V/VR RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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iit tho first sign of trouble anri repeat it 
if necessary to produce free evacuations 
of the bowels. Akerward Iceep the bowels 
a(;tive by feeding oilmeal with the other 
feeds. A. s. A. 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you'll get 
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guarantee editorial page. 
Bees Adjoining Pasture 
A and B join farms. A has .several 
liives of bees, which he keeps almost on 
the line between the two farms. B has 
asked A to move .them. A moved them 
about eight or 10 feet from the line. B 
has told A he will have to move them 
farther, as this is not a safe distance 
for B to work his colts on the other 
side of the line fence. Can B compel 
A to move the bees, and! if so how would 
he proceed if A fails to move them peace¬ 
fully? K. (’. 
I’ennsylvania. 
vSo far as I know there is no law cov¬ 
ering the situation as outlined above. 
A, however, could be held liable under 
the common law for any damage that 
his bees may do to the colts of B. If 
the stock of B were merely stung by 
the bees of A, this would not ncce.ssarily 
iinpl.v damage recoverable under the 
coinmon law; but if B's stock is .stung to 
such an extent that a colt or horse races 
across the held and breaks his leg, then 
idainly A could be held liable, provided, 
however, that the fact of the horse in 
(luestion being stung causing the run¬ 
ning could be lU'oven. As a matter of 
prudence A .should move his bees from 
the line fence at least 100 or 200 feet 
awa.v. However, there are thousands of 
cases where bec's ai-e next a line fence 
and where stock is grazing and where 
no harm has ever occurred. Sometimes 
sweat.v horses pulling a cultivator or 
plow in a held next to a hive of bees 
will be stung, hut the ca.ses are not 
common. 
To answer your question directly, I 
know of no law in any State by which 
B could comy)el A to move his bees any 
distance from the line fence. All that B 
could do wovild be to prove that he sus¬ 
tained damage by reason of the fact that 
the bees were too close to the line fence. 
The courts have established that bees are 
not a nuisance. Bees are kept in towns 
and villages and very often next to com¬ 
mon highways, although as a prec.aution 
1 would advise moving the bees to the 
back lot if possible. I might add further 
that it is a little difficult to move bees 
a short distance, and unless they are 
moved very early in the Spring a great 
many bees will return back to their old 
stands and many be lost. If they arc 
moved two or thr(>e miles away there will 
be no trouble. One could not move bees 
in warm weather a few feet unless he 
moved them a little at a time, and the 
lirocess would be rather slow. 
E. B. BOOT. 
Care of Bees 
Can you give me information concern¬ 
ing the raising of honey-bees to get the 
best results? When would be the best 
time of the year to r.'t the bee.s? Where 
should I place them? If any special 
care what would it be? How about 
catebing the new swarms? N. tt. 
Hamilton, Mont. 
The Spring months are the best in 
which to get started with bees, and any 
time after it becomes warm enougb for 
bees to fly will do. They will do well 
in almost an.v outdoor location, particu¬ 
larly if protected by some wind-break 
against cold winds. They do require 
special care and care that it would be 
impossible to describe in the space that 
can be given here. I w’ould suggest sub¬ 
scribing for one of the good bee journals 
published in this country and piircha.sing 
.some such bee-keei)er’s guide as "The 
B. C. of Bee Culture,” price .$2.50. With 
such literature as above suggested the 
amateur should be able to conduct his 
operations successfully from the start 
and, in time, become an expert, if he de¬ 
sires. M. B. D. 
Jerusalem Artichokes for Swine 
For several years past it has been the 
suggestion that this crop afforded 8 i)lendid 
feed for swine. Investigators at the Iowa 
Fxp<*riment Station and also at the Mi.s- 
souri Experiment Station planted experi¬ 
mental ai’eas, and within the last 10 days 
or two weeks I received a letter from 
I’rofessor Evvard, of the Iowa Experi¬ 
ment Station, who conducted an experi¬ 
ment with artiehoke.s, stating that they 
were sadly disappointed with the results, 
and could not recommend the use of arti¬ 
chokes for such purposes. 
In the first place there is objection to 
their method of growth as they are very 
top-heavy, and while they produce an 
abundance of fodder the forage itself is 
neither palatable nor useful as feed. The 
useful food nutrients obtained from their 
production, of course, are contained in the 
tubers or roots, and it seems to be the 
generally recognized verdict that their 
yield ixu* acre is not commensurate with 
their cost of production, nor the anno.V- 
ance that will follow incident to cleaning 
the ground and preparing it for other 
crops. In other words there are other 
forage crops that can be grown that will 
supply more forage; among them being 
Dwari Essex rape and Sweet clover on an 
acre ba.sis of one bushel of oats, five 
pounds of Dwarf Es.sex rai)e and 12 
pounds of Sweet clover. We find that 
this makes a splendid combination mix¬ 
ture, and at present i)rices is about as 
ec(«nomical as any that we can recom¬ 
mend. It can be seeded early in the 
.‘Spring, and will supply green forage 
thi'oughout tbe season. It is palatable 
and can be grown broadcast, and does not 
require cultivation. Those who are in- 
terestt'd in pork production and want to 
cut down the cost of feed, and at the 
same time produce something useful as a 
feed, would best abandon the artichoke 
idea, and turn to oats, rape and Sweet 
clover. F. C. MINKI.F.K. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Garget 
Will* you please give me a treatment 
for my cow, which has symptoms as fol¬ 
lows? First, there came a slight swelling 
on the skin between her hind teats, and 
then it had Might scabs. This gradually 
extended to her flanks at the sides of her 
udder, then patches as large as the palm 
of a man’s hand began to swell on the 
outside of her knees on her hind leg.s, the 
skin would become bard and crack open. 
Then it came on her feet just around the 
hoofs, which made her lame and the skin 
cracks below the dewclaws, also her front 
knee caps are affected the same way. 
This disease occurred on a dairy several 
years ago, and affected the milch cows 
only, and but few of them, but none of 
the dry cattle had it. A neighbor has lost 
one vahiable cow and another came very 
near dying with it. My cow is in good 
condition, eats well, and gives about two 
gallons of milk per day. Occasionally 
one-quarter of her udder gives lumpy 
milk for a few milkings, then will he all 
right for several months before it occurs 
again. A. C. T. 
Texas. 
The cow at present has mammitis (gar¬ 
get) and should be milked three times a 
(lay, massaging well each time, and at 
night rubbing in a mixture of one part 
each of turpentine and fluid extracts of 
poke root and belladonna leaves and five 
parts of melted lard or sweet oil. Stop 
feeding cottonseed meal at present. The 
skin trouble described is a form of in¬ 
flammation or dermatitis very likely 
caused by wading in rank growths of 
green forage or wetting with filth or con¬ 
taminated mud or water. We can only 
hazard a guess as to this as an investi¬ 
gation would be necessary to a confident 
opinion. A. .S. A. 
Lice 
Will you advise me in regard to Ime on 
horses? 1 have a black mare I bought 
one year ago. When I bought her she 
was lousy and they clipix'd her as well 
as six other horses in the same stable 
which were also lousy. The mare is very 
scurfy, her skin is full of scurf or dan¬ 
druff, and I cannot g('t it off; perhaps 
that is the reason I can't kill the lice. 
('onnecticut. w. A. B. 
As soon as the weather becomes warm 
wash the mare with soap, hot water and 
a stiff bru.sh; then dry thoroughly and 
blanket her against chill. To kill lice 
apply as often as found necessary a de¬ 
coction of four ounces of stavc^sacre (or 
larkspur) seed per gallon of water. Steep 
the seeds in boiling water, cover and allow 
to stand for 12 hours, then strain and 
use. A. s. A. 
Calves Dying 
I have had considerable trouble raising 
calves for the bust two seasons. When 
the calves are from four to six weeks old, 
tliey seem t<j become affected and die in 
about three or four day.s'. First the calf 
acts dull and becomes weak, gradually 
getting weaker for the next day or so, 
when they are unable to stand up and 
then they die very soon. It is just the 
same on board and cement floor. I have 
fed calf meal according to directions and 
also middlings and oil meal, with liiilk 
until si.x or eight weeks old. which I have 
always fed until lately with good suc¬ 
cess. The calves do not scour. c. E. 
New York. 
A calf should have been opened to de¬ 
termine the cau.se of death, but as par¬ 
alysis was a symptom we think it likely 
that indigestion and constipation were 
present. Hard balls in the stomach 
.sometimes are found in such eases, or 
overfeeding dry roughage or ground un¬ 
screened oats may be the cause. In fu¬ 
ture give a full dos'e of castor oil in milk 
Brittle Hoofs 
SWINE 
I have a horse that has bad feet; the 
hoof is very brittle, and does not grow 
as it shoukl. The shell cracks off whei-e 
the nails are driven. What can I do to 
make the hoof grow? J. n. B. 
New York. 
Mix together two ounces of oil of tar 
and one ounce of oil of balsam of fir, 
and apply with a brush to the juncture of 
the horn and hair,* and in three weeks or 
so the hoofs should hold nails, then apply 
the mixture three times a week. a. s. a. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
JERSEY CABLE 
PURE BRED 
OF HIGHEST CLASS AND PEDIGREE 
KOBYN 
Woodbury, L. I., N. Y. Iray Francis L. Robbins, Jr. 
All offering of 
YOUNG BULLS and BULL CALVES 
In respoinso to Inquiries for .Tersey bulls and bull 
calvp.s. 1 V 0 aro oircring for sale tlie liost Island 
and American breeding, tlio greater number being 
Bireil by a Highly Commended imported bull, son 
of the National Dairy Sliow Grami Champion and 
Boyal Island Flrst-l’rlzo winner, Baleigh's Fairy 
Hoy. sire of 43 official test cows, tlie Begister of 
Merit record of 37 of wliich averaged 523 lbs. 9 
oz. butter in one year at an average of 4 yrs. 3 
mos. Two of these bulls are sired by Oxford’s 
Fern I,ad. a bull bred at Bockwood Hall, whence 
came such famous sires as Interested Prince, 
Spermfleld Owl, King Fox and Bockwood Laddie. 
The dams of most of tlieso bulls aro Begister of 
Merit cows, or cows now under autlientlcated test. 
Prices rea.sonablo. I’ersonal examination pre¬ 
ferred, but we will ship tmder guaranteed reiire- 
sentatlon. Write for catalogue. 
BEN ROBYN FARM 
WOODBURY, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 
OLCINS JERSEY REDS 
Ihe best 
Stand 
. Pi| 
profits aplenty are yonrs when 
yyour hofR are Collins' Jersey Ueds. 
Book Free 
pigs 
bred 
373 lbs. in 
9 months. 
•Breed Berkshires' 
For largo litters of husky, hustling pigs; for 
gains on inexpensive feeds; and for easy fattening. 
Tliey 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 tho way to more hog money. 
American Berkshire Association 
.‘>24 Monroe Street Springfield, Ill. 
of SIZE 
and QUALITY 
BERKSHIRES 
The boar. Majestic Mammoth 229500, weight 
407 lbs. at 7 months of age, was bred and 
grown by us. When you want the best and 
want them big, write to 
C I_j K DT-CT* WHITGUERN FARM 
. H. GAK 1 IlK, west Chester, Pa. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood: 
Letter from K. (L Harnard, Woodslde, Delaware. 
“Tho young sow bougtit of yon farrowed nine niee 
pigs, all doing nicely.” Iligliwood llerkshlrc.s are 
owned in every state of tlio Union and liave been 
exported to fourteen ditTcreiit foreign countries. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING, Box 15,Dundee, N. Y. 
Anedjo Farm Berkshires 
A few good young boars, ready for service. 
Type, (luality and breeding the best. For 
generationsthey have been prize-winners. 
Write H. M.Terwilliger, Mgr. Anedjo Farm,Webster, Mass. 
SPECIAL BERKSHIRE SALE 
3 and 4 months old Beg. Hei k.ihircfl S12.50 and $16.00 
cucli, Hhlpiied on approval. 
PRIDE HOME FARM -ii- HOWARD. PENNA. 
For Sale-Grade Holstein Heifer Calves 
.‘^ired by Duke Pontiac Koriulyke. 'I’tieir Dams are 
lirst-clas.s grade Holsteins. Price, KSSJO eucli, crated, 
f. o. I>. Kyserike. CRICKET HILL FARMS, Kyserike, N. Y. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
QUf|CC Kids from liigrh class 
O IIIOQ I O Xogg;ciiburg;and .Saaiieii 
parents. Some good Bucks. No bred or milking 
does to sell. SIIAKPLK.S, Centre .S<iuare, I’a. 
Registered Berkshire Boars 
from Septemlier and Octolior litters of 10 to 14, in 
■trone, thrifty condition, now weigliing average 200 
Iba.. sired by some of tlio breeds great boars. $35 
TO $50. FLINT.STONK FAKM, Dalton, Mass. 
Springbank Berkshires 
Hred Sows and Gilts for March and April farrow. 
Open Gilts, .Inno farrowed, (i Service Hoars. 
J. K. WATSON, Proprietor, Marbleciale, ft. 
Tl INI<> R A CMIOIOE LOT. STKONO 
1 IN lO CROSS R K K K D K K S 
Tlie leading breed for hot house lambs. Write for 
literature and prices to J. N. McPherson, Scoltsville, N.Y, 
ErDI^QUIDirQSold on 
tKIVOrllrCto Approval 
Breeding and quality niioxcollod. Prices riglit. 
Write ns yonr wants. H, GRIMSHAW, North East, Pa. 
HORSES 
(*30-DAY SALE*} 
MILKING SHORTHORN CATTLE 
PERCHERON AND BELGIAN 
STALLIONS AND MARES 
All richly bred and registered. Good 
big Stallions, S250 to .$800 
O. N. WILSON, KITTANNINC, PA. 
Rtallions from 4300 to $1200. None 
Idglier. Sons of the 410,000 Coriiot 
(fiSiitfO) Included. No lietter lot of 
Hoi'ses to bo seen on any one Farm 
ill America. A cliaiicoof allfctime. 
Tliey muse bo sold. 
A. W. GREEN 
Mlddlelleld. O.. B. B. Htalioii, 
Kant Orwell, O., on I'eiiiia. B. U. 
FOR SALE 
AReg.BlackPercheron Stallion 
6 years; weight, 1,800 llis.; good in all liarness. A 
sure breeder of size, quality and finish. Price, 8.500. 
O. R. Atwood - West Chazy, N. Y. 
B erkshires. li mited supply breeding stock, il weeks 
olil; lioUi sexes; 49 eiu/ll. CLOVEROAtE FARM, Charlotle, M.T. 
“HAMPSHIRES” 
WEANLING PIGS, free circular, also 
GUERNSEY BULLS K full 6 months old. 
LOCUST LAWN FARM, Bird-In-Hand, Box R, Pa. 
CHESTER WHITES 
Purchased from a herd founded upon tlie best lilood 
lines, with a reputation for the quality of its offer- 
iiigs, assures liotli profit and satisfaction. 
Linda Vista Farm, lto.K 187, IIolHston, Mass. 
Vencriptive booklet upon requeet. 
SWINE “M''l'e8aniies,”«;;qc',;;>; 
- bred G h e s t o r Wliites, high 
quality (). 1. G. S. Yonn<; boars only. 
MOIIEOAN FARM, Rox V, Feeksklll, N. V. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WKSTVIFVV STOCK FAKM.R. 
F. 1). No. 1, Winston.Salem, North Carolina 
DOGS 
RpH Fny FUPS WANTED. Deal in wild animals and ptds. 
nmi rUA Ourland Zooh Com|>iiiiy$ OUltowti$ Maine 
Thoroughbred Collie Pups 
Cow-dog strain. $5, and up. T. L. CHENEY, Guilforo N.Y. 
For Sale—Bay Wilkes Mare 
sixteen hands; seven years old; absolutely sound, 
and well made, with plenty of speed and not afraid 
of anytliing on the road; safe for family use. 8350 
-takes her; guaranteed; or will trade for farm stock 
of any kind. CARL M. GAGE, Box No 60. North Wales, Pa. 
For Sale-PUREBRED PERCHERON STALLION 
from year-old coal black, a prize winner at State 
fair. vVeiglit. one ton. Sound and riglit. Also six 
grade colts. HAWTHORNE FARMS CO., Ro^ Stream. N.Y. 
Meriron QIallinn 4years old. Solid chestnut color, 
morgan oiailion Q„e,.nsey heifer. 
Address GEO. W. FRENCH, Bkadford, Vermont 
SHETLAND PONIES 
200 Head to select from. Twenty-six 
years experience. Write Dept. L, for cata¬ 
logue. THE SHAOYSlOE FARMS, North Ronton, 0. 
For Sale-8 Months Old Shepherd North llroneh, N. y. 
fftlli'p Puns and GUINEA PIGS. 
V.01lierups HKOS., Grove City, Pa. 
Pedigreed Airedale Pups L"i?s;^?est^l.Vod■Hn'^1 
farm rai.sed. I’rices reasuiiablc. FRANK MEAD, Antonio. N. T. 
COLLIE FEMALE 
fifteen montlisold; registered; 810. Also puppies. 
\V. GOIIFKEV - Java Center, N.Y. 
Mr. Farmer and Poultry man:— 
What is your annual loss on wheat, corn, chicks and 
other produce, due to rats, skunks, etc.? One TERRIER 
BITCH WILL COST YOU $15 TO $M, depending on age, ped¬ 
igree and points. She will also raise and train six to 
eighteen pnppiesa year, bringing you$15 to $50 e,ach. 
Before purchasing write Ailstouo Ktonrio, Bound Brook, .N. J 
AIREDALE TERRIERS 
POULTRYMAN, 
-^SSWATCri 
iidren* 
ABSOLUTELY FEARLESS (u8od b> ’ Alik .jj in tronchca). faithful* highly inCeUigvnt, a 
**one man'* dog. HIGHLY PROFITABLE* good bitch carn.*$ upward $200 yearly, pupa 
oaaily roared, readily oold. Puppies, grown doga, bitchoH, from FINEST AIREDALE 
BLOOD IN WORLD, podigroed, regfst< . 
smith, magnincent* imported son oi inU 
fee $lo; express bitches to Weston, N. J 
tlon gu 
VIBE 
uurantccd. 
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looWot. 
ifstered.•certified. AT STUD, Havelock Gold- 
internationaily fanioua Ch. Crompton Oorang» 
Safe delivery, honorable dealing, eatlsfac* 
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