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When Is a Cow Sick? 
It is a mistake to think that a cow is healthy just because she shows no special 
symptoms of disease. The milk pail tells the story. 
Nine-tenths of the cows that have a milk production below par are suffering from 
a sluggish condition of the digestive or genital organs that can be easily and quickly 
corrected. Big dairymen all over the country are keeping their cows in condition 
by the occasional use of KOW-KURE, the great cow medicine. By acting 
directly on the digestive and genital organs, this wonderful medicine 
tones up the system in a surprisingly short period and the gain in 
milk production is inevitable. 
KOW-KURE is without an equal in the treatment of such cow 
diseases as Abortion, Retained Afterbirth, Barrenness, Scouring, 
Bunches and Milk Fever. It should be on hand wherever cows are 
icept. Druggists and feed dealers sell KOW-KURE in 60c and $1.20 
packages. Send for our free treatise, 
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Its ready-reference information on cow diseases may save jrou many 
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LABEL 
March 0, 102o 
Linseed Oilmeal Compared With Tankage 
Frequently farmers ask the question, 
“Does linseed oilmeal make a cheaper su- 
plement to corn in fattening- swine than 
tankage?” Tests at the Ohio Experiment 
Station help to answer this question. In 
several experiments linseed oilmeal has 
been compared with tankage as a supple¬ 
ment for corn by the following combina¬ 
tions by weight: Corn nine parts, tauk- 
age one part, and corn five parts, linseed 
oilmeal one part. The average initial 
weight of the five pigs used in the ex¬ 
periment was approximately 145 lbs. The 
average daily grain for the pigs receiving 
linseed oilmeal was 1.85 lbs., indicating 
that the hogs do a little better on the 
tankage ration than with the linseed oil¬ 
meal supplement. The feed per 100 lbs. 
gain for the tankage ration w as 396 lbs. 
and 408 lbs. for the linseed oilmeal sup¬ 
plement. With corn valued at $48 per 
ton and hogs at $14 per 100 lbs., the cost 
of feed per 100 lbs. gain with the tank¬ 
age ration was $8.73. For the oilmeal 
supplement it was $8.44. The value of 
gains over the cost of feed in the experi¬ 
ments, which cover 12 weeks, was $44.22 
for the corn-tankage ration and $48.19 
for the corn-linseed oilmeal ration. 
Since the figures used in computing ex¬ 
periments. particularly as to cost price, 
vary different seasons and in different 
localities, only the average daily gain and 
the feed per 100 lbs. gain will' appeal to 
the farmer who is trying to figure out 
the difference in value of these rations. 
In some sections the protein in linseed 
oilmeal may be secured cheaper than the 
protein in tankage. On the other hand, 
where a farmer is a considerable distance 
from the market, it may he cheaper to 
haul tankage than linseed oilmeal. Tank¬ 
age also has the advantage in containing 
good mineral and bone-building constitu¬ 
ents that could not be secured in linseed 
oilmeal. The use of either of these sup¬ 
plements will be found to be of much 
more advantage than to feed corn alone. 
In the same experiment five pigs were 
fed for 12 weeks on corn alone, their av¬ 
erage initial weight being 140 lbs. The 
average daily gain for this lot was only 
1.47 lbs., and the feed requirement was 
442 lbs. per 100 lbs. gain, being 50 lbs. 
higher than the hogs fed tankage and 44 
lbs. more than the hogs receiving linseed 
oilmeal as a supplement. Hogs of these 
average weights will probably take on fat 
and gain faster than pigs of lighter 
weight. It would bo more necessary to 
; feed young pigs either the corn tankage or 
! the corn-linseed oilmeal ration. 
Ground Soy beans have also been tried 
as a supplement to corn, the ratio in this 
case being corn five parts, ground Soy 
beans one part. For five pigs with an 
average initial weight of 146 lbs. the 
average daily gain was 1.62. requiring 
41i lbs. of feed for 100 lbs. gain. Tin- 
ground Soy beans in this case were val¬ 
ued at $48 per ton. and the cost of feed 
per 100 lbs. gain with corn at $1 12 pet- 
bushel was $8.48. With hogs valued at 
$14 per 100 lbs. the value of the gain over 
the cost of feed for the 12 weeks was 
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A Ve'nture in Market Chickens 
I expect to make a .venture in chicken 
raising this Spring. I have a small place 
at the shores but with land enough to 
raise at least 200 chickens. I want them 
for the market, do not intend to carry any 
over Vi inter. \\ hat is the best kind for 
that purpose? I want to produce an A-l 
article that will bring a good price to first- 
class customers. Shall I buy my chicks 
or incubate them? What ought I to pay 
fox- chicks or for eggs? IIow large a per¬ 
centage of eggs hatched? I have never 
managed an incubator, but have raised 
chicks from hens. a. xr. s. 
Connecticut. 
Unless you can secure considerably 
more than the market price for poultry, 
I doubt if you will find raising it for the 
market a profitable proposition. Poultry 
meat produced from high-priced grain is 
an expensive product and requires excep¬ 
tional facilities for its disposal to leave a 
margin of profit where it is not. in a way, 
a by-product. The R. I. I’eds. Plymouth 
Rocks and Wyandottes make good market 
fowls and are good egg producers, as well. 
The still heavier breeds, like the I.aug- 
shaus and Brahmas, are meat producers 
alone. One of the first mentioned would 
probably suit your purpose best. The 
price of eggs and of chicks varies with the 
season, those produced early costing mure 
than if purchased later. You will find 
both advertised by poultrymen in tin- col¬ 
umns of this paper at the ruling prices. 
The percentage of eggs hatched by arti¬ 
ficial means varies from nothing t<> 100 
per cent, but it is not wise to count upou 
more than 60 per cent in one’s estimates. 
Any one of the standard makes of incuba¬ 
tors may safely be purchased as they are 
all long past the experimental stage and 
are thoroughly reliable in use. It would 
ncertninly pay you to send to your experi¬ 
ment station at Storrs and ask for their 
bulletins upon poultry raising and market¬ 
ing. It would pay you well also t<» visit 
a few neighboring poultrymen and get 
first-hand information with regard to the 
business. One season’s experience raiding 
200 fowls and disposing of them will teach 
you much if careful accounts are kept and 
you take advantage of all opportunities to 
iearu details of the business. M. B. D. 
