1404 
The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
November  10,  1923 
Now,  the  pasture  field  and  range 
must  give  way 
— to  the  stall-  and  manger,  the  feed 
lot  and  self-feeder,  the  barnyard  and 
fodder  rack. 
Include 
DR.  HESS  STOCK  TONIC 
in  the  ration 
You  have  often  noticed  stocking  of  the 
legs,  roughness  in  the  hair,  highly  colored 
urine — all  on  account  of  the  change  from 
grass  to  dry  feed. 
Not  so  where  Dr.  Hess  Stock  Tonic  is  fed. 
The  Tonics,  the  Laxatives,  the  Diuretics, 
take  care  of  all  that.  No  worms ;  the  V ermi- 
fuges  settle  them. 
Then  you  are  all  set  for  heavy  feeding,  a 
good  yield  of  flesh  and  milk  throughout  the 
winter. 
Tell  your  dealer  what  stock  you  have.  He 
has  a  package  to  suit.  GUARANTEED. 
25  lb.  Pail  $2.25  100  lb.  Drum  $8.00 
Except  in  the  far  West,  South  and  Canada. 
Honest  goods — honest  price— why  pay  more? 
DR.  HESS  &  CLARK  Ashland,  O. 
I  epent  SO 
year 8  in  perfect¬ 
ing  this  Tonic. 
Gilbert  Hess 
M.D..  D.V.S. 
Dr.  Hess  Dip  and  Disinfectant 
Kills  Hod  Lice 
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Self- Feeding  will  increase  your  profit 
from  hogs.  A  recent  Official  test  showed 
that  Self-  Fed  hogs  gain  45%  more  weight 
at  25%  less  cost  and  yield  a  profit  133% 
greater  than  hand-fed  hogs. 
The  LEOLA  HOG  FEEDER  will  do  this 
for  you.  It  is  the  most  efficient  Self-Feeder 
made  and  soon  pays  for  itself  in  feed  saved. 
Write  for  description  of  Feeder  and 
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SELDOM  SEE 
a  big  knee  like  this,  but  your  horse 
may  have  a  bunch  or  bruise  on  hi* 
ankle,  hock,  stifle,  knee  or  throat. 
will  clean  it  off  without  laying  up 
the  horse.  No  blister,  no  hair 
gone.  Concentrated — only  a  few 
drop*  required  at  an  application.  $2.50  per 
bottle  delivered.  Describe  your  case  for  ipedal  instructions, 
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Enlarged  Glands,  Wens,  Bruises,  Varicose  Veins;  allays 
Pain  and  Inflammation.  Price  *1.25  a  bottle  at  druggists  or 
delivered.  Liberal  trial  bottle  postDaid  for  10c. 
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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  comes  butter  of  Golden  .Tune 
shade  to  bring  you  top  prices.  “Dan¬ 
delion  Butter  Color”  costs  nothing  be¬ 
cause  each  ounce  used  adds  ounce  of 
weight  to  butter.  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. 
No !  She’s 
Not  a  Mooley 
She  has  been  dehorned  with  a  KEYSTONE 
DEHORNER,  making  her  gentler,  safer 
and  more  profitable.  This  also  applies  to 
steers.  We  make  Keystone  Dehorners,  Bull 
Staffs,  and  other  appliances  for  dairy¬ 
men  and  cattlemen — all  sold  on  a  money 
back  guarantee.  Write  for  circular. 
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Live  Stock  and  Dairy 
Increasing  Popularity  of  the  Mule 
Motor  power  on  farms  has  not  put  the 
horse  out  of  business,  nor  is  it  likely 
to  do  so.  Even  city  trucking  concerns 
have  come  to  realize  that  except  for  long 
hauls  the  horse  is  cheaper  than  motor 
vehicles.  So  much  for  the  horse.  Mules 
too,  not  only  are  holding  their  own 
against  the  power  vehicles  and  tractors, 
but  are  actually  gaining  in  popularity  on 
our  farms.  In  the  decade  from  1910  to 
1920  these  draft  animals  increased  30 
per  cent  in  number.'  I  often  have  won¬ 
dered  why  the  mule  is  not  used  to 
greater  extent  on  Northern  farms.  In 
the  last  few  years  there  has  been  an  ap¬ 
preciable  increase  of  mule  power  iii  New 
England,  but  so  far  as  my  observatkm 
goes  New  York  State  and  New  Jersey 
farmers  are  disposed  to  stick  to  the  horse. 
There  is  no  question,  in  the  writer’s  view, 
but  that  there  is  more  actual  work  in  a 
mule,  he  is  cheaper  to  maintain  and  is 
I  have  seen  horses  literally  worked  to 
death.  Who  ever  heard  of  a  mule  suffer¬ 
ing  a  similar  fate?  Some  contend  a  mule 
is  treacherous,  will  let  fly  his  heels  with¬ 
out  warning.  Give  a  mule  decent  treat¬ 
ment  and  there  is  nothing  to  fear,  at 
any  rate  no  more  to  fear  than  from  a 
horse.  When  I  was  a  small  hoy  I  ran 
afoul  of  a  mule’s  hoofs,  the  only  oc¬ 
casion  in  my  life,  and  I  got  just  what. 
I  deserved,  as  I  was  tickling  him  in  the 
ribs.  lie  turned  as  quick  as  lightning 
and  I  took  the  “count.” 
The  mule  made  a  noteworthy  record 
in  the  World  War,  and  it  is  gratifying  to 
one  of  his  ardent  supporters  to  see  our 
Federal  Department  of  Agriculture  seek¬ 
ing  to  create  interest  among  Northern 
farmers  in  his  good  points.  The  last 
census,  that  of  1920,  showed  5,432,391 
mules  on  farms  and  ranches  in  this  coun¬ 
try,  as  against  4.209,769  in  1910.  The 
Department  informs  us  that  nearly  three- 
,4.  “ Personally  Conducted”  Cotv 
“Taking  Children”  on  the  Farm 
We  find  that  many  of  our  people  are 
taking  destitute  children  into  their  homes. 
More  of  this  is  being  done  by  farm  people 
than  ever  before,  and  it  is  splendid  work. 
The  children  make  life  a  burden  and  a 
joy — with  the  joy  on  top — and  people  of 
middle  age  are  made  younger  and  fresher 
by  having  this  young  life  about  them. 
The  following  note  is  from  a  farm  woman 
in  Vermont  who  has  found  happiness  in 
helping  others : 
I  inclose  a  picture  of  two  children  I 
have  taken.  The  two  standing  are  chil¬ 
dren  I  have  taken  to  raise ;  both  are  11 
years  old.  I  have  had  boy  28  months, 
the  girl  only  about  three  months.  I  wrote 
to  Commissioner  of  Public  Welfare  at 
State  House  in  regard  to  taking  either 
boy  or  girl.  I  filled  out  blanks,  sent  and 
got  this  boy.  He  is  slow,  but  bright.  He 
lias  a  good  bit  of  stubbornness  about  him 
and  will  sulk.  The  girl  is  like  a  ray  of 
sunshine ;  she  has  a  sweet  disposition. 
The  cow  in  picture  is  a  family  pet  named 
Babe. 
Vermont.  MRS.  s.  A.  scranton. 
a  longer-lived  aniimal  on  an  average  than 
the  horse.  He  certainly  will  stand  more 
abuse  and  neglect  than  the  horse,  and  as 
I  have  always  maintained,  after  40  years’ 
experience  with  him,  is  actually  a  more 
intelligent  animal  than  Dobbin. 
Born  and  raised  on  a  cotton  plantation 
in  Central  Alabama,  I  have  in  my  day 
run  across  some  rare  so-called  farmers. 
One  of  these  men,  a  happy-go-lucky  fel¬ 
low.  used  to  give  his  mules  a  double  feed 
at  night  so  as  not  to  be  bothered  with 
feeding  them  before  starting  to  the  field 
the  next  morning.  Such  a  practice  would 
soon  be  fatal  to  a  horse.  He  would  eat 
both  feeds  at  once  and  quickly  upset  his 
digestive  functions.  Not  so  with  the 
mule.  That  wise  animal  invariably  will 
cat  about  half  at  night  and  the  remainder 
during  the  latter  part  of  the  night  or 
early  the  next  morning. 
The  mule  also  lacks  the  horse’s  ner¬ 
vousness.  When  a  horse  gets  frightened 
and  runs  away  everything  goes  to  smash, 
vehicle  wrecked  and  frequently  the  horse 
severely  injured.  I  never  saw  or  heard 
of  a  mule  hurting  himself  in  a  runaway. 
Many  years  ago  an  old  gray  fellow 
hitched  to  a  hay-rake  suddenly  bolted 
from  the  barnyard,  for  some  reason  or 
other.  Across  the  yard  he  dashed,  tore 
away  the  cover  of  the  well,  then  over  a 
fence  which  came  crashing  down  and 
on  down  the  road  for  200  yards.  All  at 
once  he  stopped  short  and  calmly  looked 
back  to  see  what  had  happened.  The 
liay-rake  was  scattered  along  the  high¬ 
way,  but  friend  mule  was  without  a 
scratch.  A  horse  under  similar  circum¬ 
stances,  when  finally  stopped,  would 
have  been  all  a-tremble,  probably  badly 
cut  up  and  bruised. 
fifths  of  all  the  mules  in  use  in  the  United 
'States  are  found  in  the  nine  cotton  belt 
States. 
While  the  mule  is  essentially  a  draft 
animal  it  is  used  widely  for  utility 
purposes.  The  general  form  and  appear¬ 
ance  of  the  mule  should  resemble  closely 
those  of  a  horse.  While  style  and  action 
may  not  be  so  important  in  a  mule  as  in 
the  lighter  breeds  of  horses  these  quali¬ 
ties  add  materially  to  its  value.  A  smart, 
alert  mule  weighing  around  1,200  lbs.  is 
capable  of  a  tremendous  amount  of  farm 
work.  They  run  from  12  to  17  hands 
high  and  GOO  to  1,600  lbs.  in  weight.  I 
have  always  preferred  the  medium  sized 
animals  for  all-round  farm  purposes. 
E.  O.  DEAN. 
Ration  With  Buckwheat 
Will  you  give  me  a  balanced  ration  for 
Holstein  cows?  I  have  oats  and  buck¬ 
wheat  (ground)  of  my  own.  What  more 
could  I  put  with  this  to  make  the  largest 
amount  of  butter?  H.  D.  M. 
A  suitable  ration  for  Holstein  cows 
where  you  have  oats  and  buckwheat  of 
your  own  would  result  from  mixing  300 
lbs.  ground  oats,  300  lbs.  ground  buck¬ 
wheat,  200  lbs.  gluten  feed,  200  lbs.  lin¬ 
seed  meal. 
If  you  have  a  poor  grade  of  hay  add 
50  lbs.  of  cottonseed  meal  to  this  com¬ 
bination.  This  will  give  you  a  mixture 
carrying  between  18  and  19  per  cent  of 
protein  which  ought  to  be  sufficient  un¬ 
der  the  conditions  you  have  specified. 
Buckwheat  is  scarcely  as  palatable  as 
corn.  It  carries  about  the  same  amount 
of  protein  and  is  bulky  and  safe  to  use. 
Make  sure  that  the  oats  are  of  a  good 
quality  ;  otherwise  your  combination  will 
be  high  in  fiber  and  relatively  low  in 
