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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
October  20,  1023 
Hogs  thrive  on  swill  purified  with  a  little  Red  SEAL 
Lye.  Stops  fermentation,  destroys  germs  and  makes  healthy, 
sturdy  animals.  Wash  out  the  trough  and  pen  with  a  strong 
RED  SEAL  Lye  solution  at  least  once  a  week. 
Kills  worm-eggs,  lice  and  other  vermin.  Farm¬ 
ers  and  housewives  find  new  uses  every  day. 
RED  SEAL  Lye  is  especially  recommended  for 
spraying  trees  when  dormant,  cleaning  auto¬ 
mobile  transmission -cases,  farm -machinery, 
drains, etc.,  softening  water,  and  making  soap. 
Details  in  booklet,  sent  on  request.  Full 
directions  in  each  can.  Be  sure  and 
buy  only  the  genuine  RED  SEAL  Lye. 
P.  C.  Tomson  &  Co.  , 
PHILADELPHIA.  PA. 
A  Wise  Old Trapper 
IN  the  State  of  Ohio  there  lived  a  bunch  of  boys 
who  had  this  trapping  business  down  to  a  science. 
They  eacli  sent  for  separate  price  lists  every  year 
and  then  sent  all  their  furs  to  the  house  giving  the 
best  quotations.  After  five  years  they  decided  they 
weren't  so  dreadfully  wise  because  they  didn't  have 
enough  profits  to  make  their  efforts  worth  while. 
One  day  they  met  Tom  McMillan  driving  a  new 
car  to  town.  Tom  said  he  made  the  price  of  his 
swell  outfit  shipping  pelts.  He  told  how  he  got 
wise  to  those  funny  prices  and  found  it  was  better 
to  deal  with  Chas.  Porter,  because  he  always  knew 
in  advance  just  what  he  was  sure  of  getting.  He 
said  that  Porter  never  offered  $5  for  a  #3  pelt,  but 
lie  always  paid  the  $3  which  he  promised  and  some¬ 
times  just  a  little  better.  Chas.  Porter  now  has 
five  wise  trappers  in  that  section  instead  of  one. 
Don’t  Take  a 
Chance  with  your 
FURS 
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and  address.  Get 
our  Price  Bulletins, 
Shipping  Tags  and 
full  particulars. 
Do  it  right  now. 
This  means  real 
dollars  to  you,  so 
don’t  put  it  off. 
Write  today. 
Your  furs  mean  real  dollars  to  you. 
Why  sell  them  to  some  fellow  who 
offers  you  $1.25  when  you  know 
blame  well  you  are  lucky  to  get 
fifty'  cents.  Ask  the  wise  trapper 
who  knows.  Once  a  Chas.  l’orter 
shipper  and  you  will  always  be 
one.  You  know  in  advance  that 
we  give  a  square  deal  anjl  every 
shipment  brings  sure  money. 
CHARLES  S.  PORTER,  INC. 
126  West27th  Street,  New  York 
Our  price  lists 
don’t  show  the 
highest  prices, 
but  our  checks 
sent  in  exchange 
for  furs  have  more 
than  satisfied 
thousands  in  the 
last  thirteen 
years.  Get  up  a 
sample  shipment, 
send  it  in  to  us,  the  cheek  you’ll  receive 
will  make  you  another  one  of  our  depend¬ 
able  regulars.  If  you  are  not  satisfied, 
return  the  check  and  your  furs  will  be 
shipped  back  to  you.  A  square  deal  is 
yours  for  the  trying  —  all  to  gain  and 
nothing  to  lose.  In  the  meantime 
FREE  for  tire  asking— our  price  lists, 
shipping  tags,  instructions  and  a  list  of 
our  satisfied  trapper  friends.  Your  name 
and  address  on  a  postal  card  will  do. 
SOL  WARENOFF  &  CO.,  Inc. 
159  West  25th  St.  New  York 
HC  A  \l  e  C  ,s  your  own  horse  afflicted? 
t  #4  V  EL  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  Hogs. 
Heaves.  Cough3.  Distemper, 
Indigestion.  Worm  expeller. 
Conditioner.  At  dealers'  or 
by  parcel  post. 
THE  NEWTON  REMEDY  CO.,  Toledo,  Ohio 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention 
The  Rural  New-  Yorker  and  you’ll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  “ square  deal.”  See 
guaran  ee  editorial  page .  : 
Color  Your  Butter 
“Dandelion  Butter  Color”  Gives  That 
Golden  June  Shade  and  Costs 
Really  Nothing.  Read ! 
Before  churning  add  one-half  teaspoon¬ 
ful  to  each  gallon  of  cream  and  out  of 
your  churn  conies  butter  of  Golden  June 
shade  to  bring  you  top  prices.  “Dan¬ 
delion  Butter  Color”  costs  nothing  be¬ 
cause  each  ounce  used  adds  ounce  of 
weight  to  butler.  Large  bottles  cost  only 
35  cents  at  drug  or  grocery  stores. 
Purely  vegetable,  harmless,  meets  all 
State  and  National  food  laws.  Used  for 
50  years  by  all  large  creameries.  Doesn’t 
color  buttermilk.  Absolutely  tasteless. 
Wells  &  Richardson  Co.,  Burlington,  Vt. 
TRAPPERS 
W  &  FUR  BUYERS 
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Then  you  will  know  where  to  Bhip  for 
world’s  highest  fur  prices.  The  Fox  — 
New  York  guaranteed  Price  List  is  the 
shipping  guide  for  wise  trappers  and  fur 
buyers  all  over  U.  S.  and  Canada. 
Ship  to  FOX — New  York 
World’s  Largest  Fur  Market 
We  pay  more  because  New  York  City  is 
the  world’B  greatest  fur  market— where 
American  and  foreign  fur  makers  buy  di¬ 
rect  from  FOX  at  top  prices.  No  middle¬ 
men  or  dealers  make  a  profit  on  your  furs 
here. 
Mr.  Fox  grades  all  shipments  him¬ 
self  and  pays  all  he  can  to  make 
friends  and  boosters.  That  is  why 
“A  Fox  Shipper  Never  Changes”. 
Write  now  for  market  reports. 
New  York  Price  List  and  shipping 
tags  — all  FREE.  Use  coupon  or 
a  postal  card  will  do.  Address  as 
below. 
Mr.  Fox 
Geo.  I.  Fox,  Inc. 
190  W.  25th  St. 
New  York  City 
Send  me  your  New  York  Price  List, 
show  me  how  to  get  more  money  for  my  furs. 
Name . 
Town..— . 
State. . . 
-R.F  .D...m . 
Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Minerals  for  Cattle 
I  wish  to  know  the  best  mineral  feed 
for  cows.  I  once  was  told  that  equal 
parts  of  air-slaked  lime,  steamed  bone- 
meal,  wood  ashes  and  salt  would  be  a 
good  mixture.  F.  B. 
The  best  minerals  for  dairy  cows  are 
those  contributed  by  Alfalfa  and  clover 
hay.  If  a  cow  has  access  to  luxuriant 
pasture  during  the  Summer  and  is  fed  on 
legumes  during  the  Winter  she  does  not 
experience  any  mineral  deficiency.  If 
your  cows  are  fed  poor  hay — that  is, 
roughage  consisting  of  Timothy,  Red-top, 
bluegrass  and  coarse  materials  of  this 
character,  and  if  you  are  not  careful  in 
selecting  your  grain  ration  from  a  wide 
range  of  ingredients,  it  is  possible  that  the 
mineral  factor  is  the  one  that  requires  at¬ 
tention. 
Buckwheat  bran,  wheat  bran,  Alfalfa 
hay,  clover  hay,  Soy  bean  hay  are  com¬ 
mon  carriers  of  calcium  and  phosphorus. 
Ground  limestone  and  steamed  bonemeal 
also  correct  such  deficiencies.  It  is  the 
practice  on  some  dairy  farms  to  mix 
ground  limestone  and  salt  in  equal  pro¬ 
portions  and  keep  this  available  to  the 
herd  at  all  times.  Others  use  equal  parts 
of  ground  limestone,  steamed  bonemeal 
and  salt;  while  still  others’ recommend 
the  use  of  precipitated  bonemeal,  which 
is  a  product  prepared  especially  for  feed¬ 
ing  purposes. 
It  is  my  belief  that  the  easiest  way  to 
fortify  rations  against  such  deficiencies  is 
to  feed  legumes  and  a  well  balanced  ra¬ 
tion.  If  poor  roughages  are  fed,  then  I 
should  sprinkle  5  lbs.  of  bonemeal  or 
ground  limestone  over  each  100  lbs.  of 
feed  fed.  This  can  be  done  each  day  at 
feeding  time,  and  has  many  advantages 
over  the  practice  of  adding  these  mineral 
carriers  to  the  grain  ration.  Bonemeal 
has  a  distinct  odor  and  when  mixed  with 
the  feed  decreases  its  palatibility.  It 
does  not  bother  when  sprinkled  over  the 
hay,  and  as  the  mangers  are  frequently 
cleaned  by  the  herdsman,  this  method 
simplifies  the  procedure.  Nevertheless  I 
should  put  1  per  cent  of  salt  in  the  feed, 
and  would  at  the  same  time  provide  a 
box  that  was  protected  from  the  weather 
and  wras  easily  accessible  by  the  herd, 
and  should  keep  this  filled  with  a  mixture 
consisting  of  equal  parts  of  ordinary 
ground  limestone  and  salt. 
There  is  a  very  close  relationship  exist¬ 
ing  between  complete  nutrition  and  the 
regularity  of  the  mating  function.  Wheth¬ 
er  or  not  the  addition  of  mineral  matter 
will  correct  the  breeding  problems  you  are 
now  confronted  with  can  only  be  deter- 
mined  by  experience.  You  can  obtain 
at  your  feed  store  bouemeal  specially  pre¬ 
pared  and  for  feeding  purposes  this  pro¬ 
duct  is  of  a  higher  grade  than  the  residual 
products  that  are  contained  in  the  bone- 
meal  sold  for  fertilizing  purposes. 
Buckwheat  Hulls  for  Bedding 
I  am  solicited  to  buy  buckwheat  hulls 
for  bedding  for  horses  and  cows.  What 
do  you  think  of  such  bedding?  We  use 
sawdust  when  we  have  no  straw,  but  at 
present  the  local  supply  of  sawdust  is 
scant.  It -  has  occurred  to  me  that  the 
buckwheat  hulls  might  produce  either  skin 
troubles  or  an  acid  condition  of  the  soil. 
Any  light  that  you  can  throw  on  prop¬ 
osition  will  be  of  benefit  to  me.  L.  w.  w. 
I  have  never  heard  of  buckwheat  .hulls 
being  used  for  bedding.  If  they  were 
cheaper,  pound  for  pound,  than  sawdust 
or  baled  shavings,  surely  there  could  be 
no  disadvantage  in  using  them.  I  say  this 
without  experience ;  but  I  do  know  that 
you  are  unduly  alarmed  when  you  suggest 
that  bedding  of  this  character  when  dis¬ 
tributed  on  the  land  would  cause  an  acid 
condition  of  the  soil.  The  other  thought 
that  it  might  irritate  the  skin  of  the  ani¬ 
mal  is  more  probable,  but  in  my  opinion 
even  this  idea  is  rather  far-fetched. 
Buckwheat  hulls  have  some  feeding 
value;  they  yield  only  4  per  cent  of  pro¬ 
tein  and  carry  43  per  cent  of  fiber.  The 
cows  would  no  doubt  eat  some  of  the 
hulls  if  they  were  used  for  bedding.  I  be¬ 
lieve  it  is  entirely  a  question  of  price,  and 
so  far  as  I  know  I  have  never  seen  buck¬ 
wheat  hulls  quoted  on  the  market  so  that 
they  could  be  used  for  bedding  purposes. 
Anyone  who  has  had  experience  in  using 
them  is  invited  further  to  discuss  this 
question. 
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