1900 
CORN AND COB; COOKING FOOD. 
In conversation last week with one of 
the most successful Short-horn breeders 
and showmen in Missouri, he asserted 
that corn-and-cob meal was more satis¬ 
factory for his calves from five to 12 
months old than clear corn meal, be¬ 
cause there "was less tendency to indi¬ 
gestion and scouring. He, of course, fed 
this corn in connection with bran, oats 
and sometimes linseed meal. It was his 
practice to feed either corn-and-cob 
meal or shelled corn to his young stock. 
The general result of all the experi¬ 
ments is against cooking feed. It does 
not appear to add to the feeding value 
of most grains, and in many cases ap¬ 
pears to reduce rather than increase 
their digestibility. This seems to be 
especially true of the protein. The tes¬ 
timony of practical feeders who have 
tried cooking is somewhat conflicting, 
but comparatively few continue the 
practice for any considerable time. On 
the whole, I believe the practice is 
growing less rather than more general 
among the stockmen of the Middle West. 
Under some special conditions cooking 
has been very beneficial. A case in point 
coming under my observation some time 
ago was one in which a bunch of hogs 
fed on dry corn in the ear did not seem 
to be doing well, and ceased gaining in 
weight. A cooker was purchased, and 
the corn was shelled and cooked, with 
the result that a much larger quantity 
was consumed, and the hogs made good 
gains until they were marketed. These 
hogs had been confined in a dry lot for 
a long 'time, and had been fed on dry 
corn until they were in a sense sur¬ 
feited, and would eat only about enough 
to maintain life. The change to cooked 
corn appealed to their appetite, with the 
result already noted. Had these hogs 
been given a little oats, bran, middlings, 
clover hay, or allowed the run of a good 
Blue-grass pasture, and the dry corn 
continued, no doubt they would have re¬ 
gained their appetite soon and made the 
same gain without the use of tne cooker, 
and at much less expense. 
H. J. WATERS. 
Missouri Ag’l Experiment Station. 
A TALK ABOUT GREEN BONE. 
What are beef shanks and heads worth 
after lying from three months up to the 
present date, and are they good for poul¬ 
try? What would lard scraps be worth? 
How much green bone could be fed to a 
flock of about 50 hens a day? t. s. t. 
Bay Shore, Mich. 
The value of such beef shanks and 
heads would depend on their value as a 
fertilizer, as they would be worthless as 
a poultry food. Lard scraps usually sell 
at from ?2 to $3 per 100 pounds, but 
they do not make a desirable poultry 
food, as they contain too much fat. 
Green bones with plenty of meat on 
them make a much better food. Two 
pounds per day may be fed to 50 hens. 
It is a safe rule to give them all they 
will clean up quickly; the amount they 
will eat will depend somewhat on the 
amount and variety of other food sup¬ 
plied. Anyone naving a bone cutter 
can supply all the animal food required 
at a low cost. Green bones and meat 
can usually be had from the butcher at 
about one-half cent per pound. Tell 
him not to trim them too close, as the 
more meat left on them the better for 
the fowls. These should always be cut 
and fed while fresh and sweet. Cut bone 
will quickly spoil except during cold 
weather. When you find you have more 
on hand than can be used before it is 
likely to spoil, it can be saved by thor¬ 
oughly cooking it. Cook over a mod¬ 
erate fire, letting it cook slowly two or 
three hours, stirring it occasionally to 
prevent sticking to the kettle and burn¬ 
ing. It will be a dark brown color when 
done. When 'thoroughly cooked remove 
from the fire and drain or press the fat 
out and you have a good food that will 
keep all right for weeks. Do not use 
any water in cooking, as if cooked with 
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water the keeping quality will be ruined, 
and it will be worthless in a few days. 
In this way animal food may be had the 
year through, by cooking the none as 
soon as cut in warm weather. 
I have used a bone cutter since the 
Mann cutter, the pioneer, first came on 
the market, and though, owing to the 
large increase in the number of birds 
kept, I have since been obliged to get a 
large power machine, the first one I 
bought is still in use in good order, and 
never had but two new sets of knives, 
so it will be seen that bone cutters are 
not expensive to keep in order. It is 
surprising the kind of work these knives 
will do, cutting the hardest bone with 
ease. I have never had a knife to break 
or nick from cutting any bones, and 
have on a few occasions cut pieces of 
iron that had accidentally fallen into 
the meat and bones, without seriously 
damaging the machine, except that the 
knives needed grinding soon after, 
and on one or two occasions a new knife 
was wanted. But while iron is a good 
tonic, I do not as a rule advise preparing 
it in this way, as it is not easily assimi¬ 
lated by the system of the fowls, and is 
rather hard on the bone cutter as well. 
J. E. STEVENSON. 
A GOOD HEN RECORD. 
In October, 1898, purchased five B. P. 
Rocks, hatched in May; fed them each 
morning with a warm mash, consisting 
of cracked corn, whole wheat, wheat 
bran and animal meal; at noon, the 
remnants of food from the table; at 
night, whole corn on the cob. They 
commenced laying November 10, with 
results as follows: November, 39 eggs, 
average per hen 7.8; December, 85, av¬ 
erage 17; January, 79, average 15.8; Feb¬ 
ruary, 59, average 11.8; March, 82, aver¬ 
age 16.4; April (six hens), 95, average 
15.83; May, 69, average 11.5; June, 41, 
average 6.8; July (seven hens), 81, av¬ 
erage 11.6; August, 62, average 8.9; 
September, 46, average 6.6; October, 60, 
average 8.6; November, 24, average 3.4. 
One old hen came with the lot—age un¬ 
certain. We were on the point of cut¬ 
ting her head off as no good, when April 
1 she fooled us by laying an egg, and 
kept at it for the rest of the season. 
Another hen was added July 8. Only 
one of the five pullets was inclined to 
sit. They had a warm house, with free 
run of a large field for the entire Win¬ 
ter. As will be seen by the above, they 
laid the largest number of eggs in the 
month of highest prices—averaging 17. 
A writer in The R. N.-Y. of December 
29, 1898, who never allows his B. P. 
Rocks to step foot on the cold ground 
from December 1 to April 1, claims an 
average at the rate of 14 for December. 
As an all-round fowl we think the B. P. 
Rocks unequaled. 
I have had no experience with other 
stimulant than animal meal to mix with 
food. The Massachusetts Station re¬ 
ports results extending through four 
years of careful experiments, from 
which I quote: “We are warranted sim¬ 
ply in the statement that the powder 
(condition powder) does not appear to 
have paid for its use.” Their fourth- 
year experiment with cut bone gives 
from 20 hens 508 eggs; same number of 
hens with animal meal 639 eggs—weigh¬ 
ing, respectively, 64.9 and 80.15 pounds. 
“Two hens in the cut-bone house died 
during the experiment from diarrhea; 
those in the other house were healthy 
throughout the experiment. The ad¬ 
vantage in this trial is, then, clearly 
with the animal meal as a food for egg- 
production. It has given more eggs of a 
greater average weight and at consider¬ 
ably less cost than the bone; and it is, 
moreover, a more convenient food to 
use, as well as safer. We have now re¬ 
peated this experiment four times, with 
results twice favorable to the bone and 
twice favorable to the animal meal, but 
have not before found so decisive a dif¬ 
ference, as this year (1897).” Last year’s 
experiments covered 122 days—January 
1 to May 2. h. h. boardman. 
Connecticut. 
Operation for Roaring Horses.— 
The Australasian reports the use of 
tracheotomy as a cure for roaring 
horses. The animal was purchased for 
experimental purposes because it was a 
“bad case,” but since it has been op¬ 
erated upon the impediment to breath¬ 
ing seems to have been entirely re¬ 
moved, and the animal has no difficulty 
in performing its work, while if driven 
several miles at a fast pace it shows no 
sign of distress. The operation consist¬ 
ed of inserting a tube, specially designed 
to overcome this affliction, in the wind¬ 
pipe, about midway between the jaw and 
the chest, the position chosen being 
such that the animal cannot interfere 
with it. The following description of 
the operation is given: Elevate the 
horse’s head so as to cause tension of 
the windpipe. Make a longitudinal in¬ 
cision about an inch and a half in 
length through the skin and tissue, and 
draw back the skin with hooks. Make 
a similar incision in the trachea, and 
cut semicircular portions out of each 
side to suit the tube. Then insert the 
tube, placing it in such a position that 
the animal cannot rub it. Clean daily, 
and the horse can wear the tube without 
suffering the slightest inconvenience. 
Two Aberdeen-Angus steers sold at $8.50 
per 100 pounds at Chicago during Christmas 
week. This is the highest price in 17 years. 
My father has a White Leghorn and B. 
Minorca cross; about 100 pullets. He is 
after larger pullet’s eggs. The eggs are 
larger, but the birds are a mottled lot. 
They are maturing as fast as the full blood 
W. Leghorn. He gets about 75 eggs per 
day now from the whole flock. c. e. c. 
Seven Good Cows.—I send you my butter 
record for 11 months, up to January, 1899: 
seven cows, six Jerseys and one Durham: 
Pounds. Pounds. 
March . 180 October . 274% 
April . 241% November .22fi 
May . 842% December . 163 
June . 351% January . 47 
July . 311% - 
August . 288% Total .2,703% 
September . 278 Per cow . 386' 
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Zebroids.—T here are being bred some in¬ 
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the horse on a plantation near Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil. The purpose is to pro¬ 
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than the mule. The mongrels, which have 
been named zebroids, are of good size and 
very sprightly, but quite docile. They are 
much softer-mouthed than the mule, and 
show no disposition to kick, though they 
have a disposition to bite until they have 
been handled considerably. They are 
handsomely marked, and size, shape and 
general make-up depend very much on the 
mare from which they are bred. 
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