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TFIJ3 RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 6, 
A New Test for Tuberculosis in Cattle. 
T HE more recent application of tuber¬ 
culin as a test for tuberculosis in 
cattle and hogs, known as the intrader- 
mal test, has been favorably reported on 
by the Agricultural College at Berkeley, 
Cal. This test differs from the ordinary 
tuberculin test chiefly in that tuberculin 
is injected into the deep layers of the 
skin instead of beneath it and more 
directly into the circulation. The re¬ 
action to this test is noted, not in an 
elevation of temperature shown by in¬ 
fected cattle, but by the formation with¬ 
in a few hours after the injection of a 
more or less well defined swelling at the 
site of the puncture. This swelling ap¬ 
pears in infected cattle only and varies 
in size from that of a hazelnut to that of 
an orange. The preferred site for this 
injection in cattle is one of the two folds 
of soft skin just beneath the base of 
the tail. 
Since the reaction to the intradermal 
test depends upon a swelling at the point 
of injection and not upon a variation in 
the animal’s normal temperature, it pos¬ 
sesses the advantage of not being de¬ 
pendent in any way upon changes in the 
methods of handling or feeding cattle, 
nor is it affected by advanced pregnancy, 
recent parturition, or the period of heat. 
It has the disadvantage, however, of re¬ 
quiring the services of one who has had 
experience in the observation and inter¬ 
pretation of the reaction. It is not a 
method for the layman, or for the veter¬ 
inarian either, unless the latter has qual¬ 
ified himself by use of the test to cor¬ 
rectly read liis findings. 
The -investigators at Berkeley do not 
recommend the intradermal test as a 
universal substitute for the better known 
subcutaneous injection of tuberculin, but 
they believe it to be more convenient for 
use under certain conditions, and prob¬ 
ably as reliable. They strongly urge that 
only those who have qualified themselves 
to do so should attempt to make a diag¬ 
nosis by its aid, but as experience in its 
use is easily gained by those making 
tuberculin tests they consider it a valu¬ 
able addition to the veterinarian’s equip¬ 
ment for detecting tuberculous cattle and 
they advocate its more general use. 
M. B. D. 
ailing members of the flock, or else they 
let them severely alone. 
It is the unusual that excites cattle, 
which start up to investigate, and about 
that time timid women or children wave 
an apron or start to run, and if a bull 
is present or even wild, excitable steers, 
trouble may occur. Sometimes the cattle 
want salt, or they start to chase a dog ac¬ 
companying some one, and if the weather 
is cool and bracing and the proper state 
of excitement is reached, a tragedy may re¬ 
sult. Though I understand cattle pretty 
well, and do not fear them, I do not 
take unnecessary risks; while I keep 
them gentle and as unafraid of me as 
possible yet I let them know that I am 
the boss. Barring minor accidents I can 
report no personal injury from cattle, but 
kicks from both horses „nd cattle are to 
be expected and guarded against. Don’t 
trust any kind of live stock too far. 
Ohio. W. E. DUCKWALL. 
“Woman Killed by a Bull.” 
T HE following item recently appeared 
in the daily papers: 
WABASH, Ind., May 3.—Mrs. Philip 
Lembarger, wife of a farmer, was gored 
to death' by a bull to-day. She was 
crossing a 40-acre field with her 12-year- 
old daughter when the animal attacked 
her. Dr. A. E. Ilodgers, who was pass¬ 
ing, armed himself with a pitchfork and 
werft into the field, but was immediately 
set upon by six steers. For 30 minutes 
the doctor fought off the animals, with 
the unconscious woman at his feet and 
the little girl clinging to him. He and 
the child finally were rescued by some 
men, but Mrs. Lembarger was dead when 
they picked her up. 
While it is well to take most news¬ 
paper reports with some allowance, this 
story may be true, but the reporter failed 
to say what the bull was doing while the 
rescuer was fighting the steers. A well- 
trained bull, one that has not been teased 
till cross and vicious, and when out in 
a field with other cattle, will seldom mo¬ 
lest anybody, though strangers gaudily 
dressed might be chased out. but for 
steers to fight anyone of their own initia¬ 
tive is very improbable. In the case re¬ 
ferred to the steers were undoubtedly ex¬ 
cited by the actions of the bull, and for 
the time were highly dangerous to any¬ 
thing or person opposing or fighting them. 
Trouble of certain kinds seem to cause 
cattle to go mad, and the mania seems to 
spread quickly through a bunch, just as 
a panic of fear does, and what are ordin¬ 
arily quiet steers, gentle family cows and 
peaceable bulls become veritable demons 
without fear or sense of pain. Occasion¬ 
ally polled cattle will scrap among them¬ 
selves, though they do not often get mad 
enough to hurt each other. I recall a 
bunch of polled steers that seemed to 
spend one-third their time butting each 
other and milling around in circles, per¬ 
haps three or four at a time and for a 
half hour or more. They would be eat¬ 
ing quietly at the racks one minute, and 
perhaps the next they would be out in 
the open field milling around as described 
and apparently without cause for the 
quarrel. Live stock and poultry both, at 
times attempt to kill weak, maimed or 
The Draft Horse Situation. 
TIE Percheron Horse Society of 
America issues the following table 
to show the number of vehicles in 
use inside the city limits of Chicago. 
This represents the number of licenses 
issued for the three years: 
T 1 
38429 
38305 
16728 
15851 
325 
256 
20 
17 
1680 
244S 
1155 
1759 
1- horse vehicle.... 40109 
2- horse vehicle.... 17010 
3- horse vehicle.... 331 
4- horse vehicle.... 34 
Auto delivery wag¬ 
ons (less than 1 
ton) . 436 
Auto trucks (lton 
or over) . 363 
The decrease in one-horse vehicles is 
properly to be credited to the rapidly in¬ 
creasing use of auto trucks less than one 
ton, which are particularly adapted to 
light delivery work. The decrease in 
two-horse vehicles is attributed by the 
men who are best informed on team re¬ 
quirements in Chicago to be due to the 
elimination of light pairs which are used 
for delivery work by the large depart¬ 
ment stores, and to the reduction in 
light pairs owned by well-to-do persons 
who used them for pleasure purposes. 
The closing out of a large number of 
livery stables and consequent sale of driv¬ 
ing pairs owned by them, is responsible 
for several hundred other horses, so that 
it appears certain that the reduction of 
1789 two-horse vehicles which has oc¬ 
curred between April 30, 1911 and April 
30, 1914, is due to causes just noted and 
not to any reduction in the number of 
draft pairs in use; in fact, it is the 
judgment of some of the best informed 
horsemen at the Union Stock Yards, 
after a review of the above figures, that 
there has actually been an increase in 
draft pairs. It is figured that the auto 
trucks and business vehicles have dis¬ 
placed about 10,000 horses. These trucks 
are mostly used for long hauls. For the 
shorter hauls big horses are still pre¬ 
ferred, and there is no present indication 
that the demand for high-class draft 
horses will fall off. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.’’ See guarantee editorial page. 
CRAINE SILO 
The Grume PatentTriple Wall Silo has 
thick vertical wooden staves, inside 
horizontal patent wooden covet 
oughly nailed, outside; and 
ng 
. , water-proof 
felt-like rubber rooting betw 
'i'llis makes a perfect non-conduc¬ 
tor of heat. SCIENTIFIC in ever 
feature of its construction. 
IT'S FROST PROOF 
AIR-TIGHT PERMANENT 
No silage spoiled by contact with con¬ 
crete,tile or any mineral. Craine silage 
is sweet, clean and perfectly preserved— 
it is “drawn from the wood.’’ No troub¬ 
lesome iron hoops requiring annual over¬ 
hauling, The first cost is low and is the 
last. The Craine is, therefore, the 
cheapest on the market. Ask for illus¬ 
trated booklet. 
W. L. Scott Lumber Co. 
Norwich, N. Y. Milwaukee Wis. Kansas City. Mo. 
Cuts silage evenly 
Packs better—lasts better- 
makes better feed 
The knives of the Blizzard 
make a clean, shear cut and the 
silage is cut slick as a whistle, in 
even lengths, from tol'A inches. 
Silage cut by a 
BLIZZARD 
Ensilage Cutjter 
packs better, keeps better, and. according 
to our customers, makes better feed. In¬ 
creasing milk yield and butter fat, 
OTHER GOOD POINTS 
of the Blizzard are: Light running- any 
farm engine runs It. Eats up silage last 
as you can feed. Easily fills highest silos, 
Simple, safe and durable. Self-feed table. 
Mew catalog tells whole construction. 
Write for it now, before you forget. 
Tho Jos. Dick Mfg. Co. 
Canton, OJilo 
Get the 
Catalog 
1X/T ANY farmers 
who market 
their own high grade 
hutter are getting 5c 
more a pound since 
using Worcester Salt 
—for tliis reason: 
Its fine even crystals 
work in most easily. Their 
clean, siveet flavor brings out 
the finest flavor in your 
butter. And the better the 
flavor—the better the price. 
Always use— 
WORCESTER 
SALT 
The Salt with the Savor 
For farm and dairy use 
Worcester Salt is put up in 14 
pound muslin bags and in 28 and 
56 pound Irish linen bags. 
Smaller sizes for table use. 
Good grocers everywhere sell 
Worcester Salt. Get a bag. 
Send us your dealer’s name 
and address and we will mail 
you free of charge, our booklet, 
“Butter Making on the Farm.’’ 
WORCESTER SALT COMPANY 
Lartest Producers of High-Grade 
Salt in the H orld 
NEW YORK 
The Powerful Smalley 
Cuts Silo-Filling Cost! 
The day of the old slat-apron silo filler is 
gone. No wise farmer is going to use one 
when he can get a money-saving, grip-hook, 
force-feed SMALLEY, that does the work 
quicker, easier and at less cost. It handles 
silage, cow peas or alfalfa in a hurry. Cuts 
it line and uniform. Packs silage tighter— 
gives more tonnage. 
No Power Waste 
One pulley and chain-drive on blower out¬ 
fits replace power-wasting idlers. 
1914 Carrier 
A 5 H. P. Engine will run a No. 12 force- 
feed and our 1914 enclosed carrier. Special 
alfalfa grinding screen furnished extra, pro¬ 
tected by screen patent No. 721,246. Make 
your own meal. 
Send postal today for latest Smalley catalog. 
The Smalley Mfg. C 
Box 231 
Manitowoc, Wis. 
Manufacturers of 
Ensilage, Alfalfa and 
Hand Feed Cutters, 
Combination Ensi¬ 
lage and Snapping 
Machines, Drag 
and Circular Saw 
Machines, Cham¬ 
pion Plows. Cob 
Grinders and Feed 
Mills. 
Strong Fans, a Tight Case and the Best Dis¬ 
charging Stack get the ensilage away from 
the knives. That principle in the 
SILAGE 
CUTTER 
CLIMAX 
insures quicker work on small power. 
Then there are the principles of the 
Inward Shear of thin oil-tempered 
knives; the heavy toothed feed roll, 
narrow throat, all illustrated and 
described in 
Catalog, Sent FREE 
Study it alone or with your neighbor 
who buys with you. 
If wo Iia vo no dealer or agent in your locnlit* 
we will establish one with your help. 
WARSAW-WILKINSON CO. 
104 Highland, Warsaw, New York 
Fill Your Silo Satisfied 
Over B pncc Machines are 
04 ■ fVUu d fully guaranteed 
Years bWL-i-, You take no risk 
Experience 
Buck of it. 
We want to prove that our machines are a good in¬ 
vestment before you give up your money. We know 
they are so prood that wo do not feel it a risk to mnke 
this ofTer. Many new features have been added which 
you should know about. Special made machines for 
New York State ami the East. We make many styles 
ami sizes to meet any ami ail conditions. Write for catalog 
The E. W. Ross Co., Box 113, Springfield, O. 
The Silo Filler With the Direct Drive I 
Wonderful recent improvements of I 
“Ohio’’eclipse anything ever before * 
produced. One lever controls all movements I 
—reverses by wood friction at finger pres- F 
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grip. Patented Direct Drive— Shear cut — | 
non-explosive,' non-clogging. Enormous ton¬ 
nage on half inch cut— 50 to 250 tons a day— 1 
6 to 15 h. p. 20-year durability. "Ohio-cut" I 
silage famous—cuts all crops. Used by Ex- * 
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Many big new features this year. 
Write for folder B, free, 
also send 10c for 264-page 
book, “Modern Silage 
Methods.” ■ 
THE SILVER MFQ. CO. I 
Salem, Ohio 
’ WRITE "for" BOOK 
I 
preserve silage perfectly. They are substantially 
built along correct lines. “Zyro” Silos cannot 
crack or shrink and are practically trouble proof. 
All sizes. Write for KKKK Catalog NOW. 
Tells the complete story of ‘‘Tyro’’ 
Silos. Ask for It To-Di 
^ CANTON CULYFHT CO. 
Boi A4 Canton,Ohio 
lay. 
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Light fjunr tinej 
SfH>ej'zaAn 
y simplicity, strength and durability, its 
#can’t clog and safety features, its abso- 
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H stands the test of hardest work. Guaranteed to do more 
I an 
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“THE KING OF ENSILAGE CUTTERS” 
is known everywhere for its 
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Feed Ensilage This Summer 
When Pastures Get Low 
To secure the maximum results, stock should be fed 
green feed all the year round. Its succulence produces 
rapid growth and a heavy flow of milk. No other 
feed equals ensilage in succulence. It is as valuable 
and economical to feed in summer as in winter. It 
pays, then, to fill a silo for summer feeding. You 
will keep ensilage succulent and palatable all-the- 
year-round as the day the corn was cut, if you have a 
Natco Imperishable Silo 
(Patented) 
Built of non-porous vitrified-clay hollow blocks; Its 
glazed surface excludes air and moisture. The two dead 
air spaces protect contents from heat and cold. Each 
layer of blocks is reinforced by continuous steelbands. 
Weather Proof——Decay Proof—Vermin 
Proof— Fireproof 
The Natco Imperishable Silo will last for genera¬ 
tions — any mason can erect it — never needs 
painting — walls will not warp or shrink — no 
hoops to tighten — no continual repair 
bills—the first cost is practically the 
only cost. The Natco Imperishable I r i 
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today. Ask for catalog “L.*' 
National Fire Proofing Company 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
