1914 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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NEW FADS IN BREEDING. 
H ERE is something many of us are 
doing year after year, and we think 
we are on the right track. One 
dairyman in the Western Reserve in Ohio 
says that a number of his neighbors bred 
up good grade Ilolsteins for eight or 10 
years. Their herds were good milk pro¬ 
ducers, did a little better than 3 per cent., 
but now those farmers are after the bonus 
offered for high-testing milk, and have 
turned in Jersey bulls in their herds. 
This breeder has been preaching to his 
farmer friends the idea of sticking to 
their breed and securing a purebred bull 
from high-testing ancestry. lie tells his 
neighbors that they are going to be right 
back where they were a decade ago, when 
they try breeding an inferior grade Jer¬ 
sey bull, a yearling, on a large Holstein 
grade cow. He says, “When you feel like 
trying this out, just drive until you find 
the man who has, or look through your 
farm papers stacked away in the garret 
for years back, and you will get good, 
sensible advice against the idea. “I tried 
it,” he remarked, “and seven chances out 
of 10 the inferior abilities of both breeds 
predominated, the small volume of the 
Jersey and the light test of the grade Hol¬ 
stein. 1 did have one which gave a credit¬ 
able mess for a Holstein and tested 5 per 
cent. Don't try to break against the 
engine under high speed, or you are going 
to skid, which is true in breeding.” 
\v. J. 
CERTIFIED MILK PRODUCERS. 
T HE annual meeting of the Certified 
Milk Producers of America, held at 
the Copley Plaza Hotel, in Boston, 
June 25 and 20, was not the success it 
should have been, due to several causes, 
not the least of which was lack of knowl¬ 
edge of the affair by the people of Boston 
who are interested in improving the city’s 
supply and improving conditions general¬ 
ly. Why the meeting was held in Boston, 
if not to boost the business here, I do not 
know. Certainly to have all these mem¬ 
bers from all over the country come to 
Boston instead of meeting in some other 
city in the centre of the country, which 
would be handier to reach than Boston, 
is something I do not understand. Bos¬ 
ton is not a certified milk city, compara¬ 
tively speaking, as I believe only about 
one per cent, of Boston’s supply is in this 
class, although I believe much milk very 
near this class, and believed by many to 
be just as safe and good in every way, is 
sold here, produced by a system along the 
same lines, but perhaps not santioned or 
guaranteed by a medical association or 
commission as certified milk must be. At 
the same time thoroughly competent men, 
many of them doctors, chemical experts 
or bacteriologists, keep a careful over¬ 
sight of the production of the same, and 
certainly the product is high-class, safe 
milk. Other producers also use a careful 
system of sanitation, test the cows—in 
fact, keep only tested cows—and have 
other arrangements according, and receive 
high prices for their product; yet they 
are not in the certified class, and perhaps 
do not care to be. It is claimed, and 
probably true, that Boston has as good 
and safe a milk supply as any other large 
city, and plenty of high-class milk to sup¬ 
ply all who demand such and are willing 
to pay the price. 
The various addresses were very good, 
and were along the right lines, but as no 
Boston people were there to hear them, or 
Massachusetts producers, either, for that 
matter, it looked to me as if the effort 
was wasted—certainly to a large extent— 
on instructing the public to use this class 
of milk and inducing a larger production 
and demand for same. The importance of 
closer relations between the certified milk 
producers and the medical milk commis¬ 
sions, and necessity of uniform standards, 
methods and requirements was thoroughly 
discussed, first by Dr. Pearson, of Iowa, 
and later by the members, and much dif¬ 
ference of opinion was brought out. All 
believed this was very important, but how 
to bring it about was a hard question. 
The producers seemed to believe they 
should have equal voice in these matters, 
or if anything, the more important part 
in moulding these requirements, etc. 
S. I>. Stewart, of Newburgh, N. Y., 
gave the following advice to produce milk 
low in bacteria: First dry grooming, 
washing by disinfectant of flanks and 
other parts of cow, rest half hour, wash 
udder with germicide, then wash again 
with pure water, dry with towel, spray 
barn with clean water to lay dust. Wash 
and sterilize hands before milking, handle 
and strain each cow’s milk separate, and 
use clean cheesecloth for each pail of 
milk. Take samples directly after strain¬ 
ing through cloth. Send milk to milk- 
room by trolley. Then men wash after 
milking each cow. Only 50 to (10 bacteria 
per cubic centimeter should result by fol¬ 
lowing along these lines. a. e. i>. 
N. E. MILK CONDITION. 
A MOVEMENT started and pushed by 
the Boston Chamber of Commerce 
through its agricultural committee, 
assisted by the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture. the departments of the several 
New England States, and the State 
Granges of the same, is on foot to inves¬ 
tigate the production of milk for Boston 
market, the transportation of milk, the 
handling of milk and the consumption of 
milk for the same; to find if possible a 
remedy which will improve conditions 
along the line, and put this important 
industry back where it belongs at the 
head of all industries and on a paying 
basis for the milk producers of this mar¬ 
ket and in such shape that it v/ill be a 
paying proposition for dairy farms now 
idle to restock and reproduce the needed 
supply of fresh milk and other dairy pro¬ 
ducts and also beef cattle for the needs 
of our market. As one of the speaker's 
at the meeting said if the shoe industry 
of New England were in such shape as 
the milk business appears to be, a howl 
would be heard that would awake the 
Nation. We must wake up to the import¬ 
ance of this milk industry as above even 
the shoe industry and if we cannot have 
this in shape to be proud of in 10 years’ 
time we should be ashamed of ourselves 
and our State. 
The plan sketched by the Chamber and 
accepted by the conference is to have 
hearings in each State by the Agricul¬ 
tural and Grange heads, gather all facts 
possible and work out a remedy to im¬ 
prove conditions all along the line; to 
find out as nearly as possible the exact 
cost of producing, hauling and handling 
milk—in short to go into all phases of the 
business thoroughly. Some of the facts 
brought out at this meeting will help open 
people’s eyes and others will necessarily 
follow. 
One of the U. S. Department men who 
has been working on dairy conditions in 
New England lately offered the follow¬ 
ing: A section containing 26G farms was 
examined and the following results of 
profit were obtained, that is the owner’s 
profit after expenses were deducted. On 
118 of these farms dairying was conduct¬ 
ed and average profit to owner was $256 
per year. On 40 of them poultry was the 
feature and $479 resulted as owner’s pro¬ 
fit. On nine which conducted a fruit 
business $1,150 profit to the owner re¬ 
sulted. On 99 farms where general farm¬ 
ing was carried on $300 was the profit 
resulting. Dairying stands at the bottom 
of the list. I have stated the above as 
profits to the owner, it was rather the 
earnings and perhaps not all profit. 
Another fact brought out was Connec¬ 
ticut is the only State of the six having 
as many cows today as five years ago. 
The average production per cow in New 
Hampshire is 6,000 pounds; cost of pro¬ 
duction 4 9/10 cents per quart. The aver¬ 
age profit on a 4,800 in New Hampshire 
is $10.44. Vermont is the largest pro¬ 
ducing State of the six. This State pro¬ 
duces more butter than all the rest and 
also has a larger percentage of milk pro¬ 
ducers than any of the others. Also has 
large percentage of dairies testing 60 per 
cent. Too many low producing cows are 
kept, it is true, but these can not be 
eliminated at this time as not nearly 
enough 8,000-pound cows are available to 
supply the milk for this market and the 
4.000-pound cow must be used until a 
supply of the former can be raised to 
supply our demands. 
\Ye believe the proper authorities are 
taking these matters up, that is, the ones 
who will get results if profitable results 
to all interested parties can be got. The 
Chamber in accepting and placing the 
dairy business of New England on an 
equally important basis as the shoe busi¬ 
ness and other large industries of New 
England is a step ahead. It is putting 
an important industry where it belongs 
and good must come from this placing. 
At the same time farmers and producers 
must not expect all important results un¬ 
less they take hold themselves and do 
things. In order to do a thing well do 
it yourself, applies in this case and we 
must take advantage of the help offered 
us in this case and do a lot ourselves. 
Our first duty is to organize and work 
together and with the help now offered 
and with conditions ripe to push forward 
and reap a reward and regain much of 
the lost ground. We are going to ac¬ 
cept this help in the spirit it is offered 
and do our share in this good work. I 
am sure we have a secretary who is 
working hard for us. Let us back him to 
the limit and we can come into our own. 
A. E. P. 
DAIRYING IN MADISON CO., N. Y. 
T HE dairy conditions in this part of 
the country have changed greatly in 
the last few years, the old cheese 
factories, where butter and cream cheese 
were manufactured, are a thing of the past 
hardly any being left in our county. The i 
milk shipping stations and Jew product 
factory, where butter and cream cheese 
quently the New York City health in¬ 
spectors have visited us and their in¬ 
spections and scorings have caused a 
great deal of dissatisfaction, especially 
among the better classes of dairymen. 
Many farms on which large dairies were 
formerly kept have only milch cows 
enough to supply the family. The high 
prices of dairy cattle have taken hun¬ 
dreds of cows from this part of the coun¬ 
try in the last three years, the past year 
being the record breaker in shipping them 
out to other States. Our pastures are 
very lightly stocked and the feed is 
abundant and likely to continue so. Many 
of our farms have been sold to Western 
people and they are not practical dairy¬ 
men like the men brought up on the 
dairy farms of the East and do not un¬ 
derstand the science of making bossy pour 
out the milk. Regarding the price and 
the marketing of milk and its products I 
am not posted, but hear a great deal of 
complaint about the high prices of feed 
and the low price of milk. The kinds of 
cows kept in this section generally are 
grade Ilolsteins. Our farmers have been 
using mostly purebred sires for many 
years. Madison County has produced 
some of the best purebred Holstein cat¬ 
tle of the times and they have been 
shipped into many other States. We 
now have a Holstein breeders’ association 
with sale stables at Earlville, Madison 
County, where annual and semi-annual 
sales will be held. We also have other 
sales in the county. F. D. H. 
New York. 
F LY SPRAYING PAYS.—A farmer in 
Michigan said he leaned over his 
meadow fence and watched one of 
the liveliest races he ever saw between his 
yearly bull and one of his oldest cows. 
They chased round and round the field, 
and he figured on getting off easy that 
night when it came to milk that cow. He 
said it was nothing but flies which was 
worrying the stock, and the remainder of 
his herd were thrashing through under- 
b'-ush in self-defense on the opposite side 
of the field. “Well,” he said, “I know a 
lot of the good dairymen spray with fly 
dope, but I thought it wouldn't pay on 
my scrubs to give them a spraying each 
morning; but I tried it out, and it does 
pay. It only takes a few minutes to do 
the work, and the cattle are comfortable 
all day, and even at night when they are 
brought to the barn for milking I find 
there is little or no trouble arising from 
their fighting flies while I milk. I believe, 
although I have not reduced the observa¬ 
tion to figures, that the cows give more 
than enough to pay for the spray and the 
time used in applying it. Besides, they 
are kept in better condition.” w. j. 
XD O GSr 
fjnI I IF PUP^intelligent kind. Also Blood- 
UULL.IL ruro hounds. NELSON'S. Grove City, Pa. 
THOROUGHBRED COLLIE PUPS-^ain 
Males, $4; Females $3. FRED CHENEY, GUILFORD, N Y 
3DAIHY CATTLE 
Purebred Registered Jersey Cows foVIale 
R. G. WELLS, II. I). 41, Wyalnsing, Fa. 
FOR PRODUCTION- BREED up - N0T down- 
run rnuuUUIIUH Registered .lersey ball 
calves, only, from producing dams nndhighest tvpe 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg.. Pitfsburgh. Pa. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves For Sa,e - Wiite 
offer. 
_ for special 
THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenango, N.Y. 
UnktP n PrIvOQ - ' 3 to 5 weeks old, 15-16ths pure, 
IIUIOIGIII bailee well marked. $20 each, crated for 
shipment anywhere Edgewood Farm. Whitewater, Wis. 
POP C A! CT— Heifer calf, born May 29. 
* v Sire— Paul Oakhurst Mech- 
tilde No. 106524. Dam—Lorinda Clothilda Posch No. 
121245; large, well grown, more black than white. 
Price. $100.00. KEVIN FA KM, EASTON, PA. 
YOUNG REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL 
12i i91, now ready forsale. Well bred, handsome in¬ 
dividual, even black and white. $135. We have two 
others more fashionably bredand higher priced. 
MOHEGAN FARM, Hudson Valley Headquarters for Pure¬ 
bred Stock. CHAS H. BAKER. Owner, Peekskill, New York 
Heart’s Delight Farm “TMT* 
Korn August 17th, 1908 
Sire: Colantha Johanna Lad—62 A R O daughters 
Dam: Changeling (29 23 lbs. butter in 7 days.) 
Average of dam and sire’s dam 32 23 lbs. butter 
in 7 days. Will sell or exchange him for pure 
bred heifers or grade dairy cows. Our reason 
for selling is we have a number of his daughters. 
W. H. MINER. CHAZY. NEW YORK 
East River Grade Holstein Cows ForSale 
100 cows served to calve in August. September and 
October, all served to registered bulls. STRICTLY 
IUIRT TYPE AN it GUARANTEED. 60 yearling heifers. 
40 two-year old heifers all sired by pure blooded 
bulls from high producing dams. 10 extra well-bred 
registered bulls, PONTIAC RREI PING, from A. R. O. 
DAMS. If you are looking for extra good dairy cows, 
visit the EAST lilt ER HOLSTEIN'S. Sp.riul price for tho 
next SO duyi. WE TUBERCULIN TEST. JOHN B. 
WEBSTER, Dept. Y, Cortland, N. Y. Bell Phone 14. F.5. 
HIGH GRADE 
HOLSTEINS 
The best are the cheapest. Why not have 
that kind? We have 200 large, well bred 
cows that are heavy producers. Some fresh 
and others due within 60 days. Tubercu¬ 
lin tested. Come and see them. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
Buy a Bull on Easy Terms 
Long Time and 4 Per Cent Interest 
Holstein bull calves, sired by a SON.OF KIN 
OF THE PONTIAC'S, whose dam has a reco 
of 29.5< lbs. butter in 7 days and 113.96 lbs in ; 
days, end out of A. K. O. DAMS. WRITE A 
ONCl! for breeding, prices and particulars : 
gardmg our terms. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
Do you consider dairy farming a real busi¬ 
ness, a man’s job or simply a side issue? Are 
you keeping high-producing Ilolsteins or 
just cows? 
A good Holstein is little short of a perpetual 
motion milk-making machine, that while in 
milk uses her food for milk production and 
when dry stores up body fat to be converted 
into milk fat as soon as she freshens. She 
will earn 50 per cent, on the cost of her feed. 
Why not keep this kind? 
Send for FREE IIIustrated Descriptive Booklets 
Holstein-Friesian Asso., f. l. Houghtoa, Scc’y 
Box 10a Brattlsboro, Yt. 
One 3 /4 Toggenburg Billie 
left 8-weeks old, $7.0V R. INGERS0LL, Mt. Kiseo, N. Y. 
ZZ1 
xi onsEs 
50 STALLIONS 
and MARES, $250 to $1000 each 
Write for my Illustrated 
Circular telling why I can save 
you money on the purchase of a Per- 
cheron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middiefield.O. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwell, on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula &Warren 
PERCHERON Si.,?!* ‘“IS: 
yearling stallion, suckling stallion. All registered. 
Cheap now. J. W. DAVIS, Groton, New York 
SWINTE 
M ULE FOOT HOGS. Shetland Ponies and Milch Goats. Stack 
For Sale. JNO DUNLAP, Box 441. Williamsport, Ohio 
nunnr mrc-® 16 pair, write s.a. 
Uiynuo WEEKS, De Graff, <>. 
CHELDON FARM REGISTERED DUROCS 
Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. ft A K N ES. OxTord, N. Y. 
PHF^TFR WHITF^-'' Re e istered " S <>ws, bred 
UnCo I LIT iV Ml ICO for September farrow. For 
particulars address EUGENE T. BLACK, Scio. New York 
P edigree Chester Whites 
weeks old- Either sex. SCOTT. Stone Ridge, N.Y. 
Registered 0.1. C. Swine for Sale 
fine, healthy stock, free from disease, 6 to 8 weeks 
old, @ $10 each, f. o. b. R. R. Station. For further 
particulars, address ARDMORE FARM, Glen 
Spey. Sullivan Co., N. Y. JAMES MAGNER, Manager 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK FARM. R. 
F. 1). No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
PnionH Thinae - Tke best breed of Hogs on earth. 
Koiana unmas Choice Boar p isSi 3 months old 
$15.00 each, if sold before July 20th. Pedigree eligi¬ 
ble witli each one. Shipped C. O. D. Send along 
your order. They will please you. Sow pigs same 
price. Write me. G. S. HALL, Farmdale, Ohio 
SELECTED POLAND CHINAS-g h ^ s r“d 
twelve and fourteen weeks old pigs for sale at $12 
each. Write early if yon wish to purchase 
J. WILBUR BRILL, Stewartsville, N. J. 
BERKSHIRES 
Fancy Breeding—All ages—Attractive Prices. 
OAKWOOl) FARM, R. 8, NEWBURGH, N. V. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Selected animals, all ages, for sale. We have 
the Large Berkshires with extreme length and 
onr herd is noted for the prolificacy of its sows. 
H. C. & H. li. HARPENDING, Dundee, N. Y 
Woodlynn Farm Berkshires 
Choice boars old enough for service. Also 8 
weeks-old pigs, both sexes. Good breeding 
JOHN W. COOPER, PINE VII,LE, PA. 
Springbank Herd Big Berkshires 
I have for sale 5 "Bred Gilts to farrow in March and 
April, and 5 yoUng service Boars, weighing around 
150 lbs. I will book orders for March and April pigs. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Nlarbledale, Ct. 
BERKSHIRES 
We have fifteen tine boars for sale, sired hy Sepur- 
bns, 13600U and Kivals Emblem 167T00, the great 
sires of Gregory Farm, White Hall, Ill , the home 
of the famous Masterpiece. These boars are from 
seven to twelve months of age. are ttie heighth of 
breeding and type. Here is a fine chance to im¬ 
prove your herd Write for prices and descriptions. 
TOMPKINS FARM, 
Lansdale, Pa. 
Eureka Stock Farm 
Registered Jersey Cat¬ 
tle. t mos. to 2 yrs. 
old. Chester White, Po¬ 
land China and Berk¬ 
shire Pigs, all ages. 
Lincoln Buck Lambs. 
Variety of Poultry. 
EDWARD WALTER, DEPT 
Write for Circular 
R, WEST CHESTER, PEHNA 
Standard Fruit Books 
1 
Successful Fruit Culture. Maynard... .$1.00 
The Nursery Book. Bailey... 
The Pruning Book. Bailey... 
American Fruit Culturist. Thomas.... 2.50 
Citrus Fruits. Hume. 
California Fruits. Wickson... 
. 
Dwarf Fruit Trees. Waugh. 
Plums and Plum Culture. Waugh. 1.50 
Fruit Ranching in British 
Bealby . 
Columbia. 
Farm and Garden Rule Book 
. 2.00 
Live Stock - 
Poultry 
Types and Breeds of Farm 
Animals. 
Plumb . 
Principles of Breeding. Davenport.2.50 
Swine in America. Coburn.. 
. 2.50 
Diseases of Animals. Mayo.. 
Farmers' Veterinary Adviser. 
Law.... 3.00 
Principles and Practice of Poultry Cul- 
ture. Robinson. 
Hens for Profit. Valentine.. 
. 1.50 
Diseases of Poultry. Salmon 
.50 
FOR SALE BY 
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