1905. 
T1IB RURAL NEW-YORKER 
FEEDING COTTON-SEED MEAL 
In regard to feeding cotton-seed meal 
two quarts daily would be nearly 3j4 
pounds. I f cows have been fed grain reg¬ 
ularly 1 should not fear trouble. When 
computing large grain rations we often 
forget this important point. To illus¬ 
trate, I have two cows eating 20 pounds 
of grain daily and about 15 of it corn- 
meal (they are for beef). Ihese cows 
are milking and have no trouble in any 
way. But they have been slowly worked 
up to it. Suppose I should suddenly in¬ 
crease the grain from two pounds to 20; 
anyone knows what would happen. If 
wanted to feed cotton seed I would put 
one pound bran and one pound corn with 
it, making five pounds of the mixture, 
and would expect as good results as from 
an equal weight of cotton seed if fed for 
a length of time. Cows should always 
be fed, when first turned to grass, some 
feed to prevent extreme purging. Take 
the mixture mentioned, and then give 
them hay as long as they will eat it, and 
all will go well. 1 believe farmers who 
feed narrow rations, thereby keeping the 
cows all of the time in reduced flesh, 
make a mistake. Of course for a time 
more milk will flow, but for a season or 
term of years I can win out with cows 
carrying sufficient flesh to look smooth 
and nice. Cottonseed is safe in small 
quantities with succulent feed. H. E. c. 
FEEDING THOSE IOWA PIGS. 
In reply to that question about feeding 
pigs, page 658, I would say sell the pota¬ 
toes at 40 cents and buy shorts at $20 per 
ton. The shorts will furnish balance for 
the corn in better form than the potatoes. 
The clover pasture will furnish all the ele¬ 
ments the potatoes will supply, in better 
form and cheaper price, than 40 cents for 
60 pounds. The corn and oats should be 
ground in equal quantity in bulk; that is, 
32 pounds of oats to 56 pounds corn. 
Making up the ration I would add about 
10 per cent of shorts. This would make 
the ration as near perfect as we could with 
the products of the farm. For the first 
half increase the the quantity of corn, and 
feed the increased quantity from the ear. 
If the clover pasture should become dry 
or gone, I would add a little oil meal to 
balance the corn. I would soak the feed 
in water from one feed to next, and be 
sure to give the pigs plenty of salt. 
Iowa. W. A. STAPLES. 
In regard to feeding pigs to make a 
rapid gain of flesh and finish, I would let 
the pigs run-on a good clover or Blue- 
grass pasture. For grain feed dry corn, 
soaked oats and tankage. I would also 
feed a reasonable amount of shorts made 
up into slop. If you have any milk han¬ 
dy put a little with the shorts. If you 
have no milk 1 would advise a barrel 
of southern sorghum. This can be bought 
for 12 or 15 cents per gallon. It is a 
great appetizer with the tankage and is 
the greatest feed for hogs in the world. 
Feed from three to five times per day if 
convenient. If your pigs are not in first- 
class condition I would advise to feed 
about $2 worth of a good worm powder. 
This will destroy all the worms and will 
put them in condition to gain. 
Marcus. Iowa. * jas. williams. 
WHAT TO DO WITH PULLETS. 
To fit pullets for early laying, have a 
comfortable, airy house, screen or mos¬ 
quito netting for each end, plenty nutri¬ 
tious food and fresh water always in 
their reach ; free run if possible. I have 
100 Barred Rock pullets in fine condition 
in such a house. I give them free run 
in daytime; feed in morning whole corn; 
noon green sweet corn cut off cob; night 
wheat. j. F. perry. 
Delaware. 
My experience is give the pullets free 
range separate from the cockerels; plenty 
of fresh water twice a day; and well ven¬ 
tilated roosting place kept clean to pre¬ 
vent disagreeable, odor and mites. The 
morning meal is warm mash consisting of 
three parts wheat middlings, one part of 
691 
cornmeal, three of water. Midday and 
evening meals are buckwheat, oats and 
wheat, all they will gather up clean. Se¬ 
lect any birds that are weak and give 
them a chance by themselves. Remove 
all sick at once. w. G. mosher. 
Pennsylvania._ 
HOW TO INCREASE -BUTTER FAT. 
About a year ago in a discussion of the 
change of butter fat in milk from the same 
cow, owing to change of feed, it was generally 
conceded that milk from the same cow con¬ 
tained about the same per cent of butter fat, 
the period of lactation having greater influ¬ 
ence than feed. I keep only one or two cows 
for family use. Two months ago the milk 
and butter supply was not so large as de¬ 
sired, the cows having no feed except what 
they could get from a poor pasture. I be¬ 
gan feeding twice daily on green stalks from 
which the roasting ears had been pulled, cut 
to V-> inch lengths, with cotton-seed meal and 
bran mixed with it. The flow of milk has 
more than doubled, the milk handled in same 
way all the time, but we got but little more 
butter. What is the trouble? The milk is 
set in shallow pans and the cream allowed to 
rise, and is churned daily (after ripening). 
Will you give me the best ration that can 
be compounded from cotton-seed meal, bran 
and cow-pea hay? No other feeds are to be 
had in our markets. If I could buy a second¬ 
hand separator would it pay with not more 
than four cows? j. l. o. 
North Carolina. 
So long as you set milk in shallow pans 
you may expect to be in the dark concern¬ 
ing the butter fat content of your milk. 
The cow under increased flow should sure¬ 
ly make more butter if you get the but¬ 
ter fat all out. In shallow pans some¬ 
times you do and sometimes you do not. 
You would not get double the butter un¬ 
der these conditions if the milk increased 
in that proportion for the reason that the 
light flow was abnormal or greatly below 
her capacity, which means the per cent fat 
content would be higher. The fat in 
milk as a rule does not shrink as fast as 
the water content. If you want to know 
how much fat your cow gives and how 
much you waste in these shallow pans, buy 
a small Babcock test and you can soon 
know a lot of things about your cow and 
her yield that you never knew before, and 
more than I could tell you in a whole page 
of The R. N.-Y. Weigh the milk and 
test the skim-milk and also your butter¬ 
milk. You will be surprised and probably 
go for a separator at once. A second¬ 
hand separator is all right if it skims 
clean. You can buy subject to a guaranty. 
If it does not you might as well lose in 
the pan and save muscle and money. I 
would not think bran, cotton seed and cow- 
pea hay a good ration. I would prefer to 
mix 100 pounds corn with 50 each of cot 
ton-seed meal and bran. Fed with cow- 
pea hay it would make a balanced ration. 
There is too much protein in your mix¬ 
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