"The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
677 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Forage for Pigs 
I am thinking of running a litter of 
pigs on pasture this Spring. How many 
pigs can pasture an acre from weaning 
until fattening time? What kind of pas¬ 
ture is cheapest and most efficient as a 
growth producer? What supplemental 
feed should be given in addition to pas¬ 
ture? M. V. B. 
Ulster Co., N. Y. 
If the area intended for forage is pro¬ 
ductive .soil, that is, if it will produce an 
average crop of corn or wheat, then the 
chances are that it would produce an av¬ 
erage crop of rape, oats and clover which, 
in my opinion, is about the best combina¬ 
tion for supplying succulence and forage 
crops for pigs. As early in the Spring 
as it is possible to properly plow and pre¬ 
pare this land, make ready a good seed 
bed and drill or broadcast a mixture con¬ 
sisting of equal parts of oats and Canada 
held peas, utilizing about three bushels of 
the mixed seed (by measure) per acre. 
If you use the grass seed attachment of 
your drill, then distribute 4 lbs. of Dwarf 
Essex rape seed per acre in addition to 
the oats and peas. If it is a small area 
and you are not using an implement of 
this character, then the rape should be 
mixed with some red clover seed and 
broadcast in the usual way. There is an 
advantage in mixing the rape with clover 
not only because the clover has virtues 
itself, but it will make it easier for you 
to distribute the desired amount of rape 
over the given area. 
Under average conditions it is assumed 
that an acre of forage crop will pasture a 
ton of live weight pigs throughout the 
season; that is, it will care for 20 pigs 
weighing 100 lbs., or it will care for 40 
pigs weighing .10 lbs. each. The pigs 
should be turned in when the oats and 
peas are 0 to S in. high. 
If the oats are permitted to grow up 
and head out, in some instances letting 
the oats trickle off and be trampled into 
the soil, they will germinate and provide 
an excellent catch crop for Fall feeding. 
It i,s possible to use the Dwarf Essex rape 
and clover by itself, but a combination of 
the oats and Canada field peas and rape 
is in my opinion much more desirable. 
You must realize, however, that this com¬ 
bination will not grow well on poor soil, 
and in order to get the best growth from 
an area of this character the land should 
be limed, should be well drained, and 
should be reasonably well fertilized. 
The only feeds that are necessary to be 
used as a supplement to forage crops of 
this character would be cornmeal with 5 
or 10 per cent of digester tankage. The 
fish meal could be substituted for the di¬ 
gester tankage if it is more easily avail¬ 
able. The 00 per cent grade of digester 
tankage should be used, and when the pigs 
weigh less than 50 lbs., 10 per cent of di¬ 
gester tankage should be used. As they 
grow older the amount can be reduced to 
5 pei- cent of digester tankage or fish 
meal. 
Keep before the pigs at all times a mix¬ 
ture consisting of equal parts of ground 
limestone and salt. Remember also that 
in order to induce the sows as well as the 
pigs to forage vigorously it is necessary 
to deny them access to grain. Under av¬ 
erage circumstances the allowance of 1 x /j 
to 2 lbs. of grain for each 100 lbs. of live 
weight is considered the proper amount to 
use. This allowance will prompt the pigs 
to forage, and at the same time it will 
supplement the forage crops in such a 
way as to enable you to receive a new 
dollar for an old one. Naturally, the 
pigs would prefer to eat the concentrate 
rather than to hustle for their living in a 
patch of oats, rape and peas. The only 
thing that makes pork production unprof¬ 
able is the tendency of the feeder to give 
the pigs all of the grain that they will 
consume and allow them to use the forage 
area as a sort of golf course. 
Feeding Heifers 
Could you tell me what to feed a young 
heifer that came fresh about a month 
ago, to get a good cream? We have Tim¬ 
othy hay and some clover and have it all 
to buy also bran, cornmeal and crushed 
oats. Should we add gluten and oilmeal 
as we want to get cream. We shall have 
another cow calve in about a month. She 
is in good condition. r. g. 
Long Island. 
Manifestly the way to get more cream 
is to feed the heifer in such a way that 
she will produce more milk. It is impos¬ 
sible to modify th epercentage of butter- 
fat which any individual will produce 
*but it is possible to increase the quantity 
of milk and hence the quantity of cream. 
We have repeatedly emphasized the 
importance of providing dairy animate 
with an abundance of roughage of good 
quality. By this we mean plenty of 
clover and Alfalfa hay especially for use 
in feeding young animals. Where it is 
desired that the animal grow in addition 
to producing some such product as milk, 
then it is essential that some legume hay 
of known usefulness and quality be made 
available. Therefore, while you are buy¬ 
ing hay, buy clover hay, and buy enough 
of it so that this heifer can be given two 
or three times a day all the clover hay 
that she will consume and clean up with 
relish. 
It certainly would be advantageous to 
add gluten and linseed meal to the basic 
ingredients or carbohydrate products 
which you mention. Cornmeal and 
crushed oats are pretty much alike in 
their analysis; one of course carrying 
more carbohydrates, the other carrying 
more fiber; but both, of them being de¬ 
ficient in protein when it comes to the 
production of milk. Bran, on the other 
hand, carries more protein than either 
corn or oats, but its chief contribution 
is in the way of bulk and mineral mat¬ 
ter. 
If you desire to limit your ration to the 
products mentioned and available the fol¬ 
lowing mixture would be suited for use 
in feeding the heifer in question : 100 lbs. 
bran, 150 lbs. cornmeal, 100 lbs. ground 
oats, 50 lbs. linseed meal, 50 lbs. gluten 
meal, 50 lbs. buckwheat middlings. 
Feed from 7 to 10 lbs. of this grain 
ration per day, depending of course upon 
the amount of milk which the heifer is 
producing. One pound of grain for each 
three pounds of milk per day is a safe 
basis for determining the amount of grain 
to use. 
For the dry cow which is to freshen in 
about 30 days, I should use a mixture 
consisting of: 30 lbs. cornmeal, 30 lbs. 
oats, 30 lbs. bran, 10 lbs. linseed meal. 
This is a safe ration to feed young or 
dry stock and it should be fed in suffi¬ 
cient amount so that both classes of ani¬ 
mals can gain in weight and improve in 
appearance. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
May 14—American Guernsey Cattle 
Club, annual meeting, Chicago, Ill. 
Sept. 22-28—Fifteenth annual Dairy 
Cattle Congress, Waterloo, la. 
Sept. 27 j Oet. 4—National Dairy Expo¬ 
sition, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Nov. 1-8—Fourteenth annual Pacific 
International Live Stock Exposition, 
Portland, Ore. 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
May 6 —Annual Sale, Berrien County 
Guernsey Breeders’ Association, Eau 
Claire, Mich. 
May 15—National Guernsey Sale, Chi¬ 
cago Guernsey Sale, Hinsdale, Mich. 
May 16—Annual consignment sale, 
Guernsey Breeders’ Association of West¬ 
ern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
May 19-20—Dispersal Sale, Upland 
Farms Guernseys, Ipswich, Mass. Lean- 
der F. Herrick, sale manager. 
May 21—-New York State Guernsey 
Breeders’ Association, annual sale, Fern- 
brook Farm, Albany, N. Y. 
May 24—Minnesota Holstein-Friesian 
Association, State sale, Rochester, Minn. 
June 4—Ohio Guernsey Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation, annual sale, Wooster, O. 
June 5-6—National Holstein sale, Vir¬ 
ginia State Fair Grounds, Richmond, Va. 
June 11—Eastern Guernsey Breeders’ 
Association, annual sale of selected 
Guernseys, Devon, Pa. 
Nov. 11-12—Fond du Lac County Hol¬ 
stein Breeders’ Sale. Fond du Lac, Wis. 
S. H. Bird, South Byron, manager. 
Nov. 20—Fresh Cow Sale, California 
Breeders’ Pedigree and Sale Company, 
managers, Tulare, Cal. 
GUERNSEYS 
10,000 POUND COWS 
Our heifers yield this and a Roughwood 
bull will breed the same for you. Wide 
selection. All ages and prices. 
Federal Accredited Herd 
ROUGHWOOD GUERNSEY HERD 
Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
Tuscarora Farms Guernseys 
All ages, both male and female, for sale. May 
Rose. Governor of the Chene and Golden Seeret 
Breeding. A. R. stock. Prices reasonable. 
John W. Hollis 102 Main St.. Hornell. N.Y. 
Bull Calves at Bargain Prices 
We offer Farmers and Breeders of Guernseys an op¬ 
portunity to secure exceptionally bred, healthy 
bulls, from a clean. Tuberculin Tested Herd at rea¬ 
sonable prices. King of the May—Dolly Dimple- 
Golden Seeret. and Glenwood breeding out of A. R. 
dams or dams that will be tested. Write for sales list 
and Pedigrees. WAW , OAIKT FARMS. 22 S. 124 SI.. $*«»., r. 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves and bulls of serviceable age. A. R. breeding. 
Prices very reasonable. Write for pedigrees. 
SMITHVILLE FLATS Chenango Co. New York 
Entire Herd of Reg. Guernsey Cows E 
$250 each. K.P.I'attlson - Mt. Morris, N.Y. 
W -A. T ED D 
Reg. Guernsey HEIFER CALVES 
for boy’s Club work. H. WIGMAN, Lansing, Michigan 
Registered Guernseys 
Philbrook Farms . Kempton, Fa. 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
!Millx.irLg; Sliortlrorns 
Dual purpose. Increase milk production by using sires 
of known heavy milking ancestry. It can he done. In¬ 
quiries invited. Wal B rove Herd, Washlngtonvlllo, N.Y. 
MILKING SHORTHORN Bull Calf,$50 
Born March 30, 1924. U. of M. dam. Excellent sire. Thorn- 
dale breeding. Federal accredited herd. Complete des¬ 
cription with snapshots. C. E. S E. G. BEMIS.East Brookfield. Man. 
JERSEYS 
Bull and Heifer Calves by Masterman’s Financier 
who is of the same line of breeding as the Champion and 
Grand Champion females at the Syracuse National, and 
out of R. of M. dams. We still have a few bred cows and 
heifers left. BONO FARMS - Troy, Pa, 
ForSale R K , r B *? y red Bulls, Cows, Heifers & Calves 
carrying the most popular blood lines. Send me your in¬ 
quiries. 1>. A. CURTIS - Jamestown, N.Y. 
HOLSTEINS 
5 Registered, 9 Grade Holstein 
ONE GUERNSEY. All good sized, healthy animals. 
Nearly all fresher soon to be. This is no culled 
bunch or dealer’s collection, but an "honest-to-good- 
ness ” farmer’s herd. King& Davis, Tully, N.Y, 
MISCELLANEOUS .% J 
Don’t Pay Exorbitant Prices milch cows 
100 Federal Tested and Accredited cows for sale. Or wil. 
buy same direct from fai merson reasonable commission 
Telephone at once, my expense. JOHN F. BENJAMIN, Barra. VI 
Chester White Pigs, Collie, Beagle and Police Pups 
MEADOW SPRING FARM Chalfonl, Pa. S. H. NULL ft SON 
DOGS j 
BELGIAN SHEPHERD Dogs 
just imported, for sale. Year-old male and female. 
Handsome, fine watchdogs. Coat: Jet blaek. Ful¬ 
ly pedigreed. Eligible for American Kennel Club. 
Price, reasonable. Apply 
L. DESTENAY Woods Tavern Belle Mead, N. J. 
Airedale PUPPIES 
Males, ®12; Females, S>6, 
JOHN I. FOWLER Route 1 Red Creek, N. Y, 
COLLIE PUPPIES and Grown Dogs 
Finest Quality. Bred for Brains and Beauty. Registered. 
Priced Bow. 8HERMAN BOWDEN FARM, Mansfield,Ohio 
Ufhlte Collie Pups. Pedigreed. 2 months old, $15 up. 
*» Chetola Kennels . Rock Creek, Ohio 
nedlgrecd Collie Pups. The hanusome and intelligent 
1 kind. Also Fox Terriers. NELSON BROS., Drove City, 1*». 
Guaranteed Rabbit Hound 
$15. Collie pups, 10 wks. males, $10; female, $7. Aire¬ 
dale, male, $25. "JUST A-MERE" POULTRY FARM, Hampton, .N.Y. 
Thoroughbred Knglish Shepherd l*upples,$5 each 
• FERTILE ACRES STOCK FARM Boa 232 Delhi, N.Y. 
Rahhit Mnunrlo and Beagles. Prices reasonable. 
nduoiinounus Chas. Toth Henderson, Md. 
Scotch Shepard Pups lr a Te h *«! 
Females, S3. F. A. SWEET Smyrna, N. y! 
Police Pups, Irish, Airedale Terriers Vireeda 
Muller 1569 Logan Ave. Youngstown, Ohio 
GOATS 
FOR SALE—MILCH GOATS—5 ToggenburgGrade Does 
Each with twin kids, $35 for each doe and kids. Ore pure 
bred Togg. buck, one yr. old, $25, Two brown female, % 
Togg. kids, 8 mos. old, from a 5-qt. dam, $15 apiece. One 
[litre White Hornless Saanan Swiss buck 2 yrs. old, $20. 
FRED RITCHEY, Arcade, N.Y. II. K. II. .Vo. 2 
GOATS f Nubians, ToKgenbergs, pure 
„ . i bretis and high grades. 
SACRIFICED 1 MT. KEMBLE FARMS, Morristown. N. J. 
SWISS MILK GOATS; alsobucks. ENORES, Westbrook,Conn. 
SHEEP 
SWINE 
12 Reg. Shropshire Ewes i^^ftr^e.^Priwfsaoo 6 
A-l stock. GUS SPERL, SilverSt.lt E.Tremint Arc.. Westc&eifer.N.T. 
For Attention EASTERN Breeders or Bnycrs of 
RUROC-JERSEY SWINE 
BRED SOWS AND GILTS 
One year and older. Died to 
CREST DEFENDER 
Grand Champ. Conn. State Fair 1923. 
and 
ORION CHERRY LAD 
also 
LAST SPRING’S OPEN GILTS 
and 
This Fall’s Boar and Sow Pigs 
All reasonably priced. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
We solicit correspondence. 
The CREST Farm, Millbrook, N. Y. 
For Sale-Durocs-Defender Breeding 
Farrowed Dec. 5. 1923. 4 Hoars, 1 Sow, weighing 
90 to 11)0 pounds, 1115 each. 
H. I>. Honest eel 5 Front St., Troy, N.Y. 
Bred Sows. Bred and Open Gilts. Service 
Boar: 1 *. Excellent Breeding. 
Elmwood Farms, P. 0. Box 15, Bradford, N.Y. 
DUROCS 
IDUROCS Orion and Sensation Breed 
— — mg. 
F. M. Fattington & Son 
All ages for s a 1 e. 
Merrifielcl, N. Y. 
FEEDING PIGS 
6 Weeks Old. $5.50 Each. 8 Weeks Old. $6.50 Each 
These pigs are the first cross between Yorkshire and 
Berkshire Large Type Swine. Ail healthy and fast 
growing pigs. Sows or Barrows. 
Also Purebred Yorkshire or Berkshire Pigs, 6 to 8 
weeks old, #8.00 each. Can furnish sow and unre¬ 
lated boar pigs. All pigs O.O.l). on approval. 
Dr. P. F. WALLINGFORD. M D. V.. Box 51, Waltham, Mass. 
DUROC-JERSEY PIOS 
Tiie farmers’ and feeders’ favorite at farmers’ 
prices. Own a soil or daughter of ltosehill Colonel, 
No. 189735. Senior Yearling lirst and Junior Cham¬ 
pion Jut Eastern States, New York States, Schenec¬ 
tady and Albany fairs. 1921. Guernsey hull calves 
from Federal accredited herd at farmers’ prices, 
CHENWOLD FARMS Castloton-on Hudson, N.Y. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
AT HIGHWOOD 
Service boars, weanling pigs, bred gilts and sows. 
\Vo have bred the leading Grand Champion boars of 
recent years. These animals are close kin to them. 
H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING Box 15 Dundee, N.Y. 
_S TONE’S 
BERKSHIRES 
We offer Fall boars and gilts. Also March pigs, 
both sex. Excellent breeding. Good individuals, 
Prompt shipment. RICHARD H. STONE, Trumansburg, N Y; 
Ififl Pitre Chester Whites and Berkshires. Durocs. 0 
IUU I IgS wks..old, #5.50each. HOUSE Illl08.,l>iiahor«,ra 
( eg. O. I. C. and Chester White IHga, gilts, bred 
bows and service boars. E. P. HOOEHS, Wayrlll*, N, Y. 
0 1 II '» Choice Reg. March pigs,either sex, *10. Pun*, 
• I. U. 3 no-akin. Sat. guar. 11. HIM,, Seneca Falla, N.Y. 
FEEDING PIGS FOR SALE 
Berkshire and Yorkshire cross and Chester and Yorkshire 
cross; 6 weeks old $5 each, 7 to 8 weeks old $6 each. 
All bred from large stock. Pure bred Berkshires 7 weeks 
old $7 each. Will ship any amount C. O. D. on your 
approval or send check or money order, no charge 
for crating, safe delivery guaranteed. Ref. Tanner's 
National Bank. 
A. M. LUX, 206 Washington St, Wobnm, Mass. 
Poiand-Chinas H,GH 0UAUTY BIG TYPE 
Pigs,either sex, service hours, bred 
- sows and gilts. Buy the bent here 
„ . WILVIEW STOCK FARM 
I . O. 26 * Wilmington, lleln ware 
LARGE TYPE REG. BERKSHIRES 
I igs ami older stock always on hand. See stock before 
paying. WIANT FARMS. Hitefiiiqlon Mills. Pa. 
bieTtvpe CHESTER WHITES 
KsrftSSR B ~n l : , KY 4 "S2Ji2K l ifcaa 
Reg. Chester White Pigs 
now ready for shipping, 10 wks. to 4 mos. old at 
Farmers Prices Can he mated in pairs and trios 
not akin. Carefully br^d. Come see our pigs and make 
your own selections. EDWARD WALTER, Box 66R. West Chester.Pa. 
HORSES 
PAIR OF MATCHED BLACK 
PERCHERON MARES 
Seven-eighths blood, seven and nine years old, sound 
and kind, weight 3,000. Both guaranteed to be in 
foal by a Registered ton Percheron. Price, $450 
Also a two-year old black grey Percheton stallion* 
fifteen-sixteenth blood, weight J,200, well built, kind 
no blemishes. Price, $175. Matched hay team, seven 
and eight, mare and horse, sound and kind, weight 
2,800, extra good, single or double. Price, $425 
Have other good, sound, young work horses. All are 
home raised. Will deliver them 50 miles. 
VERNON R. LAFLER, R. 0. No. I.MIddle.ex, Yales Co.,N.Y. 
Vrrliprnn ^hllinnc 2 to 6 y r8 « old. Large,drafty, 
r ereneron oiamons Size and quality combined, 
At former grade prices. All first-prize winners at 0 fairs 
3 counties. John F. Stollor & Son Gallon, Ohio 
or Sale AVery High Class Standard Bred 
landsome Chestnut Five Gaited Saddle Mare 
Tiveyis. old; fifteen fchree-hnnd.^high. -Jack Twic* 
American Girl. Guaranteed sound. .Splendid disoo* 
sition, FRANK HOOD, 798 No. Walnut St., F ranklin, Indiana 
USEFUL FARM BOOKS 
Fertilizers and Crop, Van Slyke_.$3.25 
American Apple Orchard Waugh . 1 75 
American Peach Orchard'. Waugh.. 1.75 
Book of Cheese, Thom and Fisk_ 2.40 
Butter Making, Publow. 90 
Commercial Poultry, Roberts. 3.00 
Edmonds’ Poultry Account Book... 1.00 
Intensive Strawb’ry Culture, Graton. 1.00 
Manual of Milk Products, Stocking. 2.75 
Milk Testing, Publow.90 
Pruning Manual Bailey. 2.50 
Successful Fruit Culture, Maynard. 1.75 
Turkey Book, Lamon. L75 
Vegetable Forcing, Watts. 2.50 
Vegetable Garden, Watts. 2.50 
For sale by 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St. New York City 
