1912 . 
THE) RURAL NEW-YORKER 
386 
SILAGE GOOD FOR ALL STOCK. 
On page 218 one of your readers in¬ 
quires about the availability of silage 
for horse feed. The answer is so mis¬ 
leading that it should not be allowed to 
pass without refutation, and the inquir¬ 
er be set right in the matter. In the first 
place we will talk about silage, not some¬ 
thing that might be called silage for 
want of a better name, but silage made 
out of mature corn, not ripe but ma¬ 
ture, ready to go into the shock when 
put in the silo, and which is put in green 
enough so that it will not need the addi¬ 
tion of water while filling to keep it 
from spoiling in any way, but will keep 
perfectly without undue souring, and 
no moulding. Such silage is a safe and 
valuable food for any class of stock 
kept on a farm. Notice that word any, 
for it includes everything ordinarily kept 
on a Michigan or New York farm. I 
have been feeding with a great deal of 
success silage to all my horses, includ¬ 
ing the brood mare, a weanling and a 
yearling colt, and five work horses that 
are not working at much of anything 
except chores and a little driving to 
town a mile and a quarter away. A 
neighbor of mine purchases worked-out 
or run-down horses each Fall and Win¬ 
ters them almost exclusively on silage, 
and brings them through the Winter in 
splendid shape for the Spring horse 
market, making a good margin on his 
investment each year. This he has done 
for two or three years with no bad re¬ 
sults. 
In the February 14 issue of the 
“Breeders’ Gazette” four different men, 
from Indiana to Iowa, speak in unquali¬ 
fied praise of silage for brood mares, 
farm horses, stallions, colts, and what 
not. All make the stipulation, however, 
that the silage must not be mouldy or 
rotten corn fodder taken out of a silo, 
but that it must be good silage, the only 
kind of silage that any man with com¬ 
mon sense will put into a silo and ex¬ 
pect to be good for anything to do well 
on. While on this subject let me say 
that because a man grows a big south¬ 
ern corn that will never come to matur- ' 
ity in his climate, but is so luxuriant that 
he can fill his silo from an acre or two 
of it, that is no sign that he has a silo 
filled with good silage, because he does 
not. Neither does he have good silage 
when he fills with a lot of dry corn 
fodder or ripened corn, for all the water 
in the world will not change that cellu¬ 
lose tissue into nutritive matter, al¬ 
though it may be made much more pal¬ 
atable by so handling. Finally, let me 
say once again, good silage is good for 
any class of stock such as is ordinarily 
kept on a farm. e. m. moore. 
Michigan. 
THE BROOD MARE. 
The brood mare should be a large, 
roomy animal, sound of wind and free 
from spavin. Above all, she should not 
show any weakness or ugly habits that 
might be traced to heredity. In a word, 
she should be an animal that both phys¬ 
ically and mentally has proved herself 
thoroughly useful. The question of age 
is an important one. A young animal 
should not be bred before it is two or 
2j4 years of age. As a rule a middle- 
aged animal is the most satisfactory. 
The age limit within which it is prof¬ 
itable to purchase a mare for breeding, 
depends to some extent upon her gen¬ 
eral physical condition as determined by 
previous treatment. However, it will 
usually pay to buy animals as old as 12, 
14 or 16 years. 
A brood mare must always be given 
a certain amount of exercise. The 
strongest foals are obtained from mares 
that work every day. But after the 
seventh month in foal care should be 
observed that the animal is not made to 
do any heavy backing. Another pre¬ 
caution worth while is not to put her in 
the middle while driving three abreast, 
as she is liable to be injured by crowd¬ 
ing. If the team cannot be driven in 
any other way, a shingle, with nails 
driven through it, suspended on each 
side of the center animal will effectually 
prevent the others from crowding in on 
hef. 
Three weeks previous to foaling the 
mare should be placed in a box stall 
and out of reach of other animals, as she 
is apt to be cross and easily irritated. 
The oats and bran in her ration should 
be increased and the hay cut down. 
Bran mashes may be given with good 
effect at this time. A mare does not 
like to drop a colt when anyone is 
around, therefore it is well for the at¬ 
tendant to conceal himself and make his 
observations through a peep hole. Un¬ 
der normal conditions the only reason 
for anyone being present is to see that 
the animal does not lie down in a cor¬ 
ner and thus injure the colt by crowd¬ 
ing it. If the colt will not take the first 
milk or colostrum at once, it should be 
given a tablespoonful of castor oil. Fa¬ 
tal disorders can result from infection 
of the freshly severed umbillical cord, 
and for this reason the stall and bedding 
should be thoroughly clean and sanitary. 
Center Co., Pa. c. G. page. 
Gas Tar in the Poultry House. 
In your issue of Oetobefl 28, 1911, I find 
an article on page 10G0 entitled “Gas Tar 
for Lice.” I have some gas tar that I 
wonld like to use as a spray for a hen¬ 
house, paint for roosts and wood preserva¬ 
tive. Can you tell me how it is to be 
used, clear, or mixed with other ingredi¬ 
ents so as to be more effective, and if so, 
with what and how much? f. w. j. 
Michigan. 
It is our practice here to use it just as 
it conies from the gas plant, inasmuch as 
so far we have found nothing cheaper or 
even as cheap to thin with. Being full of 
oils it will not mix well with water. I sug¬ 
gest in case the inquirer finds it too heavy 
to work well in his sprayer that he thin 
it with kerosene or gasolene, preferably 
kerosene. I do not consider it necessary or 
advisable to spray henhouses heavily with it. 
both because it is so intensely black, which 
would tend to make the house dark, and 
because if the roosts, dropping boards and 
nest box interiors are thoroughly painted 
with it you are not likely to find a louse 
or mite anywhere about. If F. W. ,T. will 
paint roosts, dropping boards and nest boxes 
this Spring, and mix a little of the tar 
with kerosene and spray the inside of his 
henhouses. I think he will find that nothing 
more is needed except that it would be well 
to repaint the roosts, about August, as the 
chickens will have worn a largo part of it 
off the tops of roosts by that time. Other¬ 
wise one application should do effective 
work for a year. Be careful not to get 
the stuff on clothing that you value as it 
positively will not wash out. I would also 
suggest that in case you have white chick¬ 
ens and do not wish to get them discolored 
it might be well to take an old cloth and 
wipe off the surplus tar a couple of hours 
after applying it. There will he plenty 
left. J. H. TUBBS. 
Nebraska. 
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, are made and the best are 
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Ask your dealer to show you 
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ARRED ROCK EGGS. $1.00 per 15, $4.50 per 100. Bred-to- 
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S 
NOW PLUMAGE POULTRY FARM-For Sale, S. C. Whit 
Leghorn Eggs for Hatching, $5.00 por 101 
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S. C. B. Leghorn ftVs 
breeders. $2.00 per 13. Piney Grove Farm. Chestertown.MtL 
S O BROWN LEGHORN PULLETS, SI.25. Eggs, $1.50 
• Ui for fifteen. Second prize Boston pen. ’ll. 
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Plant the Seed Right BB> 
Then You’ll Get Returns 
Plant your seed at a uni¬ 
form depth and evenly 
distributed — then you 
will have the best pos¬ 
sible start for a big crop. 
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tnes 
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IT COVERS 58 FORMS OF LAMENESS-ILLUSTRATED 
NOTE THE WORK THIS HORSE DOES IN FIVE DAYS. 
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THOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best 20 varieties. EGGS 
I from vigorous, healthy stock: 15—$1.00, 40—$2.00. 
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From choice barred Plymouth Rocks—Houdans and 8. 0. White 
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Hen hatched, 
farm raised, 
very hardy, plump breasts; yellow skin. Cockerels, 
$3, $4 and $5. L’ullets, $2. $3, $1 and $5 each. Eggs, 
$2 per 13. LAMBERT S POULTRY FARM. Apponaug. R. I. 
Hatching Eggs, thir- 
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BIG BARRED ROCKS 
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H ATCHING EGGS from Trap-Nested* Bred-to-Lay 
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R ANGE BRED FOR BUSINESS— Stamina, fertility—Rose 
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i—CHOICE BUFF WYANDOTTE 
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THE BEST WHY TO COOK BOTH 
Lime and Sulphur Solution and Stock Feed 
For spraying fruit shrubs, 
etc., cook your lime and sulphur 
solution in a Heesen Kettle; it cooks quickest—uses less fuel, and 
costs least. 
HEESEN KETTLES 
are used by thousands of fruit farmers, who endorse them as the best 
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