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l3he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 26, 1918 
Improve the Value of Your Live-Stock 
DON’T neglect slight ailments, 
they often lead to serious 
and complicated 
diseases or 
death. 
rhisis the reason we present the 
well-known and thoroughly 
tried Preventative 
and Curative 
Remedy 
ETHOL 
(which is an 
Etherial Oil Compound) 
An achievement of a chemist 
who devotes his theoretical and 
practical experience for improving 
the condition of live-stock. 
FALK 
ETHOL regu¬ 
lates and relieves 
ailments of the Bowels, 
Stomach, Liver and Bladder; 
indirectly correcting faulty or sluggish 
circulation of the blood in ailing or sick 
Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Poultry 
ETHOL is dependable in treating of Indigestion, which is the chief 
cause of many ailments known as Colic, Bloat, Constipation, 
Diarrhoea, Worms, Cholera and general loss of flesh. 
ETHOL is also very valuable to combat diseases caused by Exposure 
and Chills. For all the above complications we 
highly recommend ETHOL. 
ETHOL is sold in one gallon cans and the regular 
price is $5.50 per gal. For a limited time however 
we make this 
SPECIAL TRIAL OFFER 
In order to introduce ETHOL to every stock owner in the 
country, we have put up a large quantity in one quart tin cans, 
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the can to us and we will refund your remittance. Send for your 
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For Horses 
and Cattle 
To tone them 
up when off 
their feed and 
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bowels, stimu¬ 
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and improve 
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For obstinate 
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scratches or 
grease heel, 
^ give Sleekene 
o improve the blood and apply Hanford’s 
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you prefer a wet mash, one tablespoonful a 
day is sufficient for twenty hens. 
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Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Mixed Feeds For Dairymen 
Some years ago, in a lecture before the 
American Feed Manufacturers’ Associa¬ 
tion at Chicago, Ill., the writer made the 
statement that the feed manufacturer who 
would state on the bag or on the tag ac¬ 
companying the bag the exact formula by 
which the contents of the bag were mixed, 
would have a selling and advertising ad¬ 
vantage over all his competitors. No 
manufacturer was willing to take this 
matter up. The writer still holds this 
opinion. It will be a great advantage to 
have the exact formula of good ready 
mixed feeds known. At all times the 
writer has been willing to co-operate with 
the manufacturers and help them with 
formulas, always urging that they be 
made public. z\t no time have I or any 
member of my department refused to help 
any farmer or manufacturer with a for¬ 
mula. This policy is the fixed policy of 
the department. 
A little later the New York State 
Orange Purchasing Agency at Clean asked 
for a formula for a dairy feed. The for¬ 
mula decided upon for this feed was For¬ 
mula No. 10: 
500 lbs. distillers’ dried grains 
300 lbs. gluten feed 
300 lbs. wheat bran 
200 lbs. oilmeal 
200 lbs. cotton.seed meal 
400 lbs. hominy 
100 lbs. standard middlings 
The feed was sold uneVr the brand 
name “Cornell Dairy F^eed.” In 1917, 
due to market changes. Formula No. 10 
had to be changed to Formula No. 11; 
100 lbs. wheat bran 
100 lbs. barley feed 
400 lbs. hominy 
400 lbs. oilmeal 
400 lbs. gluten feed 
200 lbs. 3G per cent cottonseed meal 
4(K) lbs. ground oats 
It seemed desirable to the makers to 
sell a high-class dairy feed with molasses. 
Formula No. 12 was_ given them by me 
for this purpose. This feed is known as 
“Cornell Dairy Feed with Molasses.’’ 
Formula No. 12 is exactly the same as 
Formula No. 11, with the addition of 300 
pounds of molasses. Formulas Nos. 10, 
11 and 12, then, are the three formulas 
given for ‘Cornell Dairy Feed.” 
In the Spring of 1917 the Dairymen’s 
League desired to have manufactured for 
its members a ready-mixed dairy feed 
with a known formula. The League asked 
me to furni.sh a formula. Formula No. 
20 was written and given to the I^eague: 
100-500 lbs. ground barley 
100-600 lbs. ground oats 
100-400 lbs. corn feed meal 
100-.500 lbs. oil meal 
100-800 lbs. gluten feed 
100-600 lbs. wheat bran 
100-.5tK) lbs. dried brewers’ grains 
100-400 lbs. malt sprouts 
100-500 lbs. cottonseed meal 
100-800 lbs. hominy feed 
Formula No. 20 was written with the 
above limits with the agreement that I 
should always be informed as to the exact 
formula in rise at all times. The exact 
Formula No. 20, in u.se practically all of 
the feeding season of 1917-1918, was: 
100 lbs. ground barley 
400 lbs. ground oats 
100 lbs. corn feed meal 
100 lbs. oilmeal 
100 lbs. gluten feed 
300 lbs. wheat bran 
300 lbs. dried brewers’ grains 
200 lbs. malt sprouts 
300 lbs. cottonseed meal 
100 lbs. hominy feed 
For a sliort time in the early Fall of 
1917 oilmeal was cheap, and during that 
period Formula No. 20 contained 100 
pounds of ground oats and 400 pounds of 
oilmeal, but the formula was .soon changed 
to 400 pounds of oats and 100 pounds of 
oilmeal. as above. 
In the Summer of 1918 the manufac¬ 
turers of Dairymen’s League dairy feed 
asked for a new formula to contain dried 
buttermilk and Alfalfa meal. The fol¬ 
lowing was giveii; 
200 lbs. wheat bran 
300 lbs. corn feed meal 
400 lbs. oilmeal 
400 lbs. gluten feed 
200 lbs. cottonseed meal 
100 lbs. barley feed 
100 lbs. dried buttermilk 
200 lbs. ground oats 
100 lbs. Alfalfa meal 
This formula is Formula No. 21. Re¬ 
cently it was decided that it was desir¬ 
able to manufacture another brand of 
Dairymen’s Iveague feed without the dried 
buttermilk, on account of the high cost of 
the dried buttermilk. This formula was: 
100 lbs. wheat bran 
400 lbs. corn feed meal 
300 lbs. oilmeal 
300 lbs. cottonseed meal 
400 lbs. ground oats 
400 lbs. gluten feed 
100 lbs. ground barley 
From time to time I have given many 
formulas to breeders, farmers and feed 
manufacturers and dealers. No record 
has been kept of them. The above for¬ 
mulas have been given specific numbers 
because it has been thought best to kee[» 
a careful record of these particular feeds. 
but the policy of the writer is to help 
any farmer or manufacturer with any 
feeding problem whenever he has the in¬ 
formation. E. S. .SAVAGE. 
Cornell Experiment Station. 
Garbage for Pigs 
Can pigs from eight to 12 weeks old be 
grown profitably on slop without anything 
else fed ? This slop I can get without cost 
from a Government hospital near me. It 
has almost everything eatable in it; bread, 
meat, cooked vegetables, and it is very 
greasy. If I have to fe^ other feeds let 
me know what proportion. F. G. D. 
Washington, D. C, 
Pigs 12 weeks of age that have been 
well grown and fed during the nursing 
period can be transferred to kitchen and 
refuse garbage with very little inconve¬ 
nience, The best arrangement would ob¬ 
tain in_ case some garbage were fed to 
these pigs previous to weaning, and also 
if the dam nursing these pigs were fed on 
some of this material previous to wean¬ 
ing. However, if the pigs have been sep¬ 
arated from their mother it would be well 
to mix about 50 per cent of grain with 
the garbage during the first week or 10 
days. This would involve the feeding of 
about half a pound of grain per day to a 
pig weighing about 50 pounds, and this 
would be supplemented with enough of 
the garbage to satisfy the youngster’s ap¬ 
petite. It would be well to drain off the 
liquids from this stale bread and cooked 
vegetables, and in this way do away with 
considerable of the grease. 
After the pigs reach a weight of 75 
pounds they can bo fed all of the gar¬ 
bage that they will consume with relish, 
although it is very important that tliey 
be given only such quantities as they will 
clean up with relish each meal. Stale ma¬ 
terial kept before the pigs at all times will 
take the edge off their appetite, and they 
are very apt to have irregularities of the 
digestive system that would limit their 
growing propensities. The old policy of 
reducing garbage with large amounts of 
\vater is to be discouraged, for it is pos¬ 
sible under such conditions that the young 
pigs would literally starve to death on a 
full stomach. 
Hominy is clearly the most economical 
and desirable grain supplement for gar¬ 
bage. Usually there is enough protein, 
but there is a shortage of carbohydrates, 
and hominy supplies this need to good ad¬ 
vantage. Frequent feedings of the gar¬ 
bage, that is three or four feedings per 
day, is more to be desired than two feed¬ 
ings with young animals. If you have a 
large number of pigs it would be to your 
advantage to decrease this material. This 
is accomplished by means of cookers, util¬ 
izing the fireless cooker idea, which in¬ 
volves the heating of the material inter¬ 
mittently in hour periods for 24 hours. 
The grease will rise to the top and can be 
skimmed off and sold for the manufacture 
of soaps and low-grade lubricants. 
An experiment was recently conducted 
at one of the New Jersey institutions in¬ 
volving the feeding of pigs entirely on 
refuse from the table. The addition of 
grain failed to prove of value after the 
pigs weighed 50 or 75 pounds. Previous 
to this weight it seems to serve a useful 
purpose, and was considered economical. 
These pigs are in good flesh and have 
splendidly developed frames, and will 
easily weigh 250 pounds when 200 days 
old. A number of operations in swine 
feeding are to be carried out in connection 
with the various cantonments, and it is 
clearly the best u.se that can be made of 
the refuse material. Decreasing the ma¬ 
terial and drying it is an expensive prop¬ 
osition ; but, nevertheless, there is such a 
demand for fertility units that a great 
deal of this material is used in this con¬ 
nection at this time. 
It would be well, no doubt, to finish out 
the pigs after they weigh 250 or 300 
pounds, by supplementing the garbage 
with a little barley. This will firm the 
flesh and make it possible to cure out 
sound rather than oily, which condition 
will prevail in case garbage feeding is 
continued throughout their growing and 
fattening period. f. C. minkxeb. 
Balanced Ration With Silage 
I am running a small dairy and would' 
like to have a balanced ration from the 
following grains: Oats, barley, bran, cot¬ 
tonseed meal. I have a silo and think 
there is all the corn necessary in the 
silage. J. G. F. 
Michigan. 
If your hay is a mixture of clover and 
Timothy, make grain ration as follows:^ 
Three parts cottonseed meal, one part 
each ground oats, barley and bran. If 
hay is clover or Alfalfa, drop cottonseed 
meal to two parts. If silage has lots of 
corn on it and hay is of good quality, you 
will not need to grain heavily; probably 
not more than a pound to four pounds of 
milk. Add a pound of coarse fine salt to 
each 100 pounds of feed. n. F. J. 
“Talking about getting help. I know a 
man who engaged a woman to cook, wash, 
iron, clean ui). and keep house for him, 
just for her board.” “How did he man¬ 
age it?” “He married her.”—Baltimore 
American. 
