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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 9, 1920 
Dairymen, Protect Your Profits! 
T HE hard-to-get-at places 
in your separators, milk 
cans, etc., lodge bacteria by 
the million—and bacteria impairs 
the quality of your product and 
cuts into your profits. Clean out 
these bacteria nests with Grade 
No. 3 American Steel Wool. 
These fine, flexible steel fibres 
per ^tr ate every noc k and corner, 
crevice and cranny where dirt 
accumulates. Wash cloths can’t 
get into these hidden places. 
Throw them away! American 
Steel Wool cleans, scours and 
polishes in one operation. 
American Steel Wool is used 
by Nestle’s, Mohawk Condensed 
Milk Co., Borden’s and Sheffield- 
Slawson-Decker Farms. 
Put up in one-pound packages and in Household sizes. 
If your dealer cannot supply you send us his name and 
15c, and you will be supplied with a Household package. 
Department R 
American Steel Wool Mfg. Co., Inc., 9-11 Desbrosses Street, New York City 
W O O I- 
SHEEP 
HOLSTEINS 
Rambouilette, Delaine, Dorset, |„ 0 dch"> w iot Rams 
Also Pathfinder Duroc of both sexes. Extra line young 
boars, shipped on approval, S26. 80 tine pigs to select 
from. X). //. Townsend Sons. Interlaken, Nett’ York 
SHROPSHIRES: 
TCARUNGimHS 
Sired by 250 lb. imported ram. Also yearling and older 
Ewe*. Fkkd Van Vleet <*c Sons - I.om. New Yoick 
Iftcts 
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T V Si I 8 AM) SUFFOLK BAMS For Sale. 
C. J. SHELMID1NE. Lorraine. New York 
Locust Hill Farm Reg. Delaine Merinos 
are bred for size. constitution, weight and quality of 
fleece. Yearling rams for sale. L. M. ADAMS, Eagl. Bridge, N T. 
For Sale—Re^. Shropshire Sheep 
Yearling Rams, 2 -year»-old. Rams : lambs. Ewe lambs. 
Breeding oves ull nges. O. G. Rower, Ludlomille, N. Y. 
Faced Highland Rams, Ewes and Lambs 
liinpT Hock. J. II. NIIELUIDINK k SONS, Lorrulne, New York 
Reg. Rambouillets and Delaines STOCK for Sale 
at all times. Special prices on 50 yearling Ranis, single 
or in lots to suit purchaser. I. B. PATTRIDGE, Leicester, N. Y 
Reg. Hampshire Down Ewes South Down Ewes and 
Ram Lambs for Sale. ELLIS TIGER, Gladstone, N. .1, 
Registered a-venr-old 8HROPS1IIKK RAMS for 
II sale. J. 1>. SHKi.Mibi.NE &. Sons, Lokkai.vk, New Yobk 
For Sale-S/x Nice Reg. Hampshire Ewes 
Price. $30 each. All of good ages and in good con¬ 
dition. Shipped to please you. 
p. 1 ). KRAFT, Willow Creek. New York 
The Dairy Division at 
Washington Says: 
“As the production of a cow is doubled 
profits increase three times. As produc¬ 
tion is trebled profits increase .six times. 
“The average cow in the United States 
yields 1823 quarts of milk yielding 207 
pounds of butter a year. Average profit 
per cow $20 over cost of feed.” 
The average production of all purebred 
Ilolsteins that have been officially tested 
for a year is 029 pounds of butter from 
more than 7000 quarts of milk. 
In yielding more than three times as 
much as the scrub cow. the purebred Hol¬ 
stein yields six times the profits. 
As production is tripled profits increase 
six times. 
Send for free illustrated booklets. 
THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION 
105 Hudson Street 
Brattleboro, Vermont 
For Sale-sbr»^h7r d . Yearling Rams and Ram Lambs 
Ewes of all ages. Also a few choice O. I. C. Pigs. 
Walter B. Saxton, Venice Center, New York 
| A ° L | Shropshire 6 Southdown Rams 
by Ward well and McEwen sires. 
L. M.COLBERT’S SONS, East Chatham, New York 
Must Sell flSck 28Reg. Cheviot Ewes and Rams 
Also few choice Reg. Cotswolds. B- W. BRACE, Albion, N. V. 
Ul K h 
n a i 
_ Grade Hampshire Kuiiik and Rani La in bn. 
A few nice ewes. J. 0. SHELMIOINE & SONS, Lorraine, N. I. 
R egistered SHKOJ‘8111 RES. Yearling Rams and 
Ewes for sale. H. B. COVERT, Lodi, New York 
Reg. HAMPSHIRE YEARLING RAMS Hffrus 5 ' 
i, 13 and 17 mos. old. €. 1*. & M. IV. It 10H AM, Gettjuburf. I*a. 
20 Tl b£ed Kl " Shropshire Sheep and 6 Ewe Lambs 
for sale. LYMAN REED, West Winfield, N. Y. 
Reg. Shropshire Rams 
and ewes, with good head cov¬ 
ering. STEVENS BROS., Wilson. NY 
For Sale 
Reg. HAMPSHIRE SHEEP, RAMS and 
EYVKS. Apply OP HI R FARM, Purchase, N. V. 
H orn Dorset and cheviot rams. 2yra. old* 
A few Cheviot ewes. J. 0. SHELMIOINE S SONS, Lorraine, H I 
AYRSHIRES 
SOUTH FARM 
AYRSHIRES 
We are offering animals of ail ages for sale. 
Lei us know your wants. Visitors welcome. 
GEORGE A. CROSS. Mgr. - Willoughby. Ohio 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN 
CATTLE 
Registered heifer and hull calves of 
excellent, breeding at farmers’ prices. 
Also a few choice fresh and springer 
cows. Write your wants. 
R. H. BEARD & SONS, Cortland, N. Y. 
DOUBLE KING SEGIS BREEDING 
Here is a show bull born in March whose 
sire is a son of KING LYONS, out of a 
35-lb. daughter of KING SEGIS. Ilis dam 
is bv a son of KING SEGIS PONTIAC 
ALCARTRA, who combines in the closest 
degree the blood of all the great found¬ 
ation bulls 
Write for prices and pedigrees 
G. C. Burlingame, R. F. D. No. 2, Cazonovia, N. Y. 
ForSaler.puREBRKD Holstein Heifers 
Mostly white, l’rieo and Breeding is very desirable. 
This is an exceptional opportunity to secure an 
animal that is a credit to any man's herd. 
A1KDALE FARM, West Hartford, Conn. 
Reg. Holstein Bull Call S 
Heifer Calves, $50 upwards. Grade Holstein Heifer 
Calves, $15 to $35. HENRY K. JARVIS, Port Byron. N Y. 
Reg. and HIGH GRADE COWS 
the kind that show a profit above high-priced Feed and 
Labor. KARLINGER, Monaey, N.Y. “l'liune Conn.*’ 
H olsteln-Krlealan If.lfer and Ittillfilm, Pure bred register¬ 
ed and high grade. Splendid individuals and breeding. 
Iteg. Duroc Pigs. BROWNCROFT FARMS. McGraw, Csrtland Co., N Y. 
Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Merits of Ayrshires 
In the Country Gentleman of July 10 
an article appeared on the merits of the 
Ayrshire cow in America. Would you 
advise that breed for Wisconsin, and do 
you approve of what is said about them, 
viz., that the Ayrshire beat the other 
breeds in consuming large quantities of 
roughage and cheap feed, and therefore 
require less of the expensive concen¬ 
trates? 
We have a mixture of nearly all breeds 
in our herd. Have had contagious abor¬ 
tion. and found the Guernseys the most 
susceptible to that disease and weaker 
constitutionally than other breeds. Our 
present sire is a grade Guernsey, but we 
wish to get into some purebred stock. 
Which is the most rugged dual-purpose 
breed? Would you advise selling all the 
stock we have and buying only a pure¬ 
bred sire and one or two cows or heifers 
and work in gradually? As oats and 
mill feed are high, and cheese is low in 
price we thought it would pay better to 
sell all our stock and the hay we don’t 
need—save doing so much chores and 
;dear more land, thus improving the 
farm instead, and also buy a few pure- 
breds. E. S. K. 
Wisconsin. 
There is no one breed of dairy cattle 
that has a monopoly of the qualities 
claimed by the article referred to. The 
Ayrshire breed is noted for its rustling 
and excellent foraging qualities, and there 
is no doubt that carefully selected ani¬ 
mals of this type would do wed under 
the conditions you have described. Most 
of us have our preferences so far as 
breeds of dairy cattle are concerned; but 
we must not deceive ourselves in thinking 
that our success or failure depends abso¬ 
lutely upon the particular breed that we 
tie to. There are conditions that favor 
the selection of one breed over all of the 
others, but you will find good and bad 
representatives in each breed. It is much 
more important that sound judgment be 
exercised in the selection of the type 
within the breed, rather than selecting 
an animal and believing in her simply 
because she evidences certain breed char¬ 
acteristics. 
Dairying in Wisconsin is a major in¬ 
dustry. Clearly the thing for you to do 
is to eliminate all of the cows iu your 
herd that are not paying for their feed 
and labor costs and to introduce high 
grade or purebred specimens of known 
usefulness. If you have a nondescript 
herd and undertake to breed them to a 
purebred sire and raise the resulting 
calves you will find the process slow and 
discouraging, and especially so if your 
herd is infected with contagious abortion. 
I would certainly reduce them to a small 
working unit of healthy animals, all rep¬ 
resentative of one breed or type and sell 
all others, regardless of the price ob¬ 
tained. They are worth less tomorrow 
than they are today, and if they are not 
paying their way they arc a. liability 
rather than an asset. 
If you like the Ayrshires and are pro¬ 
ducing cheese as a marketable product 
they would serve your purpose admirably. 
They are uoted for their hardiness, won¬ 
derful constitutional vigor, are splendid 
foragers and will, as you have indicated, 
consume vast amounts of roughage. It 
would not bo safe to undertake, or even 
expect, to produce milk or cheese eco¬ 
nomically without the feeding of some 
grain. I have always maintained that 
the animal of average production was 
better suited to farm conditions than 
those of extraordinary production. The 
Ayrshire comes more nearly to being a 
dual-purpose breed than the Jersey or the 
Guernsey, or even the Holstein. Usually 
the milking Shorthorn and the Red Polled 
breeds are classified as dual-purpose, 
while the Ayrshire is rated as a dairy 
breed. Nevertheless Ayrshires do fleslien 
up easily and yield a carcass of good 
color and quality. If you do decide to 
introduce purebred animals iuto your herd 
make sure that the premises are properly 
cleaned and disinfected, in order to avoid 
any possible continuation of your trouble 
with contagious abortion. A few animals 
well cared for and properly developed 
would, as you suggest, be more profitable 
than many of a lower grade. 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
Milking Shorthorns 
for milk and meat. The Durham cow of onr forefathers. 
Inquiries invited. WALNUT GROVE FARM, Washinglonville, N. Y. 
M l living Short horn*. KVERKTT FOX, LOWKLL. MASS. 
Send for sample copy of “ The Shorthorn Wmrld: 
More Udder—Less Cow! 
Y OU don’t feed a hulk when you 
feed a Jersey! A 1000-pound 
Jersey will usually produce more 
butterfat than a 1400-pound cow of 
other breeds. More udder and less 
cow is a mighty important item in 
cow profit. 
The butterfat production per year 
of a Jersey often exceeds her live 
weight! 
Have you read the story of Plain Mary, 
the World’s Champion Jersey? Her two 
farmer-owners kept her in an ordinary 
barn with the temperature at times over 
40 degrees below zero. But Plain Mary 
made a world’s record never-the-less. 
Any man can make profits with Jerseys 
They are the cows for the working farmer. 
Write today for the full story of Plain 
Mary and other valuable information 
which we will send you free. 
“The Profit Breed 9 9 
The American Jersey Cattle Club 
324-G West 23rd Street, New York 
An Institution for the Benefit of Every Jerscu Oumm 
Jersey Bull Calves and Heifers 
Herd Bulls; Champion Torono’s Son 
whose son sold at auction lor $7,500 
0wls-0ver-thc-Top and Golden Maid's 
Victor's Jolly 
100 Head—No Reactions 
lllsterdorp Farms, Highland, N. Y. 
Hamilton irncrvc 
FARM J HilOtlj I 
Several Grandsons of 
FERN’S OXFORD NOBLE 
P 5012 HC—Out of R. of M. Dams. Priced to 
SELL IMMEDIATELY 
• HAMILTON FARM. GLADSTONE. N. J- 
Highland Farms Jerseys 
Federal Accredited Herd 
“Financial King”Sire; R.of M.dams,all ages, 
male and females, at attractive prices, 
Highland Farms, West Chester, Pa. 
: osterfield’s Herd Registered JERSEYS 
ILL AGES. On account of being unable to sea to 
ny cattle personally I will make prices that will 
oad to business. CHARLES G. FOSTER. P. 
>. ItoxlTB, Morristown, Morris Co., N. J. 
HOLSTEINS 
FOR SALE 
HOLSTEIN BULL 
Broad Meadow Monarch Walker, 17nios. old. 
Sire—the Mighty Monarch. Haul—Duchess 
Do Kol Korndyke Walkor 2d. Price, 18500. 
JOSEPH L. STEELE. Ossining, N. Y, 
For Salc-A Dairy of Thirty Grade Holstein Cows 
due to freshen next spring. A. dress E. T. itl.ACK, Sd<>, N.T 
F OR SALE—Highly bred registered Holstein and 
Guernsey young bulls at reasonable prices. Apply 
SIX’ limit Ea'kh, Mountain hulo, Sullivan Co., N. x. 
Purebred Reg. Holsteins fX.th 
stcJn cnlvcs, either sex, F. II. W ood, Cortland, N. Y. 
