1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
413 
LATE SEEDED RYE; TIMOTHY IN SPRING 
C. A. G., Morristown, N. J .—I moved on 
the farm in September, 1910, and as the 
place was very much run down, and three- 
fourths of the fields in bush and weeds, 
I wanted to make some show on what was 
open, so after getting in about two acres of 
very doubtful corn, I made a verbal con¬ 
tract with a neighbor, that he should plow 
and seed in rye and Timothy this land, 
two acres, for $16, and put in clover in 
the Spring. He plowed once, harrowed 
once with Acme harrow, then tells me he 
put in the rye. I did not see it, but took 
his word for it, but so far no sign of any 
rye has come up. The clover I have on 
hand for seeding in the Spring, as well as 
the Timothy that he was supposed to put in 
with the rye, but put off till so late that 
the ground jvas frozen, then he offered to 
do the work. Will you tell me what will 
the results be, if in the Spring I harrow 
over the field with a light spike-tooth har¬ 
row, then sow in the clover and Timothy 
seed with drill, harrow lightly again? 
Would it do any good to top-dress the field 
with some good fertilizer? I have a large 
field, about eight acres, that looks as if it 
had been in grass, or perhaps better say 
weeds, for several years. In September 
this field was covered with “white-root” 
weeds, just in bloom, and I had an under¬ 
standing with this same above-mentioned 
neighbor to go in and cut down these weeds 
with machine before they went to seed. This 
was never done, so there they are still 
standing. What is the best way to get rid 
of them, and at the same time keep the 
field in grass for this year? Would it do 
any good if I harrowed the field lightly, 
then top-dressed with good commercial fer¬ 
tilizer, and then sowed in Timothy, harrow¬ 
ing again lightly? 
A ns. —The rye may come in Spring 
and make a fair stand. We have two 
make a good start with the plan you 
mention, but the Timothy may not be 
satisfactory. That would better have 
been seeded in Fall. By all means use 
fertilizer. Select a brand high in nitro¬ 
gen, as this is needed to force the rye 
and grass. You will not get rid of these 
weeds until you kill them out by culti¬ 
vation. Plow and plant some crop that 
can be cultivated both ways and hoed. 
Using fertilizer to get rid of weeds by 
forcing grass is a good theory, but does 
not practice so well. We have not been 
to pay. 
Horse Feeding Advice, 
What grain should I feed to horses, 
weighing about 1,000 pounds each, that are 
working moderately? I have Timothy 
hay for roughage, grain at the following 
prices: Oats 45 cents a bushel; cracked 
corn $1.15 per hundred; bran $1.35 per 
hundred. Ajax flakes $1.00; cotton-seed 
meal $1.60; oil meal (old process) $2.10 
per hundred. c. B. H. 
Pennsylvania. 
A good grain ration for horses work¬ 
ing moderately can be made by mixing 
65 pounds oats, 15 pounds cracked corn, 
15 pounds Ajax flakes and five pounds 
oil meal. A great deal of the success 
in feeding this mixture lies in the way 
it is used and the care that is given 
the horses. A horse should be fed the 
greater part of the hay at night, with 
but very little in the morning and at 
noon. The grain ration should be di¬ 
vided into three feeds a day, and should 
be given regularly at the same time 
morning, noon and night, but the quan¬ 
tity should be varied according to the 
condition a horse is in and the amount 
of work he is doing each day. Ten 
plenty if horse is in good condition. 
C. S. G. 
Expensive Ration. 
I have seven cows, three of them fresh¬ 
ened In the Spring about May, and four in 
September last. I expect two to freshen 
in Spring about May. Two of the fall cows 
are to freshen in September again; the 
rest are not in calf yet. I am only getting 
50 quarts of milk daily, and as feed is 
very high this is not enough to pay. Should 
such cows make up the loss in the Summer 
season? I feed wheat bran and middlings 
entirely, bran six quarts, middlings two 
quarts twice daily, mixed into a slop with 
hot water. I add a tablespoonful of salt at 
each feed. I feed all the hay they will 
cows are the average size, mixed breeds. 
I lease advise if you think the cows are 
poor, or if the feed is wrong. 
You cannot expect average cows, 
which have been milked from six to 10 
months, to give milk enough to pay a 
very great profit over the cost of feed 
at this time. Your ration also is not 
well suited to the production of a large 
flow of milk, and it is doubtful if it would 
pay you to change it materially before 
your cows freshen again. If you can¬ 
not find a ration suited to your require¬ 
ments among those published in The 
R. N.-Y. from week to week we will 
compound a ration for you if you will 
furnish a list of your available feeding 
stuffs, stating what kind of hay or other 
roughage you have and the market prices 
of same. This information is necessary 
before a proper formula can be made. 
C. S. G. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Black Teeth in Pigs. 
We have at our place young pigs which 
are failing very fast, and some are dead. 
We saw that they have black teeth. Please 
give us future advice. e. v. 
Connecticut. 
Black teeth do no harm and are not the 
cause of the failure to thrive or of the 
deaths. Worms are more likely the cause. 
See treatment for same in back numbers of 
the paper. We are unable to prescribe, 
as you do not describe symptoms, post¬ 
mortem lesions, or say how the pigs are 
fed and managed. a. s. a. 
Horse with Tender Feet. 
I have a heavy horse which I bought in 
the city about three weeks ago. He was 
6old to me because he had tender feet, 
but I found out that the tendons in his 
legs seemed to be strained. His front legs 
bother him more than his hind ones, and 
sometimes he trembles with his front legs, 
lie is only a young horse. Do you think 
limiment would fix him up all right? Which 
is the better of these two liniments? No. 
1. One pint of alcohol, one-half pint vine¬ 
gar, five cent lump of camphor dissolved. 
No. 2. Whites of two eggs, % pint of tur¬ 
pentine, % pint vinegar, five cent lump of 
camphor dissolved. h. r. 
Pennsylvania. 
The second liniment is the better of the 
two, but blistering would be the best treat¬ 
ment. Clip off the hair and rub in cerate 
of cantharides, a little at a time, for 15 
minutes, then tie the horse up short so he 
cannot lie down or bite blistered parts. 
Wash the blister off in 48 hours, and then 
apply a little lard daily. Repeat the blister 
in a month if found necessary. a. s. a. 
Scours. 
I have a two-year-old Short-horn bull 
that has something like scours, and have 
born feeding on corn stover, clover and Red- 
top hay with one-half gallon ground wheat 
at night. Will you tell me what to do 
for him ? g. j. s. 
North Carolina. 
Stop feeding ground wheat, and substi¬ 
tute whole oat, bran and a little cornmeal. 
Scouring is merely a symptom of irritation, 
not a disease. It will be necessary to re¬ 
move the cause. It also may indicate either 
far advanced tuberculosis or Johne’s disease 
(chronic bacterial dysentery).. Both are in¬ 
curable and contagious. a. s. a. 
Tetanus. 
TIow can I treat a case of tetanus or 
lockjaw in a mule? I am having lots of 
trouble with that tetanus germ, and I 
would like to know how to manage the 
case. m. s. 
West Virginia. 
You cannot “manage” it. Treatment is 
practically useless, and fussing and dosing 
merely hastens death. ' Prevention is all 
important in your district. Never cover a 
wound with a salve which excludes air. 
The tetanus bacillus cannot live in the 
presence of air. Keep wounds open and 
dress often with a 1-500 solution of cor¬ 
rosive sublimate. This tends to prevent 
the disease. When a horse gets a nail prick 
or other wound lockjaw may be success¬ 
fully prevented by giving a hypodermic in¬ 
jection of tetanus antitoxin. Any gradu¬ 
ate veterinarian can do this for you. 
a. s. a. 
Consider These Feeds in the Cow’s Stomach 
fields, seeded late, which did not come 
up last Fall. We expect to see the fields 
well covered by May. The clover will 
quarts of the above mixture is enough 
for an average 1000-pound horse, and 
when not working six quarts should be 
able to thicken a stand of Timothy by 
seeding on the old sod. It is not likely clean u p twice daily, and water just after 
noon with cold but not ice water. The 
I lb. Dry 
I lb. Moistened 
I lb. Dry 
I lb. Moistened 
1 lb. Dry 
1 lb. Moistened 
Corn Meal 
This and the illustration following show a 
pound of Corn Meal and Cottonseed Meal first 
dry and then moistened. Notice that the water 
does not materially increase the bulk; the feed 
remaining in a tightly packed mass. 
Cottonseed Meal 
Corn Meal and Cottonseed Meal tightly 
packed in the cow’s stomach interfere with 
the digestion. Much of the food is wasted, 
less milk is obtained, and the cow is liable to 
lose health. 
Dried Beet Pulp 
Notice how Dried Beet Pulp swells when 
moistened. Uoosely held together, the gastric 
juices circulate freely; it is digested to the 
utmost. This is why Dried Beet Pulp means 
healthier cows, more milk and more profits. 
No More Need For Silage 
Use Dried Beet Pulp for Succulence 
Dried Beet Pulp, being a light, bulky, loosely-held-together feed, is digested 
to its utmost availability. When used with rich, nutritious but solid feeds it 
loosens up the entire ration, and the cow digests all that is digestible; all the Beet 
Pulp, all the Cottonseed Meal, all the Corn —there is no waste. 
Ibis is the big reason for Dried Beet Pulp, and why it is in a class by itself. 
Its greatest value is obtained when fed with other good feeds which frequently 
pack in the stomach and are not fully digested. Perfect digestion means perfect 
health. Perfect health means the greatest milk production and the greatest 
profits. Feed Dried Beet Pulp and you get the most that your cows can give you. 
The cow likes her beet pulp ration; she keeps healthy, and she gives milk to the 
limit of her capacity. 
Diied Beet Pulp is a better food than corn silage, and a cheaper food than 
roots. A Dried Beet Pulp ration will produce 10% more milk than a silage 
ration. It contains all the milk making materials of original sugar beets—only 
t ie sugar being extracted. It is as palatable and succulent as a vegetable food. 
Any number of dairymen who are feeding Dried Beet Pulp write us they would 
not go back to tbeir old silage feed even if they could get it for nothing. 
Dried Beet Pulp loosens up the ration so that it is easily digested. It all 
comes back to you in the milk pail. It is not a medicine—not a patent food or 
cure-all, not a mixed feed, but a straight, natural vegetable so necessary to keep 
cows in first-class condition. 
To Dairymen Everywhere 
East of Mississippi River, Except in States of Wisconsin and Michigan. 
Go to your dealer, show him this advertisement, tell him you want to try a 
sack of Dried Beet Pulp at our risk. Don’t take “no” for an answer; this matter 
means too much for you in increased profits. Plere is our proposition—it involves 
no risk for you or the dealer. 
We will ship your dealer (if he or some other nearby dealer does not already 
carry it in stock) 500 lbs. Dried Beet Pulp so that you can try one sack. If after 
you have fed it,, the cow you have selected has not increased her milk production, 
we authorize the dealer to return to you in full your purchase price, and we will 
in turn refund to the dealer. The decision in the matter will rest entirely with 
you, your dealings will be with the man you know and with whom you trade. 
If you are not near a dealer, or your local dealer will not send for this trial 
order, write us quick for direct shipment on our guaranteed trial. 
To Dealers Everywhere 
East of Mississippi River, Except in States of Wisconsin and Michigan. 
Please note above guarantee and govern yourselves accordingly. 
‘The Larrowe Milling Company DehXSffi 
