The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock and Dairy 
Speaks for the Jersey Cow 
I have returned from a three months’ 
trip in Europe. Riding through Italy 
and Prance one is. of course, delighted 
with the sweetness and simplicity of rural 
life, and the charm is always present, but 
from a practical point of view one is 
immensely impressed with the lack of 
efficiency. And with this as a text. I 
think I could preach quite a sermon in 
advocacy of the Jersey cow. She cer¬ 
tainly represents efficiency, for in the 
economical production of butter or good 
milk she has no equal. We have tried her 
in our herd against the other breeds, and 
if one will keep track of the hay and feed 
consumed there is absolutely no question 
at all as to the Jersey’s efficiency. In our 
own barns the milk of every cow is 
weighed daily; we Babcock the milk and 
know bow rich it is. and we give the cow 
credit for what she produces, and we 
know the Jersey wins. 
One cannot, of course, blame a dairy¬ 
man who is selling his milk in competi¬ 
tion for the lowest priced product without 
regard to its contents in solids or fat for 
keeping a Holstein instead of a Jersey, 
though I think even here the Jerseys that 
produce milk not so rich would be profit¬ 
able. but where the requirement is rich 
milk or butter the Jersey is exceedingly 
tough, perfectly hardy and wonderfully 
productive. 
As to diseases, we have over TOO head 
that are passing the Federal tests for 
tuberculosis each year without a reaction. 
The cows are perfectly useful at 15 and 
1(1 years of age. and near us there is a 
cow JO years of age gravely supplying a 
family with milk. 
As to sickness of other sorts, we have 
been almost entirely exempt in a period 
of 20 years. The Jersey is a wiry, active, 
persistent and very friendly little friend, 
and I think does best where she is appre¬ 
ciated. like any other good thing. She 
does not, however, have to be so very 
small. The modern Jersey weighs any¬ 
where from 700 lbs. to 1,300, and the old 
idea that a Jersey represents a very sririll 
cow is a mistake, or that she represents 
a cow that gives very little milk. Any 
cow that will give over 1,000 lbs. of but- 
terfat in a year, not butter, but butter- 
fat, is no plaything, and if some way 
could be found which would be free from 
any suspicion of unfairness to credit each 
cow now making official tests, whether 
these are called Register of Merit or Ad¬ 
vanced Registry, with the food actually 
consumed, my conviction is that the Jer¬ 
sey owners would be the only ones that 
would find it worth their while to con¬ 
tinue them, and in fact I might even go 
further than this and say that certain 
strains of Jerseys are inferior in this 
respect. My meaning is that after all it 
is not how much butterfat that you pro¬ 
duce, but what the cost is of producing 
it, and this the ideal Jersey is perfectly 
built to accomplish at minimum cost. 
TJXSTERDORP FARMS. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
Potatoes for Dogs 
1 have noticed several times in The 
R. N.-Y. that potatoes should not be fed 
to a dog. Why? I have a dog seven 
years old that has had potatoes to eat 
all his life. A. B. 
Massachusetts. 
A dog is a carnivorous or flesh-eating 
animal, and some starchy foods are inju¬ 
rious. Potatoes, for instance, have often 
been found to induce indigestion and ec¬ 
zema in some dogs, and, therefore, as a 
general rule, may be considered unsuit¬ 
able food for dogs. This is the consensus 
of opinion among dog fanciers and vet¬ 
erinarians who have had much practice 
with these animals. Cornmeal is another 
unsuitable food, but stale bread moistened 
with milk or soup is suitable. Your dog 
will do better without potatoes. 
Distemper 
How should I treat, a dog with dis¬ 
temper? Is there any way to prevent it? 
Virginia. M. n. D. 
There is an antitoxin or serum against 
721 
dog distemper, which possibly may be 
bought at. a drug store or ordered by a 
druggist if you cannot employ a veter¬ 
inarian to give the preventive treatment. 
It may also have a helpful or remedial 
effect at. the outset of some attacks of 
the disease. Ready-prepared medicine 
for distemper is also for sale by druggists. 
There is no specific remedy, however, as 
symptoms vary, and should be treated as 
found present. Good nursing is highly 
important. Keep the dog warm and dry. 
Feed scraped raw beef, soups and egg- 
nogg. Cleanse the eyes two or three 
times daily with a saturated solution of 
boric acid, and also keep the nostrils clean 
and open. The use of serum is of most 
importance, but veterinarians also use 
such drugs as quinine, salol. bismuth, 
strychnine and certain “elixirs.” 
Sweating 
We have a horse six years old, and 
would like to get. him fat. lie eats all 
right,'and has plenty of Timothy hay and 
corn and oats. lie is afraid of trains and 
not of autos. When he works he sweats. 
New York. l. t. 
The horse suffers from chronic indiges¬ 
tion. Let him run out when not at work 
and at such times have no grain. Have 
his teeth put in order. Feed carrots as 
a part ration and allow access to rock 
salt. If he continues to sweat clip the 
hair from the legs above knees and hocks 
and from the belly to a line with the 
straps of a breast collar and breeching. 
Give half an ounce of Fowler’s solution 
of arsenic night and morning until he is 
in good condition. Then discontinue the 
medicine gradually, taking 10 days or 
more to the process. You could break 
him from fear of trains by pasturing him 
for a month or two in a field close to the 
railroad tracks. 
What One Gallon of Kerosene 
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Do you realize how much 
work the “Z” engine will 
do at the low cost of 
one gallon of kerosene? 
It will pump 10,000 gallons of 
water for your stock, for your 
home, for fire protection. 
It will light 10 20-watt, 16- 
candle power lamps for 15 hours 
from your light plant. 
It will grind 40 bushels of feed 
to fatten your stock. 
It will saw over 5 cords of wood 
for you. 
It will run your chum—cream 
separator—milking machine. 
It will operate your family 
washing machine—your grind¬ 
stone, com sheller, clover huller, 
shredder, hay baler and other 
machines about the farm. 
Over 300,000 “Z” engines have 
been bought by farmers every¬ 
where. They saved labor- 
got more work done. Over 6,000 
dealers demonstrated the many 
big advantages of the “Z” to 
these farmers before they 
bought. 
Notethese featuresat the left and 
then you, too, go to your near¬ 
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3H.P.... 115.00 
6 H. P.... 187.00 
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