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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Feeding Young Pigs 
1. How can I mix the following to the 
best advantage for 10-weeks-old pigs: 
Ground oats, ground barley, middlings 
and tankage? Should I put lime, salt and 
charcoal in it? If so, how much? How 
should I mix it for the mother of the 
pigs? I intend to keep her for breeding 
another year. I can get any kind of 
ground or whole grain, but prefer to use 
the above mentioned grains, as I have 
them on hand. 2. What would make a 
good laying mash; also a growing mash, 
of any or all of the following: Bran, 
cornmeal. meat scrap, middlings, corn 
gluten meal, Alfalfa meal, ground oats, 
ground barley, linseed meal, salt, charcoal 
and powdered buttermilk? V. E. T. 
Illinois. 
1. Equal parts of ground oats, ground 
barley and wheat middlings, to which 5 
per cent of digester tankage, by weight, is 
added, would make a desirable combina¬ 
tion for feeding pigs 10 weeks old. Do 
not put any lime, salt or charcoal in this 
grain combination, but rather let the pigs 
have access to these materials in a sepa¬ 
rate feeding trough. A brood sow does 
not require middlings, and a combination 
of equal parts of ground oats and ground 
barley would serve her very satisfactorily. 
If it is possible to give her some Alfalfa 
or clover hay, unless she has access to 
forage crops, you will find that the high 
cost of feed would be materially reduced. 
2. A useful mash for poultry would 
consist of the following materials: 200 
lbs. cornmeal. 200 lbs. wheat bran, 200 
lbs. middlings. 100 lbs. meat scrap and 
100 lbs. Alfalfa meal. In addition to the 
mash I would feed them cracked corn and 
whole wheat, the latter being mixed in 
the litter and furnished as a scratch feed. 
Green Feed for Cow 
I have a cow that freshened July 15 
this year. What time should I bi^eed her 
in order to have her come fresh Septem¬ 
ber next? I have the. following feeds for 
my cow: which would you advise feeding 
together? Millet, green oats, corn fod¬ 
der. sweet corn, ground corn, bran, shorts 
and ground barley. v. w. B. 
Nebraska. 
Assuming that you have an abundance 
of the green feeds you mention, viz., mil¬ 
let, green oats and corn fodder, it would 
be safe to let the cow have such amounts 
of this material as she would clean up 
with relish. This would vary from 50 to 
65 lbs. of the green materials per day. In 
addition to the green forage, feed her 
from 5 to S lbs. daily of a grain mixture 
consisting of equal parts of corn, ground 
barley and gluten meal. A cow if fresh¬ 
ened on July 15 should be bred on De¬ 
cember 1 if it is desired to have her 
freshen the first of next September, the 
gestation period of a cow being nine 
months. 
Selling Wheat and Buying Feed 
Would you advise selling wheat at 
$2.20 and buying bran at $47. middlings 
at $65 or hominy feed at $80? Would 
you advise grinding the wheat for feed 
instead of buying these feeds at above 
prices? F - 
New York. 
One ton of ground wheat carries 1.602 
lbs. of digestible nutrients, while one ton 
of bran carries 1.21S lbs., and one ton of 
wheat middlings yields 1,564 lbs. Hom¬ 
iny in the same comparison carries 1,692 
lbs. Wheat at $2.20 per bu. would cost 
at the rate of $72 per ton. Therefore, 
there would be very little difference in the 
feeding value between a ton of ground 
wheat and a ton of hominy at the prices 
quoted. I should prefer to use hominy, 
supplemented with some concentrate, such 
as gluten, oilmeal or cottonseed meal for 
dairy cattle in preference to the whole 
wheat, for this mixture would be more 
palatable and would yield better results 
than the ground wheat. 
Pigs with Skin Trouble 
We have some pigs that have the 
mange, although they have been dipped 
in a disinfectant quite regularly, and we 
have treated them for mange. They are 
now about It) weeks old and the skin un¬ 
der bellies has become thick, wrinkled and 
lumpy, with little red spots here and 
there, and the skin has peeled off one of 
them. They eat well, but seem to be los¬ 
ing weight. They were fed ground rye 
until they were about live weeks old. after 
which they were put on clover pasture 
with the sow. Now they are being fed 
new oats, wheat and rye, ground. We 
have other litters that have been handled 
the same as these, but were not ftd new 
ground rye. and their skin is not in the 
condition I have described, and they are 
all running together on clover. G. w. L. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is possible that the pigs in question 
have been blistered either from pasturing 
on Dwarf Essex rape or from being 
dipped in a disinfecting solution that was 
too strong. White pigs are very likely to 
blister when foraging in rape, provided 
they are turned into the field when the 
leaves are wet from rain or dew. The 
fact that the skin has peeled off suggests 
that the injury has been mechanical rath¬ 
er than the result of the feed. If you 
will wash these pigs with ordinary soap 
and water, and then apply sweet oil or 
castor oil, rubbing this thoroughly into 
the creases and over the red spots, I am 
sure that the trouble will disappear. I 
would omit the use of rye in their ration 
for a few days, and would include some 
sulphur in their feed, say 2 lbs. for each 
100 lbs. of ground feed, in order that the 
sysiem may be cooled off. I very much 
doubt the wisdom of including rye in a 
ration for pigs weighing less than 75 lbs. 
It is not easy to digest and is very apt 
to cause irritation to the digestive tract. 
Age of Ram 
1. What is the best age of a ram to use 
in breeding ewe lambs? I have a few 
lambs and wish to buy a Hampshire ram, 
but do not know whether to buy a lamb 
or yearling. 2. I am getting a few sheep 
and as I know very little about the differ¬ 
ent breeds, I should like to know which 
kind you think is best, or a little about 
the relative merits of the different breeds. 
Virginia. C. B. M. 
1. It is generally thought that a ram of 
mature, years is more desirable for breed¬ 
ing purposes than a. yearling ram, al¬ 
though there is no convincing evidence 
that justifies this contention. One is as¬ 
sured, however, of more maturity when he 
buys a two-year-old ram, and for a flock 
of 50 ewes I am sure that a two-year-old 
ram would be more desirable. 
2. As to the selection of breeds, let me 
say that there are good and bad repre¬ 
sentatives in all breeds, and that type is 
far more important than the question of 
breed selection. One might easily pro¬ 
claim the merits of his favorite breed, only 
to have them refuted by another breeder 
who has implicit faith in his own repre¬ 
sentatives. In your district the IJamp- 
shires are very popular, and, if care is ex¬ 
ercised in bringing the lambs into good 
condition previous to mating, I am sure 
that the course you have selected would 
give you good results. 
Pig Feeding Problem 
We have 17 April pigs, 12 July pigs 
and four brood sows, three of them bred 
for Fall pigs; the other one has the 12 
mentioned. Some April pigs were sold, 
but could not sell the others. Can these 
pigs be profitably raised entirely on pur¬ 
chased feed? Would it pay to buy hog 
wire at 50c per rod to make a pasture for 
them on a rented farm? w. B. B. 
New York. 
You do not state whether you have 
clover or some leguminous crop available 
for pasturing purposes, or whether you 
desire to hog down corn with the few 
pigs that you propose to finish for market. 
In most instances it is customary for the 
owner of the land to provide the fence 
materials and the tenant usually provides 
the labor sufficient for the construction of 
such fences. It is unusual, I dare say, 
for the tenant to be compelled to pur¬ 
chase the material and do the labor nec¬ 
essary for fence construction. If it would 
pay you to raise the pigs at all it would 
pay you to get them out into an area 
where they could do considerable forag¬ 
ing, and where they could rustle in part 
for their own livelihood. With the Fall 
and Winter seasons approaching there 
would be less benefit resulting from the 
pastured area, and the question resolves 
itself merely into one of converting your 
corn and a portion of your hay into pork 
at a profit. It is clear to me that one 
can hardly afford to purchase all of his 
feeding stuffs and obtain any profit from 
the adventure, unless he is fortunate 
enough to have pigs of modern type, and 
unless he has the conditions where nat¬ 
urally pigs can grow and develop and 
make gains rapidly and regularly. Buy¬ 
ing corn at $2.50 a bushel and other feed 
in proportion involves considerable capi¬ 
tal and more or less concern to a small 
operator who must depend upon the profit 
that his animals make for his own living. 
No doubt you have considerable refuse 
material that could supplement the 
purchased feeds. If it is your plan to 
depend upon the feed dealer for all of the 
feed that the pigs are to consume, the 
present outlook is not encouraging for 
profits from such an enterprise. 
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