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‘Ihc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 11, 1920 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
DAIRY FEED 
C OWS fed a correctly balanced ration gave 
47% more milk and 39% more butter fat than 
cows fed the same concentrate and roughage 
but unbalanced.— Illinois Experiment Station. 
Sucrene Dairy Feed has a record of substantially in¬ 
creasing milk flow when substituted for ordinary 
rations and fed only with the usual roughage. It is 
strong in all the milk-making nutrients—exceptionally 
appetizing, enjoyed by all cows. 
“I advise all dairymen, if they want rich milk and 
a large quantity of it, to use Sucrene Dairy Feed, 
for as long as it is made as it has been I will 
use nothing else.”—David Fin kenbinder. 
Locust Grove Dairy Farm, Carlisle, Pa. 
We also manufacture Empire 20% Dairy Feed and 
Amco Dairy Feed (25% protein) for extra heavy 
milkers, or to be fed with silage or other low protein 
feeds grown on the farm. 
Give these feeds a trial for more milk at less feed cost. 
Place an order with your dealer. If he can¬ 
not supply you, write us. The coupon brings 
you full information. 
American Milling Company 
Dept. 5 Peoria, UL 
American Milling Co., Dept. 5, Peoria, Ill. 
Please send illustrated literature checked: 
□ Sucrene Dairy Feed 
□ Sucrene Calf Meal 
□ Sucrene Hog Meal 
□ Sucrene Poultry Feed* 
□ Amco Fat Maker for Steer* 
□ Sucrene Alfalfa Hog Feed 
D Empire 20% Dairy Feed 
□ Amco Dairy Feed (25% protein) 
□ Sucrene Horse Feed with Alfalfa 
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Improving Milk Flow 
I wish a balanced ration for my dairy 
cows. I should like to use corn-and-cob 
meal or ground oats as the basis, since 
we grow them here. I can purchase cot¬ 
tonseed meal, oilmeal, Alfalfa meal and 
wheat bran from my dealer. I prefer not 
to use the Alfalfa, since I have an 
abundance of corn fodder, clover and 
Timothy hay. I want something to help 
produce a good flow of milk. What is 
the maximum amount of grain T can feed 
per pound of milk at. two feeds and two 
milkings per day ? w. d. m. 
At the prevailing prices the most 
economical source of protein is found in 
linseed meal. It is selling in carload lots 
for $G0 a ton. and there appears to be 
an abundance available. A mixture of 
corn-and-cob meal, ground oats, oilmeal 
and wheat bran would bo well suited for 
feeding your dairy herd, supplemented, as 
you have suggested, with Alfalfa hay and 
pasture. The proportions would be five 
parts of eornmeal. three parts of oats, 
three parts of oilmeal and one part of 
bran. If the cows are in good condition 
the feeding of one pound of grain for 
each three pounds of milk produced per 
day ought to produce maximum results. 
The only way to determine as to whether 
it is profitable to increase the grain ration 
is to bring the cows up to this standard, 
gradually increasing the amount of grain 
fed to the highest producer a quarter of 
a pound each day, taking care to measure 
or weigh the milk in order to determine 
whether or not the increased flow of milk 
justifies the added amount of grain. In¬ 
stances have been reported where a cow 
might yield profitably 30 pounds of milk 
per day. while 40 pounds were produced 
at a loss, the difference being of course in 
the added cost of grain necessary to pro¬ 
duce the extra 10 pounds of milk. Due 
must take into consideration the repro¬ 
ductive as well as the productive agency, 
for it is quite as important that a cow 
produce calves regularly as it. is that she 
produce milk abundantly. If the cows 
are carrying considerable flesh the addi¬ 
tion of 200 pounds of gluten would in¬ 
crease the protein and no doubt stimulate 
the flow of milk; likewise it would add 
variety to the combination, which is very 
important, especially where high produc- 
iing animals are being fed. * 
Soil blasting frees plant food 
that the plow never reaches 
Subsoil blasting begins its work where the plow 
quits. It liberates plant food locked at levels 
lower than the plow ever goes. It also loosens 
the soil so roots can grow deeper without 
hindrance to get this food. 
Consider the soil-blasting experience of F. L. 
Rounsevelle, County Agent, U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, Checotah, Okla., who writes: 
' One field which would not £row enough to pay for 
harvesting was subsoiled. The first season afterwards it 
made a gross return of S39.40 an acre. Adjoining lands 
with the aid of heavy fertilizing gave only S21.55 an acre, 
while without any attention a third piece of the same 
land yielded only 5 bushels of corn to the acre.” 
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Starting a Hog Farm 
I wish information as to best practice 
for hog-raising on a 30-acre fruit and 
truck farm located in lower Gloucester 
County. New Jersey. I am interested in 
Poland-Obinas. and ask your advice as 
to the adaptability of this breed for this 
locality. I have now two grade Poland- 
Ohinas sows in litter, and this Fall in¬ 
tend to build shelters for eight or ten 
more. I am at a loss to know tin* best 
type of housing. w. 0. P. 
New Jersey. 
The use of the A type of colony hog- 
house involves less expense and invest¬ 
ment than prevails with the central hog- 
house that is more difficult to construct 
and more expensive to maintain. A num¬ 
ber of the colony hoghouses can be con¬ 
structed with your own labor, and since 
these can be moved from place to place 
as occasion demands, sanitation, which is 
a very important factor iu pork product-' 
tion. is more easily controlled. If by any 
chance you might have some building that 
could be used for housing the pigs during 
the Winter, it would properly supplement 
the colony houses; yet we have had ex¬ 
cellent results from the use of the colony 
hoghouses exclusively during the entire 
year. 
As to the adaptability of the Poland- 
China breed of swine, they are noted 
chiefly for their early maturing qualities, 
and are a very popular breed of swine 
throughout the corn belt. It has been 
charged against the producers of this 
breed that they have unduly emphasized 
the item of early maturity, and obtained 
it. at the expense of size of the individual, 
and that they have depreciated the pro¬ 
lificacy as well. The popular type known 
as the Rig Type of Poland-China repre¬ 
sents specimens that cannot be criticized 
from this angle, and it is generally ad¬ 
mitted that representatives of this breed 
ace splendid feeders and foragers. As a 
matter of fact, there is very little differ¬ 
ence in the efficiency of typical representa¬ 
tives of the various breeds, and very often 
too much emphasis is laid on the mere 
selection of breed. If the Poland-Chinas 
you refer to are of standard size and 
weight, and provided they have given you 
good litters, there is no reason why they 
should not be maintained and the number 
increased to whatever unit would best 
meet your conditions. 
Do not overlook the importance of pro¬ 
ducing forage crops for pasture purposes. 
This practice will very materially cheapen 
the cost of a pound of pork, and will yield 
animals more hardy and vigorous and less 
susceptible to disease. You are reminded 
that the Jersey Red breed of hogs is pop¬ 
ular in South Jersey, and it is always 
well to consider the type that is most 
popular in your distinct. Hogs can very 
properly supplement major operations in 
fruit-growing and market-gardening, for 
invariably there is a great deal of refuse 
material that otherwise would be wasted 
if not consumed by the pigs. The item 
of fencing would amount to considerable, 
hut one must arrange to protect liis grow¬ 
ing crops from the ravages of predatory 
animals. 
Feed for Growing Pigs 
Would you please figure out two or 
three rations for pigs 14 weeks old. weigh¬ 
ing 75 lbs.? Pigs have Timothy and Blue 
grass sod. in old orchard, fallen apples 
and some clover in the young orchard. 
Feeds to be used are: Corn, oats, bran, 
barley, rye and tankage. I would like 
three combinations using: Corn. oats, 
rye and tankage; corn, barley, rye and 
taukage; corn, bran, rye and tankage. 
Corn and rye are about, the same price. 
Indiana. IX. ir. 
We take pleasure in meeting your re¬ 
quest. and beg to submit the following 
combinations as suggested for pigs 14 
weeks old and weighing approximately 
75 lbs. Our understanding is that the 
pigs have access to Timothy and Blue 
grass pasture iu abundance, and that 
there is some clover in the orchard. So 
far as the apples are. coucenied, do not 
expect them to contribute very much nu¬ 
trition, for they are bulky, largely water, 
and while they might serve as appetizers, 
they have little value as a pig feed. 
Mixture No. 1—Five parts of corn, 
three parts of oats, two parts of rye, one 
part tankage. 
Mixture No. 1—Five parts of corn, 
four parts of barley, two parts of rye, 
one part tankage. 
Mixture No. 3—Ten parts of corn, one 
part of bran, one part of tankage. 
We have never found it advantageous 
to use bran iu a ration for growing pigs. 
It is very expensive, and is likely to be 
constipating, and where pigs have access 
to clover or a green forage crop they will 
receive enough phosphates and mineral 
matter to provide sufficient variety to 
meet the demands of growth. 
» Generally speaking, there is very little 
difference in the feeding value of corn, 
barley and rye. However, corn has some 
advantages, provided it is supplemented 
with some protein feed, snob as oilmeal 
or digester tankage. We have had the 
best results from the use of a combina¬ 
tion of ground oats, rye and barley, find¬ 
ing that variety is important and that 
apparently pigs appreciate this quality. 
Thriftless Pigs 
Six to seven weeks ago I bought some 
six-weeks-old pigs. I feed them sour 
skim-milk, corn and molasses feed. etc. 
They do not seem to do well; have lost 
two. They seem to have a cough or sug¬ 
gest something in throat hard to clear. 
Skin looks flabby, as though it was 
wrinkled. What can I do? W. a. r. 
Connecticut. 
Starve the pigs for 24 hours, and then 
give in a little slop, or in water carefully 
as a drench, 2V> grains each of santonin 
and calomel, one dram of powdered areca 
nut. and one-half dram of bicarbonate or 
soda for each 50 pounds of body weight. 
Repeat the treatment in 10 days. A ua.V 
or two after the first, treatment move the 
pigs into colony houses on clover. Al¬ 
falfa or other green cron, and supply 
them with plenty of fresh water for drink¬ 
ing and bathing purposes. Keep them 
out of old. liog-contaminated wallows, 
yards and pastures, and keep all feeding 
and watering utensils clean and sweet. 
Feed milk twice daily, and allow the pigs 
to help themselves to wheat middlings, or 
ground barley, or rye, shelled corn and 
tankage from a self-feeder. a. s. a. 
