THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
905 
Live Stock Notes 
A Great Holstein Cow. 
The picture on first page this week 
shows the Holstein cow Finderne Pride 
Johanna line, owned by the Somerset 
Holstein Breeders Co. She has made a 
record of 28.403.7 pounds milk and 1,- 
176.47 pounds butterfat in one year. 
Destroying Hog-cholera Carcasses. 
Dr. C. C. Lipp, of the South Dakota 
Agricultural College, tells how to dispose 
of hogs dying of cholera : 
“The two principles involved in the suc¬ 
cessful burning of dead hogs are, first, 
slashing the carcass with a butcher knife 
to expose the body fat, which melts and 
furnishes fuel to keep the fire going, and 
second, placing the carcass so that there 
will be a draft up from below through the 
fuel and around it. An easy way to get 
this draft is to dig two trenches, crossing 
each other at right angles, 10 or 12 inches 
deep and six or eight feet long. Where 
these trenches cross each other, several 
pieces of fire wood should be placed. 
These will support the dead hogs and the 
finer fuel and there will be draft no mat¬ 
ter from which direction the wind blows. 
By the time the heavier pieces of wood 
are consumed completely, the burning of 
the carcasses will be so far advanced that 
there will be no further trouble. A little 
fine wood or a few cobs may be needed to 
complete the burning, although very lit¬ 
tle is usually required once the fire is well 
started. Another method used a great 
deal, and with the best of results, is to 
place an old metal wheel like that on a 
hay rake, or heavier, on several bricks, 
so as to raise it six or eight inches from 
the ground. The carcasses and fuel are 
placed on (his wheel and complete burn¬ 
ing proceeds without difficulty. In con¬ 
trolling and preventing cholera in infect¬ 
ed herds, one of the first things to do is 
burn all carcasses. In order to do this 
slash the carcasses to expose the fat, and 
raise the fire from the ground to secure a 
draft from below. 
Silage for an Alfalfa Country. 
TThe following article is printed to 
show our readers something of the prob¬ 
lems to be found in the West. On East¬ 
ern farms, where cattle are fed, the ma¬ 
jority of farmers seem to believe in the 
silo. A few people have used a silo and 
now argue against it, but on the whole 
silage is gaining in popularity and silos 
are increasing. But here is a new propo¬ 
sition for a new country.] 
This community is much interested in 
the question of silos and silage crops. 
Some few of us think the enthusiasm is 
derived from Eastern farm papers that 
are not familiar with conditions in this 
irrigated district. The Grand (and adja¬ 
cent ) valley's industries are fruit growing 
and stock raising with Alfalfa, potato, 
sugar beets, onions, etc., as side lines. 
Altitude 5,000 to 6,500 feet, climate mild 
compared with east of the Rockies. Prac¬ 
tically no wind except for a week or two 
in April. Snow is still on the ground 
that fell in November. Temperature has 
been below zero, but twice this Winter, 
once 12 degrees, once 10 below. "Under 
the above and following conditions would 
your experts advise silos? 
Band and water worth about $100 per 
acre. Alfalfa does well anywhere. A 
neighbor got an excellent stand from four 
pounds per acre of high-priced Grimm on 
sage brush land. I have a field seeded in 
1897 that still produces five tons per acre 
in three cuttings, and it has had no care 
except to be irrigated twice per year. A 
neighbor cut 97 tons, first cutting, from 
28 acres; nearly 3)4 tons per acre. This 
was exceptionally good field, five years 
from planting. 
Corn not generally raised, but when 
handled properly yields 60 to 75 bushels, 
and more are going into it. I think the 
silage yield should be as good as in the 
Hast. Men with 10 to 5.000 head of cat¬ 
tle run their herds in the mountains 
(Government reserve) from the time 
grass starts until driven out by snow, and 
feed hay (Alfalfa) for about four 
months, depending on the season. The 
small owner generally pays the riders of 
larger outfits to look after his brand dur¬ 
ing grazing season and bring them down 
in the Fall. 
The price paid for Alfalfa in the stack 
is $4.50 to $5 this year—average years, 
$6 to $7, depending on facilities for feed¬ 
ing. A neighbor who raises about 300 
tons per year and has good feed yards has 
a contract to feed all his surplus for five 
years at $6.50 per ton measured in the 
stock 60 days after stacked. (Rule, add 
over to width, divide by 4, square result 
and multiply by length, divide by 512.) 
He considers he has a good contract. The 
cattle owner either feeds hay raised on 
the home ranch or buys on some terms 
similar to above. He then delivers to the 
feeder any number, at any time and 
directs how he wants stock fed, but. of 
course, must have all fed up by time to 
move stock to grass. 
As succulent feed for home stock and 
dairy cows we can raise enormous crops 
of spuds, sugar beets or any root crops. 
Nearly all cattle owners feed well in the 
Winter. 
Labor is high. Good man for general 
work on ranch is worth $45 per month 
and board. If an exceptionally good irri¬ 
gator that price is sometimes sugared a 
little. Hay hands $2 per day. 
Delta Co., Col. rancher. 
Payment for Diseased Animals. 
In accordance with the law recently en¬ 
acted. the N. Y. State Department of Ag¬ 
riculture is paying claims growing out of 
destruction by the State of animals with 
bovine tuberculosis, glanders and foot- 
and-mouth disease. The total sums due 
the several thousands of claimants is 
$633,315.58. 
All claims for tuberculosis up to Janu¬ 
ary 1, 1915, are now ready for payment. 
The total amount of the claims is $147,- 
393.30. Interest upon claims falling 
within the provisions of the 1914 statute 
amounts to $3,169.80, • and is computed 
from 30 days of slaughter upon those 
claims dating from March 10, 1914, the 
day the bill became a law. Claims for 
glanders, some of which date from the 
Spring of 1912 and which have been paid 
to date, total $179,968.39. Interest upon 
that part of the claims subject to interest 
amounts to $4,910.33. A part of the 
claims for glanders cannot be paid until 
the claimants file the necessary papers, as 
required by law. Claims for foot and 
mouth disease paid up to date total $209,- 
417.35. 
Reinforced Concrete Silos. 
I should like to know the reasons for 
vertical reinforcement of monolithic con¬ 
crete silos. I assume that it is to guard 
against wind pressure. But it seems to 
me incredible that with walls of solid rock 
it could be broken by any storm short of a 
hurricane. Is there any record of one 
being damaged by wind pressure? Are 
ordinary brick chimneys of height 40 to 
60 feet reinforced? m. f. k. 
Tippecanoe Co., Ind. 
Reinforcement of cement block or any 
sort of cement walls and even hollow 
brick silos is not a question of outside 
wind pressure, but to guard against the 
outpush pressure of tin" settling silage, 
which is very great Several instances 
about here show how great this pressure 
of the settling silage is, and to tin' utter 
destruction of the silo. Chimneys stand 
all right, but there is no internal out¬ 
ward pressure to rupture the walls. 
Sometimes these great stone and cement 
silos, by their great weight on somewhat 
insecure foundation, settle slightly and 
show fissures of greater or lesser size and 
corresponding length, something that good 
reinforcement of a suitable number of re¬ 
inforcing rod hoops would have practi¬ 
cally prevented, even if the structure did 
get out of perpendicular. j. g. 
Ohio. 
Brewers’ Grains for Pigs. 
Can you give me the analysis of fresh 
brewers’ grains and value for hog feed? 
Would they be a safe feed for pigs two 
months old? Would they be harmless 
food for brood sows carrying pigs? My 
hogs are pastured the year around or as 
nearly so as possible. I have been feed¬ 
ing grain for a limited time, together with 
other grains, and stock molasses and hogs 
seem to like the grains. r. o. \v. 
Stroudsburg, Pa. 
When fresh brewers’ grains can be ob¬ 
tained at a reasonable price there is no 
reason why they cannot be safely and 
economically fed to growing pigs during 
the first two-thirds of the growing period, 
and brood sows will also thrive on them 
when fed in reasonable quantities and 
with the proper mixtures. The analysis 
of wet brewers’ grains is as follows: 
Dry .matter, 24.3 per cent.; digestible 
protein, 4 per cent.; digestible carbo¬ 
hydrates, 9.37 per cetn.; digestible fat, 
1.38 per cent. A very satisfactory way 
to feed the grains would be to use them 
for about one-third of the ration, the 
other two-thirds being composed of wheat 
middlings, barley and eornmeal in vary¬ 
ing proportions according to the age of 
the pigs and season of the year. Stock 
molasses is usually fed to make the ration 
more palatable and more digestible, but, 
as a rule, pigs will eat enough without 
tempting them with molasses so its value 
as a pig feed is thereby greatly reduced 
as compared with its feeding value for 
horses and cattle. Compared with corn- 
meal at $35 per ton. the wet grains would 
be worth about $6.60 per ton. c. s. G. 
The cow testing associations have 
spread all over the Eastern States. Rhode 
Island seems to be about the only State 
which has not adopted this system of 
picking out the robber cows. The State 
now, however, will start at the business, 
and it is hoped before the middle of July 
that several cow testing associations will 
be under way in Rhode Island. The in¬ 
habitants of that little State have long 
been noted for their thrift and their abil¬ 
ity to spot a fraud or a drone,- yet -with¬ 
out doubt they have carried more than 
their share of boarder cows without know¬ 
ing that they were doing it. Now comes 
the cow-testing association to bounce the 
boarders away from the table, and it is a 
good thing that Rhode Island gets into 
the game. 
June 26. This is exclusively a dairy 
and milk-sliipping country. June milk. 
$1.14, July $1.30. Good dairy cows, $85 
to $100. and not many for sale. Horses 
very high, good heavy young farm horses, 
$600 or better a pair. No fruit raised in 
this locality. e. j. w. 
Holland Patent, N. Y. 
Lots of rain and very cool; everything 
in good growing condition. Hay crop 
will be short. Wheat will be a fair crop. 
"W heat, $1.30; oats, 65c.; rye, 90; corn. 
90 cents bushel; chickens, 16 cents per 
pound; eggs, 18; butter, 26; strawberries, 
three boxes for 25 cents, not many; old 
potatoes, 40 cents per bushel; Hour, $2 
per 49-lb. sack. Lard, 16 cents per 
pound; cows, $30 and up. Cherries are 
but few and sell at $3 to $3.60 per 
bushel. Apples will not be plenty through 
here. Oats coming into head and look 
very good. Work is very poor around 
here. Cattle very little raised here ; pork 
only for farmers’ own use. G. F. i>. 
Dornsife, Pa. 
.Tune 26. Horses very dull, from $50 to 
$175. Cows, fresh, fair, $50, good, $75 
to $90. Hogs, 7(4 to 714c. Beef cattle, 
local market, 6c. to 7 1 4 t ‘- Corn per bu., 
$1.30; hay, Timothy, $18; clover, $16; 
wheat, $1.18; new potatoes, $1.20 per 
bushel. Old potatoes, 75c.; fresh country 
butter, 25c.; eggs, 18c. L. E. s. 
Clearspring, Md. 
Wayne MacVeagh, lawyer and dip¬ 
lomat, has on the outskirts of Philadel¬ 
phia an admirable stock farm. One day 
last Summer some poor children were 
permitted to go over his farm and when 
their inspection was done to each of 
them was given a glass of milk. The 
milk was excellent. It came, in fact, 
from a $2,000 cow. “Well, boys, how 
do you like it?” the farmer said when 
they had drained their glasses. “Gee! 
Fine!” said one little fellow. Then, after 
a pause, he added: “I wisht our milk¬ 
man kep’ a cow.":—Baltimore Sun. 
Mr. Business Farmer 
Stop! Read! Act! 
YOTT nccc * ***• Excelsior engine on your farm. Every day 
• w ^ you go without it you are losing money. You (io not 
have to take our word for it. Order an engine subject to satis¬ 
faction. If you do not find it is the best engine and the biggest 
money-maker you ever saw, send it back to us. If, after trial, 
\ou find it la the best engine you ever used, keep it. If you 
need a sawing outfit, a pumping outfit, a spraying outfit or en¬ 
gine for any service whatever, you need onr catalog. You can 
buy any ol these machines, put them on your farm, and give them 
a thorough trial before paying for them. You do not need, to 
scud a cent in advance. Tell mi the size farm you own and the 
kind of an outfit you need andget our special proposition to yon. 
I)o Not Delay. Act Now. 
R. CONSOLIDATED GASOLINE ENGINE CO. 
202 Fulton Street New York City 
S "VAT" I JNT 3E3 
THOROUGHBRED MULE.FOOTS-C weeks 
1 old, $10. Berkshire Pioneer Poultry Yards, Berkshire. N. Y. 
si JIK IP. Ol I.V —sue pair, reaigreeu isnn Degtiar 
uuiiuu riuo Eggs. $1.50 set. S. Weaks, DeGraff, I 
OMELDON FARM It EG 1ST EKED DCROCS 
Pigs of both sex. IIred Sows. Service Boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BAU.NES. Oxford, N. Y. 
FOR PURE BRED 1AMW0RTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIKW STOCK FARM. It. 
F. I». No. 1, VV iuston-Salem, North Carolina 
—The long, deep, heavy, bone type. 
Grown for breeders and guaranteed :is 
represented. Prices right. A C. HOOPER, Bozman, Md. 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied Farn/iwi^.h-M. 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals. 
Orders for export given especial care. 
It. Y. BUCKLEY, Woodrow' 1 , Broad Axe, Pa. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHW00D 
Eight young bred sows, sold by us to William Riis, 
ol Buenos Aires, Argentina, farrowed seventy-one 
hvo pigs, their first litters: after being on shipboard 
sixty days and traveling 9,000 miles. Selected boars 
and bred SOWS for sale. H. C. & H. B. Harpentfing, Dundee, N.Y 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES 
10 Bred Gilts for June farrow. 
Service Boars and March pigs. 
J. E. WATSON, - Marbledale, Ct. 
Woodbury Farm 
Registered Berkshires 
BOARS— YEARLINGS AND OLDER 
SOWS— THIS SPRING AND YEARLINGS 
Overstocked, account recent foot and mouth quaran¬ 
tine. Low prices to move thorn. Real bargains. 
REGISTERED HAMPSHIRE SHEEP- Early ew e 
lambs, yearlings and older ; several flue rams. 
Must reduce Hock. 
J. W. WEBB, Syossot, Long Island 
Come and see them. Visitors welcome and correspondence invited 
Chester Whites and O.I.G’s 
Gilts, Bred sows, and Spring pigs. Ser¬ 
vice boars, Summer pigs. Registered 
in Chester White and O. I. C. Record. 
VICTOR FARMS, Bellvale, New York 
f PAIHY CATTLE 
FOR PRODUCTION BREE0 up - N0T down- 
run rnuuuuiiun 1?eKistered j evs( , y mil 
calves, only, from producing dams mid highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg., Pittslwrah, Pa. 
THOROUGHBRED GUERNSEY BULL CALVES 
by imported ' RUSE KING OF THE CHENE,” for sale at 
moderate prices. For particulars address, 
MANAGER, HILLTOP FARM, 135 West 14th St . New York City 
I C* ITI CO A fe,v registered Guernsey 
CI II3CJO bulls from 2 to IS months 
Old; also a few heifers; from A. K. stock. Regis¬ 
tered Berkshire pigs; fall boars at farmer's prices. 
Masterpiece Premier CI80800. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Herd headed bv_ 
KLLEJJWOOI) FA If M, * 
FOR SALE 
Otterkill Farm Ayrshires 
la young bulls, 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 
RIWOLPH HESS, Mgr., Washingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
ForSale— 3 Young Ayrshire Bull Calves 
from dams giving 40 and 50 pounds of milk per day. 
(rood individuals. Tuo-thi: ' white. Eligible to 
Registration. THE CASKEY FARMS, Richniontlvilte, N. Y. 
COR SALE-YEARLING SHORT HORN BULL AND BULL CALVES 
■ Registered free. Miller Hall, Alpine, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves f f ” 1 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Chittennnno. N. Y. 
READY FOR SERVICE~ PR,CES s7b00,oSI50 0D 
nCHUl run oenviue Registered Holstein and 
Jersey Bulls. Splendid individuals with great 
backing. Best blood in the land. Also younger bull 
calves. Write for list. HOMEWOOD FARMS, RYE, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES KlfiK 
St.09, seven days, SO days, 131.66. They are extra good 
individuals, all from A R. O. dams. Write for pedi¬ 
grees and prices. THE YATES EAltMS, Orchard l’ark, N, Y. 
olio jviiik cegis tone 
to 16 mo. old.) If you are I ooking for the blood 
which produces world champion cows, write to 
Ira S. Jarvis, Hartwick Seminary. N. Y. Prices moderate 
SPRINGDALE FARMS ?IT* 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and heifers to select 
from. F. P. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
Seven (7) Grade Holstein Cows 
All bred to Ontario Pietje Segis No. 1122(1;!: age, 
three to seven years old. One Registered Holstein 
Bull Calf. Three months old. $75 takes him'. 
A. D. MOORE, - Protection, N. Y. 
Ontario Dekoi Freeman 
superb Holstein bull, born Sept. 21. 1911; sire, 35.61 
lb. bull: dam, A. It. O. heifer, line breeding; price, 
for quick sale, $290. Send for pedigree. No disease 
in our locality. Cloverdale Farm, Charlotte. N. Y. 
Spot Farm Holsteins 
lfi registered heifer calves 2 to 8 months old, $1500. 
5 registered bulls 2 toS months Old,$35 to$100each. 
1 carload of registered cows at farmers’ prices. 
1 carload of grade yearlings & 2-year-olds, $lo each. 
G rade cows. $t;u up. 
% Holstein heifer and bull calves, $15 each, ex¬ 
press paid in lots of 5. 
REAGAN BROS., Tully, N. Y. 
EastRiver Grade Holsteins For Sale 
100 Extra high grade Holstein cows served 
to come fresh in Aug . Sept, and Oct. 
Served to Hog. bulls. They are milking 
good now. Come and see them milked. 
Keg. bulls ready for use. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
DeoL Y, Cortland, N. Y. Bell Phone 14. F. 5 
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SALE-Shetland Pony McCann, coboes, n. y. 
COR SALE—Registered Perclieron Stallion 
• Colt—one year old; Sire, Westwood Don. Sound 
and good conformation. E. W. Thompson. Factory ville Pa 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MARKS AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A. W. GREEN, - Middle field, 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. 
Uogs niicl Ferrets 
Fprrpt»i—Sinelt*, pairs and dozen lots. Stamp for 
l cm CIS Pricelist. CALVIN JEWELL. Sp encer. O. 
Collie Pups 
Scotch Collie Puppies 
wants. OSTRANDER’S, Coopers Plains , N. Y. 
Irisli Terriers 
Pedigreed female puppies, $5. Males sold at$15—$20 
SelboruelMtrm, - Crotou.on.Hudson, N. Y. 
ST. BERNARD PUPPIES 
From parents weighing 150 and 180 lbs. Price $15 
l«ick if not pleased. 
EDiVlN A. SIHIDEK, Telford, Pa. 
GARDEN AND FARM BOOKS 
Vegetable Gardening, Watts .$1.75 
Productive Vegetable Growing, Lloyd 1.50 
Garden Farming, Corbett .2.00 
Manures and Fertilizers, Wheeler... 1.60 
Farm Manures, Thorne . 1,50 
Farm Management, Warren . 1.75 
Irrigation and Drainage, King . 1.50 
sate by THE RURAL NEW- 
YORKER, 333 W, 30th St., New York. 
