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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 20 
STOCK FOOD NOTES. 
The New Jersey Experiment Station 
(New Brunswick) in Bulletin No. 160, 
gives some valuable information about 
stock food. We have known for some 
time that certain feeders are using a 
milk powder for hog and calf feeding. 
This powder is manufactured for hu¬ 
man consumption out of skim-milk. It 
is used largely by bakers, but some of 
it is apparently spoiled in making, and 
this is often sold at $16 per ton. We 
know a hog feeder who speaks highly 
of it. He mixes the powder with three 
times its weight of wheat middlings, 
and feeds it in the form of a thin slop. 
An average sample contained nearly 34 
per cent of muscle-makers—or a little 
less than oil meal. 
There has been some discussion about 
the value of sugar beet pulp for feeding. 
As is now well-known, agents have been 
about trying to sell this pulp at $5 or 
more per ton. In making beet sugar 
water is used to wash the sugar from 
the sliced beets. The pulp contains 
what is left after the sugar is taken out, 
and much more water. The New Jer¬ 
sey Station compares the pulp with si¬ 
lage and wet brewers’ grains as follows - 
Water. 
Pro¬ 
tein. 
Fat. 
licet 
pulp .S9.85 
1.08 
0.09 
Corn 
silage .79.00 
1.70 
0.80 
Wet 
brewers’ grains—75.70 
5.90 
1.70 
Thus the beet pulp has barely 60 per 
cent of the feeding value of good silage. 
That is a good comparison to make 
when asked to buy the pulp. 
Oiled Wheat Buan. —This is a pro¬ 
duct of the manufacture of tin plate. 
Prof. Voorhees gives this interesting ac¬ 
count of its preparation: 
The sheets to be tinned are dipped In 
melted grease, such as tallow or palm oil, 
until all moisture has been removed and 
they are uniformly coated with grease. 
They are next dipped into the tin pot, 
which contains melted tin covered with a 
layer of grease. The sheets now receive 
their first coating of tin, which, however, 
is not perfect; after a number of manipu¬ 
lations to render it so, they are then 
cleaned from grease, usually by rubbing 
with bran and finishing with the woolly 
skin of a sheep. In France, chopped rice 
straw is used for cleaning the sheets, but 
American manufacturers have been gener¬ 
ally content to copy the methods adopted 
in South Wales. By the above process the 
wheat bran, according to the samples re¬ 
ceived, has acquired additional fatty mat¬ 
ter to an amount about equal to that origi¬ 
nally in it, without materially decreasing 
the content of protein. It also contains a 
small quantity of metallic tin, which has 
been brushed from the plates in the form 
of small scales and clots. If a small por¬ 
tion of the bran is stirred to a thin paste 
in a glass of water, the bran may be float¬ 
ed off and the tin will settle and become 
visible at the bottom of the glass. The 
amount of tin in these samples was trifling, 
and no inconvenience from this source to 
the animals to which it has been fed has 
as yet been brought to our attention. 
Not much of this feed is put on the 
market. It is a wonder some fellow 
doesn’t claim that because it comes 
from the manufacture of tin cans it will 
make the cows give more milk! 
Various “calf meals” have been ex¬ 
amined. Some are nothing but ground 
or crushed oats—much like the “oat¬ 
meal” sold for human consumption. We 
all know that oatmeal gruel will make 
a calf grow. Other “meals” are mix¬ 
tures of linseed, bean meal, cotton-seed 
meal, wheat middlings and fenugreek, 
the latter being used in most “condition 
powders.” 
“Marsden” feeds consist of fine ground 
cornstalks with or without mixed 
grain. One ‘feed” is a mixture of the 
ground stalks with cheap flour and hom- 
i,• y meal. The ground stalks alone are 
sold largely for mixing with other 
grains., What is known as “Crackerjack 
Dairy Feed” is a low-grade linseed meal 
with considerable weed seed mixed in 
it. Cotton-seed feed, as most readers 
know, is a mixture of cotton-seed meal 
and the dry, hard hulls. These hulls 
are no better than so much straw, and 
there seems no good reason why north¬ 
ern dairymen should buy anything be¬ 
sides the pure meal. 
We are sometimes asked to state the 
difference between malt sprouts and 
brewer’s grains. In the brewery and 
distillery grain is sprouted, as the 
growth of the sprout causes the starch 
of the grain to change to sugar. The 
sprouts are men dried and shaken off 
and sold in this form. The grain that 
is left is soaked and mashed to remove 
the sugar needed for fermenting beer or 
distilling alcohol. When the sugar has 
been all soaked out what is left of the 
grain is either sold wet or thoroughly 
dried. Prof. Voorhees analyzed 20 sam¬ 
ples of sprouts, 22 of dried brewers’ 
grains and three of dried grains from a 
distillery, with the following average: 
Protein. 
Fat. 
Malt 
sprouts .. 
3.01 
Dried 
brewers’ 
grains. 
.26.57 
7.26 
Dried 
distillery 
grains — 
.19.45 
8.44 
We notice that the malt sprouts 
varied all the way from 21 to 29 per 
cent of protein, and the dried grains 
from 20 to 31 per cent. This great varia¬ 
tion is one objection we have found to 
the dried grains. We find it hard to 
obtain two samples alike. 
Is wheat bran ever adulterated? Prof. 
Voorhees found three adulterated sam¬ 
ples out of 91 examined. Weed seeds, 
ground cornstalks and coffee hulls were 
used to mix with the bran. The adul¬ 
teration was not serious, reducing the 
per cent of protein from 16 to 13 per 
cent. 
Weight of Feed. —The mistake of 
feeding different feeds by measure is 
shown by weighing them. H. G. Man¬ 
chester, of Connecticut, gives the fol¬ 
lowing average weights for one quart of 
each feed: 
Pound. 
Cotton-seed meal .1.5 
Iiinseed meal .1.1 
Gluten meal .1.7 
Gluten feed .1.2 
Wheat bran (coarse).0.5 
Wheat middlings (coarse).0.S 
Wheat middlings (fine).1.1 
Cornmeal .1.5 
Oats .1.2 
Rye bran .0.6 
Thus we see that a quart of cornmeal 
weighs three times as much as a quart 
of wheat bran, and a quart of oats more 
than twice as much. Farmers of course 
know that the grains differ in weight, 
but they do not always know just how 
much they differ, and guess at it by 
using the same measure in all feeding. 
It makes considerable difference, since 
a half peck measure of bran weighs two 
pounds and furnishes 41-3 ounces of 
protein, while the same measure of 
cornmeal weighs six pounds and fur¬ 
nishes nine ounces of protein. 
HORSE WITH HEAVES. 
I have a horse that had the distemper 
last Winter, and was seriously affected. 
He is now in reasonably good condition, 
but breathes short and quickly, like a 
horse suffering from what we here in the 
South call the “thumps.” Now he is af¬ 
fected as above described when in stall 
without being exerted. I am not certain 
that it was distemper he had, but was so 
pronounced. Some say he is affected with 
••bellows” and some say heaves. What do 
you think is the matter, and what treat¬ 
ment is needed? The horse is worth sav¬ 
ing; at least, he has been a No. 1 horse, 
seven years old. He runs a little watery 
substance at the nose. g. m. c. 
Champ, Tenn. 
From the description that you give 
of your horse I am not positive that the 
animal has heaves; still, he may have. 
The symptoms of heaves any experi¬ 
enced horseman is able to detect. The 
peculiar movement of the flank and ab¬ 
domen point out the ailment at once, 
but the affected animal does not always 
exhibit the characteristic breathing un¬ 
less exerted to a certain extent. The 
cough which accompanies heaves is pe¬ 
culiar to it. but the sound is short and 
often like a grunt. It is when the act 
of expiration (expelling the air from 
the lungs) is performed that the great 
change in the breathing is perceptible. 
The air passes into them freely, but the 
power to expel it is lost to a great ex¬ 
tent by the lungs, therefore the abdomi¬ 
nal muscles are brought into play. These 
muscles, especially in the region of the 
flank, are seen to contract, then pause 
for a moment, then complete act of con¬ 
tracting, thus making a double bellows¬ 
like movement at each expiration, a 
sort of jerky motion with every breath 
When the animal is exerted a wheez¬ 
ing noise accompanies the breathing. 
This noise may be heard to a less ex¬ 
tent when the animal is at rest if the 
ear be applied to the chest. When the 
disease is established there is no cure 
for it. Proper attention paid to the diet 
will relieve the distressing symptoms to 
a certain extent, but they will undoubt¬ 
edly reappear in their intensity the first 
time the animal overloads the stomach 
or is allowed food of bad quality. Put¬ 
ting aside all theories in regard to the 
primary cause of the affection it is gen¬ 
erally admitted it is closely allied to 
derangement of the digestive organs, 
most particularly the stomach. This 
being the fact it is reasonable to infer 
that if the animal is allowed nothing 
but food of the best quality the pre¬ 
disposition to heaves is lessened. 
C. E. H. 
ACTING MYCOSIS OK LUMP-JAW. 
The Early Symptoms, the Progress of the 
Disease and Means of Cure. 
DISEASE that most 
commonly affects cat¬ 
tle, and is shown by 
hard, fibrous tumors 
appearing on the low¬ 
er jaw, face, throat, 
tongue, or other parts 
of the body. These 
tumors develop rather 
slowly, and first ap¬ 
pear as round, hard, 
fibrous masses be¬ 
neath the skin or mucous membrane. They 
are frequently firmly attached to the bone, 
which they also involve. They often break 
down and form abscesses or running sores. 
Causes .—This disease is produced by a 
vegetable parasite which gains access to 
the tissues through the skin or mucous 
membrane. It can be communicated from 
one animal to another by inoculation or by 
contact, under favorable conditions. 
It is attributed to fungus or spores which 
are found on vegetation, especially that 
grown on new ground. Until recent years 
this disease has been considered quite in¬ 
curable, but later experience shows that 
many cases will yield to continued and per¬ 
sistent administration of iodide of potas¬ 
sium. The dose which has proven most 
effective consists in about one quarter dram 
of the drug for every one hundred pounds 
weight of the animal. It should be given 
once a day well diluted with rain water. 
The effects of the drug arc shown by dis¬ 
charges from the eyes and nose with oc¬ 
casional slavering. The hair will appear 
rough and the skin dry. In the cow there 
is diminished secretion of milk, with con¬ 
stipation and loss of appetite. 
Should these symptoms supervene during 
administration of the drug it should be 
discontinued for a week or ten days and 
good food with tonics should be supplied. 
Supplement this treatment with doses of 
the most powerful tonic—Dr. Hess’ Stock 
Food. It is well balanced in nutritive and 
curative properties, the first assisting all 
other foods to do their best and the latter 
establishing a high standard of health. 
Dr. Hess’ Stock Food is the scientific 
compound for horses, cattle, hogs and 
sheep. 100 lb. sacks for $5.00, smaller quan¬ 
tities slight advance; fed in small dose; sold 
on a written guarantee. In every package 
is a little yellow card entitling the pur¬ 
chaser to personal advice and free prescrip¬ 
tions for his animals from the eminent 
veterinarian Dr. Hess. 
Dr. Hess has written a book on the dis¬ 
eases of stock and poultry. It is the only 
complete treatise for farmers and stock- 
men published. It is consulted and com¬ 
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Write and state what stock you have, 
what stock food you have used; also men¬ 
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Ashland, Ohio, and for this information 
you will receive one of these valuable books 
free, postage paid. 
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The most practical and humane Fastener ever in¬ 
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Breeders’ Directory 
500 White Wyandotte Pullets 
for gale September 1. Farm-ratsed, unlimited range. 
Money-makers; bred from our best layers. Also a 
few choice cockerels and yearling breeders. Eggs, 
15 for $1. H. A HATHAWAY, Greendale, N. Y. 
Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
from Imported Golden Lad at fair prices. 
K. F. 8HANNON, 907 Liberty Street, Pittsburg, Pa. 
“QUALITY.” 
For Sale. A. J. C. C. Hull Calves, fit to head any 
herd. Their dams have yearly milk records of from 
7,000 to 9.000 pounds averaging over five per cent fat. 
These calves will be sold now at prices any one can 
pay. For particulars address 
E. W. MOSHER, Aurora, N. Y. 
A Foundation Herd of 10 or 20 young registered 
• ri HOLSTEIN COWS Is offered at a special price 
by DELLHURST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
For Sale 
— PUREBRED HOL8TEIN- 
FRIESIAN HULL CALVES 
and SCOTCH COLLIE PUPS from registered stock. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
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The high-bred herd of HoI«teIn-FrlesIans at 
the MAPLES STOCK FARM, Binghamton. N. Y. 
Address WM. ROOD, Proprietor. 
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Reg. P. Chinas, BerKshires and C. Whites 
Choice Pigs. 8 weeks old, mated not 
akin. Bred Sows and Service Boars. 
POULTRY. Write for hard times 
prices and free circular. 
HAMILTON & CO., Kosenvick, Chester Co., Pa. 
Dorset Ram Lambs 
ready for delivery now, at $10 to $15 each. Regis 
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MAPLEMONT SARGENT, Albany, VI. 
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