T»t RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 2 a, 1920 
-,44 
Pasture and Barn Notes 
Feeding Cows Grain. —This is the 
time of year when our fresh cows are be¬ 
ing fed practically fill of the grain that 
they will eat. We are using a rather 
narrow ration which the cows like, and it 
is not a difficult thing to work a cow up 
to full feed. The problem is to hold her 
there and not overdo the job. M e find 
the most effective way to do this is to 
throw a little of the grain from the dish 
into the manger before dumping in the 
full amount. If the cow goes after this 
first mouthful or so with relish, she gets 
her full allowance. If she is slow at 
taking hold, we cut her down a hit. By 
fullowing this system we find that we are 
able to feed a string of cows, practically 
each one getting a different amount of 
grain, day in and day out. without over¬ 
feeding. 
Water Buckets. —This is our first 
year’s experience with the automatic 
water bucket. We are using a type which 
can be attached to any ordinary pressure 
system, and which the cow operates with 
her nose. These buckets are on one side 
of the barn. On the other side we did 
not get them in. and are watering the 
cows in the manger. IN hile we have no 
figures to prove it. we believe that the 
cows watered in the manger drink fully 
as much water a-, those that get it from 
the buckets, and I am not sure but that 
they can be made to give just as much 
milk under the one system as under the 
other. The buckets, however, are to be 
preferred, because they require no atten¬ 
tion, because they do not carry disease 
if kept clean, and because they assure 
the animal having water when it wants it. 
Silage for Calves. —We occasionally 
hear of a man who objects to feeding 
silage to young calves. In our own ex¬ 
perience as si'i'Li as a calf is 10 weeks old 
or thereabouts, we begin to give it a 
handful or so of silage twice a day. and 
gradually increase this amount up to 
three or four quarts for a six-months-old 
calf. We believe that it pays to feed this 
silage, and have never noticed any ill- 
effects on the calves. 
Fitting Dry Cows. —Earlier in the 
season we told how our cows that fresh¬ 
ened early in the Fall disappointed us in 
their production. Those same cows to¬ 
day. after four mouths' milking, are doing 
better than they did when they freshened, 
simply as a result of good feed and care. 
We figured that the Fall pastures did not 
get these cows in good enough condition 
where they could do well, and so, since 
the cows have been in the barn, we have 
figured to have the cows that fresheu'iu 
shape to do their best. As a fitting ra¬ 
tion we have been using a mixture of 100 
lbs. of bran. 100 lbs. of ground oats, 
100 lbs. of hominy and 50 lbs. of oilmeal. 
We feed a dry cow approximately four 
quarts a day of this. dairyman. 
Seeding for Oats and Hay 
I have a piece of land that is of a sandy 
nature, which gave me a crop of oats, and 
I desire to get a crop of oats or millet off 
it this year and at the same time seed 
down for hay next year. Would you ad¬ 
vise oats and peas and certain seeds for 
hay being sown at the same time, or oats 
and millet and seeds for hay? Just what 
would you advise, what seed for hay and 
amount per acre? Land has been sadly 
neglected, and all the fertilizer I can get 
will be strawy manure and perhaps some 
commercial fertilizer. Will -lime help.' 
If so, what sort would you advise and 
amouut per acre? A. M. 
Athol, Mass. 
If this is poor land naturally it will 
not pay to seed oats and peas and grass 
seed unless the soil is well manured and 
fertilized. Oats and peas draw heavily 
upon the soil, and you will not get a good 
stand of grass unless the laud is in good 
condition. Lime would help that soil— 
at least 1,200 lbs. per acre after plowing. 
The land should be well manured, or at 
least GOO lbs. of fertilizer to the acre 
harrowed in. Our plan is to sow four jr 
five peeks of Canada field peas to the 
acre and disk them under or plow under 
with a small plow. Then sow 2 1 \ bush 
els of oats and work in with a harrow. 
Where you use a grain drill the peas and 
oats can be mixed and drilled in together. 
It is better, if possible, to have the peas 
seeded a little deeper than the oats. In 
a favorable season—that is. when there is 
an abundance of moisture—the grass seed 
can be put in with th<‘ oats and peas. 
In a dry season the heavy growth of the 
grain crop may starve out the grass. In 
any event, there must be a strong soil 
and abundance of plant food to carry all 
these crops. We should use about 10 lbs. 
of Timothy grass seed. 8 'lbs. of Bed-top 
and 5 lbs. Alsike clover to the acre. 
A Spring Manorial Crop: Wood Ashes 
1. I see much in the papers about using 
green crops plowed in as mauure. I have 
a piece of ground which I wish to plant 
about July 5 to root crops, such as car¬ 
rots. beets and turnips. What would yon 
advise me to sow to plow in at that time? 
The land cannot he ready to plant before 
April 25. What would grow at that time? 
2. Would it be a good plan to mix wood 
ashes with fertilizer that is deficient in 
potash? These ashes are fine, being sifted 
through ordinary screen wire. w. b. o. 
Massachusetts. 
We presume the ground is bare now. 
If that is so. we would seed to oats and 
Canada peas, as we have so often advised. 
If possible, manure or fertilize the land 
well wheu seeding the oats and peas. 
Plow this crop under late iu June. The 
crop cannot make a full growth by that 
time, but there will be far more than 
enough to pay for seed and labor. Plow 
the green crop under deep and spread 
1.200 lbs. of lime in the furrows. Pack 
down well with roller or heavy drag, and 
fit the upper soil well for the root crop. 
We would not try to mix the wood ashes 
with the fertilizer. The ashes are too 
line to make a good mixture. Better 
broadcast and harrow them in and use 
the fertilizer iu the drill or hill. 
Improving a Sandy Soil 
I have a garden, very sandy, some parts 
clear sand. Will you advise whether such 
land can be used for anything to advan¬ 
tage? Would the application of a lot of 
horse manure make good land? It is high 
and dry. W. H. N. 
Massachusetts. 
Clean sand without any mixture of clay 
or loam will not make “good land,” but 
it can be greatly improved. It must he 
made more compact, so as to hold water 
better, aud must be filled with organic 
matter. We should use a good dressing 
of lime—at the rate of at least one ton 
per acre. Spread it after spading or 
plowing, and rake or harrow well into 
the soil. The lime will hind the sandy 
soil together and make it more compact. 
Sifted coal ashes worked into this sand 
will help fill it up and make it more solid. 
Plow in manure and garden refuse. Any¬ 
thing .that will decay in the soil will help 
it. Keep it covered with some growing 
crop. After the garden crops are off, seed 
rye, clover, turnips, anything that will 
grow, and spade or plow it all into the 
soil. That is what is called stuffing the 
Soil with organic matter, and if it is kept 
up the sand will slowly change into a 
light loam aud become far more fertile. 
Rye as a Milk Substitute for Pigs 
[ am told that out West in raising pigs 
they do not use milk, but take rye ground 
like flour, pour water on it aud let it 
stand for a day and it is almost like the 
sow’s milk. They keep adding to this 
mixture as fast as used from it. but I am 
afraid to use it. as some around here 
say it will surely kill the young pigs. 
Aurora. N. Y. C>. M. 
No. Rye gruel cannot take the place 
of milk in feeding pigs or any other ani¬ 
mals. No grain can furnish the feeding 
value of milk, nor does any grain eoutain 
the needed vitamines which are so neces¬ 
sary to the growth of young stock. Some 
one has told you what is called a “big 
story.” A mixture of equal parts of corn- 
meal. ground oats, middlings and bran 
will make a good gruel ration for little 
pigs, but it cannot equal milk. Rye meal 
is a safe feed. 
This is a dairy section, local creamery. 
Price of milk for December. S4.20 and 
$3.00 per 100. Cows very high, and poor 
grades at that: .$125 to $200 per head. 
Butter. 50 to 60c per lb. Eggs, in trade, 
70c per doz. at local stores. Corn on the 
cob. $40 a ton. Rye. $1.25 per bn. Oats, 
OOe per bu. Buckwheat. $1.50 per bu. 
Rye straw, $1S a ton. Hay very high and 
of poor quality at $40 a ton. Potatoes 
scarce. $2 per bu. There are quite a few- 
good-sized apple orchards in this part of 
the country, hut apple crop poor this sea¬ 
son : sold at $5.50 to $7 per bu.: mostly 
Baldwin and Northern Spy. We have 
lots of abandoned farms in this part of 
Sussex County. Everybody wants to sell 
and go to the city or somewhere where 
money is said to come easy and in fat 
rolls. No help can be obtained on farms 
for love or money. The zinc mines in 
Franklin and Ogdensburg. the iron mines 
in Wharton (in these places the wages 
run from 48 to 65c an hour for unskilled 
labor), and the shoe factories aud silk 
mills in Newton, take every able man 
from the farms up here. Besides that, 
road construction work will start up 
again in the Spring, and last Fall wages 
were from $3.50 to $4 a day. eight hours. 
The outlqok for farmers is not very good 
for (he coming season. During last >e : ,r 
and the year before a lot of hogs were 
raised here, but the farmers want no more 
of that. 1 know of lots of them selliug 
12-weeks-old pigs for $5 a pair last Fall. 
The outlook is not very prosperous, but 
times will change. A. L. 
Sussex Co., N. J. 
Long-faced Individual —My friends, 
what would you do if you expected the 
end of the world in ten days? The Tramp 
—Wait fer it.—Boston Transcript. 
Milk Record on One 
Cow Must Prove 
Larro Guarantee 
Pick out one cow—any cow 
you choose—and let the gain 
in her milk-yield prove the 
Larro guarantee. 
First carefully record the 
milk production of the cow 
for a week. Next begin to 
give her Larro (slowly at 
first, allowing her a week to 
gradually make the change) 
and after that make another 
record of her production— 
comparing the total with the 
figure established before you 
started feeding Larro! 
If you aren’t getting more 
milk than you were before or 
if for any reason you are dis¬ 
satisfied take the two empty 
sacks and any Larro you have 
left back to your dealer and 
your money will be refund¬ 
ed immediately. 
A 
n 
A-V. 
,iK . ~ 
. 
£P,’ 
7>' 
^ ^Sjgg 
.5rV; 
■ • 
WW-feec/ 
m looibsM 
HOI vl" 0 „ 
5S ?■" uOTONOtR -•» 
L * NOT OV# 
MgUF™* 
LARRO*®’ 
PRODUCTS. 
Figure the Extra Profit 
from Your Milk Record 
The Larro guarantee means just what it says—you get more milk or you 
get your money back—and your own milk record must prove this gain. 
No matter how much milk your cows are producing on their present 
ration you are absolutely assured that with Larro they will produce more. 
Why You Get More 
Milk With Larro 
You get more milk with Larro because it 
isn’t a one-sided ration, but a nutritious 
balanced food. 
The protein is there—in just the propor¬ 
tion to maintain the highest possible milk 
flow over a long period, and the carbohy¬ 
drates are there too, and the other neces¬ 
sary elements—all the ingredients scien¬ 
tifically mixed by automatic machinery 
with just one purpose in view, to produce 
milk-pail results. 
DEALERS: Write 
The Larro we Milling Company, 606 Larrowe Bldg., Detroit, U. S. 
The cows like Larro because it’s pala¬ 
table—tastes so good—and it’s so diges¬ 
tible that an unusually high percentage 
is utilized in actual milk production. 
See the Larro Dealer 
Remember that in starting to feed Larro 
you are certain of bigger profits —a 
sure increase in your milk production 
exactly according to the terms of the 
Larro guarantee. 
If your dealer does not carry Larro get in 
touch with us at once. 
for Liberal Proposition 
THE READY RATION FOR DAIRY COWS 
