1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
203 
LIVE STOCK HATTERS. 
(CONTINTTBD.) 
Buckwheat Middlings ; Balanced Ration. 
L. E. J., Dresserville, 2Y. 7 .—What is the value 
of buckwheat middlings as a feed for milch 
cows? Will you compound a ration from the 
following hay and grains: corn ensilage, mixed 
hay, oats, barley, peas and bran?' 
Ans. — Buckwheat middlings have a 
higher feeding value than any of the 
other grains or grain products, except 
some of the gluten feeds. As compared 
with wheat middlings, the buckwheat 
is worth about one-third more. We 
would use about 30 pounds of ensilage 
and eight pounds of hay per day. For 
our own feeding we would not give any 
of the oats to the cows. We would mix 
barley and peas, half and half, and 
grind and feed three pounds of this mix¬ 
ture and four pounds of bran. 
Artichokes for Hogs. 
E. E. G., Terre Haute, Ind —Will you kindly 
give an estimate of the value of artichokes as a 
crop to be harvested by hogs, the best varieties 
to grow, mode of planting and culture rtquired, 
seed required per acre, method of reseeding, and 
possible annoyance from spreading to adjoining 
fields ? Will they grow in the moist soil of a val¬ 
ley having full sunshine but several springs of 
water ? Is the artichoke a profitable and desir¬ 
able crop for the purpose named ? 
Ans. —By analysis, the artichoke is 
about 20 per cent more valuable for feed¬ 
ing purposes than the sweet potato. 
The Jerusalem artichoke is usually 
grown. Opinions are divided as to the 
value of this crop north of Tennessee. 
Prof. Tracy, of Mississippi, considers 
them very valuable as hog food, and 
some of our readers in Missouri have 
advised their use. On the other hand, 
a number of our correspondents have 
condemned them. The chief objection 
has been that they spread all over the 
farm, and in any ordinary rotation, 
make a bad weed. The question is still 
an open one, and we shall be glad to 
have the matter discussed once more. 
We must bar out of the discussion a 
number of writers who have the arti¬ 
chokes for sale. 
Remarks About a Brooder, 
T. //., Deerfield, Mon .—I once used a brooder 
made of ordinary sheet-iron, 2x10 feet, which 
was used for base, covered with a coop, was six 
inches high at the back, and one foot in front, 
with four compartments in it. I put a half Inch 
of sand on the iron, and a lamp under the center 
with a very small opening at each end. The 
coop was far enough from the ground so that the 
heat could circulate thoroughly, and not escape 
except at the draft boles at the end. I bad noth¬ 
ing for them to hover under, and a few smothered, 
I think from too many getting together, possibly 
irregular heat. After I put a hen in each com¬ 
partment, they did well. I had a little run fixed 
in front, so that they could exercise. What heat 
should they have until two weeks old? After¬ 
ward, should it be less ? Would it be better to 
use a short-wooled sheep-skin for them to hover 
under, and not to use a hen at all? I have put 
as many as 40 and 50 with a hen with this heat. 
How many chicks are usually allowed to a 
section in an ordinary brooder? Is there any¬ 
thing better than powdered sulphur to use about 
nests and roosts ? I think it excellent about sit¬ 
ting hens and little chicks. I see questions asked 
as to what is good for frozen combs and wattles. 
The best thing is not to allow them to become 
frozen. If you cannot give the fowls something 
of summer conditions, the quicker you kill or sell 
them the better you are off. A man’s hens that 
lay only in the spring and early summer, are al¬ 
ways in debt to the owner, through no fault of the 
hens. The owner of such hens will usually say 
that it is in the stock, but the truth is that it is 
in the quarters, care, and kind of feed they get. 
Ans. —As I understand the arrange¬ 
ment, it was bottom heat, which was 
wrong. A young chick is really naked, 
the down being no protection, hence a 
hover is always necessary, sheep-skin 
being excellent, but a hen should never 
be put in a brooder, as she causes lice. 
About 75 chicks are allowed in a section 
one yard square. Insect powder is 
superior to sulphur for destroying lice. 
P. H. JACOBS. 
Clip the Hokse.— In The R. N.-Y. of 
March 6 is a reply of S. M. H. as to what 
will kill horse lice. I would suggest 
that he clip his horse. No lice can re¬ 
main after the clipping, and all work 
horses and colts are better for clipping, 
even if not infested with lice. m. w. m. 
Ensilage for Horses.— I saw an in¬ 
quiry some weeks ago in The R. N.-Y. 
regarding the feeding of ensilage to 
horses. I wintered several horses dur¬ 
ing two winters, entirely on ensilage 
and cut straw, and never had horses do 
better or look so well in spring. I fed 
no grain except the corn in the ensilage 
These horses were not working except 
about enough for exercise. 
Canada. .t. L. hilborn. 
Pumpkins on Ice —On February 25, I 
saw a farmer in the Cobleskill Valley 
feeding his cows pumpkins on ice. It 
was a warm day, and on inquiry, I 
learned that he had an abundant crop 
of pumpkins, and after storing in the 
barn all he could use before freezing, 
he put a quantity in the cellar, and had 
been feeding through the winter (when 
not too cold) in the stable. As he found 
a few partially rotten, the last mess was 
fed outdoors on the above date. Who 
can beat that ? reader. 
Motherless Lambs.— Several years 
ago, we had some lambs which the ewes 
would not own, or that had lost their 
mothers. We let them suck the cows, 
would go to the side of the pen and call, 
and after a few days’ fussiDg with them, 
they would come on a run and stand for 
me to pick them up when I called, 
would take one under each arm, go to a 
cow and set them down. At first, they 
did not understand what was expected 
of them, but soon grew to be so anxious 
when I picked them up, that it was hard 
to hold them, and they would run right 
through under the cow instead of get¬ 
ting hold to suck. The cow’s milk 
seemed to agree with them, and they 
grew about as fast as the others after a 
week or two. We fed them only when 
we milked, and very young lambs should 
be fed more than twice a day ; but when 
they became older, they would get a 
good full meal twice a day, and could 
eat enough to last until next time, and 
eventually made just as good sheep as 
any of the others, and were quite tame 
F. M. MITCHELL. 
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1 keep it on hand constantly.—(Ilev.) I). H. COMANN, 
Franklin, N. C., November 11, 1802. 
For Headache, take Jayne’s Painless Sanative 
Pills.— Adv. 
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ORATOR F. WOODWARD, Le Roy, Genesee!Countv, N. Y. 
