tabihty  to  the  ration  mo  keep  your  cows 
in  better  flesh.  Will  some  breeds  this 
would  not  be  as  important  as  with  others, 
but  for  cows  which  are  naturally  thin 
in  flesh,  and  which  must  be  fed  accord¬ 
ingly,  it  is  very  necessary  to  feed  plenty 
of  carbonaceous  feed  as  wpII  as  protein. 
The  following  ration  will  furnish  about 
the  right  average  amounts  and  in  the 
proper  proportion  for  3.100-pound  cow  in 
full  flow  of  milk :  Thirty  lbs.  silage, 
1.1  lbs.  beets,  10  lbs.  corn  fodder,  3  lbs. 
dried  distillers'  grains.  2  lbs.  wheat  bran, 
1  lb.  dried  brewers’  grains.  3  lbs.  gluten 
feed  and  2  lbs.  hominy.  The  silage,  beets 
and  grain  mixture  should  be  divided  into 
two  feeds  per  day,  and  fed  morning  and 
evening,  with  the  corn  fodder  cut  into 
short  lengths  as  a  noon  feed.  C.  S.  G. 
Feeding  Problems 
(Continued  from  page  342.) 
cow  is  getting  sufficient  bulk,  or  nearly 
so,  the  actual  nutriment  or  body  sustain¬ 
ing  nr. cl  milk  forming  materials  arc  de¬ 
cidedly  lacking,  only  a  little  more  than 
half  enough  protein  and  over  two  pounds 
short  on  carbohydrate  equivalent.  The 
following  ration,  while  necessarily  ex¬ 
pensive.  should  give  much  better  results. 
Feed  roughage  as  you  are  doing  and  32 
pounds  of  following  grain  mixture : 
2  parts  dried  beet  pulp. 
4  parts  corn  and  cob  meal, 
2  parts  cottonseed  meal, 
2  parts  dried  brewers'  grains, 
1  part  gluten  feed. 
1  pa;  t  wheat  bran. 
Now  this  is  a  balanced  ration  for  a  cow 
giving  25  pounds  of  4.5%  milk.  Since 
your  cows  are  down  to  12  pounds,  you 
would  want  to  feed  six  or  eight  pounds 
of  the  above  and  endeavor  to  raise  their 
production  gradually.  You  probably  can¬ 
not  raise  it  many  pounds,  as  once  a  cow 
shrinks  in  flow  it  is  hard  to  get  her  back, 
particularly  after  she  has  been  milking 
some  time. 
My  reasons  for  using  feeds  in  the  above 
mixture  are  these ;  The  beet  pulp  adds 
succulence  and  palutability  to  the  ration, 
an  excellent  feed  for  milk  when  no  silage 
is  at  hand.  The  huge  amount  of  corn  and 
cob  meal  is  used,  as  it  is  assumed  this  is 
home-grown  and  you  have  plenty  on  band. 
The  cottonseed,  brewers’  grains  and  glu¬ 
ten  are  used  primarily  to  supply  protein. 
The  brewers’  grains  also  adds  bulk.  'Che 
bran  adds  bulk  aud  palutability. 
I  might  say  that  1  have  assumed  your 
meadow  bay  to  have  same  food  value  as 
Timothy.  There  is  a  diifferent  understand¬ 
ing  as  to  what  is  meant  by  meadow  bay 
in  different  sections.  Here  in  Connecti¬ 
cut  a  meadow  is  spoken  of  as  high  ground, 
where  first-class  Timothy,  for  example,  is 
grown.  In  New  Hampshire  a  meadow  is 
considered  very  low  land,  where  very  poor 
hay  is  grown.  At  any  rate,  I  presume  I 
am  safe  in  concluding  that  your  hay 
would  not  run  higher  than  Timothy  in 
food  value.  If  you  had  some  clover  or 
Alfalfa,  the  amount  of  grain  could  be  cut 
nearly  in  half.  H.  F.  j. 
Will  you  give  me  a  balanced  ration  for 
fresh  cows?  I  have  buckwheat,  oats  and 
good  stock  hay,  no  sjlsige  or  green  food. 
I  am  feeding  about  25  pounds  or  more  of 
liny  a  day,  and  equal  parts  by  weight  of 
bran,  ground  oats  and  ground  buckwheat. 
Wlmt  else  do  I  need?  1  started  with  a 
ready-mixed  feed,  but  I  saw  in  one  of 
your  issues  a  ration  as  above.  Having 
buckwheat  and  oats  on  hand  1  tried  it ; 
one  of  my  cows,  a  large  grade  Jersey,  has 
shrunk  some.  I  am  feeding  one  pound  to 
four  pounds  of  lmlk.  Is  there  any  benefit 
in  feeding  wet  rnnsh.  or  is  it  better  to 
feed  dry?  I  am  feeding  in  a  mash  now. 
Vermont.  L.  n.  c. 
While  I  perhaps  cannot  criticize  your 
ration  entirely  accurately,  because  you  do 
not  mention  the  average  live  weight  of 
your  cows  or  the  average  amount  of  milk 
given  and  its  test,  I  cau  safely  say  that 
your  cows  will  not  keep  up  their  milk 
How  on  tbp  ration  you  are  feeding.  The 
ration  is  too  wide;  that  is,  it  does  not 
contain  enough  protein.  When  one  lias 
only  mixed  hay  to  feed  for  ronghage,  it 
means  that  the  grains  must  be  of  a  high 
protein  nature  to  balance  the  ration.  In 
figuring  the  following  rations  I  have  as¬ 
sumed  the  average  live  weight  of  your 
cows  to  be  1,000  pounds,  and  tbpir  pro¬ 
duction  25  pounds  of  4  per  cent.  milk. 
Ration  No.  1 — 20  pounds  mixed  liny 
daily  and  one  pound  of  the  following 
grain  ration  to  each  four  pounds  of  milk 
produced  daily  : 
2  parts  cottonseed  meal. 
2  parts  gluten  feed. 
2  parts  dried  distillers’  grains. 
1  per  cent.  salt. 
This  makes  a  balanced  ration  and  one 
that  is  palatable.  It  does  not.  however, 
contain  the  oats  and  buckwheat  which 
you  say  you  have  on  your  farm.  In  order 
to  use  these  in  a  grain  mixture,  the  mix¬ 
ture  would  have  to  be  made  up  as  fol* 
lows : 
2  parts  cottonseed  meal. 
1  part  gluten  feed. 
2  parts  distillers*  grains. 
1  part  ground  oats. 
y»  part  ground  buckwheat. 
1  per  cent.  salt. 
Feed  3  pound  of  this  mixture  to  31& 
pounds  of  milk  and  also  the  20  pounds 
mixed  bay  as  prescribed  in  first  ration. 
There  is  no  advantage  in  feeding  the 
grain  wet.  and  it  is  not  nearly  as  con¬ 
venient  as  it  is  to  feed  dry.  it,  f.  j. 
EACH  year  some  40,000  farmers,  who  have  bought  at  one  time  or 
another  “  cheap  ”  cream  separators,  discard  their  inferior,  cream 
wasting  machines  and  replace  them  with  clean  skimming  De  Lavals. 
These  men  bought  the  “  cheap”  machines  because  ihey  though'  fhev 
were  "good  enough”  or  “just  as  good”  ond  that  by  purchasing  such 
machines  they  could  save  a  little  money.  They  actually  would  have 
been  better  off  in  most  cases  had  they  bought  no  sep.irc.io.  ;  foi  they 
lost  most  of  the  money  they  spent  for  the/' chi  ap  ”  machines,  besides  all 
the  cream  these  machines  have  failed  to  get  out  of  the  milk. 
No  one  ever  saved  money  using  a  “  cheap  "  cream  wasting  separator 
or  an  old  or  half  worn-out  machine.  No  one  ever  got  back  the  money 
spent  for  'such  a  machine  by  continuing  to  use  it.  Those  who  bought 
“  cheap  ”  machines  and  got  out  of  the  difficulty  best  are  the  ones  who 
quickly  discovered  their  mistake,  discarded  the  inferior  machines  and  put 
in  real  cream  separators — De  Lavals. 
There  are  nearly  2,000,000  farmers  who  have  bought  De  Lavals, 
and  every  one  of  these  had  just  as  many  opportunities  to  buy  “  cheap  " 
separators  as  any  one  else.  They  did  not  do  it  and  are  now  money 
ahead.  They  have  avoided  paying  the  high  cost  of  experience,  and 
their  De  Lavals  have  paid  for  themselves  many  times  over.  It  always 
pays  to  buy  a  separator  of  proved,  known  superiority. 
The  nearest  De  Laval  agent  will  be  glad  to  let  you  see  and  try  a 
De  Laval  on  your  own  farm,  without  obligating  you  in  any  way.  It  is 
better  to  take  advantage  of  this  opportunity  than  to  pay  dearly  for 
your  own  cream  separator  experience.  If  you  don’t  know  the  local 
De  Laval  agent,  simply  address  the  nearest  main  office  as  given  below. 
Improving  Poor  Ration 
I  'UP  u  ’Iking  15  cows  and  selling  the 
milk  foi  $1.80  per  hundred  pounds,  feed¬ 
ing  them  Alfalfa  hay.  good  corn  silage, 
and  ground  oats.  Will  you  tell  me  if  it 
is  a  good  ration  for  milch  cows?  F.  A. 
New  York. 
Alfalfa  hay  anil  good  corn  silage  make 
ideal  roughage  for  dairy  rows,  blit  ground 
oats  as  an  exclusive  grain  ration  do  not 
contain  the  necessary  nutrients  in  the 
proper  proportion  to  produce  the  best  re¬ 
sults.  I  would  suggest  that  you  try  the 
following  formula  : 
3  lbs.  ground  oats. 
3  lbs.  wheat  bran. 
2  lbs.  corn  meal. 
2  lbs.  gluten  feed. 
This  mixture  will  not  cost  as  much  as 
the  ground  oats,  and  will  produce  much 
better  returns  after  your  cows  get  accus¬ 
tomed  to  the  change,  which  should  be 
made  gradually,  extending  over  a  period 
of  10  days  or  two  weeks.  c.  8.  G. 
Poisoning  by  Wild  Cherry 
Some  months  ago  one  of  two  two-year- 
old  heifers  belonging  to  a  neighbor  was 
found  ill  in  the  pasture,  and  died  in  a 
few  minutes.  Some  old  farmers  who  were 
called  in  at  once  suggested  as  the  cause 
poisoning  by  wild  cherry  leaves.  An  ex¬ 
amination  of  the  pasture  was  at  once 
made  and  it  was  found  that  a  cluster  of 
wild  cherry  sprouts  lntd  been  cut  and  the 
leaves  bad  been  well  wilted,  while  the 
twigs  showed  that  they  had  been  nibbled 
by  cattle.  Wbeil  the  dead  heifer  was 
skinned  some  of  the  leaves  were  found  in 
her  mouth.  It  has  since  been  learned  that 
it  is  a  general  belief  among  farmers  here 
that  wilted  wild  cherry  leaves  are  a 
deadly  poison  to  most  stock,  and  many 
fatalities  are  attributable  to  this  cause. 
In  the  case  mentioned,  probably  not  more 
than  a  double  handful  of  leaves  were 
oaten  and  the  effect  seems  to  have  been 
immediate.  Is  it  an  established  fact  that 
wilted  wild  cherry  leaves  taken  into  the 
stomach  of  cattle  will  cause  death.  And 
if  so,  how  do  you  explain  it? 
Connecticut.  Daniel  i,.  Phillips. 
It  is  a  very  well-known  fact  that  wilted 
wild  cherry  leaves  are  poisoudus  to  horses 
and  cattle;  the  seeds  also  are  very  poison¬ 
ous  to  human  beings.  The  active  poison 
of  this  plant  is  one  of  the  cyanogens,  the 
best  known  of  which  is  hydrocyanic  acid. 
Death  is  produced  quickly  or  suddenly. 
Incubator  Eggs  for  Pig  Feeding 
T.ast  year  1  fed  a  pig  about  three 
months  fully  half  its  feed  on  poor  incu¬ 
bator  eggs.  1  tried  feeding  lh“iu  whole, 
but  it  could  not  out  them  without  also 
eating  tin*  shells.  I  was  afraid  so  many 
shells  would  cause  bowel  trouble,  so  T 
shelled  them.  Is  it  necessary  to  shell 
them?  If  1  have-  more  than  a  pig  can 
eat  while  the  incubators  are  running 
could  I  lime  them  to  use  the  latter  part 
of  the  Summer?  Last  year  my  pig  was 
four  months  old  when  I  began  feeding 
eggs  and  they  made  an  excellent  diet  for 
it.  This  year  I  shall  probably  have  more 
and  can  feed  eggs  almost  exclusively  from 
February  to  .Tune,  It.  C. 
New  Hampshire. 
The  waste  eggs  from  the  largest  hatch¬ 
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feil.  shells  and  all,  in  a  neighboring  pig¬ 
gery.  with  nothing  but  good  results,  and 
the  practice  has  continued  through  two 
seasons.  The  eggs  of  all  sorts  and  con¬ 
ditions  are  mashed  up  with  the  other  feed. 
The  feeding  composition  of  the  eggs  is 
much  like  that  of  fresh-cut  meat  and 
bone,  and  should  balance  well  with  grain 
and  vegetable  refuse.  Many  of  the  eggs 
are  in  no  condition  for  keeping,  but  tested 
out  incubator  eggs,  free  of  germs,  may  be 
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“Now  Nellie,  tell  us  what  a  minute-man 
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grains,  containing  30%  protein,  $35.  with 
corn  silage,  beets  and  cut  fodder  for 
roughage.  R.  W. 
Pennsylvania. 
The  feeding  stuffs  you  mention  will 
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