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7he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 15, 1919 
For Stock Owners 
What is Pratts Animal Regulator ? 
Not a food. A general conditioner and tonic for horses, 
cattle, sheep and swine of all ages. A health builder and 
preserver. 
What does it contain ? 
Medicinal herbs, roots, etc. Natural tonics, appetizers, 
digestives, blood-purifiers, worm-expellers. A scientific, per¬ 
fectly-balanced combination needed by working, producing 
and growing animals. 
What does it do ? 
Pratts Animal Regulator improves and preserves health and, 
in a natural Tvay, increases strength, growth and production. 
Prevents most diseases. Saves feed by aiding digestion. 
Makes rich, red blood and improves circulation. Regulates 
the bowels. Expels irritating worms. Makes livestock more 
profitable. 
Does it give satisfaction ? 
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. The user to be 
the judge. America’s original stock tonic and conditioner, 
widely used for nearly fifty years. 
How is it used? 
Daily, in small quantities, mixed with the feed. Full direc¬ 
tions with each package. 
What does it cost? 
The price is low—large packages most economical. Pratts 
Animal Regulator actually costs nothing , since increased pro¬ 
duction returns the investment with big profits. 
Where can I get it ? 
From 60,000 Pratt dealers. There is one near you. 
from manufacturers if your dealer can’t supply you. 
Direct 
Can I learn more about it ? 
Yes! Write the Pratt Food Co., Philadelphia, 
for valuable FREE BOOK on profitable man¬ 
agement of live stock. Mail your request 
today. 
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SHEEP 
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A. H. S. A. 16643 
FOR SALE 
Registered Hampshire Sheep 
Rams and Ewes 
APPLY 
Oplur Farm - - Purchase, N. Y. 
HORSES 
One Pair Percheron Mares 
half sisters well matched; coniine 8 years old: 
weight, 3,200 lbs.: sound and true. One of the best 
farm teams in Western New York. These mares 
have been bred to a 1,900 11). Pen-heron, and are 
guaranteed to be in foal. First check of $600 takes 
the pair. Will deliver them a reasonable distance. 
Vernon K. Latter, R. D. 24. Middlesex, N. Y. 
Sheep Prices Reduced 
During the Month of Nov. will sell high class range 
bred yearling ewes, A and B grades, ® 16.50, others 
at #15. Send for circular or come and see these 
ewes. INTERSTATE LIVESTOCK CO.. Inc., Selkirk. N. Y. 
Percheron Stallion 
foaled 1908; woight, 1,800. Also registered Perehe- 
ron mare, in foal; weight, 1,600. Both black. 
D. J. PHILLIPS, East Greenbush. N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
A First-Class Imported 
Kentucky Jacks and Horses 
lig bone, Kentucky, Mammoth jacks, Percheron 
nares, mules, easy riding saddle horses. Liberty 
ionds taken. We guarantee safe delivery. 
Phe CookFarms, - Lexington, Ky. 
' A V.U Kentucky-Bred Mammoth Jack 4 Jd s weii 
eveloned. Low jirice for Quick sale. Inquire 
XCELSIOR DAIRY AND STOCK FARM, West Warren, Mass. 
Eft Unnil Ohnllanii AND LAllOER lMINIES all 
DU neau oncliano ages and colors. Send stamp for 
now price list, THE SHENANUD PONT FARMS. Dept. D, Espyvilli, P». 
MISCELLANEOUS .* 
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WALGROVE HERD 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
OVER 50 HEAD IN HERD . 
Many imported. All registered. Tuberculin tested. 
Milk records kept. Write for price and particulars 
on Herd Heading Bulls. WalnutGroveFarm.Washlngtonville.N.Y 
High Grade Cows 
Telephone Connect 
IIOT.STF.INS, GUERNSEYS, JF.ItSEYS in 
Carload Lots and single animals, 
ion. O. I.. K A KLINGER, Mousey, Ni.Y. 
SWISS GOATS S o A i?! $40 up 
None milking to sell. Only letters enclosing stamp 
answered. S. J. Sharpies, R. 0 5. Norristown. Pa. 
DOCS 
Airedales and Collies 
pups, grown dogs, and brood matrons. Large in¬ 
structive list, 5c. W. R. WATSON. Box 1745, Oakland, Iowa 
Handsome Collie Dog Pups 
ami SIB each. RKOOK8IDE STOCK FARMS, Prospect, Otiio 
A IRE0ALE PUPPY. Pedigreed; Farm-raised, robust, cham¬ 
pionship bred. Telephone. Maplewood Farms, Cheihirc, Conn. 
SWINE | 
TAMW0RfH R and T HAMPSHfRE SWINE 
write or visit REYNOLDS-LYBROOK FARMS COMPANY 
Successor to YVestview Stock Farm 
i \V ii»*toii-KuU*m. N. C. 
Big Western Type Poland-Ghina"itKG!’Duroc Swine 
Offer Bred Sows, Gil's, Service Boars and Pigs. 
FAIKHOPE FARMS, - Berkshire, N. Y. 
For Sale-Reg. BigType Poland China Pigs 
Best Western blood. Shipped anywhere b> Express. 
Write for prices ami let me tell y<m about my pigs. 
G. S. HALL, 
Farnnlale, Ohio 
“HAM PSHIRES "KFWgBJJ 
They prow over a pound a day if fed iutel i 
liirently. Free circular. Guernsey Bull*. 
LOCUST LAWN FARM 
Box R Bird-In Hand, Pa. $ 
Cliesliires !i e Q "ft 
for home use or local trade. Pigs that will please. 
Morningside type. M0RNING3IDE FARM, Sylvania, Pa 
For Sale Excellent Purebred Red Duroc Boar 
18 mos.; 19 cents per I", up station, and few young 
Hogs with 9-10 pigs, 2-3 wks. old; 11 pigs h 2 yr. All 
excellent condition. Sale out. For the Boar It is 
mother was paid $400 by Fairbanks Stock Farm 
at New Market, V, Fabock, R. 0 Remington N J 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Red Polled Cattle equaled as a bedding for live stock. If 
Will you tell me something about the >*<>« will address a request to the director 
Red Rolled cattle that seem to be popular of the Illinois Experiment Station at Ur- 
in a section of the West? R. L. P. bana. or to the director of the Experi- 
Milton, Mass. ment Station at Lafayette, Ind., asking 
Within certain restricted areas of the tln^m to send you their bulletin on ensiling 
West, and especially of the Northwest, corn fodder, you will receive some infer¬ 
tile breed of cattle known as the Led esting information. 
Rolled are establishing a foothold, it be- o. It, is scarcely possible to identify the 
ing argued that they possess dual-purpose type of corn you refer to in your in¬ 
qualifications entitling them to compete q U j r y with the meagre information sup- 
with the milking Shorthorns. In England pHocl. A variety commonly known as 
there are certain districts where this Virginia Ensilage corn has a very long 
breed is almost exclusively patronized, c ]eoi> kernel, a large coarse cumbersome 
but the breed has never gained a very C ob, a nd the ears themselves are rough 
persistent following in this country. Crit- a nd bristly. If you will advise whether 
icisms have been made suggesting that tliie is a flint or dent variety, stating the 
their lack of proper udder development co lor and other characteristics, we will 
and the failure on the part of many of the 
females to make persistent milkers, has 
limited their usefulness, although excep¬ 
tional cases are presented aptly disput¬ 
ing this contention. The Red Polled 
lacks somewhat the scale and vigor of the 
popular milking Shorthorn. They do not 
fleshen up as easily nor as thickly as do 
the milking Shorthorns, and the average 
run of this breed do not begin to yield as 
much milk as the popular red. white and 
roan. Of course they are hornless, usu¬ 
ally present splendid coats and are gentle 
and docile in disposition. By addressing 
the secretary of the association at Lake 
Park. Minn., no doubt additional informa¬ 
tion concerning their claims and their 
achievements will be received. 
Ration for Cows; French-Canadian Cattle 
1. What should I mix with equal parts 
of oats and barley to make a good bal¬ 
anced ration for milch cows? 1 hey get 
clover and Timothy hay and good straw, 
all thev want: salt once a day. 2. Are you 
familiar with the French Canadian cat¬ 
tle? Would it be all right to cross them 
with grade Holsteins? J. 6. S. 
Lowville, N. Y. 
1. Equal parts of oats, barley and cot¬ 
tonseed meal would make a useful ration 
for milch cows, where clover, Timothy 
hay and oat straw are available as rough- 
age. If it is not possible to get the cot¬ 
tonseed meal, linseed meal or gluten meal 
could be substituted. The ration would 
be still further improved by the addition 
of equal parts of buckwheat middlings. 
2. I would not. under any circum¬ 
stances. breed my grade Holstein cows to 
a French Canadian bull. There is abso- 
! lately nothing to be gained by such cross- 
! breeding. The French ( anadiau cattle 
are smaller, and are developed especially 
for the rigid and cold climates that pre¬ 
vail in certain sections of Canada. They 
will not yield anywhere near as much 
milk as the Holstein. I would continue 
to breed my Holstein* cows to a purebred 
Holstein bull, and you will find this pro¬ 
cedure more satisfactory and more profit¬ 
able. The French Canadian breed of cat¬ 
tle resemble the Jersey in color, although 
i they are coarser in frame, more rugged 
in constitution and less attractive in ad¬ 
der development. There is a great dif¬ 
ference in their production, and surely 
nothing whatever would be gained by 
using them for crossing with Holsteins. 
Corn Fodder in Silo 
1. Will you give me information on cut¬ 
ting corn fodder into a silo? How does 
the silage compare as to its feeding value 
to growing stock, dry cows or horses? 
Must water be run in while cutting? 2. 
Do you know any particular variety of 
corn with a very long kernel, a thick cob. 
and very rough on the ear before shelled ? 
I am trying to trace this kind of corn, 
but do not know the name of it and have 
not seen it for a long time. I think it 
takes very rich soil. R- F - H. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. There is an honest difference of 
opinion concerning the practice of cutting 
corn fodder and storing it in silos. If 
the material is dry it is difficult to liitrod- 
duce the fermentation necessary to pre¬ 
serve the material, even though an abun¬ 
dance of water is forced through the blow 
pipe into the silage cutter. If I' had an 
abundance of corn fodder I should prefer 
at this season of the year to shred this 
material, for thus prepared it makes ex¬ 
cellent roughage, aud the residue is un- 
have no trouble in identifying it for you. 
Potatoes for Brood Sow 
Is there any harm in feeding a breeding 
sow boiled potatoes mixed with grain? I 
have on hand a lot of potatoes not large 
enough for marketing, and am feeding 
about two quarts twice a day. j. A. 
New York. 
You will experience no bad results from 
feeding boiled potatoes to sows in pig, 
provided you take care to drain the boiled 
mass carefully, and to mix fully 50 per 
cent of grain with the pulped potatoes. 
A little salt sprinkled over the potatoes 
also has its virtues, but be very careful 
not to use more than a teaspoonful of 
salt for each 50 lbs. of mashed pulp. If 
you have cornmeal and ground oats, they 
will best serve as a grain mixture. Po¬ 
tatoes do not .contain a very large per¬ 
centage of dry matter and are useful 
largely in rations for pigs as an appe- 
tilizer and source of satisfying bulk. They 
are much better suited in feeding old 
sows than for young pigs. 
Growing Ration for Heifer 
I purchased a registered Holstein 
heifer from a man in Cortland, N. Y. 
This man is an advertiser in your paper. 
I received her about the first of Decem¬ 
ber, 1918. She was a fine built heifer, 
but the next day I noticed she licked 
herself considerably. I investigated and 
found she was very lousy. I cleaned the 
lice up in about a week’s time. I did 
not mention tins to the dealer, as he sent 
me papers and was very prompt in every 
way. Probably he did not know it. 
What, do you think about it? This heifer 
is six months old and weight 325 pounds. 
How do you think the weight is to the 
age? She has made a big improvement 
from what she was when I received her. 
I feed the following feed: Bran, 50 lbs.; 
cornmeal. 25 lbs.; middlings. 25 lbs. Of 
this I feed four lbs. daily. Hay. eight lbs. 
of the following: Mixed, Alfalfa, oat 
hay. cow-pea hay. She has it very good 
appetite. Do you think this is a good 
feed? If not, how could I improve it? 
Delaware. g. d. s. 
A Holstein heifer six months old that 
weighs around 325 pounds is only fairly 
well grown. A safe rule to apply as far 
as weight for age is concerned is to in¬ 
sist that an animal reach at least half 
of its mature weight when it is a year 
old. In other words, if this Holstein 
heifer weighs 650 pounds when she is 
a year old it is probable that she is 
building the frame and developing the 
conformation that will enable her to ob¬ 
tain a mature weight of 1.300 pounds. 
The same rule holds true of draft 
horses. If a colt a year old weighs 800 
pounds it is believed that if well grown 
and mature lie will weigh in the neigh¬ 
borhood of 1.600 pounds at full age. Of 
course you will realize that there are cer¬ 
tain limiting factors that modify this 
determination, but it is a fairly good 
basis to work from. 
The addition of oats to your ration 
would be advantageous, and rather than 
fet'd as much bran as you have indicated 
I would use equal parts of cornmeal, 
ground oats and wheat bran, to which 
10 per cent of oilmeal was added. I 
would not use any middlings with the 
bran, but if I had the middlings and did 
not have the bran. I would substitute 
one for the other. Brown middlings now¬ 
adays are nothing but ground bran and 
are a very expensive source of feed. Four 
or five pounds of this mixture with eight 
pounds of mixed bay that you are feed¬ 
ing ought to grow a heifer very nicely. 
It is probable that the seller of this 
heifer did not appreciate that sin* was 
infested with lice, but since you were 
able to control them promptly I do not 
believe that any damage will result. I 
would watch Iter closely, however, and 
treat her again in 10 days in order to 
make sure that the pests have been 
evacuated. 
