Live Stock Matters 
By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
REDVALE FARM 
Redding, Connecticut 
GUERNSEYS OF QUALITY 
Pig-Feeding Question Pennsylvania. 
I have been feeding powdered skim-inilk i should question the advisability of 
to pigs all Summer, and they have grown f m i, ug whole wheat to hogs under pres- 
hne. I a in now feeding 2o Berkshire I'au , ... . . , ® H . 
pigs on powdered milk and corn. I have conditions. It would be money in 
been buying this milk at $10 per ton. your pocket to sell the wheat at prevailing 
As this grade is exhausted. I shall have prices and purchase corn to supply the 
to pay $00 for the better grade, and I carbohytlrates necessary for growth and 
would like to ask it tankage. 00% pro- . J r , , ... 
teiu. at $63 f. o. b. Newark. N. J.. would K i,ins - Ground wheat is not especially 
be any better to feed. One advantage in palatable for swine, and pigs do not gain 
feeding the milk is that it makes drink rapidly if it constitutes the bulk of their 
for them, as I mix it about a pound to 
the gallon of water. I presume the tank- ' . . 
age would go much farther than the milk, -A- mixture consisting of seven parts of 
but how should it be fed, and how cornmeal, two parts of ground oats and 
mi N< 1 /- Y k ° E °* 0n<? pai *’ digester tankage would be 
V " ' . . , . . , better than any combination containing 
You are quite right in assuming that whole wheat> If you stiI1 ins!st upon 
digester tankage carrying 60 per cent using wheat for feeding pigs< Y sbould 
protein at $63 a ton is a more economical re{ * 0 mmend seven parts of corn, three 
source of protein than is provided by parts pf gr0 uud wheat, and two parts of 
skim-milk powders at $60 per ton. In grollud oats . to wbicb add one part of 
fact, the powdered skim-milk will yield digester tankage. 
only about 30 per cent of protein. While tj gs weighing 125 lbs. would be best 
it is true that skim-milk powders when adapted for feeding purposes. You could 
fed in very limited quantities seem to ^afeljr assume that you ought to be able 
correct deficiencies, nevertheless one is to produce 100 lbs of live weight for 
not justified in relying upon products of each 100 lbs. of grain fed. If the animals 
this character to supply all of the protein are well bred and gain rapidly, you could 
necessary for a complete ration for pigs, do better than this figure. We have re- 
A ration consisting of 90 per cent of peatcdly stated that under present market 
corn, 5 per cent of digester tankage and conditions the best way to market procl- 
5 per cent of powdered skim-milk would nets of this character is through the 
give most excellent results and would agency of the fat hog. Torn can be pur- 
supply all of the protein necessary for chased locally for not to exceed 50 cents 
normal growth and gain. In fact, many per bushel, and when 50-cent corn is fed 
of the so-called complete rations for pigs to 10-cent. hogs, the net returns approach 
and poultry carry less than 5 per cent of nearly $1 a bushel for the corn fed. 
powdered skim-milk. It' you feed from five to seven per cent 
The tankage can be mixed with the °t tankage iu connection with the coarse 
cornmeal. or with water, and fed to the grains, you will increase the efficiency of 
animals in the form of a thick slop. If the corn ’ and thus be able to market the 
desired, the tankage and milk powder can cro P at even greater value. You cannot 
be mixed and then diluted with the water " r ong by feeding hogs under existing 
before being fed to the fattening hogs, market values, yet I question the advisa- 
Do not under any circumstances rely upon feeding dollar wheat to hogs 
the powdered skim-milk to provide all of " n 00111 can be obtained at 50 cents per 
nWAinim To i. 7.- l, rrr\ 1 a n 1 . 1 v,, Al'A 1) 11S1 1. 
We are offering animals of all ages for sale. 
Let us know your wants. Visitors welcome. 
GEORGE A. CROSS. Mgr. - Willoughby, Ohio 
Bull calves of exceptional breeding. Tuber¬ 
culin tested. 
John W. German Robert B. Harris 
Owner Superintendent 
We Offer for Sate a Number of CHOICE 
Grade Guernsey Springers 
Dua to freshen within 60 days 
Tuberculin Jetted 
SUBJECT TO BEING UNSOLD 
Rollwood Farm, Guilford, Conn. 
Born Feb. 14, 1922 Dam, Duchess Irmena Korn- 
dyue No. 247540', A. R 0. show cow. Oa f, white. 
Sire, from a27-lh. Daughter of King Pontiac Cham¬ 
pion. Price. $30. Also Heifers sntne price from 
my hest cows, as we are overstocked. Write 
FINGERiLAKES HERD W. T. SHERMAN Moravia, N. Y, 
H ol.iAln-Kriralsn ll-IYer nnrf Hull Culm, Pure Dred register¬ 
ed «nd high grade. Sptrnuid individuals and breeding 
Ueg Duroe figs. 8H0WNCH0FT FIRMS. Mc6r,w. Cortland Ca.. NT 
Farm ) Holstains mo^^id/Vo 
JOHN C. REAGAN, Tully, N.Y. 
Honour Strain Guernseys 
ALL ANIMALS ISLAND UK ED 
Herd Sires of Slasher Sequel, Gov. of the Chene, 
Valentina May Rose Breeding, Bred to imported 
rows closely related to the Island's nio-t f nni.ua 
families. Invigorate* yoni herd by using a hull of 
Island Breeding from an . 1 . R. Dam. FEHEK.il. rESTEIF 
DERRY DALE FARM - Goshen. N. Y. 
COW 
Bee. HAMPSHIRE SIIKEP. RAMS and 
EWES. Apply OPIIIU F IRM. Pnrcluue, N. V. 
Far Sale 
Shropshire Kwen. Bred. All ages. Bargains, 
mbs also. I.KKOT C. BOWER, Ludlowrlllo, New Tork 
EG. SHROPSHIRE EWES, bred to Imp. Ram. 
l A so Rams STEI F..VJ BROS.. Wilson, New York 
Bred to a big ram 
Hubert C. Beardsley, Montour Falls,N Y. 
We ore offering for sale t*o registered bulls ready 
for Service troYli A. H. stock ou butt, aide- lor *1 SO 
EACH. Also two younger bulla from six to nine 
months old (or 3100 Each- Herd Federally 
Tuberculin Tested. Reul opportunity for farmers. 
THE OAKS FARM 
Waller S. Kerr. Mgr. Cohasset, Mass. 
GERMAN SHEPHERD 
Old English Shepherd dogs : Brood Matrons, Pup¬ 
pies. Bred for farm helpers. Spotted Poland China 
Hogs. lOc for instructive list Nishna Collie 
Kennels, W. R WATSON, Mgr . Box 1745. Macon Mo. 
Bull Calves at Bargain Prices 
We offer Fanner? and Breeder? of Guernsey,, an np- 
poitunitv to secure exceptionally bred, healthy 
bulls, from a clean, Tuberculin Tested Herd at i ea- 
sonable prices. King of the May—Dolly Dimple— 
Holden Secr-t. anil oien .vood bleeding out of A It. 
dams or uams that will lie tested. Wine tor sale* list 
i and Pedigrees. 
O O L LI E Ip-ULJXEDies 
U**»><] Stock, Well Marked. Price Rfusonithle. 
C. E. ROSE - Glkn Gakdxkr, N. J. 
Wanted—Smart „° A u ?i Wire Haired Fox Terrier 
Good natter. MissF. T Hartman. Cbestertown, Md. R. o. I 
W1W* DAIRY FARMS. 2? S. JJd Si., Phil... Pi. 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
AIREDALES on approval. COHASSET KENNELS. Danielson Conn 
Bull calves and bulls of serviceable age. A. K. breed¬ 
ing. Pricea very reasonable, Write for pedigrees. 
SMITHYIILE FLATS Chenango Co. New York 
ledlgreeil COLLIE PI PS, 
NELSON BROS. 
The Intelligent kind. 
Grove City. Px. 
G ERMAN POLICE DOG, imported stud. Ik 
i TERRE NORMAN R. F. D. Milfoe 
FORESTDALE FARM 
if* ie n n e t s 
for hunting and killing rats. Instruction boob and price 
list free. Levi Farnsworth New London. Ohio 
Offers this opportunity to improve ynnr iierd. Re¬ 
place that s.-rub by a sire of May R.-se-Masher Se¬ 
quel breeding. 
2 bulls, 16 mos. $225—$250 
2 bulls, 5 mos. 150 each 
1 bull, 3 y ears. 175 
A11 excellent individuals from A.R.dt.u s. A a few 
choice heifers,lowest|priee— S450. Herd under Feder¬ 
al supervision. RICHARD D DeFOREST. Amsterdam. N, Y. 
Head Lice on Chicks 
My baby chicks have lice about the 
head. I cannot see why they have this, 
as I have a new incubator and a new 
brooder house. Can you give me a remedy 
for the lice? C. E. M. 
New York. 
These baby chicks should have some 
simple grease, like vaseline or lard, 
smeared over the skin of the head to kill 
the large head lice. Even with a new 
incubator and brooder it is usually quite 
possible for chicks to become infested 
with lice from other sources. Birds, like 
sparrows, carry them, and they may be 
easily carried in the clothes of the care¬ 
taker from other poultry houses. They 
multiply so rapidly in warm weather 
that a few soon become a multitude. 
M. B. D. 
SWINE 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A T HIGH WOOD: 
Improving Rat ; on 
How could my grain ration of 400 lbs. 
cornmeal. 300 lbs. brail, 200 lbs cotton¬ 
seed meal. 100 lbs. oil meal and about one 
per cent salt be improved for a mixed 
herd of grade Ilolsteins and Jerseys, in¬ 
cluding young stock? Would ground oats 
added to the above ratio!) improve it? 
For roughage I have Timothy hay. some 
mixed hay anil cornstalks with ears on. 
winch I chop up and feed during the day. 
J. B. 
If 100 lbs. of ground oats replaces 100 
lbs. of cornmeal, and you were to add 
100 lbs. of gluten feed. I am inclined to 
believe that your ration would be more 
palatable and more attractive in appear¬ 
ance. For cows producing more than 10 
quarts of milk per day I would use a 
ration carrying at least 24 per cent of 
protein. Timothy hay is poor roughage, 
although when fed in connection with 
cornstalks and some.oilmeal it seems to 
get by on many dairy farms. You do not 
state whether or not you have silage, and 
in the absence of this succulence I should 
recommend the use of moistened beet 
pulp. It seems to increase lhe digesti¬ 
bility of companion feeds, and owing to 
its relatively high lime content there is 
evidence suggesting that it corrects min¬ 
eral deficiencies in many rations where it 
is Used. 
Florham Farm Guernseys ^f 
grade rows. We have several well load caives foi¬ 
ble at reasonable prices. Sell the snub hull mid 
improve the herd. R. H ALLEN, Mgr., Madison, N. J. 
Barrows and sows hred by u* competing in Penna. 
State feeding contest made avei ace daily gains of 
1.93 to 2.25 pounds per day, defeating several hun¬ 
dred head or four different br eeds. One of these bar- 
rows later won iirstat the International in Chicago. 
H. C. II. B. HARBENBING, tax 15, Dundee, N Y. 
SPR1NGBANK BIG TYPE BERKSHIRE SOWS 
t.re.l for Spring. 192!!. litters to a good ou of Syroboleer 
5tb. All CHOLERA IMMUNE. No 181*00. For Brice address 
J. E. WATSON - Alorbledale. Conn. 
B ERKSHIRES. Pig type sows, hewrsund pigs foi'saj*. 
All stock guaranteed. FAIMUOR t’AUJib. Hartfielu. II. 
Registered Guernsey Bull Calves 
Sired by grandson of Dolly Dimple's Mar King of 
Lnngwater. Some from A. R. Dams $50 up. 
A. J. FELL - Lansdale, Pa. 
MERCER COUNTY DUROC JERSEY 
ASSOCIATION 
BRED SOW SALE 
n a. m. March 1 u a. m. 
JOHN H.& KENNETH HANKINSON FARM 
Writs far Sals List. (iLEN MOORE, N. J. 
BUTTERMILK 
MADE BETTER 
For Sale-GUERNSEY BULL CALF 
ii mos. Nice ?iie nice breeding, in -e co .>r, A tineone, 
regi^-tered. furS45, f.o.b. H. C. CRAFT Glen Cove. N Y. 
For poultry and hogs. Stud for booklet 
per gallon when mixed 5 gal. $7.50; lit v 
15 gal.. $16 50 H H Anderson. Kishl 
^ ^_ -j(jjj]) ‘j j=^ ) PR ' CE 
&f5fnf? c Z!P N anti-cow kicker 
THE MOORE BROS.. 14 GREEN STREET. ALBANY. N. Y. 
Beechford Farms GUERNSEYS 
I iffvrs for sn'e bn 1 calves with A. R i reeding, 
rices reasonable. Herd under Federal supervinon. 
.Mount Tremper Ulster Co. New York 
bows nud gilts due March. Pathfindei -Orion-Cher- 
ry King breeding— S40-S90. Also some fall pigs. 
WHITEHAVEN, Norlb Si , Whit. Plains, N. Y. C. FAIKENBACH, Supt. 
SUNNYS1DE GUERNSEYS^ 
l!t-r. two to sVV.Il month- nld I't'a'i, invlrralr. AC- 
Ci edited held No. 11X06. J«S. E. van ALSTTME. Kinderbnab. N Y. 
Big Type Durocs 
Reg. DUROC SOWS 
STANNOX FARM 
MAY ROSE GUERNSEYS 
arrow. Sued by end bred to the 
. St.-.’e. C. E. VE4K. Canandaigua. N.Y 
HA ™ JERSEYS 
Several Great-Grandsons of 
OXFORD YOU’LL DO 
P-4075 H. C. All out of Register of Merit Dams. 
Priced to SELL IMMEDIATELY. 
HAMILTON FARM Gladstone, N. J. 
Ration With Silage 
Will you give me a good ration for 
Holstein cows? I have silage (well 
matured) ami good mixed liay. I am 
feeding all they will eat of both with 
equal parts of ground oats, ground buck¬ 
wheat. cottonseed meal and cornmeal- 
How can I better it? I can buy almost 
any kind of grain. E. c. B. 
A ration consisting of equal parts of 
ground oats, ground buckwheat, cotton¬ 
seed meal ami cornmeal would be deficient 
in protein. Add equal parts of oilmeal 
and gluten feed, and your production will 
be substantially increased. I doubt the 
wisdom of combining ingredients of this 
sort without the use of some wheat bran. 
If Alfalfa hay is fed. then the wheat bran 
can be omitted, but not where mixed hay 
is relied upon to supply the bulk of the 
roughage. 
Offers a few Bull Calves from 3-18 months 
old. Alt from high testing A. R. dams. Herd 
free from tuberculosis. Prices reasonable. 
P. F. Staples, Mgr., East HoQiston, Mass. 
•'w Orion timl. O. C. K. and Sensation 
H re v d i n g. S{irln*r Boars and Brni 
it. PaTI IM.lOSf * SOX, Hen-Weld, V ¥. 
DUROCS 
SUNNY SIDE T~1 
Ye.-trling pills to furrow in Jtaioh, A1 
JAS. E. v.»n aLsTYNE - KlNVK 
Cragston'? May Rose King,3rd: 3yearsold: Tuber¬ 
culin Tested; title Aiuuvi good in every way: guar¬ 
anteed. A bargain for $200. Apply 
P. WtLKXNSOjr Highland Falls, N.Y. 
Jersey Cattle 
IMPORTED JAP BREEDING. Cows, H-if- s, Valves. 
GOLDEN SPUING . Milford. Pa. 
For Sale—A Yr.-Old Guernsey Bull,/ 
sonnfGov of the ('bene and Beauts of the Rouette*. 
Very cheap to make - oom. A<-c edited Herd llkipfi. 
Apply to THOS. JOHNSON. Spring farm, Tilly Foster, N. Y. 
Jersey Bull and Heifer Calves 
at bargain prices for immediate '•al- Best blood 
line* For particulars write BONO FARMS, Troy. Penn. 
New York 
I Have Beautiful Thoroughbred ANGORA CATS 
AND KITTENS for sal*-. Males, SB : Females. $ 5 . 
JOHN S. RANLETT. Km Trxe Ca( Firm, Koelrille, Mnlne 
For Sa! 8 -Belgian Stallion F p 0 u ul years 
Chestnut. 1,900 lbs. Sure foal getter. First Prize 
New York State Fair. Certificate soundness state 
inspection. E. E. llortou, Johnson City. N, Y. 
Pig-feeding Questions 
Not. being able to get production price 
for 150 bn. of wheat. I intend to turn 
it into pork by way of the self-feeder. 
Shetland Ponies 
hard in biggest Shetland Producing County in F S. 
Grade Toggeulturg Doe*. Guaranteed fresh 
this spring. Pure KegU-tered Toggenbm-g Ruck, 
•tght. Tt 8. HOLLAND. King Perry. N.Y. 
■ as I'oar Pig*; Unrelated Pairs and Trios 
CO lined S..«s sud gilts. Write for 
EARNS WORTH, Cuba, New York 
IR SUE. Three attrnctlve Shetland Pony sluris. Coming 
I. * and 3 years. ROBERT R. STREET,' Falconer. N Y. 
