1464 
October 4, 1911) 
Iht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Hogging Down Corn and Rye 
Wihat do you think of the practice of 
hogging down corn? If hogs are turned 
on green rye in the Spring, how many 
may be carried on an acre? L. V. V. 
New York. 
The practice of hogging down corn has 
given excellent results, and experiments 
show that a pig will clean up the field 
quite as well as the average man available 
for harvesting, and that, there is very lit¬ 
tle waste from the procedure. It is best to 
utilize pigs weighing from 100 to 125 lbs. 
Usually it is desirable to turn enough 
pigs into an area so that they will clean 
up a field in approximately 10 or 15 days. 
Assuming that 10 bu. of corn will pro¬ 
duce 100 lbs. of pork, it would be quite 
easy to determine the number of animals 
that would clean up a given area in the 
desired length of time. Green corn should 
after the oil ’has been extracted. While 
this material is high in protein and low 
in fibre, it is admittedly true that the 
material easily becomes rancid, and that 
it is not particularly palatable, when in¬ 
cluded in feeding rations for live stock. 
Furthermore, the tendency is to include 
a great deal of ground peanut shells in 
many of the so-called peanut feed ma¬ 
terials, although I am not aware that 
this condition prevails with the brand 
you identify. While the distributor ad¬ 
mits that it is made from pressed peanut 
kernels and hulls it is safe to assume that 
a generous amount of the material is 
hulls. We all know that there is no feed¬ 
ing value in peanut hulls that an animal 
can extract. A chemist may be able to 
find certain ingredients and carbohydrates 
by making an analysis, but our experience 
prompts the suggestion that chemists find 
lots of so-called foods in feeding materials 
that cows and steers never can find. 
Therefore, I should prefer 36 or 40 per 
cent cottonseed meal at $!S5 a ton to the 
so-called peanut feed at .$65 a ton. and 
Prize Shropshire Lambs. Owned bu George HcKerroic of Wisconsin 
be supplemented with either digester tank¬ 
age or oilmeal, unless you have produced 
some leguminous crop in conjunction with 
the corn. Soy beaus, rape, or any of the 
clovers seeded in the corn will supply this 
material in the most economical form. 
It would he well, however, to use the 
self-feeder, containing digester tankage, 
if none of the forage crops are available. 
It is necessary to feed the pig some green 
corn previous to turning him into the 
cornfield, and it is well to give pigs a pre¬ 
liminary feeding period varying from 10 
days to two weeks. The pigs must have 
access to an abundance of fresh water or 
they will eat extravagantly of both corn 
and tankage. The corn should be well 
past the glazing period previous to turn¬ 
ing the pigs into the field; otherwise there 
would be more waste. If the pigs are 
not put into large areas at the outset and 
required to clean up most of the field, you 
will find that it will be a satisfactory 
means of harvesting your corn crop. 
So far as the rye is concerned, it is 
usually determined that an acre of rye 
will provide green forage in the Spring 
for 15 pigs weighing 100 lbs. each. If it 
is desired to hog off the rye in the Spring, 
then you could figure that you could prob¬ 
ably carry from 10 to 15 per acre during 
the* 60 days that it would serve as a for¬ 
aging field. 
Buckwheat Straw for Horses 
Can buckwheat straw be cut up with 
hay and fed as cut feed to horses? I have 
quite a quantity of it, and it is the only 
way I could use it. Some claim it will 
do no harm, and some claim otherwise. 
Can you give me the truth about it. 
New York. C. I.. G. 
Buckwheat straw is inferior to oat 
straw as a horse feed, and I would not 
recommend it for use as you suggest. 
It is coarse, woody, and not easily di¬ 
gested, and it is not uncommon for horses 
to have rather frequent attacks of colic 
when large amounts of buckwheat have 
been consumed by idle horses. Dairy cows 
will pick over the buckwheat with con¬ 
siderable relish; but its best purpose so 
far as horses are concerned would be 
served with it is used as bedding. 
Peanut Feed for Steers 
I have an opportunity of buying peanut 
feed at $65 per ton. made from pressed 
peanut kernels and hulls. I want to sup¬ 
plement good corn silage with _ a high 
protein concentrate, and would like your 
opinion whether the peanut meal de¬ 
scribed above would be more economical 
than cottonseed meal at $H5. I plan to 
feed only about 2 lbs. per day per head of 
the concentrate to steers. H. J. F. 
Rhode Island. 
There are a number of brands of so- 
called “peanut feed” that result from the 
use of a residue material from peanuts 
am sure that in feeding steers you would 
find the free oil in the peanut material 
quite unpalatable and not highly relished 
by the steers. 
Desirability of Stone Barn 
I have in contemplation the erection of 
a new barn, the lower story or stable to be 
of stone, where cows and horses will be 
kept. Some farmers tell me that a stone 
stable will be too damp and cold, and sug¬ 
gest the use of wood instead, which would 
destroy some of the architectural features 
of the buildings. L. H. B. 
Croton, N. Y. 
It is true that stone will permit heat to 
escape through it much easier than will 
wood. It is a better conductor of heat. 
Nevertheless, stables are built of concrete, 
which greatly resembles stone in this par¬ 
ticular, which, so far as I have been able 
to learn, give very good satisfaction. Stone 
stables are sometimes built with double 
walls, and when so built, and built well, 
are warm. If the architectural features 
possessed by the stone construction are 
worth it to you, the inside of the stable 
could be furred out and ceiled with 
matched lumber which would do away 
with the difficulty of cold walls. 
The question of dampness is largely one 
of ventilation. If a barn is well ventilat¬ 
ed it will not he damp. Air is capable of 
supporting a certain amount of water, 
carrying it as an invisible vapor, the 
amount depending largely upon the tem¬ 
perature of the air. The warmer the air 
the more moisture it will carry. In a cow 
stable that is poorly ventilated the air is 
laden with moisture, and. coming in con¬ 
tact with the cold walls, the air is cooled, 
the moisture that it carries is condensed 
and deposited upon the walls, and the sta¬ 
ble is said to be damp. As a matter of 
fact, the air may be drier than in a stable 
that has no condensation, but the fact that 
the water can be seen makes it appear 
wetter, and it is not a desirable condition 
to have the water dripping on the walls. 
It should go out of the ventilator. 
One feature against stone stables, to 
my mind greater than coldness or damp¬ 
ness, is the difficulty of lighting properly. 
The walls are usually thick, and as the 
rays of the sun do not shine straight in, 
but come in at an angle from the top, this 
thick wall shuts off a great deal of light. 
Consequently, in planning for a stone 
basement, careful thought should be given 
to the lighting, the windows well distrib¬ 
uted. beveled wall openings used, and the 
windows placed with their long dimen¬ 
sions upright, to permit the entrance of 
as much light as possible. R. H. s. 
Rosamond (aged three years and a 
half) was being taught by her mother the 
story of the flood. Mother: “And it 
rained! and rained!! and rained!!! And 
Noah opened the window and sent out a 
little dove. And what did the little dove 
bring when he came back?” Rosamond: 
“An umbrezzo.”—London Farm and 
Home, 
=LIPPin FARM, HOPE, R. I.= 
(Robert L. Knight, Owner) 
will sell at Public Auction 
Friday, October 17, 1919 
their carefully selected herd of 
60 Imported and American-bred Ayrshires 
headed by Cavalier’s Fond Stamp 17958 
Grand Champion, Hartford, Conn., 1918 
Thi* splendid bu'l was sired by Bargenoch Gar Cavalier, 11981 Imp. (A R. 79) 
a Grand Champion and sire of Grand Champions out of Vilo Fender Of Spring 
City 23499 (A. K. 617). 
The herd consists of animals sired by the greatest bulls of the breed, ail young 
and in prime breeding condition. It may be seen at any time after October 1st 
when Mr. W. E. Brigham of Shrewsbury. Mass., will be on hand to show the cattle to 
interested parties. Lippltt Farm is teu miles from Providence (Railroad Sta., Harris). 
■ For Catalogue, address > 
LEANDER F. HERRICK 
405 Main Street 
WORCESTER, MASS. 
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If interested in 
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400—Cortland Co. Cows For Sale-400 
110 Fresh cows. Try a load of these if you 
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160 Cows due to calve this month and next. 
Good size, the best dairy type you 
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70 Registered cows, fresh and due to calve 
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lO Registered Bulls, with a lot of good 
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Orders filled for car load lots or less. 
DAVIS & HAYWOOD. Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co , N.T. 
King Segis Bred Bulls 
AVe have several show bulls nicely marked, 
from two to six months old, out of excellent 
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G. G. BURLINGAME CAZENOVIA, N. Y. 
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Cortland, N. Y. Box 253 
200 
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RED all d WHITES 
200 
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Home of the Fancy Holstein Cow 
F. L. PALMER .*. MORAVIA. N. Y. 
FOR 
SALE 
Madog Lass Pontiac King 
No. 277843. This bull was born April 16, 1019. A 
great grandson of King of the Routines. Light col¬ 
ored, % white, been liberally fed, is large of his'nge, 
and a very good individual. Dam a young daughter 
of an 18-lb. Cow. Price - - 8100 
R. PRICE EVANS, Cassville, New York 
For Sale-Two PureBred Holstein Heifer Calves 
four weeks old, from dams with milk records of teu 
and twelve thousand pounds. 
H. D. 8ALTON - Walton, New York 
YEARLING GRANDSONS 
of Pontiac Korndyke from registered pure-bred 
Holstein-Friesian cows witli A. R. O. records, for 
sale at LAUREL STOCK FARM, Goshen,N.Y. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves ^Stefor 
special offer. GATES HOMESTEAD FARM, Clutteoanoo. N.Y 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
M i 1 king 
Shorthorns 
Walgrove Herd 
OVER 50 HEAD IN HERD 
At the recent Breeders’ Sale, Erie, Pa., March 21st, 
of over 100 head, we sold the top priced bull, a ten! 
mos.-old calf. Herd heading bulls our specialty. 
WALNUT GROVE FARM, Wasliingtonville, N. Y. 
Milking Shorthorn calf; purebred; not 
milling oiiui lllUl ii eligiLle; out of big type; 40 - 11 ) 
roan cow. Siro, Lancaster Duke. Price. 850. 
EVERETT EOX - Lowell, Mass. 
SHEEP 
FLOCK OF SHEEP 
25 YOUNG HIGH-CLASS EWES 
bred to a Registered Dorset Ram, for 
sale. First cheek for $375 takes them. 
All our stock on approval. 
TRANQUILLITY FARMS 
Arthur Banks, Mgr. ALLAMUCHY, n. j. 
K O Fi SALK 
2-year 
Reg. Hampshire RAM .n 
SHADY LAWN FARM - Port Deposit, Maryland 
Reg. Shropshire Rams 
FOR 
SALE 
one and two years old. Splendidly bred, good indi- 
viduals, KENOT1N FARM, Washi ngton Mills, N. Y. 
SOUTHDOWNS 
for sale at attractive prices. Foundation flock 
headed hy imported ram, Clieveley Tenor. A great 
chance to start right or add to what you have. Par¬ 
ticulars on request. Stuart R. Minin, Derby,N.Y. 
Karakul Rams and Ewes iVmfo 
Better ones higher. Skins at birtli worth more 
than ordinary sheep at maturity. Best mutton 
Also 100 good breeding ewes, 81,200. 
CLARE GREGORY, Mt. Vision, New York 
For Sale-1 Reg. 3-yr.-old Shropshire Ram 
and ram lambs. Reasonable prices. Also Ancona 
cockerols. GEO. SEELY & SON, Chester, N.Y. 
For Sale— Reg. Shropshire SHEEP 
Rams nmlEwes all ages. C. G BOWER. Ludlowville, N.Y 
For Sale—Refer"* Shropshire YearlingRams 
well wooled with good head covering. Also Rain and E» o 
I.aiu'bs. Address I.EROT 0. BOIVl.lt, Houle 9.I.udloinill., .N.Y. 
Reg. Hampshire Down Ewes ZnhDow" 
Ewes. For Sale. ELI.IS TIOJ'.K, Gladstone, N. J. 
F OR SALE—Reg. Hampshire YEARLING HAMS. 
ram lambs; few ewe lambs. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
HASLETT BROS., Yorkham Farm, Seneca, N.Y. 
R 
EG. SH ROUSH IRES. RAMS ANI» EWES 
FOR SALE. Stevens Bros. W1LSON, N. Y. 
Hamnshirps *ff AGES 8 wks.-old pigs now ready, 
nampanires breeding. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. M. 1). PHILLIPS, North East, Penn. 
For Sale—Reg. Shropshire Rams IWi 
few Ewes. Walter B. Saxton. VeniceCentre, N.Y. 
For Sale-Choice Lot of Registered Tunis Rams 
Literature Free. J. N. McPHERSON, Scottsville, N. Y. 
».i°le Shropshire and Southdown Rams uVfel?son- 
abla prices. L. M. COLBERT S SONS, Bait Chatham, x. T. 
Fairholme Hampshire Down 
ally fine individuals. EARL 0. BROWN, R. F. 0. Nr 2, Ilian, N. T. 
ForSale-Reg.Hampshires * 6 
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All ages, either sex. Also High i h ade Holstein Calves, 
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For Sale—75 Head Reg. Holstein Cows and 3Buils 
D. H. FULLER & SON - St'io Nkw York 
Reg. Thoroughbred Holstein Bull Calf 
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