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<Jbt RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
February 7, 1920 
Straight from the 
old-time West Indian 
Plantations - that’s 
wkyCaineMolaSsbeft 
T HE better the sugar 
mill the poorer the 
molasses. It’s because 
the modern process ex¬ 
tracts so much sugar 
from the cane that the by-product, molasses, has a low 
sugar content. 
We import Cane Mola from the primitive old-fashioned 
mills: that’s why it’s so full of sugar—and sugar spells 
nutriment. It’s shipped in our own tank steamers. There 
are as many grades of molasses as of hay. But the best is 
Cane Mola: best by taste and best by test—analysis on 
every barrel. 
Mix Cane Mola with your cows’ ration: they’ll give from 
10 to 20% more milk. Feed it to hogs and steers: builds 
pork and beef at low cost. Feed it to horses and mules: 
fills them full of vim and ginger. Feed it to sheep: they 
thrive on it. 
Cane Mola has great value as a conditioner. It keeps stock 
on feed and prevents digestive troubles. But, first of all, 
it’s a feed; not a medicine. It equals corn in feed value; 
but, more important, it enables the live stock to get more 
nutriment from their entire ration. They get from 14% 
to 24% more good out of their feed, says Gov’t Bulletin 117, 
a copy free on request. It’s because they enjoy their feed 
more: eat it with gusto; lap up every last shred. Stockmen 
are finding that if they feed Cane Mola they can cut out 
oil meal. 
Cane Mola spells success in feeding live stock. Thousands of stock- 
men have learned this. They are building big bank accounts. Order 
today from your feed dealer. If he hasn’t it write us and we 11 see 
that you get it. Don’t delay: it’s costing you money. Write for 
booklet A: gives full details, rations, etc. Please give your dealer s 
name and address. 
Cane mol/i 
PURE CANE MOLASSES CORP. 
16 Exchange Place, New York City 
Feed Dealers: 
Farm papers are carrying the Cane Mola message to 
millions. Stockmen hint it: find it gets results: and 
buy again. The demand is growing by leaps and bounds. 
We're looking for more 
live distributors. Write 
us for full details. 
Swine Husbandry 
By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Feeding Brood Sow 
1. I wish a ration for a Duroc- Jersey sow 
7 y 2 months old. bred two weeks ago. She 
is well developed and in good flesh. How 
much should she be fed each time? 2. 
Also give me a ration for a Holstein heifer 
18 months old, due to freshen July 15. 
She is large and in good flesh. I have 
Timothy hay and cornstalks. F. B. u. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. A brood sow safely settled should 
he fed a sufficient amount of grain that 
will enable her to gain approximately a 
pound a day, dating from the time of mat¬ 
ing until farrowing time. This will mean 
that she should gain approximately 125 
lbs. in weight from the time she is bred 
until the pigs are delivered. This will 
insure a vigorous litter, and it will enable 
her to yield milk abundantly when the 
pigs most demand it. A useful ration 
would consist of the following materials: 
30 lbs. of shelled corn, 20 lbs. of white 
middlings. 20 lbs. of grouud oats, 15 lbs. 
of blackstrap molasses and C> lbs. of di¬ 
gester tankage. A sow 7*4 months old 
should weigh 225 lbs., and she should be 
fed from G to 7^4 lbs. of this mixture per 
day, depending, of course, upon her 
the milling of wheat preparatory to run¬ 
ning flour. The straight red dog flour is 
perhaps the most economical brand to 
use for feeding pigs, and, other things 
being equal, the chances are in favor of 
the so-called white middlings. I should 
not rely exclusively upon middlings as a 
ration for even small pigs, and we have 
found that ground oats, provided they 
are finely ground, are quite as useful for 
feeding young pigs as the old-time mid¬ 
dlings. ,, , 
The ration that you suggest would be 
very well suited for feeding pigs three 
months old. yet I am inclined to believe 
that the addition of some molasses to the 
mixture, particularly where rye is in¬ 
cluded in the combination, would be ad¬ 
vantageous. Molasses, at the prevailing 
prices, is clearly the most economical 
source of carbohydrate, and it would have 
a tendency to make your mixture much 
more palatable. The grain ration would 
be as follows: 100 lbs. of ground rye or 
rve middlings, 100 lbs. of red dog flour. 
150 lbs. of hominy, 25 lbs. of digester 
tankage, 50 lbs. of blackstrap molasses. 
If you can secure the so-called corn germ 
meal, which sells in the neighborhood of 
$70 a ton, and mix this in equal parts 
with your digester tankage, you will find 
that the protein content will be quite as 
high and the cost will be materially re¬ 
duced. If vou could grind up second or 
third cutting of Alfalfa hay and mix this 
in the combination you can do without the 
Protection for Little Pigs 
The accompanying illustration shows 
how many young pigs may be saved from 
the Spring litters. The bar around the 
wall prevents the pigs from being crushed 
when the mother lies down. The bar 
prevents the mother from getting close 
to the wall and from lying in corners. 
It is often the case that pigs are laid 
upon even though four or five days old. 
Sows rearing their first litters are apt to 
be more nervous and possibly inattentive 
to their pigs, so that some protection is 
necessary. This equipment may easily be 
provided in the hog-house by simply spik¬ 
ing 2x4’s or 2xG’s, six inches from the 
wall and a foot or 15 inches from the 
floor. C. M. BAKEB. 
Ohio. 
II1II1M 
weight, her condition of flesh and her 
feeding quanities. 
2. I should feed a Holstein heifer 18 
months old, due to freshen July 15, 7% 
lbs. per day of a mixture consisting of: 
30 lbs. of corn or hominy, 30 lbs. of oats, 
•SO lbs. of wheat or buckwheat an. 10 
lbs. of oilmeal or gluten. I should prefer 
the cornstalks to the Timothy hay; yet 
there would be no objection to giving her 
both of these if she desired them 
White and Brown Middlings 
Is there any difference in feeding value 
between white and brown > wheat mid¬ 
dlings? I can get brown middlings from 
o „• man for $2.75 per cwt. Another has 
them for $3 per cwt.. and I hear they are 
white. Another has them for more money, 
but between the two colors. If the an¬ 
alysis is the same, are they not as good 
for feed? They are for pigs. How is 
this mixture for little pigs or pigs three 
months old? One hundred lbs. rye feed 
or middlings. 100 lbs. wheat middlings. 
100 lbs. hominy, 30 lbs. tankage (GO per 
cent protein). R. J. P. 
New York. 
It is scarcely possible to judge of the 
feeding value of middlings by the mere 
examination of their color. Standard 
middlings today are nothing in reality 
but. grouud bran, and the other grades of 
middlings known as white middlings con¬ 
tain materials other than the residue from 
white middlings, which is the most ex¬ 
pensive element in this ration. 
Pork Tankage for Pigs 
Is pork tankage a suitable feed for 
pigs, and if so, how should it be fed? Is 
it advisable to feed at $10 per ton? 
Rhode Island. E. L. 
By pork tankage I presume you mean 
the residue from local slaughter houses. 
Y'ou could not expect very much for $10 
a ton at the present prices of feeds. 
Generally this material offers a splendid 
source for the introduction of hog cholera. 
Local slaughter houses have no means for 
sterilizing these products; they are 
merely tanked and dried, and of course 
all of the disease germs are intact. Of 
course there are exceptions to this general 
statement, and sometimes one can secure 
the products relatively fresh that are ob¬ 
tained from healthy herds and no disease 
is introduced. The use of skim-milk or 
buttermilk, or even oilmeal or peanut 
meal, would be safer and would result in 
far more economical gains. Of course the 
only way to determine the value of this 
material, since it is so varied in its com¬ 
position, is to try it under your own con¬ 
ditions. However, you must expect trou¬ 
ble from disease if no provisions are made 
for thoroughly sterilizing the residual 
products. 
“There won’t be many New Year res¬ 
olutions out our way,” said Uncle Bill 
Itottletop. “The regular liquor is a.11 
gone and those that try wood alcohol are 
automatically removed from the calcula¬ 
tion.”—Washington Star. 
