THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NOVEMBER 10, 
1917 
FARM TOPICS 
Setting Ready for Wheat.1287, 1288 
Sweet Clover on Stump Land.1288 
Storing Fruits and Vegetables.1288 
Motor Trucks Help Save Potato Crop.1289 
Winter Seeding oi Alfalfa. 1289 
Fertilizing Value of Cornstalks.1289 
Harvesting Sunflowers ..'.1291 
Sunflowers in Corn.;.1291 
Crops and Farm News.1293 
^ops and Farm Notes.1294 
Coming Fanners' Meetings. 1294 
Hope Farm Notes.1296, 1307 
Rich Soil on the Seaboard.1297 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Milk Situation.1299 
The Rabbit Business.1291 
Thoroughbred and Purebred.....'.1302 
Waste in Milk Cans... 1302 
Feeding Alfalfa to Hogs.1302 
Dairying or Beef.1302 
A Fine Duroo Jersey.1302 
Cow-testing Associations .1302 
Sore Necks and Shoulders—Part II.1304 
Dairy Ration .1306 
Silage and Soiling for Ten Cows.1306 
Barley for Hogs and Horse.1306 
Milking Method; Fattening Cow.1306 
Frosted Kaflr Corn.1306 
THE HENYARD 
Birds Are Injuring Apples.1289 
Poultry Going Light; Brewers’ Grains.1304 
Roup .1304 
The Topknot of the Houdan.1306 
Itnproving a Hothouse.1309 
AiRng Cltlcks.1309 
Eggs with Blood Spots,.1309 
HORTICULTURE 
Birds Are Injuring Ai»p’.es.1289 
A Story of Misfit Trees....,.1297 
Notes from a Maryland Farm. 1297 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day..1300 
Been in Now York Shops.1300 
The Rural Patterns.1300 
Carrot Salad: Boiled Apple Dumpling.1300 
Buet for Shortening.1300 
A Tennessee Camp Meeting.1301 
Embroidery Designs .1301 
Bubstantial Irish Potato Soups—Part II ^ 1301 
Oatmeal Broad .1301 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Does College Help Financially.1288 
The Food Value of Beer.1288 
Wooden Pipes for Carrying Water.1289 
Boston Markets. 1290 
Auxiliary Water Supply. 1291 
Notes from Department of Foods and Mar¬ 
kets .1292 
The Food Commission.1299 
Events of the Week.1308 
Publisher’s Desk .1310 
AILING ANIMALS 
Age of Heifer 
I sold last November 20 u heifer that 
v/as calved on November 2, 1914. There 
was no mistake about her age or breed¬ 
ing. The buyer showed her at a local 
Fair, and the judge declared she had a full 
mouth and was not less than four years 
old. I have no reason to believe that 
another animal was substituted in her 
place, and I would like to ask if it were 
possible for an animal of her age to have 
a full mouth. A. H. P. 
New Yoi’k. 
You do not tell us in what month the 
heifer was shown. If she was shown in 
August, 1917, she might have a full 
mouth of eight incisor teeth, but the 
corner teeth would not be up and in wear. 
In other words, it is quite possible for a 
heifer to have a full mouth and yet not 
be quite four years old. A. S. A. 
Rupture 
We have a Spring colt four months old 
that has a rupture as large as a hen’s 
egg. It did not show i ch when foaled. 
Would you advise an operation or let it 
alone? S. M. B. 
Pennsylvania. 
I’lie tendency is for such small rup¬ 
tures gradually to disappear without 
treatment as the colt grows. If this does 
not occur have a graduate veterinar’an 
operate. Applying tincture of iodine two 
or three times a week may hasten re¬ 
covery. A. B. A. 
Colt Founder 
I have a mare which has a colt three 
months old. When the colt was two days 
old the mare was taken w’th laminitis. 
The veterinarian prescribed soaking her 
feet in hot water, which I did for about 
a week, then he said use cold water, as 
much as I could, which was from one-half 
hour to three hoir-s per day. She seemed 
to get better of her lameness for a time, 
but is vei’y lame yet. and stands with her 
fore feet well forward and rocks back on 
the heel of her foot. The mare has 
grown very poor, and seems very weak, 
although she eats hay and grain well. 
The colt is doing well and eats hay and 
grain. Do you think there is any help 
for her lameness? What is the best treat¬ 
ment for her? She has on bar shoes for¬ 
ward, which the doctor ordered. Would 
she he better without them? Her feet 
have showed no signs of gi’owing out of 
shape. L. D. B. 
New York. 
Absorption of morbid matters from the 
uterus cauise the attack of laminitis 
founder and this organ, therefore, should 
have been perfectly cleansed and dis¬ 
infected at the outset of the attack. It 
is unlikely that the mare will fully re¬ 
cover and she should not again be bred. 
Clip the hair from the hoof-heads of both 
fore feet and blister them, one at a time, 
with a mixture of two drams of biniodide 
of i^rejyy^v and powdered cantharides 
and tfii’ee''ounces of lead. Repeat the 
blister at intervals of two weeks. Give 
one dram of iodide of potash twice daily 
in water for five consecutive days a week 
for two weeks. T,et the shoes stay on. 
A. 8. A. 
Warts 
What can I do to take warts off a 
cow’s teats? She will be fresh in De¬ 
cember, J. 8, 
Michigan. 
Such warts disappear in time if castor 
oil is rubbed in once or twice daily. Warts 
that have narrow necks may be snipped 
off with scissors, a few at a time. Rub 
very lightly with a tumor caustic pencil, 
twice a week, if any wart starts growing 
again. A. 8. A. 
Pitch Mange 
I have a hunch of small pigs (1.3) six 
weeks old. About half of them are cov¬ 
ered with scabby sores, mostly on the 
abdomen and between the legs. Some 
have them in their ears also; these are 
running sores, but on the other parts 
they are just dry sores, about one-quarter 
inch across. I have dipped them several 
t’mes; this seems to help some. These 
pigs have free range and are being fed 
milk, shipstuff, linseed meal and some 
condition powder. Can you tell me the 
cause of these sores and a quick cure? 
Virginia, H, P. 
Wet and filth iu the beds and pens, or 
infection from wallowing in filth, mud or 
stagnant water are the common causes of 
this skin trouble, and such causes must 
be absolutely removed, else treatment will 
fail. Dipping is the correct treatment, 
then apply flowers of sulphur freely. 
White pigs sometimes get somewliut sim¬ 
ilar sores from pasturing rank, wet rape 
and then scalding in the sun. W<; might 
add that you should stop giving condition 
powder, which may be doing more liarm 
than good. A. .8. a. 
Heaves 
Will you give a remedy for heaves in 
horses? I have an old marc that has it 
l)adly, and I would like to know if there 
i.s any help for her. Corn i's too dear to 
feed a horse that is worth almost nothing. 
Delaware. W. J. R. 
Allow the mare to live on grass while 
it lasts, and iu Winter feed wet oat straw 
or oat bundles iu preference to hay. Oats, 
bran, roots or silage and bright corn fod¬ 
der also are suitable for a heavey horse. 
Keep the bowels active. As the mare is 
up in years you should have her teeth 
attended to by a veterinarian. If the 
mare has to work hard do not feed her 
any bulky roughage at noon ami do not 
work her soon after a meal. If feed and 
change in management do not suffice, gwe 
a tablespoonful of Fowler’s solution of 
arsenic night and morning until no longer 
needed, then gradually discoutinue the 
medicine, or a proprietory heave remedy 
might give good results. A. 8. A, 
Growth on Cow 
My cow has developed a kind of ex¬ 
crescence on her he.nd over eye; seems to 
he growing out or protuding. and she is 
try'ng to rub it off. It is hard, rather 
fleshy and size of little finger. Can you 
tell me what it is. if injurious and what 
T can do to cure it? n. s. A. 
Connecticut. 
From your description we should judge 
that a wart is present, and the best treat¬ 
ment would be to have it cut out by a 
qualified veterinarian. If you cannot 
have that done tie a fine cord very t'ghtly 
around its base, or apply a few small 
rubber bands. If you mean that it in¬ 
volves the eye that is a serious matter, 
the growth being cancerous, known as 
hingus hematodes and practically incur¬ 
able when established. Write again if 
we have misunderstood the character of 
the growth in question. A. 8. A. 
Heaves Suspected 
I am having trouble with my horses. 
They act as though run down: f^eir eyes 
swell up and run; they cough amibrcathe 
hard, and run at the nose, discharging 
a thick, white mattery substance that 
smells badly at times. They act st’ff 
and stumble quite a lot and have no life 
at all; will eat all that is put jn front 
of them. Could you give me any informa¬ 
tion as to wliat ails them and what to do 
for it? B. A. H. 
New York. 
You w’ll have to employ a <|ualifled 
veterinarian to examine your horses and 
prescribe, as they certainly are in bad 
condition. We suspect that heaves is the 
chief ailment present, and it is incurable 
when established. The fact that the usual 
discharge has a ba^J-^odor suggests, ’how¬ 
ever, the possibility of a diseased molar 
tooth in the upper jaw, and that may 
necessitate the operation of trephining 
for its removal. Glanders, too, is a pos¬ 
sibility, and that disease is malignant, 
iDCurable and necessitates the destruc¬ 
tion of the burse in accordance with State 
law. Under the circumstances we can only 
advise you to ti’eat the horses for heaves 
according to directions often given in 
these columns or with a proprietory heave 
remedy, which may gi-eatly alleviate the 
distress. A. 8. A. 
Preventing Drooling in Dog 
Can anything be given a dog to prevent 
drooling? o. t. w. 
Maine. 
r.ook to the teeth. They may be dis¬ 
eased (pyorrhea) or have tartar concre¬ 
tions inflaming the gums. If so have the 
teeth cleansed and then .swab with lavoris 
twice daily. The cause of drooFng should, 
if possible, be determined and removed. 
Wa.sh the mouth twice daily with a solu¬ 
tion of one tablespoonful of borax to the 
(|uart of soft water if no cause can be 
found. If that does not avail, try a simi¬ 
lar solution of alum. A. s. a. 
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FGurm Help Wanted 
WANTED—Reliable man ou Jersey dairy farm 
December Ist; temperate, good milker and 
teamster and kind with stock: give experience 
and wages expected, with good home, room, 
board and washing. NO. 258<l, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
PARMER—Reliable, practical farmer, who un¬ 
derstands crops thiit are grown on a dairy 
farm; state salary expci.-ted. L. T. IIALLOEK, 
Clayton, N. J. 
ORCHARD SUPERINTENDENT—Wanted prac¬ 
tical, experienced, married horticulturist, who 
has managed large apple orchards. College 
trained preferred. None but men of large busi¬ 
ness capacity with unquestionable references 
need apply. Good and permanent opportunity 
to right man. Address NO. 2623, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Good milker and all around worker, 
small herd of Jerseys. Single; good habits; 
$40 mouth and hoard. CRESTMONT FARM, 
Stevenson, Md. 
WANTED—Boy or man to help with mechanical 
milker, dairy and farming. Experience un¬ 
necessary. Advnncemeut. BOX 600, New Lon¬ 
don, Conn. 
F.ARMEU WANTED—-Experienced farm worker 
to live on the place, .$30 a month and board. 
Steady employment. HIGHLAND FARMS, 
Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y. 
WANTED AT ONCE—Single man for milk wagon 
and general dairy work. Must be clean. Good 
education, no boozer or tobacco fiend. Could 
use married man without children; wife to do 
house work; must bo able to start in on or be¬ 
fore December 1st. T. W. KISOR, Monesseu, Pa, 
FARMER WANTED—Working farmer and wife 
to live on place and board two or three of the 
help. Salary $40 monthly, goo<l house etc. Ad¬ 
dress HIGHLAND FARMS. Chatham. Columbia 
Co., N. Y., giving particulars, including refer¬ 
ences, size of family, etc. 
TENANT WANTED—For farm on shares. An 
unusual offer will be made to the proper man. 
Pure bred Holsteins and pedigree seed potatoes. 
Only a man of the very liest qualifications con¬ 
sidered. H. B. SWEET, 17 Clarendon Building, 
Utica, N. Y. 
SINGLE YOUNG MAN to work on a large com¬ 
mercial poultry farm, excellent opportunity 
for experience, congenial surroundings, good 
board and wages. Address WHEATFIELD 
FARMS, Poultry Dept., LaSalle, N. Y. 
WANTED AT ONCE—Married man on email 
dairy farm. BOX 87, Salem, N. Y, 
Situations Wanted 
OPEN for engageuient from Nov. Ist to April 
Ist in Florida; twenty years experience in 
marketing fruit and produce; competent to 
manage large acreage. L. A. Page, Palmyra, 
N. J. 
A SUCCESSFUL FAR.M SUl’ERI.NTENDENT— 
Now open for engagement, married, small 
family, best of referenees, expert farmer, dairy¬ 
man, gardener, two positions in last 17 years. 
In answering give full i)nrtienlurs, wages paid, 
etc. Address NO. 2624, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
SINGLE MAN—(33) Practical experience in all 
lines of farming wants to connect with pro¬ 
gressive young married farmer who can furnish 
stock and tools. Advertiser ean furnish small 
farm or work with other party on salary and 
percentage basis. Give full particulars. Address 
NO. 2626, care Rural New-Yorker. 
wanted POSITION as manager or superin¬ 
tendent of farm or estate by January 1st., 
1918. by young married man, understanding all 
phases of farm ami estate work, modern ma¬ 
chinery, engines, sanitary and certified milk 
conditions, agrb-ultural college training, 10 years 
in present position. NO. 2620, care Rural New- 
Y orker. 
EXPERIENCED, energetic and ambitious poul- 
tryman is open for a poultry position Decem¬ 
ber 1st. Has been making poultry pay good up 
to present *NO. 2619, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM OR ESTATE MANAGER—Just resigned 
from large proiwsition. Get results all de¬ 
partments, both scientillc and practical; Ameri¬ 
can, 40, married, exp»;rt dairyman, etc. Ex¬ 
cellent references. MANAGER, P. 6». t}ox r>l, 
Brookl.vn. N. V. 
AN EXPERIENCED FAR.MER wauls to gi t hi 
touch with farm owner who wants to develop 
commercial fanii. Would arrange salary on 
basis of per centag«! of profits, with privilege 
of investing in the business. NO, 2618, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as superintendent of Iarg« 
farm or estate; married; American; references; 
practical and scientific training; accept nothing 
but a high-class position. Address BOX NO. 
302, .Mt. Klsco, N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as chunffeur or gardener or. 
private estate, American, 37, married, one 
child, best references. WILFRED TOTTEN, 
65 Spring St., Ossining, N. Y. 
FARM SUPERINTENDENT with a practical 
working experience of t»venty-flve years with 
rotation of crops.breeding Jersey and Guernsey 
cattle, profitable poultry raising, production of 
certified milk, la open for engagement.' Beat of 
references—no bcoze or cigarettes. NO. 2617, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
AN EDUCATED WOMAN wishes a position as 
housekeeper. NO. 2614, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
YOUNG MAN—82. neat, reliable, ambitious, 
wishes position on poultry farm. Good home 
preferred to high wages. Little experience. 
BENJAMIN FINE 182 Chester St., Brooklyn. 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as farm manager, life ex¬ 
perience, two years training, age 80. Would 
consider good herdsman position. NO. 2604 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
TO RENT, or run on shares, with the privilege of 
buying dairy farm. to 100 acres tillable 
land. NO. 2560. care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To rent with option of buying, 
farm between Oatsklll and Cairo. House at 
least 8 rooms or more. NO. 2625, oaro Burnt 
New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To rent good farm, by first-class 
educated farmer, on shares or cash rent. NO. 
2611, care Rural New-Yorker. 
TO RENT—100 acres potato land, averaging 
over 200 bushels per acre, during past five 
years, to rent, on sliare.s also 00 acres. Partic¬ 
ulars, “ADVERTISER,” Selden, Long Island. 
FOR SALE—On account of death iny farm of 
50 acres, stock, crops aud tools, $2,500. AIs** 
91 acre farm, .$2,000; half down. For further 
jiarticulars write W. A. CANFIELD, R.D. 2 
Barton, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—^900 acres wood land: 70 miles from 
New York City; 1 mile from R.R.; 80 to 4<'l 
years growtii wood. This tract said to be un 
derlald with great quantity iron ore. Enquire 
of O. G. BRIAN, Dykemans, N. T. 
VALUABLE FARM FOR SAL13—Ripe for build- 
Ing purposes; Investors take notice, .\ddres* 
BOX :i83, Haddon Heights, N. J. 
FOR SALE, or farm on sliares; 60 acres; fruit 
and poultry. Equipped, good condition, bnsi 
ness established. Northern New York. No 
salary. NO. 2621. care Rural New-Yorker. 
NICE village, Columbia County farm; good «ol’ 
and good buildings; owner. NO. 2615, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR S.VLE—Fine dairy farm; 150 acres; 44 
acres river fiat land, very fertile; sltmitod Ir. 
Delaware County, New York; 1% miles from 
village; large 8-rooni house: good condition; run¬ 
ning hot and cold water; tennte house. 2 barns, 
2 silos. For particulars, write NO. 2616, caw 
Rural New-Yorker. 
BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA HOME-On lake, orango 
grove, other fruit, etc., over thirty acres, 
modern conveniences, possession as soon as .de¬ 
sired, only .$6(X)0.00 cash for quick sale. LOOK 
BOX 122, Fniifland Park, Florida. 
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100 ACRE FARM—Ail stocked, 4 miles from 
village. FRANK POWELL, Woodstock, Vt, 
I WILL LEASE OR BUY, comfortable Iiouse In 
village; wltli snillcieut grounds for youngstora 
to romp. NO. 2618, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Farm about 100 acre.s, five miles 
from Albany; State road, running xvater and 
electric light. Inquire of FRED S. BLESSING. 
Slingerlands, N. Y. 
FARM FOR SALE—25 acres good loam with 
clay subsoil, near station. J. F. WESTCOTT, 
Elmer, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Four acre farm at Hempstead. Six 
room house with batli; poultry buildings and 
fruit. NO. 2575, care Rural New-Y’orker. 
Miscellaneous 
APPLE RU'FI'EU fresh from Waterlea Farm, 
in one-pound boxes; two pounds 40c, 10 pounds 
$1.75. Also pure apple jelly in 7-ounce glasses, 
four for 50c, $1.25 a dozen, postpaid. A. N, 
BILLINGS. Westboro, Muss. 
WANTED—Spraying outfit sufilcent for 15 acre 
orchard, power preferred. Also any other 
orchard Implements. CH.VS. WAGNKll, South 
Wilton, Conn. 
WANTED—Hay by tlie oar. Quality, price 
quoted to Dante, Va. N. D. R.\SNICK, Dante. 
Virginia. 
FOR S.M.E—Canning outfit for community can¬ 
ning or large farm. Price $400. Sold to 
make room for larger outfit. Would exchange 
for gas engine or tractor. NO. 2622, car«* 
Rtira! New-Yorker. 
W.'VNTED—Second-hand large horse stump puller. 
also drag saw. First-class condition only. O, 
SMITH, Locust Valley, N. Y. 
FOR SAl.E—Sliarples Tubular Separator No. 4 
In good running order. RAI.P BEADLE, 
Le Roy, N. Y’. 
WANTED—8-20 h. kerosene oil engine. WM. 
ANDERSON, Jamestown, R. I. 
FOR S.VLE—One No. 5 Close-to-Nature Oat 
Sprouter, with seven trays, $10; and the fol 
lowing Cyphers Co. incubators: one 240-egg, $1.5; 
one 144-egg, $10; two 70-egg, $7.50 eacli; also 
one Sears & Roebuck 200-chick brooder, $5. Alt 
the above in good sliape. Address: O. II. OOX. 
Route 8, Syracuse, N. Y. 
WANTED—Best quality Alfalfa Hay. CLARE 
GREGORY, Mt. Vision, N. Y. 
WANTED—Car cheap Clover Hay or other stock 
liay for dry cows, also car Oat Straw. JOHN 
OTTO, Ho, Deerfield, Mass. 
