1908- 
THE R.HRA.L/ NEW-YORKER 
16U 
TICKS ON SHEEP.' 
What can I do for ticks on sheep at this 
season? I have always dipped my lambs 
until last Spring, and I notice now some of 
my sheep keep biting and rubbing their wool, 
and upon examination I find some of them 
with ticks. I* have heretofore steeped 
tobacco, parted the wool on their backs, 
and poured the liquid on them. This 
seemed fairly effective, but of course it does 
not touch every part, and usually takes two 
or three applications. Would you give me 
your idea and prescribe a remedy? o. n. 
St. Lawrence Co.. N. Y. 
This is a question that has been an¬ 
swered through these columns before; 
but I realize that like an advertisement, 
a question which we are not interested 
in at the time of reading makes very 
little impression upon us. Later, when 
our interests lie in that direction, the 
information is not at hand. Therefore, 
I gladly answer again; others may be 
in a similar situation at this season. Any 
of the carbolic sheep dips are always 
better than tobacco. I am surprised 
that the makers do not keep an adver¬ 
tisement in The R. N.-Y. They are not 
only useful for dips, but as a disinfec¬ 
tant for wounds and stables they are 
invaluable. The cost is only about $1.50 
per gallon, and one gallon will make 
from 50 to 100 of a dip. If your local 
dealer does not keep them your drug¬ 
gist can easily obtain them from his sup¬ 
ply house. Dilute the dip with warm 
water, place the sheep on their backs, 
then part the wool along the stomach, 
between the legs and along the neck. 
With a watering pot or old tea kettle, 
slowly pour the dip into the wool. It 
will run close to the body and pene¬ 
trate much better than if poured along 
the back, then it will follow the fibre 
of the wool, and run off as nature in¬ 
tended it should. Unless the ticks are 
very bad, one operation or saturation 
‘should put the sheep in good shape. If 
it does not, repeat after a week. It is 
j>oor economy to feed both ticks and 
sheep. EDWARD van alstyne. 
A WEST VIRGINIA HEN STORY 
I shall give a monthly account of my 
income and outlay as nearly as possible. 
I began January 1, 1907, with 175 hens. 
Sold eggs as follows: January, 141 
dozen, amounting to $43.80; February, 
114 dozen, $31.35; March, 259 dozen, 
$59.85; April, 221 dozen, $37.07; May, 
228 dozen, $59.21; June, 212 dozen, 
$44.73; July, 158 dozen, $41.66; August, 
172 dozen, $51.52; September, 108 dozen, 
$32.40; October, 65 dozen, $22.77; No¬ 
vember, 76 dozen, $26.95; December, 85 
dozen, $29.05; total, $477.36. No ac¬ 
count was taken of eggs used for hatch¬ 
ing nor in the family. Sold broilers 
from June to November amounting to 
$79.23; sold hens within the year 
amounting to $63.56; total for chickens, 
$142.79; total for eggs, $477.36; total in 
full, $620.15. It is impossible to give 
the exact amount of expense for each 
month, so I will give the expense in 
full for the year: Total expense for 
feed, $398.77; total income, $620.15; 
outlay, $398.77; gain, $221.38. I have 70 
liens and 170 pullets for 1908. My feed 
bills have been much larger than they 
were in 1906, owing to the enormous 
price of grain. I have paid as high as 
$1.15 a bushel for wheat and 90 cents for 
corn most of the year. m. h. c. 
Elkins, W. Va. 
RATION FOR MILCH COWS. 
Give grain ration for milk. We feed 
silage night and morning, should judge it 
contains about eight per cent fairly well- 
matured corn. Quantity is varied according 
to size of cow, about 40 pounds to 1,000 
pounds weight. At noon all the good mixed 
hay (Timothy, •clover, and Red-top), they 
will eat clean. General rule for grain ra¬ 
tion one pound for three pounds milk. Be¬ 
low I quote you present prices for feed 
per ton: Cornmeal, $28; standard bran, 
$29; standard middlings, $29; gluten feed, 
$33; Empire State dairy feed, $33.50; dried 
brewers’ grains, $33.50, claimed 24 per cent 
protein, 72 fat; cotton-seed meal, $34; 
buckwheat middlings, $30; oil mdal, $38. 
New York. l. d. b. 
At the price quoted, you cannot afford 
to feed any wheat bran, and there is no 
necessity for feeding oil meal with sil¬ 
age, as they are both laxative. Too 
much laxative food is just as bad as not 
enough. Although ready-mixed feeds 
arc used quite extensively by some dairy¬ 
men, I do not approve of the practice, 
for it is just as easy to mix the grain 
yourself, and it is generally much cheaper. 
Another point in favor of home-mixing 
is that you know exactly what you are 
feeding, and can change the ingredients 
as occasion requires. Here is a well- 
balanced ration that will produce a lot 
of milk, and T do not know how to make 
it any cheaper; 
Di 
igestible 
d 
ry mat 
Carbohy- 
ter 
Broteiu 
d rates 
40 lbs. silage . .. 
. . . « . 
8.40 
.36 
5.10 
1i 
i lbs 
. mixed tmj 
8.70 
.616 
4.030 
4 
lbs. 
dry br’w’s 
gr’ns. 
3.08 
.761 6 
1.8746 
•> 
lbs. 
buckwheat 
mills. 
1 704 
.4468 
1.0333 
1 
11). 
cornmeal . 
.0626 
7401 
I 
lb. 
col ton-seed 
meal. 
.918 
.3701 
.4797 
14.312 
2.6171 
13.9237 
Nutritive ratio, 1.5.3. 
I have found that cows, as a rule, 
do not relish buckwheat middlings at 
first, but they gradually get accustomed 
to them and eat a small amount mixed 
with other feed without any trouble. I 
do not believe in feeding the same ra¬ 
tion without any variation for any 
length of time. A good plan would be 
to substitute two pounds gluten feed for 
the buckwheat middlings for a change, 
if desired. The same amount of wheat 
middlings could also be used instead of 
the buckwheat middlings for a change, 
but when this is done the cottonseed 
meal should be increased to V / 2 pound. 
In this way you will always be feeding 
a properly balanced ration, and your 
cows will not be confined strictly to one 
mixture. Of course you understand that 
this ration is for a 1,000 pound cow in 
full flow of milk, and that the cotton¬ 
seed and cornmeal must not be fed to 
cows within two months of parturition 
or for two or three weeks thereafter, as 
they arc very heating and may cause 
trouble. c. s. greene. 
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it 
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Give a cow good food and power to 
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Noted authorities tell us that some¬ 
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Costs a penny a day for horse, cow or steer. 
100 lbs. $5.00 ( Except in Canada 
.. ■< and extreme 
25 lb. pail $1.60 ( West and South 
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