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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 24, 1917 
MILK 
I ■ I 
and 
WAR TIME 
In these days of higrh prices for dairy products, 
the "poor milker’’ is more than ever a liabili^. 
But before you sell the cow that is not pro¬ 
ducing: well, try to improve her condition. Her 
milk value is much greater than her meat value. 
Most poor milkers are non-productive because 
of some defect of health, which can be quickly 
remedied by intelligent treatment. 
Kow-Kure is a m^icine that acts quickly on the 
organs of digestion and milk production. 
Its widely known tonic and curative quali¬ 
ties have made it the standard cow medi¬ 
cine for the prevention of disease and the 
treatment of Abortion, Barrenness, Retained 
Afterbirth, Scouring, Lost Appetite and 
Bunches. 
^ Give Kow-Kure a trial; it will do for 
you what it is doing for thousands of others. 
Feed dealers and druggists sell Kow-Kure; 
55c and $1.10 packages. Send for free 
treatise, "The Home Cow Doctor.” 
HOGS ADVANCE 
250 PER CENT 
Buyers at Chicago are paying as high 
as 20(* per pound for live hogs, the highest 
price in history. Compared with two years 
ago, this is an advance of 250%. The de¬ 
mand is strong and sure to continue. Here is the 
opportunity of a lifetime to secure big returns. 
Feed your pigs 
Relchard’s Digester Tankage 
and watch cm grow into dollars. This superior brand of tankage supplies the necessary mus- 
cle and bone-buiIding materials lacking in all grain feeds. It insures health, perfect digestion, 
quick and even development and makes big profits sure. You can’t afford to do without it. 
Ihe sensational Berkshire boar shown above—Majestic Mammoth 229500—weighed 407 lbs. 
at seven months of age. He was bred by Mr. C. H. Carter, West Chester, Pa., who regularly 
ted him Reichard s Digester Tankage. 
Write for samples of tankage, prices and interesting booklet, FREE. 
ROBERT A. REICHARD 15 W. Lawrence St., Allentown, Pa. 
C ALVES relish and thrive upon 
Blatchford's Calf Meal, the milk sub¬ 
stitute. They increase in size and weight 
rapidly; are healthy and vigorous, no indiges¬ 
tion-no scouring. 
Blatchford's 
Calf Meal 
should be used to push the calf forward to a grain diet. 
Tills important move is more essential now than ever. 
Write for Booklet 
■ ' Calves at the 
Smallest Cost." If you -aise any calves write for 
the booklet. It is mailed without cost. 
BlatchfordCallMe8l Com£an2tD«jit^MjJVsuike*anjJMI^ 
Only S2 Down 
One Year to PaylU^^ 
Buys the New Butter 
fly Jr. No. 2. Ligrbtrunnin^ 
easy cleaning, close skim* 
tning, durable. Guaranteed 
a lifetime. Skims 95 qnarta 
f )er hour. Hade also in nvo 
ararcr bizob up toNo.8 shown bora. 
Davq* FrPA Trial Earns tts own cost 
it saves in cream. Postal brin^ Proo cat* 
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Buy from the manufacturer and save monsy. 
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2171 Marshall Blvd. CHICAGO 
WELL WELL 
Own a maebine of your own. Cash or easy 
terms. Many styles and sizes for all purposes. 
Write for Circular 
WILLIAMS BROS., 432 W. State St.. Ithaca, N. T. 
DELIVERED 
Money refunded if not satisfactory 
THE MOORE BROS. OF ALBANY 
NEW YORK 
Bad Bog Spavin Cured— 
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IL F. Buddy Furniture Co., Independence, Kan., 
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ia*ei reseed successfully in ten races this year, 
winning money eight times. We have great faith in 
Save-The-Horse. ” 
SAYE»m>HORSE 
CTrade Mark, BakUtared) 
has 22 years of records on cases worse than this— 
stubborn, so-called incurable cases. It is guaran¬ 
teed by signeo contract to cure Ringbone, TTioro- 
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Tendon Ltisease—or money returned. Send at 
once for records, copy of guarantee and wonder¬ 
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diagnosh and treatment of lameness. Expert 
veterinarian advice on request. ALL FREE! 
Keep a bottle ready for that emergency. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO. 
24 State Street, Binghamton, N. Y. 
Druetisti everywhere tell Save-The-Herte with Signed 
Guarantee, er we tend it direct Ij Parcel Pest Prefaid, 
J With this wonderful new Llb- 
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' Each bowl controls own water 
’supply. Animal moves lever, 
^opening water valve, when it 
1 starts to drink. Lever 
[swings back closing valve 
when animal stops drinking. 
'No float tank rMuired. Bowls 
, 'may be put at different heights 
or in any stall or pen. Cannot 
overflow; cannot get out of order; 
almost no water left in bowl. Most 
sanitary bowl ever sold. Prevents spread of con¬ 
tagious diseases. Increased milk yield quickly 
jiays back cost. Saves labor; saves^RT 
feed. Write today. If interested in I—cJ 
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ask for General Catalog. Sent free. 
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1280 Marion St. Oshkosh, WIs. 
Sheep and Milk Notes 
Patriotic Sheep Meeting at Utica 
Past I. 
The sheep meeting held under the auspi¬ 
ces of the New York State Agricultural 
Society for the purpose of reviving the 
sheep husbandry in New Y’ork was well 
attended. The sheep show and exhibits 
were an educational feature of the meet¬ 
ing. The meeting was opened by an ad¬ 
dress of welcome by the mayor of the 
city, J. D. Smith. F. W. Sessions, presi¬ 
dent of the Agricultural Society, in re¬ 
sponding, said : "This meeting is only the 
forerunner of many more to come, the 
purpose of which will be to revive the 
sheep industry in New York." 
_ "Advisability and Possibility of Re¬ 
viving the Sheep Industry in New Y^ork" 
was the title of a timely address by Prof. 
Hopper of the Agricultural College, Cor¬ 
nell University. He first spoke of the 
large decline of the production of wool 
and mutton in the whole country. The--e 
are sections of rough land that'could be 
utilized for sheep pasture. Sheep could 
bo adapted to many farms without dis¬ 
placing to a great extent other crops and 
live stock. Small flocks on the rougher 
sections would reduce the labor item and 
substantially increase the income. There 
is now greater inducement for reviving 
the sheep industry, because of higher 
price for their products. A profit of 
per year per sheep is possible. 
Gov. AYhitman said the State is ready 
to help to build up a declining industry. 
There is now only one-tenth as many 
sheep as in 1840. The decline has con¬ 
tributed to the high cost of living. One 
reason why the flocks have left the coun¬ 
try is that other kinds of farming have 
been more profitable. Another has been 
destruction of flocks by dogs. In one 
year the loss wa.s over .$40,000. The new 
dog law .should afford jirotection fdr 
sheep. 
Prof. F. 11. Marshall of the Agricul¬ 
tural Department. Washington, spoke on 
rile "Prospects of Profit in Sheep Rai.s- 
ing.” He said after the most careful 
study of the prospects of success in the 
sheep industry it seems to be settled that 
good farming on most Eastern farms 
necessarily includes some sheep. The 
products of the sheep cannot again be¬ 
come so cheap as to become unprofitable. 
One reason is the large increase in popu¬ 
lation. The government now is using for 
army purposes more than is produced in 
this country. AYe must import a large 
part of the wool. Everything indicates 
that we can depend on good prices for 
many years. Sheep in the past did not 
pay so well partly because only wool 
sheep were kept. The kind of sheep that 
will pay best in the future is the wool 
aud mutton sheep. 
Prof. Charles S. Plumb of the Ohio 
State University, on "Breeds of Sheep,” 
said what we need more than anything 
el.se is community breeding, trying to de¬ 
velop a kind of animal suited to tlie 
local need. Breeds have been built up on 
the necessity of adaptation to the local¬ 
ity. Success is more easily worked out 
by studying characteristics of breeds. 
The Merino sheep is now less popular 
heoau.se it has been a wool sheep and not 
valuable as a mutton producer; the South¬ 
down is a mutton sheep of the highest 
class, hut it shears a light fleece. One of 
the great iiiveds is the Shrop.shii'C. It has 
been called the farmer’s sheep hecau.se 
it combines in the highest degree the qual¬ 
ities of mutton and wool sheep; the Ox¬ 
ford Down is a very large, strong sheep. 
It is valuable to cross on weaker breeds, 
as the Merino. The Hampshire is an¬ 
other of the large wool and mutton sheep. 
It is used in the production of hothouse 
lambs. Tho Dorset is an old popular 
breed. Both sexes have horns. The ewes 
often produce lambs twice a year. It is 
not a good wool sheep. The Suffolk is a 
black-faced mutton sheep. Leicester and 
Lincoln need only be mentioned as best 
suited to low lands. They are among the 
heaviest of the mutton sheep. The Cots- 
wold is known by having a lock of wool 
over the forehead. They are among the 
largest sheep. The Cheviots are dis¬ 
tinctly mountain sheep, aud are among 
the hardiest sheep in the world. The 
mutton is of the highest quality. It is a 
slow feeder. The Cheviots don’t flock 
well. 
"Relation of New York State Dog Law 
to the Sheep Industry” was discussed by 
lion. Charles AA'. Larmon, State Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. He said that 400 
claims for dog damage have been present¬ 
ed to date to the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture sinc-e July 1 that have averaged 
$100. It is estimated the aggregate for 
the year will be $70,000. "One man said 
that in 10 years his flock had been wiped 
out five times. The new dog law must 
dispose of 1.000 worthless curs in the 
State. The license fund should amount 
to over $60,000 this year—about enough 
to pay for damages we may expect, AA'c 
shall be able to pay such a price for flocks 
destroyed as to set the owners up again 
in the business. One provision we hope 
to enforce is that no dog should be allowed 
off the owner’s premises from sunset to 
sunrise. This should eliminate most of 
the damage to sheep by dogs. Owners 
will make an extra effort to know where 
their dogs are nights when most of the 
damage is done.” 
A. C. Bigelow spoke on "The AA'orld’s 
AA'ool Supply in its Relation to the Sheep 
Industry.” He said raw wool is going to 
play an important part in the economic 
condition of the world, both during and 
after the war—especially after the war. 
In the world’s supply of wool for years 
there has been a marked decline in pro¬ 
duction. The annual slaughter for mut¬ 
ton has been during the war very heavy, 
so the world is short of sheep, and of wool 
for manufacturing clothing. Because of 
the increase of price the manufacturers of 
cloth have introduced more cotton to he 
able to sell it for the same price, so we 
are all getting less wool in our clothing 
bought at the same price than in former 
years. _ The opinion of all experts who 
have given consideration to the economic 
situation is that the prices of wool will 
be maintained to a higher level for many 
years. The same is true of the mutton 
outlook. The sheep supply of the AYest- 
ern ranges is doomed, and its place must 
be taken by the small farm flock that util¬ 
ize waste lands.” w. n. J. 
Pork, 25c lb., dressed; beef, 10 to 14c, 
ive weight; veal, 14c, live; hens, 21c 
live. Cows, fresh in milk, $75 to $175. 
Horst^. $100 to $250. Apples, first, $1.50 
bu. Potatoes, $1.50; turnips, $1. Eggs, 
oOc at door; butter fat. 55 to 60c; milk 
rr '^2.67 to $2.80, as to test. 
,$22. Pige, $10 pair. p. s. 
Montgomery Co., Pa. 
Dairy cows, $60 to $125. Beef cattle. 
8 to 10c per lb. Feeding cattle, 71/2 to 
9%c. Milk, per gal., 20c. Butter. 40 to 
4_c; eggs, 41 and 42e. Young chickens, 
19e per lb.; old hens, 18 and 19c. Po- 
to $1.50. Apples. 
$1.2o to $2 per bu. j. c. x. 
York Co., Pa. 
Corn and oats injured by hard hail¬ 
storm; corn, buckwheat and potatoes hurt 
by early frost. Oats, $3 per cwt,; wheat. 
$2.25 per bu.; potatoes, $1.25 per bu.; 
hay, Timothy, $15 per ton, baled; rye, 
$1.75 per bu.; apples, $1..50 per bu. But¬ 
ter, dairy, 50c per lb.; creamery, 55c per 
lb. Eggs, 48c. Beans, hand-picked, $7 
per bu. A’eal calves, 12 to 14c per lb.; 
lambs, 14e per Ib.; chickens, live weight. 
18 to 20e. Dairy cows, fresh, $90 to 
$100, Silos about all filled; not much 
Fall seetling on account of wet weather. 
Bradford Co., Pa. o. w. b. 
Milk, per cwt., $2.75. Countrv butter, 
first quality, 55c. Dropped apples, $1.25 
per bu.; hand-picked, all varieties of cook¬ 
ing quality, $2 per bu. or 50e per peck, 
retail. Bulls, fat, $8 per cwt.; first-cla.ss 
steers, $13 per cwt.; lighter grades. $12 
per cwt.. These are for good blockv 
steers. Calves, $14 per cwt.; hogs, live 
weight, 17c lb.; dressed, from $23 to 
$25 per cwt. Lambs, $14 jier cwt. Live 
geese, $2 each. Potatoes, .$1.25 per bu.; 
celery, 10c per bunch or stalk. Apple 
butter, 75c to ,$1 per gallon, as to quality. 
AAlheat, $2.10 per bu.; oats, OOc.; barley, 
.$1.25; I’ye, $1.20 per bu.; Timothy seed, 
$3 to $4 per bu. Sweet cider, ,$6 to $10 
per bbl. Lard, 35 to 38c per lb. Eggs, 
45c. Honey, 25 to 30c lb., as to quality. 
These are prices we get in the country, 
and when we sell in the city. e. g. r. 
Blair Co., Pa. 
Beef cattle go into the stables at 8A1' 
to 10c, about IVjC higher than last year. 
Cows, from ,$80 to $120. No sheep 
raised in the neighborhood. Milk is de¬ 
livered in town at 9c per qt.; butter. 50c 
per lb. Peaches sold at from 75c to $1.,50 
a basket; apples, $1 to $1..50 a bu., nice 
fruit being very scarce. Cabbage, as to 
size, from 4 to 8c a head. Potatoes, from 
$1.25 to $1.40, as to grade, on board cars. 
There has been a slight rise in potatoes 
for the ]a.st two weeks. This community 
is a general farming section, with no 
specialties, and consequently the prices 
are not standard; the fleals are generally 
made between some dealer or purchaser 
and the farmer, and very often the farmer 
comes out No. 2. ir. n. n. 
Schuylkill Co., Pa. 
Butter. 50c; potatoes, $1.50; oats, $1. 
This section is very well adapted to dairy¬ 
ing, as pastures are good and hay grows 
very abundantly; the trouble is to secure 
help on farms. i. k. 
Hamilton Co., N. Y. 
In our little town of DuBois oue of the 
milk retailers told me he was getting 12c 
per qt. for his milk aud could not supply 
more than one-third of his customers at 
that. Milk is scarce, Dressed pork by 
the whole hog, 25c per lb. Butter, 45 to 
50c; eggs. 50c. Potatoes, $1.75 to $2 per 
bu. I retailed hand-picked apples at $1.75 
per bu. Apples are very scarce in this 
part of the county and not a very good 
quality. Grain of all kinds is high in 
price. Cattle and hogs are scarce; $9 to 
$10 for two pigs four w’eeks old. AAY 
have lots of potatoes in the ground yet. 
and I fear that some of them are frozen. 
Clearfield Co., Pa. r. p. ii. 
