The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Feeding Young Pigs 
I wish to know about feeding pigs 
nffer they'.are weaned. We have skim- 
j ,;]k. Will you give me a balanced ra¬ 
tion? I expect to enter the pig in a con¬ 
test for my little girl, and want to give 
it the right start. J. A. 
New York. 
There is nothing any better for pigs 
than-skim-milk, and when an abundance 
„f this material is available, economical 
•is well as normal growth is assured. A 
(,',-ain ration consisting of five parts of 
nirnmeal, two parts of middlings and 
three parts of ground oats would make a 
. ,,o(l combination. Moisten these ma¬ 
p-rials with water and feed them in the 
f„nn of a thick slop, about the consistency 
buttermilk. For each pound of dry 
»,. a in fed per day allow the pig five or 
Cix pounds of skim-milk. This propor¬ 
tion seems to give better results than 
would follow the use of more milk and 
I, S s grain. A pig should be fed during 
its early growing stages as much as from 
;;ito -t lbs. of grain for each 100 lbs. 
of live weight. 
Much would depend upon what the 
rules and regulations of the contest pro¬ 
vide. If economy is to be rewarded as 
well as gain in weight, then one should 
endeavor to reduce the amount of grain 
and insist that the pig forage persistently 
on some green crop, such as oats and 
|, ea s. Dwarf Essex rape, clover or Al¬ 
falfa. This ration would serve very well 
until the pic weighs 100 lbs., after which 
(lie oats and middlings should be taken 
away from the mixture and the pig fat¬ 
tened largely on corn and skim-milk. 
period. If the cow in question is due to 
freshen within a month. I would dry her 
lip at once, taking all the grain away 
from her, milking her only once a day 
until the udder is completely dried up and 
then begin to feed her generously of grain, 
so that she may approach calving time in 
good strength and vigor. 
4. Any concentrate, if rich in protein, 
should be fed sparingly as calving ap¬ 
proaches. Cottonseed meal has been 
known to contribute to abortion, and cows 
during this stage of their gestation do not 
need products rich iu protein. Such 
feeds as oats, bran, cornmeal and oilmeal 
are much better adapted for feeding cows 
during this period; 
5. A 6 to 12-months-old heifer should 
receive a grain ration consisting of three 
parts of corn, three parts of bran, three 
parts of oats and one part of oilmeal. 
Supplementing this grain ration should 
he Alfalfa or clover mixture. The heifer 
Should be fed from 3 to 5 lbs. of this mix¬ 
ture of grain per day, depending upon 
the condition, age, and general stage of 
development. The neighbor has given 
you bad advice. You cannot afford to 
winter your heifers without providing 
some grain, especially if you desire them 
to grow and develop into useful dairy 
cows. It is possible to winter them on 
roughage and cornstalks, but they will 
do better if given some grain. 
0, The only grain that I should feed 
dairy cows on good pasture would be corn- 
meal. and if the pasture were poor I 
should feed equal parts of cornmeal and 
cottonseed meal. If gluten were less ex¬ 
pensive than the cottonseed meal, it would 
be possible to feed only gluten to cows 
on good pasture. 
Various Dairy Questions 
Would jyioui be so kind as to give me 
a little advice in regard to the follow¬ 
ing? 1. I fun using mangel beets of which 
1 grew plenty for the entire Winter feed¬ 
ing. 1 assume they are better than beet 
pulp recommended. I feed about half a 
bueketfull to one cow twice a day. 2. 
1 have noted recommendations to use 3. 
nV>. etc., lbs. of millfeed to a pound of 
milk which a cow. gives. Do you mean 
that the quantity of such feed should be 
reduced as a cow gradually falls off in 
milk yield as the time from the freshening 
periods lengthens? My observation has 
been that the practice is to increase the 
feed under such circumstances, with a 
view of increasing the flow. 3. Most 
people with whom I have talked tell me 
that a cow should have a rest of from 
one to two months before freshening, in 
which she should not be milked; but 
others say they- believe the best practice 
is to milk the'cows just as long as they 
continue to give any worthwhile quantity. 
My emv should be fresh within one 
month, but is still giving milk. Would 
he glad to know the most approved prac¬ 
tice. 4. Is it true cottonseed meal should 
not he fed to a cow for some time before 
she is to freshen? If so, why is it detri¬ 
mental? 5. What grain ration should a 
<• to 12-months-old heifer receive? A 
neighbor tells me he does not feed his 
young stock lie is wintering any grain 
whatever. I have been feeding my heifer 
a small quantity of wheat bran twice a 
day all Winter. (>. What grain ration, if 
any, should be fed to a cow on grass pas¬ 
ture? • G. B. F. 
Maryland. 
1. Mangel beets do provide more su 
enlence than does beet pulp, and mile! 
the cost; of producing them is prohibitiv 
you would, no doubt, have better resul 
irom feeding the mangels than were ye 
to use beet pulp moistened with watt 
and mol asses. It Inis been observed. lto\ 
' ver, among dairymen who are feed it 
test cows that beet pulp, being a litt 
more concentrated than mangels, is pe 
Imps better suited for such use. If yc 
of beets, it is practicable 1 
weighing 1.200 to 1.300 lb 
00 or even 75 lbs. of mange 
have plenty 
feed a cow 
as much as 
per dav. 
2. The 
for each 
Iter cow 
necessary 
ns this rule suggests 
the lactation period 
rule is to feed 1 lb. of gra 
3 or 3Vv lhs. of milk produc 
ner day. Naturally it is n 
to feed quite as much gra 
s at the beginning 
when the cow 
able to transfer considerable of her b< 
flesh into milk, provided she is in g< 
condition. As the lactation period 
vanees, the flow naturally decreases, i 
!i P^Ettpsiblc to endeavor to keep 
'fie flow of milk by increasing the amoi 
V fed. It is useless, however, 
increase the amount of grain beyond 
‘ «i t a in point, and this point is dot 
mined by the failure of the cow to 
rimml by producing more milk when ,m 
V s °, 1 ? ered - Good sense must s 
dement all general rules that are s 
u Med for feeding dairy cows. 
„ h ,- a “ “oans milch cows should 
rO, . f, r< * st Pomod varying from four 
the cnn\m- ’ depending, of course, n\ 
t'li-dimr! 1 , 1 'rV° t'loeow and her gene 
close a cow milked 
i tn h! g h T’ tbe milk is v 
WW »ml ill suited for i 
few ,,, C -n W P ers tets in 'giving 
• d i mlk . a d fl y she should 
s i ( . ... , - denying her grain, so t : 
'•j- \ at lcuiali si.; Weeks us a i 
Feeding Freshening Cows 
1. Will you make up a ration for Hol¬ 
stein cows? They are in good condition 
and are now freshening. I feed them 
clover, mixed hay and grain. I have to 
buy all the grain. I have no silage, but 
can buy beet pulp, also all kinds of grain, 
to make a properly balanced ration. 2. 
One of my Jersey’s teats is not in order. 
She gives slimy milk from that one sore 
teat. J. p. 
Rockland Go.. N. Y. 
1. Assuming that your Holstein cows 
are in good condition, as you have indi¬ 
cated. that you have available an abun¬ 
dance of clover and mixed hay. and that 
you must purchase all the concentrates 
necessary for making a ration, 1 would 
suggest the following combination : Corn- 
and-cobmeal. 400 lbs.: gluten meal, 200 
lbs.; buckwheat middlings, 200 lbs.; cot¬ 
tonseed, 200 lbs. Feed 1 lb. of this mix¬ 
ture for each 3 ibs. of milk produced per 
day, and allow the animals all of the 
bay that, they will clean up with relish. 
It would be well to feed 4 or 5 lbs. of the 
dry beet pulp, after it has been moistened 
for 12 hours, in two feedings, morning 
and night. If you would mix some oil¬ 
meal with the beet pulp, you would be 
adding a little more protein, and if they 
are in good flesh it would be well to feed 
them a relatively narrow ration. 
2. As for the Jersey cow that has an 
infected quarter, it is liest to remove all 
the grain from her ration, with the ex¬ 
ception of possibly beet pulp and some 
wheat bran, and to give her some purge, 
preferably epsom salts or raw linseed oil. 
Rathe the teat and the udder with a sat¬ 
urated salt solution, using water as hot 
as can be handled without burning. After 
the inflammation is removed and the teat 
begins to approach normal conditions, 
you can increase the grain and feed her 
in the usual way. 
Guernsey Club Meeting 
The annual meeting of the American 
Guernsey Cattle Club will be held at the 
Auditorium Hotel. Michigan Avenue and 
Congress Street. Chicago, Ill., May 12. 
1020. at 10:30 a. m. In addition to the 
regular business the following amendment 
to Section 8 of by-laws is proposed: 
Any animal registered iu the Canadian 
Guernsey Herd Book can be registered 
in the Herd Register of the American 
Guernsey Cattle Club, if eligible in accord 
with these by-laws, on the strength of 
the official certificates from the Canadian 
Herd Book, without the registration of 
ancestors. Such certificate must in all 
cases bear a sketch showing all white 
markings of the animal in question. 
The applicant for registration of an 
animal imported from Canada must iu 
all cases be the person whose name ap¬ 
pears in the Canadian Herd Book as the 
owner of said animal on the date of 
application. 
To register an animal imported from 
Canada iu dam there must accompany 
the entry application a certificate of 
service signed by the owner of the sire 
and also by the registrar of the Canadian 
Guernsey Breeders’ Association, who will 
certify to the ownership and registration 
of the sire in the Canadian Herd Book. 
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