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Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 21. 1020 
“Well Bom-Half Raised” 
Half the success in swine raising lies in producing big litters of 
strong, healthy pigs; the other half in raising the pigs to marketable 
condition. The success of both depends more on proper feeding than 
on anything else. 
For the production of profitable litters a sow must have protein, 
carbohydrates and other nutrients, including the right kind of mineral 
matter properly proportioned to develop the litter and maintain her 
physical condition. If supplied with the right feed sows will have 
more and stronger pigs, will not eat them at farrow and will be in 
condition to furnish milk to give them a good start. 
Growing Shoats require protein, carbohydrates, proper mineral 
matter and other elements in easily digestible form to insure healthy 
growth and strong 'body development. The feed must furnish these 
without being too fattening, for pigs will not grow best when too fat. 
Hogs to be fattened require a supply of fat forming nutrients in 
easily digestible form to quickly fit them for market. 
It is impossible for one feed to meet these different requirements. 
A different feed must be supplied for each. 
Meeting the need of each particular food requirement is the basic 
principle of TI-O-GA Feed Service. 
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is prepared to fit each particular case: 
TI-O-GA Brood Sow and Pig Feed to be fed to Brood Sows at all 
times, and to pigs until 12 weeks old, 
TI-O-GA Growing Shoat Feed to be fed to shoats from 12 weeks 
old until 8 weeks before marketing. 
* TI-O-GA Fattening Hog Feed to be fed to hogs for 8 weeks prior 
to marketing. 
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Colonel’s Ration (Full feed for 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Feeding Ten Cows 
I have 12 cows, but will have to reduce 
my herd to 10 on account of lack of feed. 
They arc nearly all grade Holsteins. I 
figure that by the cud of February my 
silage will be gone and I shall have left 
mixed Timothy and clover, with emphasis 
on the clover, since it is more clover than 
Timothy. What grain shall I feed to pro¬ 
duce a good flow of milk and keep it up? 
How much and how often of flic ration 
shall I feed them per day? My cows start 
to freshen the middle of February and 
average one a week until all are fresh. 
New York. ff. E. D. 
Inasmuch as you do not have a suf¬ 
ficient quantity of silage to carry you 
through until the pasture season opens, 
would it not ho well for you to defer the 
feeding of silage until your cows freshen, 
feeding them along until such time oil 
clover, hay and a grain ration consisting 
of equal parts of corn. oats, bran and oil 
meal? Since your cows will not freshen 
until the middle of February it might be 
well to defer the opening of your silo 
until, say, March 1. and it would be pos¬ 
sible for you to utilize tin* silage to the 
best advantage during March. As you 
know, cows not in milk do not require 
succulent feed, and I would prefer to have 
dry cows on dry feed rather than milch 
cows. As to the amount of grain to feed 
this would depend, of course, upon the 
Condition or the degree of flesh that the 
cows are carrying. It is always advan¬ 
tageous to have dry cows freshen in high 
condition, that is. they should have an 
abundance of flesh covering their frame, 
in cider that they may be in good condi¬ 
tion as calving time approaches. I should 
grain allowance by one-half when the 
horses are idle and give a bran mash once 
each week. 
Ration for Cow and Heifers 
What would he a cheap, nutritious ra¬ 
tion for a milking cow and heifer in calf, 
with feed at these prices : Hay, $1.80 per 
cwt.; bran. $2.70; Alfalfa meal, $3.00; 
red dog, $4.25: eornmeal, $3.80; ground 
oats, $3.00; mangels, $3 per bbl.? I have 
a cow, two heifers in calf, a young heifer 
and a young hull, and I have to buy prac¬ 
tically all my feed. I buy it of a local 
dealer, about 500 lbs. at a time, of mixed 
feed. T would like to know whether dried 
beet pulp is worth feeding. We kill 
three or four nigs every year for our own 
use and I would like to know how to 
utilize the skins. Do you seald a pig 
the usual way, or how do you do it when 
you are going to use skin for leather? 
IIow do you prepare skin after removal? 
New Jersey. V. S. 
Based upon the prices and materials 
quoted. I would feed the milch cow the 
following mixture: C’ornmeal. -10 lbs.; 
ground oats, 25 lbs.; wheat bran. 15 lbs.; 
oilmcnl. 20 lbs, I would feed 1 lb. of this 
mixture daily for each 3t(, lbs. of milk 
produced. In addition I would give her 
all of the Alfalfa or clover hay that she 
would clean up with relish. 
If you could secure some beet pulp and 
feed 3 or 4 lbs. of the dried pulp mois¬ 
tened with molasses water you would add 
succulence to the ration and materially 
increase the flow of milk. Three pounds 
of dried beet pulp. 15 lbs. of warm water 
and 1 % lbs. of molasses would be the 
combination. If this material is avail- 
Gciting a Start in the Dairy Business 
feed from 5 to 10 lbs. of this mixture per 
day, depending, of course, upon their con¬ 
dition. Cows should be fed twice daily, 
utilizing equal parts of the grain morn¬ 
ing and evening, and supplying the rough- 
age during the middle of the day. 
It might be more economical to pur¬ 
chase hominy rather than eornmeal. and 
a useful combination for milch cows would 
be equal pauts of eornmeal. ground 
oats, wheat bran, gluten and oilmeal. 
If there are any or the cows that 
are in high flesh and evidence the 
fact that they will he dry a long time, it 
might he well to sell them for beef. One 
cannot feed high-priced feeds to low pro¬ 
ducing cows and get even labor’s wage for 
his time. On most milk farms today the 
hired help is much better paid than the 
owner of cows. This is. of course, very 
discouraging and cannot long endure. By 
noting the dispersion sales as scheduled 
in dairy-producing districts it would seem 
that many dairy farmers have realized 
this condition and are determined to mod¬ 
ify their agricultural practices. 
Feeding Work Horses 
What is a good feed for a work team? 
Is rye equal to whole corn? v. S. N. 
Pennsylvania. 
A useful ration for work horses during 
the Winter would be of five part of oats, 
three parts of cracked corn and two parts 
of bran. For heavy work horses at regu¬ 
lar work feed 11-4 lbs. of this mixture 
daily for each 100 lbs. of live weight. In 
addition feed 1 lh. of hay for each 100 lbs. 
of live weight per day, feeding the hulk 
of the hay at night and say, 40 per cent 
of the grain ration in the middle of the 
day. While rye approaches corn in feed¬ 
ing value it is not suitable for feeding 
horses, and I would not include any of it 
in a ration intended for work horses. In¬ 
digestion is very apt to accompany its 
use iu a ration for horses. Reduce the 
able, you should feed less of the grain 
mixture first mentioned. 
For the young stock I would feed: 30 
lbs. of corn. 30 lbs. of oats, 30 lbs. of 
bran. 10 lbs. of oilmeal. It is not nec¬ 
essary to feed any of the animals ex¬ 
cepting the milch cow any of the mois¬ 
tened beet pulp. 
The preparation of pig skins for com¬ 
mercial use is rather complicated, and 
you had best communicate with some tan¬ 
ner and secure specific instructions from 
this source. 
Feed for Guernsey 
What is the best grain ration to feed 
grade Guernsey cows, making one part 
eorn-nnd-cob meal? We can get bran, 
middlings, cottonseed, gluten and several 
dairy feeds. Last Winter we used some 
gluten, but the cows did not like it We 
have mixed hay, cornstalks and oat hay 
for roughage. F. n. e. 
Maine. 
A useful ration for Guernsey cows, in¬ 
cluding the corn-and-cob meal that you 
have on hand, would be: 300 lbs. of 
corn-and-cob meal. 200 lbs. of ground 
oats, 100 lbs. of wheat bran, 200 lbs. of 
gluten. If you do not have silage or 
mangel beets, the addition of 150 lbs. of 
beet pulp would materially increase the 
palatability of the mixture. Give the 
cows all of the roughage that they would 
consume, including mixed hay, cornstalks 
and oat hay. 
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