TShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
337 
407 Lbs. At 7 Months 
This great Berkshire hos^x—Majestic 
Mammoth 229500 —was bred by Mr. C. H. 
Carter, West Chester, Pa. He was regu¬ 
larly fed 
REICHARD’S 
DIGESTER TANKAGi: 
the greatest feed for developing bone and 
muscle in the shortest time and at lowest 
cost. 
Add Reichard’s Digester Tankage to 
your hog ration fox quick growth and big 
profits. The cost is small—results big. 
IVrite now for free booklet, samples and 
prices. 
ROBERT A. REICHARD 
15 W. Lawrence St. Allentown, Pa. 
HORSES 
Leading Live 
^ Stock Dealer. 
250 Percheron and Belgian Stal¬ 
lions, Mares, Shetland Ponies and 
Holstein Cattle. Come and see the 
♦20,000 Holstein Bull. King Cham¬ 
pion Rag Apple, the greatest young 
bull on earth. Prices right. Terms 
to suit responsible parties. 
A. W. GREEN 
Middlefleld, O., R. R. Station, 
East Orwell, O., on Penna. R. R. 
KENTUCKY JACKS and SADDLERS 
BIO BONE Kentucky JACKS and JENNETS. 85 FIVE 
and CUBAN OAITED STALLIONS, geldings and mare.s. 
MULE TEAMS. YOUNO MULES in {mirsor CAR LOADS. 
ASK FOR OUR 1917 CATALOG 
THE COOK FARMS - Box 43SL, LEXINGTON, KY. 
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SHETLAND PONIES 
200 Head to select from. Twenty-six 
years experience. Write Dept. I., for cata- 
iogu., THE SHAOTSIDE FARMS. Nsrlh Btnlon, 0. 
GET THE BOY A PONY 
nd let him do some of the light work on the Farm. 
Write to H. H. MINER, Saranac Lake, N. Y. 
S h et I a n d Po n i es 
herd In biggest Shetland Producing County In U. S. $50 to $150, 
Wiinfed-Pair Grade Percheron Mares 1’'® 
purposes. 
able for farm 
Address J. W. VOORHIS, Long Island City, N.V. 
For Sale-Imported Percheron Stallion a,J,f des*^ 
cription on request. O. V. Reams, Eau Claire, Mich. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
] 
Fosterfield’s Herd Reg. Jerseys 
FOR SALE 
COWS, HEIFERS and CALVES. Address 
Charles G. Foster.P.O.Boa 173, Morristown, Morris Co.,N.J. 
Two Serviceable 
BULLS and 
Three HEIFERS. 
SEND FOR SALE LIST 
fJERNSEYS 
VjP CFA/n FOR <IAI 
U. BORDEN, 
MICKLEXON, N. J. 
Tunis Sheep 
sexes. Write for literature .and 
prices to J. N. McPherson, Scottsville, N.V. 
Swiss Goafs *.“1.".: 
Several Young Bucks, Nearly Pure 
DOGS 
For Sale-Six-months-oId PUPS 
Peter J.Wagner, North Brancb,Sullivan Co.,N.V. 
Registered Walker Bitch f lEI. 1>, Somers, Conn 
Collie Pups 
NELSUN BROS., Grove City. Pa. 
3 COLLIE GROSS PUPS 
MUELLER, Route 2. Westwood, N. J 
83, Express Paid. 
BarHarborKennels 
Itutiorters and breeders of high-class Airedale Pups 
and breeding stock. Send for catalog and price list. 
SWINE 
•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. 
Kinderhook Duroc-Jersey Swine Asso. quarters 
in the Bast for registered stock of all ages. Best 
of breeding. Free from disease. 
C. M. PALMER, Sec’y-Treas., Valatie, N. Y. 
HEfilSTEHEO CHESTER WHITES 
boars, Gilts, Bred gilts and Pigs. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Ridgely Manor Farm, Slone Ridge, N. Y. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESXVIEW 8XOCK FAKM.R. 
F. 1>. No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
PLCINS JERSEY REDS 
Ihe best 
PIGS IS PIGS t 
till you try Jersey Reds. Every iV, 
red cent invested in these big- 
' "-ir-prollt pigs, is worth adollar 
in average pigs. 
“ Book KRKIi. 
pigs 
bred 
373lbs.in 
9 months. 
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Fancbcf Farm Maxic 186.369 
Breaks World^s Record 
Fancher Farm Maxie—a four-year-old heifer, 
owned by Senator A. T. Fancher of Salamanca, 
New York, recently broke the world’s four-year- 
old record, producing 46.84 pounds of butter in 
seven days. 
This places her in second place among the world’s 
dairy cows of all breeds and ages. 
During the test period and at all other times since 
she first calved, she has been milked by 
The best recom- 
mendations for 
Elmpire Milkers 
that we have 
seen have come 
from users. They 
will interest you. 
Send for our 
illustra ted 
pamphlet “What 
Dairymen Say," 
Mr. M. C. Hubbell, Superintendent of 
Fancher Farm, gives full credit to the .Empire for 
the important part it lhas played in establishing the 
records that he has made. 
EMPIRE Milking Machines are simple and effi¬ 
cient—gentle and natural in their action, and above 
all,they milk the SAME WAY EVERY DAY, 
more uniform in action than even the calf. They 
are a safeguard to the condition of valuable cows. 
Let US tell you ALL tlie benefits they offer you. Write for 
Catalog 23—and also ask for information regarding EMPIRE 
Cream Separators, Gasoline Engines and Electric Plants. 
EMPIRE CREAM SEPARATOR COMPANY 
Bloomfield, New Jersey 
Chicago—Denvei—Portland, Ore., Montreal—Toronto—Winnipeg, Canada 
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Feeding for Butterfat; Lactometer Reading 
In the government book, “Disea.ses of 
Cattle."’ there is a statement made, con¬ 
trary to my belief, that cows can be 
made to increase their butterfat per 
cent, by feeding the proper balanced ra¬ 
tion. Is this correct, and if so state 
ration? A city’s milk requirements call 
for 12% total solids—specific gravity 
1.021) to 1.022 (not less than 1.020 nor 
over 1.022), butterfat 2.5%. A sample 
of milk analyzed as follows: Butterfat 
2.2%, lactometer read 1()..5 at GO F. 
Will you tell what per cent, of water 
was added and al.so e.xtraneons water in 
milk, and also amount of butterfat ab¬ 
stracted? Please give formula for each 
case. B. E. c. 
Texas. 
So far as experiments to date show, the 
per cent, of fat in cows’ milk caniiut be 
increased by feeding. Abrupt changes in 
the feed may cause slight change in the 
fat for a short time. There is one case 
when the feed may affect the per cent, of 
fat and that is in feeding cows so they 
will calve in a fat condition. This is 
now common iiractice, partii-ularly 
among breeders of Holstein cattle. The 
per cent, of fat remains high for a per¬ 
iod of from one week to two mouth.s. 
By this method a cow that has an aver¬ 
age test for the year of 3.5% may show 
a test of 6% a week after calving. 
The lactometer gives correct readings 
only when the milk is at 60 degrees F. 
For each degree of temperature above GO 
and up to 70 one-tenth of a lactometer 
degree is added to the lactometer read¬ 
ing, and for each degree below GO and 
down to 50 one-tenth of a lactometer de¬ 
gree is subtracted from the reading. The 
milk must be at a temperature between 
50 and 70 when the test is made. The 
formula for finding the per cent, of 
solids not fat in milk is one-quarter lac¬ 
tometer I’eading plus 2x% fat. To get 
total solids add the per cent, fat to this 
result. For example in case of adulter¬ 
ated sample, 16.5 plus .6 eiLuals 17.1 cor¬ 
rect lactometer reading 14 (17.1) plus 
.2 (2.8) equals 4.825% solids not fat. 
4.825 plus 2.8 equals 7.635% total .solids. 
Assuming that the milk originally had a 
lactometer reading of 22 and a fat test 
of 4% the per cent, solids not fat would 
be 8.8%. To reduce this to 4.8% as 
was done four parts water would liave 
to be added to 4.8 parts milk or a i»er 
cent, equal to 45 plus. 11 . f. j. 
Keeping Cream Cheese 
Will you tell me how to keep cream 
cheese after it is made, and where is 
the be.st place to have it? Would the 
cellar be too damp? J. V. 
New York. 
The keeping qualities of any of the 
soft cheeses are very poor. They are de¬ 
signed to be made and consumed shortly 
afterward.s. The bacteria which cause 
the milk to sour in making the cheese 
keep on working rapidly, unless it is 
stored at a low temperature. This tem¬ 
perature should not be below freezing, 
however, as the moisture freezes out of 
the cheese, and it is not good after it 
thaws out. Therefore store your cheese in 
the coolest place you have without freez¬ 
ing it, hut do not expect it to be at 
its best after a week or two anyway. 
II. F. .T. 
Age for Breeding Heifer 
I should like to hear from readers who 
have had exjierience as to what they con¬ 
sider the proper age to breed a heifer 
for the first time. I have heard it stated 
that if slie was not bred until about 27 
montlis old, so that she would calve for 
the first time wheu about three years 
old, she would make a much larger cow 
ami a larger milker. On the other hand, 
others have told me that this was a mis¬ 
take and that expeidenced breeders all 
favored early breeding. n. e. b. 
New Jersey. 
There is a difference of opinion, as 
yon suggest, as to the age at which a 
heifer should drop her first calf. I be¬ 
lieve, however, that most practical dairy¬ 
men prefer to have their heifers calve 
for the lir.st time at between two and 
two and a half years of age. The ad¬ 
vantage in this is that the heifer begins 
earlj’ to make some return for her food 
and care and to develop the milk-making 
function. The di.sadvantage, if any, is 
that the young animal is asked to as¬ 
sume the burden of maternity before 
reaching her own full development. If 
the heifer is sufficiently well fed and 
cared for to enable her to continue her 
own growth while nourishing her young 
this objection is probably more theoreti¬ 
cal than real, M. b. d. 
HAMILTON FARM B^ERXS^HIRES 
Speeial s.ale of bred s6ws ranging in price from !@7 5 
to 8500. Some CHAMPION winners included. 
Ask for your list NOW. 
Fred Huyler, Mgrr. - Gladstone, N. J. 
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 w'e 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 animal CHOl.KR.V IMMUNE by double treat¬ 
ment. All clean stock from a clean lierd. 
Bwliiu liept. at KAST’ LYME, CONN. 
VbSITOUS .tUW.VYS WELCOME. Address 
BRANFORD FARMS. GROTON, CONN. 
! 
AUCTION!! 
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High Class Registered Berkshires [ 
at Public Auction, March 10th 1917, [ 
at the Hood Farm, Lowell, Mass, i 
BROOKLANDS FARMS i 
WALPOLE, N. H, j 
has consigned some of the tops of the 1916 1 
litters to this great sale of the best blood \ 
that can be found anywhere. i 
Attend this sale and get something out of \ 
the ordinary; the kind that make good in | 
the show ring or in filling the pork barrel. ; 
Write Hood Farm, Lowell, j 
Mass., for catalog of the sale. j i 
BROOKLANDS FARMS, Walpole, N.H. j 
Darl/ahirno purebretl.6-weol<s-old breeders,$7; either 
DUrKSnireS gex. CLOVERORLE farm, Charlolte, New York 
■I > CDI^QUIDCQ .Solti ou 
trvIVOnifVliiO Approval 
Breeding and quality unexi-elled. Prices right. 
Write us your wants. H. GRIMSHAW, North East. Pa. 
Springbank Berkshires 
Bred Sows and Gilts for March and April farrow. 
Open Gilts, June farrowed. 8 Service JJoars. 
J. E. WAXSON, Proprietor, Marbletiale, Vt. 
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. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood: 
Letter from B. P. Williamson, Ualelgh, N. O. 
‘•The splendid sow pig arrived in good shape and I 
am greatly pleased with her.” We keep eight herd 
boars and can furnish animals no kin at all ages. 
H.C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Box 15, Dundee, N.Y. 
0 1 p f* Young hoars ready for immediate ser- 
III III 9 vice. Good, large, vigorous animals. 
Price, $:)0-S:i,'.. Herbert Haith, Manlius, N. Y. 
CHESTER WHITES and 
LARGE YORKSHIRES 
Boars ready for immediate service. These 
are good, large, vigorous animals of correct 
type and conformation. 
Also booking orders now for gilts 01 the above 
breeds to farrow in Spring of 1917 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 1 
Most useful dog alive. (1) Best watch dog^, alert, brave, sensible. <21 Peerless 
stock dogf kills Dob cat, coyote, niongfreis. Great orchard dog. (4) Wonder¬ 
ful hunting dog. used by Roosevelt and Rainey. (5) A poultry insurance policy* 
sworn enemy oi skunk, weasel, coon, rats. <6; The child’s companion* playful, 
no mean ways, free from rabies, fine guardian. «7) A money maker, good bitch 
earns upward of $200 a year, puppies sell readily, raise themselves, hardy. We 
have the best thoroughbred stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for booklet. 
AT STUD. Havelock Goldsmith, magnificent, imported son of Champion Crompton 
Oorang, fee $15. Puppies, grown stock, bred bitches for sale. 
VIBEKT KENNEL i5ox la, WESTOX, N. J, 1 
