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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ing them away from it. Experience 
teaches that the bottom of mangers 
should be four inches higher than the 
front feet of the cow. This is important 
for the reason that the cow reaching 
below that depth stands uncomfortable 
and on a nervous strain. A tie chain 
is secured at C. Just an ordinary swivel 
cow chain for the sole purpose of keep¬ 
ing the cow from leaving her stall. The 
stalls for 1,000-pound cow should be 
three feet three inches wide, and all the 
measurements as indicated on the plan 
followed to the letter. Any change will 
more or less make trouble. This plan 
has been well tried for many years by 
a large number of dairymen and as a 
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anything that cows will eat at my ware¬ 
house. Our hay crop was short last year. 
Pennsylvania. R. x. g. 
You can make a decided improve¬ 
ment in the ration you are feeding by 
simply reducing the amount of wheat 
bran to 200 pounds and adding 400 
pounds of Ajax Flakes or Biles 
XXXX. This change will make a 
lighter mixture which will produce bet¬ 
ter results than the ration you are 
now feeding and you will not have to 
run the risk of feeding such a con¬ 
centrated mixture. By making the 
change suggested you can also feed 
your cows up nearer to their limit of 
production. As you are not feeding 
sanitary, clean measure, and is a suc¬ 
cess. 
Fig. 224 is fashioned after Fig. • 223 
but is made entirely of steel and con¬ 
crete, and is much more costly, but en¬ 
tirely sanitary; it is equally comforta¬ 
ble and will keep the cow fenced back 
to her trench. The hanging gate C is 
made of pipe iron netted with wire 
mesh, as shown in the partition. It is 
hung at any distance from the fore 
post from 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , to keep the cow 
back to ditch. The gate is hinged and 
hangs, though it may be locked at the 
bottom at will. The lean-to at A is 
made of the same material, but in four- 
stall lengths, and can be used or not 
used for hay. Taken up with hand at 
any succulent feed you should watch 
your cow’s digestion closely and feed 
a little oil meal if there are any signs 
of constipation or indigestion, c. s. G. 
UNSATISFACTORY RATION. 
I have a herd of six cows, giving from 20 
to 30 pounds of milk per day. I am feed¬ 
ing Unicorn dairy feed 100 pounds, corn- 
meal 100 pounds, chips 200 pounds, oil 
meal 25 pounds, all mixed together, about 
8 pounds per day, but my cows do not seem 
to do as well on this ration as when I 
used Unicorn 100 pounds, hominy 100 
pounds, bran 200 pounds. Three of my 
cows do not show any difference; others 
are decreasing some in flow of milk. s. 
New York. 
As you do not state what roughage 
you are feeding, it will be impossible 
for me to compound a balanced ration 
without this information. “Chips” is a 
very indefinite name for cow feed, and 
I am unable to find its analysis. How- 
A drop chain end down and hook on 
catch at chain end. It is possible that 
arrangements will have to be made on 
the top of partition near the figure 4 
to run a pipe over head to prevent the 
cows from climbing into mangers. I 
bave seen metal disks made and attached 
at the post at A to fit- in the feed trough 
to separate each cow’s feed while eat¬ 
ing, and raised by lever for cleaning 
and sweeping out for watering. These 
patterns have no patents attached to pro¬ 
hibit their construction and use. They 
are practical and will give satisfaction 
in any stable, especially when cleanli¬ 
ness and solid comfort are to be desired, 
both of which are the most desirable 
essentials in good daily work. 
Jefferson Co., O. geo. e. scott. 
SUGGESTION FOR COW RATION. 
At present I am feeding in this propor¬ 
tion : 300 pounds wheat bran, .$27 per 
ton, 300 pounds Buffalo gluten, $32 per ton, 
100 pounds cotton seed. Of this mixture 
I do not feed over 10 pounds per day per 
cow. My cows are all big Ilolsteins, some 
of them with their first calves. My rough- 
age is shredded corn fodder. Could I im¬ 
prove my feed any? I am afraid sometimes 
is is too strong but have no bad results 
from feeding this mixture yet. I can get 
ever, it is safe to say that you can make 
a 'better ration of other feeding stuffs. 
I would suggest the following mixture 
as suitable for your conditions: 300 
pounds Unicorn dairy feed, 100 pounds 
wheat bran, 100 pounds cotton-seed meal, 
and 100 pounds of hominy. If you are 
not seeding silage you could add to this 
50 pounds of oil meal. This combination 
will produce good results when properly 
fed to good cows. c. s. g. 
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