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Alderney Cattle. 
41 hat has become of the once popular 
Alderney cow? Thirty years ago York 
Co., Pa., was full of them. I was of the 
opinion our Jerseys are the then Alder¬ 
ney but am told by some (who claim to 
know l they are not. At any rate the Al¬ 
derney cow is a thing of the past. 
Yoe, Pa. r. A . K . 
molasses is used with it to overcome the 
bitter taste. 
As for beech-nuts, they are fed freely 
to hogs, and when crushed with the hulls 
sifted out, they may be fed in small quan¬ 
tities to cattle, but are found to be in¬ 
jurious to horses. The beech-nut meal 
is frequently mixed with cornmeal or 
The term Alderney identifies a dairy oatmeal, and thoroughly cooked before 
animal developed on the Island of Alder- feeding. In this country we have not yet 
ney, one of the group of Channel Islands come to the necessity of utilizing such 
off the French coast. Conditions on this substances for stock food, as they have 
island are very similar to those existing on the other side. Unquestionably, how- 
on the Island of Guernsey, and since the ever, there are many of these substances 
foundation stock was substantially the which contain valuable feeding material, 
same as that used in the development of and we have no doubt that before long 
the Guernsey, it might be stated that the our chemists will learn how to utilize 
two breeds have been amalgamated and them so that they may be safely fed to 
identified now as Guernseys. It is a mat- our stock ; in fact we have no doubt that 
ter of fact and on record that some of the some of them are being so fed in the 
very best cows on the Island of Guernsey form of mixed feeds. 
were bred and developed on the Island- 
of Alderney, and are recognized bv the D . . . ..... 
Island herd books as foundation stock. Pasteurizing Milk. 
The progeny of such a cow when mated Although various methods of pasteur- 
to a Guernsey bull is eligible for regis- milk have been devised, that of 
tration, I believe, in the Island herd book, pasteurizing it in bulk, and afterward 
Foundation cows, however, cannot be im- bottling it seems most satisfactory. It 
ported to America free of duty as they was possible to materially reduce the bac- 
are not recognized by the record associa- teria count by first bottling the milk, and 
tions. In this country the name Al- holding it ; t a temperature of 145 de- 
derney seemingly has a different mean- grees for 30 minutes. It was found, bow¬ 
ing in different localities, regardless ever, that considerable difference in tem- 
of whether they may have been devel- peraturo existed. Milk bottled at 50 de- 
oped on the Island of Alderney, gi'ees and these bottles surrounded by 
Island of Jersey or Island of Guernsey, water at 146 degrees, the milk at the 
At the present time, however, all Island to P will reach temperature of 140 de- 
cattle are recognized as either Jerseys or grees nine minutes before that in the 
Guernseys, and it may be possible for bottom. Imperfect tops will occasion 
some of our Guernseys to trace their an- danger, since leaks will occur during the 
cestry to cows developed on the Island pasteurizing process. The bottles used 
of Alderney. F. c. M. in this process should be steamed for at 
-— least two minutes before being filled with 
r* , u . milk. The need of water-tight caps, how- 
reeding Acorns and Horse Chestnuts. ever, is done away with when the milk 
The Mark Lane Express of England * s pasteurized and then bottled. The 
says that in Prussia the Minister of Department of Agriculture is conducting 
Agriculture has called on women and many experiments regarding the handling 
children in the forest districts to begin of milk, 
a wholesale collection of acorns and 
beech nuts. These are to be ground into Coming Live Stock Sales. 
fodder for pigs and cattle. Such nuts as Duroe swine, W. E. Smiley, Payne O 
are not ground into fodder are to be Nov. 13. 
made into oils, to be used for 
facturing purposes. In England 
no such an order has been issued, atten- Thos. B, Edwards Ayrshire sale, Ash- 
tion is called to the food value of these uelot Farm, Keene, N. II., Nov. 10. 
nuts, and the best way of handling them - Liverpool Sale and Consignment Co., 
to advantage. The following analyses Y S Nov17 iV* 8teln Sale ’ Earlville « N 
of 
Purebred Registered 
HOLSTEIN 
CATTLE 
The Texas champion cow. l'anline Calamity 
Burke is the champion officially tested milk cow o'f 
Texas, with a record for twelve months of 16,38-1,9 
pounds of milk and 655.45 pounds of butterfat. She 
was three years old and had just dropped a calf 
when the test started. This registered purebred 
Holstein cow by her performance indicates the pos¬ 
sible profit from dairy farming in the Lone Star 
Slate, as her total feed cost was $103.61 and net in 
come $636.83, not counting, of course, labor and 
depreciation, investigate the big “Black-and- 
WliiteB.” 
Send for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets 
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America 
F. L. Houghton Sec’y, Box 105, Brattleboro.Vt. 
Registered Holstein Yearling Bulls 
Grandsons of King of the Pontiacs from heavv- 
milking dams, at popular prices. Write me what 
you want. 1). F. MCLENNAN, Syracuse, N. V. 
■ munu- Liverpool Sale and Pedigree Company, 
l wbilo l! 1 ' Consignment Sale, Syracuse, N. Y., 
J, while Nov 15 . 16) i 9 15 
Y„ Nov. 17-18. 
acorns and horse-chestnuts are Duroe swine, Bowman & Mohler, Cov¬ 
ington, O., Nov. 19. 
Dispersal sale of registered Holstein 
cattle. Home Farm, Center Valley, Pa., 
Dec. 1. 
Herefords, W. E. Hemingway & Son, 
Steward, Ill., Dec. 3. 
Liverpool Sale and Pedigree Co., Ilol- 
printed : 
Protein. 
Acorns . 6 
Horse-chestnuts . 52 
Carbo- 
Hyd. 
60 
53.7 
Kat. 
4 
2.4 
Thus by analysis these nuts contain a 
fair amount of animal food. The trou- S ^°^V S ’ Newark, O., Dec. 7-8 
. . • , .... . . Shorthorns, C. A. Saunders, Manilla, 
ble is that they have a bitter or astring- Iowa, Dec. 14. 
eut taste, which makes them objectionable Holsteins, Madison Square Garden, 
to most animals, although hogs will fre- New York, Dec. 14. 
quently eat large quantities of the acorns, deu^ ^Few^ork^bec^Ys-Hf Square Gar ‘ 
In England the advice is to feed the fresh Guernseys. Madison Square Garden, 
acorns only to pigs, sheep and goats, or New York, Dec. 17. 
in small quantities to full-grown cattle. Dairymen’s Sale, Exposition Park, 
t, • „ , t . e . , , . Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 17. 
It is not safe to feed the fresh acorns in Liverpool Sale and Consignment Co., 
large quantities to sows, dairy cows or Syracuse, N. Y., Holsteins, Jan. 17-18, 
young cattle, and when the acorns are 1916. 
fed largely to pigs they should also have ^ L } v «rpool Sale and Consignment Co., 
green feed and a quantity of bone or 
tankage, as the acorns are deficient in 
ash. In some cases the acorns are dried. So w hen you had 200 feet start to 
This improves the taste and Mb* • ^r^i^S JKJV*f 
value, and acorn meal is made by grind- don’t know whether you were a fool¬ 
ing the kernels after they are dry, and hardy hero or a Tattled fool,” declared 
sifting out the hulls. This meal has a the doctor as he sewed up Smith’s numer- 
teed value near* e„ua. that ot bar,e y ™ 
meal, but only small quantities of it a critical moment. You see, the bear 
should be fed. was between Jones and myself. I saw 
As for horse-chestnuts, few 7 of our J° m ' s Bhout to fire. So I took shelter at 
, u ... , , Tb. . the safest spot—with the bear. —Credit 
farmers would think of utilizing these as Lost 
a stock food, and yet in Italy and Spain ____ 
large quantities of the horse-chestnuts 
are fed. The analysis given above is for 
the dried nut. It seems best to feed it in 
the form of a meal. This is ground from 
the nuts after removing the shell or husk. 
It is said that one pound of this horse- 
chestnut meal is equal to 1% pounds of 
bran, and more than two pounds of mea¬ 
dow hay. The bitter taste of the horse* 
chestnut is objectionable to stock, ,.nd is 
caused by substances which will interfere 
with digestion if fed too freely. Salt is 
added to prevent this, and also linseed 
oil meal. Where animals will not eat 
the horse-chestnut meal readily, waste 
FREE 
BIGGER-MILK-YIELD 
DISCOVERIES 
To hiirh grade dairymen only we’ll send our free hook 
on what experimental and agricultural colleges, depart¬ 
ments of agriculture, etc., have learned about greatly 
increasing milk vields and saving veterinary bills! 
ROTO SALT CO., ROTO ST., UNION SPRINGS, N. Y, 
Hnatc for <s»|o— 1 Two fine Billy Goats, % Tog- 
uoais Tor oaie genburg, $8 and *12 each. 
C. OLAUDT, , Montrose, N. Y, 
SWI3XTE 
Finn RorLohiro Rnar - Prolific Breeder. Finest blood. 
rine DerKsmreooar Now at " Niew York Training 
School for Boys.” C. Olaudt, Montrose, N. Y. 
Meadow Lane Registered Berkshires - ^™^, $s: 
Young Boar, $20. D. C. Jordan, Craryvllle, N.Y. 
Reg- Holstein Heifers 
and Heifer Calves 
choicely bred, fine individuals. Well bred 
service bull. $75. Male calves at farmers’ 
prices. 122-acre Alfalfa farm for sale 
HILLHURST FARM SA. 
SPRINGDALE FARMS 
Holsteins. 300 fancy cows and heifers to select 
from. F. F. Saunders & Son, Cortland, N.Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES iU;?.!!„i!: 
34.09, seven days, 30 days, 134.66. They are extra good 
individuals, all from A. ii. O. dams. Write lor pedi¬ 
grees and prices. T1IE YATES EAKMS, Orchard Park, N, Y. 
READY FOR SERVICE~ PR,CES , s/b oo to $ 150.00 
? „ , 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-Friesian Bull Calves F f or 0 f a i e ~Yi1*i 
offer. THE GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, CliittenauVioV N.Y. 
DAIRYMEN! 
Ia that great half of your herd, the sire, 
a half that will show thousands of 
dollars of profit? Or is he “just a bull”? 
Run no risks. Invest where you know 
the breed pays and where the registry 
stands for purity of type and special, 
concentrated purpose. 
Buy a Jersey Bull 
Introduce the blood that proves out in 
steady, persistent milk flow, in animals 
that mature early, live long, live any¬ 
where, eat most anything and produce 
most economically, the richest of milk. 
Get our free book “About Jersey 
Cattle,” and plan now to build up a herd 
you’ll be proud of. 
T^e American Jersey Cattle Club 
830 West 23rd Street - New York City 
FOR SALE 
QUALITY 
Jersey Bull, old enough for 
service; he has 8 dams with 
yearly records averaging 10.104 lbs., 2 oz. milk 
and 6T7 lbs., 1 oz. estimated butter; those dams 
have 14daughters with authenticated records; 
lie also has 15 sires with 251 tested daughters. 
e also offer 20 heifers and heifer calves from 
Register of Merit sires and dams. Address. 
E. W. MOSHER, Prop., er H. E. CROUCH, Mgr. 
BRIGHTSIDE FARMS, AURORA. N. Y. 
HOLSTFINS _ ^h’ llpR al "' females for sale. 
1 t,11NO TV. r. Snider, Newburoli, N. Y. 
THE GUERNSEY 
stands for Economical production. More 
profit from every bound of feed. Do you 
want cows tWat will improve your Dairy*? 
Write for free literature. 
Guernsey Cattle Club, 
_Box R Pelerboro, N.H. 
LEDYARD BAY GUERNSEYS 
Do you want a bull ? I have them. Big, strong, 
groyt thy fellows with plenty of bone and dairy ca* 
P'icity. J must sell to make room. Now is your 
chance to get a bull this fall at half what they are 
worth. Write now for prices and pedigree. 
OTTO W. POST, - Ensenore, N. Y. 
■JE 
LARGE, RICH MILKERS AND FINE TYPE. Three herd balls, 
a son of Imp. Combination, Noble of Oaklands and 
a splendid St. Lambert. Kach from a great dam. 
Yearly tuberculin test, lllsterdorp Farms, High, 
land, N. Y. (One mile from Poughkeepsie Kerry.) 
Fosterfields Herd 
IIEIFER CALVES— FOR SAL E. Prices very reasonable. 
( If 4 ItlihS (J. FOSTER, Box 1751, Morrigtow n, Net? Jersey 
FOR PRODUCTION S",™. 
UP, NOT DOWN— 
Registered Jersey bull 
calves, only, from producing dams and highest type 
sires. R. F. SHANNON, 603 Rensliaw BId u .. Pittsburgh, Pa. 
sALE—dersey Heifer and Bull Calves jf° ( pa< '^. ^ 
horn cockerels, $1. Geo. L. Ferris, Atwater, n! Y. 
ABERDEEN ANGUS HEIFERS due to calve 
", n Bee. Choice stock. Priced right. Send for 
full particulars. C W. ECKARDT, 21 Liberty St, New York 
FORSALE 
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. 
He is also for sale. Prices to suit tho buyer. Address 
RUDOLPH HESS, Mgr., Washingtonville, Orange Co. N. Y. 
Hereford Cattle a , n , (l Berlishir,: swine, stock of 
\ „„„, , “ C a" ages and both sexes for sale. 
Ausable Valley Farm, Keeseville, New York 
East River Grade Holsteins For Sale 
120High Grade Cows. The best that can 
be found. SOME EKESH, balance due 
Oct. and Nov. Come and look them over. 
Stay and see them milked, 
ill Keg. bulls ready for use. 
10 Heifer calves, I! mouths old. 
211 Heifer calves, 10 days old. 
JOHN B. WEBSTER, 
Dept. V, Cortland, N. Y. Bell Phone 14. F. S 
Hnkfpin Sprvipp Rllll— Grandsons of Pontiac Korn- 
noibicin service uun dyi;e ail(1 Killi , Seuis (one 
to 16 mo. old.) If you are looking for >he blood 
which produces world champion cows, write to 
Ira S. Jarvis, Hartwick Seminary, N. Y. Prices moderate 
Ontario Don Plntio~' ,oni ■ Sept. 30 , 1914 . show 
uiiutnouunrieije Holstein; more than half 
white; ready tor service. Sire, 35.61 lh. bull; dam, 
royally bred twin heifer, 18.52 lbs. at 2 yrs., 6 mos. 
Price, $250, and worth 20 ordinary hulls. Send for 
pedigree. Cloverdale Farm, Charlotte, N. Y. 
LAST CALL 
FOUR GREAT DAYS OF SALE 
300 PURE-BRED HOLSTEINS 
Nov. 15-16, 1915, 
Syracuse Sale Pavilion, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Nov. 17-18, 1915, 
Holstein Sale Pavilion, 
Earlville, N. Y. 
A large number of A. R. O. cows with records as high as 28.9 lb. 
Daughters of splendid A. R. O. dams 
Fresh cows 
Springers 
Open Heifers 
Heifers soon due 
Herd bulls fit to head the best herds including King Dollar, the 
records of whose two nearest dams average over 41 lb. butter in a 
week; Spring Farm Pontiac Cornucopia 7th, the records of whose two 
nearest dams average nearly 38 lb.; a 32-lb. son of King Segis Pontiac 
Alcartra; and sons of King of the Black & Whites, King of the Pon¬ 
tiacs, Pontiac Korndyke, etc. 
REMEMBER—Earlville is but 42 miles from Syracuse. The 
train service is excellent, allowing you to attend all four days, missing 
no portion of any day. Further, your purchases at the two sales may 
be shipped in one car load. 
Start now for the sale or you may be too late. 
Liverpool Sale and Pedigree Co., Inc., Sale Managers, Liverpool, N. Y. 
