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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
July 9, 1921 
UNADILLA 
! SILOS 
give life-time money 
making service. 
Few things you buy for 
the farm serve as long and 
for so little money as a 
Unadilla Silo. 
Year in and year out, they 
turn corn into succulent, eco¬ 
nomical, money saving feed. 
When properly erected and 
cared for, few wear out in a 
life-time. 
Now more than ever, you 
need a Unadilla to make 
dairying or stock raising pro¬ 
fitable. This is a year to erect 
a silo if you are to both make 
and save money. 
There is yet time, before the 
corn crop is ready. Send for 
catalog of Unadilla, the silo 
so many successful dairymen 
own and swear by. 
UNADILLA SILO CO. 
Hox C Unadilla. N. Y., or Des Moinei, la. 
Patented March, 1920 
Put on in a second. Impossible for cow to switch. 
“Control the tail and you control your temper.” Milk 
iu comfort and produce cleaner milk. Sold by dealers 
everywhere or sent direct by parcel post, prepaid. 
35 cents each or 3 for $1.00. 
THE MOORE BROS., IS Green St., Albany, N. Y. 
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PURIFINE” FEEDING 
Barrel or Train Load 
Same Quality as Used in Our 
METROPOLITAN MILLS 
Colobrated Molasses Feeds 
Write for Our Booklet and Prices 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Morgan Horse for Farm Work 
Will you give a description of the Mor¬ 
gan horse? Do Morgans make good farm 
horses, and what is their weight, as an 
average? l. t. k. 
Dr. Carl W. Gay, in his excellent book, 
entitled “Productive Horse Husbandry.'’ 
has this to say about Justin Morgan, who 
was a typical Morgan horse: “lie was 
brown, slightly over 14 hands in height, 
950 lbs. in weight, very compactly 
made, with a short, strong back, round, 
deep ribs, broad loins and strong coup¬ 
lings ; a breedy head, proudly carried, 
rather heavy neck, with prominent crest, 
short legs, well set and of unusual sub¬ 
stance, and an airy, busy, but not high 
way of going. Bay, 'brown and black col¬ 
ors prevail in the breed.” This breed of 
horses is noted for their stamina and stay¬ 
ing qualities, is especially popular in the 
hilly sections of Vermont, where hill¬ 
climbing and general purpose activities 
are engaged in. Whether or not they would 
be suitable for farm work would depend, 
of course, upon the type of farming em¬ 
ployed and the section of the country 
where they are to he used. Usually rep¬ 
resentatives of this type are handy and 
prompt, are capable of enduring fatigue 
and hauling relatively heavy loads. When 
placed on the road they give a good ac¬ 
count of themselves. Generally speaking 
they are not farm work horses, hut they 
have many qualities that commend them 
to the New England farmers, who want 
a general purpose horse, one that com¬ 
bines beauty and utility with stamina, 
endurance and staying qualities. There 
are certain types of farmers who are 
steadfast in their belief that the Morgan 
horse is without doubt the best type of 
general purpose animal, but they are not 
employed in sections of the country where 
agriculture and general farming are ex¬ 
tensively developed. 
Percheron and Arabian Horses 
Where was the Percheron horse origi¬ 
nated. and what is Ms breeding and his 
original color? Is there such a thing as 
a black Percheron? What was the origi¬ 
nal color of the Arabian horse? 
Virginia. J- w. S. 
The Percheron breed of draft 'horses 
originated in La Perche, France. This is 
a district in Normandy noted for its fa¬ 
mous pastures and its famous horses. 
While Oriental stallions were used to 
some extent, it is known that the Perch¬ 
eron breed developed as a result of mat¬ 
ing the original Flemish stock with the 
entire horses brought in by the Crusaders. 
The popular type of Percheron is either 
gray, black or brown, or, in fact, can 
represent any combination of those colors. 
It is believed that the iron gray is the 
most popular, and perhaps the predomi¬ 
nating color. The Frenchmen are won¬ 
derful caretakers, and very _ successful 
feeders of horses, and by taking advan¬ 
tage of thie pasture conditions that prevail 
in France they are able to develop young¬ 
sters to an exceptional weight at a re¬ 
markably early age. Community breed¬ 
ing in this country is extensively patron¬ 
ized. The Frenchman pays a great deal 
of attention to the selection of breeding 
sires; in fact, it has been observed that 
they depend almost entirely upon the 
Percheron sires for perpetuating the de¬ 
sirable qualities iu this breed of horses. 
The popular color of the Arab horse is 
bay, although chestnut and brown are 
frequently encountered. Bay with white 
markings is the. most characteristic, and 
the suggestion that Arab horses are pure 
white, piebald or spotted is pure fiction. 
It was my good fortune to inspect the 
Arab horses imported by the late Homer 
Davenport. They represented the popu¬ 
lar type of Arab horse, and a number of 
them were presented to Mr. Davenport by 
the natives of Persia. The prevailing 
color was golden chestnut, although bays 
and browns were prevalent. Two of the 
animals were pure white in color, al¬ 
though I recall Mr. Davenport stating 
that the golden chestnut was by all odds 
the popular color. The animals all had 
most remarkable conformation, being es¬ 
pecially symmetrical and particularly 
graceful about the head and neck. They 
are, of course, noted for their great en¬ 
durance and staying qualities. 
Inbreeding Swine 
I have some purebred Berkshire pigs, 
about six weeks old, good stock. They 
are sired by the same boar, of the Epochal 
strain, but two different, sows, Whit- 
guern breeding, but not related. I want 
to select a trio for breeders, but doubt 
the advisability of selecting those so 
closely related as brother and sister or 
brother and half-sister. Will you advise 
me as to the best course to pursue? 
Geneseo, N. Y. J. I. S. 
While it is true that some of our best 
Berkshircs have been produced by close 
or incestuous mating, it is nevertheless 
evident that there are certain dangers that 
accompany this practice. It is known that 
incestuous mating is very apt to produce 
weak offspring, youngsters with limited 
vitality, and of low constitutional vigor. 
Frequently the pigs’resulting from such 
matings are irregular in size and fail to 
inherit feeding qualities, such as will en¬ 
able them to grow and gain economically. 
On the other hand, if the parents are 
vigorous and well developed, and provid¬ 
ed close breeding has not been resorted 
to in their development, it frequently hap¬ 
pens that youngsters resulting from such 
mating inherit the desirable qualities of 
both parents in an intensified form, and 
are able to go on and develop into ani¬ 
mals of unusual merit. This system of 
mating has emphasized the importance of 
prepotency, and very often producers 
have l>een able to maintain prolificacy 
and fecundity. From your description 
it would seem that the youngsters are 
growthy and vigorous, and that the par¬ 
ents are of good size and fully developed. 
It is reasonable to assume that you could 
select two females and a male for the 
present mating that might serve as foun¬ 
dation stock for your herd of breeding 
Berkshircs. Make sure to grow the pigs 
out well, and do not mate them until they 
are reasonably well grown. 
feed for two brood 
sows 
Dairy Ration 
Will you advise ration for our dairy 
herd? For the Winter we shall have si¬ 
lage, and corn, oats and buckwheat for 
chop. Are linseed and cottonseed meal 
of equal value to feed with these? 
Woodland, Pa. M. W. F. 
The products that you have available, 
namely, corn silage, corn, oats and buck¬ 
wheat! will not in themselves provide a 
satisfactory combination for feeding dairy 
cows during the Winter months. _ It will 
he necessary to provide protein car¬ 
riers, and the two products that you have 
mentioned are well suited for such pur- 
noses. However, for the sake of variety, 
it is not wise to rely upon any one con¬ 
centrate to provide all of the protein. 
In addition to linseed meal and cotton¬ 
seed meal, I should use some gluten meal. 
Usually products of this character are 
rated in accordance with their protein 
contribution, and it is a fairly simple 
procedure to determine which one will 
provide a unit of protein at the lowest 
cost per unit. Other things being equal. 
I should prefer to use as much variety as 
possible, and for this reason there are 
many advantages in using home products, 
such as you have available, with mixed 
feed high in protein. 
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Feeding Brood Sows 
Can you give me a formula for mixing 
They will far¬ 
row shortly. I have only corn. They 
have been getting all the grass that they 
could, and corn. I wish to make pigs 
grow as fast as possible. R. G. G. 
It will he necessary for you to secure 
some protein concentrate to supplement 
your corn if you desire to obtain the most 
economical and rapid gains with young 
pigs. While pasture grass does aid ma¬ 
terially in correcting the deficiency of 
corn, as a ration for young swine it does 
not provide enough protein to meet the 
demands of growing animals. A number 
of concentrated products have been pro¬ 
vided. and are known as corn^halancers, 
and are intended for supplementing corn 
for swine feeding. Digester tankage and 
fish meal are two highly concentrated pro¬ 
tein-carriers that are used extensively by 
successful swine growers. Usually it is 
not necessary to feed more than 10 per 
cent of tankage to supplement corn for 
brood sows or growing youngsters, and 
the use of concentrates of this character 
very greatly increases the feeding value 
of corn. Brood sows must he generously 
supplied with grain, and should he full 
fed after the pigs are three weeks old. 
During the interval, just preceding far¬ 
rowing and until the pigs are two or three 
weeks old, the ration should be restricted, 
as the youngsters have limited appetites 
and cannot use all of the milk that a 
brood sow might produce if she was al¬ 
lowed a full ration. A mixture consist¬ 
ing of corn, middlings, and ground oats, 
with eight per cent of tankage or 12 per 
cent of oilmeal added, should he provided 
for the pigs, and they will nibble away at 
this mixture at a very early age. 
The greatest gains that have been pro¬ 
duced, as well as the most economical 
increases in weight, have been obtained 
where corn has been supplemented with 
compounded feeds designated as balancers 
that combine such concentrates as tank¬ 
age, corn germ meal and dried milk prod-* 
nets in their proper proportions. Under 
your conditions, I would suggest that you 
obtain some one of the supplemental 
mixed hog feeds and feed it in conjunc¬ 
tion with your corn and pasture grass. 
If you have skim-milk or buttermilk avail¬ 
able, it will improve the ration. 
Self-feeders have been used advan¬ 
tageously in feeding brood sows and their 
litters. It insures complete nourishment, 
provided the mixed feeds or the various 
ingredients are supplied, in the hoppers 
and made available at all times for feed¬ 
ing purposes. The feeders, however, 
should not be installed until the pigs are 
three weeks old. and even then it is neces¬ 
sary to bring the brood sow and her pigs 
up to full feeding gradually. 
STABILITY 
COUNTS 
Your Green Mountain Silo, 
with the popular hip roof, will 
never need an. apology. It is built 
to stand up permanently—just as 
any other farm building is ex¬ 
pected to do. Every groove and 
joint is made to fit tight—both 
for permanence and silage pro¬ 
tection. Every stave is treated 
in creosote preservative. Hoops 
are of extra heavy steel with 
rolled (not cut) threads. They 
cost us more but they stand 
unusual strains. Doors fit like 
a safe—always tight. Wooden 
ladder rungs; no iron to frost 
the fingers. Green Mountain 
Anchorage system holds silo 
absolutely firm and upright. 
A beautiful silo—with nut- 
brown side walls and bright 
red cedar roof. Write today for 
detailed circulars. Special in¬ 
ducements for early orders- 
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338 WEST STREET, RUTLAND, VT. 
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THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS 
that make a horse Wheeze, 
Roar, have Thick Wind 
or Choke-down, can be 
reduced with 
y\BSORBINE 
also other Bunches or Swellings. No blister, 
no hair gone, and horse kept at work. Eco¬ 
nomical-only afew drops required at an appli¬ 
cation. $2. SO per bottle delivered. Book 3 R free. 
ABSORBING JR., the antiseptic liniment for man¬ 
kind, reduces Cysts, Wens, Painful, Swollen 
Veins and Ulcers. $1.25 a bottle at dealers or 
delivered. Book“Evidence” free. 
W. F. YOUNG, INC., 88 Temple St., Springfield. Man. 
Bedims HORSES 
Cows and Pig’s 
If you want to save money, if you want a 
better, cheaper bedding, get Baker’s Baled 
Shavings, keeps stables and pens dry and 
sweet smelling. We can ship carload lots 
baled shavings to points in New England, 
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 
Write today for prices. 
BAKER BOX COMPANY 
84 Foster Street Worcester, Mass. 
IS 
AKER'S 
BALED SHAVIN GS 
Is there a single book iu the public 
library in your town which gives an ac¬ 
curate picture of farm life or an interest¬ 
ing story of real farm people? 
Many city people form their opinion of 
farmers and farm life from the books they 
read. Therefore, there ought to be at 
least one good book picturing real farm 
life, with its mixture of bright and dark 
sides, in every town or grange library. 
“Hope Farm Notes” is a well-printed 
224-page book, containing 25 interesting 
stories of farm life and country people. 
Many consider it the best book of country 
life which has ever been published. 
Ask for this book at your library, and 
if it isn’t there tell them they ought to 
have it. You will enjoy the book your¬ 
self, and it will give those not familiar 
with farm life a better understanding of 
real country people. 
Many people are making a present of 
this book to city friends or to their town, 
grange or school library, and it is always 
considered a welcome gift. 
The price is only $1.50. postpaid. Just 
fill out the coupon below and mail with 
a check or money order. 
BUBAL NEW-YOB KICK. 
3.13 West 30th St., New York. 
Gentlemen.—Enclosed find $1.50, for which 
mail me a cloth-bound copy of Hope Farm Notes. 
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