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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
August  11,  1923 
The  only  FLAT  LINK 
metal  HAME  FASTENER 
Strength  of  Steel- 
Flexibility  of  Leather 
The  Dodson  fits  any  hame  and  lies  flat. 
No  bulky  round  links  to  cut  into  the 
collar.  Any  one  of  nine  adjustments  instantly 
obtainable  by  pulling  on  it. 
No  pins  to  adjust,  lose  or  break.  More 
and  closer  adjustments  than  a  leather  strap 
or  any  other  metal  hame  chain.  The  hardest 
up-hill  pull  won’t  break  it. 
Cheapest  Because  It  Will  Outlast  a  Dozen 
Leather  Straps. 
Price  50c.  If  not  at  your  dealer’s  order  from 
us,  giving'  dealer’s  name. 
Niagara  Metal  Stamping  Corporation 
239  10th  Street,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Outlasts 
Several 
Leather 
Hame  Straps 
77fe 
ALL  STEEL  HAME  STRAP 
HP  4k  \t  C*  C  Is  your  own  hors*  afflicted? 
C.  A  V  C  9  Use  2  large  cans.  Cost  $2.50. 
Money  back  if  not  satisfactory 
ONE  can  at  $1.25  often  sufficient.  In  powder  form. 
NEWTON’S 
A  veterinary’s  compound  for 
Horses,  Cattle  and  Hobs. 
Heaves,  Coughs,  Distemper, 
Indigestion.  Worm  expeller. 
Conditioner.  At  dealers’  or 
by  parcel  post. 
THE  NEWTON  REMEDY  CO.,  Toledo,  Ohio 
In.  use 
over 
MINERAL 
COMPOUND 
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Booklet 
Bff  Pktr  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction  or  money 
back’.  $1  Pkg.  sufficient  lor  ordinary  cases. 
MINERAL  REMEDY  CO.  461  Fourth  Are.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa 
Free  Booklets  Sanitation 
telling  how  to  prevent  diseases  common 
to  livestock  and  poultry  and  describing 
in  detail  the  use  of 
J@€DlsMal 
(standardized) 
Parasiticide  and  Disinfectant 
Write  to  Animal  Industry  Department 
Parke,  Davis  &  Company 
DETROIT,  MICH. 
SWINE 
SWINE 
100  FEEDING  PIGS 
7  to  9  Weeks  Old,  $5.50  Each 
These  pigs  are  first  cross  between  Yorkshire  and 
Berkshire  large  type  swine,  are  healthy,  husky,  fast 
growers.  Can  send  Sows  or  Barrows.  Also  Pure  Bred 
Yorkshire  or  Berkshire  Pigs,  0  to  8  weeks  old,  58 
each.  All  pigs  sent  C.  O.  D.  on  approval. 
Dr.  P.  F.  WALLINGFORD.  M.  D.  V.,  Box  51.  Waltham,  Mass. 
Large  BERKSHIRES 
AT  HIGHWOOD: 
Largest  herd  in  America.  Grand  Champion 
breeding.  Special  offering  of  young  bred  sows 
and  unrelated  boar  pigs  at  Summer  prices. 
H.  C.  &  H.  B.  HARPENDING  Box  15  Dundee,  N  Y. 
STONE’S  BERKSHIRES 
MID-SUMMER  SPECIAL  SALE— lOO  Spring  Shoats  and 
May  Weanlings,  both  sex.  Also  30  Sows  and  Gilts 
safe  in  pig  for  August  and  September  farrowing. 
Recorded  and  EXPRESS  PAID  within  five  hundred 
miles  for  prompt  shipment. 
RICH  ART)  H.  STONE,  Trumansburg,  N.  Y. 
BERKSHIRES— Bred  sows  and  young  service  boars; 
good  quality  at  fair  prices.  PHTM00R  FARMS.  Hartfield.  N.V. 
For  Attention  EASTERN  Breeders  or  Buyers  of 
DUPOC-JERSEY  SWINE 
Have  you  considered  BETTERING  the  bloo*.-llnes  of 
your  herd  by  purchasing  a  new  Boar !  We  havt  Spring 
(1 922)  Boars  by  Fairholin  B’ancy  Orion,  Fal.  boars  by 
Fancy  Orion  King  34th,  this  Spring’s  boars  by  Crest  De¬ 
fender,  Highland  King  Defender  and  Altamont’s  Origin¬ 
ator.  Beside  using  a  Duroc-Jersey  registered  boar  with 
their  pure  bred  sows,  many  breeders  use  theirs  for  out- 
crossing  with  sows  of  other  fat  breeds  for  producing 
“  Feeder  ”  pigs.  Duroc-Jerseys  introduce  the  fast  grow¬ 
ing  height  and  length  and  the  sows  supply  the  weight. 
We  also  still  have  a  few  bred  gilts  for  sale  for  SEP- 
TEMBF.lt  FARROWING.  All  stock  is  Double  Im- 
muued.  We  invite  correspondence  or  better  still,  inspec¬ 
tion  of  our  herd.  Farm  situated  on  State  road  14  miles 
East  of  Poughkeepsie. 
The  CREST  Farm,  Millbrook,  N.  Y. 
BIG  TYPE  DUROCS 
We  will  not  bold  a  fall  sale  but  offer  privately 
30  choice  yearlings  bred  for  fall  litters.  They 
are  mated  to  Walt’s  Col.  Fannie  15th,  and 
Fairholme  Pathfinder.  We  also  offer  service 
boars  and  open  gilts.  Write  for  particulars. 
GOBEL  FARMS  ■  -  Annandale,  N.  J. 
X3UROCS 
Orion  and  Sensation  Breed¬ 
ing.  All  ages  for  sale. 
F.  M.  Pattington  &  Son  Merrilield,  N.  Y. 
Extra  hardy,  well  grown  stock  of  the 
choicest  breeding  from  Colonels, 
Sensations  and  Defender  strains. 
_ _ ■■  Come  and  inspect  the  herd  or 
write  your  wants.  Catalogue  on  request. 
BELLE  MEADE  FARM  Dept.  D  Belle  Meade.  Virginia 
DUROCS 
ELMWOOD  FARMS 
A  few  pigs  from  May  litters  for 
sale  at  $15.  Bred  Sows  and  Gilts. 
Box  15  BRADFORD,  NEW  YORK 
WE  ARE  NOW  BOOKING  ORDERS  FOR 
Shipments  of  Reg.  Chester  White  Pigs 
at  10  weeks  old.  Also  have  pigs.  3  to  8  months  old, 
ready  for  shipping  now.  Write  for  Prices. 
EDWARD  WALTER  Box  66  R  West  Chester,  Pa. 
negistered  O.  I.  C.  and  CHESTER  WHITE  PIGS. 
1*  E.  P.  ROGERS  -  Wayvii.uk,  Nkw  York 
100  Pigs 
Chester  Whites  and  Berkshires,  6  weeks  old. 
9i>  each.  ROUSE  BROS.  Dushorf.,  Pa. 
Reg.  Spotted  Poland-Chinas,  the  better  kind  at  very 
reasonable  prices.  Write  BR00KSIDE  FARM,  Middletown.  Va 
DOGS 
PEDIGREED  BEAGLE  HOUNDS 
6  months  old.  bred  from  champion  Driving  Dick, 
winner  of  the  Earing  cup  in  the  Northern  Hare 
Trials  of  1921.  Males,  $35  .  600  pair  of  Carneaux 
large  squab  breeders,  S2  a  pair.  RELIABLE  SQUAB  FARM 
Todt  Hill  Road,  Castleton  Corners.  West  New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 
HENRY  CHRIST,  Prop. 
AIREDALE  IPUPPIES 
On  The  Watch  For  Good  Homes. 
Nephews  and  Nieces  Of  "LADDIE  BOY  " 
Ur.  KNOX  Box  50  DANBURY,  CONN. 
LOOK!  RUB  YOUR  EYES  AND  READ  AGAIN 
English  and  Welsh  Shepherd  Pups  at  reduced  price  for 
short  time.  George  Boorman,  Marathon,  New  York 
Puppies  and  grown  dogs  for  sale. 
_  Two  beauties  at  stud.  Prices  rea¬ 
sonable.  LAKENWILD  AIKEDAI.E  KENNELS,  Frinoeton,  Maine 
PEGAL0NG  PEDIGREED  AIREDALE  PUPS 
Males,  $30;  Females,  $15. 
CHAS.  MAYOH  Pegalong  Poultry  Farm  Vineland,  N.  J. 
Scutch  Shepard  Pups  M“a°“ehs$°6d; 
Females,  $3.  F.  A.  SWEET,  Smyrna,  N.  y! 
German  Police  Dog  Puppies  beTbioodcTrl'ce 
very  reasonable  W.  Junda,  Huntington,  t,  I.,  N.V. 
An  Unusually  Choice  Litter  of  Police  Puppies 
from  imported  stock.  MEAD,  Ameniu,  N.  Y. 
Pedigreed  Collie  Pups.  The  handsome  and  intelligent 
kind.  Also  Fox  Terriers.  NELSON  BROS.,  Grove  City,  Pa. 
Chow  Puppies  ofQuality  KhL0E0pKsieBeech  WN°ew  ftfk 
¥  olp^hnrp  Kpnnolc  N.  Y.,  offers  Fox, 
.LmKc  Allure  H.Bnn61&  Coon,  and  Rabbit  Hounds, Bea¬ 
gles  and  Water  Spaniels  on  approval.  You’re  the  judge. 
SHEEP 
Shropshires  of  Merit  from  Wavertree  Hall 
Registered  Rams  and  early  1923  Ram  Lambs  for  sale 
from  $30  up.  These  are  Quality  Rams  of  choicest 
breeding  and  distinguished  Shropshire  Type. 
M.  F.  CHURCHILL  NEWCOMB  Greenwood,  Virginia 
GOATS 
A.NTED — 20  Hornless  or  Angora  Goats  for  Brush 
Lands.  WHITE  1546  Broadway*  New  York 
Pure  Toggenburg  Buck;  proven  sire  ;  hornless;  does 
Dr.  Gordon  -  Crunbury,  N.  J. 
Two  Pair  Anglo-N ubians 
Ailing  Animals 
Answered  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Aelxander 
Chronic  Indigestion  in  Cow 
Will  you  give  remedy  for  chronic  in¬ 
digestion  in  young  cow.  w.  J.  G. 
New  York. 
Chronic  indigestion  may  be  suspected 
when  a  cow  shows  a  harsh,  staring  coat 
of  hair  which  she  fails  to  lick,  has  an 
irregular  or  depraved  appetite,  does  not 
chew  the  cud  normally,  is  listless,  dull, 
stupid  and  inclines  to  bloat  more  or  less 
in  her  paunch,  high  up  in  the  left  flank, 
while  the  passages  from  the  bowels  are 
dark  in  color,  somewhat  dry  and  glisten¬ 
ing  with  mucus  or  foul  in  odor  and  ab¬ 
normally  hot.  The  tongue  may  be  coated, 
the  breath  foul,  and  the  muzzle  and 
horns  alternately  hot  and  cold.  A  cow 
in  that  condition  often  lies  down  longer 
than  usual  and  moves  away  from  the 
herd  on  pasture  or  does  not  care  to  graze 
for  any  length  of  time.  Grunting  or 
gritting  of  the  teeth  are  common  symp¬ 
toms.  The  urine  may  be  scant  in  quan¬ 
tity,  or  abnormally  profuse,  or  may  be 
thick,  honey-like  or  cloudy,  denoting  in¬ 
flammation  of  the  bladder.  Little  if  any 
milk  is  given  by  such  a  cow,  or  the  flow 
may  be  fairly  good  at  first  but  quickly 
diminish  after  calving  and  “drying  off” 
early  occur.  'When  any  of  these  symp¬ 
toms  are  observed  the  first  step  in  all 
cases  should  be  to  have  the  tuberculin 
test  applied  by  a  qualified  veterinarian 
as  tuberculosis  often  causes  such  myster¬ 
ious  symptoms.  That  disease  is  con¬ 
tagious  and  incurable  and  makes  a  cow’s 
milk  dangerous  for  use  by  man  or  animal. 
If  you  own  such  a  cow  we  should  advise 
you  to  have  her  tested  at  once  and  in 
hot  weather  it  would  be  preferable  to 
test  by  the  intradermic,  or  into  the  skin, 
and  ophthalmic,  or  into  the  eye  methods, 
instead  of  the  subcutaneous  or  under  the 
skin  test  which  may  not  give  a  perfectly 
reliable  determination  at  that  time.  If 
the  cow  reacts  she  will  have  to  he  dis¬ 
posed  of  in  the  manner  prescribed  by 
State  law  which  the  veterinarian  who  ap¬ 
plies  the  test  will  explain.  Meanwhile 
keep  the  cow  isolated  and  do  not  use  her 
milk.  If  she  reacts  the  stable  should  be 
cleansed,  disinfected  with  a  mixture  of 
one  part  of  compound  cresol  solution  and 
30  parts  of  water,  or  one  part  of  coal 
tar  disinfectant  and  20  parts  of  water 
and  then  whitewashed  with  freshly  made 
limewash,  to  each  three  gallons  of  which 
has  been  added  one  pound  of  fresh  chlo¬ 
ride  of  lime.  If  further  information  is 
required  about  this  case  we  shall  be  glad 
to  hear  from  you  again. 
Diseased  Quarter 
Could  you  let  me  know  how  to  dry  out 
a  section  of  a  cows  udder?  For  last  6 
weeks  my  cow  gives  thick  streaks  from 
one  teat.  I  have  tried  to  dry  it  out.  I 
just  stripped  off  a  little  and  I  also  rub¬ 
bed  with  camphorated  oil  but  she  keeps 
on  giving  iniilk.  Someone  advised  it 
would  be  best  to  milk  out  that  diseased 
stuff.  There  is  a  little  hardness  in  t lie 
udder.  J-D. 
New  Jersey. 
The  first  thing  to  understand  in  this 
case  is  that  such  diseases  of  the  udder  as 
the  one  mentioned  are  caused  by  germs 
(streptococci)  and  that  the  infection  may 
readily  be  spread  from  cow  to  cow  by 
the  milker’s  hands  or  cups  of  the  milking 
machine.  The  affected  cow  therefore 
should  be  isolated  and  kept  apart  until 
wholly  recovered,  should  that  occur.  The 
milk  or  normal  fluid  from  the  quarter 
also  contains  the  germs  and  should  there¬ 
fore  be  caught  in  a  pail  containing  a  dis¬ 
infecting  solution  and  them  be  thrown 
out  in  a  place  to  which  cows  have  not 
access.  If  the  cow  is  yielding  a  good 
“mess”  of  milk  from  the  sound  quarters 
it  might  be  best  to  let  a  calf  nurse,  pro¬ 
vided  they  are  kept  in  a  separate  stable 
or  shed.  If  you  do  not  care  to  do  that, 
better  dry  off  the  milk  secretion  in  all 
of  the  quarters  and  then  fit  the  cow  for 
the  butcher.  That  can  be  managed  by 
withholding  grain,  keeping  the  cow  off 
grass  and  feeding  her  hay  in  a  stable 
and  yard.  Drop  out  one  milking  daily 
for  two  or  three  days,  then  milk  once  in 
three  milkings  and  then  once  in  four. 
Some  cows  dry  off  quicker  than  others. 
If,  for  instance,  a  cow  is  giving  15  lbs. 
of  milk  a  day  and  one  milking  is  dropped 
she  will  give  perhaps  12  lbs.  next  time. 
Then  milk  once  daily  until  the  milk 
yield  falls  to  10  or  11  lbs.  daily  and  then 
drop  to  one  milking  in  three  periods. 
That  will  dry  off  any  cow.  If  you  do  not 
care  to  dry  off  all  of  the  milk  and  the 
affected  quarter  only  yields  pus-like 
fluid  it  would  be  best  to  amputate  a 
portion  of  the  tip  of  the  teat  of  that 
quarter  or  to  slit  it  open,  that  free 
draining  may  be  secured.  The  interior 
of  the  quarter  should  then  be  flushed 
out  twice  daily  with  a  saturated  solution 
of  boric  acid  used  warm.  In  addition 
rub  into  the  affected  quarter  once  or 
twice  daily  a  mixture  of  equal  quantities 
of  camphorated  oil,  carbolized  oil  and 
compound  soap  liniment.  We  should  not 
advise  having  the  cow  bred  again  as 
such  conditions  of  the  udder  usually 
prove  incurable  and  return  worse  than 
ever  at  a  subsequent  calving.  That  ap¬ 
plies,  of  course,  to  a  common  cow.  An 
affected  cow  that  is  purebred,  registered 
and  very  valuable  as  a  great  producer  of 
milk  may  be  retained,  bred,  kept  in  quar¬ 
antine  and  allowed  to  raise  calves,  which 
may  however  have  to  be  fed  the  milk  of 
a  sound  cow.  a.  s.  a. 
Mlilkless  Quarters 
Did  you  ever  hear  of  a  heifer  freshen¬ 
ing  and  only  having  one  teat  giving  milk? 
New  York.  g.  w. 
It  is  quite  uncommon  for  three  quar¬ 
ters  of  the  udder  to  be  affected  in  the  way 
mentioned.  Unfortunately  it  is  not  un¬ 
common  for  two  quarters  on  the 
same  side  of  the  udder  to  be  so  affected 
or  for  the  two  hind  or  two  fore  quarters 
to  fail  to  develop  and  yield  milk,  the 
deformity  being  congenital  or  inborn. 
Where  that  is  the  case  the  quarters 
either  fail  to  receive  their  due  supply  of 
blood  or  the  nerve  system  upon  which 
their  functioning  is  dependent  is  deranged. 
There  is  no  remedy  for  such  a  condition 
and  an  affected  heifer  should  be  fitted  for 
the  butcher.  It  is  quite  unlikely  that 
she  would  show  improvement  at  a  sub¬ 
sequent  calving,  therefore  it  would  not 
pay  to  retain  her  for  dairying.  It  is 
much  more  common  for  one  quarter  to 
prove  “blind”  or  milkless  at  a  first 
“freshening”  as  the  result  of  subacute 
mammitis  or  garget  induced  by  calves 
sucking  one  another’s  teats  during  the 
months  when  they  are  fed  milk  from  a 
pail.  That  bad  habit  should  be  stopped 
as  soon  as  it  is  noticed.  It  will  be  less 
likely  to  be  practiced  when  calves  are 
fed  milk  in  stanchions  and  are  given 
some  meal  to  lick  just  after  feeding.  It 
is  quite  possible  for  more  than  one  quar¬ 
ter  to  be  affected  in  the  same  way.  The 
precocious  nursing  induces  milk  to  form 
in  the  udder  and  we  have  known  a  heifer 
calf  that  had  not  been  bred  to  yield  sev¬ 
eral  quarts  of  milk  a  day  when  her  teats 
were  being  sucked  by  two  steer  calves. 
When  the  nursing  by-  calves  is  stopped, 
the  fact  that  milk  is  present  in  the  udder 
being  unknown  to  the  attendant,  the 
milk  curdles,  garget  of  a  slight  character 
is  induced,  drying  up  of  milk  secretion 
results,  morbid  matters  are  left  in  the 
udder  and  garget  again,  worse  than  ever, 
at  calving  time.  As  three  quarters  have 
failed  to  develop  in  the  case  in  question 
and  the  teats  also  are  small  it  is  quite 
likely  that  the  quarters  will  ever  func¬ 
tion  normally.  We  should  therefore  ad¬ 
vise  drying  off  the  secretion  in  the  one 
normal  quarter  and  fitting  the  heifer  for 
slaughter.  If  you  do  not  care  to  do  that 
then  allow  a  calf  to  nurse,  or  go  through 
all  of  the  motions  of  milking  three  times 
daily,  massaging  the  quarters  thoroughly 
each  time,  and  it  is  barely  possible  that 
some  milk  may,  in  time,  he  secreted. 
“I  am  not  going  to  talk  long  this  even¬ 
ing.”  said  the  speaker.  “I  have  been 
cured  of  that.  The  other  night  I  was 
making  a  speech  when  a  man  entered  the 
hall  and  took  a  seat  right  in  the  front 
row.  I  had  not  been  talking  an  hour 
when  I  noticed  he  was  becoming  fidgety. 
Finally  he  arose  and  asked  ;  ‘Shay,  liow 
long  you  been  lecturin’?’  ‘About  four 
years,  my  friend,’  I  replied.  ‘Well.’  he 
remarked,  as  he  sat  down,  ‘I’ll  stick 
around  ;  you  must  be  near  through.’  ” — 
Western  Christian  Advocate. 
