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THE RURA1, NEW-VORKhCR 
December 14, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
THE KINKS IN A DAIRY FARM. 
How We Took Them Out. 
Part V. 
It was somewhat disconcerting to us 
when we found out what our cows were 
actually doing. Time and again cows 
that we had supposed were giving us a 
nice profit turned out to be barely pay¬ 
ing their expenses. Some cows that gave 
large messes turned out to be such short 
milkers that there was nothing to be 
made from them. On the other hand, 
to offset this we found that some of the 
cows that we had not rated very highly 
gave average messes and kept on giving 
them for 10 months in the year, and 
were very profitable. All in all, it was 
a season of surprises. We also adopted 
a new method of feeding the cows. Up 
to this time we had used the old-fash¬ 
ioned method that is best described by 
the term “hit and miss.” We gave all 
the cows that we were milking the same 
amount of feed. Cows that gave 12 
quarts of milk and cows that gave six 
quarts of milk all received the same 
amount of feed. Cows that weighed 
1,400 pounds and cows that weighed 600 
pounds all received the same weight of 
provender. We had never even heard of 
a ration proportioned upon the cow’s 
production. But the scales dropped from 
our eyes the minute we began weighing 
the milk. Any fool could see that the 
cow that gave 12 quarts of milk was en¬ 
titled to more feed than the cow that 
gave six quarts, and we felt that we 
were not quite fools. It was only a 
matter of days before we had figured 
out a balanced ration ot feed, and were 
feeding our cows in exact proportion to 
the amount of milk they gave. 
I will not venture to tell what our 
balanced ration was, or what proportion 
of feed we gave for the production of 
milk. It would no doubt arouse some 
contention among other dairy farmers 
who feed a balanced ration, and would 
simply put kinks in the business instead 
of taking them out. It will be sufficient 
for the purpose of this story if I tell 
you that we found upon several trials 
that if we gave the cows a few more 
pounds of feed than our ration called 
for a few days in succession there w'as 
no greater production of milk, and that 
when we lowered the ration to any ex¬ 
tent there was a corresponding decrease 
in our production. 
You can readily see the financial gain 
we made by following this method of 
feeding when I tell you that commencing 
with the first day of the balanced, pro¬ 
portionate ration we fed over 100 pounds 
less of feed a day than we had under 
the old hit-and-miss method. Feed of 
different kinds varies in price with us 
from $28 to $35 a ton; the merest ama¬ 
teur in figures can easily see that with 
our scales and our proportionate ration 
we were saving on our feed bills alone 
from $1.40 to $1.75 per day, depending 
upon the kind of feed we were using. 
We have barely begun taking the kinks 
out of that farm. In fact, the number 
of difficulties that still confront us is 
appalling, but ever since we installed the 
scales in the barn, got rid of the board¬ 
ers and began feeding the cows in pro¬ 
portion to their messes we have stopped 
skidding and have been close on the trail 
of that “Deficit.” In spite of adverse 
weather conditions, arbitrary boards of 
health, incompetent dairy inspectors, low 
prices for milk and feed prices going 
higher than Mother Goose’s famous cow, 
we are still getting along. We have not 
as yet been able to purchase an auto, 
start a bank or get into the business of 
raising pure-breds, but we are paying 
for our improvements, increasing the 
value of the farm, and actually begin¬ 
ning to think that maybe, after all, life 
is worth living. 
I do not want to give the false im¬ 
pression that even with all the kinks 
taken out there is much money in the 
dairy business. I still believe that the 
farmer who shakes himself out of his 
rut of dairying will get a much better 
return for his work in some other line 
of farming. I do not advise the man 
who desires to become wealthy to take 
up dairy farming. But I do believe 
that the man who owns a dairy farm 
and conducts it in a businesslike way 
will not only make a decent living, but' 
will be a clean-minded, happy, self- 
respecting citizen. But if you love your 
family and respect yourself, keep out of 
the ruts. Ralph s. ives. 
Delaware Co., N. Y. 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Pawing Colt. 
What is the cause of a three-year-old 
colt pawing with both front feet at once 
while eating and drinking? Could you 
suggest a remedy? When foou 
given him he will make nervous efforts 
before beginning to eat. Appetite good 
and colt in good flesh. c. h. B. 
Missouri. 
Have the teeth carefully examined by a 
veterinarian. It is likely that the colt 
has a diseased molar tooth, or teeth that 
are cutting through and making the gums 
swollen and sore. Milk tooth crowns may 
have to be removed, or gums lanced above 
incoming teeth. a. s. a. 
Abscess in Navel. 
I have a purebred Jersey heifer calf 
which had an enlargement of the navel 
when it was from one to two weeks old, 
and this caused the gathering and the 
emitting of pus from the navel. The calf 
is now nearly four months old, and Still 
has the same trouble. What can I do 
that will bring about a cure and cause the 
navel to heal? p. d. g. 
West Virginia. 
Cleanse navel and inject peroxide of 
hydrogen into the discharging place until 
the fluid comes away without foaming; 
then inject a little tincture of iodine. Re¬ 
peat the treatment once daily with the 
peroxide and each other day with the 
iodine, and when injecting iodine also use 
it to paint enlargement of navel, a. s. a. 
Stunted Colt. 
I have bought a colt that is undersized 
for his age. He is coming three in the 
Spring. What can I feed him to start 
him growing? He is in.good shape and 
health and must have beed stunted at 
some time. j. t. k. 
Ohio. 
A stunted colt never will develop per¬ 
fect form and size. Feed wnole oats, 
wheat bran and best of mixed hay and 
allow some ears of corn at noon in cold 
weather. Carrots or other roots also 
would be helpful. If he does not improve 
quickly dilute blackstrap molasses with hot 
water and feed night and morning stirred 
among cut hay, cornmeal and wheat bran, 
and feed whole oats at noon and long hay 
at night. As much as a quart of molasses 
may be fed twice a day. a. s. a. 
Tumor on Hog. 
I have a hog a year old which has a large 
swelling on its back, as large as a man’s 
head. It does not seem to be sore or irri¬ 
tated. The animal is apparently as healthy 
as any hog. We suspect that it came from 
a bruise. Can anything be done for it? 
Ought 1 to open it? h. e. p. 
New York. 
Without an examination we cannot de¬ 
termine the nature of the enlargement, 
which may be a tumor or an abscess. If it 
is soft and contains pus it should be freely 
opened, drained, swabbed with tincture of 
iodine and once daily packed with oakum 
saturated with a mixture of equal parts of 
turpentine and raw linseed oil. If it is 
solid it may be either a fibroid tumor, or a 
malignant cancerous tumor. Under the cir¬ 
cumstances it would seem best to slaughter 
the hog under veterinarian inspection and 
use the meat if nothing serious is found. 
a. s. A. 
Indigestion in Horse. 
I have a good eight-year-old horse; his 
urine is thick, with a light yellow cast. 
The whites of his eyes have a yellow color 
by spells. Sometimes he passes urine very 
frequently and recently in quantity ; he is 
very dull, always seems to be very hungry; 
has been troubled like this by spells for a 
year and a half. c. H. 
New York. 
All of the symptoms indicate indigestion 
and torpid liver. Make the horse work 
every day or at least have him take abun¬ 
dant exercise every day. Feed whole oats, 
wheat bran and mixed hay. Have his 
teeth attended to by a veterinarian and 
if the horse has a long coarse coat of hair 
clip it from belly to a line with straps where 
breast collar and breeching would come 
and from legs above hocks and knees. Al¬ 
low free access to rock salt. If trouble 
continues dissolve two ounces of glauber 
salts in hot water and mix in the drinking 
water each morning until the bowels re¬ 
spond ; but do not cause scouring 
a. s. A. 
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