1896 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
443 
LIVE STOCK MATTERS. 
(CONTINUED.) 
sit since he has had them. In keeping 
so many of the Mediterraneans, he has 
found it difficult to secure early sitting 
birds, though he has 1,000 healthy chicks 
now, growing up for next season's lay¬ 
ers. He has been investigating the sub¬ 
ject of incubators, and is trying his 
hand at an incubator of his own which 
he hopes will be successful. 
When asked about a “balanced ration'’ 
for birds, he says that he is obliged to 
differ with The R. N.-Y. a little, and 
uses a wider ration than one part of 
muscle-makers to four of fat-formers. 
In fact, he has about come to the con¬ 
clusion that the ration for hens should 
be about as wide as for a cow, namely : 
1 to 5% or 6. Starting with a small 
ration, he added corn meal slowly, as it 
seemed to agree with the birds. He has 
not quite reached the limit of profit yet, 
so far as he can see, and is about ready 
to throw in another bag of corn meal 
anyway, to make the ration wider yet. 
It was Mr. Mapes who asked us last 
year about the life history of the hen 
louse, and Prof. Slingerland, in reply, 
gave all the available information re¬ 
garding this interesting insect. Acting 
on the suggestion that grease of any 
kind is sure death to vermin, Mr. Mapes 
tried the experiment of smearing the 
roosts, perches and cross bars with melt¬ 
ed tallow or “cottolene.” This was 
painted right on the perches during the 
daytime, and the result was that, so 
long as the grease remained on the 
perches, not a single mite could be found 
on them, and the hens were absolutely 
free from these insects. As is known, 
these mites leave the hen during the day 
and crawl on the under side of the roost, 
working only at night. In this way, the 
tallow or other grease painted on the 
roost, not only kills those that are there, 
but prevents the hatching of the eggs, 
and thus makes an end of the whole foul 
race. While this might not kill the large 
gray, or body louse, it is perfectly sure 
death to mites, and this treatment is well 
worthy of a trial by all poultrymen who 
desire to get rid of this henhouse pest. 
Re sure to do the painting in the daytime, 
when the hens are away, and put the 
grease on thick enough so that it will 
stay on quite a long time. 
ANOTHER " MUSH-MAKER " TALKS. 
I have been much interested in the 
“mush-making” controversy in your 
columns, and I think that Myra V. Norys 
has given, on page 410, a very complete 
summing up of the case for the mush- 
makers. Her average difference (if kept 
up for a year), of $150, in favor of 
“mush,” would convince any reasonable 
being, and her showing needs no rein¬ 
forcement. Nevertheless, since she has 
referred to me and the paper of which I 
am editor (as I modestly assume), I may 
be pardoned for relating an experience 
on my farm in the winter of 1891. 
I was keeping, at that time, about 300 
fowls, all but 30 of them pullets, feeding 
a “mash” five mornings in the week, 
with wheat, barley and oats at noon and 
night (and the other two mornings), 
with about two feeds of whole corn each 
week. It was my custom to make up 
the mash in the evening, after my return 
from the city, then feed it in the morn¬ 
ing, and water the fowls before going 
to the city again. The noon and night 
feeding and watering and collecting the 
eggs, were done by the boys (three of 
them, aged 9 to 16 years), outside of their 
school hours. Sickness in the family, 
followed by my absence from home on 
business, cut off the mash feed for 
nearly four weeks. It was resumed 
January 23, the proportion of meat-meal 
in the mash being increased for a week, 
to make up for the total omission of 
animal food during the interim. The 
birds had been laying about 100 eggs a 
day, the first of December, but dropped 
off somewhat, owing to a severe cold 
spell the first half of that month, and 
were rallying again when the mash feed 
was dropped. The following account of 
the result of that experiment, I clip 
from Farm Poultry for March, 1891 : 
January 23, we began the mash-feed again. 
January 26, the egg-yield was 70; 28, 80 ; 31, 88; 
February 1, 98; 2, 107; 3, 122; 5, 133; 7,150, and 
for the week ending February 17, the yield was 
1,051 eggs, or 150*4 eggs per day. For the week 
ending January 27, an average of 64 per day. 
Surely good care and feeding pay well! 
For convenience we have prepared a table of 
the egg-yield by weeks, including price per dozen 
and value. 
Week Total Daily Price 
Ending. Eggs. Average. Per doz. Value. 
Nov. 25 . 703 100* $0.40 $23.43 
Dec. 2 . 751 107* 40 25.03 
9 . 655 93* 40 21 83 
16 . 627 89* 40 20 90 
23 . 663 94* 40 22.10 
30 . 709 101* 40 23 63 
Jan. 6. 575 82* 38 18.21 
13. 461 65* 38 14.60 
20 . 474 67* 38 15.01 
27. 448 64 35 13.07 
Feb. 3 . 650 92* 35 18.96 
10. 941 134* 30 23.53 
17 .1.054 150* 28 24.60 
(*And a fraction over.) 
We do not lose sight of the fact that the season 
was advancing, and that a part of this rapid in¬ 
crease in egg-yield should be credited to that, 
and we mentioned the fact that there were half a 
dozen days when the birds could be out of doors, 
also a help. With these facts kept in mind, the 
above table shows remarkable results from good 
care and good feeding; by the latter, we mean 
feeding a cooked morning mash. 
There can be no question but a cooked morning 
mash increases the possibilities of assimilation. 
The fowl has to grind up the grain ration before 
it is prepared for assimilation. Supposing that 
she has ground up and assimilated the grain 
eaten for supper during the night. If she is fed 
grain in the morning, it will be some hours before 
that ration can be ground and made ready for 
assimilation ; whereas the cooked mash is avail¬ 
able for assimilation almost immediately upon 
being eaten, consequently so much time is 
gained. The cooked mash enables biddy to “make 
over-time.” 
Another advantage of the cook ed mash is the 
variety of food elements it contains. There are 
the cooked vegetables, the animal food in the 
meat meal, which contains meat, bone, etc., and 
is rich in albuminoids. In fact, we may suppose 
that the grain ration gives biddy the wherewithal 
to sustain life, resist the cold, and replace worn- 
out tissue, and that the cooked mash furnishes 
the material out of which to manufacture eggs. 
Life must be sustained, cold resisted, and worn- 
out tissue replaced, before eggs can be made. 
There must be a surplus for egg making. Isn’t 
that surplus the cooked mash ? a. f huntek. 
COW PEAS FOR SHEEP FODDER. 
“Many sheep men have lost the clover 
hay crop. * * * Wanted, something to 
sow now /” This I read in The R. N.-Y., 
page 404. If I am not mistaken, there 
is a better thmg than a “good substitute.” 
I can give no better advice than to state 
what I am doing now (middle of June), 
have been doing for several weeks, and 
expect to do for several weeks longer, 
as I can snatch a few spare hours from 
my other work to prepare the land. I 
refer to sowing cow peas. 
The cow pea will do fairly well on soil 
that would starve clover. It luxuriates 
in hot weather, and the hay made there¬ 
from highly exceeds clover in feeding 
value. As it is fit to cut in a very short 
time after sowing, I can see no earthly 
reason why many tons of it could not be 
converted into valuable forage at any 
place on the face of the earth where 
there is no danger of frost, for at least, 
three consecutive months. This is not 
saying that it will mature seed in tho^e 
places, although last year, I gathered 
the ripe pods in August from seed sown 
in June. In past years, I have sown 
many acres of cow peas on wheat stubble 
early in July, and when I began to 
fallow for winter oats, in September, 
many of the pods were perfectly ripe. 
But for the purpose of securing the 
most excellent winter roughage for 
stock, one does not wish the cow peas 
ripe. As soon as the first pods give an 
indication of ripening, it is a warning 
that, for best results, the vines should 
be cut at once. I would advise no 
farmer North to attempt to grow his 
own seed, for even if he could succeed, 
he would find it unprofitable, as the seed 
can be procured at such a low figure in 
the South where the cow pea is at home. 
Some seedsmen in the North charge 
such fabulous prices for the seed, that it 
is no wonder that its culture has not 
been more extensively practiced. Lead¬ 
ing seedsmen in tfie South offered them 
some weeks ago for 85 cents per bushel. 
Sometimes they sell for even less, but a. 
fair average price is about $1 per bushel. 
The land-renovating qualities of the 
cow pea have been so often extolled that 
I need here but allude to the fact. Even 
should the experiment cost $1, sow a 
pint of the Black variety now, cut tlie 
vines no later than the first indications 
of some of the pods ripening (before 
frost, of course), cure nicely, and let the 
stock pass judgment on their palatability 
next winter. Thereafter, you will thank 
The R. N.-Y. for having, through its 
columns, prepared the way to enable you 
to bridge over aDy short hay crop that 
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