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"Live ■ ^Stocii'^il'"'=' Pairy 
A Guernsey Bull and a School 
The picture shown on the first page is 
a striking illustration of the good nature 
and companionship of the Guernsey breed 
of cattle. This picture was taken at the 
great dairy show held in Springfield, 
Mass., last Fall. The Guernsey shown 
came from the Vail Agricultural School, 
at Lyndonville, Vt. 
As we may see. he is a powerful and 
beautifully shaped animal, full of strength 
and vigor, a sphmdid specimen of the 
breed. II<' stands good-naturedly while 
one of his human friends is using his 
broad back for a cot or resting place. 
Some of th(‘ things which people who un¬ 
derstand them are able to do with these 
pui'ebred iinimals is remark.able. Such 
fellows are. of a high order of intelligence. 
They know their friends, and seem to 
have some sort of .silent communication 
with them, so that they are able to under¬ 
stand what is wanted. As a general 
propositif>n our advice is to take no 
chances and permit no fooling or playing 
with the bull. He is in fact a dangerous 
animal, and it is far better to regard him 
as such, rather than to take any chances 
with him. We frequently have pictures 
of children riding bulls as they would a 
bor.se. or there are pictures of men leading 
or driving them about without a nose¬ 
ring or staff. Personally, we would never 
l>ermit our children to take such freedom 
with the bull. We rather regard them as 
animals ever to be watched and kept un¬ 
der control. The Vail School, where this 
bull belongs, is one of the best and most 
successful institutions of the kind in the 
counti’y. This school, as we have told in 
f()rmer issues, was given to the State of 
Vermont by Theo. X. Vail. ^^r. Vail 
wished to turn his great estate in Xorth- 
ern Vermont so that it would be of the 
greatest possible value to the community, 
to the State, and New England, so after 
much thought he designed a plan for or¬ 
ganizing this s<'hool. ^rhe State takes a 
hand in the management and in mainte¬ 
nance, and the spirit of the school is dif¬ 
ferent from any other institution of the 
sort th.at we h.ave ever seen. Instead of 
trying to teach agriculture, so-called, or 
to turn out teachers or men for higher ex¬ 
periment work, ^Ir. Vail’s idea was to at¬ 
tract a class of farm boys who needed 
work in order to obtain their education. 
In other words, his idea •was to educate 
and send out a class of well-trained and 
hard-working farmers rather than agri¬ 
culturists or scientific men. That is the 
spirit of the school, and it is doing its 
work admirably. It is just this kind of 
work and training that New England 
needs in order to bring back the country, 
develop the old farms and maintain the 
true rural life of that section. With such 
boys, and with such stock as is shown in 
this picture Ihe school is laying the foun- 
dati<in for great things in the future of 
Vermont. Farming will always be the 
chief industry of Vermont and in order to 
succ(*ed and become j^rosperous the farm¬ 
ing must be of the highest type, and such 
institutions as this school have a great 
opportunity in aiding along that line. 
Trouble With Churning 
Can .YOU tell me why I cannot get but¬ 
ter? My heifer freshened in May and I 
churncfl every week and had no trouble in 
getting butter, until November; since 
then no matter how much I churn I can 
get nothing fivun my cream but froth. It 
is just like whipped cream, very light; 
but not a particle of butter. I use a 
thermometer to have it the right temper¬ 
ature. II. n. 
New York. 
There are at least two reasons why ypu 
are unable to get your cream to churn 
into butter. The first is the cow has 
been milking for some months, and the 
second is that there is no succulent feed 
in the ration such as silage, beets or beet 
I»ulp. After a cow has been milking 
some time the fat i)articles increase in 
numbers—but decrease in size. Hence 
they do not come together as readily in the 
form of butter as they do when the cow 
is fresh. The feeding of a ration without 
succulence also tends to harden the fat 
and make churning difficult. You might 
try the old-fashioned remedy of scalding 
the milk; that is heating it until a scum 
of cream forms before setting it away for 
the cream to rise, or before separating it 
if you use a separator. Then let the 
cream get quite sour and churn at 62 to 
65 degrees F. H. F. J. 
Remedy for Bitter Milk 
I notice in your last issue that a cor¬ 
respondent complains of having trouble 
in getting butter in churning his cream, 
I had the same trouble with milk from 
a cow that had been milked nine months 
and the milk after' standing tasted bit¬ 
ter. I sent a sample to the Geneva Ex¬ 
periment Station. They dii-ected me to 
heat the new milk to 1.50 degrees and 
after cooling it to skim or separate it 
and then get a pint of milk from a cow 
that was recently fresh and sour it for 
a starter. I did so and the butter came 
all right and had no more trouble with 
bitter milk. geo. w. gkaxt. 
Delaware Co., N. Y'. 
Advice from an Ox Driver 
I will try to answer question about ox 
power from experience I have had. Yes, 
an ox can plow, but much slower and not 
as steady as a Inu’se. lie would require 
at lea.st two tons hay for Winter, Fall and 
Spring. If used on hard roads he would 
have to be shod and by a special black¬ 
smith equipped for it. 
The principal difficulty would be in get¬ 
ting an ox. No one would break uj) a 
team, and if they did would charge for 
one the jnuce of t<':ira, as it is too hard to 
mate up, and only a very few have a 
single ox so broken. The cost around 
here for a good team is from .$225 to .$270. 
I have a team which I raised and broke 
to use either single or double. I use in 
a horse harness, except bridle and reins, 
using a idain halter. The collar is used 
exactly as on a horse only I have a short 
strap from rein loop in harness to traces 
so pull is equal from both places, I found 
this most sati.sfactory after trying all 
sorts of styles. 
While slow he has proved his worth. 
We use him for carting manure, cultivat¬ 
ing, harrowing, etc, and on the roail on 
ice (!rcam and berry route. I am afraid 
the only way our iinpiirer can get an ox 
properly broken is to do it himself or get 
some one to break one for him; either 
way would take three years. 
As oxen .are steadier and work better 
together than single and tire extremely 
slow unless he is situated in very hill.v 
country my advice would be get a horse. 
Connecticut. P. 
$2—down 
this 
Wonderful opportu¬ 
nity—Send only $2.00 
and we ship any May¬ 
nard Cream Separator 
to your n earest 
freight station. 
Free 30 days’ trial 
Try it thirty days. Give it 
the hardest use. If not satis¬ 
fied with it, send it back 
freij/ht coliect and get hack 
your $2.t)0. But if you like it 
—if. as we guarantee, it 
greatly increases your daily 
protlt, keep it and take a 
whole year to pay! 
Tlie extra cow profits you will 
make every day from the use of 
the famous Maynard Sei)arator 
will easily take care of these 
small monthly payments. 
There is a Maynard just^the riglit size for every dairy. 
Prices as low as $32.80. Famous one-piece skimming 
device. Built to last a life time—ironclad guarantee. 
300 
pound 
Get our big new 1917 
Separator Proposition 
Ready right now! Send for your copy today. Spend 
no money for any kind of Separator until you get 
our new special proposition. 
OLLINS JERSEY REDS 
More pigs per litter— 
quicker growth on cheaper feeds 
best demand in markets—these are only three 
of the reasons why Jersey Reds pay best. 
Our 1917 Pig Book, FREE 
shows hot^to make the farm pay bigger profits. 
““ Write to-day. 
Arthur J.Collins ^ 
Moorestown.N.J. 
S:he best 
pigs 
bred 
375 lbs. in 
9 months. 
HORSES 
OHirY’Q Leading Live 
V-'AAJ-vy i3 Stock Dealer. 
250 Percheron and Belgian Stal¬ 
lions, Slare.s, Slietlaud Ponies and 
Holstein Cattle. Come and see the 
$20,000 Holstein Bull. King Chiim- 
hon Rag .tpjile, the greatest; young 
jull on earth. Prices right. Terms 
to suit responsible parties. 
A. W. GREEN 
MiddleneUl. O., H. K. Station. 
t*2ast Orwell, O.. on Fenna. 1?. K. 
SWINE 
SHETLAND PONIES 
200 Head to select from. Twenty-six 
years experience. Write I>ept. L. foreata- 
iugue. THE SHADYSIDE FARMS. North Benton, 0- 
GET THE BOY A PONY 
till let him do some of the light work on the Farm. 
Write to H. H. MINKK, Saranac Lake, N. V. 
KENTUCKY JACKS and SADDLERS 
BIG BONE Kentucky JACKS and JENNETS. 85 head 
FIVE and CUBAN GAITED STALLIONS, geldings and 
mares. Fancy MULE TEAMS. WRITEUS'lescrlbiiigyotirwaiil?. 
ASK FOR OUR 1917 CATALOG 
THE COOK FARMS - Box 436L, LEXINGTON, KY. 
COR SALE-Kegistered FERCHEKON STAL- 
• LIONS and RROOD MAKES, to close esttile. 
ELMWOOD STOCK F ARM, W. S. Wright. Executor.Delniar.N.Y. 
For Sale-Imported Percheron Stallion amrlies^ 
cription on request. O. V', Reams, Eau Claire, Mich. 
F or SALE—Vonng Registered Percheron Mare 
;ind her WEANLING FILLY. Piofitahle breeder. Physi¬ 
cally ami mentally right. J. P. LONG, Naples, New York 
f \ Sure breeder. No faults. Large, 
J sound and cheap. 20 large, youne 
CLARK BROS. 
mules, 6 to 30 months. Btirgains, 
Freeport, Ohio 
For Sale-J A C K, serviceable 5-year-old 
Albert Woolsey, University Heights,N.Y.City 
j SWINE I 
CHESTER WHITES and 
LARGE YORKSHIRES 
Boars read}' for immediate service. These 
are good, large, vigorous animals of correct 
type and conformation. 
Also booking orders now for gilts of the above 
breeds to .arrow in Spring of 1917 
CHAZY 
N. Y. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, 
0 1 p Young hoars ready for immediate ser- 
■ ■•Wi a vice. Good, large, vigorous animals. 
Price. 830—iiS35. Herbert Haith,Manlius,N.Y. 
Registered 0.1. C. Gills ISTe. S’?: 
For Salt-Registered 0.1. G. Pigs ISf ru. 
JAY 6 
.Y 
REGISTERED CHESTER WHITES 
Service 
hoars. Gilts, Bred gilts and Pigs. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Kidgeiy Manor Farm, Stone Ridge, N. Y. 
SHEEP 
For Saie-A Fcw Shropshire Ewes 
none over four years. Price, $30 Each. 
Some Berkshire Gilts, due in spring, 825 each. 
A Holstein Cow, four years old. From tlie Paul 
Beets De Kol family. This cow is worth $500. The 
first check for 8200 takes her. All of the above 
stock pure bred. Willis A.White, Geneva. N.Y. 
TunisSheep 
prices to J. N. McPherson, Scottsville. N.Y. 
DOGS 
BRED BERKSHIRE SOWS 
If you are looking for large, typey BERK¬ 
SHIRE sows, combined with the best of 
breeding, we have them. We can offer you 
large sows, safe in pig, for from $75.00 
to $200.00. They are daughters of LEE 
PREMIER’S RIVAL, Hopeful Lee’s Suc¬ 
cessor, and Lee Premier’s Masterpiece. Not a 
common sow in the lot. The $75 sows we will 
guarantee to give satisfaction on arrival. Every 
sow so sold is guaranteed to be safe in pig. 
.Also we offer a few spring 1916 boars and 
sows, for from $40 to $60. 
Every uniiniil CHOLKRA IMMUNE by double tx’eat- 
ment. -Ml clean stock from a clean herd. 
Swine Oept. ut E.VS f LY .UK, CONN. 
VISITOHS ALWAY'S WKLCOME. Address 
BRANFORD FARMS. GROTON. CONN 
•Breed Berkshires' 
For large litters of husky, hustling pigs; for rapid 
gains on inexpensive feeds; and for easy fattening. 
’They bring top prices on all the big markets be¬ 
cause of uniformity, high quality meat and least 
shrinkage. Send today for free booklet "Berkshire. 
Hogs.’’ It points the way to more hog money.. 
American Berkshire Association 
524 Monroe Street Springfield, Ill. 
HAMILTON FARM BERKSHIRES 
Biggest Winners at International Show 
IndiKlin^ Ilrut prlzo heni ai»<l khsihI champion Bow,Hhe has now 
won this honor six times straight this year, winning over all 
other sows, North, SouHi. Kasl ami West, inclufllng National 
Swine Show, a ivcopI never excelled and p<»Bslldy never e*tnalle<l. 
We offer a few l»red sows, and a few service hoar**, including 
Junior Champion Ohio State Fair, and other Iioarw such as the 
Grand Champion at IIllnnlH State Fair. Uemember we have the 
leading herd of the EaKt for 1916, and the Grand Champion 
Berkshire Sow of the World! 
HAMILTON FARM. Fred Hd.I.t. Mir.. GUditon.. N J. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD: 
Letter from R. J. Linscott, Holton, Kansas: "* I 
put the sow bought of you in onr Breeders Show 
and she won first and Champion sow. I am very 
much pleased with her and think this order will 
bring you future business.” A young sow we sold 
to Louisiana was Champion at that state fair, 
weighing 5&U lbs. under a year. 
11.C. A II.ll.IIAKPEMHX<i,Bo.x 16, Uundee.N.T. 
SPECIAL BERKSHIRE SALE 
If you want a 350 pound gilt—a young service 
boar ot 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. .luiie farrowed. 6 Seiwice Boars. 
J. E. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbledale, Ct. 
■ 9 Cl 1 % IV 9 n I fX El O Approval 
Breeding and quality unexcelled. Prices right. 
Write us your wants. H. GRIMSHAW, North East, Pa. 
Darl/okirao pui ebred. 6-weeks-old breeders, $7; either 
DoiKsnircs ggx, CLOVERDALE FARM. Charlotte, New York 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWIME 
write or visit WESTVIEW STOCK EAKM.K. 
F. B. No. 1. Winston-Salem. North Carolina 
Berkshires for Sale ' 
to farrow in April. 
GILTS 
J. N. ROSENBERGER. Wycombe, Pa. 
0 1 f! 'o 8 weeks old, $8. Reg., pair, $15. Alsobrooil 
.l.if. S J. 0. SHELMIOINE a SONS, Lorraine, N Y. 
Kinderhook Duroc-Jersey Swine As30.“ua®rters 
in the East for registered stock of all ages. Best 
of breeding. Free from disease. 
C. M. FAL31EK, Sec’y-Tread., Valatle, N. Y. 
AIRE DALES Wanted 
some fantail pigeons. WALTER McLEOD, Rowland, N. C. 
r AND GUINEA PIGS. 
Lome rups nelson bkos.. grove city, pa. 
AIREDALE PUPSfor Sale 
Price moderate. M. W. von LOHR.R.F. D.No. 2, Media, Pa. 
Registered WalkerBitch FIE L 1> Soineri^t oiin. 
Bar HarborKennels 
Importers and breeders of high-class Airedale Pups 
and breeding stock. Send for catalog and price list. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Fine Thoroughbred Registered Jersey Bull 
FOR SALE. 1^ years old; excellent individual; at $200. 
Ara selling at Bargain price, as this farm is .selling 
out Jerseys. Peachblossom Dairy Farm, Eatontown, N. J. 
Swiss Goats iSSatS™ 
S E V E U A I, r O U N G BUCKS, NEARLY PURE 
Wllrl Animalo AND PETS bought and sold. Garland Zoo- 
ITIIU RIHmdlS logjQal Company, Box X 487, Oldlown, Me. 
BOOKS WORTH READING 
Ijl How Crops Grow, Jolinson. 1.50 =1 
p Celery Culture. Beattie.50 || 
al Greeiilionse Con.strnerioM. Taft.... 1.50 || 
The Rural New Yorker, 333 West hOth St., N. Y. 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 
LY rEARLESb <uscd by Al!i«siD trenches;. . _ . .. 
*on6 man’* dosr. HIGHLY PROFITABLE, grood bitch earns upward $200 yearly, pups 
easily reared, readily sold. Puppies, grown dogs, bitches, from ¥'1NE^ AIREDALE 
BLOOD IN WORLD, pedigreea, registeredf-certified. AT STUD, Havelock Gold¬ 
smith, magrnificent. imported son ot internationaliy famous Ch. Crompton Oorang« 
fee $15: express bitches to Weston, N. J.' Safe delivery, honorable dealim;, satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. B^klet. 
VIBEUT KENNEL, 
Box la, WESTON, N. J. 
