'i'i-iii RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1381 
Hindrances to Raising Purebreds. 
O NE of the greatest hindrances to keep¬ 
ing purebred stock is that the com¬ 
mon lot of farmers keep scrub bulls 
and let them run with the cows. We 
have a farm, something over a hundred 
acres, which is nearly a mile long. Join¬ 
ing us are seven other farms; two of 
them are rented and one to a dealer in 
stock. We are gradually changing our 
herd of grades to purebreds. We began 
by purchasing a grandson of King Segis 
and two fine cows of other strains from 
which we have two calves. In that time 
we lost the chance for two more through 
scrub bulls from our neighbors’ fields, 
with all our watchfulness and care. 
A man remarked in my presence: “I 
was not much interested in stock until I 
>vns given a purebred bull if I would 
keep it stabled.” In this little section 
there is but one kept stabled. The cry 
is “It costs too much and is extra work.” 
The one farmer in this section who keeps 
his stabled—though his is only a fine 
grade—says he likes it so much better 
than running after him and mending 
fences. What we need is a law that will 
forbid turning them loose. Some things 
farmers as well as other people have to 
learn by compulsion, which, when they 
have learned, they are glad of. D. s. M. 
0 
Cost of a Heifer. 
, N page 1220 is an article entitled “The 
Cost of a Heifer.” From a scientific 
point of view, that may be true, and no 
doubt is. blit to get right down to “brass 
tacks,” and the ordinary farmer’s way of 
doing it, the reading would be more like 
this: Calf dropped May 3, 1013: 
Cost of calf. $2.00 
270 quarts skim-milk at 2c. per qt. 5.40 
Four and one-half bags calf meal.. 4.50 
One bag ground oats. 1.30 
Vegetables (small potatoes, pump¬ 
kins, etc.) . 2.00 
One-half ton hay at $12 per ton. .. 6.00 
Pasturing, including breeding. 3.00 
Total . $24.20 
We make no account of manure, taking 
that for labor. These figures are from 
May 3, 1013. to October 10, 1014. as 
taken from our farm accounts. This 
heifer is a grade Jersey, and gives every 
promise of being a good one, due to 
freshen April 15, 1015. 
If the figures in the article referred to 
are correct is it any wonder beef is high? 
Maine. G. A. w. 
T 
Ayrshires Come Back. 
TIERE has been some little argument 
as to whether a dairy cow can make 
a good showing in tests year after year. 
Some argue that a cow will make one 
great effort and then fall off—unable to 
repeat. This was not so with the Ayr¬ 
shire cow' Crimson Rambler 21100 A. R. 
61. This cow' has made seven consecu- 
tive yearly 
tests. The first 
began as a 
two-year-old 
August 
22. 1906; the 
sev- 
enth closed 
Sept. 24, 
1914. 
Here is 
her 
record: 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. Average 
Milk 
Fat 
Butter °7o 
Fat 
Two-year-old class. 7,988 
277.06 
327 
3.47 
Thrce-vcar-old class 8,001 
305.21 
359 
3.SI 
Four-year-old 
class 9.03(1 
329.91 
3SS 
3.69 
Mature class 
.10.34(1 
383.61 
451 
3.71 
Mature class 
433.95 
511 
3.4 
Mature cass . 
.11.299 
393.79 
463 
3.49 
Mature class . 
.11,509 
401.91 
473 
3.49 
70,955 
2,525.94 
2,072 
3.5S 
This is surely a continuous perform¬ 
ance that would delight a milkman. As 
we figure it this milk would fill a 
10x15 feet and 6% feet deep ! 
pan 
Otsego County Dairy Conditions. 
Generally considered more than aver¬ 
age crops have been harvested. Most silos 
w'ere filled. Heavy disposals of surplus 
stock were made last year so farmers are 
not anxious to sell good milch cows un¬ 
less more tempting prices are offered than 
dealers who have lately visited this sec¬ 
tion are inclined to pay. One man re¬ 
cently sold a mixed dairy of ordinary 
cows at $35 per head, but selected cows 
readily bring $50 to $75 each. Dealers 
the country for Fall and 
springers but farmers set 
at close margins, so com¬ 
are sold. Desirable heif- 
are valued at $35 to $50. 
have scoured 
early Winter 
their figures 
paratively few 
ers, springers, 
A dealer asked one of our farmers: “Have 
you any good cows?” “Yes.” replied the 
farmer, “I have.” The dealer next asked : 
“Do you want to sell some of your good 
cow's?” “I want to keep good cows my¬ 
self,” returned the farmer, who thus ex¬ 
pressed a prevailing sentiment. How¬ 
ever, fancy prices would still call good 
cow's into market. Shippers have no de¬ 
mand for farrow cows or strippers. Fat 
beeves are in good demand, but sell more 
profitably to local meat cutters than in 
New York markets. Veal calves are high, 
so many farmers prepare them for market. 
Interest in dairy butter making is in¬ 
creasing. There is a steady call for dairy 
butter, w'hich is retailing at 34 cents. 
Many farmers living at a distance from 
creamery or station find home manufac¬ 
ture far more profitable than selling the 
raw product. Borden quotations are 
dominant here. Several independent 
creameries follow the Borden schedule. 
The fiat price for the present six month 
contract is -the same as for the corre¬ 
sponding season last year: October, 
$1.70; November, $1.80; December, 
$1.80; January. $1.75; February, 
$1.05: March, $1.60 per cwt. Ac¬ 
ceptable score of barn and methods 
adds 10 cents per cwt.. and a but¬ 
ter fat test of 3.8 or better adds 10 
cents more per cwt. The local company 
supplying milk to Oneonta gives better 
returns, as does also the Sheffield-Farms- 
Slawson-Decker <Y>. The latter company 
is erecting buildings for a new plant at 
West End. Oneonta. This concern is to 
open April 1. High standards are re¬ 
quired to secure the maximum rates of¬ 
fered by the Sheffield Co., but it is not 
extra requirements that farmers resent. 
They do object to the injustice of the con¬ 
sumer in expecting a superior product to 
be furnished without adequate compensa¬ 
tion for extra labor and expense. A 
lively interest in purebred cattle is gain¬ 
ing throughout the county. Some of our 
dairymen have an enviable reputation for 
their purebred herds. c. M. 
Testing Cream.— An editorial on page 
1266 calls attention to the constant fric¬ 
tion which is going on between buyers and 
sellers of milk. The same trouble is con¬ 
stantly present with cream sellers, too. 
Not long ago an experienced creamery 
man told me of a “kink” whereby the 
creameries can keep the test lower than it 
should be and yet escape detection by 
their patrons—even those who have a 
Babcock tester. This is by meaxurinq the 
sample to be tested instead of weiqhing 
it. Now the richer the cream the lighter 
it is—or expressed differently, the more 
bulky it is—consequently a measured 
sample of high-test cream will necessarily 
contain less butter fat than a weighed 
sample. The beauty of this system lies in 
the fact that nearly all farm testing is 
done by measuring the sample. Several 
of the more progressive dairy States have 
laws requiring the use of weighed sam¬ 
ples, but these laws are not always com¬ 
plied with ; and in States which have no 
such laws very little testing by weight is 
done. Does your creamery measure or 
weigh the cream samples? Find out and 
insist on a weighed sample; it means dol¬ 
lars in your pocket. Maurice floyd. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
SHEEP 
REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE YEARLING 
11 RAMS. Ewes for sale. Sired by an imported 
ram. A Iso ram ami ewe lambs. H. B. Covert. Lodi, N. Y. 
R egistered Shropshire ranis for 
8ALE— Yearling and two-year-olds, from im¬ 
ported sire. E. E STEVENS 8 SON. Wilson. New York 
FWPQPHR^AI C—30 Shropshire and 20 South- 
run wHLt downs, now being bred to 
the very best Imported rams, in lots to suit, at rea¬ 
sonable prices. J. DUNCAN, Lewiston, N. Y. 
High Class Hampshire Bred Ewes L rams 
at bargain prices. Htiy before they go into winter 
quarters. HA.SLETT RROS.. Seneca, N. Y. 
Fairholme Hampshire DOWNS 
From imported and home-bred stock. Great bar. 
gains in ewes. EARL D. BROWN. R. F. d. No. 2, llion, N. Y- 
F00T AND MOUTH DISEASE 0 N UR ° T PLA ° C N E 
On account of quarantine w« are pricing all rams 
previously advertised at $111 to $15 To be shipped 
as soon ns quarantine is raised Rams weigh up 
to 200 lbs. I>. H. TOU'NSENI), I.odi. N. Y. 
Special Sale for Nov. and Dec. of 
Registered Tunis Sheep 
150 heart. Both sexes. All ages. Mule-foot pigs, 
both sexes. Some bred sows. Indian Runner anti 
White Brazilian drakes. White Cochin China Ban¬ 
tam Roosters. Prices low. Write for booklet of in¬ 
formation and prices. J. N. McPHERSON, Scattsville.N Y. 
Dogs RudL Ferrets 
nni I IP PUPP— the intelligent kind. Also Blood- 
UULLIi: ruro houn ds. NELSON'S, Grove City, Pa. 
Pedigreed Collie Puppies-„1 
•ofuities. &S to $12. 
Hugh Brinton, West Chester, Pi. 
SALE-First-Class WATCH uDG^.^iVK 
on trial. Write to EDW BENJAMIN. Monroe. New York 
sale- Pedigreed Airedale 
blood. Write me and I'll tell you what the Airedale 
eando. W. A. LOWRER, Burlington. N. J. 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 
Most useful, popular, profitable country .dog. 
Guards home, stock, children; kills rats, skunks, 
weasel, fox: puppies sell readily; two litters yearly, 
strong, faithful, sensible. Sturdy, farm-raised stock, 
young and grown, from best Aired ale blood in world. 
Pedigreed,certified.registered 20championsin pedi 
gree. Folder. AT STU0-WES13N WILLIE, a gramtsire 
out of famous Champion King Oorang. Fee, $15. 
V1BERT KENNELS, Box la. Weston. N. J. 
Pprepfc forSa—Either color, large or 
rerrets roroaie mated pairs or dozen 
C. H. Keeler 8 Co.. Greenwich, Ohio 
lots. Choice stock. 
CTDOirTQ For Sale—Fine Stock. Best 
i LI\1\L I O hunters on earth. Write 
■ ■ . - ■ - ■ for Free Book and prices. 
C. M.SACKETT,DEPT. R, ASHLAND,OHIO 
50 STALLIONS 1 1 
DAIRY CATTLE 
and MARES, $250 to $1000 each 
Write lor my Illustrated 
Circular telling why I can save 
you money on the purchase of a Per- 
clieron or Belgian Stallion or Mare. 
A.W. Green, Middlefield, O. 
R. R. Sta., E. Orwel., on Penna. Ry. 
Midway between Ashtabula &Warren 
jsj tat x uxr zb 
nilRfin-NIP.F PiR<D* ,Cpnir Pedigreed. Write 
UUItU0 Hiucriuo S. A. WEARS, DeGraff, Ohio 
Cl I ELDON FARM REGISTERED DUROCS 
^ Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. HAItNES. Oxford, N. Y. 
CWINF- Re K' stere <l DUROC SERVICE 
° VT 11 HOARS-Farrowed, May 13th. Write 
for prices. Also, Registered Guernsey Bull, three 
years old. C-M . PA I.MElt, Valatie. New York 
For Sale — Registered Duroc Pigs ~, F i’ ( r r" $Tn e for 
next two weeks. Most choice breeding EDWARD van 
ALSTYNE 8 SON, Sunnyside Farm, Kinderhook, New York 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK FARM, R. 
I 1 '. D. No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
Pedigree Chester Whites. SVenS 
Puiebred Chester White Boar and Sow Pigs 
10 weeks old. OLIVEDALE FARM. Hillsdale, New York 
0 1 ft WHITFS— Have a litter of 10, far- 
■ u Vi Will I CO r »wed July 24th. out of At 
matured stock. Price, $10, at 8 to 10 weeks. Regis¬ 
tered. WAYSIDE FARM, Chatham, N. .1, 
Address. A. L. Page, (Owner), 62 Corilandt St.. N. Y. City 
RorlfqhlfOC OF QUALITY that you can afford- 
“ sl c* Easy payments if yon like. Gnaran. 
teed as represented. A. C. HOOPER, Bozman, Maryland 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWQOD 
Selected animals all ages for sale. 
H. C. & H. B. HA UPENDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
For Sale-Registered |Berkshires 
all ages, at ORCHARD DALE FRUIT FARMS P rices reason¬ 
able. Write or come and bee. H. L. BROWN, Carlton, N Y. 
SALE-P ure bred Registered Berkshire Pigs 
both sexes, of last May farrow. Breeding and indivi¬ 
duality good. Prices, moderate Write, W. M. RIDER, 
College of Agriculture. Syracuse University. Syracuse, N. Y. 
BERKSHIRES 
We have the large, thrifty kind, with lots of type, 
quality and breeding. Write for prices and de¬ 
scriptions. TOMPKINS FARM, I.ansriale, Pa 
Springbank Herd Big Berkshires 
I have a line lot of March and April (1914) 
Boar Pigs tit for service this Fall; of high 
class conformation and good looks. 
J. E. WATSON, MAR11LEDAI.E, CONN. 
Berkshire Boars'Winter Service 
Abont Christmas time I will have a deluge of let¬ 
ters asking for boars fit for immediate service. The 
wise ones are bnying now and putting them at once 
in their permanent quarters, so thatMr. Pig will feel 
quite at home and have his mind on business when 
the New Year’s rush is on. DON’T DELAY. BUY TODAY 
R. Y. BUCKLEY, Weodrew Farm, Broad Axe, Pa. 
Eureka Stock Farm 
Now re«<iv for Shipment: 
100 Retrlstereil Chester 
White Plies, including a 
full line 10 weekso]«l, that 
can lie in a led in pairs and 
trio* not akin: al»n a tine 
lot 3 to 4, 4 to 5 ami 5 to $ __ 
mouths old. Write for prices. 
EDWARD WALTER, DEPT. R, 
WEST CHESTER. PENNA. 
Large Yorkshire Swine 
We are offering a fine lot of LARGE YORKSHIRE 
Boars, ready for service. These boars have 
large bone and are true to type. Also have a 
few young sows of splendid conformation. 
HEART’S 
CHAZY, -:- 
DELIGHT 
FARM 
NEW YORK 
OLLINS’JERSEY RED 
■theT»est 
When you wane to raise your 
pig protlts, raise Collins' Jersey 
Reds. Free Book shows profit 
if ?*.26 on every dollar Invested. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
A YEARLING GUERNSEY HULL atilt. Up- 
** ton. Older and younger chaps here. Choose 
one for your herd. Dr. Richmond.IFredonia. N.|Y. 
Fnill' (sllPrilCPU RllI!C—registered, 2-5-8 months old 
rUUI UUtJI llhcy DUHo and yearling; splendid breed¬ 
ing; rich in A. ft. strains. Select age that suits and 
get description and price. T. E. HYDE, Bloomsburg, Pa. 
F03 SALE—Guernsey Cows 
two 4 years old; bred; minor defects. BULL, born 
March 4 A. R. breeding: fine. All three for $350. 
Chance to start herd. TABER 8 MIGNIN, Castile. New York 
that for 
every dollar invested in feed you 
will secure a larger profit from 
GUERNSEYS 
Write for literature 
GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB 
Box Y Peterboro, N. H. 
COR SALE— Registered brown Swiss hull calves and 1 
■ yearling bull. HILLAIRE FARM, Nashua, New Hampshire 
A VPQ h I I'fXQ—Bull calves from advanced 
** J I Ol 111 <70 registry dams of splendid 
breeding, for sale cheap. Write todav for descrip¬ 
tion and prices. MILTON W. DAVISON, Cariisteo, New York 
VRSHBRE well-marked hull calf from 
f ,rn * nllnC our best cow. Sire: the 
Famous Netherhall Whitehill. First check for 
$2o gets him. Phillip Price, West Chester, Pa. 
FOR PRODUCTION- 8 ”™ up - Ntn down- 
run rnuuuuiiun R e gj ste red Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa, 
Registered and % Jerseys^,rsa 1 . .23BS' 
on 2nd and 3rd calves. Fresh and soon to freshen. 
From $75 to $150 Shimmo Valley Farm, Nantucket, Mass. 
COR SALE —Three Nice Young St. Lambert 
r JERSEY BULLS—$25 to $75 each. Some choice 
Berkshire Sow and Boar Pigs, $20 each. Our herd is 
headed by a high-grade Masterpiece Boar bred by 
the University of Ohio. A. M. Hagerty, Arch Spring, Pa. 
£4 
77 
FOR SALE 
20 Jersey Heifers and Heifer Calves 
from yearly record Register of Merit dams and 
cows on test. Their grandams. sires and grand- 
sires in R.of M. Also twoyoung hulls old enough 
for service. Let ns know your wants. Address, 
E. W. MOSHER, - Aurora, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN SERVICE BULLS-^YonUac 
Korndyke and King Segis. World champion blood 
A-R-O. dams. $75 to$150. Real bargains. IRA S. JAR- 
VI8, Rwerside Fruit 8 Stack Farm, Hartwiek Seminary N. T. 
East River Grade HolsteinsFor Sale 
75 High Grade Oows just fresh, large producers. 
50 cows due to calve this month and next. 
40 extra nice heifer calves ten days old, sired 
by pure blooded bulls, from high producing 
dams. Registered and grade bulls all ages. 
WE TUBERCULINE TEST. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dept. Y, Cortland, ; N. Y. Bell Phone 14, F. 5. 
SPRINGDALE FARMS 
Is the best place to buy 
GRADE H0LSTEINS 
200 Cows and Heifers always on hand. Largest, 
finest individuals, heaviest milkers. 
Registered bulls, Pontiac & Colantha breeding. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON, Cortland, N. Y. 
Office* 50 Clinton Ave, 
Something Worth Looking Into 
A Holstein Bull Calf 
of exceptional quality individually. His sire a good 
son of Pontiac Korndyke (sire of il6 A. R. O. daugh¬ 
ters, 11 over 30 lbs. No other si e has as many) 
out of a three-year-old dam who made over 20 ibs. 
butter 7 days. This calf’s dam is a magnificent cow 
with 21.7 lh. butter 7 days to her credit, A. R. O. 
and over 19,000 lbs. milk 1 year (unofficial). Her sire 
has 9 A. R. O. daughters (2 sons) 4 over 20 Ibs 
butter 7 days. He is a brother to the sire of Paui 
Beets De Kol—106 A. R. O. daughters, 2 over 30 His 
Also of A aggie Cornucopia Pauline, 34.32 May 
llartog Pauline, 29. Price, $125 for a quick sale. 
F. C. BIGGS, - Trumansburg, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °o , Sa ! e ,7„ v J! ■; 1 
offer, THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Cliittenanuo, N Y. 
CD HIGH-GRADE HOLSTEIN YEARLINGS 
DO $30 and $35 each. Registered bulls, $35 to $100 
each. Heifer and bull ca ves, Holstein and 74 
Guernsey, $15 each. REAGAN BROS., Tulty. New York 
prflny enp QFRUIPF- pR| CES. S75.00 to SI50 00 
KCHU I run dCKVIbC Registered Holstein and 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals with great 
hacking. Best blood in the land. Also younger bull 
calves. W :st. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y. 
Registered Holstein Bull Calf - ^ 0 ™* 6 ^ 19 ), 4 ,; 
official record at three years old of 17 lbs. of butter. 
Price. $50. One ready for service at $125. 
ARTHUR R FREEMAN, PULASKI, N. Y. 
Buy a Bull on Easy Terras 
Long Time and 4 Per Cent Interest 
Holstein bull calves, sired by a SON OF KING 
OF THE I’ONTIACS, whose dam has a record 
of 29.5 1 Ins. butter in 7 davs and 113.96 lbs. in 30 
days, : nd out of A. R, O. DAMS. WRITE AT 
ONCF for breeding, prices, and particulars re¬ 
garding our terms. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
British Holstein butter gained highest hon¬ 
ors at the last dairy show of the Royal Dub¬ 
lin Society in Ireland 1 . In addition to tak¬ 
ing the prizes in special classes, this butter 
won for its producers a gold medal award¬ 
ed for the best butter in the show. It is 
sometimes ignorantly asserted that the Hol¬ 
stein is a poor butter cow. in the face of the 
fact that the world’s records for butter pro¬ 
duction for all periods of official testing (ex¬ 
cept the 305 day) are held by purebred reg¬ 
istered Holstein cows, and the year’s record 
was exceeded by only one cow of another 
herd. 
Send for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America 
Box 105, Brattleboro, Vt. 
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