THIi RURAL NEW.VORKER 
533 
BOB VEAL LEGISLATION. 
T HE bill which has just been intro¬ 
duced in the New York State Legis¬ 
lature to reduce the minimum age of 
market veal to three weeks is based on 
tlm results of several years of experiment 
,,n the part of Professor Pierre A. Fish, 
of the New York State Veterinary Col¬ 
lege at Cornell. The findings of Profes¬ 
sor Fish are of great interest to the 
farmer, because he has established the 
relative digestibility of bob veal at two 
works of age as equal to the digestibility 
of market veal or beef, while the decom- 
posibility is much less. This removes the 
fear that many farmers had of eating the 
hob veal of over two weeks of age which 
they cannot sell because of the legal age 
limit. __ . , . , . 
Professor Fish says in closing his re- 
,H ‘ That the tissues of bob veal should be 
rejected for food purposes because of a 
slightly larger percentage of water is in¬ 
consistent with the practice of eating 
oysters and certain fish in which the per¬ 
centage of water is still greater, nor is 
the antipathy to the young tissue of the 
bob Veal consistent with the practice of 
■ ating squabs, which, though a luxury, 
are born in a helpless and relatively im¬ 
mature condition as compared with the 
calf, which from the time of birth is 
active enough to help itself in various 
ways. . . . , 
“The dietetic experiments, including 
a total of 75 persons participating at one 
time or another in the investigation, 
showed no harmful physiologic effects 
from the bob veal when consumed as food 
and served in the ordinary manner. The 
fact that it was served to individuals 
ranging from 2 to 70 years of age with¬ 
out apparent injurious effects indicates 
the wide range and diverse physical con¬ 
ditions subjected to the test. If the 
tender age of childhood and the failing 
tissues of old age remain unharmed, then 
we may reasonably assume that the aver¬ 
age vigorous adult may consume bob veal 
with impunity. 
“The age limit of three weeks as pro¬ 
vided for by the Federal Government is 
high enough, and should serve as a 
standard for uniformity in those States, 
and municipalities which have laws on 
the subject. The reduction of the age 
limit to two weeks may safely be recom¬ 
mended in view of the tests that have 
been made. 
“In the absence of direct evidence of 
any harmful effect of the bob veal upon 
the human organism, there would seem to 
he no scientific reason why its sale as 
such may not. be legalized. Its continued 
use as a legal food in certain foreign dis¬ 
tricts confirms the view of its harmless¬ 
ness. A demand already exists among 
foreigners, and with its lower cost its 
use may be expected to extend among 
those who cannot afford to purchase meat 
very frequently. 
“In view of the evidence submitted and 
in spite of the closed markets, it would 
appear that much waste of a useful food 
might be avoided if farmers understood 
that there is evidence to show that 
healthy bob veal, when kept in as sani¬ 
tary condition as other meat, causes no 
harm and when it is desired to kill a 
calf, at an early age, for economic rea¬ 
sons, its flesh may be consumed at their 
own tables.” 
Managing Hop;s in Mississippi. 
Hogging off corn and Soy beans on 
page 393 was read with a good deal of 
interest regarding what Mr. Horatio 
Markley had to say of his experience. 
Last year I had a similar experience. I 
had sown my oats the Fall before, and 
about the last days of May mowed the 
oats and made a line lot of excellent hay. 
My plan was to break the ground imme¬ 
diately and plant to corn and cow peas, 
but the weather was dry and the ground 
so hard a plow could not be stuck into 
it during the whole month of .Tune. On 
.Inly 5 we had quite a good rain. I just 
ran a bull-tongue furrow and planted it 
in corn and peas at the same time, plowed 
the middles clean and- harrowed it thor¬ 
oughly. The reason I did not bed it was 
I feared it would dry the little moisture 
there was in it out and I have been glad 
I did not, for there was not much after it 
for two or three weeks. 
The corn and peas came up to a good 
stand and after a while we had plenty of 
rain ; both did well, and I made a good 
crop of both. There came a strong wind 
in September and blew the corn down 
pretty badly. I saw if I didn’t do some¬ 
thing I would stand a chance to lose it 
all. for it was just beginning to get hard, 
and I could not gather it on account of 
being too green. The peas were as good 
a crop as I ever saw, and I wanted to 
utilize them too, so I turned my hogs on 
them, and I have never seen hogs do 
better. By the first of November they 
were fat enough to kill, and pork was a 
good price because the average farmer 
• lid not have any fat. enough for the mar¬ 
ket. After saving enough for my home 
use I sold the remainder in Jackson for 
eight cents per pound on fcot. 
Another thing most farmers never think 
of, and that is variety. A hog is like 
a man; he likes a change, and the peas 
furnished the protein and what grass and 
weeds there were round the side of the 
rows and corners about furnished a 
change. There is another advantage, and 
that is the trouble of feeding twice a 
•lay, and that is no small matter when 
there are a good many hogs. 
.TOTT'V T.. FV.\\'°. 
LIVE STOCK NOTES. 
Here are some facts reported about the 
horse and mule crop. The natural out¬ 
let for horses and mules has been closed 
on account of the European war. There 
has been a demand for cavalry and 
artillery animals, but beyond that the 
market is slow. The increased use of 
tractors also seems to be having its effect. 
The other side of the matter is that the 
imports of breeding stock to this country 
have been held up for the present. In 
the future, no matter which side the war 
goes, there will be a heavy demand from 
Europe, not only for working animals, 
but for breeding stock. There has been 
a falling off in the price of mules and 
horses. On January 1st there was some¬ 
thing like 400,000 head more of mules 
and horses than in the year before. In 
fact, the war and the wonderful develop¬ 
ment of arasoline power has unsettled the 
horse and mule market as never before 
in past 20 years. 
(Secretary Dinsmore, of the Percheron 
Society of America, says that the trade 
in Percheron horses shows an appreciable 
increase in spite of the war. Importa¬ 
tions of purebred draft horses from 
abroad amounted to 9,100 in 1911, 1912 
and 1913. This made an average of 
about one and one-half million dollars’ 
worth of breeding draft horses annually, 
for which American gold was spent 
abroad. These importations are now 
wholly shut off and will be for years to 
come. About eight or nine thousand 
American bred Percherons are being an¬ 
nually produced and recorded. During 
the last months of 1913 the total exports 
of horses amounted to a little over a mil¬ 
lion and a quarter dollers. while in the 
last five months of 1915 the exports 
amounted to nearly fifteen and one-half 
million. 
The Guernsey cow, Triple Champion’s 
Marva 30001, A. It. 2400, owned by E. 
It. Andrews, of Vermont, has recently 
completed a noteworthy record. As a 2%- 
year-old she was put on test in August, 
1912, and made in one year 9234.80 
pounds of milk and 454.70 pounds of 
butterfat, finishing her record in August, 
1913. In November of the same year she 
was again entered on an official test and 
made during following 365 days 14,370.3 
pounds of milk and 703.27 pounds of ■ 
butterfat, which entitles her to fourth 
place among the five class leaders of the 
four-year-old division. Triple Champion’s , 
Marva was sired by Triple Champion : 
13067, A. It., who has 24 registered 
daughters, seven of whom have official 
records and eight are now under test. 
Her dam, Marva 2d 20260, A. R. 2260. 
also has an Advanced Register record of 
421 pounds of fat. 
Kansas will have contests in corn, 
Kafir, tomatoes, poultry, pig feeding, 
sewing, cooking, gardening and canning. 
In corn and Kafir contests the boys will 
select the seed, prepare the seed bed, and 
plant and cultivate at least one acre. In 
the gardening and canning contest the boy 
or girl will grow four square rods of vege¬ 
tables, such as tomatoes, beans, peas, 
corn, pumpkins, squash or sweet pota¬ 
toes and must can at least one-tenth of 
each of the vegetables grown. Hatching 
and rearing of chicks, feeding and de¬ 
veloping young chicks, or egg production 
are the three projects in the poultry con¬ 
test, and each boy or eirl must compete 
in two of the three, in the pig feeding 
contest one or more pigs, not less than 
eight or more than 12 weeks old will 
be fed to make the maximum gain, and 
at the same time the largest net profit. 
The contest will last at least four months. 
Skim-milk cheese at full cream prices 
has kept down the cheese industry in 
Colorado. All grades have either ridden 
unto market under the same grade label, 
or received pass without inspection. This 
condition has had the opposite effect to 
fostering the business in the State. Con¬ 
ditions point to greater dairy activity in 
State, and the consumer wants to know 
what he gets in cheese for his money. 
March 10. Prices on farm produce are 
about as follows: Wheat, $1.35; corn, 65 
cents; oats, 50; rye, 90; hay $15 to $20; 
hogs, $6.25 to $6.50; cattle, $4 to $7; 
sheep, $3 to $4; potatoes, 50 to 60 cents; 
butter, 20 to 25 cents; eggs, 15 cents. 
The growing wheat crop came through 
the Winter in good condition. It was 
protected by a heavy snow during the 
severe cold weather. Some plowing was 
done in February. Not much doing in 
the maple syrup business as trees are 
scarce. The sap is very sweet this sea¬ 
son. m. N. s. 
W. Manchester, O. 
With just a light crop of everything 
but wheat no man got it further wrong 
than did Governor Hodges in the Fall 
of 1913, when he said there was enough 
feed in Kansas to feed every head of 
stock in the State and then buy three 
more for every head that was already 
here and feed it too. The little State 
bank of the little town near here paid 
out by drafts over $100,000 before March 
1, 1914, for grain; corn, oats, shorts, 
bran, cottonseed and oil cake meal from 
Minnesota, Dakotas, Iowa and as far 
east as Ohio and Michigan. Some rent¬ 
ers were broke, sold their stock and tools 
and were going to try making a living 
some other way. I think more of The 
R. N.-Y. than any farm paper I ever 
look; you put us farmers on our guard 
against all crooks. It would be almost 
impossible for those fellows to get in 
their work^ where The II. N.-Y. is read. 
Rock. Knns. j. jr. p. 
1A REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE 2 year 
I v old EAVES for Sale, bred to Lamb in April. 
H. 15. COVERT, Lodi,“New York 
DAIRY CATTIjE] 
C hoice registered angus bulls- 
FQR SA I.E. A. AV. ROOT, Manlieim, Pa. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °o , Sa s E jTeVHu 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Cliittenanoo. N. Y. 
Wan{ed _ 2 YQUN R G S GR C fl L oE S Holstein Cows or Heifers 
Terms cash. Ttobt. G. Jackson, Swissvale, Penna. 
StfgFFn MID AVITH A GOOD ONE. On- 
t *** ttt ' " 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 7 days. Price, only #500. Send 
for photo and pedigree. Cloverdale Farm, Charlotte, N Y. 
SPRINGDALE FARMS 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and hei fers to select 
from. F. P. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
READY FOR SERVICE 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals witl 
backing. Best blood in the land. Also.voun 
calves. Write for list. HOMEWOOD FARMS, R 
J 00 
and 
'rent 
: bull 
N. Y. 
21 Choice Holstein Cakves 
12 heifers, 9 bulls, purebreds, fashionable blood 
lines. Will sell as lot or individually. 
Mohegan Farm, _ Peekskill, N. Y. 
Holstein Seuice 
to 16 mo. old.) If you are looking for the blood 
which produces world champion cows, write to 
Ira S. Jarvis, Hartwick Seminary, N. Y. Prices moderate 
REG. HOLSTEIN 
MALE CALVES 
Buy now when prices are low. The leading strains 
of the world. Prices, $25 and upwards. We breed 
for size and production. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Hlllhurst Farm, F. H. RiVENBURGH, Munnsvitle, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
THREE tuberculin-tested 
thoro- ghbred HOLSTEIN 
BULLS, One-Year-Old. 
thrifty, vigorous animals. One Thoroughbred 
Berkshire Boar farrowed July 1, 1914. Exceptionally 
fine animal. Masterpiece strain from prolific dam with 
a record of thirty-one pigs in three litters. Also 
Four Thoroughbred Berkshire Pigs, eight weeks old. 
The New York Slate Training School for Boys, Yorktown Heights, N. Y. 
SPOT FARM HOLSTEINS FOR SALE 
% Holstein heifer and bull calves.$15 each 
Express paid to your station la lots of five. 
Registered bull calves.$35 to $50 each 
5 bulls ready for service.$100 to $2110 each 
7cows with records of over 20 lbs. of butter in 7 days 
1 18-lb. 2 year old, 1 14-lb. 2 year old, and our herd 
sire, witli 6 A. R. O. daughters for.$4,000 
25 yearlings and 2 year olds for.$35 a head 
REAGAN BROS., TuUy, N. Y. 
FOR PRODUCTION- 
Registered .Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg.. Pittsburgli. Pa. 
Registered Jersey Bulls for Sale ® e *“ * 
old. AVAI. McWHORTER, Argyle, New York 
For Sale-Registered Jersey Bull 
six years old; kind and gentle; sure stock getter; 
sire of several noted cows. Sold on account reduc¬ 
ing stock. Also two young bulls ready for service; 
solid color; from good producing dams. 
Li. G. Forbes, - Man basset, Long; Island 
$138 a Cow per Year 
is a late average of a Washing¬ 
ton State Jersey herd. Many 
Cows have records of 500 to 1000 pounds of butter 
annually—a telling lesson to people who are 
struggling along with $20 to $30 cows. Investi¬ 
gate the Jerseys. Address 
THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 
324 W. 23d St., New York City 
“MeridaleJerseys” 
Our 1915 booklet is ready for distribution. 
It tells of the breeding policies which have 
controlled the development of the Meridale 
Herd, of the four families into which the 
Herd is organized, and of the Register of 
Merit work of Meridale cows. It will 
particularly interest the man looking for a 
herd bull or for foundation cows. Address 
ayer & McKinney 
300 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa 
FOR SALE 
Otterkill Farm Ayrshires 
15 young bulls, ail ages, and well bred, from import¬ 
ed sire Howies Predominant, imported three years 
ago, who was bred by Robert Wallace Auehenbrnin- 
He is also for sale. Prices to suit the buyer. Address 
RUDOLPH HESS, Mgr., Washingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
COR SALE—Berksbires, both sexes. Holstein Bull, 5 
* months old. Golden Wyandotte Eggs, $2 for 15. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. LINGQH0CKEN FARMS, Wycombe, Pi 
BERKSHIRES 
Forty down bred for Hprlnic Utter* to the famou* 
Rival* Mufe*tie Hoy 146407. Tlic*c arc of the best 
type and Individuality' Write for prlee*. 
TOMPKINS FAKAl, LANSHAIJE. PA. 
SPR1NGBANK BERKSHIRES 
10 Bred Gilts for April farrow. 3 young Service Boars 
and 3 Sows, 3 years old, bred for March farrow. 
J. E. WATSON, - Marbledale, Ct 
PROLIFIC BERKSHIRES 
Young, strong, thoroughbred, registered stock; grazing 
practiced throughout the year. Price Ten Hollars. 
Address Rolling Hill Farm, East Norwich, L.I. 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals. 
Orders for export given especial care. 
R. V. BUCKLEY, "Woodrow”. Broad Axe, Pa. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Special offering of service boars and boar pigs. 
H. C. & H. 15. HAKPKND1NO, Dundee, N. Y. 
Berkshire Pigs 
—Choice ones at a moderate price. 
Also a few service boars nod bred 
HI. H. TAYLOR, West Alexander, Pa 
Woodlynn Farm Berkshires 
John W. Cooper, 
sizos. Trios not akin. 
Pineville, Pa 
0.1. C. WHITES 
•Sow pigs only for sale, 
from matured register¬ 
ed stock. WAYSIDE 
FARM. CHATHAM, N. J. Address A. L. 
Page, (Owner), 62 Cort landt St.. N. Y. City 
0.1. C.’s & Chester Whites 
Order now for Spring pigs, April, May. 
June shipment. Also choice Fall Gilts. 
Mature boars 300 to 600 lbs. at $45 each. 
VICTOR FARMS, - BELLVALE, ORANGE CO.. N. Y. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK FAItM.R. 
F. D. No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
OHBLDON FARM REGISTERED DUROCf- 
Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. I5AI1NES. Oxford, N. Y. 
I X X Pits E Si ] 
Highland View Stock Farm 
Our barns are filled with the best Percheron and 
Belgians at the lowest prices 
0. N. WILSON, Prop., - Kittanning, Pa. 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MAKES AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A. W. GREEN, - Mlddlefield, Ohio 
For Sale 
Bargain. Weight, 1700. 
An imported black 6-year-old 
PERCHERON STALLION. A 
Worker, a Breeder ami a 
S. II. WICKS. I'omfret, Conn. 
For Sale—I G U E (90002) 
Imported six-year-old gray mare. Weight, nineteen 
hundred; sound; in foal to a ton stallion. 
Little Missouri Horse Co., _ Meadville, Pa. 
KENTUCKY JACKS AND SADDLERS 
Fine Mammoth Jacks and Jennets. Saddle Stallions, Mares 
and Geldings. Percheron Stallions and Marcs. Write us 
describing your wants. Home cured Blue Grass Seed and 
Cedar fence posts. The Cook Farms, Box 436 0, Lexington, Ky. 
Fnr'Jalp nr TraHp- 1 MP ° RTK *> GERMAN 
3r i>aie or iraue coach stallion. Must 
sell. Vanderveer I5ros., Fultonville, N. Y. 
lArkr black SPANISH 
JAUYHDO JACKASS STUD FOR SALE 
Best service jack in country. 14-3 hands high. Bred 
:«) mares last year. Right in every way. 
Augustus Jenks, - Millerton, N. Y. 
- SHETLAND PONIES 
of quality. Prices re a 
sonuble. Write for Pall 
1 Catalog to Dept. L. 
T1IE 811AOYSIDE FARMS. North llenton. Ohio 
Dogs artdL Ferrets 
F IELD’S Foxhound Kennels, Somers, Conn. 
Walker Pups. Ready to hunt. Pine Bitch cheap. 
PHI ! IP PMPC—the intelligent kind. Also Blood 
UULLIC ruro hounds. NELSON'S. Grove City, Pa 
IJON’T lie awake at night; let the AIREDALE 
w worry. Get a full-blood< d pup 
W. A. Lowber, Burlington, N. J. 
For Sale—Airedale Female, p ®' l] „nxht! TisS 
Essex incubator and taov«rs. Falke, Ludiow, Vt. 
QUALITY AIREDALES 
puppies now ready. 
H. B. GLEEZEN, Georgetown, Mass. 
ath old; thor- 
; for sale a» 
Dunellen, N. J 
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Landscape Gardening. Parsons.2.00 
Lawn Making, Barron. l.io 
Agriculture and Chemistry, Storer. 5.00 
Fertilizers and Crops, Van Slyke_ 2.50 
Weeds of Farm and Garden, Pammel 1.50 
Book of Wheat, Dondlinger. 2.00 
Successful Fruit Culture. Maynard.. 1.00 
Irrigation and Drainage, King.... 1,50 
Study of Corn, Shoesmith.50 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St., New York City 
AIREDALE PUPPIES-:,’-,-; 
moderate prices. BRIGHTSIDE KENNELS, 
