1910. 
THE RURAIi, NEW-YORKER 
1127 
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ALPHA 
PORTLAND CEMENT 
is absolutely the best that can be made 
for all farm work. Largely used by 
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ADDRESS 
2 Center Square, EASTON, PA. 
HORSE FOR THE FUTURE. 
Last week we gave part of an inter¬ 
view with Prof. G. M. Rommell, horse 
expert of the Department of Agriculture. 
Speaking of the demand for heavier 
horses he said: 
What made the Americans go into the 
breeding of big draught horses was largely 
the increase in the size of farming imple¬ 
ments and machinery. The farmer is using 
bigger plows. Where he used to use a sin¬ 
gle plow he now uses a double one, and 
where he used to employ a walking plow he 
new rides. Then he has taken to big three- 
liorse plows- Besides, pulling conditions 
in the cities have created a demand for the 
big draught horses produced on the farm. 
When asked what influence the in¬ 
creased use of automobiles will have on 
the horse business, Dr. Rommell said: 
The automobile, as near as I can ascer¬ 
tain, has driven a great many ehoap light 
horses off the roads, and probably driven 
some saddle horses out of the cities. But 
it doesn't appreciably aflfoct draught 
horses, except the light delivery horses 
of say 1,200 pounds. If the auto has 
driven out the saddle and carriage horse 
generally why is it that these are higher 
in price than before the auto came? The 
people who before the advent of the auto¬ 
mobile were the best customers for saddle 
horses were such as could afford to have 
both horses and automobiles. When the 
anto came it drove out the cheaper grades, 
but the prices of the hotter ones went sky¬ 
ward. There is a better market than ever 
for the good light horse and a poorer than 
ever for the poor one. 
Won Only 
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That’s So! Hired hands are 
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Box 17, Havana.. Ill. 
EXPERIENCE WITH TURKEY RAISING. 
I have just read the Hope Farm ex¬ 
perience with turkeys. You say you think 
“there would be good money in turkey 
raising on large farms where the birds 
could roam,” and I quite agree with you, 
were it not for blackhead, that takes 
about all of the young ones when from 
six weeks to three months old. As you 
do not mention this disease among your 
various troubles I infer that it does not 
prevail there as up here. And, too, per¬ 
haps, the Holland turkeys are less sus¬ 
ceptible to this trouble than the Bronze. 
We had 51 young Bronze turkeys last 
Spring from two hens and one good 
strong gobbler, and when they were a 
few days old I thought we should surely 
raise almost if not all of them. I felt 
like the little Jewish lad who on being 
asked by his teacher, “Now, Isaac, if 
you had 15 marbles and lost four,” inter¬ 
rupted with the question “And vy should 
I lose four?” and I really don't believe 
we should have lost hut very few but for 
this liver trouble causing the so-called 
blackhead. We had the same “floods” 
you mention at, I suppose, about the 
same time, but came through smiling. 
We picketed the hen turkeys with long 
light ropes with small snap and swivel 
at the leg to prevent twisting up when 
it was dry enough for the young ones to 
be about in the grass, and when it rained 
we shut them into triangular pens 12 
feet long made of slats cleated together 
about four feet high with a perfectly dry 
coop in one corner large enough to allow 
them plenty of room, the whole being 
easily moved on to fresh ground every 
few days. We fed hard-boiled eggs and 
stale bread soaked in sweet milk and 
squeezed pretty dry along with curd from 
sour milk, this, too, dry enough to 
crumble, for about 10 days or two weeks, 
then gave some what is called up here 
“mixed feed" sifted and mixed with a 
very little cornmeal scalded enough to 
moisten slightly, then moistened still 
more with skimmed-milk; later on some 
small wheat and pinhead oatmeal. These 
turkeys throve beautifully and all feath¬ 
ered out and were allowed to roam at 
will daytimes, but were confined in a 
large stable at night to keep them from 
foxes, skunks and owls, and I'm sure 
they would all have reached maturity but 
for this disease mentioned. Several of 
our neighbors tried raising turkeys with 
about the same results. We have, none 
of us, had any particular trouble starting 
them, but after they looked to be safe 
they commenced to droop, three or four 
at a timfe, had a yellowish diarrhoea, then 
their heads turned dark and they mostly 
died. If only some preventive or remedy 
can be found for this condition we can 
surely “carry a good flock.” j. s. L. 
Ashby, Mass. 
Chicken Thieves.— In a recent issue a 
correspondent states he is troubled with 
chicken thieves. The plan I have thought 
out for my own protection is to take old 
wagon or buggy tires and have them cut to 
proper length to go across the windows 
either vertically or horizontally, and fasten 
them with lag or common screws, he will 
stop them getting in that way. Then for 
the door have a bolt with flat end in which 
a long-shaped hole is made, for the shackle 
of the lock and a similar bolt for the 
other end of the hasp. These bolts must 
have nuts on the inside. It seems to me 
that unless they take the door off the 
hinges they cannot possibly get in. Of 
course roosts must be placed where they 
cannot reach the hens through the bars. 
Washington. j. a. 
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“NEW MODERN” 
FEED and 
LITTER 
CARRIERS^ 
Do twice the work in half the time. 
THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES. 
Easy to use and nothing to get out of order. 
“NEW MODERN” 
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Write for Catalog. 
GL0R BROS. & WILLIS MFG. CO., 62 Main St., Attica, N. Y 
"Everything lor the liarn.” 
No Barn is Complete Without a 
PORTER LITTER CARRIER 
Greatest capacity, 
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J. E. PORTER CO., OTTAWA, ILL. 
—— 
^Self-Adjusting Steel Latch 
Stanchion 
Wilder'** Self Adjusting: Steel Latch Stan¬ 
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They will hold auything from the strongest unruly 
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Box 33 Monroe, Mich. 
COW COMFORT 
Means Cow Profit 
The quality of Foster Steel 
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Durability and ease of operation 
unsurpassed. Send for new cata¬ 
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Fo.ter Steel Siuuelilon Co., 
5)06 In*. Bldg., Boelicstcr, X. Y 
EXCELSIOR SWING STANCHION 
Warranted The Best. 30 Days’ Trial 
Unlike all others. Stationary when open 
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YOU CARRY ON YOUR BUILDINGS 
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FIRE INSURANCE 
THE HOT DRY WEATHER THAT BURNS OUT 
YOUR PASTURE PRODUCES CORN ANDTHE SILO 
INSURES YOU AGAINST BOTH DROUTH & FROST 
H O W ? 
ask KALAMAZOOJ^oCo 
MICHIGAN 
mo oniy xnorougniy Tnanutactured 
Silo on tho market. Full length stave. 
Continuous door frame complete with 
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hoops at bottom. 
AIR TIGHT 
Makes winter feed equal to Jnns 
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Box 13 SI’ni.NUntLD. OHIO 
CRUMB'S 
IMPROVED 
WARRINER 
STANCHION 
H. A. Moyer, Syracuse, 
N. Y., says “ they 
SAVE COST 
in feed in one win ter.” 
Send address for speci- 
of inexpensive 
yet sanitary cow stable to 
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