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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 1.", 1910 
LAST CALL 
For Milking Shorthorn Congress 
Show and Sale at 
ALGERIA FARM 
ERIE, PA. 
March 20 and 21, 1919 
An event featuring the merits of 
Milking Shorthorns exclusively 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Sow Losing Hair 
I am wintering a large brood sow; 
this Spring will be her second litter. She 
is apparently in the best of health; has 
a variety of feed consisting of corn, bran, 
cooked beans, vegetables and milk; lias 
dry sleeping place. Her hair is coming 
off badly; has no lice. Can you give me 
any remedy or cause of this? w. w. Y. 
Michigan. 
If you will apply raw linseed oil, sweet 
oil or olive oil to the coat in question it 
is very probable that you cau overcome 
the dropping out of the hair. It would 
be well to wash the coat thoroughly with 
soap and water and make sure that there 
is no scurfy condition of the pig's skin. 
' The use of an excessive amount of corn 
without supplements often brings about 
this condition, and it is aggravated by 
the presence of lice or other vermin on 
the skin. Make sure that the brood sow 
has a clean, dry place to sleep; likewise 
that there are no lice or other parasites 
annoying her. 
Linseed and Oilmeal for Pigs 
fK mt in prize money will make the show a 
\ I L \(||| special attraction. See the cattle judged 
tp X V v U March 20th and sold March 21st. 
The banquet, program and Annual Meeting of 
the Milking Shorthorn Club will be held at 
Hotel Lawrence , evening of March 20th. 
I Consignors have aimed to make this an unusual 
event and accordingly have listed good animals. 
Bulls outstanding in merit and breeding; record 
of merit cows; and open and bred heifers from 
the best ancestry make the offering unusually at¬ 
tractive. Make your plans to attend this event. 
Show starts at 10 a. m., March 20 
Sale at 10 a. m., March 21 
AUCTIONEERSs 
Cols. Carey M. Jones and J. J. Yerian 
For further information, write 
J. L. TORMEY 
13 Dexter Park Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 
| oo head of Milking Shorthorns are con¬ 
signed by the following breeders : 
D. T. BARNARD, 
Shelburn, Mass. 
BELLEVUE FARM, 
Conshohocken, Pa. 
CARPENTER & ROSS, 
Mansfield, OL:o 
GEORGE CARY, 
St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
WINSLOW CLARK, 
Shoreham, Vt. 
CONN. AGRICULTURAL COL¬ 
LEGE, Storrs, Conn. 
DOUGHOREGAN MANOR 
FARM, Ellicott City, Md. 
O. M. HEALY & SON, 
Muscatine, Iowa 
EDWIN E. LAFLER, 
Penn Yan, N. Y. 
C. W. CLARK, Warren, Ohio 
L. D. MAY, Granville Centre, Pa. 
THE OTIS HERD. 
Willoughby, Ohio 
ROBERT SALTONSTALL, 
Boston, Mass. 
W. ARTHUR SIMPSON, 
Lyndonville, Vt. 
SCHAFFNER BROS., Erie, Pa. 
H. E. TENER, 
Washingtonville, N. Y. 
WILLOW BRANCH FARMS, 
Chillicothe, Ohio 
R. R. WHEATON, 
Thorndale, Ont. 
J. E. & C. B. WADE, 
Orangeville, Ohio 
HAYDEN PETERSON, 
Atlantic, Pa. 
1. Cau one feed too much linseed oil 
meal to a growing pig, and would it make 
it grow fatty? 2. IIow would one part 
oilmeal and three parts middlings, with 
plenty of milk do for a growing pig? 
3. How would oilmeal alone be for grow¬ 
ing pigs provided they have plenty of 
milk? 4. How would oilmeal be to feed 
hogs during the hot months of Summer, 
when one can feed cornmeal or any kind 
of grain only once each day on account 
of the hot weather, and to save loss by 
heavy feeding? X. Y. z. 
1. It is possible to feed an excessive 
amount of linseed oilmeal to a growing 
pig, and, provided you did feed an ex¬ 
cessive amount, it would not have a ten¬ 
dency to fatten the animal, as you have 
suggested. Oilmeal is a great conditioner, 
a natural laxative, and serves its best 
purposes as a supplement to corn, oats 
and barley in a ration of pigs. It should 
not constitute more than 15 per cent of 
the ration, and this much oilmeal will 
serve a much more useful purpose than 
an increased amount. The amount of free 
oil iu the linseed meal is responsible for 
the laxativeness, and for this reason tank¬ 
age, even though it may cost twice as 
much per ton, is considered a more 
economical and desirable source of proteiu 
for feeding pigs. 
2. Three parts of middlings and one 
part of oilmeal would not prove a satis¬ 
factory ration for pigs, even though it 
were supplemented with plenty of skim- 
milk. I would consider this mixture very 
expensive, and it is not necessary to 
utilize as much as 25 per cent of the 
oilmeal. A more useful mixture would 
result from mixing 100 pounds of corn 
or hominy meal, 30 pounds of middlings, 
and 15 pounds of oilmeal. 
3. You could not, under any circum¬ 
stances, afford to use oilmeal alone iu 
feeding growing pigs, even though it was 
supplemented with an abundance of milk. 
It is too rich, too concentrated, too ex¬ 
pensive. and far too laxative for such 
usage. If you have plenty of skim-milk 
j it is not necessary to feed any linseed 
meal or tankage, and a mixture made up 
of equal parts of corn, oats and barley, 
provided you feed five pounds of milk with 
each pound of the grain mixture, would 
prove a satisfactory ration and you could 
eliminate the expensive oilmeal entirely. / 
4. Forage crops would be best suited 
for use during the Summer months rather 
than the use of oilmeal as you have sug¬ 
gested. I should not at any time use 
more than 10 or 15 per cent of oilmeal 
iu a ration for pigs, and even iu the 
Summer months when weather conditions 
are intemperate, as you suggest, I would 
still feed some corn and oats, reducing 
the amount, rather than change the feed 
from grain to oilmeal. You must bear 
in mind that oilmeal is a concentrated 
food, the residue from the extraction of 
raw linseed oil from flaxseed. It is a 
high protein-carrying feed, adapted to 
supplement carbohydrate feeds, but it 
should not under any circumstances con¬ 
stitute the main part of a ration for any 
class of live stock. 
SHEEP 
FOR SALE 
Registered Hampshire Sheep 
Rams and Ewes 
APPLY 
Ophlr Farm - - Purchase, N. Y. 
-^ 
Registered Shropshire Ewes fob sal** 
WALTER B. SAXTON, Venice Centre, N. Y. 
| MISCELLANEOUS 
WALGROVE HERD 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
OVER 50 HEAD IN HERD 
Many imported. All registered. Tuberculin tested. 
Milk records kept. Write for price and particulars 
onHerd Headinq Bulls. WalnutGroveFarm,Washingtonville,N.Y 
U!„L 110LSTEINS, GUERNSEYS, JERSEYS in 
nlgn uraae uOnS ('arload Lots and single animals. 
Telephone Connection. O. L KAKLINGEK. Mousey, N.Y. 
GOATS 
SWISS GOATS$40 up 
None milking to sell. Only letters enclosing stamp 
answered. S. J. Sharpies, R. D. 5, Norristown, Pa. 
Milch final? Grade Toggenburg Ivids. loo many 
IllllUi UUdlo Lucks. Prices very low on them. Stamp 
for roply. E. N. B A R R E T T, Amherst, Va. 
Airedales and Collies o'^aTi 
pups, grown dogs, and brood matrons. I .are' in¬ 
structive list, 5c. W. R. WATSON. Box 1745, Oakland.,jwa 
SWINE 
RRIilSTFRro DUROC-JERSEYS 
A quality In- d estab¬ 
lished to till ibe needs 
of most critieal buyers. 
Send for descriptive 
prices and catalog. 
Write for nor Valuable 
Book on hog manage¬ 
ment, free during the month 
of March. 
Life Immune Fall Boar 
and Sow Pigs.eapable of 
Registration. Also: Keg. 
istered Bred Sowb und Service Boars at Reasonable Prices 
ENFIELD FARMS, 309 Broadway, New York 
Grand Champion Stock 
REGISTERED DUROC-JERSEV HOGS. 
FINEST BLOOD IN AMERICA. 
Sows coming in second litter $100 each. 
Service boars Sired by Grand Champion, 
200 lbs.. $65 each. 
Orders now booked lor Spring litters, 
MONEY REFUNDED IF NOT SATISFIED. 
SWEET BRIAR FARMS, Inc., Somerville. N. J. 
DUROC-JERSEYS 
Top Wonder, Defender-Volunteer breeding. Choice 
spring Gilts bred to farrow in April, |125.00 up. Two 
choice Sows bred to farrow their third litters in 
April. $150.00 each. Booking orders for April IPIks. ot $20 each. 
$50.00 per trio.registered. F.B CRAWFORD. NORTH EAST. PA. 
Kinderhook Registered DUROCS 
Pork is Site but we offerbreeders of the best blood lines 
selected and well-fed, on a basis of 30c. Order a sow of 
the Chief Invincible line and she will grow to a WHALE. 
KIMII IlllOOk III ItOO-JERSEY ASS'N. Box 111 Kinderhook,.N.Y. 
TAMWORfflJ HAMPSHfRE SWINE 
write or visit REYNOLDS-LYBROOK FARMS COMPANY 
Successor to Westvlew Stock Farm 
It. l Wlnston-Sulcm, N. C. 
50 Bred Sows and Gilts H;id 
All Cholera Tmmuned. Bred to thoroughbred boars. 
A. S. CRANE, (Phone, River 12-R) Spriitufield, Mass. 
For Sale Reg. Big Type Poland China Pigs 
Best Western blood. Shipped anywhere by Express. 
Write for price* and let me tell you about my pigs. 
G. S. HALL. - Farmtiale, Ohio 
Big Western Type Poland-China T{ d i:«.°0uroc Swine 
Offer Bred Sows. Gilts, Service Boars and Pigs. 
EAIRHOPE FARMS, - Berkshire, N. Y. 
CnnaveManiiPAPC Bit ED SPRING GILTSand BER- 
Minnysiaemirocs vick boars. Fair pigsot our 
September Litters. JAS. E. ran AI.STY.NE, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
“HAMPSHIRES ”§§§ 
They grow over a pound a day if fed intel 
lgently. Free circular. Guernsey Bulls. 
LOCUST LAWN FARM i JR „*■ 
Box R - Bird-In Hand. Pa.IE 
PIGS SHIPPED C.O. D.) 
)0 O. I. C. and Large Yorkshire Croat. 100 Berk- 
hire and (). I. 0. Cross. 6 weeks old. 09 each, 
j slioats, 12 week* old. SI5 each. Extra Large 
owed Strecliy Huskies, from Large, Growthy stock. 
). Reeves, - Lexington, Mass. 
The qual¬ 
ity p i g 
for home use or local trade. Pigs that will please. 
Morningside type. MORNINGSIDE FARM. Syivania. Pa. 
Reg. Chester '\7V r hites 
Service Boars. Bred gilts and August pigs 
A. A. SCHOFEIX* . Houveltou, N. Y. 
Root n LCT&G.W. Pip’S * 7 . 7 .'.'.. 
JUDGING FARM ANIMALS, by C. S. 
Plumb; $2-25. A Practical Manual on this 
subject. For tala by Rural New-Yorker 
