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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 27, 
TRAINING A COLLIE DOG. 
Cultivating His Brain. 
IRST PRINCIPLES.—On page 743, 
I notice an inquiry from J. M. L., 
Alwent, Pa., regarding the training of a 
collie dog. As I am a breeder of collies 
and have been very successful in training 
them my experience may be of some 
value. First of all, it must be remem¬ 
bered that a collie is both intelligent and 
sensitive, and that harsh measures will 
surely .spoil him. Personally, I never use 
a whip except in case of a grave offense, 
such as hen-killing and even then a few 
sharp strokes and a good scolding will 
generally be found sufficient. The best 
age to begin training is at three or four 
months. After a year the task will be 
much harder. The first thing any dog 
must learn is to obey the call or whistle, 
and in this great patience is necessary. I 
have found it a good plan to have ready 
a small piece of bread, cake, or biscuit, 
which I give to the pupil as soon as he 
comes to me. It does not matter how 
slow he has been—he will be quicker 
next time, and before long he will have 
formed the habit of answering the call 
and then the reward may be omitted, 
lie must also be taught to lie 
down. This is done by pushing him 
firmly to the ground and repeating the 
command “lie down” or “charge.” Make 
the lesson short, and give a bit of bread 
each time that you push him down—do 
not wait till he does it of his own accord. 
In this way he will really enjoy the les¬ 
son and will be on the alert. This meth¬ 
od should be used in teaching the tricks 
that every dog owner likes his pet to 
perform and also the more useful work 
about the farm. 
Further Accomplishments. — The 
hardest thing to teach a collie is to re¬ 
trieve. To do this take a bone, tease the 
dog with it and then throw it a short 
distance. The dog will run after it and 
pick it up. Do not call him, as he will 
probably drop the bone and come to you. 
Instead, go quietly to him, take the bone 
away and throw it again. It may be 
weeks before he learns to bring it to you 
and then a ball may be substituted for 
the bone. Next, hold him while you 
throw the ball, and when he has learned 
to fetch it without chasing it just place 
it in full view and send him after it. 
Then substitute a newspaper, a strap, a 
handkerchief, etc., using the name of the 
article over and over again when telling 
the dog to get it. I have a dog trained 
in this way who will not only carry a 
bundle or umbrella, but will pick up, 
without being told, anything I may drop 
or that may fall out of the carriage when 
I am driving. He will also carry mes¬ 
sages or small articles to different mem¬ 
bers of the family, so that this accomplish¬ 
ment while difficult to teach is well worth 
the time sj)ent on it. 
Training For Farm Work. —The 
training for a sheep or cattle dog is more 
complicated, but the main points are 
prompt obedience to the commands “lie 
down,” “stay there,” “come,” etc., and 
quietness about his work. Make him stay 
close at your heels at first, and do not 
let him take any active part in the driv¬ 
ing until his charges are quite used to 
his presence. Puppies should always be 
kept in large yards unless they can be 
watched, or they will form bad habits. 
They will often chase a hen or chicken 
in play, and if they succeed in catching 
and killing even one it is hard to break 
them of it. A good plan is to take the 
pup into the henhouse whenever you feed 
the hens. Make him keep close to you 
and check at once any tendency to give 
chase. An older dog will probably give 
no trouble, and should be allowed his 
liberty in the day time, shutting him in 
a yard at night. lie should never be 
chained. A collie needs lots of exercise, 
and if confined constantly he will run 
off on every opportunity. 
The “One-Man” Dog. —It is rather 
hard to teach a dog not to take food from 
strangers, especially if he is over a year 
old. He should be fed a light meal in 
the morning and a full meal at night so 
that ho will never be too hungry to resist 
temptation. He should be made, as far 
as possible, a “one-man” dog, and to do 
this it is necessary that the same person 
feed, train, and exercise him. He should 
never be allowed to touch food offered 
him by another, even a friend, and he 
should be kept at home as much as possi¬ 
ble. If I have made this rather long and 
detailed it is because I have seen many 
a good dog spoiled for lack of proper 
training, and when anyone asks for ad¬ 
vice I like to give all the help I can. 
New Hampshire. Genevieve torrey. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Horse Eats Bedding. 
We have a horse that will eat his bed¬ 
ding, unless it is of leaves or shavings, 
and as he had a bad attack of colic from 
overeating I am forced to use shavings, 
which of course injures the manure. 
What can one do to bring decay, and 
correct acidity of soil resulting from its 
use? H. II. P. 
Massachusetts. 
Muzzle the horse if he has to stand on 
bedding when not working, or keep him 
in a box stall unbedded, when he is not 
at work ; then put him into a bedded stall 
at night. The shavings do not materially 
injure the manure and no treatment is 
necessary to prevent acidity. A. s. A. 
Scours. 
On May 25 our old hog had 14 little 
ones. All could not eat, so we brought 
two of the smallest to the house, and are 
feeding them on a bottle. We take them 
to the barn twice a day, but think they 
do not get any milk. We are feeding one 
tablespoon cow’s milk (unscalded) and 
one tablespoon rain water to each every 
hour, except from nine at night till five 
in the morning. We have tried raising 
them by hand before but they always 
have diarrhoea and die. These are not 
affected that way yet. Can you tell us 
how to prepare cow’s milk, and how often 
to feed, and anything else that we need 
to know? M. A. J. 
New York. 
Dilute the milk with hot water and 
add one ounce of limewater to the pint. 
Feed from a sterilized nursing bottle and 
nipple at first, allowing a little milk at 
least once an hour. Gradually lengthen 
the times between meals and increase the 
amount of milk. As soon as possible let 
the pigs learn to drink from a clean 
trough and then gradually add. middlings, 
oatmeal and cornmeal to the milk. Sweet 
skim-milk may be gradually substituted 
after the first three or four weeks of 
feeding. Add a little flaxseed meal if 
there is a tendency to constipation. Cut 
the ration down a half if scours starts 
and give each affected pig five grains of 
subnitrate of bismuth every four hours 
until scouring subsides. In bad cases 
give a dose of castor oil in milk, before 
giving the first dose of bismuth. A. s. A. 
Rickets. 
Can you tell me what is the matter 
with my little pigs? I have seven and 
they are in their fifth week. There seems 
to be something wrong with their legs 
when they get up after resting; they seem 
to have a weakness in the joints of their 
knees. They have a nice comfortable 
liouse raised a foot from the ground with 
a good board floor •with sawdust and 
sand, and hay on top for their bed. They 
also have a good dry run to root in. They 
seem to be very lively and eat well. 
Massachusetts. J. B. 
Allow the pigs free range on grass, 
clover or rape and feed mixed rations in 
form of slop, adding limewater at the 
rate of one ounce to the quart. The pigs 
have rickets from malnutrition. Do not 
make corn more than a very small part 
of the ration. As they improve add di¬ 
gester tankage to the slop to make 10 
per cent, of the mixture. A. S. A. 
Feeding a Brood Mare. 
Will you make out a ration for a four- 
year-old Perchcron brood mare? The 
colt is four days old, large and strong. 
The mare is in just fair flesh; her 
weight is about 1G00 pounds. She will 
not work, and I could give her a little 
grass. I want to grow the colt as large 
as I can. g. s. 
New York. 
Turn the mare out on grass and in 
addition feed her half rations of hay and 
oats. That would mean eight pounds of 
each per day, or a little more if she fails 
to keep up her condition. It would also 
be well to feed the mare cut corn fod¬ 
der when the grass begins to get brown or 
dry. As soon as possible allow the foal 
to lick rolled oats, and when this is eaten 
well add wheat bran gradually. Set the 
foal’s feed box where the mare cannot 
get at it. Wean the foal when six 
months old, after it has learned to eat 
hay and the grain and bran mixture, and 
can live on such feed without the mare’s 
milk. After that feed it generously 
through Fall and Winter to get the maxi¬ 
mum weight and development possible at 
12 months old. From that time on most 
of the remaining growth will be made on 
grass, but a little additional feed can be 
given to keep the colt growing perfectly. 
A. S. A. 
I _ 
' Little Sister: “Oh, mamma, Georgie 
has just upset the tea table an’ broken 
my dolly an’ all your nice dishes.” Lit¬ 
tle Brother (badly frightened) : “Yes, 
(mamma, an’ let’s be sorry, but don’t let’s 
ffie mad !”—Harper’s Magazine. 
NEW ENGLAND MILK. 
T HE New England Milk News says 
the milk business in New England 
is unsatisfactory, unstable, and not too 
promising under present conditions. I 
am sorry to say every word of the above 
is too true. The Mayor of Boston has in 
mind the establishment of milk distribut¬ 
ing stations, and the Consumers’ League 
is studying the matter, being ready to 
assist if this is possible. Our Lieut.- 
Governor, Mr. Barry, is also very much 
interested in this matter, and any other 
plan that will help the producers and 
consumers get together, work together or 
do business with each other in a manner 
of mutual benefit and profit to each other. 
The general opinion, among all classes 
who have been or are interested in the 
situation, is that the producers need no 
champion, but are able to control the 
situation and make matters satisfactory 
if they only get together and stick to¬ 
gether. Mr. Barry says: “It is up to you 
who make the milk to say what we, the 
consumers, shall pay for it, but you let 
some one else do this and we let them 
tell us also what we must pay, and so it 
goes.” Just how to remedy .this is not 
clear, but it must and will be remedied. 
In three months’ time, the farmers’ or¬ 
ganization has grown to a thousand mem¬ 
bers, most of these in New Hampshire. 
Work in Vermont, and the other States 
will increase this largely in the next few 
months and will be pushed accordingly. 
The II. P. Hood Milk Co., not being 
satisfied with the amount of milk signed 
for by register prior to April 1, after that 
date sent out circulars stating they would 
buy any milk sent and pay all the market 
would allow, based on Chamber of Com¬ 
merce quotations of butter, and also al¬ 
low all the value they could get out the 
skimmed milk for manufacturing pur¬ 
poses. It is stated this company has now 
signed up practically all the supply they 
could get on different agreements as suit¬ 
ed the cases. This shows they want the 
milk. 
This firm on the Ncwport-Wells River, 
Vt., car, pays $1.40 per hundred pounds, 
at a station on the Lunenburg line $1.41 
per can, containing 85 pounds of milk. 
In the section about Whitefield, N. IL, 
the following prices are stated: May, 23 
cents per 8%-quart can; June, 21; July, 
20; August, 31 ; September, 31; October, 
31; average, 271 /0 for season. Last 
year the average price was 281/6 or one 
cent per can higher. This difference in 
prices, however, has been got around by 
the company in this manner. The pro¬ 
ducers are allowed the privilege of scor¬ 
ing themselves on this basis three quar¬ 
ters of a cent on cooling of milk, one- 
quarter on whitewashing barns; one- 
eighth on light and space in same, one- 
eighth on having milk-room aw r ay from 
stable, which would bring the price up to 
2S 5/12, or one-quarter cent per can bet¬ 
ter than last year’s price. 
Another interesting fact is that con¬ 
tracts as the rule in Northern New 
Hampshire and Vermont run from May 1 
to November 1, while those in the south¬ 
ern sections run from April 1 to October 
1. Compare the above prices with the 
offer of the Deerfoot Farm Co., of Massa¬ 
chusetts for nearby milk, which is what 
they wish to handle if possible altogether, 
if the consumers will appreciate the same. 
This offer is not for all they buy, but is a 
new policy to be tested out to see if the 
idea is practical with a part of their 
supply, and if found successful with part 
will be used alltogether as soon as possi¬ 
ble to accomplish it. They say: 
“We are willing, to make a trade for 
your milk for one year at our Northboro 
Station at the following price and under 
the following conditions: April 35 cents 
per S^-quart can; May and June, 29; 
July 34; August 3G; September 3G; Oc¬ 
tober 40; November 42 ; December 42 ; 
January 40; February 38; March 38. 
Average for Summer, 33 cents; for Win¬ 
ter 40. This applies to standard milk, 
clean and properly taken care of. We 
will pay a premium above this of two 
cents per can for milk from stables scor¬ 
ing GO pounds or better, and will average 
below 50,000 bacteria per cubic centi¬ 
meter and test 3.80 per cent, butterfat or 
better, and we should like all our supply 
to be up to this grade. Further, for every 
dairy sending us as much milk in Septem¬ 
ber as in April, as much in October as 
in May, and as much in November as in 
June, one cent per can extra for his 
whole product. Or for an increase in 
these months of 10 per cent, two cents 
per can, for a 20 per cent, increase three 
cents per can, and at the same rate up 
to five cents per can for a 40 per cent, 
increase.” 
This looks like a satisfactory and al¬ 
luring offer, the test will show how it 
works out. The prices of the Whitings 
are reported very unsatisfactory from all 
sections heard from. One dairy in our 
own town, which sells to one of these 
firms, receives only 22 or 23 cents per 
can, I am told. Their price at Sunapee, 
N. II.. is quoted as follows: April 28; 
May 22; June 22; July, August and 
September, 2S; an average of 2G cents at 
the car. As some of these people pay 
four cents per can for delivery to sta¬ 
tion you can see what the net price is 
to this section. One of the Granges of 
this section bought a can of milk from 
this company at the depot and was 
charged 5G cents per can. What a raise 
in value after reaching the contractor’s 
hands! a. e. p. 
SANITATION 
would have saved a great many 
Of the 7,420,912 hogs valued 
at $59,455,700.00 lost in 
United States during 1913 from 
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