1914. 
THE RUJR.A.L N EW'-YORKER. 
S3 
Starting With Purebred Cattle. 
The question many a young man has 
asked himself is this: “How can I start 
dairying with purebred registered stock 
with only a few hundred dollars?” Here 
is a young man’s experience in the past 
six years. In April, lf)OT, he purchased 
a two-year-old heifer with a male calf 
by her side and half interest in a heifer 
calf, all for .$100. lie purchased the other 
half interest in the heifer and paid .$30 
to have the calf raised to one year old. 
He also gave the cow’s milk and the male 
calf for the keeping of the cow the first 
year. The Spring of 190S he rented a 
farm and took charge of his cow and 
heifer. On May 1 the same year the cow 
freshened with a heifer calf. The next 
Spring he had two cows to freshen but 
was unfortunate enough to get two male 
calves. The next year the same cows 
again freshened with male calves, but 
the two-year-old heifer freshened with a 
heifer calf, a granddaughter of one of the 
greatest herd sires of the world. 
The Spring of 1912 fortune turned his 
way and each of his three cows fresh¬ 
ened in her turn with a heifer calf. The 
following Fall he sold the four year old 
heifer and her Spring calf for $185. He 
then purchased two more cows, one eight 
and one seven years old, one for $100 
(with one quarter of her udder gone) 
and the other straight and all right for 
$125. The former freshened with a 
heifer calf which sold at six months old 
for $85 and the new owner refused $115 
a few days later and the cow sold this 
Fall for $125 (as Mrs. James Lampman 
said in one of her recent letters). The 
latter freshened with a male calf. 
All male calves have been disposed of 
at good advantage and still the young 
man has nine head of Holstein registered 
females, the foundation cow, three daugh¬ 
ters, three grand-daughters, and one great 
grand-daughter, and the cow which was 
purchased at $125. 
His dairy is valued far above the orig¬ 
inal cost and increasing in value. He 
has boon a member of the Holstein Fries¬ 
ian Association for the past three years. 
He intends to do some testing in future 
but has decided to let the cows do their 
own testing. MBS. A. L. CURTISS. 
Ohio. 
FARMERS’ LAMB CLUBS. 
The Department of Agriculture sends 
out a bulletin describing a method of sell¬ 
ing lambs through cooperation. In 1S83 
the Goodlettsville Lamb Club was formed 
by farmers in Tennessee. These farm¬ 
ers found that by combining and selling 
their lambs in quantity they could obtain 
higher prices than when each farmer tried 
to handle a small lot. Starting with a 
dozen farmers the membership grew to 
S5. The plan of operation is quite sim¬ 
ple. On April 1 the president calls a 
meeting and the members report the num¬ 
ber of lambs and the weight of wool they 
can offer. Private sales are made up to 
April 1, but after that the members agree 
to sell together. When they know how 
much stock they have to handle the ex¬ 
ecutive committee calls for bids as would 
be the case with any other class of mer¬ 
chandise. Here is a typical advertise¬ 
ment used in local papers: 
Lambs For Sale—The-Lamb Club 
will sell by sealed bids about 800 lambs. 
Bids close May 20. Lambs are to be fat 
merchantable lambs weighing from 55 
pounds up, and will be delivered from the 
9tli to the 12th of June. Club reserves 
the ri'ht to reject any or all bids. 
(Signed)-, Secretary. 
If the bids are not satisfactory the 
club ships the lambs wherever it seems 
best to do so. In some cases they sell on 
futures or accept bids before the date of 
sale. 
On the day of delivery the lambs be¬ 
gin to come in early in the morning in 
wagons or in flocks. The driven lambs 
are marked with bright colored paint 
which avoids confusion where flocks be¬ 
come mixed. Lambs are put upon the 
scales, which are handled by the execu¬ 
tive committee. Lambs lacking in condi¬ 
tion or weighing less than (>0 pounds are 
discarded as culls. Comparatively few 
are thrown out, however, as the growers 
cull their lambs at the farm. Of the culls, 
the greater part are those lacking in 
age and of small size, but there .are also 
some large ram lambs that have become 
what is locally known as “staggy.” The 
president and one or two assistants weigh 
the lambs and credit each grower with 
his total weight. Delivery is commonly 
made before noon in time for loading. 
Payment is made on the day of delivery. 
The president or the executive committee 
pays the expenses, which are small, and 
apportions tin 1 balance among the mem¬ 
bers according to the number and weight 
actually delivered. v 
This plan of cooperative selling has 
paid these sheepmen. They have ob¬ 
tained more for their lambs and wool, 
and have been able to protect themselves 
in collecting their money. 
The Robber Cow. 
The Ohio Agricultural College spreads 
the news that some of the leading farm¬ 
ers of Gallia county, Ohio, are awaken¬ 
ing to the possibilities of organized ef¬ 
fort and cooperation. This has led them 
to form two cooperative organizations, 
the Gallia County Cow Testing Associa¬ 
tion and the Gallia County Buying Asso¬ 
ciation. The same officers control both 
organizations, and one man can belong 
to both or only one. Each of the 25 
men who are now in the Cow Testing 
Association pay $15 toward the expense 
of keeping a tester, and if more 
than 10 cows are being tested by a mem¬ 
ber, the cost is $1.50 per cow. Since 
there are 20 working days in the month, 
the tester is busy every day. One man 
found that one of his cows gave 1,105 
pounds of milk in the month of Novem¬ 
ber. The milk contained 00.75 pounds 
of butterfat which was sold for 33 cents 
per pound. The value of this and the 
skim-milk amounted to $23.97. The cost 
for feed was $0.80, leaving a profit of 
$17.17 for one cow for one month. This 
same man living on a 100-acre farm in 
Gallia County sold $1,500 worth of hogs 
during the year, and as much more was 
received for cream. This showing was 
made in a county where the soil is sup¬ 
posed to be poor. The activities of the 
association are also applied to the buying 
of fertilizers and feed. When orders are 
taken for the purchase of any large quan 
tity of feed or fertilizer, each order must 
be accompanied by $2.00 in cash. When 
the fertilizer arrives the buyer takes it 
from the car and pays for it at that time. 
Should he refuse to take it he forfeits 
the $2. A saving of several dollars per 
ton is effected by such cooperative buying. 
c 
X3AT.ILY CATTLE 
A Friend of Chester Whites. 
Our experience with hogs is briefly as 
follows: We raised a few scrub hogs of 
no particular breed, for the purpose of 
letting them root up certain fields that 
we had planned to fertilize and plow later 
cu. These scrubs not only did the work 
to our satisfaction, but actually and to 
our surprise showed us a good profit on 
our investment and care. We then de¬ 
cided that better hogs with better care 
would show* better profits. After mak¬ 
ing inquiries about the different breeds 
from a number of good farmers in this 
section, we decided on the O. I. C. 
(which we subsequently found to be 
Chester Whites, for if they are bred to¬ 
gether and their offspring eligible, we can 
see no difference though many farmers 
have a decided preference for one or the 
other). 
As novices (not as breeders, but as 
breeders of hogs) we began breeding 
Chester Whites and O. I. C., bred from 
the best stock and bought from the best 
breeders in the business at good prices. 
Since then, considering investment, labor 
and all costs, they have been the most 
profitable venture in farming that we 
have ever had anything to do with, and 
we have bred horses, chickens and a few 
Jersey cows for over 25 years and have 
always bred pure stock. Our Chester 
Whites have in fact been profitable since 
the first six months after we began with 
them, and these profits have been creep¬ 
ing up all the time. As a breed, we have 
found the Chesters very prolific, and what 
is even more important, very good moth¬ 
ers. both as milkers and in being careful 
and kind with their pigs. We have found 
them quick growers, hardy, docile and 
easy to fatten. They are excellent for¬ 
agers and do well on pasture. We have 
never had a sick (mature) hog on our 
farms, but have constantly used disinfect¬ 
ants and sanitary methods in caring for 
them. There has been a constant demand 
for Chester Whites, both as breeders and 
in our local markets, and not a week 
passes that some buyer doesn’t stop at 
our farms for a breeder or for good pork. 
Orange Co., N. Y. v. f. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
An uncoasin;; source of pleasure and robust health to children. 
Sale and ideal playmates. Inexpensive to keep. Highest type. 
Complete outfits. Satisfaction guaranteed. Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue. BELLK MEADE FARM, BOX 20, MARKHAM, VA. 
BREGISTEREO £ we§ FOR SALE. E. E. STEVENS & SON 
SHROPSHIRE BRED J 
Wilson, New York.' . . 
ID O Gr S 
Wanted-Young Calves, Dairy Breeds 
Purchasers for pawpaw, persimmon, and elm Trees 
for Spring planting- WALNAPPLE FARM, Elm Grovb.W.Va. 
UIANTED-WEANED AYRSHIRE HEIFER CALVES OR YEAR- 
** LINGS—Carload, if price and quality right. 
WILLIAM HAltT, 
Waukon, Iowa 
FOR PRODUCTION 
Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, G03 Renshaw Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa. 
A Registered JERSEYBULL 
FOR 
SALE- 
St. Lambert. Propped, March 28, 1913. Ready for 
service. Rest of breeding and from a cow with a 
record of 27.5 lbs. of butter in 7 days. Cheap if 
taken at once GEO. W WALLACE & SON, Canandaigua. N. Y. 
The Jerseys 
Pay Dividends on $500 Per Acre Land 
I Morai 
pure-i 
THE 
On the northwest coast of 
California there is a rainfall of 
from 50 to 100 inches per year. 
There land is worth $500 per 
acre, but grade Jersey herds 
are paying interest and divi¬ 
dends on that land, averaging 
_ 400 lbs. butter fat per year. 
Moral: Grade up your herd by getting a 
pure-bred Jersey sire from a producing dam. 
Get facta about Jersey* from 
THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 
324 W. 23d St., New York, N. Y. 
send for the Official Sales 
If You Want Guernseys List of the NEW YORK 
GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION. Box 96. Peekskill.N. Y. 
DAIRYMEN 
f IIX ^ own your feed bill and increase 
* your cream check by keeping 
GUERNSEYS. A dairy of grade Guern¬ 
seys will give you fine flavored yellow 
milk, cream, and butter. 
Write for free literature 
GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB 
Box Y, Peterboro, N. H. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F “o ?’!?,, J 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Ciiittenanga, N.Y. 
Hudson Valley Holstein Headquarters 
Registered Thoroughbreds only. 1 hour from New 
York. M0HEGAN FARM, Mohegan Lake, Peekskill, N. Y. 
Holstein BULL CALF 
Six or seven nearest dams have A. It. O. record. A 
bargain. SABARAMA FARM, Baldwinsville, New Yoik. 
REAOY FOR U/JcToJt, Uull Ontario Pietje Segis, 
SERVICE noistem Dull Ko H2.263. grandson of 
King Segis and Pietje 22d’s Woodcreat Lad. Show 
markings and grand individual. Price. $150. Pon t 
buy scrub stock when you can get breeding like this at the 
ju ice. Send for pedigree. Cloverdale Farm, * hariotte, X. Y. 
THE TOMPKINS CO. BREEDERS’ JOURNAL, with sale-list 
• of pure-bred stock, 25cts. per year. Copy free. 
We have some very good offers in Holstein and Jer¬ 
sey cattle. German Coach Horses. Shetland Ponies, 
Southdown ewes and Cheshire gilts. A two-year 
Berkshire boar, registered, $25.00. TOMPKINS CO. 
BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION, Box B, Trumansburg, N. Y 
Reg 
FOR SALE CHEAP 
. HOLSTEIN BULL 
ready for service. Reg. MaleCalves. $25 and upwards. 
Choicely bred, fine individuals. Can also furnish a 
few cows. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write today- 
HILLHURST FARM 
F. H. Rivenburgh, Prop. Munnsville, N. Y. 
SIX YEARLING HEIFERS 
Thoroughbred Holsteins 
READY TO BREED 
E. T. Dorn 
763— Aug. 17, 1912 
764— Aug. 18, 1912 
765— Sept. 19, 1912 
767— Nov. 23, 1912 
768— Nov. 26, 1912 
769— Jan. 13, 1913 
Maliua. 124185. 
These are fine thrifty heifers. Will sell "right. Conte 
see them or write me. 
EZRA HOLIiliKT, Lake, Orange Co.,N. Y. 
Dam 
Nethauqua 2nd, 87713 
Nethalba, 124196 
Onira 4th Nellie, 107920 
Avonka, 96958 
Maudekola, 91184 
Maryalba Pauline De Kol 2d 
150 HIGH GRADE 
HOLSTEIN COWS 
Large, fine individuals, nicely marked 
and heavy producers, due to freshen in 
August, September and October. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
GRADE HOLSTEINS 
EAST RIVER 
FOR 
SALE 
BO FRESH COWS, good size and well marked and in 
good condition: extra large producers. Come and 
see them milked. 40 COWS due to calf soon. They 
have the size and quality you like. Registered and 
grade Bulls always on hand. Bell Phone—14 F 5. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, Dept. Y, Cortland, N. Y. 
fa /"> I | I P—Females only. Registered stock. 
™ $10 and up, Clark Farm, Buonlon, N. J. 
PflI I IF Dll DC—Natural drivers. Also English 
UULLIL rUro Bloodhounds, Nelson's, Grove City,Pa. 
Purebred Registered 
J HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
You can find no way to invest your money 
and effort so profitably as in the selection 
and use of a purebred Holstein sire of good 
individuality. In a few years’ time you can 
grade up a very poor herd to a profitable basis. 
The Illinois State Experiment Station has 
been testing a herd where the average pro¬ 
duction has been increased $41.65 per cow in 
four years by the use of a purebred sire, and 
by testing the individual cows and disposing 
of the poor producers, 
Send for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
Holstein-Friesian Asso., f. l. Houghton. Sec'y 
Box 105 Brattleboro, Vt. 
Mil If TIAIf FTC Latest Sanitary Style 
Mfjlly* J fiSaR t I d Express Paid Anywhere 
■ with I W S:i m Dles Free . u.pt. T 
Travers Bros., Gardner, Htu. 
SWINE 
200 
QUICK-GROWING MULEF00T HOGS FOR SALE. 
JOHN DUNLAP, Williamsport, Ohio 
PI-lFQUlnEQ—Yearling sows bred. August pie* 
UllcomIlCO either sex. G. E. SMITH, Castile, N. Y. 
\VF»it#»«~ Re S isteml Young Sows of 
V^nester VV nites Quality. Bred for April 
Farrow. Address, EUGENE T. BLACK, Scio, N*w York 
s^ 0 e r -Poland china pigs a°L H r^o G ntt 
strains. Chester Hart, Barkhamsted, Conn. 
Reg^P. Chinas Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boar*, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
Pnps,Beagles and Foul try.Writefor 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildoun, Pa- 
DUROC-JERSEY Dnore four months old, $13.50 each. 
DUdlor 
(Thoroughhred) 1 
1 Greenfield Farms, Center Square.Pa. 
C IIELDON FARM REGISTERED DUKOCS 
” Figs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BARNES, Oxford, New York 
DUROCS—The Big Deep Fellows 
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT 
Have 10 Spring gilts. Will close tiiem out at $25 
each. Bargains in Fall pies at $10, or two for $16 
until January first. Send at once— these will be 
gone in 3 weeks. SHENANG0 RIVER FARMS, Transfer. Pa. 
TAMWORTH 
vice for sale at reasonable prices. All well bred and 
none but good individuals offered for sale. 
WESTVIEW STOCK FARM 
D. J. LYBR00K. Mgr. • R. 1. Winston-Salem, R. C. 
WANTED lorcou R ofl Rnar ready for * erviee. 
” GOOD Jclotjy mjUDUdl H W. Cobb. Ridgewood, N.J. 
OLLINS’JERSEY RED 
-the best 
Save 15* on Finest Jersey Reds 
Write at once for details if 
you expect to buy pigs 
this year. 
P'S * 
bred 
375lbs in 
9 months! 
DIPC-6 each. Berkshire-Chester White 
■ 1^3^ cross. CLARK FARM. Boonton, New Jersey 
Springbank Berkshire Herd 
JilG BERKSHIRES I have bred mora high- 
class hogs than any breeder in Connecticut. Wat¬ 
son's Masterpiece No. 123931 at head of herd. Noth¬ 
ing for sale Imt March and April pigs at pr***nt. 
J. i:, WATSON, Prop., Marbled ale, Ct. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood 
A cordial invitation is extended to those interested 
in the care of swine to visit and inspect our herd 
and its surroundings. Over one hundred sow*, 
bred and open, for sale. Service boars, and pigs all 
ages. H. C. S H. B. HARPENDING. Dundee, New York 
Berlisliir © s 
of all ages and both sexes. Good individuals and bred 
equal to the best. Dams and sires are granddaugh¬ 
ters and grandsons of Masterpiece and Premier 
Longfellow. Foundation stock from the John Mc¬ 
Lennan herd of Fayetteville. N. Y. Box R. Department 
of Animal Husbandry, Syracnse University, Syracuse, N. Y. 
If you want the best hog 
Write us. Our farms are devoted exclusively to the 
production of Berkshires. Breeders in the following 
States have been supplied from our great herd: N.T.; 
I'enna.: Dist. Col.: Md.;Va.; N. C.; S. C.; Go.; La., 
Ala.; lliss.; Fla.; Tenn.; Ky.; Texas, and Porto Rieo. 
Berkshires for foundation and 
show purposes a specialty. 
THE BLUE RIDGE BERKSHIRE FARMS, Asheville. N. C. 
Horses and Mtilei 
I/ENTUCKY JACK AND PERCHERON FARMS-200 head of 
*» big bone Kentucky Mammoth jacks, Percheron* 
and saddle horses. Special prices in half-car and ear 
load lots. Write your wants or visit our farms. 1,600 bush 
els of bluegx assseed. COOK A BltOWX, Prop*., Lexington, Ky. 
S3,000 Percheron Stallion at Stud -B^^ 
2.U20 lbs. Fee. $2o-?>±0. MOUKGaM FARM, 1‘eoksklll, 2Uw fork 
50 STALLIONS 
and MARES, $250 to $1000 each 
Write for my Illustrated 
Circular telling why I can *ave 
you money on the purchase of a Per¬ 
cheron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middlefield, O. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula AcWarrcn 
207 Prizes Won 
At the large Eastern State Fairs last Fall tells 
the quality of our drafters. 80 Percherons, Bel¬ 
gian and Suffolk stallions and mares priced right. 
Registered Percheron foals of 1912 and 1913 at 
$200.00 to $500.00 each. For actual photographs 
and interesting information ask for Bulletin H. 
ADIRONDACK FARMS, - Glens Falls, N. Y. 
GREAT AUCTION SALE 
—OF PERCHERONS— 
THE FAIR VIEW STOCK FARMS 
J. H. JOHNSON UNION, W. Vo. 
Will sell 50 head of Stallions and Mares at 
the barns of Col. G. W. Crawford, Newark, 
Ohio., January 15th, 1914. 
25^ IMPORTED MARES, 15 AMERICAN 
BRED MARES, 10 STALLIONS 
This is one of the greatest offerings of the 
season. Choice lot of Mares of the best of 
breeding. Mares all bred and most of them 
showing heavy in foal. All horses guaranteed 
breeders. Write or wire for information. 
J. H. JOHNSON, 
Newark, Ohio 
