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FROST 
PROOF 
cut  time,  the  per  cent,  of  fat  in  milk  they  have  the  colie;  if  that  is  so  what 
cannot  be  perceptibly  increased  by  particular  spot  do  you  cut,  ami  how 
feeding.  deep? 
2.  Cottonseed  meal  is  not  considered  a  ,3.  How  many  ribs  do  they  couut  from 
good  feed  for  poultry.  F.  H.  G.  the  hip-bone  when  they  puncture  a  cow  or 
calf  that  is  bloated  badly ;  how  do  thev  do 
Large-stomached  Calves  ^Syllnd!  With? 
Can  yon  tell  me  what  makes  young  -i  TT„,-.  +t,„  tt . •  .  , 
calves  get  extra  large  stomachs?  I  seem  '  ,  1  Ilainson  act  it  is  no  lon- 
to  have  this  trouble  with  all  my  calves.  £°r  possible  for  a  layman  to  buy  the  nar- 
Last  Spring  1  lost  three  in  succession ;  cotics  commonly  prescribed  for  colic  bv 
SS&i  M1  the  trutaM ,«ri«o.  bat  there 
more  or  less  affected  the  same.  These  I  nothing  to  hinder  him  from  buying  a  pro- 
have  been  feeding  according  to  Cornell  prietary  colic  medicine,  or  colic  “drench- 
rnSf  mf!i  pounds  corn  meal,  30  er’»  put  lip  })V  .,  qualified  veterinarian, 
pounds  oat  meal,  30  pounds  bran,  10  ,  .  *  _  ’ 
pounds  oil  meal.  Hay  all  they  want.  for  us0  ln  a  case  of  emergency.  You 
The  youngest  is  two  months  old.  I  have  should  also  buy  a  practical  hook  giving 
stopped  feeding  tlic  grain  now  gave  them  treatment  for  diseases  of  horses  and  cat- 
feed  them  hay  until  I  hear  from  you.  The  f\e‘  Slm^°  .  medicines  like  essence  or 
above  feed>  is  Cornell  ration.  a.  p.  j.  tincture  of  ginger,  and  peppermint  may 
Connecticut.  be  kept  on  hand  and  also  stimulants, 
If  your  calves  arc  healthy  and  eat  well  whiskey,  aromatic  spirits  of  ammonia  and 
you  do  not  need  to  worry  about  their  do-  uitrous  ether,  which  may  be  bought  bv 
veloping  too  large  stomachs.  In  fact,  this  ....  m,  „  ,  ,  ■  '.  ,, 
is  a  thing  to  he  desired  in  raising  heifers  !,n-vono’  TI,e  book  Wl11  -V011  COt- 
of  large  capacity.  Your  grain  mixture  r,iet  doses  and  the  medicine  should  be  well 
is  an  excellent  one.  H.  F.  J.  diluted  and  given  from  a  bottle,  when  the 
(  "  dose  is  large,  or  by  means  of  a  hard  rub- 
Cash  Value  of  Silage  hier  syringe  if  the  dose  is  small.  It  seems 
A  farmer  has  some  silage  for  sale,  unnecessary  to  say  that  medicine  must 
\\ill  you  tell  me  what  I  could  offer  him  on]y  given  by  way  of  the  mouth  and 
for  same?  I  would  have  to  cart  it  my-  . 
self  a  distance  of  three  miles  each  way.  ^ver  hy  way  of  the  nostrils,  yet  one  far- 
Silage  is  in  good  condition  and  was  placed  mer  recently  killed  his  horse  hy  pouring 
in  silo  two  years  ago.  E.  A.  s.  a  correct  dose  of  turpentine  and  oil  in 
This  question  of  the  cash  value  of  sil-  the  wrong  way,  through  the  nostrils,  so 
age  comes  up  every  Spring,  when  there  that  it  went  into  the  lungs  and  caused 
are  ofteu  auction  sales  or  private  sales  ...  .. 
where  a  farmer  is  closing  out  his  dairy,  suftoeatmn  or  pneumonia. 
Such  values  are  com pn rati ve.  The  fol-  Anyone  who  thinks  that  medicine  may 
lowing  table  shows  the  food  materials  in  be  given  by  wav  of  the  nostrils  should  try 
■"tSK.'SSSS ton  lota:  **  *»  ™ 
IVoMu  c.rbot„l„.tt  m  S1'rac<'  lrt  ™  ''"P-  'h“t  °"'y  » 
rimothy  bay....  60  850  24  dose  of  coffee,  tea  or  soup  will  be  used  in 
Alfalfa  hay .  212  780  IS  the  trial.  We  ucver  have  seen  a  bottle  of 
Hover  hay......  164  780  36  medicine  for  a  persou  labelled:  “Do  not 
Corn  silage .  22  300  14  take  tais  niPf1,r,ue  hy  way  of  the  nose. 
In  addition  to  its  actual  feeding  value,  (^°  so  *s  highly  dangerous.  Yet  it 
the  silage  carries  a  quality  known  as  would  seem  necessary  to  take  this  pre- 
succulence,”  which  compares  with  pas-  caution  in  some  instances,  where  medi¬ 
ae  or  roots,  ln  figuring  values  the  usual  _:n„  =„  nriW.Hbed  f,.r  n  lmr-te 
Man  is  to  get  the  price  of  average  hay  l  i  ,  a  horse, 
in  the  hay  mow.  This  of  course  will  -•  The  bleeding  referred  to  is  useless, 
rary  with  different  localities,  but  there  is  cruel  and  unnecessary  treatment  and  only 
's”allJ,  *  price  for  barn  hay  practiced  by  the  ignorant.  It  is  danger- 
1  he  silage  is  figured  at  from  30  to  35  ,  ...  .  , 
icr  cent,  of  the  value  of  this  hay.  Thus  ous-  to°-  as  tlu>  palatine  artery  may  be 
vhile  hay  in  the  mow  was  worth  $15,  severed  and  the  horse  bleed  to  death. 
jn  Jr  r-nS^<*frii'*ou^  !??  wort*\  ^l’om  8.  You  have  not  got  the  correct  idea 
!»4 .50  to  $5.50.  This  is  the  usual  wav  ,  .  „ 
if  figuring  it,  although  most  farmers  who  as  to  the  lo("lt,on  £or  ‘tapping”  a  cow 
teep  a  silo  will  claim  that  it  does  not  to  relieve  bloat.  The  tapping  is  done  by 
five  value  enough  for  the  silage.  means  of  a  trocar  and  canula  thrust  into 
.  ~  ~  the  paunch  at  the  most  distended  part  of 
Bitter  Crearp  the  l]ppci,  flank  cf  the  left  side  in  the 
We  are  haying  trouble  in  making  but-  triangle  formed  by  the  lust  rib,  spinal 
er.  Cream  is  set  in  a  water  separator,  .  .  .  ^  , .  1 
ind  when  drawn  off  has  a  peculiar  smell  column  aud  point  of  the  hip,  A.  S.  A. 
this  convenient  way 
Thousands  of  barb  wire  cuts,  harness  sores  and 
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