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Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
When to Castrate.— I would like to 
have from the readers of The R. N.-Y. 
their experience or opinion about cas¬ 
trating- colts before weaning. I tried the 
experiment last season, and so far. re¬ 
sults seem favorable. b. \v. h. 
Baiting Hollow, N. Y. 
Kiel the Lice. —The following is a 
preventive or cure for lice on cattle kept 
in stanchions: With a quarter-inch chisel, 
make a groove about a quarter inch deep, 
by two long, inside of each upright, and 
once a month place a little anguintum 
in the grooves ; it is a sure thing, and 
very simple. b. h. 
Walton, N. Y. 
Marking Cattle. —In reply to a ques¬ 
tion on page 818 regarding the marking 
of cattle by cutting the ears, I will say 
that an ordinary pocket knife is the 
thing. Here we have many different 
marks, viz. : “crop,” “ L,” “ha’penny,” 
“slope, “niche,” “slit,” etc., over or 
under as the case may be. m. t. 
Wainscott, L. I. 
Ensilage and Tuberculosis. —Does 
The R. N.-Y. know of any cattle affected 
with tuberculosis that have not been fed 
on ensilage ? j. mcd. 
Breesport, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—Yes, we saw three head of 
cattle slaughtered for examination, that 
never dreamed of a silo. They were 
fairly alive with the disease. 
Feeding Turnips.— Having a large 
quantity of flat turnips and no market 
for them, I would like to inquire through 
The R. N.-Y. if any harm would result 
from feeding in liberal quantities to ewes 
in lamb. I have heard it remarked that 
serious results would follow to the off- 
spring, but whether such fears were 
based on theory or practical experience, 
I am not able to learn. I. d. cook. 
South Byron, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—We would have no hesitation 
about feeding the turnips. 
Alfalfa and Beets. —Brevities savs 
that Alfalfa and sugar beets will make a 
balanced ration for fattening stock. I 
can raise sugar beets and clover to per¬ 
fection, but not Alfalfa. What is the 
difference in feeding values between 
clover and Alfalfa ? Also between sugar 
beets and mangel-wurzels ? We can 
not raise corn here, as the nights are too 
cool. Can The R. N.-Y. suggest any 
other hoed crop suitable for feeding 
growing pigs, or fattening hogs with < 
green clover? L> a> 1 
Lafayette, Ore. 1 
R. N.-Y.—There is little difference in , 
feeding value between Red clover and ( 
Alfalfa—they belong really to the same 
family. The mangels will not take the 
place of the sugar beets, by any means, , 
The sugar in the latter is a most valuable c 
fattening food. Pumpkins and cabbage 
will help somewhat, but outside of corn, * 
sugar beets are your best fattening food, r 
We had in mind a ration for beef, not a 
pork. f 
Heroic Moulting. —I do not like i 
heroic treatment; the patient takes the i 
risk, suffers the agony, and foots the I 
bill. If it succeeds, the doctor is the 
hero. In the case of the hens, they are 
not like the old lady’s geese, used to be- ■ 
ing plucked. I submit this formula to ■ 
make hens shed their feathers : Some 
years since, I planted a patch of sun¬ 
flowers some distance from the chicken’s 
headquarters. As they reached maturity, 
I noticed an old Brown Leghorn, a noted 
forager, working on them. She had it 
all to herself for some days, then others 
got the idea. The first one began to p 
moult, and was soon nearly bare ; the g 
others began moulting in the order in p 
which they found the sunflowers. The 
result was that they began laying in the T 
same order, and continued laying dur- * 
ing the winter. Those moulting last . 
continued to lay longest. I have never 
since got so many eggs from the same I 
number of hens during any winter as in | 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
that one. My formula is to plant sun¬ 
flowers where the hens can g-et to them 
as soon as they mature, and let them have 
3 all they want until they moult. After 
. that, feed them less of them. I think 
them too rich for a steady feed. 
3 Eureka, W. Va. G. w. t. 
Fattening Pigs.— I fattened two pigs 
that were bought November 9, 1893; their 
ages then were between two and three 
i months. They were fed the heads of 
b clover hay, that broke off as it fell from 
, the mow, mixed with No. 1 chop feed— 
, two quarts of clover heads and 1 % quart 
l of chop feed. The clover was soaked in 
i boiling water, and then the chop feed 
added. This was fed twice a day, with 
a very little skim-milk, for a month ; 
then I added one quart of bran and a 
little ear corn for another month, when 
. I added about 10 ears of corn daily for 
six weeks. From this time they were fed 
, the clover and chop feed ir the morning, 
. and then filled on ear corn and a little 
> skim-milk and water ; at noon ear corn 
, and water. This was fed until they were 
killed March 25, 1894. They dressed 183 
pounds each. Pigs never grew faster 
than did these. j. n. bull wold. 
Tuberculosis in Massachusetts.— 
Over in the old Bay State, farmers are 
quite a little wrought up about an order 
providing for the inspection of all cattle 
for tuberculosis. Many tests have been 
made, and all the cattle in the State are 
supposed to be examined. That some of 
them receive a very casual examination, 
is seen from the following extract from 
a private letter from Nantucket. It also 
shows how Nantucket farmers transact 
business : 
You speak of tuberculosis on our island. There 
has not been a single case found. The veterinary 
has ordered several killed, and pronounced them 
O. K., and the State settled for each and every 
animal. The Jersey bull you read about, formerly 
belonged to my neighbor who wished me to buy h im 
last fall to kill in the winter. Finally we came to 
terms, I to pay $7 cash for the bull,and give a spring 
pig which was valued at $5. The stanchion where 
the bull stood was nearest the door, and I built a 
tight fence back of him so that in passing the 
horses, he could do no damage. The cattle in¬ 
spectors came at 10 o’clock p. m. Thanksgiving 
eve. One of the assistants stepped up to the board 
fence and twisted his tail. The boards flew, and 
so did the assistant, and he “never went there any 
more.” The veterinary notified me then and 
there that he must see him dead or alive, and, as 
he was to be killed, I told the veterinary that I 
would shoot him at any time he desired. In a few 
days, eight men came out and I shot him, and the 
veterinary pronounced him free from tubercu¬ 
losis. I sold him at auction, and he turned in $27, 
and this put an end to the tuberculosis business 
with me. The veterinary killed a yearling for i 
another neighbor, found her all right, and, after 
cutting her up in pieces, gave the man who ‘ 
owned her $2 with which to bury her. They did 
not do this by me. 
R. N.-Y.—We think that bull gave a 
non-con.sumptive test that beat tuber- I 
culin all hollow. 
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