1895 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
675 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(continued.) 
wh^re the pigs can get them, the stray grains 
which have passed undigested, will be utilized. 
This is a far better plan than paying four or five 
cents per bushel for husking and an equal sum 
for grinding. Of course the cow must have other 
feed, but she can get all her corn in this way 
cheaper than any other. 
Next to the silo, that is the most econom¬ 
ical way to feed corn—but it is wasteful 
without the hog’s. 
Oats or Bran.— Which is better to feed 
with corn meal for milk, new oats ground 
with the corn, or wheat bran ? We have 
mostly mowed oats for hay. and we also 
feed cotton-seed meal lightly, j. b. c. 
R. N.-Y.—We would use the bran in 
this case. 
A New Fraud.— The 'following case is 
reported by Hoard’s Dairyman : 
A man named Cook, said to have represented 
himself as a detective for the State Board of 
Health, is alleged to have heavily victimized 
farmers about Greenville, Mich. Every victim 
would be found with a diseased cow, whose milk 
was causing much of the sickness there. He 
would notify the owner that he was liable to a 
heavy line, but if the owner would kill the cow 
and give him $5.75, his expenses to and from Lan¬ 
sing, he would say nothing. From the number of 
cows reported killed, so far as heard from, Cook 
must have reaped a rich harvest in a short time. 
He spent his evenings in the city, appointing de¬ 
tectives at from $5 to $10 per head, to hunt up sick 
cows. 
Periods of Gestation.— The Canadian 
Live Stock Journal prints the following 
table, which may be useful to those who 
have no regular system of keeping track 
of breeding. The first column gives the 
time of service and the others give the 
date on which various animals will be 
due if served at a certain date. The date 
may easily be extended for a full year, 
if desired : 
Time 
of 
service. 
Mares 
340 
Days. 
Cows 
283 
Days. 
Ewes 
150 
Days. 
Sows 
112 
Days. 
Jan. 1 
Dec. 6 
Oct. 10 
May 30 
April 22 
6 
11 
15 
June 4 
27 
11 
16 
20 
9 
May 2 
16 
21 
25 
14 
7 
21 
26 
30 
19 
12 
26 
31 
Nov. 4 
24 
17 
31 
Jan. 5 
9 
29 
22 
Feb. 5 
10 
14 
July 4 
27 
10 
15 
19 
9 
June 1 
15 
20 
24 
14 
6 
20 
25 
29 
19 
11 
25 
30 
Dec. 4 
24 
16 
Mar. 2 
Feb. 4 
9 
29 
21 
7 
9 
14 
Aug. 3 
26 
12 
14 
19 
8 
July 1 
17 
19 
24 
13 
6 
22 
24 
29 
18 
11 
27 
Mar. 1 
Jan. 3 
23 
16 
April 1 
6 
8 
28 
21 
6 
11 
13 
Sept. 2 
26 
11 
16 
18 
7 
31 
16 
21 
23 
12 
Aug. 5 
21 
26 
28 
17 
10 
26 
31 
Feb. 2 
22 
15 
May 1 
April 5 
7 
27 
20 
6 
10 
12 
Oct. 2 
25 
11 
15 
17 
7 
30 
16 
20 
22 
12 
Sept. 4 
21 
25 
■in 
17 
9 
26 
30 
Mar. 4 
22 
14 
31 
May 5 
9 
27 
19 
June 5 
10 
14 
Nov. 1 
24 
10 
15 
19 
6 
29 
15 
20 
24 
11 
Oct. 4 
20 
25 
29 
16 
9 
25 
30 
April 3 
21 
14 
30 
June 4 
8 
26 
19 
Need of Knowledge.— The editor of 
Hoard’s Dairyman met at the fair an old 
dairy farmer who kept himself fully 
posted on new methods. While his 
neighbors were so short of fodder that 
they were selling cows, he had grown 
peas and other forage crops, and thus 
dodged the drought. He said that none 
of his neighbors had adopted the newer 
methods of farming : 
“ But,” I asked, “ do they not see now that yours 
is the better way ? ” 
“ I cannot say as they do,” he replied. 
“ You have not been obliged to sell your cows, 
and you are ready to go on with your work. Can¬ 
not your neighbors see that there is a big ad¬ 
vantage in your method of raising and storing 
food for cows ? ” 
He shook his head rather doubtfully and said : 
“ The fact is, they cannot understand selling corn 
and corn fodder in that way. They do not study 
the question in an earnest way. They don’t read 
dairy literature and fiqd out how other men are 
bridging over these difficulties, and in the absence 
of reading they will not travel about and visit 
farmers who use modern methods in dairy farm¬ 
ing. In reality, they think all this talk about 
keeping posted, and getting hold of special dairy 
knowledge, is all humbug. They are men of good 
brain, and are good men in every sense, but they 
will not study earnestly into what it means to be 
a dairyman. So they just stand still and take 
their punishment. It makes me feel bad to see 
them take these fearful set backs, when I know 
that if they had kept an open mind to dairy truth, 
they would have saved it all.” 
And so the question ever is, How are 
such ojen to b§ reached and started ? 
' INTERFERING WITH COWS. 
Every observing dairyman knows that 
individual cows in the herd vary more 
or less in their milk yield, though they 
may be fed in exactly the same way. 
When nervous and high-strung cows- 
are trifled with, abused, or changed as 
to feed and care, they generally show 
the change in their milk, both as to 
quantity and quality. This is well- 
shown by an experiment made at the 
North Carolina Experiment Station. 
The cow is thus described : 
The cow is said to be a cross-bred Jersey- 
Guernsey. She is of an extremely nervous dis¬ 
position, and after nearly two years in our 
stable, does not allow herself to be handled with¬ 
out quite a show of nervous excitement. This cow 
was always hampered by a strong strap to pre¬ 
vent kicking at milking, until she was shorn of a 
beautiful pair of horns which she too vigorously 
used on her fellows. Then she calmed sufficiently 
to be milked without the use of a strap, if the 
milker proceeded in the usual way. 
That is certainly a good argument for 
dishorning. To test the effect of a sim¬ 
ple change in the manner of milking, 
this cow was milked one teat at a time, 
then the two front teats at a time, and 
so on with other changes from the 
usual method of milking one front teat 
and the opposite hind one together. 
The milk was measured and tested. In 
every case, there was a loss in milk and 
in fat when there was a change in the 
way of milking. A bulletin from the 
same station records the foil wing facts: 
On one occasion the record of a cow which was 
giving 7% pounds (about .855 gallon of milk 
daily), showed a yield of but one pound. Inquiry 
showed that the established routine, which was 
to give the cows their feed and then to milk, had 
not been followed. The assistant had come in 
late, and in order to milic on time, had omitted to 
feed first. After stripping faithfully, he could 
obtain only one pound of milk. The next milking 
was larger than usual, but the irregularity 
showed that a loss was the result. The yield was 
for five days, 7.25, 7.38, 6.25, 6.63, 7.30 pounds, re¬ 
spectively. The one-pound milking occurred in 
the middle day. Another cow, if milked before 
being fed, usually became uneasy and might kick 
very hard. An examination of her mifk showed 
a decrease of fat. Previously this cow’s milk 
had tested 3.60 to 4.40 per cent fat. On one occa¬ 
sion only 1.60 per cent of fat was found in her 
milk when she was milked before being fed the 
meal ration. This is a serious loss, and one 
which can be repeated with this cow at any time 
if she is not regularly fed. Lack of attention to 
these small things, is costing many a man the 
better part of the profit of his dairy. 
A fine cow is a delicate machine, and 
she must have regular care if she be ex¬ 
pected to give a good account of her 
food. If a man wants something on 
which to exercise his boot, he should 
keep scrubs. 
To Let a Cold have its own way is to assist 
in laying the foundation of Consumption. To cure 
the most stubborn Cough or Cold, you have only to 
use judiciously Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant.— Adv. 
If you have FIVE or more 
Cows a Cream Separator will 
save its cost each year of 
use. Beware of imitating and 
infringing machines. 
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