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The Profitable Colt 
Alike Except in Value. 
I have often heard the remark, “All 
weanling colts look alike to me.” This is 
more or less true of colts from draft sires 
and dams up to a month old. but what a 
difference in quality and value any time 
after six months old. As the cost, value, 
and efficiency of our farm horses are be¬ 
coming more vital to the success of our 
farm operations each ye c, it becomes 
more necessary for us not only to breed 
more of the horses we use on our farms, 
but to breed horses of higher quality, and 
better adapted to our changing farm re- 
Colt from Purebred Percheron Mare. 
quirements. A weanling colt from an or¬ 
dinary scrub sire and dam may be worth 
$50 at maturity. A colt from a large 
grade draft mare, worth say $250. and 
from a purebred draft sire, would be well 
sold at weaning time at $100. and should 
mature at $250 value or a little better. 
The colt shown above, foaled in 1014 
and sold at weaning time for $400. is 
from an imported Percheron mare that 
cost $500. This mare has another colt 
by her side of the same value. The colt 
in picture below is from an imported 
Belgian mare that cost $050. This filly 
colt weighed 900 pounds at seven months 
old, and sold for $400. The dam has an¬ 
other filly colt by her side, and has just 
been sold for $1,000. I do not speak of 
Colt from Imported Belgian Mare. 
the two above colts as exceptional sales. 
One farm in this State bred 23 purebred 
draft colts last year, and sold nine of 
them under a year old for an average of 
$400 each. 
This would seem a most favorable time 
for many of our farmers to take up pure¬ 
bred draft horse breeding. As the for¬ 
eign importations of draft horses have 
been shut off. there is a large State-wide 
demand for stallions and mares of size 
and quality which could, and should be 
bred and sold on our own farms. Our 
work for the past three years has made 
history in the better horse-breeding con¬ 
ditions in New York State. We have a 
New York State Draft Horse Breeders’ 
Club of representative breeders and im¬ 
porters working on the broadest lines for 
State-wide improvement. We have a New 
5 ork State Fair that two years ago was 
changed in the Farm and Draft Horse De¬ 
partment, for. instead of against the 
State exhibitor. Result, 3G8 entries, all 
New York State exhibitors, in 1914. A 
stallion enrollment and inspection law 
was introduced in the Legislature, passed 
in the Senate, but was lost in the As¬ 
sembly. This inspection and enrollment 
law is on the same lines as are in force 
in some 20 other States and Canada and 
has been advocated by the New York 
State Breeders’ Association for several 
years. By co-operative buying we have 
imported nearly 200 of the best draft stal¬ 
lions and mares direct to the farmers at 
cost. The co-operative buying of farm 
mares, and draft breeding stock should be 
taken up in every county in the State. 
By this method the cost of grade and 
purebred farm and draft mares and fillies 
can be bought within the reach of the av¬ 
erage farmer. My experience and study in 
Europe and America has shown me the 
success of any State or county in horse 
breeding depends on the ordinary small 
farms ■where operations are limited to the 
production of a few colts from exceptional 
dams that are in active use on the farm. 
Two things are necessary for a still 
greater State-wide improvement in horse 
breeding conditions. First, by education 
and publicity a better understanding of 
the value of the best purebred sires. This 
a stallion enrollment law would accom¬ 
plish. Second, an opportunity for the 
small farmer to buy the best breeding 
stock at the real value. This can be done 
by co-operative buying, which would mean 
better animals at a saving of 25 to 50 per¬ 
cent in price. E. s. akin. 
Pheasant Raising in Oklahoma. 
I should like to have information on 
raising pheasants from a commercial 
standpoint What is the best kind of 
birds, where can they be obtained, cost 
per pair, possible returns per pair, if 
market for birds is good, and their care 
in general ? b. b. 
Guthrie, Okla. 
I am not a pheasant raiser and do not 
feel tempted to become one under the 
present law in this State. There are 
two methods of raising them “commer¬ 
cially.” In Europe they are generally 
raised under as nearly wild conditions as 
possible and the returns are secured from 
the sale of shooting licenses and from the 
sale of the birds after they are shot. I 
understand that in many cases the shoot¬ 
ing privilege does not carry with it the 
ownership of the birds killed. The other 
common method of raising pheasants is 
to keep them closely confined in small 
yards and sell them for breeders and for 
show birds. This latter method is not 
likely to be profitable in this country 
except as a side line in connection with a 
business of raising fancy poultry, and 
even then the profit is likely to be mostly 
the pleasure of caring for the birds. 
There are many books on the care of 
pheasants under these conditions, and 
some special feeds are put up for them 
and sold at high prices. 
Wild pheasants are much like turkeys 
in their habits and need a rather wide 
range of food. They have rather regular 
times for feeding at certain places and 
often travel far between feeding places. 
If a flock appears in a certain pear or¬ 
chard about an hour before sunset on a 
bright sunny day they are likely to be 
seen in the same place at the same time 
the next sunny day, but they may be 
two miles away at that time if it is 
cloudy. The kind of pheasant known as 
“Mongolian” or “Ring-necked” is the 
only one that is raised commonly and 
sold at a low enough price to be used on 
a commercial basis. Dealers advertise 
in about all the poultry papers. A. c. w. 
Jersey Cattle Club. 
The annual meeting was held at New 
York May 5. Forty-nine members were 
present and 325 sent their proxies. The 
President’s report showed 33,006 regis¬ 
trations during the year ending March 
31. 1915, an increase of 3.625 over the 
previous year; transfers, 30.874. The 
registrations included 23,073 native 
cows; 189 from Europe; 9,730 native 
bulls, and 14 from Europe. The treas¬ 
urer reported a cash surplus of $164,- 
072.66. 
The Register of Merit work has dou¬ 
bled during the year, thei-e being 3,450 
cows and 273 hulls on the record April 
28, 1915. In New York there are 271 
cows under test; Oregon, 250. Ohio, 231. 
Among the important amendments re¬ 
commended to be submitted to a mail vote 
of the Club members were the reduction 
of membership fee from $100 to $50, and 
permission to hold meetings outside of 
New York State. 
Officers elected were: President. M. D. 
Munn; treasurer, John P. Hutchinson; 
board of directors. John A. Lee, Hugh G. 
Van Pelt, II. F. Probert, Mark W. 
Potter. 
“My dear, did you make this pudding 
out of the cookery-book?” “Yes, love.” 
“Well I thought I tasted one of the cov¬ 
ers.”—Toronto Sun. 
“How many dogs have you, Wool- 
liver?” “I isn’t got but six now, cuhnel, 
since de white men took to shootin’ ’em 
for killin’ sheep. Looks like I’s mighty 
nigh out o’ dogs, sail!”—Judge. 
“Some men uses big words,” said Un¬ 
cle Eben. “de same as a turkey spreads 
his tail feathers. Dey makes an elegant 
impression, but dey don’t reppersent no 
real meat.”—Washington Star. 
For Sale-110 SHEEP, 50 LAMBS 
Short of pasture. Price, low. if sold soon. 
C. E. BRIDGES, - Sherman, N. Y. 
[ Dogs aiicl Perrots 
Carroto - Single, pairs and dozen lots. Stamp for 
reireu* Price list. CALVIN JEWKLL, Spencer, O. 
ARISTOCRATIC AIREDALES 
Bred for stamina and courage. Registered. Price, 
$18. Send for pedigree. 
BTRCH FARMS, - Three Tans, Pa. 
Thoroughbred Collie Pups - ^^’^^ 
and up. F. L. CHENEY, Guilford, New York 
II OX1BES 
IMPORTED PERCHERON STALLION 
LAKTDAIS 
Dark Grey. Age. 4 years. Weight, 1850 lbs. Fee, $25.00. 
WALNUT G It O V E FAIEM. WaahiugtonvUlo, X. Y. 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MAKES AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A. W. GREEN, - Middlefield, 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. 
SWIWE 
Purebred Registered O.I.G. Hogs 
Bred sows and spring pigs, both sexes, from our 
healthy, prolific herd. The average size of 
litters this spring is fifteen pigs. 
Agricultural Department N. Y. C. R. II. Co. 
firmid Central Terminal, • New York 
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 boars. 
VICTOR FARMS, : Bellvale, New York 
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I Olivedale Chester White ! 
m CHOICE OFFERING OF SPRING PIGS, H 
= BRED SOWS AND YOUNG BOARS. §§ 
M H. F. LEMMERMANN, Hillsdale, New York M 
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- CHESHIRES - 
THE NEW YORK FARMERS’ HOG 
Weanling pigs and young brood sows for sale. 
Department of Animal Husbandry, 
Cornell University, : Ithaca, New York 
BERKSHIRES 
Forty sown bre<l for Spring litter* to the (among 
Rivals MuicHtic Hoy 14(5407, These are of the beat 
type ami individuality. Write for price*. 
TOMPKINS FA KM, KAN SHALE. PA. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES 
10 Bred Gilts for June farrow. 
Service Boars and March pigs. 
J. E. WATSON, - Marbledale, Ct. 
FOR SA.LE 
Thoroughbred Berkshires — Gilts bred to farrow in 
June. One service hoar — young sows and boars, 
four mouths old — all vigorous animals from high- 
grade stock. The New York State Training 
School for Boys, Yorktowu Heights, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood. £ y F°i d 
Hoteware, Spokane, Wash., weighed 975 pounds, under 
two years of age. A yearling boar wo sold Thomas W. 
Lawson, weighed 745 pounds, in breeding condition. 
Young boars and boar pigs of similar breeding for sale at 
reasonable prices. II. 0. A. H. B. lUBPE.NDING, Dundee, .N.Y. 
Rprlothirp Pl<r«—Choice ones at a moderate price. 
ugi hoimc i iga Also a few service boars and bred 
sows. M. H. TAYLOR, West Alexander, Pa 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied Farm'^rtahii£s. 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals. 
Orders for export givon especial care. 
R. Y. BUCKLEY, • Woodrow", Broad Axe, Pa. 
COR SALE— Berkshires, both sexes. Holstein Bull, 5 
1 months old. Golden Wyandotte Eggs, $1 for 15. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. UNG0H0CKEN FARMS, Wycombe. Pa. 
CEW PUREBRED BERKSHIRE YOUNG 
r SOWS AND BOARS left from last fall’s lit¬ 
ters. Sows, bred or open, $15 each; boars. $12 to 
close out. First check gets them. No disease here. 
CLOVERDALE FARM, . Charlotte, N. Y. 
CM ELDON FARM REGISTERED DUROCS 
^ Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BARNES, Oxford, N. Y. 
nimnn DICC— $16pair. Pedigreed Buff Leghorn 
uunuu riHO Eggs,$1.50set. S. Weeks, OeGraff, 0 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK FARM, K. 
F. I). No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
j D^LIRY CATTLE 
FOR PR0DUCTI0N-S te ^ 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, B03 Rensliaw Bldn.. Pittsburnli. Pa. 
Posterfields Herd 
B HEIFER OAT.VES— FOR SALE. Prices reason able. 
CIIAKLKS 0. FOSTER, Box 173, Jlorristown, New Jersey 
far (H| p Registered JERSEY BULL, 7 months 
rUn OHLb old. by Karnaeks Noble ex. Meadow 
Queen of Allendale. Also two registered JERSEY HEIFERS. 
Effingham Lawrence/Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island 
A few registered Guernsey 
LI X51 1 13 “ Jr O bulls from 2 to IS months 
old; also a few heifers; from A. It. stock. Regis¬ 
tered Berkshire pigs; fall boars at farmer’s prices. 
Herd headed by Masterpieco Premier C1SOSOO. 
ELLENWOOD FARM, - Hatboro, Pa. 
Three Purebred Guernsey Bulls 
12 to 14 months old: ready for service. They are all 
out of A. R. Cows and are of the very best breeding. 
Prices OI1 request. Ardmore Farm, Glen Spey, Sullivan Co., N. Y- 
r (0 REGISTERED GUERNSEY BULLS— ONE CALF. 
One ready for service. Charles Post, Delhi, N. If. 
r DAIRY CATTLE 
Superior Quality 
in both type and production, is a uniform 
characteristic, of Meridale Jerseys. May 
we send you our booklet, with facts to 
prove it? We have pleasure in offering a 
representative bull of Meridale breeding, 
ready for service, and excellent individu¬ 
ally. Sire: The Owl’s Oxford Prince 
95699, an imported son of Oxford Lad out 
of a danghterot' The Owl, and already a 
Register of Merit bull. Dam: Jap’s Lady 
Perfection 246119, a rich Register of Merit 
daughter of The Imported Jap 75265, with 
a yearly fat test of 6.284£. Class AA. 
Write for pedigree and particulars. 
ayer & McKinney 
300 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Registered Jersey Bull For Sale r e! 
lorn Oct. 4,1914. A beauty and richly bred. Price] 
>50. Hillside Jersey Farm, Eugene F. Wells, Tully, N.Y. State 
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 TUBERCULINE TEST. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dept. Y, Cortland, N. Y. Bell Phone 14. F. 5. 
FOR SALE 
REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 
10 bulls and bull calves. 25young 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. 
Cpot Farm Holsteins 
7 registered heifer calves, 1 to 7 months old, 
2 from 20-lb. dams, 1 from 10-lb. heifer. Bal¬ 
ance from well-bred dams, from A. R. O. sires. 
Price. $700. 10 registered hull calves, 1 to 0 
months old, $35 to $00 each. 25 registered cows, 
10 of them A. R. O.—$150 up. 12 high-grade year¬ 
lings, 12 2-year olds, 4 cows, $40 a head for the lot. 
% Holstein heifer and hull calves, $15 each. Ex¬ 
press paid to your station in lots of 5 of the calves. 
REAGAN BROS,, . Tully, N. Y. 
REG. HOLSTEIN 
MALE CALVES 
3uy now when prices are low. The leading strains 
if the world. Prices, $25 and upwards. We breed 
or size and production. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Hillliurst Farm, F. H. RIVENBURGH, Munnsville, N. Y. 
For Sale-A Few Choice Holstein Bulls 
Iraudsous of King of The Pontiac. Dams have good 
A. R. O. Records. Ages, from twelve to fifteen 
nontlis old. Also Berkshire Pigs six weeks old. 
Prices very reasonable. Warner Stock Farm,Warner. N.Y. 
Ontario Dekol Freeman 
mperb Holstein bull, born Sept. 21, 1914: sire, 35.61 
b. bull: dam, A. R. O. heifer, fine breeding; price, 
’or quick sale, $200. Send for pedigree. No disease 
u our locality. Uloverdale Farm, Charlotte. N. Y. 
SPRINGDALE FARMS ^ 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and hellers to select 
from. F. P. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
Registered Holstein-Friesian Cows 
’or sale to settle estate of Irvin F. Wilcox, Cam¬ 
den,N.Y. Ages as follows: One.8-yrs.; two, 7-yrs.; 
one, 6-yrs.; one, 5-yrs.: six,4-yrs.: five,3-yrs.; two. 
2-yrs. Milking now or due to freshen. Also 7 heifer 
calves and one bull calf. Description, photos, 
pedigrees and prices on request. 
Robert E. Wilcox, Court House, Rochester, N. Y. 
■Inklpin Sarvipp Rnll—Grandsons of Pontiac Korn- 
nuibiein service duii (iyke and King Seeis (one 
;o 16 mo. old.) If you are looking for the blood 
vhich produces world champion cows, write to 
ra S. Jarvis, Hariwick Seminary, N. Y. Prices moderate 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES UStLH 
14.09, seven days, 30 days, 134.60. They are extra good 
individuals, all from A. R. O. dams. Write for pedi¬ 
grees and prices. THE YATES FARMS, Orchard Park, >. Y. 
READY FOR QPRUifiF-PRiCEs, S7b.oo tosiso oo 
IlCHUI run dCItVIUC, Registered Holstein and 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals with great 
jacking. Best blood in the land. Also younger hull 
waives. Write for list. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y. 
lolstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °o r^Tfa 1 
iffer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Cliittenanoo. N.‘y. 
FOR SALE: WELL-BRED SHORTHORNS 
1 Bull 5 years old, won 3rd International Live 
Stock Show, Chicago, an a 2-year-old, bred by 
Leslie Smith, St. Cloud, Minn- 
4 Cows bred by A. Ronick, Winchester) Ky. 
2 with calf by above bull 
1 8 mo. bull calf by samo bull 
1 7-mo. hoifer calf same bull 
They are all well-bred and pood individuals. Am 
closing out this breed, and will sell right. Can ship 
Pa., C. R. R. ot T N. J., B. & O., Lehigh Valley R. R., 
when quarantine is off. 
FAIRHOLM FARM, Now Market, N. J. 
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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 Auehenhraii). 
He is also for sale. Prices to suit the buyer. Address 
RUDOLPH HESS, Mgr., Washingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
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