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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 11, 1922 
BETUR BARNS 
Concrete for Stable Floor 
What is the proportion of cement to 
sand, and what kind of sand or gravel, 
or both, to use for a stable floor? Is 
rock and earth all right for a bed for 
concrete floor? What thickness should 
the floor 1 >*■ ? MRS. .T, B. 
Concrete engineers recommend a pro¬ 
portion of 1:2 :4 in mixing cement, sand 
and gravel for a stable floor, but less 
cement is frequently used with entire sat- 
isfat* on. Local masons and builders are 
apt to know what proportions to mix the 
materials available to them iu. having 
ascertained by trial. With clean, sharp 
sand and gravel a 1:2:0 mixture makes 
a good floor or wall. It is better to 
screen bank sand find gravel and remix 
the sand with the gravel in definite pro¬ 
portions. 
If the soil benentb the stable is well 
drained naturally the floor may be laid 
directly upon it. It is safer, however, to 
have several inches of field stones for a 
foundation, ns these furnish drainage be¬ 
neath the floor. 
Stable floors are usually made from -1 
to 6 in. iu thickness, the thicker floors 
not necessarily using more cement, from 
the fact that larger stones may be im¬ 
bedded iu them as the concrete is poured. 
Small stones, when not allowed to come 
close to the surface, do not impair the 
strength of the floor and save much con¬ 
crete. m, n. d. 
Calf of Poor Milker 
Can a heifer calf two weeks old be 
given any feed, as the mother does not 
give it enough milk to drink? I wish to 
save the calf. E. B. 
I would not think very much of a 
dairy cow that did not give enough milk 
to sustain her calf. Frequently repre¬ 
sentatives of the beef breeds have been 
identified as “milkless” cows but I do 
not recall an instance of a dairy cow 
failing, to provide enough milk for her 
new born calf. It might be well to in¬ 
crease the grain ration and make an at¬ 
tempt to increase (he daily production of 
milk; but a calf two weeks old cannot 
be safely fed much corn. At this age 
they will nibble away at leafy roughage 
which should be provided, and as soon as 
the calf will take concentrates a ration 
consisting of equal parts of oats and 
bran with a sprinkling of oilmeal should 
be provided. I am sure that I would not 
raise a heifer calf from a dairy cow 
which failed to give enough milk at the 
beginning of her lactation period to sus¬ 
tain her calf. 
Forage Crops for Swine 
I have a five-acre field that has been 
mowed twice siuce it was seeded. I would 
like to know how many hogs I could pas¬ 
ture on it by fencing it <>(T into small 
parts, and what crops, and when to sow 
them, to make a succession of the best 
feed. I expect to use a self-feeder, with 
corn and tankage. r. c. M. 
Without doubt the most satisfactory 
crops for pigs are Alfalfa, clover and 
Dwarf Essex rape. In many sections it 
is unprofitable to attempt to establish 
Alfalfa. Dwarf Essex rape, however, in 
combination with the clovers, can be seed¬ 
ed successfully on almost any type of soil 
and will yield an abundance of green for¬ 
age. Usually on land that is productive 
and well drained, one can calculate on 
maintaining a ton of live weight in hogs 
per acre. This means that 20 hogs weigh¬ 
ing 100 lbs. each eau forage ou an acre 
of feed of this character, provided they 
are fed as much as 2*4 lbs. of corn per 
day for each 100 lbs. of live weight. 
I very much doubt the wisdom of using 
self-feeders iu conjunction with forage 
crops. Where pigs are full fed on corn 
they will not forage. They will prefer to 
eat the corn and tankage through the 
self-feeder and will eat very little of the 
green feed. Where the grain ration is 
restricted to 2*4 lbs. per day for each 100 
lbs. of live weight, the pigs will get out 
and rustle and will grow a frame well 
suited for covering later on when the 
grain ration is increased. 
A combination of oats and the various 
clovers has given splendid results, and 
likewise a mixture of oats, barley and 
rape has been used advantageously, I 
am inclined to believe that, rape and 
clover combined in the proportion of 1 
lbs. of rape and 6 lbs. of clover per acre 
will give good results. This should be 
seeded as early in the Spring as possible, 
and foraging can begin when the plants 
are from 6 to S in. in height. 
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