The Question Box. 361 



dlings which we get is nothing more than bran reground. As a 

 rule, however, the brans are not A'ery badly adulterated. The 

 new feed law does not include them. But don't buy any of the 

 oat foods, cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, pea meal, starch feeds, 

 malt sprouts and many others of similar natures, unless a guar- 

 anteed analysis is furnished by the miller or dealer. If you ask 

 for them he must put the tags on the sacks, on which is printed 

 such guaranteed analysis. 



What is the best tie stanchion or stall for the cows? 



Mr. Cook. — There are a good many best stanchions. Much has 

 been said against the old rigid stanchion, and yet it ha«i its ad- 

 vantages. We have come down to a swing stanchion, which we 

 make ourselves, and will put into our new barn. 



A drawing of it was shown and explained. Mr. Cook said the 

 stanchion would be made of elm, and, as made at home, would 

 cost, all told, about 60 cents each, in bunches of 25 or 30 sets. 

 This does not include the work of putting it in place. 



Mr. Smallwood. — We buy such stanchions here, in place, for 

 about $1 each. I have discarded the Bidwell stall, having made 

 up my mind that I could better afford to lose a teat or two from 

 a cow by the one standing next to her, than to keep a man about 

 to keep the stalls in repair. 



Which is the best way to bring cows from the pasture at night, a dog 

 or with a handful of meal? 



Mr. Converse. — I would not bring the cows to the stable with 



corn meal, but wheat bran instead. 



How much grain should be fed a cow fresh In milk, for profit? How 

 much com and shorts, at $20 per ton, will it be profitable to feed a cow 

 that has of hay all she will eat, with butter at 20 cents per pound and 

 how much of each? 



Mr. Van Alstyne. — I will answer these two questions- in one. 



But I will first say that the two foods — hay and meal — will not 



make milk, while the shorts will. It would depend first on the 



cow; next, on the coarse fodder. I should first want to see the 



cow. She may be one that it wouldn't pay to feed a pound of 



