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Oie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 1»17 
MERIDALE 
JERSEYS 
S T. Lamberts for stamina! 
Our foundation herd was 
strictly St Lambert blood, and 
we hav^e been breeding them 
continuously for thirty years. 
Our high regard for the family 
comes from close observation 
of their work for over a quarter 
of a century m the cold business 
of making dairying pay. 
You will find St. Lambert 
blood in the pedigree of practi¬ 
cally every high record cow 
of the breed. Could there be 
stronger proof of its “breeding- 
on” qualities? 
The strain was line-bred in 
its early days, and the pro¬ 
nounced characteristics of size, 
longevity and productiveness 
were firmly fixed then. Where 
line-breeding has been judici¬ 
ously pursued, you will find the 
same outstanding character¬ 
istics today. 
Twenty 
St. Lambert Heifers 
We have peculiar satisfaction in being 
able to offer from the Meridale Herd twenty 
St. I.ambert Heifers. They are yearlings, 
well grown, well developed, and with all the 
robust stamina and constitutional vigor 
which are rightly recognized as the St. 
Lambert inheritance, and as much more as 
comes from Itirth and growth in the high al¬ 
titude of Meridale Farms. 
If younger than yearlings arc desired, we 
may be able to arrange substitutions to 
please the buyer. Again, it is possible a few 
cows might also be included if a car-load lot 
were desired. 
The breeder or dairyman who aims at 
maximum production under practical con¬ 
ditions will find this ap exceptional oppor¬ 
tunity. Thirty years of breeding experience 
stand back of our recommendation. 
Full particulars on request. Better still, 
come to Meridale Farms and see them for 
yourself. You will be welcome whether or 
not you decide to purchase. 
AYER & McKINNEY 
300 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
The Story of a Day’s Work 
Do^s and Sheep Killing 
When traveling a crooked road j’on al¬ 
ways wonder what is around the bend. 
Unless yon are pushed the jaunt is more 
pleasant than a monotonous straight 
journey. The business man drives on a 
straight road, and can generally predicate 
his occupation to a ccrta'nty as he goes 
to his desk, counter or factory, and there 
is .a sameness from day to day. The 
farmer and stockman drives on a ro.ad of 
turns and twists, has pleasure in antici¬ 
pation of change of work and plans. The 
work he lays out may be changed by 
weather, circumstances or some plan he 
tlrnks bettor, and he generally falls into 
it and all runs .smoothly, but once in 
awhile it gives him trouble. Every even¬ 
ing the writer reviews the work of the 
day. mostly with pleasure, but the hap- 
the lives of the nicest animals, and the 
dog .sentiraentali.sts came in for the loath¬ 
ing they merit. 
I want to suggest something to them. 
Everywhere is polluted with prowling, 
hungry curs, and they should show their 
faith by their works—they should feed 
them. I can give them a sure method 
of getting it to tljein. Lot them drag 
some spoiled meat or carrion around a 
lot or field and drop their bounty on the 
trail. T read of a Texan who did that, 
only he had a capsule of strychnine in 
each chunk. 
We have laws of some merit in each 
State, and must see that they are en¬ 
forced to help against hydrophobiii, the 
slaughter of innocents and thievery, and 
the balance depends principally on our¬ 
selves, There are many ways to lower 
the rflethora of the dog census, and all 
In Great Britain Women are Taking the Place of Men in Farm Work. The Picture Shows two English 
Women Milking 
jK'nings of this one .are Imrrowing, and 
I write them to provoke thought and in¬ 
cite i)lans in the minds of readers, be¬ 
cause it is necessary for the welfare of 
themselves .and everyone. 
At early dawn we were tiwakened by 
the “music” of a i)air of hounds, and jit 
once thought of the sheep, and then heard 
them running. The ’phone tumbled three 
ne'ghbors" out of their beds and they were 
on the ground in 10 minutes. We got 
the dog.s. Incidentally I will state that 
it was a small undertaking, becau.se the 
brutes had eaten .somettilng that did not 
agree W'ith them immediately when coming 
into the field and after mutilating four 
.sheep h.ad abandoned the flock to moditjitc 
on their per.sonal, internal di.ssatisfac- 
t’on. They were the same outlaws that 
tore up a nice lamb a fortnight ago, and 
as several flocks across town have been 
raided in the interval they were in good 
training for complete destruction, if sick¬ 
ness had not overt.aken them. 
We did not enjoy our breakfiist. nor 
the cl'pplng and anointing of the victim.s. 
There is nothing that will take all the 
conceit out of a .sheepman like a dog, nor 
bring such sorrow, nor break the heart 
of the family, except a death in the 
house. The man who keeps sheep, with 
their gentle nature and dependence, is 
made a gentleman, and their mut'lation 
fixes him so he could kill a dog as b:g as 
a cow with his bare hands. I surely bc- 
I'eve the Bible story of David with the 
lion and the bear. There is a lot of re- 
.servo force in the man who fights for the 
helple.ss. 
A variety of thoughts came today 
while we picked ajiples and made trips 
to see the victims and try to re.store the 
terrorized. Now we have a bunch of 90 
that will flee at the fall of a leaf and four 
that will take any amount of care, if they 
live, and will be miserable. We thought of 
man’s dog idolatry; how many of them 
expected more license for their vile curs 
than is granted to all other animals; of 
officials who are to blame for the prona- 
gation of .so many; nieu who craved the 
votes of the meanest humans and ignored 
good folks can adopt some of them. TiOok 
at it this way. A man buys his fields, 
fences and enr'ches them and puts nice, 
useful animals in them. Now suppose a 
neighbor, or some fellow in town without 
the fear of fftHl in his heart, keeps bears 
or Avolves and only occasionally lets them 
loose to ravage. This would not be as 
bad as the dog nuisance. Wild animals 
kni and eat, but dogs destroy until 
sto])ped. No sheep-killer ever has more 
gore in his stomach than he swallowed to 
keep him from choking. 
This is our fourth trial. First, it was 
seven, then one. 57, and now four, always 
with depreciath)n by terror. Tens of 
thousands have had .similar, ^fany are 
beginning the industry and will get their 
share, and it is the duty of every one, 
not only of the sheep owner, but every 
person who wears woolens or oats meat, 
to take hold and stop it., 
Ohio. w. w. It. 
, Breachy Horse 
In answer to the inquiry on page 
niO, regarding a cure for this habit, I 
wish to say that when a horse has once 
learned to junq) a fence, there is no 
means by which that information can be 
taken away, and the best preventive is 
to make the pasture fence so high and 
tight and strong that he can neither 
jump over it, crawl through it nor break 
it down. It does not matter what kind 
of a restraining device is used, he will 
jump again just as soon as the device is 
removed, and more than th's, he will 
soon learn either to jump with it on, or 
to break the fence. Th blinder arrange¬ 
ments sugge.sted will prevent jumping for 
a few days, but a horse will .soon learn 
to carry his head in such a manner and 
to turn his eyes in such a direction as 
to enable him to see well enough to 
break out of an unde.sirable pasture, and 
he will do it, too. Moreover, he wdll 
soon develop the habit of carrying his 
head in such an ungainly manner as to 
knock a good many dollars from his 
value. Don’t trv it unle.ss you whs’i to 
make an old plug of your iiorso. If a 
horse has a well-developed habit of 
jumning the fence, or otherwise breaking 
out of the pasture, better keep him in the 
barn until a fence can be built that wdll 
be proof against his strength, ingenuity 
and agility.' ; . • .'''J • c. o. o. 
