844 Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Value of Sweet Corn 
What is the feeding value of sweet 
corn? Would it make a good feed to 
grind with rye the same as other corn, 
for ground feed for stock and hogs? 
New York. w. m. j. 
Prof. Henry in “Peeds_ and Feeding” 
gives the average analysis of different 
kinds of corn as follows: 
Cniflo 
Protein 
Carlxihydrates 
Fat 
Dent 
corn, • • * 
7..5 
07.8 
4.0 
Flint 
corn.... 
7.7 
00.1 
4.0 
Sweet 
corn... 
8.5 
04.5 
7.3 
Thus the sweet corn is higher iii feed¬ 
ing value in some ways, and is particular¬ 
ly rich in fat. It ought to make a very 
good ground feed for* hog feeding. e 
should grind it half and half with rye. 
The svi'eet corn would not be likely to 
keep os well, especially when a little 
damp, as the other corn, and we would 
not grind a large quantity of it at one 
time. 
Root Crops for Stock 
Owing to the high ])rice of stock feed 
we i)ropose raising a large amount of 
Ix'cts and carrots for this purjXKse. e 
have fed this feed with much success to 
horse.s, cows and poultry, but always 
had it in limited quantities, so were nev¬ 
er afraid of overfeeding. Will you tell 
us what amount you can feed of either 
sugar beets, mangels or carrots to horses 
or cows before they become injurious? 
Are they a good feed for hogs? 
Pennsylvania. 'H- c* G- 
The root crops you mention are ex¬ 
cellent feeds for all classes of livestock 
blit as far as the dairy cows are con¬ 
cerned they cannot compare with corn 
silage for keeping down the feed bill 
next Winter. This is because of the ex¬ 
tra cost of growing dry matter in root 
crops over that in silage. The mangel 
Avill be the most economical root crop 
for vou to grow foi- the cow. Where mi 
silage is used' feed 30 to 50 lbs. per head 
])er day depending on size of animal and 
milk production. For horses the carrot 
excels. They are not commonly ted to 
any great extent to working horses but 
are used more in wintering idle horses 
and in stallion importing establishments; 
should feed them to working horses 4 
or 5 lbs. a day three or four tunes a 
Avook as a ■condition'er. The vsuj?ar wet 
has been found most satisfactory for 
swine. Figure 5 or 10 lbs. a day, de- 
pending on size. The mangel is also 
good. _ 
Ration for Pigs and Cows 
1. I have O. I. C. piss seven weeks old 
that I wish to grow for breeders; have 
sweet skim-milk now, but will have whey 
only after .Tune 1. I can get corn, cot¬ 
tonseed and oil meal, middlings and bran , 
cannot get tankage here. What would 
you advise feeding them? ould you ad¬ 
vise pasture or keeping on floor and feed¬ 
ing forage crops? 2. Can I balance a 
ration for cows at pasture with above 
grains? 
New York. 
1. You should pasture pigs by all 
means if possible. In addition to whey 
feed a light ration (depending on pas_- 
ture) of corn 50 parts, middlings .Vi 
jiarts, and oil meal 15 parts. 2. If your 
cows are on good pasture you should not 
feed grain except to exceptional _ pro- 
ducer.s. At this time when grain is so 
high it is better to take what milk cows 
will give on good pasture than to try 
to get a little more out of thein at the 
expense of high-priced grain. Avhich will 
doubtless cost more than the milk it pro¬ 
duces. When pasture gets a little short 
make grain ration equal parts corn, mid¬ 
dlings. .and bran and one-half part cot¬ 
tonseed or oil meal. n. f. J- 
Blood Meal for Calf; Tankage for Hogs 
1. Is bone meal and blood meal good 
to feed a calf that one is rahsing? If 
so how much to feed with whole milk 
and hay tea? 2. Is tankage of any 
benefit to feed hogs that are on grass, 
feeding slop with middlings? R. A. N. 
New York. 
1. Whole milk is nature’s balanced ra¬ 
tion for a calf and there is no advantage 
in adding blood meal. This meal is 
sometimes fed a teaspoonful at^a feed for 
a remedy for scours. It is also used in a 
grain ration to be used as a substitute 
for milk. 
2. TTnless pasture gravss is of a legumin¬ 
ous nature, such as Alfalfa or clover, a 
half pound of tankage daily in the slop 
is an advantage. it. f. j. 
Soy-bean Silage 
I see some claim that in cutting Soy 
benins into the sila the fermentation de¬ 
stroys a large per cent, of the protein. 
Is this correct? Do the corn gr.ains lose 
any of their feeding value while under¬ 
going fermentation i?i the silo, if so 
what? T. K. M. 
West Virginia, 
It is quite correct that Soy beans en¬ 
siled alone make unsatisfactory silage 
due to their high protein content, ('on- 
siderable of the protein is lost in the 
fermentation and an undesirable flavor 
developed. When ensiled with some car¬ 
bonaceous crop such as corn, the Soy 
beans make good silage. The corn grains 
do not have their feeding value injured 
bvbile undei’going fermentation in the 
silo. Experiments indicate that the nu¬ 
trients coutainetl therein are made ('ven 
more digestible. ir. f. j. 
Two Ailing Cows 
A young cow which aborted last Fall, 
is expected to freshen ia December, has 
decreased in quantity of milk until now 
she only gives a few drops of bloody 
milk. What is your advice? 1 have a 
thri'e-ycar-old with a lunq) on her jaw. 
AVhat can I do for it? It is large and 
soft. A, K. 
New York. 
Aly advice would be to consult a vet¬ 
erinarian about your cows. There is ap¬ 
parently something seriously wrong with 
the cow which aborted last Fall if she 
gives only a few droiis of blood.v milk 
now. From the description of the trou¬ 
ble with the other cow, it is probable that 
she has lump j.aw, a di.sea.s-e which re- 
(juires an operation, and one which is 
diflicult to cure if it gets a good start 
on the jaw bone. ir. F. j. 
Grain With Pasture 
1. When I put cows on p.a.stui'e, will 
they need any gr.ain, and if so how much? 
AA'hen jmsture gets scant I shall have 
oats to fei'd green, also later on sweet 
corn fodder, and shall probably give them 
all they will clean up twice daily. 2. I 
have a cow that is so headstrong she 
can get away from my boys when she 
takes a notion to. I use a regular halter. 
Is there any way she can be cured of 
that habit? H. c. 
Masachusetts, 
1. If your pasture is good your cow's 
will need little or no grain. I note also 
that you will have an abundant supply 
of soiling crops. WHth your grain feeds 
at present high prices I should not feed 
grain unless pasture gets short and you 
run low on soiling crops. Distillers’ 
grains and middlings will make a satis¬ 
factory supplement to pasture. If you 
have to use any grain make it about 1 
lb. to 5 or 6 lbs. of milk. 
2. There is hardly a practical method 
of converting a cow which you cannot 
handle so that your boy can handle her. 
Might try hanging block of wood from 
neck, a remedy sometimes used on cows 
that are prone to jump fences, etc. 
II. F. J. 
Ration for Thin Mare 
A mare in foal 1.3 years old, seems to 
be thin in flesh and hidebound, aud I 
cannot improve her condition. I feed 
hay and oats all Winter; I had her teeth 
fixed last Fall. Ckmld you tell me' the 
cause of this and give better ration? 
A. J. F. 
The addition of some oil meal to this 
mare's ration should improve her condi¬ 
tion. It is likely, too, that having her 
grain ground would help her, as her 
teeth may not be in condition properly to 
handle hard grains. The bowels should 
be kept loose aud the oil meal, from a 
half pound to a pound daily, together 
with wheat bran, would have a favorable 
action in this respect beside furnishing 
needl'd food elements for the developing 
foal. Aside from proper feeding, sucli 
other good care as you doubtless know 
how to give should put this mare into bet¬ 
ter condition. M. B. D, 
AILING ANIMALS 
Wheezing 
I have just bought a horse about 12 
years old, and he wheezes, going up 
grade; is pretty bad. AA'ould you tell 
me if there is anything that would cure 
him or give him some relief? S. M. 
Pennsylvania. 
The horse may be “mechanical choker” 
in that when jmlling uphill he gets his 
head down low and having a short thick 
neck chokes off his wind. Try the ef¬ 
fects of an overhead check to keep his 
head up; or he may work better in a 
■breast collar. If he is a “roarer” he 
would work comfortably if you have a 
veterinarian insert a permanent silver 
tube in the windpipe. A. S. A. 
Rupture 
AATiat can he done for a four-months- 
old calf which has a rupture? It is a 
nice heifer and we would like to raise 
her. H, W. E. 
Massachusetts. 
You do not tell us the location of the 
rupture but we assume that it is at the 
navel and if so young animals tend to 
outgrow such condition. To hasten re¬ 
covery paint the part with tincture of 
iodine every other day. If it increases 
June 30, 1917. 
in size it will be noce.ssary to have a 
skilled veterinarian operate if the value 
of the animal will warrant the expense. 
A. s. A. 
Wart on Horse 
I have a mare about six years old 
that has a wart or tumor on her hind 
leg. I have tried a veterinary who rec¬ 
ommended iodine for eight weeks, and 
the wart has now doubled in size, being 
the size of a duck egg. Do you know 
of any remedy? It doesn’t hurt the 
mare to pinch it, but it is growing. 
Pennsylv-ania. w. R. b. 
Have the growth removed by careful 
di.ssection and then cauterize the wound 
if the growth inclines to return. 
A. .s. A. 
Scabby Teats 
AA’hat causes sore scabby teats on cows? 
I have had trouble with it all Winter. Is 
the grain feed too heavy in protein? 
Connecticut. P. j. ii. 
Filth from floors, yards or the milker’.s 
hands commonly causes such condition.s. 
AA’ipe the teats clean each time before 
milking. Maintain cleanly conditions. 
U-se iodine ointment daily on the sores. 
One ixHind of your feed mixture to 3 or 
314 pounds of milk would suffice. 
A. s. A. 
Hard Milking 
A .Tersey heifer three years old 
dropped first calf eight weeks ago. 
Milked about 25 lbs., good, free easy 
milker. Now is milking but eight iiounds 
and milks very hard ; otherwise in normal 
condition. Can you suggest cause or of¬ 
fer remedy? s. ir, r. 
Alassachusetts. 
Growths may have formed in the milk 
ducts or the cow may have had an at¬ 
tack of garget. Possibly some lienefit 
may be had from the use of sterilized 
dilators to increase the calibre of the 
ducts. Consult your veterinarian about 
that. A. .s. A. 
Worms 
Will you tell me how to feed the worm 
medicine for hor.ses, and how often, that 
is spoken of on page 027? R. K. m. 
New York. 
Worm medicine for horses should bi* 
mixed in the feed night and morning for 
a week, then skip 10 days and repeat the 
treatment. Omit iron for a mare in foal 
and increase salt and sulphur. The dose 
of coppei-as for an average horse is one 
dram. The dose of salt aud sulphur is 
from one to four drams, average one 
dram, but some prefer to give a draft 
horse the larger dose. Give the medicine 
in dampened oats and bran. A. ,s. a. 
Garget 
A Holstein heifer fre.shened two weeks 
ago, and one-quarter seemed to be caked, 
so I have been giving her a tablesponful 
of saltpeter twice a day aud rubbing the 
udder with linseed oil and camphor. The 
quarter softened and one milking was 
all right, then hardened again, and since 
what has been drawn from this quarter 
is thick and dark in color, aud recently 
is colored with blood. A. w. ir. 
Alassachusetts. 
Give the heifer a pound dose of Epsom 
salts along with half a cupful each of .salt 
and molasses in three pints of warm 
watei'. Milk four times a day, massaging 
the udder thoroughly each time, and at 
niiiht rub in a mixture of one jiart of 
mercurial ointment and three parts of 
lard or soft .soap. A. s. A. 
Itchy Skin 
My horse suffers from -what I believe 
to be “mange.” llis hair is long and 
coming off by handfuls the skin is scaly 
and like dandruff; it has an unhealthy 
apiiearanee. The horse eats well, bran 
and oats and hay, aud does not suffer 
from worms or indigestion. I have no 
facilities to clip a horse, but could u.se a 
spray under pressure. G. L. 
New Jei'sey. 
Clip and spray with a 1-50 solution of 
coal tar dip, rubbing it in with a brush 
and then applying flowers of .sulphur. 
Chicken lice may^ be causing the irrita¬ 
tion. Make that impossible. Repeat the 
application as found necessary. a. s. a. 
Lice on Pony 
Will you tell me what to use on a 
Shetland pony that has become infested 
with lice from being in a shed next to 
the chicken house? She has not shed all 
her hair yet, and rubs herself against any¬ 
thing she comes in contact with, rubbing 
off hair and hide. I have some tineturi* 
of larkspur; is that good? How should 
I use it? Sponge or spi'ay it? Would 
it be good to have her clipped? l. a. e. 
New York. 
Have her clipped and then wash af¬ 
fected parts with a .solution of one table¬ 
spoonful of coal tar dip and one quart 
of .soft water. Afterward make it im¬ 
possible for chicken lice to reinfest the 
pony. Repeat the washing if foiuid nec¬ 
essary. A. s. A. 
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