1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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ter than most farm crops, especially if fre¬ 
quent liberal dressings of stable manure 
are applied, but ultimately the yield is 
likely to fall off, owing to the presence of 
insect pests, fungus diseases or other trou¬ 
bles. Better average results will be se¬ 
cured if every few years a crop of clover 
is grown. The clover sod will help to 
maintain the land in good condition, and 
the hay will prove a very acceptable change 
of food for the stock. The avidity with 
which animals fed largely upon silage eat 
dry forage of almost any descriptioin may 
be taken as a safe indication that some 
dry forage is favorable to best results. 
That silage may profitably constitute the 
bulk of the roughage in many cases seems 
evident, but that effort should be made to 
supply some dry roughage also seems to 
be indicated by experience and observa¬ 
tion, and will lit into a rational system of 
handling land better than an exclusive use 
of silage. j. l. stone. 
Cornell. 
R. N.-Y.—At the New Jersey Exper¬ 
iment Station it is possible to sow Crim¬ 
son clover in the corn in July. After the 
corn is cut the clover comes on so as to 
give a fair crop of hay the following May. 
Then the land may be plowed and again 
sown to corn. It seems as if this “catch” 
crop between two crops of corn leaves 
the soil in better condition. 
I have no experience in feeding silage 
the year round, and am hardly justified in 
giving an opinion as to the use of silage 
continuously. I hardly believe it would 
be best for the cow, or for the cow to do 
her best for milk. I believe a cow’s feed 
should be changed frequently to secure 
best results. We always cut stalks and 
corn as we fill silo. The peas may im¬ 
prove the ration. Ex-Governor Hoard 
claims a cow must have dry fodder with 
her silage that she may do her best. We 
are prepared now with silage once a day 
and Alfalfa hay once a day, with such a 
ration of grain as to fill out a complete 
ration for best results for milk. 
New Jersey. d. c. lewis. 
As to the question of continuous and 
exclusive feeding of silage, it is probable 
no one has the experience requisite to 
actual knowledge. As you know, our cus¬ 
tom for many years has been to feed all 
the silage the cows would eat, night and 
morning, and some kind of dry forage at 
noon. Of course Alfalfa hay is the choice 
for dry forage, and we have plenty of it 
nowadays, but our observation of the evi¬ 
dent desire and choice of the cows shows 
that they should have a chance at some 
kind of dry forage for a change, even it 
only straw or weather-beaten cornstalks. 
This system of feeding we have followed 
for many years, 365 days each year, and 
no grazing whatever. Cows seem as pro¬ 
ductive and as long-lived as others, and 
under conditions existing here the system 
is best and cheapest. e. h. Bancroft. 
Delaware. 
I have fed corn silage eight to 10 
months each year continuously for five 
years to cows with profitable returns, and 
no injurious effects, and would not hesi¬ 
tate to feed it every day in the year if 1 
had a sufficient supply and it was cheap 
enough. I have never fed it any great 
length of time without also feeding daily 
at least a small amount of some dry for¬ 
age, such as hay, straw or corn fodder, i 
have used the dry forage because all the 
cows fed silage craved the dry feed, and 
it has been my experience that usually 
when animals show a strong craving for 
a certain kind of feed they will give the 
best returns by having this craving satis¬ 
fied. I have, noticed two difficulties when 
cows were given full feeds of silage with¬ 
out any dry roughage; some cows would 
be “off feed” too often to make it profit¬ 
able, and others would frequently scour 
badly. A very little dry forage will pre¬ 
vent both of these troubles. I have not 
had good success in feeding over 30 
pounds of silage daily for long periods to 
1,000-pound cows. Larger cows can use 
more. I have noticed with cows that I 
was handling myself and with cows in 
other herds that where over 30 pounds 
daily were fed to each cow, there was an 
increase in the number of barren qows. 
and it is a general rule that an excess of 
succulent feed of any kind produces bar¬ 
renness. It is profitable on this account 
to give dry forage, even if straw is the 
only feed available, when breeding cows 
are pastured on rapidly growing grass. 
H. M. COTTRELL. 
Colorado Agricultural College. 
PROHIBITION FOR SUCKING COW. 
I purchased a grade Jersey this Spring 
to furnish the family with milk. The cot¬ 
tager of whom I purchased told me the 
cow was all right, no bad traits, and could 
be lead with a string anywhere. It was a 
fine looking animal to tell the truth, and I 
fell in love with her at once, but after I 
had her for a day or two I discovered 
that something was the matter, either 
somebody got up earlier to milk her than 
I did or else she was a self-sucker. One 
morning I caught her at it, and then 1 
knew why that man was so anxious to sell 
so good a family cow. But what could 1 
do with her? A lawyer acquaintance of 
mine is an admirer of a- Jersey and gen¬ 
erally has a good one. I heard that at 
one time he had a cow that was a self¬ 
sucker. I asked him what I could do to 
break the cow of the habit. He said there 
was no remedy for a confirmed self-sucker 
except the butcher shop. I remembered 
a scrap book article on this subject and 
determined to try its virtue. I got a small 
size gas pipe seven inches long and one- 
half inch or less in diameter. I took it 
to the blacksmith and had him drill it full 
of holes. I then used the gas pipe as a 
bit for the cow’s mouth and kept- it in 
place by a light halter on the cow’s head. 
I could see by the slobber upon the floor 
and abopt her mouth that she had a 
tussle with it, but she was helpless to get 
a single drop of milk for the reason she 
could not make her mouth airtight. The 
bit annoyed her about eating for a few 
days, but after that she paid no attention 
to it while eating. I never could under¬ 
stand how the cow could drink water 
from the brook, but though I offered her 
water from a pail in the stable after the 
bit was taken from her mouth I never 
found her thirsty, so I concluded she 
drank somehow._ i. M. B. 
The Queen Bee. —In reading E. R. 
Root’s answer (second method) to J. H. 
S., page 809, about transferring bees, Mr. 
Root fails to mention the queen. The 
queen must be shaken in the new hive. 
The best way is to shake the bees on a 
white cloth in front of the new hive, and 
watch for her as she goes in. If you 
do not see her look inside the new hive. 
If you cannot find her there drum out 
more bees. If sbe remains in the old 
hive, the new one will be queenless. The 
second method is by far the best, especial¬ 
ly if you use full sheets of foundation. 
Neffs, Pa. _ w. c. f. 
Client : This bill of yours is exorbi¬ 
tant. There are several items in it that 
I don’t, understand.” Lawyer: “I am 
perfectly willing to explain it, but the 
explanation will cost you thirteen shil¬ 
lings and fourpence.”—The Australasian. 
Minister (to boy who is digging for 
worms) : ‘‘Little boy, don’t you know it 
is wrong to work on Sunday, except in 
cases of necessity?” Boy (going on with 
his digging) : “This is a case of neces¬ 
sity. A feller can’t go fishin’ without 
bait!”—Credit Lost. 
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