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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 10, 1020 
The factory 
behind the 
DE LAVAL 
MILKER 
Wherever cows are milked, the 
name“De Laval” stands for quality 
and highest value to the user. 
De Laval represents the utmost 
degree of service-to-user. The De 
Laval Company recognizes that 
when a sale is made, its obligation 
to the purchaser has just started. 
These facts are important con¬ 
siderations when buying 
chanical milker. 
a me- 
The man who buys a De Laval 
Milker can ask for no stronger 
guarantee that it will give him the 
service claimed for it than the fact 
that it bears the name “De Laval.” 
The De Laval Milker is the only 
milker having an independent pul¬ 
sation line, making possible alter¬ 
nating action at a fixed pulsation 
speed. It is uniform in action; and 
faster, more reliable, and more 
sanitary, than any other method 
of milking. 
Write to nearest De Laval office for Milker 
Catalog, mentioning number of cows milked 
The De Laval Separator Co. 
165 Broadway 
NEW YORK 
29 East Madison Street 
CHICAGO 
61 Beaie Street 
SAN FRANCISCO 
Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Beans in Cow Ration 
I am feeding my cows a ration of the 
following ingredients': 100 lbs. of corn 
and cob meal, 100 lbs. of bran. 100 lbs. 
of ground beans, all mixed together, and 
good, common hay, no clover. I am feed¬ 
ing this as I raised the corn, bought the 
beans cheap and can buy the bran at 
about the best price per ton of any kind 
of grain. Are beans good for cows? I 
am feeding my cows all they will eat of 
this, but cannot do any bragging about 
their condition. H. It. 
Greene Co., N. Y. 
As a general thing ground beans are 
not. palatable, and not well suited for a 
dairy ration intended for cows in milk. 
They are rich in protein, however, and 
bulky, and you are quite right in feeding 
corn and cob meal and wheat bran as a 
supplement. The addition of some buck¬ 
wheat bran and gluten meal woul increase 
the variety and texture of this ration, and 
will, I am sure, fully justify their ex¬ 
pense. No doubt your ration is an eco¬ 
nomical one. and it is I'easonable to be¬ 
lieve that an average yield resulting from 
the use of this ration would actually be 
more profitable than an increased amount 
of milk that might result from the use of 
more expensive concentrates. 
Too Much Bran 
I am feeding cows a ration mixed in 
following proportions : Gluten, 100 lbs. ; 
cottonseed meal, 100 lbs.; eornmeal, 100 
lbs.; middlings, 100 lbs.; bran. 500 lbs. 
I feed each cow four pounds of above per 
day and a medium quantity of mangel 
beets, until they gave out two weeks ago. 
I give them Alfalfa hay with their feed, 
and am getting a little over 200 pounds of 
milk per cow per week. Cay you suggest 
a better combination than the above? 
Long Island. c. l. F. 
The ration that you are feeding to your 
dairy cows is faulty, inasmuch as it con¬ 
tains an excessive amount of bran and 
scarcely enough carbohydrate. Middlings 
are too expensive feed for dairy cows, and 
you will find the following mixture better 
suited to your needs: 400 lbs. of corn- 
and-cob meal, 200 lbs. of gluten, 100 lbs. 
of cottonseed meal. 100 lbs. of bran. 
Feed one pound of this mixture for 
each three pounds of milk produced per 
day and in addition let them have access 
to all of the liay that they will clean up 
with relish. If you should be fortunate 
enough to turn these animals out to pas¬ 
ture the bran and part of the cottonseed 
meal can be eliminated and the ration 
consist of 400 lbs. of eornmeal. 200 lbs. 
of gluten, 100 lbs. of cottonseed meal. I 
take it that your animals are in fair 
flesh, and especially during this season 
of the year, if the animals have access to 
pasture grass the flow of milk should be 
considerably greater than that,which you 
have described. 
Feeding Barley and Buckwheat 
Would you give me a ration for Hol¬ 
stein cows for milk production? I want 
to use barley or buckwheat which I have. 
I can got gluten food, eornmeal. oilmeal. 
cottonseed meal and hominy at feed store 
to mix with them. A. w. R. 
New York. 
A ration for dairy cows, including bar¬ 
ley and buckwheat, to be supplemented 
by such other materials as you have men¬ 
tioned, would be ns follows: ,°>00 lbs. of 
barley, 200 lbs. buckwheat. 200 lbs. 
gluten meal. 200 lbs. oilmeal. 200 lbs. 
hominy, 100 lbs. cottonseed meal. Feed 1 
lh. of this ration for each 3*4 or 4 lbs. of 
milk produced per cow per day. In addi¬ 
tion give them all the roughage, including 
silage, that they will clean up with relish. 
Trouble with Horse 
I have a horse that is all right with 
one exception. When he is standing in 
the stall he will continually shift his 
weight from one hind foot to the other 
and act as though he was trying to rub 
one fetlock against the other. During 
these actions he has calked himself sev¬ 
eral times at the coronet. lie will calk 
himself first on one foot and then the 
other, having a sore on either most of 
the time. This has been going. on for 
more than a year. I have examined his 
fetlocks and legs, and find no dirt or 
anything to indicate anything wrong. 
Could you tell me through the columns of 
The It. N.-Y. what to do in this case? 
The horse is valuable. c. 0. J. 
New York. 
If you will provide some leather fet¬ 
lock protectors, that can be obtained at 
a harness shop, and buckle these around 
the pastern the chances arc that you can 
prevent the calking that has resulted 
from your horse forming the habit of 
easing first on- foot then the other while 
standing—in i >* stable. These contri¬ 
vances were used rather extensively when 
horse breeding was more profitable and 
popular, particularly tbe production of 
drwing horses. Hard work might be an 
agency for dispelling this habit, hut it is 
doubtful if any procedure other than the 
actual protection of the feet aud aukles 
will produce any results. 
BERKSHIRES 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
AT KIGHWOOD: 
We offer big, stretchy, September boars, weigh¬ 
ing 350 pounds in hard breeding rig. November 
boars weighing 200 to 250. These will measure 
up in scale and size with the best boars of any 
breed. They are from litters of ten to fourteen 
H. C. & H. B, HARPENDING, Box 15, DUNDEE, N. Y. 
Anedjo Berkshires 
A very select lot of Boar Bigs 
sired by Major Champion 4th. 
Price attractive. Also service 
boars and bred gilts by the pound 
Anedjo Farm Webster, Mass. 
^Choice Berkshires^ 
We have some extra nice young 
boars, sows and gilts of Masterpiece 
and Double Champion 33rd breed¬ 
ing at prices that are right. 
Webb Farms, Box R, Clinton Corners, NT. 
Ml* rupniPP Why don’t you getslarted 
ivll •rill lllv 1 in pure bred Berkshires? 
Conn to DELCASTLE FARIVIS and buy a real 
hog. We have the largest and best herd of Berk- 
shires in the State of Delaware and are prepared to 
fill orders for sprine pies, fall gilts and boars. Also 
bred sows at farmers prices. Apply to 
O. H. Cullen, Marshallton, Delaware 
Stone’s Berkshires 
Write for descriptive cataloeue and price list of 
bred sows and young Berkshires. 
Richard H. Stone, Trumansburg. N. Y. 
Captain Wing Farm Berkshires 
arc noted for Utility, Type and Stamina. Home of 
Lucindy's Real Type 10th, 287698, and Emblematic 11th, 
2561,9. Belected breeding stock, all ages. Write 
WILFRID P. HEWITT, Captain Wing Farm Acnahnet. Man. 
CAT ROCK FARM Berkshires 
are prolific breeders with size and conformation. Special 
prices oil Bred hows and gilts to farrow- in .Tiilv and Aug. 
Also on boar and sow piga. CUT ROCK FARM, Weitwood. Man. 
Tarbell Farms BERKSHIRES 
Spring pigs at reasonable prices. Write for particulars. 
TARBELL FARMS, Smithvllle Flats, S. V. 
Registered Berkshire Spring Pigs 
Boars fit for service. Prices reasonable. 
ANDERSON <Sfc SCOFIELD, Fishklll, NYJT. 
S PRINGBANK BERKSHIRES. Choice Sous and 
Gilts bred for spring litters. Boars reads- for service, 
in* Typ® Berkshires. Address J. E. WATSON. Marbledale. Conn. 
Reg. Berkshires 
Shady Side Herd 
Bred Sows and Gilts. Oilta eight raos. 
old. Piga all ages. Will ship C. O. I). 
Hvbbardsvti.i.e, New York 
BERKSHIRES-For breeders. $10 ea., either sex 
$15 if registered. CLOVEROALE FARM. Charlotte. N.V 
SWINE 
Registered Chester Whites 
ROAR AND SOW PIGS out of the very best 
strains for May and June delivery. Also bred gilts. 
June farrow, three-quarters purebred, @ $50 each. 
Young boars, grade stock, @ $20. 
BRANORETH LAKE FARM. Brandreth, New fork 
For Sale —HF’ifty Figs 
CHESTER WHITES and BERKSHIRES 
six-weeks old, *5 each. 
Rouse Bros, - Dushore, Pa. 
Reg.O.LC.Boars 
8 to'10 wks.okl. These boars are out of mature, pro- 
lifiolstock, ami are guaranteed to give satisfaction. 
NELSON N. ALEXANDER, Harriman, Orange Co.. N.Y. * 
Reg. O. I. C. PigS E0WAB0^SEARLE8?Nflarfl.ld, B.T. 
Registered Chester Whites Hours’a" d 
Gilts from Blue Ribbon Winners. Apply to CHARLES 
H. DANENHOWER, Mgr.. Penllyn, Pa. H E. Drayton. Prop. 
Registered Chester White Spring Pigs 
Either sex. Matured sows bred to farrow in August and 
September. Write for price*. A. A. SCHOFELl, H«u,elt«ii, P.f. 
P bnolnr UMiilac or O. I. C. PIGS. Big type prize win- 
Ullcolot nil I It! 5 nors. $15-320 each, prepaid Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Address GEO. F. GRIFFIE. 8.3. B.«r»illt, Pi- 
neglstercd (Tie.ter White mid O. I. (). Pig*. Write 
(line. - Eugkne P. Uookrs, Wavvii.lf, Nkw Yokb 
Well Bred Chester White Pigs tfW’frr.WSSS 
STEPHEN VAN HENsSEI. il It. Oi,inln B . N T. Til.. 308 Brilrelrtf 
BARGAIN IN HOGS WE? 
large enough for service, $ *0. Sows, year old, ^ oung 
hoars, $20. Immunised. Satisfaction guaranteed or money 
returned. ItAllKY VAIL, Jr., Wow Milford, Orang* Oo.j N. ■ 
SIX GROWTHY BOAR PIGS 
born May 15th: by n son of Gallaivay Edd. A few 
pigs 4 months old. Stock guaranteed. Write 
Hubert O, Ileardsley, Montour Falls, N.x. 
FOR TAMW0RTH SWINE Sou 
REYN0LDS-LYBR00K FARMS CO „R. F. D. N*. I 
Winston-Salem, N. C. 
Will sell in lots of from one animal to Lai Loud. 
All pure-bred. 
Big Type POLAND-CHINAS 
A few more choice l’igs for sale. Some extra Boar pigs 
ami young Boars. Get my prioes. G- S. HAIL, Fsrmdil*. O® 1 ® 
Reg. Poland-Chinas^ 
pigs, sired by I* ton boars. K. ROITEMi, I.nnl«» »!'.:••••• 
My Poland-Chinas n,! Trimui»n of Breeding with 
Master Blood-Lines of the Variety. Or. KNOX, Otn&urf, Can* 
