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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 16, 1915. 
Live Stock Notes 
Herds Free from Tuberculosis. 
A well-known producer of certified 
milk in New York State stated to me 
recently that he has not had a reacting 
cow in three years. I asked, “How did 
you escape?” lie said that it might be 
partly luck, hut that I doubt. He had 
a clean herd to commence with, and he 
bought cows from selected places when 
it was necessary to buy. Only a few 
were purchased, and these were obtained 
from farmers who have bought in no 
cows, but have raised their own cows, 
and occasionally have been able to sell 
some surplus stock. The herd that is 
certified commenced as a sound herd, and 
no unsound cows have been bought. 
That is all there is to it. Of course the 
surroundings are sanitary, and good care 
is always exercised. This is in a gen¬ 
eral way a pretty good hint for any 
farmer. 'He might better raise his own 
cows than to buy some diseased ones. 
Start with a sound herd and keep it so, 
even if it costs a little more to do it. 
There are cases where this cannot be fol¬ 
lowed, but there are many where it can. 
I have known farmers to keep changing 
cows very frequently, and not have trou¬ 
ble of a serious kind. Perhaps they do 
not keep any cow long enough to have 
trouble with her, but in a dairy business 
I like the raising of one’s own cows. 
In the case of the producer of certified 
milk, after several reports that there 
were no reactors, there was some com¬ 
ment from the authorities. When it 
came time to make the semi-annual test 
last Spring there were present veterinary 
representatives from the board of health, 
the company purchasing the milk and the 
State Department of Agriculture. For 
T»C> hours a pretty close watch was kept, 
but not a cow reacted. When it was 
over and the proprietor was receiving 
congratulations, he observed to the rep¬ 
resentative of the company buying 
the milk that they should not enforce the 
requirements for a large quantity on 
milk for a little time, but delay until an¬ 
other season, when the young heifers will 
come fresh. In the case of the usual 
farmer, I am not greatly frightened over 
tuberculosis, but it is just as well to 
keep as far away as possible for all that. 
h. n. L. 
Hogs in the Peach Orchard. 
From what you say and from what I 
learn by corresponding with some of the 
extensive peach growers of your section, 
you are confronted by the same problem 
that has worried us (or rather many of 
us) for many years in Texas, namely, in 
seasons of plenty, there is ever an over¬ 
abundance of waste, that is not utilized, 
hence is a total loss. Turning this waste 
now into a source of profit which can 
easily enough be done under proper con¬ 
ditions, may mean all the difference of 
either loss or profit in the business of the 
orchard. Hogs of late years have brought 
good money. Wire for fencing an or¬ 
chard liog-proof, does not cost a great 
deal. Then why not let a bunch of 
good shotes run among trees and let them 
clean up this waste? We are all in this 
business for what money we can get out 
of it. What difference does it make 
whether w r e get the dollar out of what 
peaches we sell, or out of the hogs that 
ate the peaches? 
But this hog and peach combination is 
not practical, where only a very few va¬ 
rieties of the so-called “best” are pro¬ 
duced. because, in such a case, this really 
high-class pig feed would be available 
for too short a time, to justify expense 
of extra fencing, etc. In our country 
this extensive planting of only one or two 
special varieties has been the ruin of 
many. It makes no difference how fine 
a peach may be; if there is an over¬ 
abundance of them, more than the mar¬ 
kets can take care of, prices are bound 
to tumble, and with it the profits of the 
growers. Thus, a number of our big El- 
berta orchards of Texas have proven to 
be financial suicides to their owners. Let 
a man plant now an orchard on suitable 
soil of enough of the best varieties tvail- 
able for his section, a regular succession 
of ripening from the first to the close of 
season. Then arrange it so some good 
hogs can get the waste and he stands the 
very best of a chance, one year with an¬ 
other, to come out at end of season with 
good money in his pocket. In most 
cases it would not be desirable to have 
the hogs among the trees all the time. 
For this reason a good pasture lot ad¬ 
joining would be handy ; then as soon as 
the day’s picking is over the gates could 
be opened and the pigs given their feast. 
In seasons of plenty, a man should nev¬ 
er think of packing any but the very best 
of the fruit. Such will always bring 
some money, even on days when the av¬ 
erage run on same market will sell at a 
loss. Where there are hogs to clean up 
his waste, a man cannot help but make 
some money. Thus the combination of 
hogs and peaches ought to fit well to¬ 
gether. 
For my own part, I would just as soon 
think of going to farming without a good 
harrow, as I would think of having a 
commercial peach orchard, without some 
hogs to help me make the business pay. 
By having this otherwise waste cleaned 
up as it falls, we will soon get rid of all 
wormy fruit, because a hog’s stomach 
does not produce curculios. The brown 
rot is allowed to lie on the ground undis¬ 
turbed, the rot spores will develop the 
season following on the mummied peach 
and then spread again over orchard. 
Thus the peach grower is benefited in 
more ways than one, by taking in some 
shotes as partners. 
Texas. j. w. stubenrauch. 
Training Airedale to Drive Cows. 
I have an Airedale terrier, and find it 
impossible to get him interested in driv¬ 
ing cows. Can you tell me how I may 
train him for a cow dog? N. s. 
New York. f 
If this dog is an old one, you may 
have trouble in teaching him to drive 
cows, unless worked with another dog 
that understands driving. I have found 
the Airedale very easily taught to do 
anything, if taken when a pup, by being 
positive with him, show him what to 
do, and see that he does it. Take the 
Airedale with you several times, when 
going after the cows, and he will soon 
learn to go by himself when sent. 
New Jersey. \v. A. L. 
“Wiiy did you never marry, sir?” in¬ 
quired a young Benedict of an old bach¬ 
elor. “Well, you see,” replied the single 
one, “when I was quite young I resolved 
that I wouldn’t marry until I found an 
ideal woman. I was difficult to please, 
but after many years I found her.” 
“Lucky beggar. And then-?” “She 
was looking for the ideal man!” replied 
the bachelor sadly.—Credit Lost. 
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that has to waste its energy against the 
scratching post can’t fatten cheaply.. Dis¬ 
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weather or simply add it to the hog wallow. 
It is a sure lice killer on all farm stock and 
prevents disease. 
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One gallon makes 70 to 100 gallons solution 
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