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October 9, 1020 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Modem Bam Equipment 
Wm. Louden 
whose Labor Sav¬ 
ing: Barn Equip¬ 
ment is used in 
over a million 
barns. 
The Old Way 
Saves Half the BarnWbrk. 
Every Day 
Louden Litter Carrier 
does away with back - straining 
wheelbarrow— carries manure 
from barn to pit or spreader—saves 
one handling. Biggest labor saver 
on any farm. A boy operates it 
easily and safely. 
D OES for the barn what machinery does for 
the field — releases man power — makes 
it possible for one man to do the work 
of several — helps solve farm hand scarcity. 
Handling cows morning and evening, feeding 
and watering them, cleaning the barn, are jobs 
done with half the help when your barn is 
equipped with Louden Steel Stalls and Stan¬ 
chions,Litterand FeedCarriers, Automatic Water 
Bowls. You will find your barn more conven¬ 
ient— kept neater and that your cows show 
a big increase in milk yield because of better 
health, greater comfort and regular watering. 
Easily installed at moderate cost in any barn. 
The Louden Machinery Co. 
2642 Court Street Fairfield, Iowa 
Lou den'224-Page Catalog 
— sent prepaid — shows Louden 
Stalls and Stanchions, Litter and 
Feed Carriers, Water Bowls, Animal 
Pens, Hay Unloading Tools, Power 
Hoists, Barn and Garage Door Hang¬ 
ers, Cupolas, Ventilators— “Every¬ 
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building. Sent on request. 
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2642 Court Street, Fairfield, Iowa 
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Blasting stumps is easy 
—grubbing is drudgery 
To remove a stump by grubbing- and horse 
pulling is a back-breaking, killing job. When 
at last the stump is out, the job is but half 
done. The big, heavy chunks must be dis¬ 
posed of. 
Compare this kind of stumping with that de¬ 
scribed by Mrs. J. R. Cronister, of Jeanette, 
Penna., who writes: 
"Wc read the book, 'Better Farmine.’ The pictures and 
directions made everything so plain. You surely arc 
right in saying Atlas Farm Powder is the easy way to 
get rid of stumps. It is so much easier than any other 
way we ever tried.” 
Let us send you the book, “Better Farming 
with Atlas Farm Powder,” mentioned by Mrs. 
Cronister. Its 128 pages and 140 illustrations 
show how to use Atlas Farm Powder to re¬ 
move stumps, break boulders, blast beds for 
trees, make ditches and drain swamps. 
ATLAS POWDER COMPANY 
Division RN 3, Philadelphia, Penna. 
Dealers everywhere Magazines near you 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Red Dog Flour as Feed 
Will you tell us about wheat middlings, 
called red dog? Our feed man here says 
it is a sticky substance, and is not fit to 
feed to stock or poultry. Is he right? 
I am mixing a little of it in the dry mash 
for hens and chickens. I pay $4 per 100 
pounds. L. L. 
Pennsylvania. 
Your feed man is wrong. Red dog 
flour is perhaps the best grade of mid¬ 
dlings available and well suited for feed¬ 
ing young pigs, calves or poultry. It is 
a sticky substance by itself when moist¬ 
ened, but easily digested and well suited 
for feeding young pigs, calves or poultry. 
At the price quoted it is expensive; in 
fact, it will always ho found an ex¬ 
pensive source of digestible nutrients. It 
should he mixed with other feeds, and 
you should not rely upon it, even though 
in itself it is a well-balanced ration. 
Many other so-called middlings contain 
mill sweepings and ground bran, and are 
not worth anywhere near the price usu¬ 
ally obtained for them. If you buy mid¬ 
dlings at all. insist that you get the red 
dog flour, for it represents without doubt 
the best grade of middlings available. 
Pasturing Hogs 
The prevailing practice throughout the_ 
corn belt is to use corn almost exclus¬ 
ively in the production of pork. Many 
they are confined in pens and finally 
finished for market in the Fall. 
A mixture that has given excellent re¬ 
sults as a forage crop consists of a bushel 
of oats, five pounds of Red clover, four 
pounds of rape, and five pounds of Sweet 
clover. If this is seeded early in the 
Spring and not pastured until the plants 
arc eight or nine inches high it will yield 
an astonishing amount of forage, and can 
be pastured throughout (lie Summer sea¬ 
son. If pigs have access to such grazing 
areas and arc fed from two and a half to 
three pounds of either corn or barley daily 
for each 100 pounds of live weight they 
will gain in the most economical fashion. 
It takes a thrifty pig to yield a profit, 
and feeding qualities amply satisfied arc 
essential in specimens of any breed. 
The colony house is both sanitary and 
convenient for sows with litters, and can 
be built without employing expensive 
mechanics. Labor is the one expense 
item that every farmer encounters when 
construction is involved, and useful build¬ 
ings of this sort should be utilized by 
the farmer interested or engaged in pork 
production. 
Oatmeal for Chicks: Feeding Cow 
Can you tell me where I can get the 
old-fashioned pinhead oatmeal? Is it too 
I Colony House and Rape Castlin' for it mix 
fanners have appreciated the importance 
of supplementary protein carrying ma¬ 
tt-rials, largely by-products from slaught¬ 
er-houses, and used them quite extensive¬ 
ly when prices were normal. The scarc¬ 
ity of nitrogen has driven the fertilizer 
manufacturers to utilizing every available 
source of this element, and they have pro¬ 
duced a competitive market for organic 
nitrogen that has had more or less of an 
influence upon the -price of certain pro¬ 
tein carrying materials. To meet this 
condition the far-sighted fanner has 
turned to forage crops to supplement his 
carbohydrate carriers. Alfalfa, the clovers, 
Soy beans, the latter in combination with 
Dwarf Essex rape, and nurse crops, such 
a-< oats or barley, have established a 
source of protein available during tin 
Summer months; but. since the bulk of 
our hogs are fattened during the Fall or 
Winter, the problem of protein for swim- 
feeding is not entirely solved. 
Brood sows will utilize Alfalfa or 
clover hay to advantage, but on account 
o' its bulk, and the fact that fattening 
pigs will not consume enough of it to meet 
their growing requirements it is necessary 
hat some oil meal, or peanut oil, or corn 
term meal be mixed with the tankage, 
or used exclusive of it, to balance a 
ration with corn, oats, rye or barley. 
Even at the prevailing prices of many of 
these materials one would not be justified 
in leaving them out c a ration intended 
for fattening or growing pigs. Shotes 
that have the run of a forage crop, such as 
indicated the picture, are known to be 
more resistant to disease and to respond 
mire generously to grain feeding when 
late to start baby chicks? I have a fine 
young cow about due to freshen. Have 
plenty of pasture, but of course it is get¬ 
ting old. What would be a good grain 
feed for her? I low about eornmeal and 
gluten? i.. G. b. 
New York. 
I would say that it was rather late to 
start baby chicks. Cold weather is com¬ 
ing on, and the loss no doubt would be 
heavy unless you have ideal conditions 
for raising them, and even then the ex¬ 
pense of keeping them warm would prob¬ 
ably eat up any profits that might result 
from the operation. Usually one is able 
to obtain the eo-called pinhead oatmeal, 
variously known as Irish oatmeal or 
Scotch oatmeal, from his grocerymau or 
local feed dealer. It is a brand that is 
popular for use during the Winter, but 
ofteu a full line is not carried during the 
Summer. If you will communicate with 
the largest wholesale grocery house or 
feed dealer in your county or community 
you will no doubt be able to secure this 
product iu 100-pound quantity. 
The ration that you have suggested for 
your cow about to freshen, having access 
to pasture grass that is none too succu¬ 
lent will give you good results. Equal 
parts of eornmeal, gluten meal or wheat 
bran should be fed in a quantity varying 
from five to 10 pounds per day. Do not 
be afraid to feed her generously during 
this rest period, for her response when 
her milk flow once starts after calving 
will more than pay for the extra cost of 
the grain supplied during the time she 
is dry. 
