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Tshc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
We did not have to go to town for lime, wait 
for it to alack or strain it. We just mixed the 
Carbola with cold water. In less than five min¬ 
utes it was ready—and it went through the spray¬ 
er without any clogging. It went on fine with the 
brush too. The next day it rains we will use what 
is left to paint the chicken bouses and cellars." 
Carbola keep*—doenn’t apoil byetanding, Makeyoor 
atable sanitary and bright, clean and attractive with 
A FINELY POWDERED mineral pigment combined wjth 
• jfermicide 20 time* iitropsr«r than carbolic acid. Mot 
p(nsoDous or caustic* Used by thousands of farmors. 
Dries out a Pure White 
Will not blister, flake or peel.. No r^or to Uint milk. 
Kills infectious disaase arerma, lice, roitea. flye«a:»#®tc. 
10 lbs. (10 gals.), Sl.OO and postage. 
20 lb*. (20 gal*.), »2.0p delivered. 
50 lbs. (50 gals.), 54.00 delivered. 
Trial package, that cover* 250 sgaare feet, end deecrip- 
tire booklet for 25c postpaid. 
Gtt eome from your dealer, , If none, eend your 
order direct untM his tuime. 
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The Farm-raised Colt 
Mr. Frank W. Browning of Norwich, 
Conn., sendft us thi' picture shown ou thi.s 
page. Mr. Browning sa.vs that a.s The 
Rukax, NEW-yoKKf:R has advised pi^ople to 
rai.se their own colts he wants to show 
something of his own work in that line. 
This colt was three weeks old when 
the picture was taken, and if the colt is 
father of the horse there is a fine big ani¬ 
mal coming in the future on that farm. 
There was a time when you could give 
general advice about rai.sing colts, and 
advise farmers to raise them without 
much qualificatiou. That time has now 
gone by because onl.v the better class of 
horses can ever pay iu the future. The 
autos, the tractors and trucks are coming 
rapidly, and will soon monopolize a good 
share of farm labor and ideasure. There 
will always, however, he a place for the 
right kind of a horse, although in the 
future there will be less opportunity than 
ever before to dispose of the chunks and 
misfits. Sui'ely with the present price of 
a good car few people avouM think of in¬ 
ing of individuals which are strong in 
constitution and in digestive power, and 
carrying in their veins the blood of ani¬ 
mals who in turn are of good conforma¬ 
tion and producing powers. Environment 
after birth will, of course, ruin even the 
best-bred individuals, yet they will be 
more able to withstand an adverse envi¬ 
ronment than the weaker individuals. 
When a breeder is raising his calves for 
his own use. he pays particular attention 
to the care of the cows while in calf, see¬ 
ing to the control of harmful influences 
which might predispose the heifer calves 
to troubles at time of birth or later on 
in life. MTien heifer calves are dropped 
just to freshen the cow, as a rule, not as 
much care is given to the cow or to the 
calf. It is hardly neces.sary to say more 
about the heritage of the calf. Probably 
no .subject has received more attention in 
the press and from dairymen than this 
particular one. 
Dairymen should, in many instances, 
give more and better care to calves upon 
arrival. The one big thing the writer 
T/ie Cow Knowi-but SHE can't talk. Aik the Dealer, 
|x let your cows suffer from 
If I 111 I the torture of flies When 
* their energy is used to 
switch the flies from their backs they 
cannot give the maximum amount of 
milk. It makes tliem irritated and run 
down. Use 
SO-BOS-SO KILFLY 
-—a sure and effective preventive 
against fly torture. A boon to the 
cows and a banc to troublesome milkin^^. Spray with 
SO-BOS-SO KILFLY twice a day to keep the flics 
away. Will not blister the skin nor j-um the hair. 
Has been the farmer’s friend for more than 17 years. 
Used all over U. S. and in many foreijrn countries. 
Tried and proven. Sold in gallon 
cans—enough for 200 cows or for 
one cow 100 days. Your dealer will 
sell you SO-BOS-SO KILFLY. Send 
for descriptive circular. 
Why 
Unicorn 
Is Best 
Unicorn contains only ingredients 
recommended by Cornell College and 
nothing else. The present Cornell 
Ration is calculated to test 74.9 lbs. 
total nutrients. 
Unicorn officially tests 82.3 lbs. and 
so contains 10% more food, showing 
we give good measure and save you 
10% on the cost of feed. There Is no 
other feed made that tests so high. 
Why not use the best—Write for free 
Cow Testers’ Manual. Ask your 
dealer or write us. 
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FARMERS NOf’A 'poison 
POWERFUL 
DISINFECTANT 
It powtrfQl protoctloo agalcst 
abortion, Solera, pneumonia and scours. 
Ten times stronger than carbolic, yet not 
a i)o{9on. Oontalns no acid, coal tar or 
caustic. Safe to use. Cheajver because it 
jroes farther* UHed by leading breeders of 
hlfrh-Rra<le cattle. Awarded Gold Medal 
at Pan. Par, Expo. Send ff»r Buliot'n H 
on <‘Di«lnfectiuic,*' and Trial Offer, tto to 
your druff^st or general store. De.uers 
wanted in every town. 
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2723 So. Dickinson Street 
Molly Browning and Colt Three Weeks Old 
vesting iu a poor aud slow road horse. 
While ou uiauy farms the tractors will 
step iu aud do a large share of the -work, 
there will always be places where big. 
etroug auimals are needed, aud tliis is the 
type of horse that farmers should try to 
produce. The day has gone by when any¬ 
one can safely advise a farmer to raise 
the small chunks and mongrels which 
were hard enough to sell even when 
horses were scarce. You can hai'dly give 
them away iu these times, but a fine big 
gray Percheron or one of the other draft 
breeds will aways find sale -at a good fig¬ 
ure. Ou many a farm the colt will pay. 
Raising the Heifer Calf 
The crisis through which we are pass¬ 
ing has pressed home many of the weak¬ 
nesses of our present-day agriculture. We 
have come to realize more forcibly that 
iu the slaughter of heifer calves, a great 
liotential factor entering into production 
of food materials has been eliminated. 
True, many of the heifers should not be 
raised because of iuetlicieut ancestry, 
which only opens up the glaring weak¬ 
ness of the prevalence of many inferior 
sires and dams. 
Certain dairymen in particular sections 
are iu such a position that they are com¬ 
pelled to buy mature cows and sell their 
calves; this should he overbalanced by a 
much larger number of dairymen in the 
better pasture sections of the State who 
are raising their calves. 
A constructive system of breeding aud 
a high grade of dairy stock oau hardly 
be realized when little attention is paid 
to the raising of the calves. 
■\Mien a mau buys a calf or a cow for 
his herd for milk production, he begins 
when the development of a dairy cow is 
more than half done, and the part which 
he plays is dependent entiridy upon the 
part Avhieh has already been done. If all 
the stock in the country was of good pro¬ 
ducing stuff it would not make so much 
difference, but as long as inferior bulls 
are kept and a dairyman buys his calves 
and COW’S there is chance for failure, no 
matter w’hat care is given the calf. Good 
cattle are the result of the judicious inat- 
wouhl like to lay stress upon is the im¬ 
portance of having a good, clean, light 
jieii in which the cow' may calve. Too 
often no provision‘is made for this im¬ 
portant event. A cow should not calve in 
a dark, damp, poorly ventilated idace, be¬ 
cause the germs which cause scours lurk 
ill such places. A calf which develops 
white scours either dies or receives a seri¬ 
ous setback. If the damage stopped with 
one calf it Avould not he quite so serious, 
hut such a calf may be the sourc’e of in¬ 
fection of the whole stable aud the rest 
of the calves. 
It is a good jdau to sprjnkle plenty of 
air-slaked lime alioiit the floor of the stall, 
or disinfect with a two per cent solution 
of carbolic acid. 
While it is usually possible to provide 
for a well-lighted jien iu the main barn 
for a cow to calve iu, it is not always 
liossihle to jirovide a roomy, well lighted 
place for a number of calves. Where 
there are as many as 10 calves raised per 
year, a small building w’ith all the neces¬ 
sary conveniences for sunlight, feeding, 
etc., should be constructed either apart 
from the main barn or as an ell attached 
to the main barn. A gravel floor is pref¬ 
erable for such a building. Wood rots 
out very quickly under calves. 
At the time of birth aud for several 
days following, calves may develop white 
scours. This deadly disease persists about 
the calf pens. It may be prevented by 
disinfeel’tg and tying the navel at the 
time the calf is dropped. The disease is 
difficult to cure. 
When the calf i.s 30 to 4S hours old 
it slioidd be taken from the cow. If the 
cow lias any swelling in the udder it is 
well to let the calf to the cow’ when the 
milk is t\bput all draw’u, for by bunting 
and ma.ssaging the udder the swelling is 
reduced. 
There are several precautions W'nich 
should be observed in the feeding of the 
young calf. Brief mention will be made 
of these w’ith no attempt to discuss in 
detail. 
1. The calf should receive the milk of 
its mother for the first two w’eeks, if 
possibler-'A sinall -amount of skim-milk, 
.-Vugust 18, 1917. 
say, one pound per day, may be substi¬ 
tuted for one of whole milk when the calf 
is a w’eek old. The calf may w’ell be on 
a skim-milk diet at the end of 18 to 21 
days. 
2. Milk of even temperature should be 
fed, about 98 degrees Fahrenheit is right. 
3. Grain should not be fed with the 
milk, except possibly a small amount of 
linseed oil meal or dried blood. 
4. Feeding pails should be clean. 
5. Milk should be sw’eet. 
6. A calf should never be overfed. One 
can easily tell when this has happened, 
for the, calf w^ill usually come up and sip 
and probably will not drink much of the 
milk. 
Grain and hay should be provided for 
the three-weeks-old calf. Whole or 
ground oats, or ^ oats, % bran, ^ lin¬ 
seed oil meal, % cornmeal is a good 
grain mixture for a calf. Keep fresh 
grain before the calf and a fine quality of 
hay. Row’en is excellent. 
Calves should not be allowed to suck 
one another. Tie them up with ropes, or 
else put in stanchions. 
There are on the market several stock 
l)reparations called milk substitutes. 
These are supposed to take the place of 
milk entirely after the sixth or seventh 
day. Directions for using these come ou 
the bag. These .substitutes w’ill grow a 
calf, but it can hardly be said of them 
that they take the place of milk. They 
result iu a higher cost for growing the 
calf, because of the high price of the feed 
and extra labor involved. Calves raised 
ou .such substitutes never look as thrifty 
as one raised on milk. Mlhere one has 
milk it would not be advisable to use calf 
meals. If there is no milk, one has m> 
choice. 
Heifer calves should be kept grow’ing 
all the time. Calves in the Summer should 
be provided with a grass pasture with 
shade and some escape from the flies. 
Skim-milk might w'ell he continued up 
until the calf was five or six months nf 
age. 
A calf going into the Winter, six or 
eight mouths of age, should receive a 
good quality of hay, and some grain. 
Such a mixture as was suggested for the 
calf would be satisfactory, although oil 
meal might be omitted and the othi'r 
grains combined in equal proportions. A 
few pounds of silage might also be 
allowed. 
Most hill pastures are hardly good 
enough to push heifers along in good 
shape, hut the distance these pastures are 
from the barns usually precludes the 
feeding of any grain during the Summer, 
yet, most heifers would he the better for 
one to tw’o pounds of grain daily. 
As a yearling the heifer about to he 
bred should continue to receive grain. 
Most farmers make a mistake by trying 
to carry their heifers up to maturity on 
roughage alone. Many heifers come in 
undersized and always remain so, just 
because their grain allow’ance W’as stint¬ 
ed. In the Winter yearlings should re¬ 
ceive about three pounds of grain daily 
and all the hay and silage they w’ill eat, 
about 20 pounds of silage, and 15 to 20 
pounds of hay. The heifer should be bred 
at about 18 months of age, so as to drop 
the first calf at the age of tw’enty-seven 
to thirty months. E. E. QUAIFE. 
M assachusetts. 
Packing Butter for Winter 
Will you advise me how to pack butter 
for Winter use; also amount of salt to 
use? T. 
Massachusetts. 
Butter for Winter nse should be made 
of selected sweet cream, preferably pas¬ 
teurized, i. e., heated to 142-145 deg. F., 
and held there for a half hour, then 
cooled and churned. Chura so the butter 
comes in the granular foi’m. Wash thor¬ 
oughly and salt at rate of an ounce to a 
po’jnd. Pack the butter firmly in earth¬ 
enware‘Crocks, and sprinkle salt over the 
top, or just cover with a salt brine. Store 
iu a cool cellar until ready for use. 
IT. L. J. 
At a Scottish watering place Maepher- 
son was found stretched in a contented 
mood on the sands, puffing his old pipe. 
“Come on, Mac,” said his companion. 
“Let’s go for a sail.” “Na, na,” replied 
Maepherson. “I hae had a guid dinner 
at the cost o’ three and saxpense, an’ 
I’m takin’ no risks.”—Liverpool Post. - 
