-fourth of what will keep a 
chicken. 
It is well known that animals’ and birds’ 
habits change under conditions different 
from those in their native homes, .and 
pheasants in New York may develop traits 
different from those in Oregon, but, how¬ 
ever bird habits may change, the habits 
of the hunter in New York and Oregon are 
very similar, i. e., anything for an excuse 
to evade the law; and their ingenuity in 
trumping up excuses for killing birds in 
the closed season shows a lively imagina¬ 
tion^ S. D. EVANS. 
Oregon. 
Liniment for Henpecked Rooster. 
On page 396 our good friend, Geo. A. 
Cosgrove, is right in advising a smear of 
lard and pepper in the henpecked rooster. 
I have tried it, only with this difference: 
I used some good liniment when the 
feathers were pulled and the trouble was 
stopped at once, and I now have a fine 
smooth looking bird. The It. N.-Y. is put 
to the front with all the good words and 
efforts that 1 can give it. r. n. b. 
New York. 
DAIRY TROUBLES IN KANSAS. 
It seems that dairy troubles and “in¬ 
spectors” are not limited to any State or 
section. They seem to be about as uni¬ 
versal as measles or poverty. Dairymen 
near Lawrence, Kan., are being “tested” 
so thoroughly (that is, their cows are) 
that many of them are ready to quit—as 
the following from the Lawrence Dairy 
World shows: 
“The movement for the testing of cows 
for tuberculosis has so affected the sup¬ 
ply of milk and cream that a cream fam¬ 
ine is now being experienced by the ice 
cream men, some of whom have found it 
necessary to advertise for an increased 
supply. For many years Lawrence has 
consumed a large amount of cream. So 
great has been the demand for cream that 
creameries have never been able to get 
enough to make their business profitable 
in Lawrence and so they went out of 
business years ago. Not only has all of 
the cream been used that the dairymen 
had to sell, but supplies have been shipped 
in from Tonganoxie. The present shortage 
in .the supply of milk and cream is un¬ 
doubtedly due to the activity last Winter 
in making tests for tuberculosis. As the 
healthiest looking cows were often con¬ 
demned, the farmers became suspicious 
of the efficacy of the test and many of 
them, sooner than run the risk of having 
their cows condemned, sold them and they 
w6re shipped away. For instance, * two 
farmers living near town who milked 27 
cows last year, have disposed of them all 
and are not selling any milk now. This 
is true of many other farmers. The con¬ 
dition has become more or less serious 
and milk has advanced from the price of 
five cents a quart a few years ago to 14 
tickets for a dollar, or a little more than 
seven cents a quart.” 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Horse Shedding Hair. 
Will you tell me what is the best thing 
to make horses and colts shed off rapidly 
in the Spring, especially a 10-months-old 
colt? Ilow is linseed meal? IIow much 
would you feed grown horses and colts, 
and for how long? e. g. e. 
Maryland. 
We have found the addition of a little 
dried blood meal to the oats and bran 
feed of a colt better than flaxseed meal to 
cause shedding of the hair in Spring. It 
is necessary to mix the blood meal with 
an equal portion of salt at first to get the 
colts to take it, but soon they will take 
it freely. A teaspoonful of the meal is 
enough at first and should be fed twice a 
day, gradually increasing to a tablespoon¬ 
ful. Adult horses that do not shed off 
promptly should be clipped. Half a pound 
of flaxseed meal fed twice daily in a 
dampened feed is about right for an adult 
work horse, although much larger quan¬ 
tities may be given if desired. A colt takes 
less in proportion. a. s. a. 
Worms. 
I got a little dog two weeks ago, a 
black water spaniel, but he was covered 
with lice. I gave the dog a bath with 
tar soap, and used some powder to dust 
him with, so they are almost gone now. 
Hut I discovered that the dog has worms. 
They are about four or five inches long, 
wiry, of a gray color. I think they are 
stomach worms. He is five weeks old. 
When taken from his mother he was three 
weeks old. I feed him with boiled milk, 
but he drank very little of it the last 
three days, and seems to be sick. I give 
him the best of care, brush him every day, 
clean his eyes, and take him out every 
day in my wagon. Can some one tell me 
what to do? I don’t give him any meat, 
but last week he found a dead mouse in 
the garden, which he ate before I could 
get it away from him. He is getting thin. 
a little maid. 
It is a mistake to let a dog live without 
meat. He is a carnivorous animal and 
meat, his natural food after weaning time. 
Buy some worm medicine at the drug store 
and giving it according to directions on 
the package. If he tends to remain thin 
feed some, emulsion of cod liver oil twice 
daily. ‘ A. s. a. 
Fistulous Withers. 
I have a young horse six years, old which 
I purchased last Spring. He had a lump 
come on the withers, and I consulted a 
veterinary and he opened it and let out 
the pus. He said it came from a bruise 
and came near being a fistula. He gave 
me a liquid to syringe it out with each 
day, but it continues to discharge, having 
done so now over two months. The place 
where it was lanced has grown so small 
that I cannot get the point of a syringe 
in it. He said that I must keep on 
using the same solution, as it would take 
a long time to heal. He gave me nothing 
for the horse's blood. As I need the horse 
to work very much, I thought possibly you 
could prescribe something. j. e. l. 
New Jersey. 
The abscess should have been opened 
wide to do away perfectly with each pipe 
and pocket. That must be done now, after 
clipping off the hair and thoroughly, cleans¬ 
ing the skin. After the operation, swab 
the wound in every part once daily with 
pure tincture of iodine and then pack with 
oakum saturated in a mixture of equal 
parts of turpentine and raw linseed oil. 
Twice a month blister the enlargement 
Treatment will prove useless without the 
thorough operation suggested. a. s. a. 
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