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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
April 17, 1020 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Ration Lacks Protein 
I Lave two Holstein heifers, .last fresh, 
and I am feeding them corn fodder, 
clover hay and a mixture of cracked corn 
and oats, molasses and ground Alfalfa 
and a mixed dairy feed. I have a lot of 
small sweet potatoes, and am told by 
some of the native farmers that sweet 
potatoes will decrease the flow of milk 
and dry up a cow.. They claim that the 
second cutting of Amber sorghum will 
poison stock. n. d. 
Maryland. 
The ration that you are feeding the 
two Holstein heifers lacks protein, and I 
would add cottonseed meal, gluten or oil- 
meal to the combination. I would not 
feed sweet potatoes to cows in milk. You 
have been correctly advised. They do 
not give succulence, and they do not in¬ 
crease the flow of milk, but rather de¬ 
crease it. I should feed them to sheep 
or to pigs, provided the ewes were not 
nursing lambs; but they would supply 
no nutrition to dairy cows. 
If the second cutting of sorghum has 
been properly cured there will be no dan¬ 
ger in feeding it to dairy cows. The 
reason why it is claimed that this pos¬ 
sesses poisoning properties is that, during 
the Fall when this material ripens, it is 
exceedingly hard to get the product cured, 
arid as a result it is likely to be put in the 
hay mow musty arid moldy. It will fer¬ 
ment and accumulate conditions that will 
produce what we commonly know as for¬ 
age poisoning. It all depends upon how 
it is cured and how it comes out of the 
mow after it is stored. Such materials 
as Soy beans, coav peas and sorghum, that 
ripen in the Fall, when the the days are 
short, the dews are ‘heavy, and the curing 
qualities difficult to obtain, are hard-to 
make into hay that is in reality lit to 
milk. In such case it would be well to 
supply the cow with some succulent feed, 
such as beet- pulp or mangels. 
Cows’ Milk for Lambs 
Please inform me how to neutralize 
cows' milks for feeding young lambs. 
Ohio. 0 . ii. w. 
Select the cow in your dairy that pro¬ 
duces the richest milk and feed the milk 
to your lambs without any dilution or 
adulteration. More injury results from 
overfeeding than underfeeding. When the 
lambs are small it is important that they 
be given small amounts of milk fre¬ 
quently, preferably every two or three 
hours during the first two or three days. 
The suggestion that is often made that 
cow’s milk is too rich for lambs and 
should be diluted with water is absolutely 
wrong, for ewe’s milk tests much higher 
than the average cow’s milk. Clean bot¬ 
tles and nipples and a limited amount of 
rich milk is by all odds the most desirable 
for hand-feeding lambs. 
Feeding Little Pigs 
We often have sows farrowing large 
litters of pigs which they are unable t>> 
raise and take care of. Feeding them 
cow’s milk will not do. What else be¬ 
sides cow’s milk is required for the little 
pigs? It seems too bad to lose them for 
lack of proper milk until they are able 
to eat. From seven to nine pigs to the 
sow is all right, but 12 or more is a 
problem for us and the sow. Kindly tell 
us how we can manage to keep them all 
thrifty until they are able to eat? A. K. 
Connecticut. 
The sows should be able to care for all 
the pigs they farrow if they are- prop¬ 
erly fed and managed. To that end make 
Bottle-fed Lambs Ready for a Meal 
eat. In any event, the sorghum should 
not constitute the sole roughage, supplied 
to dairy cows. It should be supplemented 
with Alfalfa, clover or mixed hay. 
Bitter Milk 
We have only one cow at present, part 
Holstein, part Jersey. Until two weeks 
ago we made 0 lbs. butter weekly, be¬ 
sides the milk we used. At that time 
the milk began turning bitter, and up to 
the present day is very much so—some 
milkings much more so than others. As 
a consequence the cream is bitter and 
will not churn, or collect, although show¬ 
ing many particles similar to cornmeal. 
In churning the cream turns to a frothy, 
whipped foam instead of real butter. 
Cow is seven years old. and will he far¬ 
row this Summer. She is in good con¬ 
dition, hearty appetite and drinks well. 
Am feeding cornmeal. one part; wheat 
middlings, two parts, and bran, four 
parts; fair clover. Timothy and Blue 
grass hay. Stable is kept clean. H. c. 
New York. 
Bitter milk can usually be traced to 
one of two sources—either the cow is be¬ 
ing milked too closely to calving time, or 
she is being fed on some grain or rough- 
age that contains toxic properties, and 
hence flavors the milk. In any event 1 
would reduce the grain being fed to this 
cow for two or three days and follow this 
with a purge consisting of a pound of 
epsom salts dissolved in warm water and 
mixed with a pound of molasses that has 
been diluted in warm water. After the 
system has been cleansed in this manner, 
then it would be proper gradually to in¬ 
crease the amount of grain supplied. You 
can increase the ration you are feeding 
by including more oilmeal. Instead of 
the middlings, I would suggest the fol¬ 
lowing: Equal parts of cornmeal. ground 
oats, wheat bran, oilmeal and gluten. 
Feed one pound of this grain mixture for 
each three or four pounds of milk pro¬ 
duced per day. 
It is possible that digestive disorders 
are responsible for the bad flavor of the 
sows in pig take active exercise every day 
of gestation. If snow or wind prevent 
outdoor exercise let the sows root for 
shelled corn and whole oats scattered 
upon a big barn floor or clean swept 
ground and covered with litter. Allow 
free access to clover or Alfalfa hay and 
allow, roots or a little silage and light 
laxative slop. C’ow’s milk will suffice for 
orphan pigs if you shake up in each pint 
of it a teaspoonful or more of bacon 
grease and have it blood warm. Feed it 
from a clean bottle and nipple. 
Bottle-fed Lambs 
The accompanying picture shows some 
hand-raised lambs on the American Per¬ 
sian Fur Sheep Company’s ranch in 
Otsego Co., N. Y. The nurse of these 
orphans is a veteran sheep expert, T/asnllo 
Gardiner. All the lambs shown in the 
picture were raised on a bottle by him, 
thereby adding some valuable breeding 
stock that would have been lost by a less 
careful man. At the age of eight months 
they came regularly from the field for 
their bottle. c. F. V. 
1 
SWINE 
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DELKENDO HERD 
BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS 
Families represented are: Orange Boy, Big Boh, 
Clansman, Dislier’s Giant and Gustdale .tones. 
Spring pigs out of 800 and 900-lb. dams at maturity. 
My sows and gilts average 10 pigs per litter this 
spring. Write for circular. Everything cholera im¬ 
mune and guaranteed. J. E.WAY, Prop , Dover. Delaware 
Prvlanrl f'Kina 1 hoar weighing 500. 
rc.eg.r'oianci V_nma Western Breeding. 1 
sow, weighing 500. Can carry 700. Pigs both sexes. 
Sired by boars weighing 1.000: from 800-1 h. sow. 
K. ROWELL - Louisa, Virginia 
m ,, .an ages ami sizes, rigs now 
I QIHWnrttK ready, as fine as von ever saw. 
* AAIll •* V* U,|J E0GEW00D FARM.West Sleplient.wn. N.T, 
M., □. I. „ J I'Ll... Leave ALL others in the Discard, 
my roiana-bllinas Noted Blood Lines, with quality. 
Dr. Knox - Danbury, Conn. 
MORE 
PORK 
IN LESS TIME 
have a tendency to put oil great amounts 
of pork at an early age. They are easy-feeding animals, and raise large families. 
These hogs were introduced less than 50 years ago, and yet in 1918, 51% of all the 
hogs marketed in the country were "Duroc-Jerseys." They are uniformly red in 
color. Increase your profits by raising Duroc-Tersey hogs. 
Write for “DUROC-JERSEY HOGS ARE PROLIFIC AND PROFITABLE”—sent free 
to hog-raisers by the largest swine record association in the world. Over 12,000 members. 
The National Duroc-Jersey Record Association. Dept. i4o Peoria, Ill. j 
BERKSHIRES 
FLINTST0NE BERKSHIRES 
Fimtstonc Columbia 8th 
- Order your spring pigs from 
this type of sow bred to 
Pearl’s Successor 8th. 
A limited number of fall 
boars for sale; also sow pigs 
and bred sows. 
Flintstone Farm :: Dalton, Mass. 
Laurelton Farms 
BIG TYPE 
BERKSHIRES 
For Sale—100 Spring 
Pigs for shipment 
when two months old. 
Sons and Daughters of 
HIGHWOOD MAJESTIC 
23-266927—a 1,000 
pound Boar. 
LAURELTON FARMS 
Dept. R, Lakewood, N. J. 
Large Berkshires 
at Highwood: 
If yon will send for our new folder and price-list 
yon will note that you can get just :is much for the 
money here as ever. Our prices have not Been ad¬ 
vanced. Special offering of fall hoars weighing up 
to 275 pounds in breeding condition. 
H. C. & H. B. Harpending, Box 15, Dundee, N. Y. 
^Choice Berkshires-^ 
\Ye have some extralnice young 
boars, sows and gilts of Masterpiece 
and Double Champion 33n) breed¬ 
ing at prices that are right. 
Webb Farms, Box R, Clinton Corners, N.Y. 
FEWACRES BERKSHIRES 
COMBINING THE BEST 
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BLOOD 
Selected Pall gilts ami hoars, Big, Typc-y and 
Thrifty . Spring l’igs sirvil by KPOCUAL 
MONARCH. Priced light. Send for Booklet 
FEWACRE FARM. IRA G. PAYNE, Prop. 
EAST SC1IODACK, HENS. CO.. N. Y. 
Cat Rock Farm Berkshires ^di™ 
with size and conformation. Bred sows and gilts 
due to farrow in April and May. Orders taken for 
boar and sow pigs. CAT ROCK FARM, Westwood, Mass. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES MJ’.j'S? 
1 Service l.oar, 2 Boars from Fall litters will be ready for 
Spring-service. Pafmoor Farms, Hartfleld, N. Y. 
Stone’s Berkshires 
Write for descriptive catalogue and price list of 
bred sows and young Berkshires. 
Richard H. Stone, Trumansburg, N.Y. 
Dn.t/^lthni. Rome thrifty boar pigs left. Keg., $15 
DerKSilireS to $20 : uureg.. $8 to $12, according to 
size. Unusual values, cloveiiuall, fa km. (Uiarioii.- vi. 
S PRINOBANK BERKSHIRES. Choice Rows and 
Gilts bred for spring litters. Boars ready for service. 
Ills Type Berk-hires. Address J. E. WATSON, Marbledale, Conn. 
AFT0N FARM BERKSHIRES. Four Kilts br6(l to Highwood 
Rival :$70tli. $ 100-$ 1 *-'5 ; granddaughter of Longfellow's 
Double, boar pigs later. R A. NEWTON, Duminerston, Vermont 
SWINE 
BEST BLOODED DUROCS 
^^* * l **^ g Pathfinder, Defender and 
Drakeside Piggery 
Photo ol our Defender Boar. Delaware, N. J. 
Mnllftfl ■ For tlie Benefit of our customers and also 
nUTIGui prospective buyers in Pennsylvania and new 
York Mate \\ ho \\ mild like^to look over our herd of 
Little Pigs, Bred Gilts, Tried Sows v “” e d B s 0 e a r r ; 
we have established a farm at -Binghamton. NA <. with 
representative animals from our herd. We hope that 
you will take advantage of tin* opportunity ot visit 
ingthis farm as there is no better way of picking out 
your foundation herd. AiIiIiosh your correspondence to 
Enfield Farms, Binghamton, N. Y., and Enfield Farms, Enfield, Conn. 
DUROC JERSEYS nVtle pigV’. 
Orion, Pathfinder, Defender Top Col. breeding. 
Vigorous stock, range raised. Spuria! sale grade 
sows, one two-years old out of and bred to registered 
hoars, from selected dams. Glen Moore, N. J. 
JOHN H. and KENNETH HANKINS0N 
Duroc-Jerseys of Quality 
Young and matured stock, either sex. Most up-to- 
.date blood lines. H. H. LUCliK, Sprino Valley. N.Y. 
KINDERHOOK DUROCS 
Closely selected always. We ship them if they satis¬ 
fy us. You keep them if they satisfy you. New crop 
st'in.. Fill puMi'-ular. write nor McVAUGH, Mqr., KinderhaoV, N.T. 
Reg. DUROC SOWSE^S 
375 t aeli. They are real beauties. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. Pnlrhope Furnm, Box It, Berkshire, IN. Y . 
n,,..* SpringJMgs. B ook i n g orders 
Duroc - Jersey fur March pigs, 8 wks. old, Tax¬ 
payer and Orion blood. Sept, pigs and one yearling ser¬ 
vice hour. Geo. T. Gillum, Cuiiunbiilgiiii, New York 
For Sale -10 Extra Nice Gilts\'" T ™% 
open, 2 bred. Service boars and pigs all look alike. The 
kind yon like. SHENANGO RIVER FARMS, Frodonia, Po. 
PURE BRED Jersey Red Pigs 
5 weeks old, S13. Robert Greig, Eldred, Is'. Y. 
VICTOR FARMS 
BIG -TYPE 
CHESTER WHITES 
l ull hoars and sows. Spring pig>, at 8 wks. Pairs 
and trios. Nothing hut the big type, from host blood 
lines ('lean sweep in classes entered at Trenton and 
Eastern States Exposition, 11U9. 
Victor Farms, Bellvale. New York 
20 Pure Bred C. W. SOWS 
8 mos. old; not bred; SKoO each. 10 Reg. Holstein 
heifers, -J yrs. old, $250 each. (’ash. note or real 
estate. HARKY VAIL, New Milford. Oranoe Co., N.Y. 
Registered O. 1. C. PigsL 11 ^ 
kind, ready to ship April 5th to 10th, at six weeks 
old. Price, S12 each. ARTHUR R. FREEMAN. Pulaski H.Y. 
Reg. CHESTER WHITE PIGS 
Ready.lor shipment after April 20. Service hoar and full 
Bows. I'air and trio not akin. A. A. SCH0FELL, Heuvelton, N T. 
Lancaster Herd of O. /. C. *s 
offers boar and sow pigs of best breeding and qual¬ 
ity at very reasonable prices. Guaranteed to give 
satisfaction. LANCASTER 0.1. C. FARM. R. 1. B.i 144. Lant.il.r, Pa. 
ForSale-Chester White Reg. Swine 
Young Boars and (Jilts. Finest types. Apply to CThnrle* 
11. Diuienliowcr, Mgr.. Penllyn, Pa. II. K. Ilrmj ton. Prop. 
Well Bred ChesterWhite Pigs TA 
Old. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, Oasining. N. Y. Tal. 38R. Briarclill- 
For Sale-50 CHESTER WHITESand BERKSHIRES 
lhgs ti wks. old <•’ $G each. ROUSE BROS.. Duahore. P» 
Phaolar U/hilao Beg. 8-10 wks. “ Schoolmaster ” pigs* 
unester Whites sriuxa valley farm, mkaipms, n.». 
TAMWORTHa.d HAMPSH?RE SWINE 
Write or visit RFYNOI.DS-I.YBROOK FARMS COMPANY 
SucceHHor to Wostvlew Stock Farm r 
K, 1 W lust on--Salem. N. C. 
For Sale Reg. Poland China Pigs 
1,000 pound Boar. I’IRKINS BROTHERS, Lebanon, Ylrfflm. 
sale Berkshires and H a m p s hires Kpring’iuv'™ 
Bed Polled Cattle all ages. 0. H. SWOGCER S SON. Mercer. Pa. 
i U C C U 1 D C C The pig to EAT. Cus- 
n CL O I l I IX C w tomers come for 
them year after year for their own use. We have good 
ones. Ask about them. Mokninhsidk Farm, Syi.vania, 1 a. 
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