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Tb* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 4, 1922 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Gluten and Cottonseed for Pigs 
I would like to know about feeding 
gluten and cottonseed meal to pigs. Is 
it good for them? I have no skim-milk 
] nor any milk whatever. n. it. 
Maine. 
Neither gluten nor cottonseed meal 
should be used in rations intended for 
feeding pigs. The cottonseed meal espe¬ 
cially is toxic and actually poisons pigs. 
Gluten meal is not especially palatable, 
and il never pays to feed a fattening pig 
any product that he does not eat with 
relish. Torn, oats or barley, supplemented 
with digester tankage or even linseed 
meal would make a better combination. 
A mixture consisting of six parts of 
com meal, two parts of ground oats, one 
part of red dog Hour and one part of 
digester tankage would be satisfactory 
for young pigs. If your pigs are well- 
grown, and you arc merely fattening 
with equal parts of wheat middlings, 
corn meal, ground oats and wheat bran 
with 50 lbs. beef scrap. I feed a cheese 
box three times a week of fresh ground 
hones. C. S. D. 
New York. 
1. The sudden change in the weather 
conditions, especially if the stable is cold 
and draft.v, would cause just such a con¬ 
dition. If the cow was frail and milking 
heavily she would be the lirst to respond 
to the change. Rather than give her more 
concentrates, such as gluten meal, do just 
the opposite. Give her a ration consist¬ 
ing of equal parts of bran, beet pulp and 
oilmcnl. No doubt she has indigestion 
in some form, and tasty feeds of laxative 
character will bring her hack more 
promptly. A dose of 1 lb. of Epsom salts 
given in a pint of molasses after being 
dissolved in warm water might help. 
Give her all of the leafy roughage that 
Your Cow—What 
Should You Feed Her? 
What kind of roughage and what kind of 
feed that will combine with the roughage to 
furnish all of the food elements which she re¬ 
quires to produce milk at the lowest cost? 
How much roughage and how much grain 
should be fed to meet all her requirements, and 
avoid excessive quantities of some of the ele¬ 
ments and deficiencies of other elements, either 
of which impairs her digestive functions and 
decreases her milk production. 
These have always been the big questions 
for dairymen. 
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Another Note from the Ox Team 
This is a small world. A friend of 
mine made his way from (’ulitornia to 
New York Inst Summer in a 11G5 Ford 
conveniently rearranged for camping, and 
returned to starting place in the Full 
without serious mishap other than a 
broken axle. Among some snapshots 
taken and sent to me is the one enclosed 
that he took somewhere in the Cumber¬ 
land Mountains that you will recognize 
immediately, lie did not know T was 
one of the many who have followed this 
them for the butcher, a mixture consist¬ 
ing of 12 parts of corumeal and one part 
of digester tankage would he satisfactory. 
Feed for Calf 
Can you give me a good ration for 
Winter feeding of an eight-months-old 
calf? Have mixed hay and cornstalks 
and can buy any of the present-day grain 
feeds. it. J. s. 
New York. 
A mixture consisting of 15 lbs. of corn- 
meal. 30 lbs. of bran, 30 lbs. of oats. 15 
lbs. of oilmcnl and 10 lbs. of red dog flour 
would be useful for an eight-months-old 
calf. In addition, provide the youngster 
with Alfalfa or clover hay. and let him 
have all the leafy roughage that he de¬ 
sires. Allow the calf all of the grain 
that lie will clean up and still have a 
good appetite. 
Trouble with Cow 
1. My Jersey cow freshened December 
7; gave 12 quarts morning and evening 
until about four days ago, when she 
dropped to one-half the amount, and con¬ 
tinues in this way. I feed 300 lbs. bran. 
300 lbs. gluten. 200 lbs. cornmeal. 100 
lbs. cottonseed, 100 lbs. oil men 1 and all 
the cornstalks she will clean up. Sim 
was getting six quarts of the above feed 
twice n day. morning and night. I cut 
this down to four quarts twice a day 
•ind added one quart of clear gluten twice 
day. making live quarts to the feeding. 
My other cows are giving their regular 
amount on the same teed. Do you think 
it is due to the change of weather and 
cold stable? What do you think of feed 
ing beet plilp to new milkers? 
2. I have 145 S, <’. While Leghorns, 
some three years, some two years and a 
few last Spring. They started to lay 2.> 
to 35 eggs per day around the first ol 
... \Yo had cold weather, and 
the hens discontinued laying, dropping to 
seven to 12 eggs per day. I feed 10 
niiarts of scratch feed morning and night. 
small caravan through the influence of 
your paper, and thought it too good to 
keep. L. S'. 
R. N.-Y.—That surely is a picture of 
the Homing outfit. It is surprising how 
many of our readers have passed the “ox- 
express" on the road this season. Our 
Folks are great travelers, and they are 
always on the lookout for friends. When 
last heard from Mr. Berrang was at a 
point, in Southern Indiana where the 
going for the oxen seemed to be better. 
she will eat. Put her in a box stall that 
is deeply bedded and keep her blanketed 
until she seems to regain her strength 
and vigor. 
The ration you arc feeding is rather 
heavy. It lacks bulk and variety. Add 
150 lbs. of brewers’ grains or* 150 lbs. 
buckwheat bran or 100 lbs. ground oats. 
Beet pulp, when moistened, will replace 
silage, although it is more expensive to 
feed. In your ease it would help very 
much, for it would lighten the ration and 
stimulate digestion. Allow about 5 lbs. 
of the dried pulp per cow per day, which 
will be about 25 lbs. of the moistened 
pulp. 
2. It would seem that you are feeding 
your birds generously. More scratch feed 
will he relished during cold weat her. I take 
it that your scratch mixture is corn, oats 
and wheat, nr corn, wheat and buck¬ 
wheat. It seems to me that if one-half 
of your mash is beef scrap you are 
feeding an excess amount of this animal 
protein. Equal parts of wheat bran, 
wheat middlings, cornmeal. ground oats, 
gluten meal and meat scraps or tankage 
is generally recommended by experienced 
feeders. This mixture was the basis of 
feeding the birds at one of the egg-laying 
contests recently held in the East and 
proved satisfactory. Bo sure that the 
quarters are dry and well bedded and 
that the roosts are free from chilly 
drafts. Feed the mash in hoppers and 
hand feed the scratch mixture. Keep 
grit, oyster shells and charcoal always 
available. 
"Mamma," said little Fred, “this cate¬ 
chism is awfully hard. Can’t you get me 
a kittyehisin?”—Answers. 
