1915. 
THIS RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
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both horses and stock can be traced to 
this Sunday mix-up of hours. Remember 
in the feed lot as in the dairy barn no 
two animals in the bunch are just alike, 
and it takes intelligence and great watch¬ 
fulness on the part of the feeder to get 
the best result out of every pound fed. 
In the Middle West the Scotch herdsman 
has been found very satisfactory, as he 
has in the great majority of cases been 
with the cattle since he was 14 years old, 
and I have always noticed that the man 
who is absolutely tied up with his stock 
gets better Tesults than the man who has 
49 different jobs to do, and then the 
stock as a sort of extra chore. See that 
vour stock are properly divided so that 
they do not fight and crowd, see that they 
get plenty of water and a good dry bed 
at all times, and whenever one of the 
cattle gets dirty get after it with the 
curry-comb. Make up little mashes of 
boiled feed for the weak ones or invalids; 
these are only a few of the many odd 
jobs around a herd of feeders. 
Maine. E. anderson. 
Provide for the'Brood Mare. 
C ORRECT constipation with bran 
mashes and flaxseed meal. Toward 
the end of her term, provide the brood 
mare with a roomy, clean, well bedded 
and ventilated stall. If she foals for the 
first time, she should be prepared by a 
certain amount of handling of the udder, 
hand rubbing or warm water bath. Ges¬ 
tation is a normal function, and in no 
way interferes with the mare’s health. 
It may be advantageous; she may show 
a better appetite and lay on flesh more 
rapidly. The changes she undergoes are 
far from abnormal and may be considered 
safety devices for the unborn colt. 
There are reasons why the volume of 
work done by the brood mare during the 
last half of her period should be reduced. 
Nutritive material heretofore converted 
in energy is now utilized for the growth 
of the colt. Excessive work will starve 
the colt. Many breeders work their 
mares almost to the time of foaling, and 
there is no doubt that such a course is 
preferable to confining the brood mare 
in a box stall and condemning her to in¬ 
activity for several weeks. If suitable 
work cannot be found for the mare give 
her freedom of pasture or paddock. 
Avoid feeds accompanied by consider¬ 
able gas formation. Avoid spoiled or 
mouldy foodstuffs, and feed three times 
daily. Hay and oats tire principal feeds 
in all sections, yet corn can be used, 
with quantity of wheat bran at close 
of gestation. The ration must not be 
deficient in proteid matters, the flesh, 
hair and muscle building materials, and 
lime must be present in the ration. In 
feeding the mare she should not be per¬ 
mitted to fatten, and working condition 
is proper condition for the brood mare. 
Choose Your Breed and Stick. 
can’t mix blood in cattle any 
A more than you can mix water and 
oil.” This is a statement made by 
Dr. J. C. Sharpe, dairyman, of New Jer¬ 
sey. Farmers in localities have had re¬ 
markable foundation stock. Herds on 
many farms have evidenced prominent 
Jersey characteristics, and had continued 
breeding to Jersey sires been continued 
magnificent communities of Jerseys might 
have been developed in hundreds of un¬ 
heard of localities in the United States. 
A wave of Holstein popularity strikes 
the community, and on this stock are bred 
sires with Holstein characteristics. There 
occurs reversion of type to the original. 
Perhaps some animals show good quali¬ 
ties of both, but many show evidences of 
yield of the unintelligeutl.v 
and the poorly bred Hol- 
fat content. In three or 
—.. 0 — ons of dairy animals, Hol¬ 
stein characteristics predominate, and 
then comes Guernsey sentiment. The 
farmers breed typical animals of one 
breed to those of the other. Again there 
is reversion to original, and the farmer 
finds himself back to the days of the na¬ 
tives two, three or even four decades ago, 
in his effort to swim with the stream. 
“Select your breed with care,” is fur¬ 
ther advice of Dr. Sharpe, a breeder of 
Holsteins. “If you are selling market 
milk either to New York, Philadelphia or 
any city the Holstein possibly is the cow. 
If you are supplying a cream trade, 
there is no cow that gives better and 
more beautiful cream than the Guernsey, 
and the Jersey has a wonderful place in 
dairy activity. Do not only select the 
breed that you love, but select the breed 
for the product of which there is demand 
in your market. There is place for the 
Guernsey, the Holstein, the Jersey, the 
Ayrshire, and from these four breeds I 
would choose my dairy animals. “Select 
your breed and stick.” w. j. 
BUFFALO MARKETS. 
The city produce markets have suffered 
lately from cold weather, all the open 
stalls being closed, but that has not pre¬ 
vented the arrival in pretty good shape 
of considerable new green stuff from 
Florida. Strawberries retail at 35 cents 
a quart and are sufficient to supply all 
demands. New cabbage sells at 10 cents 
a head, while old is iiot above three to 
five cents. New spinach keeps prices 
down to 30 cents a peck. Lettuce is five 
cents a head up. New cauliflower is 20 
cents. Severe weather cannot help po¬ 
tato prices. Wholesale quotations are 
not above 42 cents, which is a lower 
level than before. Potatoes are mostly 
overripe, being very mealy. Apples are 
not quoted above $2.50 per bushel, whole¬ 
sale, but some market dealers are ask¬ 
ing $1 a bushel for seconds, Greenings, 
$1.25 for seconds red. The supply is 
good, with a large showing of Pacific 
coast, high-colored apples, which retail 
low, usually not much more than a cent 
apiece. A good showing of home-grown 
apples, put up more attractively than 
formerly competes with the high colors 
of the Western apple and keeps prices 
down. Regular local quotations are now 
made of Western box apples, wholesale 
prices running from $1.25 to $2 per 
bushel box. Varieties named are Spitzen- 
burg, Jonathan, Delicious, Winesap, 
Lome Beauty and Arkansas. 
There is again a showing of fairly good 
quality of Brussels sprouts in, but at 18 
to 20 cents a quart, retail, the market 
is slow. Turnips wholesale at 85 cents 
per barrel and Hubbard squash is not 
above two cents a pound retail. Sweet 
potatoes are plenty at 30 cents a peck, 
retail, and the common vegetables, beets, 
carrots, parsnips, etc., are 10 cents a 
measure, with vegetable oyster, five cents. 
There is the same discrepancy in re¬ 
gard to butter and eggs as before. The 
wholesale quotation of butter is 34 cents 
down to 18, but the market retailers 
offer “special Elgin” at 34 cents retail 
and sometimes even less. Eggs are not 
quoted at more than 37 cents, but the 
market stalls are able to sell “special 
guaranteed” as low as 24 cents, which 
no doubt means a grade of storage eggs 
that run fairly well. The demand for 
eggs is light. Cheese continues un¬ 
changed at not more than 17 cents whole¬ 
sale and 19 to 20 cents retail. There is 
still poultry to be had at 16 to 18 cents 
retail, though its appearance is not the 
best, regular quotations being 24 cents 
for dressed turkey, wholesale and 14 to 
17 cents for fowl. Live poultry is three 
cents lower than dressed. Dressed 
chickens are not above 18 cents a pound 
wholesale, for fancy. This is a decline 
of a cent or so for some sorts. Rabbits 
are called scarce and high, at $1 a pair 
for jacks and 45 cents for cottontails. 
Southern fruits were never cheaper. All 
grapefruit retails at five cents each and 
good oranges and lemons at 15 cents a 
dozen. j. w. c. 
T HE American Guernsey Cattle Club 
sends this note: “The standing 
which a cow has in the Guernsey 
breed is determined largely by the amount 
of butterfat she can produce in the 
course of a year. In this particular 
breed this is as it should be. The dairy 
public will be interested to hear of the 
record of the two-year-old Guernsey cow, 
Marshall’s Lady Dudley 43364, owned at 
Bethany College Farm, Bethany, West 
Virginia. She began her test when only 
about 23 months of age and during the 
following year produced 14,813.6 pounds 
of milk and 606.5 pounds of butterfat. 
This is the largest milk record ever made 
by a two-year-old Guernsey, and the 
butterfat record is one of which the col¬ 
lege farm is not ashamed. Her breed¬ 
ing is that of Sheet Anchor on the sire’s 
side, and runs back through Golden No¬ 
ble 2d to the May Roses on the dam’s 
side.” 
Minnesota has 1,600,000 cows, and 
their average production of butter is 161 
pounds the year. A cow-testing associa¬ 
tion in Northeastern Ohio has 400 cows, 
and each cow annually tests 341 pounds, 
or 38 pounds better than the highest rec¬ 
ord of a cow-testing association. The 
cattle in the Ohio Association are, many 
of them, grade Jerseys, and their ances¬ 
try dates back a score of years to the time 
when 40 purebred Jerseys were brought 
into Columbiana County, Ohio. 
The Ohio Jersey cattle men at the Mid- 
Winter Show at Columbus, urged co¬ 
operation in giving publicity to the abili¬ 
ties of the Jersey cow as an economical 
producer; and agreed that the Club will 
cooperate with the .Federal department in 
prosecuting violation of laws by oleo¬ 
margarine manufacturers. It endorses 
the suggestion that the Federal Govern¬ 
ment spends sums to conduct experiments 
with a view to discovering preventives or 
cures for foot-and-mouth disease. 
Shropshire E»w l° r t!4“vS'»“Tlo». p wg. h"? 
MILCH 60ATS^™^ r »“» b "? n fS k "gK 
registered. E. N. BARR7JTT, Amherst, Virginia 
SWISS MILK GOATS 
KIDS « PURE j gglg.Vs.OO O 
E. S. SHARPLES 
CENTRE SQUARE, . • PENNA. 
SWIINTE 
LARGE YORKSHIRE 
BOARS 
Ready for service; can make 
immediate shipment. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, Chazy, N.Y. 
Eureka Stock Farm 
Now ready for Shipment: 
100 Registered Chester 
White Pigs, including a 
full line 10 weeks old, that 
can bu mated in pairs and 
trios not akin; aluo a fine 
lot 3 to 4, 4 to 6 and 5 to 6_ 
months old. Write for prices . 
EDWARD WALTER. DEPT. R. 
WEST CHESTER. PENNA. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WE8TVIKW STOCK FAHM.B. 
F. 1>. No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
O f r —Large Healthy Strain. Have a litter of 
• *• 10, Farrowed Nov. 24,1914, out all mature 
B. Garner, Cincinnatus, N.Y. 
stock. Pedioree furnished. F. 
OHELDON FARM KKGI8TEKEI) DUUUC8 
& Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BAKNE8. Oxford, N. Y. 
B 
OOKING ORDERS for Purebred Berkshire Pigs, 
farrowed Jan. 5,15. HARRY A. KUNZ, Titusville, Pa. 
Berkshiresf or Sale“^ few fine re e i8te,e<1 
rea» 
- --•service boars cheap, at 
ORCHARD DALE FRUIT FARMS. H. L. Brown. Waterport. rf.Y. 
Rorlrchirac of quality that you can afford. Easy 
uei *91111 Id payments if you like. State your 
wants quick. A. C. HOOPER, Bozman, Maryland 
URGE BERKSHIRES AT HI6HW00D 
Special offering of service boars and boar pigs. 
H. C. & H. B.HAKPEND1NG, Dundee, N. Y. 
Rprtthiro Piue IHiftnn—Masterpiece blood. Thrif- 
oerwwre rigs, uneap t y. healthy, vigorous choice 
boar pigs, two months old, $8.00 each. Extra nice 
sow, 2 1 c years old, weight, 200 lbs : bred to Master¬ 
piece boar, $45.00 OLD LANDING FARMS. Millsboro. Del. 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied Fa^'Es&s.’ 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals. 
Orders for export given especial care. 
K. Y. BDCKLEI, • Woodrow”, Bread Axe. Pa. 
REG. BERKSHIRES 
On.TS BRK1I FOR RPRWG FARROW HO. U5. 
FAT.I. nos, FANCY BIXKID AND TYPE, til TO »20. 
OAK WOOD FARM, - K. 8, NKWBIiRBH, N. V. 
BERKSHIRES all Ages 
Sows bred to Hopeful Lee 5th, $50. A high-class I 
foundation herd; price reasonable. 
H. M. Terwilliger, - Kirkville, N. Y. 
For Sale—Thoroughbred Berkshire Pigs 
of the celebrated Masterpiece strain. Boars and 
bows now about 6 months old. 
E. W. ALLEN, - Brievllle, New Yo rk 
BERKSHIRES 
Forty nvi bred for Soria 
Rivals Maf ~ 
type and I 
TOMPKINS FARM, t-i 
re bred for Sprlar Utters to the famous 
kleetle Boy 146407. These are of the best 
Individuality, Write for prtren. 
LAIN SO ALE. I*A. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES 
10 Bred Gilts for April farrow. 8 young Service Boars 
and 3 Sows. 3 years old, bred for March farrow. 
J. E. WATSON, . Marbledale, Ct. 
f DOS 
a and Ferretc 
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Pfll I IF PIIPQ —tho intelligent kind. Also Blood, 
UULLIC rUrO honnds. NELSON S, Grove City, Pa. 
O f\ III C—Registered Bitches, $15. 
V L L i E CLARK FARM, Boontsn, N. J. 
Fnrrato—Single, pairs and dozen lots. Stamp for 
rci 1 013 Pric6 list- HORACE MYERS, Spencer. O. 
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CATTLE 
FOR SALE 
Otterkill F arm Ayrshires 
15 youngbulls, all ages, and well bred, from import¬ 
ed sire Howies Predominant, imported three years 
ago, who was bred by Robert Wallace Auchenbrain. 
He is also for sale. Prices to suit the buyer. Address 
RUDOLPH HESS, Mgr., Wsihingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
Bred in the Purple owBjRegistered 
Jersey Bull calf, 8 mos„ $50. W. Freeland, Dover. N. J, 
FOR PR0DUCTI0N~ BREED up - bown- 
* ■ nUUIIU I lull Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Rensliaw Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
lETDOirV’G Bred for production. 
** ^ ■ w Imp. and Reg. of Merit Stock. 
Ball, 2 {years old, R. of M. sire and dam, (200. 
Splendid bull calf, tested dam. $75. 
OAKWOOW FAKM, K. 8, Newburgh, N. Y. 
Spot Farm Holsteins for SalelLSSSta hVifer 
calves, $800, 2 to6 months old; 1 from a daughter of 
King of Pontiacs, 1 from a daughter of Sir Veeman 
Hengerveld, 4 from a 31-lb- bull. 10 registered bulls, 
$25 to $100 each. 50 grade yearling heifers, $35 each. 
Grade Hclsteiu heifers and bull calves, 7 s Holstein, 
$15 each. Express paid in lots of 5. Registered and 
high-grade cows, lieagan Bros., Tully, N. Y. 
non e» es 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MARES AND H07 STEIN CATTLE. . 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 1 
A. W. GREEN, - Mlddlefield, Ohio 
Highland View Stock Farm 
Our barns are filled with the best Percheron and 
Belgians at the lowest prices 
0. N. WILSON, Prop., • Kittanning, Pa. 
HORSES FOR SALE 
Eastern Bred. (5 Geldings, weighing 14 to 18 hun- 
red,4to7 yrs. old. 1 Grade Percheron Mare,6 yrs. old, 
weighing lti hundred. 1 3-yr.-old grade Percheron 
Stallion, extra fine, weighing 17 hundred. All sound, 
kind and broken. Triangle Farms, Rock Stream, N. Y. 
STALLIONS 
Will be the best paying proposition in live stock 
line this year Farmers will raise their work horses 
rather than pay the long prices this stock will com¬ 
mand, and good draft stallions will be in great de¬ 
mand. Write now before prices advance and let us 
send you free photographs and descriptions of some 
ofjour Percheron, Belgian and Clydesdale studs. 
ADIRONDACK FARMS, - Glens Falls, N.Y. 
Great Purebred Percheron Stallion~^{j NO s $) 
(850G9i,(84211). Five years old. Seal brown. Weighs 
2200 lbs. Imported by Dunhams of Illinois. Stately 
and handsome, powerful but gentle and a sure getter 
$1750. Terms, ’a cash; balance to suit. Will also sell 
2 heavy grade Percheron mares: 1 registered mare 
and a 1900 lb. gelding. Come and see them. Will ac¬ 
cept in exchange for any of above, Holstein females 
with A. K. O. backing. Mohegan Farm, Peekskill, N. Y. 
KENTUCKY JACKS AND SADDLERS 
Fine Mammoth Jacks an<| 
Jennets. Saddle Stallions, 
Mares and Geldings. Perch¬ 
eron Stallions and Mares. 
Write us describing your 
wants. Home cured Blue 
Grass Seed and Cedar fence 
posts. 
THE COOK FARMS 
Lexington, Ky., Box 436, 0 
PAIR Y OAT T Xa E~ 
Guernsey Bulls-*™ oJSWSSS 
prize winning »ire. Geo. Osborne, Gonic, N. H. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Cliittenan B o. N. Y. 
SPRINGDALE FARMS £*%*•* *»■?• 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and heifers to select 
from. F. P. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
READY FOR SFRUI0F- pRICES . S^.oo to siso oa 
kcaui run atnviut Ke¥isU)re<1Hol8teinan(1 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals with great 
backing. Best blood in the land. Also younger bull 
calves. Write for list. HOMEWOOD FUklS. RYE, N. V. 
€/■ tario Baron Pietje, born April 
19,1914. Ideal Holstein bull in color markings, breed¬ 
ing and build. Average of dam and sire’s dam, 662 
milk, 31.14 butter in 7days. Price, only 18500. Send 
for photo and pedigree. Cloverdale Farm, Charlotte, N Y. 
Handsome Lad Mercedes, No. 130658 
beautifully marked Holstein bull, eleven months 
old. strong inMercedes and Cornucopia blood, trac¬ 
ing to Champion Cow of the World from 1904-1907. 
Crated f.o.b. Cortland, »I5. F. H. WOOD, Cortland, N. T. 
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 TUBKRCULINE TEST. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dept. Y, Cortland, N. Y. Bell Phone 14. F. S, 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
you are not read*y to buy purebred reg¬ 
istered Holstein cows for foundation stock, 
why not grade up your common cows by 
using a purebred registered Holstein bull? 
The Dairy Department of the Illinois Agri¬ 
cultural College has figured that $150 in¬ 
vested in a good purebred bull earns in six 
years nearly 1000 per cent, profit in the in¬ 
creased production alone, not taking into 
account the increased value of the herd. 
Can you invest $100 or $200 so that it will 
pay you more profit? Investigate great pro¬ 
ducing Holsteins. 
Send for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
Tha Holstein-Frieiian Association of America 
Box 105, Brattlaboro. Vt. 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
rs Law for the American Farmer, Green 1.50 s* 
1= Insects of Farm and Garden, Treat. 1.50 II 
If Black’s Medical Dictionary.2.50 =| 
Tho Rural New-Yorker. 333 West 30th St., N. Y. 
The quickest litter-to-market hog. Thrives any where—vigo 
out and prolific. Long bodied, small boned and a good feeder, 
375 pounds in 9 months! t 
Wrile for mu Free Book of Fads 
ARTHUR J. COLLINS Box 11 
Moorestown, N. J. 
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