1810. 
THE R tJR AI. 
NEW-YORKER 
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1 
the words of the prophet: “Instead of the 
fathers shall be the children.” 
Much has been said about beef feeding 
in the East. The writer is of the opinion 
that this will never be of any importance. 
Both East and West a pound of feed will 
bring more money in dairy products than 
in beef. A pound of butter fat can be 
produced as cheaply as a pound of beef, 
the one worth at least 25 cents, the other 
less than half as much. This is evidenced 
by the increasing number in the West who 
are abandoning beef making and going into 
dairying. In the majority of cases if the 
beef feeder breaks even on his steers ho is 
satisfied, and gets his profits from the 
hogs which follow the cattle. To grow 
steers there must be corn as well as pas¬ 
ture. Most of the eastern farms where 
pasture land is plenty and dairying is not 
practical, are not adapted to corn, hence 
steer feeding is out of the question. Sheep 
can be raised on such land without corn. 
The increasing scarcity and high price of 
beef is making an increased call for mut¬ 
ton, particularly lambs. It is significant 
to note the decline in the wholesale 
price of meat in the last GO days; beef 
has declined three cents a pound, pork— 
abnormally high—five cents, mutton • only 
one cent. 
The feature of the morning was an ex¬ 
hibit and judging of wool. There were 
four classes: First, fine wool; second, 
medium; third, coarse; fourth, combing, 
with a special for the two fleeces put up 
in the most attractive form. There was 
a first and second prize of $5 and $3 in 
each class. The judge was Mr. Frank Coe, 
of Torrington, Conn., a wool manufacturer. 
Over an hour was most profitably spent in 
placing the awards, 'and explaining why, as 
well as a full discussion of the wool sub¬ 
ject. I was interested to learn that all 
wools over one-half inch long are combing 
wools, and the fourth class was unneces¬ 
sary. Unwashed wools will scour away 
from 50 to TO per cent. Most of the dif¬ 
ference in price between line and coarse 
is based on the amount of scoured wool 
left. I had always supposed that while 
chaff or such light dirt was objectionable 
as showing lack of care, it was not a 
serious objection, as it did not materially 
add to the weight. Mr. Coe said that it 
was more difficult to remove and liable to 
work into the fibre so as seriously to dam¬ 
age it. In the medium class, a superior 
fleece in other ways, was awarded second 
prize on account of a small amount of 
clover chaff. I never like to hear or say 
anything that will decrease faith in human 
nature, yet when we are hearing so much of 
the dishonest commission man, it may be 
well to remember that they who live in 
glass houses should be careful how they 
handle stones. Mr. Coe cited a case of a 
shipment of 109 fleeces of wool from New 
Mexico which eventually came to his mill, 
102 had a stone in the centre. It is in¬ 
teresting to know that the seller lost his 
wool, though he escaped other justly de¬ 
served punishment. To make the most at¬ 
tractive form of fleece, a wool box is de¬ 
sirable, and fine hemp twine to tie it. The 
ordinary wool twine does no harm, but it 
is a makeweight. Binder twine should 
never bo used. 
The writer spoke in the morning on 
“Feeding Winter Lambs,” and in the after¬ 
noon on “Care of the Breeding Flock.” 
Both were followed by full and free dis¬ 
cussion. The statement that the open-wool 
English breeds of sheep would not thrive 
without more degree of the care and en¬ 
vironment with which they have been de¬ 
veloped, and therefore on the hilly pas¬ 
tures and where the sheep arc not sheltered 
from the Fall storms, the large-bodied 
Delaine Merinos would pay better, when 
subjected to such conditions, met with a 
hearty response on the part of a number 
of the older men who, like the writer, 
kept the smaller Merinos in their youth. 
Their carcasses will not bring quite so 
much, but the increased amount of wool 
will nearly or quite balance this; and 
being better rustlers, with their close 
fleece, they can withstand wet weather 
much better. 
Much interest was manifest in the report 
of Mr. Chas. S. Phelps, one of the direc¬ 
tors, on the fence question. He was of the 
opinion that much of the damage from dogs 
would be done away with by well-con¬ 
structed four-foot woven wire fence with 
posts not over a rod apart, and wire very 
close to the ground, using heavy wire, 
less likely to be pushed up or down ; often 
a barbed wire on top. He lamented the 
fact that the galvanizing was so poor, but 
thought that there had been improvement in 
this respect on the part of the manufac¬ 
turers since The It. N.-Y.'s stirring up. The 
chief trouble seems to be that steel being 
cheaper than iron, the former is used, 
which is much more likely to rust. if 
farmers were willing to pay the extra price 
he thought the makers would be willing to 
use iron. With the old stone walls, he had 
found it wise to ignore the old fence, and 
build the wire fence on one side, even at 
the loss of some land. This to me seems 
the practical solution of the dog question. 
We must cease playing at sheep keeping, 
going into them when they are high and 
abandoning them at times of depression. 
Having determined that sheep are the pro¬ 
per stock for certain farms, let us stick to 
them and fence accordingly. 
I was interested to find the Association 
had prepared and distributed among its 
members a little pamphlet containing a 
compilation of the laws of the State relat¬ 
ing to dogs; also they are backing a suit 
in the courts of a man who shot a coupie 
of hounds which were chasing his sheep, 
the other side being defended by the kennel 
clubs. This is as it should be. Had the 
sheep men of New York shown as much 
zeal in demanding, as the dog men did in 
opposing the proposed dog law before the 
Legislature last Winter, it would have been 
enacted into law. In the evening Hou. 
Frank Garrett, of Greenfield, Mass., made 
an address on “Sheep on New Englaud 
Farms.” Unfortunately the writer was 
obliged to leave, so failed to hear it. It 
seems to me this meeting indicates a hope¬ 
ful interest and outlook for the New Eng¬ 
land sheep industry. 
The officers for the coming year are: 
President, Allen B. Cook, Farmington ; vice- 
president, C. L. Gold, West Cornwall; 
secretary-treasurer, B. C. Patterson, Tor¬ 
rington. with a board of eight directors, 
representing each a county. 
EDWAItD VAN ALSTYXE. 
NEW PLAN FOR RENTING PIGS. 
On Twin Tree Farm pigs are growing 
in numbers faster than accommodations 
can be provided, and we were obliged to 
put into execution an idea which we had 
never heard of before. We placed pigs 
with farmers who promise to return one 
from each trio obtained after it has been 
made to weigh 175 pounds. Thus they 
get good hogs without cash outlay -and 
at a very low expense to themselves, 
since all farms have waste, otherwise 
lost, that would profitably mature sev¬ 
eral hogs. As there are many farmers 
who would not advance $4 per pig (the 
prevailing price in this neighborhood) 
we have so far, and hope to still, readily 
disposed of our pigs in this way until we 
can accommodate them here. Under 
this plan it costs us (exclusive of bad 
accounts) two pigs or $8 to every 150 to 
155 pounds added to the pig that is to be 
returned; this is a cost of cents per 
pound, more than it will cost when hogs 
are rotated on pasture, as the fields are 
rotated. Ju^t how much the cost will 
be increased by bad accounts we cannot 
say, as the idea has not been in practice 
long enough for returns. 
The form of agreement is as follows: 
Received from you this day in good con¬ 
dition, three (3) pigs, which I will fatten 
with the understanding that I am to return 
by.one of the pigs grown 
to approximately 175 pounds live weight, 
and keep the other two. 
For each pound in excess of said 175 
pounds, you will pay me the market price 
current .when returned, and for each pound 
short, I will likewise pay you ; loss of pigs 
by death or any other cause notwithstand¬ 
ing. 
That it pleases farmers who are now 
fattening pigs, is evidenced by the fact 
that last Saturday we had two farmers 
come back for more pigs, each taking 
Six. TWIN TREE FARM. 
R. N.-Y.—Let us see how this will 
work out. Supposing the price to be 
nine cents live weight. The farmer who 
returns 175 pounds of pork really pays 
the breeder $15.75 and has, if the pigs 
average well, $31.50 worth of pork for 
his own. This pork has cost him the 
value of the food consumed by the three 
pigs. At the price mentioned it would 
have cost $12 in cash to buy the pigs out¬ 
right. As all farmers know, the waste 
of the average farm will furnish about 
half the food needed for fattening such 
pigs. It looks like a good scheme for 
both parties. The pigs in this case are 
well-bred Berkshires. 
THE CONNECTICUT SHEEP BREEDERS’ 
MEETING. 
Until this year the Connecticut Sheep 
Breeders’ have held their meeting in con¬ 
junction with that of the State Board of 
Agriculture. Being impressed with the fact 
that it is vital to the agriculture of the 
State that sheep should occupy a more 
prominent place, and fully awake to the 
possibilities in this direction, they deter¬ 
mined to hold their meeting distinct from 
any other. Consequently on December 2 
they gathered at Hartford, holding sessions 
in the morning, afternoon and evening. 
The meeting was not large, so far as num¬ 
bers were concerned, but for intense in¬ 
terest, focused in one direction, I have 
seldom attended a better. Most of those 
present were men past middle life, who 
have stuck to sheep through both evil and 
good report, and who realize that much 
land now bringing in little may be made 
profitable with sheep, both because of the 
income derived as well as the increased 
fertility. Further, that in many instances 
sheep would better take the place of cows 
on farms far from market, and where 
labor is scarce; also that every year there 
are thousands of dollars sent out of the 
State for mutton and lambs to supply the 
increasing wants of her people, as well as 
tin 1 Summer residents, most or all of which 
could to advantage be produced at home. 
It was pleasing, too, to see a sprinkling 
of young men who are awake to the above, 
and enthusiastic sheep men. I was glad to 
meet Mr. C. L. Gold, of West Cornwall, the 
son of T. S. Gold, one of the pioneers in 
advanced agriculture in the days when 
science in farming was unknown, and too 
often despised. This generation does not 
appreciate what we owe to that little com¬ 
pany of the advanced guard. We echoed 
Did You Try The MEW 
Schu macher 
Feeding 
Plan 
These 
Dairymen Did 
Gained 
30 lbso 
of milk a day 
from 14 cows 
The Quaker Oats Co. 
Chicago, 111. 
Gentlemen:—During the past 
few months I have been feeding 
my dairy a ration composed of 
equal parts of Gluten Feed and 
Distillers Grain. About two 
weeks ago I left out the Distillers 
Grain and began using Schu¬ 
macher Feed in its place and feed¬ 
ing just the same amount. In two 
days my dairy has gained thirty 
pounds of milk per day. 
At present I am getting as 
much as 425 pounds of milk per 
day from fourteen cows. Thirteen 
of these cows have been milked 
since last March and April. 
Themostimportant point to be considered 
in this test is the fact that, whileSchumach- 
er’s cost me 56.00 perton less than the Disti'.iei s 
Grain, my cows actually gained in milk produc¬ 
tion by feeding it, and at a time when, as every 
dairyman knows, it is the tendency for cows that 
have been milked continuously as long as these 
have, to shrink. 
Yours very truly, 
J. E. Murray, Freedom, N. Y. 
The Quaker Oats Co. 
Chicago, Ill. 
Gentlemen:—Schumacher Feed 
has been a large factor in the ra¬ 
tion we feed our herd for the past 
two years. We feed one-half Schu¬ 
macher and one-half Gluten Feed. 
This summer our feed dealer was out 
of Schumacher and we bought one ton of 
bran to take its place. After feeding this a 
few days we saw our cows were shrinking. A 
car of Schumacher arrived after we had fed 
1,600 pounds of bran. We changed directly to 
Schumacher and in three days our cows gained a 
ten-gallon can of milk. During one week of last 
June we milked 1,600 pounds of milk a day from 
forty cows, which you will note is an average of 
forty pounds to the cow. This was done on a ration 
of Schumacher Feed and Gluten. The strong argu¬ 
ment in favor of Schumacher Feed is that it keeps 
our cows in good flesh while they are producing milk. 
Every cow we have sold during the past year has gone 
directly to the slaughter house and she has been sold 
after producing a large flow of milk all the season. We 
consider it a hard proposition to make milk the year 
around as we do, without Schumacher Feed. 
Yours very truly, 
C. Haskell, & Son, Sandusky, N. Y. 
Did You Dead Our “Message to Dairymen” 
in our previous advertisement in this paper? It is a money saver of unusual value. We told the dairy¬ 
men and farmers of thi3 county how they could save $5 to $3 a ton on their feed by following a simple 
feeding plan we have recently discovered. The letters above tell their own story. 
Here is the Plan— Will You Try it Now? 
You, no doubt, are feeding hi^h protein concentrates such as gluten, cotton seed meal, malt sprouts, 
oil meal. Blue Ribbon Dairy Feed and other similar high protein feeds, etc. If you will combine 
SCHUMACHER FEED with any of these in half to two-thirds the ration, you will not only save $5.00 
to $8.00 per ton on your feed, but get far better results in both milk and “condition” of your cows 
You know the prices for milk were never higher, making it especially desirable to get the fullest returns 
from your cows right now. Again, the present favorable prices of coarse grains making it possible to sell 
Schumacher Feed 
at or below the price of bran is another good reason why you should try this new feeding plan which saves 
you money on feed cost. But there are stiil many other advantages. Schumacher Feed which is 
composed of a variety of grain by-products such as corn, oats, wheat and barley, blended 
scientifically, ground and kiln-dried, furnishes just the nutrients your cows require to give 
them strength and vitality with which to stand long milking periods. It is also a tissue 
builder as well as a milk maker and will put your cows in healthy, sleek condition, 
ready for the butcher when dry. It is without doubt the finest feed on the market 
today. Ask your dealer for Schumacher. If he can’t supply you, write us. 
The Quaker Oats Co. 
Chicago, Um S. Am 
Schumacher Feed is Especially Good for Hogsm Try its 
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$ 5t 
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I OsiYour Feed 
