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Wrt  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  G,  1923 
FROM  A  KODAK  NEGATIVE 
A  Kodak  for  the  Farm 
It’s«easy  to  make  pictures  the  Kodak  way,  and  the 
resulting  prints  of  livestock,  buildings,  crops  and 
equipment,  whether  for  purposes  of  sale  or  record, 
are  of  obvious  value. 
There’s  fun  with  a  kodak  for  everyone — and 
growing  pleasure  in  the  pictures,  but  on  the  farm 
photography  has  a  practical  side  that  should  not  be 
overlooked. 
Autographic  Kodaks  that  give  you  picture , 
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This  great  feed  is  digestible  and  palatable  and  is  skillfully 
processed  and  mixed,  thus  insuring  a  big  extra  gain  in  milk. 
Accept  no  substitute.  Inferior  brands  offered  by  other  mills 
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Live  Stock  and  Dairy 
The  Purebred  Bull  Calf 
We  certainly  are  in  the  age  when 
co-operation  and  service  are  taking  a 
definite  form  among  the  farmers,  and 
the  Farm  Bureau  Co-operative  Ex¬ 
change  has  been  assisting  in  many 
ways  by  opening  our  eyes  to  better  and 
more  economical  husbandry.  While 
this  is  undoubtedly  true,  there  yet  re¬ 
mains  numerous  ways  in  which  farm¬ 
ers  as  individuals  can  assist  each  other 
in  the  spirit  of  neighborliness,  which 
will  also  be  of  financial  profit.  One 
way  was  suggested  by  a  little  personal 
experience.  It  concerns  the  getting  of 
a  better  grade  of  -cows,  and  also  helps 
to  solve  the  problem  of  the  bull  caif 
when  the  owner  himself  does  not  wish 
to  raise  him,  and  there  is  no  market 
for  high-priced  cattle  of  that  gender. 
Nearly  two  years  ago  I  invested  in 
two  Holstein  heifers.  I  paid  what 
seemed  to  me  a  big  price  for  them,  and 
when  they  calved  the  heifer  calf  died 
and  the  hull  calf  was  very  much  alive. 
To  sell  him  for  the  price  of  an  ordinary 
bull  calf  would  not  be  exactly  fair  to 
those  I  bought  the  purebred  heifers 
from,  or  to  sell  him  for  veal,  with  the 
understanding  that  lie  should  be  butch¬ 
ered  within  a  month  did*  not  appeal  to 
me.  Finally  the  butcher  solved  the 
problem.  lie  persuaded  a  farmer  to 
homes  and  smiling  faces.  Why  not  do 
our  part  in  this  worthy  enterprise? 
Acushnet,  Mass.  e.  m.  a. 
Destroying  Lice;  Disinfecting  Stable 
1.  Recently  I  purchased  a  horse  from 
a  dealer,  but  now  find  this  horse  has  lice. 
Can  you  give  me  a  remedy?  2.  Wish  to 
know  of  a  good  disinfectant  to  use  for 
the  stables.  H.  J.  J. 
New  York. 
Horses,  mules  and  asses  are  infested 
by  three  sorts  of  lice,  lamely,  the  sucking 
louse.  Hematopinus  asini,  and  the  two 
biting  lice,  Ticliodectes  equi  and  Tricho¬ 
dectes  pilosus.  The  sucking  louse  lias  a 
long,  narrow  head.  The  thorax  or  chest 
is  much  shorter  than  the  head.  The  gen¬ 
eral  color  is  yellow;  the  thorax  is  brown¬ 
ish.  Trichodectes  equi  lias  a  head  that 
is  slightly  longer  than  iroad.  The  general 
color  of  the  abdomen  is  yellowish,  the 
head,  thorax  and  ?egs  are  chestnut. 
Trichodectes  pilosus  i :  somewhat  smaller 
than  the  preceding  species.  Head  is 
broader  than  long.  The  head,  thorax, 
legs  and  abdomen  are  hairy  on  both  sur¬ 
faces.  The  general  CGlor  is  yellow.  When 
lice  infest  horses  it  is  a  sure  sign  that 
the  stable  is  not  sani  ary.  and  the  groom¬ 
ing  inadequate.  As  a  rule,  also,  the 
A  Good  Ayrshire  Bull 
The  picture  accompanying  is  my  old  herd  bull  Triston  King.  He  was  bred  six 
years  ago  by  C.  M.  Winslow  of  Brandon.  Vermont.  The  bull  is  of  his  Rose  strain 
of  Ayrshires,  which  are  large,  heavy  stock.  This  bull  weighed  nearly  a  ton  when 
this  picture  was  taken.  He  is  the  sire  of  some  fine  large  stock.  Farmers  are  raising 
more  stock  that  produce  better  milk,  more  butterfat,  all  through  this  norm  country, 
although  the  dairy  business  is  overdone.  In  this  country  generally  farmers  are 
raising  better  stock.  The  Ayrshire  stock  is  well  adapted  to  this  cold  north  country, 
where  pastures  are  usually  short,  and  they  have  to  pick  down  close  and  keep  right 
at  it.  They  can  do  all  that  and  give  a  good  flow  of  milk  of  good  quality  for  shipping 
or  to  make  into  cheese  or  butter. 
The  milk  situation  looks  rather  perplexing  just  at  present  up  this  way.  Farmers 
do  not  know  what  to  do  or  which  way  to  turn.  Farm  help  is  very  scarce — extremely 
so.  We  are  hanging  on  to  the  pool,  hoping  they  will  help  us  out,  as  they  are  now  in 
shape  to  handle  a  large  amount  of  milk,  and  know  how  to  do  it,  as  they  are  learning 
the  conditions  and  the  ins  and  outs  of  the  milk  business  more  and  more  (which  they 
had  to  learn,  of  course).  Quite  a  few  farmers  are  selling  off  part  and  some  the  whole 
of  their  dairies,  perhaps  a  good  idea,  as  I  believe  we  are  overdoing  the  milk  business 
generally,  but  we  all  hope  for  better  times  for  the  poor  c,d  farmer.  Best  wishes  for 
the  old  reliable  R.  N.-Y.  '  W.  s.  c. 
Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y. 
take  my  young  bull  calf  and  to  sell  to 
him  the  one  of  ordinary  stock  that  he 
intended  to  raise.  For  mine  I  have  re¬ 
ceived  no  compensation  beyond  the 
man’s  word  that  I  can  have  him  back 
at  any  time.  The  butcher  is  a  friend 
to  us  both,  and  said  that  I  need  not  he 
anxious  over  the  expense  of  his  keep¬ 
ing  him. 
This  farmer  who  has  my  bull  calf 
has  about  20  or  25  cows,  most  of  them 
of  part  purebred  stock.  I  have  in  mind 
leaving  the  bull  calf  with  him  for  a 
term  of  three  or  four  years,  should  he 
so  desire,  which  I  trust  will  enable  him 
to  increase  his  herd  of  cows  with  many 
valuable  heifers.  By  that  time  doubt¬ 
less  he  will  be  ready  to  return  the  bull 
without  any  cost  to  me,  as  he  will  not 
have  paid  out  any  more  for  feed  than 
he  would  have  done  for  the  one  he  sold 
to  the  butcher. 
Should  this  bull’s  daughters  make 
good  cows  the  value  of  the  bull  will  be 
increased,  as  he  will  have  in  them 
proof  of  his  good  quality.  However, 
even  if  I  should  by  then  only  receive 
for  him  the  price  for  beef,  I  should 
have  great  satisfaction  in  the  fapt  that 
I  had  done  a  kindness  to  a  neighbor  in 
assisting  him  to  better  his  herd  of 
cows  without  his  having  the  extra  ex¬ 
pense  of  the  purchase  of  a  purebred 
bull.  If  all  farmers  who  have  pure¬ 
bred  bull  calves  were  like-minded  it 
would  hasten  the  day  for  better  grade 
cows. 
Mv  own  financial  profit  is  of  little 
value  if  at  the  same  time  I  cannot  help 
someone  else.  I  trust  that  I  shall  be 
just  enough  of  a  “good  scout”  to  enjoy 
mv  neighbor’s  fine  herd  in  the  years 
to  come  as  I  do  the  best  of  cattle  at 
the  county  fair. 
If  all  of  us  will  boost  in  every  way 
possible  to  rid  the  country  of  scrub 
cows  more  farmers  will  have  happier 
stable  requires  light  and*  ventilation  as 
well  as  cleansing  and  disinfection,  and 
the  horse  more  generous  feeding.  It  is 
best,  when  possible,  to  clip  an  infested 
horse.  Biting  lice  most  frequent  the  skin 
of  the  neck,  breast  and  between  the  fore 
and  hind  legs.  They  cause  less  irritation 
than  the  sucking  lice,  which  are  most 
numerous  and  are  usually  found  at  the 
base  of  the  forelock,  mane  and  root  of 
tail.  After  clipping,  wash  the  infested 
parts  with  a  tea  made  by  boiling  4  oz.  of 
stavesacre  or  larkspur  seeds  in  a  gallon 
of  water  for  30  minutes  and  straining  it 
before  use.  A  decoction  of  1  oz.  of  to¬ 
bacco  per  quart  of  water  is  alsq  used  by 
some  horsemen,  but  must  not  be  applied 
to  large  areas  of  the  body  at  one  time. 
Three  applications  at  intervals  of  seven  to 
10  days  will  usually  be  necessary  for  the 
destruction  of  lice  and  successive  broods 
hatched  from  nits.  To  destroy  nits  dilute 
acetic  acid  or  strong  vinegar  may  be  ap¬ 
plied.  When  the  weather  is  too  cold  safely 
to  allow  of  applying  liquid  louse  destx-oyers 
to  the  skin,  freshly  powdered  pyrethrum 
may  be  freely  dusted  upon  the  infested 
parts  of  the  body,  or  a  mixture  of  equal 
parts  of  pyrethrum,  snuff  or  powdered 
tobacco  and  flowers  of  sulphur  may  be 
used  in  the  same  way.  Blanket  the  horse 
after  treating,  and  brush  thoroughly  a 
few  hours  later.  Sodium  fluoride  is  also 
proposed  as  a  biting-louse  destroyer  for 
use  on  horses,  as  it  has  proved  so  effec¬ 
tive  for  lice  of  poultry.  A  two  or  three 
per  cent  solution  of  coal-tar  dip  is  also 
fairly  effective  for  destruction  of  lice  on 
horses,  but  must  be  frequently  applied. 
2.  After  removing  all  loose  trash  and 
fixtures,  and  thoroughly  cleaning  tin* 
stable,  spray  on  to  every  part  a  mixture 
of  one  part  of  compound  cresol  solution 
and  30  parts  of  water,  or  a  five  per  cent 
solution  of  coal-tar  disinfectant.  Follow 
with  freshly  made  lime  wash,  to  each 
quart  of  which  add  a  tablespoonful  of 
coal-tar  disinfectant.  a.  s.  a. 
