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April 20, 1919 
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Poor Roughage 
Could you give me a dairy ration for six 
cows? I feed prepared cow feed, 23 per 
cent protein. 5 per cent fat. 12 per cent 
fiber, and clean Timothy hay. My cows 
milk very poorly. I give three pounds of 
this prepared cow feed to each cow morn¬ 
ing and night, and hay. J. R. 
Blossburg, Pa. 
There are two reasons why your cows 
are not doing better. First, straight Tim¬ 
othy hay is a very poor milk-producing 
roughage, and, second, I doubt if cows 
are getting quite enough grain. Presum¬ 
ably the Timothy hs all the hay you have 
and must be fed. I would then make the 
grain ration 200 pounds of the dairy feed 
you are now using, 100 pounds of oilmeal, 
700 pounds gluten feed and 100 pounds 
ground oats or bran. Add one pound of 
coarse flue salt to each 100 pounds of 
feed when mixing it up. Feed a pound 
of grain to each 2% to three pounds of 
milk produced daily. it. F. J. 
Cribbing Horses 
On page 627 G. H. F., New York, asks 
about cribbing. I have had several dib¬ 
bers, have one now. I take a paddle 
and spread some axle grease, any kind 
will do, where he bites. It never failed 
with me; oue application will do for a 
long time. After several applications it 
seems to sink into the wood, aud they 
will not bite it auy more. r. E. l. 
Michigan. 
Storing Silage in Small Quantities 
Can you advise me how I could store 
up silage for one cow and a few hundred 
hens in the most economical way? I can 
raise sufficient corn for the purpose, but 
have uo silo, and do not think it is worth 
while to get oue for such a small amount. 
Could I build one myself iu the corner 
of the barn, and what size? J. J. c. 
Presumably you would need only five 
to 10 tons of the silage, say three-fourths 
acre of corn, Y'ou could build a little 
silo in one corner of the barn. Make it 
out of matched lumber so it will be tight. 
Make it seven feet square and 15 feet 
high. Nail some boards about 18 inches 
long across the corners, to make the silo 
octagonal shaped. This will make the 
silage keep better. Be sure that the 
silage is firmly packed when the silo is 
filled. H. F. J. 
Wheat and Rape for Silage 
Would rape and wheat, cut green, make 
good silage? I have got rape in my wheat 
and I certainly would like to get rid of 
it. I thought by cutting the wheat when 
rape is flowering and putting in silo it 
would help to destroy rape and get rid of 
it. G. G. S. 
Granite Springs, X. Y. 
If the rape bids fair to spoil your wheat 
crop the combination of wheat and rape 
may be put in the silo. Such a combina¬ 
tion will keep all right. If fed to cows 
care would have to he taken to feed after 
milking on account of flavor of rapp being 
imparted to milk. If you have any pigs 
this rape and wheat would make a most 
wonderful pasture, and it would be better 
to pasture it in this way than to ensile 
it. H. F. J. 
Shoe Boil on a Horse 
Here is a suggestion to the inquirer 
who has a horse with a shoe boil. But 
the horse in a medium narrow stall. Nail 
a plank 2x6 inches to the floor crosswise 
of the stall, back three feet from the point 
of the manger. This will make him lie 
well up off the floor. If he should be 
worked in double harness, use a jockey 
breeching. , t . 
Now for the shoe boil: Get a can or 
good thick pine tar. Grease his side and 
all around the shoe boil well, preferably 
with lard. Now take your can of tar and 
mb well into the hair of the shoe boil a 
nice liberal lot of tar. Do not look at nor 
touch that shoe boil again, pinch nor 
squeeze it Leave it strictly alone until 
ithe tar wears off. I have had them come 
on over night as large as a quart bowl, 
where it took two years to remove in this 
wav Never remove that plank while you 
keen that horse. I did, to my sorrow. 
New York. iiarvey d. fitch. 
other out to the side of the shoulder. I 
tried all sorts of pads about the feet: a 
circular pad buckled about the ankle, 
wrapping the feet up in pieces of quilt, 
etc. These perhaps protected the elbow 
from the shoe somewhat, but still did not 
remove the trouble. At last I tried -the 
following: Taking an ordinary horse 
blanket I folded it into a strip, say 18 
inches wide. Across this I laid a sur- 
ciugle. then rolled the blanket into a com¬ 
pact roll, tying it with strong cord or 
buckliuc two short straps about it. The 
surcingle was then buckled about the 
horse, the roll hanging, of course, just 
back of the forelegs. It was only a min¬ 
ute’s job to place or to remove this. Now 
when the horse lay down iu the faulty 
position her weight rested on this roll 
of blanket iustead of the elbows : but she 
would soon turn off from it to oue side, 
but at the same time bringing the feet 
from under the elbows. The shoe boil 
habit is an unfortunate one aud. if per¬ 
sisted in, will spoil the horse practicing it. 
DR. F. J. BOWEN. 
Livingston Co.. N. Y. 
Plan for Small Barn 
On page 545 I noticed a plan for a 
J>arn basement that I rhiuk can he some¬ 
what improved upon from a standpoint 
of convenience. The plan as submitted 
is not at all conveuieut iu the matter of 
feeding silage, aud there does not seem 
to be any place for grain at all. Also 
the provision for cleaning the stable is 
very unhandy. Iu these days of small 
farm profits, and scarcity of help, oue 
should study carefully his barn plans be¬ 
fore he builds. A few rods extra travel 
at each feeding or cleaning of the stable 
means a mile iu a short time, and a great 
many miles iu a year. When oue stops 
to think of tlie many years that a stable 
will be used, one begins to understand 
the importance of proper construction. 
Efficiency iu farm work is just as essen¬ 
tial as iu any other line of business. 
E. 31. B. says that he wishes to keep 
12 cows and raise the young stock. 
Therefore I have made provision for 12 
cows and three extra stalls for young 
things, as showu in diagram. I would 
have oue large b<>x stall (9x12) to be 
used when needed for a sick animal or a 
maternity stall. Then there are two box 
stalls 9x9 for calves and young heifers. 
There are four horse stalls, some of which 
may also be used as calf pens if neces¬ 
sary. Near the horse stalls is a harness 
room, which should have a tight door to 
keep out the dust and dampness of the 
stable. .Tust inside the door is the water 
tub for the horses, and this will also fur¬ 
nish the water for individual cow buckets. 
The stable may he cleaned by driving 
through with a wagon or sled, or a litter 
carrier may be used. 
My silo is situated so that the cattle 
may be fed with the least possible labor, 
and the grain bin is right at the end of 
the row of COWS. ,T. GRANT MORSE. 
Madison Co., X. Y*. 
Curing a Shoo Boil 
I. B. K.’s query in regard to shoe boil 
recalls an experience which I once had 
with a mare which had the shoe boil 
habit. This horse was often driven 
nights, so I encouraged the habit in her 
of Iving down daytimes, by never touch¬ 
ing her with the whip or speaking sharply 
to her. on entering the stable. I was 
thus able to see just how the shoe boil 
was formed, which was done by hv lu S 
down squarely with one or both feet 
doubled back under the elbow. Usually 
a horse turns a little on one side, bringing 
one foot in front of the breast aud the 
Oats and Bran for Horses 
I have often read of feeding oats and 
bran to a horse; that is .mixing it. 1 
took that advice once, as it sounded good 
to me. My horses got so poor that I 
called in our best veterinarian to find out 
what was wrong. He looked them over, 
teeth and all. and could find nothing 
wrong. He turned and asked what I fed. 
I told him oats and bran mixed. Ilis 
advice was: “When you feed oats, feed 
oats, and when you feed bran, feed bran, 
hut never mix them, or the horse will not 
chew the oats." The doctor had the 
same experience taking care of the ex¬ 
press company's horses, and learned above 
advice from the express company’s in¬ 
spector. He said he was not slow to 
learn, if he was a doctor. My horses 
gained on the same measure of oats with¬ 
out the bran. pall e. lenski. 
Michigan. 
