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©6c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock 
Beef Making in New England; Hereford 
Cattle and Cheap Grass 
Part II. 
I’rices of Cattle. —You dairymen 
may .say that $75 is a high price for a 
calf of 12 months or less age, but if you 
will breed any good dairy cow (that is 
actually worth $100 after milking five 
months) to a good Hereford bull and see 
that they have six months of good grass 
pasture, going onto it when calf is from 
one to three months of age, you will have 
calves that will bring as baby beef at 
seven to 10 months of age more than $75, 
and if you work into I’egistered Ilerefords, 
with good bulls and good attention, you 
will find your calves will average you 
$150 instead of $75 per head. Here is an 
instance of value that was particularly 
striking to me, because I sold the cows at 
our New England breeders’ sale this Fall 
at AVaterville Fair, I sold a three-year- 
old cow with heifer calf by side to a dairy¬ 
man who has been making 11-cent milk 
for $1,000. I sold a two-year-old with a 
10-weeks-old bull calf by side to a man 
who has owned and bred white-face 
grade steers, and thus appreciated the 
value of a good registered Hereford, at 
$850. Moreover, there was no advertis¬ 
ing in the catalogue to influence the buy¬ 
ers, and they were both sold practically to 
strangers on their merits. This even to 
me sounds unbelievable, hut it is not 
only true, but either of these animals GO 
days later would have sold for 50 per cent 
more than these prices. True public auc¬ 
tion prices ai’O the best indications of 
value we have, and when stock can be re¬ 
sold at a profit there is a true value, and 
our beef and war conditions have changed 
so fast in the last three years that no one 
can realize the present and future values. 
With labor double, grass less than ever 
before, and beef cattle worth 17 cents 
live weight, why shouldn’t Ilerefords be 
high? They are the be.st beef cattle on 
earth and have sold continually for the- 
highest sale averages. Do you know that 
many Hereford bulls have sold for over 
$10,000, in 1917, and that one has sold 
for $27,500; also that in the W. T. Mc¬ 
Cray .sale at Kentland, Ind., May 16, 
25 males and 50 females made the general 
average of $1,750, and the firm belief of 
breeders is that they will be much higher 
in 1918? 
I'ALUE OF THE BuLL.—In closing, I 
want to emphasize the value to the breeder 
of the bull, for a good one is much more 
than one-half the herd, and it is almost 
unbelievable what can be produced in a beef 
way from a little Jersey cow, bred to a 
good big Hereford. To haAm their great¬ 
est success, beef cattle must be large, for 
their A’alue is measured by weight, and I 
want also again to state that no breed on 
earth can put those back pastures at 
work so profitablj’’ and easily as they. 
And if you can give them the front pas¬ 
tures, they’ll utilize it equally as well, 
for they sell for the highest prices on the 
$2(K) laud of the corn belt. I want to 
give you a few reasons why Ilerefords do 
best, for I believe they will help start 
some one right. If you want healthy, 
vigorous cattle, buy Herefords. If you 
want rustlers and grazers, buy Herefords. 
If you want early maturity and market 
toppers, buy Herefords. If you want a 
prolific and prepotent breed, buy Here¬ 
fords. If you want a profit on your in¬ 
vestment. buy Hereford.s. 
New Hampshire. JOHN walker. 
Patriotic Sheep Meeting at Utica 
Part II. 
“Value of the Purebred Sire” was the 
subject of an address by Henry L. War- 
dell. He said that getting rid of culls 
and keeping your best will develop a 
flock that gives you pleasure in caring for 
them, and fortunately profit lies alon the 
same line of breeding standard-bred utility 
sheep. The best education in breeding is 
obtained by going to an agricultural fair. 
The show ring will best open our eyes. 
One thing all sheep breeders can do is to 
start with purebred rams and then prac¬ 
tice line breeding to a standard. We want 
both mutton form and the close fleece 
sheep. This is the business sheep to keep 
in mind as an ideal. 
Prof. W. C. Cuffey of the University of 
Illinois, spoke on “Farm Flock Manage¬ 
ment.’’ He said there are fundamental 
principles that apply everyAvhere to sheep 
management. One that goes into the 
sheep business should go in to stay for a 
long term of years. Too much has been 
said about the flock that will conserve 
waste. It will pay to give a good type of 
sheep a full chance to make good. Utilize 
the wastes, but fully supplement them, so 
the sheep is fully fed on good forage and 
grain. One month of full grain and hay 
feeding may make the difference between 
success and failure. A field of rape may 
enable you to raise healthy and stronger 
lambs when it supplements dry old pas¬ 
tures. Don’t overdo liberal feeding. Stop 
when you have satisfied their hunger. 
Plan not to have anything left after feed¬ 
ing. Mutton, wool, and vigor are ends to 
keep in mind. Especially we want vigor 
in the breeding stock. Shepherding is an 
important factor in success—the right 
handling of the flock by trained men who 
like sheep. The old .statement that sheep 
require little care is untrue. They re¬ 
quire relatively less care than other live 
stock. The shepherd should know the 
flock individually, and try to build up the 
weak and thin in the flock. Don’t go on 
a vacation, or to the movies, in lambing 
time. Organize more sheep clubs. Bring 
in the boys and start flock improvement 
through community breeding. 
Prof. Frank Kleinheinz of the Univer¬ 
sity of Wisconsin, said some good things 
about “The Boy and the Sheep.” “Ma y 
a boy’s success as a farmer will depend 
on allowing him to own .some live stock to 
care for and have all the profit made. It 
will be his education and also his salva¬ 
tion from many evils. Because of the 
gentle nature the lamb is a safe playmate 
for the young boy. If you take away the 
money from the boy the lamb makes for 
him, you lo.se the boj'—you may drive 
him from the business of animal husband¬ 
ry, and forever away from the farm. A 
sheep is a peaceful animal and its care 
tends to make peaceful men and better 
citizens. One good work of sheep or far¬ 
mers’ clubs Avill be to offer prizes for the 
boys who breed the best lambs. It is 
worth while to keep the boys on the farm. 
Timothy hay is poi.son to sheep—not quite 
so quick us arsenic, but it will ruin them 
in time'. Work to get clover and Alfalfa 
and succulent green food, as silage and 
roots.” 
Awards of five prizes from $5 to $1 
each, with a ribbon, in each class, were 
made as folloAvs : Itambouillets—Aged 
rams, first and second, C. V. Wellman & 
Son, Perry, N. Y.; third and fourth, D. 
H. Townsend & Son, Lodi. Yearling 
rams, first, C. V. Wellman & Son; sec¬ 
ond, C. O. Partridge, Perry, N. Y.; third, 
C. V. Wellman & Son ; fourth and fifth, 
1). II. Townsend. Ram lambs, first and 
second, C. V. Wellman & Son ; third, C. 
O. Partridge; fourth, D. H. Townsend. 
Aged ewes, first, C. O. Partridge; second 
and third, C. V. Wellman & Son ; fourth 
and fifth, D. H, Townsend. Yearling 
ewes, first, C. O. Partridge; second and 
third, C. V. Wellman; fourth and fifth, 
D. H. Townsend. Ewe lambs, first, C. V. 
Wellman, second and third, C. O. Part¬ 
ridge ; fourth, C. V. Wellman; fifth, D. 
H. Townsend. Flock, first and second, 
C. O. Partridge; third, C. V. Wellman. 
Champion ram, C. V. Wellman. Cham¬ 
pion ewe, C. O. Partridge. Cotswold, 
aged ram, Cunningham »&: Barney, Mid- 
dlefield Center. Yearling ram, J. B. Part¬ 
ridge, Perry, N. Y. Ram lamb, first, Cun¬ 
ningham & Barney; second and third, J. 
B. Partridge. Aged ewe, first, Cunning¬ 
ham & Barney; second and third, u. B. 
Partridge. Yearling ewes, first, Cunning¬ 
ham & Barney; second, J. B. Partridge. 
Ewe lamb, Cunningham £c Barney; sec¬ 
ond and third, .1. B. Partridge. Flock, 
first, Cunningham & Barney; second, J. 
B. Partridge. Champion ram, J. B. Part¬ 
ridge. Champion ewe, Cunningham & 
Barney. Lincolns and Leice.sters, year¬ 
ling ram, first, J. B. Partridge; second, 
Cunningham & Barney. Ram lamb, first 
and third, J. B. Partridge; second, Cun¬ 
ningham , & Barney ; fourth, J. A. Curry 
Hartwick, N. Y". Aged ewe, first and 
third, J. B. Partridge; second, Cunning¬ 
ham & Barney. Yearling ewe, first, Cun¬ 
ningham & Barney; second, .1. B. Part¬ 
ridge. Ewe lamb, first and third, J. B. 
1‘artridge; second, Cunningham & Bar¬ 
ney. Flock, first and third, .T. B. Part¬ 
ridge; second, Cunningham & Barney. 
Champion ram and ewe, .1. B. Partridge. 
w. II. J. 
Milk News 
Heavy rains, with considerable snoAV 
and cold weather. Potatoes not all dug 
yet; probably injured by freezing; unless 
weather is more open some fields may not 
be dug. Apple crop was light, local price 
about $1 bu. Potatoes were selling at 
$1.50 bu., now about $1.20. Some Fall 
wheat seeded, but only small prices; some 
rye. Butter retails at stores for 48 to 49c; 
salt pork, ,30 to 32c; bacon and hams, 45 
to 47c; lard, 32c; hogs ai-e reported lower. 
Wheat flour, $13 bbl.. Ground very wet, 
not much Fall plowing done yet. Milk, 
League prices. In a country where dairy¬ 
December 1, 1917 
ing has always been the chief industry, 
very little butter is made, either on the 
farms or at the so-called creameries. But¬ 
termilk or skim-milk hard to get. Many 
skimming stations have been discontinued 
necessitating long hauls for milk. m. 
Delaware Co., N. Y". 
Wheat, $2 bu.; new corn on cob, $1.25; 
pork, ,$20; milk at stations testing 4 per 
cent butter fat, $2.75 cwt.; butter 45c 
lb.; eggs, 48c; potatoes, $1.20 bu.; pigs 
old enough to wean, $8 to $10 pair; chick¬ 
ens, 22e lb.; apples, 40c per %-bkt.; 
cows, from $40 to $100; bran, $45. We 
have been having very wet weather. Some 
not through seeding wheat yet, and many 
have just commenced husking corn. Cora 
IS yielding very well. c. H. 
Kent Co., Del. 
Cattle scarce and high here; good 
^ilch cows, from ,$75 io $100; potatoes, 
t^air crop, bringing about $1.50; dre.ssed 
beet, 14e wholesale; dressed pork. 22c. 
y®LV I’Riit, bringing about 
.'fl.25 bu. Onions $2 bu. Corn crop badly 
damaged by early frost; buckwheat also. 
Butter, .50c; fresh eggs, 54c; milk, 10c 
qt. \ ery wet, cold weather; farmers 
are behind with Fall work. Help scarce; 
day labor, 25c per hour. ITay crop short 
of last year’s. Rye and oats, fair yield • 
^ve. .$2; oats, 76c; buckwheat, $1.50’. 
Chickens, dressed, 28c. R. b s 
Monroe Co., Pa. 
Rutter, 55c ; bran. .$2; middlings, $2..30; 
cottonseed, $2.75; oil meal, $3; cornmeal, 
Ilf M I f 
to .$16 ; m.ilk, lie, city market; apples. 
$1.2.') bu.; potatoes. ,$1.50; rutabagas. $1; 
buckwheat flour, $7.50 cwt; cider apples, 
6.5c cwt; cabbage, ,$5 cwt. Good cows 
vary in price. Shipping cattle from here 
all the time makes inf rior cows hieh in 
price. ,$45 to $100. s. a. c. 
Wayne Co., Pa. 
Present conditions are abnormal and 
prices are extremely high) in this section. 
Milk, 10c qt.; Houtzdale, six miles from 
here. 12c qt.; countrj' butter, 5.5c. I sold 
onions at $4 bu., but most at $2.50; cab¬ 
bage, 2 and .3c lb. Gardening crops are 
out of sight. I sold tomatoes at $2 bu.; 
carrots. .50c peck. Oats are governed by 
the retail price in stores. Avhich is as high 
as .$1.10 bu.; .$1 is standard price around 
here. Potatoes, $1.50 bu. d. m. b. 
Clearfield Co., Pa. 
Reds “What was the sensation when 
you went up in an aeroplane for the first 
time?” Greene: “I seemed to want the 
earth.”—Y'onkers Statesman. 
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Jolie Topsie De Kol, H. F. 149723 
Age 6-11-12 (City of Cleveland, Owner) 
Semi-Official Year Test 
29221.6lbs.. Milk 3.6296 1032.37lbs. Fat 
Royalton De Kol Violet, H. F. 86460 
Age 10 Years (H. A. McQuillan. Owner) 
Semi-Official Year Test 
29969.6 lbs. Milk 3.4696 1036.46 lbs. Fat 
Year tests that Count 
These wonderful semi-ofhcial records 
are only a few of a large number of genuine 
high production tests made under normal 
conditions with UNICORN DAIRY RATION used 
as the entire or largest part of the grain ration. They 
are in no sense forced or freak records as shown by 
the normal fat percent and the perfect health of these 
cows and all herds fed on Unicorn Dairy Ration. 
Every breeder knows Ajax Flakes 
(made exclusively by us for years.) Conditions 
forced us to withdraw it from the market except as 
one of the ingredients of Unicorn. You will find 
Unicorn equally efficient as your ration or ration base. 
If you have good cows that you want 
to make even better 
Unicorn Dairy Ration 
offers you the chance, without exta cost, 
in fact most likely at a considerable saving. 
With an average cow we guarantee 
a reduction in the feed cost of you milk. 
Give them a chance - if fed right with Unicorn Dairy 
Ration they will surprise you. 
Unicom can be obtained by any 
dairyman or breeder east of the Missouri 
river no matter where located. Every bag 
is equally uniform and good no matter where you 
get it. 
Write for information and FREE copy of 
Cow Testers’ Manual. 
Chapin & Co., T Chicago 
Abbie of Riverside, 
Champion Guernsey of Michigan 
Fred Gleason, Owner 
14201 lbs. Milk 6.7296 813 lbs. Fat 
Follyland Nancy A. R. No. 6268 
Best 2 year old in New York 
Follyland Farm Guernseys 
12270 lbs. Milk 6,8196 712.6 lbs. Fat 
