1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
423 
MANCHESTER’S DAIRY NOTES. 
Ration for Milch Cows. 
Will you give me a good grain ration to 
use with mixed hay, not much clover, to pro¬ 
duce milk from grade Holstein and Ayrshire 
cows. Prices of grain as follows: Bran, 
$25 per ton; oil meal, $27 ; cotton seed, $30; 
globe gluten feed $27; corn meal, $23. 
Would you change the grain ration any when 
cows go on pasture? c. e. g. 
From your list of feeds we should 
choose bran, oil meal and cotton-seed 
meal. The bran is high in price, but it 
is very good to mix with heavy feeds to 
lighten up the ration. Cornmeal at $23 
is out of the question. Globe gluten is a 
good feed, but we have never found it, 
or hardly any of the gluten feeds come 
up to their analysis guarantee. A mix¬ 
ture of too pounds each of the bran, oil- 
meal and cotton-seed meal will give a 
feed that will analyze 28.2 per cent, pro¬ 
tein, 31.5 per cent, carbohydrates and 5. 
per cent. fat. The cows will eat up rea¬ 
sonably clean about 25 pounds of hay, 
which will analyze with live pounds of 
grain as follows: 
Protein 
Carbohydrates 
Fa t 
25 lbs. mixed 
hay.. .95 
11.3 
.3 
5 lbs. grain 
ture . 
mix- 
.1.41 
1.57 
.5 
Total 
.2.36 
12.87 
.8 
Some of the cows .may use more than 
five pounds each per day, hut that is a 
fair average. The live pounds will cost a 
little less than seven cents, which fur¬ 
nishes a grain ration at a reasonable 
price this year. We feed the same grain 
on grass, but lessen the amount to each 
cow on full flush of feed. We do believe 
it pays to feed grain right straight through 
the year. The cows keep in better condi¬ 
tion, and we think will pay well before 
the year is over for the Summer-fed 
grain . 
Too Much Concentrated Food. 
I would like information in regard to 
feeding dairy cows. 1 am feeding each cow 
twice a day the following: 1 Ms pound 
ground oats; 1 pound oil meal, old process; 
1 >•_. pound buckwheat middlings; 1 pound 
Bile's XXXX, with mixed clover and Tim¬ 
othy hay twice a day, all they will eat. 
And about three shocks of corn that was 
struck with the frost when the corn was in 
the glaze; this amount to nine cows. I have 
two cows that have garget; do you think it 
is the corn that caused it? w. j. w. 
Conesus, N. V. 
With the exception of the oats, all the 
grain you are feeding is what is known as 
a concentrated feed (that is, rich in pro¬ 
tein), and 10 pounds per day is too heavy 
a ration to feed to average cows with 
what hay and corn fodder they will eat 
up. We think the garget is caused by 
over grain feeding, and believe you will 
get more profit by feeding less grain. 
Note that we said more profit, not more 
■milk. You may make a little less milk, 
but still more profit. Your grain will 
analyze as follows: 
Protein Carbohydrates Fat 
3 lbs. ground oats. 
.^8 
1.42 
.13 
2 lbs. oil meal. 
.60 
.69 
.13 
3 lbs. buckwheat 
middlings . 
.66 
1.00 
.16 
2 lbs. tide's XXXX. 
.74 
.60 
.20 
Total .2 
:.28 
3.71 
.62 
You have nearly enough protein now 
without getting any from your coarse 
fodder, but assuming they eat 20 pounds 
each of hay and 10 pounds of corn fod¬ 
der, you increase the rations as follows: 
Protein Carbohydrates Fat 
20 lbs hay.00 
15 lbs corn fodder.. .25 
Total from above...2.28 
7.02 .32 
3.40 .12 
3.71 .02 
Total .3.4!) 15.09 
1.06 
Standard ration calls for 2.50; 12.50; 7; 
so you are feeding in excess .99; 2.59; 
•36 , which is enough to cause all manner 
of ills in the dairy. If we raised the 
oats and bought the rest we should feed 
two pounds of oats, two of Bile’s XXXX, 
and one of each of the buckwheat mid¬ 
dlings and oil meal. If we had to buy 
all feed should use equal parts of coarse 
bran. Bile’s XXXX and oil meal, five to 
six pounds per cow daily. 
Comparative Value of Oats and Bran. 
I can buy bran for $22, middlings for $23, 
and can sell my oats for 45 and 50 cents. 
What is the comparative feeding value for 
milch cows? Shall I have my oats ground 
or sell them and buy bran and middlings? 
Ilulberton, N. Y. a. h. p. 
Oats are a good food, but contain only 
9.2 per cent, digestible protein, and 45 
and 50 cents per bushel is the same as 
$28.12 and $31.25 per ton. Wheat bran 
contains 12^ per cent, protein, while mid¬ 
dlings have 14.4 protein. At the prices 
quoted middlings are cheaper than either 
bran or oats. We should think it a good 
trade to sell oats at the price you quote 
and buy either bran or middlings in their 
place. In addition, you must pay toll for 
grinding the oats, which, of course, makes 
them still more expensive. A ton of mid¬ 
dlings will give you 100 pounds more of 
protein than a ton of oats, and practically 
the same amount of carbohydrates and 
fat that are in the oats, with a little bal¬ 
ance in favor of the middlings. This pro¬ 
tein is cheap at five cents per pound, so 
that we consider middlings easily worth 
$5 per ton more. h. g. Manchester. 
THE OUTLOOK FOR DRAFT HORSES 
The outlook for good draft horses was 
never better than it is at present. The far¬ 
mers cannot raise them fast enough to sup¬ 
ply the demand, and prices have never been 
better in the past 20 years than they are 
to-day. The most desirable sizes in draft 
horses are from 1,500 to 1,800 pounds. A 
large proportion of the horses shipped east 
are grades, as very few farmers are breeding 
pure blood on account of not having pure¬ 
bred dams. CHAMPLAIN BROS. 
Clinton. Iowa. 
The outlook for extra good draft horses 
is excellent; none to supply the demand, 
with one or two fair drafters in a carload, 
the remainder very common. When a nan 
has a horse that weighs 1.800 or 2,000 
pounds, he can get his own price; the lar¬ 
ger the better as long as quality is good. 
The average life is not over five years. Most 
of the good ones are of the French breed 
and a few Belgians, Shires and Clydesdales; 
scarcely ever a purebred is sent to the mar¬ 
ket. only when not a breeder. 
Shenandoah, Iowa. m. l. ayhes. 
The demand for draft horses is not so 
good at i..e present time as a year ago. 
Prices are somewhat lower, and I think 
fewer are being raised. Very few of the 
draft horses sent to the city are more than 
grades. I am not in a position to give you 
the average life of these horses in the city ; 
in the farming community draft horses with 
ordinary care are good until they have 
reached from 12 to 16 years. There is quite 
a little difference in horses in this particu¬ 
lar. Horses decrease in value rapidly after 
they have attained the age of nine years. 
The average horses shipped to the city from 
the country must be between the ages of 
four and eight, five years being the preferable 
age. It is my opinion, however, that horses 
will not stand the city work as well as the 
country towns or on the farm. 
Emmetsburg, Iowa. a. h. kei.ler. 
A Successful Hen Woman.— My daugh¬ 
ter is in the chicken business; ships 30 
to 60 and 90 dozen assorted guaranteed 
eggs to Chicago weekly. She has received 
the past Winter as high as $10 per case. 
She keeps 300 to 150; different kinds; thinks 
White Leghorns lay the eggs that, on the 
whole, satisfy her customers. She sells 
from $300 to $400 per year live poultry and 
eggs. Coops or houses are straw houses 
mostly, all cleaned up in Spring and cov¬ 
ered over anew at thrashing time. She 
says The R. N.-Y. gives her more hints 
that are valuable on poultry than any other 
paper. E. H. S. 
Tiffany, Wis. 
Cows will give 15 to 20 per 
cent more milk if protected 
from the torture of flies with 
CHILD’S SO-BOS-SO KILFLY. 
s; proi 
ml ess 
as cows. Perfectly harmless to man and beast 
Rapidly applied with Child’s Electric Sprayer. 
30 to 50 cows sprayed in a few minutes. A true 
antiseptic; keeps stables, chicken houses, pig 
pens in a perfectly sanitary condition. 
Auk dealer for Child’s 8 O-BO 8 -SO or send $1 (special 
price) for 1-gal can and Sprayer complete by express. 
CHAS. H. CHILDS & CO., Sole Manufacturers, 
24 LaFayette Street, Utica, N. Y. 
We want you to know Tubular 
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The low can, enclosed gears 
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this illustration 
from life. Tubu¬ 
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They have bowls 
without compli¬ 
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capacity, easy turning and easy 
| washing. They save half the 
work —greatly increase the 
amount and quality of but¬ 
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other separators. Catalog H-153 
1 will interest and benefit you. 
Write for it. 
The Sharpies Co. 
Chicago, III. 
P. M. Sharpies 
West Chester, Pa. 
You Lose Money 
■eiy time your horse is laid up 
ith Sore SKovilders, Neck 
back. 
Tuttle’s Elixir 
cures them and C\jrb, Spllrvt, 
Sprained Cord,Spa.vin,etc. 
Given internally itis unequaled forColic, 
Founder, Pneumonia, etc. 
Used and Endorsed by Adams 
Express Company . 
Tuttle’s American Condition Powders 
—A specific for impure blood and alldiseases arising therefrom. 
TUTTLE’S FAMILY ELIXIR cures rheumatism, 
sprains, bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our 100-page book, 
“Veterinary Experience.” I REE. 
Dr. S. A. TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. 
Beware of so-called Elixirs— none genuine bat Tuttle’,. 
Avoid all Misters; they offer only temporary relief. If any. 
S CIENTIFIC CORN HARVESTERS.—Cut 
Corn quicker, better than any other. No ears 
knocked off. No mouldy fodder. Get catalogue 
R. FOOS MEG. CO., Springfield, Ohio. 
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The thresherman has many reasons, too many to give 
here. Summed up, it means the model threshing outfit, 
thebest money can buy. You will find the latest catalog 
on Rumoly’s Rear Ceared Traction Engines and 
New Rumely Separators full of threshermen's logic, 
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Clean Skimming. 
That’s the bright mark of the popular priced 
AMERICAN 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
They win when they work beside other* 
That's why we can send them freely o 
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Box 1066 
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THE ODOR 
of animal and stable and 
all disease germs are re¬ 
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the 
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Automatic working. Milk 
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gives flnerliavored butter 
and cheese. Booklet “Milk 
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Green Mountain 
and Not-Li-Mah 
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lead all others in preserving and 
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1 
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FIDELITY FOOD 
FOll YOUNG CHICKS. 
Used everywhere by practical poultrymen and 
specialists fanciers with unfailing success. Insures 
perfect health and promotes rapid growth. 
Concise Catalogue from 
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Box R. Jamesburg, N. J., U. S. A. 
PINELAND 
NCUBATORS 
VTCH GKKATKST NUMBER 
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SROODERS 
orld 
for 60 years. Used on 250 millions 
annually. One, dipping kills Tieks, 
Lice and Hits. No smell. Keeps flock 
clean a long time. Increases growth of wool. 
Hipping Tanks at cost. 
Send for Pamphlet to Chicago. 
If local druggist cannot sttpply 
send ^1.75 for (lOO gal.)pkt.to 
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