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C'Ae RURAL NEW-YORKER 
A 
^^'HEN PHCXS ARC mCH 
and LABOR IS SHORT 
the farmer MUST save time and effort, 
not only in producing, but in hauling. The 
larger the load and the faster the trip to mar¬ 
ket, the greater the profit. 
Good roads have always helped the farmer. 
Now they are indispensable. Farm labor is scarce. Wages 
are high. Every hour wasted on the highway cuts down out¬ 
put and eats a hole in profits. 
What the farmer needs is not a patch of hard road 
here and there, but a connected system of hard roads putting 
him in easy reach .of his markets. And to get the best prices 
he needs roads that stay good 365 days a year. 
There is no reason why farming communities 
should not have perfect systems of permanent highways. It is 
entirely up to them. The roads can be built in two or three 
seasons. When the cost is spread over fifteen or twenty yean 
the annual tax for both interest and principal is only a few 
cents per acre. In Vermilion County, Illinois, for example, a 
magnificent concrete system is being built and the annual tax 
is only about 8c per acre per year, for 20 years, which covers 
the interest and gradually pays off the debt. 
The farmer should act now in getting road plans under way 
to further his own interests. Systems of permanent highways 
benefit everyone, but to the farmer they are indispensable. 
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AILING ANIMALS 
Paryalyzed Cow 
I have a cow about five years old that 
seems to have lost the use of her tail, 
as she does not use it, and always keep# 
her back humped or curved up. Could 
it be that she has hurt her spine? She 
eats well and has good pasture, but ia 
quite thin. W. E. A. 
New York. 
This apparently is a case of paralysis 
and may have been due to au injury, 
such as fracture of the bones of the 
scrum just above the tail. There is no 
remedy. If there is no history of an 
accident, we should advise you to have 
the cow tested with tuberculin, at 
tuberculosis of the bones of the spin# 
sometimes is present in such cases. 
A. S. A. 
Ailing Dog 
I had a bull terrier pup which in th# 
Spring had a few yellow- water pimples 
on stomach, and then began to lose all 
her hair and break out all over in boil# 
crusts and sores. I gave her castor 
oil, sulphur and vermifuge, and bathed 
her in carbolic acid water and rubbed 
carbolated salve all over her. Fed *11 
bread and milk. She lingered all Sum¬ 
mer and finally died. We have lost sev¬ 
eral young dogs that way. What is it 
and what can you give other dogs to 
prevent and cure it. Q. Q- c* 
Virginia. 
You no doubt killed the dog by b.ath¬ 
ing with carbolic solution and applying 
carbolic salve. Dogs re.adily absorb car¬ 
bolic acid by way of the skin and are 
poisoned thereby. A coal tar dip solu¬ 
tion is safe for use and after using that 
the main dependance should be placed in 
sulphur ointment or a salve or lotion 
prescribed or supplied by a graduate 
veterinarian. The dogs also should have 
active exercise every day, clean quarters 
and light, laxative rations. A. S. A. 
Colic 
I have a horse 15 years old that has 
very frequent attacks of kidney trouble, 
especially after being driven on the road 
or given a day’s work in the field. lie is 
in good condition and has regular exercise 
of at least two miles each way to the milk 
station every day. The attacks generally 
come just after being placed in the stable, 
by pawing, then will lie down for a short 
time, then get up and paw. Sometimes 
the attack lasts but few minutes, other 
times two or three hours, when he .seems 
to be completely exhausted and wet with 
sweat. What would you advise for a 
treatment as kidney regulator, or at least 
to prevent these attacks? ii. i>. w. 
New York. 
The horse has attacks of colic from in¬ 
digestion and formation of gas, which 
causes cramp pains and, incidentally, re¬ 
tention of urine. Don’t give water or feed 
grain when the horse is hot and tired. Tjct 
him eat a pound or so of hay while cool¬ 
ing off. then allov/ water and then grain. 
Give him a pint of raw linseed oil after 
each attack. Better keep on hand a “colic 
drench” or two, to be bought from the 
veterinarian. Always bed the horse when 
he comes in. That may induce urination. 
A. S. A. 
Cough 
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We have a horse that developed pneu¬ 
monia last Spring after being shipped 
from the West. He coughs once in a 
while yet. Can we do anything for this? 
Otherwise he is perfectly healthy. 
New York. A. D. 
Cough often remains for a long time 
in such cases as a result of chronic in¬ 
flammation of the membranes of the 
throat and possibly the cause may be an 
abscess or adhesion in the lungs. On 
general principles we should advise you 
to wet all feed and keep the stable clean 
and perfectly ventilated as dust or irri¬ 
tating gases often cause cough. If the 
cough proves distressing or tends to per¬ 
sist, give half an ounce of glyco-heroin 
or equine cough syrup three times a day 
and increase the dose gradually if that 
is found necessary. The horse should 
have exercise in the open air every day. 
A. s. A. 
Indigestion 
What is best to feed a horse? I have 
to give it new hay and 10 quarts of oats. 
It was taken sick three weeks ago, ap¬ 
parently indigestion and colic; 10 days 
after it 'had a shoe boil come. Horse 
does not sweat readily. L. E. b. 
Massachusetts. 
All changes of feed should be made 
gradually. New oats and new hay sud¬ 
denly fed are a fertile cause of coke or 
of other forms of indigestion. If pos¬ 
sible feed old oats and old hay and when 
the horse is well gradually add new feed 
until at length it wholly takes the place 
of the old grain and hay. The shoeboil 
was caused by bruising on the stall floor 
or ground. It may disappear if you make 
bruising impossible and once daily apply 
tincture of iodine. If a hard lump has 
formed, however, an operation will be 
necessary for its removal. When a horse 
does not sweat properly in hot weather 
January 20, IPls 
overheating is the nsnal cause and that 
often occurs during a spell of indigestion 
Clip the horse, allow drinking water 
often when at work and if not badly af¬ 
fected he should gradually recover. 
A. S. A. 
Country Wide Markets 
The marketing of fruits and vegetables 
has been hampered this month all through 
the northern sections. Accordingly, sup¬ 
plies have not been excessive. Scarcity 
of cars limited arrivals, even where snow 
and cold did not hinder. The situation 
favored temporary market firmness on 
lines, like potatoes, beans and onions, that 
have been weak and draggy for a long 
time. Producers who are in a position 
to market their holdings promptly real) 
the benefit, but in the long run the result 
is to slow down the disposal of the large 
stocks on hand. 
LARGE POTATO STOCKS UNSOLD. 
Potatoes, for instance, are in a dan- 
gei'ous position, because the stock on hand 
is 2^4 times as large as on the corre¬ 
sponding date last year, according to of¬ 
ficial estimate, and one-sixth larger than 
the average at this time for the past five 
years. 
On several of these years there was a 
big slump of prices in the Spring. The 
problem is Avhether this year’s stock can 
he marketed at steady prices during the 
next three months. If so, it will have to 
come along pretty fast. Some of the es¬ 
timated stock will never come to market. 
The usual shrinkage is reckoned about 
seven per cent. It is likely to be larger 
than usual this year on account of freez¬ 
ing in the field and during handling and 
transportation, but officials close to tlio 
conditions do not reckon more than one 
to three per cent more than the usual 
loss. A couple of million bushels extra 
loss would not cut much of a figure in a 
stock on hand of 147.000.000. The pres¬ 
ent upward bulge of prices has quickened 
the movement so far as weathei^ and wars 
permit. Prices are up .5 to 15 per cent 
in producing sections ranging now from 
,^1.10 per* 100 pounds on the Pacific 
Northwest and ^fountain region to $1.20 
per 100 pounds in Wisconsin and about 
$2 in Northern Maine. The city markets 
are up fully as much ranging ,$2.20 to 
$3 per 100 pounds. New York. Boston 
and Chicago advanced about 10 cents per 
100 pounds. The Maine and New York 
growers get about two-thirds of the city 
wholesale price, hut Northwestern 
growers are not so fortunate. A Nevada 
grower writes that the best offer he can 
got is 00 cents for potatoes that wholesale 
in California cities at $2.75 to .$3 per 
100 pounds. He gets less than one-third 
of the city price. A good many Western 
potatoes bringing the growers only .50 
cents a bushel have been sold to con¬ 
sumers nt .50 cents a peek. A little more 
competition among buyers and more co¬ 
operation among growers has helped con¬ 
ditions for Maine growers and might do 
some good in parts of the West. 
MORE FIRMNESS IN ONION MARKETS. 
Onions are in some respects in just 
about the same position as potatoes. The 
stock on hand appears, according to of¬ 
ficial figures, to be twice as large as that 
of last year. But last years supply was 
very short. Onions are used to some ex¬ 
tent in soups exported for army use. and 
last year not anywhere enough could be 
had for that purpose. The onion deal 
may work out all right if the holders do 
not try to sell together. The reason of 
profitable storage will not last very, very 
long and the stock ought to be coming 
forward steadily. Holders have been 
moderating their views lately, coming 
from $3 down to $2.60 per 100 pounds 
• in ■ the Eastern producing sections. On 
the other hand the city markets are 
stronger, some getting above $3 per sack. 
BOXED APPLES HAVE A LIMITED MARKET. 
Apples are in a position less doubtful 
than potatoes or onions. The supply is 
lighter than usual, and barrel stock, es- 
peciallv. ought to clear up all right. 
Northwestern box apples the most years 
the strong feature, are not faring so well 
this year. Their market was always a 
somewhat limited one, with demand 
chiefly for table use and for window de¬ 
coration. The great increase received 
this year has supplied these needs pretty 
thoroughly. A good deal of the stock 
coming from the newer orchards in the 
box region is not up to standard. Apples 
have been listed, wrapped and chromo 
labeled, that ought to have been made 
into vinegar. Freezing has made no end 
of trouble this year, and a lot of box 
stock damaged by frost has been sold at 
auction from 40c to $1 a box. a price 
range that means actual net loss to many 
distant shippers. Barrel apples of good 
grade have been doing well. Orchard run 
Baldwins bring about $4 at the country 
shipping points. In the cities. No. 1 or 
large Baldwins being $4 to $6; the 
lowest figures ruling in New England and 
the highest in the South and in the Great 
Lakes regions. Greenings and Spies sell 
about 50c to $1 above Baldwins, and 
Ben Davis about the same amount below 
Baldwins. 
CABBAGE HOLDING THE PKICE. 
The situation has been very strong in 
the cabbage market ever since the big 
freeze in early Winter which left a re¬ 
duced amount of stock fit for long ki^ii- 
ing. Prices have forced as high as $70 
a ton in some cities and $3 per barrel 
has been a common price for hai’d, well 
trimmed, well sorted stock. There is no 
sign of market weakness as yet. G. B. F. 
