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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 21, 1920 
“Bull Brand Wins Out , s:a 
In Comparative Test" 
On Perm of Markham Sc Putfer Avon, N.I 
“Bull Brand” Dairy Ration 
was placed on the farms of 
Markham & Puffer, Avon, N. 
Y. in competition with an¬ 
other well-known, widely ad¬ 
vertised feed which they had fed for 
a considerable period. They were 
reluctant to purchase “Bull Brand ’ 
thinking that there was no feed 
equal to the other. 
On the strength of our guarantee they purchased a car of Bull 
Brand” with the agreement that they would not have to pay for 
the feed until they were convinced that it was not only equal to. 
but better than the feed they were using. After feeding “Bull 
Brand” they became permanent “Bull Brand ” users, a fact 
which needs no further comment. 
Right in your vicinity feeders are 
making similar records with “ Bull 
Brand.” Ask us for their names. 
What “ Bull Brand ” is— 
a clean honest feed, containing 24% 
Protein or 20.5% digestible protein; 
5% Fat or 4.5% digestible fat; 5()% 
Carbohydrates and only 12% Fibre. 
It is a scientifically balanced ration— 
sufficiently bulky to avoid digestive 
and udder troubles; with the maximum 
number of digestive nutrients and 
sufficient digestible protein and fat 
to produce a maximum milk yield of 
highest butterfat value without im¬ 
pairing the health and condition of 
the cow. Made from such digestible 
and nutritious feeding materials as 
Dried Brewers Grain, Old Process Oil 
Meal, Cottonseed Meal. Corn Gluton 
Feed, CocoanutMeal, Ground Barley, 
Wheat Bran, Wheat Middlings, Corn 
Hominy Feed, and a small percent¬ 
age of fine table salt. It can be fed 
with the usual roughages—no extra 
feedingstuffs required. 
Try It on Our “ Make Good ” 
Guarantee 
Prove to yourself that you can dupli¬ 
cate the results which other feeders 
are obtaining with “ Bull Brand.” 
Here is our guarantee; “Feed ‘Bull 
Brand ’ to three or more of your 
cows in accordance with our direc¬ 
tions. If the results of this test do 
not prove satisfactory to you, we 
will refund your money for the feed 
you used.” 
Start feeding Bull Brand Dairy 
Ration today for more and richer 
milk, better cows and greater profits. 
Where a lozcer priced feed than Bull Brand Dairy Ration is de¬ 
sired, use Hi-Test Dairy Feed; for live stock use Bull Brand 
Stock Feed; for poultry, Red-E-Brand Poultry Feeds. 
MARITIME TRADING CORPORATION, Buffalo, N. Y. 
THE LITTLE BROWN JUG 
If I had a cow that gave such milk 
I’d clothe her in the finest silk 
1 \1 use more limestone and grow better hay 
And I’d start in early and milk all day 
FOR THK LIMESTONE, WRITE 
GRANGERS LIME CO., 
174 Frelinghuysen Avenue Newark, N. J. 
WORKS : West Stockbridge, Mass. 
WILSON FEED MILL 
For grinding corn in the ear and 
•mail grain. 
Has special crusher attachment 
which first breaks the ears of 
corn, which can be shoveled right 
into the hopper. Also Bone and 
Shell Milla and Bone Cutters. 
Send for Catalog 
WILSON BROS., Box,15 Easton, Pa. 
inert 
MORE 
WORK- 
Less Lost Time 
Watch out for sore shoulders and at once apply 
North Star Wool Fat. This natural skin food 
quickly penetrates the flesh, carrying nourishment 
which rebuilds the tissues and prevents unsightly 
scars. Keeps your horses busy when most needed. 
NORTH STAR 
Antiseptic Compound 
WOOL FAT 
is also a specific for all foot troubles, such as Hard and Contracted Feet, 
Thrush, Quarter Crack, Grease Heel, Scratches and Corns. 
Always keep a box in the cow stable, too. Use it for Sore Teats. Caked 
TJdder, Cuts, Bruises, etc. It nourishes and protects injured tissues. 
rnrr TDIil nrrED Let us send you a liberal sample of North Star Wool Fat 
r tltt I IllAL Ur r kll free. Write for it today. Ask also about Germ-X, the 
powerful, non-poisouou3 disinfectant. You need both in your dairy. 
NORTH STAR CHEMICAL WORKS, Inc. 
Itox C LAWBKNCE. MASS. 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
A Prize Merino Ram 
The picture shows a a yearling B type 
Merino ram that won first premium iu a 
class of 27 at the Ohio State Fair iu 1910. 
This animal is one of the flock of C. O. 
Pattridge & Sons of Wyoming County, 
X. V. 
Improving Expensive Ration 
Is the following a good ration for milch 
cow.s? Bran. 800 lbs.; gluten, 700 lbs.; 
white meal, 500 lbs.; cottonseed meal. 
500 lbs. ; linseed meal. 200 lbs.; ground 
oats. 300 lbs.? We are feeding 1 lb. to 2%. 
lbs. of milk. Is that enough? Is corn¬ 
stalk, shredded and sweetened with molas¬ 
ses, a good substitute for silage? c». M. 
Massachusetts. 
The above ration is not suited for feed¬ 
ing dairy cows. It carries an excess of 
protein, and I am sure that you will find 
it a very expensive combination. Assum¬ 
ing that what you identify as white meal 
is comment or hominy meal, and making 
use of the same materials, I would sug¬ 
gest the following proportions : 600 lbs. 
corumeal. 300 lbs. bran. 300 lbs. gluten, 
200 lbs. cottonseed meal. 100 lbs. linseed 
meal. 500 lbs. ground oats. The use of 
molasses in a ration often increases its 
palatability; yet there is nothing to be 
gained in inducing dairy cows to eat ex¬ 
travagantly of shredded corn fodder. If 
they have access to this material, and 
provided it is not shredded too far iu ad¬ 
vance. so as to become moldy, they will 
eat all that they will require to provide 
vestment relatively small. Of course you 
could uot expect any of the large breeders 
to sell you their choice animals at this 
age. Nevertheless, it is always possible 
for them to supply useful animals out of 
their herd boar that would serve your pur¬ 
pose most admirably. Keep the grade 
sows until you have established the foun¬ 
dation of the purebred herd. Then you 
ran gradually market, the grades and 
maintain only the purebred animals in 
your breeding herd. You ought to be able 
to market 50 per cent of your purebreds 
for breeding purposes, and turn the other 
half into pork at a profit. It is indeed 
gratifying to know that The R. N. Y. has 
aided yon materially iu your swine feed¬ 
ing and breeding problems. 
The Arabian Horse 
What about the Arabian horse? Is 
this a distinct breed, or where did they 
originate, from Arabia? Are they recog¬ 
nized as standard-bred in America? If 
so. in what place is their registration of¬ 
fice? For what are they adapted, race¬ 
course. saddle or general purpose? What 
i« their usual weight? In color are they 
supposed to be calicoes, or do they run in 
solid color? f. s. 
New York. 
Dr. Carl W. Gay, in his excellent book 
entitled “Productive Horse Husbandry," 
has this to say concerning the Arab 
horse: “The number of good horses in 
Arabia is much smaller than is generally 
.1 Prize-winning Ye 
sufficient bulk for the ration, aud this is 
practically all that shredded corn fodder 
or Timothy hay provides iu a ration any¬ 
way. Your mixture contains an extrava¬ 
gant amount of wheat bran. While it is 
true this substance adds safety to any 
ration it provides au expensive source of 
nutrients, hence I have reduced the 
amount from 800 lbs. to 300 lbs. I am 
sure that you will find this combination 
less expensive and more efficient iu feed¬ 
ing milch cows. 
Success with Swine 
I have been breeding aud raising hogs 
on a rather extensive scale, having about 
100 head iu feeding pens at the present 
time, besides 12 brood sows. I have had 
good success with both breeding and feed¬ 
ing. Starting iu a year ago with three 
sows and 23 shotes. I have turned off 
hogs and pigs amounting to $1,650 and 
still retain over 300 head that are worth 
today over $1,200. I have been using a 
purebred boar, but not registered, and 
some very good grade sows, but I have de¬ 
cided that it would pay me to invest iu a 
good strain of purebred registered stock, 
starting in a moderate way, by purchas¬ 
ing a sow already bred to farrow in early 
Spring, and a purebred boar pig that 
would be ready for service at the same 
time, oue that I could breed to the sow 
as well as to my own grade sows that are 
now bred to farrow in February. I have 
been breeding O. I. C. and prefer to stick 
to that line. I consider, however, that 
your paper lias been of very great value 
to me in handling my bogs aud other lines 
as well. J.F.w. 
New- York. 
There is no doubt that purebred hogs 
would substantially increase your profit. 
You have done exceptionally well with 
grades, aud your proposal is a sensible 
oue. Communicate with some responsible 
breeder who will sell you at a fair price 
a boar pig and two or three sows. Buy 
them at weaning time so the cost of trans¬ 
portation would be less and the initial iu- 
arling Merino Earn 
supposed, and they are generally in the 
hands of certain families or tribes iu the 
interior desert. The Arab proper is a 
descendant and not an antecedent of the 
original Libyan horse, and is so named' 
on account of the peculiar blue black or 
antimony tint which characterizes the 
skin of the body. They are mostly bays 
and resemble most closely the English 
Thoroughbred. The Darley Arabian, the 
greatest foundation sire of the Thorough¬ 
bred. was of this strain. 
“There is much confusion in this coun¬ 
try concerning the characteristic color of 
the Arab horse. Almost any odd color or 
marking, such as pure white, piebald, 
skewbald, leprous or tiger spots, are at¬ 
tributed to Arab blood. As a matter of 
fact, bay with white markings is most 
characteristic and, in the light of recent 
knowledge, is clearly the most popular 
color. Grays are also common, chestnuts 
and browns are uot uncommon, while 
blacks and even pure whites are found.” 
A few years ago the late Homer Daven¬ 
port became intensely interested in the 
Arabian horse, and made au importation 
direct from Arabia. At that time it was 
arranged to have these Arab horses recog¬ 
nized as purebred animals, and they were 
to be recorded by the American Jockey 
Club aud listed with the Thoroughbreds. 
It is recalled that a great deal of con¬ 
troversy resulted from the proposed ar¬ 
rangement. and it was only after Mr. 
Davenport had appealed to President 
Roosevelt for aid that it was possible to 
bring the animals.into this country with¬ 
out paying extortionate customs fees. If 
was Mr. Davenport’s idea to use the Arab 
in crossing on the Thoroughbred with the 
hope of producing polo ponies that would 
have greater endurance and more brains 
than was evident in the type of horse 
commonly used for such purpose. It is 
admitted by all that the Arabs possess 
quality in the highest degree, that they 
are particularly symmetrical in appear¬ 
ance. and noted generally for their beauty 
and endurance. So far as I know noth¬ 
ing remarkable lias resulted from crossing 
the Arab horse on Thoroughbred mares. 
