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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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PINE NEEDLES FOR BEDDING. 
I have been put to considerable time and 
labor in the past to secure bedding for our 
horses. We have considerable quantities of 
pine needles. Could they be used for this 
purpose? c. H. a. 
Walpole, Mass. 
There is no better bedding material 
than pine leaves, variously called “pine 
needles,” “pine shatters” and “pine 
straw.” These leaves are the universal 
bedding material in the South, and in 
the great sweet potato growing section 
of eastern Virginia, the farmers rake 
the forest clean every Winter and spread 
the leaves on the land thickly, plowing 
them under for the potato crop. And 
they make great crops, too, though I 
think they could make them better and 
cheaper by sowing Crimson clover in 
the Fall instead of the laborious raking 
of the pine leaves. Pine needles are a 
long way ahead of sawdust and planer 
shavings that many use as bedding. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
SOY BEAN EXPERIENCE. 
We have been doing a lot of experi¬ 
menting with Soy beans, especially in 
the past two years, and have tested 
many new varieties. We find some that 
will bloom just before frost comes, but 
they invariably stay perfectly green un¬ 
til killed by frost, and never in our ex¬ 
perience have we known them to turn 
yellow before the seed was formed. 
Whether your poor and acid soils would 
have anything to do with it or not, we 
cannot say. We arc getting more en¬ 
thusiastic over these beans every year, 
especially since the extensive experi¬ 
ments conducted in recent years have 
discovered varieties so much better than 
the old ones that there is absolutely no 
comparison. Mr. C. V. Piper was here 
recently and inspected our field, and he 
thoroughly agrees with us on the entire 
subject. He says emphatically, as we 
do, that the time has passed when we 
can simply talk about Soy beans. The 
varieties differ so greatly, some are so 
much better than others, and they differ 
so in their habits, that to discuss them 
intelligently at all one must use the 
name of the bean. We think we have 
one or two varieties which will produce 
;io bushels per acre on good land. This 
would be cpiitc a profitable crop, as the 
beans are worth $1 a bushel for feeding 
purposes. ciias. b. wing. 
Ohio. 
RATION FOR FAMILY COW. 
In the ration given b.v C. S. Green, on 
page 777, i. e., three pounds brewers’ grains 
(dry), two pounds middlings and two 
pounds oil meal, I figure that I am feeding 
in this part of the ration one pound (5.42 
ounees protein, two pounds 10.73 ounces 
carbohydrates, and 0.25 ounees fat. Am I 
correct? Then, if I am correct, the balance 
of t lie various digestible nutrients must 
come from the liny or other roughage. As 
there is 24 pounds dry matter in a stand¬ 
ard ration, that would be 17 pounds bay 
or other roughage. Am I right again? If 
all tlie above deductions are correct, please 
advise and also let me know the analysis 
of Timothy hay, clover hay, Timothy and 
clover mixed, corn fodder, cabbage. 1 ex¬ 
pect to have a good lot of cabbage that did 
not head well, but lias made a good spread 
of leaves, and may use some of that after 
my corn fodder is done, if It is all right. 
If not, let me know and I will not use it. 
I might add that I am using the ration 
sent me by Mr. Greene, and find it all 
right. I am getting the same results for 
less cost than before, but I believe in know¬ 
ing how to figure these matters out for 
myself so that if by a change in prices 
or a chance to buy some feed cheaply, I 
can figure if it would pay to make a change 
and still keep close to the required amount 
of digestible nutrients. w. j. p. 
Parnassus, Pa. 
Your figures are all correct and •show 
that you know bow to figure a balanced 
ration. However, we must all remember 
that figures, in feeding live stock, are 
like the rails of a railroad sjtstem in this 
respect. They only furnish us a guide 
to go by and keep us from straying 
from our purpose. A railroad track 
would be as much use without a good 
engine and an engineer who understood 
his business as a balanced ration would 
be without good cows and a practical 
man who understands how to feed each 
cow according to her individual prefer- 
enccs and appetite. The 
analyses 
you 
ask for are: 
Dry 
Digestihlo 
Oarbo- 
Matter. 
Protein. 
h.vd rab's. 
Fat. 
Timothy hay.80.8 
2.89 
43.72 
1.45 
(’lover ha.v..84.7 
7.38 
38.15 
1.81 
Mixed hay. ..87.1 
0.16 
42.71 
1.40 
Corn fodder.57.8 
2.34 
32.34 
1.15 
Cabbage ....15.3 
1.8 
8.2 
.4 
You will find cabbage a very valuable 
feed for milk production, but it should 
always be fed after milking, so that it 
will not flavor the milk. c. s. greene. 
EGG CONTEST IN AUSTRALIA. 
Prof. D. F. Laurie, of tbe Koseworthy, 
South Australia. Agricultural College, gives 
the following particulars for an cgg-la.ving 
competition held there during' the year 
ending March 31, 1909. The contest 
started with 5(5 pens of six birds each. 
The pens are made of corrugated galvan¬ 
ized iron five feet high in front and four 
in the back, with a floor space six by 
four feet. Half the front is closed, the 
remainder being left open to provide ven¬ 
tilation. The roof and half the sides of 
the houses are covered with a layer of 
straw, which makes them cool in Summer 
and warm in Winter. With each pen there 
is a run 40 feet long by 10 wide. Wind¬ 
breaks of matting are used around the 
fences where needed. The yards are cov¬ 
ered with short straw, which is renewed 
when necessary, and the ground forked 
over. In the section comprising the light 
breeds there were 25 pens of White Leg¬ 
horns and one pen each of Brown and 
Black Leghorn and Black Minorca. Of 
the heavy birds thero were 14 pens Wyan¬ 
dot tes, 13 Orpington and one of Black I.ang- 
shan. 
During the cold mouths (from April to 
November in Australia) a Dot mash is 
given at seven a. m. This consists of 
soup made bv boiling for 20 minutes a 
small quanity of meat meal, salt ahd 
vegetable scraps, adding a mixture of bran 
and wheat middlings, to make a crumbly 
mash. The quantity fed varied from 18 
to 32 ounces per pen, depending on the 
birds’ appetites. At noon a little whole 
grain was thrown in the litter, and at 
night the meal was whole grain, about 
two ounces per bird, peas and corn dur¬ 
ing the cold weather and wheat the 
remainder of the year. The White Leg¬ 
horns were the largest eaters and Wyan- 
dottes the smallest. Green food, largely 
garden scraps and Alfalfa, was fed freely, 
and shell grit and clean water always on 
hand. The cost of food was as follows: 
259 bushels wheat. $240: 390 bushels mid¬ 
dlings, $118: 190 bushels bran, $55: corn 
and peas, $23: meat meal, $38; shell grit, 
$4.88; total, $478.88. 
The total number of eggs laid was (53,818. 
valued at $1.1(50. The best record was 
made by a pen of White Leghorns. 1.447 
eggs, at a profit per hen over cost of feed 
of $3. The lowest record was 743 eggs, 
made by a pen of Partridge Wyandot tes. 
the profit per hen over cost of feeding 
being 50 cents. 
thyot and flowers of sulplyir also is effective 
in such cases. It is most important to 
regulate the diet. Do not feed heavily. 
Avoid cornmeal, potatoes and heavy meals 
of meat. One meal a day (at night) is 
sufficient, and the dog should live 1 an out¬ 
door life. It is pampering and overfeeding 
that induces eczema. If Ihe ailment per¬ 
sists, give him sufficient Rpsom salts once 
a week to act as a purge. A. s. a. 
Fungus Growth. 
About four months since my horse kicked 
over a barbed wire, and in pulling loose 
cut ids heel from inside center of hoof 
over into cleft of frog. Nearly or on lie 
a quarter of flic foot was cut off. I ap¬ 
plied tar salve. The wound never suppur¬ 
ated, but a growth started from bottom 
of cut, looking like proud flesh. I applied 
burned alum. it did not eat it out. or 
at least it grew as fast as it was eaten 
away or faster, and it now fills tin- space 
from fefloek over down to the ground at 
Ids heel. I took him fo the assistant 
State veterinarian. lie said it would have 
to lie cut away, but stated that in all 
probability it would grow out again, ru¬ 
der such advice I did not have it done. 
What does your veterinarian say about it ? 
Alabama. c. a. s. 
The case is a desperate one and unlikely 
to be cured by home treatment. It should 
be cared for by a skilled and experienced 
veterinarian, and even t Den we scarcely 
think there is much likelihood of a com¬ 
plete recovery. Cleanse Ihe parts and 
cover witli a mixture of equal parts of 
powdered burnt alum, calomel and tannic 
acid on clean cotton hatting, to lie held 
in place by bandages applied to keep con¬ 
stant pressure upon the growth. Renew 
the dressing at least once n day. It would, 
of course, be best to have the growth cut 
down before applying the first dressing. 
a. s. A. 
Thin Horse. 
1 have a horse whose hair seems to be 
dead: long, no life to it. He eats well, 
in fact all he can get: is very hearty and 
feels well. He is very thin and poor. 1 
do not have a day’s work for him once a 
week. I feed equal parts of ground corn 
and oats, one quart three times a day. 
Twice a week 1 give carrots or potatoes. 
Iiis food, hay and grain, looks well mas¬ 
ticated and digested. lie is 11 years old, 
very gentle, not high-strung. Is there not 
a' formula for a tonic or condition powder 
you could furnish me, or what should I 
give him to fatten or make him look more 
plump, also for his hair? w. l. c. 
New York. 
Have his teetii attended to bv a veter¬ 
inary dentist and then the best possible 
tonic will lie four quarts of sound whole 
old oats and one-sixth part of dry bran 
throe times daily along with the best of 
Day at the rate of at least one pound for 
each one hundred pounds of live weight. 
This feed is to be given when the horse 
is given work twery day, wet or shine, or 
in tDo absence of work is made to - run 
outdoors all day or have six or eight miles 
of exercise daily. He is starving and lone¬ 
some and idle, and that is one of the chief 
causes of the thin condition. If lie fails 
to pick up when so fed and treated, give 
him half an ounce of Fowler’s solution of 
arsenic night and morning and a quart of 
blackstrap molasses twice a day. mixed in 
three quarts warm water and then on a 
mixture of cut hay, cornmeal and wheat 
bran. A. s. a. 
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AILING ANIMALS. 
Tumors on Heifer. 
We have a heifer three years old, due 
to calvx on October 22. She lias bunches 
on one hind leg between ankle joint and 
foot. Heifer does not go lame or seem 
to suffer any inconvenience. The growths 
are about size of halves of apples, but more 
irregular In size. Cause unknown, ex¬ 
cept we noticed some scabs last Winter 
caused by walking around In sharp crust. 
Wo did not notice these bunches until 
very recently. it. u. o. 
Massachusetts. 
The tumors will not in any way affect 
the cow so that her milk cannot be used. 
They may soften after time and discharge 
pus. Meanwhile paint them each other 
day with tincture of iodine, after removal 
of the Dair. When soft open them, evacu¬ 
ate pus and use tDo tincture daily in the 
cavities and on the outside. a. s. a. 
Dog with Eczema. 
I have a dog that lias what everyone 
tells me is the mange. Ho is digging and 
biting himself all the while, and tlie hair 
comes off in spots. Ills eyes are swollen 
and look bad. It only lasts tDrough the 
Summer; in Winter tie is all right. Is 
there a cure? If so, what is it? p. c. C. 
If it were true parasitic mange it would 
not subside in Winter. Apparently it is a 
form of eczema, but we take it as likely 
that he also is postered with fleas, and 
these must be destroyed if lie is to be made 
comfortable. Have him clipped in Spring 
and bathe him twice a week in a lukewarm 
1-100 solution of coal tar dip. Once a 
week should suffice as soon ns he stops bit¬ 
ing and scratching. To any sore places 
found on Ills- skin during ttie season of 
irritation apply reslnol ointment daily as 
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