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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
May 24, 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Dog With Eczema. 
Grain With Rye and Pasture. 
1. What kind of a grain ration -would 
you advise feeding heavy producing cows in 
connection with mixed clover and Timothy 
pasture? 2. I planted a piece of land to 
rye to mow green for the cows. Until the 
pasture gets a good start what, for grain 
ration, would you advise me to feed in con¬ 
nection with this? Bran is selling for 
$1.40 per 100 ; corn and cob meal 75, Union 
grains dairy ration, $1.60. i. p. b. 
Pennsylvania. 
If you are limited to the feeds you men¬ 
tion the Union grains will be the best to 
use. In fact at $1.60 per 100 it will prob¬ 
ably be as economical as anything you can 
buy. A good grain ration for cows on pas¬ 
ture is two pounds corn meal, one pound 
My collie is eight years old. Can you tell 
me what is the matter with him and what 
can I do to for it? He has a red glow all 
over his body at times and bites and 
scratches until sore. It heals very quickly. 
I feed him a cake made of wheat flour, a 
little Indian meal and sour milk raised 
with soda, soup of vegetables, sour milk 
and dog biscuits. He eats well, is lazy and 
keeps fat. Have given him buckthorn. He 
likes to lie on damp ground, body seems 
hot as if he has fever. The whites of his 
eyes are red most of the time. s. e. m. 
New York. 
He is overfed and underexerciscd. Feed 
one small meal a day, each evening. For 
a time let it be the dog biscuits without 
other feed. When he is better let him have 
a big raw beef bone twice a week. Do 
not feed the cake. The physic is good for 
him; but it will not be needed if you 
make him take lots of exercise every day. 
Should he become constipated feed parboiled 
liver. a. s. a. 
bran and one pound cotton-seed meal, the 
amount to be fed of course depending on 
circumstances. If cows have an abundance 
of clover and Timothy pasture it is doubt¬ 
ful if any grain can be fed at a profit. 
With rye a moderate amount may pay. I 
should give the same mixture in either 
case, only more of it when pasturing rye 
than mixed grasses. c. l. m. 
Ration for Butter Cows, 
Will you give me a balanced ration for 
Guernsey cows for the purpose of butter 
making? Roughage is Timothy hay. We 
would like to use the feeds we have on 
hand, which are Red Dog, middlings, best 
bran and eornmeal. Would use other feeds 
in connection if necessary. Also give a 
ration with Globe turnips, as we have 
quite a number of them. H. G. J. 
Mountainville, N. Y. 
The grains you have are deficient in pro¬ 
tein, but very high in carbohydrates. To 
balance this you should add some of the 
feeds high in protein, such as cotton-seed 
meal, oil meal or distillers’ grains. Use 
the feed you have for half of the ration 
and for the other half use oil meal, equal 
parts oil meal and cotton-seed meal, or 
distillers’ grains, or almost any mixture 
of these three grains, except that you 
would better not feed more than two 
pounds of cotton-seed meal per cow daily. 
I would also advise you that you do not 
feed over two pounds of eornmeal daily. 
The ration will of course depend on the 
milking capacity of the cow, about one 
pound of grain to 3% to four pounds of 
milk. Give the turnips immediately after 
milking in order not to taint the milk 
with their peculiar flavor. Also, do not 
keep the turnips where their odor can en¬ 
ter the cow stable, as this will be im¬ 
parted to the milk. The grain ration will 
be the same as when the turnips are not 
fed, except that you can safely feed more 
cotton-seed meal. If enough turnips are 
fed to make the bowels somewhat loose, as 
much as four or five pounds a day of 
cotton-seed meal may be fed. c. L. m. 
Rations for Cows and Pigs. 
Will you give me a balanced ration for 
cows from following feeds? Cotton-seed 
meal, gluten meal, distillers’ grains and 
eornmeal. Also a good mixture for young 
pigs that will make them grow to & good 
size for fattening this Fall. Have whey to 
feed them. Would the following mixture 
give good results? One part bran, one 
part eornmeal and one part middlings. 
w. B. A. 
The following mixture will give good re¬ 
sults : Cotton-seed meal, two pounds; glu¬ 
ten, one pound; distillers’ grains, three 
pounds; eornmeal, two pounds. Feed one 
pound of grain to each 3% to four pounds 
of milk. Equal parts of eornmeal and 
middlings will give better results for pigs 
than when bran is added. If the pigs do 
not have a grass-covered run the addition 
of one-half part of oil meal will be very 
beneficial. In fact, oil meal in small quan¬ 
tities is a very good pig feed under any 
circumstances, whether the pigs have pas¬ 
ture or not. C. L. m. 
Blue Milk. 
Can you tell me what is the matter 
with my cow? Her milk is blue under the 
cream. She is fresh, calf one month old. 
She has wintered well, calf strong and 
healthy; eats her hay and grain all right, 
drinks all right. I have stirred a little 
butter from her cream and it does not smell 
just right, but does not taste bad. She 
is a Jersey nearly 16 years old; has been 
a No. 1 cow, gives a good big mess of 
milk. J. h. T. 
New York. 
From the information you give I can see 
no reason why there should be anything 
wrong with this cow’s milk unless it might 
be her advanced age. It is comparatively 
rare for a cow to be a good producer at the 
age of 16 years; in fact, most of them have 
pased their days of usefulness before they 
are 14. It is quite possible that her power 
to secrete milk is becoming exhausted, and 
her milk is not normal. c. L. si. 
Vat.ue of Alfalfa. —Here is a new way 
of putting the value of Alfalfa by W. C. 
Palmer, of the North Dakota Agricultural 
College: “One ton of Alfalfa hay has the 
same feeding value as 60 bushels of oats. 
Alfalfa can be expected to average at least 
two tons per acre. This is the equivalent 
of 120 bushels of oats. There is no land 
that will average 120 bushels of oats— 
in fact, it takes good land and good han¬ 
dling to average 60 bushels of oats per 
acre. The Alfalfa requires less work and 
less expense to handle than a grain crop. 
And the Alfalfa will improve the soil, 
while the oat crop will reduce its pro¬ 
ductive power. To get this value from 
Alfalfa it must be fed on the farm. It 
needs to be kept in mind that the Alfalfa 
is a roughage.” 
Frightened Horse 
Can you advise me how to manage and 
overcome a horse that gets frightened at a 
piece of paper lying on the road, causing 
a runaway? f. l. x. 
New Jersey. 
It is unlikely that the vice can be cured, 
as it probably is due to defective eyesight. 
Turn the horse into a small, well-fenced 
paddock and there expose him to paper 
until he becomes accustomed to it; then he 
may not care when he meets paper on the 
road. Drive him with close blinders. 
A. S. A. 
Rupture. 
I have a filly past six months old, rup¬ 
tured when two weeks old. Trouble is 
near navel, running back about three in¬ 
ches, and the intestine comes down about 
three inches. What is to be done, if any¬ 
thing? j. e. J. 
New York. 
The tendency is for ruptures of the navel 
to disappear gradually as the animal grows. 
If the rupture tends to enlarge then have 
it operated upon by a veterinarian who 
may use wooden clamp. Mild blistering 
done at intervals of a month or so tends 
to hasten recovery. a. s. a. 
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