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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
DISEASE FROM BEETS AND MANGELS. 
Experiments at the Iowa Experiment 
Station (Ames) show that sugar beets 
and mangels favor the formation of cal¬ 
culi or “stone” in the kidneys and blad¬ 
der of breeding rams. Fatal results 
A CASE OF CALCULUS. Fig. 221. 
have occurred. Fig. 221 shows the blad¬ 
der of a ram fed on these roots. No¬ 
tice the hundreds of small calculi in evi¬ 
dence. They are also found in the kid¬ 
neys. In view of this evidence, it is 
not wise to feed beets or mangels to 
breeding sheep. It is probable that the 
same trouble will be found with ewes. 
WHY BUTTER DOES NOT COME. 
' I have two cows; both came in fresh a 
year ago in March. One is due to freshen 
in May, the other not till October. Both 
are giving a good flow of milk. The one 
I am gradually drying off. My last churn¬ 
ing of butter came nicely in 20 minutes; 
that was two weeks ago. In five days I 
had another churning ready; it all went to 
foam in the churn. I could do nothing 
with it; in another five days I tried an¬ 
other churning, same result, churn full of 
froth. 1 set it aside and as 1 had time 
would churn it for 15 to 20 minutes; no 
go. After standing from Friday till Wed¬ 
nesday night I thought I would clean 
churn for another lot of cream, but first 
gave the churn a few turns and continued 
for 20 minutes, and found the butter had 
come. The next lot of cream acted the 
same way. I put it into an old dash 
churn, same result in that; nothing but 
froth. I am losing eight pounds of butter 
every five days, and it is quite an item, and 
if there is any remedy you ca'n give me, I 
shall be glad to know it. These cows get 
clover hay with Timothy and lted-top in 
it, and each gets four quarts corn, rye, 
oats, middlings and bran, ground and mixed, 
all the water they want; are salted twice 
a week. F. M. g. 
New York. 
I think your trouble is due to the 
development of gas-forming organisms, 
or bacteria, in the cream. You might 
try the following remedy: Heat the 
cream to a temperature of 160° F. and 
hold it there for 20 minutes; then cool 
it down to 70° and add a starter— 
stirring this thoroughly into the cream, 
which should be ready to churn in about 
12 hours. Good, clean, pleasant flavored 
buttermilk or skim-milk will answer 
well for a starter, if either of these can 
be procured; otherwise a commercial 
starter can be purchased. 1 his same 
subject is clearly discussed on page 145 
of The R. N.-Y. It is there stated 
that the gas Alls the cream with bub¬ 
bles which hold the fat globules apart, 
so they cannot gather into masses of 
fat. Heating the cream kills the bacteria 
which produce this gas. C. s. M. 
EASY HOG RAISING. 
Three years ago we purchased a hog 
fence (woven wire) and fenced about 
10 acres for hogs. It consists of six 
acres of woodland and four acres of 
Alfalfa. In this woodland is a spring 
of never-failing water. The trees are 
mostly chestnut sprouts lately grafted 
with Paragon chestnuts. The Alfalfa 
I have divided into two fields, so as to 
have always a “fresh” field. In this 10- 
acre piec? I had about 10 breeding sows 
and one boar from June to October, 
and gave them nothing but a few ears 
of corn once a day and apples late in 
the Summer. This I think is ideal for 
hogs. They get exercise -and certainly 
seem to enjoy themselves. Of course, I 
had some sort of a shed put up in the 
woods, where they could get in during 
cold rains. I keep only common Ches¬ 
ter Whites and raise two litters a year, 
one coming the first few days in April 
and the other in the Fall. I never fat¬ 
tened many hogs, as I have usually a 
good market for shotes. One year I 
made more money with hogs than ever 
before. I kept all my Spring sows 
and bred them, so as to get young when 
about a year old, and sold . them on 
March 22, when they realized from $14 
to $25 apiece. I kept one young boar 
to put on the sale, which weighed about 
80 to 90 pounds on day of sale, and he 
realized $14.50. 1 like to sell the shotes 
when they are about three to four 
months old, as up to that time they 
require very little feed. 
Now, as to feed. After weaning I 
give them skim-milk and wheat mid¬ 
dlings, and Alfalfa hay as soon as they 
eat it. The brood sows get Alfalfa al¬ 
ways, when not in the field, and corn 
with a little rye chop or wheat mid¬ 
dlings. One Winter I fed only Alfalfa 
hay, corn and cooked potatoes (un¬ 
marketable ones), as I had a few hun¬ 
dred bushels. I raised 3,000 bushels 
that year, as this is my specialty besides 
hog raising. I must also mention how 
1 cook the potatoes or you might think 
it to be very tiresome work. I pur¬ 
chased a stove four feet long, two feet 
wide, and two feet high for two large 
iron kettles, and this stove 1 have in the 
hoghouse, and cooked two kettlesful 
daily; four-foot wood goes into the 
stove, and we filled the stove with wood 
and lighted it in the morning and that 
was the last of it until noon, when we 
fed them. This stove also makes warmth 
for the hogs in cold weather. Alfalfa 
is a great thing for hogs, as well as for 
other stock. 1 will also add that I have 
a cement floor and cement troughs. 
Bethel, Pa. c. R. b. 
Bog Spavin. 
A colt 3 V 2 years old, well grown for his 
age, has a soft round knot (hog spavin, I 
presume) on the front inside of his left 
hock. It does not seem to produce lame¬ 
ness, but, of course, is a serious blemish. 
He is a well-bred, handsome colt, and a 
fairly fast roadster, and would bring a 
good price but for this blemish. Exact 
history not known; but so far as 1 can 
learn this knot appeared several months, 
maybe a year ago; and was caused from 
loo heavy pulling. I have recently applied 
a blister, but without success. Can this 
blemish be removed? If so, how? How 
long will the treatment probably take? 
Will ordinary farm work interfere? I have 
no special use for this colt, and would 
offer him for sale now if free from blom- 
iiises; but can keep him longer if there 
is a good probability of a cure, without the 
necessity of too much care and attention, 
but would rather sell him now if the 
chances are unfavorable, though I guess 
the blemish will make a difference of 875 
to $200 in selling price. it. i\ J. 
North Carolina. 
A bog spavin in a colt of age mentioned 
is practically incurable. In a young colt 
it may disappear in time without treat¬ 
ment, but later it becomes chronic, and 
will not disappear. In growing colts it 
is well to simply daub the parts with pine 
tar once a month or so when they are 
allowed to run out on pasture. Repeated 
blistering in an older animal may do some 
good ; usually it only proves a partial suc¬ 
cess in removing the enlargement, which 
is due to distension of the synovial bursa 
with synovia (joint oil). a. s. a. 
The Importance of 
Cooling Milk Properly 
is recognized by every milk dealer. He knows that 
if milk is cooled quickly and thoroughly aerated, 
it will keen sweet 24 to 4s hours longer. The 
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made and durable, and 
very reasonable in 
price. Send for cata¬ 
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complete line of sup¬ 
plies for the dairy. 
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YOUNG PIGS from registered prize-winning 
stock. CHAS. H. EMENS, Spring Hill Farm, 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires. 
Spring Pigs for May and June delivery; matings 
not akin. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM. Gettysburg, Pa. 
CHESHIRES 
maturing. Young 
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May 7, 
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—Any capacity from 200 to 950 pounds per hour, 
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rGALLOWAY'S 
HIGH GRADE STANDARD CREAM 
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WM. GALLOWAY COMPANY 
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f JAMES SANITARY STALLS, ALIGNING STANCHIONS, 
FEED AND LITTER CARRIERS and other conveniences Mr J2 
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men for convenience, sanitation and gf 
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Get the top-of-the-market price for your milk and 
butter! Milk should be strained, 
cooled and aerated and the animr.i 
heat removed as quickly as possible 
It pays to do it. 
Write a postal and learn how this 
Champion Milk Cooler Aerator 
puts milk in finest condition for market or 
butter making. Simple to use, no trouble 
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11IH ST. CORTLAND. N. I 
The BLOOMINGDALE 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. 
CHESTER WHITE & URGE YORKSHIRE 
QWIMF-FOR SALE: Chester White and LargeYorlc- 
OlilliE. shire boars old enough for service: also 
young sows of both breeds that can bo bred for 
Fall litters. We have the largest herd of Chester 
Whites in the Fast, and were awarded the Premier 
Championship for breeder and exhibitor of Large 
Yorkshires at New York State Fair. Only the best 
animals sold for breeding purposes. Address 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM 
C. E. Hamilton, Mgr., C’liazy, N. Y. 
Kalorama Farm Berkshires. 
Service Boars all sold. 
Bred Sows all sold. 
Fall Pigs all sold. 
Am now taking orders for Spring Pigs, April and 
May delivery. 
CALVIN J. HUSON, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
S COTCH COLLIES, Spayed Females, two to 
eight mos. Circ. SILAS DECKER, Montrose Pa. 
pni I |C D|| DC— From imported stock. Females 
UULLIC rUlUcheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa 
F OIt SALE—Grade Clydesdale Stallion. Four 
years old. Eighteen hands. Weight over 1700. 
Broken single and an excellent specimen. Write for 
particulars. F. P. Gildersleeve, Union Springs, N.Y. 
100 Percheron Stallions & Mares 100 
Imported and Purebred Reg- 
istered'St all ions from $400 to 
$1,200.“ 
Mares from $250 to $GOO. 
WRITE FOR ART BLOTTER. 
BURTON fit CO., KENTON, OHIO 
HILL TOP FARM AYRSHIRES 
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 
hacked by official records. Herd tuberculin tested. 
L. A. llEYMANN, 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 
W. W. BLAKE AKKCOLL, Paoli, Pa. 
De Kol Bull Calves 
I am offering for sale Bull Calves from one to nine 
months old. These calves are light colored and 
sired by the only living son of De Kol 2d. These 
calves trace three to five times to De Kol 2d. 
FLOYD M. PELTON, LA GRANGE, OHIO 
REGISTERED OHIO 
HOLSTEINS - FRIESIANS. 
THE BAWNDALE STOCK FARM 
For three years the home of Piotertje Henger- 
veld’s Count De Kol. Eighty head. Bull calves 
for sale. Address. 
CHAS. W, HOUR, 
Wellington, Ohio 
1 AIIRFI —REGISTERED JERSEYS ONLY 
LnUllLL Fern’s Jubilee.73852, as well bred in 
"butter lines” as any bull in the 
r 1 D 11 world, heads the herd, 
r o n V STOCK FOB, SALE. 
I n 11 ill j. GRANT MORSE, -:- Hamilton, N. Y. 
■ rrjft r WO— Combination and Golden Lad; for 
1 I" K \ 1" Y \ sale, 1 cow, 12 heifers, G bulls. 
JkllULIU s. E. N1VIN, Landenburg, Pa. 
Vail PonH Affnrfl A Grade, when I can sell 
I UU ball ( Ml lull! you a reg. Jersey hull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer's price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
IERSEYS FOR SALE— Two solid color Bull Calves, 
J dropped Nov. 21, '09—Feb. 25, '10. Sire the best 
‘ Pure St. Lambert” living. These calves are more 
than 75# pure St. Lambert; quality high. Herd 
avorages a pound butter from 17 lbs. milk. 
J. ALDUS HERlt, R. It. 4. Lancaster, Pa. 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN HEIFER CALVES 
for sale. Have two registered heifer calves, nicely 
marked, well grown, from good dams. Also a 
handsome yearling bull, ready for service. Full 
information and pedigrees on request. 
IRVIN F. WILCOX, Camden, New York. 
RED CHOICE STOCK OF EITHER SEX 
PQI 1 rn AT SPRINGDALE FARM 
_ Prices reasonable 
CATTLE E. J. ADAMS, Adams Basin, N. Y. 
|U|ILK PRODUCERS for New York City market 
desiring information how to form branches 
of the Dairymen's League, write to the Secretary, 
ALL F, It T .51 A N N1NG. Otisvi 1 le. N. Y. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. ^^ 
in Connecticut. Sows bred for April litters all sold. 
Have 4 sows bred to farrow in July; late, to ser¬ 
vice of Watson’s Masterpiece. Will book orders 
for March and April pigs now. Send for new 
Booklet. J. E. WATSGN, Proprietor, Marbiedale, Conn. 
1 ARGE BERKSHIRES AT KI6HWU0D.-Maturo animals 
L weigh GOO to 900 lbs. Sows averaged olevon to 
the litter last season. Special offering of young 
pigs nine to twelve weeks old. Write for booklet. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
pUrCU|RCC—THE WHITE, BACON HOG, 
OntOmtlEO Long-bodied, Square-built, good 
grazers, good mothers, gentle, profitable. 
MORNINGSIDK FARM, Sylvania, Pa. 
THIS BIG, DEEP FEEI.OWS 
that grow and mature quickly, 
’or sale at all times. 
GO RIVER FARMS, Transfer, Pa. 
DUROCS 
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