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Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 9, 1924 
Double the Net Dairy Rroflt/ 
— and flop dreading cow 
diseases, at one stroke. 
One cent a day 
per cow Is the average cost 
of using Kow-Kare as a 
preventive of disease and 
aid to increased milk yield. 
eJMost dairymen feed a 
tablespoonful twice a day 
oneweek out of each month 
Fed two weeks before and 
two weeks after calving, 
Kow-Kare strengthens 
the cow over this critical 
period. 
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The best dairy authorities say that, on 
the average, an increase in milk yield of 
only 10% will double the net profit. This 
is a goal so moderate that it can be at¬ 
tained in almost every dairy. 
Cows are pretty hardy creatures, but their gen¬ 
ital and digestive organs—always hard worked in 
the function of milk making—are prone to break 
down. The milk-yield at once suffers. 
These milk-making functions of nearly every 
cow, need frequent aid to keep them toned up to 
top-notch production, and to ward off disease. 
Kow-Kare accomplishes just this purpose. Acts 
directly on the organs of production. Thus 
strengthened, you need have little fear of such cow 
diseases as Barrenness, Abortion, Retained After¬ 
birth, Scours, Bunches, Milk Fever, Lost Appetite. 
The milk-flow, too, is surprisingly increased by 
the general conditioning action of Kow-Kare. A 
cow may have no sign of disease, yet show a 
substantial increase in yield when Kow-Kare is 
fed moderately. 
Start now to get 10% more milk from your 
cows. Our free book, “The Home Cow Doctor’* 
tells how to use Kow-Kare successfully. Write 
for your copy. 
Feed dealer?, general stores and druggists sell 
Kow-Kare; $1.25 and 65c sizes. If your dealer 
is not supplied, we will mail postpaid upon 
receipt of remittance. 
DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO.,Inc.,Lyndonville,Vt. 
Makers also of Bag Balm, Grange Garget Remedy. 
Horse Comfort and American Horse Tonic. 
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meet 
KOW-KARE 
weekeach 
month 
&t penny a day per cow 
Let Your Cows Pay 
for That New Silo 
They’ll do it, and thank you for the chance. Here’s 
how. You can fill a Harder Silo with succulent silage 
for less than the cost of husking, hauling and stack¬ 
ing the dry fodder. And when you come to feed it, 
it will be worth twice as much, to say nothing of be¬ 
ing easier to handle. At the end of the feeding 
season your cows will have paid for a handsome new 
Harder-Victor Front Silo. 
Harder Easy-Payment Plan 
Under this liberal new plan you can meet the pay¬ 
ments out of the increase in your milk check and the 
saving in feed cost. You can’t afford to go through 
another season without a silo when your cows will 
pay for the best silo ever put on a foundation. 
Write for particulars and our free book, “Saving with Silos”, 
new edition. Tell us how many cows you are milking and we’ll 
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HARDER MFG. CORP. 
Box C . Cobleskill, N. Y. 
Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
L. I | 
Ration with Timothy Hay 
Will you compound a ration for Hol¬ 
stein dairy cows? I have corn fodder, 
Timothy and clover hay (mostly Tim¬ 
othy), and oat straw, for roughage. For 
grain I have available corn on cob, oats, 
rye bran, cottonseed meal and oil or lin¬ 
seed meal. H. H. R. 
New York. 
It is unfortunate that most of your 
roughage is Timothy hay; if more of it 
were clover your milk making problem 
would be solved, or at least simplified. 
However, with the ingredients at hand, 
by combining them in the following pro¬ 
portions you would have a combination 
giving you a 20 per cent protein ration : 
Corn and cob meal, 300 lbs. ; ground oats, ; 
200 lbs.; rye bran, 150 lbs.; cottonseed 
meal, 150 lbs.; linseed meal, 200 lbs. 
It is significant that oilmeal in east¬ 
ern territory is cheaper than it is in west¬ 
ern territory, largely because the oilmeal 
in mid-western territory has been con¬ 
tracted for by a large feed manufacturer. 
Hence we are suggesting 20 per cent of 
the linseed meal, which is economical 
under the circumstances. 
Rye bran, while less palatable than 
wheat bran, carries a little more protein. 
I should mix 1% per cent of salt with 
this combination, and if the rye bran is 
not sweet and free from musty odors, I 
should restrict its use and replace it with 
ordinary wheat bran. 
Ration Using Ground Wheat 
Will you give me a ration for average 
size Guernsey and Jersey milking cows 
in which I can use and grind my own 
wheat, oats and corn ? Corn to be ground 
cob and all. Other ingredients to be pur¬ 
chased. For roughage, Alfalfa hay, corn 
silage and dry cornstalks cut and mois¬ 
tened with water in which a quart of mo¬ 
lasses is thinned. W. B. W. 
'Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 
If ground wheat is to be incorporated 
in your ration, remember that it is to re¬ 
place corn rather than wheat by-pro¬ 
ducts, for it contributes carbohydrates 
rather than protein, and when used en¬ 
tire does not add the bulk or mineral 
matter that is ordinarily contributed 
when bran is used. Realizing, however, 
that you could ill afford to sell your 
wheat at present prices and that you de¬ 
sire to use this grain in your ration, the 
following combination is suggested: 
Ground wheat, 200 lbs.; ground oats, 200 
lbs.; ground corn and cob meal, 150 lbs.; 
oilmeal, 250 lbs.; cottonseed meal, 200 
lbs.; bran, 100 lbs. 
This combination, provided the cotton¬ 
seed meal and linseed meal are of aver¬ 
age analysis, will give you a 22-per cent 
ration. Do not be alarmed at the sug¬ 
gestion that 25 per cent of linseed meal 
be incorporated, for the linseed is cheaper 
than cottonseed meal, and is advisable 
where the corn and cob meal and wheat 
meal 'is used. It'is likely, however, that 
the bran could be eliminatel, since Al¬ 
falfa is available. In such case the corn 
and cob meal should be increased to 2o0 
lbs., rather than to 150 lbs. 
Feeding Ews and Ram 
A short while ago I bought three ewes 
and a ram. The ewes have all been bred. 
What should I feed them in Winter? I 
give them a little hay in the morning and 
a quart of oats at night, but the ram is 
getting too fat. c. H. s. 
Long Island. 
Whole oats, supplemented with some 
such roughage as you mention, will do 
very nicely for feeding the three ewes 
and the ram ; but the mixture would be 
improved by combining five parts of oats 
with two parts of bran. If the ram puts 
on too much flesh it is because he is get¬ 
ting move than his share of the mixture. 
From i/4 to % lb. per head per day is 
sufficient. Sheep will pick over corn¬ 
stalks with a great deal of relish and 
j will make good use of coarse roughage of 
this character. You are reminded that 
the gestation period of ewes is 152 days, 
and that lambing time arrangements 
should be provided so that the ewes will 
be in box stalls well and heavily bedded 
and free from draughts, 
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