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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 7, 1920 
The Milker You Have Hoped For 
The De Laval Company now offers to the world’s 
dairymen a perfected and proved cow milker, worthy of the 
name “De Laval.” 
The thousands of users of De Laval Separators during 
the past forty years, and also their neighbors, will appreciate 
that this means a great deal more than a simple announcement. 
The De Laval Milker comes to your aid with the Com¬ 
pany’s full knowledge that you will expect more of the 
De Laval than of any other milker. For three years it has 
been in daily use on several thousand cows of various 
breeds, under all of the varying conditions to which a milker 
can be subjected. The universal satisfaction it has given 
confirms the Company’s conviction that it will add a new 
impetus to the dairy industry, and justifies your unqualified 
confidence in this latest De Laval production. 
The De Laval Milker is distinctly different, possessing 
many new and exclusive features that are of inestimable 
value to the careful dairyman and owner of valuable cows. 
Its action is positive and uniform from day to day, and it is 
faster, more reliable and more sanitary than any other 
method of milking. 
An additional insurance of lasting satisfaction to users of 
the De Laval Milker lies in the De Laval.Company’s well- 
known facilities and reputation for service. 
It pleases the cow. It will, therefore, please you. 
Write to nearest De Laval office for Milker 
Catalog,stating number of cows being milked 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
165 Broadway 
New York 
29 East Madison Street 
Chicago 
61 Beale Street 
San Francisco 
Milk Productions 
By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Using Home-grown Feeds 
What is the best and lowest price cow 
feed for ns? We are feeding out of silo; 
have mixed hay, oat straw, cut corn¬ 
stalks, oats, corn and a little wheat. 
Does it pay us to grind our own feed 
when we can get $2 for the corn? People 
say that oats will not make any milk. 
We have not much wheat. Would you 
advise us to sell what we have and buy? 
It does not seem that it would pay to 
pay $4.50 for oil or cottonseed meal. We 
are two young fellows just starting out 
and would thank you very much if you 
will take a little trouble with us. B. B. 
I am inclined to favor selling the wheat 
and buying some protein-carrying mate¬ 
rial, .such as gluten or oilmeal. but under 
no circumstances would I sell my corn 
and oats. I would grind them and sup¬ 
plement them with some concentrate rich 
in protein. The silage, mixed hay, oat 
straw and shredded cornstalks will serve 
your purpose well. I would grind corn 
and oats and feed either separately or 
together a ration consisting of 100 lbs. 
of ground oats, 100 lbs. of ground corn. 
100 lbs. of gluten or oilmeal. 50 lbs. of 
wheat bran. If you have an excess of 
corn or oats it might be wise to sell 
enough of these materials to purchase the 
gluten. 
It is an old saying that it is possible 
for a dairy cow to produce 30 lbs. of 
milk at a profit and 40 lbs. of milk at a 
loss, the difference being the cost of the 
extra feed required to increase the pro¬ 
duction 10 lbs. The dairyman who is 
making money today from his milk pro¬ 
ducing operations is the one who insists 
upon reproduction, and who is satisfied 
with average yields, the result of feeding 
common feed in the ordinary way, Gluten 
today will supply protein most economi¬ 
cally. and where you have corn and oats 
homegrown this is practically the only 
material that you need buy. It is not 
essential that you include the bran if you 
have some clover or Alfalfa hay. 
Keeping Ten Cows 
I have 34 acres of loamy land, all of 
which excepting four acres is level and 
tillable. Can I keep 10 cows profitably 
on this land? If so. in what proportion 
should it be divided into pasture and crop 
land? What crops would be best suited 
for dairy purposes? I thought I could 
raise roots to help out in the Fall and 
early Winter. c. a. 
New York. 
To maintain 10 cows on 34 acres and 
produce the bulk of the feeds on the farm 
you would have to practice intensive crop 
rotation. It would mean that you would 
grow oats and Canada field peas, fed up 
as a forage crop or to be cured as hay, 
and that you would have to make suc¬ 
cessive plantings during the early Spring 
in order to be able to feed the crop at 
its proper stage of maturity. Oats and 
peas would yield a larger amount of 
forage per acre than were the area seeded 
permanently to grass and used for either 
pasture or meadow. In addition to 
eight or 10 acres of oats and peas you 
should grow 10 acres of corn, one acre 
of beets, and the remainder should be 
meadow and pasture. 
Corn with oats and peas as a forage 
crop have been recommended because 
there is nothing that will yield more 
abundantly than corn, and it can be used 
in a variety of ways. Naturally you 
would cut the corn as fodder, husk the 
grain and feed the stalks as roughage, in 
which event it would be necessary to 
purchase such grain as gluten or bran 
to supplement this carbohydrate. You 
could rely rather extensively upon your 
oats and peas to supply green forage dur¬ 
ing the Summer season, and in ease the 
crop passed the stage for cutting as a 
forage crop it could be cured as hay and 
stored in the barn for Winter. 
Ration with Corn Fodder 
I wish a ration with corn fodder, 
shredded and scalded, for milch cows. I 
have oats, corn and wheat for chop. How 
much of each and what other feed should 
be used. f. e. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
Just how much there is to be gained 
by scalding corn fodder or shredded stalks 
for milch cows is a motted question. 
Naturally if roughage is made more pal¬ 
atable and warmed up the animals will 
consume an increased quantity; but there 
are herdsmen who question the advisabil¬ 
ity of even tempting a cow to consume 
unusual quantities of roughage that con¬ 
tains as small percentage of digestible 
matter as corn fodder. However, if I 
scalded the shredded todder I should cer¬ 
tainly add some blackstrap molasses to 
the warm water. 
Ground wheat is not particularly well 
suited for feeding dairy cattle, even 
though it is supplemented with oats and 
some protein concentrate. There would 
be an advantage in selling your wheat 
and purchasing wheat bran or buckwheat 
middlings to supply the same constitu¬ 
ents. You do not indicate the production 
per cow. but the following combination 
would give good results in a milch herd: 
200 lbs. of oats, 300 lbs. of corn. 200 lbs. 
of buckwheat middlings. 300 lbs. of glu¬ 
ten. 100 lbs. of bran, 50 lbs. of oil meal. 
A cow yielding 10 quarts of milk per day 
would be entitled to G or 8 lbs. of this 
mixture in case you do not have silage or 
succulence. 
Ration with Brewery Grains 
I have been feeding for my Winter 
ration as follows: 125 lbs. brewers’ 
grains, 200 lbs. gluten, 100 lbs. cotton¬ 
seed meal. 100 lbs. oilmeal, 100 lbs. bran, 
250 or 300 lbs. corn-and-cob meal. It 
has made me a good feed, but the prices 
are so high that I thought perhaps you 
could suggest something bettor for less 
money. I will quote the prices here: 
Brewers’ grains, $70; gluten. $4.25 per 
bag; cottonseed. $4.50 per bag; oilmeal, 
$5 per bag; bran. $3 to $3.50 per bag. 
The cobmeal is home grown, but I am 
short on coru this year. My roughage is 
corn fodder, but I have plenty of it. I 
can buy ready-mixed rations, 24 and 25 
per cent protein, for $80 a ton from our 
local dealer. e. E. w. 
Maryland. 
If you have been getting good results 
from the ration you are feeding, there is 
no reason for changing, for it is quite as 
economical according to the prices you 
have indicated, as any material we could 
recommend. If you can secure an abun¬ 
dance of the brewery grains at the prices 
quoted, it might be possible for you to 
reduce the amount of cottonseed and oil¬ 
meal 25 per cent. If you do not have suf¬ 
ficient corn to supply your corn and cob 
meal you might be able to purchase buck¬ 
wheat middlings, or perhaps hominy meal, 
as a supplement. There would be no ad¬ 
vantage in buying the dairy feed carrying 
25 per cent protein at a cost of $S5 a ton. 
Feeding Heifers 
Will you give me balanced grain ration 
for milking cows and for heifers due to 
calve next July? I buy all feed except 
cornstalks, field cured. I am now paying 
$2.75 for 100 lbs. bran. $2.40 for 80 lbs. 
ground oats. $4.50 for 100 lbs. oilmeal, 
$3.75 for 100 lbs. gluten meal, $38 a ton 
for mixed hay. g. w. l. 
You are unfortunate in having to buy 
all of your feeds with the exception of 
cornstalks, and I am afraid that you will 
find milk production rather expensive 
under such circumstances. You do not 
state whether you have any silage, but I 
am assuming that you do not have. I 
would suggest the following grain ration : 
300 lbs. hominy, 200 lbs. ground oats. 
200 lbs. gluten, 150 lbs. buckwheat mid¬ 
dlings. If you can secure some Alfalfa 
or clover hay, you will find this superior 
to mixed hay. You ought to be able to 
get some prime Alfalfa for what you are 
paying for your mixed hay. Gluten at 
$3.75 a hundred you will find more eco¬ 
nomical than oilmeal. but it is important 
that you include some hominy if the best 
results are to follow. If you could buy 
blackstrap molasses and feed two or three 
lbs. of this material per animal per day 
you would find that it would relieve your 
shortage of succulence, and that it would 
substantially increase the digestibility of 
the mixture. 
The State Agricultural Department 
TIIE BOG LAW 
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or designated representative of the Agri¬ 
cultural Department may demand him of 
the owners of dangerous dogs to keep them 
may pursue the dog and seize him or kill 
him. If not redeemed within five days, 
when seized, the dog may he sold or 
killed. A fee of $2 is allowed for each 
dog seized and for each dog killed. This 
fee is paid by the county treasurer. 
“Any person may kill a dog while he 
is attacking, chasing or worrying any 
domestic animal having a commercial 
value, or attacking fowls, or while such 
dog is being pursued thereafter.” Such 
is the exact language of the statute. 
The Department may issue orders to 
the owners of dangerous dogs to kill them 
under restraint on the owner’s premises. 
It may also issue orders to confine dogs 
within a described territory or section, 
to be confined during the night. For re¬ 
fusing or neglecting to observe the order 
to restrain a dangerous dog after notice 
the penalty is $25; for neglect to obey 
the night order the penalty is $10. 
In case a dog attacks any person com¬ 
plaint may be made to a justice of the 
peace, who may order the dog killed. 
Provision is also made to seize and kill 
or sell a dog on an order of a justice of 
the peace. It will be noticed that the 
law lays its hand mostly on the dog. 
The owner is not held responsible, as is 
done in the case of damages caused by 
another animal or an automobile. If a 
bull or a ram or an automobile threatens 
life or damages property the owner is 
held responsible. If an owner neglects 
to take out a license for a car the State 
does not go out and impound the car. It 
sends for the owner. There is clearly a 
distinction made in favor of the dog. Is 
that the way farmers want it? 
