The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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Feeding Silage to Steers 
I have interviewed several who feed 
silage as a portion of the ration to cattle 
that are being fattened, and while none 
of them is making a test, they all seem to 
think that it pays. The amount fed varies, 
some feeding 35 lbs. per day, and a few 
running as high as 00 lbs. Corn and cot¬ 
tonseed meal with clover hay constitute 
the ration. All are positive that they 
get a profit in feeding silage to young 
cattle in carrying them over the Winter. 
I fed a bunch of beef cattle five years 
ago; at that time m.v dairy herd was low 
and I took on the feeders to eat the silage. 
I fed silage, corn (ground) and bran 
(wheat), with all the clover hay they 
would eat. While I have not the record 
I kept at that time at hand, I know this 
about it; I felt that I had thrown my 
silage away. I gained time in getting the 
cattle ready for market, but lost in weight. 
They did not weigh out as well as their 
look indicated they should. I fed from 
45 to 55 bu. of silage, but at intervals of 
eight or 10 days had to check up for a 
few days on the silage. 
Indiana. Joseph m. cravens. 
Mammitis 
Bitter Milk 
Would you give mixture for cow ration 
to stop milk from becoming bitter? I 
have only one cow, but sell the milk by 
the quart, and as she does not freshen un¬ 
til June, I think she should not give bitter 
milk so early. c. H. s. 
Usually one can trace the origin of bit¬ 
ter milk to one of two sources; either the 
cow is being milked up too close to calv¬ 
ing time or she is being fed some residual 
products from the house or kitchen, or 
has access to some roughage that is toxic 
or damaged. I would keep all grain away 
from the cow for one full day, and give 
her a dose of Epsom salts, using 1 lb. of 
Epsom salts dissolved in a pint of warm 
water, diluted with 1 lb. of molasses 
which has also been made soluble in a 
pint of warm water. The next day it will 
be possible to give her a small amount of 
grain, say 3 or 4 lbs., of a mixture con¬ 
sisting of 50 lbs. corumeal, 50 lbs. ground 
oats, 50 lbs. wheat bran. 50 lbs. oilmeal, 
25 lbs. beet pulp. Gradually increase the 
amount of grain until the cow is being 
fed 10 or 12 lbs. per day of this combina¬ 
tion. giving her in addition all of the Al¬ 
falfa or clover hay that she will clean 
up with relish. If she continues to give 
bitter milk under these conditions the 
chances are that you will have to force 
her dry and let her have an extended rest 
period. Usually this treatment will solve 
the problem. F. c. it. 
Seven months ago T bought a Holstein 
cow that was giving 24 quarts of milk a 
Death of Pigs; Registering Grade 
A owns pigs. lie kills several of them 
One of Uncle Sam’s Veterans 
, Early in 1916 the automobile shown in 
J the accompanying picture began its 
troubles over a rural mail route in Eastern 
North Carolina, where roads are so had 
■ that few, if any, ever travel them for 
pleasure. I want to put on record the 
Wonderful achievement of the mud-coated 
old veteran that already has travelled a 
greater distance than three times around 
I the earth's surface, or, to be more exact, 
•about S0.000 miles, an enviable record 
even over good, smooth roads. The owner 
and driver, Claude Langley, tells me that 
very few days have been lost owing to 
breakdown, and excepting what has natur¬ 
ally come oil' through wear and tear, noth¬ 
ing has ever been taken out or replaced 
from crank to rear axle. ; The “wear and 
day. I stopped 
She bad some 
first days she. 
quarts of milk, 
quarts. We im 
milking her a month ago. 
trouble at calving. The 
gave only two or three 
but now she gives 10 
bathing her udder with 
warm water .and rubbing it with warm 
lard. Sonic of the farmers around here 
1 claim that she will never again give the 
full quantity of milk. Is it true? Can 
j you tell me. what, ea.qs.es this trouble? 
Should you advise raising heifer calf from 
, th!?; cow? '• * ' *“*■ — s. b. 
New Jersey. 
You do not say at what time the calf 
was due. so we cannot> decide if it was 
born prematurely. The causes of mam- 
initis, garget or caked ‘udder are many, 
(’bill is one of the commonest eauses, or 
it may be due to bruise, 
germs, rough, irregular 
1 milking, indigestion, too 
rich feed, or injury. It is 
a severe attack scarcely 
pletely recovered from, 
seems to have been intelligently treated, 
and as*tbe attack was not severe she may 
eventually return to her normal flow of 
milk. There is a tendency, however, for 
the trouble to recur, especially at a sec¬ 
ond calving. The veterinarian’s treatment 
should be continued under his direction. 
The heifer calf should be raised if strong, 
healthy and promising. 
infection with 
or incomplete 
much protein- 
quite true that 
ever is com- 
but your cow 
tear” will naturally include tires and spark 
plugs, which have been replaced as needed, 
and the carbon removed and valves ground 
when necessary. 
The secret of this creditable perform¬ 
ance can be summed up in few words: 
Careful driving by the same driver, lubri¬ 
cating oil never too low or too high and 
the best oil used according to the season 
of the year. In justice to the veteran it 
is only fair to state that at odd times.' 
after Uncle Sam’s business has been at¬ 
tended to, quite a number of miles men¬ 
tioned in the above record has been ac¬ 
cumulated while carrying passengers, but 
while on duty, according to postal regula¬ 
tions, no passengers can be carried. 
. North Carolina. a. d. dart. 
and leaves 12 to kill later on ; 10 of these 
12 die. These pigs were started on hom¬ 
iny. ground oats and corn, milk and bouse 
slops. They ran in an apple orchard 
through the Summer and fed on rape. 
The pigs were given- condition powder, 
charcoal and salts. Later on, about Sep¬ 
tember and October, A began feeding 
green corn, to start fattening them, lie 
penned them in and fed green corn ; bad 
•hem closed for about six weeks and let 
them nut again into the run. let them run 
around for about two weeks and closed 
them up until killing. The first 12 pigs 
wore all right when butchered, but rhe 
rest got sick after the butchering. They 
first started in with a cough. When they 
died they, turned black, blue and purple. 
This carried on about six weeks, when he 
killed them. 
2. Can a calf whose dam is a high- 
grade Holstein and the sire a registered 
Holstein bull have a title of registration? 
1. The pigs evidently died of swine 
plague (hemorrhagic septicemia), but a 
competent veterinarian should have been 
employed to examine the first one that 
died, 'rin' balance might possibly have 
been saved by vaccination. 2. No. Sire 
and dam have to be pure-bred and regis¬ 
tered to eutitle the progeny to registry. 
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