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Ensilage  Cutter! 
of  the  Timothy  ami  straw  (mixcdl  at 
another  feeding  per  head  per  day.  In 
addition  to  this,  feed  30  pounds  of  corn 
silage  daily  and  a  pound  of  the  follow¬ 
ing  grain  mixture  to  each  four  pounds 
of  milk.  100  pounds  cottonseed  ;  200 
pounds  middlings;  100  pounds  bran;  100 
pounds  cornmeal.  Add  one  pound  of  salt 
for  each  100  pounds  of  grain.  u.  F.  J. 
what  is  needed  is  a  combination  of  grain 
or  home  foods  which  will  nourish  the  calf 
from  the  start.  A  number  of  sugges¬ 
tions  have  already  been  made.  The  Kan¬ 
sas  Experiment  Station  tried  the  use  of 
hay  tea.  This  was  ni.uk  by  steeping  hay 
in  hot  water.  Both  mixed  hay  and  Al¬ 
falfa  were  used,  but  the  hay  tea  was 
never  satisfactory.  At  the  Pennsylvania 
station  a  combination  was  made  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 
13  lbs.  of  cornmeal. 
20  lbs.  of  milk  powder. 
2  lbs.  of  dried  blood. 
30  lbs.  of  flour. 
0>  lbs.  of  coconnut  meal. 
6  lbs.  of  oat  meal. 
1  y*  lbs.  of  flaxseed. 
This  combination  fed  in  warm  water 
produced  some  good  calves.  but.  was 
rather  expensive,  as  the  result  of  using 
the  dried  milk  powder.  At  the  Ontario 
station  a  feed  made  of  cocoa  shells  and 
waste  boiled  in  water  made  a  fair  substi¬ 
tute.  The  Indiana  station  has  used  the 
following  mixture,  which  gave  good  re¬ 
sults  when  a  small  amount  of  milk  was 
used  along  with  it.  Equal  parts  of  lin¬ 
seed  oil  meal,  red  dog  flour,  hominy  feed 
and  blood'meal.  The  Ohio  station  recom¬ 
mends  the  following  as  a  good  mixture 
along  with  a  small  amount  of  milk : 
2  parts  of  cornmeal. 
2  parts  of  oatmeal. 
2  parts  of  linseed  oil  meal. 
1  part  of  blood  meal. 
The  experiment  stations  should  keep 
up  their  work  along  this  line  until  they 
give  us  a  satisfactory  combination  as  a 
milk  substitute.  They  evidently  can  do 
it  if  they  will  stay  by  the  proposition 
thoroughly. 
Before  Filling  Your 
Learn  why  a  small  ggs  engine  is  all  that  is  necessary  to  operate 
the  “Papec”  Cutter  successfully;  how  you  can  fill  your  own  silo 
and  have  more  silage,  of  greater  food  value.  Better  silage  and  a 
full  silo — because  the  corn  was  cut  when  ready  and  settled  from 
day  to  day.  _ 
An  Economical  Ration 
What  would  make  a  good  balanced  ra¬ 
tion  for  cows  weighing  about  300  pounds 
considering  the  cost  or  feed?  I  have  good 
mixed  hay  and  silnge.  Corn  was  eared 
quite  well,  but  was  soft  when  put  in  the 
silo.  Where  can  T  obtain  the  book  “Feeds 
and  Feeding,”  by  Prof.  Ilenry?  L.  w. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  following  ration  will  produce  very 
good  results  when  properly  fed  and  the 
cost,  will  be  reasonable: 
12  lbs.  mixed  hay. 
30  lbs.  silage. 
2  lbs.  wheat  bran. 
3  lbs.  dried  distillers’  grains. 
2  lbs.  cornmeal  or  hominy. 
2  lbs.  cottonseed  meal. 
This  mixture  makes  a  fairly  well-bal¬ 
anced  ration,  which  .should  be  fed  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  requirements  of  each  cow  and 
the  amount  of  milk  she  is  giving.  You 
cannot  always  he  guided  by  the  weight 
of  an  animal  in  regulating  the  amount  to 
feed,  as  the  length  of  time  in  lactation, 
nml  amount  ami  quality  of  the  milk  all 
have  to  be  taken  into  consideration.  Also 
some  cows  are  much  more  nervous  than 
others  and  require  more  feed  for  main¬ 
tenance. 
Henry’s  Feeds  and  Feeding  can  he  ob¬ 
tained  through  Tub  R.  N.-Y.,  price  $2.25. 
C.  S.  G. 
The  "Papec”  system  throws  the  YOUR  ENGINE  WILL  RUN  IT— 
silage  15  to  20  feet — then  a  power-  Even  if  only  4  to  S  H.  P.  Thous- 
f til  blast  strikes  it  and  carries  it  to  ands  of  “  Papecs”  everywhere  are  be- 
tbe  top  of  any  silo.  Six  fans,  instead  ing  successfully  operated  by  gas  en- 
of  the  usual  four,  increase  the  blowing  gines  of  no  more  power.  The  low 
power — at  a  low  speed  of  the  cutting  speed — 600  R.P.M.- —  the  Papec  cut- 
and  fan  wheel.  They  move  the  ensilage  ting  and  fan  system — the  small  pipe — 
in  a  steady,  even  flow;  therefore  only  all  mean  a  saving  of  power,  more 
a  small  pipe  is  necessary.  durability  and  perfect  satisfaction. 
The  Papec  is  Simple  and  Built  to  Last 
The  solid  one  piece  semi-steel  frame  removes  the 
necessity  of  bothersome  bolts,  screws  or  warping 
wood.  The  few  parts  are  all  easy  to  get  at.  Cutting 
/  VfSk  mechanism  can't  get  out  of  adjustment.  Blades, 
1  adjusted  in  a  minute,  always  stay  set.  No  chains. 
'  tv  \  Driven  by  heavy  gears.  The  small,  convenient 
\A\  pipe  is  all  there  is  to  set  up  or  take  down. 
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Kieffer  Pears  for  Stock 
For  several  years  past,  whenever  I 
had  a  surplus  I  have  fed  hundreds  of 
bushels  of  these  pears  to  young  beef  cat¬ 
tle.  I  keep  a  few  steers  all  the  time,  con¬ 
fined  to  the  yard  all  the  year;  and  feed 
the  refuse  of  a  truck  and  fruit  farm  to 
them;  sweet  corn  stalks,  pea  and  bean 
vines,  apples,  pears,  etc.  The  Kieffcrs 
should  be  ripe,  ns  they  are  too  hard  when 
green.  Those  that  fall  near  maturity  can 
he  left  under  the  trees,  and  after  ripen¬ 
ing  can  be  gathered  as  needed.  The  culls 
thrown  out  of  the  market  fruit,  can  be 
put  in  boxes,  barrels  or  heaps  where  they 
will  ripen,  and  then  can  be  fed.  Ilegiu 
with  say  a  peek  to  half  bushel  a  day.  ac¬ 
cording  to  size  of  animal,  and  gradually 
increase.  I  have  had  full-grown  cattle  to 
eat  as  many  as  two  bushels  daily  with 
very  little  else,  and  they  did  well.  Occa¬ 
sionally  an  animal  will  choke  on  whole 
pears,  but  there  is  little  danger  if  they 
are  not  disturbed  when  eating.  It  is  not 
advisable  to  feed  many  to  grain-fed 
horses,  as  it  would  scour  them.  Well-fed 
hogs  will  not  eat  many.  My  neighbor,  a 
dairyman,  had  a  lot  of  Kieffcrs  two 
years  ago  which  he  said  he  could  not  sell. 
I  said:  “Feed  to  your  milch  cows.”  He 
began  to  do  so.  and  told  me  it  increased 
the  milk  flow  so  much  that  he  thought  it 
would  pay  to  grow  them  for  feed.  Begin 
with  caution  and  there  is  no  danger. 
New  Jersey.  CHARLES  black. 
In  reply  to  F  R.  K.  about  feeding 
Kieffer  pears,  one  of  our  neighbors  fed 
them  to  his  hogs  that  he  was  fattening. 
Two  of  them  died,  and  the  other  nearly 
died.  He  fed  about  one-half  bushel  to 
three.  Their  intestines  were  packed  with 
the  undigested  pear  pulp.  The  fruit  was 
ripe.  Last  year  we  let  an  old  horse  and 
one  cow  run  in  a  Kieffer  orchard  all  sea¬ 
son,  not  much  of  a  crop,  but  they  ate  all 
that  fell  with  no  had  results;  in  fact 
both  kept  fat  and  cow  gave  a  good  flow 
of  milk.  Last  season  our  cow  had  some, 
not  so  many.  If  the  hogs  laid  run  out 
in  a  lot  it  might  have  beeu  different. 
Ohio.  F.  R.  FI  XCII. 
Grain  With  Farm  Roughage 
Will  you  give  me  a  formula  for  grade 
cows  giving  four  per  cent,  milk  and 
weighing  300  to  1000  pounds  using  the 
following  grains?  Ajax,  gluten  feed, 
cornmeal  and  bran;  have  silage  and 
mixed  hay  of  clover  and  Timothy. 
New  York.  w.  e.  ar. 
The  request,  brings  out  very  strikingly 
the  manner  in  which  the  roughage  avail¬ 
able  on  the  farm  determines  the  kind  of 
grain  necessary.  I  have  figured  on  the 
basis  of  a  1000-pound  cow,  giving  25 
pounds  of  4  per  cent,  milk.  This  cow 
would  require  for  maintenance  and  pro¬ 
duction  2.31  pounds  protein  and  32.83 
pounds  carbohydrates  and  l’at.  Thirty 
pounds  corn  silage  and  30  ponycls  mixed 
liny  supply  .84  pounds  of  the  protein  and 
3.2  pounds  of  carbohydrates  and  fat. 
From  these  figures  it  can  lie  seen  that 
the  silage  and  mixed  hay  are  carbohy¬ 
drate  materials  and  that  the  grain  ration 
must  be  made  up  of  high  protein  feeds 
in  order  to  get  it  to  balance  or  con¬ 
form  to  the  above  stated  requirements. 
Therefore  cornmeal,  which  is  high  in  car¬ 
bohydrates  and  low  in  protein,  should 
not  be  used  in  the  ration.  If  you  had 
Alfalfa  liny  in  place  of  mixed  hay  the 
grain  ration  would  need  to  be  entirely 
different,  since  Alfalfa  hay  is  high  in 
protein.  It  is  practically  impossible  to 
balance  a  ration  with  the  other  feeds 
given  in  the  list.  The  nearest  that  can 
come  to  it  calls  for  eight  pounds  grain 
daily  made  up  of  four  pounds  Ajax  (lakes, 
two  pounds  gluten  feed  and  two  pounds 
bran.  Cottonseed  meal  at  present  is  ex¬ 
pensive  but  by  using  one  to  1  !•>  pounds 
of  it,  from  314  to  two  pounds  of  grain 
are  saved.  This  is  made  possible  through 
the  very  high  protein  content  of  cotton¬ 
seed  meal.  Either  of  the  following  grain 
mixtures  might  bo  used : 
1.  — One  part  cottonseed  meal,  three 
parts  Ajax  flakes,  two  parts  gluten  feed, 
total  six  pounds  grain. 
2.  — 3*4  part  cottonseed  meal,  two  parts 
Ajax  flakes,  two  parts  gluten  feed,  one 
part  bran,  total  tP/g  parts  or  pounds 
grain. 
Ration  No.  2  would  be  more  palatable 
than  No.  3  and  probably  would  give  bet¬ 
ter  results.  Either  ration  when  fed  with 
30  pounds  corn  silage  and  30  pounds 
mixed  hay  will ‘supply  the  needs  of  the 
cow.  The  grain  ration  should  be  fed  at 
the  rate  of  one  pound  grain  to  four 
pounds  milk.  H.  F,  j. 
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The  dairy  authorities  are  hard  at.  work 
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There  are  some  small  problems  as  well 
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