C»c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
FARM VALUES 
AND RAILROADS 
Transportation Problem Must 
be Solved Nationally in 
Order to Assure Agricul¬ 
tural Prosperity. 
T he greatest industryof the United 
States is farming. Next to that 
comes transportation. 
Efficient transportation is essential 
to the continued welfare and business 
progress of the nation. To the farmer 
it means wider markets and better 
prices for his crops. 
Speaking for 90% of the railroad 
mileage of the country we invite your 
co-operation in the solution of the 
railroad problem to that end. 
Make Regulation Efficient 
There is no question that public 
regulation of transportation has come 
to stay. The railroads accept it. 
They ask only that such regulation 
be made efficient. They ask that 
the functions properly subject to 
public supervision—incorporation, the 
issuance of securities, the making of 
rates—be placed under the direction 
of a single responsible national body 
such as the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, with regional sub-com¬ 
missions, in order that regulation may 
be kept close to the people. They 
ask that such regulation be so ad¬ 
ministered as to permit therailroads to 
earn a living return, to attract new 
capital and to make the improvements 
and extensions necessary to enable 
them to serve the American people 
fairly and efficiently. 
In the Federal Reserve and Rural 
Credit Banking Systems the operation 
of regional divisions under Federal 
supervision is well illustrated. The 
railroads seek a similar solution of 
their problem. 
Commerce is Nation Wide 
The farmer wants free trade among 
the states. 
Commerce in farm products is not 
confined to state lines. It is nation 
wide. Its regulation should be nation¬ 
al. The fundamental state right is 
the right of each state to be protected 
against discriminations by other states 
such as exist today. Every barrier 
that a state erects to the free move¬ 
ment of commerce across its borders 
limits the farmer’s market, makes it 
easier for speculators to control pro¬ 
ducts and depress prices and tends to 
increase the cost of what the farmer 
has to buy. 
The railroads cannot serve 49 
masters— 48 states and the nation— 
and serve efficiently. The present 
system of multiple and conflicting 
regulation is wasteful and destructive. 
In the interest of all, regulation 
should be in behalf of all the states.. 
We invite discussion of this question 
and shall be glad to answer questions 
and to supply information on request. 
This is the first of several brief 
talks on this subject. 
RAILWAY EXECUTIVES^ 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
61 Broadway New York City 
FRANK TRUMBULL, Chairman 
FRANCIS H. SISSON, Assistant 
ALFRED P. THOM, Counsel 
B. F. BUSH R. S. LOVETT 
Receiver Mo. Pteific Ry. Ch. Union Pacific R. R. 
A.J. EARLING C. H. MARKHAM 
Pres. C. M. & St. P. Ry. Pres. Ill. Cent. R. R. 
HOWARD ELLIOTT SAMUEL REA 
Ch. N. Y. N.H.&H.R. R. Pres. Penn. Ry. 
w. j. harahan a. h. smith 
Pres. Seaboard Air LineRy. Pres. N. Y. Central Lines 
'T ALKER D. HINES FRANK TRUMBULL 
Ch. A. T. & Santa Fe. Ry. Ch. C. & O. Ry. 
HALE HOLDEN F. D. UNDERWOOD 
Pres. C. B. & Q. R. R. Pres. Erie R. R. 
L. F. LOREE H. WALTERS 
res. n. & H. Co. Ch. AtlanticCoastLineR.R. 
DANIEL WILLARD 
Pres. B. & O. R. R. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Paralysis 
I have a sow that has lost the use of 
her hind parts; she sits up like a dog 
and eats well. Will you tell me if there 
is any cure for her? d. s. e. 
Slaughter the sow for meat, as she 
is in good flesh and healthy, apart from 
partial paralysis, which has been caused 
by confinement and overfeeding. Treat¬ 
ment would not be likely to pay. Pre¬ 
vention is all-important. ' a. s. a. 
Worms 
I have a mare with foal that is troubled 
with worms of different kind.s. Can you 
give me a remedy? g. a. b. 
New York. 
A mare in foal cannot safely be given 
strong medicine for the destruction of 
worms, but she may have two toaspoon- 
fnls each of salt and sulphur each night 
for a week or 10 days. A very large mare 
may take a largi'r dose. The iiK'dicinc 
may bo repeated in 10 days if thought 
necessary. a. s. a. 
Eye Disease 
I have a mare eight years oM. that has 
had sore eyes for about a year. 
Every time she is driven and gets warm 
her oyes get worse, swell up, get in¬ 
flamed and suppurate. I have tried sev¬ 
eral^ remedies, but none seem to help. 
New York. l. c. j. 
If periodic ophthalmia is present, it is 
incurable and will end in blindness of 
one or both eye.s. The attacks come at 
intervals of 00 days or thereabout. Try 
the effects of a saturated solution of boric 
acid, applied to the eyes twice daily, and i 
at times of attack. Also apply a few | 
drojis of a 15 per cent, solution of argyrol 
to the eyeballs every other day by means 
of a medicine dropper or soft camels’ hair 
brush. A. s. A. 
Ferret With Sore Feet 
I have a ferret that has .some kind of 
an itch ; its feet are sore and scabbv. It 
seems ailing most of the time. What is 
best to feed them through hunting si'a- 
sou? What kind of a place should I 
keep them in? w. w. K. 
New York. j 
Apply sulphur ointment daily to the 
sores and keep the box perfectly sweet 
and clean. Scatter dry sand on its floor 
and cover with sawdust, then put in the 
bedding. Feed warm bread and milk 
once daily, and two or three times a 
week f('ed a little raw meet. Keep the 
box scrupulously clean, and also wash it 
with a disinfectant now and then. Put ' 
in a small, well-bedded bo.x above tbe ' 
floor level for the ferret to u.se as a bed. ' 
A. s. A. ; 
Diarrhoea 
T have a horse that has had the scours 
for three mouths; it does not make any 
diff'ereuce what I feed him. I had his teeth 
filed a few days ago, but it did not do any 
good. He has a good appetite, but is 
growing thin. Can you tell me what the 
trouble is? I feed corn and oats, also 
stalks or Timothy hay. e. a. b. 
Stop feeding corn and stalks. Add one- 
ninth part of wheat bran to the oats by 
weight, and dampen at feeding time. In 
each feed mix a tablespoonful of a mix¬ 
ture of two iiarts of prepared chalk and 
one part each of suhnitrate- of bismuth, 
and powdered catechu, alum and ginger 
root. Increase the dose if necessary. 
Give the drinking water before feeding. 
Make the horse take outdoor exercise 
daily. It would be well to lessen the 
amount of feed materially at first and in- 
crense it gradually as impi'ovement is 
noticed. a. s. a. 
Cough 
What is the trouble with one of my 
cows? She will be four years old this 
Spring, and will be fresh in a couple of 
weeks. She is thin, and eats her grain 
and hay all right; is a hearty eater, but 
has a cough and has had it for five or six 
weeks. We have a few m that cough 
once in a while, but .this one coughs 
often ; does not throw up anything. Ller 
hide looks good and she does not act sick. 
I.ast Fall, when we fir.st put them in the 
barn I fed them millet for three day.s, 
nothing but millet. The millet was a 
little dusty and then thi*ee of my cows 
were taken sick all at once. They acted 
as though they ciiught cold. I doctored 
them and are all right now. I don’t know 
yet whether the millet did it or not. I 
quit feeding millet and gave them good 
hay. I would like to know what the 
trouble is and what to do for it. I have 
a warm basement barn with good ventil¬ 
ation and water bowls. b. v. e. 
New Yoi-k. 
Dusty feed may _ cause a temporary 
cough, but a chronic cough suggests the 
presence of tubereulosi.s, and you should 
thoroforo arrange to have the cows tested 
Avi^ih tuberculin. We should not feel jus¬ 
tified in i>re.scribing treatment until the 
tc.st has been aiiplieil. Tuberculosis is 
contagious and incurable. a. s. a. 
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Scours 
Lead 
Direct to 
Calf Cholera 
And Calf Cholera kills thousands of calves. The digestive organs 
are paralyzed; food lies in an undigested mass in the stomach; 
it sours and ferments and decomposes. Do you wonder that so 
many calves die in a few hours after cholera strikes ? 
Dr. David Roberts’ 
CALF CHOLERA REMEDY 
overcomes the trouble by righting the digestive organs. It 
regulates the flow of gastric juice and soothes and heals the sore 
mucous membrane. It liquefies the poisonous gases already 
formed in the stomach and prevents fermentation. Digestion 
becomes normal and the disease is ended. Don’t let the trouble 
go too far. Begin with Calf Cholera Remedy right away when 
scours appear. The disease is contagious. 
Laxotonic relieves stoppage of the bowels, which, in seventy-five 
per cent, of cases, is due to paralysis of the digestive organs. 
Ordinarily, this animal disorder is treated *or constipation, which 
oftentimes results in the animal’s death. Laxotonic removes all risks. 
Cow Cleaner helps COWS at calving time. Cleans and removes the 
afterbirth naturally? leaves organs in healthy breeding condition. 
Use AntUepto to soothe and heal soreness of genital organs. 
Cow Tonic aids digestion, tones and conditions the cow system, 
keeps up appetite and prevents falling off of milk. 
Breeding Tonic prepares and conditions for breeding. Calves are 
dropped naturally, complications are avoided. Use also for breed¬ 
ing mares, ewes and sows. 
Calf Meal, Diolice, Badger Balm and Stokvigor are also Dr. Roberts' 
Prescriptions which mean better live stock. 
Get Dr, Roberta* Live Stock Prescriptions at 
your drug store— -nearly 4000 dealers in 
United States. Don’t by any means accept 
any package of animal medicine that doea 
not have Dr, Roberts’ picture on the front. 
Look for it—it’s your assurance of healthy, 
profitable stock. If you do not have Dr. 
Roberts’ 184-page “Practical Home Veteri¬ 
narian,” treating all diseases of all live 
stock, enclose $1.00 and receive copy by mail. 
Address 
Dr, David Roberts Veterinary Co. 
110 Wisconsin Ave., Waukesha, Wis. 
