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FEEDING VALUE OF WHEY. 
What is the feeding value of whey from 
the cheese factories for feeding hogs? What 
kind of grain ration can he added to it to 
make it a balanced feed, that will be econ¬ 
omical? How would it affect the digestion? 
Would it be constipating or otherwise? 
What is it worth per gallon for this pur¬ 
pose to make it as cheap as or cheaper than 
other commonly used hog feeds? f. k. s. 
Michigan. 
Judging from experience and the re¬ 
sults obtained by experiments in feed¬ 
ing whey to pigs under average condi¬ 
tions I would say that it would require 
about 10 or 12 pounds of whey to equal 
one pound of grain in value. Compared 
with skimmed milk, it is about half as 
valuable. Whey from full cream cheese 
factories has a higher nutritive value 
than that from creameries where skim 
cheese is made, because it is not pos¬ 
sible to take all the fat out of milk by 
the full cream process. The value of 
whey as a feed for pigs and its action 
upon the digestion depends largely upon 
the manner in which it is fed and its 
condition at the time of feeding. Sweet 
whey has, no doubt, caused lameness or 
stiffness in pigs, while very sour whey 
may produce other disorders just as 
objectionable if used carelessly. I pre¬ 
fer to feed whey only to pigs after they 
are three months old, and in connec¬ 
tion with some kind of ground grain, 
depending upon its cost and availability. 
Shorts, barley, corn, oats and wheat are 
all good. In Summer pigs will do well 
on pasture and a small amount of 
grain, but if pasture is not available 
whey or skim-milk fed in moderate 
quantities makes a very good substitute. 
It is not necessary to feed skim-milk 
or whey to pigs which have good pas¬ 
ture. The best results are generally 
obtained by feeding only moderately 
sour whey with a little grain. Whey 
should always be kept in clean barrels 
or tanks and used while it is as fresh 
as possible. c. s. greene. 
POULTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS. 
Last Spring we had a series of articles 
by II. D. Smith of Massachusetts telling 
how one man takes care of 4,000 chickens. 
We recently had a chance to talk with 
Mr. Smith about his poultry farm. There 
Is no doubt but that he does the work just 
as stated in the articles. It is all in “hav¬ 
ing things fixed” so that you do not have 
to stop and lose time getting ready. By 
working on a regular system and sticking 
to it one man’s' work counts for twice 
as much as it would with shiftless man¬ 
agement. 
Mr. Smith pays that where he lives the 
Leghorn is quite a curiosity—few if any 
being seen. The Boston market calls for a 
brown egg, and most poultrymen want a 
bird that will make a good “roaster.” This 
size in that section seems to bo more profit¬ 
able than the broiler. Mr. Smith says he 
once kept the Light Brahmas but now uses 
Plymouth Rock hens with Brahma males. 
This cross makes a strong chick which grows 
rapidly to roasting size. Southeastern 
Massachusetts was once famous for its 
Light Brahmas, but now the breed seems to 
have lost in vigor and size. Mr. Smith 
formerly bought most of his hatching eggs, 
but now he keeps a flock of layers. Some 
years ago the Brahma eggs bought from 
farmers gave large and strong birds, but 
now the weight will run from one to two 
pounds lighter. The main trouble seems to 
be in the breeding—too much attention has 
been paid to the color of the feathers and 
too little to size and shape. 
TRUE TYPE OF HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
The following extracts are made from an 
article written by F. L. Houghton. 
Change of environment of this breed from 
the low lands of Holland is doubtless ef¬ 
fecting a very slight change in the bony 
structure of the Holstein, tending toward 
a greater finish or refinement. Aside from 
this natural process, it is very doubtful 
whether any improvement can be made or 
should be attempted. The Holland type 
is the result of centuries of selection and 
environment, and it has distinguished these 
cattle in all parts of the world. Witlf it 
has come the marvelous and profitable pro¬ 
duction or yield, the characteristic tenden¬ 
cies of powerful digestion and perfect 
assimilation of food. These characteristics, 
derived from the Holstein, have been Import¬ 
ant factors in the foundation stock of the 
Short-horn and Ayrshire breeds, and of 
many of the Continental offshoots. In 
America is was the Holland type that by 
its productive power directed the atten¬ 
tion of agriculturists toward this breed, 
and it is safe to assert that an examina¬ 
tion of the great majority of remarkable 
yields will show, to those having means of 
access to photographs or descriptions, the 
close adherence to the Holland type in all 
these wonderful animals. Large size In the 
Holstein is the first thing to impress the 
casual observer, and its importance should 
never be disregarded. 
With large size as the recognized pre¬ 
dominant characteristic of the breed, aside 
from their beautiful black and white color 
markings in perfectly defined patches or 
spots, the next general definition relates 
to the general conformation of the animal. 
There are three definite types, described as 
the milk and beef form, the milk form, and 
beef and milk form. The average form of 
this breed, and that toward which con¬ 
scientious breeders are directing their ef¬ 
forts to maintain and improve, is the milk 
and beef form. Mr. S. IToxie thus admirably 
refers to the milk and beef type of the 
breed : “It is especially strong in all vital 
particulars. The bones are fine compared 
with size, and the chine broad and strong 
compared with the high and sharp chine of 
the extreme milk form. The loin and hips 
are broad and smooth, and the rump high 
and level, compared with the angularity 
usually shown in the milk form. The 
twist is roomy and the thighs and hocks 
well apart. Passing forward the shoulders 
are smoother and more compact than in the 
milk form, but of lighter weight than in the 
beef form. The brisket is not so. wide and 
low as in the beef form, and the chest is 
not so deep, but the width of the beef 
form through at the heart is closely re¬ 
tained. In the milk form the abdomen 
is usually swung low, and the ribs are 
steep, but in the milk and beef form the 
ribs are wider sprung and the abdomen more 
trimly held up, though no less capacious. 
The general appearance of the bull is 
strongly masculine, but that of the cow 
is no less feminine than in the milk form.” 
The milk and beef form describes a cow 
of the wedge form, with shoulders moderate¬ 
ly thick, deep and broad, crops well filled, 
barrel well rounded, loin and hips broad 
and full, and quarters straight, wide and 
full. To this form of these cattle is duo 
their extraordinary constitutional vigor or 
vital force, and it affects all their relations 
to their food, care and productions. 
The milk and beef form Is not accom¬ 
panied with the angularity of appearance, 
the light shoulders and chest, and the 
comparatively light quarters of cattle of 
the milk form. The future of the breed 
will be greatly endangered by those, who 
from one consideration or another, the 
combination of pedigrees to attain large 
average records of fat percentages, or by 
neglect of proper feed and care in the 
early- life of the animal, are led to the 
mating of animals of other than those of 
large size, and possessing the milk and beef 
form. Neither the breeds of the Channel 
Islands nor the Ayrshire breed possesses 
this form, even remotely. 
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