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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 12,-1910 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Stunted Bull Calf 
I am raising a bull calf and intend to 
•use him for breeding. He is now two 
months old and has been raised entirely 
on dry feed, equal parts cornmeal and 
ground oats. I have fed two quarts of 
this three times a day with a cupful of 
calfmeal mixed with it. He does not seem 
to be doing well; is much pot-bellied and 
has not much life. Can you suggest a 
change in ration? I have him out on pas¬ 
ture now. L. A. 
Michigan. 
It would appear that this calf was 
stunted during the early stages of his 
growth, which would account for his fail¬ 
ure to respond to the treatment you are 
now offering him. I would modify the 
grain mixture so that it containus equal 
parts of cornmeal, ground oats, barley and 
oilmeal, feeding him such amounts of this 
mixture as he would clean up with relish 
once a day while he is on pasture. The 
fact that he shows the large barrel de¬ 
scribed suggests that he was fed too gen¬ 
erously of skim-milk, and that he was 
not given enough grain during his initial 
growing period. Make sure that he has 
access to pasture containing some clover 
if possible, or, if he is supplied with some 
roughage, make sure that he obtains some 
Alfalfa or clover hay, for this material 
contains the ash and mineral matter so 
necessary to growing animals. The fact 
that he appears to be emaciated and does 
not have any life or vitality prompts the 
suggestion that he might be afflicted with 
lice and parasites, and it would be well to 
go over his coat thoroughly with raw lin¬ 
seed oil. which would eliminate the para¬ 
sites promptly and without great expense. 
Balanced Ration for Milch Cows 
Will you give me a balanced ration of 
the following feeds: Brewers’ grains, 
beet pulp, wheat bran, corn feed and cot¬ 
tonseed meal. I am selling milk: pas¬ 
ture is limited, so feed clover and Alfalfa 
hay. I have grade Jersey cows of good 
milking qualities. A. L. P. 
Tennessee. 
Jersey cows having access to pasture 
that is limited ought to respond to a ra¬ 
tion made up as follows: 300 lbs. of 
brewery grains. 200 lbs. of beet puli). 400 
lbs. of ground feed and 100 lbs. of cotton¬ 
seed meal. I do not think it is essential 
to use the wheat bran >;'non the cows are 
on pasture, and while I do /tot know just 
what you identify as “corn feed,” I should 
prefer the use of hominy meal at this 
season. Clover or Alfalfa hay could sup¬ 
plement the pasture, and there are many 
advantages in feeding some dry hay in 
conjunction with pasture grass, provided 
the cows will take kindly to this material 
at this season of the year. 
You can consider that beet pulp is 
about equivalent in feeding value to corn 
or hominy and. though many question the 
advisability of feeding beet pulp during 
the Summer months, its useful purpose is 
served when it. supplies succulence, and, if 
your cows are able to get enough succu¬ 
lence from pasture I should prefer the tise 
of cornmeal or hominy to beet pulp. 
The tag you enclosed identified “Wheat 
bran and screenings” which is some poor 
stuff and I would not use this in any mix¬ 
ture under any circumstances. The “corn 
feed” probably contains some Corn, but I 
should prefer to use the straight corn in 
case it is possible to purchase the meal 
locally. 
Ration for Young Pigs 
T have just received two fine Chester 
White pigs. What would be the cheapest 
ration for these pigs? They are 10 weeks 
old. I can get lots of stale bread and lawn 
clippings; what other feeds would be good 
to feed with the above? D. c. w. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
It is safe to consider that stale bread 
has about the same feeding value as low- 
grade middlings, provided the bread has 
not reached the stage where it is moldy 
or sour. It is always advisable, however, 
to mix some uncooked grain with the 
stale bread after the bread has been 
moistened with water or milk. In this 
connection there is nothing any better 
than equal parts of hominy and ground 
oats, to be used in combination with the 
stale bread. Lawn clippings are not very 
nutritious, especially for young pigs. Be¬ 
sides furnishing a little variety and some 
succulence they will not prove very use¬ 
ful id a daily ration. If you could secure 
some skim-milk the pigs would respond 
to its use very promptly, and failing to 
have access to any of this material I 
would add five or 10 per cent of oilmeal 
to the ration suggested, which would con¬ 
sist of equal parts of corn or hominy 
meal and ground oats. Young pigs do 
not take kindly to green forage, and it is 
necessary to grow them on concentrates 
until they reach a weight of at 
least 50 lbs.; then they will forage con¬ 
siderably. The pigs in question may take 
kindly to the lawn clippings, provided 
they are fresh and fed to them regularly. 
Care of Cows on Pasture 
1. Will you advise a good book or 
treatise on the feeding and keeping of 
cows, a book that is complete, giving 
general instructions on all points of feed¬ 
ing, breeding, calving, medicines, etc. 2 . 
Is there any record to show how many 
pounds of grass a cow will eat on pasture 
in one day and what feeding value might 
ordinary common field grass contain? 
How could same be worked into a bal¬ 
anced ration for a cow soon to calve, 
milking about 12 to 18 lbs. per day? I 
am pasturing all day and feed about 2 
lbs. bran at night, no hay, but cow’s 
bowels are loose most of time, also in¬ 
clined to colic. I use a little salt in 
bran and have it wet. Cow is on pasture 
from one a. m. to six p. m.; heavy stand 
of common grass, little Timothy and 
White clover mixed. w. w. s. 
Bergen Beach, N. Y. 
1. There are a number of tex* books 
relating to dairy cattle, among them be¬ 
ing “Dairy Cattle and Milk Production,” 
by Eckles; “Productive Dairying,” by 
Washburn; “Management and Feeding of 
Dairy Cattle.” by Shaw; “The Business 
of Dairying,” by Lane. Henry’s “Feeds 
and Feeding” is also a very useful treatise 
on the general feeding of live stock. 
2. Concerning the amount of grass or 
green forage that a dairy cow will con¬ 
sume in a day, you are aware, no doubt, 
that this will, depend upon the age and 
size of the animal in question, also upon 
the condition of ripeness and palatability 
of the forage. Henry’s “Feeds and Feed¬ 
ing" reports a number of experiments 
calculated to. show the amount of pasture 
grass that is consumed by animals of 
various ages. Cornmeal is better adapted 
to supplementing pasture grass than 
wheat bran, and I am sure that you would 
have better results in case you fed an 
equal amount of corn or hominy meal 
daily to the cow in question. Bran is a 
natural laxative, and when fed in con¬ 
junction with pasture grass it is very 
apt to bring about the condition you 
describe. You are aware, no doubt, that 
pasture grass containing some one of the 
legumes or some one of the clovers is a 
balanced ration in itself, although cows 
giving large amounts of milk respond and i 
continue their production and maintain 1 
their condition to much better advantage 
in case some grain, either cornmeal or 
hominy meal or gluten, is supplied in 
addition to the succulent food. 
Barnesville, O., Cow-testing Association 
Many will remember that we won the 
world’s record one year ago with an 
average butterfat production of 313.9 lbs. 
By a friendly rivalry and more intelli¬ 
gent care and feeding, and weeding out, 
we were able to report an average butter- 
fat record of 345.4 lbs. per cow. again 
giving us what we believe is the world’s 
record. We had 386 cows under test 
during the year, divided as to breeds as 
follows: 
Registered Jerseys . 272 head 
High grade Jerseys. 105 head 
Grade Ilolsteins . 8 head 
Two large public sales took many cows 
out. We had 189 cows in for the full 
year and 115 for six months and over. 
Of the 1S9 tested the full year those pro¬ 
ducing over 300 lbs. were distributed as 
follows: 
300 to 350 lbs. butterfat. 51 
350 to 400 lbs. butterfat. 31 
400 to 450 lbs. butterfat. 27 
450 to 500 lbs. butterfat. 13 
500 to 000 lbs. butterfat. 0 
000 and above. 4 
The summary for our five years is as 
fol low's: 
Lbs. Lbs. Price Feed No. 
Year Milk B’fat Test It. F. Cost Cows 
1915 5204 272.8 5.1 40c $53.17 285 
1910 5594 283.4 5.1 42.3c 52.50 301 
1917 5923 308.0 5.2 45.0c 04.03 304 
1918 5974 313.9 5.4 52.Cc 87.72 351 
1919 0845 345.4 5.0 75.5c 127.94 290 
The herd making the highest record 
was one of 8.4 cows averaging 446.6 'lbs. 
butterfat. The 10 best cows average 
12,416 lbs. milk and 580.2 lbs. butterfat. 
The 10 poorest cows averaged 4.002 lbs. 
milk and 206.5 lbs. butterfat. Only three 
cows made less than 200 lbs. butterfat. 
The careful reader will see we have main¬ 
tained a steady increase in both milk and 
butterfat production, yet it must be re¬ 
membered that the cost of feed and labor 
have been more than proportionately 
higher. 
With over 55 years at my rear, may I 
claim space to say to all sister associa¬ 
tions, create friendly rivalry, push higher 
each day by careful, persistent effort, cut 
out all doubtful producers and you will 
succeed. I feel that this association, after 
its five years’ experience, cannot longer 
afford to keep mature cows that are not 
producing 300 lbs. of butterfat. I be¬ 
lieve fully 40 per cent of success in dairy¬ 
ing lies in the herdsman, k. s. smith. 
Official Tester. 
Berkshires Sell Well 
At the recent Hood Farm Berkshire 
sale the prize boar. Barron’s Successor 
197499, brought $6,000, said to be the 
record price at an auction sale. The 
buyer was a syndicate of breeders—Over¬ 
look Farms, Massachusetts; Wendover 
Farms, New Jersey; Ayredale Stock 
Farm, Maine; J. T. Hogsett, Ohio, and 
Oaks Farm, Massachusetts. 
Wendover Farms bought three sows at 
$500, $300 and $250; two gilts at $125 
$125 each, $100, two at $S0 and one at 
$50. 
Ilerdlea Farms, of Pennsylvania, three 
boars at $375, $260 and $200; three sows 
at $200 each; one at $350; two gilts at 
$100 each ; two at $90 each ; one at $150; 
one at $200; two at $145, and four at 
$S5 each. 
C. F. Rich, of Massachusetts, two sows 
at $410 and $305; three gilts at $60 each ; 
one at $110; two at $45 each ; one at $65 
and one at $100. 
F. C. Vail, of New York, four sows at 
$425, $475, $165 and $225. 
New Hampshire State Hospital, two 
sows at $115 and $125 ; and boar, $105. 
E. W. Ilazen, Connecticut, sow at $250 
and gilt, $95. 
Zed L. Williams, of South Carolina, 
sow, $200. 
R. S. Harrison, Massachusetts, boar, 
$45. 
II. P. J. Earushaw, Massachusetts, 
boar, $40. 
A. G. Rboades, Massachusetts, sows at 
$120 and $75. 
G. II. Taylor, Massachusetts, boar, $50. 
J. P. Lvman, Massachusetts, two gilts. 
$115, $150. 
Francis Dyker, Jr.. New Jersey, gilt, 
$70. 
Appleerest Farm. New Hampshire, 
three gilts. $135, $110, $70. 
W. A. Robinson & Sou, Massachusetts, 
gilt. $70. 
C. W. Clark, Ohio, gilt, $125. 
.T. O. Spoor, Massachusetts, gilt, $150. 
F. M. Dwyer, New Jersey, boar, $100; 
two gilts, $150 each ; one. $180. 
John Lund. Massachusetts, sow, $80; 
three gilts, $50 each ; one, $40. 
E. F. Brown, Massachusetts, gilt, $80. 
II. W. Knights, Massachusetts, sow, 
$125. 
Chester Abbott, Massachusetts, sow, 
$90; gilt, $50. 
Guernsey Cattle Transfers 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club 
announces that the recommendation made 
at the annual meeting that the transfer 
fees should be raised to $2.50 each has 
been approved by vote of the club at the 
special meeting on June 12. All trans¬ 
fers received at the office after July 1 
will be $2.50 each. 
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\\ Kinderhook Durocs ! 
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: A few weanlings for sale, sows and boars— : 
2 Bred silts and sows we are holding for our • 
; 1IIG SALE on Aug. 9tli. Full Informa- : 
j tion and cats'll g of the oflering, on request. • 
Kinderhook Duroc-Jersey Asso. 
: Roy McVaugh, See. Kinderhook, N. Y. 2 
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FOR SALE 
Bellmath Farm Durocs 
Jersey-Dnroc Pigs, six to eight weeks old. Or¬ 
ders hooked for Slay and June delivery. Fnll 
gilts ready to breed in May. Colonel and Defend- 
er breeding. Send for description and prices. 
H. C. CROCKER & SON. Sennelt, New York 
Registered Duroc- Jerseys 
SPRING PIGS 
6 weeks old. $10 Each. 
WHITE DAIRY FARMS - Cairo. New York 
Sunnyside Durocs 
and service boars. JAS. E. ran ALSTYNE, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
We have a full line of 
Chester 
White 
for breeding purposes, ranging from 10 wks. to 6 
mos. old, bred from registered sires and dams. Also 
a few Keg. Jersey cows, heifers and calves. Send 
stamp for Circulars. F.l> W AIH» \V A I.T HR. 
Dept. R, Box liti, West Chester, Pennsylvania 
Registered O.I.C.’sBred at Briarton w T k°"'id 
pigs, either sex. Prolific, healthy stock, raised by up-to. 
date methods. Prices very reasonable. Absolute satisfao' 
tion guaranteed. NELSON N. ALEXANDER, Harrimin, Orange Co.. N T 
rj _ _ Dacve Silver strain. Better than 
neg. ■ I ■ W silgO ever. 8 to 10 weeks. 
F.ither sex. St 6 . BRUBAKER BROS., Mlffllntown, Pa. 
Reg.ChesterWhitePigs-$15 and up 
can furnish pairs: trios not akin. Bred gilts for Au¬ 
gust farrowing. A. A. SCHOFEIL, Heuvelton. New York 
SERVICE BOARSSS! 
of the ideal home-use or private-trade breed, the Cliesli. 
ire. Ready now. HOllNINflSIDE FARM, 8TI.VA.MA, ft. 
M n P r P 1 n III the rry of starving Europe. The 
IrlUnC DM VU II prolific Tamworth produces it 
at smallest cost. Investigate. W. W. MORTON, Ruisellvilla. Ky. 
Reg. O.l.C. and Chester Whit e Pigs 
MORTGAGE LIFTERS 
BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS 
5 young sows, 8 young hours— ready to ship. 6 wks. old. 
Bargain— P2G Each. Dame, King's Maud; Sire. Jumbo 
Jones. P. It. WADS W O K T II. Glen Kook, N. J. 
Wanted—A Young Jersey Red or Poland China Boar 
of good stock, not to weigh over 125 lb*. 
Thomas J, McDeriuot, No. Main St., Beltville, N. J, 
BERKSHIRES 
STONE’S 
BERKSHIRES 
We offer four March boars sired by 
Epochal of Stone Farm No. 255848 
from a litter of 9 out of 
Matchless May 
Also offer Aug., 1918 
Gifts bred to farrow inSepf.and Oct. 
at Attractive Prices 
RICHARD H. STONE 
Trumansburg, N. Y. 
A rare opportunity to get a good start at ridi 
cuously low prices with 
PROLIFIC 
BERKSHIRES 
40 Spring Pigs sired by Rival Longfellow 
20th No. 238095 ami by Karim's Duke 
Longfellow 3rd No, 267474, at ISIS per 
pig; 827.50 por pair; 840 per trio. 
4 fonrteon months old Sows still open at 870 
apiece; 2 Hoars ready for service 890 apiece. 
Alt perfect and satisfaction guaranteed. 
Iiarlia Farm 
Geo. L. Barker, Supt. Parksville. Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
Champion Berkshires 
We breed the large size prolific Berkshire the kind 
with big bone, broad, thick backs, long deep thick 
hams. Write for circular showing photographs of 
our prize-winning boars, sows and barrows. We of¬ 
fer fall and summer pigs both sexes, boars ready for 
service and sows bred to our Grand Champion sires. 
HOOI) FARM - Lowell, Mass. 
^Choice Berkshires-t 
We have some extra nice young 
boars, sows and gilts of Masterpiece 
and Double Champion 33rd breed¬ 
ing at prices that are right. 
Webb Farms Clinton Corners, N. Y. 
Large Berkshires 
AT HIGHWOOD: 
Our customers write our advts. Letter from 
Clarence Smith, Franklin,Y.: “lam well 
pleased with the pigs and every one. who has seen 
them calls them good ones." 
H. C. & H. B. Harpending, Box 15, Dundee, N.Y. 
Big Type BERKSHIRES 
Next Public Sale, October 25th, 1919 
Consisting of 60 head. Thirty boars ready for 
service and 30 open gilts of Spring 1919 farrow. 
No hogs are sold from this herd at private sale. 
C. H. CARTER. Whitguern Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
Anedjo Berkshires 
Are bred for size and quality combined 
The big, mellow, easy feeding type, with neat heads, 
broad backs and K X T It A II LA V Y II A M 8. 
Foundation herds, servico boars, brood sows and pigs. 
H. M. TERWILLIGER.Mgr. Anedjo Farm,Webster, Mass. 
Springbank Berkshires 
Sows and gilts I am offering are bred to Symbo- 
leer's Superb, 254336 and Dui.e’s Champion 22d, 
246254, for late March and April farrow. Three June. 
1918, Service Boars out of a Charmer's Star Master. 
No. 165723, Sow. Semi for Historic pedigrees ami 
price. J. K. WATSO N, Mitrbledale, Conn. 
BERKSHIRES 
Spring pigs of the kinj that will please you. 
Every pig guaranteed a breeder. Write for ’list. 
H. GRIMSHAW - - - NORTH EAST, PA. 
Registered BERKSHIRES 
I Mgs Both Sexes—High Quality. Reasonable Prices. 
POWELL CREEK FARMS, Mays Lauding. N. J. 
Reg. Big Type Berkshire Pigs 
A few more 4-wks.-old pigs at S15 each; 8-wks^old 
pigs atS17 each, registered and transferred. 
ENTERPRISE STOCK FARM, Ariel, Pa. 
Large Type Reg. Berkshires 
of all ages. Also registered Jersey male calves. Select 
you a breeder from a 14-pig litter. Pay no cash until 
you get the stock. DAVIO WIANT, Huntington Mills. Pa. 
SWINE 
For Sale-lOO Pips Chester yyhitks 
rur obib ivu rigs and berkshires 
Six woeks old. 86 each, ready to ahip. Twenty 
cents per pig additional for crates, which will l>e 
refunded when crates are returned. Issue money 
orders on Oushore, Pa. P.0. ROUSE BROS N*w Albany Pa 
TAMWORTH 1 J HAMPSHIRE SWINE 
write or visit REYNOLDS-LYBROOK FARMS COMPANY 
3ucc«s«or to Woatviow Stock Farm 
IL 1 YVIuetou-Suleiu, N. C. 
