1912. 
THE RURAb NEW- v OR«Jib; 
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SILAGE AND ALFALFA FOR LAMBS. 
In a recent issue of The R. N.-Y Mr. 
John M. Jamison inquires relative to the 
propriety of feeding silage in connec¬ 
tion with Alfalfa to fattening lambs. 
We have practiced this system with 
many others in this locality with excel¬ 
lent results for several years. We have 
just shipped a carload of lambs to Buf¬ 
falo in a condition that compared favor¬ 
ably with any we had ever fed formerly 
in the absence of silage. Of course si¬ 
lage, together with corn for fattening, 
each being of a high carbonaceous na¬ 
ture, should for best results be fed in 
connection with another having a per¬ 
centage of protein sufficient to consti¬ 
tute a properly balanced ration. This it 
is understood Mr. Jamison already has 
in the Alfalfa. It is believed he will 
make no mistake in building a silo for 
the above purpose in connection with 
that of feeding other stock of the farm. 
The carload of lambs referred to were 
fed in the following manner: First, 
feed in the morning corn, followed by 
silage sufficient for the day. Last, feed 
at night corn, followed by Alfalfa. Hav¬ 
ing a quantity of bean pods, we alter¬ 
nated the night feeds with Alfalfa and 
bean pods as long as they lasted. The 
latter having a high per cent of protein 
seemed to be relished by the sheep and 
just what was required. 
New York. irving d. cook. 
WHAT IS ‘‘CAREFUL CONSIDERATION?” 
In view of what our public men tell 
us when we' ask them what they are go¬ 
ing to do about public matters the above 
question becomes a leader. Approach 
- the average “public servant” and in nine 
cases out of 10 he becomes master by 
thanking you for your suggestion and 
promising to give it ‘‘careful considera¬ 
tion.” If you get anything more out of 
him you may put it down a sure thing 
that he expects to get much more out 
of you. They all do it. The thing is 
Sorghum for Stock Fodder. 
Like some other places I know of. we are 
short of rough feed in this county. What 
do you know about sorghum cane for feed, 
for horses especially? Farmers from Kan¬ 
sas and Indiana tell me it is a fine fodder, 
far better than corn. I raised some this 
year; my horses like it but not the cows. 
What is the best way to feed it, and how 
should it be harvested and stored? Do you 
feed the cane? w. e. w. 
Traverse City, Mich. 
Sorghum is not used in this locality 
as food for stock, and my own experi¬ 
ence with it is so limited as to be of 
little value. I raised some one year, 
and fed it along through the Fall to both 
cows and horses, giving them a light 
feed of it once a day. What remained 
I cut just before frost, and left it in 
piles till pretty well cured, and then 
stored in the barn on top of the hay. I 
continued to feed it as long as it lasted. 
Both cows and horses were very fond of 
it. I had sowed it thickly in the drill, 
so it was not very coarse. It is rather 
difficult to cure, and hence liable to mold 
when stored in any considerable quan¬ 
tity. Personally I would prefer good, 
bright corn fodder. Sweet corn is ex¬ 
cellent for a Summer and early Fall 
feed, for both cows and horses. If cut 
at the right time the leaves will retain 
a beautiful green color, and it will be 
just as good as it looks. The stalks 
are small and will be eaten up clean. 
Oats cut in the dough stage make ex¬ 
cellent horse feed. It must be fed care¬ 
fully at first, on account of its laxative 
effects. I raise some every year for hay. 
It should be fed during the Fall and 
early Winter, owing to the tendency of 
mice to work in it. Oat hay and corn 
fodder are good roughage for horses 
that are troubled with the heaves. Fed 
in connection with sound grain I have 
known heavy horses almost, to recover 
their former usefulness. 
Macon Co., Ill. j. c. nichols. 
R. N.-Y.—We would like further ex¬ 
perience. Is sorghum superior to corn? 
•‘ Hollow Hern ” is Catarrh. 
You said that you would be glad to learn 
just what farmers meant by hollow horn. 
Yesterday I had a talk with a first-class 
veterinary surgeon on the subject. He said 
that the correct name of the disease is indi¬ 
gestion, and that some people called it dry 
murrain. Owing to the fart that people 
who never hoard of any other mime than 
hollow horn for the disease try to cure .it 
hv boring holes in the horns and pouring 
salt, pepper and vinegar into them, and 
pour spirits of turpentine into the cow’s 
ears, and give them other cruel and barbar¬ 
ous treatment, I think it "would be a humane 
act in Dr. Alexander to tell them just what 
the disease is and how to cure it. 
New York. L. N. s. 
We have stated here over and over 
again that there is no such disease as 
“hollow horn,” hence there can be no 
specific cure. The term is applied by 
farmers and stockmen to many different 
troubles; but the superstitious confine 
their. treatment to the horns. Most 
often,, in our belief, the disease really 
is catarrh of the head in which disease 
pus may sometimes find its way into 
the sinuses of the head and consequently 
into the hollow part of the base of the 
horn. When a cow is seriously sick 
the right tiring to do is to employ a 
graduate veterinarian, not a hollow- 
horn doctor, and by so doing the disease 
whatever it happens to be, will be 
sensibly treated. A. s. A. 
Frozkn Mangels for Stock. —I have seen 
several inquiries about poultry and cattle 
eating frozen mangels this Winter in The 
R. N.-Y. and other agricultural papers, and 
in reply to these would say that I have fori 
them to both this Winter and also several 
seasons before without having had any had 
results from such feeding other than a slight 
looseness of the bowels, and that not more 
than I consider that is good for them, espe¬ 
cially cattle.. I have fed as much as a 
bushel of frozen mangels to my milking 
cow's without any serious results, and this 
for several days in succession, as during the 
severe weather we were not able to get them 
thawed out fast enough to feed. My 150 
Rhode Island Reds will get away with over a 
bushel of mangels every day, and several 
times this Winter these have been frozen 
hard when we put them in the henhouses, 
and they ate them just the same with no 
had results. I simply cut them in half and 
the hens do the rest, only leaving the skins, 
and sometimes not that if I do not get a 
fresh lot in for them on time. If A. R. T. 
will keep his cabbage and turnips away for 
a few days and then cut a few of his beets 
in half I think his hens will relish them 
all right. j. o. G. 
Florida, N. Y. 
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as much a habit as opening the mouth 
to eat. 
One of our people lives in a Long 
Island town in which there are several 
liquor saloons. Under the law these sa¬ 
loons should be shut up tight on Sun¬ 
day, yet the evidence is that they run 
at full blast. A woman found that her 
husband spent Sunday in one of these 
saloons, and to use the exact language 
“came home drunk and raised hell.” She 
says she collected complete evidence 
about this violation of law and was in¬ 
sulted and nearly thrown out of the 
saloon. Not knowing what else to do 
she applied to the Excise Commissioner 
at Albany for help. The reply con¬ 
tained this well-worn phaase. 
We will give the matter careful con¬ 
sideration. 
As president of the Anti-Careful Con¬ 
sideration Club we thought this a good 
chance to learn just what this old chest¬ 
nut really means. So we wrote the 
Commissioner and asked him just what 
he intended doing. Here we have the 
explanation: 
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your 
favor of the lotli instant, relative to the 
complaint of Mrs.-of-, Long Island, 
against certain parties who are traf¬ 
ficking in liquor in said village. We note 
therein your request that we tell you just 
what is to be done in a case -of this sort 
and -what remedy this woman has. In 
reply permit us to state that it is contrary 
to the policy of this Department to furnish 
information relative to the outcome of any 
investigations which we may make, prior 
to the completion of the same. You may 
rest assured, however, that the Depart¬ 
ment is giving this matter its attention 
and will use every effort to suppress the 
illegal traffic which is alleged to exist at 
this place. 
Bespectfull yours, 
C1LAS. E. NORRIS, 
Dep. Commissioner. 
Well, gentlemen of the Anti-“Careful 
Consideration” Club, do we know any 
more than we did before? Do we get 
any suggestion of a remedy? Flow many 
pounds will “every effort” pull? We 
realize that the investigation cannot be 
reported before it is made, but if print¬ 
er’s ink will do it we intend to see that 
it is made and reported. A small tiling, 
perhaps, but the little ones lay the foun¬ 
dation for big ones. 
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