1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
69 
at 3 Vi cents a pound. Two barrels of 
Portland cement at $2 per barrel will 
be sufficient to make a substantial bottom, 
and some even forego this, but I think 
it pays to have a cement bottom. To 
excavate and level and put on cement 
will require two men not over one day 
(we have done it in less time) costing 
$3; two loads sand costing $1. You will 
need 16 one-half inch rods 27 feet long 
and 16 one-half inch lugs. Rods with 
threads and nuts will cost $8 and lugs 
$1.80. It will require one good carpenter 
and two helpers one day to put up this 
silo, and if the carpenter has had any 
experience it will not be a hard day’s 
work. This will cost an additional $6, 
so by adding up these items our silo up to 
the roof will cost us as follows: 
3 300 feet planed and bev^’d lumber 
’<8 $20. $00 00 
2 bbls. cement, Portland, (y) $2. 4.00 
2 loads sand, 50c. 1.00 
2 men one day leveling and cementing 3.00 
lOVi-in. rods 27 feet long, @ 50c. each 8.00 
16 Tugs, % in. 1.80 
20 lbs. nails and spikes. . <0 
3 men one day to erect silo. 6.00 
Total . $00.50 
This covers everything except a roof 
and painting, which can or cannot be in¬ 
cluded as desired. We have our silo 
without roof, and as we use this one first 
see no need for one, but a roof of a good 
durable covering can be put on for $10 
to $12, so that our silo does not much ex¬ 
ceed $1 per ton capacity. 
Balanced Ration for Jersey Cows. 
I keep five grade Jerseys and a registered 
bull. 1 have for feed, good mixed hay, corn 
stover, and ground corn and oats. What 
would I have to buy for a good balanced 
ration, butter being desired? J. s. 
Rocky River, O. 
Of your home-grown feeds the cows 
will consume about 12 pounds hay and 
10 pounds corn stover, and with this you 
can feed six pounds daily of the corn 
and oats. Separating ithese into their 
elements we have 
Ca rbo- 
Protein. hydrates. Fat. 
12 lbs bay, mixed... .71 
10 lbs. corn stover.. .17 
6 lbs. corn and oats .44 
4.90 .14 
3.24 .07 
3.67 .22 
Total . 1.32 11.81 .43 
We find this short about a pound of 
protein and nearly sufficient carbohy¬ 
drates and fat. Adding three pounds cot¬ 
ton-seed meal would give protein 2.51, 
carbohydrates 12.42, fat .71, which is a 
theoretically perfectly balanced ration. 
This ought to give butter of good quality, 
but perhaps a little hard and crumbly. If 
linseed meal is cheaper than cotton seed 
with you, you can replace same with that 
in part or whole. Gluten meal can also 
be substituted, but using gluten few would 
require more weight by a pound or so. 
If you can get high-grade corn distil¬ 
lers’ grains, and lots of them are made in 
your State, you can use these with the 
corn and oats and have a bulky palatable 
feed without great expense. The trou¬ 
ble with most of our home-grown rations 
is a lack of protein, and the scheme is to 
buy this in a good form as cheaply as 
possible, which doesn’t mean buying a 
cheap feed, but the one that furnishes the 
most digestible protein for least money. 
Wheat Bran for Young Stock. 
What grain mixture would you recommend 
to make a balanced ration for butter, feeding 
fodder corn twice a day and good early-cut 
mixed grass and clover hay once a day ? 
Available grain is bran or mixed wheat feed, 
hominy feed and cotton-seed meal, or per¬ 
haps gluten feed. Cows, all sorts—medium 
size. What grain feed should heifers under 
one year old have, and what should those 
about two years old have in addition to 
coarse fodder? I wish to have them get all 
growth possible before they come in. Is it 
worth the cost to cut up fodder corn (Held 
cured) where one would have to hire it done 
by machine or else cut it by hand? Would 
the cows get enough more digestible food out 
of it to be an object? Of course what they 
leave would be easier to handle. w. c. i„ 
Gleasondale, Mass. 
From the feeds you mention a good 
ration can be made from the following: 
Carbo- 
T) nnf nl n 1 
15 lbs. corn stover. 
10 lbs. hay . 
4 lbs. gluten feed. 
Protein. 
hydrates. 
Pat. 
.37 
5.19 
.18 
.59 
4 09 
.12 
.95 
d 
2.06 
.11 
1.44 
.13 
. 2.33 
12.78 
.54 
feed . 
Total ... 
We know of nothing better for year¬ 
lings or two-year-olds than wheat bran 
or wheat mixed feed. It supplies food 
for growth of the right kind cheaper and 
better than any feed of our acquaintance. 
We think it will pay to cut up the corn 
fodder even if you have to hire it done. 
It does not make the food more digestible, 
but puts it in better shape for. the cow, 
less waste, as cows will eat it cleaner and 
much more comfort in handling the by¬ 
product. H. G. MANCHESTER." . 
SHEEP WITH COLD IN HEAD. 
I would like your opinion on my sheep, 
which have been ailing since I took them up 
from pasture. It seems hard for them to 
breathe; they snuffle and have a discharge 
from the nostrils all the time; I have used 
a good lot of tar on the nose and in the 
mouth, but they do not seem to get much 
relief. Can you tell me the cause and rem¬ 
edy? B. G. 
Pottersville, N. Y. 
I feel pretty certain from the symp¬ 
toms given, and what I have seen in other 
sheep, that they are suffering from ca¬ 
tarrh, similar to a cold in the head in 
man, and inflammation of the mucous 
membrane, lining the throat, windpipe, 
nostrils and the sinuses of the head. The 
congestion causes the discharge from the 
nose and coughing. Doubtless the cause 
has been exposure to wet, lying on the 
cold saturated ground. I have several 
times alluded to this, and the danger and 
loss that results. No animals are more 
sensitive to cold than the sheep with its 
very thin skin. The wool when satu¬ 
rated with water adds to the trouble. Yet 
because they are so protected (?) they 
are most times neglected when other stock 
is cared for. If the stable is damp or ill 
ventilated, that will increase the trouble. 
First see that they are shut in from the 
storms, have plenty of dry bedding, and 
are in dry air. An open shed, if they 
are kept in from the wet, is preferable to 
a close stable if it is damp, too warm, or 
full of draughts. Then give plenty of 
easily digested laxative food like wheat 
bran or linseed meal. This cold will give 
them a setback, that I fear may take a 
good part of the Winter to overcome, 
unless they are extra well fed and cared 
for. The tar on the nose is all right, 
and should be a help, and continued. In 
addition I would give each sheep one 
dram of ginger, one dram saltpeter, one- 
half ounce Epsom salts. This may be 
mixed with a little wheat bran and mo¬ 
lasses, and perhaps the sheep will eat it. 
A better way—then one can be sure each 
sheep gets its proper dose—is to make a 
drench of this by adding a little warm 
water or milk, and pouring it down the 
sheep from a long-necked bottle. Care 
must be exercised that the sheep is not 
strangled, as is often done when they are 
given medicine in this way. A man be¬ 
ing so much the stronger will put the 
sheep on its back or side in a position 
where it cannot possibly swallow. If 
they are backed up in a corner, letting 
an attendant hold them securely, then 
slightly elevate the head and putting the 
neck of the bottle on the root of the 
tongue, gently pour it down as the sheep 
swallows it. A little practice will prove 
this to be a very easy job. I have given 
30 a dose each in as many minutes un¬ 
aided, except for some one to measure me 
out the medicine. This trouble too, may 
have come from the shee" having been 
overdriven or chased by dogs. If the 
sheep do not improve repeat the treatment 
the fifth day. edward van alstyne. 
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COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
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WESTCHESTER, PA. 
T0R0HT0, CAN. CHICAGO, III. 
SEND US 
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THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY. 
116 Mill Street. Rochester, N. Y. 
Farmir’s Favorite 
Feed Cooker 
Is the model for cooking feed 
and best adapted to water heat¬ 
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making, etc.—a score of uses. 
It’s made to last. Weight 
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TTTTTTT 
Look Here 
Mr. Breeder 
Yon Know that a poor, stunted, 
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Then why don’t you begin now to give a 
“ constitution' to your breeding stock. 
D B HESS 
m. 
give9 
the 
taken ; it 
power to digest all food 
forces into healthy activity 
every animal function; it makes sire and 
dam large enough and vigorous enough 
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fatten easily. It makes stock breeding 
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the digestion, iron for the blood, nitrates 
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The ingredients of Dr. Hess Stock Food 
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5c. per lb. in lOOlb 
sacks; 
S3 lb. puilgl.GO 
A tablespoonful per day for the average 
hog. I.ess than a penny a day for horse 
cow or steer. ’ 
If your dealer cannot supply you, we will, 
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