c Ihe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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They call me ’way-behind-the-thues,” “old-school." “conservative. 
But still. I'll like a yoke o’ steers as long as I may live! 
The boys can make their auto into quite a good-sized truck; 
They’ll jerk a load to market in an hour—an’ back, with luck! 
I’ll haul three ton of cabbage—or, at least, that’s what I claim. 
There ain’t no dust behind me, but I git there just the same! 
Don’t worry ’bout the price o’ “gas,” don’t have to shift no gears 
When I go to the village with my big red yoke o’ steers! 
ii. 
Jim Brown’s big team of Belgians, he says, have "got the goods,” 
But my steers heat ’em hollow, snakin’ logs, up in the woods. 
No whiffle-trees to jerk about, no reins to get pulled wrong; 
Those steers just lean against the yoke and move those logs along! 
O’ course, they don’t do bus’ness with an awful sort o’ rush, 
But then, they don’t require no paths amongst the underbrush. 
I take ’em in amongst the stumps an’ needn’t have no fears 
But wlmt I’ll get ’em out again—my big red yoke o’ steers! 
in. 
Smith’s boy has bought a tractor, bristlin’ out with cranks an’ quirks, 
It looks almighty awkward, but they say sometimes it works. 
The agent told the acres it would plow within a day; 
He told ’em just its horsepower, but its oxpower he can’t say. 
Well, Thursday it got balky—wouldn’t travel worth a darn! 
The steers an’ me—we had to come and haul it to Smith’s barn. 
Don't need no greasy wipers, nor no licensed engineers 
To run my ex-bull tractors, as I call my big red steers. 
iv. 
Just get the yokes adjusted, an’ Jill out your mouth with “scrap,” 
The gad’s between your mittens, so hook up an' yell “giddap!” 
No crankin’ an’ no primin’ an’ no bucklin’ up the liames, 
Efficient, labor-saving—so yours truly always claims! 
For sniggin* on the old stoneboat big two-ton rocks away, 
For haulin’ sap, for plowin’, for the last big jag o’ hay; 
And finally, if I should find their board bill in arrears, 
I always can make beef o’ em—my big red yoke o’ steers! 
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Ailing Animals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
quarts of milk at first. Now she is giving 
none, just a few spoonfuls. I have rubbed 
the udder several times with a salve, but 
it seems to be growing hard on the in¬ 
side. What can I do for her? h. a. b. 
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Traumatic Pericarditis 
I had a cow that was sick for about, 
two weeks and then died. The first I 
saw of her not acting right I discovered 
a small bunch under the jaw and swollen 
back to neck and throat. Swelling was 
very soft. I bathed it with turpentine 
and lard and it went away : then cow 
was better and began to eat again for 
two or three days. Then began swelling 
again and she finally died. A post mor¬ 
tem showed the sac around the heart was 
three times the size of the heart, and was 
filled with dark brown water. The heart 
was covered with streaks of fat or dried 
matter. This is the second cow that 
died in this neighborhood like this and 
several more are sick the same way. What 
is the disease and is there a remedy? 
Pennsylvania. s. p. s. 
Such cases are common, and the cause 
is swallowing of a sharp object, such as 
a ‘nail, wire or pin which transfixes the 
wall of the stomach, diapragm and 
eventually the wall of the heart sac (peri¬ 
cardium). The condition is termed 
traumatic (accidental) pericarditis (in¬ 
flammation of the pericardium) and it is 
incurable. We know of one man who 
lost seven good cows of this disease, which 
was caused by the cows swallowing fine 
wires from a wire brush sold to him by 
a travelling agent and used for scrub¬ 
bing out the feed mangers. Wires from 
baled hay or straw also have caused many 
cases, as have shingle nails, after the 
reshingling of an old barn. Always sus¬ 
pect such a condition when a cow shows 
a dropsical swelling of the neck 
brisket, scours and fails to thrive 
<"ugns spasmodically when made to run. 
Maine. 
The condition described is incurable 
and was caused by infective matters car¬ 
ried into the udder by the milk fever in¬ 
jection tube, unless it happened that 
mammitis (garget) was present at the 
same time as milk fever. That some¬ 
times happens. Have the cow tested 
with tuberculin and slaughter her for 
beef if she is found to be free from tu¬ 
berculosis. That disease sometimes 
causes gradually tumor formation in the 
udder and loss of milk secreting function. 
THE EVERLASTING 
CREAM SEPARATOR 
There are thousands of voluntary let¬ 
ters in the De Laval Company’s files, 
similar to this letter from Mr.Watkinson, 
of Iowa, bearing out the statements 
made in connection with the long serv¬ 
ice of De Laval Cream Separators. 
In fact, by averaging up the years cf 
use, it has been found that the average 
life of a De Laval is more than 15 
years; and that during that time they 
have required little attention or repairs, 
and have produced the highest possible 
quantity and quality of cream with the 
least time and effort. 
That is why there are more De Lavals in 
combined. 
"My De Laval Separator ha» 
been in use about seventeen years 
and is doing just as good work today 
as when I bought it. I think it is 
good for ten years longer. With 
butter-fat at present prices no one 
can afford to use a cheap machine. 
"When looking around to see 
what kind of a separator to buy 1 
found that all the creameries in our 
vicinity were using the De Laval. 
The thought struck me. what is good 
enough for the creameryman is good 
enough for me, and my experience 
proves I made no mistake.” 
Eld. Watkinson 
use than 
Sooner 
buy a De Laval. 
all other makes 
or later you will 
The nearest De Laval agent will be 
glad to demonstrate a De Laval. 
If you do not know his name, write 
to nearest De Laval office. 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
165 Broadway, New York 
29 E. Madison St. 61 Beale St. 
Chicago San Francisco 
50.000 Branches and Local Agencies 
the World Over 
and 
and 
Mammitis 
1 have a cow that I think has garget 
when T y f onu - Two years ago 
when she freshened site had milk fever. 
evrW n a veterinarian and cured her. 
sorm 'a,^5* lef L h . er wW 1 one teat that 
slip bo up * time she freshened 
had a very large bag and gave a few 
Catarrh 
I have a horse now five years old. 
About one year ago bet had a cold which 
has left him with a seeming catarrh, a 
discharge from the nose for several days, 
then ceasing, then showing up again. I 
have steamed him and given him condi¬ 
tion powders, but this gives no relief. Is 
there any help for this condition? a. L. 
Pennsylvania. 
If a trained veterinarian decides that 
glanders is absent and that the discharge 
is not due to a diseased molar tooth or a 
collection of pus in a sinus of the head, 
condition which would require trephin¬ 
ing. give the following treatment: Twice 
daily for a week mix in the feed a dram 
of dried sulphate of iron and three of 
salt: then give a like dose of powdered 
sulphate of copper (bluestone) twice 
daily for a week and then substitute a 
like dose of iodide of potash twice daily 
for a week. Alternate the three drugs 
for a week each until discharge ceases. 
Put a little chloride of lime in the manger 
under the bay. It is also a good plan to 
flush out the nostril daily with lukewarm 
water containing a heaping teaspoonful 
of table salt to the quart. 
Fix nick: “When a man pays atten¬ 
tion to a woman it is generally a sign 
that he wants to marry her.” Sinnick : 
“Yes, and when he doesn’t pay any atten¬ 
tion to a woman, it is usually a sign that 
he has married her.”—Credit Lost. 
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