T £-1 ED RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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Sheep and Dogs. 
7 >HE R. N.-Y. says, editorially, page 
1 40, Jan. 9th: 
joe Wing, of Ohio, before the New 
'•'ork State Breeders, made a good argu- 
men t for more sheep on New York State 
•irni*. We think the time has come for 
his. Sheep will improve the land. Now 
that we realize that wool is not all there 
« ro a sheep the meat question comes up 
o all of us. Sheep are particularly good 
n fruit and gardening farms. They clean 
,•> the weeds and make good use of 
wastes, and in some ways are more sat¬ 
isfactory than hogs. There ought to be 
more sheep. 
The above would all be true if it were 
not for the dogs. As it is, it seems to me 
little short of a crime to advise farmers 
to keep sheep when it is well known it 
is impossible to do so at a profit on ac¬ 
count of the danger from dogs. The 
Ymerican people have apparently decided 
they would rather hear the howls of dogs 
and subject themselves and their children 
;o the dangers of hydrophobia than to eat 
mutton and wear wool. As long as this 
is so, why advocate sheep husbandry? 
What a pity it seems that animals so 
oasily kept as sheep, and which would be 
profitable, must be abandoned on account 
of a horde of predatory beasts which are 
., s a rule not only useless but dangerous! 
If it were not for dogs neither Joe Wing 
nor anyone else, would have to urge farm¬ 
ers to keep sheep. They would all have 
them as they now have hogs, the small 
farmers a few, larger in proportion. As 
it is. the knowing ones will not and the 
others soon learn by sad experience. I 
thoroughly believe the best advice you can 
.five farmers on the subject is, not to try 
sheep. W. A. L. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Troubles of Massachusetts Farmers. 
T 1IE action of Gov. Walsh in removing 
Commissioner Walker from the head 
of the Animal Industry Commission, 
and his reasons for so doing, are causing 
much feeling. Commissioner Walker 
promised and took all precaution in his 
power to see that the cattle owners who 
had any stock destroyed by the Commis¬ 
sioner’s orders would be properly reim¬ 
bursed for same. The Governor evident¬ 
ly does not believe the farmers should be 
paid, and comes out flat-footed against 
payment of same by the State. The gen¬ 
eral understanding was that the State 
should stand one-half of the expense, the 
(lovernment the other half. By the Gov¬ 
ernor’s present action and attitude farm¬ 
ers who had cattle killed will have to fight 
or whistle to get their pay, or both. In 
act it looks as though the farmers would 
have to put up a general fight in this and 
many other matters to get their rights, 
or keep other people from taking away or 
curtailing what little we have. The gen¬ 
eral trend in law-making the past few 
years has been largely against the farm¬ 
ers’ rights and interests in this State, and 
also in others, and we have certainly got 
to get together, cut out politics of the old 
sort, and all work together for our own 
interests and common rights, which we 
inherited but are fast losing to the class 
who largely do not work, but live and 
fatten on what we produce, and which 
they handle for us on their own terms. 
Perhaps the thicker they soak it on the 
better, for us in the end, as it takes lots 
of soaking sometimes to move the farm¬ 
ers, but when they do get waked up some¬ 
thing happens. 
To go into a man’s barn and kill his 
stock without making arrangements to 
pay for same is the rankest injustice, and 
if we stand for any such action we cer¬ 
tainly deserve no sympathy from anyone. 
Here is a chance for the Dairymen’s As¬ 
sociation and other organizations to get 
busy and show what they are good for. 
Will they stand the trial? The present 
Mayor of Boston is presenting bills be¬ 
fore the present Legislature which are 
very much against the interests of Mass¬ 
achusetts agriculture, especially along the 
lines of forcing wild game production on 
the farmers’ lands, which destroy and in¬ 
jure the crops we wish to raise. This 
policy will, if carried far enough, make 
the raising of certain crops impossible. 
This will also react in the end on those 
who are responsible for bringing about 
this state of affairs by causing a scarcity 
and consequently high prices for the very 
things they will wish to buy from us. The 
farmers of Massachusetts as the rule do 
not need any favors, but they do need a 
fair show and reasonable laws that en¬ 
courage production of foods necessary for 
the consumers of our State to exist on. 
A. E. P. 
Color of Guernsey Milk. 
I T has long been known that the breed¬ 
ers of Guernsey cattle claimed as one 
superiority for their cows, that the 
milk is high-colored, carrying more of a 
yellow appearance than milk of any other 
breed. This fact is generally recognized, 
and seldom disputed by the breeders of 
other cattle. This fact is made use of by 
many milkmen, especially those who sell 
any milk where high color is required. It 
appears that there are many milk buyers 
who seem to think that rich milk should 
always carry a yellow color, or at least 
should not be chalk white. The secretary 
of the Guernsey cattle club gives two in¬ 
stances showing how dairymen make use 
of a number of Guernsey cows to tone up 
the color of their milk. Unquestionably 
there is much of this done, and this is one 
great point of superiority for Guernseys. 
“Not only do Guernsey breeders real¬ 
ize the importance of the color and per¬ 
centage of fat as factors, but many of 
those who favor other breeds on account 
of the larger quantities of milk which the 
individuals of the breed will yield are 
forced through competition with Guern¬ 
sey milkmen and through the passing of 
laws requiring a minimum fat standard, 
to appreciate and take advantage of the 
characteristics of Guernsey milk. One 
breeder in Wisconsin, who maintains a 
large herd of cattle about one-fourth of 
which are Guernseys, was asked why he 
fooled around with two breeds, and in re¬ 
ply said that in order to sell his milk in 
the town where his trade was established 
he must compete with Guernsey milkmen, 
and it was, therefore, necessary for him 
in some way to imitate the Guernsey 
color, and that since a small amount of 
Guernsey milk would color a larger 
amount of the other milk he kept Guern¬ 
seys in this proportion. 
“A wealthy man in Minneapolis, Min¬ 
nesota, some years ago was attracted to 
the cattle breeding business by the fine 
exhibits of cattle he had seen. He first 
chose to work with a breed that would 
produce large quantities of milk, for he 
thought that being near Minneapolis, he 
would have a good market for all that 
he could produce. Imagine his surprise, 
however, when one day he was arraigned 
in court for selling milk below standard 
and had to pay a fine. After this per¬ 
formance had been repeated a few times, 
he became disgusted and in order to put 
an end to it he bought some purebred 
Guernseys to bring up the test of his 
milk and also to add a color which would 
make it more desirable.” 
Frotity Cream.— On page 1508 C. F. 
A. speaks of cream turning like whipped 
cream in churn. In a like case we found 
that adding cold water, about half as 
much as there is cream in churn, brings 
the butter out in a few minutes. It was 
the only way we could get butter last 
Summer. e. m. 
Pomona, N. Y. 
Jan. 11. Corn, 90; buckwheat, 85; 
oats, 55; potatoes. 75. Cattle vary, some 
at $50, others $75; it all depends on 
grade. Butter, 84c.; apples, $1.40 bbl.; 
cabbage, 6c. a head ; onions, $1; now 50. 
Upper Red Hook, N. J. 6. R. D. 
•Tan. 9. We are only 21 miles from 
Philadelphia, with a good macadamized 
road all the way, most of the farmers 
haul all or nearly all of their produce, 
thereby getting city prices for the same. 
As for dairy products, there are only a 
comparatively few dairies around here 
now, and thev all without any exception 
ship their milk to the city, getting four 
cents six months in the year and 4% net 
the remaining six months. Some 12 or 
15 years ago every one kept dairies, but 
as bran and gluten became so high they 
all found they were losing money, so they 
sold off their stock, and now raise corn, 
wheat, oats, potatoes, sweet corn, vegeta¬ 
bles and hay. Nearly everyone bought 
steers in the Fall to fatten during the 
Winter months, but this year, on account 
of the foot and mouth disease, we were all 
afraid to. A few have auto trucks and 
no doubt they will become more popular 
when the price is a little lower. As for 
fruit raising, there is practically nothing 
doing in that line; a generation ago all 
kinds of fruit flourished, especially apples 
of the cider variety, and were very profit¬ 
able, but through neglect and careless¬ 
ness on the part of the grower scale and 
other diseases crept in and cleaned them 
out. Some of the neighbors ship their 
eggs and chickens to New York when 
that market is a little higher than Phila¬ 
delphia, but as a rule almost everything 
goes to the latter place. F. W. S. 
Ivyland, Pa. 
Twenty-six years to remain on the 
same place not only speaks well for the 
hired man, but for the boss as well. Carl 
Johnson, of Lake County, Indiana, has 
this record on the farm of S. B. Woods. 
A POLE of 740 farmers in McHenry 
County, Illinois, shows that nearly three- 
fourths of them have manure spreaders, 
one-fourth have silos, while only one in 10 
has remembered his wife with a water 
system, but they are looking toward the 
wife’s betterment. Now will you take 
such a canvass in your town, and see if 
the men still “looking for the wife’s bet¬ 
terment” or are they acting for it? 
The fact that corporal punishment is 
discouraged in some public schools is 
what led Harry’s teacher to address this 
note to the lad’s mother: “I regret very 
much to have to inform you that your 
son Harry idles away his time, is disobe¬ 
dient, quarrelsome and disturbs the pupils 
who are trying to study their lessons. 
He needs a good whipping, and I strongly 
recommend that you give him one.” 
Whereupon Harry’s mother responded as 
follows: “Dear Miss Jones: Lick him 
yourself. I ain’t mad with him. Yours 
truly, Mrs. Smith.”—Chicago Journal. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
fnr Calcs— M young Holstein cows, pair Durham 
rur Jd»C OX en, 6, 4000 lbs. EflRl DAVIS. Newfane, Vt. 
For Sale-150 Cows and Yearlings-^^f^; 
Harry Vail, New Milford, Orange Co., N. V. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD F ARM, Chittenango. N. Y. 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL —grandson of Mercedes 
11 .Tulip’s Pieterfie’s Paul, horn March 11, 1914. 
Nicely marked. I . H. WOOL), Cortland, N. V. 
READY FOR SERVICE- pR,CES S75 °o tosmoo 
nCHUirUn OCItVIUL Registered Holstein and 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals with great 
backing. Best blood in the land. Also younger hull 
calves. Write for list. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y 
SPRINGDALE FARMS ^bu^g^efe 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and heifers to select 
from. I’. J?. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
/'"'vNTAKIO LANNIN LAD, Holstein bull, born 
April 3,1914. Sire, 35.61 lb, bull; dam, a superbly 
bred 20ks lb. 2-year old. Price, *250 and, to head 
any herd, worth ten times any ordinary bred ono. 
Send for pedigree. Cloverdale Farm, Charlotte, N.Y. 
REG. HOLSTEIN 
MALE CALVES 
choicely bred, fine individuals, $30 and upwards. 
Write us before you buy. Can spare a few heifers. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. HILLHURST FARM, 
F. H. RIVENBURGH, Prop., Munnsville, Madison Co., New York 
2 Registered Heifer Calves-^j?^ 
akin, light colored, $250. 50 high grade yearlings, 
$35 each, registered bulls, $35 to $100 each. Grade 
heifer calves, % Holstein, $15 each, express paid to 
your station in lots of 5. Registered and high 
grade cows at reasonable prices, no foot and month 
disease in this Co, Reagan Bros, Tully, N. V, 
Purebred Holstein Bull Calves 
The sire is half the herd and a good ono is more than 
half. Lot ns supply the bettor half of your pure¬ 
bred or grade herd. We have nine princely individ¬ 
uals—6 weeks to 6 months old—at present available 
for the purpose Pricod to sell. Heifers sold. 
Inspection invited. 
MOHICGAN FARM, Mohegnn Rake, N. Y. 
East River Grade Holsteins For Sale 
75 High Grade Cows 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 TUBERCULINS TEST. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dept. Y, Cortland, N. Y. Dell Phone 14. F. 5. 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
“The scrub bull doesn’t stop at being 
merely worthless, but he will lose the farmer 
the price of two or three good bulls every 
year he is kept....The presence of the scrub 
sire in any henf is a plain advertisement of 
the dairyman’s thoughtless bid for failure.” 
These words from the pen of the Chief of 
Dairy Husbandry, University of Illinois, 
should startle you Into immediate action if 
you are using a scrub bull. Improve your 
condition, consider the great big husky 
black-and-white Holsteins, with their un¬ 
equalled records as milk and butter-fat pro¬ 
ducers. 
Send for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America 
Box 105, Brattleboro, Vt. 
Guernsey BulUr fcUid”; 
N.Y. Nice individual; high A. R. breeding. Also 
bull calf, C mos„ $50. TABER * MIGNIN, Castile. N. Y. 
riTFDW6EVC- two bulls three and eight 
llIJ riiliilr. I ,l months old, whoso sire is 
from one of the best daugh¬ 
ters of May Rose King. She made 640 lbs. fat in 
one year. The dams of these calves are Advanced 
Registered cows with creditable records and breed¬ 
ing. W. K. DUNLOP, Fayetteville, New York 
Registered Guernseys 
To reduce herd will sell a few cows, as well 
as heifer and bull calves. Young stock by 
Pride’s May King of Linda Vista No. 18617 
out of registered dams. 
FOX RUN FARM 
F. S Gilchrist Peterboro, 
Superintendent New Hampshire 
FOR PRODUCTION 
Registered Jersey bull 
ealves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg., Pittsburgh. Pa. 
Jersey Cattle 
Keep Boys from Get¬ 
ting “City Fever” 
What are you doing to keep 
your boys on the farm? If 
you don’t fur¬ 
nish them with 
some live interest, 
they are sure to leave. 
How about getting 
some pure-bred 
Jersey Cattle? 
Here is a live, an interesting, a 
profitable outlet for their youthful 
enterprise and energy, that can be 
had right at home. Think about it. 
Information about Jersey Cattle 
can be procured free from. 
The American Jersey Cattle Club 
324 West 23d Street, New York City 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
9Hrnn«h!rp Fwpo for sale at reasonable prices. Bred 
onropsmrecwes E E . stevens & son, Wilson, n. y. 
FOR SALE 
Otterkill F arm Ayrshires 
15 young bulls, all ages, and well bred, from import¬ 
ed sire Howies Predominant, imported three years 
ago, who was bred by Robert Wallace Auchenbrain. 
He isalsofor sale. Prices to suit the buyer. Address 
RUDOLPH HESS, Mgr., Washingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
U O Gr 
Pm I IF PIIP^—tlio intelligent kind. Also Blood. 
UULLIE ruro hounds. NELSON’S. Grove City. Pa. 
Fprrpk~ Rin K le ’ Pairs and dozen lots. Stamp for 
oi i old Prlce list> HORACE MYERS, Spencer, O. 
O 
S E S 
LHZ= 
DERCHER0N STALLIONS —Bny from farmers. Our hob. 
by is quality. S. Schoonmaker, Gardiner, N. Y. 
— SHETLAND PONIES 
of quality. Prices rea¬ 
sonable. Write for Fall 
PONIES 
_. »» ilTO 1U1 X’ till 
THE SIIADYSIDE FARMS,North Bcntoa.Ol.io 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MARKS AND HOLSTK1N CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A* W. GREEN, - Middlefield, Ohio 
LARGE SPANISH JACK FOR SALE 
Registered and pedigreed; six years old; a tested 
performer andbreeder. Noreasonable offer refused 
CostMOO, will sellfor less than hall'. Address, Com¬ 
monwealth Water* Light Co., Supt. of Farms, Summit, N. J. 
JACKS,SADDLERS jacks, saddle’ stallions, 
ANDPERCHERONS cheron stallions sml 
mares. Write for pictures and testimonials describing 
your wants. Homo-cured bluegruss seed. 
COOK FARMS, BoxC, Lexington.Ky. 
SWI3VTE 
CHESHIRES 
CHELDON FARM RFIGISTEHED DUROCS 
° Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BAliN US. Oxford, N. Y. 
Duroc Jersey Red Pigs-?"*; yf 
No man can sell you a bettor Pig than these. 
J. H. LEWIS & SONS, - CADIZ, OHIO 
FOR PURE BRED TAMW0RTH SWINE 
write or visit WKSTVIFW STOCK FA KM, It. 
F. 1). No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
AUGUST 0.1. C. PIGS-^X*r f“! 
cock. Latham, 539 Second St., Brooklyn,'N.Y. 
ft I ft -Large Healthy Strain. Have a litter of 
V. 1. O. io, Farrowed Nov. 24,1914, out all maturo 
stock Pedigree furnished. F. B. Garner. Cinciunatus, N.Y. 
Plirphrpfl 0 I C’c - ® weeks old. Bred 
rureorea u. i. us from lare6i healthyi pro | ifio 
stock, $8 each. 10# discount for 2 or more. NELSON 
N. ALEXANDER, HARRIMAN. ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK 
—Overstocked. Must sell to 
make room. One Reg. 2- 
ern m , y 0ar old sow bred Nov. 3, 
$50. Plenty of other stock best of breeding. Write 
your wants. G. K. SMITH. CASTILE, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—White Chesterfield English 
„ " Pigs. 3 months old, nothing 
finer, healthy. 2 Barrows. 2 Sows and 1 Boar. $6 
each or the lot for $25. Also Green Mountain Seed 
Potatoes. 100 bushels, $1 per bushel. Horse Shoo 
Spring Farm, Co ngers, Rockland Co., N. Y. 
O. 1. G.s-Chester Whites 
Do you want Type, Breeding, Size Health, ProllflcncBB? 
I)o you want Brood Sowh, Service Boars. GIIIh, Ptga? 
Do you want a quick reply, quick sale, quick shipment? 
Vidor Farms, Bellvale, Orange Co., New York 
Reg. P, Chinas Berkshires, C. Whites. 
Fine, large strains; all ages, mated 
not akin. Bred sows sendee Boars, 
Jersey and Holstein Calves. Collie 
— - -—■ Pups,Beagles and Poultry. Write for 
prices & circulars. Hamilton & Co.. Ercildoun, Pa. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHW00D 
Special offering of service boars and hoar pigs. 
H. C. & H. II. H Alt FUNDING, Dundee, N. Y. 
Purebred Berkshire Pigs Cheap - i 
long-bodied, up-and-coming,choice sow pigs Quality 
breeding. Farrowed August 13tli. *12 00 each—for 
quick sal e. OLD LANDING FARMS, Millsboro. Delaware 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied 'SSSSS 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals 
Orders for expor t given especial care. 
R. Y. 1IUCKLKY. “Woodrow", Broad Axe, Pa. 
BERKSHIRES 
Forty sows bred for Spring litters to the famous 
Klvals Majestic Boy 14«44>7. These are of the best 
SfiH&JsftSSSC* S”“ KSU_p,. 
LARGE YORKSHIRE 
BOARS 
Ready for service; can make 
immediate shipment. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, Chazy, N.Y. 
Binder 
T1JST the thing for pre- 
" serving flies of The 
Rural New-Yorker. Dura¬ 
ble and cheap. Sent post¬ 
paid for 25 cents. 
The Rural New-Yorker, 
833 W. 30th St.. N. Y. City. 
