Jhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
499 
Never Leaks Oil 
Tbe Curtis never leaks oil 
through breather port — 
runs 10 to 14 times as 
long on the same quantity 
of lubricating oil—Is more 
economical, reduces Are 
har.nril ami chances of 
breakdown. 
Hay seed, clover seed, etc., 
can’t get into crank case 
and cut-out bearings. 
Raising a Calf by Hand 
I have a Jersey heifer calf six weeks 
old, and want to raise it by hand. Will 
1 you advise feed, and is skim-milk all right 
to mix the feed with? How long should 
I feed milk? c. c. c. 
Most calves are raised by hand. If yon 
have skim-milk available, yon should* bv 
all means make it the base of the calf’s 
ration. It is not advisable, however, to 
mix any feed with the milk . The calf 
will grow better to feed milk and feed 
separately. Care should he taken in 
changing from whole milk to skim-milk. 
The change should be made gradually, 
or. at any rate, of about 1 lb. a day. One 
of the best ealf rations is three parts 
corumeal. two parts oats, one part bran, 
and one part oilmenI. if you are feeding 
skim-milk, It is advisable to feed skim- 
milk until the calf is six months old. pro¬ 
vided you have plenty of it. If the 
amount of milk is limited, the calf will 
grow nicety without it at the end of three 
months. Do not overfeed the calf. From 
8 to 10 lbs. of skim-milk daily is enough 
for a six-weeks-old Jersey ealf. This 
amount can be increased as the calf gets 
older. j. w. B. 
Spoiled Silage 
In reply to J. A. W„ page 200, in re¬ 
gard to spoiled silage, will say if the 
silage is wet enough it will not spoil if 
no air can get to it. ,T. A. W. will not 
need to feed -l in. per day. A 30-ft. silo 
Al r '•i 
Summer feeding 
Summer feeding determines the question of profit or loss on the year’s milk yield. 
There is far more profit in feeding a grain ration properly compounded to balance 
pasturage than there is in feeding any kind of pasturage alone. All pasturage falls 
short of meeting the nutritive requirement of cows for normal maintenance and 
maximum milk production. 
The loss, through failure to properly supplement this deficiency is widely un¬ 
derestimated. Unless pasturage is supplemented with a grain ration, cows will 
lose flesh, and vitality, and decrease rapidly in milk production. 
Cows producing forty pounds of milk per day require about three pounds of 
digestible protein. On good pasturage they will eat sufficient to furnish approxi¬ 
mately one and three quarter pounds. The deficiency must 
be furnished from the cow’s system and accounts for the ^ 
loss of flesh, low vitality and decreased milk yield, when 
normal condition and yield should be maintained. This de- 
ficiency accounts for many three and four thousand pound 
milk cows which should and would be producing from five J/ ^ 
to seven thousand pounds, if the pasturage was properly 
supplemented with a correct grain ration. 
TIOGA 
FEED 
SERVICE 
supplies Red Brand TI-O-GA Dairy Feed to furnish the nutrients required 
to supplement pasturage and with it form a balanced ration. AVith its use 
physical condition will be maintained, more milk will be produced and 
cows will be in condition to do their best during the next milking period. 
When off pasture the same results will be obtained by feeding a bal¬ 
anced ration composed of: 
8. J. Miller of Iowa sends this picture, 
which he calls "A Little Iowa Dutch 
Girl.” She certainly looks the part—fat, 
solid, healthy, and good-natured. Some 
day she will fit into a farm home of her 
own and make it a great success. Blessed 
be he who is raising such farm stock for 
the future. 
would only last three months if full. I 
opened my silo (30 ft.) November 1. 
only feeding six cows; expect it to last 
until July. The silage spoiled; I wetted 
it with 40 or 50 pails of water, and it 
stopped spoiling until I was below where 
the water soaked in; then I wetted it 
again. It has stopped spoiling now. If 
the corn is too dry when put in silo it 
would be a good plan to run a small 
stream of water in cutter while tilling 
silo. Keep it wet enough and it will not 
spoil. W. I. IIACKETT. 
Restless Hogs 
I have two sows, 18 months, old. 1 
feed them well on corn and middlings. 1 
have never lived them. They paw and 
chew up the trough, just like a horse. 1 
gave them salt as-hes, and everything I 
think they would want, but cannot stop 
them. They are very annoying, as they 
grunt and paw all night- Did you ever 
hear of pigs doing that? F. T. c. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is very evident that the hogs are dis¬ 
gruntled about something, ami grunt and 
kick about it. as all hogs will. One must 
suspect that worms are probably causing 
internal misery and incomplete rations 
constitutional disturbance. On general 
principles, we should treat for worms, ns 
follows: Starve the pigs for 24 hours, 
and then give each of them, for every 100 
lbs. of body weight, 45 minims of oil of 
chenopodium (American wormsecd) and 
one ounce of castor oil in any way fouud 
most, convenient. Repeat the dose in two 
weeks. When the castor oil has acted, let 
the hogs have free range, as lack of exer¬ 
cise is another common cause of symptoms 
such as you describe. Allow free aeeess 
to clover or Alfalfa or Soy-bean hay. 
slaked lime. salt, wood ashes, and wood 
or corncob charcoal. TV> not mix salt 
and lime together for hogs. It mn.v cause 
trouble. In addition to tbe leguminous 
roughage, feed middlings, ground rye or 
barley, shelled corn, and a little oilmeal 
and digester tankage from a self-feeder, 
and furnish swppf. skim-milk as a drink. 
When hogs are fed in that way and are 
also allowed plenty of exercise, with pure 
water at will, they will thrive apace, get 
curls in their tails, and quit whining and 
kicking about their environment and 
victuals. A. s. A. 
Red Brand TI-O-GA Dairy Feed 
to be fed with low protein suc¬ 
culent roughage: Silage, Green 
Fodder, etc. 
White Brand TI-O-GA Dairy Feed Blue Brand TI-O-GA Dairy Feed 
to be fed with medium protein dry to be fed with high protein dry 
roughage: Timothy Hay, Mixed roughage: Clover Hav, Alfalfa 
Hay, Corn Fodder, etc. Hay, etc. 
to be fed with medium protein dry 
roughage: Timothy Hay, Mixed 
Hay, Corn Fodder, etc. 
BRAND 
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f Use the TI-O-GA Dairy Feed !; 
which forms a balanced ration 
p with your own roughage. if: 
The same careful service is 
furnished through: 
EGATINE 
the feed that makes hens lay 
TI-O-GA Calf Food 
the food that 
makes calves grow 
TI-O-GA 
Fancy Recleaned Seed Oats 
Treated for Smut 
In each case the cow gets the 
same amount of nourishment in the 
same ratioand you get more money 
for your roughage. 
If your dealer does not have the 
kind of TI-O-GA Dairy Feed to 
balance your roughage, advise us, 
and we will arrange for some nearby 
dealer to supply you. 
Our booklet on how the three 
feeds give the same results sent free 
on request. 
Tioga Mill & Elevator Co. 
Waverly, N. Y. 
Buu a Milking Machine 
* V ror less n 
Co^rlabt 
J. P. M. Co. 
Any good mechanical milker will save time, work and money 
on any farm. Does the average milking in one-third the time 
required by hand—increases milk yield and is better for the cows. To 
get best results with any milker, see that it is equipped with a 
CURTIS Vacuum Pump 
Mad© by manufacturer# of Cartlti Air Coonpreaeor*. * 
which for yaars hav© givao daily aatisfacUon in 
treah water system and war age installations. 
Makes theMilkerMilk' 
A milker will give better results with a good vacuum pump. la the 
Curtis is combined the results of over t>7 years’experience in the manu- 
iSF tUzc °* pneumatic machinery—to which vacuum pumps are kindred. 
1 he present design was adopted only after many field tests and conse¬ 
quently no change has since been necessary—a perfect vacuum pump. 
Insist on a milker equipped with the Curtis Vacuum Pump. . 
Curtis Pneumatic Machinery Co. 
|| 1658 Kienien Avenue St. Louis, Mo. 
I Branca Office: 536-E Hudson Terminal, Hew York City 1 
for less money 
yxOLD-Quality Digester Tankage contains 
*^'60% protein best solid bone and flesh 
builder for hogs. 
Small amount of tankage fed each day 
with com or gram saves one-third cost of 
feeding. And tankage furnishes protein which 
grain cannot give; wipes out all danger of 
sows eating their litters to get flesh food. 
Meat Meal Digester, cheaper than Digester 
Tankage, contains 46 <%, Protein, promotes 
quick sturdy growth. 
Feed we* or dry—mixed with grain, or 
separately in hoppers or slops. 
Write for FREE Booklet 
Jacob Dold packing Co.. 
Dept. RM BUFFALO N. Y. 
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