The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1865 
The Nail and the Bull 
The daily papers recently reported the 
death of the famous Holstein bull. King 
Segis Pontiac Alcartra, owned by John 
Arfmann of Orange County, N. Y. The 
report stated that the bull’s death resulted 
from swallowing a nail. As this is un¬ 
usual, we wrote Mr. Arfmann for full 
particulars, and he sends the following: 
King Segis Pontiac Alcartra was sick 
just one day that we could notice. I had 
two veterinarians make a post-mortem ex¬ 
amination, and I was there myself to look 
on. We found six or seven large abscesses 
on his liver and stomach ; each would hold 
from a pint to a quart of pus. It looked 
as if one of them had burst. His liver 
and stomach were grown together by one 
of these abscesses; about three-fourths 
of his liver was green in color and only 
one-fourth looked healthy. The veter¬ 
inarian believes that a nail may have 
caused these abscesses, as it looked as 
though some foreign body might have pen¬ 
etrated his stomach at some time, and 
may have caused some irritation of the 
liver and formed an abscess, and from that 
one others formed. Of course, the doc¬ 
tors did not. find any nail in these ab¬ 
scesses. nor in his liver, so the only belief 
is that it might have been a nail or some¬ 
thing else. 
However, we did find a nail and a ring 
in his second stomach, but it could not 
have done any harm there unless that nail 
had been the one that, penetrated through 
the stomach, and that, of course, no one 
can tell. King was nine years old, and I 
owned him from the time he was six 
months old. lie never missed a meal, to 
my knowledge, until the day he died, and 
never had a drop of medicine in his life 
until that day. He was as free from tu¬ 
berculosis as a new-born calf. 
JOHN ARFMANN. 
Feeding Boar and Sows 
1. W hat is the usual amount of feed 
given a service boar which weighs 500 to 
600 lbs? He is penned in a yard 12x12 
ft. How much corn on the cob, as well 
as slop, should he get? 2. I have five 
brood sows. During the Summer these 
sows are in a cleared woods pasture and 
do not seem to require anything more 
than a few ears of corn at night, but now 
I thought you could give me a ration for 
a mixed mash feed, and how much for 
each hog. mixed with water. Should I 
feed a different ration while they are 
nursing their little ones, in order to get 
nice pigs? The sows are all Chester 
Whites, averaging 175 to 450 lbs. in 
weight. R . m. o. 
New Jersey. 
1. Feed a service boar weighing be¬ 
tween 500 and 600 lbs. at this season the 
following amount of grain each day: 3 
lbs. corn on the cob, 2 lbs. ground oats, 1 
lb. wheat middlings, % lb. wheat bran, 
*4 lb. of digester tankage. This will en¬ 
able him to maintain his normal weight 
without gaining abnormally in flesh. If 
he should increase jm weight as a result 
of feeding this mixture, the amount 
should be mixed in the same proportion 
but reduced in quantity. It would be 
well to give the boar access to Alfalfa or 
clover hay. which could be fed in a low 
rack. I dislike the idea of confining a 
service boar in a small pen 12 by 12 ft. 
lie would do better if he could exercise 
in a large yard, say 40 or 50 ft. long. , 
2. We have had very good results from 
wintering our brood sows on Alfalfa hay, 
ear corn, ground oats and digester tank¬ 
age. We give them all the Alfalfa hay 
that they will clean up with relish, which 
will vary from 1 to 2% lbs. per day. In 
addition we give them enough ear corn to 
keep them gaining regularly in weight, 
our aim being to have the brood sow gain 
1 lb. a day while with pig. We mix the 
oats and digester tankage in the propor¬ 
tion of 10 lbs. oats to 1 lb. of tankage, 
diluting this in the form of a thick slop, 
and providing each animal with 2 lbs. of 
the dry mixture per day. It is not neces¬ 
sary to feed wheat bran to brood sows 
where they have access to Alfalfa or 
clover hay. If it is impossible to obtain 
ground oats the whole oats can be soaked 
and fed, although the wastage from lack 
of digestion is relatively high when this 
practice is followed. When the brood 
sows farrow it is necessary to give them 
more succulent feed, and it would be well 
to include some middlings and increase 
the amount of ground oats at this time. 
After the pigs are 10 days or two weeks 
old good results will follow if the sows 
are placed on full feed; that is, where 
they are given all the grain and roughage 
that they will clean up with relish, or I 
would supply shelled corn or cornmeal, 
ground oats, wheat middlings and digester 
tankage in separate compartments by 
means of the self-feeder. This will enable 
sows to choose their own amount as well 
as their own variety of feeds, and the 
young pigs will soon choose the particular 
feeds that best suit their appetites. Pigs 
will wean easier when fed in this way, 
and the brood sows will not suckle down 
as thin as usually prevails when they are 
baud fed. F, c. M. 
| SWINE 
DUROCS 
LITTLE PIGS, BRED GILTS AND SERVICE BOARS 
VISIT THE FARMS and talk with a Recognized Duroo- 
Jersey Hog Authority. See the greatest Herd of Pure 
Duroc Jersey Hogs within 500 miles. (We pay R.R. Fare 
of any buyer.) Write for Particulars and Prices. En¬ 
close 10c. for book on “HOW TO RAISE HOGS." 
We guarantee to exchange any animal purchased by 
mail if not satisfactory. 
ENFIELD FARMS 
Depl. R - 50 Church St., Now York 
HELP US RAISE PIGS 
Chtrry King Gilts 
Blue Bluded Under Red Top 
Open or bred to 800-lb. 
Grandson of 
DEFENDER 
Send for partienlars and 
How to Raise Hogs. 
Drakeside Piggery 
Delaware N. J. 
KINDERHOOK DlIROCS 
By a new working agreement this association now con¬ 
trols absolutely the live hogs of its members, either for 
pork or breeding. This has already resulted in a thor¬ 
ough culling ; keeping only the best. We have 20 mem¬ 
bers on 20 farms, ana 20 herds to select ffrom. Critic, 
Orion, Cherry King and Crimson Wonder nerd boars. 
KINDERHOOK DUROC ASSOC. 
Kinderhook - New York 
J. E. yin ALSTYNE, PrK. 
ROY McVAUGH, Bus. Mgr. 
Duroc-Jerseys of Quality 
Voting and matured stock, either sex. Most up-to- 
date blood lines. H. H. LUCRE, Spring Valley. M.Y. 
FOR SALE 
Waldorf Duroc-Jersey Pigs 
Registered stock—8 to 12 weeks old. Defender 
strain. Well grown. Address 
WALDORF FARMS, No. Chatham, N. Y. 
Registered DUROC BARGAINS 
8-wks.-old Males and Females. 810 each 
5-mos.-old Males. 20 " 
5-mos.-old Females . 26 " 
Only a few left. Hurry. BEO. E. DIETZ. Ztlitnople, Butler C«., P». 
Choice September farrow sow Pigs. Sa¬ 
tisfaction guaranteed ORCHARD ROOK 
FARM, c. M. PALMER. Proo.. Velatla, If. T. 
Ratr flump .1 aroove ° ne SO-'nos.-oUl Boar. Spring 
neg.uuroc-uersejs Boars, Bred (tilts and fall pigs of 
the Dest quality. F. Winkler, West 13 er.se, Nkw York 
VICTOR FARMS 
BIG TYPE 
CHESTER WHITES 
October 1st & 16th farrow, boar and sow pigs from 
litters of 15, prize winning matings. We breed only 
the big, stretchy, prolific kind. 
VICTOR FARMS BELLVALE, NEW YORK 
Registered Pure Bred 
0. I. C. boar ten months old. 
GILTS open or bred. Large herd boar. 
CARLOU O. I. C. Farm 
Delaware, N. J. S 
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Chester White Fall Pigs 
Registered and grade stock. Also fine big summer 
pigs out of large prolific sows. Registered boars 3 
months old. Write for prices. 
ltltANDKETH LAKE FARM, Brandreth. N. Y. 
Special Sale on Reg. Chester White Service Boars 
and spring gilts. 6.wks.-old pigs, SlOeach: SISpair; 
$25 trio. A. A, SCHOFELL, lleuvelton. N. Y. 
Brambletyo Farm Chester Whites 
ed in August. They are bred right and priced right. Sa¬ 
tisfaction guaranteed. BKAMRLE.TTE FARM, Setauket, N.Y. 
For Sale —Chester White Reg. Swine 
Six blue ribbons 1919. CHARLES II. IMNKNIIOWEU, Manager, 
Cedars Farm, Can 11 jn, l’a. HENRY K. DRAYTON, Proprietor 
F or sale—twenty-five Chester wniTE pigs at 
.#6 each. - WALTER H. FORREST, DOVER, N. H. 
O T ^^"4 Big type prize winners 
* ^ S m Pigs, SIS each. Prepaid 
with pedigree. GJEO.F. GRIP FIE, R. 3, NewYllle. Pa. 
Duroc and P. C. Pigs 8 . «*;K, »c d S; oh i„ 
Big Type POLAND-CHINAS 
Best Western blood. Shipped anywhere by Express. 
Write for prices and let me tell you about my Pigs. 
G. S. HALL - Farmdale, Ohio 
POLAND-CHINA FIGS 
Registered Breeding Prospects, from the Big-Ben 
and Disher’s Giant Families. That Competitors do 
not equal. Hr. KNOX, Box 50, Danbury, Conn. 
TAM WORTH* J HAMPSHIRE SWINE 
write or visit REYNOLDS-LYBROOK FARMS COMPANY 
Succ«»aor to Westviow Stock Karra 
R. 1 \Vliiaton-8ulem, N. C. 
Hampshires 
All AGES. 8-wks.-old pigs now ready 
Best of breeding. Satisfaction guar 
auteed. M. 1>. PHILLIPS, North Ka.t, Pa 
For Sale —10 Extra Nice Gilts Jcracya 
open. 2 bred. Service boars and pigs all look alike. The 
kind you like. SHENANGO RIVER FARMS, Fredonla, Pa. 
OhOChlPOC Th® home-table and horns- 
VIIC3IIII 09 market hog. We < ffa-sev¬ 
eral excellent service boars. Also two early Septem. 
bev fitters of pigs. MORNINGSIDE FARM. Sylvama, Pa, 
For Sale-6-wks.-old Jersey Red Pigs 
@ $8 each. Also 2 Duroc Boars. 6 mos. old, $30 each. 
JOHN P. Bastles, Flemington, N. J. 
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BERKSHIRES 
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BELVEDERE BARGAIN 
BERKSHIRES 
We Den’l Mske a Business of Raising Breeding Slock 
WE RAISE HOGS FOR PORK 
We bought Berkshires and the best blood to be 
had for foundation stock because we thought it 
would pay; our experience proves that we 
guessed right and that is the reason for this ad. 
We paid an average of 8175 for our Foundation 
Stock, we have eight of the daughters and two 
of the sons eight months old that we picked 
from this Spring’s litters as the sort of stock we 
would like to buy and you can take your choice 
for 860, or we will select for you and ship on 
approval. They are all ready for breeding and 
all will be registered. This offer holds until 
December 30th. Fall Pigs too. 
BELVEDERE FARMS 
Westerly, R. I. 
LOCUST VALLEY FARM 
BERKSHIRES 
RUSSELL GRINNELL, Owner 
EXETER, RHODE ISLAND 
Special Offering for September 
Reg. Pigs, 10 weeks to 4 months 
SIZE—QUALITY—BREEDING 
2 Selected Young Boars 
Address, WALTER JAUNCEY, Jr., Mgr. 
LONGWOOD 
BERKSHIRES 
large type, well grown, spring gilts 
both bred and open, by Lord Lion, sire of the 
Grand Champion sow at Connecticut and Tren¬ 
ton fairs ; and first prize at Syracuse. 
Also a fine lot of fall pigs, by 
Double Champion 33rd 
_ Grand Champion boar of the east, 1918. 
Write for prices. 
LONGWOOD INC., Kennett Square Pa. 
✓•Choice Berkshires 
We have some extra nice young 
boars, sows and gilts of Masterpiece 
and Double Champion 33rd breed¬ 
ing at prices that are right. 
Webb Farms, Box R, Clinton Corners, N.Y. 
Smithson Herd—Big Berkshires 
Home of Symbolekr’s Junior 240600. Junior 
Champion of America in 1917. also Princess’ 
Successor Champion 2(36904. Hissire. Succes¬ 
sors Double Champion, His dam. Matchless 
Princess 6th. Herd Boar* 6 mos. to 1 year old- 
25 Sows Bred for Spring Litters. 50 Spring Gilts. 
Send tor description u nd price to 
CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM 
G. Smith & Sons SEELYV1LLE, PA. 
CAT ROCK FARM Berkshires 
Are prolific breeders with size and conformation; 
cholera immuned; 300 head; bred gilts and boars 
ready for aervice. Special prices on boar and sow 
pigs and trios. Every animal just as represented 
and must be satisfactory to purchaser or money re¬ 
funded. Have just shipped 23 head to Cuba. 
CAT ROCK FARM, Westwood, Mass, 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES 
Spring Boars tit for service now; sired by Dukes 
Champion 22nd 216251 and Symboleer's Superb 254336, 
also some fine gilts, cholera immune; with size,bone, 
and handsome heads and out of large mature 
prolific sows. 
J. E. Watson Marbledale, Conn. 
PATMOOR RIVAL 
who heads our herd of registered Berkshires is not only 
an outstanding boar of great type but a getter of espe¬ 
cially tine pigs and litters. Gilts and,pigs sired by bun 
for sale. PATMOOR FARMS. Hartfield, New York 
For Sale ™ u r r e eb°rTd Berkshire Sows 
four mos. old, daughters of Lady Duchess 36th, 
270812. Price, tweuty-live dollars each. Address 
WHEATSHEAF FARM, - Morristown, N, J. 
BIG TYPE BERKSHIRES S£»* 
Longfellow and Double Champion strains. Will 
suit your needs or your money back. GEO. M. GREENE, 
Somerville. N. J. Member Am. Berkshire Association 
LARGE TYPE BERKSHIRE 
Select you a breeder from a 13-pig fitter. Pay after 
you see the stock. DAVID WIANT, Huntington Mills, Pa. 
n | 1 • 60-lb. twelve weeks old pigs *20; 100-lb. 
nPr*K<imrP<t PiKS 830; 200-lb. bred gilt 845; 200-lb. 
1/VA nOlUl VO boar Eatarprisa Slack Farm, Arial. Pa- 
Registered BERKSHIRE 
All iages. with quality, size and best of breeding. 
Cholera immune. RICHARD E. WAIS, Lebanon, N. J. 
Berkshires ^ ome thrifty boar pigs left. Reg., $15 
size. 
to $20 ; uurog., $8 to $12, according to 
Unusual values. CLOYKHUALE FARM, Cbarlette, N.Y. 
Prolific Berkshires 
Priced to sell. JSO. B. BREAM, R. D. No. 4, Gottyaburr, P». 
Per Cala lAA Dice CHESTER WHITES 
ror oaie IUU rigs and berkshires 
Six weeks old. 94 each, ready to ship. Twenty 
cents per pig additional for crates, which will be 
refunded when crates are returned. Issue money 
■rilers on Dushore. Pa. P.0. ROUSE BROS. Ottlinirc, Pa. 
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BERKSHIRES 
STONE’S 
BERKSHIRES 
Holiday Special offer of Sows bred 
Yearling sows farrowed Fall of 1918, 
bred to one of our three large boars, eona of 
Epochal Superior and 
Superb Emblem 
For January, February and March Ut¬ 
ters we offer above sows, safe In pig, to 
be shipped in January, and a good young 
boar, not related to sow, or the litter she 
carries, for one hundred and fifty dollars 
for the two, express paid within 1,000 mijes 
in the U. S. Safe arrival and satisfaction 
guaranteed or money refunded. Orders 
booked and animals held free of board 
until ready to ship. 
Special Offer of Summer and 
Fall Pigs 
Kxtra good sows pigs, $30.00 eAch. 
Extra good boar pigs, $25.00 each. 
2 good sows and 1 boar, $75.00 for the 
trio. - 
2 extra August boars, sired by Epochal 
O. S. F. 255848, $75.00 each. 
Recorded and express prepaid within 
1.000 miles in TJ. S. on all Fall pigs. 
RICHARD H. STONE, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
FLINTSTONE BERKSHIRES 
Pearls Successor 8th. 255708 
W HEN Dean Curtiss placed this boar as Grand 
Champion at Springfield, he knew what he 
was doing.” Write us for prices on bred sows and 
gilts. Our foundation herd of young sows is second 
to none in the country. 
FLINTSTONE FARM, DALTON, MASS. 
Big Type Berkshires 
p s u *L L I c Jan. 31,1920 
of 60 BRED SOWS 
WHITGUERN FARM 
C. H. Carter WEST CHESTER, PA 
Large Berkshires 
at Highwood: 
Why do Berkshires so largely predominate In 
the east ? Because the eastern breeder is pro¬ 
ducing a Berkshire with size and bone that 
meets the demands of the practical farmer. 
Special offering of young weanling pigs. 
H. C. & H. B. Harpending, Box 15, Dundee, N.Y. 
We Offer For Sale: 
PROLIFIC BERKSHIRES 
OPEN GILTS.One year old 
YOUNG BOARS . One to two years old 
PIGS , . Farrowed April—May 1919 
Sired by Rival Longfellow 20th No. 238095 and 
his son Karha’s Longfellow 3rd No. 267474 
out of large Prolific Sows. 
KARHA FARM, Geo. L. Barker, Sup/. 
Parksville - - Sullivan Co., N.Y. 
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