THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
927 
Skim-milk for Colts. 
I have fed a few colts skimmed or sep¬ 
arated milk with very good results. The 
best way to feed it is warm, separated 
and fed as quickly as it can be after it 
is milked. It is not so good when it 
is cold or stands for six to 12 hours. It 
has everything in it but the butterfat, 
and that you do not want the colts to 
ha» r e. There is nothing that you can 
feed to calves, colts or pigs that will do 
them so much good and grow them so 
strong and muscular as good warm sep¬ 
arated milk in addition to their grain ra¬ 
tions. The time to grow young animals 
is right from the time they are dropped, 
giving them all they can digest and do 
well on. A great many men make a 
mistake by starving them or giving them 
just what will keep them in fair flesh in 
order to make them hearty. A great 
many men overdo them and destroy their 
stomachs and digestive organs by giving 
them too much and not giving them the 
proper exercise. Any young animal that 
has the exercise and the pleasant quar¬ 
ters will do well on all the feed they can 
digest and take care of, and they will 
make their owner money. 
Armstrong Co., Pa. o. N. wilson. 
Outlook for Percheron Horses. 
Mr. Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of the 
Percheron Society of America, sends 
some figures regarding Percheron horse 
breeding, particularly in the Eastern 
States. It seems these Eastern States 
last year recorded 95 American-bred 
colts, most of them apparently coming 
from New York State. Mr. Dinsmore 
says that from 8000 to 9000 American- 
bred Percherons are now annually pro¬ 
duced and recorded. The other draft 
breeds contribute about 4000 more. This 
means 12,000 to 13,000 purebred drafts 
each year, or not over 6000 stallions of 
all the draft breeds. There is something 
like 23,000,000 horses in the U. S., so 
that this number of drafters seems very 
small. There has been an immense gain 
in horse exports in recent years, the 
following table showing exports for 1914 
and 1915 by the month: 
Expoets 1914 and 1915. 
,, , No. head 
Month horses Value 
August . 804 $96,706 
September . 7,146 999,267 
October . 12,091 1,918,433 
November . 28,071 5,034,353 
Decern oer . 30,687 7,390,845 
January . 34,643 7,779,395 
February . 36,960 9,253,787 
March . 33,694 8,088,974 
184,096 $40,561,760 
The great need on the other side just 
now is well-built, heavy horses for ar¬ 
tillery and trucking work, and good draft 
blood is needed for these purposes. Mr. 
Dinsmore says that during the past few 
years there has been an increased demand 
for well-bred Percherons. The buyers 
have discriminated in favor of good ani¬ 
mals. As lie puts it, the good Percherons 
are from $75 to $100 higher, and inferior 
ones at least that much less. This discrim¬ 
ination gives a good tip for future breed¬ 
ing. The colts must not only carry good 
blood, but they must not be stunted, but 
grain fed and pushed along during their 
first year. The old plan of turning a 
colt out to toughen it through the Win¬ 
ter on a straw stack is a good way to 
make the mortgage on the farm larger, 
for no colts can eat up a mortgage thus 
handled. Certainly so far as figures and 
futures go, there is a fine opening in 
the production of high-class draft colts. 
Reports on Cow Testing. 
II. T. Hall, the cow tester of the 
Barnesville Co-operative Cow Testing As¬ 
sociation, has made his yearly report. 
There were 285 cows in the test. Of these 
191 were registered Jerseys, while the 
other 94 were grade Jerseys. The cows 
averaged 4.8 years, and they gave an av¬ 
erage yield of 5,264 pounds of milk which 
tested 5.18 per cent. fat. This made an 
average of 272.89 of butter fat. The av¬ 
erage cost of the roughage per cow for 
one year was $25.65, and for grain $27.50. 
I his made a total of $52.65, which is 
very much under the cost of feeding a cow 
in most of our Eastern States. Making 
no charge whatever for labor, interest, or 
depreciation of value, the cow-tester fig¬ 
ures the profit per cow to be $63.08, 
which means the difference between the 
money received for the milk or butter and 
the cost of the grain and hay. If we take 
out a fair valuation for labor, interest on 
the investment, and the loss for deprecia¬ 
tion, this profit would fall to $30 or $35 
or even less. We must understand that 
these figures merely show the difference be- 
between income and feed. Some of these 
cows gave a very good performance. There 
were six of the 285 which produced more 
than 400 pounds of butter fat. The best 
cow was a registered Jersey, which gave 
8,98o pounds of milk, which made 537.12 
Pounds of butter fat. It cost $69.99, or 
$6.87 above the average to feed this cow. 
I he poorest cow of the Association was 
another registered Jersey, which produced 
only 86.66 pounds of butter fat and was 
kept at a loss of $5.11. Here was a rob¬ 
ber cow, although carrying pure blood, 
but she was a robber and drone, eating 
up the profit made by the others in the 
herd. It is just such cows as this that 
the Cow Test Association is organized to 
root out. Mr. Hall states that while 
nearly all the cows were highly fed and 
pureblood Jerseys, and while they were 
owned by men who ought to know their 
business and their cows, yet this test 
shows that there is yet room for improve¬ 
ment even among this high class of cows 
and higher class of owners. It was a 
good opportunity for showing the real 
value of a cow-testing association, for 
here were men who were well known as 
breeders, and here were cows -which from 
their breeding at least ought to rank 
as high class, yet there were robbers even 
among this high class assortment and if 
the robbers can be found here, what shall 
we_ think of the herds of grades or scrubs 
which do not pretend to have the advan¬ 
tages of good breeding? 
Pronunciation of Holstein. 
“What breed of cattle did you say you 
were keeping?” 
This question was put to me by the 
head of the dairy department of an agri¬ 
cultural college. “Holsteens,” I said, sort 
of hesitating. I remembered that in Ger¬ 
man where the vowels ei came together 
the “e” was dropped and the “i” pro¬ 
nounced. I had heard it pronounced 
“Holsteens” so much that I believed 
usage established pronunciation. The 
professor kindly corrected my pronuncia¬ 
tion, calling attention to the above rule. 
In the word Friesland, the “e” follows 
the “i” and is pronounced as is the Ger¬ 
man practice. I have even heard the 
word pronounced Holly-steen. Although 
a great many breeders seek to American¬ 
ize the pronunciation, by inquiry among 
leading men of the breed, I find that the 
pronunciation of “ei” as “i” in mine is 
the approved and correct one. w. j. 
Skin Disease. 
I keep four cows. They are feeling 
well and are looking well, but they have 
skin disease, a dry scab all over the body, 
more common about the head and neck. 
The scab is not as large as a cherry seed. 
What do you call it? Advise a remedy. 
w. b. s. 
Without an examination we cannot be 
sure, but the disease probably is “barn 
itch” or ringworm, due to a vegetable 
parasite. If so it will tend to disappear 
when the cattle go on grass. Scrub the 
spots on the face clean and then rub in 
some iodine ointment every other day 
until well. Wet the spots‘on the body 
with a solution of at least two ounces of 
sulphate of copper to the pint of hot 
water, as. often as found necessary. 
Cleanse, disinfect and whitewash the sta¬ 
ble which also should be light and per¬ 
fectly ventilated. a. s. a. 
Scratches; Ringbone. 
1. What can I do for scratches and 
ringbone? Sometimes after the horse 
is running awhile the lameness will dis¬ 
appear. We have been bathing the foot 
with warm water. 2. We have also a 
cow that had calved a few days ago. 
The cow did not clean properly and does 
not eat well. What should we do? 
New York. u. l. 
1. Washing aggravates scratches, which 
terms is used to describe an inflamed, 
chapped condition of the skin of the leg, 
between heels and fetlock joint. Poul¬ 
tice with hot flaxseed meal for two or 
three days and then apply an ointment 
of two parts of sulphur and one of spir¬ 
its of camphor to the ounce of lard. 
Ringbone lameness of a hind foot may 
in some instances be removed or greatly 
relieved by puncture-firing and blistering 
followed by a prolonged rest. That of a 
forefoot l-equires unnerving by a skilled 
surgeon. 2. Have the afterbirth re¬ 
moved by an expert who will also cleanse 
and disinfect the womb. Absorption of 
poisonous matter from the retained after¬ 
birth is causing the trouble. a. s. a. 
Paralysis. 
What ails my hogs? About four 
weeks ago they became weak in the legs 
and back; at times they cannot get up 
on their hind legs and when they do it 
is only for a few minutes. They eat 
fairly well, but not as much as when 
they were up. s. A. G. 
Virginia. 
As often explained here overfeeding, 
and especially stuffing on corn, and re¬ 
stricting exercise induce this condition in 
hogs and rickets usually is present. In 
nursing sows it is induced by the drain 
and strain of the pigs sucking. Such 
sows have been pampered and are soft, 
sluggish, weak, cross, nervous and con¬ 
stipated. Give the pigs free range on 
grass or clover and feed slop of mixed 
meals. Avoid cottonseed meal. Do not 
feed much corn. Rub the loins with 
stimulating liniment once daily. Mix an 
ounce of limewater in each quart of milk 
or slop feed and allow free access to 
slaked lime, wood ashes and wood char¬ 
coal. A. S. A. 
Obstructed Teats 
I have a cow with an obstruction at 
the end of two teats, and cannot get any 
milk without the use of tubes. As this 
cow lost her calf of three months about 
five weeks ago, would this trouble just 
begin? Is there a cure for it? If so, 
what treatment should she have? 
Connecticut. w. e. b. 
Warty growths obstruct the milk ducts 
and have been growing for a long time 
until now they have closed the orifice. 
Have a graduate veterinarion use a ster¬ 
ilized teat bistoury to slit through the ob¬ 
structions in four different directions, and 
then squeeze out some milk several times 
a day while healing is going on. If you 
cannot have this done use sterilized teat 
plugs or dilators, to be bought from a 
veterinary supply house, or to be or¬ 
dered through the druggist from such a 
firm - _ A. s. A. 
Removing Onion Taste From Milk. 
—I notice W. C., Long Island, wishes to 
destroy the onion taste in milk. Having 
lived some time in the South, where wild 
onion is thick, I send the method used 
there. Feed the cows molasses a while 
before milking; we used it and sold milk. 
Saco, Me. e. b. l. 
The total membership of the Holstein- 
Friesian Association of America num¬ 
bered 7724, May 1 this year. There 
were 1208 members admitted during the 
past year. A publication of the Holstein 
breed calls attention to number of mem¬ 
bers in each of the breeding clubs. The 
Guernsey Club has 430 members, and 
the Jersey Club 556 members. 
GREEN MOUNTAIN SILOS 
CREAWEHY PACKAGE MEG. CO. 
JjSjSwcsf St.. Rutland. Vi. 
IKTE 
nilRnn PIG^~$ 16 P air - Pedigreed Buff Leghorn 
uunuu rlUO E gg Si$1 ajset. s. Wcaks, BeGralf, 0. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK FARM, It. 
F. I). No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
LARGE ENGLISH PIGS ten V, 0eks ol<3 ' registered, f. 
LAiiUL enuuon nuo 0 b Hamilton. N,Y.,$10.30% 
discount for three or more. Trios not akin. Service 
boars. FRANK T00KE, Morneyli ght Farm, Hamilion, N. Y. 
REGISTERED O. I. C’S 
Choice bred gilts for Fall farrowing, $25; gilts, 7 
months, $20; service boar, 8 months, $25; pigs, both 
sexes, 2 months, $8. Registered Guernsey bull, 2 
months old; dam, Daisydeen S.; sire, Slasher’s 
Chariotur, $50. Herbert Haith, Manlius, N. Y. 
Chester Whites and O.I.C’s 
Gilts, Bred sows, and Spring pigs. Ser¬ 
vice boars, Summer pigs. Registered 
in Chester White or O. I. C. Record. 
VICTOR FARMS, Bellvale, New York 
BERKSHIRES7 The '? ne / dee P' bone type. 
uu Grown for breeders and guaranteed as 
represented . Prices right. A. C. HOOPER, Bozman, Md. 
Discriminating Buyers Satisfied Fam'Sriite. 
All fashionable families; outstanding individuals. 
Orders for export given especial care. 
K. Y. RUCKLEY, “Woodrow”, Broad Axe, Pa. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood - ^ 6 , 
ment of the Brazilian Government has selected our 
herd to supply boars to that country, leading breed¬ 
ers of Brazil and Argentina having been here and 
passed upon the excellence of our Berkshires, after 
examining the various large herds in this country. 
Selected service boars, bred sows and young pigs for 
sale. H. C. & H. H. Harpentling, 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 ewe 
lambs, yearlings and older ; several fine rams. 
Must reduce flock. 
J. W. WEBB, Syosset, Long Island 
Come and see Ihem. Visitors welcome and correspondence invited 
80 Registered 
Chester White Pigs 
10 wks. to 8 mo8. old; 7 
Jersey Heifers 2 to 4 yrs. 
old; 4 bull calves 2 to 4 
mos. old. Collie Puppies. 
A variety of Poultry ami - - ■ m — 
Ekks for Hatching. Send for descriptive circular and prices 
EDWARD WALTER, Dept. R, Eureka Stock Farm, West Chester, Penna 
f Dogs and Ferrets 
Pnrrol«—Single, pairs and dozen lots. Stamp for 
reriBis p r i ce list. Calvin jewell, Spencer, o. 
Hnllip Pun« I Tlie intelligent kind. Also Blood- 
UUIIlc rU|J5 hounds. Nelson’s, Grove City, Pa. 
ST. BERNARD PUPPIES 
From parents weighing 150 and 180 lbs. Price, $15. 
Your money back if not pleased. 
EDWIN A. SOUDER. Telford, Pa. 
COATS 
FOR SALE 
Imported 
Porto Rican 
stock. Kids,$3 to $5; Goats in milk, $5 to $25. 
C. E. BRISlilN, - Scliuylerville, N. Y. 
For Sale—Airedale Puppies^* a 1 c ai 
Farm prices. F. M. Peasley, Cheshire, Conn. 
Great Dane PlIIK - Four months Old; by "Dane- 
urcdl Udlie rupb brog.” out of " Minka.” $18 to 
$45. Target Hock Farm, Huntington. Lony Island 
f 3DAIRX CATTLE 
For Sal?— flpvnn fir Tpam— broken; 6 — 7 years, 
rui udlc uevoil UX learn MARYKNOLL, Ossining, N. Y. 
FOR PR0DUCTI0N- BREED up N0T D0WN - 
1 un rnuuuunun Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams andliighest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Renshaw Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Jersey Bulls 
\V 0 have at present several bull calves, sired by im- 
ported and home-bred sires and from dams milking 
i8 to 23 qts. of 5% to 6°o milk, which will be sold at 
Farmers’ prices. Ulsterdorp Farms, High¬ 
land, N. Y. (One Mile from Poughkeepsie Ferry.) 
CllAmQOVC- A few registered Guernsey 
T? U , bulls from 2 to 18 months 
old; also a few heifers: from A. It. stock. Regis¬ 
tered Berkshire pigs; fall boars at farmer’s prices 
S? r Premier C180800. 
ELLENWOOD FARM, - Hatboro, Pa. 
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 Auchenbrain. 
He is also for sale. Prices to suit the buyer. Address 
RUDOLPH HESS, Mgr., Washingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
For Sale-A Registered Ayrshire Heifer 
10 months old. and one two years. Nothing finer. 
The Caskey Farms, - Richmomlville, N. Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves F f °|; •■'•-write 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Cliittenango^M. Y 
READY FOR SERVICEt prices , szs.oo tosiso.oo 
i t/,, Registered Holstein and 
Jeisey 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 
34.0? seven davs 30 days, 134.66. They are extra good 
individuals, all from A. It. O. dams. Write for pedi¬ 
grees and prices. THE YATES FARMS, Orchard Park, N, Y. 
Holstein Service Bull _ i5!' andso , ns i® fPoi ^ ia ? Koni - 
. dyke and King fcegis (one 
to 16 mo. old.) If you are 1 ooking for the blood 
winch produces world champion cows, write to 
Ira S. Jarvis, Hartwick Seminary, N. Y. Prices moderate 
SPRINGDALE FARMS [o th buy es gr p il a d c e 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and heifers to select 
from. F. P. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
Ontario Dekol Freeman 
superb Holstein bull, born Sept. 21, 1914 ; sire, 35.61 
lb. bull; dam, A. R. O. heifer, fine breeding; price, 
for quick sale, $200. Send for pedigree. No disease 
in our locality. Cloverdale Farm, Charlotte. N. Y. 
Spot Farm Holsteins 
16 registered heifer calves 2 to 8 months old, $1500. 
5 registered bulls 2 to 8 months old, $35 to $100each. 
1 carload of registered cows at farmers’ prices 
1 carload of grade yearlings <fc 2-year-olds, $40 each. 
Grade cows, $60 up. 
% Holstein heifer and bull calves, $15 each, ex¬ 
press paid in lots of 5. 
REAGAN BROS.. Tully, N. Y. 
CHENANGO COUNTY COWS 
High Grade and Registered 
HOLSTEINS— Several Hundred 
now listed for sale by our members. These are 
mostly fall cows, but include many pure-bred 
heifers and bulls. Chenango has ttie most dairy 
cows to the square mile of any county in the 
state. We have no foot and mouth disease. 
Tor further information write or call at 
FARM BUREAU, - Norwich, N. Y. 
East River Grade Holsteins For Sale 
100 Extra high grade Holstein cows served 
to come fresh in Aug.. Sept, and Oct. 
Served to Keg. bulls. They are milking 
good now. Come and see them milked. 
Keg. bulls ready for use. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
DepL Y, Cortland, N. Y. Belt Phone 14. F. 5. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS 
Your Time 4* Interest 
Hoad of the Herd an ARO Son of King of the 
Pontiacs whose Dam has a 29,57 Record and 
113.96 lbs. in 3U days. Nothing but ARO cows 
on the Farm. Herd tuberculin tested ^yearly 
for years. Write 
JUSTAMERE FARM, Middletown Springs, Vt. 
HORSES 
FOR SALE-A BAY TEAM 
will weigh 2,000. 7 years old. Great road team or 
farmer work. THE CASKEY FARMS, Richmondville. N Y 
Shetland Poniesi ^ 1 
$50. HARTZELL BROS., Established 1883, SEBRING, OHIO 
sAu-My Show Herd of Shetland Ponies 
consisting of three stallions and five mares. Every 
one a good one for the very low price of $800 All 
sound and right. F. 8. IJelauo, Union Springs, N. Y. 
COK SALE—Registered Percheron Stallion 
Colt—oneyear old; Sire,Westwood Don. Sound 
and good conformat ion. E. W. Thompson, Factory vide. Pa. 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MARES 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. If. WILSON, Prop., - Kittanning, Pa. 
