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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 25, 
Live StockandDairy 
BURN PASTURE FOR COWS. 
Part II. 
A daily ration of green forage is about 
40 pounds—probably somewhat less than 
a cow gets during the day at good pas¬ 
ture. We have been asked how these 
green fodders vary in composition. Here 
is a table of most of those grown at the 
college farm: 
POUNDS IN ONE TON. 
Protein 
Carboh.vdates 
Fat 
Green rye .. .. 
... 40 
100 
12 
Green wheat . 
. . . 48 
230 
14 
Pasture grass . 
. . . 112 
380 
30 
Oats and peas. 
. . . 40 
200 
14 
Crimson clover 
. . . 00 
140 
10 
Alfalfa . 
. . . 90 
210 
18 
Cow peas .... 
.. . 02 
160 
14 
Green corn . .. 
. .. 34 
250 
12 
Japan millet .. 
. .. 40 
200 
12 
Bariev . 
.. . 54 
170 
18 
Kaffir corn . ... 
... 38 
250 
14 
Corn silage . .. 
. . . 30 
220 
14 
This shows 
that green wheat 
is a 
stronger food than green rye. but the lat¬ 
ter is useful in any system of this sort 
because it comes first in the season. 'J he 
rye also gives a larger yield than wheat. 
Green barley makes a better feed than 
either of the other grains, but the yield 
is small, and it is not a profitable Spring 
crop. It is sometimes sown in late Sum¬ 
mer for a Fall feed, although with plenty 
of corn fodder and cow peas it is not 
much used at the college. We see that 
none of these spiling crops compares 
pound for pound with the best pasture 
grass, yet the total yield from an acre is 
several times as much, and by feeding the 
proper ration of grain the pasture grass 
can be duplicated. We have told how the 
small grain and oats and peas are seeded. 
The combination of oats and peas is al¬ 
ways popular with dairymen. It should 
be put in as early as possible, as neither 
grain does well in warm weather. The 
usual plan is to broadcast about five 
pecks of Canada field peas over one acre, 
and work them under with a small plow 
or Cutaway harrow. Then the oats are 
broadcast or drilled in at the rate of 
three bushels per acre. The object is to 
sow the peas an inch or two deeper than 
the oats. Cut when the little pods are 
forming this combination makes excel¬ 
lent green forage, or when cured good 
hay. After this crop is • removed the 
ground may be plowed or disked and 
seeded to millet, cow peas or corn. 
Japanese millet is, without doubt, the 
best of the millets for soiling purposes 
in the East. I saw one field where, fol¬ 
lowing the second cutting of Alfalfa, the 
millet was three feet high three weeks 
after seeding. Prof. Voorhees said that 
this millet contained fully 90 per cent 
of water. We can realize how juicy such 
forage must be when we remember that 
milk contains SI/ per cent of water. 
The millet demands a rich soil, and will 
not make a heavy growth in a drought. 
It is a good green forage and when dry 
ranks with fine cornstalks for cattle, but 
should not be fed to horses. The seed 
is small, and many people make the mis¬ 
take of sowing too much of it. This rank 
growth of millet after the Alfalfa will be 
cut when it comes in head, and will be 
followed by either Crimson clover or 
rye—the former if the land can be cleared 
by August 15. It may be asked why not 
sow clover with the millet, so as to have 
a crop follow without another plowing? 
The millet is too much of a hog to give 
any other crop a chance. It would smoth¬ 
er the clover. The result would be that 
after the millet was cut a mass of weeds 
would spring lip and choke out the 
clover. It pays better in such a system 
to sow one crop at a time, then clean 
the ground by working it thoroughly and 
sow another. Even when Crimson clover 
is seeded in corn or cow peas it is some¬ 
times smothered out, or, in a dry season, 
hurts the crop with which it is grown. 
There has been some discussion as to 
the value of Soy beans compared with 
cow peas. Prof. Voorhees prefers cow 
peas. They grow faster, are surer in the 
average season, and give a heavier yield 
one year with another. A farmer who 
knows nothing about this crop would not 
be impressed by its appearance. What is 
called a good crop looks like a mass of 
pole beans running all over the ground. 
Yet both as green forage and as hay the 
vines make a good showing, and the 
cow backs up the chemist in his estimate 
of their value. We shall see later how 
cow pea hay fully substituted for grain 
in a cow’s dairy ration. There have been 
so many questions about growing cow 
peas that I will try to tell about it in 
some detail next week. H. w. C. 
PLAN FOR HOGHOUSE. 
Can you give me any information about 
construction of piggery, large enough to ac¬ 
commodate 12 to 15 hrood sows? What kind 
of a floor do you advise, cement or plank, 
also drainage, ventilation, light, etc.? 
Du Bois, Pa. s. t. v. t. 
I am always in doubt about advising 
anyone to build a piggery or hoghouse. 
There are hut two classes of men who 
want such a building, viz., those who 
have not had much experience in swine 
growing and those who have had years 
of experience and have, out of this ex¬ 
perience, developed the kind of a house 
or plan for one that will suit them. 
These latter do not ask for plans. Thirty 
years ago at this time in the season I 
was building a hoghouse, or shed, to ac¬ 
commodate six sows and their litters till 
weaning time for the pigs. I have since 
learned that six individual houses cost¬ 
ing at that time less than $80, would 
have answered my purpose much better 
than the $200 house. In temperate 
climates they are in almost universal 
favor with swine growers. But back to 
what the enquirer asks for. It will be 
almost out of the question to give esti¬ 
mates of cost, and besides this, I am not 
enough of a draughtsman to make a 
printable sketch. It has been my custom 
for years in giving such plans, to advise 
that the building be made high enough 
so that if not desired for hogs, it can be 
used for other purposes. Cholera may 
compel the abandonment of its use for 
months, and if only built for hogs it is 
dead capital. I would plan a building 
for 12 to 15 sows, as follows: Make it 
48 by 34 feet. This will allow for a 
row of stalls on each side 12 x 6 feet, 
eight stalls to a side, and an eight-foot 
alley-way through the center. The build¬ 
ing should stand north and south the 
long way. This will make it possible to 
have sunshine in each stall every day. 
The alley-way through the center will 
be wide, sufficient to drive a wagon 
through to clean out manure and haul 
in bedding. The bed for sow in each 
stall should be next to the wall, and the 
feeding part next to the alley. 
I would floor with cement concrete, 
making the alley level, but having a 
slight slope in the stall floors, from walls 
towards the alley—this to keep bed dry. 
I would divide the stalls, or pens, with 
interchangeable and movable panels. 
This will allow of the floor space being 
changed to a feeding floor in a little 
time and with little work. The inquirer 
can put any style of building over this 
floor that he wishes, costly or cheap. 
But I would make it sufficiently high 
to store large quantities of hay or straw. 
It should have at least sufficient upper 
story room to carry a large supply of 
bedding and feed for the swine in the 
building The building should be located 
so that each stall can have an outside 
pen connected with it, as it would not 
do to confine the sows and pigs on the 
cement floors for any length of time. 
The pigs, after a week or two old, when 
all had learned their places, could use 
the alley-way for play room and exer¬ 
cise. I would put well in a lean-to shed, 
at the north end of the building. This 
room should be sufficiently large to allow 
the mixing of slop with bin room for 
mill feed. John m. jamison. 
Flour 
Many Calf-feeds require time and labor in 
preparation for feeding. Swift’s Soluble 
Blood Flour (Protein 87%) is always ready. 
You have only to add it to milk or water and 
mix thoroughly — no heating necessary. 
What It Is 
Swift’s Soluble Blood Flour is almost entirely 
Protein or flesh —forming matter. It is nearest 
like the valuable food solids of milk—therefore 
the best milk substitute. It is also the cheapest. 
Ask us to send you literature: and a sample. 
Swift & Company, U. S. A. 
Animal Food Department, Desk 3 
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Reg. DAIRY SHORTHORNS and 0.1. C. SWINE 
at reasonable prices for sale. We have some excel¬ 
lent, Cat tle and Swine; all acres. Write your wants to 
Jas. Marvin & Son, Andover. Ashtabula Co., Ohio. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves 
FOR SALE. 
From choice A. K. O Dams, and by such sires as 
2 rvl Wavnes Paul DeKol and Sir Korndyke Manor 
sivol. We will make attractive prices on these 
tungsters as they must be disposed of to make room 
ir our crop of Winter Calves. Write for prices o» 
aythlng needed In Holstein-Friesians. 
WOODCREST FARM, Riflon, Ulster C0..H.Y. 
THE BLOOMINGDALE HERD OF 
HOLSTEIN-FRIES1ANS. 
are bred for large production. Good size, Strong 
Constitution, Best Individuality. 
If these are the kind you want write or come to see 
them 12ft to select from. Animals of both sexes 
and all ages to offer at prices that will please you. 
A special offer on some nicely bred Bull CALVE3. 
A. A. COKTKLYOU, Somerville, N.J. 
The Edgewater Herd, 
Huntington, L. I., New York. 
Holstein cattle of the purest breeding, Chester 
White, Poland China, Berkshire, Essex, and Duroc 
Jersey Bed Swine of all ages. A Splendid bred lot 
of Young Stock on Hand for Sale, also Choice Grade 
Dairy Cows. Write for prices and descriptions. 
Address W. It. SELLECK, Huntington, N. Y. 
COTTAGE GROVE STOCK FARM 
has for sale Jersey Bulls from one to nine months 
old, St Lambert Strains. Oxford Down Sheep, Poland 
China Swine. S. E. GILLETT, Ravenna, Ohio. 
Purebred Holstein Friesian Bull Calves 
Choice stock at reasonable prices. Write promptly. 
W. W. CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y. 
Jersey Cattle, Berkshire Hogs, 
Rhode Island Reds. 
K. F. SHANNON, 905 Liberty St.. Pittsburg, Pa. 
J ERSEYS. Two bulls 4 to 5 mos. old, 51ieifers3 to 5 
mos. old. All solid color. St. Lambert and Golden 
Lad strain. Cheap and good. J.A.Herr,Lancaster,Pa. 
R egist’d Jersey Cattle, Lin¬ 
coln, Shropshire, Hamp¬ 
shire and South Down Sheep; 
Chester White, Poland China 
and Berkshire Pigs; Scotch 
^.Collie Dogs and a variety of 
■ Poultry. Come see my 
"stock and make your own 
selections. Send 2c. stamp 
Fancy of Eureka 13UM91 for New Catalogue. 
EDWARD WALTER, West Chester, Penna. 
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Kill* every fly It 
st rike*, when either of 
our patent sprayers is used ; 
keeps off the rest. The origi¬ 
nal stock protector, absolute¬ 
ly harmless toman or beast. 
Cures all sores, prevents con¬ 
tagious diseases; used by 
same dairymen since 1885, 
because it protects cows in 
v)pasture from all insect pests 
longer than any imitation. 
Half cent’s worth saves 3 quarts milk and much flesh. 
No lice in poultry house or anyplace it is sprayed. If 
dealer hasn’t SHOO-FLY (made in Philadelphia) send $1 
for Improved 3-tube Sprayer and enough SHOO-FLY to 
protect 200 cows. Name express office. $1 returned if 
cows not protected. Free Booklet describes Compressed 
Air Sprayer—sprays 50 cows in a few minutes. 
Shoo-Fly Mig. Co.* 1018 Fairmount Ave^Philadelphia 
R ed-polled calves for sale. Either 
sex; thoroughbred and eligible to registry. 
B. F. LEWIS, North Spencer, Tioga County, N. Y. 
SPORTING AND PET DOGS, 
Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Pigeons, 
Ferrets and Rabbits. E i g )i t 
cents for fifty page illustrated 
catalogue. 
C. G. LLOYDT, 
Dept. K, Sayre, Pa. 
■ f” |k| |k| We will sell a few fine 
J t Ivl 1^1 EL I ■ Jennets bred to a thor¬ 
oughbred Jack, to foal next spring. A good chance 
to get a fine Jack colt at a low price. 
HOLT FARM COMPANY, Ellijay, Ga. 
ALL ABOUT HOLSTEINS 
Send postal card for 64 page illustrated pamphlet, 
describing this great breed of cattle. 
F. L. HOUGHTON, Sec’y, Brattleboro, Vt. 
THE JERSEY 
RED SOWS 
are heavy breeders, great milkers. Pigs 
grow very fast. 
Free 48 Page Catalogue. 
Arthur J. Collins, Moorestown, N-J. 
Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshires and C. Whites.' 
8 wks. and older, mated not akin. Ser¬ 
vice Boars, have stock returned, re¬ 
fund money If not satisfactory. Keg. 
_ _ Holsteins. Heifers, Bulls and Cows 
in Calf. Hamilton & Co., Ercildoun, Chester Co., Pa. 
Large Eng. Berkshires 
Imported and Domestic Strains. Matings not akin. 
Descriptive circulars on application. 
WILLOUGHBY FARM, Gettysburg, Pa. 
IMPROVED LARGE YORKSHIRES iSMSi 
Hog. Pigs of all ages from imported stock for sale. 
Meadow Bkook Stock Farm, Rochester. Mich. 
SPRINGBANK HERD 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
A fine bunch of Sows coming a year 
old by Grand Premier, No, 80005, bred to Baron Duke 
85th, No. 91215. A son of Premier Longfellow, No. 
68600, Grand Champion at St. Louis in 1904. Booklet 
on application. J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
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ERSEY REDS, CHESTER WHITES. 
Choice pigs—any age of the highest standard. 
Write for prices and state age wanted. 
HOLMES SEED CO., Harrisburg, Penn. 
Registered Poland Chinas 
Pigs from six weeks to six months 
old. The finest I ever raised. Lengthy ( 
symmetrical, large boned and thrifty. 
Pedigree with each Pig. Write for 
what you want. Satisfaction guaranteed. “Round 
Hill Stock Farm,” Singers Glen, Rockingham 
County, Va. W. H. RODtiERS, Manager. 
S COTCH COLLIE PUPS, the intelligent kind, 
also Ferrets. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa, 
IJOLLIE PUPS, registered stock. Also Buff Or- 
pington and Barred Hock Chickens. Stock right, 
prices right. W. A. LOTHERS, Peru Lack, Pa. 
R egistered angora goats.—P airs or 
trios. REGISTERED RAMBOUILLET RAMS. 
Write for prices and information. , 
MELROSE STOCK FARM, Cincinnatus..N..Y! 
