Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Flint Corn for Feeding 
Can flint, corn lie fed to cows as corn- 
meal? If not. mention a few good dent 
corns that mature early. Give me a good 
ration for Holstein cows without silage 
with these homegrown feeds in it: Corn 
and cobmeal. oats, mangels, mixed hay 
and cornstalks. G. w. 
New York. 
Flint corn is by all odds best suited 
for production in your district. There 
are very few of the dent varieties that 
will mature, although Silver King and 
Golden Glow are two varieties that are 
popular in that! section. The flint corn 
can be fed either as meal or as corn and 
cobmeal. and differs very little in analysis 
or feeding value from the ordinary dent 
varieties. A useful combination for Hol¬ 
stein cows without silage, utilizing corn 
and oats as u basis for the carbohydrates, 
and purchasing gluten meal and cotton¬ 
seed meal as concentrates, would be as 
follows: MOO lbs. of corn and cobmeal, 
200 lbs. of oats, 200 lbs. of gluten, 100 
lbs. of cottonseed meal. 
The addition of buckwheat bran would 
improve this ration, as it would add to 
its bulk and palatability. You will find 
mangels rather expensive to produce, 
owing to the high cost of labor and the 
importance of doing so much hand weed¬ 
ing in their production. Beet pulp 
would be more economical in feeding than 
mangels ,if you have to hire labor to pro¬ 
duce the mangels. 
Silo Suggestions 
I have a small farm and small capital, 
rtill I would 1 like to have a silo. I am 
thinking of building one after my own 
ideas, but I do not know whether it 
would work or not. My idea is one 12 ft. 
square, just like an icehouse, on concrete 
foundation, using 2x4 for studding, 
boarded inside and out. Then I would 
pack the air space with sawdust, making 
a tight roof over same. Would it or 
would it not work ? j, l. n. 
Connecticut. 
Do not undertake to construct the pro¬ 
posed silo. Silage would not keep in 
such a “box.” as there would be spoilage 
in the corners; likewise, there would he 
uneven settling of the material. The 
round silo is by all odds the most prac¬ 
ticable, even though it is harder to put a 
roof on. The old-fashioned way of build¬ 
ing silos was as you have designed. It 
is expensive to construct them so that 
Ihey will resist the tremendous pressure 
that prevails; but. most important of all. 
is to make a silo that will be airtight and 
that, will enable the silage to be preserved. 
The ordinary stave silo is clearly the most 
popular and is less expensive than the 
hollow tile silo that is gaining in popu¬ 
larity, although its cost is in many cases 
prohibitive. Disappointment is sure to 
follow the construction of such a building 
ns you suggest. 
Repairing a Silo 
I noticed in The R. N.-Y„ page 54S, 
an inquiry how to repair a silo 14%xlo 
feet. I have repaired several as follows: 
Get some lath four feet long, nail strips 
up and down all around, then nail lath 
onto these, uprights one inch or more 
4Pnrt as high up as you wish, four, six 
or eight, feet high, all around the walls 
"f the silo. . If you have quartered cor¬ 
ners nailed in set in three or four laths 
upright, saw short pieces and nail on 
same as the walls; then it is ready to 
plaster with cement. Get good plaster¬ 
ing sand, sift it so there will not be any 
xniall stone in it, then take an old sap 
pan or some large box that will not leak, 
then put six shovels of sand and one 
shovel of cement, mix it over five times, 
then hoe out the middle and turn in 
water, then hoe it over. If it needs more 
water add to it, mix it over five times 
*° \ v '** spread like mortar, then begin 
to till in hack of lath and over it as thick 
as mortar in a house, and smooth it as 
.V"U go. When this batch is used up make 
another the same way till you get it all 
plastered. Be sure to keep it smooth. 
Cement the bottom of silo about two 
inches deep. When all done, if it is done 
i iglit, you have a silo that will not need 
any repairs. Silage keeps well in this 
kind of silo. I know this from experience 
°‘ years, where I have done the work. 
' ermont. j. k. AXGELL. 
The Truth About Feeding Pumpkins 
I am under the impression that the use 
or pumpkins and squashes as a succulent 
i°° C riV kve s,< ' ( 'k is becoming less and 
less, i here seem to exist certain preju- 
iiices among farmers, especially “old- 
rniers, which tend to eliminate a com¬ 
paratively cheap source of a succulent 
oodstuft. Is the condition mentioned 
i mve regarding pumpkins and squashes 
lasert upon experimental evidence, or is it 
oundioKs' \ discussion from experi- 
stockmen on this subject would be 
li.Oo at Y a since it may throw some 
and J? i° tho true Place of pumpkins 
sal n ashes i,s a stock feed, and at the 
in" itJIov r 5 move the uncertainty regard- 
m d ( c t s . on-the condition of the ani- 
hiil Question.. I hope that those who 
fepdinn. a i e saving experience with the 
conti-iw^ Pompkms and squashes will 
New trZ rKulls 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
, 885 } 
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or six ft. more of silage means 
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