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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 7 , 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE ROUGH AND READY AYRSHIRE. 
Being a farmer and reader of The 
R. N.-Y. I take great interest in your 
reports giving reasons for certain breeds. 
Cut below gives a picture of my pure¬ 
bred Ayrskires grazing on the hillside, 
and I give few reasons for my breeding 
them. I have been farming seven years 
and I have been raising Ayrshires all 
the time. I find by having another cow 
SLIMY MILK VESSELS. 
What is the cause of a cloth milk 
strainer being slippery and slimy when 
put into water containing a little soap? 
This condition lasts only a few milkings, 
then disappears for sometimes weeks at 
a time. The same is true of the pans 
and pails. C. M. s. 
Massachusetts. 
This is probably caused by a germ 
which we have mentioned several times. 
This germ turns milk slimy or "ropy.” 
It is usually bred and carried in the 
strainer or dishcloth, or under the rim or 
A BUNCH OF PRIZE AYRSHIRES. 
occasionally, that my Ayrshires require 
less feed and produce more milk than 
the others and when in pasture they are 
always sleek, while the others become 
thin. I haul my milk to a milkman, 
where I get 18 cents per gallon. Fol¬ 
lowing is my milk record from seven 
cows for 1913, which I consider very 
good, for I do not feed when I have my 
cows in pasture, which is from about 
.lune 1 to November 1. I am an ex¬ 
hibitor at the “Great Allentown Fair” 
and in these seven years have won six 
of the seven blue ribbons for iny herd, 
which counts much for an ordinary 
farmer. 
RECORD FOR 1913. 
Gallons. 
January, 450 .$ 87.00 
February, 319%. 57.49 
March, 200%. 37.19 
April, 171%. 30.87 
May, 241 43.38 
June, 358%. 04.52 
July, 589%. 100.23 
August, 000%. 108.08 
September, 588 105.85 
October, 708 127.44 
November, 550%. 100.13 
December, 505%. 91.03 
seams of the pans. It is also found in 
the stalls and on the cows. A thorough 
boiling of all milk utensils and their ex¬ 
posure to full sunlight kills out this germ. 
ill 
“ 40 designs—nil steel. Handsome, costa 1 
j less than wood, more durable. Wo can 1 
J Biivo you money. Writo for fro© cata- 1 
V, log and and special prices. 
* KOKOMO FENCE MACH. CO. 1 
407 North Street, Kokomo, Ind. | 
“Licks the Bucket Clean 
Total 5,294% 
Pennsylvania. 
$953.211 
EDGAR T. FINK. 
Blatchford’s Calf Meal 
HOGS FOR PASTURE. 
What kind of hogs is best for vise in 
an apple orchard, an old rocky hillside 
with big trees? I am told Berkshires 
will not rustle as well or pasture as will 
some other breeds. Our sows are mostly 
Chester Whites, and the selection of the 
boar is the problem. E. P. 
Windsor, Conn. 
There is no breed of swine especially 
adapted for forage purposes. Any of the 
recognized fat breeds will thrive in 
pastured areas, provided they are given 
in addition sufficient grain to enable 
rapid and continuous growth. Repre¬ 
sentatives of the bacon breeds are not 
so well adapted for pasturing, as they 
are inclined to waste and utilize energy 
roaming about the field. If your in¬ 
quirer has Chester White swine, I would 
say that the best male to use would be 
a Chester White male, for I believe in 
mating animals of the same breed rather 
than cross-breeding. The Duroc Jersey 
breed of swine is noteworthy for its for¬ 
aging and adaptability for Eastern condi¬ 
tions, and if it is purely market animals 
that are desired, a Duroc Jersey male 
might be appropriately crossed with 
Chester White sows, and the result would 
be pigs that would fatten readily, and 
would be well adapted for use under these 
conditions. In this connection a mineral 
mixture should be used to keep the swine 
from doing injury to the roots of the 
trees, and we have used in our regular 
forage crop pasture a mixture composed 
of equal parts of air slaked lime, bone 
meal, ferrous sulphate, salt and charcoal. 
There is some difference of opinion as to 
the practicability of pasturing swine in 
orchards, and of course, the animals ! 
should not be permitted to injure the 
.trees. F. c. M. 
As good as New Milk at half the Cost. 
100 pounds makes 100 gallons of Perfect 
Milk Substitute. 
Send for pamphlet, “How to Raise Calves 
Cheaply and Successfully Without Milk.” 
At your Dealers or 
BLATCHFORD’S CALF MEAL FACTORY 
WAUKEGAN - - - ILLINOIS 
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CREAM 
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A SOLID PROPOSITION to 
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well made, easy running, perfect 
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Skims warm or cold milk; mak¬ 
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bowl is a sanitary marvel, easily 
cleaned. 
Absolutely on Approval. 
Gears thoroughly protected. 
Different from this picture, 
which Illustrates our large 
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orders filled from Western 
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from 
your 
horses 
Keep their shoulders free 
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A curled-hair cushion is fastened 
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keeps working-surface springy, 
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collars; cures galls, prevents 
galls. 
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Sou nd leather, 
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about each harness 
on its tag. 
Our Guarantee—we 
make defects good 
in harness or col¬ 
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Write for booklet ancl 
tend your dealer's name 
Look for this label 
Sold by best dealers 
THE OLMSTED CO., Inc., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Successors to R. H. Olmstod & Son 
W Says-My Calfe- 
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Why! 
Because Sng- 
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food. Calves eat IF 
I greedily and thrive on it, 
yet it costs considerably less than" _ 
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rarol 
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the Calf— 
Feed It. 
Write us if your dealer can't supply you. 
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bolster Springs 
nake any wagon a spring wagon. Prevent^ 
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r sa*e cost—produce brings more—wagon lasts longer. 
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Very resilient and durable. The standard springs^of 
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sustain load up to 5 tons. If not at dealer’s, 
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THE BEST LINIMENT 
OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BODY 
Gombault’s 
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IT HAS NO EQUAL 
~ A — 
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Exterior Cancors, Boils 
Human c B o ; n D !„t 
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and therefore no harm 
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REMOVES THE SORENESS-STRENGTHENS MUSCLES 
Cornhfll, Tex.—“One bottle Caustic Balsam did 
my rheumatism more good than $120.00 paid in 
doctor's bills." OTTO A. BEYER. 
Frico C 1.60 per bottlo. Sold by druggists, or cent 
by us express prepaid. Writo for Booklet It. 
The LAWRENCE-WILUAMS COMPANY. Cleveland. 0. 
T> EGARDLESS of price or any other 
reason Save-the-Horse is the cheapest 
remedy known. It goes through and through 
both bone and tissue—it works inside, not out¬ 
side. And Produces a Cure That Withstand* 
Every Test. No Scar or Loss of Hair. Horse 
can work as usual. 
Why We Can Make a Contract to Cure. 
Greenwood, Ind., March 10, 1913 
Troy Chemical Co., Binghampton, N. Y. I have 
cured the horse of bone spavin. I also recommended It 
to a neighbor who cured a bone spavin. Frank Stevens. 
WJa. flrirrinatpj the P lan of treating horses— 
we LJriginatea UrKlcr g igne< i contract to 
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string to It. 
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OUR CHARGES for Treatment ARE MODER¬ 
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TROY CHEMICAL CO. ?.4 Commerce Ave., Binghamton, N.Y. 
Druggists everywhere sell Save-the-Horse 
WITH CONTRACT, or we send by Parcel 
Post or Express paid. 
Don t Gut Out 
A SHOE BOIL, CAPPED 
HOCK OR BURSITIS 
FOR 
TRADE MARK WG.U.S.PAT. OFF. 
will remove them and leave no blemishes. 
Reduces any puff or swelling. Does not 
blister or remove the hair, and horse can be 
worked. $2 a bottle delivered. Book 6 K free. 
ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for man¬ 
kind. For Boils, Bruises. Old Sores, Swellings. Varicose 
Veins, Varicosities. Allays Pain. Price SI and S2 a bottle 
at druggists or delivered. Will tell more if you write 
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F. v 88 Temple St., Springfield, Mas»t 
The Host Conditionor and 
Worm Expcllcr 
NEWTON REMEDY 
DEATH TO HEAVES 
"Guaranteed or Money back” 
^ Coughs, Distemper, Indigestion 
■NEWTON’S l° 0 c 0 °Tor a c n . d n 
Use large size for Heave*. 
At Druggists or sent post¬ 
paid. Send for Booklet. 
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m EXCELSIOR SWING STANCHION 
30 Days’ Trial—Stationary When OruN 
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HANGING STANCHIONS 
“I have them for more 
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liavo given the very bc*Bt of Hatla- 
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Sanitarium, Plainfield, N. J. 
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Wash. St., ForcMtvtlle* Conn. 
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Lj 
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Write for our prices avd illus¬ 
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000 liiKitraiice Itldg.. Iloclicktcr, N. Y. 
MINERAL 
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REMEDY 
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S3 Package CURES any case or money refunded. 
Si Package CURES ordinary cases. 
Mineral Heave RemetlyCo.,461 N. Fourth Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa 
HORSE LAME? 
Use K INDIO’S Famous 
OINTMENT. A sure oura 
for boue, bog, and blood 
spavin, ringbone, curb, «oft bunchc?, nplint, ele. f»0 cents, jtost* 
paid. E. klmiig, Jr., Remedy Co., 4826 Woodland Ave., Philo. 
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STANCHION 
Henry H. Albertson, Burl¬ 
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new Stanchions add greatly 
to the comfort of my cows." 
WHY TORTURE 
yours with rigid stanchions? 
Send for specifications 
of inexpensive yet sani- 
I_ tary cow stable to 
.V A ¥ 1 Ann 1 1* rnTTMIt lb.* MS v 11l.v (Ianm. 
