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<Pn RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 8, 1922 
There are just six parts to 
the De Laval Pulsator—only one 
of which moves, and it never 
requires oiling. 
A pulsator is a very impor¬ 
tant part of a milking machine. 
It governs the periods of suc¬ 
tion and squeeze or massage, 
which must be of correct fre¬ 
quency and exact and uniform 
in duration, in order that the 
cow’s milk-producing organs 
may be stimulated to greatest 
activity and production. With 
the De Laval these periods are 
just right and absolutely uni¬ 
form, which means that your 
cows are milked the same morn¬ 
ing and night, year after year. 
The De Laval Pulsator can¬ 
not be adjusted by the operator. 
It is thoroughly reliable, run¬ 
ning years without attention. It 
is practically fool-proof. 
Compare the De Laval with 
pulsators on other milkers which 
have from 80 to 60 or more 
parts, consisting of spring, 
screws, adjustable devices, etc., 
and you will realize its greater 
value. Then keep in mind that 
the same thought and care in 
designing the De Laval Pulsa¬ 
tor have been put into the entire 
milker, all other parts being 
just as superior. 
On thousands of dairy farms 
the De Laval Milker is proving 
that it is “The Better Way 
of Milking” — faster, better, 
cheaper, cleaner, and more prof¬ 
itable and pleasant than any 
other way. It soon pays for 
itself. Sold on easy terms. 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Feeding Tankage to Pigs 
I would like to feed some tankage to 
m.v hogs, l’lease tell me how much to 
feed to young growing bogs and pigs at 
weaning time. Can I get better results 
with tankage and separated milk than I 
can with separated milk alone? n. v. d. 
New York. 
With corn as the base for your ration 
for growing or fattening pigs, l would 
use N per cent of tankage carrying <»0 per 
cent of protein, and teed not to exceed 4 
lbs. of milk with each pound of this grain 
mixture. For pigs weighing less than 75 
lbs. 1 should include some wheat mid¬ 
dlings or red dog flour, probably 15 per 
cent of the mixture in order that the pigs 
may have access to some protein. lienee 
a ration carrying 82 per rent of corn. 15 
per cent of wheat middlings and 8 per 
cent of tankage is recommended. This is 
in addition lo the milk. A combination 
of tankage and skim-milk is better than 
either one of the constituents alone, for 
one seems to support the other and to in¬ 
crease its efficiency and value. 
After the pigs weigh 75 lbs, I should 
take out the middlings and. provided they 
have access to some legume forage or 
green pasture, would limit them strictly 
to corn or hominy, with (lie tankage and 
milk. If the pigs are confined in dry lots, 
then yellow corn should be used rather 
than white corn; blit where they have 
access lo some growing crop there is no 
difference in the feeding value of white 
and yellow corn. If you have abundance 
of separated milk, then it is not necessary 
that digester tankage be fed. although the 
including of 5 per cent of tankage in ra¬ 
tions of skim-milk where (lie pigs weigh 
less than 100 lbs. has been demonstrated 
as profitable. 
Feeding Bull Calf 
Please give a grain ration for bull calf 
three months old. G. P. 
New York. 
I should feed a bull calf three months 
old a ration consisting of equal parts of 
ground oats, cornuicnl and wheat bran, to 
which has been added 10 per cent of lin¬ 
seed meal or 15 per cent "f gluten feed. 
I should feed rhis in conjunction with 
skim-milk, if possible allowing the animal 
to have all of the clover or Alfalfa hay 
that lie would relish, t would not permit 
this calf to have access to green grass, 
for I share the belief that animals cannot 
utilize grass advantageously until they 
are at least six months old. (live this 
calf not to exceed 5 lbs, per day. although 
give him all that he will eat and clean up 
with relish. I should add 1 per cent of 
salt to Ibis combination. For variety's 
sake I would frequently increase the per¬ 
centage of oats and decrease proportion¬ 
ately the percentage of corn, but I would 
hold tlie corn and linseed meal quite con¬ 
stant. 
lbs. of hay. On the other hand, if the 
silage is restricted to say 25 lbs. in two 
equal feedings night and morning, then I 
should prefer the feeding of some rough- 
age both night and morning in addition 
to that supplied during the middle of the 
day. Under average conditions cow- 
should he given all the roughage that, they 
will clean tip with relish. If this is pal¬ 
atable and nutritious ihe cow will satisfy 
her body demand- for mechanical diges¬ 
tion and utilize this material to the best 
advantage. I have repeatedly stated that 
in my opinion the selection of a quality 
legume roughage was after all Hu* deter¬ 
mining factor in successful dairying, 
In too many cases dairy cows arc bur¬ 
dened with too much roughage of a low 
character and quality. Grain rations car¬ 
rying oat hulls, weed seeds or oilier high 
liber materials, are in reality roughages 
rather Ilian concentrates, and cows fre¬ 
quently suffer from depressed digestion 
owing to the excessive amount of high 
liber that they are forced to consume, If 
a cow were to he fed 12 lbs. of coarse hay 
per day and S lbs. of a roughage carrying 
50 per cent of oat hulls, which is not un¬ 
common. she would actually be earing 1<> 
lbs. of roughage per day and 4 lbs. of 
grain. The high fiber roughage in itself 
is not considered an attractive feed, and 
actually a cow would be spending prac¬ 
tically all her lime and energy in attempt¬ 
ing to assimilate and digest a lot of use¬ 
less material. 
Stick to your high quality roughages 
for your coarse products, and insist that 
the grain ration must trace directly and 
exclusively to a combination of ingredi¬ 
ents that have a known and generally rec¬ 
ognized feeding value. Unless the manu¬ 
facturer puts punch into a dairy ration 
through the agency of its ingredients, a 
cow cannot get them out, even though 
they may be ground and reground until 
they present an appearance suggesting 
that they arc concentrates. 
Feeding Cows on Pasture 
I wish a proper dairy ration for 12 
milking cows with pasture and roughage 
(hay). J. D. H. 
Connecticut. 
Assuming that your 1*2 cows have ac¬ 
cess to abundant pasture, and that they 
have in addition some legume roughage, 
the ration to be fed during the Summer 
would be 100 lbs. of cormueal, 200 lbs, of 
ground oats, 200 lbs. of gluten, 200 Ills, of 
cottonseed meal. Feed 1 lb. of this rom- 
bitiation for each 4 lbs. of milk produced 
per day. While it is not essential that 
the cow's have the roughage, yet it is be¬ 
lieved that they will more efficiently han¬ 
dle their grain ration provided it is fed 
in conjunction with some palatable rough- 
age. Especially is this true during the 
early pasturing season when the grass 
itself is high in moisture and consequently 
very washy. 
Handling Heifer 
I have a Holstein heifer that should 
freshen in August. About a week ago I 
noticed a small swelling on the lower part 
of the left side, a little forward of the 
udder. At first it was soft, but since 
then it has become somewhat harder and 
increased in size to a large saucer. Ap¬ 
parently there seems to be no pain, for 
she lays right down on it. aud there are 
no surface signs of cuts or scratches. I 
would also like to know bow to break 
her of fright. When within (» ft. of her 
she turns and runs. I have had her al¬ 
most a year. G. P. 
New York. 
It is natural for heifers that inherit 
milking propensities to evidence just this 
condition previous to calving. The in¬ 
flammation that appears in the udder 
varies in its intensity with different indi¬ 
viduals, and there is nothing to be done 
for this condition. As the* period advances 
and calving time approaches it is well 
to reduce the grain ration and increase 
.the bulk, to the end that the inflammation 
may not he exaggerated. Heifers of tfis 
age should be in high flesh at calving 
time, and it is not frequent that udder 
trouble is experienced previous to calving 
or even during their first lactation period. 
In regard to her fright. I should say 
that the only agency to employ would be 
kindness and generous feeding. Put the 
heifer in (he stanchion during the day in 
a box stall. Let her have her grain ration 
regularly, and the chances are that she 
will be tamed down and appreciate your 
friendship. Abuse usually is the cause 
for fear among animals. 
Roughage for Cows 
Is it all right to feed cow’s roughage 
(hay and silage) twice a day, or should 
they he fed three times a day? O. L. F. 
New York. 
Assuming that you have classified silage 
as roughage, then I should prefer that 
COWS be fed silage twice daily, with the 
Option of having all the hay that they will 
consume during the middle of the day. If 
they eat as much as 35 or 40 lbs. of silage 
per day in two equal feedings, then they 
will probably not eat more than 10 or 12 
Diseased Udder 
I have a family cow that will be fresh 
in August. She gives about one quart of 
milk a day. Has a good appetite. Could 
ou tell me what the trouble is with the 
back left teat? The milk comes out thick 
and muddy in color. P. T. It. 
Pennsylvania. 
TVo are sorry to have to state that the 
udder is in a diseased condition, and the 
milk from such a cow is unfit and even 
dangerous for use by young children or 
animals. The disease present is germ- 
caused and called maiumitis or inflamma¬ 
tion of the mammary glands, generally 
termed garget or caked bag. As the con¬ 
dition will be likely to become worse and 
may spread to tbc other quarters of the 
udder when the cow freshens, it would 
be best at that time to dry off the milk 
secretion as quickly as possible, and then 
lit the cow for the butcher. Meanwhile 
isolate the animal and dry off the remain¬ 
ing milk secretion. Desti ny the milk. Twice 
daily rub Into the affected quarter of tile 
udder a mixture of equal quantifies of car- 
bnlized oil, camphorated oi! and compound 
soap liniment and strip the quarter clean 
every two or three hours. The reason 
for isolating such a cow is that the in¬ 
fection tuny be spread from her diseased 
udder to sound cows by the milker’s 
hands, or the disease may be contracted 
by the udder enmiug in contact with stall 
floors, gutters or ground contaminated by 
abnormal fluid or pus from the diseased 
quarter. It would therefore be well to 
cleanse the stable and disinfect it with a 
mixture of one part of compound cresol 
solution and 30 parts of water or a solu¬ 
tion of five ounces of formaldehyde and 
a gallon of water. Then apply fresh lime 
wash to every three gallons, of which add 
1 lb. of fresh chloride of lime. When the 
time comes to buy another family cow 
have her tested with tuberculin to make 
sure that she is not affected with tuber¬ 
culosis. and also have the veterinarian 
examine the udder to see that no trace of 
mammitis is present. a. s. a. 
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