1905, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
15 T 
FEEDING RATION FOR STEERS. 
What is the quickest way anrl the best feed 
for fattening feeders? I have three head; 
have for feed Timothy hay, shorts, bran, 
shelled corn and oil meal, and water once a 
day at noon, if you think it the proper 
time. I give no bedding. What proportions 
of the above feed mentioned should be fed 
three time a day? h. c. 
If the steers are to be fattened in the 
shortest possible time, it will be wise to 
give them all the concentrated feed they 
will digest and assimilate; any more will 
not only be a waste, but tend to retard 
the animals’ growth. To determine this, 
watch their appetites, being careful to feed 
so that they are eager for the next meal. 
Then watch carefully the droppings; if 
there is much of the grain passing them, 
they arc getting too much; note, too, if 
there is a strong and offensive smell, 
when tirst coming into the stable, a sure 
indication of indigestion. The Timothy 
hay is probably the dearest feed in the 
list, although no prices arc given. Hence 
I would feed all they will eat twice a day, 
after they have eaten their grain. Corn 
is the cheapest, but I would certainly have 
it ground. The increased amount the 
steers will get out of it will more than 
pay for the grinding. I should feed three 
parts cornmeal, two parts shorts, one part 
oil meal, by weight. Give it in three feeds, 
and gauge the quantity by what they will 
consume and digest. If they are watered 
twice a day, their digestion will be better, 
but they should not have to make much 
exertion to get the water. Whether the 
growth will pay for the feed is another 
question, but it is certain that if it will 
pay to feed at all with the expensive foods 
at hand, it will pay to get them fit as 
possible. Their digestion may be helped 
by giving a gill a day in two feeds of the 
following mixture: 100 pounds oil meal, 
5 pounds common salt, 5 pounds Epsom 
salts, 5 pounds powdered charcoal, 4 
pounds saltpetre, 4 pounds powdered gen¬ 
tian, 3 pounds fenugreek. This can be 
given with the morning and night feeds, 
and if the oil meal is fed in the ration 
as above it can be left out of this com¬ 
bination. E. VAN ALSTYNE. 
Intestinal Worms of Sheep. 
I have an old pasture where sheep have 
run many years. Each Summer I lose sev¬ 
eral lambs. I am told the trouble is intes¬ 
tinal worms, that breed in such pastures. 
If this is so. is there any remedy? I do not 
find it possible to use another field for this 
purpose, and I would like to continue to keep 
s h pe P- A. T. w. 
Garrett Co.. Md. 
I his is a question that is continually 
coming up. Undoubtedly the trouble is 
intestinal worms, from which cause 1 be¬ 
lieve more sheep die each year than from 
dogs. The trouble is with the old sheep, 
not with the old pastures. The same 
trouble may, and does occur in pastures 
where sheep have not previously been 
kept. The “remedy” is to prevent the 
worms getting into this pasture and so to 
be picked up by the lambs by treating the 
old sheep. The worms are in their last 
stomach, and can be killed by the fumes 
of gasoline. To this end, as soon as the 
lambs are dropped, give each ewe in the 
tlock a tablespoon fill of gasoline, with 
two tablesDOonfuls of milk. Do not dilute 
it any more, as it is the vapor, not the 
gasoline itself, that kills the worms. Re¬ 
peat the dose the next day, being careful 
to give it on an empty stomach, say 12 
hours after the sheep are fed. It will 
be wise again to do this after an interval 
ot two weeks. r \ here will then be no 
evgs to hatch in the pastures. I do not 
think a lamb has ever been born with 
intestinal worms. If salt, to which they 
should always have access, is sprinkled 
with turpentine, it will also be a help. 
In giving the gasoline it is important that 
the sheep should be kept standing in as 
near a natural position as possible, so 
that she is not strangled, nor the gasoline 
go only into the first stomach. A most 
valuable preventive for worms in sheep, 
and hogs as well, is pumpkin seed. Tt will 
pay any farmer who keeps either of these 
to grow pumpkins for this purpose alone. 
As a food they have a great value and 
ordinarily are not appreciated. 
E. VAN ALSTYNE. 
Winter Feed for Sheep. 
1 improve on my grain ration for 
sneep f Clover is impossible to buy, bean fod- 
aer very scarce, so I have to feed bean fod- 
<ier once, straw once, and grain once per 
«ay, about all the grain they will eat; Win- 
foo<1 :{0 ° pounds, old-process oil 
Y'f 1 pounds, corn 150 pounds, mixed 
Yt ii1(1 a mixture with Ajax or gluten 
0 ..Wthme °f this kind, be better? 
"estern New York. reader. 
I he questioner does not say what kind 
f .'' s " ee P they are, nor what the feeds cost, 
■n any case this cost is important. If 
they are breeding ewes to feed all the 
giain they will eat before lambing is un¬ 
wise. First, they will not pay for it; sec¬ 
ond, it will be likely to cause trouble with 
the udders at lambing time. If good, 
bright corn fodder could be secured, and 
substituted for a part of the straw, it 
would be a wise move. If they are fat¬ 
tening sheep, then it will be wise to feed all 
the grain they will digest, and there is 
not much danger of sheep eating too 
much. In such a case I would feed 300 
pounds of corn and 150 pounds of “mixed 
feed, ’ with the 100 pounds of oil meal. I 
would also feed the grain in two feeds 
instead of one, if it is desired to fatten 
them quickly. In this case I do not be¬ 
lieve it would pay to give the gluten 
or Ajax. If they are ewes with lamb, 
either is a good milk producer, better 
than the “mixed feed,” and the protein 
can be purchased at less cost than in this 
or the linseed meal. If it were possible 
to give some roots (even small potatoes), 
it would cheapen the ration and increase 
the amount the sheep would get out of the 
other feeds. e. van alstyne. 
I he writer is not an expert on feeding 
sheep, but will hazard an answer to this 
question, being interested in this grain 
ration. I assume the inquirer is keeping 
breeding ewes, which if to be kept in 
good condition, and if the stamina of the 
flock is to be kept up, require a ration that 
will put on more flesh than is often seen 
on sheep. The grain ration as now fed 
is all right for flesh keeping, but is rather 
expensive, and I believe it can be cheap¬ 
ened and improved upon. First I note 
mention of “Winter wheat mixed feed.” 
I he Winter wheat feeds (bran, middlings 
and mixed feed) are popularly supposed 
to be better than those made from Spring 
wheat, yet in reality they are not so good, 
not having as much digestible protein, 
carbohydrates or fat. They sell for $2 
to .$4 more per ton than Spring wheat 
products, and as our own experience has 
taught us, do not furnish any more food. 
Bulletin 147, just published by the Con¬ 
necticut Experiment Station, New Haven. 
Conn., fully explains and gives analysis of 
these and other feeds, and I would advise 
anyone interested in the feed question to 
get a copy. It is the best feed analysis 
bulletin I have ever seen. Oil meal is 
very good, but very high. Our old friend 
(not much respected, however) cornmeal 
will keep on flesh, but is not very eco¬ 
nomical. Hominy feed is better and 
cheaper. Ajax style gluten (a distillers’ 
grain made from corn) is bulky, has a 
high analysis in both protein and fat, and 
will please you when mixed with other 
feeds. A mixture of 300 pounds Ajax, 
200 pounds standard Spring middlings and 
100 pounds hominy feed is palatable, fair¬ 
ly bulky and will produce growth and 
flesh, and I think would give satisfaction. 
At present wholesale prices here it would 
cost about $1.12 to $1.15 per 100 and per¬ 
haps $1.20 to $1.25 per 100 at retail. It. 
will weigh about a pound to the quart, so 
that the same bulk will go much farther 
than the ration now being fed. Try it 
and report results. h. g. Manchester. 
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