RURAL NEW-YORKER 
165 
Bells on the Sheep 
fllaslett Bros., of Ontario Co., N. Y., 
have kept sheep successfully for years. 
It is reported that they have kept the 
dogs away by using bells on the sheep. 
Just now. when there is renewed inter¬ 
est in sheep farming for New York, we 
all want to know how succes.sful sheep 
men manage.] 
The matter of getting rid of the dog 
nui.sance while looming very large in 
.-ome people's eyes is secondary in im¬ 
portance to other troubles that confront 
the sheep man. We have kept a large 
flock of Hampshire .sheep continuously for 
the last IG to IS years with only two 
sheep lost in that time by dogs, al¬ 
though many lo.st them around us. We 
lost two sheep in the daytime this Sum¬ 
mer we believe because we neglected to 
put bells on our sheep. Previously we 
have always put bells on about every 
tenth sheep. Ilowevei'. we got both dogs 
and pay for the sheep lost. 
By all means get a good dog law, for 
it will make some people more courageous 
to buy .sheep, but after you get the law 
just hang bells on the sheep too. What 
we need most is some means of making 
permanent pastures “clean" for sheep, and 
also better rams used. Fences are need¬ 
ed to be able to change from one pasture 
to another frequently. People need to 
learn how to feed properly. The matter 
of dogs is highly overestimated in our 
opinion for the remedy is much simpler 
than for the other troubles I have men¬ 
tioned. C. E. IIASLETT. 
Strong-flavored Cream 
Could you tell me what causes a strong 
taste to our cream, which affects the but¬ 
ter? We ke('i) our cream in the cellar, 
where vegetables arc kept, such as car¬ 
rots. beets and cabbage. We have been 
feeding sugar beets. Some of the beets 
have been B-ozen. but were not fed until 
tlie frost was out again. Do you think 
this may be the'cause? J. C. L. 
Michigan. 
There is but little doubt the trouble 
arises from the frozen sugar beets, which 
are actually in a decaying condition. 
Only sound roots of any kind should be 
fed, and these immediately after milking. 
It is not a good plan to set milk for 
creaming in a cellar in which roots are 
stored. Without doubt the most profita¬ 
ble way in all respects to cream milk is 
with a separator. This takes cream away 
from all outside and detracting influences, 
and puts the “making” of flavor where it 
is controlled by the maker, securing 
enough fat in addition to open setting to 
make a distinct addition to the output of 
butter. .T. G. 
Strong Butter 
Will you tell me the trouble with my 
butter? It gets strong after a few days. 
AVe have one cow and churn about twice 
a week. The milk is skimmed sweet and 
does not sour easily now. Should it be 
sour before churning, and should sweet 
and sour cream be mixed? MKS. n. 
New York. 
The milk from a cow well advanced 
in lactation is frequently strong or bitter, 
or rapidly develops this taste. You do 
not say how long cow has been milking, 
so I am not sure that this is the trouble. 
.Another possibility is the feed, which is 
not stated. If the cream is all right 
when it is separated, cool it and keep it 
in a cold place until 18 to 24 hours be¬ 
fore churning, then bring it out to room 
temperature, ripen slightly and churn. 
Sweet cream and sour cream may be 
mixed. If you keep the cream longer 
than three or fo”'i’ days before you get 
enough to churn, of course this does not 
help the matter any. ir. f. j. 
Raising Calves 
What is the best way to bring up a 
young calf? How-long should it be fed 
on whole milk, how long on .skim-milk 
and on what next? Is there any sub¬ 
stitute as good as milk to be fed to a 
calf? E. s. 
New York. 
Almost every feeder has a different 
method of raising calves. The method 
to use depends to a great extent upon 
the calf to be rai.sed and the pur{) 0 'se 
for which it is intended. A .Ter.sey calf 
requires more tender care and a longer 
period of Avhole milk diet than is re¬ 
quired by the larger and stronger breeds. 
Again, a calf which is intended to re¬ 
plenish the dairy does not require to be 
forced with a fattening ration like one 
which is intended for veal. 
One method of raising calves is to give 
them their mothers’ milk for two to six 
weeks, as the_ particular calf may require, 
the average time being between three and 
four weeks. During the last week of 
whole milk feeding a little skim-milk is 
gradually added until the whole milk 
may be discontinued without causing any 
sudden change which could disturb the 
calves’ digestion. After the first week 
or two the calves have continued access 
to bright Alfalfa hay and a grain ration 
consisting of a mixture of two pai-ts 
cornmeal, one part ground oats, one part 
oil meal and one part wheat bran by 
weight. AVhere buttermilk is available 
it is very beneficial to add about a pint 
to the skim-milk ration until the calf is 
old enough to grow properly without 
milk. We always continue skim-milk 
feeding until the calf is four to six 
months old, if possible. Some of the 
calf meals which are on the market at 
the present time are recommended very 
highly as substitutes for milk, but I 
have never had occasion to use them. 
C. S. G. 
Farmers get 4e per lb. for cabbage at 
the stores and markets, and are offered 
at .$00 to $100 per ton for Danish in the 
Kochester inai’ket; 75c per bu. for turnips 
and carrots: potatoes, $1.00 to .$2 ; apples. 
$1 per bu. for the best, which are pretty 
poor: celery. 45e doz. bunches; lettuce, 
.‘>0c doz.: dairy butter. ."8 to 40c; eggs. 
50c; cows, $75 to $100; dressed hogs. .$1.3 
for heavy. $14.50 for light; hay, $12 to 
$14 per ton delivered. E. s. T. 
Monroe Co., N. Y. 
PERFECTION 
"We took four years to perfect the new 
1917 Galloway Sanitary Cream 
Separators! Our engineers, 
designers, skimming ex¬ 
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on this machine to perfect 
it. It embodies every good 
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proportions. Not built down to a price, 
but built up to a high standard in our own 
factories. Tho whole true story about this 
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ij are 
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plan, are but a few of the 
reasons why you should get 
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about this separator and tho | 
way I do business. 
WM. CaLLOWAY CO. 
Box 273 Waterloo, Iowa 
Shipped from Chicago, 
V/aterloo.K.C., Coun¬ 
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Four 
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Skimming 
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Whole¬ 
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Prices 
DAIRY CATTLE 
HOLSTEIN BULL 
I .am ofTcring for sale a bull born March 21, 1916, 
that will soon bo ready for service, lie Is more 
white than black, well grown, and a good indlvid- 
nal. The sire Is a 29.9-lb. son of King of the Pont- 
iacs. and the dam is a 14-lb. junior-iwo-year-oUi 
that is capable of a larger record at next test. 
K.xcellent breeding In every line. Bull is tuber¬ 
culin tested and is sure to please. Price $100, F. O. 
15. Sherburne. Write for pedigree. 
JOHN M. HOWARD, Sherburne, N. Y. 
VtRGIIMI/l^S GREAT 
Register of Merit Herd 
stock Guatanteed 
We offer 5 bull calves from $G5 
to $150. 2 to 8 months of age. 
Imported Oxford Lad’s Finance 94588 and 
OllcS* Noble Owl of Oxford 113061 (Imported in 
dam). (Son of Imported Golden Fern’s Noble.) 
These calves have dams and grandams in the Register 
of Merit, from 450 pounds (2 year old record) to 678 
pounds Butter. Pedigrees on application. 
Mannsfield Hall Farm, Fredericksburg, Virginia 
Guernseys Guernseys 
RARE CHANCE 
Having sold my farm I now offer my entire herd of 
high grade and registered Guernseys for sale. Herd is 
headed by Azucena’s Standard A. G. C. O. No. 256S7 half 
hi other to Azuccna’s, Pride II. leader of Class 0 for three 
years, his sires three nearest dams, average 640 lbs. fat. 
The females include, n daughter of Gov. of the Chene, a 
douldegranddaughter of Masher’s Sequel, whose dam has 
record of 062 f.at. Twenty-four head in all. 11 pure bred 
females, 3 bulls and 10 high grades. The lot for 83,500. 
OLD HELDS, Babylon, N. Y. 
GUERNSEY BULLS Send for sale list. 
Edwin B. Maitle - Coatesville, Pa. 
For Sale-Reg. Guernsey Bulls m” y^nVs^e’ 
Sequel Breeding, S. W. TOWNSEND, Cac'hranville, Pa! 
The Latest Wrinkle 
for Barn Floors 
BiMwiue Blocks are the creo- 
soted wood blocks that are so 
durable on city streets like 
Broadway, New York, specially 
cut to a smaller iiiid^ more suit¬ 
able size for indoor work and 
treated in a special manner to 
prevent shrinkage and “bleeding 
onf’ of the oil. 
They are clean, flushable. san¬ 
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Booklet on Request 
American Creosoting Co. 
17 Battery Place, New York 
UflU Animolo AND PETS bought and sold. Garland Zoo- 
Vl(_lld AnimSlS logical company, Box X 487, Oldtown, Me. 
SWINE T] 
CHESTER WHITES and 
LARGE YORKSHIRES 
Boars ready' for immediate service. These 
are good, large, vigorous animals of correct 
fype and conformation. 
Also booking orders now for gilts of the above breeds 
to farrow in spring of 1917. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, Chazy, New York 
The Famous O. I. C. Swine 
Pigs of All Ages For Sale 
Herd headed by Schoolmaster, undefeated Grand Cham¬ 
pion, 1916 i also Fall Pigs by Cramiell’s wonder. Grand 
Champion of Ohio State Fair. And we are breeding 
Gilts to Callaway Edd, Grand Champion Missouri State 
Fair All these boars are over 800, each, and all Grand 
Champions. We Reg. Free in either tho 0.1. C. orO. W. IC 
We ship C. O. D, or we ship on approval, when bank 
reference is furnished. 
HARRY T. CRANDELL & SON, Cass City, Michigan, R. 2 
1 
CHOICE BRED QILTS— hrodto Pig 
1 O. 1. C’s 
1 Prince 56002. Fall pigs and young boars 
shipped C. O. D. Prices reasonable. 
* J Carl Jewett, Mason. Mich. 
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O-1- O- 
That's all. Honest pigs. Honest method.s. Fair 
prices. VVAYflSlDE F'AItM, Clmtliiini, N. d. 
Address A. L. PAGE. (Owner), 62 Cortlandt St,, N. Y. City 
Registered 0.1. C. Gilts arAur frhma'n, PuYa*sii’i. n!y! 
0 1 P ’ft 8 weeks old, $7. Re".. i>air, $12. Also brood 
• ^ sows. J. 0. SHELMIDINE G SONS. Lorraine, N Y. 
SHEEP 
T.i»!o Clinon both sexes. Write for literature and 
lUniSoneep prices toJ.N. McPherson. Scoltsville.N.Y. 
Want to Buy Flock of Sheep 
DOGS 
Collie Pups 
AND GUINEA TIGS. 
NELSON BKOS., Grove City, Pa. 
GREAT DANES Phoms on request. 
TARGET-KOCK FARM, IlnntinKton, N. Y. 
ForSale-Pedigreed Airedale Pups meUtoVnyolw, 
anywhere for anything. W. a. LOWBER, Barlini^toii, N.i 
DOGS-Airedale Terriers 
Bitch in whelp and piqipies. $15 up. Finest im¬ 
ported stock. Allstone Kennels, Bound Brook, N. J. 
SWINE 
5^0 SPRING and FALL PIGS CJO 
35 Sows bred for spring Jitters. 
Of these 20 are daughters of the great Lee 
Premier’s Rival, and 15 are by such boars as 
Lee Premier 29t'i, i.ee Premier's Masterpiece, 
Longfellow’s Counter 3rd, and Hopeful Lee’s 
Succes.sor. If you want the best, get a sow by 
Lee Premier’s Rival 198596, tiie 900-pound two- 
year old, and the greatest boar that we ever 
owned. These sows are of the best type and 
breeding, and arc priced froi' $65 to $100, 
according to the breeding qualiti ai:d ,'uantity. 
We invite yonr personal selection, 
e, wo will f; .. 
Other¬ 
wise, wo will guara iieo Absolute riaCisfaction 
on arrival, -ill clean stock from a clean tierd. 
VISITORS .‘I.W.’Y'S 'WELCOME 
For further information, write 
BRANFORD FARMS, GROTON, CONN. 
“CAN YOU BEAT IT?’ 
yy Fidl boars by h • orize 
winning Si.cc< s»or's 
Duke loth lb i'3,' . nd 
out of moture sows. Four by an Imported Eng.'i i -ow 
and four liy a lialf English and half American si v iml 
others from straight American sows that are priie\. in- 
neis and out of prize winning sires and dams. Supply is 
limited, so in order to take advantage of this offer yon liad 
better order early and tliese nigs will go when fourteen 
weeks old and will weigh lifty to seventy-live po.u ds 
eacli. Price, SIS eacli. Registered, Crated, Immunized 
BROOKLANDS FARMS. Walpole, N. H. 
Mention ** Rural New-Yorkor.’* 
HAMILTON FARM BERKSHIRES 
Biggest Winners at International Show 
IncliKling first prize her«l and grand champion sow, she has now 
won this honor six times straight this year, winning over ail 
other sows. North, South, Hast and West, including National 
Swine Show, a record never excelletl and possibly never equalled. 
We offer a few bred sows, and a few service boars, including 
Junior Champion Ohio State Fair, and other hoars such as tho 
Grand Champion at Illinois State Fair. Remember we have tlie 
leading herd of tho East for 1916. and the Grand Champion 
Berkshire Sow of the World ! 
HAMILTON FARM, Fred Huyler, Mgr., Gladstone, N J. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
Letter from C. C. Buck.Condersport. Pa. “Tlie lioar 
arrived in flrst-clas.s condition. Every one says he 
has the longest body of any Berkshire tliey have 
ever seen. 1 like him better than ever. " Selected 
boars $35 to $100. Some of them show prospects. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING. Box 15. Dundee, N. Y. 
SPECIAL BERKSHIRE SALE 
If you want a 350 pound gilt—a young service 
boar or a young pig write us; have them priced 
to sell, pride home farm, Howard, Pa. 
Springbank Berkshires 
Bred Sows and Gilts for March and April farrow. 
Open Gilts, .Tune farrowed. 6 Service Boars. 
J. E. AVATSON. Proprietor. Marbledale, Ct. 
BERKSHIRES i°, 
Breeding and quality unexceiled. Prices riglit. 
Write us your wants. H. GRIMSHAW, North East, Pa. 
asio. H.S. Tilbury 
York 
RegisteredBERKSHIRE PIGS SrKooi Nkw 
Rarhehirae purebred.6-weeks-old breeders,$7; eitlier 
OerKSnireb g^x. CLOVERDALEFARM. charlotte. New York 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTVIKW STOCK !• AUH1. K. 
P. D. No, 1, Winstoit-Saleni. North Carolina 
REGISTERED CHESTER WHITES 
boars, Gilts, Bred gilts and Pigs. Satisfaction guar- 
an teed, llidgely Manor Farm, Stone Ridge, N. Y. 
Kinderhook Duroc-Jersey Swine Asso."^^,®t'ers 
in tho Bast for registered stock of all ages. Best 
of breeding. Free from disease. 
C, M. PALMJKll, sec'y-'Treas., Valatie, N. Y. 
OLLINS:JERSEy REDS 
Ihe best 
Pigs that make farming 
ay Facts timt sliow 
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pigs 
bfed 
575 lbs. in 
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FEE $15.00. 
VIBERT KENNELS, Box la, WESTON, N. J. 
PERCHERON HORSES 
To avoid in-breeding w^e are offering our Imported 9-year old I 
Stallion “Herault No. 76940,” and two of his get—3-year-olds— 
black and gray. Guaranteed breeders, sound and right. Prices and h 
terms reasonable. Either horse will pay for himself in one year. Ijl 
ALLAMUCHY FARMS, Allamuchy, N. J. 
Hackettstown Station, D. L. & W. Ry. 
