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Die RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 11, 1919 
The International Live Stock Exposition 
Part II. 
The show of Duroc Jerseys was quite 
unusual in this respect, inasmuch as a 
number of the prominent breeders had 
Tull herds on exhibition. Brookwater 
Farm consigned 52 head of bred gilts to a 
sale held under the auspices of the Na¬ 
tional Duroc Association, and obtained 
an average of $428 per head on his entire 
offering, the highest-priced sow being his 
grand champion senior yearling, which 
was sold for $2,225 to Thomas Johnson 
of Columbus, O. Ira Jackson of Ohio 
won grand championship on his junior 
yearling boar, Jackson’s Orion King, while 
H. W. Mumford of Ann Arbor won grand 
championship on his senior yearling sow. 
The show of fat barrows was clearly the 
most attractive feature of the swine ex¬ 
hibit. The classification enables the ex¬ 
hibits of the Agricultural College to com¬ 
pete in the open classes, while the Clay 
Robinson specialties reassembled the col¬ 
lege entries for comparison by ages and 
in groups. 
Purdue University won first in both the 
open and in the college classes for the 
champion pen of five animals, on a pen 
of Berkshires under six months of age; 
they were as near alike as five peas and 
fitted to the minute. They lacked the 
weight and flesh displayed by their com¬ 
petitors, especially the Durocs, but the 
judge, Tom Patterson of Kentucky, 
seemed determined to emphasize uniform¬ 
ity rather than weight with quality. The 
grand champion barrow was a Chester 
White, bred and owned by the University 
of Illinois. There was a difference of 
opinion, naturally, concerning this award, 
ringside comment favoring decidedly the 
Duroc-Jersey barrow exhibited by the 
Pennsylvania State College. The Duroc 
weighed 750 'pounds and displayed a 
wealth of flesh and a depth of covering 
over the back, loin and ham that chal¬ 
lenged comparison. The Chester White 
was mellow with perhaps firmer flesh, 
■while the Poland China that was made 
reserve champion displayed more quality 
and scale. 
With the Berkshires the classes were 
larger and consequently competition 
sharper. W. S. Corsa, Whitehall, Ill., 
captured the purple ribbon in the male 
classes, and Hood Farm was awarded the 
grand championship in the female classes. 
There was evidence of marked uniformity 
and quality among the Berkshires, and 
the suggestion was made and supported 
that had the judge recognized and un¬ 
covered the clearly outstanding entry of 
Iowana Farms, a different tale would have 
been related in telling the story about the 
grand champion barrow. 
The chief attraction in Poland China 
circles was a mammoth boar weighing 
I, 040 pounds and exhibited by an Illinois 
breeder. It is doubtful if a smoother, 
more symmetrical animal has ever crossed 
the Poland China arena. It was pleasing 
to find that constructive breeders of this 
popular type are rapidly getting away 
from the pudgy specimens that have too 
frequently ruled the show ring. 
The Chester White exhibit was void of 
any outstanding individuals, with the ex¬ 
ception of the grand champion barrow, 
and it would appear to casual observers 
that greater attention should be paid by 
admirers of this breed toward developing 
a stronger and straighter back and a 
plumper ham. There was abundant evi¬ 
dence of the early maturing qualities usu¬ 
ally displayed by Chester Whites; never¬ 
theless the addition of refinement and 
symmetry would increase their popularity. 
A whole hog delivers a very attractive 
dressed carcass. 
Hampshire breeders received an added 
stimulus as a result of the awards in the 
carload lot division, and it is but fair to 
suggest that greater improvement has been 
manifested in the type of the belted hog 
than has obtained with any other breed 
during the past few years. Nevertheless 
one cannot overlook their ratty heads, nor 
reconcile the fact that they lack stretch, 
filling at the ham and uniformity and con¬ 
formation. Any breed supported by fol¬ 
lowers that pay more attention to an odd 
color mark than they do to genuine feed¬ 
ing and fleshing qualities must always be 
rated third class. There, were only a few 
Tam worths and Yorkshires, for the In¬ 
ternational is clearly a fat stock show, 
and a strictly bacon hog could scarcely be 
popular in such company. 
Sensation after sensation permeated the 
atmosphere in the sheep department. The 
champion wether, a Southdown fitt-d by 
Tom Bradbourn for Jess C. An ews of 
Stoney Point, Ind., was perhaps the ripest 
specimen of the fat stock show. His 
shoulders were as smoothly covered his 
back and loin, while his leg-o’mutton was 
full, plump and well rounded. His near¬ 
est competitor was a Shropshire wether 
fitted by the same genius, but the reserve 
champion went to an Oxford owned by 
Uncle Dix Stone. 
It is evident that the present valuation 
of wool is serving as a real stimulus to 
sheep raising, and could we inaugurate 
some efficient legislation that would pro¬ 
tect the flock of the small farmer from 
the ravages of predatory animals and 
dogs, we would soon find an increased 
number of flocks on the cheap waste lands 
in the Eastern States. 
At this show the criticism was made 
and was well sustained that fleece color¬ 
ing should be promptly abandoned, and 
exhibitors of Oxrords and Hampehires were 
the chief offenders. If the ochre is in¬ 
troduced to cover up black hairs in the 
fleece, it is at best a questionable prac¬ 
tice. and the spectators would greatly ap¬ 
preciate a discontinuance of this custom. 
With the fine and long-wool breeds 
there was keen competition, and one can 
but admire the character and refinement 
that is finding a permanent home in the 
Cheviots, the Doreets and the Rambouil- 
lets. The infusion of their blood i»s invig¬ 
orating the flocks of the Western ranges, 
and consequently the yield of wool per 
animal is being materially increased. The 
New England farmer who is concerned 
in increasing the production and income 
from his hilly land would profit from the 
experiences of the Ohio sheep farmers who 
are now realizing unusual incomes from 
their sheep-farming operations. 
F. C. HINKLER. 
Shrink in Milk 
I have a Holstein heifer which calved 
the first time January 1. 1918; three 
years old last Spring. When fresh she 
gave about 15 quarts daily. During the 
Summer while on pasture I did not feed 
her any grain and she averaged about 11 
to 8 qts. daily until the middle of Au¬ 
gust, when she dropped to about 4 qts. 
daily. This was due, I think to drought 
drying up the pasture. October 1 I start¬ 
ed feeding her cornstalks in addition to 
what pasture she could get. November 1 
I commenced feeding her corn and oat 
chop and bran at the rate of 8 qts. bran 
and 4 qts. chop daily. I also substituted 
clover hay for cornstalks. She gained 
until she was giving about G qts. daily. 
November 1G I stopped feeding clover hay 
entirely and started feeding good clean 
Timothy alone, for roughage, and con¬ 
tinued the grain ration as before. No¬ 
vember 18 she suddenly dropped to about 
a pint of milk daily and has gradually 
dried up until now she does not give a 
cupful daily. November 27 I changed 
back to cornstalks for roughage, but with¬ 
out any difference in the milk. The cow 
is not due to freshen until March 23 next. 
She is in good condition and has never 
shown any signs of being sick. Neither 
has she had access to anything to eat that 
might have caused her to dry up. I 
would like to know if the sudden change 
from clover to Timothy hay could have 
caused this condition? If so, will a 
change back to clover cause her to regain 
her milk? If this is not the case, what 
could have caused her to dry up so quick¬ 
ly? c. R. B. 
New York. 
It is the common experience of dairy¬ 
men that once a cow, especially if she is 
toward the end of her milking period, 
goes off feed and her milk flow is substan¬ 
tially reduced, it is practically impossible 
to bring her back into full flow of milk. 
In this case it is doubtful if the sudden 
change from clover hay to Timothy was 
entirely responsible for the low produc¬ 
tion ; especially should it be doubted if 
the grain ration was continued in full 
amount. There has been something irreg¬ 
ular throughout the entire lactation pe¬ 
riod of this animal, and one might easily 
assume that she was not a persistent 
milker. Any change from Timothy back 
to clover will not in itself revive the full 
flow of milk. The chances are that the 
heifer would best be dried off and placed 
in good condition as far as fleshing is con¬ 
cerned until she freshens again. The ra¬ 
tion you are feeding lacks succulence and 
protein. Beet pulp, especially if molasses 
is added, would substitute for silage, and 
if by chance you could get hold of some 
mangels and rutabagas you would stand a 
better chance of returning this heifer to 
an increased flow of milk. Dried corn¬ 
stalks and Timothy hay make a very in¬ 
ferior combination for use in feeding 
milch cows. Timothy hay especially is 
unpalatable and indigestible and re¬ 
quires a great deal of nutrients that must 
be obtained from other sources to com¬ 
plete digestion. In addition to the beet 
pulp and mangels, I would suggest that a 
1,000-lb. heifer be given 12 lbs. per day 
from the following mixture: Cornmeal, 
100 lbs.; hominy meal, 100 lbs.; ground 
oats, 100 lbs.; cottonseed meal, 50 lbs.; 
oilmeal, 50 lbs. In addition, give all of 
the roughage she will clean up with relish. 
Clover hay -would give the best results. 
_ F. C. M. 
Wanted: City Milk Distribution 
At the recent meeting of the Federation 
of Jewish Farmers of America the fol¬ 
lowing resolution was adopted: 
Whereas, It is the conviction of the 
Federation of Jewish Farmers of Amer¬ 
ica that the interests of the producers of 
milk and the consumers of milk in the 
City of New York, and in other large dis¬ 
tributing centers are common. 
And that the interests of both con¬ 
sumer and producer will be best con¬ 
served by a free and economic and effi¬ 
cient system of distribution conducted in 
harmony with the law of supply and de¬ 
mand ; therefore be it 
Resolved, That the Federation of Jew¬ 
ish Farmers of America at its tenth an¬ 
nual convention in the city of New York, 
held in the Educational Alliance building 
from December 7 to 10, 1918, emphasizes 
the principle that the economic distribu¬ 
tion of milk and other food products is 
the concern of all the people of the State, 
and to provide such a system of distribu¬ 
tion is a proper function of the State 1 , 
therefore, be it further 
Resolved, That we respectfully urge 
upon Governor-elect Alfred E. Smith and 
members of the Legislature that the State 
provide facilities to pasteurize and dis¬ 
tribute sufficient milk in the city of New 
York to establish such an economic dis¬ 
tribution, and to demonstrate the cost of 
the service, to the end that, having estab¬ 
lished an efficient system, and having 
demonstrated the proper cost of distribu¬ 
tion under that system, the State may, 
through its own service, secure the dis¬ 
tribution of milk from the farmer’s hands 
to the consumer’s doors at reasonable cost 
to the consumer, and maintain a steady 
market for the farmer at a price to cover 
the cost of production at a reasonable 
profit. 
He (to taxi driver) : “Hey you! You 
haven’t given me enough change!” 
Driver: “Well, you can’t expect to hire 
a taxi, a driver and an expert accountant 
all for a quarter!”—Burr. 
“I told Henrietta that I was proud to 
see her vote just like a man,” said Mr. 
Meekton. “Did that please her?” “No. 
The choice of phrase was unfortunate. 
She said that if she couldn’t vote better 
than a man there would have been no need 
of her troubling about the ballot in the 
first place.”—Credit Lost. 
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