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DAIRYING IN DAKOTA. 
The thoroughness with which the 
various dairymen treated the subject of 
the cost of maintaining the dairy cow in 
the East is much appreciated by the 
original inquirer. But as my statement 
as to the cost of maintaining a cow in 
the “Bread and Butter State’’ seems to 
have been misunderstood by at least 
one of those replying, I think perhaps 
a word or two may make clear what 
was said. The $21 was the grain cost 
of maintaining a Winter producing cow 
that consumed clover hay as roughage. 
The roughage and pasture cost could 
easily double the $21 for a year’s main¬ 
tenance. I might say further that the 
grain cost was figured at farm prices, 
which is less than market prices in a 
grain exporting country, as it costs to 
get grain to the market. The cost of 
roughage in the great Northwest will 
vary widely; on some farms a small herd 
of cattle can be kept on what would 
otherwise go to waste. Silos are gener¬ 
ally popular with such as have them, 
though the Minnesota Experiment Sta¬ 
tion’s department of statistics figures 
that in many places at least clover and 
Timothy with mangels is the better feed, 
cost considered. A Yankton dairyman 
produces 6J4 cents a quart Jersey milk 
with hay at $5 to $8 a ton (Alfalfa 
can be got easily at the latter figure) 
combined with reasonable pasture ex¬ 
pense and wet brewers’ grains at five 
cents per bushel. Upon the whole hasn’t 
the West the best of the dairy business 
for butter production at least? v. f. 
Yankton, S. D. 
A TALK ABOUT CATTLE FEED. 
I am in receipt of the following in¬ 
quiry as to feeds, which I will take this 
opportunity to answer, through The 
R. N.-Y., as others are asking prac¬ 
tically the same questions. 
I just received quotation on dry brewers’ 
grains and malt sprouts, the former f. o. b. 
New York $24 per ton ; malt sprouts f. o. b. 
New York, $22.50 per ton. I can get 
Suerene at 26.50 per ton. Are not dry 
grains and malt sprouts cheaper in com¬ 
parison with Suerene and will the former 
give mpre milk than the latter? The feed 
question is a very serious one this Fall. 
The real value of the dried grains 
and malt sprouts, as of any feed, will 
depend largely on their analysis. These 
feeds vary greatly, and I can hardly 
give a just comparison. The Suerene 
has an analysis of 16*4 per cent pro¬ 
tein and 3J4 per cent fat. The malt 
sprouts on an average run about 24 
per cent protein and less than 2 per 
cent fat. The dried grains give 22 per 
cent protein and 6 per cent fat. Both 
contain some 40 per cent carbohydrates, 
about half of which are digestible, the 
former slightly more so than the latter? 
It is quickly apparent that thesg feeds, 
if of an average analysis, are much 
cheaper than the “Suerene,” which has 
less protein than either and is between 
the two in fat. Then, too, they are a 
straight by-product, and by their 
analyses one can readily tell about what 
they are worth. The “Suerene” and 
like mixed feeds arq “blends” or mix¬ 
tures. This mixing is not done for 
philanthropy or to provide the farmers 
a balanced ration, which they never do, 
for a balance depends on what is on 
the other side of the scale; but to sell 
something either otherwise unsalable or 
at a price much beyond its real value. 
I would advise every farmer to send 
to the Experiment Station, Geneva, 
N. Y., for the last bulletin on feeding 
stuffs. This is furnished without 
money or price. It gives the composi¬ 
tion of this sort of mixed feeds as 
grains or sprouts, with an additional 
bulk of mill sweepings, oat hulls or 
like worthless stuff, as well as a mass 
of weed seeds (a certain per cent of 
which will grow), salt and molasses, 
with enough cotton-seed meal added to 
bring up the per cent of protein. This 
filler we have in abundance on our 
farms; weed seeds are hardly worth 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
buying at over lj4 cent per pound, 
even if, as now claimed by the makers, 
they are so treated that they will not 
germinate. Salt is cheap and easily 
obtainable. Molasses is an excellent 
feed, but it can be purchased as such. 
I would advise—and practice—buying a 
high grade of the dried grains or malt 
sprouts, even at a higher price than 
quoted, for the bulky part of the grain 
value; molasses at 13 or 14 cents a 
gallon. Put one gallon with three of 
hot water and mix with the above 
cotton-seed meal, 40 per cent protein 
and nine per cent fat at $30 to $32. Feed 
by weight, three parts of the first men¬ 
tioned to one of the cotton-seed meal. 
The latter is the cheapest food on the 
market. This will give a wholesome, 
digestible, strong grain food, at the 
least cost, considering what it contains, 
and without the fillers, mystery or 
weed seeds of the present feeds. 
edw'd van alstyne. 
THE CAPACITY OF A SILO. 
Can you give me the rule for measuring 
the quantity that a silo will hold, and 
what first-class silage is worth? 
Pennsylvania. 
Where the silage is made of well- 
matured corn and has been cultivated 
to settle it is assumed that a cubic foot 
of it will weigh 40 pounds. By figur¬ 
ing out the cubic contents of the filled 
silo and multiplying the cubic feet by 
40 you will have the contents. Prof. 
F. H. King has figured a table of silo 
capacity from which we take the fol¬ 
lowing. The capacity of a silo varies 
as the square of the diameter. 
Inside 
diameter Height 
Capacity Acreage at 15 
tons tons per acre 
10 
28 
42 
2.8 
10 
30 
47 
3. 
10 
32 
51 
3.4 
12 
28 
61 
4.1 
12 
30 
67 
4.5 
12 
32 
74 
5. 
14 
28 
83 
5.5 
14 
30 
91 
6.1 
14 
32 
100 
6.7 
16 
28 
108 
7.2 
16 
30 
131 
8.7 
18 
30 
151 
10. 
18 
32 
166 
11. 
The 
value of 
good silage 
is usually 
figured at about one-third the value of 
average hay._ 
AILING CHICKENS. 
My chickens’ eyes have watery, foamy 
stuff and inflammation. It seems to be 
very itchy and they scratch until it bleeds, 
yet they seem to have a good appetite. I 
have separated those affected with that 
disease from the rest, but it looks as 
though the disease was spreading. j. b. 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
The symptoms indicate that your 
chickens are suffering from roup or 
from colds. The treatment is quite 
similar. The sick birds should be sepa¬ 
rated from the healthy ones. The quar¬ 
ters should be clean, dry, well ventilated, 
and should have as much sunshine as 
possible. Give the fowls some chopped 
onions, or chopped red peppers, mixed 
with the other food, to tone up the sys¬ 
tems in the case of both well and sick 
birds. Bathe the heads of the affected 
ones in a warm one per cent solution 
of carbolic acid, every few hours. At 
night rub the inflamed parts with car- 
bolated vaseline, which is cheap and 
can be procured at any druggist’s. An¬ 
other excellent method is to dip the 
heads of the sick birds into a solution 
of permanganate of potassium (one tea¬ 
spoonful to one pint of water). If there 
should be any canker, dig this out with 
a pointed stick, and paint the parts with 
iodine before dipping. 
“I say, do you think that Wiggins is 
a man to be trusted?” “Trusted? Yes; 
rather. Why, I’d trust him with my 
life!” “Yes; but with anything of value, 
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Man (to boy at roadside) : “What 
time is it?” Boy: “Purty near. 12 
o’clock.” Man: “I thought it was more 
than 12.” Boy: “Nope. Never gets 
more than twelve in this country. Begins 
at one again.”—Judge. 
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