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July 9, 1921 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Milks 4 Cows 
This is our hand-operated 4-cow milker; we also have 
a 2-cow milker ($123) on which we offer a free trial (ex¬ 
changeable for 4-cow milkers), and gasoline engine and 
electric power milkers. 
at Once 
the Milking Machine 
Sensation of 1921 
Costs Half; 
Does Double Work 
{Twice the work of our 1920 model) 
The new PAGE 4-cow 
Milker—operated by hand— 
no gas engine—no electricity 
—one man milks 4 cows at 
once. Little work—quickly 
done—easiest of all machines 
to handle—easiest, by far, to 
clean; the most wonderful 
advance in milking machine 
manufacture. 
We also have a 2 cow milker, only 
$ 123 !! 
30 Days Free Trial! 
In every locality in which we have no dealer, or agent or sales* 
manager, we will send one machine on 30 days’ free trial and at our rock-bottom 
price, direct from the factory; to the first responsible farmer who asks for it. No 
deposit; no C. O. D. 30 days full free trial, you alone to decide. ACT QUICK! 
After trial, if satisfactory keep the machine on our IRON 
CLAD Guarantee. 
Costs Nothing to Install-^!* 
nothing! Just the machine for small herds. If you want power, get our electric 
or engine power outfits at $225 and up. 
You milk right into your 
own ordinary milk can; no extra 
pails; no pipes; no pulsators; no 
tanks. Amazingly easy to clean. 
Guaranteed to do the work. 
Guaranteed to save time. 
Guaranteed —the last word 
in sanitary milking (one 
creamery wrote us that the 
most sanitary milk came from 
farmers using the PAGE Milker). 
And— 
Guaranteed: 
Action alterable to suit every 
cow separately. Instantly adapted to 
any cow according to her disposition 
and how easily or how hard she milks. 
Book on Milking 
Sent Free! 
This book is full of im¬ 
portant information for the 
man who is thinking of get¬ 
ting any kind of a milking 
machine —Get Posted! 
Burton Page Co., Dept. B485 
661 West Lake Street, CbicagO f HI. 
Please send me your free book on milking. Also 
description of your new model PAGE 4 cow Milker, 
and : 
details of your 30-day 1 
hand operated model. 
i your engine and electric power models. Also 
ails of your 30-day free trial offer on the 2 cow. 
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Address. 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Danger from Vaccination of Swine 
Does vaccination injure the breeding 
qualities of brood sows? I had six sows 
in Spring last year; in July cholera broke 
out and took two. I had sows and boar 
vaccinated, double treatment. The results 
were very poor afterwards; one sow had 
11 pigs and ate all; another had 13 and 
they died with a sort of yellow scours. 
One had 15, raised nine ; one had 11, one 
died and she ate one. Then in Spring. 
1921, the sow had 15; in Fall of 1920 
gave birth to 13 and all died off with yel¬ 
low scours. They seemed to get crusty 
around nose, legs and abdomen, get thin, 
then die. The one which had 11 last 
Fall had 13 this Soring, and only raised 
six. I am puzzled, and blame vaccina¬ 
tion, as they were all carrying young at 
time of operation and also partly blamed 
concrete floors in pigpen. I feed 200 lbs. 
middlings, 100 lbs. eornmeal. 25 lbs. tank¬ 
age and waste from farm. What informa¬ 
tion can be given on garbage for a hog 
fpprl *? t o 
Iladdonfield, N. J. 
There is no doubt that the trouble you 
have experienced with your brood sows 
and young pigs was occasioned by the 
double treatment that was resorted to to 
control the outbreak of hog cholera. Sows 
in pig should not be given the double 
treatment. Serum alone should be used 
in this instance, and likewise should be 
of" hog cholera at the station herd. Many 
of the animals were runnihg temperatures 
and two or three of the animals died be¬ 
fore we realized the conditions. All of 
the sows in pig and all of those nursing 
pigs were given serum alone treatment. 
All other animals, with the exception of 
the breeding hoars, were given the double 
treatment. The brood sows were sub¬ 
jected to the double treatment as soon as 
their pigs were weaned, and our losses 
were comparatively slight. Nevertheless, 
the records clearly indicate the fact that 
many pigs that were given the double 
treatment failed to grow and develop as 
their litter mates grew and developed, and 
several of the brood sows failed to breed. 
Iii other instances portions of the ears 
sloughed off, and in one instance an in¬ 
fection was encountered at the point of 
injection that inflicted a terrible wound. 
In other cases several of the young pigs 
shortly after being farrowed had crusty 
ears and crusty tails. As has been sug¬ 
gested, much depends upon the potency 
of the serum and the condition of the 
virus at using time. Then, too. care must 
he exercised in selecting and handling 
the pigs during the process of injection. 
Moreover, much is to be gained by feed¬ 
ing the pigs judiciously previous to and 
following the injection. It would scarcely 
be plausible to associate the fact that 
the brood sows ate their pigs with the 
fact that they were treated with serum 
or virus. This vice often results from 
too close confinement and from injudicious 
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used alone for brood sows nursing pigs. 
Otherwise breeding animals are apt to 
abort, or the young when delivered will 
be uneven in size, in some instances de¬ 
formed and the exact symptoms that you 
have indicated will be present. When 
brood sows nursing young pigs are sub¬ 
jected to the double treatment, their milk 
flow is very apt to cease, their udders dry 
up and unless the young pigs are old 
enough to wean, they are all apt to he 
lost. There is an honest difference of 
opinion as to whether the use of the serum 
simultaneous treatment interferes with 
normal growing and feeding propensities 
of the animals treated. There is abun¬ 
dant evidence to substantiate the claim 
that in many instances this condition pre¬ 
vails. Not only does this treatment fre¬ 
quently interfere with the pig’s growing 
tendencies, but it often interferes with an 
animal’s breeding propensities. . Unfor¬ 
tunately. however, in many instances 
where this condition prevails it is due 
to inferior biological products, else it has 
been improperly administered by the vet¬ 
erinarian. I could cite many instances 
of breeding herds in the corn 'belt that 
have been absolutely ruined by means of 
the double treatment. On the other hand, 
where the brood sows are double treated 
when they are open and dry and where 
the pigs are given a preliminary treat¬ 
ment of serum previous to weaning and 
the double treatment when they weigh 
between 40 and 60 lbs., fewer bad results 
have been encountered. It has been my 
observation that the use of hog cholera 
serum and virus has decreased rather than 
increased during the past several years. 
Many breeders have observed its effect 
upon the animals’ feeding and breeding 
qualities, and they have adopted the plan 
of using serum alone to stamp out an out¬ 
break rather than resort to the constant 
use of serum and virus. Nevertheless, a 
great many breeders use the double treat¬ 
ment. and many competent veterinarians 
are firm in their ‘belief that its use is 
clearly the best agency to insure the herd 
and protect the farmer against loss from 
cholera. 
Several years ago we had an outbreak 
and improperly compounded rations. 
Again, the farmer is very apt to impose 
conditions on the brood sow during far¬ 
rowing time that are strange and un¬ 
natural and very frequently she is over¬ 
fed to such an extent that the blood be¬ 
comes hot and feverish, and the brood sow 
being in a nervous condition any way 
becomes ravenous and devours not only 
the placental membranes, but swallows up 
the umbilical cord which promptly leads 
to the vitals of the pig. Once this occurs, 
the other pigs follow in short order. 
Concerning your second question, as to 
the use of garbage in swine feeding, it 
would seem that you might be interested 
in circular No. 40, issued by the New 
Jersey Experiment Station. I do not 
know whether you refer to city garbage 
or to ordinary kitchen refuse. The feed¬ 
ing of such garbage invites a great many 
problems. The housewife is very apt to 
put broken glass or other injurious sub¬ 
stances into the garbage daily, and fre¬ 
quently gastritis among pigs has been 
traced to this source. Then, too, city 
garbage is very apt to vary greatly from 
day to day, and unless it is cooked and de¬ 
greased it is almost impossible to obtain 
a uniform product from day to day. such 
as will produce regular and consistent 
gains. However, garbage is used exten¬ 
sively in swine feeding operations, and 
during the war at many of the canton¬ 
ments the refuse was used in extensive 
swine-feeding operations that enabled the 
operators to salvage and save a great 
deal of food. It. is my opinion that some 
day some process will be devised for the 
collection and treatment of garbage that 
will make it. possible to use this product 
extensively in swine-feeding operations. * 
I‘f one is situated so that he can make 
the garbage collection from a little village 
regularly from day to day and provided he 
takes the pains to sort the garbage and 
properly supplement it with other feeds, 
there is no doubt but that he can feed it 
to pigs profitably. It would be necessary, 
however, to feed garbage collected in this 
manner to pigs that have been doubly 
treated, for the liability of introducing 
cholera through the use of meat scraps is 
very great. • 
