1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
370 
A BATCH OF BALANCED RATIONS. 
I have lately purchased a rundown farm. 
The barn was full of very late-cut hay full 
of weeds. I have purchased a carload of 
two and three-year-old heifers due to 
freshen in Spring and Summer. What kind 
of grain and how much should I feed? 
Warren, Mass. c. a. s. 
If you are feeding the late-cut hay 
to your heifers they are probably in 
poor condition. If you could get some 
ground oats at a reasonable price it 
would be the best feed you could give 
them. Feed from two to four pounds 
a day, according to the condition of 
each heifer. Of course feed the greater 
amount of grain to the poorer animals. 
If ground oats are too expensive to 
use for this purpose I would feed a 
mixture composed of four parts wheat 
bran, four parts wheat middlings and 
one part cornmeal by weight. Feed 
about the same amount that you would 
•of the ground oats, the object being, 
not to fatten the animals, but to start 
them gaining so that they will be in a 
thriving condition at the time of calv¬ 
ing. 
On the basis of clover hay (no roughage 
else, no silage, no roots) what is the best 
and cheapest ration for a 1,000-pound Jer¬ 
sey, stable fed? Kindly suggest a second 
ration, including molasses. Would a six 
square foot muslin-filled ventilating open¬ 
ing, directly over the manger be more in¬ 
jurious than at side or rear. Stable is 
small. s. H. s. 
White Plains, N. Y. 
Here is a ration with a nutritive 
ratio of 1:5.5, which will suit your 
purpose very well under the existing 
conditions. The addition of the mo¬ 
lasses to this ration increases both its 
digestibility and palatability. If you 
wish to use this ration without the 
molasses you should add at least a 
pound of linseed meal to aid digestion. 
as 
you have no 
succulent 
feeds 
l 
Dry 
Pro- 
Carb. 
matter. 
tein. 
and Fat. 
18 
lbs. clover bay 
. .15.246 
1.3284 
7.5996 
4 
lbs. liominy.... 
. . 3.556 
.3372 
3.0756 
4 
lbs. Ajax flakes 
.. 3.68 
.924 
2.6108 
2 
lbs. molasses.. 
.. 1.617 
.064 
1.396 
24.099 
2,653 
14.682 
Nutritive ratio, 1 :5.5. 
A muslin covered ventilator can be 
placed in the ceiling over the mangers 
as well as any other place. The only 
objection to a horizontal ventilator is 
its liability of becoming covered with 
dust and dirt, which prevent the free 
diffusion of the air through it. 
What will be the best ration for a good 
grade Jersey cow six years old, weighing 
about 800 pounds, fresh January 10, 1909, 
using the following materials at the prices 
named: Chopped corn, $1.50 per 100 lbs.; 
sliip stuff, $1.50; bran, $1.40; clover hay, 
$18 per ton. The above named cow is now 
giving 14 quarts per day. The cream 
from 12 quarts produces two pounds of 
good butter worth 30 cents per pound. 
Whole milk is selling at 30 cents per gal¬ 
lon, skim-milk and butter, 15 cents. Would 
it pay to buy cotton-seed meal at $35 per 
ton? 1 have no pasture and will probably 
have none. What would pay best to plant 
both for green feed and also to cut for 
hay? Eoth stock peas and sorghum yield 
very well here. Corn is usually light. 
Herrin, Ill. c. j. w. 
A good ration for the cow you men¬ 
tioned would be IS pounds of clover 
hay,' two pounds chopped corn, 1 J -2 
pound cotton-seed meal, two pounds 
wheat bran and three pounds ship stuff. 
It will certainly pay you to buy cot- 
ton-seed meal at $35 per ton. It is 
the cheapest protein feed you can get 
unless you are situated where you can 
grow Alfalfa. I prefer a crop of 
oats or millet for feeding green. Either 
of these makes good hay also when 
cut before they are ripe. They can 
be sown any time before July. Your 
local conditions, however, may be bet¬ 
ter suited for some other crop. 
C. S. GREENE. 
Miss (Jushington (entering street 
car) : “Oh, don’t get up. Please keep 
your seat—please do.” Mr. Manhattan: 
“Really, I’d like to oblige you, madam, 
but I want to get out at this corner.” 
—Judge. 
LEGAL MATTERS. 
Rebates from Highway Tax. 
What is the law as to rebates from the 
highway tax when wide-tired wagons are 
used? p. h. M. 
New York, 
The laws of 1893, chapter 468, provide 
that when a taxpayer swears he uses only 
wagons having tires three inches or more 
wide he will be entitled to a rebate of one- 
half, but not to exceed $4. You will have 
to submit an affidavit setting forth that all 
of your heavy wagons have tires at least 
three inches wide. Rebates are also al¬ 
lowed for a watering trough, and for main¬ 
taining a street lamp. The town officials 
will not help you to secure rebates, so you 
will have to have your papers correct. 
Settlement of Bachelor’s Estate. 
Can a bachelor leave his property in 
such a way that the State cannot collect 
a large fee in settling the estate? it. s. 
There is a small per cent collected out 
of the estates of the dead, but this is not 
sufficiently heavy to seek to avoid it. “It 
is better to be safe than sorry.” But a 
person may prevent this small tax by being 
his own executor, disposing of his property 
while he is. alive. He may place it in 
trust for anyone he wishes. He may execute 
deeds, and place them in the hands of a 
third party to be kept till his death. 
Employing Surveyor. 
I question the accuracy of the county 
surveyor. May I employ an unofficial sur¬ 
veyor to do the work for me? B. j. 
Pennsylvania. 
You are at liberty to engage any sur¬ 
veyor you wish and to rely on his work. 
What, you wish are the lines described in 
the deeds, not what the official may report 
to you. If you engage the county surveyor 
and his work is not correct you may re¬ 
cover in damages from him. The spirit of 
this law is to protect the owner, not to 
insure a monopoly for the official. 
Selling Manure; Fertilizer Law. 
1. Has a farm tenant a right to sell 
stable manure made from crops produced 
on the farm? 2. Does the law require that 
bags of fertilizer show the analysis? 
Maryland. j. b. h. 
1. It is a long established rule that 
manure is real property, and passes with 
the deed to the purchaser, when it is pro¬ 
duced from forage or crops grown on the 
farm it must remain on the farm and can¬ 
not be sold. “Good husbandry is good law.” 
2. Each package of fertilizer must state the 
analysis clearly. The manufacturers and 
dealers must secure a license after comply¬ 
ing with all the State requirements. Your 
laws have safeguarded the purchaser by 
severe penalties for the sale of fraudulent 
fertilizer. 
Property with Lost Records. 
I own property in San Francisco, the 
records of which were destroyed in the 
earthquake of 1906. What steps should I 
take to protect my title and to mark my 
property? h. h. 
New York. 
The laws of California govern real prop¬ 
erty located there. Several special laws 
were enacted in that State providing for 
securing of the record. You will have to 
send affidavits to the recorder setting forth 
what you owned, location and description, 
also erect a fence about the lot. We ad¬ 
vise you to authorize a local agent, to look 
after the matter for you. 
A Boundary Dispute. 
To settle a dispute as to boundary line 
my neighbor and myself have agreed to 
build a division fence straight between two 
points. Now my neighbor is cutting off the 
timber on the land which will be on my 
side of the new fence. Can I claim the 
timber before my fence encloses it? 
New York. s. i„ n. 
If the timber is valuable you should have 
the line surveyed and follow that as a 
boundary. The survey and accurate fence 
will be of use in case of disputes here¬ 
after. You will then know what is your 
land, and you can recover for trespass by 
anyone cutting your trees. We think that 
you should know your boundary, which you 
can indicate by marks on the trees. The 
location of the fence is no proof of owner¬ 
ship. Forbid him from cutting or from 
removing any timber. If he will not join 
you in getting a survey you may call in the 
fence viewers to adjust the trouble, and 
tax him with half of the cost. 
Liability for Taxes. 
A tenant leases a farm, with no agree¬ 
ment as to taxes. The landlord wishes the 
tenant to pay them. Who is liable? 
Pennsylvania. a. v. 
The owner is always liable for the* taxes, 
and cannot charge them to the tenant in 
the absence of an agreement to that effect. 
The tenant may pay the taxes to prevent a 
sale of (he place, and deduct the amount 
from his rent, as taxes must be paid in 
order to have possession. The tenant 
should agree with the owner as to the liabil¬ 
ity for taxes before he pays them. 
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