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B»c R U RAL N E W-YO R K E R 
March ::1, 1917. 
Crating a Bull 
'I’lic picture lU'inted ludow 
the crute in which Ayer & McKinney 
.sliiitped a fine Jers(*y hull to ('entral 
America. It was necessary to make a 
lai'fie roomy crate for this long shipinejat, 
as it is a hard and trying trip for a 
young and active animal. The f(*ed box 
and watering trough are under the driv¬ 
er’s seat, and do not show in the picture. 
Some of the better class of our )i\e- 
stock breeders are develoi»ing .-i lai-g(' 
trmle with the Latin republics south of 
us. There is a good demand for such 
terested should write to T.oiiis F. Allen, 
Macedon, N. Y., and get a copy of this 
table. The time has come for all sheep 
men to get together on this subject and 
fully organize their forces. The Ontario 
('ountj' shee]) breeders, after much trou¬ 
ble, finally made their board of super¬ 
visors listen to them. At first the su- 
pervi.sors would not pay much attention 
to them, but when that list of losses 
from dogs was made out and .scattered 
over the country, the sup<‘rvisors woke 
up and saw that the situation demanded 
their attention. The Ontario County 
.sheep men recommend a county tag sys¬ 
tem and a uniform tax rate of .$.‘l for 
each male dog, •$•"> for each additional 
male dog, and for each unspayi-d 
Bull Crated for Lorjg-distance Shipment 
stock, as the pcoide of Houth America 
.•ire desirous of building up their herds 
and developing the quality of their stock. 
Later on there promi.ses to be a tremen¬ 
dous trade of this sort, but it is hard at 
the present time to obtain first-class 
shipping facilities, as the boats .‘ire well 
crowded with freight, and the transpor¬ 
tation is not of the best. When this can 
be improved there will be no question 
about the size of this trade. 
The Ayrshire Cow is Coming 
The two Ayrshire cows .shown on the 
fir.st page are owned by AY. B. Coutre- 
mont of Lewis County, New York. Mr. 
(toutremont says that these are the milk 
machines he uses to jiay off the mort¬ 
gage, and it looks as though they were 
well capable of doing it. lie .sa.v.s he has 
a herd bull whose mother made Imr olli- 
cial tc.st and went into the advanced 
registry after she had pas.sed her eigh¬ 
teenth birthday. That is quite good 
enough for an idd lady, and shows one 
good habit of alt tin- Scotch people, iu- 
cluding the Ayrshire. 
One of the finest and most remark.ible 
things about American cattle breeding 
is the way the Ayrshires have come 
back, or rather come up. For a great 
many years no one heard of the A\r- 
shire except incidentally. It looked as 
if th(> breeders and owners of this c.k- 
celient breed were trying to run :i rac(^ 
to see which could be most skilful in con¬ 
cealing knowledge regarding their cattle. 
Those Avlio ever obsei-ved an Ayi-shire 
knew that these cows had quality which 
would make them famous if their back¬ 
ers had not been so afraid to tell the 
tiiith about them. 'Jdiis went on for 
.vears, to the surprise of most stockmen. 
Finally the Ayrshire men got together 
and saw a great light, and they .started 
in a business-like way to let the world 
know that there, was such a thing as an 
Ayr.shire cow. Thi'y h:ive succi'cded far 
beyond their expectations, iind as ii re¬ 
sult the Ayrshires are working into 
thousands of places where they find just 
the conditions which suit this hai'd.v and 
excidlent breed. 
Sheep Men in Central New York 
Fii in Ontario County, N. Y.. the 
.«heep men have done good work in pro¬ 
tecting their interests. They organized a 
strong association, and got in most of the 
sheep breeders inside the county. Then 
they made out a careful list showing the 
figures of loss from dogs during the last 
16 years. This is analyzed by towns, 
and makes a great showing. The table 
shows the losses paid to Ontario County 
sheep breeders year by year in each 
town, and the whole thing runs up to a 
total of $29,5oO.S3. Those who are in- 
female dog, and tlm suiau-visors h.-ivo 
promi.sed to help them out if the State 
dog law does not cover the matter in 
full. Never before were the sheep men 
of Central New York able to get any¬ 
where with .such a proposition, but by 
organizing, digging out the figures and 
placing them before the people, they will 
.succeed in carrying their point, and they 
do more than that, for they show far¬ 
mers ehsewhere how to put these things 
over. 
Another Dog for Skunk 
I would like to suggest to It. F. C., 
page 51, that a (Jennau shepherd dog 
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very intelligent and obedient. They are 
splendid watchdogs and are very faith¬ 
ful. If any information is desired con¬ 
cerning the best breeders, etc., I advise 
writing to the (Jerman She[dicrd Dog 
Club of America, Scranton, I’a. 
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