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T hK Rural new-yorker 
October 23. 
WINTERING HORSES. 
The Michigan Station tried feeding 
farm horses on a cheap Winter ration. 
Part of the horses were fed a ration of 
tl to 12 pounds of oats and 18 to 20 
pounds of Timothy hay each day, with 
a light feed of bran once a week. The 
other horses were fed as follows: 
Morning food : 
(tat straw . 5 lbs. 
Carrots . 1 lbs. 
Ear Corn . 3 lbs. 
Noon feed : 
Timothy hay . 4 lbs. 
Oats . 2 lbs. 
Night feed : 
Shredded cornstalks . S lbs. 
Carrots . 4 lbs. 
Feed mixture . 2 lbs. 
This “feed mixture” consisted of four 
pounds dried beet pulp, one pound wheat 
bran and one pound oil cake. The daily 
cost of the hay and oats for each horse 
was 29 cents—the cheaper ration cost 
17.7 cents per day. The horses on the 
cheaper ration kept in good weight, and 
did their work well. In 10 weeks of 
feeding the cost of hay and oats for 
six horses was $124.29, while the cheap¬ 
er food for six horses during the same 
period cost $75.17. 
We do not print these rations as what 
all farmers should feed, but simply to 
indicate what can be done by studying 
out a plan for using cheap fodders. 
Many of us have large quantities of 
cornstalks on hand. By handling them 
with the proper kind of grain we can 
save our higher priced hay and still 
keep our horses in good condition. 
FEEDING POTATOES, RYE AND SWEET 
CORN SILAGE. 
1. What truth, If any, is there in the 
sayings that potatoes, sweet and white, and 
pumpkins will “dry up” the milch cow?” 
2. What, danger is there of producing 
ergotism in feeding ground rye to milch 
cows, and of what value do you consider 
rye as a food for such cattle, particularly 
in comparison with other foods? 3. What 
is the relative value of sugar corn as com¬ 
pared with our ordinary field corn for silo 
purposes, and at what stage of maturity 
can either or both In' so used so as to real¬ 
ize their greatest feeding value? .'k Last year, 
being Somewhat short of corn that I de¬ 
sired to use for the silo, 1 purchased from 
my neighbor a few acres of sugar corn, 
from which the corn had been cut and 
sold. This I put in the silo from one to 
four loads at a time, tints mixing it up 
with our silage corn. in feeding, this 
whole matter was a loss; the cows refused 
to eat it, and trampled it tinder foot. Can 
you advise me the why. of this? 1 put 
this in the silo while yet green, as my 
neighbor thought it desirable silage. Was 
it too green, or for what reason or cause 
do you ascribe this result? E. n. s. 
Camden, N. ,T. 
1. There is no truth whatever in the say¬ 
ing that potatoes and pumpkins will dry 
up cows, as they will both produce milk 
when properly fed. No doubt the saying 
was originated by some one who ex¬ 
pected too much from these vegetables. 
Wjliile they are both good to feed in 
small quantities in addition to a grain 
ration the results from their exclusive 
use are usually disappointing. 2. The 
danger of producing ergotism by feed 
ing ground rye to milch cows depends 
entirely upon whether the rye was af¬ 
fected with ergot or not. As rye is more 
liable to be affected than any other feed 
it is not safe to buy it ground. If you 
raise it yourself or see it before it is 
ground you can detect the ergotized 
grain if any appear. They are much 
larger than the natural grains—hard, 
black and usually curved in shape. Rye 
is the least valuable of any of our com¬ 
mon feeds for milch cows, and is rarely 
worth buying for that purpose. If, how¬ 
ever, you have it on hand and want to 
use it you could mix it in with other 
grain, not using over 15 or 20 per cent 
of rye. You could feed working horses 
as high as 30 per cent of rye with good 
results. 3. There is but little difference 
between sugar corn and the common 
dent or flint varieties in favor of the 
sweet corn. If the sweet corn you put 
in your silo last year was ripe enough 
to sell for eating it was certainly ripe 
enough to make good silage. The reason 
it spoiled in the silo is because it was 
not properl}' packed when filling, or the 
filling was extended over too long a 
period of time. The best silage is 
made from corn which has just 
passed the milk stage and is partly 
glazed. It should be cut and packed in 
the silo as quickly as possible. At least 
one man must be kept in the silo all 
the time when it is being filled, and he 
must keep busy. The corn must be kept 
level, and the outside next to the wall 
must be well tramped down all the 
time. Neglecting this point will cause 
serious loss every time. c. s. greene. 
DEATH OF LITTLE CHICKS. 
A correspondent asks if it is a general 
practice to dip eggs in a solution of 
creolin to prevent white diarrhoea in 
chicks. I think it safe to say that it is 
not the general practice so to do, but 
without doubt it is a wise thing to do if 
the solution is not used too strong. Prof. 
W. R. Graham of Guelph, Ontario, uses 
sulphonal to wash out the entire inside 
of his incubators previous to putting in 
the eggs, and finds the percentage of 
livable chicks considerably increased. At 
the poultry field meeting held at Storrs 
College last July, Dr. Rettger of Yale 
College gave a very interesting address 
on white diarhcea in chicks, stating that 
the germ of the disease existed some¬ 
times in the hen, and might be deposited 
on the eggshell or inside the egg. Some 
interesting experiments were tried at 
the college. About 150 White Leghorn 
chicks two or three days old were put 
in four new brooders, and their food 
and drink inoculated with the white 
diarrhoea germs. Strange to say the 
chicks did not take it. Their systems 
had acquired sufficient strength at that 
age to throw off the disease. Another 
lot one day old succumbed to the dis¬ 
ease, nearly every chick dying with it. 
Dr. Hodge of Clark University, 
Worcester, Mass., also gave a very in¬ 
structive address at the same meeting, 
one point being the advisability of 
changing the kind of feed every few 
days. He made some statements of the 
perfectly wonderful rate at which germ 
life multiplies itself. Now, if a certain 
food is favorable to germ life, say an 
alkali or neutral food, then give an acid 
food like sour milk, and thereby sweep 
out of the system the multiplied germs. 
It was the most valuable as well as the 
largest poultry meeting ever held in the 
State, and we have never ceased to re¬ 
gret that we did not employ a steno¬ 
grapher to take down the addresses. It 
was supposed that they would be from 
manuscript and could be obtained for 
publication, but they were mainly deliv¬ 
ered without notes. Brains are at work 
on the problems that confront tie poul- 
tryman, and in time we shall be able 
undoubtedly to prevent the very serious 
losses that now occur in raising chicks. 
GEO, A. COSGROVE. 
OBSTRUCTED BREATHING. 
I have n horse about eight years old that 
has a peculiar wind trouble. When driving 
lie will breathe hard, although he may at 
times go a mile and I wouldn't hear him 
breathing. In short, there seems to he 
intervals when his breathing is not notice¬ 
able unless driven very hard. When standing 
in the barn he drools, and when driving, 
his nose seems to run : also after drinking, 
he will cough once or twice. I>o you think 
there is a remedy? e. b. 
It is quite possible that the difficulty in 
breathing in this case is occasioned by the 
presence of a tumor (polypus) far hack in 
one of the nostrils, and such growths can 
be removed by skillful operation. Place 
the palm of the hand over one nostril to 
exclude air and see if the horse can breathe 
freely through the open nostril; then shut 
the other nostril in the same way. If one 
nostril Is found to be obstructed the vet¬ 
erinarian should be called in to make a 
more expert examination and if possible 
operate. Mechanical choking also may oc¬ 
cur in a thick, short-necked horse when he 
gets his head down low to pull a load. In 
such cases working him with the head 
held up by an overhead check may prevent 
the trouble. Try working this horse in a 
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