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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, April 10, 1915. 
FARM TOPICS. 
E urage the Good Birds.549, 550 
• l.incher and T-mgs” .550 
Disking the Cover Crops.550 
Vocational Schools for Farmers.550 
Reseeding an Old Sod .556 
Cottonseed Meal for Fertilizer .656 
Horses’ Hoofs for Fertilizer .556 
Equivalent of Wood Ashes .556 
Why Kill Angleworms? .556 
Varieties of Vegetables .567 
Right After the Consumer’s Dollar. Part XV.559 
Removing Stumps .560 
Handling Garbage .560 
Use of Wood Ashes . 560 
Treatment of Oat Smut .560 
Three Year Rotation . 560 
Splitting Rocks With Vinegar .560 
Oat and Pea Hay .560 
The Potato Situation .565 
Practical Lessons in Packing .565 
Hope Farm Notes .562 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Rhode Island Reds .551 
Concrete Floors for Horse Barns .568 
Earning Capacity of Good Cows.568 
The Question of Tuberculosis .'.568 
Dairy Figures for New York City.568 
How Much Corn for Silo? .569 
New England Milk Conditions .569 
Warts .569 
Moldy Silage ....570 
Molasses Feed ....570 
Indigestion ......570 
Stringhalt; Food Values . 570 
Value of Buckwheat .570 
Feeding a Colt . 570 
A Valuable Dairy Bulletin .570 
Ferrets in the Haymow .571 
Tumor .....572 
Worms .572 
Fits .572 
Lameness .572 
A Live Stock Train .573 
Rats as Disease Carriers .573 
Wheat Substitute in Poultry Ration; Ship 
ping Cows .574 
Hens Reject Cracked Corn .574 
Idle Hens .574 
The Egg-laying Contest .575 
Poor Hatching . 575 
Epidemic in Hens; Scaly Legs .576 
Development of an Egg .576 
Henhouse for Small Flock .576 
Leghorns vs. Wyandottes .576 
The “Four-pound Leghorn” .576 
Bronchitis .576 
Cutting Bone .576 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Tent Caterpillar .551 
Tree for Profitable Apple Orchard .551 
Grapes and Grafting .552 
Top-Grafting .552 
Vegetables in Shade .553 
Fruit Trees in Sod .553 
Tdolons Between Corn .653 
Limestone and Fertilizer .553 
Planting Old Asparagus Crowns .553 
Repelling Apple Borers .554 
Saving Girdled Troes .554 
Apples for Western N. Y.554 
Bartlett Pears and Blight .554 
Transplanting Apple Trees .654 
Thoroughness in Spraying .554 
Sawdust as a Mulch .556 
Keeping Russet Apples .560 
How to Kill Moles .560 
Savoy Cabbage . 561 
Notes and Comments .561 
Destroy the Worms' Nest.561 
Forcing Spring Bulbs .563 
Transplanting Laurels .563 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day .566 
The Rural Patterns .566 
Seen in New York Shops .566, 567 
Value of the Fireless Cooker.566 
The Baby’s Bath .567 
Embroidery Designs .567 
Three Recipes for Raised Doughnuts .567 
Scalloped Potatoes .567 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Sale on Execution . 554 
Horse Power from Discarded Mower .655 
Repairing Metal Roof .556 
Events of the Week .558 
Agricultural College Notes .558 
Editorials .564 
Uses of Thymol .571 
Prolific Flies . 673 
Publisher’s Desk .578 
Warbles. 
W HAT can I do for this cow? I 
bought a young Leifer a year ago 
with her first calf. IShe is due to 
freshen in June. Upon laying my hand 
on her back I found several small bumps 
about the size of a dime (some smaller). 
I squeezed one of them; the top came 
off, hair and all, and quite a little pus 
and blood. She is giving about five 
quarts of milk a day and is in good con¬ 
dition. I thought it might be some form 
of mange. n. k. 
The cow has warbles. Of course they 
are not dangerous, but evidently they 
handicap the animal in some measure in 
putting on flesh or in yield because of 
their presence. It may not be great, 
however, but is some harm to the hide. 
The best way of ridding the animal of 
this pest is to squeeze them out. 
Trouble With Pigs. 
C AN you tell the cause, prevention and 
cure of rickets or blind staggers in 
pigs? I am feeding the pigs, which 
are two months old, whey, with middlings 
and hominy. h. a. 
New York. 
The diseases mentioned are entirely dif¬ 
ferent, and so you should have described 
the symptoms present in your pigs. Rick¬ 
ets is characterized by lameness, swelling 
of the joints, distortion of the bones and 
paralysis. In staggers the pigs have fits 
and may die suddenly. Indigestion is 
present in staggers, and overfeeding and 
lack of exercise may bring it on. Worms 
may be a complication or a cause. Rick¬ 
ets affect pigs from pampered stock, and 
stuffing on corn and allowing too little 
exercise tend to bring on the trouble. Af¬ 
fected sows should not be used for breed¬ 
ing, and a strong, non-akin boar should be 
used to strengthen the pigs. Write 
again, if necessary, telling us all about 
your pigs. a. s. a. 
Worms. 
W IIAT can I do for my Airedale dog? 
He had worms and a bad case of 
chronic indigestion. I have tried the 
well-known vermifuge remedies, as well 
as condition powders, but cannot get 
him in good shape. His diet is plain 
and wholesome. e. r. p. 
New York. 
Starve the dog for 24 hours, then give 
half a dram of freshly powdered kamala 
in a little soup or milk. Repeat, the dose 
in 10 days if thought necessary. A larger 
dose may bo given the second time if the 
first did not expel worms. Make the dog 
live an outdoor life, so far as possible 
and do not feed any sweets, dainties or 
potatoes. . Feed one meal each evening. 
Allow a big raw beef bone twice a week. 
a. s. a. 
Cough. 
C AN you tell me the probable cause and 
remedy for a cough in a four-months- 
old pig? I have owned him about a 
month, and he has a coughing spell every 
half hour or so. He eats well and seems 
thrifty; is fed mostly on middlings and 
water, with some vegetables; has a dry 
pen and dry bed every few days. a. 
Virginia. 
Dust in the bedding often causes such 
a cough, but more often in a pig of that 
age the cause is lung worms, for which 
there is no specific remedy. Give a tea¬ 
spoonful of turpentine in the slop, for 
three successive mornings, for each SO 
pounds of body weight. This will tend to 
destroy intestinal worms, probably asso¬ 
ciated with the lung worms in their in¬ 
jurious work. a. s. A. 
Trouble wtth Horse. 
A horse with cough sometimes has 
quite a coughing spell and puts her head 
nearly to the floor. A veterinarian says 
she has not the heaves. Cough medi¬ 
cine which seems to relieve it, but only 
temporarily. Sometimes seems to have 
an attack of indigestion after coughing; 
sometimes when coughing she throws up 
her head and rolls her upper lip. h. 
Connecticut. 
Have her teeth attended to by a vet¬ 
erinarian. Wet all feed and give one 
ounce of glyco-heroin three times a day. 
If heaves is not present this treatment 
should help. a. s. a. 
Sweating. 
I have a young horse which when 
worked or driven sweats till he is wet. 
Wlmt is the cause and what should I 
do? h. B. 
Michigan. 
The colt is soft and may be overfed 
and under-exercised or may be occupying 
a hot, dark, badly ventilated stable. Re¬ 
move such causes. Have him clipped, or 
at least clip the hair from the belly and 
from the legs above the knees and hocks. 
Feed oats, wheat bran and good mixed 
hay. Do not feed corn. The ration 
should be a light one. a. s. a. 
Roarer. 
I would like your opinion on a horse 
that I have purchased. I have had him 
six months; he is in good condition, eats 
anything and when not at work breathes 
naturally, but when he is working and 
especially crowded, he will choke down 
and shake his head, act as if he couldn’t 
get his breath. He whistles at this time. 
There is a bunch in his throat; at times 
it is bigger than others. Is there any¬ 
thing that I could do for him? j. c. H. 
New York. 
The lump described may be the cause 
of the distress in breathing when the 
horse is worked hard and it probably is 
incurable. He may work better in a 
breast collar. The insertion of a per¬ 
manent silver tube (trachea tube) in the 
windpipe would enable him to work com¬ 
fortably. It would have to be inserted 
by a skilled surgeon and would have to 
be cleansed daily. a. s. a. 
Swelling. 
I have a pig three months old weigh¬ 
ing about 75 pounds, has two lumps at 
the loin right above the hip joint which 
are about five inches long, two inches 
wide, land extending about two inches, 
also gets two on the other side at the 
same place. They feel a little soft, seems 
like rupture, but cannot push it back. 
Pig eats and feels good. What can be 
done? h. E. L. 
Pennsylvania. 
If pus is present it should be liberated. 
Then swab daily with tincture of iodine. 
If tumors, rather than pus sacs or ab¬ 
scesses are present you might as well let 
them alone. a. s. a. 
Thin Horse. 
I have a horse that is all run-down, 
and has been for three years. She is 10 
years old. I feed her plenty of grain and 
good hay. and do not work her very hard; 
have tried every tiling that I can think 
of, but cannot get her fat. What can be 
done? b. E. E. 
Colorado. 
Have the teeth attended to by a grad¬ 
uate veterinarian as she may be unable 
properly to masticate feed. Give half an 
ounce of Fowler’s solution of arsenic 
night and morning and if progress is slow 
three such doses may be given after a 
time. When the medicine no longer is 
needed discontinue it gradually, taking at 
least 10 days to the work. If the mare 
has “swamp fever” there is no cure for 
that disease, which sometimes is termed 
“mountain fever.” A. S. A. 
Lameness. 
I have a horse seven years of age that 
seems to be lame in his left hind ankle 
after a drive. It all seems to be in his 
ankle and worse after a few hours rest 
after driving. There is no swelling, the 
ankle seems to be just a trifle larger 
but the enlargement seems to be of a 
bony or cartilage formation, but the en¬ 
largement is very slight. I would appre¬ 
ciate knowing something that would cure 
him because he is valuable. H. R. P. 
Maryland. 
An examination would be necessary to 
a confident diagnosis but if you are sure 
that the ankle is the seat of the lameness 
it would be well to clip off the hair and 
blister with a mixture of one part of pow¬ 
dered cantharides and three parts of lard. 
In such cases interfering is the cause of 
soreness and lameness and if so blistering 
should not be done, but a special shoe 
put on by the smith to prevent striking. 
A. 8. A. 
Bitter Milk 
I have a heifer, four years old. She 
was fresh last March, and will be fresh 
again in June. She gives bitter milk; can 
you tell me what the trouble is and give me 
a remedy? She is fed on wheat mid¬ 
dlings, wheat bran and grains mixed 
together with four quarts of salts; is 
fed one peck a day. She is milking about 
seven quarts of milk a day. p. b. o. 
Connecticut. 
Feed one pound of grain and meal 
mixture for each three and one half 
pounds of milk produced daily and also 
feed well on Alfalfa or clover hay, roots 
or silage. Let her have outdoor exercise 
every day. Give her a one pound dose 
of epsom salts and a cupful of molasses 
in three pints of warm water and follow 
with a tablespoonful each of powdered 
wood charcoal and granular hyposulphite 
of soda in feed twice daily. Bitter milk 
often is due to bacteria in the milk uten¬ 
sils, so be careful to cleanse, scald and 
sun-dry the vessels. a. s. a. 
Pneumonia, 
What ails my sow? A few weeks ago 
she developed a cold with a cough. We 
had her in the same place with another 
sow, but as soon as we saw she was get¬ 
ting worse we changed her into another 
pen. She seems to breathe with difficulty 
and she eats just barely enough to keep 
alive. She lies down all the time, look¬ 
ing weak in her hind parts. We feed 
her middlings twice a day in a mash and 
give her stock remedy with it. The other 
sow in the pen right next to her seems 
to be healthy and does not seem to be 
affected at all. This sow starts to cough 
when she gets excited and keeps it up 
for about one minute. b. c. 
New York. 
Pneumonia, or possibly bronchitis or 
pleurisy, may be present from a chill. 
Stop feeding “stock remedy” which is 
useless and possibly harmful in such a 
case. Once daily rub the throat and chest 
and sides of chest with a mixture of one 
ounce each of turpentine and aqua am¬ 
monia shaken upon a pint of raw lin¬ 
seed oil. Feed light, laxative slop con¬ 
taining flaxseed meal. She may throw 
off the trouble if she regains appetite. 
Tempt it with any food for which she 
shows a relish. a. s. a. 
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"square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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We have many able-bodied yon tig men, both with and without 
farming experience, who wish to work on larmu. If you need a 
good, Intelligent, sober man, write for an order blank. Ours Is 
a philanthropic organisation end we make no charge to em¬ 
ployer or employee. 
Our object Is to encourage farming among Jews. 
T1IE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
liC Second Avenue New York City 
FARM HELPA, 
Satisfaction or no charge. SIDNEY Y SULLIVAN, nuency 
with a record. Phone. 6486 Cortland. 99 Nassau St., N. Y. 
Subscribers Exchange 
FOR PURE MAPLE SUGAR and Syrup. Write 
C. J. YODEIl, Grantsville, Md. 
FOR SALE—Aspinwall Potato Planter, $20. C. 
E. HUNT, Arkport, N. Y. 
THREE No. 1 MaoKay colony Brooder stoves, 
use one season, $24 each. U. E. SMITH, 1314 
Maryland Ave., N. E., Washington, I). C. 
WANTED—Customers for guaranteed fresh eggs, 
25 cents dozen. FRANK BARTI.ESON, Sodus, 
N. Y. 
NULL’S Famous Melilotus Honey, 10-pound pail, 
$1.50, express prepaid. W. D. NULL, Demo- 
polis, Ala. 
PURE VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP—Finest qual¬ 
ity. buy direct. D. F. ROBINSON, Pawlet, 
FOR SALE—3,000 red cedar poles, from seven 
ft. to 18 ft. iu length; suitable for rustic 
work, bean poles or hop poles. DR. H. WAL¬ 
TER, Spring Mount. Montgomery Co., Pa. 
FOR SALE—Iron Age Traction, four row spray¬ 
er, 100 gallon tank; perfect working condition, 
used one season only; cost over $100; sell $55, 
reason, not growiug held crops now. F. I*. WIL¬ 
SON, Roxbury, N. Y. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with sovcral suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
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Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
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ted here. Poultry, Eggs and other live stock 
advertisements will go under proper headings on 
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will not be accepted for this column. 
FOR SALE—One automatic cream separator, 
one Victor churn, both in perfect condition. 
THE CASKEY FARMS, Riehmondvllle, N. Y. 
HALL COLONY BROODERS, $14 each, Buffalo 
Hoovers, new, $7 each. H. TAYLOR, Berlin, 
Maryland. 
FOR SALE—Planet No. 4 cultivator seeder, al¬ 
most new. No. 7 Banner Root Cutter, new 
Wendell Suspension Hover, used onee; Wilson 
Grinder. PLATT FARM, Ridgefield, Conn. 
DOVETAILED, eight-frame hives naile<r and 
painted, used one season; a great bargain for 
$1.25 each: also Italian bees. II. GREULICII, 
Scotia, N. Y. 
WANTED—A young farmer's son. of character, 
for farm work. J. O. IIALE, Bytield, Mass. 
A YOUNG, sober, reliable man wishes position 
on a dairy farm, full band milker; state 
wages. Address Box 73, Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED—Single, Irish-American, 
ean drive horses or automobile (licensed), 
handy with tools, good references. Box 09, care 
of Rural New-Yorker. 
CARETAKER OF FARM—Reliable, thorough, 
knows how to stop leaks and' make profits, 
state character of farm and your requirements 
in first letter. Address Box 62, c. Rural New- 
Yorker. 
EXCELLENT opportunity for single man expe¬ 
rienced in farming, who lias limited means to 
join in partnership; high grade farm. Box 74 c. 
Rural New-Yorker. 
GARDENER—Scotch, single, 24, desires position 
on gentleman's estate: A 1 buttermaker ami 
milker, if sueli work should be necessary. Box 
255, Kings Park, Long Island. 
WANTED—Man for general work on modern 
poultry plant; one with experience preferred; 
must tie willing and have best reference. 
BROOKLAKE POULTRY FARM, Florliam Park, 
Madison, N. .1. 
WANTED—Mld'dle-aged experienced farmer, 
married, to take charge seventy-acre farm 
fully stocked; western Jersey; salary and per¬ 
centage of profits to right man. Box 75, care 
R. N.-Y. 
WANTED—Position ns superintendent or fore¬ 
man of a farm by single man, 20 years of age, 
life experience, can furnish A 1 reference; pres¬ 
ent employed. Address O. M., Hackettstown, N. 
J., Box 97. 
MANAGER—American, married, 27, college 
training, desires position as such or dairyman 
on gentleman’s estate; life experience in gen¬ 
eral farming and dairying; salary $50, rent and 
fuel or better; goal references. NELSON I. 
SMITH, Route 19, Danbury, Conn. 
YOUNG MAN, 19, some experience, wishes job 
on well managed farm. F. E. SMITH, Ridge¬ 
field Park, N. J. 
A WOMAN of refined practical ability desires a 
position in a country home. Address Box 71, 
R. N.-Y. 
PARTNER WANTED—By a capable woman, 
with like personality, to manage small farm 
in Western New York. Address Box 72, c. R. 
N.-Y. 
WANTED—Position ns foreman or manager, 
country estate (English). 15 years in present 
position as manager, exceptional ability in all 
branches, successful grower of Alfalfa 12 years. 
References present employers. W. F. APPLEBY, 
Chester, N. J. 
10-ACRE Poultry and Fruit Farm, stock and 
tools Included. $6,900; can be seen by appoint¬ 
ment only. F. BRINCKS, Medford, L. I., N. Y. 
FOR SALE—10 acres truck farm, joining Lake 
Smith, 5 minutes from trolley station; further 
Information by owner. It. 5, B. 65, Norfolk, Vn. 
585 ACRES—Dutchess County; choice dairy 
farm; two sets buildings; lake. Inquire F. it. 
KEATOR, Attorney-at-Law, 22 Exchange Place, 
New York. 
EXCHANGE AT ONCE 318 acres; good buildings 
for small farm. LOUIS RABENSTEIN, Berk¬ 
shire, N. Y. 
WANT good farm with large apple orchard, 
within 100 miles N. Y. City; state price: full 
particulars. JOHN FLANAGAN, 412 McDon¬ 
ough St., Brooklyn. 
300 ACRES level land, good 1 buildings, 30 acres 
timber, living springs, high state of cultiva¬ 
tion; for quick sale, $4,500; easy terms. II. W. 
LONGWELL, Fonda, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Dutchess village farm, state road; 
300 acres, 230 tillable; brook, orchard, 8-room 
house, 3 barns; $5,000; half cash. EXCEP¬ 
TIONAL, care It. N.-Y. 
TO RENT—Sullivan County, N. Y., over 100 
acres, furnished house, barns, stocked, 
equipped ready to plant; many conveniences; 
references required. READY, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
WANTED—A farm within 65 miles of New 
York, in Hudson River district or Connecticut: 
require 125-200 acres good smooth level rock, 
free tillable land: buildings not required. Box 
76, e. R. N.-Y., 333 W. 30th St., N. Y. City. 
FOR SAI.E—170 acres, with commercial orchard 
of 800 trees; comfortable home, 2 barns, 30 x 
60 ft. each; concrete apple cellar. 40 acres wool 
land. J. S. ROGERS, Carmel, Maine. It. F. D 
No. 3. 
FOR SALE—90-acre farm,, suitable for poulti 
and fruit: price, $1,600. JAY HUFFMAN 
East Stroudsburg, l*a. 
WANTED—To rent or to buy a poultry farm, 
10-40 acres, well equipped. Address GRAA 
MANS BROS., General Delivery, Syrucu.se, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Poultry farm in the Atfirondaeks, 
suitable for a summer home. W. H. TUT¬ 
TLE. Canastota, N. Y. 
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miles to depot, 40 miles to N. Y. City; $150 
acre. MORRIS HAWKINS, Lake Konkoukoma, 
N. Y. 
