1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
675 
FATTENING YOUNG PIGS. 
It has always been my practice when 
feeding for pork, not for breeding stock, 
to feed ground corn and oats, three- 
fourths corn, one-fourth oats, ground and 
mixed into a soft mush. If pigs were to 
be used for breeding stock I should give 
two-thirds oats, one-third corn, ground 
and mixed as above. But if feeding for 
pork I would increase the corn as the pigs 
grow, and add to ground corn and oats 
about five per cent oil meal, and in their 
drinking water I would mix shorts. I 
fed a bunch of Duroc barrows last Fall 
that way, and marketed, them at 8 J /2 
months old, and the 45 head averaged 320 
pounds and topped the market when 
shipped. Oats at 2(5 cents and corn at 
40 is the cheapest feed if ground and fed 
in a trough that the pigs cannot get in the 
feed. If the feeder cannot grind then 
soak for 12 hours before using; have two 
barrels and put just enough in for one 
day’s feed, and then it will not sour. When 
feeding the first fill up the other, so that 
by the time he has used the first the next 
will be ready. If he follows these instruc¬ 
tions he will very soon have 200 -pound 
hogs out of Spring shotes. Potatoes at 
40 cents would better be sold, for they 
will not make that to feed to hogs. By 
feeding this way I have produced hogs 
that at 12 months would weigh 500 pounds, 
but of course if I were keeping for breed¬ 
ing purposes I would not crowd so fast. 
Iowa. K. J. HARDING. 
Your correspondent does not state 
whether the pigs are growthy or not. 
With the feed mentioned lie can easily 
make them weigh 200 at seven to eight 
months of age at a minimum cost. I 
would advise feeding a ration of four 
parts corn, one part oats ground and 
soaked 12 hours in clear water. Feed 
this morning and evening, and feed dry 
whole corn at the noon hour. If there 
is no way to grind the oats I would not 
feed them at all, as the oat hulls do the 
pigs no good. If oats are not fed I would 
feed the corn dry three times daily; I 
never found that it paid for the trouble 
soaking corn when pigs have green feed. 
I would not feed the potatoes at all at 
price named, but if tankage can be had 
at $35 to $40 per ton would sell the pota¬ 
toes and buy it. Mix four parts shorts 
and one part tankage in slop form, and 
if skim-milk can be added so much the 
better for the pig. Look carefully after 
the health of the pigs, and be regular 
about feeding; see that they clean up each 
feed and have some appetite left. Mix 
equal parts wood ashes and salt and place 
in a dry place so pigs can have free ac¬ 
cess to it at all times. I see no reason 
why these pigs fed in the way prescribed 
will not net their owner a nice little profit. 
A. C. LANHAM. 
AYRSHIRE COWS FOR CREAM. 
Is this feasible? What breed of bull would 
you buy to cross on a herd of Ayrshires? 
We believe Ayrshires are scarcely ever known 
to have tuberculosis. Now we want to breed 
on that stock for richer cream, but the bull 
must be of a breed also noted for health. 
New York. w. b. w. 
I think that cither Guernsey or the large 
breed of Jersey bull would make one of 
the best cross breeds with the Ayrshire 
cow. Ayrshires are large milkers, but 
not as a rule rich in cream, while either 
the Guernsey, Jersey or Brown Swiss are 
very rich in butter fat. My choice would 
be the Jersey to cross with the Ayrshire 
COW. G. W. H. 
This is the old question over again, try¬ 
ing to combine all the good points in one. 
I once tried it myself, with the usual loss. 
The speculative tendency of man leads him 
continually to cross-breed, because occa¬ 
sionally a remarkable animal is produced, 
but the chances are ten to one when this 
scheme of combining large milk flow with 
high fat content is tried that the progeticy 
will give small quantities of poor milk. 
If you want the richer milk exchange 
cows and get one of the Channel Island 
breeds, Jerseys or Guernseys, and go 
ahead. Life is too short even to attempt 
to put all the good qualities of our dairy 
stock into one breed. h. e. cook. 
If I had a herd of purebred Ayrshire 
cows, and wanted richer milk suitable for 
butter and cream, and wanted it to supply 
a trade shortly, I would sell the Ayrshires- 
and buy Guernseys or Jerseys or other 
grades, and use a bull of the breed I se¬ 
lected. Either of these breeds will make 
butter of a better texture than can be 
made from the ordinary Ayrshire, or any 
other breed, also of much higher color. 
This is particularly true of the Guernseys. 
If cream is to be sold they will give it a 
color that will make it particularly sala¬ 
ble. These cattle have been bred for over 
two centuries to produce milk containing 
a high per cent of fat, and that very solid, 
I believe, it will be seen, in a special pur¬ 
pose cow. On the other hand, the Ayr¬ 
shire is one of the best breeds of cows 
that we have, good size and giving a large 
amount of most excellent milk. If I had 
such a herd, and was satisfied with them 
in other respects, and simply wanted rich¬ 
er milk, and wanted to breed it from 
those cows, I would select an Ayrshire 
bull and no other, but I would get him 
from a family of Ayrshires that were 
noted for their butter fat (and there are 
plenty such) and he an individual that 
showed he was of this character. Then 
I should expect improvement, and know 
what I was getting. If he were to get a 
Guernsey or a Jersey bull the progency 
would be a lot of half bloods, neither 
Ayrshire or anything else. If the ani¬ 
mals chanced to “nick” well he might get 
some that were good milkers and giving 
rich milk. Probably the result would be 
a lot of cows inferior to their dams, and 
what the next generation would be, the 
Lord only knows. Nature docs not usually 
go in two directions at the same time. A 
very rich milk means a reduced quantity 
and vice versa. It is one of the most 
popular fallacies to cross-breed, forgetting 
that the blending of two distinct strains 
usually means a reversion to the original 
type, or non-excellence in any direction. 
It has taken generations to produce the 
superior qualities of the Ayrshire or Jer¬ 
sey by line breeding; what folly then to 
expect in nine months to get the best qual¬ 
ities of both in one animal. If the ques¬ 
tioner wants increased fat or color be¬ 
fore he can breed it let him get a few 
Guernseys or Jerseys of a rich strain, and 
that will help him in the interval. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
TROUBLE WITH THE WATER PIPE. 
I think the trouble with G. F. M.’s water 
pipe, page 616, is air gathering In pipe. If 
special care is not used when laying the 
lead pipe many slight bends up and down 
are likely to be made. Each little bend 
will hold an air bubble, and help slacken the 
current of flow, if the flow is not swift 
enough to sweep out the air. All the small 
pipe aqueducts with which I am acquainted 
have similar trouble when the discharge is 
slow, and the water becomes warmer while 
passing through the pipe than it is in the 
supply source. When the temperature of 
water is rising the water parts with some 
of the air which it holds, and the air gathers 
in minute bubbles on inside of pipe, which 
bubbles gather to larger bubbles in the bends, 
and the flow of water is slackened and may 
entirely stop. I had just the same trouble 
with my water pipe that G. F. M. complains 
of. To cure it. I put a waste-off valve at 
the lowest level the pipe reaches, which is 
not more than 150 or 200 feet from the end 
where I wished to draw the water. My pipe 
is 1,700 feet long. When warm weather 
comes and I am not using a targe flow 
the air gathers in the pipe. Then I open 
the low-down waste-off cock, and the rapid 
flow sweeps out the air clean in a short 
time, and for a while it is all right. There 
is never trouble when the ground is as cold 
as or colder than the water supply. 
Massachusetts. ' si. si. 
It. N. Y.—A neighbor who has had some 
trouble with pipe from a pond clogging, took 
off the lift pump at the house, put on a 
force pump and forced the water back to the 
pond. This cleared the pipe so that it ran 
freely. _ 
Chinese Workmen. — In comment on doubt 
expressed on page 540 of the issue of July 15, 
as to the serviceableness of a Chinaman as 
single hired man, I would like to say that a 
relative in California, having a country place 
within reach of San Francisco, finds a'China- 
man a necessary adjunct as outdoors man. 
lie has kept one or another for years back, 
and finds them invaluable, willing and re 
sourceful. Itather than harness up to take 
trunks down to railway station Johnny will 
come to the door with a hand cart—“Ah Sin 
all same horse”—and convey them in that 
way. In business relations in the city the 
same gentleman has a high opinion of their 
capacity an4 probity. r. t. 
INCREASED CAPACITY 
CREAM SEPARATORS 
In line with its established policy of always keep¬ 
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by further improving its separators every few years, 
the DE LAVAL COMPANY has just let out another 
“link” of superiority, which still further widens the 
gulf of practical efficiency between the DE LAVAL 
and the best of imitating: cream separators. 
Seemingly perfect as they have been before, the 
later, 1905, DE LAVAL machines are still further 
improved, run still easier, have lower-down supply 
cans, and LARGELY INCREASED CAPACITIES, 
all for the SAME PRICES as heretofore. 
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450 
it 
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It 
Baby” No. 2 (Iron-Stool) 
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it 
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600 
It 
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it 
Baby” No. 3 
1,000 
(( 
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it 
Dairy” Turbtne 
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it 
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NEW YORK. 
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248 McDermot Avenue, 
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Daily Stable Duties 
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Feed and Litter 
Carrier. 
Box of ample capacity carried everywhere 
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A labor and time saver—no baru complete 
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39 Broadway, 
Fairfield, Iowa. 
IF YOU WANT A MACHINE FOR 
W n H DRILLING OR 
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size of Bits or Drills you want. Our machines are 
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Ha rness 
W c sell custom made, oak- 
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fi Lake St. 
Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
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Climatic Changes Do Not 
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Any Workman Can Put 
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Will not Shrink or Crack 
Light in Weight. 
Does not Taint Water. 
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k Maker* of Harrow*, Cultiva* 
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Spreads 5 to 35 Loads per Acre. 
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