THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Live Stock Notes 
AN ESSAY ON ALFALFA. 
[Some of the popular sawed-off science 
printed in the daily papers would shock a 
laboratory professor about as one of Billy 
Sunday's sermons will appeal to Harvard 
University. Yet it all has a use. A 
highly educated man and good farmer 
sends ns the following “vest pocket essay” 
on Alfalfa by George Fitch. It is good.] 
Alfalfa is the greatest known break¬ 
fast food for cattle. It is a short, curly 
plant looking like overgrown clover and 
possessing a flavor which causes the most 
blase cow to brighten up immediately and 
pass her plate for more. 
Alfalfa is distinguished for the perse¬ 
vering manner in which it searches for 
water. When an Alfalfa plant begins to 
grow, it does not erect a beautiful and 
luxuriant superstructure which dries up 
and blows away with the first hot wind. 
It first gives its earnest attention to its 
roots. If water is scarce enough, an Al¬ 
falfa plant will grow downward 20 feet 
before it grows upward any to speak of. 
Then while the corn withers and the to¬ 
mato vine becomes exceedingly dejected, 
the Alfalfa plant flourishes and gets out 
riiree editions of hay per year. 
When an Alfalfa plant is firmly estab¬ 
lished it is as hard to root out and eradi¬ 
cate as a Congressman who has been 
placing government appointments where 
they will do him tin* most good. 
After a farmer has induced a 100-acre 
Alfalfa field'to grow blithely through the 
long hot Summer, he leads a gay and care¬ 
ful life, skimming his field with a mower 
whenever he needs a new automobile, and 
piling up mountains of Alfalfa which con¬ 
tribute cheerfully to the high price of 
meat by selling at $15 a ton. Our notion 
of the ideal employment is to hang around 
home all Winter and Spring reading a 
good book, and then go out under a four- 
acre straw hat in the Summer and bale 
ii]) a few bonds in an Alfalfa field. One 
can almost always distinguish an Alfalfa 
farmer in California by the careless way 
in which he lights his cigar from a bank 
note without looking at the denomination. 
Alfalfa has made many farmers rich 
and lmppy. but the price of cattle con¬ 
tinues to soar as if it were inflated with 
gas. What we need is more Alfalfa. If 
all the highways in America were planted 
with Alfalfa instead of dog fennel and 
thistles, perhaps there would be room in 
this distressingly prosperous country to 
pasture a few more exceedingly edible 
COWS. 
Ill-smelling Stable. 
Two months or more ago I bought a 
fine Holstein cow; the day I got her she 
came fresh. I never had cow do finery 
sold calf at three weeks for veal for $15, 
put cow into new stable made of tile 
blocks, cement floor, and soon there was 
a rank smell of manure. I commenced to 
wash cow and clean stable, but could not 
get rid of smell in clothing. Cow gets 
three quarts bran and shorts twice a 
day. No. 1 Timothy and clover hay, a 
tablespoonful of salt to feed, fine well 
water to drink: is led out every day to 
water, well bedded, milk and butter fine. 
One cannot go into barn for 10 minutes 
hut what clothes will smell for a day. 
We tried leaving clothes we milk in in 
barn, hut those we hung up while milk¬ 
ing were not fit to go into house. What 
can I do to get rid of this odor? 
Ohio. A. G. T. 
The new stable may not be perfectly 
ventilated. In a well ventilated stable 
the temperature should not exceed 50 de¬ 
grees or thereabout and the moisture 
should not condense upon the ceiling or 
walls. The stable also should be well 
lighted, allowing at least four square feet 
of window glass for each cow. If you 
think the cow has an abnormal smell mix 
powdered wood charcoal freely in her 
feed and sprinkle land plaster or dry 
earth freely in the gutter and upon the 
stall floor. a. s. A. 
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. 
Coming north from Southern Califor¬ 
nia one encounters many climatic condi¬ 
tions that remain the same and many 
that are quite different. The chilly 
nights of San Diego and Los Angeles are 
prolonged through the April day if the 
"ini does not shine and sometimes if it 
docs. The orange tree still shuns the 
'■oast, but is common in the interior, 
i’oople confess that it is hard to ripen 
tomatoes in or near San Francisco, 
though away from the coast night cool¬ 
ness they are raised readily. The straw¬ 
berry is nowhere as plenty as I would 
Ibid it in Buffalo and quality as well as 
prim is not attractive. We paid 15 cents 
tor a pint box of strawberries and found 
the lower layers to be small, green and 
about worthless. Lettuce retails at five 
cents a head and green onions are five 
cents a bunch. We could get both East 
tor less. 
So much more effort is made south¬ 
ward to embellish yards and lawns than 
1 have observed in and about San Fran¬ 
cisco that the trip northward has been dis¬ 
appointing, though the exposition in San 
I raneisco is a wonder of grand archi¬ 
tectural conception and color schemes 
worked out in a masterly way, so that the 
visitor is charmed by that alone, both 
byplay and by night, while the San Diego 
Imposition works out in a pleasing way 
the possibilities of a fine natural site, 
but it is a small affair in comparison. 
San Francisco and its neighboring towns 
are in a measure treeless. They tell me 
that in late years the trees have been 
cut down, the shade temperatures for a 
great part of tin* year being so cool. So 
the horticulture is not that of Florida, 
though the soil is often rich and capable 
of producing great crops. Many semi- 
tropical plants do not appear to mind the 
cool nights, while certain plants object 
to them and refuse to flourish. This is 
much more true all along the coast than 
in the interior. The canna joins the 
banana in this protest and is fairly leaf¬ 
less now, while the palm and the citrus 
fruits do not mind cool nights if there 
is no frost. We smile at. Cape Cod cran¬ 
berries of excellent quality, retailed at 
10 cents a quart, our price, and at flow¬ 
er seeds that were put up in Rochester. 
I bought a packet of Burbank’s rainbow 
corn in the wizard's own store in San 
Francisco, rather wincing at the charge 
of 25 cents, made so near the source of 
it. The store manager advised me not to 
visit the Burbank experiment farm at 
Santa Rosa, 00 miles north, as T might 
be admitted and I might not. It depend¬ 
ed on somebody’s humor which varied 
from day to day he said. 
A few hasty quotations. California 
still rather despises penny change and 
commonly asks 15 cents for halves, when 
tin* whole is 25 cents. A local paper 
calls asparagus abundant, at $1.25 to 
$1.75 per 40-pound box. adding that the 
retail price should not be over $1.50 to 
$2. or three to five cents a pound in small 
amounts. Elsewhere it says that the con¬ 
sumer should pay only eight per cent, 
commission, besides freight, over the pro¬ 
ducer’s price. If we could only do that 
always! Potatoes are $1.20 to $1.50 per 
cental, best butter 25 cents per pound, 
wholesale, best eggs 22 cents per dozen, 
declining, apples 50 to 00 cents per bush¬ 
el box, live turkeys 16 to 18 cents, hens 
same; broiler chickens 2S to 00 cents. 
Pineapples and bananas are Hawaiian, 
and cost more than they do with us. 
Oranges and lemons often are little cheap¬ 
er and no better than with us. 
j. w. c. 
'IRONAGE 
Riding Cultivators 
have that accuracy and ease 
of control that fits every con¬ 
dition of soil and growth of 
plants. Everything is at your 
finger tfos—easily shifted, ad¬ 
justable for all kinds of work. 
I-evcr controlling width of cul¬ 
tivation docs not change angle of 
teeth—very important. Steel frame. 
Guided by ball-bearing pivot 
wheels.excellent for hill-side work. 
Parallel gang shift, high and low 
wheels, dust-proof bearings, etc. 
One or two row. 
Ask your dealer to show them and 
write us for free booklet, “Two 
Horse Riding and Walking Culti¬ 
vators. ’* 
BATEMAN M’F’G CO. 
Box 27 Gronloch, N. J• 
Cleaner Milk 
The EKVALL insures a 
cleaner milk supply. No 
cloth or cotton used. J.argo 
capacity. Easily cleaned. 
Sanitary. Best materials. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Ask your dealer or write 
Elgin Sheet Metal Products Co. 
Dept. R, Elgin, III. 
, 
Pure Feeding Molasses 
We are first hands and can quote you absolutely bottom 
prices, delivered your station, in lots of any where from 
one barrel to a trainload. Write for booklet. 
THE MEADER-ATLAS CO. 
N. Y. Office, 107 Hudson Street, Now York City 
FOR SALE-PAIR MULESift 
W. E. SIPPLE, - Mileses, New York 
Wanted to Buy-AngoraGoats“^amLrd’,co.m RD 
For Sils-Good Milch G 0 atifftto l ^S“ : K 
fPAIRY CATTLE | 
Registered Holstein Yearling Bulls 
Grand Sons of Pontiac Korn dyke and King of the 
Pontiacs, from choice heavy-milking dams, at pop¬ 
ular prices. If you want to start a herd, might sell 
one heifer with each bull. Write me what you want. 
DONALD F. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N\ Y. 
SALE: Well-bred Shorthorns 
1 Bull, 5 years old. Won 3rd International Live 
Stock Show, Chicago, as a 2-year-old. Bred by 
Leslie Smith, St. Cloud, Minn. 
4 Cows, bred by A. Renick, Winchester, Ky. 
2 with calf by above bull 
1 8-mo. bull calf by same bull 
1 7-mo. heifer calf, same bull 
They are all well-bred and good individuals. 
Am closing out this breed, and will sell right. 
Can ship Pa., C. K. Ii. of N. J., B. & O.. Lehigh 
Valley Ii. R., when quarantine is off. 
FAIRHOLM FARM, New Market, N. J. 
f Dogs and Ferrets 
pm I 1C PllPQ—A* 6 intelligent kind. Also Blood. 
UULLIC ruro hounds. NELSON S. Grove City, Pa. 
Forrolo—Single, pairs and dozen Jots. Stamp for 
rcilBiS p r iee)ist. CALVIN JEWELL, Spencer, O. 
Hi Pay CASH for Your Hog Hides 
Skinning your hogs is the modern and sure way of dressing, handling and cur¬ 
ing pork. No more spoiled or tainted pork. Better than the old fashioned way of sea 
ing. It is worth more to farmers and ' ‘ * ” . 
Ti . ,, - , ,---— way of scald- . 
ing. It is worth more to farmers and butchers. You will like it and your neighbors will 
all want their hogs skinned.. It costs nothing to start. Costs your neighbors nothing 
to have their hogs dressed in the most satisfactory manner — you simply take the ‘ 
hide as your pay. The more you skin the more money you make at a time which , 
doesn t interfere with other work. If there is no skinning in your section write at , 
once for information. The ones that start first are protected in their territory. You \ 
•L can make from $5 to $15 a day or more in this reliable business which will increase 
// from year to year. 
V Start Hog Skinning and Make Big Money 
1 Skinning hogs is not a new way of dressing pork altho’ it may be new to your sec- '/l 
tion. If so, the minute you read this get busy. We want all the hog skins we can get ,1A 
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and will pay cash. There is every advantage to the farmer by having his hogs skin- j i 
ned which will be explained upon receipt of your inquiry—all up-to-date butchers ' * 
and farmers insist upon having their hogs skinned—they cut up 
better—smoke quicker—more easily handled — the only safe id 
way to cure pork. Write for information today. It’s free. ' 
Address Dept. RNY 
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[ DAIXLY CATTLE 
ON EASY 
TERMS 
HOLSTEIN BULLS 
Your Time 4r6 Interest 
Head of the Herd an AKO Son of King of the 
Pontiacs whose Ham has a 29,57 Record and 
113.96 lbs. in 31) days. Nothing but ARO cows 
on the Farm. Herd tuberculin tested .yearly 
for years. Write 
JUSTAMERE FARM, Middletown Springs, Vt. 
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 bulis. from high producing 
dams. Registered and grade bulls all ages. 
WE TL'BERCULINE TEST. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dept. Y, Cortland, N. Y. Bell Phone 14. F. S 
FOR SALE 
REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 
10 bulls and bull calves. 25 young cows; 
large producers; A.R.O, records; best 
breeding. 6 Heifer calves. 
Chas. A. Howell, Howells, Orange Co., N.Y. 
70 miles west New York City, Erie R.R. 
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| Olivedale Chester White = 
H CHOICE OFFERING OF SPRING PIGS, H 
p BRED SOWS AND YOUNG BOARS. §§ 
E H. F. LEMMERMANN. Hillsdale, New York H 
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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. 
Hill hurst Farm, F. H RIVENBURGH, Munnsville, N. Y. 
HOLSTEINS FOR SALE 
% Holstein heifer and bull calves $15 each, ex¬ 
press paid to your station in lots of 5. Registered 
bulls $35 to $50 each, 5 registered heifer calves $500. 
Registered bulls ready for service, registered and 
high-grade cows. Reagan Bros., Tully, N'. Y. 
SPRINGDALE FARMS 
is the best place 
to buy grade 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and heifers to select 
from. F. P. Saunders <& .Son, Cortland, N T .\'. 
Holstein Service 
to 1C mo. old.) If you are 1 ooking for the blood 
which produces world champion cows, write to 
Ira S. Jarvis, Hartwick Seminary, N. Y. Prices moderate 
READY FOR QFRl/lfiF-PRiCES, $7b.oo tosiso oo 
nnmil run ocnviuc. Registered Holsteinand 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals with great 
backing. Best blood in the land. Also vounger bull 
calves. Write for iist. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °o f^TeTi 1 ft 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Chittenanno, N.Y. 
FOR PRODUCTION- 
ReciatanJ 
-.. . NOT D0WN- 
Registered Jersey bull 
"alves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON. E03 Renshaw Bldg.. Pittsburgh. Pa. 
FOR SALE 
Otterkill Farm Ayrshires 
15 young hulls, 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., Washingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
For Sale Guernsey Bull Calves 
six months old. Tuberculin tested. From choice 
cows. Sire."lioyal Bay.'' half brother to'‘Azucena’s 
Pride, 2d.” Record, Ili?03 lbs. milk. 857 lbs. butter- 
fat.$50, registered and transferred Knclose stamp. 
Edward van Alstyne 8 Son, Sunnyside Farm, Kinderhook, N Y. 
^iiaynCPUC A few registered Guernsey 
(j U ]] s from 2 to IS months 
old: also a few heifers from A. it. stock. Registered 
Berkshire pigs; fall boars at farmer's prices. Herd 
beaded by Masterpiece l’reuiier C180S00. Southdown 
Sheep. KLLKNWOOD FARM, 11 at boro. Pa. 
Beautiful JERSEY BULL-,?^ y s £ 
vice. Also choice bull calf, year old August. From 
heavy producers. SHEOMET FARM, Winchester, N. H 
SALE-One St. Lambert Jersey Bull Galf^fj ™. on en? 
gible to register. FRANK WOOD, Perry, Ohio 
SWIINTE 
for big pig profits. .sm 
Sturdy, prolific, good feeders- )\' 
turn common feed into finest /W 
Free Book— / 
i pork. Write for 
full of facts. 
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BERKSHIRES 
Forty mowh broil for Pprliur litter* to the fnmoiiH 
Kivul* Mn|e«tie Boy 14n40?. Thene are of the be*t 
type aiul iutliv Mimlit v, W rite for prlee*. 
TOMPKINS FARM, LAN8DAIT. PA. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES 
10 Bred Gilts for June farrow. 
Service Boars and March pigs. 
J. E. WATSON, • Marbledale, Ct 
n i 1 • WITH QUALITY. TYPE AM) 
Ufirl/ftnarno best of breeding, v one 
I if | ft N II I I lot. of show and breeding Mock 
-vl llVII II UU to offer. Write vour want* in¬ 
come and sec. it. M. TERWIL1.IGER, Kirkville, N.Y. 
I ARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWODD-Xo foot and mouth 
“ disease ever in county. Shipments permittep 
everywhere. on inspection. Special offeringof Boars 
and Boar I’igs. H. C. 8 K. B. HARPENDING, Dundee N. Y. 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied pLrm'iilrkshhres. 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals. 
Orders for export given especial care. 
It. Y. BUCKLEY, Woodrow". Broad Axe. Pa. 
Rprlrehira Pi/yo— Choice ones at a moderate price. 
uoiKoiiiic rigs A Iso a few service hoars and bred 
sows. M. H. TAYLOR, West Alexander, Pa 
OH ELDON FARM KKGISTERKD I>U ROCS 
Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. E. BARNES. Oxford, .V. V, 
Woodlynn Farm Berkshires t&u. 
John W. Cooper, - . Pineville, Pa. 
ft 1 A U/lilTITC~ 8 P , ' in K P'S* and Fall 
U. 1. V. VSBlIlkd Slits- They give satis¬ 
faction. WAYSIDE 
FARM. CHATHAM. N. J. Address A. L. 
Page, (Owner), «2 Cortlaiult St., N. V. City 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIliW STOCK FARM It. 
I 1 '. D. No. 1, Winston-Salem, Norfli Carolina 
MIRftP DIRQ—*''> P air - l’edigreed Buff Leghorn 
uunuu nuo Eggs,$1.50 set. S. Weeks. DeGrait. 0 
HORSES 
50 Brood Mares 
Percherons, Belgians, Suffolks and Clydes¬ 
dales. Special spring offering of prizewin¬ 
ners, priced tosell. There’s a reason in bul¬ 
letin 13, e.ntitled, “ More Dollars.” It’s free. 
Adirondack Farms, Glens Falls, N. Y. 
Highland View Stock Farm 
Our barns are tilled with the best Percheron and 
Belgians at the lowest prices. 
0. K. WILSON, Prop., - Kittanning, Pa. 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MARKS AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A. W. GREEN, . Mlddlefleld, Ohio 
KENTUCKY JACKS AND SADDLERS 
Fine Mammoth Jacks and Jennets. Saddle Stallions, Mares 
and Geldings. Percheron Stallions and Mares. W rite us 
describing your wants. Home cured Blue Grass Seed and 
Cedar fence posts. The Cook Farms, Box 436 0, Lexington, Ky. 
H| | ^ —SHETLAND PONIES 
r *IV 1 ^ of finality. Price* tea 
■ ™ sonable. Write forKafl 
Catalog to Dept. 1,. 
THE SHADYSIBE FARMS, North Benton, Ohio 
IMPORTED PERCHERON STALLION 
LANDAIS 
Registered in Percheron Society of America 
Dark Dapple Grey 4 years old 
Beautiful Conformation Weight 1850 lbs. 
Fee $25.00 to insure in foal. 
$5.00 payable at first service. 
Return privilege. 
Waluut Grovo Farm 
WASH1NGTONVILLE, N. Y. 
