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June 22, 
Oie R U R AL N EW-YO R K E R 
Likes the Cheviot Sheep 
The Cheviot sheep is one of the best 
browsers. He is decidedly a hustler, and 
is particularly adapted to the mountainous 
districts of New York, Pennsylvania and 
New Jei'sey. No man in my knowledge 
who had fair representatives of the breed 
and has given them a fair trial has ever 
been .sick of them. I find that if a Chev¬ 
iot lias a choice he will take the hill pas¬ 
ture in preference to a level one. The 
report from the farm bureau sheep asso¬ 
ciation members gives an average profit of 
$7 per head. August and September is the 
best time to >start a flock, as the best ewes 
are for sale at that time. 
Otsego Co., N. Y. joiin a. ccbrt. 
I should say the mountainous soil was 
just the place for the Cheviots, as they 
came originally from the Cheviot Hills 
in Scotland, and mo.st of the flocks which 
I know about in this State are kept on 
hilly iiastures. As to profit per head, I 
have always calculated that the wool 
paid for the Y'inter keep of the sheep. 
1‘erhaps. in these times of high prices of 
wool, it will do a little better than that, 
though feed, of course, is high also; but 
a sheep does well with very little grain 
until near lambing time, which with ris 
is usually the last of March and through 
April. This makes the lambs raised a 
clear profit, with the exception of the 
pasture, and at the present i>rices of 
sheep is a very satisfactory income. Of 
course, if earlier lambs are raised, say in 
February, the sheep would need consider¬ 
ably more grain, and the wool might not 
cover cost of feed used. 
I should say the Fall would be the 
most desirable time to start in sheep 
raising, as then the flock is usually re¬ 
duced to the number desired to be kept 
through the AYinter, and the surplus may 
be purc^.ilsed in larger numbers and at 
more reasonable prices than any other 
time of year. n. w. iiarpeu. 
Schuyler Co., N. Y. 
Dogs and Sheep 
If we had a law and had it enforced to 
have every dog, both male and female, 
operated on, except those kept for breeding 
purposes, and those to be kept within an 
enclosure, there would be no trouble, as 
such dogs never leave home of their own 
accord. We keep sheep, but bring them 
to the farm yard every night, and when 
one gets the habit it is no more trouble 
than it is to “go for the cows.” It ought 
not to be necessary to have to do it, but it 
is the only safe way. We have a dog of 
tht kind I have mentioned—a male—and 
he never leaves the farm, is always ready 
to go to his bed in the woodhouse at 
night. Our next neighbor has a female 
that has been operated on, and it is the 
same with her. Both are better for busi¬ 
ness. Ours is a cross between a shepherd 
and a collie. It wmuld cost the Government 
much less to send veterinaries through 
the country and do the work free of 
charge than to pay for the sheep that are 
killed. 
“Four-Footed Tractors” 
One hundred and fifty “four-footed 
tractors” were recently purchased in 
Kansas City by the State Council of De¬ 
fense of Connecticut. These steers will 
be turned onto pasture and used as ox 
teams on New England farms. One Con¬ 
necticut farmer purchased 40 head of 
these calves that are to grow into oxen. 
He operates a large farm, and has found 
that he can use oxen for his work, keep 
them fat, get a great deal of steady Avork 
out of them and then sell them at a ripe 
age, sometimes at 12 years, and make a 
continual profit on the investment, not 
only when they work, but Avhen they are 
sold. 
These steer calves are turned into pas¬ 
ture, and when Fall comes are broken be¬ 
side staid old oxen who have been on the 
job for some time. Eastern farmers have 
found these animals ideal motive power 
for hauling heavy loads of rock for road 
building, for drawing silage and manure 
and other heavy tasks about the farm. 
A visit to NeAV England fairs will con¬ 
vince you that the motor truck and 
tractor have not altogether replaced ani¬ 
mal power, for many beautiful ox teams 
are exhibited. In Connecticut at one fair 
alone IHO yoke of trams are often shown. 
Within an hour's ride of New Y'oi-k City 
you will find the faithful ox still tilling 
land foi‘ the farmer, which shows that 
brainstorms about ga.soline and oil have 
not altogether taken the farmer’s com¬ 
mon sense away from him. E. w. G. 
Dairy Manuals 
Will you tell me where I can get 
recipes for making Neuchatel ijjid other 
soft cheeses, and what br>oks are in- 
structiA’e about dairying in the State of 
Florida? u. J. G. 
Anona, Fla. 
Extension Bulletin No. 9 of the Storrs 
Extension Service. Storrs, Conn., gives 
detailed instructions as to the making of 
soft cheese. I am sure you can get a 
cop.v of this bulletin by writing to the di¬ 
rector of the lOxtension Service, Storrs, 
Conn. Some excellent general books rela¬ 
tive to dairying are “Feeds and Feeding.” 
by Henry and Morrison; “Dairy Cattle 
and Milk Production.” by C. H. Eckles. 
and “Manual of Milk Products,” by Prof. 
W. A. Stocking, pertaining to milk ami 
its products, which may be obtained from 
this office. There are of course many 
others, but these are of a general nature 
and will give you a good start. U. F. J. 
The Development of the Silo 
A few years ago it seemed to be the 
general belief that the silo, while useful 
for the dairyman, was not to be generally 
recommended for the beef cattle feeder. 
Most of the advice regarding cattle feed¬ 
ing was inclined to leave out silage in 
making up a ration for beef cattle. We 
know that in parts of the South at least 
this advice was not followed, for hundreds 
of steers were profitably fed through the 
Winter on silage, cottonseed meal and 
cotton hulls, with a small amount of dry 
fodder. Now there seems to be a change 
in all this, for cattle feeders are now ad¬ 
vocating the silo for their farms. The 
Indiana Experiment Station states that 
at a recent State convention of cattle 
feeders, 84 of those present Avere using- 
one or more silos on their farms, and 
most of the rest of these feeders exjAected 
to put up a silo this year or in the im¬ 
mediate future. In the Far West. Avhere 
pit silos are coming into use, Ave under¬ 
stand that silage is becoming indispens¬ 
able for cattle feeders. Steers are given 
better Winter protection than formerly, 
and a fair amount of silage along Avith 
dry fodder has given profitable results. 
There c.-in be no question about the great 
A'alue of silage, and all kinds of crops are 
nOAV being put into the silo and kept there 
successfully. As Ave have stated several 
times, it has uoav been found that Jap¬ 
anese millet makes a good silage crop 
Avheu properly handled. It can be groAvn 
broadcast, cut Avith either a moAver or a 
reaper, and put into the silo like corn. 
The cost of groAving is less than that of 
com. since there is no hand planting or 
cultivation, and the harvesting is consid¬ 
erably less. M'hen the chopped millet is 
thoroughly packed doAvn into the silo, it 
makes a good quality of silage, and in 
these days Avhen human labor is difficult 
to obtain, any crop which may be handled 
almost entirely by machinery Avill prove a 
great ble.ssing to a farmer. At the last 
census there AA-ere 4G,.329 silos in New 
Y’ork State. There ought to be at least 
five times as much to help carry our 
cattle through next Winter. 
How We Cure Meat in Hot Weather 
We butchered a hog weighing about 225 
pounds last July in A’ery hot AA'eather. 
We butchered A’ery early in the morning, 
before breakfast, in fact, and left the hog 
hanging in the air Avhile we ate. Imme¬ 
diately after breakfast aa-c prepared a 
brine strong enough to bear up an egg, 
in a large iron kettle out of doors, and 
by the time the brine Avas boiling Ave had 
the meat cut up, before the animal heat 
Avas gone. The bone must be removed 
from the hams and shoulders, and the 
meat should be cut up into rather small 
pieces six or eight inches square. Noav 
put several pieces of meat in the kettle 
and be sure to boil every piece till the 
blood is set, or Avhen you cut into the 
lean it looks white instead of red. The 
thick piece^ of ham and shoulder Avill need 
to be boiled longer than the side meat. 
Be sure it is boiled till it does not look 
re'd and juicy Avhen cutting into a piece. 
Now remove the first batch to the vessel 
you are to keep it in (we use a big .jar), 
and put in some more to cook, keeping on 
till all is done. The jar containing the. 
meat should be kept Avell covered all the 
time laissible during the cooking on ac- 
counr of flies. A loosel.v w( a-ch (•'(i|-h is 
best, as it lets the heat out more rapidly 
and still keeps out flies. After all is 
boiled let the brine' cool till morning, then 
skim oft' the lard and. pour brine over the 
meat; it should be kept under the brine. 
The meat from hambones, backbones, 
etc., can be used in various Avays; scrap¬ 
ple’. mincemeat and sausage. The sausage, 
fried in small cakes and canned in glass 
jars having it A^-ell covered Avith the boil¬ 
ing fat, Avill keep indefinitely, or it can 
be baked in a large loaf in the oven. 
I’o cook the meat cured in the brine, 
slice’ rather thin, dip in cold Mvater, then 
in flour, and fry till a golden broAvn. I 
have never needed to freshen it. This 
recipe w.as obtained from a French fam¬ 
ily Avho live here and are noted for being 
good cooks. We like' meat cured in this 
Avay mucdi better than “fried doAvn” 
meat; in fact, it is simply delicious served 
with boiled potatoes; is good to cook Avith 
beans, or makes fine boiled ham. 
Take a large chunk of ham from the 
brine, put in fresh Avater and cook as 
you Avould fre’sh meat, only it Avill not 
need to be cooked long. We always cured 
the meat in a Avashboiler in the house be¬ 
fore, but of course it take’s longer. !Meat 
cured in this Avay is nice and firm to slice. 
It is especially nice for the side meat, 
and anyone getting a large piece of pork 
from the butcher can save it in this Avay 
Avhen it Avould othe’rAvise spoil in hot 
AA’eather. MRS. GRACE CLEMOKS. 
Kansas. 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
June 19, 20, 21—Holsteius, Balsam 
Stock Farm, DixA’ille Notch, N. II. 
.Tune 19 — Guernseys. Glen Gable 
Farm, Wyebrooke. Fa. 
.Tune 2(1—Ayrshires. H. C. ^McKenzie, 
Walton. N. Y. 
June ’27—Ilolsteins, Middlefield, O., by 
A. W. Green. 
HOLSTEINS 
Purebred Reg. Holsteins 
All ages, either sex. Also High Grade Holstein Calves, 
either svx, $IS to S20 each. F. H. WOOD Cortland, hew York 
7 ^ Holstein Heiier CALVES Kr,!'Sir”;';" 
registered sires, 5 days old, S20 and S35 each. 
HAKKY YAIL, - Warwick. Oraiioe Co., N Y. 
rkniar (S'! AA "''*1 “ 7-mos.-old reg. Hol- 
i* or Wniy JPJIUU stein bnU, grandson of a ^O.OOO 
liuU. All tested dams and a world’s i-ecord in pedigree. 
Perfect individual. C1.0 VEKI>a 1.B FAKM, Charlotte, N. ¥. 
A Pair of Prise Coiswold Sheep at Illinois State Fair 
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GUERNSEYS 
r\fK^r 1 
nse^ 
No other breed can produce rich 
golden butter fat as cheaply as the 
Guernsey. Official yearly records show: 
—7 cows average over 20,000 lbs. 
milk and 1.000 
lbs. butter fat. 
Write for the 
“story of the 
Guernsey- 
Cow." (3) 
American 
Gnernsey 
Cattle Cinb 
Box R 
Pelerboro,N.H. 
jxcnxni 
OaksFarmGuernseys 
FnrSalp May Rose Imll, eight months old; d.^m 
rui uoic iKigfi record madewlien 23 months ohl 
of 479 pottnds of fat. Calf h.us a black nose and 
for this reason we are cutting his price in lialf 
and offering him for S160. Send for liis 
pedigree and see his wonderful breeding. 
WALTER S. KERR. Mgr., COHASSET, MASS. 
Albamont Farms 
Campton and Thornton, N. H. 
GUERNSEYS 
High quality registered heifers and hulls for sale. 
Herd under U. .S. Govt, supervision for Tuberculo¬ 
sis. Write for full pedigrees, low prices, etc. 
J. C. HAARTZ, Owner, 10 High SC, BOSTON, MASS. 
"Guernsey Bulls sale 
A few unusually fine bulls, two to twelve montlis of 
age, out of A. K. dams and liy noted sires. May 
Rose, Golden Secret and Strong Anclior breeding. 
Until July Isl we will prop:i.v express eliaiges. 
TABBELii Farms, Smixhville Flats, N. Y. 
For Sale-Rcg. Guernsey Heifers 
l>r. E. F. BRONK, . Amsterdam, N. Y. 
Belle Alto Farms GUERNSEYS 
Choice young bulls out of A. R. cows. Herd tuberculin 
tested. Write for pricelist and pedigree. 
M. H. McCALIATM, . WernersviUe, I’a. 
GUERNSEY BULLS 
Prices Reasonal)le. 
Smonths to2ye8rs. 
SUNNY BBOOK FARM. Smithtown, N.Y. 
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HOLSTEINS 
= 1 
Cortland Holstein Farms 
OFFERS for SALE 
ftO Springers, large heavy cows with proper care 
will milk W)0 to 12,000 lbs. per year. 40 fresh eows. 
Some of tlicm are now milking 65 lbs. pei- day. 
00 Extra flue eo« s due to fre.shen this fail, 'a 
good many are milking 10 lbs. per day now. In calf 
to Keg. Hulls. 40 Kog Heifers, line lai-ge Heifers, 
part of them are bred. 100 High griide Heifers 
one and two years old. 1ft Kegistered Bulls. 
WEBSTER & WADSWORTH 
20S A soft Savings Bank Bldg., Cortland, ?(.T. 
SPOT FARM 
HOLSTEINS 
Holstein calves, either 
$15 to $25 each, express 
in lots of 5. Registered 
s, 5 months old to 1 year 
Rpgistere<i lieifers, all 
ages. Registered and liigli 
grade cows. Large stock on 
hand to select from. 
JOHN C. EEAOAN, Tully, N.Y. 
A GRANDSON OF THE 
FAMOUS $50,000 BULL 
Here is a show bull, about tliree-q<iarters white, born 
Mar. 10. I'.'IS. His sire is one of tlie best bred 
sons of the World’s Greatest Sire, 
King Segis Pontiac Alcartra 
His dam hasa tbree-year-old record of 20.12 lbs. bnttei-. 
His ten nearest tested dams average over 26 lbs. buttei. 
Price $110.00. G. G. BURLINGAME, Cazenovia, N. Y. 
Stevens’ Farm 
HOLSTEINS 
H Holstein heifer calves. 815 
and $20 each, two calves and 
registcied Imll calf for 860. 
Kegistered heifer and bull 
calves all ages. 
All from hiahproduchig clamx 
PAUL H. STEVENS, Cortland, N. Y. 
A Flat Pocket-book 
Cuts no lee ns our prices are low. Male calves half 
value. Cows, yearling heifers and heifer calves 
that can't be heat for quality and price. Herd sires 
are top notehers. We guarantee satisfactidn. 1‘2’J- 
acre alfalfa farm for sale. 
ELITE STOCK FARM 
F. H. Rivenbiirgh, R. I. Stockbridge, New York 
Maple Lawn Holsteins 
High grade heifer calvea sired by registered sire. Dam's record 
29 lbs. Two high grade heifer calves and registered bull calf 
$60. Fifty hue fresh grade cows. Everything iu Holsteins both 
registered and grades. 
C. W. ELLIS, Jr. Maple Lawn Farm, Cortland, N. Y* 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves writlfor 
special offer. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM. Chittenanno, N.Y. 
