1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
209 
THE VALUE OF DAIRY FEEDS. 
Would it pay better for a farmer to ex¬ 
change oats at 50 cents per bushel and ear 
corn at $1 per 100 for such feeds' as cot¬ 
ton-seed meal at $1.65 per 100 and Union 
grains at same price than to have the oats 
and corn ground as a dairy feed? Do you 
know of any other feeds that are prefer¬ 
able for the dairy at present prices? 
IJast Springfield, Pa. G. a. e. 
I cannot see the necessity of your ex¬ 
changing oats at 50 cents per bushel and 
ear corn at $1 per 100 when oats are 
worth 55 to 60 cents per bushel whole- 
sole, and ear corn is worth from $25 to 
$30 per ton at the lowest calculation in 
any market. If you have more oats and 
corn than you can feed, why not sell 
them right out and then buy cotton¬ 
seed or LTnion grains or whatever feed 
is cheapest in your market? I would 
advise you to grind your ear corn and 
sell your oats. Then buy dry distillers’ 
grains and cotton-seed meal. This will 
enable you to feed a balanced ration at 
a reasonable cost. There are, however, 
some local conditions, such as distance 
from market, distance from mill where 
grinding must be done and cost of haul¬ 
ing and grinding which must be taken 
into consideration when attempting to 
solve a question of this kind. 
C. S. GREENE. 
HOGS ON ALFALFA AND BEETS. 
In The R. N.-Y., page 54, under the 
head of “Hog Raising on Alfalfa,” H. B. 
N. wants to know how much he has 
figured out of the way. We can all 
figure a problem on paper and the re¬ 
sults look good, but in practice they very 
seldom have the same answer. How¬ 
ever, I will give him the benefit of my 
experience in raising hogs on about the 
same plan as he has outlined. To begin 
with the pastures, he must have them 
fenced into two (or three would be bet¬ 
ter) separate yards; turn the hogs on 
the first while the Alfalfa is quite young, 
and prepare the second pasture by irri¬ 
gating and getting the Alfalfa under 
good growth. In two weeks the hogs 
should be changed to the second pasture, 
and the first irrigated and if necessary 
mowed in 10 days or two weeks, 
changed back again and every 10 days or 
two weeks during the growth of the 
Alfalfa repeat. The hogs will put the 
meadow in bad shape if they are left in 
while irrigating. The hogs should be 
made absolutely root-proof, or they will 
tepr up the land so it cannot be watered. 
Then there should be wallow tanks in 
the lower end of the pastures, also some 
shade. Ringing is the best method to 
keep them from rooting, because when 
Fall comes the rings can be taken out 
and the hogs can then dig their own 
beets; there is money saved though in 
digging them as the hog will only get 
one-half or two-thirds of the beet. As 
for an average weight 160 pounds or 
less to that class of feeding will hit it 
about right, unless they are held quite 
late. These are the most essential points 
that I had to deal with. As for the 
kind of breed, eveVv one to his own 
fancy; I prefer the red hog, although he 
has a wild disposition; the meat is 
sweet and tender and he is the easiest 
cleaned. e. m. e. 
R. N.-Y.—The Montana man who 
asked the question wanted to pasture 
hogs on Alfalfa and turn them into 
sugar beets to fatten. 
FRESH BLOOD FOR HENS. 
What feeding value has fresh blood? I 
do considerable butchering, and it has oc¬ 
curred to me that the blood that goes to 
waste would be a good feed to give the 
hens. How much could I feed with safety? 
How would you feed it, mixed in with a 
mash or let them help themselves from a 
pan? w. H. K. 
Bethel, Conn. 
Fresh blood contains about 79 per 
cent water. The dry matter in the blood 
is composed mostly of protein, with a 
little mineral matter mixed in, such as 
salt, iron, ash, etc. I have only fed 
fresh blood in small quantities, but have 
never seen any bad effects from letting 
hens eat all they want from a pan. It 
would not make any difference whether 
you feed the blood mixed with a mash 
or separate if you are careful not to 
feed too much when mixed with the 
mash. One pound of fresh blood per 
day is enough for 10 laying hens, and no 
other animal food should be given. Do 
not feed dried blood to hens or chick¬ 
ens as it will not produce satisfactory 
results. Probably 75 cents per hundred 
pounds for fresh blood would be a fair 
estimate of its value. c. s. greene. 
BUNCH OF FODDER PROBLEMS. 
}{. T., Sod us, Mich .—What kind of 
clover is best adapted to river bottom 
lands that occasionally overflow? Is Al¬ 
falfa possible on such lands? What annual 
crop except corn can be grown on such 
lands profitably? What about sorghum (my 
neighbor has a mill), Soy beans, cow peas, 
onions, etc.? 
Ans.—I t will be well for H. T., being 
on the ground, to study the conditions 
and surroundings carefully. The writer 
can name the crops that may be possible, 
but can give no positive advice for fear 
it may be entirely wrong. No annual 
crop will succeed long if produced con¬ 
tinuously. Rotation of desirable crops 
will give much better returns. Medium 
Red clover is well suited to bottom 
lands, but is not a perennial, but works 
most excellently as a crop in rotation. 
Sometimes in those locations corn and 
clover can be used successfully together, 
sowing the clover in the corn at the 
last cultivation and then plowing down 
for corn the next year. If the land 
needs more growth of the clover than 
is secured this way allow the clover to 
occupy it for one year, take a crop of 
hay and seed and then return to corn. 
The clover will doubtless all die the 
second Winter. If wheat is a good crop 
in that section, or rye, either or both 
should do well on bottom land, but like 
the corn cannot be grown continuously 
with success. They can be put in rota¬ 
tion with the corn and clover, and in 
the long run improve the land and re¬ 
turn more profit to the farmer than 
either crop grown alone. The season 
of overflow must be taken into account 
in the production of any annual crop on 
this land. This overflow may cut out 
the growing of Alfalfa entirely. If the 
overflow occurs in the growing season 
for the Alfalfa and remains on the Al¬ 
falfa 48 hours, it will, according to best 
authority, destroy it. But if the over¬ 
flow is during the Winter when the Al¬ 
falfa is dormant, the overflow will not 
seriously injure it. However it is best 
not to take these overflow chances with 
Alfalfa if the farmer has any other land 
he can use for this purpose. 
Sorghum can probably be grown 
longer annually without exhausting the 
land than any other crop, but would 
grow it for stock feed and not with 
the expectation of working it up, even 
if I owned a mill. Horses, cattle and 
hogs are very fond of it and thrive well 
on it. It can be grown to tide over a 
dry Fall, or to be fed all Winter till 
Spring months draw near, when it 
should be all fed out. A field of this 
in connection with other provender 
grown on the farm will make it pos¬ 
sible to double the amount of live stock 
kept, and it will not take a very large 
area to reach this result. Soy beans are 
one of the most valuable crops that can 
be grown for stock feed, and will do 
well on any good land. The cow pea 
or bean is a southern plant and the sea¬ 
son may be too short- in the inquirer’s 
latitude for its successful growth. How¬ 
ever, it is used more as a fill in or catch 
crop. Onions on land suited for them 
and where help can be had are a very 
profitable crop. It takes the best qual¬ 
ity of land to produce the maximum 
crops. For the stranger it is a crop to 
go slow with till some knowledge re¬ 
garding its production is learned. 
Ohio. JOHN M. JAMISON. 
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1909 
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Taking the average price at which 
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