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ground, dried, burned, under ex¬ 
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finally reground finer than flour, 
ALPHA CEMENT is a binder 
that combines sand, stone or gravel 
into the most lasting form of con¬ 
struction. 
The local ALPHA Dealer is a 
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It’s a Big Satisfaction to Own a 
UNADILLA SILO 
T HERE'S a feeling of security goes with it. You know 
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is good because of the many years of faithful service your 
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Every time you use it—twice a day for 6 or 7 months 
each year, you’ll appreciate its convenience, safety and 
labor saving. No hard, tiresome, pitching silage up and 
overhead. The Unadilla opening is continuous — you just 
push silage out at its own level. The doors never freeze in 
or stick. The fasteners form a wide ladder, safe and easy as 
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other makes taken together. 
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\ Boa C Unadilla. N.Y. 
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For more than a quarter century the Harder has 
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Now, you can buy this genuine improved Harder 
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purchasers. You can meet the payments out of your 
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Vargo (10, d, n), Lucile McCombs (11, d), Maria 
Eskola (b, m, n, v), Lily Weisenburger (9, d). 
Pennsylvania: Mary Wieland (14, n), Ger¬ 
trude Brinkniann (d, s), Eleanor Wasson (9, d). 
Ona Darling (12, d), Floyd Valentine (8, d), 
John Warner (10. g), Anna Warner (12, x, z), 
Frank Warner (14, n), Esther Herr (15, d), 
Carl Glick (11, d, n), Calista Cliubbuck (n), 
Martha Engstrand (9, d), Hazel Sorg (d, n, x 
z), Janet Compton (14, d, n), Helen Scott (10, 
d. p), Caroline Pence (11, d), Earl Conard (11, 
d), Ralph Styer (d), Martha Horst (14, e, n, 
z), Madeline Groesbeck (d, n), Mary Hesser (8, 
d), Alice Hesser (10, d), Emma Kaiser (n), 
Maurice Shock (d, n). 
Rhode Island: Doris Watkins (11, n), Eleanor 
House (9, d, n), Hazel Bailey (12, d, e, n), 
Eleanor Chase (10, x), Barbara Chase (9, s), 
Margaret A. Palmer. 
Virginia: Ca-therine Fox (10, d, 1, n), Fran¬ 
ces Lackey (10 1, o), Anne Lackey (13), Clarke 
Beeler (13, n), Thompson Peery (11, n). 
Wisconsin: Frances Ellison (9). 
Lime for Live Stock 
In Kentucky and in places where lime¬ 
stone soil is plentiful a colt foaled there 
will make a more rapid growth the first 
six months of its life than in places where 
there is no limestone. We know it is 
the limestone that makes more bone and 
muscle. Now, is there any preparation 
that I might feed a colt or the mare 
that will answer the same purpose and 
have the same effect on this colt that this 
limestone grass has? How about lime 
water to drink for mare and colt and 
what part and what kind. J. L. B. 
Illinois. 
What you say about the Blue Grass 
region of Kentucky is fully appreciated 
by successful live stock feeders and 
breeders. So much has been said about 
mineral deficiencies that one is scarcely 
safe in passing judgment on this mooted 
question. The only difference between 
green grass and cured hay is a given 
percentage of water. Nevertheless it is 
impossible for one to take ordinary hay 
and mix a given amount of water with 
this roughage and produce the same re¬ 
sults that follow when green grass is 
available. While we appreciate the fact 
that the mineral constituent made avail¬ 
able by means of the grass is largely 
ground limestone, nevertheless, the addi¬ 
tion of ground limestone to hay plus wa¬ 
ter does not create the same conditions in 
live stock feeding practices. 
Young animals, of course r need leafy 
roughage. We know, for instance, that a 
ton of Alfalfa will yield approximately 
175 lbs. of mineral matter, a large per¬ 
centage of which is lime. Enterprising 
distributers have provided mineral mix¬ 
tures and given them attractive names, 
and I know of one concern that sold 
millions of pounds of this product in the 
corn belt last year. It is fed generally 
as a supplement to grain rations and does 
produce very satisfactory results. 
At the Wisconsin Station a number of 
years ago Dr. Hart discovered that cer¬ 
tain mineral constituents which were nec¬ 
essary for structure building in the ani¬ 
mal could not be assimilated in the ab¬ 
sence of some constituent that was con¬ 
tributed by green grass. lie did not take 
for granted the suggestion that has 
prompted a great deal of research work, 
holding that roughage should be supple¬ 
mented with ground limestone if fed dur¬ 
ing the Winter months in order that the 
mineral matter might be made available. 
On the other hand, research would seem 
to indicate that the best time to feed 
mineral matter to live stock is during the 
Summer season when they are foraging 
on luxuriant pastures. While grass that 
is grown on soil rich in mineral matter 
will contain a sufficient amount of min¬ 
eral matter to satisfy the animal, never¬ 
theless, if additional amounts of lime and 
phosphorus are made available, it is be¬ 
lieved that the surplus is stored in the 
animal’s system. If this is the ease it 
accounts for the fact that certain animals 
can go through the Winter feeding season 
without additional mineral supplements. 
This mineral deficiency apparently is not 
a limiting factor in the feeding of horses: 
with dairy cows and swine it is a differ¬ 
ent problem. 
The use of ordinary ground limestone 
sprinkled over a poor quality of legume 
hay has given good results in many in¬ 
stances. From 3 to 5 lbs. of the mineral 
matter is sufficient to scatter over 100 
lbs. of mixed hay. If this can be assim¬ 
ilated it would provide- about as much 
mineral matter as a like amount of Al¬ 
falfa hay would contain. 
While a great deal is known about min¬ 
eral deficiency, I share the belief that 
much will be discovered in the future, and 
that feeding practices will no doubt be 
greatly improved by these findings. F. c. M. 
February 23, 1924 
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