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B-Ae RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 18, 1918 
Trebles 
Man-Power 
With a Sharpies Milker 
one man, woman or boy 
can do the work of three 
men milking by hand. 
Sharpies is the world's 
fastest milker. Official 
tests prove it—write 
for Bulletin No. 7. 
SHARPIES 
MH-KER 
The Sharpies Teat Cup has 
the positive squeeze, which 
insures teat health. No 
other milker can or does 
exert a single ounce of pres¬ 
sure or massage on a cow’s 
teats. 
Be sensible. Invest in a Sharpies. 
It pays for itself in 4 to 6 months. 
Write to nearest branch for cata¬ 
log, addressing Dept. 12 
The Sharpies Separator Co. 
WEST CHESTER. PA. 
Sharpies Suction-feed Separator-^ 
Skims Clean at Any Speed 
Branches: ChicaKO San Fraocisco Toronto 
. _ SC-9 
Easy Milldnsr and a Full Pail 
are the natural result of a healthy udder. 
When a cow freshens, her udder should be 
Riven careful attention. Caked Bag, so likely 
to occur then, la Quickly removed by apply¬ 
ing Bag Balm, the great healing ointment. 
Bores, cuts, chaps, bruises, cracks, bunches 
and inflammation Quickly respond to its heal¬ 
ing, penetrating effect. Try Bag Balm and 
you will never be without it. 
Sold by feed deelera sod drugglete. In Imrge 60o 
pM;kageB. Send for booklet, ‘Tiidry Wrlnklee." 
DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO., Lyndonvllle, Vt. 
THICK, SWOLLEN GLIHDS 
that make a horse Wheeze, 
R.oar, have Thick Wind 
or Choke-down, can be 
reduced with 
ABSORBINE 
also other Bunches or Swellings. Noblister, 
no hair gone, and horse kept at work. Eco¬ 
nomical-only a few drops required at an appli¬ 
cation. $2.50 per bottle delivered. BookSRfreB. 
ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for man¬ 
kind, reduces Cysts, Wens, Painful, Swollen 
Veins and Ulcers. $1.25 a bottle at dealers or 
delivered. Book “Evidence” free. 
W.F.YOUNG, P. D. F., SSTempleSt., Springfield. Mass. 
MINERAL^Wr 
HEAVE^v?ari 
.COMPOUND 
Booklet 
Free 
NEGLECT 
Will Ruin 
Your Horse 
Sold on 
Its Merits 
BEND TODAY 
AGENTS 
WANTED 
mNEBAL HEAVE BEMEDY CO.^461 fourth A«e., rutsburg. F* 
Lice on Cattle; Gomhined Milk Room and 
Smokehouse 
1. Will yon tell me what will remove 
lice from cattle? 
2. What do yon think of a combined 
milkroom and smokehonsc? At my pump 
i.s a milkhonse five feet in the ground, 
sloncd-uj) walhs. I tore the roof off and 
wi.«h to widen it and put a stone parti¬ 
tion through the center, running it to 
the peak of the roof, .so as to divide it, 
and linve a rnilkhouse and smokehouse. 
Will the smoke have any effect on the 
milk? E, 11 . n. 
.Toppa, Md. 
f. Li'cie frequently infest cattle and 
young calve.s, and are a great annoyance 
to these animals. They may he easily 
kept in check, however, hy a little care. 
Cattle may he sprayed with one of the 
coal tar disinfectants, like creolin and 
water, one part to HO, or they may he 
treated with a lice killer always at 
hand—kerosene. A currycomb may be 
diiijied in kero.sene and used to curry the 
cow, pa 3 ’ing particular attention to the 
folds of skin about the nook, the back 
along the spine and the folds about the 
udder, or a cloth maj’ be moistened with 
kerosene and nibbed over the cow, follow¬ 
ing this 3vitl)i the currycomb to get the 
kero.sene down to the skin. A too lavish 
use of kerosene may cause the loss of 
some hair, or even blistering if u.sed too 
freel.v ^vhere chafing may occur, as about 
the udder. It is very efficient, however, 
when properly used. 
2. Milk absorbs foreign odors so read¬ 
ily that 1 should consider the proposition 
to make the smokehouse a part of the 
rnilkhouse a somewhat dangerous one. It 
is possible that the partition between 
could be made so tight as to prevent any 
odor of .smoke in the rnilkhouse, hut great 
precaution would ccrtainlj’ have to be 
Ciken. ji. B. p. 
Houses for Hogs 
I would like j'our opinion regarding 
colony houses versus large house.s, con¬ 
taining several separate pen.s under the 
same roof, for brood sows. A few years 
ago I tried keeping several sows in sepa¬ 
rate pens under the same roof at farrow¬ 
ing time, with poor results, as the sow 
farrowing next to one that had already 
farrowed got very uneasy when she heard 
the young pigs squealing in the next pen, 
and thinking they were her own that she 
was lying on, would get up, wander 
around, lie down again, and repeat this 
several times. The result was a lo.ss of 
many young pigs stepped on or laid on. 
By using colony houses I find that I lose 
very few, if any, by injury, but naturally 
colony houses are more expensive to build 
in any quantity. However, I think they 
are worth the difference in pigs saved, hut 
as I know that many breeders use the 
large houses with pens, I would like your 
opinion. My houses, 8x10 feet, are built 
on skids so that they can he drawn any¬ 
where desired by a pair of horses, and are 
very convenient. It took some time be¬ 
fore I got just what I wanted hy experi¬ 
menting. I would be glad to have a good 
growing ration for young pigs. Some 
feeders advise equal parts red-dog and 
cornmeal, some equal parts ground oats 
and cornmeal, while others say no corn- 
meal at all. Red-dog cannot be procured 
at all now, and it is a problem to know 
what to feed nowadays for any profit (or 
to come out even) if you have to buy 
mill feeds, and there is no doubt that some 
of the bill of fare has to be bought. For 
five to six months pigs I am at present 
feeding one part ground mixed feed (oats, 
bran and low-grade middlings) one part 
white middlings (not quite as fine as red- 
dog), and one part cornmeal, fed as slop, 
three times a day, and shelled corn scat¬ 
tered in litter, for exercise. Is there any 
profit in wintering Fall pigs in this cli¬ 
mate? J. K. T. 
Massachusetts. 
J. R. T. raises three very important, if 
not actual limiting factors in pork pro¬ 
duction. The method of housing is very 
important. It is the number of pigs that 
go to market rather than the number far¬ 
rowed that determine profit and loss; 
hence the necessity of raising a large per¬ 
centage of the young pigs. The colony 
house is, in my opinion, le.ss expensive 
than the central housing plan, yet from my 
experience I should insist upon a com¬ 
bination of the two system if I were ex¬ 
tensively engaged in raising hogs. 
The sow needs a quiet, unmolested and 
warm place to farrow. Gilts, in many 
instances, are less apt to be irritable and 
are usually easier to handle in the com¬ 
munity house. However, for farrowing 
in April or May the colony house is abso¬ 
lutely essential. For February or March 
litters, esi)ecially in cold climates, one 
needs a hoghonse that can he w'armed, if 
necessary, to keep the young pigs from 
chilling.* Ry utilizing the two systems in 
combination the best results will obtain. 
At the New Jersey Station 1 grouped 
three A-.shaped houses, covered them with 
stalks and enclosed them with woven wire 
on three sides; faced them to the south 
and thus provided splendid quarters for 
wintering brood sows. If aecu.stomed to 
this method of housing, the sows and 
pigs can be handled to the best advan¬ 
tage under the colony house method. Fx- 
ereise, sunshine and sanitation can all be 
enjoyed, and healthy pigs must have all 
those. Pigs need dry rather than warm 
quarters (except at farrowing), and if 
well fed can endure very .severe weather. 
If the sow is restless and easily an¬ 
noyed, even the colony house can he 
warmed sufficiently with lanterns or hot 
bottles or warmed stones. Care should be 
taken to ventilate the small liou.se in case 
lanterns are used over any great length 
of time. I nearly sulTocated a sow and 
her litter by closing up the colony hon.se 
too tight and not providing any ventila¬ 
tion. 
The colony house has .still another ad¬ 
vantage. The pigs can he protected by 
the guard rail and within a few days, if 
the weather permits, they will straggle 
out and ba.sk in the sunshine. The sow 
will not soil the house under ordinary 
conditions, i. c., if she is not closed in. 
Too often we made the mi.stake of trying 
to persuade the sow to eat or drink too 
soon after farrowing. She should be left 
to herself as much as possible, even 
though the caretaker may think she 
ought to be fed. When she needs food 
she will .speak for it in no uncertain 
terms. 
For young pigs I have found the follow¬ 
ing mixture very useful: 
Ground oats (sieved) .... .W lbs. 
Red-dog flour. 100 lbs. 
Hominy . 2i> lbs. 
corn (meal or cracked) .. 25 lbs. 
Tankage . 10 lbs. 
Oilmeal . 10 lbs. 
I know it is very difficult to secure red- 
dog, but standard middlings appear to be 
only ground bran, and bran .should not 
occupy any space in the ration for young 
pigs. It is too constipating, too bulky 
and more useful for other cias.ses of live 
stock. I should continue this ration until 
the pigs weigh from 75 to f)0 pounds, 
then I should reduce the amount of flour 
or middlings and increase the corn or 
hominy. Some rye can be added after 
the hogs weigh 100 pounds, but it is not 
especially relished by young pig.s. After 
the pigs reach 125 pounds their ration 
should be only corn, hominy and tank¬ 
age, with forage crops always on hand. 
I like shelled corn or corn on the cob. 
I doubt if it ever pays to grind or even 
shell this product,’ except for pigs under 
no pounds, and even then the soaking for 
12 hours will do quite as well. Should 
the packers agree to favor the larger car- 
cas.s and not discount heavyweights, our 
supply of pork could be greatly increased, 
to distinct advantage to the feeder and 
consumer. However, after preaching early 
maturity and the handy weight carcass, 
we can scarcely expect the farmers to go 
back to the 250 or 400-pound pig with¬ 
out some definite assurance that be will 
not be discriminated against when be 
goes to the butcher’s bloolv. 
There is a difference of opinion con¬ 
cerning Fall pigs. IJnlG.ss they can be 
farrowed in August or early September 
they will go into Winter quarter.^ under 
difficulty. Pigs farrowed in October and 
November seldom gain consistently unless 
one has skim-milk and especially adapted 
quarters. It is out of the question to 
winter a group of .stunted pigs with any 
profit, if it is necessary to buy mill feed 
for them. The secret with Fall pigs lies 
in the practice of insisting on early far¬ 
row. then pu.shiug them on to 125 poniuls 
and selling them before the extreme cold 
weather appears. Breeding stock will ju.s- 
tify their cost, but one might as well ad¬ 
mit that with grain so high the profit with 
Fall pigs intended for market will not 
compare with that yielded by Hpring pigs. 
However, we must be mindful that we 
have the sows; that there may be a good 
market for the pigs at weaning time; 
that they can be brought up to JOO 
pounds quite easily on Fall forage, soft 
corn and other .so-called waste products. 
If it comes to a selection between 
“trough.s” and “trenches,” we might pre¬ 
fer troughs, so we could raise pigs, even 
though we might be compelled to forego 
expected profits from some phase of the 
operation, i’- C. M- 
Wheat is $2.10 per bu. at the mill; 
chop, .$2.50 per 100; potatoes, 00c; eggs, 
;!5c; butter, 4.5c; chickens, live weight, 
25c; corn, .$1.80 per hu., shelled; oats, 
,$1.10; buckwheat, .$1.50; hay, .$20 ton, 
delivered; $20 on the farm ; pigs, $15 to 
.$20 pair, weighing about 50 lbs. eachj 
horses, from .$150 to .$280; cows, from $7,5 
to $100; milk, 15c qt.; buttermilk, 20c 
gal.: veal, hog-dreased, 22c. Wages on 
the farm, $2 per day and board. Turnips, 
50c per bu.; they were $1, w. W. L. 
Fayette Co., Pa. 
SWINE 
This photograph is of RUTGEIR’S Col. B, a young 
BOAR, bred at the New Jersey State College 
Experiment 
Station and 
now at the 
head of the 
Wolchest er 
Farms herd 
of pure-bred 
DlIROCS 
Rutger’s 
Col. B is de- 
s c c n d e d 
from King of Cols. 16075, declared by the American 
Duroc Association to be one of the greatest 
boars the breed has ever grown. 
Weaned pigs of this stock can be had for from 
to $30 a pair. This price is f. o. b. Stockton and 
includes registration certificates. 
WOLCHESTER FARMS, Stockton. New Jersey 
BELLMATH FARM 
DUROCS 
FOR ^AT P Duroc Jersey Pigs, six toeight 
rvlv OALib old. Orders booked for 
May delivery. Send for description and prices. 
H, C. CROCKER & SON. Sennett. N. Y. 
CHESHIRES 
THE NEW YORK FARMERS’ HOG 
Bred gilts and pigs of botli sexes for s.ile. 
DEPT. OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
BIG TYPE 
BERKSHIRES 
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR 
Majestic Mammoth 229500; weight, 407 lbs. at 7 
mos.; was bred and raised by me. Booking orders for 
8 to 10 weeks-old Spring pigs at $20 each and up. 
C. H. CARTER, Whitguern Farm, West Chester, Penna. 
BERKSHIRES 
Spring pigs of size and quality. Big litters 
from large, mature Sows. 3 fall boars, 2 
sows left. Excellent breeding. Reasonable 
prices. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Write 
H. Grimshaw, - North East, Pa. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood: 
^naeiai Fall farrowed boars, ready for service. 
ulJobldl weighing in breeding condition 200 to 350 
ponnds at six ana seven months of ago. A few that 
weighed 300 pounds when six months old, from a sow 
that farrowed litters of 14 and 17. Alio boar pigs. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING. Box 15. DUNDEE. N.Y. 
Springbank Berkshires 
I offer some Berkshire Boar nigs that have Class in 
•very line. AlsoCharmer'sChampion 5thNo. 208200, 
by Lady Longfellow’s Champion 2nd, No. 140749, 
and out of Charmer's Bess, No. 153136. Send for 
historic pedigree and price and do not forget what 
the Berkshir^arrow Classes did to ALL OTHER BREEDS 
and CROSSES at the last International at Chicago. 
Address J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
TakingOrders urge Berkshire Pigs Huntington Mills, Pa. 
Ksfe^red 0 . 1 . C. Of ChesteT White Pigs 
6 to 8 weeks, $15 each. 
EVERETT FOX, 
LOWELL, MASS. 
PIGS SHIPPED C.O.D. 
SO CHESTER WHITES AND MEDIUM YORKSHIRE CROSS. 6 
weeks old. SIO. SO BERKSHIRE AND CHESTER WHITES 
CROSS. 6 weeks old, $10. 50 0. 1. C. & LARGE YORKSHIRE 
CROSS, $10.ThesePig.s arefrom Large.Growttiystock. 
50 Shoats, 12 weeks old, tl.5 each. 0. REEVES, Lexinglon, Miss. 
Kinderhook Registered DUROCS 
March and April pigs—blood of Golden Model, Defender, 
I’als King, Prince of Cols, Chief Justice, and then some. 
Extra good, large-honed, stretcliy.Iiuskies, some compact, 
ea-sy-feeders. We guarantee safe delivery and satisfaction 
or money back. Kinderhook Duroc-Jersey Ass'n., Kinderhook, N. Y, 
“HAMPSHIRES’ 
Any Age. Free circular. Also hulls from ^ 
Accredited herd. Itcgistei ed Guornse.vs. ; 
LOCUST UWN FARM, Bird-In-Hand. Box R, Pa. 
ForSale-Duroc-Jersey Pigs w®i’n der! 
Orion, Protection strrek. Kea.sonahie prices. 
FRANK 0. CURTIS, Route 6, Cloverland Farm, Amsterdam,N.Y. 
Reg. Chester White Pigs 
C and 8 weeks old, S15 each; S28 pair: S40 trio. Not 
akin. A. A. S CII <) F li L L, lleuvoltou, N.Y. 
FOUSAI.K-PL ,1 .UIL|ipP|_, KKWK.TII E.CIIAMItEUS 
PUREBRED Uliesier nnilcrlga Hmlton, Keir lurk 
Reg. 0.1. C. PIGS 
BRUB.aKEH BROS., R. 2, Mifflintown, Pa. 
Reg. Poland Chinas bv' 
From daiiKS weigliing GOO u 
Cholera immuned for life. Sired 
or bred to Half Ton boars. 
IKS weigliing COO up. E. ROWELL, Jr., Scottsburg, V.. 
O t ft t Clioice Weanling hoai-s. Mostly sons of 
I I C Spring Valley Schoolni.asterfi3781. Reg. Free. 
. X. Vo O SPRING VALLEY FARM, Memphis, N. V. 
D | I D ^ ^ O A few pigs. $26 pr. Ped. Write 
U IT W 9 s. O. WEEKS, DeGkaff, Ohio 
Wanted- YoUngPlgS to 10 weeks old; utility 
■' - — stock. Advise quantity 
and price. Macniff Horticultural Co., 56 Vesey St., N.Y. City 
IF you want books on (arming of 
any kind write us and we 
will quote you prices 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West Thirtieth Street, New York 
