3 9 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Garget 
T have a three-year-old heifer, giving 
milk five months now. There are yellow 
chunks in milk, and one cannot strain 
through a milk strainer, only through a 
cloth, as it gums the wire strainer. Her 
udder is in a good condit on and is soft 
and pliable, and when milked is very 
small in size. She gives about 10 lbs. 
at a milking now. There is no inflamma¬ 
tion of udder. I used a milking machine 
on her several months, and never saw 
anything wrong with the milk before, but 
have discontinued the use of it on her 
and she still gives the same kind of milk. 
I have another cow that gives milk that 
is ropy standing over night, and strings 
out like syrup. She also had the milker 
used on her. These two were the only 
milkers for two months, and I never had 
any trouble with this cow last year or 
any time before. Do you think the 
milking machine had anything to do with 
the bad milk? I have three or four cows 
fresh now. Thfe cows run on pasture 
and are fed cornstalks at night, have 
spring water to drink, and are apparently 
healthy. A. c. M. 
Michigan. 
Unless care is taken to sterilize the 
cups of a milking machine they may carry 
infection from cow to cow: so may the 
hands of the milker if he does not disin¬ 
fect them after milking a cow affected 
with garget. It would be best to sell 
the heifer to the butcher, as she is not 
bred and will not be likely to recover the 
function of her udder perfectly. Cleanse, 
disinfect and whitewash the stable. 
Cleanse udder and teats each time before 
milking. Isolate a cow and keep her 
separate until well when anything is seen 
to be wrong with her udder. Kopy milk 
rarely is the fault of the cow. for it is 
caused by bacteria in the milk vessels, 
or wash water or dust of the place in 
which the milk is set. To find out if the 
cow is at fault, however, set a sample of 
milk from each quarter of the udder in a 
separate vessel and see if each sample 
becomes similarly affected. If one quar¬ 
ter is a’ffected the milk from it may taint 
all of the milk with which it is mixed. 
More scrupulously cleanse, scald and 
sun-dry the milk utensils and set the 
milk in a-different, clean, sanitary place. 
Catarrh; Barb Wire Cut 
1. Will you tell me what to do for 
my horse? lie has a heavy yellow dis¬ 
charge from his nostrils and coughs at 
times. Some people advised me to smoke 
him with tar and feathers. I did so. but 
so far did not notice much effect. 2. I 
have a colt that cut her foot right above 
the fetlock. She cut it in the Spring on 
a barbed wire; it healed, but is not cov¬ 
ered entirely. It swells every time I 
leave her in stable. Please advise me 
what to do. I. B. 
Delaware. 
1. As glanders may be present you 
should employ a trained veterinarian to 
examine the horse. In that .disease, how¬ 
ever, the discharge usually is scant and 
sticks about the orifice of the nostrils. 
Free discharge more often is due to 
chronic catarrh, to influenza, strangles or 
presence of a diseased molar tooth in the 
upper jaw. You will understand, there¬ 
fore, that a professional examination will 
be necessary to determine what is wrong 
so that the right treatment may be pre¬ 
scribed. Meanwhile isolate the horse and 
cleanse, disinfect and whitewash the stall 
he has occupied. 2. If the wound was 
extensive it will not hair over perfectly, 
as h#ir roots, no doubt, were destroyed. 
Each time the. filly comes into the stable 
dry the leg, then wrap a thick layer of 
cotton batting around the part that swells 
and bandage from foot to hock or knee 
with a Derby bandage. Do not apply any 
strong lotion or liniment. If possible 
allow the filly a box stall when in the 
stable, but have her take outdoor exer¬ 
cise every day. 
Swelling 
I have a cow that has a bunch on that 
sharp bone beside the tail. It seems to 
run down her hind leg up near the sharp 
bone. I think she has had it about two 
months. It started to puff up soft. The 
center felt hard. When it. started there 
was a little sore about as big as a cent, 
with a scab. J. B. w. 
Connecticut. 
A bit of bone perhaps has been broken 
off the ischium at the place described, and 
if so it may have to be removed. Usually 
where that becomes necessary discharg¬ 
ing sores form with sinuses (pipes) run¬ 
ning to the bone. If you cannot have a 
veterinarian attend to the case apply 
tincture of iodine to the enlargement 
every other day. and write again if any 
new development occurs. A. S. A. 
Diabetes 
1 . I have a horse which has one of his 
legs swelled up and he passes a lot. of 
urine; sometimes it is the color of water 
and sometimes amber color. I have been 
feeding him corn and oats, but stopped 
feeding him corn, and am feeding 12 
quarts of oats instead. He has lost a lot 
<>f flesh. I have been using him in a 
mowing machine, but cannot use him auy 
length of time, as he gets all sweated up 
and I cannot use him again until the next 
day. 2. Can you tell me of some remedy 
for a horse that is galled ? L. H. 
Massachusetts. 
1 Have the horse clipped and also 
have his teeth put in order by a veterinar¬ 
ian ; then be particular to feed him only 
sound grain and hay. Moldy hay or heated 
or musty oats commonly cause a form of 
diabetes (insipidus) and emaciation re¬ 
sults. Treat by mixing in the feed twice 
daily one teaspoonful each of dried sul¬ 
phate of iron and powdered hydrastis and 
two teaspoonfuls of salt. Increase the 
dose if found necessary, and if these drugs 
are not effectual have a veterinarian give 
iodine in capsule form, or give syrup of 
iodine or iron under his direction. 2. Old 
sores and tumors will not respond well to 
external applications, but should be cut 
out by the surgeon ; then treat as common 
wounds until healed. A mixture of two 
ounces of tincture of iodine and six ounces 
of extract o'f whitchhazel makes a useful 
paint for sores associated with swellings 
or bunches. Use it three times a day. 
A good gall ointment is made by mixing 
together one dram each of iodform, tannic 
acid and boric acid with an ounce of lard 
or lanolin. If the odor of iodoform is 
too objectionable substitute calomel. Have 
the collars fit perfectly and keep them 
clean and smooth. 
Obstructed Teat 
* 
I have a Holstein heifer two years old, 
freshened last Spring. One forward teat 
milked harder than the others from time 
she freshened. Now there is a slight lump 
in teat Will you advise me what I can 
do for her? G. M. N. 
New York. 
If the growth or obstruction is at the 
tin of the teat it may be removed by 
cutting, or the veterinarian may prefer 
to slit down through it in four different 
directions v r ith a teat bistoury. If the 
growth is high up in the teat better dry 
off the milk secretion in that quarter, as 
removal of the obstruction by opening 
the • wall of the teat is a somewhat for¬ 
midable and dangerous operation, only to 
be attempted by the trained surgeon. 
“Wiiat is your opinion of this won¬ 
derful development in air travel?” “Well,” 
replied Mr. Crosslots, "for one thing it’s 
going to make commuting mighty interest¬ 
ing for the next generation.”—Washing¬ 
ton Star. 
Situation Wanted Superintendent 
on Gentleman’s Estate: thoroughly experienced in 
all branches and capable of taking full charge. 
ADVERTISER, 5970, care Rural New-Yorker 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Rate of advertising in this department 5c per 
word each insertion, payable in advance. 
Copy must reach us Thursday morning to 
appear in issue of following week. 
This department is for the accommodation of 
subscribers, but no display advertising or ad¬ 
vertising of a commercial nature is admitted. 
Farm Help Wanted 
DAIRYMAN, capable of doing all kinds of farm 
work, wanted on large milk farm, equipped 
with all modern machinery, including milking 
machines; married man preferred; comfortable 
house and usual privileges; good opportunity for 
active man not afraid of work; give full par¬ 
ticulars, references and wages expected. AD¬ 
VERTISER 59S3, care Rural New-Yorker. 
■WANTED—Englishman; single; to work up a 
small herd of Jerseys; also assist with poul¬ 
try and farming; private estate; good job for 
right man. Apply E. G. WleKIGHT, West Hart- 
land, Conn. 
WOMAN to assist in housework in small, im¬ 
proved tenant house, by family of man, wife 
and two children;, good home to right party. 
LOCK BOX No. 210, Wading River, N. Y. 
WANTED—Gardener in private family; will have 
care of vegetables and flower garden and 
some chickens; $00 per month, with lucrease 
shortly if capable; house fur married man; must 
have reference. MISS CAROLINE ARCHER, 
Flying Hill, Reading, Fa. 
WORKING HOUSEKEEBER—Lady, intelligent, 
capab’e, good health, in pleasant suburban 
home; four atfults. including business and in¬ 
valid; references. 17 Washington Place, Bloom¬ 
field, N. J. 
A THRIFTY housekeeper for family of three in 
farm cottage with all improvements. ADVER¬ 
TISER 5977, care Rural New-Yorker. 
GGOD position, with opportunity for advance¬ 
ment. for working herdsman; up-to-date farm; 
purebred young Holsteius; only a tidy man keen 
for growing out youngsters and testing; state 
age. married or single, experience, wages to 
start: fully found: modern housing. JAVA 
FARM. Annapolis, Md. 
WANTED—Man and wife or a middle-aged 
woman to take charge of small place, consisting 
of up-to-diite house and 3 acres ground; owner 
must stay in city during Winter months, and 
want someone to take care of place and serve 
as company for owner’s wife: excellent oppor¬ 
tunity for right party; references required. 
ADVERTISER 5903, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Superintemrent on gentleman’s coun¬ 
try place, twenty miles from New York City; 
he must have knowledge of lawns, garden, fruit 
and understand taking care of a few cows and 
chickens; in reply state age, nationality, where 
experience was gained, copy of references and 
what salary is asked. BOX So, Mamaroneek, 
N. Y. 
WORKING foreman for general farm work; 
must be hustler; state nationality, age, ex¬ 
perience. number in family, wages wanted. Ad¬ 
dress "FARMER," Drawer’ P, Norwalk, Conn. 
WANTED—Single men as attendants in a State 
institution for the feeble-minded; salary $50 
per month and maintenance: state age when ap¬ 
plying. Apply to SUPERINTENDENT, Letch- 
worth Village, Thiells, N. Y. 
DAIRYMAN wanted at once; thoroughly exper¬ 
ienced in butter-making and other dairy pro¬ 
ducts; unless you are capable of producing the 
best quality of butter do not apply. WHEAT- 
FIELD FARMS, Ii. P. D. No. 14, La Salle, 
N. Y. 
SINGLE MAN—About six months in year, barn 
work; other six, general utility man, on large 
Massachusetts farm; must be a good milker, 
case absence dairyman; experienced running sep¬ 
arator, steam boiler, dairy work: state age; ref¬ 
erences required. ADVERTISER 5995, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—A woman, woman and daughter or 
two sisters for general housework in the coun¬ 
try: laundry done out; all modern conveniences. 
ADVERTISER 6006, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Single man for general farm work; 
must understand vegetable and flower garden¬ 
ing: personal references required; $45; good 
board and comfortable room with manager of 
place in the Catskills. MRS. GEORGE A. 
HOLDEN, Phoenicia, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
WANTED—A couple; woman to board help and 
man for handy man around house and take 
care small flower garden; year around place in 
Westchester County: must have references; no 
objection to one child. Answer to ADVERTISER 
6005, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Single ponltryman on gentleman’s 
farm. CHARLESCOTE FARM, Slierborn, 
Mass. 
WANTED—Practical orchard man, familiar with 
modern orchard care and equipment, for good- 
sized orchard just coming into bearing; reliable 
man who can produce proof of ability can find 
very desirable position with future; state in con¬ 
fidence experience, reference, age, nationality, 
number in family and 1 salary desired. ADVER¬ 
TISER 6014, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—An assistant herdsman; thoroughbred 
Guernseys; married American man preferred. 
CONYERS FARM, Greenwich, Conn. 
HERDSMAN—Large dairy farm, Massachusetts; 
permanent position to right man; married man 
without children preferred: cottage, no furniture, 
fuel, garden, milk: state age, experience, refer¬ 
ences. wages desired first letter: all information. 
ADVERTISER 6008, card Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—A married man to take care of cows 
and chickens; private place; 15 miles out on 
Long Island; must help with general work and 
some house chores: free house: state salary, 
references in first letter. ADVERTISER 6010, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
Situations Wanted 
HOLLANDER with family wants a good posi¬ 
tion by November 1: like herdsman: is first- 
class milker; sober and good horseman; state 
wages first letter. ADVERTISER 6002, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
AMERICAN farmer (married), 25 years’ experi¬ 
ence, wishes position as working foreman or 
manager on up-to-date farm: experience with 
tractor, auto and all kinds of machinery; also 
farm help; best of references. ADVERTISER 
6003, care Rural New-Yorker. ( 
ENGLISHMAN desires position, manager or head 
dairyman, private estate: life experience 
breeding, handling purebred stock: do own doc¬ 
toring; excellent butter-maker; understands ro¬ 
tation crops, management of help. ADVER¬ 
TISER 6001, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN. experienced, Mammoth incuba¬ 
tors and colony brooders, wishes position on 
commercial plant: wages $100 and keep. Ad¬ 
dress ADVERTISER 5984, care Rural New- 
Yorker. 
POULTRYMAN, with the experience and ability 
to make large plant pay, wants position as 
working manager; expert chick raiser and egg 
producer: managed one plant 12 years; living 
salary and profit-sharing basis if desired; Amer- 
oan: married. ADVERTISER 5987, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
POSITION WANTED—Young farmer and his 
mother, with practical experience in all farm 
and garden work, milking, raising poultry with 
results; also bookkeeping, management, etc., 
want position. ADVERTISER 5997, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
GENERAL farm manager, American, single 
(40), wants situation on woman or man's 
farm: potato, corn, hay specialist; (no failure); 
not a foreigner; $100 month, board; absolute 
fairness given and expected. Write or call, 
JOSEPH PROCTOR, 58 Burnham St., Hartford, 
Conn. 
POULTRYMAN di-sires change; estate or com¬ 
mercial; 12 years’ continuous experience, 
brooding, incubation, caponizing, etc.; age 34; 
married: American; excellent references. AD¬ 
VERTISER 5999, care Rural New-Yorker. 
POSITION wanted by agricultural expert with 
broad, practical and scientific training; espe¬ 
cially qualified by experience in the fruit belts 
of the country, and on his own farm, to handle 
successfully any orchard, hog-breeding or farm¬ 
managing proposition; will go anywhere. AD¬ 
VERTISER 6000. care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as caretaker of gentleman's 
country home: near New York preferred. 
ADVERTISER 6004, care Rural New-Yorker. 
SITUATION WANTED—Competent ponltryman, 
with long experience in managing business, 
desires position as superintendent or assistant 
on poultry farm. AddVcss BOX 45, Demurest, 
N. J. 
HERDSMAN desires position on up-to-date dairy: 
registered Guernsey and A. R. work preferred; 
calves and butter-making special attention: 
American; married: good references: at liberty 
Nov. 15. C., Box 299, Cohasset, Mass. 
YOUNG man. single, agricultural short course 
and auto school graduate, chauffeur and trac¬ 
tor operator, 5 years’ practical farming exper¬ 
ience. wishes position on good farm. ADVER¬ 
TISER 6013, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as herdsman, farm superin¬ 
tendent or manager of estate: 15 years’ prac¬ 
tical experience in dairying and dairying-farm¬ 
ing: a specialty of feeding and breeding: also 
calf raising; also A. R. O. and show fitting, 
keeping records and testing: experience with 
farm and dairy machinery, steam and gas trac¬ 
tors, milking machine: three grown sons with 
the same experience; would consider share or 
percentage basis; must be up-to-date farm and 
dairy, close to school and church. ADVER¬ 
TISER 6009, care Rural New-Yorker. 
CARPENTER and painter; can do some tin work 
and plumbing; good workman; wants positiou 
on large place: American: small family; first- 
class references. ADVERTISER 0011, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
CAPABLE manager fruit farm wants position on 
salary and interest in business; experienced in 
proper production and marketing. ADVERTISER. 
5932, care Rural New-Yorker. 
HERDSMAN-DAIRYMAN; American; married; 
no children; certified butter-maker; competent 
feeder for production; cleanliness my first law. 
ALBERT VELEZ, Hempstead 1 , L. I., N. Y. 
Farms For Sale, to Rent, etc. 
WANTED—Good dairy farm, fully equipped, to 
rent or work on shares for 1920, by first-class 
American farmer, or foreman position; first-class 
references. ADVERTISER, 5990, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
FOR RENT—On shares, estate farm of over 300 
acres on outskirts of Syracuse, N. Y.; 2 silos; 
100 acres in Alfalfa and Timothy; possession, 
any time from Oet. 1 to March 1, 1920. AD¬ 
VERTISER 5929, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—100-acre apple and stock farm; rare 
bargain. Listen! 1,600 bbls. best apples now 
being picked; offered $5 unpacked: that’s $8,000; 
look at the Greenings, Baldwins, Newtons, Wine- 
saps, Bens; trees bearing 5-15 bbls. each; one 
mile from station: prettiest part Dutchess Co., 
N. Y.; going into another business. ADVER¬ 
TISER 5930, care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Big productive 400-acre dairy and 
grain farm, situated in the County of Herki¬ 
mer, Central New York State, one mile from 
trolley and State road; best markets: five mod¬ 
ern buildings; pastures watered; Alfalfa grown: 
large level and rolling fields, tractor worked: 75 
acres of timber, both hard and soft wood: fifty 
head stock; all crops in barns; big farm for 
large operations; fully equipped 1 ; price $50.00 
per acre for realty; personal property can be 
appraised. For particulars write RALPH D. 
EARL, Owner, Herkimer, N. Y. 
FRUIT AND STOCK FARM—Nine-hundred- 
acre farm in famous peach belt of Alabama: 
one hundred and thirty acres already hearing 
in Mayflower, Hiley-Bell. Georgia-Bell and El- 
bertas; crop sold for thirty-five thousand dollars 
last season; seven hundred acres cleared and 
stumped, on which there is fine crop of cotton, 
corn and various food crops; all nine hundred 
acres of finest dark sandy loam, best all purpose 
land in the South: peach crop from this section 
reaches market ten days ahead Georgia crop, 
and highest prices obtained; fine land for straw¬ 
berries, melons, cotton, oranges, figs, cane, rice, 
oats, hogs, dairy and all kinds stock; wonderful 
investment for one with capital to handle it. 
For detailed description and price, write J. W. 
BEESON, Meridian, Miss. 
WHO wants to bny a 50-acre farm with bees, 
stock and tools, in goo<f location and market? 
ADVERTISER 5998, care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—To buy, a No. 1 dairy farm, well 
equipped with stock and tools, first-class mar¬ 
kets; state price and details in full. E. S.. 52 
Highland Ave., Clifton, N. J. 
60-ACRE farm. Bergen County, N. J., 17 miles 
from New York; good for truck farming or 
dairying; price $16,000. ADVERTISER 6007, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
FARM for sale in Sharon. Conn.: 200 acres im¬ 
proved, 56 in wood: large brick house. 11 
rooms: running water in house amf barns: large 
barns; fine view; ideal borne for city family: on 
State road: 20 miles from the Berkshires.' For 
further particulars inquire of JAS. G.ROBERTS, 
Sharon, Conn. 
FOR SALE—Good productive farm of 127 acres: 
3 miles from railroad and State road: near 
school; 7 miles from city; 3 barns, henhouse 
and granary; nearly new 8-room house; good 
water: plenty of timber; fine young orchard: 
good team, S cows, 3 heifers, brood sow. all 
farming tools: prioe for all, $4,500. JESSE 
CRONKITE. Milford, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—10 acres in the hills of Pasco Co., 
2 miles west of Dade City, on hard road; 5- 
room bungalow, plastered; poultry house and 
barn: 80 grapefruit and orange trees; $2,000. 
H. J. ROBERTS, Dade City, Fla. 
FOR SALE—Farm, 129 acres, with stock or 
without: near Princeton College and schools. 
Owner. FRED SCHWECKE, R. F. D. No. 1, 
Princeton, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Profitable poultry farm. 5Vt acres; 
about 700 chickens. Leghorns and Wyandottes: 
light sandy soil: three laying houses, electric 
light in two; five colony houses, incubators, 
garage: some timber: good reasons for selling: 
five-room dwelling and sun parlor. ADVER¬ 
TISER 6012, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Miscellaneous 
FOR SALE—Pullford tractor attachment. CLYDE 
HECK, Monroe, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Clark light tractor, 24 disk double 
cut-away disk harrow: used one season: no 
stones here, so machine is in excellent condition: 
too small for my use; cheap. R. B. EMENS 
Holton, Mich. 
-■- -- £. 
40 SECOND-HAND 390-egg size Cvpher Company 
incubators wanted. SANDY KNOLL HATCH¬ 
ERY, McAlisterville, Pa. 
CIDER apples wanted: any quantity, from small 
lots up to carload lots; include all conditions 
in first letter, including price. JOHN F. WIL- 
KENS, Peekskill, N. Y. Telephone Peekskill 
SWEET POTATOES, direct to consumer, reduce 
cost of living: get my prices. V. R. ALLEN. 
Seaford, Del. 
NINE H. P. Economy gas engine; perfect order: 
first $175.00 check gets it. ROBERT E. 
SMITH. Nassawadox, Va. 
WANTED—Four large size Candee colonv 
brooders, complete. BROOKCREST FARM. 
Cranbury, N. J. 
FOR SALE—One large Bull tractor, in perfect 
condition; price $300. Address C. R. HAS¬ 
KELL, Youngstown, N. Y. 
M ANTED—Milk, butter, skim or sour, shipped 
weekly; also poultry, wheat and mangel 
wurzel. ROCKVILLE CENTER POULTRY 
FARM, Rockville Center, L. I„ N. Y. 
WANTED—Water supply outfit, consisting of 
engine, pump and tank. ADVERTISER 5994, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Up-to-date power eider press. WAL¬ 
TER D. JONES, East Setauket. L. I., N. Y. 
WANTED—To buy old Colonial type grand¬ 
father's clock: state price and condition. W. 
W. STANLEY, 50 Church St., New York City. 
FOR SALE—Folding sawing machine, in perfect 
condition, with sharpening outfit: price $15; 
freight prepaid. Power grindstone, 30x3 ins., 
with iron trough; new and perfect: price $20. 
Address BOX 104. Wellesley, Mass. 
FORD delivery car: top and side curtains; $350.' 
LEONARD JOHNSON, AftOB, N. Y. 
