1910. 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKER 
401 
COTTON-SEED MEAL AND GLUTEN. 
The editor asks for experience in feed¬ 
ing cotton-seed meal and gluten to dairy 
cows, stating that there seems to be quite 
a division of opinion about the values of 
these two feeds, some liking them, others 
claiming them injurious. Neither of 
these is safe as a feed when fed alone 
without being mixed with a liberal sup¬ 
ply of some bulky feed, and no dairy¬ 
man should think of using either of them 
alone unless he wants trouble to follow 
in the wake of his careless methods. 
Cotton-seed meal contains 42 per cent 
protein and 13 per cent ether extract 
(fat), and is a powerful diuretic if fed too 
plentifully to animals unused to its con¬ 
centration, and must have it given to 
them in a small way to begin with, never 
more than one pound per day for a ma¬ 
tured cow, and then increased gradually, 
and I would not risk much over 2 l / 2 
pounds daily. When cows are fed silage 
and the cotton-seed meal, it is far best 
to incorporate the meal with the bulky 
silage, which will remove nearly all the 
danger arising from the very rich meal. 
Bran of course when used in consider¬ 
able quantity, and the coarse flaky kind, 
is excellent, but is too high for its pro¬ 
tein as compared with cost of protein 
in the cotton-seed meal. 
Gluten (feed) is the residuum from 
the manufacture of glucose and starch 
from corn; made up largely from the 
germ oil and bran, containing 26 per 
cent of protein, 2 1 / per cent fat. As it 
contains a high percentage of fiber over 
cotton-seed meal it is less dangerous, be¬ 
cause of its lower per cent of protein, 
but we always found it best to associate 
it with some other coarser by-product, 
either bran or distillers’ grains in the 
absence of silage. While cotton-seed 
meal is the cheapest source for protein, 
it may not at all times prove the cheap¬ 
est in the end. Our plan is and always 
has been to modify our feeds into a prac¬ 
tical bulky balanced ration, choosing as 
near as possible the cheaper source for 
the protein. In the absence of silage a 
combination feed is made up of distillers’ 
grains, gluten and malt sprouts, treated 
to a course of oat hulls and cotton-seed 
or oil-cake meal in such quantities as 
will bring the protein content up to 
26 or 28 per cent. Cotton-seed meal 
forces large amounts of oil into butter 
that makes it greasy, while gluten fed 
alone in full quantity makes it slushy, 
but the latter is a fine feed for the in¬ 
crease of a milk flow, and cotton-seed 
meal can be made a useful and potential 
component in a dairy ration where good 
judgment is used. geo. e. scott. 
Jefferson Co., Ohio. 
Hog Pasture For Wisconsin. 
E. G. T., Oakfield, Wis. —For the latitude 
of Wisconsin, would you give a formula 
for a hog pasture mixture that would afford 
forage for hogs early in the season until 
late and the required amounts of each in¬ 
gredient, something that will grow as fast 
as fed down. We have here in Wisconsin 
a moderately firm clay subsoil with some 
loam on top. 
Ans.—I do not think E. G. T. can get 
from one single kiiftl of pasture what he 
wishes. Probably the best single effort 
will be thoroughly to prepare the ground 
this Spring and as early as possible sow 
a mixture of barley and oats a little thin¬ 
ner than for grain, and with these a 
heavy seeding of mixed clovers—Mam¬ 
moth, Medium and Alsike. Then turn 
hogs in just as soon as the grain plants 
are four or five inches high, and begin 
to stool. Do not worry about the hogs 
tramping out the clovers. This is one 
of the very best ways to get a clover 
field. If one wants to turn it into some¬ 
thing more permanent, sow a little grass 
seed. In addition there should be a rape 
patch. Drill in rape any time from early 
Spring until the middle of July, sowing 
about three pounds of seed per acre in 
drills about 30 inches apart, and culti¬ 
vating the same as potatoes. When a 
foot high turn in the hogs. It is best 
to sow rape at two or three different 
times, so as to have it coming on. Such 
a procedure will furnish a good pasture 
for the hogs from June or July to Oc¬ 
tober. Rape will be fit to pasture about 
eight weeks after seeding, w. A. henry. 
Wisconsin Agricultural College. 
A Concrete Drain. 
A. J. B., Waverly, Fa.—Would it be 
profitable to make a concrete drain? 
Would a concrete drain be as efficient as 
tile if made in the same form as common 
drain tile? I have plenty of nice, clean 
sand and plenty of clean, fine gravel. 
Ans. —You would need a machine for 
making the tile. It will depend upon the 
cost of drain tile, including transporta¬ 
tion, against the cost of the machine, the 
cement and the labor. We doubt the 
profit in making a small lot of tile. With 
large areas to be drained it might pay. 
The Arizona Station at Tucson has is¬ 
sued a good bulletin on this subject. 
Water-glass Eggs For Sale. 
I. L. II., St. Albans, Vt. —Will you give 
me your advice on water glass eggs? Do 
people violate the pure food law in putting 
down eggs with water glass solution and 
selling such eggs when eggs are high? 
Ans. —Dr. H. W. Wiley gives the fol¬ 
lowing opinion: 
“In reply to your letter stating that a 
number of your readers who are putting 
fresh eggs down in a water-glass solu¬ 
tion when they are plentiful and cheap, 
and using them during the Winter, desire 
to know whether it would be permissible 
for them to place such eggs upon the 
market, in my opinion there could be no 
objection to selling such eggs for exactly 
what they are.” 
Butterine, Oleo and Renovated Butter. 
What is the difference, if any, in the way 
the butterine, oleomargarine and renovated 
butter are made? Are they all alike only in 
name? A grocery man said they were all 
the same; I told him I did not believe it. 
Cooperstown, N. Y. k. 
Oleomargarine and butterine are mix¬ 
tures of various fats, such as lard, beef 
fat, cotton-seed oil and a small quantity 
of butter. These fats are mixed or 
blended by various processes. “Renova¬ 
ted butter” is usually butter that has 
gone bad or rancid melted and treated 
to drive off the bad smells, and then 
cooled and handled so as to look as 
much as possible like fresh butter. There 
is not supposed to be anything in “reno¬ 
vated” butter except butter fat. It is 
usually made from stuff that could not 
be sold without being treated. 
A Substitute For Hay. 
D. S. M., Winchester, Ya. —I would like 
to have some information about what to 
raise to take the place of hay this year. 
My land is all in orchard (eight years old). 
I have tried to grass, part in clover, but 
so far it is a failure. What can I put on 
the corn stubble to utilize for hay? I have 
about 30 acres to cultivate and use about 
10 tons of hay in a year. I would like 
to try some kind of peas to plow under to 
make the soil more productive. What va¬ 
riety would do the best in this locality? 
Ans. —The best thing you can sow 
for hay will be cow peas. Prepare the 
land well and drill the peas in about the 
last of May with a wheat drill, sowing- 
one bushel per acre. Cut these for hay 
as the pods turn yellow and cure mainly 
in the shock and in the barn as you 
would clover hay, except that they can 
be left longer in the cocks. Then disk 
the stubble and sow Crimson clover seed 
at rate of 15 pounds per acre in August 
or earlier if the peas are off in time. 
Turn tins clover under when in full 
bloom in the Spring. Give the peas a 
good application of acid phosphate or 
of steamed bone. w. f. massey. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
"a square deal.” See guarantee 
RELIANCE LINE 
gTT Sooner or later you are 
\| I going to have a Gasoline 
■■ Engine. But before you 
decide on which you shall 
have, you owe it to yourself 
and to everyone else in the 
house, to make a personal 
investigation of 
Our line of AIR 
COOLED ENGINES 
If a 3 H. P. engine does all this, 
consider what a 5 or 10 H. engine 
would do. We make all sizes. 
Over 3000 SOLD and not one dissatis¬ 
fied user that we know of. 
Brackett , Shaw (2f Lunt Co., 
Dear Sirs: 
I would like to tell you something about what 
I have done with one of your 3 horse Air Cooled 
engines. I have had my engine 2 1-2 years and 
I have used it to separate milk with twice, a day 
tor nearly all the time and never had it balk. 
I have used it to saw wood, churn, work 
butter, run the grindstone, corn shelter and 
washing machine. I have also used it three falls 
to cut ensilage with. 
This fall f used it on a 16 in. cutter with 42 
feet of elevator and it would easily cut whole 
bundles of corn just as they came from the Har¬ 
vester, and noiv the best thing about it is, there 
is no water to bother with, also it will work at 
its full capacity on two gallons of gasoline for 
eight hours, and that is better than any other 
engine around here can do. 
Yours truly, 
II. H. BRISTOL, Vergennes, Vt. 
Also the Celebrated 
RELIANCE HOPPER 
WATER COOLED ENGINES 
using a very little water and cooling 
perfectly. We can furnish Water 
Cooled engines from 2-250 H. P. for 
all purposes. Do not fail to send 
postal for catalogue P. 
AIR COOLED 
Don’t you want one of these 
engines that don’t go wrong. 
That CAN’T FREEZE UP! 
ATT We also sell and warrant Drag’ Saws, Circular 
'll Saws (6 kinds), Saw Mills, Shingle Mills, 
Band Saws, Planers, etc. 
f]T If you want a trade in Rebuilt 
ll Gasoline Engines only slightly 
used, write quickly as our prices for 
next 30 days will represent real bar¬ 
gains. Have 7 Alamo Engines, 5 
Olds, 3 Internationals and many others. 
PRICES and TERMS are sure to please YOU. 
Write Us Your Wants. Write for CATALOG P. 
Strongly Warranted Air Cooled En¬ 
gines ( over 8000 sold) 1 to 10 Horse. 
Water Cooled up to 000 Horse. 
Brackett, Shaw 6 Lunt Company 
Somersworth, N. H., - Boston, Mass. 
JACOBSON 
SELF-CONTAINED ENGINE WITH AUTOMATIC DRAINING 
WATER TANK. 
No Freezing No Overheating 
No I,urge Wafer Tank 
The Agency is available in some sections and 
valuable in all. 
JACOBSON MACHINE MFG. CO. 
Ill Irvine Street Warden, Pa. 
The Elbridge 
“GEM” 
8 II. P. 
Saves the Wages of 
a Hired Man 
Runs your feed cutter, 
sprays your trees, 
pumps your water, grinds your grain, 
saws your wood—the most reliable and 
cheapest power for farm use. 
Simple, efficient and durable. Always 
ready for instant use. 
If you want the best Gasoline Engine 
built, investigate. 
Information Booklet Free. 
ever 
Elbridge Engine Co. 
205 Culver Road, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
ONE MAN DOES 
WORK OF TWO 
With Iron Ago Riding Culti¬ 
vators. You can do it easier and 
better, because they are built on 
lines that make this possible. 
Hoes Vre under perfect control. 
Can regulate depth aud 
beep hoes desired dis- > 
tance from growing 
plants. More ad¬ 
vantages in our 
IRON AGE 
Book. II’* 
FREE. 
Pivot or fixed 
Wheel, wheels 
BATEMAN MFG. CO., Boi 102-C, GRENL0CH, N. J. 
This Pump Requires 
No Attention 
The ideal system of supplying running water for 
use in suburban homes or on farms, is a 
Niagara Hydraulic Ram 
Write for catalog AG and guaranteed estimate. 
Niagara Hydraullo Englna Co., DO Nassau SI. ,N, Y. 
Factory; Chester. Pa. 
AHFNTS 200% profit 
1 ^ Handy, Automatic 
HAME FASTENER 
' Do away with old h am e strap, 
liorse owners and teamsters 
wild about them. Fasten 
instantly with gloves on. Outwear the harness. Money back if 
not satisfactory. Write today for confidential terms to agents. 
F. Thomas Mfg. Co., 805 Wayne St., Dayton, Ohio 
Don’t Wear 
a Truss 
Brooks’ Appliance, 
the modern scientific 
Invention, the wonder¬ 
ful new discovery that 
cures rupture, will bo 
sent on trial. No ob¬ 
noxious springs or 
pads. Has automatic 
Air Cushions, liinds 
a n il dra w s t It e 
broken parts to¬ 
gether as you would 
ft broken limb. No 
salves. No lies. Durable, cheap. Pat. Sept. 10, *01. 
Sent on trial to prove it. Catalogue and 
measure blanks mailed free. Send name and 
address to-day. 
C. E. BROOKS, 2775 Brooks Building, MARSHALL, MICH 
Th i'HewWa V AIR-COOLED ENGINE LOO k for 
is replacing the old fashioned water-cooled just as surely 
as power is replacing manual labor on the farm. 
Don*t Buy a Water Cooled Engine 
and have to fill and empty a big water tank and crank 
half the morning trying to start a wet engine. 
Ask the Man Who Owns a **NEW WAY 99 
he don’t have this trouble. Wo will give you plenty of 
names. Use judgment. Profit by the experience of others. TIIIC DO Alin 
Write us for Catalogue No. 5. I n lb DnflNu 
The Only Air Cooled Engine 
Guaranteed For All Work. 
ft f New-Wa y Hm* Company 
Iamsiks, Mkhicak. U.S.A. 
140 SHERIDAN ST. 
Sterling Stock Feed Gregson’s Calf Meal 
Daisy Dairy Feed Sterling Scratch Feed 
Boss (Horse) Feed Sterling Chick Feed 
At your Dealer’s, if not write us 
GREAT WESTERN CEREAL CO., CHICAGO, U. S. A. 
Makers of Quality Feeds 
