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ljr/76 RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March W), 191S 
The LOUDEN 
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American farmers and dairymen 
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Rats or Profits? 
Every rat on your place, according" to ex¬ 
perts in the U. S. Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, will cause a loss of more than $2 
during the coming year. It is no un¬ 
common thing for farm buildings to harbor forty to fifty 
rats and great numbers of mice. The resulting loss amounts 
to a pretty big sum. Build your granaries and bams with 
Natco Hollow Tile 
Natco buildings are vermin-proof and fire-proof as well. Will stand 
for generations—save painting. The smooth glazed walls will not 
absorb odors and are easy to clean. Air chambers in the walls keep 
out the bitter cold of winter and the scorching heat of summer. Al¬ 
so keep the buildings dry and free from mildew. Save coal in the 
house and grain in the bin. Natco buildings will reduce your insur¬ 
ance rates yet add to your real protection. 
Your building supply dealer 
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that farm build¬ 
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A Record Berkshire 
The iiictnre .«hows the ‘Rorkshiro boar 
pig Kpoclijil's Kniaiic-ii)ator. recently sold 
by 11. \V. (Jossard. of Indiana, for 
(K)0. The .sire <(f Ibis pig is Kpochal. im¬ 
ported from Kngland. Sovor.al of bis .sons 
have sold :it ]irices ranging from $."00 
to $1,000. 
Save the Pigs 
ri(‘moinber. a b.-iby pig is a baby. It is 
genei'ally born into a cadd world, coming 
wet and warm onto a <'old cement floor. 
Small wonder the jiig infant mortality 
rate is s<t liigli. Kec-i) the sows t:ime by 
gentb* and careful treatment and jtetting 
before they farn'W : then, when they are 
down and in troiilde yon will be able fo 
do anything with them. Ket'p tliem .sernp- 
nlottsly clean and dry. Short <'hopped 
straw makes tlie Ijost l)ed for the litt(*r to 
der will kill most of the liee on the cattle, 
but the eggs are not destroyed, and the 
stable must be cleaned. Some farmcr.s 
report good success with air-slaked lime. 
T.icluids, of course, spread much better 
than the powders, fine of the cotnmercial 
rattle or sheep dips diluted according to 
directions will kill the lice. Tobacco 
stems ste(‘pe<l in water make a good louse 
killer. The warm liquid should be poured 
or “sopped” all over the cow. Let her 
dry in a warm stable or nndcr a blanket. 
A g-roas« of lard and sulphur or lard and 
keroseue is smeared ai'ound the boims and 
along the rough hair on the neck. Some 
farmers rub a siinill lump of blue oint¬ 
ment in the hair just back of the horns. 
This will kill the lice, but this ointment 
contains mercury and if the cows arc 
turned out t<)getlier they will lick each, 
other, got the mercury and poi.son them- 
Berkshire Boar Pia Epochal’s Emancipator 
be horn on. Have :i hu.shel h.isket liandy 
with a hot brick wr:ipped in clean hags 
in the bottom; as soon as horn, slip the 
baby pig into the warm haslod. 1>y the 
time eight or nine arc in there most of 
them will he dry and warm. >V'hen :ill 
aro dry and jictive, place them carefully 
hy the sow, teaching them to suck before 
leaving them. 
Do not disturb the .sow at this time : it 
is natural for her to rest (puetly for fully 
24 hours. Keep the corn away until a 
few days have elapsed : hr:m a ml Av:irm 
skim-milk arc best just at first: then grad¬ 
ually strengthen the raition until tin* sow 
gets :ill slie Wiints. Keep up her milk 
flow just iis \dii do ;i cow's, by jda-nty of 
nourishing food : do not let her get pt>or 
and thin. 
See that the pigs always have a dry 
bed; this is most important if you wish 
to save as many :is posihI<!; no iunount of 
trouble should he thought too'much .so 
long as it keeps them dry and clean and 
wai’in. Encourage the pigs to run out 
to a clean feeding floor, and when they 
can eat let them have ;i hoiaiaer with 
ground, corn and o:its in dillVrent com- 
Jaartments and let them have aill they 
wiint to eat. 
Take care of the smaller pigs it ml help 
them to get enough to oat. A little extra 
care will he well repaid this year, besides 
increasing the fo(>d siii>p1y. Digs is ]dgs. 
K. 1). s. 
Killing Lice on Cattle 
We have a herd of 12 cattle, and we 
find they have li(‘e. As this is our first 
experience in the louse business, could 
you advise ms what to do to destroy them? 
New .Tersey. E-1*- 
Would you tell me what to use to kill 
lice on cattle? A. ». c. 
Maine. 
There seems to be a scfmrge of cattle 
I lice this Winter. We have more <iues- 
tions about this trouble than ever before. 
TiuM-e aro thi-ee systems used by farmers 
—powders, liquids and grease. On page 
204 is a description of the use of gasoline 
and water, with Dr. Alexander’s com- 
' meuts. We should go slow on this rem¬ 
edy. though it is effective. Equal parts 
of sulphur and ground tobacco dusted into 
the hair are good. The lice congregate 
around the horns and in the thick hair on 
; the neck and back. They seek those parts 
1 which the cow cannot reach. This pow- 
selvc.s. A good c.ittlc dip well dilut<Ml is 
priihahly the surest thing, hut the stable 
must be cleaneil and sprayed with the dip 
or whitewaslied. 
Working the Bull 
On ]>age 204 F. A. Snow tells ms what 
he does with his hull. Here is our way*: 
We first pick a jdece of land, about iui 
acre, make a strong fence :iround it, 
build Jin oj)en shed with double roof for 
coolness in Summer ami warmth in Wiu- 
t<‘r; make the land rich by manuring and 
fertilizer, prepare a fine .seed bed and 
sow two bushels of Orchard grass f>ii it. 
This is the honu' of Dan, for that is al¬ 
ways his name. We put a wide leather 
collar on his neck with a strong buckle 
fastening, a ring and lu'avy .swivel snap. 
We fasten a long chain to the snap. 
When Dan is large enough for service 
we hitch a drag to the chain and break 
him to earn his living by doing the job 
work on the farm, such as hauling the 
water barrels in Summer, carrying seed 
or ft'rtili/.cr to the fields, taking gravel 
jind .sand to fill low spots around the 
house and htirn. In f.ict, he doe.s till the 
handy niiin’s work every day. A hoy 
Inindles him ttnywhere. He is not too 
fat, hut strong iind healthy all the time. 
All of his comptiny visits his home. When 
Dan is about 12 years old we .send liiin 
to the bologna factory after getting him 
real fat. You .see ho has had a useful 
life and had no reason to want to fight 
anybody. It is the pitchfork handling of 
hulls that makes them dangerous and un¬ 
safe. We have handled carloads of stock, 
fattened beeves, made milk :ind butter, 
worked two, four and six oxen to plow.s, 
drags, mowing maeliiue.s, hay wagons, and 
such farm machines as we w.inted to us<>. 
We find all our stock and hired men do 
best when they ar(‘ contented :uid co;n- 
fortahle. T. n. ir. 
Fredericksburg, Va. 
Mangels for Cow 
I am feeding my .Tersey cow a dairy 
ration, as I have to buy this feed. I 
have also good hay and fodder, and root 
crops. How <‘an I feed mangels to good 
advantage’/ Some of the mangels are 
L-osted; are they advisable to feed, if 
they are thaAved out? A. s. 
Mangels should be chopped and fed at 
morning and evening feed. Feed a bushel 
a (lay. If some of mangels are frosted, 
thaw out a few at a time and feed them 
that way. Sutton’s Long Red is one of 
the best yi(dding varieties. ir. F. .T. 
