THE NEW-VUHKER 
713 
Live Stock Notes 
Sour Milk and Hog Cholera. 
I note the article on hog cholera, page 
f>38. Do farmers who daily feed butter¬ 
milk, or soured skim-milk lose hogs 
through cholera? Is this query worth a 
symposium? Metchnikoff and others have 
claimed large results in the treatment of 
intestinal diseases in humans with soured 
milk. Whether all these claims will stand 
the test of time remains to be seen. But 
certain organic acids seem to be potent in 
resisting the action of putrefactive and 
disease bacteria, and of these lactic acid 
is the most active and important. We 
know how raw milk left standing will 
usually sour (develop lactic acid) with¬ 
out putrefying; whereas, the same milk 
sterilized (thus destroying the beneficent 
lactic acid-forming bacteria) will often 
undergo putrefaction without souring; il¬ 
lustrating the power of lactic acid and its 
bacteria to prevent putrefactive action. 
Incidentally here is one of the dangers of 
pasteurized milk. 
Now for our theory. It is that butter¬ 
milk or soured skim-milk, if part of the 
hog’s daily ration, will act as a prophy¬ 
lactic against—prevent—cholera, through 
its action against all intestinal disease 
bacteria. 
In a former issue of The R. N.-Y. one 
of your correspondents calls attention to 
the great numbers of garbage-fed hogs on 
the Newark meadows, kept under rather 
unsanitary conditions, and states that 
cholera is practically unknown. The 
writer (I am quoting from memory) is 
inclined to lay the immunity from cholera 
to the fact that the garbage may contain 
scraps of pork from immune hogs, the 
eating of which may confer immunity on 
the feeder. I cannot take this view, but 
believe the reason these hogs escape chol¬ 
era—and other bacterial disease—is due to 
the presence of the organic acids develop¬ 
ed in souring garbage; and of these I re¬ 
gard lactic as far and away the most im¬ 
portant. 
At any rate, can we not get valuable 
facts on this subject from your readers. 
Has anyone, taking reasonable sanitary 
care of his hogs, suffered losses through 
cholera, where part of the daily ration 
consisted of buttermilk or soured skim- 
milk? It has been stated that the losses 
from hog cholera in the United States last 
year were over $75,000,000. Surely we 
should sit up and take notice, for no safe 
and certain cure for this disease is 
known. A. C. 
Questions About Goats. 
1. How much feed should be given a 
milch goat to increase the flow of milk, 
the kind and quantity of each? I have 
some of the best books on the goat, but 
they do not give the information that one 
desires. 2. What should be done for a 
goat that after kidding has protrusion 
of the bowel? 3. What should be done for 
a three-weeks-old kid that has a lump on 
each side of the neck? The lumps ap¬ 
pear to be about one inch long, one-half 
inch in diameter and move with the fin¬ 
gers in all directions; they float around 
and do not seem to hurt the kid when 
pressed. Appetite is excellent and very 
frolicsome. w. n. l. 
Anacostia, D. C. 
1. No book could tell you how much 
food to give a goat to increase the flow 
of milk, since such things cannot be re¬ 
gulated by hard and fast rules. A little 
hook on the goat, published by W. Shel¬ 
don Bull, of Buffalo, N. Y., gives the 
following advice: “Milch goats should be 
fed four times a day when in milk, and 
three times a day the rest of the year. 
When stall-fed their chief article of diet 
is hay, clover prefered, supplemented by 
bran, oats, and clean kitchen leavings, 
such as stale bread, apple and potato 
parings, carrot, beet and celery tops, 
pea pods, etc. They should be given 
only as much hay or grain as they will 
eat at one feeding; this amount is easily 
learned by experience and observation.” 
Animals have to be fed according to their 
capacity, and, as individuals vary in this, 
exact amounts must be learned by obser¬ 
vation. 
2. If the protruding bowel will not 
•stay in place after having been carefully 
washed and returned, the services of a 
veterinarian should be secured. Some¬ 
times a support, like the breeching of a 
harness, may be placed upon the animal 
and will hold the protrusion until natural 
contraction of the parts secures it. The 
bowels of such an animal should be kept 
loose by feeding soft mashes, green stuff, 
etc. 
3. I should do nothing to those “lumps” 
which are probably enlarged glands be¬ 
neath the skin, and likely to disappear 
as the animal grows older, or, at least, to 
do no harm. m. b. D. 
Guernsey Sires In Advanced Regis¬ 
ter. —The Advanced Register is the best 
indication of the production, health, 
strength and vigor of a breed of dairy cat¬ 
tle. Not only does it bring to light and 
public notice animals and strains within 
a breed capable of great production but 
it is slowly weeding out those animals 
who are unable to produce milk and but- 
terfat profitably and then reproduce their 
kind. A Guernsey sire which enters the 
Advanced Register must have two daugh¬ 
ters in the Advanced Register whose rec¬ 
ords are based on a yearly production of 
butterfat. In the past year there have 
been 93 bulls added to the Guernsey Ad¬ 
vanced Register Sire last, and (57 or 
slightly over two-thirds of these are sons 
of sires who were already in the list. 
This would indicate that while Guernsey 
breeders are following up the present 
popular lines of breeding many new 
strains of good producers which possess 
great vigor and constitution are being 
discovered. One hundred and fifty-one 
of the Advanced Register bulls in the list 
which appeared a year ago have 356 add¬ 
ed Advanced Register progeny, and the 
93 new bulls in the list have a total of 
238 Advanced Register progeny. The 
average fat production for the breed is 
also steadily increasing. Since January, 
1913, it has been raised over 13 pounds 
and is increasing at a faster rate at the 
present time than ever before. Eighty 
records just received at the office for ap¬ 
proval show, with only one record of over 
800 pounds of fat, an average production 
of 445 pounds of butterfat. 
We have had quite a little excitement 
in the town this past Winter over the 
foot-and-mouth disease. Three farms 
here, within a half mile of us, lost their 
herds, about 100 cows. The ways of some 
of the authorities were aggravating. The 
newspapers in the nearby cities tried 
their best to frighten the people, nearly 
paralyzed the milk business here. 
Massachusetts. j. l. i. 
At last the dairyman can get thefeed lie has 
long wanted—a Ready Ration— to be used 
right out of the sack without any mixing or 
bother—made of honest ingredients that are 
just right, without any adulterants, fillers or 
other rubbish. 
is compounded to produce results—it is made 
of choice cottonseed meal, dried beet pulp, 
gluten feed, corn distillers’ grains, wheat bran, 
wheat middlings and a little salt—that’s all. 
Properly blended, thoroughly mixed to pro¬ 
duce lots of milk—good milk and keep your 
cows healthy. Sold on a plan of money back 
if you are not satisfied. LARRO agents almost ev¬ 
erywhere. Write us if none near you. ( 43 ) 
The Larrowe Milling Co. 643sflietpie aw,.. Detroit, Mich. 
HEAL HIS SHOULDER 
WifhaFree Sample of QUERON 
Insure Your Horse All Summer for 60c. It costs 
81.60 per day to stable a horse or mule. QUERON 
costs 50 cents ■ can and keeps him always on the 
job. Dr. E. Hogg, Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dr. I. C. New- 
hard, Ashland, Pa., two noted veterinarians, use 
and recommend QUERON for Galls, Sores, and Har¬ 
ness Rubs. We guarantee QUERON or your money 
back. 10,000 cans already sold, without a failure. 
ANTI-COW-KICKER 
Prepaid 
Parcel 
Post 
$1.00 
THE MOORE BROS. OF ALBANY, N. Y. 
Guaranteed Anti-Kicker. Only de¬ 
vice for breaking heifers, cows 
with sore teats, or vicious kickers. 
THE GRAND RAPIDS 
VETERINARY COLLEGE 
Offers a Three Years’ Course in Veterinary Science 
Complying with all the requirements of theU.S. 
Bureau of Animal Industry- Established 1897. In¬ 
corporated under State law. Governed by Board 
of Trustees. Write for Free Catalogue. 
163 I.OU1S ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 
Only $2 D ow n 
One Year to Pay! 
A |A mt Buys the New Butter- 
fly lr. No.l. Light running? 
JP easy cleaning, close skim- 
’ BbI II ming, durable. Guaranteed 
, a lifetime. Skims 95 qts. 
e er hour. Made alao in four 
irsrer sizes up to 51-2 shown 
30 Davs' Free Trial its ? wn , co ** 
f - * . -1 and more by what 
it Baves in cream. # Postal brings Freo cat¬ 
alog folder and * ‘direct-from-factory ’ ’ offer. 
Buy from the manufacturer and save half. 
ALBAUGH-DOVER CO. lW 
221 2 Marshall Blvd. CHICAGO 
Cleaner Milk 
The EKVALL insures a 
cleaner milk supply. No 
cloth or cotton used. .Large 
capacity. Easily cleaned. 
Sanitary. Best materials. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Ask your dealer or write 
Elgin Sheet Metal Product* Co. 
Dept. R, Elgin, III. 
SWINE 
BERK SHIRES 
Forty rows bred for Spring litter* to the fanioiia 
I* I v u 1 m Mnjenl le Boy 14l>40t. Theae are of the beat 
type and Individuality, Write for prlec*. 
TOMPKINS FARM, :-! LANSDAI.E. PA. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES 
10 Bred Gilts for June farrow. 
Service Boars and March pigs. 
J. E. WATSON, - Marbledale, Ct. 
Pure Bred Berkshire Pigs f P r rnt 
for $6 each. HARRY ADAMS, Titusville, P 11 . 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied F.ra'Sr'SfhSSi. 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals. 
Orders for export given especial care. 
R. Y. BUCKLEY, "Woodrow". Broad Axe, Pa. 
Berkshire Pigs 
sows. 
—Choice ones at a moderate price. 
Also a few service boars and bred 
M. II. TAYLOR, West Alexander, Pa 
Woodlyns Farm Berkshiris^a'iJKJ.^fk,;' 
J 0 I 111 W. Cooper, . . Piueville, Fa. 
Bred Berkshire Sow Cheap fon/b^ieu/wen 
marked; deep, mature bow, “Premier Longfellow" blond; bred 
to Masterpiece hoar. Moving—must sell. First check for $00 
takes her—worth $100. Old Landing Farms, Mlllsboro, Dol. 
CHELDON FARM REGISTERED DUROC 8 
0 Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BARNES, Oxford, N. Y. 
Pure Berkshires: Sows and Boars for Sale 
OLD ENOUGH FOR SERVICE. K.0. BOWERS,Lynch’.,Md. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood. byusTo f°i d 
Hoteware, Spokane, Wash., weighed 976 pounds, under 
two years of age. A yearling boar wo sold Thomas W. 
Lawson, weighed 746 pounds, in breeding condition. 
Young boars and boar pigs of similar breeding for sale at 
reasonable prices. H. 0. Sc n. It. IIARCBMHNG, Dundee, N.Y. 
niinnn DlflQ— $I G P air - Pedigreed Bull Leghorn 
uunuu • IUv Eggs, $1.60 set. S. Weeks, DeGraff, 0. 
Thoroughbred Berkshires—Gilts bred to farrow in 
Juno. One service boar—young sows and boars, 
four months old—all vigorous animals front high- 
grade stock. The New' York State Training 
School for Roys, Yorktown Heights, N. Y. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK FARM, R. 
F. I). No 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
-CHESHIRES- 
THE NEW YORK FARMERS’ HOG 
Weanling pigs and young brood sows for sale. 
Department of Animal Husbandry, 
Cornell University, : Ithaca, New York 
O. I. C. PIGS 
Six weeks old 
from matured 
stock free 
from disease. Registered. Ten Dollars each. GEO. E. 
SCARRITT & SON, North Crook, Warren Co., N. Y. 
FOR SALE: 
REGISTERED O. I. C. PICS, Price 
#7.00 each. HILLF.ll Hi LL, Alpine,.N.Y. 
0.1. C.’s & Chester Whites 
Spring pigs from Big, Typy, Healthy, Prolific Stock. 
$10.00 each, also Pairs and trios. A few choice bred 
gilts, also 400 pound service hoars. 
VICTOR FARMS, : BeUvale, New York 
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| Olivedale Chester White I 
H CHOICE OFFERING OF SPRING PIGS, = 
= BRED SOWS AND YOUNG BOARS. = 
= H. F. LEMMERM ANN. Hillsdale, New York = 
'Introduce this‘“red blood” Into your 
Strain if you want sturdy, profit¬ 
able, prolific swine. Good feed- i 
ers; produce fine pork. J 
. Book free. ; 
OLLINS’JERSEY RED 
the best 
Do; 
and. Fonrots 
Corrolo-Single, pairs and dozen lots. Stamp for 
rerreis Price list. CALVIN JEWELL, Spencer, o. 
COLLIE PUPS 
Pedigreed imported stock, $10, 
ALTAVISTA FARM. Darlington. Md. 
COLLIE PUPS 
—the intelligent kiud 
hounds. NELSON'S. 
. Also Blood. 
Grove City, Pa. 
EXCHANGE: 
AIREDALE FOR PULLETS 
E. J. NOONAN, 51 Tucrt An.. Ju», Cily 
Russian Wolf Hounds 0".?,™*,,?™: 
j DAIRY CATT1.E 
FOR SALE 
REGISTERED H0LSTEINS 
10 bulls and bull calves. 25 young cows; 
large producers: A. R. O. records; best 
breeding. 5 Heifer calves. 
Chas. A. Howell, Howells, Orange Co., N. Y. 
70 miles west New York City, Erie R.R. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS ? n er ea m sy s 
Your Time A* Interest 
Head of the Herd an ARO Son of King of the 
Pontiacs whose Dam has a 29,57 Record and 
113.96 lbs. in 30 days. Nothing but ARO cows 
on the Farm. Herd tuberculin tested Jyearly 
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 bulls, from high producing 
dams. Registered and grade bulls all ages. 
WK TUBERCULINE TEST. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dept. Y, Cortland, N. Y. Bell Phone 14. F. 5. 
REG. HOLSTEIN 
MALE CALVE S 
Buy now when prices are low. The leading strains 
of the world. Prices, $25 and upwards. We breed 
for size andproduction. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Hillhurst Farm, F. H. RIVENBURGH. Mimnsville, 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, 6 registered heifer calves $500. 
Registered bulls ready for service, registered and 
high-grade cows. Reagan Bros., Tully, N. Y. 
SPRINGDALE FARMS [ s 0 th b ^ es gr p a a d C I 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and heifers to select 
from. F. P. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
HnUfpin Sprviop Ru||-Grandsonsof Pontiac Korn- 
noisiem service dun dyke and Kine Segi9 (one 
to 10 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 
READY FOR SERUICE- pR,CES 575 00 ,oS,5 ° 00 
ncHui run ocnwiuc RegisteredHo , gteilllU]d 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals with great 
backing. Best blood in the land. Also younger hull 
calves. Write for list. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y. 
Holsiein-Friesian Bull Calves f" K'UTfa* 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Cliittenanuo. N. Y. 
FOR PR0DU0TI0N - BREE0 up - N0T oown- 
* rnuuuu liun Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams andhighest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg., Pittsburoh, Pa. 
FOP 3AI F Registered JERSEY HULL, 7 months 
run OH kb old, by Karmicks Noble ex. Meadow 
Queen of Allendale. Also two registered JERSEY HEIFERS. 
Effingham Lawrence, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island 
Fosterfields Herd gmUKSfeSiras 
HEIFER CALVES— FOR SALE. Prices reasonable. 
CHARLES G. FOSTER, Box 178, Morristown, New Jersey 
FOR SALE 
Otterkill Farm 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 Anchenbrain. 
lie is also for sale. Prices to suit the buyer. Address 
RUDOLPH HESS, Mgr., Washingtooville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
THOROUGHBRED AYRSHIRE BULL CALVES 
FOIt SALE from registered stock; beautifully 
marked, wonderfully developed. One born Nov. 6 th, 
the other Dec. 6 th, 1914. Though only a little over 
4 and 5 months old, they are now as large as yearl¬ 
ings. Warm, sweet milk and calf meal did it. They 
were fed as a calf should be fed. That accounts for 
their remarkable growth. Address, Dr. VVm. 
More Decker, 1201 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
UfJllfTrn ONE OR TWO GOOD FAMILY 
WAN 1 tU GUERNSEY COW 8 . 
Will exchange silo, shingles or lumber. 
ENTERPRISE LUMBER Sc SILO CO., North Tooawanda, N. Y. 
CPECIAL SALE—Registered Guernseys 
A Cows, heifers and bull calves of best breeding in 
-- A. R. strains. Write us your wants and we will 
quote you attractive prices. T. E. HYDE, Bloomabarg. P». 
HORSES 
WLM 1 f g* -SHETLAND PONIES 
m. M 1 ff" ^ of quality. Prices rea- 
® ■ MM sonable. Write forFall 
L/fltfLlOg Lo l) 6 pt. L, 
THE SHADY SIDE FARMS, North Kenton, Ohio 
KENTUCKY JACKS AND SADDLERS 
Fine Mammoth Jacks and Jennets. Saddle Stallions, M ares 
and Geldings. Perchcron Stallions and Mares. Write us 
describing your wants. Home cured Blue Grass Seed and 
Cedar fence posts. The Cook Farms, Box 436 0, Lexington, Kj. 
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 
MARES AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A. W. GREEN, - Middle field, Ohio 
IMPORTED PERCHERON STALLION 
XaAJNTDAIS 
Dark Grey. Age, 4 years. Weight, 1850 lbs. Fee, $25.00. 
WALNUT GROVE FARM. W a ,h!ngtonvlll<-, N. V. 
Fnr Qala imported Belgian mare, with papers, 
TUI wCHC 6 years old, weight 1660 lbs., guaranteed 
right. IV M. «. HEY ERS, R. F. D. So. IS, Darien Center, N. V. 
FOR SALE: BELGIAN MARE better in State. 
Write me for horses. VY. M. WOODWORTH, Cortland, O. 
