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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
November 26, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
A COW “GOLD BRICK.” 
For the benefit of readers of The 
R. N.-Y. I wish to relate a clever trick 
played upon a farmer in this locality the 
other day. One morning just at day¬ 
break, when the farmer was going to 
his barn, a man came along the road 
leading a cow by a rope, and he called 
to ask the farmer if he could not get a 
little chopped feed for his cow; she was 
getting weary and he could not get her 
along any further. The farmer told him 
he might put her up and feed her, and 
the stranger informed him that he had 
been transferred on the railroad where 
he worked to another town on the same 
line, about 40 miles down the road, and 
he was leading his cow from the old to 
his new home. He also expressed his 
willingness to sell the cow and purchase 
another at his new place of residence, 
as he feared she would cause him con¬ 
siderable trouble on the way, judging by 
the way she was acting. She was a 
"splendid Holstein cow to freshen in a 
week or 10 days, and was highly recom¬ 
mended. It appeared to the farmer as 
a favorable opportunity, and he entered 
into negotiations as to the price. The 
stranger asked $50, and as the farmer 
feared there might be something wrong 
as to her qualities and habits, to be on 
the safe side he offered him $30, though 
as he himself told me, she was easily 
worth $45 for beef. He finally got the 
cow at his own price. She had been 
stolen from a pasture some 15 miles off, 
and the next day the owner called and 
claimed his cow. The cow was worth 
$125, and had been bred to a registered 
bull. f. w. K. 
Wyoming Co., N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—But the stranger has not 
brough back the $30. Beware of the 
man with the cow! 
CONCRETE FLOOR FOR STABLE. 
Referring to inquiry of H. A. J. 
(page 1016) concerning concrete floor 
for stable, will say that we have a root 
cellar in the basement of our bam with 
two box stalls for horses above. The 
stable floor is concrete on planking, sup¬ 
ported by old railroad rails. I would 
suggest that H. A. J. place some heavy 
smooth-coated roofing paper over the 
planking, and on that lay a two-inch 
coating of concrete composed of one 
part best Portland cement, two parts 
clean sharp sand, and three parts crushed 
stone or gravel, such as would pass 
through a five-eighths or three-quarter- 
inch mesh. The roofing paper will pre¬ 
vent cracking of the cement if the planks 
swell or shrink on account of moisture. 
The surface of this concrete should be 
left a little rough, or scratched just after 
setting. After it becomes hard enough 
to work on, put a skim coat (one part 
cement to four parts sand) one inch 
thick over it, trowelling it smooth. If 
the first coat of concrete has become 
dry, it should be wet again before the 
skim coat is applied. This skim coat will 
close all cracks, if any, in the undercoat. 
In our box stalls channels were made 
in the skim coat, after it began- setting 
(or if the concrete is stiff enough they 
can be made as it is laid), about one- 
half inch wide, radiating from all sides 
toward a point on one side from which 
a chute of concrete carries liquids and 
manure to the basement. In laying the 
concrete we graded the floor slightly to¬ 
ward this point for this purpose. A 
trap door (in the plank flooring laid on 
the concrete) placed over this chute al¬ 
lows easy cleaning of the stalls. The 
plank flooring should be made in sec¬ 
tions, cleated at ends or underneath, so 
that it can be taken up in order to clean 
the concrete floor occasionally. 
In connection with this I would add 
that our entire stable has a concrete 
floor. There are two rows of stalls 
with feed alley between. In the rear of 
each row is a channel in the concrete, 
wide and shallow, with a fall of l /&-inch 
to foot running to a chute into the 
basement. Along this liquids run off, 
and manure is shoved in cleaning out. 
In the stalls the concrete has a fall of 
one inch from under the mangers to this 
channel, and is grooved lengthwise to 
allow liquids to run off under the plank¬ 
ing. In the stalls are plank floors or 
platforms over the concrete, made loose 
so that they can be taken up to clean 
out underneath. They are made by using 
cleats one inch thick at manger end, IV 2 
inch thick in the center and two inches 
thick at rear. Thus the inch fall from 
front to rear is compensated for, and the 
horse has a level floor on which to 
stand. When it is desired to clean out 
the stall, the platform can be pulled 
back so as to clear the manger and then 
turned up on one side against the stall 
partition while the cleaning is being 
done. D. H. AYERS. 
Seneca Co., N. Y. 
THE CHICKEN BUSINESS. 
The retail price of meat has been in¬ 
creasing for some time in this country. 
Farmers do not get as much for their live 
stock as they should, but it is evident 
that the day of cheap meat for the peo¬ 
ple has gone by. There are many who 
wonder how American society is to meet 
this change. We are most likely to fol¬ 
low history as made in Europe, where with 
the increased price of beef, mutton and 
pork the majority of the people have been 
obliged to change their diet and either 
eat more poultry or become to a greater 
extent vegetarians. To show how this is 
working Consul Yost of Paris sends a re¬ 
port of the feed consumed in that city. It 
seems that the flesh of horses and mules 
is consumed to a considerable extent. Last 
year 29,700,000 pounds of horse and mule 
meat was eaten in Paris. Dealers who 
handled this meat are compelled by law 
to show that they do so by means of the 
sign of a horse’s head in front of their 
place of business. The total value of 
meat consumed for the year was over 
$10,000,000, while that of poultry was $9,- 
788,000. Fish was consumed to the value 
of over $4,000,000, oysters running over a 
million more. Over $8,000,000 worth of 
butter was eaten, and about $6,000,000 
worth of eggs, with two and a half millions 
of vegetables. There were also consumed 
over 46,000,000 pounds of fruit and 37,- 
000,000 pounds of cheese. It will thus 
appear that the French consumed less 
meat and more of poultry, eggs, cheese, 
fish and vegetables. This is probably to 
be the outcome in this country. That 
means a gx-eater future than ever for the 
business hen, for the poultry of the coun¬ 
try can more quickly supply a shortage 
of food than can any other department 
of live stock. In fact with the present 
tendency of prices and the tastes and hab¬ 
its of the people there is nothing in sight 
to indicate that the poultry business can 
ever be overdone. On the other hand, it 
seems evident that there will be an in¬ 
creased demand for the flesh of poultry 
and their eggs. That is what has fol¬ 
lowed throughout Europe, for over there, 
had it not been for the hen and the de¬ 
velopment of the poultry business, meat 
starvation would have threatened the peo¬ 
ple long ago. 
Collar Gall. 
I have a horse which has a gall on his 
right shoulder about the size of a nickel. 
I have used gall cure, but it fails to do any 
good. Will you advise me what to do for 
it? w. b. s. 
Have the dead skin or “sitfast” cleanly 
removed by dissection ; then the wound will 
quickly heal if wetted several times a day 
with a lotion composed of one ounce of 
sugar of lead and six drams of sulphate 
of zinc in a pint of water to be well shaken 
each time it is used. a. s. a. 
Roaring. 
I just purchased a pair of three-year-old 
colts, and have broken them; one pants 
some and in so doing makes quite a loud 
noise, something like a whistle. Is there 
any remedy for a horse that does this? 
One veterinary said it would wear off, but 
I do not think it will. Maybe you might 
call her a roarer. c. v. p. 
New York. 
There is no cure other than the opera¬ 
tion of arectynotomy when a horse is a 
confirmed “roarer” (laryngeal hemiplegia) 
from paralysis of the cartilages and vocal 
cord of the larynx. In beginning cases it 
is sometimes possible to abort the paralysis 
by blistei-ing the throat from ear to ear 
with cerate of cantharides and administer¬ 
ing a dram of iodide of potash in water 
twice daily for four or five successive days 
a week for several weeks. a. s. a. 
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To Any One 
Do Not Pay Freight. Do Not Risk 
One Cent On Anybody’s “Game.” 
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ERCHERON 
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Imported and home-bred. The best lot ever 
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For 30 years an importer and breeder of prize winners. 
E L WO O I> S. 
170 South Street, 
AKIN 
Auburn, N. Y. 
REGISTERED PERCHERON 
STALLIONS and MAKES 
FOE SALE AT THEIR BEAL WORTH 
JAY GELDER, RIVERLAND FARM. KANONA, N. Y. 
CO Percheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares for sale 
Uu at fanners' prices. A. W. GREEN, Route 1, 
Middlefield, O. Railroad station, East Orwell, O., 
on I’euna. RR., 30 miles north of Youngstown, O. 
: DOGS s 
pm I tr nil nP-From imported stock. Females 
uULLIC lUrO cheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City. Pa. 
5000 FERRETS FOR SALE. Write for price 
list, it’s free. I>E KLKINE BROS. 
Jamestown, Michigan. Box 42. 
TP n n rTC—Here I am again, dealing in ruff on 
rCnilLlu rats—the ferret. Enclose stamp for 
prices. CALVIN JEWELL. SPENCER, OHIO. 
fS II E 3D 
Rams for Sale ^ tered Sljropsmr0 
year-olds. 
yearlings and two- 
E. E. STEVENS & SON, Wilson, N. Y. 
S hropshire hams ani> ham i.amks, good and strong, 
bred from imported prize-winning stock. Prices very 
reasonable. Wellesley Island Farms, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. 
—100 yearling ewes; 40 
yearling rams. Price and 
’AN VLEET, LODI, N.Y. 
SHROPSHIRES 
breeding right. FREDA 
Highiand Stock Farm Shropshires 
I am now offering some very fine Ram and Ewe 
Lambs for sale. W. F. BLACK, Hall, N. Y. 
TUNIS SHEEP 
J. N. MAC PHERSON, 
—Get a start now with this very 
hardy and money-making breed. 
Prices reasonable,for both sexes. 
Pine View Farm, Scottsville, N. Y. 
NIAGARA STOCK FARM 
^T'ol Shropshire or Southdown U-S 
the money? We are offering some very choice ones 
J. C. DUNCAN, Mgr., Lewiston, New York 
[1 i SWINE : : : | 
Brookside Berkshires. 
Have a few extra nice yearling Sows, and spring 
and fall Pigs of both sex; also one Sow three years 
old, sired by “Premier Longfellow,” which I offer 
cheap. Write for prices and descriptions. 
J. P. O’HARA, Moravia, N. Y. 
f ARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD-in 
each of the last three volumes of American Berkshire Kecord 
we sold and registered more Berkshires than any other breeder 
in the United States. The large proportion went to old custom¬ 
ers. This speaks for itself. H.C. & II.B. llarpending, Dundee, N.Y* 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
Sows bred for spring farrow. August and 
September pigs from litters averaging ten. 
. . . Catalogue on application . . . 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Fa. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. R?,, SCS 
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. 
Whe.v you write advertisers mention Thb 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee page 12. 
Whether or not you start 
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Sooner or Later 
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The more you come to know about cream 
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165*167 BROADWAY, 
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[daihy cattle 
Reg. Holstein Male Calves 
1320.00 TO $23.00 
pHEAPER than you can purchase elsewhere, 
quality considered. Write for photograph* 
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in cows bred to our great King Segis Beets 
Korndyke. Address, 
HILLHURST FARM, Rivenburgn ..ros., Munnsville, N. Y. 
K'Sft HOLSTEINS 
are bred for large production, good size, strong 
constitution, and best individuality. The best 
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• A. A. CORTELYOU. Somerville, N. J. 
ONTARIO VAN FRIESLAND DE KOL 
BULL CALF, three months old; sire. America 
De Kol Burke; dam. Woodcrest Van Friesland, 
over 21 pounds. Price, $75 crated f. o. b. 
Charlotte. Send for details. 
CLOVERllALE FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
C. S. Lunt, Owner John J. Eden, Manager 
HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
THE MOST PROFITABLE DAIRY BREED 
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kn y o°w d t°h n a°t Fern’s Jubilee No. 73852 
A. J. C. C. t is one of the best "butter bred" bulls 
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your own selections. Edward Walter, Weit Chester, Pa. 
RAM AWAY PATTI C—Largest herd in Michigan, 
OALLUWAI uA I I LC Milk and Beef strain, stock 
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1T111H riUUULCli desiring information how to 
form branches of the Dairymen’s League, write to 
the Secretary, Albert Manning, Otisville, N. Y. 
: JS '\A7‘ I 3NT DE3 
KALORAMA FARM 
is now offering a limited number of 
BERKSHIRE PIGS 
from eight to twelve weeks old, of 
the highest quality and breeding, 
. . . AT REASONABLE PRICES . . . 
CALVIN J. HUSON, - PENN YAN, N. Y 
01bs-9TToirftis 
Jersey Reds fatten easily ft quickly. 
JSmall-boued, long-bodied, vigorous 
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some choice offerings now. Write 
for catalog and prices. Arthur J- 
CoLLiNs^o^t^Ioorestown^^Jj 
Reg. P. 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.Writefor 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co., Middletown, Pa 
SUNNY BANK FARM 
is offering a few choice six and eight weeks’ 
old registered Berkshire pigs, of the high¬ 
est quality and breeding, for $12.50 each. 
A. F. JONES, Box 117, Bridgehampton, L. I. 
A BERKSHIRE OR DUROC PIG given for a 
few hours of your time. Stamp for particulars. 
PEXNA. BERKSHIRE 00., Fannettsburg, Pa, 
BERKSHIRE PIGS-2to 4 mos.. $6 to $10. Collie pups, $3 
to $5. Bitches bred $10. White Holland and Bronze 
Turkeys $3.50. W. LOTHERS, Peru Lack, Pa. 
OHIO DUROC P16S $8~ S/V *W EEKSL" D e Graf f *0° 
THE HIG, DEEP FELLOWS 
„ w .„ _ _ _ that grow and mature quickly. 
\ r»c anfl ftllt.e for saIa at r! 1 times. 
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OHELDON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex- 
O Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding. 
C. K. BAKNES, Oxford, N. Y. 
Steel Hog Troughs $1.00 
Fine young English Yorkshire Boar. Also 
young pigs. 
CHAS. H. EMENS, - Spring Hill Farm, Binghamton, N. Y. 
