1014. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
145 i 
Large Guernsey Record. 
T HE Guernsey breed not only has the 
greatest butterfat producing cow in 
the world, based on a yearly official 
record basis, but the general trend of the 
records of all cows running for the Ad¬ 
vanced Register continues upward. On 
the last list of 25 cows, to finish a year¬ 
ly record, there appear 10 cows whose 
records show a butterfat production of 
over 500 pounds. Only two of the cows 
show less than 400 pounds of fat, the 
lowest record being 333.67, a two-year-old 
heifer with first calf. Of the 10 records 
of over 500 pounds of fat. one is 825.00 
pounds of fat, another 770.38 pounds of 
fat another 746.56 pounds of fat; three 
were between 600 and 700 pounds of 
fat and five between 500 and 600 pounds 
of fat. These records are not picked or 
sorted in any way, but represent the 
last 25 cows to complete records regard¬ 
less of age or size of the record, and is 
an indication of the trend in the Ad¬ 
vanced Register work of the Guernsey 
breed. WM. H. caldwell, sec’y. 
The Lady Hog. 
A N advertisement like the following has 
been appearing in the Sunday papers: 
BUY A LADY HOG! 
LET HER WORK FOR YOU ! 
We will care for, feed and breed her for half 
lb” profits. You will make big money on her 
children, grandchildren and great-granchildren. 
$5 OR MORE STARTS YOU ! 
WE RAISE YOU HOGS ON OUR RANCHES. 
The proposition seems to be for you to 
put up $5. That is the one sure tiling 
about it. The next surest thing is that 
you are most likely to lose the $5 and the 
lady hog as well. Too bad that the boom¬ 
ers have taken up Mrs. Brood Sow. She 
is a lady, and has rooted out many a farm 
mortgage and grunted many a boy and 
girl through college. Che needs good so¬ 
ciety and personal care to do this. Boom¬ 
ers and blowhards and exploiters ought to 
let her alone. 
Never Use a Scrub Boar. 
T I1E difference measured in dollars and 
cents is the difference between profit¬ 
able and unprofitable pork produc¬ 
tion. Here is an example. There are 
two sows on the farm. One is a race 
horse type of nondescript ancestry. The 
other is a grade Chester White sow. The 
second animal is quite typical of the 
breed, is an easy keeper and a good 
mother. The first sow was taken to a 
purebred Chester White boar, the sec¬ 
ond sow, the better one, to a nonde¬ 
script boar, inferior in size, and although 
the owner said it had some grade breed¬ 
ing, its progeny challenges the statement. 
There are three weeks difference in the 
ages of the litters. Six pigs from each 
litter are now on the farm. The older 
litter is about 11 weeks old. Each litter 
is now eating the same amount of feed, 
the older is uniform in size, typical of 
breed, and easy keepers. They evidence 
prepotency in the sire. The younger pigs 
are small, seem to be at a standstill, will 
weigh one-third less than the older ones, 
and are making unsatisfactory and un¬ 
profitable growth. At the present time 
there is at least 812 difference in value 
of the pigs, and 810 can be charged to 
the poor boar. The difference in the two 
litters matured would more than main¬ 
tain a purebred sire on the farm a year. 
Ir also shows the value of the purebred 
sire over the scrub, and in this case the 
purebred sire cannot be figured at half 
the drove; it is more nearly 90%. J. 
Hot Water and Dressed Hogs. 
I NOTE that the cold water cure for 
scalding hogs has begun the rounds 
for another season. The writer has 
attended hog dressings for over 50 years 
and has yet to see the time that the 
water was too hot, provided the men 
were not afraid to move that were on 
the job, but I have often heard of its 
being set when in fact it was frozen on. 
for it is possible to draw a hog from a 
hot tub onto a platform made of icy 
plank and move so slowly that the hair 
will set when a little well directed mo¬ 
tion would have left two-thirds of the 
hair in the tub and a well-dressed hog on 
the hooks. Therefore my advice is, do 
not be afraid your water will be too hot, 
don’t be afraid, but willing to work, and 
don’t chase the cider barrel after you got 
the hog in the tub. but stay on the job 
and work is the advice of one who has 
dressed nine hogs before breakfast, with 
a helper. geo. l. Gordon. 
Potatoes for Hogs. 
C OULD you tell me the value of pota¬ 
toes at 35 cents per bushel compared 
with cornmeal at $1.65 per 100 
pounds for feed to hogs weighing 150 
pounds? What are potatoes worth for 
feed for small pigs six or eight weeks 
old? T. T. 
New York. 
The feeding value of roots, potatoes, 
etc., is not large, except for their value 
ns succulence. Potatoes contain approx¬ 
imately 21 per cent, of dry matter, of 
which the greater part is starch. One 
hundred pounds of potatoes contain about 
one pound of digestible protein and 16 
pounds of carbohydrates. The same 
amount of corn contains eight pounds 
digestible protein and 76 pounds carbo¬ 
hydrates or about eight times the di¬ 
gestible nutrients of potatoes. This 
would make potatoes worth 21 cents per 
hundred pounds, as compared with corn 
at $1.65 per cwt., or possibly 15 cents 
per bushel. However, as an entire ra¬ 
tion, a hog could not consume enough po¬ 
tatoes, on account of their bulk and 
water content, to make a very rapid 
growth. Young pigs would not thrive on 
potatoes unless they were cooked, and 
then half of their ration should consist of 
concentrates. Four parts middlings and 
one part each of cornmeal and oil meal 
makes a good mixture for young pigs. 
Cooked potatoes are said to be worth 
four to five cents a bushel more than 
raw ones for hogs. A few potatoes, to 
feed in connection with cornmeal, would 
he worth much more than the value of 
their nutrients, because of their aid to 
digestion. Cornmeal alone is a pretty 
heavy feed, and if fed for a long time is 
apt to get a hog’s digestion out of order. 
A bulky feed like potatoes, however, 
keeps the bowel movement free and the 
digestion and appetite good. 
The same rules npplv to the feeding of 
potatoes and roots to cattle and other 
stock. As an aid to digestion to stock 
having only dry roughage a small quan¬ 
tity is quite valuable, though the nu¬ 
trients they contain may not in them¬ 
selves be worth the price. As a sole 
ration they would be altogether too slop¬ 
py for horses, cattle or sheep, as well 
as deficient in nutrients. c. L. M. 
Sheep and Belgian Hares. 
E R. S.’s idea, page 1338. of curing 
. mutton is not practical, as anyone 
living where live sheep are obtain¬ 
able can get a fresh supply at any time. 
As for the small farmer or villager keep¬ 
ing a few head, impossible. They must 
have a large range that is expensively 
fenced, or competent herders with well- 
trained dogs; while the eastern owner 
with a small flock, must ever keep in 
mind, the well-known sign, “Beware of 
the dog,” The Belgian hare was 
“boomed” about 16 years ago by unscrup¬ 
ulous persons who made money by spread¬ 
ing broadcast untrue records of the hares’ 
achievements. They then sold for a big 
price, mongrel rabbits; many of them 
diseased. The result has keen a “black 
eye” for the Belgian hare, which the 
animal does not deserve. But since the 
price of meat has been soaring, hun¬ 
dreds of people with the “safety first” 
idea are purchasing breeding stock and 
I can say, with five years’ experience, 
that another meat animal added to the 
farm or village home, which will produce 
such excellent meat as quickly and as 
cheaply as the Belgian hare, should not 
be overlooked by anyone, with the few 
simple requisites at hand for keeping 
them. P. F. WOODWORTH. 
Massachusetts. 
I T is reported that a few days ago eight 
rabbits and 14 guinea pigs were stolen 
_ from the Pasteur Laboratories in New 
York City. These animals were kept for 
experiment purposes, for testing the ef¬ 
fects of various diseases, such as cancer, 
tuberculosis, or hydrophobia. The rab¬ 
bits and pigs were stolen and sold to sal¬ 
oon keepers, in exchange for liquor. 
Happily, as it turned out. none of these 
animals have been inoculated with the 
germs of hydrophobia, although they 
might have easily been, and in this way 
the disease might have been scattered 
through the city. 
Customer : “Have you any more of 
that butter like I got from you last 
week?” Grocer: “Yes, madam.” Cus¬ 
tomer ; “Then give me a pound of an¬ 
other kind.”—Boston Evening Tran¬ 
script. 
Blizzard Horse ice Calksi^? v f°r over 
20 years ami are the best device yet discovered for 
preventing the slipping of horses on ice. Agents 
wanted. S. W. KENT, Cazeuovia. New York 
cattle 
For Sale—150 Cows and Yearlings pan^egfstered. 
Harry Vail, New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y. 
0 n t a r i o P r i n c e C o r n u c o p i a V; i 7 i» m n V 1 m P 2 y 42 - n®: 
daughter of Aaggie Cornucopia Johanna Lad, also 
witli JO and 3G5 day records. This royally-bred hull 
only $250, on account of dark color Otherwise per¬ 
fect Pedigrees ready. CL0VERDALE FARM, Charlotte, N Y. 
GUERNSEY 
Regis- 
serviee. 
KAY' I>. LEVAN, R. F. 0. 3, Catawissa, Ea. 
For Sale' 
.—Two registered Guernsey 
bull calves sired by Cherry's 
Raymond of Lewison 2nd. 
No. 25104. W. E ROBINSON, Parkers Landing, Pa. 
BUY 
GUERNSEYS 
FOR PROFIT 
Your investment in GUERNSEYS will 
return a larger profit than that from any 
ether dairy breed. Write for literature. 
GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB 
BOX Y PETERBORO, N. H. 
( Dogs aiaci 
Ferrets 
Either color, large or 
a cucia icii stoic small; mated pairs or dozen 
lots. Choice stock. C. H. Keefer & Co., Greenwich, Ohio 
Pfll I IF PUPC—the intelligent kind. AlsoBlood- 
UULLIC rUrO hounds. NELSON’S, Grove City, Pa. 
Airedale Pups *? 
V TTT ITTaIai* Ij 1 , .. a Ai. d n — S, 1. t . . 
> —7-weeks old by 
isonofCham- 
pion Soudan 
Swiveler. Fine heads, jet black saddles. Tan 
Markings. Frank Mead, Armenia, New York 
COLLIE PIJPPIFS—Sil-eri by Imp. "Ormsldrk Sam- 
jjuLuc rurrico ple -. (](im •• Nishlia De ii ? ht.” 
1 hese contain the blood of England’s and America’s 
BEST, and will make the very best fonndation stock, 
pets or stock drivers. All are beauties and nicely 
marked. Sire and dam are grand workers. Price. 
$3 to $15. WM. W. KETCH, Coliocton, N. Y. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
FOR PRQQUCTI0N BREED up NQ1 down- 
run rnUUUUIIUH Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, B03 Rensliaw Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
The Jersey 
Comes into maturity early, is 
long-lived and is often found 
making records even to ad¬ 
vanced age. She 6tands 
above all other breeds for 
economic production. Shall we mail 
you free a good book on the Jersey? 
THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB, 
324 W. 23d Sf., New York City. 
Unquestioned Health 
The ninth annual inspec¬ 
tion of the Meridale herd 
by a representative of the 
New York State Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture has 
just been completed. The entire herd 
was carefully examined, and every animal 
of suitable .age was subjected to the 
tuberculin test. 
Not a Single Animal was Questioned 
This exceptional assurance of health is just 
nowof peculiar value to flic purchaser of dairy 
stock. A few excellent bulls and heifers may 
he selected from the herd at this time. Full 
particulars submitted on request. 
AYER & McKINNEY 
300 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °o, Sa l e ,r«Yla® 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Chittenango. N. Y. 
Cf| HIGH-GRADE HOI,STEIN YEARLINGS 
$30 and $35 each. Registered bulls, $35 to $100 
each. Heifer and bull calves, Ts Holstein and % 
Guernsey, $15 each. REAGAN BROS., Tully. New York 
READY FOR SERUICE- pRICES S7S 00 ,oS,5 ° 00 
ntHUI run OLflUlLL Registered Holstein and 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals with great 
hacking. Best blood in the land. Also vounger hull 
calves. Write for iist. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y. 
YOUNG HOLSTEIN BULLS^ ri J£S 
Kornd.vke and -King Segis. 3 to 15 months old. 
A. R. (>. dams. $75 to$150. Heal Bargains IRA S. JAR¬ 
VIS, Riverside Fruit S Stack Farm, Hartwick Seminary, N. Y. 
For Sale -Sir Changeling Mercedes - ^™"^ 
Colantha Johanna Lad. 14 months old. Color- 
more white than black. Rend for special offer and 
pedigree. A. H. HAWKINS, Prospect Lake Farm,Goshen, N.Y. 
Thoroughbred Holstein Bull Calves 
one from A. R. O. DeKol-bred cow, one grandson of 
Milk and Butter King. Pedigree and diagram on 
application. Price, at 4 weeks. $25. H. H. GOS- 
LEE & SON, 85 West Ave., Oneida, New York 
REG. HOLSTEIN 
MALE CALVES 
choicely bred, fine individuals, $30 *and upwards. 
Write us before you buy. Can spare a few heifers. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. H i 1,1,HURST If ARM, 
F. H. RIVENBURGH, Prop., Munnsviile, Madison Co., New York 
East River Grads Holsteins For Sale 
75 High GradeCows just fresh, large producers. 
50 cows duo 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 TCBKRCULINE TEST. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dept. Y, Cortland, N. Y. Bell Phone 14, F. 5. 
DON’T THE CHANGES 
WITH FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE 
Cortland County is clean and hasn’t had 
even a suspicious case. We furnish certificate 
ot health ami tuberculin tyst 300 high-grade 
Holsteins in our herd. Write for prices. 
F. P. SAUNDERS & SON 
Springdale Farm, - Cortland, N. Y. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTSIN 
CATTLU 
Here's growth. In 1871 the pioneers cf 
this association held a meeting attended by 
six people. This year 389 members were 
present, and 2.S04 were represented by 
proxies. The total membership to May 1, 
1914. was t>,500—an increase of 1,107 mem¬ 
bers (or 17 per cent.) during the year. Since 
1909 the registration of Holstein cattle has 
almost tripled, their average value as shown 
by average prices at auction has increased 
nearly $100 per head. This remarkable show¬ 
ing has been made on the absolute dem¬ 
onstrated merit of the breed. 
Send for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America 
Box 105, Brattleboro. Vt. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
HORSES 
3 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MARES AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A. W. GREEN, . Mitldlefield, Ohio 
PONIES 
— SHETLAND PONIES 
of quality. Prices rea¬ 
sonable. Write for Fall 
„ „ Catalog to Dept. L. 
T1IE 811ADY8IDE FARMS, North licnto.n Ohio 
5S XI JH X3 
SHROPSHIRE RAMS, yearlings and two year olds. 
Also ewes and ewe iambs from imported sires. 
E. E. STEVENS & SON, Wilson, New York 
EWFS FAR Sfil F~ 30 Shropshire and 20 South- 
la if i-w i vil hHLL downs, now being bred to 
the very best Imported rams, in lots to suit, at rea¬ 
sonable prices. J. C. DUNCAN, Lewiston, N. Y. 
High Class Hampshire Bred Ewes L K 
at bargain prices. Buy before they go into winter 
quarters. HASLETT RROS., Seneca, N. Y. 
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE 0 N UR ° T PLfl ° c R 
On account of quarantine wo are pricing all rams 
previously advertised at $10 to $15. To be shipped 
as soon as quarantine is raised Rams weigh up 
to 20U lbs. I>. H. TOWNSEND, Lodi, N. Y. 
Special Sale for Nov. and Dec. of 
Registered Tunis Sheep 
150 head. Both sexes. All ages. Mule-foot pigs, 
both sexes. Some bred sows. Indian Runner ami 
White Brazilian drakes. White Cochin China Ban¬ 
tam Roosters. Brices low. Write for booklet ot in¬ 
formation and prices. J. N. McPHERSON, Scottsville.N Y. 
JS W’I 3NT 3E3 i 
nUROfi NICF P|RS-$16 pair. Pedigreed Write 
uunuu muc rioo s. A. W EAKS, DeGraff, Ohio 
R egistered durocs-all ages, both sexes 
ORCHARD NOOK FARM. C. M. Palmer, Valatie, New York 
OH ELDON FARM REGISTERED DUROCS 
** Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BARNES. Oxford, N. Y. 
Duroc Jersey Red Pigs~^; 
No man can sell you a better Pig than these 
J. H. LEWIS & SONS, - CADIZ, OHIO 
on 0 .?— Duror- Iprspv Pitre —registered and trans- 
sflLE Duroc-jerseyrigs fen . ed . BotJl sex P;iirs 
not related. Some sows bred to farrownext March. 
A few Guernsey bull calves of choicest breeding. 
Edward van Alsfyne & Sen, Sunnyside Farm. Kintlerhook, N Y. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVII.W STOCK I AKM.K. 
I*’. !>■ No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
choice selected pigs, 8 
to 111 weeks old, 6 dollars 
each. Pairs not akin. A Iso older stock at reason¬ 
able prices. E. L. ALEERTSON, Hope, N. J. 
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 DELIGHT FARM 
CHAZY, NEW YORK 
PEDIGREE CHESTER W'HITES—Fall boars 
r and sows; special prices. SCOTT, Stone Ridge, N Y. 
FOR SALE—Meadowood Chester Whites 
1 registered boar—a proven sire of quality, 20 months old, 
$40.00. 1 registered boar from a prolific strain, 15 months 
old, $30.00. Meadowood Farms, Cazeuovia, N. Y. 
Reg . P, Chinas Berkshires, G. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows service Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Coiiie 
—«- Pups,Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildoun, Pa 
RFRKSHTRFS -8 week s old. § 5.00 
pjlin.iv oriiiYE.j WflLTER c WflRD Greil | 0ch N j 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT KIGHWOOD 
Selected animals all ages for sale. 
H. C. & H. R. HARPENDING, Dundee, N.Y. 
For Sale-Registered Berkshires 
all ages, at ORCHARD DALE FRUIT FARMS Prices reason¬ 
able. Write or come and see. H. L. BROWN, Carlton, N.Y. 
For Sale—Thoroughbred Berkshire Pigs 
of the celebrated Masterpiece• strain. Boars and 
sows now about 6 mouths old. 
E. W. ALLEN, - Erieville, New York 
Purebred Berkshire Pigs Cheap — 5*e a ft u y : 
long-bodied, up-and-coming, choice pigs Farrowed 
August 13th. Quality breeding. $12 00 each—for 
quick sale- OLD LANDING FARMS, Millsboro Delaware 
BERKSH 3 RES 
We have the large, thrifty kind, with lots of type, 
quality and breeding. Write for prices and de¬ 
scriptions. TOMPKINS FARM, Lanstlale, Pa 
Berkshire Boars ^Winter Service 
About Christmas time I will have a deluge of let¬ 
ters asking for boars fit for immediate service. The 
wise ones are buying 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, Woodrow Farm, Broad Axe, Pa. 
Immune Berkshires 
both sexes, all ages, best of blood lines, good indivi¬ 
duals. Our saie in August averaged higher than 
any sale held in the hast this year. Breeding ami 
quality did it. We have just purchased of Lucas and 
Gill, Hnntland. Tctin., one of the best herds in the 
South. It inc udes tlieir show herd that won first and 
Championship at Nashville, Tenn., this fail. Get 
your name in early for our February sale catalogue. 
White Horse Farms, Paeli, Chester County, Pa. 
