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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 16, 191S 
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A Safe, Spee<1y and Positive (bire for 
Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, 
Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind 
Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, 
Kingbone and other bony tumors. 
Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, 
Thrush. Removes all Bunches from 
Horses or Cattle. 
As a Human Remedy for Rheumatism, 
Sprains, Sore Throat, etc., it is invaluable. 
Kvery bottle of Caustic Balsam sold is 
Warranted to give satisfaction. Price 
$1.60 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or 
sent by express, charges paid, with full 
directions for its use 13^Send for descrip¬ 
tive circulars, testimonials, etc. Address 
The Lawrence-Williams Co., Cleveland, 0. 
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Approximately 10,000 cases are 
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HORSES 
Shetland and Large/ Pony Weanlings 
$35 to $ 50 . Broken Ponies, $75 to $1 00 . Fifty head, 
ill colors. Stale age, i-olor and sex you want. Six liead 
registered Hod Polled Females, 8 months to 6 years. 
F. B. STEWART, - Espyville Station, Fa. 
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SHETLAND PONIES 
We sell on the IMSTALLMEUT plan. iiOO head to 
select from. Herd established 1891. Send 10c 
for contract and price list. Address Dept. L 
THE 8BADYSIDE FARMS, North Benton. 0. 
Shetland Ponies SebrinB, Oliio. Oldest 
»erd in biggest Shetland Producing County in U. S 
Will reduce Inflamed, Strained, 
Swollen Tendons, Ligaments, 
or Muscles. Stops the lamenessand 
pain from a Splint, Side Bone or 
Bone Spavin. No blister, no hair 
gone and horse can be used. $2, SO a 
bottle at druggists or delivered. De¬ 
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ABSORBINE,JR., the antiseptic liniment for 
mankind, reduces Strained, Torn Liga¬ 
ments. Swollen Glands, Veins or Muscles; 
Heals Cuts, Sores, Ulcers. Allays pain. Price 
B1.2S a bottle at dealer, or delivered. Book "Evidence” free. 
W. F. YOUNG, P, D. F., 88 Temple Street, Springfield, Mass. 
Taste(3 Milk Twice 
Grew to be a “WONDER” on 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
WALGROVE HERD 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
OVER 50 HEAD IN HERD 
Many imported. All recisteied. Tuberculin tested. 
Milk records kept. Write for iirice and particiil.-irs 
on Herd Heading Bulls. yyalnulGrove Farm.WashIngtonville, N. Y 
Kl fot‘oTd Aberdeen-Angus Bidl Calves 
Two Blackbirds, one Pride, and one of tbe queen Mother 
Tril>e. Those bulls are priced at a figure consistent for 
(icpendal)le breeding bulls, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DE¬ 
PARTMENT, Delaware College, Newark, Delaware 
Mr. General Farmer! Dairy Shorthornstable 
breed for you. Try them. We offer a trio for foun- 
datioii. 2 lieifer calves and a bull, unrelated. Choice¬ 
ly bred. First draft or check for S425 takes them. 
A few others. EDWIN EASTERBROOK. Interlaken. N. Y. 
I A 'C('® beef breed for profit. 
.^VOdrClCdjl “ Beef Production in the East.’. 
New booklet; free on request’ 
1 /VngUS c.W. ECKARDT. 31 Nassau St., NewYork 
Swiss Goats d":*^ $40 
A few dry does. No milkers to sell. Only letter’s enclos¬ 
ing: btaxnp answered. S. J. SilAUPLES, R.O-5, Norristona, Pa.. 
j SHEEP 
Southdown Rams for Sale 
from the celehraled flock of Win. Rockefeller. Address 
IJ. .M. HAWKS, - Tttrrytown. New York 
Pure Bred Shropshire Ram Lambs u‘‘o'^c k s" 
Cockerels and Pullets; few yearling Hens. Want to sell 
in trios. Bronze Toms. M. N. ADAMS, Livonia, N. Y. 
HAMPSHIRE RAMS For Sale 
An extni good two-year-old at a bargain. Some great 
lambs. A few ewe lambs. llASTiFTT HKOTIILUS, 8«iie<*a, .N. V. 
Fine Wool“0vcr the Top”at 75c 
Rambonillet, Delaine, Dorset, Cheviot and Shropshire 
rams, (’heshii e and Chester White Brood sows. Dui’oc 
plgrf 6 weeks old. I). H. TO'VXSE.NB SONS, lnt«rlak«D, >. Y. 
PnrQala Nov- 16. yearling ram, Shropshire 
I or Oa 18 Hampshire cross. Good build and size. Ingood 
condition. Price, $16. RAYMOND RUSSELL, Boonville, H. Y. 
Reg. Hampshire Ram mrset''ram°'lambs? 
C, F. & M. W. lilGHAM, (iettyslmrg. Fa. 
If /irot/iil Ciir Cknnn The kind that pay if lambs die. 
KaraKUlrUr onoep Ewes and Hams for sale at $50 each. 
Better ones higher. Clark Grkgory, Mt. Vision, N. Y. 
For Sale or Exchange-Reg. Southdown Ram 
CHAS. DENNETT, . Luzerne, N. Y. 
IBReg.YearllngShropahlreRamsH^B^MVEMtilN.Y. 
ForSale-Reg. Shropshire Ram Lambs wIiS^y^i; 
DOCS and FERRETS 
Airedales and Collies oTTfi 
pups, grown dogs, ami brood matrons. Large in¬ 
structive list, ac. W. R. WATSON, Box 1745, Oakland, Iowa 
r'.nlllA Dnno The intelligent kind. Also Guinea I’igs 
L01116 rlips .\ E;L«.0N’S. Grove Oltv, Fu. 
ForSale-FarmRaisedAiredales intelligent. Septem¬ 
ber puppies, $i0—$15. ALBERT NEWTON, Bellows Fills, Vermont 
Airarlalo Dime Eligible to register. Sire, Oorang 
HIIOUClIO rUpo blooil. Darn, Sw’iveller blood. A 
husky bunch. Prices reasonable. HOWARD HILLS, Rosenioni.N.J. 
For Sale 
Exteriiiinwte your rate and save your grain. Price list free. 
Illustrated booklet 10c. €. II. KEEFKU & ('O., (sreeuwich, Ofate 
An all grain ration is expensive as well as uiiaatisfactory. It 
needs animal protein, the muscle-maker, and bone phosphate of 
lime, the bone-builder, to balance it up. These vital elements 
are best supplied by 
Reichard’s Digester Tankage 
'""Jy The United .States Department of Acriculture. in Farmers’ Bulletin No. 411, 
shows that in certain experiments tlic aduition of Disester Tankage to the 
train ration saved 4b% in the feed cost of producing pork. Take advantage 
of this fact and thereby bavc yourself a lot of money. 
Reichard’s Digester Tankage is the best on the market. It is made from 
selected materials, is uniformly sweet, brings resuiU. 
Demand it from your dealer by name—refuse substiluUs. IVrite us today 
for free Hog Booklet, samples and prices of tankage. 
ROBERT A. 
15 W, Lawrence St. 
REICHARD 
Allentown, Pa. 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Value of Milking Shorthorns 
I read with interest your recent article 
on “Milking Shorthorns.” Does this 
breed produce milk that is high or low in 
butter fat? Does it cost more to raise 
and keep cows of this breed than of other 
common dairy breeds? Are the white, 
red and roan distinct types, and which is 
the most profitable? Are these cattle eas¬ 
ily disturbed and nervous, like the Ayr- 
shires? c. E. B. 
Massachusetts. 
The butter fat content of the milk from 
milking Shorthorns will average around 
4.5 per cent. This test is high as com¬ 
pared with the average black and white ; 
runs slightly above the Ayrshire, but, of 
course, does uot approach the .Jersey or 
Guernsey, as the island breeds will aver¬ 
age about 5 per cent. As for comparative 
costs of raising specimens of the ditferent 
breeds, naturally the variations in mature 
weights would modify growing and main¬ 
tenance charges. For instance, it would 
farmers, he will not be disappointed if he 
chooses milking Shorthorns. 
Intensive farming is bound to come 
after the war; we shall raise more of our 
essential commodities on our own farms, 
and buy less from the marts, and any 
system of stock farming supporting such 
activities will undoubtedly include the 
dual-purpose cow. 
An Economical Dairy Ration 
I have Holstein cows, part fresh and 
coming fresh. I have just filled two silos 
with fine silage, a barn full of cow peas 
and oat hay; have quite a quantity of 
field corn. JVhat feed can I prepare that 
will provide a good balanced ration, in¬ 
sure adequate flow of milk and avoid the 
costly feed bills which take the profit all 
out of the business? Can I buy the oil 
and mix with cornmeal myself? What 
does my present supply of feed and grain 
lack ? L. E. II. 
With plenty of silage, cow pea and oat 
Milhhig f^horthorn Cow from the Otis Herd, Ohio 
cost more to develop to production age a 
1,500-lb. cow than tvould obtain in case of 
one mature at 8.50 lbs., but the 1,.500-lb. 
animal would have a much greater carcass 
value. There are only slight variations in 
the maintenance requirements per 100 lbs. 
body weight of useful s])eoimens of the va¬ 
rious breeds, the major difference being 
manifested in their feeding, grazing and 
gaining propensities, and in their ability 
to produce milk and beef consistently and 
economically. 
The milking Shorthorn is popular be¬ 
cause of her inherited milking qualities, 
coupled with her ability to put on flesh 
and finish. Her conformation enables her 
to cover her body with meat of the great¬ 
est value, and her great size and natural 
fleshing tendencies commend her to .stock- 
men who appreciate size, vigor, iirodue- 
tion and reproduction. England would 
be both short of milk and short of beef 
were it not for the dual-purpose Short¬ 
horns, while fully 75 per cent of the milk 
produced in the so-called corn belt is 
yielded from milking Shorthorns. The 
Eastern farmer is rapidly appreciating 
their profit-making qualities, and if one 
may judge aright, the red, white and roan 
milking type of cow will acclaim her 
rights and rule supreme on the tenant 
farm, where labor is a limiting factor, and 
where meat and milk and useful calves 
are to be relied upon to pay the rent and 
feed the family. 
Mere color does not differentiate type. 
Milking Shorthorns may be red or white 
or roan, or any combination of these col¬ 
ors. Individuality and breeding, rather 
than color, determine values and establish 
production. There are to be found good 
and inferior specimens of every color, and 
one should not be misled by any claim to 
the contrary. One's own personal likes 
or dislikes should guide in choosing the 
predominating color ; there is no fixed re¬ 
lationship between color and useful or 
profitable production. 
Concerning the dispositiefn and ner¬ 
vous temperament, the milking Shorthorn 
reigns supreme. 5’he cows are gentle and 
docile, easily handled and not nervous in 
any sense of the term. One may go 
through the pa.stiire lots and not disturb 
their grazing; moreover, a great majority 
will invite admiration and friendly nego¬ 
tiations. Seldom are the bulls difficult to 
manage or break; however, the wise 
herdsman or caretaker does not impose 
tni.s't in any real bull. It is his inherited 
function to'head and guard the herd, and 
idleness and confinement give him abun¬ 
dant opportunities to batch up mischief 
and execute his pr:inks at the opportune 
and unexpected moment. If C. E. B. 
wants to practice tlie kind of stock rais¬ 
ing that has made English farm tenants 
conspicuous as successful stockmen and 
hay and field corn, you can feed the Hol¬ 
stein dairy of 11 cows without purchasing 
very much concentrated feeding stuff. 
The ration is lacking in protein, and it 
would seem that some gluten meal would 
substantially increase the value of the 
homegrown feeds. This feed can be se- 
ciired comparatively easily in your dis¬ 
trict, as you would avoid many transpor¬ 
tation embarrassments if you relied upon 
some corn by-product milled nearer home. 
For a mature cow in milk, giving 40 
pounds of 8.,5 per cent milk daily, I would 
suggest the following dairy ration : Silage, 
35 lbs.; cow pea and oat hay. 12 lbs., 
and 10 lbs. of a grain mixture made up 
of 6 lbs. of corn and 4 lbs. of gluten meal. 
If the eow would eat more silage or more 
of the hay, it would be feasible to reduce 
somewhat the grain ration. The corn 
should be ground and the meal mixed with 
the gluten feed. If buckwheat bran, even 
wheat bran, can be purchased within rea- 
.sonahle bounds (under .$36 per ton), it 
should be added to the ration used for the 
dry cows, in which case the mixture 
should be: (’orn, 4 lbs.; gluten, 2 11)S., 
and bran. 2 lbs. The amount of silage 
used for the dry cows would be less (say 
about 25 Ib.s.), and they could be fed 
largely with the oat hay, rather than Soy 
bean hay. 
The corn oilmeal is not “corn with the 
oil added.” and the suggestion made 
would not be practical. Rather, it is a 
so-called by-product from the manufacture 
of corn products. One common fault with 
this material is that it often or easily be¬ 
comes rancid, and is not especially palata¬ 
ble. While it is common belief that this 
meal can replace oilmeal in feed rations, 
experienced feeders still cling steadfastly 
to the oilmeal. even though it costs more 
per ton unit. It is always safer to utilize 
straight meals from grains rather than 
the special prepared or so-called mixed or 
prepared feeds. Freight rates today ought 
to prohibit the use of oat hulls and pea¬ 
nut shucks and mill barley in useful dairy 
rations. 
An Investment In Pigs 
I have a chance to buy 11 12-weeks-old 
pigs, O. I. r.-Berkshire cross, tlmt will 
average 00 pounds each, for ,$160. I have 
a good place to keep them in. but will 
have to buy all the feed. Do you think it 
would be possible in the present state of 
the market to raise these pigs and make a 
profit, and could you give me a ration that 
would be best adapted to meet my condi¬ 
tions? 1 should plan to dispose of the 
hogs in March. ii. g. c. 
Massachusetts. 
Twenty-five cents per pound is rather a 
high price to pay for sliotes for feeding 
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