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April lit5 3. 
Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Putting Hogs in the Timber. 
I notice information desired on turn¬ 
ing hogs in timber cuttings. Many peo¬ 
ple in Maine do that. The hogs are left 
at the camps in the Spring, after all 
business is through, without any care¬ 
taker if late enough in the Spring so that 
there is no danger of snow to bother. 
Sows are left to have their litters and if 
not too early they do well and the small 
pigs always do well. Of course they must 
have plenty of water. On the township 
where T was there were 26,000 acres, and 
lumber camps at different places, and 
while bears were very plenty I never 
know of their troubling the hogs. This 
was in Franklin Co., Me., and the record 
every Fall shows such a lot of hears 
taken. 
In Aroostook County, Me., one large 
concern put 500 hogs in the woods at 
their different camps one Spring, and in 
the middle of the Summer T talked with 
one of their men who had just come from 
a trip made on purpose to see how they 
were. lie reported that he saw and 
counted over 550 in different places and 
all he saw seemed to be doing well. I 
have been away since and cannot say bow 
it proved as a whole, hot I should turn 
out all the hogs I had money to buy and 
land to keep without fear. As the camps 
were miles apart, and some at least of 
the hogs left had been at the camp, 
sometime, all were found near the camp, 
and all Summer made their way back 
at night I think. There were no fences, 
so that plenty of land and water was at 
hand. If I were to turn them out I 
would have a shelter for them, and salt 
them there, and every time I went to 
see them throw a little grain there. There 
would be no trouble then to find them in 
the Fall and no whiter pork can be made. 
Maine. F. v. 
In reference to the article on page 522, 
I would like to give a little experience of 
my own. A number of years ago, in 
Oregon, having more hogs than T needed, 
and not being able to give them away, 
much less selling them (due to the fact 
that hogs were over plenty! I decided to 
give thorn the run of a 40-acre tract of 
timber land, part of which had been cut 
off, and grown up with different kinds 
of grass on which cattle did well. To 
my surprise, on visiting them some three 
weeks later, I found that three or four 
out of 10 had died, while the others were 
on the verge of starvation, there being 
no acorns or hickory nuts for them to 
feed upon. The grass alone was not suf¬ 
ficient and they had access to a river for 
water, too. J. L. B. 
Pennsylvania. 
Hog Pasture in Orchard. 
I have an old orchard which came into 
my possession in late Summer. The soil 
is sandy; owing to press of work was not 
able to get in any cover crop but was just 
able to get it plowed before the late 
freezing in December; if having been in 
sod for four or five years previous. I 
am planning to sow cow peas or Soy 
beans in this orchard as early as T can. 
and when crop is about six or eight inch¬ 
es high, use it as hog pasture up to the 
time when corn comes in milk, when I 
want lo hog off a piece of corn; and plow 
orchard and sow to rye to turn under 
next year. Would the above plan be 
feasible, or could you suggest some other 
legume crop that could be used to better 
advantage as a forage crop during early 
Summer? Would it be necessary, or ad¬ 
visable to inoculate for these legumes? 
Wayne Co.. N. Y. E. ir. rc. 
From our own experience, we would 
change this program a little. Run a por¬ 
table fence of woven wire through the 
center of the orchard. On one half of 
it, sow now as soon as you can. Cana¬ 
da peas and oats, at the rate of one 
bushel of peas and three bushels of oats to 
the acre. Add for each acre I 1 /, pound 
of Dwarf Essex rape and harrow it in 
thoroughly. This will give an early 
growth and a good pasture through the 
early part of the Summer. On the other 
side of the fence sow at corn planting 
time either cow peas or Soy beans, with 
about two pecks of the seed of Early 
Amber cane or some other sorghum along 
with the beans. Probably the beans in 
your latitude will give better satisfaction 
than cow peas, and the sorghum will add 
considerable value to the pasture. You 
can turn your hogs into the oats and peas 
early; then when they have eaten it down 
well, drive them into the other side, as 
the pasture there gets large enough, and 
drive them back and forth from one to 
the other, so as to keep tip a clean and 
fresh pasture. In our own experience 
this plan has worked well, and with an 
ordinary season, you can keep tln> hogs 
going until the corn is ready. See that 
the hogs have plenty of charcoal and wood 
ashes, or fine bone; and it will pay to 
feed them a fair quantity of bran or mid¬ 
dlings in addition to the pasture. After 
the hogs are taken out, what they have 
left of this pasture may be plowed under 
and rye seeded. It will pay to add tin- 
seed of Ilairy vetch to the rye. Tn the 
case of the Soy beans, we feel certain that 
inoculation will pay. If the soil is sour 
wc should use lime. 
Feeds for Dairy Cows. 
I. What feeding value is there in rye 
chop for dairy cows? What would you 
think of a ration by weight of three 
parts cottonseed meal, three parts gluten, 
one part oat chop, two parts rye chop, 
and three parts corn and cob meal? IIow 
much of this should be fed a cow per 
day, having meadow hay. and corn fod¬ 
der for roughage? 2. 1 have mixed 160 
pounds of wheat middlings. 100 pounds 
rye r-hop, 25 pounds O. I\ oilmen! and 
25 pounds digester tankage. Would you 
think this n. good ration tor shouts of 
about 65 pounds by adding whole corn 
to equal another 100 pounds or would it 
be best to meal the corn? u. n. S. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. The chemical analysis of rye chop, 
that is the whole grain chopped up. is 
as follows: Digestible protein 6.9%, di¬ 
gestible carbohydrates 67.6%, digestible 
fat 1.1%. Its feeding value is about tin- 
same as cornraeal, but it must not be 
fed in too large quantities to milch cows. 
The mixture you suggest is too concen¬ 
trated for best results in feeding. While 
it might increase your milk yield for a 
short time, its after effect would not 
be desirable. By adding at least six parts 
of dried brewers’ or distillers’ grains or 
wheat bran you would make a decided 
improvement in the ration. Feed accord¬ 
ing to the requirements of each cow and 
the amount of milk she is giving. One 
pound of grain for about three pounds of 
milk is a common practice. 
2. The grain mixture you are using for 
pigs should produce very satisfactory re¬ 
sults by the addition of 100 pounds of 
corn or cornmeal. While whole corn is 
usually fed to pigs on the cob it would 
no doubt be an advantage to have it 
ground or soaked when mixed with other 
grains and fed to pigs of this age.. 
C. S. GBEEN’K. 
Thin Calf. 
I would like your advice in regard to 
a young calf; she is a fine Guernsey, was 
dropped September 1; seemed to thrive 
and grow. When about three months old 
an abscess, or large lump, the size of a 
hen’s egg came rather suddenly on her 
lower jaw. I have always thought it 
from a tooth and rubbed liniment on it 
and it broke and ran, cleaned up and no 
more sign of any trouble, but she is so 
poor and thin and what one would call 
pot-bellied, and her hind quarters are 
thin and weak. She seems well and al¬ 
ways ready to eat. She has had all the 
hay she could cat with a little ground 
grain every day, perhaps not more than 
a pint of a balanced ration I feed the 
cows. 1 did not think calves needed any 
grain, but wanted this one to grow big 
and strong. Her coat is very long and 
thick but when I run my hands through 
she seems all bones. I have a new baby 
calf I am going to raise and don’t want 
to make any mistakes on this one. I 
have wondered if she did not have worms 
and today gave her some sage and molas¬ 
ses. as we give children. L. w. 
New Jersey. 
The paunch <<f a young calf is not de¬ 
veloped and not able, at first, to care for 
large quantities of roughage. The ani¬ 
mal should live largely on milk as the 
Creator intended and have oatmeal, bran 
and oilineal, or a commercial calf meal; 
as soon ns it will eat such feed. A little 
fine hay may bo given but not much bulky 
hay, straw or fodder. Give the calf a 
full dose of castor oil or four ounces of 
epsom salts shaken in warm water 
and repeat in 24 hours if necessary to 
freely move the bowels; then feed more 
meal and less bulky feed. Feed oilm,«.l 
freely. The young calf should be raised 
<m milk and mixed meals, or calf meal. 
_a. s. A. 
Tiie baby, scarcely two, was sitting in 
her high chair at the table, upon which 
had been placed a large glass of milk 
and some crackers. No one had been no¬ 
ticing her when her grandfather sudden¬ 
ly discovered that the milk and crackers 
had disappeared. “Why. where are the 
baby’s milk and crackers?” In- exclaimed. 
The infant patted her tiny stomach and 
lisped : ‘‘They’re down in the basement.” 
—Chicago Tribune. 
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