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no reason why it cannot be continued un¬ 
til the calf is six or eight months old. 
The small amount, however, that you are 
feeding cannot be relied upon to supply a 
great deal of energy, although it might 
provide protein enough to bring about sat¬ 
isfactory gains. After the call is thor¬ 
oughly weaned from the wet feeds and 
you desire to eliminate the calf meal, use 
a mixture containing equal parts of corn- 
meal, ground oats, wheat bran, with 15 
per cent of oilmen! or 15 per cent of 
gluten feed added. Calves of this weight 
will require from .‘! lbs. to 4 ! 4 ||>s. per 
day of this mixture, depending upon their 
vigor and vitality. It is always safe to 
allow calves of this age to have all of 
the grain that they will clean up with 
relish, for it is seldom that they put on 
too much flesh, and it is wise to let them 
grow rapidly at the outset. 
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world lias ever known, announces a sweep¬ 
ing reduction in prices. 
Labor conditions in general together with tremen¬ 
dous re-building and re-organizing efforts put forth 
by this dig man of Belgium has resulted in cutting 
production costs to the bone. 
And right now at this particular time, exchange 
rates are extremely favorable. Take advantage of 
this condition while it lasts. Get the most for your 
American dollar. Buy now and save money 
Before baring wny separator find out, how the Melotte has 
won 26-1 Grand and InternalionaJ prizes and how, for Effi¬ 
ciency of Skimming. Ease of Turning, Convenience of 
Operation and Duratiility-the Great Belgium Melotte has 
won ever; important European Contest. 
Ailing Animals 
Answered by Dr. A. S. Alexander 
This is the offer. NO MONEY DOWN — FREE TRIAL 
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When you are convinced the Melotte akima cleaner, turns 
easier, washes Quicker, lasts longer than nil others, then \ _ 
pay $7.BO u« first payment and the balance iu small monthly gjj 
payments until the separator in paid for. 
CpIf.Rnl'incina' Rcvtall Tha Belgium Melotte is the only single-bearing-bowl 
OCU DaullIUll^ Uv Vt ( made. This patented bowl hangs from one frictionle 
and spins like a top. It U eelj-balancing. It skims ss perfectly after 15 years' use as when < 
cannot ever get out of balance—cannot vibrate and thos cao.se cross currents which w 
remixing with the milk. The 000-Ib. Melotte turns as easily as the 30t>-lb. machine of other 
for 25 minutes unless brake is implied. No other separator baa or Deeds a brake. The Mi 
solved the problem of perfect skimming. 
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Ration Without Silage 
Will you furnish me with a balanced 
ration for my herd of 20 Ilolsteins? I 
have no silage; hay consists of Timothy, 
part of a late out. L. L. 
As we have repeatedly suggested in 
this column, Timothy bay is not a suit¬ 
able ration for dairy cows in milk. While 
it is relatively high in digestible nutrients, 
as compared with Alfalfa it is low in pro¬ 
tein, low in mineral matter and high in 
fiber. If there is any possible way to 
replace this Timothy with Alfalfa or 
clover without too much expense or labor, 
you would be justified in making the ex¬ 
change. Especially is this true if you do 
not have silage, and must rely upon beet 
pulp to supply the succulence. A grain 
ration consisting of ”00 lbs. hominy. ”00 
lbs, wheat bran. 250 lbs. gluten, 150 lbs. 
oiliueal, would be economical in view of 
the present values and prices. If it is 
more convenient to get coin than hominy, 
one may replace the other, and if cotton¬ 
seed meal is more economical than oil- 
incal. 125 lbs. of 45 per cent, cottonseed 
meal would substitute for the oilmoal. 
Beet pulp should be provided on account 
of its high ash content, and the further 
fact that it will increase the pnIntability 
of this mixrure and make it safe for you 
to feed relatively more grain, liven if it 
is not practicable to replace all of the 
Timothy with clover or Alfalfa hay. much 
would be gained if a legume of this char¬ 
acter were fed every other day. Feed 
from 15 to 25 lbs. of the moistened beet: 
pulp, depending, of course, upon the pro¬ 
duction of the individual animal. 
T umor 
My cow has a large bunch on the out¬ 
side of the gambl'd joint the size of a 
large grapefruit. It is of a gritty forma¬ 
tion and rather loose. There does not 
seem to be any pus in it. Would it do 
any good to put iodine on it F. ir. 
New York. 
Tincture of iodine is always as likely 
to reduce a growth or tumor as is any 
drug that can be prescribed, and it should 
certainly be tried in the case in question. 
We fear, however, that nothing short of 
the knife will remove the tumor de¬ 
scribed. and as it is located on the hock 
joint an operation would he somewhat 
dangerous, li should he understood, too. 
that growths like the one you describe are 
sometimes cancerous, and incurable. We 
have seen many cancerous growths on the 
hind logs of cows, but they are usually 
located in the muscles of the thigh. They 
return when cut out, and are accom¬ 
panied by many more, small and large, 
and also by internal metastatic tumors. 
Addren 
Post Office 
BURNS COBS, ALSO WOOD 
y, COAL, OR S TRAW - 
Keeps Water*a^70°^V Z 
No ice to chop. No chilled stomachs. Stock Lc 
drink more—gain faster. Heater soon pays 
for itself in greater gains and bigger onlk ft— 
yield. Write for free catalog today. 
HUDSON MFC. COMPANY JL 
U*»t, 03 Mlnnaapolla, Minn. 
,NELSON BHeater 
Upward 
FULLY 
GUARANTEED 
SEPARATOR 
A SOLID PROPOSITION to send 
new. well made, easy running, 
perfect skimming separator for 
*21.95. Closely rkimn warm or cold 
milk. Makes heavy or light cream. 
Different from picture, which 
illustrates larger capivlty ma¬ 
chines. See ouri'.-my plan of 
Monthly Payments 
Bowl a ttmittary marvel, easily 
cleaned, whether dairy is large 
or small, write for free catalog 
and monthly payment plan. 
Western orders filled from 
Western points. 
AMERICAN SEPARATOR CO. 
Box 3075 Bainbridg*, N. Y, 
You Need HOT WATER. Your Stock 
Needs HOT FOOD 
Heat BOTH in tba Farmer«' Favorite Feed 
Cooker and Agricultural Boiler 
Don't sit by and watch your 
‘TT profits full off through feediug 
t '-3 stock chilled food and Ice water. 
, *9 For Cows, Hogs. Poultry 
eja Lj Have plenty of water for scald- 
I ing, ten' spraying mix. rentier 
Iiacs wHf lard, boil sorghum or sap. heat 
water for stuck, for washday, 
preserve fruit. 
KBpSy tiimi cliunVs, ton* jtielcu, cobs, any- 
—- thing. (liiAraotcnd. Wm,» for prices 
—“CHAMPION MILK COOLEft CO.. 
“ Dept. 201, Cortland. N. V. 
Rickets 
I have a sow that had seven pigs. All 
of them have bad some disease that causes 
thorn to break down in tin* hind parts. 
They will run quite a way, fall and drag 
their hindquarters, unable to rise again 
for quite a while. Throe of them have 
died. The others are now eight works 
old or more. I understand there art* sev¬ 
eral others iu this section in like condi¬ 
tion A , J. H. 
The pigs are no doubt affected with 
rickets, which is similar to bow logs in 
children. The tendency of the disease is 
hereditary. For that reason, discard for 
breeding purposes sows that have had 
affected pigs, and do not retain any af¬ 
fected gill or boar for breeding. Bettor start 
again with sound, robust stock from :i dif¬ 
ferent district, preferably one of higher 
altitude, where tin* soil is rich in mineral 
matter. There should then be no further 
trouble if you make the Sows lake active 
exercise every day, and prov ide .. with 
milk, mixed meals and clover or Alfalfa 
bay. Avoid stuffing them with corn. Al¬ 
ways balance corn with tankage and clo¬ 
ver. Alfalfa, Sov bean or pea bay. Pro¬ 
vide sows and their litters with n succes¬ 
sion of green leguminous grazing crops 
from early Spring until late Fall, and 
also allow milk and mixed meal- Keep 
the Corn chiefly for the fattening and fin¬ 
ishing of well-grown pigs for market. At 
all times allow free access to minerals, 
such as slaked lime, and add wood ashes 
an<l wood or corncob charcoal. 
Feeding a Heifer Calf 
I have a .Tersoy heifer calf, horn July 
0. I am feeding now T4 oz. of calf meal a 
day. night and morning, and nt noun IK* 
pint’s of a mixture of wheat brail, ground 
outs and calf meal. The night nnd morn¬ 
ing feeds are slops, with about two quarts 
of skim-milk. Can l gradually work 
down slop feed and increase dry feed un¬ 
til liquid food is given up? Calf weighed 
f)0 lbs. nt birth, and looks about *250 lbs. 
now. Only have half wild hay to feed; 
cannot get clover or Alfalfa here. 0. A. G. 
Portsmouth, N. TI. 
It is seldom necessary to continue the 
use of skim-milk or the substitute calf 
meals for more than four months. Hence 
it ought to be possible for you to wean the 
calf from the slop feed and accustom < it 
to rating the grain mixture. T should in¬ 
clude tin* dry calf meal in I lie combination 
of wheat bran and ground oats, and feed 
quite as mlicb of this combination as the 
calf would clean up with relish two or 
three times a day. It. is unfortunate that 
vott do not have some legume hay. such us 
clover Or Alfalfa, for calves especially 
require materials rich in ash and mineral 
matter. Products of this character like¬ 
wise contain energizing food necessary to 
guarantee efficiency and establish normal 
■mins. If you lutve the skim-milk there is 
D OLD-QUALITY Digester Tankage is a 
superior* hog flesh and bone builder. 
In a ninety-day demonstration at Union 
Stock Yards, Wichita-Kansas: 
Fifteen lions, ted tankage, com and shorts, each 
gained an average of 142 6 pounds, sold at a 
nrnfit of $ I Hi ., hundred weight. 
Fifteen hoc--, fed only corn ami alfalfa, each gain* 
ed an average ot 1 20 7 pounds, but sold at a 
profit ot only 31 cents a hundred weight. 
Duld’s IJigiiier Tankage contains 60yl> protein, 
Dold s Digester Meat Meal 1 ankage 4Gy, protein. Mi* 
with grain or lord separately m hoppers or slops. 
Feed hogs Tankage lor "more" hog ond bigger- 
profits. 
Sucetmaor to l^owif- Mnnufftotnrlng Co. 
Color Your Butter 
“Dandelion Butter Color” Gives That 
Golden June Shade and Costs 
Really Nothing. Read ! 
Before churning add one-half teaspoon¬ 
ful to each gallon of cream and out 
of your churn comes butter of Golden 
.Tune shade to bring you top prices. 
“Dandelion Butter Color” costs nothing 
because each ounce used adds ounce of 
weight to butter. Large bottles cost, ouly 
35 cents at drug or grocery stores. Purely 
vegetable, harmless, meets all State and 
National food laws. Used for 50 years 
by all large creameries. Doesn’t color 
buttermilk. Absolutely tasteless. 
Wells & Richardson Co.. Burlington. Vt. 
i ,j Writ « for free booklet 
L Jacob Dold Packing Co. 
Rp Buffalo. n. y. t 
Dept. R.N. 
AllO Poultry Fr/*di. Meal Scrap*. Solu¬ 
ble Blood, Poultry Bone — all grade*; 
Charcoal. Oyrter Sheila. Mineral Stone 
Chit. Pure (k>ne Feitiluer. 
With Odd 
Tankage 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
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