1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
10©6 
“ BALANCED RATIONS ” IN FEEDING. 
Fortunately there are no fixed pro¬ 
portions in which such roughage as Al¬ 
falfa hay, silage and dry cornstalks must 
be fed. They may be used within reason¬ 
able limits, in such proportions as they 
are available. It goes without saying 
that the larger the proportions of Alfal¬ 
fa and silage, the better. Cornstalks, 
more especially if made from the large 
dent varieties of corn, are pretty woody 
and unpalatable. In a general way, if a 
good cow is fairly fresh in milk, she 
may be fed from five to eight pounds 
per day of some nitrogenous concen¬ 
trates. In addition to this she will prob¬ 
ably consume not far from 20 to 24 
pounds of dry matter in the form of 
roughage. If she has 10 pounds of Al¬ 
falfa hay, she may be expected to eat 
from 30 to 40 pounds of good corn si¬ 
lage, or 20 pounds Of this silage may be 
replaced by 10 pounds of the dry stalks, 
to the disadvantage of the cow. I be¬ 
lieve a good basal grain ratio is equal 
parts by weight of wheat bran, gluten 
meal, cotton-seed meal and oil meal. 
The last two are very high in price at 
present, but their percentage of digest¬ 
ible nutrients is high also. If there is 
plenty of Alfalfa hay available, it will 
be wise to cut out part of the cotton¬ 
seed and oil meal and replace it with 
corn and bran, or any other feed of 
good character. I believe that more and 
more we are drifting away from blind 
reliance on composition tables in feed¬ 
ing cows. Rations may vary widely and 
still give excellent results. The first 
effort when interest is aroused in the 
feeding problem is to look for exact 
recipes—as if we were making a fruit 
cake. Later we come to the more ra¬ 
tional system of studying foundation 
principles and then trying not to run 
contrary to them. Stick to the old foods 
of known and certain composition. 
JARED VAN WAGENEN, JR. 
Teacher —“When water becomes ice, 
what is the great change that takes 
place?” Bright Pupil—“The change in 
price.”—Red Hen. 
Diner: “Waiter, this knife is blunt 
and the steak is like leather.” Waiter: 
“Yessir; do nicely for stropping the 
knife on, sir.”—Tit-Bits. 
INFECTION FROM SPINAL MENGITIS. 
I have just lost a horse by spinal men¬ 
ingitis. Would there be any danger of 
infection to other horses which might oc¬ 
cupy the same stable and stall used by 
the deceased horse? If so. what sanitary 
precautions should 1 observe? Cows will 
also use the same stable. * m. v. h. 
Ohio. 
The disease will not be spread in the 
way suggested. It is due to fungi, or some 
such forage poison or toxin in the food. 
While it always is well and sensible to dis¬ 
infect. ventilate and whitewash every stable 
where disease has been, prevention of spinal 
meningitis will come from avoidance of 
moldy or otherwise spoiled or damaged food 
and contaminated water. It may be stated 
in this connection that the disease men¬ 
tioned very often is erroneously diagnosed. 
Had you described the symptoms we might 
have been able to give a more confident 
opinion as to the possibility of contagion. 
_ a. s. a. 
MANGE. 1 
I have a large pet cat; he weighs 18 
pounds. During the last month a scab 
has come on his back all along his back¬ 
bone. He bites and scratches at it all 
the time. Can you tell me what to do for 
it ? Scab is hard, thick and white, except 
where he makes it bleed. l. p. 
New York. 
The skin disease may be either mange 
due to parasites, or eczema associated with 
overfeeding and lack of exorcise, which in¬ 
duce indigestion. Stop feeding all rich 
foods and let him live on milk, water and 
oatmeal porridge. He should be out of 
doors as much as possible. Clip off the 
hair from affected parts and after scrub¬ 
bing thoroughly for removal of scabs rub 
in sulphur ointment once daily. If itch¬ 
ing continues add 10 grains of menthol 
crystals to each half ounce of the sulphur 
ointment. A. s. A. 
CLIPPING HORSES. 
Is it a good plan to clip horses in the 
Fall or beginning*of Winter? Would you 
give direction how it should be done, and 
the care of horse afterwards? w. r. s. 
Glover Gap, W. Va. 
As a rule, it is unnecessary to clip farm 
horses, but it is useful in thriftless horses 
suffering from chronic indigestion and show¬ 
ing harsh, coarse, staring coats of hair. In 
such cases, the entire body need not be 
clipped. It is enough to clip the hair 
from the belly to a line with the breast 
collar strap and the breeching strap. The 
hair also may be removed from the legs 
from knees and hocks to body. This stops 
sweating in the stable. Half clipping does 
not necessitate heavy blanketing. Where 
the entire coat is removed, blanketing is 
necessary. The stable in all cases should 
be well ventilated, and if so kept horses 
will do better, be less liable to sweat in 
the stable, and, therefore, be less likely to 
require clipping. The subject was discussed 
fully last year in these columns. a. s. a. 
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009 Galloway St a. 
a • v Waterloo, Iowa 
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