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November 2, 1918 
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NEW YORK I 83 Hudson A 
Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Artificial Feeding for Young Pigs 
I have a litter of pigs that I have taken 
away from sow on account of her dis¬ 
position, except for feeding, which I try 
to give them every three hours, varying 
.somewhat day and night. IIow long this 
will work I do not know. I would like 
some formula, a mixture of sweet cow’s 
milk, sugar and water, or whatever it may 
be, that will be a success. We tried last 
year and succeeded for a week, and then 
the little pigs forgot to eat, F. h. g. 
New York. 
Unleas it is absolutely necessary it is 
unsatisfactory to take pigs from their 
mother when they are so young as sug- 
gestefl by F". H. G. A safer procedure 
would be to take the pigs away from their 
dam and lot them nurse every two hours 
rather than attempt to feed them a sup¬ 
plemental feeding as is suggested. Fur¬ 
thermore, unless you are very careful, the 
brood sow will dry up under this inter¬ 
mittent feeding, and the pigs will become 
stunted and irregular in their digestive 
systems. However, if you desire to put 
them on a grain ration, the following 
mixture is suggested: Skini-inilk. 25 
pounds; who,at middlings, one pound ; or. 
• red dog flour, five pounds; ground barley, 
two jionnds; oilmeal, one pound. This 
ration will serve the most useful imriMise 
after the pigs are six weeks old. For 
youngsters less than this age it will be 
prudent to take whole cow’s milk, reduce 
this about 25 per cent with water, and 
add a tablespoonful of sugar to each five 
quarts of milk. The addition of a little 
dry feed in the way of cracked corn or 
sifted oats should be supplied in ca.se this 
mixture involved any Iaxativene.ss in the 
excretory system. 
For iny jiart, I would not separate the 
pigs from the old sow unless it is abso- 
Ir.tely necessary, for usually if she is cross 
at farrowing time, provided the pigs do 
not annoy her too persistently, she will 
gradually come around and own them, and 
the milk flow will continue. 
F. C. MINKLER, 
Copra Meal for Feeding 
What c.'ia ycui tell us about “copra 
meal,” offered as a new fecnl for stock? 
IIow does it compare with other feeds? 
J. F. 
Gopra meal, which is nothing else than 
ground cocoanut after the oil has been ex¬ 
tracted, has been promoted rather exten¬ 
sively as a concentrate u.seful for feeding 
live stock. It has been argued that, since 
its analysis does not vary materially from 
that of cottonseed meal or old process 
linseed meal, it can replace in many ra¬ 
tions these products. Evidently the ma¬ 
terial is not palatable. Certain classes of 
live stock, such as beef .steers and mar¬ 
ket hogs, will not gain in flesh -with any 
degree of rapidity if copra meal consti¬ 
tutes as much as 20 per cent of their ra¬ 
tion. It is difficult to determine just why 
this condition prevails, but experiments 
.show conclusively that this product is 
not destined to play a very important 
part in economical rationing of live stock. 
Perhaps the trouble results from the fact 
that the copra meal still contains a gen¬ 
erous quantity of cocoanut oil, and when 
this product is stored in warm weather it 
becomes rancid and toxic, and hence un¬ 
palatable. The .same condition prevails 
with a great many of the products which 
are the residue of oil-bearing seeds; but 
with oilmeal and jieaiiut meal the pi'ocess 
of extraction is so complete that a com¬ 
paratively small amount of oil obtains in 
the meal . Distributors, therefore, who 
have secured either copra meal or a pro¬ 
duct known as “horse bean meal,” are 
very apt to receive coinjilalnts from their 
customers that it has been represented to 
them that these products are eiiual in 
feeding value to either cottonseed meal or 
oilmeal. Usually generous amounts of 
these materials are "used in fertilizer mix¬ 
tures. and it is merely a suggestion that, 
if they cannot be fed to advantage, this 
use will be putting them to their best 
service. f. c. m. 
Grain, Mangels and Hay for Cows 
What is the best balanced grain ration 
for feeding milch cows, and how much to 
feed daily, per cow? What quantity of 
mangels should be fed daily in con.iJinc- 
tion with the grain feed, per cow? WTiat 
quantity of hay should be fed in con.junc- 
tion with grain and root feed, per cow? 
Whicli hay is jireferable, Alfalfa, clover, 
Timothy or mixed clover and Timothy? 
New .Torsey, j. j. 
In general there is really no such thing 
as the best balanced grain ration for 
cows. It depends entirely upon the na¬ 
ture of the available roqghage. For ex¬ 
ample, corn silage and Timothy hay, both 
low in protein, would require a grain mix¬ 
ture high ill protein, while with Alfalfa 
or clover hay as a roughage the grain 
ration would be lower in protein. The 
cost of available feeds also enters in as a 
iactor in determining what is the best 
ration. Assuming that you have mixed 
Iiay to feed with the roots mentioned, a 
good grain mixture would be two parts 
bran, one part oilmeal, one part gluten 
feed and two parts cottonseed meal. In 
general a cow needs a pound of grain to 
each 3^ to four pounds of milk produced 
daily ; 30 pounds of mangels per cow per 
day given in two feeds is about right for 
the average cow. 
The best rule for hay feeding is to give 
cows all they will clean up ; say, feed in 
forenoon and afternoon and another in 
early evening. With roots given as above 
mentioned, the average cow will take 15 
to 20 pounds of hay daily. Alfalfa and 
clover arc in a class by themselves in 
feeding dairy cows. The principal advan¬ 
tages of Alfalfa over Timothy are that it 
is relished better, cows clean it up better, 
and it is high in protein, that necessary 
food nutrient most difficult to grow in the 
form of grain on our farms. With Al¬ 
falfa and roots or Alfalfa and silage one 
needs to feed hut little grain; say one 
pound to five pounds of milk, and the 
ration can contain some corn, rye, barley 
or oats, all easily home-grown. As a 
contrast to the grain ration given above. 
Alfalfa hay would make it possible to use 
two parts bran or ground oats, two parts 
cornmeal, one part gluten feed and one 
part cottonseed, and. as before mentioned, 
jess grain would have to be fed. In mix¬ 
ing up a grain ration add a pound of 
coarse fine salt to each 100 pounds of feed. 
n. F. J. 
Early Silage Feeding 
In regard to your suggestion in “Brev¬ 
ities,” page ins. on feeding silage as 
soon as silo is full, this advice is directly 
contrary to what my neighbors have told 
me. Everyone said not to start to feed¬ 
ing silage .,antil cold weather. This is 
my first year with a silo, and if I can 
commence to feed now it will help out 
a great deal. p. c. B. 
To be sure, it is all right to begin feed¬ 
ing your silage right away. It is always 
wise to stai't on the silage before Fall 
feed gets too short and cows dry off to 
a certain extent. If you start feeding at 
once there will he lu'actically no silage 
wasted on the surface layer. A plentiful 
supply of silage lielfis to keep pasture con¬ 
ditions the year round, and this means 
more milk produced at less cost. 
u. F. J. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Pigs Dying 
I had seven pigs; bought them when 
.voung, and they are now 10 months old, 
but about three weeks ago they began to 
ho sick. _ I was feeding them tomatoes 
about twice a day and .since then the pig.s 
have become sick. They do not eat; just 
lay around, and in about three or four 
days they died. I have lost three and the 
ether four are in the same condition. 
Could it he hog cholera? a. S. 
New Y'ork. 
In all probability cholera has killed 
your pigs. 'I’oinatoes would not have that 
effect. After death from cholera red spots 
may he seen upon the lining of the blad¬ 
der. the surface of the kidneys under the 
outer capsule and the intestines, more e.s- 
pecially the cecum, or first large intestine. 
Before death, hogs scour, become weak or 
paralyzed, cough and may show red or 
purple blotches njion the skin. The dis¬ 
ease is preventable by vaccination. 
Weaning Foal 
T have a colt between three and four 
months old. IIow soon may she be 
weaned, and how can it best he done? I 
would like to use the mare soon. Can 
she be used to light work when the colt is 
about four months old? If not, how soon? 
New Jersey. li. \v. 
The foal may he weaned at five or six 
months old if it has learned to eat oats, 
bran, grass and hay, and is in good <'on- 
dition. Wean and he done with it. Pre¬ 
paratory to this put the mare and foal on 
spare pasture and ouly let the foal cat 
grain. The object is to reduce the milk 
flow of the mare before weaning the foal. 
After weaning it may he nece.ssary to re¬ 
lieve the udder of .some of its milk at in¬ 
creasing intei-vals. The mare may be 
lightly worked every day from now on. 
Ailing Dog 
My collie is very thin and has a very 
poor appetite; he vomits quite often anil 
coughs as though to eject .something from 
his throat. Sometimes he breathes heavy 
when asleep. j. 
Chronic_ bronchitis causes such symp¬ 
toms, but it is (piite possible that the dog 
also harbors worms. Give him a tea¬ 
spoonful of glyco-heroin twice daily, and 
if necessary increase to three doses a day 
and then gradually increji.se the doses if 
the cough persists. If worms are seen in 
the feces, give worm medicine, whicli you 
can buy xeady for use at the drug store. 
Add limewuter to milk and oatmeal mush, 
which may then he retained. Have the 
dog take outdoor exercise, but keep him 
out of wet and damp beds. A. s. a. 
