1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
97 
Primer Science — Continued. 
Now here comes a set of questions that 
may well set us to thinking 1 : 
1. Is there any loss in feeding a day’s balanced 
ration divided so as to give the portion rich in 
carbohydrates in the morning and the other side 
of the ration at night or vice versa t If there is no 
loss in nutriment, would not the change be better 
for the appetite ? 2. Which is more liable to cause 
derangement of the animal system—a wide or 
close ration ? 3. Can the proportion of butter fat 
in a cow’s milk, be varied by a change in ration? 
If not, how do you account for the phenomenally 
rich cows ? 
We can give but short answers to them 
here. When we take up the subject 
again, we hope to be able to discuss 
them still further. 
1. Something of this sort is attempted 
when we feed corn alone to hens at 
night. It is generally considered good 
practice to do that, because the corn is 
“ warming” for the hens. We think that 
is a good practice, but it would not be 
well to feed all the “carbohydrates” at 
one feed. These fat-formers provide 
fuel for the body, and should be supplied 
oftener than once in 24 hours to keep up 
the animal heat at the best economy. 
Again, so much depends on the taste of 
the animal, that it is generally better to 
mix the foods that “ taste good.” Imag¬ 
ine a human being eating all the meat of 
his ration for dinner, all the sugar, but¬ 
ter and potatoes for breakfast, and all 
bread, oatmeal and milk for supper. I)o 
you think he would thrive so well ? It 
is true that most persons eat their 
“ heartiest meal” for either breakfast or 
dinner ; but they do not naturally divide 
their food into classes as suggested in 
the question. We think such a plan 
would not be good economy. 
2. The “wide” ration—that is one 
with a larger proportion of fat-formers 
—would be bulkier and more liable to 
derange the working of the digestive 
functions. The ration with an excess of 
muscle-makers would be more likely to 
derange the blood and kidneys, and to 
that extent, would be more dangerous. 
3. Yes, to a certain extent. In a 
week or so, we shall print some interest¬ 
ing facts showing how the form and 
shape of the cow indicate her dairy 
qualities. 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
Forcing the Eggs.—I am quite inter¬ 
ested in the heroic moulting as answered 
by H. J. B., of New York, and J. E. S.; 
both are correct. Force the hens by 
feeding, and this will do it. As I had 
but a small flock this year, they were fed 
heavily with grain and corn, moulted 
early in August, and began to lay by 
November. No one else had eggs from 
old hens, while I did ; but they almost 
stopped by Christmas. f. w. s 
Hammonton, N. J. 
Medicine for Cow.—To physic a cow, 
I employ the following outfit: a bag of 
Epsom salts, a box of ground ginger, a 
three-quart tin pail, a tablespoon, the 
stable thermometer, and an old black 
bottle with a long neck. We mix one 
pint of Epsom salts and a tablespoonful 
of ginger in the pail, and add three pints 
of boiling water. Holding the pail in 
the watering trough, it is stirred until 
the temperature runs down to 105 de¬ 
grees. Then, filling the bottle, the mix¬ 
ture is poured down the throat of the 
animal after pulling her head up to an 
angle to assist in the operation. An ex¬ 
perienced and successful veterinarian 
says that if this dose is given to a cow 
immediately after calving, it is a reliable 
preventive of milk fever, e. c. birge. 
Some Hog Rules.— 1. I keep my sows 
in a thrifty condition by feeding a bulky 
food, and giving them plenty of room in 
which to exercise. 2. Some five or six 
weeks before farrowing time, I com¬ 
mence feeding them such vegetables as 
I may have on hand—cabbages, beets 
and turnips in winter, and clover, grass 
and weeds in the summer if they are 
confined in a pen. 3. I give them a good 
clean bed at farrowing. If a sow has not 
bed enough, she will get up every little 
while and paw and scrape at her bed, 
trying to make it soft so that she can 
rest. If she has plenty, she will lie 
down and be quiet for many hours and 
will not kill nearly so many pigs as a 
sow that has not enough straw to make 
her bed comfortable. 4. After farrow¬ 
ing I feed very lightly for the first two 
or three days; then I increase the feed 
as the pigs grow stronger, and when 
they are three or four weeks old, I feed 
the sow all she will eat. I have been 
quite successful so far, as a small breeder 
by following the above rules. G. b. 
Demster, N. Y. 
Guinea Hens and Potato Bugs. —A 
young woman has taken to keeping 
poultry as a means of helping out 
slender means of support for herself and 
a widowed mother. As she keeps a few 
Guineas, I asked her if it was true that 
Guineas eat'potato bugs. “Well,” she said, 
“ we have had no potato bugs.” I have 
since learned that another neighbor has 
had no bugs since he kept Guineas. As 
every one else in this vicinity has been 
troubled with bugs, and as both these 
neighbors had their potatoes growing 
near their barns, I conclude that the 
Guineas eat them ; but whether they eat 
the bugs or their eggs, or the slugs, I do 
not know. If the Guinea fowls will fur¬ 
nish eggs and meat for us on a diet of 
bugs, we shall gain a double benefit. 
This young woman informed me that 
the flesh of the Guineas is excellent. 
She says that in every instance when 
she had sold them for cooking, the pur¬ 
chaser has called again, so tlu^t she has 
only enough left for breeding. 
JOHN RU8LY. 
COWS WITH EXTRA TEATS. 
There is a cow in this town, owned by 
one of my neighbors, that gives milk 
from five teats—about half the quantity 
from the fifth teat that she does from 
each of the others. I know, for I have 
milked her. > b. s. p. 
Proctor, Vt. 
I have a two-year-old heifer, part Ayr¬ 
shire, that has five distinct teats, and 
gives milk from all. She calved last 
July, and her udder was caked very 
badly. I was obliged to milk the fifth 
teat, and at the present time can see no 
difference in the size of the three back 
teats. She gives as much milk from the 
opposite teat as from the two back ones. 
Bennington, N. Y. R. e. f. 
In The R. N.-Y. of January 26, Dr. 
Horne is quoted as saying : “I have been 
a specialist in the treatment of cows’ 
udders and have seen many abnormal 
freaks of Nature therein, but never yet 
saw an extra section giving milk.” Then 
the editor says : “We have sometimes 
heard of cows that gave milk from five 
or six teats, but never could find one. 
Have any of our readers knowledge of 
such ?” Yes, I have a heifer that came 
in when about 18 months old. She is 
quite large for her age, and gives a fair 
quantity of very rich milk out of six 
teats, about half as much out of each of 
the two extra ones as of the other four. 
I have always found this simple 
method for relieving choked cattle, the 
quickest and most effectual: Put down 
a ball of lard, which will generally cause 
the cow to throw out the obstruction at 
once. If not, then mix gunpowder with 
lard, and it will cause her to cough and 
soon throw out the obstruction. I have 
never yet known this to fail. e. w. 
East Westmoreland, N. H. 
Pleurisy Pains, and all Asthmatic and Bronchial 
affections are soon relieved by that certain remedy 
for Coughs and Colds, Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant.— 
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