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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Feeding Cows and Horses 
1. I keep three Guernsey cows, and 
would like to supply some succulent feed 
in Winter. Would it be best to put in 
one-half acre of mangels, figuring on feed¬ 
ing 30 lbs. per day, or purchase beet pulp 
and feed 3 lbs. per day soaked with four 
times the amount of water? The one 
objection to mangels is the large amount 
of hand labor attached in growing the 
crop. 2. Is dried brewers’ grains an 
economical feed for horses to supplment 
corn ? E. D. 
New York. 
1. At present prices of labor you can¬ 
not afford to grow mangel beets for use 
in feeding cows producing market milk. 
It would be much better to purchase beet 
pulp and feed it moistened, as you have 
suggested. If the beet pulp could be 
moistened with molasses water its feed¬ 
ing value would 'be considerably increased. 
If it is possible to moisten the beet pulp 
with either steam or hot water you would 
add slightly to its palatability and general 
usefulness. 
It is the experience of successful dairy¬ 
men that beet pulp serves almost every 
purpose that mangel beets might serve, 
although there is something to be gained 
by the natural juices that the beet yields. 
A Hoggish Milking Machine 
The camera cannot tell a lie. It faith¬ 
fully pictures whatever comes in front of 
it, although it is true that a man may 
sometimes produce a fake picture by pos¬ 
ing his subjects to suit himself. The 
picture on this page, however, seems to be 
true, and the pig is certainly acting as-a 
milking machine. It is hard to under¬ 
stand how any self-respecting Jersey cow 
would he willing to submit to such a form 
of milking, but there is no telling what 
animals will do. This picture is sent us 
by Ilenry Arens of Sullivan County. New 
York. He said he noticed that his cow 
did not give any milk one evening, and so 
he thought he would watch and soo who 
was milking her. As ho says, he let the 
cow out in the pasture, and he soon found 
out what the thief was. and now lie says 
it will never happen again. Tn past years 
a number of such cases have been reported 
to us. We all know that pigs are very 
fond of milk. They make remarkably 
good use of vitamines. and they seem to 
realize that milk is the leading product 
for supplying these elements, and so they 
often help themselves, seeming to have 
more sense about such matters than most 
other farm animals. As is the case with 
The Hop I* Sol rin<i Hie Mill' Problem 
On account of the bulk, however, of the 
mangel beet it cannot be fed in large 
quantities to high-producing cows. If I 
were in your place I would rely upon 
beet pulp for my succulence rather than 
run the risk of being disappointed from 
the yield of mangels in case the field be¬ 
came wet and weedy, or the season was 
not favorable to maximum production. 
2. At present prices oats would pro¬ 
vide a better supplement for corn in¬ 
tended for use with work horses than dry 
brewery grains. At the New Jersey Ex¬ 
periment Station several years ago it was 
determined that corn distillery grains 
might be substituted pound for pound for 
oats in a ration intended for work horses. 
The brewery grains are not as palatable 
as the distillery grains. At the present 
time the bulk of the materials sold as 
dry brewery grains is nothing hut yeast 
graius, or vinegar, and these are very low 
in protein, high in fiber, and relatively 
low in digestibility. There is nothing any 
better than oats for work horses in case 
the price is within reach. At the present 
time they are clearly one of the most 
economical sources of nutriment, and I 
certainly would not purchase brewery 
grains for this purpose. 
In this connection it is interesting to 
note that the larger teaming and trans¬ 
fer companies are reporting good results 
from the use of the so-called sweet feeds 
compounded for use in feeding horses. 
They consist largely of Alfalfa meal, 
molasses, corn and oats, and on account 
of their uniformity and the further fact 
that they combine bulk and palatability 
with a highly digestible combination their 
use is increasing. The farmer who pro¬ 
duces enough of home-grown grains to 
feed his horses could not afford to sell 
these products and buy the sweet feed ; 
but in case it becomes necessary to pur¬ 
chase feed for work horses it might be 
well to try some of these ready-mixed 
feeds. 
certain mortals, prohibition, strictly en¬ 
forced. is about the only remedy for a 
drink habit of this sort. 
Grain with Cornstalks 
As roughage I have only cornstalks to 
food to my dairy cows fit present. When 
they eat up all the stalks I shall start to 
feed homo Timothy hay. My grain ration 
for them is: Corn and cob chop, 100 lbs.; 
wheat bran. 100 lbs.; oilmcal, 100 lbs.; 
cottonseed. 100 lbs. I feed about 10 or 
12 lbs. of it per day to each head ; after 
that they get all the cornstalks they want. 
The best milkers give about 20 (its. a day. 
I have 10 cows. A few are poor milkers. 
Pennsylvania. J. o. 
It is unfortunate that you do not have 
a more palatable roughage for your milk 
cows. I should prefer cornstalks to the 
Timothy hay. for the last named material 
is not suited for feeding dairy cows. The 
ration that you are feeding is relatively 
concentrated, but I should prefer greater 
variety and more bulk. I should add 100 
lbs. of ground oats, 100 lbs. of beet pulp 
and 100 lbs. of gluten meal. Likewise I 
should mix with this material approxi¬ 
mately 2 per cent of salt. If you could 
secure some clover or Alfalfa hay it oc¬ 
curs to me that your ration would be 
greatly improved, and your production, as 
well as the possibility of your getting 
strong, healthy calves, would be better. 
An average flow of 20 quarts of milk a 
day is considerably above that usually re¬ 
ported. If it is impossible for you to get 
the materials suggested you might try 
purchasing some ready to feed ration and 
mixing it 50-50 with the materials that 
you are now using. It would add variety 
and bulk and might increase your produc¬ 
tion. 
“I told you last Sabbath,” said the 
Sunday-school teacher, “that you should 
all try to make someone happy during the 
week. How many of you have?” “I 
did.” answered a boy promptly. “That’s 
nice. .Tohhny. What did you do?” “I 
went to see" iny aunt, and she’s always 
bapp.v when I go home again.”—Boston 
Tran script. 
