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THE RURAt NEW -'TOrtKER 
October 26., 
Live Stock and Dairy 
FARM YOUNG STOCK. 
Every year we have reports from 
people who use cattle for driving. 
Sometimes bulls are hitched in pairs 
and worked or used in tread powers to 
advantage. Then we often receive pic- 
A CALF IN HARNESS, Fig. 465. 
tures showing men and boys riding upon 
bulls. We call this dangerous business 
and would not encourage it. The com¬ 
monest plan is to hitch calves or young 
heifers to small wagons for children to 
drive. Where the child is not cruel, as 
some children are, this is not a bad 
way to develop the heifer. The exer¬ 
cise, if gentle and she is not strained, 
is good for her and she will be all the 
better for her future work for being 
used as a family pet. The little picture 
shows such an outfit—a Massachusetts 
girl driving._ 
LAMBS COME WEAK. 
We have recently received several 
complaints from shepherds to the effect 
that their lambs come weak, season 
after season, and are again showing 
similar and even worse symptoms this 
year. They say that the lambs can 
scarcely stand when born, and even al¬ 
though they try to suck, it seems a 
difficult undertaking, and they fail to 
derive strength from the nourishment 
taken. Invariably is added the fact 
that the ewes have been fed apparently 
well upon coarse fodders, such as clover 
hay, Timothy hay, corn fodder, wheat or 
oat straw. This is one of the explana¬ 
tions of the trouble. It has been noticed 
that unless ewes when in lamb are fed 
succulent foods,, such as roots, silage or 
cabbage, and additional concentrates 
such as bran, crushed oats, oil meal 
or oil cake, they tend to become con¬ 
stipated, and in this condition there is 
either trouble at lambing time or weak¬ 
ness among the lambs. The weakness 
is due to the fact that the ewes merely 
manage to derive personal nourishment 
from the food given, but an insufficiency 
of surplus from which to build up a 
strong, well-formed foetus. It is also 
reported in the same connection that 
many of the lambs come into the world 
showing enlargements of the glands of 
the throat. The enlargements are of the 
thyroid glands and constitute “goitre,” 
a trouble that always indicates debility 
and lack of uterine nourishment. It 
also bespeaks a lack of mineral matters 
in the food of the ewes and in the 
milk first furnished—a lack of such 
salts as lime and phosphate—minerals 
which are always freely imparted to the 
blood circulation in bran and other grain 
foods of the nitrogenous class. In ad¬ 
dition to the aggravating causes of 
weakness in lambs may be mentioned in- 
and-in breeding, or too seldom changes 
of breeding stock. The ram is used 
year after year, and at last there is too 
close connection in mating, with the re¬ 
sult of loss of vitality, constitution and 
strength of bone. To prevent weak 
lambs from troubling in the flock the 
following measures consequently become 
necessary: Use of new rams of strong 
constitution, and, if possible, from a 
higher altitude, and generous feeding of 
concentrates to ewes before and after 
breeding and white in lamb. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
Comparison of Corn Fodder and Hay. 
What is the approximate relative value 
of corn fodder compared with hay? I de¬ 
sire this information in connection with 
market value of such material by the ton. 
The customary practice in this section has 
been to buy and sell by the bundle, which 
is a manifestly absurd way, owing to the 
variable size of the bundle. w. g. s. 
Williamsport, Pa. 
By analysis of good samples of each 
the following comparison can be made: 
-Pounds per Ton- 
Protein. Carbohydrates. Fat. 
Timothy hay. . . 120 900 50 
Corn fodder.... 80 620 20 
Yet we cannot accept this in buying 
hay or fodder. The food elements in the 
fodder are not as digestible as those in 
the hay, and the stalks are coarse and 
tough, so there is .greater waste when fed. 
The stalks are exposed to the weather 
longer and are more likely to be injured. 
We should consider average stalks worth 
about 40 per. cent of the. price of. good bay. 
LIVE STOCK NOTES. 2 
You ask us why we breed Rambouillet 
Merinos. It is because we believe them to 
be the hardiest and longest-lived sheep we 
have in this country. They produce more 
wool than any of the so-called mutton 
breeds and are about equally as valuable 
for mutton as any of them. 
Avon, N. Y. MARKHAM & PUFFER. 
Curing Balky Horse. —If K. K. of New 
Jersey would like a woman's advice to 
drive a balky horse, here it is: Take a 
piece of red flannel about eight inches 
square, fasten it to the bridle, letting it 
hang down over the eyes. T am sure he 
will not have any trouble with his horse. 
Use it only when the horse has a balky- 
fit on. I' would like to tell you what 
wonders 1 have done with this method of 
treatment. l. o. h. 
Lice on Hogs. —On page 898 is an in¬ 
quiry as how to get rid of hog lice, signed 
L. V. S. and answered by W. E. D. It gives 
some very good remedies. For a small lot 
of hogs 1 find the following to be the most 
effective and easiest applied of any remedy 
that I have tried: Take equal parts of 
coal *oil and machine oil, put in oil cup 
and pour on back of hogs, from head to 
tail. Two applications will rid the hogs 
of lice. G. s. F. 
Dayton, O. 
Yorkshire Pigs. —We keep Yorkshire 
pigs for the following reasons: They make 
fine mothers, raising big litters with very 
little loss; 25 sows gave us last year an 
average of 8 1-3, some coming in with 
16 young. They are easy keepers and very 
gentle, which is a great advantage in case 
of sickness or at farrowing time. We have 
seen them taking on one pound per day for 
150 days. As our business is mainly sell¬ 
ing pigs at eight weeks, you can readily 
see why the Yorkshire suits us best. 
Suffern, N. l r . the evergreen. 
Pigs-for Clearing Land. — I notice that 
E. G., Montvale, N. J., wants to clear 
some brush land. If he is in no hurry, 
I would suggest pigs. We fenced in about 
one-eighth acre this Spring of cat brier, 
etc., and turned one hog in it. She has 
about rooted it all over and if She is in 
there another year, I think that the cat 
brier will be done for. I fancy If a per¬ 
son wanted to clear land, and was not in 
too big a hurry, if he fenced small sec¬ 
tions of it according to the number of 
pigs and turned them in, they would root 
the most of it over and chew up all the 
green stuff in sight. I don’t see why a 
piece of old timber would not be a nice 
place for hogs. In the Fall the acorns 
would help fatten them. Some people say 
goats for clearing land; but you cannot 
get goats everywhere, although I suppose 
they are quicker than pigs. You can get 
pigs anywhere, no freight to pay, and 
there is always a market for them. G. 
Feeding Rye. 
Can rye be fed to horses, hogs or other 
stock? If so, how should it be fed, and 
how much at feeding? M. D. D. 
Itayland, Ohio. 
There is but little difference between 
rye, barley and wheat in composition, the 
rye being the poorest of these grains. Most 
animals do not like the taste of rye and 
will not eat the entire grain readily. We 
like it best ground or crushed with corn 
and oats. Equal parts of the three grains 
well ground makes a good “ground feed” 
for all stock. 
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