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May 4, 
“ HELIANTI ” FODDER. 
Several years ago The R. N.-Y. dis¬ 
cussed a new table vegetable described 
in foreign catalogues as “Helianti,” “He- 
lianthi,” or “Salsefis.” It is a perennial 
sunflower, a form of Helianthus macro- 
phyllus, producing slender spindle- 
shaped tubers, which are said to be su¬ 
perior to the Jerusalem artichoke for 
culinary purposes. The plant grows 
most luxuriantly, and makes an enor¬ 
mous production of tubers. It is now 
said by the Journal of the British 
Board of Agriculture that the plant 
makes excellent fodder, either green or 
as hay, or silage. It seems probable 
that this plant might produce abundant 
green fodder or silage during a drought, 
as a tuberous rooted plant will with¬ 
stand drought when other plants suffer. 
Some of our correspondents have given 
experience with ordinary sunflowers as 
forage. Some conservative experiments 
with “Helianti” would be of interest. 
SCUTTLE IN STABLE. 
Two-thirds of the barns around here 
that have cellars are provided with 
scuttles that lift out. No doubt this 
is true of other sections of the coun¬ 
try. When one of these scuttles comes 
behind a horse stall it quite frequently 
happens that a horse backing out 
catches his calks under the edges, 
throwing out the board and letting the 
horse down the hole. I have known 
three such cases around here this 
Winter. This always causes a great 
deal of trouble in getting the horse out, 
besides the danger of breaking a leg. 
Take all those scuttle boards' and nail 
a cleat on that will project on one side 
to slide under the floor next the stall. 
This can be put in place just as easily 
and can never be lifted out by a horse. 
East Brookfield, Mass. w. o. t. 
Alfalfa for the Silo. 
Have you any knowledge of the value 
of Alfalfa as silage? Is it used for silage 
very much? Does it keep well as such? 
We have no silo at present, and grow a 
great deal of Alfalfa. I do not wish to 
build one unless I am sure of its being 
practical to handle Alfalfa in this way. 
Chester, N. J. w. f. a. 
Our reports for both clover and Alfalfa 
in the silo vary. Some report good suc¬ 
cess, while others say they got only rank, 
bad-smelling stuff out of the silo. Evi¬ 
dently the way the Alfalfa was handled had 
much to do with it—the maturity and the 
amount of water used. The conclusion of 
our reports seemed to be that it is better 
to dry the Alfalfa and use corn in the 
silo. We would like further reports. 
Selling or Feeding Wheat. 
I have about 50 bushels of wheat on 
hand, can sell it for $1 per bushel, or 
about $1.60 per 100 pounds. I am buying 
some bran at $1.55 for sow and pigs, and 
middlings at $1.75 per 100 pounds for pigs; 
have five sows, one with pigs three weeks 
old, other four to farrow in May, and 
have f ar shotes and four pigs three 
montls old, and nine pigs three weeks old, 
and one cow and four horses. What is the 
wheat worth to me to grind (10 cents a 
sack of two bushels for grinding) and 
feed, and what can I feed it to with most 
economy, what feed with it, and what pro¬ 
portions? It seems to me I would better 
feed it up. Corn costs 80 cents a bushel. 
New Jersey. w. w. w. 
With your stock of pigs on hand it would 
hardly pay to sell your wheat at $1.60 
per 100 and buy bran at $1.55 and mid¬ 
dlings at $1.75. I would prefer to feed 
this wheat to the growing pigs and shotes 
mixed in the proportion of about four parts 
wheat to one part cornmeal with one-half 
part digester tankage added. This will 
make a very good growing ration, but when 
fattening the pigs for market the propor¬ 
tion of cornmeal should be increased. If 
you wish to save the expense of grinding 
your wheat, you could soak it for 12 hours 
before feeding by pouring boiling water 
on it and letting it stand in a covered 
bucket until feeding time. C. S. G. 
Concrete Floor in Hoghouse. 
On page 442 E. V. S. asks for experience 
with a concrete floor in hoghouse. I pre¬ 
fer the concrete to plank, for it is easier 
to clean and more durable. Make the 
floor slanting, about four inches on a 
floor 12 feet in length, so as to drain and 
build the nests up off the concrete, for I 
have found that leg weakness and rheu¬ 
matism are caused by pigs lying on the 
concrete floor. I would also advise mak- 
iug the troughs of concrete. H. L. A. 
Itushford, N. Y. 
Manure in Cement Pigpen. 
Will a cement -pigpen prevent manure 
from burning up in dry weather, as the 
manure dried up in my board pen last 
Summer? G. m. 
Whether the manure in a pigpen heats 
and dries up depends entirely upon the 
quantity and quality of the manure, the 
amount of moisture it contains and the 
number of pigs you keep tramping on it. 
Of course a good tight cement floor would 
hold the water and therefore help to keep 
the manure wet, but a tight board floor 
ought to serve the same purpose. We use 
cement floors because they are washed every 
day, and are much easier to clean than 
boards, but have never tried to keep man¬ 
ure from heating by their use. c. s. G. 
Cotton-seed Hulls. 
1. What is the feeding value of cotton¬ 
seed hulls as compared with hay, medium 
grade? Are the hulls a safe substitute 
for hay for horses? 2. Give ration for 
medium to large Holstein cow, now giving 
eight quarts per day (getting ready to dry 
off), of bran, gluten, beet pulp, cotton-seed 
hulls or hay as above, can also use corn¬ 
meal. I want to keep up the milk flow 
as well as I can. s. H. s. 
New York. 
1. The average analysis of Timothy hay 
is protein 5.9 per cent; carbohydrates, 45 
per cent, and fat, 2.5 per cent; of cotton¬ 
seed hulls, protein 4.2 per cent; carbohy¬ 
drates, 38.4 per cent, and fat, 2.2 per cent. 
It will be seen that the cotton-seed hulls 
are considerably below Timothy hay in 
nutritive value, unless there happens to be 
a considerable portion of broken kernels 
of the seed adhering to the hulls. I have 
no knowledge of the use of cotton-seed hulls 
as feed for horses, so I shall be obliged 
to pass this question on. 
2. A daily ration consisting of four 
pounds gluten, two pounds bran and 
two pounds beet pulp should suffice at 
present When the cow becomes fresh the 
ration should be increased. I should not 
feed eotton-seed hulls entirely for rough- 
age, but give some hay. c. L. M. 
Green Fodder. 
I have a small lot I wish to sow to some 
crop, so that I will have some extra forage 
(green) for my 15 head of milch cows dur¬ 
ing the shortage of grass in July and Au¬ 
gust. I had it in cow peas last Summer. 
It has about two to 2% acres in it. I wish 
to cut it and haul to barn and feed night 
and morning. What can you suggest as a 
good crop? 1 have a silo, but it is not big 
enough to run me through the drought. 
Martinsburg, W. Ya. a. r. t. 
This is but one of 50 questions about n 
fodder crop for green feeding. The simplest 
plan would be to put two acres in Canada 
peas and oats as soon as you can. You 
can begin to cut this green crop in late 
June. Put half an acre in fodder corn as 
early as you can plant it safely. Put in 
drills and cultivate well. As the first half 
acre of oats and peas is cut plow and 
seed to Japanese millet. On the remainder 
of the oats and pea ground drill fodder 
corn as fast as the land is clear. As the 
fodder corn and millet are cut sow rye 
and Hairy vetch together. This will give 
you a continuous supply of green fodder. 
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Summer Silage.— We have been using 
Summer silage with the best of success for 
upwards of 20 years. We have tried differ¬ 
ent materials but Crimson clover sown after 
our corn silage is off and a little wheat 
added to hold the clover up seems to be 1 
our most economical crop, as it can be ; 
grown entirely as a catch crop in this lati¬ 
tude. We find that Summer silage should | 
be wilted a trifle before going in to the 
silo, otherwise we handle the same as Fall 
silage. As you are aware we never pasture. ! 
Delaware. f. c. Bancroft, j 
Sow Eating Pics. —The discussion on 
page 507 as to why sows eat their young 
is helpful, but it does not tap the milk of 
the cocoanut. All swine require protein, 
especially brood sows. The vast majority 
of them are forced to subsist on corn and 
other non-protein feeds. A corn-fed hog 
will seek for protein, and sows will kill 
their young to satisfy this desire. As 
stated salt pork will satisfy, but clover, 
Alfalfa and Soy beans are cheaper and 
better. Corn-fed sows have small litters 
while those having the range of clover 
fields tend to strength, health, age and 
large litters. h. 
A One-Cow Silo.—T he March 16 issue of 
The II. N.-Y. asks if a silo would pay for 
two cows. Here is a report of William 
Leach of Jefferson Co., N. Y., who last 
Fall built a silo eight feet by 10 feet, of 
concrete blocks, which he made himself. 
It took six good loads of corn to fill it 
and the corn was put in quite green; it 
has kept fine, with the exception of three 
inches from the sides; this was caused by 
the cement blocks being green, as the silo 
was finished just in time to fill. Mr. Leach 
is feeding one three-year-old cow one-half 
bushel silage, twice a day, hay once a day 
and grain twice daily, and making seven 
pounds of butter a week, besides furnishing 
a family of three people with milk. This 
looks as if a silo pays for one cow. 
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