1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
863 
SHREDDED FODDER FOR SHEEP. 
There seems to be some argument about 
the value of shredded corn fodder for feed¬ 
ing sheep. Some of our readers say that 
this fodder is better for feeding horses and 
cattle than for sheep. If you have fed it 
will you let us know what you think of 
it? Do you think it pays to shred the 
fodder? What grain is best fed with It? 
Shredded corn is all right for horses 
and cattle; they clean it up pretty well. 
But the drawback is that so many peo¬ 
ple shred it too soon, before the pith is 
properly dry, and if not thoroughly dry 
it molds easily, and you do not get the 
full benefit. Our experience is that it 
is not first-class sheep feed. 
Creston, Iowa. a. i.. wilson. 
It pays to shred corn fodder to feed 
sheep, because you can then keep it in 
the dry and feed it to them fresh and 
bright. They will not eat much more of 
it shredded than whole, perhaps not as 
much, but if it gets wet and spoiled in 
the shock they will not eat it at all. 
Feed some grain with it that is rich in 
protein, or feed abundantly of wheat 
bran, and you will make a fine gain, but 
you cannot feed corn alone and shredded 
fodder and make it win, there is too lit¬ 
tle protein in the ration, w. o. wino. 
Ohio. 
We have not thought that it pays to 
shred the fodder. A great deal of it is 
being done among our neighbors, and 
they advise us that it is chiefly done to 
get the corn and fodder in while the 
weather is good. A great many recom¬ 
mend it for horses and cattle, not so 
much for its additional feeding value as 
for the soft, dry bedding that the refuse 
makes, in feeding fodder to breeding 
cows we prefer to run it through a cut¬ 
ting box, corn and all, cutting it into 
bits about an inch to two inches long. 
By this a feed of great bulk is made 
that is rich enough in grain food to form 
the main part of the Winter’s feed, and 
still have the refuse left for bedding, 
without the expense of shredding. In 
addition to this ration we mix bran and 
a little oil meal for cows that have 
calves or are soon to calve. 
Pendleton, Ind. c. e. swain & sons. 
I have fed shredded corn stover to 
horses, cattle and sheep for a number of 
years, v ith good results. I have known 
of bad results where breeding ewes were 
fed corn fodder almost exclusively, get¬ 
ting too much of a carbonaceous ration, 
accompanied with too little exercise pos¬ 
sibly. But I believe where they are 
properly managed corn stover can be 
made a very useful roughage. Bran and 
oats, equal parts by weight, make a de¬ 
sirable grain ration with corn stover, 
and if possible add some succulent food 
in form of roots. I think that this year 
especially it pays to shred, for all rough- 
age must be saved and made to go as far 
as possible. Taking Timothy hay as a 
standard for roughage, and placing it at 
$12, corn stover is found to have a value 
of $8.25 per ton. When we consider the 
great losses occurring from having it 
whole, the disadvantage in handling, to¬ 
gether with the greater amount of re¬ 
fuse, it would seem to be an advantage to 
shred and take care of it at above price. 
If, however, it were possible to secure 
the clover as hay at the market price 
I doubt very much whether it would pay 
to put any unnecessary expense to the 
fodder, as the actual feeding value of 
the clover is far greater relatively than 
the market price. For instance, one ton 
That Connecticut MHk Strike. 
It Is now past history yet still another 
account of that milk war in Connecticut 
will be helpful. This Is the way for farm¬ 
ers to “get together.” 
The situation has been bad for years. 
While other sections of New England 
milk trade have been more or less or¬ 
ganized for the protection of the farm¬ 
ers, there was nothing of the kind on the 
Providence car running from Williman- 
tic, Conn., to Providence, R. I., so of 
course the contractors “played horse’’ 
with the farmers just as they saw fit. 
The contractors offered 31 cents for a 
10-quart can (this is delivered at depot). 
This is one cent per can higher than last 
Winter, but grain is so much higher that 
the farmers felt they could not afford to 
make milk at that price and demanded 
36 cents per can, a raise of five cents. 
The farmers then proceeded to organize 
a milk producers’ association at every 
depot on the line, and notified the con¬ 
tractors that they would stop November 
16 if the price of 36 cents was not grant¬ 
ed. The strike was quite general, and 
it is estimated that 600 cans were 
stopped out of the usual number of 800. 
The contractors got 100 cans from Bos¬ 
ton for one day to help them out, but 
this left some peddlers entirely without 
any milk, and the contractors, after try¬ 
ing New York and Philadelphia in vain 
for extra supply, surrendered and grant¬ 
ed the price asked. So much for co¬ 
operation among the farmers. The price 
asked is not unreasonable, and it is 
thought that the success this time may 
encourage the farmers to hold to their 
organization and induce others to join. 
EVEKETT E. BKOWN. 
Success With Broilers. 
I notice in several of the papers state¬ 
ments that the broiler business is over¬ 
done, broilers a failure, they cannot be 
made to pay a profit, etc. I have a lot 
of broilers that were hatched in the Sum¬ 
mer when eggs were very cheap, thu.s 
making the first cost less; the weather 
was very warm at times, thus using less 
oil to run the incubators, and as the 
warm weather also helped to keep the 
chicks warm there was less coal used 
than in colder weather to keep the 
brooder house warm enough for the lit¬ 
tle fellows. The pens in the brooding 
house are about 4x6 feet and the yards 
adjoining are but 16 feet long, and they 
have been kept in the house and yards 
right along, so we know always where 
they are and just where we have to go 
to feed them, and can easily see if they 
are properly attended to. Hatching 
them in the time that eggs were plenti¬ 
ful and cheap makes the first cost less, 
but we need to have that less, as we have 
to sell at the lowest price of the year, 
which is always in the late Pall. I am 
now getting 18 cents per pound for them 
dressed, which is simply killed and the 
feathers taken off, dry-picked. We 
pack in barrels and deliver to the sta¬ 
tion and the dealer pays us for them net 
without any freight or other expenses. 
The sizes that are wanted are one to two 
pounds each. We try to get them as 
near the two-pound weight as possible, 
as the last pound can be put on cheaper 
than the first. As to feed, they can be 
raised to the above size at an actual 
cost for feed even at the prevailing high 
prices from eight to 10 cents, and allow¬ 
ing five cents each for them when out 
of Red clover hay contains 130 pounds 
of digestible protein, or blood and mus¬ 
cle-making properties, against 40 pounds 
in corn stover, and this is the chief ele¬ 
ment sought in our feed stuffs. 
Pecatonica, III. jo:i\ Mi'i’chcock. 
10 WeOkS You have several ueighbors 
amj friends who need Tu* 
for N 'Y- We are poing' to 
■ ■ help you to see that they get 
to COntS acquainted with it. Iforour 
■ y WIIC9. part we win send the paper 
to them now 10 weeks for 10 cents - a cent a week 
We ask you to call their attention to this offer. 
Perhaps you can get up a club. The 23 largest 
clubs will each get a cash premium January 1 
Will Tou be one o/ them T 
of the incubator makes a cost of 15 cen 
each actual outlay. By careful selectii 
we kill so as to average lately 33 cen 
each or thereabout, and the expense 
dressing is three cents each, so they n 
us 30 cents each. Less the actual co 
of producing gives us 15 cents each f 
our work, which seems to pay as w( 
as almost any other part of the busines 
We had at the middle of Septemb 
nearly 4,000 chicks out, and now ai 
marketing about 200 weekly, and ha^ 
reduced the lot to about 1.300; most i 
these will be away before the first of tl 
I). A. MOUNT. 
New Jersey. 
Live Stock Notes. 
Bone Meal for Cow.s.— I have fed 
ground bone to milch cows and have 
found in many respects it is helpful, es¬ 
pecially to those that are kept for breed¬ 
ing purposes. On the other hand, during 
the past few years I have not been so par¬ 
ticular about its use. In fact, we have not 
used it for some time, and we have had 
very good results with our herd I would 
sum up regarding its use something as fol¬ 
lows: That in a herd of dairy cows kept 
ior breeding purposes, if the cows are not 
in their best and most vigorous condition, 
and if there is trouble with weak calves, 
the use of bone meal will be found very 
beneficial, but with a herd where these 
troubles do not exist. I would feel that my 
own experience did not warrant me in say¬ 
ing that the feeding of bone meal was 
necessary. wm. h. cat.dweui.. 
IIOLSTEINS AT PAN-AMEHICAN.—AS tO 
dairy test at the Pan-American, we believe 
all fair-minded men will agree that the 
estimates of the value of skim-milk should 
have been given in all tables published by 
the managers of this test. Would a farmer 
taking a load of wheat to mill expect to 
leave the bran and other by-products with¬ 
out having credit for same? With these 
products credited the Holsteln-Frlesians 
show a profit of $262.64 on total solids, be¬ 
ing $26.84 greater than their next nearest 
competitor, and for total solids and gain 
in weight they surpass all other breeds. 
We believe if the results of this test had 
been published giving tables complete, that 
there would have been no complaint from 
our people, but they have been very mis¬ 
leading. The western farmer and daiiy- 
man who is fully posted with the outcome, 
will be very well satisfied with the result 
so far as our breed is concerned. 
Hampton, Iowa. w. b. barney. 
THE OLD RELIABLE REMEDY 
For 8pavin8, Jtingboncis SpliiitH, Curbs* 
lorLii 
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Liameness is 
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FEEDS ^ND 
FEED! NO 
n E-\T WINTER it will be 
neces-sary for our farmers 
to study the <iuestion of 
stock foods. Corn, the great 
stock grain, will he higli in 
price, and substitutes must he 
provided for it. How can these 
substitutes he found ? Only by 
comparing other and cheaper foods with corn, and knowing beforehand 
how they will affect the animal. This comparison may be done by study¬ 
ing analyses, hut a farmer cannot afford to spend the Winter in experi¬ 
menting. He must know beforehand what others have found out. He 
can learn this by studying Prof. W. A. Henry’s great book. Feeds and 
Feeding tells yon just what you ought to know about foods and how to 
feed them. It is full and complete, and easy to read. Price, 82. 
Sold hy THE RURAL ::SH-]W-YORKER, Nkw York. 
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