THE RURAL NEW -YORKER 
KRESO Dl P N?1 
STANDARDIZED. 
EASY AND SAFE TO USE 
INEXPENSIVE 
KILLS LICE 
ON ALL LIVE STOCK 
DISINFECTS. 
CLEANSES. 
PURIFIES. 
It has so many uses that It Is 
a necessity on every farm. 
USED IK THE TREATMENT OF MANCE, 
SCAB, RINCWORM, SCRATCHES, ETC. 
Destroys Disease Germs 
DRIVES AWAY FLIES 
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DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
DETROIT, - - MICHIGAN 
lr ROBERTROil’S Oil AITS 
L HANGING STANCHIONS 
i; “I have used them for more 
than TWENTY YEARS, and they 
have given the very host of satis¬ 
faction in every way,” writes 
Justus H. Cooley, M.D., Plainfield 
Sanitarium, Plainfield, N. J. 
Thirty days* trial on application 
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Wash. St., Forestville, Conn* 
PERFECTION STABLE 
EQUIPMENTS 
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Live Stock and Dairy 
LINE-BREEDING HOGS. 
I AM interested in line-breeding of bogs. 
Would you tell me how it is done? 
E. s. K. 
Line-breeding of animals consists in 
mating close relatives for the purpose of 
perpetuating and intensifying the blood 
of a certain individual or family. It is 
not done for the purpose of line-breeding, 
which in itself is essentially disadvantage¬ 
ous, but for the purpose of retaining cer¬ 
tain desirable characters which otherwise 
would become scattered and lost. There 
is, therefore, no special method of line 
breeding hogs; if you have an individual 
of merit whose blood you wish to per¬ 
petuate and intensify in his progeny you 
can mate him to his direct descendants, 
or you can breed less closely by con¬ 
fining your matings to members of the 
same strain or family. To line or in¬ 
breed successfully one must be acquainted 
with the general laws of breeding and 
have a close acquaintance with the merits 
and defects of the family with which he 
is dealing. This cannot be taught in a 
few paragraphs hut is the result of ex¬ 
perience, observation and study. For the 
amateur breeder to resort to close line 
breeding would probably result in de¬ 
terioration rather than in improvement 
in his herd. There are many books 
devoted to the science of breeding, of 
which Davenport’s “Principles of Breed¬ 
ing” is considered one of the best. 
:i. b. d. 
REVIVE THE LOCAL SLAUGHTER HOUSE. 
T HE high cost of living has its founda¬ 
tions laid deep. The farmer, as a 
class, will never succeed in getting his 
proper share of the value of the produce 
which he raises until he looks for. and 
finds the reason, which blocks the wheels 
of trade in the goods his farm produces. 
Instead of striving to form clubs to buy 
supplies in wholesale quantities he may 
better seek for the obstacle which blocks 
his opportunities. Fnless I am deceived, 
the sanitary rules adopted in his own 
community are the bowlders which pre¬ 
vents his having a market in his home 
village for every beef, sheep or hog which 
he can get ready for food. Take the san¬ 
itary rules and read what is required in 
and about a slaughter house, and then in¬ 
quire why your local butcher abandoned 
the one which formerly was used, and 
why another is not established. 
Your local butcher does not want beef 
alive because those sanitary rules are 
the slickest means for the restraint of 
trade which have ever been devised. A 
head might remain in a secluded corner 
for more than 24 hours, waiting for the 
bone picker, he being delayed by some 
breakage of harness or wagon; no matter, 
a rule is broken, fine and costs to pay. 
The profits of a week gone and no one 
but the justice, constable and lawyer 
benefited. The constitution gives fines to 
the justice. The people pay the consta¬ 
ble and justice, while defendant pays the 
lawyer more than the legal fees of the 
others. Can it be wondered at that a 
market man prefers to buy meat all ready 
for his block? 
What the farmer needs is liberty. 
What the people need is liberty, not a 
liberty to do wrong to others but a lib¬ 
erty to be just with all their neighbors. 
A slaughter house is not a parlor, and 
those who have one cannot be expected to 
use it for the community, under rules 
which are virtual blackmail, are unrea¬ 
sonable, excessive and useless. One 
remedy would be a law that each town 
shall provide a slaughter-house, and as 
the people are taxed 10 cents each for 
the health officer, let it be his duty to in¬ 
spect such house once each week. 
New York. miles ii. delong. 
Failing Cow. 
A cow six years old has been failing in 
health for several months. She freshened 
four weeks ago, and has never gained in 
strength. She is thin, has an occasional 
dry cough, and droops her head. What 
do you advise. r. d. k. 
Maine. 
Tuberculosis probably is present in this 
case and we should not feel justified in 
prescribing treatment. Have her tested 
with tuberculin and meanwhile do not 
use the milk. Any graduate veterinarian 
can apply the test. a. s. a. 
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The Prosperous Farmer 
Is the Wise Feeder 
And wise feeding now-a-days means constant crowding. You 
must keep your stock in condition with keen appetites for every 
meal. Make Xtra-Vim Feed a part of the daily ration and it will 
turn the trick for you and will keep the stock free from digestive 
and intestinal troubles. 
Xtra-Vim Feed is a concentrated pure Porto Rican Cane Molasses 
in dry form. To it is added a small percentage of Sphagnum 
Moss, which is a fine digestive agent and improves the effect 
of the total ration. 
XTRA-VIM FEED 
is a 100% value food. Contains no cheap non-nutrient fillers, is not only 
highly palatable and nutritious itself, but renders other foods more palat¬ 
able and more easily digested. It replaces pound for pound of more ex- 
arfimaf gramS an< * causes a general improvement in the health of the 
Xtra-Vim is dry to the touch and is put up in 100-pound bags. No freight 
on barrels, no leakage, no loss from sticking. - 
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If Xtra-Vim is not for sale at your feed store, get our 
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XTRAVIM MOLASSES FEED CO. 
3C Broad Street Boston. Mass. 
You Can’t Cut Out 
A BOG SPAVIN,PUFF or THOROUGHPIN, 
but 
absorbine 
*TRADE MARK REG. as. PAT. OFF. 
will clean them off permanently, 
and you work the horse same time. 
Does not blister or remove the 
hair. $ 2.00 per bottle, delivered. 
Will tell you more if you write. 
Book 4 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., 
the antiseptic liniment for mankind, 
reduces Varicose Veins, Ruptured 
Muscles or Ligament!. Enlarged Glands, Goitrei. 
Wens, Cysts. Allays pain quickly. Price SI.00 and S2.00 
a Dottle at druggists or delivered. Manufactured only by 
W, F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 8 i Temple St., Springfield, Mass. 
f > DIIMD>C IMPROVED 
A/KUIYID O WARRINER 
STANCHION 
Henry H. Albertson, Burl¬ 
ington, N. .1., writes: “My 
new Stanchions add greatly 
to the comfort of my cows/' 
WHY TORTURE 
yours with rigid stanchions? 
Send for specifications 
of inexpensive yet sani¬ 
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MINERAL 
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years 
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free 
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HEAVES 
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DEATH TO HEAVES! i*IWT0ii;s 
£3" 
Heave. Cough. Disim- 
PER AND INOIGESTION CURE 
Cures Ueaves by correcting th« 
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for 30 years. The first or 
second >1.00 can cures lioavea. The[ 
third can Is cunrnntecd to euro or money refunded^ 
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HORSE LAME? 
IT sc K INDIA'S Fnmout 
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CONSIDER THE COW 
Show your appyeciat 
the best. She 
Iqn by giving her 
ocate with her 
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COTTONSEED 
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here’s a 
Pure Feeding Molasses 
We are first hands and can quote you absolutely bottom 
prices, delivered your station, in lots of anywhere from 
ono barrel to a trainload. Write for booklet. 
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N. Y. Office, 107 Hudson Street, New York City 
Your dealer 
demand it,/^ 
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