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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
February 24, 
FEEDING HORSES AND CATTLE. 
One often hears the assertion that 
this or that kind of live stock is more 
profitable than any other kind. Such 
statements are true in some cases of 
course, but in some instances are based 
on personal prejudice due to an in¬ 
herent liking for the particular kind of 
stock. Most generally there are com¬ 
pensating conditions pertaining to the 
handling of certain kinds of live stock 
that places them in a nearly equal basis 
with other kinds. Some farmers make 
fair profits feeding cattle while others 
condemn cattle and produce horses at 
a good profit for feed and investment. 
A few figures are submitted: A year¬ 
ling colt of good size will need (per 
day) 10 pounds of corn, two of oil 
meal and 12 pounds of hay and fodder, 
at a cost of $35 for a 200-day feeding 
period. A yearling steer for the same 
time each year will need per day six 
pounds of corn, eight of hay and seven 
of fodder, at a cost for the feeding 
period of $25. To these totals must be 
added $8 for pasture for each head of 
cattle and horses for the Summer, and 
a sire’s fee of $15 to the cost of the 
colt. We must keep the colt four years, 
the steer three years, usually before 
sale, so that the account against the colt 
is: Sire $15, four years’ feed and 
pasture bill $172, total $187; the ac¬ 
count against the steer is for three 
years’ feed and pasture, total $99. If 
there are incidental expenses, such as 
veterinary fees, these most likely will be 
for the colt, so that we must get $100 
for our steer and $200 or better for our 
colt when we sell them, to break even 
on feed and pasture. These figures are 
based on present prices for feed which 
are on a very high basis, and serve to 
show that feeding live stock is not very 
profitable just now. We may get fair 
returns for our feed, but nothing for 
labor and investment. What is intend¬ 
ed to be shown above is that horses and 
cattle are about equally profitable to 
feed, though the care and handling is 
much less for the cattle, which are gen¬ 
erally fed and handled collectively, 
while colts must be handled individually, 
if best results are sought, to say noth-* 
ing of breaking to work. 
Ohio. w. E. DUCKWALL. 
PASTURING HOGS ON RAPE. 
On page 84 C. I. Hunt gives an account 
of fattening bogs on rape. I have 1% acres 
gravelly loam, in poor condition, but grew 
a very fair crop of corn last season with 
only stable dressing. If I seed this to rape 
this season what fertilizer would be neces¬ 
sary and how many shotes would it be safe 
to put on? J. w. p. 
If there is stable dressing to put on 
this field for this crop or rape there 
could be nothing else as ,good. Such 
soil needs organic matter much more 
than heavier soils to help hold the 
moisture and to prevent the waste by 
washing and leaching. If recourse must 
be to chemicals use a high-grade mix¬ 
ture containing nitrogen in two or more 
forms, so as to feed the plant all 
through the growing season. Some of 
our fertilizer manufacturers tell from 
what source the nitrogen content is de¬ 
rived, and from such I should buy if 
possible. 
As to the amount of fertilizer to use 
it is hard to advise unless one can 
know the condition of the land. In 
our own work we have found that 500 
pounds of a fertilizer analyzing 4-8-10 
will produce the maximum profit. It 
would be both interesting and instruc¬ 
tive if J. W. P. would divide the lot 
into three strips and use at the ratq 
of 500 pounds on one strip and increase 
for the other strips, and then he can 
determine what amount is the most 
profitable on his land. 
On page 84 is an article by C. I. Hunt. 
Will you ask him how he prepares and 
plants his rape pasture, also is it safe to 
turn eight-weeks-old pigs in and leave them 
there constantly? Is it necessary to ring 
the noses? Would 20-inch fencing keep 
them confined to pasture? c. w. d. 
Our land, being a sandy loam with 
gravelly subsoil, is easily fitted for 
rape, and we try to have it just as 
we want our garden when all ready 
to plant. Rape seed is very small, and 
in order to grow must be well covered. 
With ground properly fitted there is 
no better way than to put the seed in 
the seeder part of the drill, throwing 
the seed in front of the hoes. This 
covers the seed in good shape, and 
those who use chemical fertilizers can 
sew at the same time. The seed can 
also be sown with the wheelbarrow 
seeder, or with such seeders as the 
Climax and Cahoon, and then covered 
with the harrow. The amount of seed 
1o sow is determined by the fertility and 
condition of the land, from four to 
five pounds where the land is in the 
best condition, to six or eight pounds 
where the land is in poor condition. I 
would much rather have too much seed 
than too little. One seed that flew over 
the fence into our cultivated field was 
left to grow as it liked last season, 
and when frost came it was as big 
as a washtub, covering the ground for 
three feet in circumference. There 
seems to be no danger of bloat in pigs 
of any age and we have turned all 
ages into the pasture and have never 
had any loss. Every pig should have 
at least three rings in the nose. Twenty- 
inch fence would do as long as the hogs 
had all they wanted to eat and drink, 
but if the feed gets short the hogs will 
bother with only a 20-inch fence. If 
I were building a new fence it would 
be at least 30 inches, as the cost is 
but little more. If I had a 20-inch 
fence I should use it and try to give 
the hogs enough to eat, so that they 
would not think of getting out. With 
ideal conditions, viz., very rich ground, 
perfect seeding and plenty of moisture 
throughout the season, an acre should 
take care of 15 head. It is a good plan 
to have pigs of different ages, and sell 
the older ones off before the younger 
ones require so much of the feed. 
Changing in this way gives the rape 
a chance to gain on the feeders a little. 
Don’t overlook the fact that a little 
patch of Alfalfa will be ready to turn 
the pigs into long before the rape is 
ready. Alfalfa and rape are to the hog 
man what Alfalfa and silage are to the 
dairyman. 
New York. c. i. hunt. 
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