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April 14, 1917. 
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Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Fattening Pigs 
you give me the best and most 
ofonomical ration for pigs to be gi'own. 
for market with tankage .$05 per ton, 
middlings .$40, corn .$1.15 per bn., no 
pasture until middle of April? w. A. w. 
Maryland. 
Starttnig with iiigs at weaning time, 
when about eight weeks old, I would 
feed fine middlings with about 2% or 
of digester tankage nmde into a thin 
slop and fed three times a day—warm in 
cold weather and cold in warm weather. 
After three or four weeks, when tlie pigs 
liave become accustomed to this feed and 
have started to grow nicely, the tankage 
should be gradually increased, so that by 
the time the pigs are four months old 
they should have about 10% digester 
tankage. T’p to this time we feed eorn 
and corumeal very sjiaringly—not more 
than 10 to 20% of the ration—hut after 
they reach the age of four montlis the 
corn and cornnieal are gradually in¬ 
creased until they form about three- 
fourths of the grain ration during the 
last four weeks of feeding. Pasture and 
waste may be provided along with this 
grain ration, thereliy reducing the cost 
of feeding to a great extent. c. s. G. 
Crops and Feeding for Young Pigs 
Will you tell me what si/.ed lots and 
how many will make a suceessidii for 
feeding about eight pigs,- also what crops 
to plant in them? What fci*d must T 
give to eight eight-weeks-old I'igs, sis I 
have no milk for them? x. i.. w. 
Trappe, Ind. 
In laying out a rotation of crops for 
feeding pigs during the Summt'r months 
it, is doubtful whether it would i>ay y<m 
to go to any great expense for fence, etc., 
for eight pigs. The expense of in-oviding 
a rotation of pasture crops decreases as 
the number of pigs increases up to about 
40 or 50 i)igs, which is enough to run 
together in one lot. 
The size of the lot is largely a malter 
of judgment; so imieh depends niion tlof 
.size and age of the jiigs and the amount 
of growth the ^a-ops are allowed to at- 
'fain before starting to pasture them. If 
you have clover or Alfalfa either one 
would make excellent pasture until ahour 
.Tune 20. A crop of oats and jieas would 
be ready about this time, and two or 
three weeks later barley and rajie have 
l)i-odueed the best results here until eaidy 
in September, when the corn crop be¬ 
comes available. In dilTerent sections 
of the country other crops may be found 
more suitable, but under average condi¬ 
tions the rotation given above will ho 
found satisfactory. 
A good feed for eight-weeks-old pig?* 
may consist of fine wheat middlings made 
into a thin slop, with 2% or 3% of di¬ 
gester tankage added. The .tankage 
should he gradually increased up to 10% 
when the pigs are three to four months 
old. - c. S. G. 
Now .Ter.sey. 
Feeding Dry Cows 
I have two Bhorthorn cows and a last 
Spring's calf which I have been feed¬ 
ing through the Winter. Neither of the 
cows is at the present time giving milk; 
I expect both of them to be fresh in 
Spring. I have oats cut in the milk, 
Timothy hay and cornstalks and have, 
in addition, been feeding corn and cob 
meal with a little bran and cottonseed 
meal and carrots and beet pulp. 1 should 
like to know your ojiinion as to whether 
the feed which I have is snflBcient to 
keep the cows in good condition until 
they freshen, or should I feed some other 
grain or roots, and if so, for what rea¬ 
son? All the feeds, except the cotton¬ 
seed meal, bran and beet pulp I have 
raised, and have plenty to last through 
the season. I do not want to buy any 
additional grain or feed unless iibsolute- 
ly necessary for the good of the cows 
and the future calves. What amount 
of carrots and beet pulp should he fed 
to each cow and how much to calf? 
Connecticut. A. s. T. 
The ration you are feeding is satis¬ 
factory until the cows freshen. After- 
freshening feed all the hay and corn¬ 
stalks they will clean up, apportioning 
the amount of each by the amount on 
hand. Make grain ration two piirts cot¬ 
tonseed, one part bran, one part corn 
and cob meal and one per cent. salt. 
Feed a pound of grain to 3^2 pounds of 
milk produced daily. Feed two or three 
pounds of beet pulp per head daily. 
Soak the pulp in three times its weight 
of warm water and mix chopped carrots, 
five or 10 pounds daily depending on the 
amount on hand, with the beet pulp. 
When calf is a month old feed what 
soaked beet pulp it will clean up, proTr- 
ably one to two pounds of the soaked 
pulp daily. ir. f. j. 
Feeding to Avoid Garget 
Wp are feeding onr young cow .Tune 
grass and three quarts of brau night iiiid 
morning, at noon oat fodder. The first 
part of Winter .she had clover hay. No 
other grain is fed for fear of garget, 
which she has had. Could you advise .t 
bettor ration? She is giving about eight 
qiiiirts of milk. She will freshen tlie 
last part of Api-il. It is very difficult 
to dry her off. Please give the best 
method. ii. i. 
Rhode Island. 
Of course the ration you are now' giv¬ 
ing your cow is considerably lacking in 
protein, but since she is troubled with 
g.-irgot I dislike to recommend too much 
of such protein feeds as cottonseed meal 
and gluten. ITow-cver, the ration would 
he impi-oved by feeding a ration of two 
liarts dried distillers’ grains, one part 
gluten feed, one part cottonseed meal, 
one-half part oil meal and one part bran. 
If you cannot get the distillers' grains 
would suggest using three parts bran. 
In making up ration add one per cent, 
coarse fine salt to it. Some dried beet 
imlp would !)(' excellent for your cow, 
since you have no succulence in the ra¬ 
tion. Feed two to three iiounds daily 
soaked in three times its weight of warm 
wati'i’. The grain ration tibove men¬ 
tioned could be fed at rate of one pitiind 
to about foiir pounds of milk iiroduced 
daily. it. F. .r. 
Growing Mangels ; Feeding Beet Pulp 
Will you iidvise me what way to jilant 
cattle bi>ets on level gi-ound, or ground 
thrown up a foot high and planted on 
top of that? The ground is clay. Which 
way will potatoes do the host? In feed¬ 
ing beet pulp about how many pounds a 
day should a cow Imve when dry and 
how- much when giving milk, mixed with 
grain or by itself? W’. K. s. 
Vermont. 
The .seed bed cannot be too carefully 
prepared for mangels and potatoes, jiar- 
ticnlarly for mangels. This means plow¬ 
ing and careful harrowing. Mjingel seed 
can best be put in with a seed drill. The 
seed should be planted two to tliroe inches 
apart to insure a good stand. They 
c.in he thinned later if necessary. Seed 
is put in about two inches deep and rows 
25 to 30 inches apart. 
I’nloss one has silage or roots it is 
a good plan to feed beet pulp "'et. A 
])onnd or two goes well when cow is dry, 
and when milking heavily feed three or 
fiiui- pounds. Soak pulp in three times 
its weight of wiirm water. If one has 
silage and legume hay a pound or two 
of dried inilp goes well in the ration for 
heavy milkers and in this case may lie 
mixed dry with other concentrates when 
making up the ration. H. F. ,T. 
Poor Milk Flow 
We have two Holstein cows; one was 
two years old last Spiiug and calved in 
August. She has never given more than 
five quarts of milk per day. This teems 
a small amount. Will you tell me what I 
should feed her. and the amount? The 
other is a heifer two years old next 
Sin-ing. What amount of feed shoul ’ be 
given her? ii. J. 
Maine. 
If your cow has had anything like the 
projier feed it is doubtful if she will 
prove to bo profitable if she has never 
given more than five quarts of milk a day. 
I can hardly tell you w-hat kind of grain 
to feed without knowing wdiether you have 
silage or beets, or what kind of hay you 
have. Assuming the hay to be of the 
mixed variety try a mixture of two parts 
gluten feed, three parts dried distillers’ 
grains, one part cottonseed meal and_ 1 
per cent. salt. Feed a pound of this mix¬ 
ture to 5 lbs. of milk, feeding all the hay 
the cows will clean up. Try to jret some 
dried beet pulp and feed about 3 lbs. per 
head per day. Soak the beet pulp in three 
times its weight of hot water befoi feed¬ 
ing. Feed the heifer the same as the cow 
except give her just enough so she will 
calve in good flesh. H. F. J. 
