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Silage for Pigs. 
I have noticed considerable in your 
paper in regard to silage for cow feed¬ 
ing. Can you get me any information 
as to its value as a food for hogs? Would 
it not make a good food for growing, 
young hogs? If it were mixed with some 
meal, wouldn’t it make a good mixture 
for matured hogs? J. J. M. 
Lowell, Mass. 
Silage enthusiasts declare it an excel¬ 
lent feed for every animal on the farm. 
If silage is fed in connection with con¬ 
centrates it will be beneficial to pigs. It 
is helpful in distending the digestive 
tract, and in your case mixed with meal 
it would be of fairly good service as a 
maintenance ration. Kentucky has found 
that hogs receiving shelled corn and corn 
and Soy bean silage made larger gains 
than those fed shelled corn alone, 100 
pounds of silage equaling 22 pounds of 
corn in feeding value. At Ottawa it was 
found the addition of some dry meal im¬ 
proved the palatability of the silage for 
swine. It is, however, considered too 
woody to be fed alone with a great degree 
of satisfaction to pigs. 
Pasture for Hogs. 
I have about one acre I wish to make 
into a hog pasture. What would be the 
best crop to sow to have early green 
feed to pasture off? Would it be best 
to divide the lot into two parts? Will 
have eight or 10 pigs to run there. 
Otsego Co., N. Y. h. a. g. 
There ought to be rye or wheat grow¬ 
ing on that field now to give you best 
results; failing in that we should divide 
the acre into three parts; plow and sow 
one-third to Dwarf Essex rape, about one 
pound of seed on this one-third; on an¬ 
other third sow oats and Canada peas 
with a very thick seeding. On the re¬ 
maining third a little later, about corn¬ 
planting time, sow a thick seeding of 
sorghum. Give these crops a fair chance 
to grow until they get a foot or 18 inches 
high, then turn your hogs into the oats 
and peas first. When they get that eaten 
down fairly well, turn them out of this 
into the rape. In the same way, put 
them on the sorghum, and then back on 
the rape. Keep them going in this way 
in separate fields so as to keep one field 
growing while the hogs are eating the 
other. There are other seed combina¬ 
tions which you might sow, but these will 
answer and give you good returns. 
Feeding Problems. 
At present I am feeding my cows a 
grain ration consisting of one part mid¬ 
dlings and two parts union grains at the 
rate of one pound to three or four pounds 
of milk, and in addition to this, two 
quarts daily per cow of corn and cob 
meal. My roughage consists of hay, 
mostly Timothy. I fear I shall be short 
of hay and have considered cutting out 
a little of that and feeding a couple of 
quarts more of the cob meal. What is 
your opinion of the matter? Would it be 
safe to feed four quarts of the cob meal 
daily? My cows are good-sized grade 
llolsteins. A. B. R. 
Windham, Conn. 
This would depend to a great extent 
upon the price of good clover or Alfalfa 
hay in your section of the country. If 
you could purchase good hay at around 
$18 per ton this would appear to be the 
best method to pursue, as cows require 
a certain amount of roughage, and will 
not do their best if the supply is cut 
short. While it would probably be safe 
to feed four quarts or six pounds of corn 
and cob meal mixed with your lighter 
grains to large Holstein cows in full flow 
of milk, I could not recommend doing so 
with the intention of saving hay. The 
addition of three or four pounds of dried 
beet pulp, soaked, would be an improve¬ 
ment, as you have no succulent feed in 
the ration at present. c. 8. G. 
Ration for Dairy Cow*. 
Would you give ine a balanced ration 
for cows that are about to freshen? I 
have no silo; good cornstalks and mixed 
hay, oats and corn ; can also buy almost 
all kinds of feeds including buckwheat 
middlings at $1.50 per cwt. In case I 
could not get the buckwheat middlings 
what would you suggest? M. c. F. 
New York. 
It is the established practice of our 
most successful dairymen to require dairy 
cows to take a rest period varying from 
six to 10 weeks, in order that they might 
gain in fl -h, and be in good physical con¬ 
dition at the time of calving. This, of 
course, applies to heavy producing cows, 
and net to the sluggish type that elect as 
far as their own policy is concerned, a 
much longer period. With the food pro¬ 
ducts available as noted above it would 
seem that the following ration would 
be an economical one. 
Corn and cob meal . 800 lbs. 
Buckwheat middlings . .. 200 “ 
Wheat bran .. 100 “ 
fleet pulp .;.. 200 “ 
Oil meal .... 50 “ 
In addition allow the animals what 
corn stalks and mixed hay they would 
clean up with relish. The amount to 
feed each cow would depend upon the 
degree of flesh that each animal carries. 
If an animal is in thin flesh at the end 
of her lactation period it would be well 
during the early part of her rest period 
to feed her liberally, in order that she 
might put on flesh, and evidence good 
physical condition at the time of calv¬ 
ing. It is a mistaken idea that dry cows 
can subsist on cornstalks, Timothy hay 
and water, and unfortunately this sys¬ 
tem is practiced on a number of farms. 
It is clearly the most critical period in 
the activities of a dairy cow. and she 
should be well nourished, well fed and 
cared for if the owner expects her to pro¬ 
duce a strong healthy calf, and to come 
to her milk promptly for calving. Oats 
at the present prices are an expensive 
source of food nutrient, and should not 
be included in your correspondent’s mix¬ 
ture. Alfalfa or clover hay would ma¬ 
terially decrease the cost of the daily 
feed by reducing the amount of grain re¬ 
quired. f. c. M. 
Feeding Ewes. 
A RE the ewes in good condition? 
Lambing season is now at hand, and 
the men producing hothouse lambs 
have their troubles well along. Ewes 
should be fed grain about a month before 
lambing, when they should be gradually 
accustomed to it. The Ohio University 
says: “Ewes in thin or poor condition 
should receive from one-fourth to one- 
half pound of grain daily. Corn alone 
is not the best grain ration. A ration 
of six parts corn; three parts wheat 
bran ; one part linseed oil cake, by weight, 
has proven very satisfactory. A ration 
of corn, oats, and bran, equal parts by 
weight, can also be recommended. The 
sheep should receive as much clover or 
Alfalfa hay as they will eat. The amount 
of hay eaten can be cut down by use of 
corn silage or corn stover. Two pounds 
of clean, sweet corn silage can be used to 
replace about one pound of hay. Well- 
cured corn stover is also relished by the 
ewes. Ordinarily, there is little danger 
of the sheep eating too much of it, if hay 
is fed once a day. The greatest danger 
of corn stover comes from making it the 
exclusive feed. Clean salt and water 
should be kept before the flock. Sheep 
should always have a dry, well-bedded 
floor to lie on.” 
Care of the Brood Sow. 
K EEP the sow dry, give her plenty of 
exercise, and supply suitable shelter 
and feed. Feed her some distance 
from the sleeping quarters, and the feed 
may bo scattered over a clean floor, in 
the case of grains. Prof. Thompson of 
the Extension Department of the North 
Dakota Agricultural College says: "Feeds 
should contain an abundance of mineral 
matter and protein, in which elements 
corn is low, therefore being unsatisfac¬ 
tory alone. Corn does well when supple¬ 
mented with skim-milk, tankage, mid¬ 
dlings, Alfalfa and clover. Allow about 
three pounds of milk to each pound of 
corn. Allow one pound of tankage to 
eight or 10 pounds of corn. Alfalfa 
furnishes a cheap and satisfactory sup¬ 
plement to corn, and <>ats also when they 
are low in price. No matter what the 
ration may be, the sows should be in 
good flesh by farrowing time. Give plenty 
of warm water regularly. As farrowing 
time approaches, place the sows in sep¬ 
arate well-bedded pens so they will be¬ 
come accustomed to the new quarters. 
Feed thin slop containing bran or oilmeal 
to keep the. bowels open. Disturb them as 
little as possible at farrowing time, yet 
watch so that aid may be given when 
necessary. Feed lightly after farrowing a 
thin slop of shorts or bran, increasing the 
feed only gradually to avoid causing the 
pigs to scour.” 
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