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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 12, 1021 
Pasture and Barn Notes 
The Value of 
1‘ubebrkus.- These 
brau, 100 lbs. oilmeal. Give the calves 
fed so heavily before calving? Ever 
since November 15 they have been grained 
and are in good shape, lively and their 
coats shine and are clean. As T want 
to save hay. will change this ration any 
way you say. but would just as soon buy 
hay tis grain, only 1 thought it might be 
lbs. cornmeal, 200 lbs. ground oats. 200 
lbs. bran, 100 lbs. oilmeal. to the heifers. 
Give them enough to keep them steadily 
gaining in flesh. If they show inflamma¬ 
tion in the udder before freshening, re- 
are uncertain times in dairy farming. 
Within the past month, I have been to 
two sales of purebred Holstein cattle, i 
wanted to pick up a few animals that 
suited me to hasten along our plans for 
a purebred dairy. I. personally, could 
not figure out what happened at these 
sales. Many nice cows sold for prac¬ 
tically grade prices. A few went very 
high. Unbred heifers seemed to be the 
cheapest. What does it all mean? Some 
think that the purebred industry has 
reached its climax. Others are more 
hopeful. They see the collapse of fic¬ 
titious values and a return to basing the 
value of the cow on the milk she will 
yield. Talking it. over at home, we are 
inclined to agree with the latter group. 
I? they are right, the purebred business 
has years and years ahead of it as a 
profitable branch of farming. 
A Doormat for Cows. -One of our 
neighbors has installed a novel arrange¬ 
ment just inside the barn door where 
his cows enter. TTe has built a two or 
three-inch concrete curb around a space 
about three feet deep and the width of 
the door, and keeps the shallow box thus 
formed full of ground limestone. As 
the cows come in out of the muddy hain- 
yard. they step first into the dry lime¬ 
stone. which sticks to the mud on their 
feet and keeps them from slipping as 
they walk down the stable. It is also 
much easier to sweep the floor clean 
after them, and the amount of limestone 
thus worked into manure amounts to 
considerable in the course of a year. 
Milking Machine All Right.— We 
have had our milking machine installed 
now for about two months. We are 
pleased with it in every particular, so 
far as milking the cow goes. In fact, we 
are of the opinion that the cows are do¬ 
ing a little better than they did under 
hand milking, when we were changing 
milkers often. As we see it, the uni¬ 
versal use of the milking machine is 
bound sooner or later to affect the cost 
of milk production. It may work out 
that this machine may still further tend 
to cheapen milk, especially Summer milk, 
since the number of cows that two good 
men can handle with milking machines 
is really staggering. 
Value of Cabbage for Feed. —We 
have definitely decided not to sell our 
cabbage. The best offer that we have 
had is $10 a ton. We stopped feeding 
it to the cows for a couple of weeks and 
then, at the end of that time, resumed. 
While we do not pretend to have kept, 
any very accurate records, we are con¬ 
vinced that, considering the time and ex¬ 
pense involved in getting the cabbage 
ready for shipping and hauling it t<\ the 
car. we would rather feed it unless we 
can get at least $15 a ton. dairyman. 
enough of this ration to keep them grow¬ 
ing well. From 2 to -! lbs. daily is rec¬ 
ommended. Give them from 5 to 10 lbs. 
of silage daily and what hay they will 
readily clean up. J. B. 
Ration for Cows and Young Stock 
I am feeding a ration of the following: 
400 lbs. cornmeal. 350 lbs. ground oats, 
100 lbs. oilmeal. 300 lbs. buckwheat mid¬ 
dlings. cost $3 per cwt.; 200 lbs. wheat 
bran. 25 lbs. salt. Have five cows giving 
milk, due in April to farrow (one), two 
3-,vear olds due April, first calf, one 2- 
year old due in August, first calf, one 2- 
year old due in June, first calf, two 
about IS months old. and two will be 
year old in Spring. T am feeding all 
except two coming one-year-old and two 
about IS months old 2 qts. twice per day. 
The two coming one-year-old and two 
IS months old 1 <]t. twice per day. Ow¬ 
ing to my hay being scarce I am feeding 
to save hay and also to have them in good 
shape for calving: want all the milk I 
can get. but owing to sickness the cows 
have been milked by a little boy irregu¬ 
larly. and sometimes skipped. As they 
shrunk considerably I am now working 
off my poor swale bay. but it: will be 
gone in a couple of weeks, when I shall 
have good quality Timothy, clover and 
Red-top. Cows are also having 1 bu. 
silage per day. good quality. Am I feed¬ 
ing all right? If not. bow would you 
change the ration, or should I feed more 
than 4 qts. a day? .Will it hurt the 
heifers calving for the first time to be 
On page 154 Gardner M. Smith, of On¬ 
tario County, N. Y., told about his 
cheaper in long run to buy grain—buy it 
all except oats and some buckwheat mid¬ 
dlings. . w-. P. B. 
Ballston Spa. N. Y. 
You could improve your ration by add¬ 
ing about 200 lbs. of gluten to it. Your 
cows should receive 1 lb. of this grain 
mixture to each 3 lbs. of milk produced. 
I would feed a ration consisting of 200 
Guernsey herd. The picture above shows 
a part Of this fine herd. 
move the corn and oats from the ration 
and feed only bran and oilmeal. 
j. w. B. 
Teacher : “Why were you late today 
for school, Walter?” Walter: "Please 
excuse me. Miss Doolittle: my mother put 
my pants on me back to front, an I 
went tbe wrong way."—New \ ork Globe. 
Molasses Feed for Cows 
I have on hand quite a quantity of 
Alfalfa molasses horse feed, more than 
my horses will eat this Winter. Could 
this be fed to advantage to my cows? 
I am feeding my cows at present a gram 
ration composed of 200 lbs. bran. 100 
lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. cornmeal. 100 
lbs. oilmeal.. 100 lbs. cottonseed. 200 lbs. 
gluten. I have clover hay. but uo silage. 
Bridgeport. Conn. P- a. f. 
You eau give molasses feed to your 
cows, but I would change the present 
ration, as it is too high in protein when 
fed with clover hay. As you have no 
silage it is advisable to feed each cow 
3 lbs. of beet pulp daily. This should 
be fed wet as a source of succulence. 
Soak it at least 12 hours before feeding. 
With clover hay and the beet pulp feed 1 
lb. of the following ration to each 3 lbs. 
of milk produced per cow: 400 lbs. 
cornmeal, 200 lbs. bran. 100 lbs. ground 
oats. 200 lbs. molasses feed. 100 lbs. oil¬ 
meal. TOO lbs. cottonseed. 200 lbs. gluten. 
The beet pulp will no doubt increase 
your milk flow. a. w. b. 
Ration for Calves 
Will you give me a ration to feed 
calves 2-4 months old with silage and 
mixed hay as roughage? J. a. h. 
Newton, N. .T. 
A good calf ration to be fed with the 
roughage you have on hand is: 200 lbs. 
cornmeal, 200 lbs. ground oats, 200 lbs. 
There’s more to milk-production 
than just good feeding 
TV/TILK-PROnUCTION records do 
not happen by chance. Neither 
are they the result of good 
feeding alone. Fact is, the very proc¬ 
ess of “forcing” a cow to maximum 
milk-giving is full of grave dangers 
to her health unless the milk-making 
organs are assisted in the rebuilding 
process. 
The recognition of this fact by 
scientific dairymen is in large meas¬ 
ure the reason for the extensive use 
of Kow-Kare. While primarily a 
medicine for treating sick cows, the 
recognized tonic and strengthening 
effect of Kow-Kare on the organs of 
production have caused it to be 
widely used as a preventive of dis¬ 
orders such as are common to cows. 
Every cent thus spent in assisting 
Nature will return dollars in in¬ 
creased milk yield alone—to say 
nothing of avoiding expensive losses 
through sickness. 
When disorders do arise—such as 
Abortion, Barrenness, Retained Af¬ 
terbirth, Scouring, Lost Appetite, 
Bunches, you’ll find Kow-Kare a re¬ 
liable, prompt remedy. Its action 
on the digestive and genital organs 
is restorative and strengthening. 
Such diseases disappear when these? 
organs are strong. 
Whether you have sick cows or 
not you can increase your milk in¬ 
come by the proper use of Kow-Kare 
—if only as a preventive of trouble. 
The expense is slight. Kow-Kare 
is sold by feed dealers, general stores 
and druggists; 70c and $1.40 pack¬ 
ages. 
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