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a3»c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 5, 191S 
MILK 
find 
WAR TIME 
In these days of high prices for dairy products, 
the “poor milker” is more than ever a liability. 
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 medicine that acts quickly on the 
organs of digestion and milk production. 
Its widely known tonic and curative quali¬ 
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treatment of Abortion, Barrenness, Retained 
Afterbirth, Scouring, Lost Appetite and 
Bunches. 
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THE BICKMORE COMPANY 
Box 221 Old Town, Maine 
Four Fine Farm Veterans 
The picture show.s four horses that I 
own ; they are good ones, and I do not be¬ 
lieve there are four owned by one farmer 
around here of the same age that these 
four are, and all good for a full day’s 
work yet. Starting from left to right, 
they are: Spike, 28 years old May 7, 
1917. owned 21 years; Millie, fnll sister, 
age 2G years .Tune 0, 1917, owned 20 
years; liaura, aged 24 years April 5, 
1917, owned 19 years; Ben, aged 27 
years, owned him 16 years. All are in 
good shape and have done very hard 
work : all bred around here but Ben, and 
are well bred. The young lady holding 
them is Miss Marcia Lanktree, one of the 
teachers in the Rod Hook High School. 
I have owned otlH'r horses and sold them, 
but would not sell these four for any 
Xii'ice, as they will stay on the farm as 
cular feature, and 8 per cent of the value 
with insurance against the latter disease 
included. 
I went over these figures carefully and 
the results of my study of same led me to 
the following conclusions: That in our 
particular case, our methods of sanita¬ 
tion, ventilation, .stabling and disinfec¬ 
tion was a strict guarantee against con¬ 
tagion and other diseases which could be 
prevented by these means. That the value 
of the insurance above mentioned would 
in our case cover only accident and death 
from causes that were beyond our control. 
That the insurance of one animal at the 
above figure would almost, if not entirely, 
dissipate all profit accruing from the ani¬ 
mal so insured. That our death rate ow¬ 
ing to our preventive methods did not 
warrant this insurance. iVIy o])inion is 
that in shipments and transfer of animais 
the live and accident insurance as offered 
by this company is an excellent invest¬ 
ment, and I know of several cases where 
loss 'has been covered by itsuidoption. 
Undoubtedly insurance for valuable 
stock is a need for the average breeder, 
A Group oi Four Farm Veterans 
long as they live. All have been good 
roadsters and good pffllers, and can be 
i hitched any way together. 
Diitclie.ss Co., N. Y. JULIUS moul. 
A Dairyman’s Accident 
An accident happened to a neighbor of 
mine this afternoon that reminds om' 
dairy farming, even with the docile Hol¬ 
stein, is not alw:i.vs the peaceful soporific 
life that it is jiictured to be. My friend 
owns a valuable four-year-old Holstein 
bull. The man is an experienced dairy¬ 
man, well used to handling such animaks, 
and not given to taking chances. In fact, 
he is as little likely to have an accident 
of this 'nature as anyone tluit I know. 
He took tlie bull from the stable, u.sing a 
good staff to lead him, and hitclied him 
out in the yard by a chain attached to a 
heavy neck-strap, and the otlier end run¬ 
ning on a wire cable. Tliis is tlie^way tlie 
bull has been given his exercise for the 
past three years. After a time the man 
returned with the stall and attached it 
to the ring in tlio bull'.s nose. He start¬ 
ed to unsuap the chain, when, quick as a 
flash, the bull struck him to tlie ground. 
Tlie man sprang up. only to be struck 
again. But this time lie was thrown 
out of reach of the bull, which was. luck- 
ly, still hitchedito the cable. A dislocated 
shoulder and minor bruises were the re¬ 
sult of wliat would liave been certain 
death if he had-only unsiiaiiped that chain 
before the bull made the plunge. I don’t 
see how tliis thing could have well been 
avoided. It should be added to the “over¬ 
head charges” of dairying. J. G. M. 
Insurance for Superior Live Stock 
Live stock insurance as a separate and 
distinct feature of the insurance business 
never seems to have prosjiered. Many 
companies have started, but few survive. 
Yet why sluuild not superior and high- 
priced :inimals be insured? The animals 
in a circus are usually covered by insur¬ 
ance, but apparently few stockmen insure 
their flocks or herds. "Why? Here are a 
few notes to start the discussion : 
After careful imiuiry we have found 
that apparently the only reliable company 
carrying insurance on live stock is an old 
line company. This company will take 
over horses and cattle only, and if I re¬ 
call correctly, their quotation on dairy 
cattle the rate was 7 per cent on the 
value of the animal, e.xcludiug the tuber- 
and if a company could be found that 
would take into all consideration the 
methods of prevention employed again.st 
disease and contagion. I l>elieve m much 
lower rate could be offered, and that ‘this 
rate would iiermit of the :idoption of'the 
plan by purebred breeders. As now of¬ 
fered, iiowever, I do not believe it would 
I)ay the lii'ceder to insure his stock unless 
in the case of a particularly valuable ani¬ 
mal to Ills breeding operations, such as a 
lio'd sire or foundation female. 
Pike Co., Pa. tuou.m.ikb.^xk fakm.s. 
’I'liis (juestion of insuring purebred 
stock has been (jiiite a problem with ns. 
Wo have our lierd insured in a co-oper:i- 
tive insurance company, but the highest 
insurance to be had is not over .^oO per 
head, regardless of .their v:ilue. whether 
scrubs or registered stock. This i.s not a 
fair sh.ake, nor :iny cncour;igemeut to a 
man who w:ints to keep better stock. 
KICIIAKI) 1). Ui: FOKEST. 
Montgomery Co., X. Y. 
By sjiecial agreement with an agricul¬ 
tural insurance company Jhey insureel my 
registered cattle against fire and lightning 
for $150 per head. The iiisuranoe com¬ 
panies have not progressed with the times 
on insuring cattle, as they have doubled 
in value in the past five years, and they 
have held to the old limit of $60 each. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. joii.v c. REAGA.n. 
We personally do not believe in live 
stock insurance for the following reasons : 
First, they will not insure calves under 
six months old ; second, tliey will not in¬ 
sure against abortitui ; third, they will not 
insure against tuberculosis, and theso 
llircf tilings are where our greatest losses 
occur. I am not speaking from a per- 
.sonal standpoint, but from the stand¬ 
point of the average breeder. It is very 
seldom that we lose an animal, except 
old age, from any other cause, and our 
losses do not amount to what our pre¬ 
mium would be. Their rates vary from 
6 per cent to 8 per cent, depending on 
what you wish covered. We insure some 
of our valuable males, because you fe<‘! 
the loss of a valuable sire more than you 
do a female. We also insure our animals 
while in transit; that is. on the show 
circuit, or when making a new pui-chase. 
as the chances are nnieh gi-eater of their 
getting disabled or killed in an accident. 
We insure everything with an old line 
insurance company that we cover, as their 
nites are fair and their policies are much 
broader and cover more full.v. Tlieir 
rates are about 6 per cent to 10 per cent, 
depending on what risks you wish to 
cover. W. S. KERR. 
Norfolk Co., Mass. 
Potatoes, $1 to $1.25; corn. $1.50 for 
70 lbs. on cob; oats. 70c: rye. $2; buck¬ 
wheat, .$4 per cwt.; hay. $15. baled ; beef, 
live, $7.50 per cwt.; veal, per lb.. 16c: 
hogs, 20c; hens, 16 to ISe; ducks. 18c; 
butter. 45 to 50c; eggs. 50c. B. i’. R. 
Sullivan Co., I’a. 
