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THE RURAL KEW-YORKER 
June 21, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
HOW WE FEED SUMMER HOGS. 
At present prices hogs may be fed 
any way and at a profit; shut in a pen 
or dry lot and fed corn at present prices 
for corn and hogs, a fair margin of 
profit would be obtained. But it is not 
a question as to whether hogs can be 
grown so as not to lose money, or even 
to make some money for their owner. 
It is rather how can we make the most 
money now while prices are good, because 
we have fed hogs for very low prices 
and little or no profit in the past, and 
will no doubt do so again sometime in 
the future. Believing that we are solving 
ihe problem of cheap pork production 
this Summer, it may be that some young 
farmer may be helped by giving our plan. 
Our Fall pigs were fed through the 
Winter for growth on corn, some tankage 
and Soy beans, with some clover and 
Alfalfa hay. Two small fields fenced for 
hogs are provided, the clover in one just 
beginning to bloom in spots where not 
pastured close. The Fall pigs now 
nearing 200 pounds in weight are making 
a fine gain. The Spring pigs still with 
the sows, having come a little later than 
we like, are in the same field in which 
there is good shade; pure water is fur¬ 
nished at all times, but no wallows al¬ 
lowed. Corn is fed twice a day to 
all, probably a half ration, sometimes 
less; plenty of trough room where once 
a day all the milk and slop from the 
house are fed for a change. The amount 
of corn fed depends altogether on how 
fast we want the pigs to grow. They 
will do well without any grain ration, 
but the growth will be much slower. 
Those not sold before that time will be 
kept on clover until about July 1. 
The other field has been sown to 
rape, and by July it will be in good 
condition to turn on ; here the pigs will 
remain most of the time until Fall. I 
know of no crop that will furnish as 
much pig feed per acre as rape. With 
the small feed of grain they continue to 
do as well as on the clover. When 
they are taken off the clover enough 
cattle are turned in to eat it off short 
in a few days. Then it comes on again 
fresh and the pigs later on have access 
to it again. We are sure that this 
combination of corn, clover and rape is 
an economical and profitable way of feed¬ 
ing Summer hogs. We have a good 
corn farm and grow good crops of it, 
and yet we believe part of the land in 
clover and rape will grow as much 
pork as all in corn, and with so much 
less work and a considerable greater net 
profit. A few years ago a neighbor 
weighed 100 shotes before turning them 
into a field of clover, and after remain¬ 
ing there for four months they were 
again weighed out and if sold at six 
cents a pound the clover produced a gain 
in weight amounting to $18 per acre. 
They were fed no grain. As this gain 
is almost entirely net profit it looks 
like a splendid rental for Ohio farm 
land. While I have no data to prove it 
I am sure a small feed of grain would 
have given a greater profit. Of one thing 
we may be sure; the man who feeds corn 
in a dry lot to his hogs cannot compete 
with the one who furnishes succulent 
pasture in addition, and we find a com¬ 
bination of clover and rape the very 
best. IIOKATIO MARKLEY. 
Ohio. 
WESTERN RESERVE HOLSTEIN 
BREEDERS. 
This association met at the Dimock 
Brothers’ farm, June 2. Nearly 2,000 
people enjoyed the hospitality of the 
Dimock farm, and looked over the world- 
famous herd, which comprises about 100 
head. The day was perfect and the crowd 
was seated in the beautiful maple grove 
to listen to the speaker, Prof. Hugh G. 
Van Pelt, who came from Waterloo, 
Iowa, to address the meeting. President 
of the association, Paul McNish, called 
the meeting to order, after which lie 
introduced F. L. Allen, the county agri¬ 
cultural agent for Geauga. All hope 
to receive great benefit from Mr. Allen’s 
help along agricultural lines; he will 
be, during the Summer, ready to make 
a personal visit to each farmer in Geauga 
County who requests his visit. His ad¬ 
dress. touching on good roads, better 
schools, houses, and last but not least, 
standing together to get the fair share 
of the consumer’s dollar was enthusias¬ 
tically received. Prof. Van Pelt spoke 
in part as follows: One of the greatest 
problems to-day, is keeping our boys and 
girls on the farms. The solution is easy, 
and consists in better homes, more con¬ 
veniences and better stock. This can be 
had by using better cattle or stock of 
any kind, giving them an added interest 
in the farm. He advocates developing 
a herd from one good cow, bringing it. 
to gradual success. The proper selection 
of the herd sire is of great importance. 
No sire which lacks high producing an¬ 
cestry back to great-grand-parents 
should be chosen. Among the greatest 
losses in all breeds to-day is the fact 
that so many great sires have been sold 
while the owner was ignorant of the 
fact of his power of production. Prof. 
Van Pelt believes that the future of great 
cows is greatly influenced by proper 
feeding before the calf is born, which 
feed he believes should be of Alfalfa hay, 
ground oats, oil meal, eornmeal, bran, 
which properly used will not over-feed 
the cow but produce calves much better 
than the ordinary farmer now produces, 
lie believes to develop a calf properly it 
should not be over-fed on skim-milk, 
supplementing this with ground oats, oil 
meal, eornmeal, bran and clover hay, 
feeding four times per day. He advo¬ 
cates blood flour for growth of bone, 
which is desirable in any breed. lie 
would not pasture under one year old, 
at which time he could commence using 
silage, never using over 16 pounds of 
skim-milk per day per calf. Prof. Van 
Pelt believes that the most important 
implement used in dairying is the scales; 
that the great chance possible for the 
farmer’s boy is giving him a calf and 
letting him develop and care for it. 
John Gould, of Aurora, then gave the 
people of the Western Reserve a mes¬ 
sage from Dr. C. D. Smead, who helped 
them in the tuberculin fight in Chester 
a few years ago, saying he stood ready 
to render any assistance in so worthy a 
cause. MRS. JAMES LAMPMAN. 
Ohio. 
CALF CHOLERA OR WHITE SCOURS. 
The symptoms may appear so promptly 
after birth as to lead to the idea that 
the cause already existed in the body 
of the calf, and usually appears before 
the end of the second week. It may 
be preceded by constipation, as in re¬ 
tained meconium or by fetid eructations, 
and colicky pains, as in acute indigestion. 
The tail is stained by liquid dejections, 
which are at first soft, and mixed with 
mucus, having a peculiar sour odor sel¬ 
dom mistaken once known. The little 
victim may grow worse so fast that it is 
dead before 36 hours or may linger a 
week or more. It is of great importance 
to recognize and treat immediately. Stop 
all feeding of milk. Give one or two 
ounces of castor oil to remove irritating 
substance from calf’s stomach. When 
this has operated, give one-half teaspoon¬ 
ful of bismuth, and one-half of pepsin 
at a dose, and repeat every three hours, 
day or night, if you wish to save the ! 
calf. And make sure to purchase the 
pepsin from a reliable druggist. If 
bowels seem affected give injection of one 
quart water (warm) and three table¬ 
spoonfuls of peroxide. Lise every care in 
disinfecting each time everything used 
in the work. Calf should be removed 
from all others to clean dry quarters, 
and given nothing but eggs, three at a 
time three times a day until it shows 
symptoms of being better. Kggs can be 
easily given by one person opening the 
mouth and another opening the egg and 
putting in the mouth. When the calf 
becomes hungry a gruel made of oat¬ 
meal boiled four hours, and strained 
through a ricer may be given with the 
eggs. If calf has learned to drink feed 
in a clean pail washed each time. If not 
it can be given in a long-necked bottle 
until calf is well enough to learn to 
drink from a pail. As calf seems better 
add milk to gruel a cup at a time, using 
great care not to over-feed. A pint of 
gruel and a cup of milk is plenty to stare 
with, using the eggs broken and beaten 
slightly, so the calf can drink them with 
the gruel. 
For a week at least give the bismuth 
and pepsin with each feed, and longer 
if necessary. Not long ago we had a 
calf so affected. It drank at night as 
usual, refused to drink in morning, and 
by noon was so bad that it refused to 
notice us, but by this simple treatment 
was saved; yet it was only three days 
old* After a case of this kind absolute 
cleanliness must be observed, everything 
thoroughly disinfected. j. l. 
Ohio. 
Surfeit. 
I recently purchased a heavy working 
mare, seven years old, sound and in good 
condition, but she lias what seem to be 
pimples on skin. They do not discharge 
any, just little bunches scattered mostly 
over back and sides; do not seem to 
itch or bother her any. What should I 
do for them, and how would I best feed 
her? I do not work her very hard. 
Glendon, Me. r. p. 
These “bunches” probably indicate 
urticaria (surfeit or nettlerasli) which 
is akin to hives of children. It comes 
from indigestion or sudden changes of 
feed, such as change to grass in Spring. 
Better have her clipped; then feed lightly 
on oats, wheat, bran and hay without 
grass. Avoid feeding corn. Wash af¬ 
fected parts of skin with a solution of 
half an ounce of granular hyposulphite 
of soda in a quart ©£ CJld soft water. 
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