1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
133 
FEEDING MANGELS TO HENS. 
To my mind, L. J. W. of Summit, R. 
I., in his article on page 46, tells in a few 
words the chief cause of his hens’ fail¬ 
ure to do well; namely, that “Once a 
week mangels enough to last several 
days are thrown into the coops.” Not 
that mangels are not good for hens, 
hut that is not the right way to feed 
them, as I have found by experience. 
Last Winter I had a large quantity of 
fine mangels, and began feeding them to 
the hens about November 1. The beets 
were cut in halves and placed in racks 
made for the purpose. The hens were 
very fond of them, and were given as 
many as they would eat up clean during 
the day, after they had their morning 
mash. I was expecting fine results, but 
soon found that something was wrong. 
The number of eggs decreased, instead 
of increasing, as was usual with my 
flock at that time of the year; the hens 
were inclined to loss of appetite, and 
their droppings were rather thin. I was 
slow to lay the blame to the mangels, 
as they are of the nature of green food, 
and the hens relished them so much; 
but I was finally convinced that they 
were at the bottom of the trouble, and 
concluding that it was tue quantity and 
not the quality that was at fault, I be¬ 
gan feeding a limited supply after the 
grain feed in the evening. Soon all was 
well, and I continued the practice with 
satisfactory results throughout the Win¬ 
ter. Since then I have watched the re¬ 
sults of feeding cabbage and other green 
foods, and I am of the opinion that the 
best time to feed them is always after 
the regular evening grain. 
As reasons for this practice, I have 
observed that hens with full range al¬ 
ways forage vigorously just before going 
to roost, even when fed a full allowance 
or grain, and hence green food at this 
time must supply a natural want. As 
the supply of succulent food is neces¬ 
sarily limited in Winter, the fowls relish 
it accordingly, and if given large quan¬ 
tities at a time when they are at all 
hungry they will gorge themselves with 
it, and will not eat as much as they 
should of more nutritious food. Some 
one may object that many hens lay well 
all through the Summer on little but 
natural forage, but it must be remem¬ 
bered that the hens have a wider se¬ 
lection, and find much food that is of 
a higher nutritive value than most of 
the green food commonly used in Win¬ 
ter; also that higher nutrition is re¬ 
quired in Winter than in Summer. 
Whether the reasons given cover the 
whole ground or not, I know nothing 
has helped me so much to maintain 
the even health and laying condition of 
my flock, in so far as food is concerned, 
as the change in feeding I have just de¬ 
scribed D. L. H. 
New Cumberland, Pa. 
Rambouillet and Dorset Cross. 
I would like to know how it would be to 
cross the Rambouillet and the Dorset sheep 
together. How heavy is the fleece of Dor- 
sets and Rambouillets? p. r. 
Honeoye Falls, N. Y 
A first-class, thick-meated Dorset ram, 
bred to a flock of grade Rambouillet 
ewes should produce a class of very sal¬ 
able mutton lambs or sheep. The wool 
in that case would be a secondary con¬ 
sideration, and such lambs should if 
anything be hardier than the Dorset 
blood, and much better fleshed than the 
Rambouillet lambs. A Rambouillet ram 
on a grade Dorset flock would give hardy 
stock, with more wool producing capac¬ 
ity, but not so good mutton. Of the two 
crosses I prefer the former. In ability 
to produce young, each breed ranks very 
high, and I doubt whether there is much 
advantage in this respect on either side. 
One can get early lambs from ewes of 
either breed. But in the meat markets 
the first cross referred to will bring the 
best price, and perhaps the quickest re¬ 
turns. The Rambouillet, in my experi¬ 
ence of 10 years’ handling, ranks high 
in milk production, so that with these 
as mothers plenty of nourishment should 
push along fast-growing lambs. A good 
Rambouillet ram will shear 16 pounds 
or more. During 1877 at the Govern¬ 
ment Farm, at Rambouillet, France, 15 
adult rams yielded fleeces averaging 16 
pounds 9.3 ounces each in weight, while 
324 breeding eyes 3% years old and over 
averaged nine pounds 13.1 ounces per 
fleece, while 521 ewes of all ages aver¬ 
aged 10 pounds 3.1 ounces per fleece. 
This represents French blood, while Ger¬ 
man breeding carries more weight and 
more fleece. • A good Dorset ram will 
shear 12 pounds, but this breed, so far 
as my observation extends, tends to in¬ 
ferior wooling, particularly in covering 
and weight, as compared with the 
Shropshire or Oxford. The ewes will 
shear about seven pounds, when of the 
better class. c. s. plumb. 
Worms in a Horse. 
I have a horse badly troubled with 
worms, the long round kind eight to 11 
inches long and as large as a lead pencil 
in the middle. I find this remedy in an old 
manuscript book of recipes: One dram 
white hellebore powder, one dram sulphate 
of iron, one ounce flaxseed meal. The 
above for one dose given at night in bran 
mash and repeated in 48 hours; “two doses 
enough for any case.” I wish to ask 
whether the above would be safe to use, 
and likely to be effectual. e. d. q. 
Oil of turpentine, being one of the 
most active general vermicides we have, 
should relieve the horse of most of his 
intestinal worms if given in sufficient 
large doses. For a horse the dose is two 
to four ounces, according to size of ani¬ 
mal, and it should always be adminis¬ 
tered well shaken up in oil or milk. It 
is usually not necessary to repeat the 
dose more than once or twice during the 
season. The turpentine is most effective 
when given on an empty stomach and 
followed by an active purgative, three- 
fourths to one ounce doses. Another 
good vermicide and tonic would be: 
Powdered dry sulphate of iron three 
parts, powdered aloes two parts, gentian 
eight parts, mix and feed a tablespoon¬ 
ful twice a day. 
Developing a Heifer; Sulphur. 
I am trying to raise cows and make but¬ 
ter. I have a two-year-old Jersey heifer 
which when only six months gone aborted. 
Since then I have milked her about four 
months. She gives about three quarts of 
milk per day, not enough to pay for her 
meal ration and the work of milking her. 
I could dry her off with very little trouble. 
Would I better do it? She is due to calve 
again in September. Would her udder and 
teats be larger next season, and would she 
give more milk after next calving, if I 
continue to strip her? For calf cholera or 
white scours put a tablespoonful of sul¬ 
phur in each feed; sure thing. One man 
in this locality has fed sulphur to his cows, 
and though all his neighbors’ herds were 
affected his escaped abortion. d. a. k. 
Waitsfield, Vt. 
Most certainly milk this heifer just 
as long as you can get a drop, if you 
intend to keep her. If her breeding is 
right and she has a strong dairy con¬ 
formation keep her, because you can get 
her in milk again cheaper and quicker 
than to raise another, provided, of 
course, that you raise your own stock, 
and your farm practice is gauged ac¬ 
cordingly. If you are buying stock and 
keeping them in milk regardless of age 
or development it may then be profit¬ 
able to dry her up and get something 
for her, and not have to feed at a loss. 
I do not believe it pays to sell a cow 
when abortion is the only trouble; once 
is not an indication necessarily of a 
repetition. Be careful not to permit ser¬ 
vice until at least three months have 
elapsed. I think she would give more 
milk after calving again if you milk her 
up to six weeks of calving time, and 
what is of more importance, she will be 
a more persistent milker in after years. 
I would always milk a heifer just as 
long as she will give the milk, and aid 
so far as possible in establishing a milk¬ 
ing habit. The teats will no doubt be 
much larger when she freshens again. 
I am unable to say that sulphur would 
have an effect upon the growing foetus. 
I should be rather careful about feeding 
much sulphur in cold weather, h. e. c. 
Clark Allis, of Orleans Co., N. Y., had 
over 20 “Spring” lambs by Thanksgiving. 
He says the Tunis sheep suit him better and 
better for early lamb purposes. 
Holstein and Ayrshires Compared.—1 
would like to know from some of the read¬ 
ers of The R. N.-Y. who have tried the 
Holstein and Ayrshires under the same 
conditions, how they compare for size. 
Are the Ayrshire calves as rugged as the 
Holstein? What is the standard color of 
the Ayrshire? c. e. b. 
Oxford, N. Y. 
Concerning the note in The R. N.-Y. of 
January 25, page 56, about branding horses, 
a brand on the hoof would grow out, and 
would be as painful as one on the haunches, 
where the skin is one-half inch thick. If 
applied as it is to cattle on the ranges, the 
red hot iron merely touches the animal for 
a second. E. w. l. 
Lancaster, Mass. 
I have had a varied experience filling 
silos with cured or dried cornstalks. First 
time my silo was delayed in transit so the 
corn (State) was cut, shocked and husked, 
then cut into silo. Next time a 200-ton 
silo was blown down just as we were 
ready to fill it. Before it could be erected 
inside the barn the corn (Stowell’s Ever¬ 
green) had dried up (it had not been cut). 
Another time I filled the smaller tub silo 
(12 x 20) in May. In all these cases the 
stalks were delivered from the carrier 
through a spray of water. The silage that 
is good, is good, and sweeter smelling than 
the regulation kind, but the percentage of 
loss is too great, and my advice would be 
don’t. a. h. b. 
Scotia, N. Y. 
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have a lame horse. 
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