1894 
467 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Live Stock Matters. 
FOKKFTTLS OF FACTS. 
Bran or Skim-Milk.'-How much wheat 
middlings or bran would be equivalent 
to a gallon of skim-milk for feeding pigs 
with plenty of water to drink ? 
Cyclone, Pa. w. m. h. 
R. N.-Y.—There is no way of compar¬ 
ing these foods exactly No artificial 
combination can take the place of milk. 
Chemically, the products named compare 
about as follows: 
POUNDS PKIl 100. 
Protein. Carbohydrates. Fat. 
Sklm-mtlk. 3*^ 6 
Kran. 13 tit 
MtddItnKS. 11)4 87 3 
Five pounds of bran or middlings contain 
all tne protein or muscle forming mate¬ 
rial found in a gallon of milk, but there 
would be lacking a portion of the carbo¬ 
hydrates and fat. As a matter of econ¬ 
omy, it would be better to feed with 
every five pounds of bran or middlings, 
four ounces of linseed meal—all boiled 
to a jelly and fed warm. But in no way 
can you make a complete substitute for 
milk by feeding grain and water. While 
chemical analysis may show them to be 
exactly alike, the milk will always give 
better results in actual feeding. 
Breeds and Turebculosis. —The dairy 
cows at the Wisconsin Experiment Sta¬ 
tion were found so badly diseased with 
consumption that it was necessary to 
slaughter them. This slaughtering led 
certain parties to claim that this experi¬ 
ence proved that Jerseys were more sus¬ 
ceptible to the disease than other breeds. 
Prof. Henry disposes of this in the fol¬ 
lowing note; 
Mauiso.n, wig.. June 21, 1894. 
In reK^rd to the breeds attacked by tuberculosis in 
our herd, they were Jerseva, Uolstelns, Short-horns 
and Ayrshlres, with some Krades of the seyeral 
breeds To charxe any particular breed with belni; 
more liable to consumption than others, is, in my 
judttment, entirely unwarranted at this time. We 
may llnd that to be the fact later, but I doubt If we 
have the data to lead to any valuable conclusions at 
this lime. Very respectfully, 
W, A. UBNKY, 
Director. 
Feeding Directions. —The editor of 
the Swine Breeder’s Journal found this 
paper tacked up in the barn of a noted 
swine breeder: 
HOW TO FEED 
Cups. 
Dolly VII and pigs. 3 
Dolly VIII. and pigs. 2 
Husan B. and pigs. 2 
Dottar and pies. 1 ^ 
Casalttar and her pigs. 2)4 
Each sow with pigs, one cup of bran, one-half cup 
of ground wheat, 1)4 cup of ground corn. 
Boars, 1)4 cup of bran, 1)4 cup of ground oats. 
North lot Of hogs, 2)4 cups of bran, 2)4 cups of oats. 
Sows In timber, one cup each of bran, wheat and 
corn. 
The cup mentioned was a quart cup, and 
the corn, oats and wheat are all ground. 
The object of this was to keep the hired 
men posted and give them absolutely no 
excuse for overfeeding. 
HOGS ON PASTURE. 
1. What next to clover makes the best hog pasture? 
2. Is rye suitable for such pasture? 3. How long do 
you pasture your hogs? 4. How do you make the 
cheapest pork? 
1. Blue grass and White clover, 2. I 
have never tried rye. 3. I let them run 
on the pasture all the time. 4. I have 
the pigs farrowed in March, or the first 
part of April; then by the time they are 
ready to wean, the grass will be at its 
best. I feed a little corn once a day, and 
what skim-milk we have until Septem¬ 
ber ; then I give them all the corn they 
will eat until about December 1, when 
they are ready for the market. They 
are Poland.-Chinas. I have never found 
it profitable to feed hogs in the winter 
on corn alone. Of course, if one were 
dairying in winter, and had skim-mi.k, 
it would be different. d. a, 
Springville, Iowa, 
A Pasture of Natlyc Grasses. 
1 . We do not grow clover here as yet, 
not with success; our seasons are too 
dry as a rule. I am, in a small way, ex- i 
perimenting with Alfalfa, and think it i 
can be successfully grown here. My 
pasture is one of native grasses ; pigs do ' 
well on them and are remarkably free ] 
from diseases. 2. I have had no experi- i 
ence with rye or wheat pastures, but the 
practice is followed here by some with 
apparent success. 3. Prom four to five 
; months usuallyjjdepending on the age of 
i the pigs at the time of turning in in the 
1 spring. I endeavor to market at 8 to 10 
months old. 4. I can make the cheapest 
pork by giving, while on grass, a grain 
ration of ground rye or wheat, or both, 
and finishing with corn meal. If the 
pigs have done as well as they should in 
pasture, they finish off quickly, weighing 
from 250 to 300 pounds at 10 months old. 
I prefer the Poland-Chinas. c. d. m. 
Dustin, Neb. 
Forty Pounds for a Dollar. 
1. Blue grass. 2 . I have never tried 
either rye or wheat 3. I pasture through 
the season, five to six months. 4. My 
favorite food is clover or Blue grass past¬ 
ure, ensilage, wheat shorts or middlings, 
and oil meal, with the refuse from the 
dairy. With oil meal at $25 per ton, 
good middlings at $ 10 , well-preserved 
ensilage and well-bred pigs, I think I 
can make pork at 2}^ cents per pound, 
live weight; of course on the supposi¬ 
tion that the pigs are healthy—and I 
have never had sick ones—well managed 
and fed in that way. My pigs have 
plenty of milk to drink and mix with 
other food. t. bacon. 
Wail COD da. Ill. 
Rye Is All Right. 
1 and 2. Next to clover I find that rye 
makes the best pasture for hogs. I sow 
it about the middle of August, and it 
will afford an abundance of fall and win¬ 
ter pasture, and it comes in early for 
spring ; and if one have a large pasture, 
it will produce a crop of grain, which 
makes good feed for sows with young 
pigs. 3 I pasture my hogs about six 
months. 4. I consider that the Poland- 
Chinas rank first. With a good run of 
clover or rye pasture, and a slop twice a 
day of rye and oats, with a feed of corn, 
I can make cheap pork. d. d. 
Cuba, Ill. 
ROOTS AND ENSILAGE FOR SHEEP. 
Sugar Beets are Useful. 
Owing to the fact that we have done a 
great deal of experimental work with 
the sugar beet, we have these roots for 
our sheep all winter. Sugar beets were 
used in experimental feeding to sheep of 
all ages during the past winter and 
spring, and we found no objections to 
their use. All of the animals were in 
most excellent health during the entire 
winter, and our fiock suffered no mortal¬ 
ity, nor was there serious sickness of 
any kind. I prefer the sugar beet or 
mangel tc ensilage for sheep, for the 
reason that it will be entirely eaten, and 
seems to be relished better. I have had 
numerous instances brought to my at¬ 
tention where ensilage gave unsatisfac¬ 
tory results in sheep feeding, and in 
some cases there were losses by death 
which the owners thought were entirely 
due to its use. I apprehend that an acid 
food of this character is not so well 
adapted to sheep as to larger animals. 
We have fed the roots for months, both 
before and after lambing, not paying 
any attention whatever to the condition 
of the ewe. We have fed sugar beets 
because they were on our hands, but if 
I were to grow roots for the especial 
purpose of sheep feeding, I would grow 
mangels simply for the reason that I 
would get a much larger crop on a given 
area of land. c. s. plumb. 
Director Indiana Station. 
Sugar Beets In a Sugar Country. 
We do not raise sheep upon the univer¬ 
sity farm at present, and we believe there 
are not many places in Nebraska where 
roots are grown exclusively for sheep. 
Ensilage is used fully as much as roots 
for feed. It is undoubtedly easier for 
the average farmer to grow the ensilage 
and put it up than to raise the roots, yet 
I doubt the value of ensilage as compared 
with roots for the sheep. For Nebraska, 
I would prefer sugar beets for sheep that 
would not object to mangels. In feeding 
any roots to sheep, it is best to use care 
with reference to the ewes in the early 
spring. An excessively watery feed of 
ensilage or roots, is undoubtedly not the 
thing before the lambs are dropped, but 
a reasonable amount, preferably a small 
amount with corn and oats, will give 
them that degree of strength and health¬ 
ful condition which will bring the most 
natural and best results both to the ewes 
and the lambs. As far as I know, no ill 
effects have been noticed in feeding sugar 
beets to sheep. c. l. inoersoll. 
Director Neb 'aska Station. 
Kansas a Poor Root Country. 
We have a small flock of Shropshire 
sheep. They were fed corn ensilage 
almost exclusively all last winter, with 
the most satisfactory results, but how it 
compares with roots, I cannot say, as we 
have not tried the latter. It is a difficult 
matter to get a satisfactory stand of any 
kind of roots in this locality owing 
chiefly to spells of hot, dry weather, and 
for this reason we do not attempt to 
grow roots except on a small scale for 
experiment. But if I were to grow them 
for sheep, I would prefer turnips. Their 
value for that purpose is well established. 
Kansas Ex. Station, c. c. georgeson. 
A Sduii Stomach, Want op Api’etitb, and 
General Laealtnde, denotes the want of a Tonic, 
which you can supply by ualns; Dr. Jayne's Tonic 
VermlfuKe. It will cure most deranKements of the 
Stomach, In old or yoanK, and rids the body of 
Worms—the common pests of childhood. Sold by 
all DruKKlsts.-.(Idy. 
The “ Le Roy Mills” 
F. F. Dairy Salt 
Is preferred by the best butter and clmese-makers 
In the country, because It Is the purest, strontrest 
and best salt mane Pure white. Always uniform. 
Never Ksts hard. Costs no more than common salt. 
Try It It YOU like It Insist on having It. and your 
dealer will net it. Write for circular and prices de¬ 
livered. Le ROY SAL I’ CO., I..O Roy, N. Y. 
X>0£At]3. oix Ofk.'ttlo JE*±-y. 
Tfcn D«ot T» If-- 
The Best 
Compound 
To Keep 
Flies Off. 
Sample pound by mall 2.''>c. Write for Circular and 
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OUnn n V Dairymen and Horsemen 
Mnllll*rl I rallllons mi. No Files nr Soros. 
liilUU I i. I ^ more milk. Anonts 190 month. 
8hoo-Fly Mfn. Co., 100,5 Falrmount Ave., Phlla, Pa. 
HAVE YOU FIVE 
OR MORE COWS? 
If so a ‘ Baby Cream Separator will earn Its cost for 
you every year. Why continue an Inferior system 
another year at so great a loss ? Dairying is now the 
only profitable feature of Agriculture. Prorierly con¬ 
ducted It always pays well, and must pay vou. You 
need a Separator, and you need the HK.SX,—the 
Baby.” All styles and capacities. Prices, $100. 
upward. Send for new 1894 Catalogue. 
THE DE lAVAL SEPARATOR CO., 
GENERAL OFFICES: 
74 Cortlandt St., New York. 
a^c. fora Poultry Bookon Caponizing free. Send for Cat. 
M A R k P P Poultry Specialties. Capon sets $2 up 
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The Elgin Dairy Report. 
THE DAIRY MARKET PAPER. 
Gives the most complete and reliable market In¬ 
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afternoon Immediately after the close of the Elgin 
Board of Trade. Subscription price, tl 00 per year. 
With THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, the two $1.75. 
Address, for Sample Copy, ELGIN, ILL. 
BARREN COWS CURED. 
The following Is from Hon. WAYNE MACVRAGU 
Ambassador to Italy: 
Brookpibi.i) Farm, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 
“ You can quote from this note mv assurance that 
your medicines always gave me the greatest satis¬ 
faction ” 
Book Free. MOOKK HItO.S., Albany. N. Y. 
Aberdeen-An^us Cattle 
•f* I’. HINK. .Slitnrock, Krie Co., O. 
UAIQ QAI r—Ten cows, fresh this falli 
f UK AllL,r nine heifer calves and one 
, ^ .lersey grades, three to 
eight months old, from a dairy that averages 300 
pounds butter; price, $12 ,50 per head. Price 01 cows, 
$35 per head One full-blooded Jersey bull, live years 
old, will work on tread-power; price, $ 3 , 5 . 
D. G. SI.MPSON, Jasper. N. Y. 
High-Class Shropshires 
75 yearllnK rams that will weigh 250 to 300 ponndp, 
and shear 13 to 15 pounds at maturity; and 150 year¬ 
long ewes, to weigh 176 to 21^0 pounds, and shear 9 to 
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™ WILLOWS, 
Gbo. B. Bbbck, Prop. Paw Paw, Mich. 
SOUTH DOWNS. 
Rams, Ewes snd Lambs of both se.vo.e from best 
strains of ImnortPct biood for saie at reasonable 
prices. Special rntos for 10 or more. Inspection 
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& BRO.. P. U. Hox 271, bambertvlUe, N. .1. 
Now is Your Opportunity 
To select choice SCOTCH CHEVIOT SHEEP from 
fhe CRUMUORN 1< look T'ho Cheviots are the breed 
— perfectly hardy—wool conimands better prices thun 
any other They a'o a perloct Wool and Mutton 
Breed. Iteduotlon Sale at Special Prices for <50 
Dave. /iOO Head, both sexes from which to select. 
Also, animals, both sexes, various ages, trom my 
World’s F’alr Champion Herd of HOLSPEIN-FBIE- 
8IAN8 at Special Prices. Now Is yctir chance I 
Address O. WILBER, Oneonla, N. Y. 
Chenango Valley Stock Farms, Greene, N. Y,, 
J. D. VAN VALKENIIUKGH, .III , Prop. 
For sale, Registered Dorset-Horn Sheep; alsosome 
line grade Dorset Lambs, with many of the points of 
roglsiered stock, .lust the thing for grading up Hocks. 
pnp CA| C — I>orHot-Horn Rams, imported 
I Ull and home-bred, of dllTerent 
ages, from I! to 30 inonihg. Also French Coach ai.d 
Mo'gan C' Us and Fillies. 
W. K. DEAN. East JalTrey, N. II. 
Hampshire-Down Sheep. 
The best mutton breed In England or America. 
Yearling and ram lambs; also Ewes and Eve Lambs 
for sale. Prices 20 per cent below former years. 
JNO. I. GORDON, Mercer, Pa. 
■pERKSHIRE, Chester 'nrhn., 
-Eeglfltered, -$^4eracy itcd.ad Polaud Ohlii. 
"fl-. Jersey. Oucrusey and 
Holatoin Cattle. Thoroughbred 
i^f*®"**'***™^^ Sheep. Fanoy PoBltry. Hunting 
H and Honeo Doge. Oatalogue. 
S. VV. 8MIT1I. Coohi-an vtllc. ( heater €o.. I'cnoa* 
FOR F Boars and 
rt#n vMlevTs “ows. and two Reg. South Down 
Rams cheap. PARK FARM, New Brunswick, N. J. 
CHESHIRES 
From Foundation Herd. 1 have now shipped 108 
times to men I had sold to before. For quietness 
lean meat and quick growth, get the Cheshire. 
E. W. DAVIS, Torrlnglord. Conn., 
Formerly Oneida, N. Y. 
Cheshire Pigs for Sale. 
The pigs that suit every buyer. WARKK.V B 
MITCHELL, Paterson, N. J. Menilon this paper. 
MIIQT (?CI I Mammoth Pekin Breeding 
Ifllml nil I 1^00^8 to make room for young 
stock. They go at half price if 
sold quick. Will satisfy you or return your money 
BROOKSIUK POCLTRY FARM, ColiVirrOus, N J 
TJR Ob There is probably no branch of 
AVVyX X X farming or stock-raising that Is 
m so sure to return a protlt as the 
Hock of sheep, and there Is prob¬ 
ably no branch so much neg- 
f -1 f T-y Tt lected. A well-kept flock would 
H Fz Pz r yestore the fertility to many run 
• down farms, and put their own- 
^ eis on the road to prosperity. 
Hut every man doesn’t know how to care for sheep 
though he can easily learn. “ Sheep Farming ” is a 
practical treatise on sheep, their management and 
diseases. It tells In plain language how to select 
and breed them, and how to care for them. Ills a 
little book worth three times Us cost to any farmer 
who raises sheep. Sent postpaid for'25 cents 
Address THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts., New York. 
THIMO-CRESOL 
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