THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3i 
We have already given the German 
standard of about 1 to 5.4. Prof. Atwater, 
after much study and observation, gives 
the following as his dietary standard for 
a man at moderate work : 
FEED FOB ONE DAY. 
Muscle- Pure Fat- Potential 
makers, fat, formers, energy, 
grams, grams, grams, calories. 
German standard... .118 56 500 3055 
American standard.. 125 125 450 3560 
In other words, a good-sized man at 
moderate work, should eat each day food 
enough to contain 125 grams of muscle- 
makers, 125 of pure fat, and 450 of fat- 
formers, and that food should contain 
heat enough to represent 3,560 calories. 
This means 24ounces of actually 
digestible food, and a nutritive ratio of 
a fraction over one to six. Notice the 
difference between the German and 
American standard—the ratio is not far 
different, but the American calls for 
more muscle-makers, more pure fat, and 
more potential energy. In our colder 
climate, we need more heat, and Ameri¬ 
cans require more nervous force. It is 
shown that foreigners naturally change 
their diet when they reach this country. 
If you will figure out the nutritive ratio 
of most of the diets given above, you 
will find most of them considerably out 
of balance. It is the fault of most Ameri¬ 
can diets, that they contain a large ex¬ 
cess of the fats and fat-producing foods. 
In many cases, this not only results in 
bad health, but in a loss of money. Fat 
meats, lard, corn meal and sugar in ex¬ 
cess. are the weak points in most Ameri¬ 
can diets. We need more muscle-makers 
and less fat as a rule. Since these 
articles on the “Balanced Kation” began, 
we have received several very interesting 
questions from the South asking how it 
is that the negroes are able to keep so 
well and strong on a diet of fat pork 
and corn meal. We hope to take that 
subject for our text next week. 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Brown Leghorns Defended. —I do not 
like to see the Brown Leghorns belittled 
as fall layers. In my first experience 
with them, I had seven pullets hatched 
in April. September 2, the first one 
laid, the second day, two laid, and by 
Christmas, the seven had laid 14 dozen 
eggs. Then they quit one week, and 
there were seven more pullets to help, 
so I kept no more account. They cannot 
be beaten. One summer I had 42 Leg¬ 
horns, and all laid in one day, 42 
eggs. My experience with fresh barn¬ 
yard manure agrees with that of Mr. 
Grundy. I manured a piece with fresh 
manure, then plowed it and set it to 
strawberry plants. The big white grubs 
were very bad, the like of which I never 
saw in the West. d. h. 
Kennedy, Ill. 
R. N.-Y.—What was the land—sod or 
stubble ? 
Whole Stalks and Fine Ensilage.— 
On page 771, C. M. II. inquires of R. E. 
B. what that bad-smelling silo was filled 
with. It was filled with whole corn 
stalks, cut rather green. It was built in 
the barn just before filling, one year ago 
last fall. I understand that it was not 
filled last fall. Another neighbor living 
nearer built and filled one last fall with 
cut corn stalks. Ilis is perfectly sweet¬ 
smelling. C. M. H. also asks if he(R. E. B.) 
is a farmer. She aspires to be, but ’tis 
up-hill work with neither man nor means 
at hand. Since writing the above, I have 
been informed that the “sweet-smelling” 
silo's cut corn fodder is dry and nearly 
colorless—no moisture as yet, not fed 
from a great while, though. The “ bad¬ 
smelling ” one contained stalks very 
green and very juicy or wet, as the case 
may be. The owner said that as soon as 
he finished his haying in July, and saw 
how short his hay crop was—not half 
enough for his large amount of stock, 
he immediately set about preparing 
ground and drilled in his corn, afterward 
building his silo. Perhaps, because the 
corn was so late and tender, was the rea¬ 
son for the ill odor after fermentation. 
Or, should it ferment ? Can it be sweet¬ 
smelling after fermenting ? 
R. E. BALDWIN. 
A Vomiting Heifer. —Two weeks ago, 
a thrifty Holstein coming two years old, 
commenced to throw up her food, after 
thorough mastication, little, if any, pass¬ 
ing into her stomach. The excrement 
was hard and scant. I have used lard, 
castor oil, linseed oil and Glauber salts 
as purgatives with little effect. There 
seems to be an obstruction near the en¬ 
trance of the passage into the stomach, 
as she apparently swallows, and im¬ 
mediately the food comes back to her 
mouth and is thrown out. j. j. d. 
West Eaton, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—From your description I 
judge that the heifer is quidding, i. e., 
dropping her cud, instead of vomiting 
directly from the stomach. There is evi¬ 
dently some local obstruction or trouble, 
which can be treated only by personal 
examination. Employ a competent 
veterinary surgeon to examine and treat 
the heifer. f. l. k. 
Good Jerseys. —The following tests 
were made by Jerseys in the herd of 
Miller & Sibley. They show what skill¬ 
ful breeding and feeding can accomplish: 
Scroll, 93498, age four years three months, for 
the seven clays ending May 4,1894, gave 201 pounds 
of milk, which yielded 14 pounds, 15 ounces of 
butter. She was sired by Major Appel Pogis, 
17861, he a son of Stoke Pogis 5th. 
Ribbon’s Gift, 77375, age four years six months, 
for the seven days ending May 17, 1894, gave 304*/& 
pounds of milk, which yielded 18 pounds, 1 ounce 
of butter. She was sired by Stoke Pogis Bulletin, 
16690. 
Ruba H. Pogis, 81944, age three years six months, 
for the seven days ending June 19, 1894, gave 270 
pounds of milk, which yielded 18 pounds, 1*4 
ounce of butter. She was sired by Rubano’s 
Stoke Pogis, 23760, a descendant of Stoke Pogis 3d 
and Signal. 
Coomassie of Ingleside, 74045, age four years 
live months; for the seven days ending June 23, 
1894, gave 266*4 pounds of milk, which yielded 17 
pounds, 3*4 ounces of butter. She was sired by 
Duke of Ingleside, 14274. Her dam was Coomas- 
siella 2nd, 9860. 
Gipsy’s Berry Duchess, 86124, age three years 
seven months; for the seven days ending July 7, 
1894, gave 312 pounds of milk, which yielded 18 
pounds, 11 *4 ounces of butter. She was sired by 
Berry, 26432, a grandson of Stoke Pogis 5th. Her 
dam Gipsy’s Pogis, 56833, was sired by Gipsy’s 
Lome Pogis, 20306. 
Big Eggs in Virginia.— I don’t remem¬ 
ber how big or heavy the eggs at my boy¬ 
hood Pennsylvania home were, but I do 
know that my present flock of White 
Plymouth Rocks lays eggs eight of which 
will weigh a pound, down weight. For 
years, I gave the subject of big eggs con¬ 
siderable study, and learned that they 
do not depend solely on the breed, but 
likewise on the individual fowl; and that 
the latter does not lay eggs of uniform 
size, but in the matter of shape, they are 
more regular. I am not surprised at the 
disappointment of your correspondent in 
faili ng to hatch fowl s from large eggs that 
would themselves lay large ones. I always 
select medium-sized ones for hatching, 
but when I sell, in common with others, 
I select the largest for the gratification 
of my patrons, whose preconceived no¬ 
tions would cause them to select such 
themselves. Don’t expect more from 
fowls than from mammalia. If climate 
could have such a debilitating effect as 
one writer suggests, the invigorating 
North must be producing some eggs of 
monstrous size, as there must be thou¬ 
sands of fowls, the offspring of my ship¬ 
ments, scattered throughout the country. 
As a two-ounce egg is not so small here, 
what must they not become there ? 
Virginia. j. c. s. 
Wild and Bronze Turkey Crosses.— 
About a year ago the Rhode Island Ex¬ 
periment Station published a report on 
Turkey Raising. [A complete synopsis 
with illustrations, appeared in The It. 
N.-Y. of November 11, 1893.—Eds.] This 
report included details of experiments 
in crossing wild turkeys with Bronze 
stock. The results from these crosses 
were so very favorable, that I deter¬ 
mined to try it. I had had a great deal 
of trouble with our young turkeys, hav¬ 
ing lost more than half the birds hatched, 
from diseases and lack of vigor. After 
some trouble, I procured a gobbler of 
one-quarter wild and three-quarters 
Bronze blood, and put him with my flock 
of pure Bronze hens. The young tur¬ 
keys from this cross were the strongest 
and most vigorous I had ever seen. In¬ 
stead of losing, as usual, more than half 
of them, I did not lose an eighth of the 
birds hatched. This was in the worst 
season we have had in years, as there 
were 22 consecutive days of rain during 
the hatching season. Few birds were 
lost after they were two weeks old, and 
I now have over 100 of the largest and 
healthiest young turkeys I have ever 
raised. Many of the gobblers weigh 25 
pounds, and they are the finest flavored 
turkeys imaginable. 
From my experience this year it seems 
clear that the infusion of a little hardy 
wild blood into the domestic turkeys, is 
a very good thing, and there seem to be 
no drawbacks. I presume too much wild 
blood would make the turkeys wild, and 
affect the size, but our one-eighth wild 
birds are certainly as large and fine as 
any pure Bronze, and I think much more 
hardy and vigorous. s. m. Harris. 
New York. 
A Constant Cough with Failing Stuength, 
and Wasting of Flesh, are symptoms denoting Pul¬ 
monary organs more or less seriously affected. You 
will find a safe remedy for all Lung or Throat-alls in 
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Our bull, Ida’s Rioter of St. L., has 19 daughters 
tested, averaging over 19 pounds 3 oz. of butter apiece 
per week, among them Ida Marigold, who won two 
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