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g?>e RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
March 6, 1920 
The Name Insures Satisfaction 
The De Laval Milker is sold with a full 
knowledge of the fact that more is expected 
of the De Laval than of any other milker. 
For over forty years the name DE LAVAL 
on dairy machinery has stood for highest 
value and service to the user. 
The De Laval Milker is a distinctly differ¬ 
ent type of machine from other milkers, and 
was designed with two chief objects in 
view—the comfort of the cow and ease of 
cleaning. 
The Udder Pulsator, with its alternating 
action and positive, uniform pulsation, pleases 
the cow and induces milk secretion. The 
simple and sanitary design of all parts with 
which the milk comes in contact, and the 
special quality of the rubber used, make 
possible practical sterilization and production 
of milk of higher safes value. 
The De Laval Milker has been in daily 
use for three years on cows of every breed, 
as well as in producing certified milk and in 
A. R. O. work. 
The De Laval Company’s well-known 
facilities and reputation for service are an 
assurance of lasting satisfaction to users of 
De Laval Milkers. 
Write to nearest De Laval office for Milker 
Catalog, mentioning number of cows milked 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
165 Broadway 29 East Madisor Street 61 Beale Street 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Ration with Ground Oats 
I have eight cows that will freshen 
next month, and 1 would like a balanced 
ration for them. Will feed oat straw, 
cornstalks and clover and Timothy hay 
mixed. I have to buy all the grain with 
tln> exception of oats: that I will have 
ground. I cannot buy beet pulp : can get 
gluten for $4.10 cwt.; cornmeal, $3.00, 
and can get wheat bran or middlings. 
New York. F. B. 
Assuming that your cows are in good 
flesh, for it i.s scarcely possible to obtain 
milk at a profit from cows that are not 
in good condition at freshening time. I 
would suggest the following combination 
for your milch cows that are due to 
freshen soon : 300 lbs. of ground oats. 
200 lbs. of gluten, 100 lbs. of bran. 100 
lbs. of cornmeal, 100 lbs. of oilmeal. I 
would not use any middlings, for there 
is very lirtle difference in the analysis of 
the middlings obtainable nowadays and 
wheat bran that is included in this com¬ 
bination. It would he possible for you 
to increase the amount of oats 1 1 400 
lbs., especially since you have clover hay 
for roughage. 
During the time that they are at the 
peak of their milk flow there would be 
an advantage in providing some form of 
succulence, such as beet pulp, yet a great 
deal would depend upon their daily pro¬ 
duction. Give them all the roughage they 
will clean up. using preferably clover bay 
and cornstalks, and omitting Timothy hay. 
for it is of little value in feeding dairy 
cows. 
Soy Beans in Silage 
I think it has been recommended to 
plant Soy beans with our corn. If I 
understand riglily this Soy beau, being a 
legume, benefits the soil a little, and also 
if harvested with the corn and put in 
silo increases the amount of silage and 
also makes it of better quality. The Soy 
bean here grows only about two feet 
high, in the form of a small bush, and 
is difficult to harvest with the corn, as 
corn is cut by hand and not with a har¬ 
vester. I would like to know whether 
our common pole bean or an early Lima 
bean would answer the same. I suppose 
they are just as much a legume and they 
will cling to the growing cornstalk, and 
thus will take no extra labor to harvest, 
either by hand or Machine. Would the 
beans and vines injure or benefit the feed¬ 
ing value of the silage? xi. H. 
New York. 
Corn and Soy beans are not essentially 
companion crops. As you suggest, it is 
difficult to harvest the beans aud the corn 
simultaneously, even though a harvestes 
is available. Not only does one exper¬ 
ience difficulty in harvesting the crop, but 
it is not easy to cultivate corn and Soy 
beans planted together. Therefore I am 
sure better results will follow the plant¬ 
ing of the corn intended for silage in 
one area aud the drilling of Soy beans in¬ 
tended for silage in still another field. 
In this case the corn can be cut by hand 
preparatory to being hauled to the silo, 
while the Soy beans can be cut with a 
mowing machine, raked in windrows and 
bunched, and hauled into the barnyard 
at the same time. If one row of green 
Soy beans are being fed through the silage 
cutter for each four or five loads of the 
corn, the proportion will be such as would 
yield the best results. Of course the Soy 
beans carrying nitrogen would add protein 
to the silage, and the combination silage 
would have a higher feeding value than 
the straight corn silage. It is advisable to 
let both the silage and the Soy beans cure 
for a few days previous to putting them 
through the silage cutter, as it saves the 
handling of a large amount of water and. 
if it is not carried too far, will not impair 
its feeding value. I doubt very much the 
advisability of substituting the Lima beau 
or the Kentucky Wonder for the Soy 
bean under the conditions you describe. 
It occurs to me that the Lima bean would 
be more vigorous in its growth than the 
corn, and probably prevent normal de¬ 
velopment of the hill of corn. Experience 
would he the only means of determining 
the usefulness of such a procedure. No 
doubt the Lima beans would gather uitro- 
geu as do the Soy beans, and perhaps the 
yield per acre would be greater. I am 
sure, however, that I would grow my 
beaus and corn separately if I were look¬ 
ing forward to harvest time with the 
thought of making the labor problem as 
easy as possible. 
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