1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
MANGERS AND TUBERCULOSIS. 
In the recent description of the sani¬ 
tary barn of Dr. Santee, of Cortland, 
N. Y., attention is called to the low, con¬ 
tinuous, concrete mangers, and the objec¬ 
tions to the high individual mangers are 
emphasized. There is another side to this 
problem which may not occur to all. In 
a case which has come under my observa¬ 
tion a well-built barn, with an unusual 
amount of air space for the number of 
animals contained, was found to contain 
tuberculosis in the herd. In this case 
there were no mangers, the feeding being 
done on the cement floor, which is, of 
course, the same in principle. The barn is 
kept much cleaner than the average dairy¬ 
man keeps his. Everything left by the 
cattle is swept up daily, and the whole 
washed once a week. Practically all the 
cattle purchased had been subjected to the 
tuberculin test. In some unsuspected way 
the disease had crept in, and to the sur¬ 
prise of the owners some seven or eight 
animals reacted. Only one of these was 
found to have lesions which appeared to 
be capable of spreading the disease. The 
reacting animals having been slaughtered 
it was supposed that all was going well. 
Again, unsuspected, the disease crept in, 
and to the astonishment of all concerned 
claimed the greater portion of the herd. 
Proof as to methods of dissemination 
is not easily had, but it was thought that 
this same sanitary (?) method of feeding 
was largely responsible for the rapid 
spread in this particular case. This is a 
perfectly reasonable supposition, the very 
care and attention given to the barn 
helping to bring it about. The manger 
or feeding space is naturally swept from 
end to end. Any food left by one cow 
passes over the feeding space of others. 
When the space is scrubbed the mixing 
up of any germs which may be present is 
all the more complete. This would not 
have happened in the case of individual 
mangers. Were disinfection possible after 
every sweeping this objection would not 
hold, but that is hardly feasible. The high 
wooden manger is doubtless objectionable 
from a sanitary point of view, and that it 
harbors tuberculosis is shown by the ex¬ 
perience of cattle commissioners in hav¬ 
ing repeatedly to slaughter animals from 
the same stall, but for spreading the 
disease when it has once entered I believe 
the continuous manger to be worse. In 
the case which I have mentioned the barn 
is well lighted, well ventilated, though 
not with a direct ventilating system, and 
well kept; in short, just such a barn as 
we have been led to suppose would aid 
us in preventing the spread of this dis¬ 
ease. FRED W. CARO. 
WINTER RATION FOR STOCK. 
I am considering the feeding question for 
my stock during the Winter. I was advised 
to feed hay for economy, cutting in feed cut¬ 
ter and pouring molasses over it. for horses, 
brood mares and cows. Do they need grain 
and other things? Can you give me a eco¬ 
nomical “prescription” for my barn this 
Winter? I have five horses and two cows. 
Mount KIsco, N. V. t„ s. 
This question of the value of molasses 
as a stock food, is one that does not seem 
to be understood. On one hand we hear 
it condemned outright, and on the other 
—as in the present case—it would appear 
as if it were the best of foods, and all 
that was necessary for an animal. At the 
risk of repeating myself, let me say that 
foods have two functions, one to build 
up the body, and the other to supply 
heat and energy. The so-called protein 
foods do both, but their great value is as 
body builders. Most times they are too 
expensive to use as producers of heat and 
energy. The carbonaceous foods will 
usually do this more economically. The 
molasses belongs to the latter class. It 
is very digestible, containing very little 
fiber, which makes it a good food in its 
proper place. In other words, when we 
need of fat, and can buy molasses for 10 
or 12 cents per gallon, when cornmeal 
is $25 a ton, and other food proportion¬ 
ately high, it is an excellent food for 
that purpose; it also keeps the bowels in 
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a proper condition where feeding coarse 
dry food like hay or cornstalks; but it is 
almost entirely deficient in muscle and 
blood-forming elements. We can see at 
once if stock were to have no other feed 
but hay, stalks and molasses, while they 
would likely become very fat and sleek, 
and if cows, for the time being give more 
milk, eventually they would become weak 
and good for nothing from lack of build¬ 
ing material. 
The writer has made some pretty care¬ 
ful tests both with the crude molasses 
and the molasses feeds. Stock soon be¬ 
come very fond of it, and if the protein 
clement is supplied in some other form, 
I like the food. I am not enthusiastic, 
however, about the molasses feeds, such 
as “Sucrene,” for instance, with it I only 
get 16% per cent of protein, and while it 
is a better milk producer than bran, I 
can buy the needed protein cheaper, when 
I purchase feeds such as malt sprouts or 
dried grains, and then add the molasses 
myself. At present prices of hay—from 
$12 to $18 per ton, unless it is clover or 
Alfalfa—it is one of the dearest feeds. 
Horses usually are fed too much of it 
anyway. I would as soon have for this, 
as part of the bulky feed, one-half nice 
bright barn-housed oat straw. Again 
it does not pay to cut hay for horses, or 
cattle either, except it be a small amount 
to mix with their ground feed, or to wet 
with molasses, as a carrier of it. 
I should feed these horses a small part 
of hay—what they will cat in a half hour 
—once a day, if I could get it, a rack 
full of bright oat straw or cornstalks at 
night, from which they could pick the 
best. As to the amount and character of 
grain, that will depend on the work they 
are doing—road work—or slow teaming 
or farm work, or if they are idle, their 
age and the cost of feeds. If not work¬ 
ing too hard, and molasses is not higher 
than the price mentioned, they could 
have a quart a day, thinned with warm 
water and put in a small amount of cut 
hay. If they are doing driving, nothing 
will be better than oats, but they are ex¬ 
pensive. Dried grains are a cheap and 
good food for horses and one that they 
relish after they become accustomed to 
them. As to the amounts: I have never 
been able to keep mine in good condition 
if they were doing much work on less 
than 12 quarts of grain a day. Often it 
is a half bushel; when they are idle, a 
quart or two of protein food with the 
fodder is plenty. If they have clover hay 
and are idle they do not need any grain. 
A pint of molasses daily would be all 
right. Give the two cows all the good hay 
or stalks they will eat up clean twice a 
day. If dry give a couple of pounds of 
malt sprouts, dried grains or wheat bran 
daily. If in milk increase these to four 
pounds and feed either one quart of 
molasses or two pounds of cornmeal. If 
fresh increase these amounts one-third. If 
the cows could have a half bushel of 
roots daily it would add materially to 
their well being and production. I would 
also advise the purchase of 500 pounds 
of linseed meal; give the horses a hand¬ 
ful with their other grain daily, the same 
to the cows if dry. If milking give one 
pound in place of a pound of either of 
the first dried feeds mentioned. It will 
be much cheaper and better than any of 
the so-called patent “stock foods,” of 
which linseed meal is the basis. 
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