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•aS>6e RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February r,, 1{>17. 
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SHETLAND PONIES 
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THE COOK FARMS - Bo* 436L, LEXINGTON. KY. 
/^LTTO’Q Leading Live 
V-eLlAV-r Stock Dealer, 
250 I’ercheron and Belgian Stal¬ 
lions, Mares, Shetland I’onies and 
Holstein Cattle. Conte and see the 
$20,000 Holstein Bull, King Cham¬ 
pion Bag Apple, the greatest young 
bull on eartli. Brices right. Terms 
to suit responsible parties. 
A. W. GREEN 
Middleneld, O., R. B. Station, 
IXst Orwell, O., on Beitiia, B. R. 
For Sale-Imported Percheron Stallion f,id®d‘es^ 
cription on request. O. V. lieams, E»u Claire. Micli. 
DRAFT STUDS AND JACKS 
5 year-olds, registered, sound, sure, tried hreetiers, 
smooth, good disposition and broke. IS.TOO a pair, 
or 81300 for one. BIG MIAMI STOCK FARM, North Bend.O 
JERSEYS 
-“QUALITY”- 
pptn ^AIP Jersey Bull Calf, 5 months old. 
rUl\ O/LLiIj Dam’s authenticated record, 
826 lbs. 1-oz. butter; grandam 744 lbs. 13-oz.; 
great-grandam 612 lbs. 2-oz. Sire’s dam, 608 
lbs. 7-oz., test began at 13 yrs. 7 mos. of age; 
grandam 737 lbs.; 14 in his pedigree in 
Register of Merit, lie’s a good one. Address, 
E. W. MOSHER, Brightside Farms, AURORA, N. Y. 
Jerseys-Mature Bull Without Horns 
Bull calf and heifers for sale. Photograph and price 
on application. Lusscroft Farm, Sussex, R. .1. 
4 In.oniin of Sophie Tormentor blood, the 
K6§iiSt6r6d U OrSOyS worId4best. Young l)ulls,heifer.s, 
calves, and a few good cows. 0 . J. KENEPP, MeVeylown, Penn's 
POLLED JERSEYS SZttlS: 
of CHAS. S. HATFIELD, Sec’y, Box 38, R, 4. Sprinofield, 0. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
The Fat in Holstein Milk 
,T. Grant ^lorse’s artirlo. iia^o 1000, 
may misload .some readers if they notiee 
thiit he says: “It is nothing nnusinil for 
a IIolstein-Friesian to test from font- per 
cent, to five per cent, fat, and some go 
higher than this.” If he is referring to 
the seven-day test, he is correct, but every 
one .sliould now know that the weak jioint 
of tlie .seven-day te.st is that the fat per 
cent, can be temporarily manipulated to 
an abnormal degree. That is one of the 
reasons that the semi-rtflicial yearly test 
is so rapidly coming into favor, and Mr. 
Morse’s statement would not be true of 
such tests. The last number of the Hol¬ 
stein nine Hook contains reports of about 
1,500 yearly record cows. Of these .‘IG 
had a fat percentage of over four per cent, 
and 44 had under .’5 per cent. This would 
indicate that much care should be exer¬ 
cised in the selection of breeding ."tock 
along lines to which, up to the present, 
slight attention has been paid. 
If I may quote from various recently 
ljublished articles about the breed, it 
seems worth while calling attention To 
the fact that, out of 5S.‘{ cows of all breeds 
that have produced 24 pouiuks of butter 
Milking Time for the Youngster 
families of any <ith<'r breed. I have re¬ 
cently made- a list of ■‘'iS hulls in the last 
HIne Hook who have over four daughter# 
each, with semi-official yearly records. 
The average fat per cent, of the daughters 
of the.se bulls varied from 2.12 to 4.0.T 
Ninety per cent, of the bulls fell between 
.‘!.20 and .”.70 per cent., and TO jter cent, 
fi'il between .G.GO and .”.00 per cent, of 
fat. It is evident that if a dairyman is 
troubled with low-testing milk, it will 
make all the difference in the world to 
him whether he selects his future herd 
sire from a .”.12 family or from a 4.0.” per I 
cent, family. It has been stated by a 
well-known Holstein breeder that any , 
effort to raise the fat per cent, of the 
breed above its general average was 
doomed to failure. It seems to me that 
no breed can afford to stand still in fat 
percentage any more than in milk or fat 
Iiroduction. and that the future successful 
breeder will jiay clo.se attention to both. 
AVALOX FARMS. 
Strong-flavored Butter 
What is the matter with our butter? 
Wo churn and make butter once or twice 
OiK'h week. We have only one cow. We 
tried to put the butter in small stone 
fat in seven days, 578 are Holsteins. 
And further, and hearing directly upon 
the comparison between Holsteins and 
Guernseys or .Terseys. for in.stance, it is 
worth noting that the New York whole¬ 
sale price for 84/^ per cent, milk is at the 
rate of 08 cents per pound for Initterfat, 
while the extra butterfat in higher testing 
milk brings only 20 cents per pound. It 
is safe to say that butterfat cannot be pro¬ 
duced in the East for the latter figure, 
and that Holstein cows will continue to 
be the most poiinlar dairy aniniiils. 
On the other hand, it seems fair that 
some discrimination should he made, even 
with Holstein milk. We ought not to 
put on the market milk testing under .”> 
per cent. Whether we ought to draw the 
line quite as closely as that is a point 
upon which opinions may well difl’er. Hut 
Mr. M. H. Gardner. Superintendent of 
the Holstein-FriesiaU'Advanced Register, 
has recently stated that 2,0G2 Holsteins 
have completed yoiivly records averaging 
14,040.2 pounds of milk, and 504.01 pounds 
of fat. This figures out as a fat percent¬ 
age of ”.440, which may be taken as a 
fair average for the brood. It is. I think, 
ii perfectly satisfactory average, and one 
very closely on a par with market re¬ 
quirements. 
Mr. Morse’s statement that grade herds 
are testing lower than pnrehred herds, 
would not. I think, be true in (’onnecti- 
cut. It may bo true in Now York, whei'c 
Holstein sires have been used longer than 
here. If true, it indicates the danger of 
buying a purebred bull without further 
investigation than the color markings on 
his registry certificate. Holstein families 
vary in per cent, of fat as much as the 
jar.s. hut it seems strong, after heing^ put 
down for a couple of months. Some 
neighbors who have had butter when 
R'oshly made have thoiight it had a 
strong taste, and yet it is freshly made. 
Should we use more salt or less, or use 
saltpetre water, or what? J*i. J. s. 
Denver, Col. 
The cause of the strong flavor in your 
butter might lie in the feed the cow is 
getting. Y'ou do not state what this i.s. 
A more likely cause is that the cow ’ms 
been milking for some time and natur¬ 
ally gives strong milk or milk in which 
a strong flavor develops. This is a char- 
acteri.stic trait of some cows as they 
apiii'oaoh the end of lactation. It is not 
probable that the trouble is in the work¬ 
manship of the butter. ii. F. .7. 
Pictures on a Calf 
I write regarding the picture of the 
beautiful calf on the front page of the 
issue of December 20. I wonder how 
many of the thousands of people who 
looked at that ])ieture noticed anything 
out of the ordinary about the markings 
on this calf. Get this paper and look 
iigain. See the almost complete letter 
R, or a pair of .stockings hung up wait¬ 
ing for Santa Claus; then just to the loft 
you may see a good-sized white rooster, 
which looks as if he were searching for 
the report of some of his lady friends at 
the “egg-laying contest.” 
Now turn the picture upside down and 
you may see a small tree, at the foot of 
which .stands a little white dog with fore¬ 
feet against the tree, eagerly looking up 
at something in the tree. You can almost 
hear him bark. 
How I would like to see the other side 
of this calf, for I think there may he 
more pictures there. I am fond of cattle 
ami have seen a great many, but I never 
saw one with as many ])ictures on her 
sides as this one seems to have. 
G. W. CUTTING. 
HOLSTEINS 
The preliminary report of fc«t« coverinp; the 
period since 1909, and just piiblistied by tlie Iowa Ag¬ 
ricultural Experiment Station, states that the aver¬ 
age of records made by lirst generation heifers by a 
purebred Holstein sire, shows an increase of 71 per 
cent milk and 42 per cent fat. at an average age of 
Sij years, over the record of their scrub dams at an 
average age of 6 years. These dependable reports 
show very plainly that the introduction of a pure¬ 
bred Holstein bull to a herd of common cow.s will 
materially increase production and prollts. There’s 
big money in the big “ Black and White’’ Holsteins. 
■Send for FREE llhistraled Descriptive Booklets 
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America 
F. L. Houghton, Scc’y, Box 105, Brattleboro.'Yt. 
Stevens’Farm 
HOLSTEINS 
34 Holstein heifer calves. 815 
each,express paid in lotst)f(ive. 
12 registered heifer calves, 
registered btill calves, all ages. 
All from high-producing 
(lams. 12 Kradr lielfers, 3-6moa. old. 
PAUL H. STEVENS, Cortland, N. Y. 
Grade Holsteins for Sale 
nfifl extra fancy, well bred and nicely marked cows. 
4-UU number are recently fresh amt others due to 
freshen soon. Tliey are heavy producers and will 
please you. 
inn I'npb, "’ell bred two and three year old heifers 
I UU l)red to good registered H. F bulls. All stock sold 
with a full guarantee. S|)eeial price on car load lots. 
F. P. SAUNDERS 8 SON Springdale Farms, Cortland, N.Y. 
Phone lift or 1476 M 
Spot Farm Holsteins VIo" 
34 Holstein heifer calves,$16 to 
each, express paid in lots of 
carload high grade Hol- 
heifers, $35 to $75 oacli. 1 
of high grade Holstein 
.close springers.$85 totlOO. 
of registered cows, 
each, due in March. 6 reg- 
lieifers, duo in March, 
each. ISregistercd heifers, 
3 to 15 months old, $80 to $12.5. 
16 registered hulls, $’25 to $100. 
J. C. REAGAN, TULLY, N. Y. 
East River Grade Holsteins For Sale 
1 00 Fxtr.a high grade cows. Fresh and rlue to calve 
soon. Cow.s that are bred for milk. Thej' 1111 
the pail. Come and see them milked. 
1 2 Reg. bulls, all ages. A few Reg. cows and extra 
higli beiler calves, 10 days old. | 
JOHN B. WEBSTER 
Dept, Y Cortland, N.Y, 
Phone 14-F-S Phone 43-F-2 McGraw 
Quit the Holstein Business? No. 
Just Moved. Cramped for Room 
Male ealves bred -way up at prices too low to print. 
Heifer calves,lieifersaiulcows.Noblnff—weinustsell. 
F. H. RIVENBURGH 
Elite Stock Farm, Stockbridge, N. Y., (formerly Munnsville) 
lini QTFIN^—not down. Cheap bulls 
■■Ol-O I blUO f,ye most expensive. We offer 
registered sons of a a.I.C! lb. sire, A. H. O. dams, at 
easy payments. Farmers can’t afford to use 
scrubs at these prices. Send for pedigrees. 
CLOVEKDALE FARM, CHARLOTTE, N.Y. 
For Sale—160 Head Grade Holsteins 
one-half are two and three-year-old lieifers; bag¬ 
ging; one-lialf are forward springers and spring 
cows. • E. L. FOOTE, Hobart, New Y ork 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
special offer. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Chittenango.N.Y, 
For Sale-Holstein Heifers i?,.‘!^?egirterrdtrw^: 
SOWS; not bred. HARRYVAIL, Warwick, Orange Co , N.Y. 
AYRSHIRES 
-AYRSHIRES- 
Write for our sales list. 
HENDERSON AYRSHIRE FARM 
HUDSON, OHIO 
Mr. HUGH F. 
WHITNEY, of Pu- 
laski, N. Y. 
was induced to buy a popular breed, but 
after some time discarded it and bonglit 
AYRSHIRES. 'riiose who once own Ayrshires 
seldom change. But just watch the number 
of breeders who will Change to Ayrshires 
the next year or two. If you will investigate 
this liai’dy, healtliy, prolific, PROFITABI.K 
breed, you will iiiuler.stand WHY. Address. 
AYRSHIRE BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION 
C. M. Winslow, Sec’y 21 Park St., Brandon, Vt. 
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GUERNSEYS 
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A P R OFIT 
of per cow per year for acveii yeiir* 
in a grade Guernsey licrd in V. isconsm. 
Tlie pure bred GiicriiHey Hull rtUt it. 
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