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THE RURAL' NEW-YORKER 
May 28, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A GOOD FEEDER. 
The steer shown in Fig. 254 was about 
seven months old when the picture was 
taken, weighed about 420 pounds, and 
cost the writer $25, or at the rate of 
six cents per pound. I was told that 
the sire of this calf was a purebred An¬ 
gus bull, and that the dam was a grade 
or purebred Short-horn cow, but wheth¬ 
er this be so or that this calf is all An¬ 
gus, the facts are that he is a typical 
Angus steer in conformation and color, 
and that he has the short, full neck and 
head and the short legs that are parts of 
the good feeding animal. The beef con¬ 
formation, which makes the good feeder 
sought after and brings good prices, does 
not come by chance from a lot of in¬ 
different cattle of uncertain ancestry, but 
from a carefully selected line of well- 
bred and well-fed stock. The steer hav¬ 
ing a well-marked beef conformation 
may cost more to produce than the lanky 
scrub, but he sells for more money at 
any stage of .the game, and besides is a 
source of justifiable pride to the owner. 
Not enough native steers are produced 
in this section to supply the home de¬ 
mand for feeders, and each year several 
carloads of Western cattle are shipped 
in to be finished on pasture or in feed 
lot. Such cattle, if thrifty bring a 
prelnium over native steers, and for two 
They are sewed with chain stitch, so 
are readily opened, making a pi.ee of 
heavy cotton three feet by 3 % feet. 
These are spread on the roof and tacked 
with large tacks, or nails and tin caps, 
every three inches over the edges and 
on the laps, .stretching the cloth tightly, 
lapping the edge of the next one over 
the one already laid, and so on until 
the roof is covered and ready for the 
tar and gravel. It figures out in this 
way on our five new breeding houses, 
each roof 13x37 feet: 250 cotton sacks 
at 2*4 cents, $6.25; five rolls building 
paper at 50 cents, $2.50; 50’pounds tacks, 
$3; one barrel tar, $3.25; $15. It will 
be seen that each roof requires nearly 
five squares of roofing to cover it, and 
that the cost per roof is but $3. Of 
course, it took a little more time to lay 
this material, but the $40 saved on the 
five houses paid for a lot of labor. We 
shall use this roofing material on the 
“Mapes type” of houses we intend to 
build this Summer, thus saving a nice 
little sum even on the low figures given 
by Mr. Mapes. farview farm. 
Vermont. _ 
NOTES ON FEEDING PIGS. 
Can some one give me a good ration to 
feed pigs from the - time that they are born 
until they go to the butcher? Will coffee 
grounds stunt young pigs if it is feed in 
the slops? b. s. 
Like other branches of the live stock 
business, it is difficult to make 
hard and fast rules governing the feed- 
A FINE BEEF YOUNGSTER. Fig. 254. 
reasons, they are typical .beef animals 
and are markedly uniform. Western 
ranch owners buy and use some of the 
best purebred sires and the feeder cattle, 
coming East to be finished, show <t by 
their excellence. Lack of feed will dis¬ 
count breeding and it goes without say¬ 
ing that well-bred and high-priced steers 
deserve proper feed. w. e. d. 
Hillsboro, O. 
ROOF FOR A POULTRY HOUSE. 
That was a good “dream” that Mr. 
Mapes had, and I am glad he woke up 
to tell about it on page 535. I have 
had the same “dream” myself, but have 
not dared to use it, but now with the 
sanction of an “old hand” at the busi¬ 
ness we will build -six of this type of 
house (Fig. 212), 20x20, to take care of 
600 laying hens. For roof covering will 
use the cheapest and most durable cheap 
roof I ever saw and as I ciphered it 
out myself and found it good, I want to 
tell others about it. Cover the roof 
with common building paper, giving the 
seams two-inch laps; over that tack 
cotton cloth, then a coat of hot tar ap¬ 
plied with a broom, then while the 
tar is soft sift in coarse sand or fine 
gravel and the roof is done, and will 
1 ist for years, for the paper and cloth 
are stuck together and the sand or 
gravel holds it. When I mention “cot¬ 
ton cloth” I hear some say, “Call that 
cheap material ?” The cotton we use is 
empty half-barrel flour sacks, which we 
buy at any bakery at $2.50 per 100 sacks. 
ing of pigs and have these rules fit all 
conditions and circumstances. Pigs are 
prie-eminently. animals for converting 
farm waste and by-products like gar¬ 
bage and skim-milk into a marketable 
product. Therefore so much depends 
upon the nature and character of the 
available food stuffs, that what would 
be good advice for one man could not 
be used at all by another. Pigs do not 
require feeding as soon as they are born, 
as the mother supplies their needs for 
four to eight weeks. They should then 
be weaned gradually by giving them 
access to sweet skim-milk placed where 
the sow’ cannot.get to it, or if this is 
not available, a thin slop of shorts and 
water may be substituted. Table refuse 
can be fed with good results if it is 
carefully saved for that purpose and 
used while fresh. To make cheap pork 
there is nothing better than a good 
pasture of clover or Alfalfa, oats and 
peas or rape supplemented with shorts 
during the early Summer, gradually 
changing to corn and cornmeal or 
ground barley about two months before 
marketing. Home-grown grains should 
always form the larger part of the pigs’ 
ration, but where corn alone is grown 
it pays to buy oil meaj or tankage, feed¬ 
ing about one part oil meal to eight 
parts cornmeal, or one part tankage to 
10 to 12 parts cornmeal during the 
growing season, but of course the oil 
meal or tankage should not be fed 
during the fattening period, except in 
very small quantities. After all has 
been said, the man who does the feeding 
must rely upon his own judgment to 
decide wdiat is best for his particular 
case. Coffee grounds will stunt pigs 
very quickly if fed in large quantities. 
Any refuse containing coffee grounds 
should ahvays be rejected, as it does 
not pay to take the risk of feeding it. 
C. S. G. 
The next Annual Shaking of the “ Plum Tree ” for others to gather another set of First Prize Win¬ 
ners of all ages and both sexes, as well as Champion and Grand Champion Winners, will take piace on 
DECORATION DAY, MA.Y 30tlx, 1910. 
The following are a few of the awards won by cattle sold at our sales at the great fairs last fall, 
making no mention of the large number that won at many of the local shows. Then again over half of 
the best cattle sold have never been exhibited. New York State Fair, Seven First Prizes, Champion and 
Grand Champion Cow, JuniorChampion, Champion and Grand Champion Bull. Toronto Show, Canada. 
First Prize, Champion ami Grand Champion Cow. New England Fair, First Prize, Champion and Grand 
Champion Bull. First Prize Champion and Grand Champion Cow and nearly every other first prize. 
Tennessee State Fair, First Prize, Champion and Grand Champion Bull, First Prize Champion, and 
Grand Champion Cow. Illinois State Fair. Five First Prizes. Champion and Grand Champion Cow 
National Dairy Show, Milwaukee, First Prize Bull for four of get and First Prize, Champion and Grand 
Champion Cow. This year we shall sell the best lot of JERSEY Cattle ever offered at Public Auction. 
For catalog, address, mentioning The Rural New-Yorker. 
T. S. COOPER & SONS, Linden Grove, Cooi>ersburg, Pa. L. F. Herrick, Sale Mgr. 
OHIO BREEDERS CONSIGNMENT SALE 
OF 80 HEAD REGISTERED 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
AT THE OHIO STATE FAIR GROUNDS, COLUMBUS, 0. 
MAY 31, 1910 
The best breeding ever offered at public 
auction in Ohio 
CATALOGUES NOW READY 
AND SENT ON APPLICATION 
COL. D. L. PERRY. Auctioneer F. G. JOHNSTON. Manaoer 
STATION B, COLUMBUS, OHIO 
A YOUNGSTER OF QUALITY. 
For sale—Ontario King, Holstein-Friesian Bull, 
born Jan. 20, 1010; sire, Lakeside Model King, of 
E.A. Powell herd, Syracuse; dam, Belle Hartog 
De Kol, butter 20.54. We treat all calves for im¬ 
munity from tuberculosis. Correspondence soli¬ 
cited. CLOVERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
J. J. Eden, Manager. 
The BLOOMING DALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 
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. Calves. 
A. A. COItTELYOU. Somerville. N. J. 
REGISTERED HOLSTEINS FOR SALE 
Have five year) ing heifers, two heifer calves, from 
four to six months old, one yearling bull and sever¬ 
al bull calves, ail handsomely marked and well- 
bred. at reasonable prices. Full description and 
detailed pedigrees furnished on request. 
P. B, Mcl.ENNAN, Syracuse, N, V, 
THE PLACE TO BUY 
Calves 
Yearlings 
Two-year-olds 
Three-year-olds 
Cows due this mo. 
Cows due next mo. 
Cows due every month. 
MANOR DEKOL, JR.. 
REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 
DON'T WAIT to send for 
detailed description, as the 
stock you would buy might 
be sold; phone or write 
and we will meet you at 
train. SIR KORNDYKE 
35135, one of the greatest 
bred bulls of the breed, at head of herd. 
RIVENBURGH BROS., R. F. D. No. 1. MUNNSVILLE, N. Y, 
R EG. JERSEY CATTLE. Chester White, Poland 
China and Berkshire Pigs. Lincoln. Shropshire ami 
Hampshire Down Sheep. Scotch Collie Dogs anil a 
variety of Poultry. Send 2-eent stamp forcircular. Como 
see my stock and make your own selections. Address 
EDWA RD WALTER, West Chester, ChesterCo., Pa. 
Vnil AffnrH A Grade, when I can sell 
I UU ball l rtllUlll you a leg. Jersey hull, best 
dairy stock, ready for service at farmer's price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 9U7 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
I AIIRFI —REGISTERED JERSEYS ONLY 
LnUlILL Fern’s Jubilee 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. 
FOR SALE—JERSEYS— ,1 
registered females and bull ol excellent blood lines—priced right 
for quick sale. Write or come. Ford M. Booth, Jefferson. Ohio. 
RED 
POLLED 
CATTLE 
CHOICE STOCK OF EITHER SEX 
at SPRINGDALE FARM 
Prices reasonable 
E. J. ADAMS. Adams Basin, N. Y. 
||J|ILK PRODUCERS for New York City market 
desiring information how to form branches 
of the Dairymen’s League, write to the Secretary, 
ALBERT MANNING, Otisville, N. Y. 
TUNIS SHEEP —Get a start now with this very 
J. N. 
_ hardy and money-making breed* 
Prices reasonable,forbothsexes. 
MAC PHERSON, Pine View Farm, Scottsville, N. Y. 
IERSEYS FOR SALE—Two solid color Bull Calves, 
J dropped Nov. 21, ’09—Feb. 25, ’10. Sire the best 
“Pure St. Lambert” living. These ealves aro more 
than 75# pure St. Lambert; quality high. Herd 
averages a pound butter from 17 lbs. milk. 
J. ALDUS 11ERR, R. R. 4, Lancaster, Pa. 
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. 
Large Berkshires. 
Spring Pigs for May and Juno delivery; matings 
not akin. Catalogue on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM. Gettysburg, Pa. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. ?;',v, 1 ,5 
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. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale, Conn. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Mature animals weigh 600 to 950 pounds. Several litters thn 
spring of 12, 13 ami 14, one of 15 and one of 17 eo far. Litters 
lant year averaged 11. 
H. C. & H. li. HAIIPENDING, Dundee. N.Y. 
Chinas, Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows, service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pups, Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Middletown, Pa 
FOR SALE: CHESTER-WHITE AND 
LARGE YORKSHIRE SWINE 
Young 
Cnu/p ready to Dogre old enough forserv- 
OUno breed and GUfll 0 j ce . Also selected 
Pigs of Spring Utters 
meat. We have the largest herd of Chester-Wlmo 
and Large Yorkshire Swine in the East. 
Prices reasonable. Write for description. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, Chazy, New York. 
C. E. HAMILTON, Mgr. 
0. I. CHESTER WHITES t m h oIt 
DAIRYMAN’S 
, . „ MOST POPULAR BREED 
AT RUASONABLF PRICES 
Choice boar pigs. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
CROSS-ROAD FARM, Plattsburg, N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
'—The New York Farmers 
Hog. Hardy, prolific; 
strong, clean bone; early 
maturing. Y’oung stock for sale. DEPARTMENT OF 
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
250,000,000„ 
Sheep Every Year, 
Dipped In 
l 
COOPER DIP 
Has no equal. One dipping kills ticks, Uce 
and nits. Increases quantity and quality 
of wool. Improves appearance and con¬ 
dition of flock. If dealer can’t supply you, 
send SI.75 for f2.00 (100 gallons) packet to 
SCHIEFFELIN & COMPANY, 
170 William Street, New York City. 
OW MANY POUNDS OF FEED 
takes half a pound of UNICORN DAIRY RATION. Costs under 
one cent. Official records to prove. CHAPIN & CO., Buffalo, N.Y. 
DAIRYMEN, REDUCE THAT FEED BILL 
and increase your milk supply at the same time by feeding 
DRIED BREWERS’ GRAINS 
They are the most economical milk-producing feed you can buy—recom¬ 
mended by all who use them. Equally good for horses, sheep, etc. We 
also supply WET BREWERS’ GRAINS at nearby points, where they 
can be successfully shipped. 
It will pay any dairyman or feeder of other stock to write us at once for 
prices on Brewers’ Grains and Malt Sprouts. 
FARMERS’ FEED COMPANY 
228-238 EAST 76th STREET. NEW YORK CITY 
