The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
, 897 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Figuring a Feed Problem 
What is the most perfect ready mixed 
dairy ration for milk? I inclose analysis 
of a feed recently recommended to us, 
but we find that our cows fall off in milk 
when we use it alone. I can get any kind 
of feed, and my employer is willing to 
furnish it, provided we get the milk, as 
he has an excellent market at home for 
his entire output. We have grade cows, 
Jerseye, Ayrshires and Holsteins. 
Long Island. F. A. T. 
It would be an error in judgment for 
us to identify “the most perfect ready- 
mixed dairy ration.” Different manufac¬ 
turers would argue as to just what you 
might mean by the word “perfect,” and 
all of them would, no doubt, feel that 
they could qualify with a product which 
would meet your wishes. The only way 
to determine the value of any proprietary 
feed is to give it a trial under your own 
conditions, after satisfying yourself that 
it is manufactured by a responsible con¬ 
cern and that it is built up of ingre¬ 
dients of known usefulness and value. 
There are two groups of feed manufac¬ 
turers ; one group putting out dairy feeds 
to merchandise some by-product from the 
manufacturer of cereals or other pro¬ 
ducts ; and the other group buys all of 
their ingredients and compounds them, 
distributing the kind of feed which they 
feel would best serve the interest of their 
patrons. Rome manufacturers build a ra¬ 
tion for a dollar and others build a ra- 
tion for a dairy cow. There is ao much 
difference between mixed feeds as there 
is between day and night, and to attempt 
to identify the most perfect one would be 
a hopeless task. Generally speaking, the 
low grade protein feeds carry more fiber 
and more carbohydrates, and the manu¬ 
facturers use less care in the selection of 
ingredients. Rations cai*rying between 
20 and 24 per cent of protein and which 
are built from ingredients of known value 
are the most economical to purchase and 
are need most extensively by successful 
dairymen. 
A farmer who has corn, oats and bar¬ 
ley which have been produced on his own 
farm will find many advantages in select¬ 
ing one of the high-grade 24 per cent pro¬ 
tein feeds which does not contain refuse 
products, such as weed seed and screen¬ 
ings and, by adding a given amount of 
corn and oats to this combination, can 
bring it down to a 20 per cent basis to 
meet his conditions. During the Sum¬ 
mer a feed varying from 17 to 20 per 
cent of protein is quite sufficient where 
grass is abundant and cows are in good 
flesh. 
With grade Ayrshires and Holsteins, 
with the variety of roughage you men¬ 
tion at hand, I should recommend the 
following ration: 150 lbs. of oilmeal, 
200 lbs. gluten meal, 300 lbs. hominy, 100 
lbs. bran, 150 lbs. oats. This will result 
in a feed carrying about 20 per cent of 
protein. 
If your cows give more than 40 lbs. of 
milk per day this is not enough, and some 
cottonseed meal, say 150 lbs., should be 
added to this combination. While the 
cows are on grass you can reduce some 
of the protein feeds, increasing the 
amount of hominy. I should take out the 
linseed meal first when the cows are on 
pasture, for, being laxative in its nature, 
it is not as desirable as gluten meal or 
cottonseed through the Summer. For 
Winter feeding I consider linseed meal 
invaluable and would not think of choos¬ 
ing a ration which did not carry from 10 
to 15 per cent of this product. 
Improving Milk Yield 
I have a herd of cattle which are about 
half Guernseys and half Jerseys, all pure¬ 
bred, and wffiile our milk tests about 5.20 
per cent butter fat we cannot get any 
quantity of milk from our cows. We 
feed them four quarts of grain night and 
morning, and four quarts at noon. Night 
and morning we give them all the clover 
hay they want, and at noon one-half 
bushel of mangel beets, cut up fine. The 
grain we feed consists of the following: 
1,000 lbs. gluten, 300 lbs. dairy feed, 300 
lbs. hominy, 300 lbs. cake meal, 300 lbs. 
cottonseed meal, 300 lbs. wheat bran, 300 
lbs. clover leaf, 300 lbs. ground oats, 300 
lbs. cornmeal. 
Will you let me know if our mixture of 
feed is all right, or if they are not right 
or if there is anything we could feed bet¬ 
ter. j. H. o. 
While it is important that variety shall 
be present in a ration intended for dairy 
cows, it is not necessary to utilize as 
many ingredients as you have identified. 
Particularly is this unnecessary during 
the Summer, when the cows have access 
to either pasture, forage crops, or some 
selected green feeds. Two or three of 
the mixed feeds which you mention con¬ 
sist of low-grade materials, and I fancy 
that the combination which you have 
been using is not one excessively bulky, 
but that it is relatively low in protein. I 
would suggest that you simplify your 
combination during this season of the 
year and that you feed a ration carrying 
about 20 per cent of protein feed. A 
combination consisting of 300 lbs. of hom¬ 
iny, 200 lbs. ground oats, 150 lbs. linseed 
meal, 150 lbs. gluten meal, 150 lbs. cot¬ 
tonseed meal, 200 lbs. bran, is suggested. 
With cows out to grass it might be pos¬ 
sible to simplify this combination still 
further, using 400 lbs. corn or hominy, 
300 lbs. ground oats, 200 lbs. cottonseed 
meal, 100 lbs. wheat bran. 
If you have gluten meal on hand, then 
half the cottonseed meal could be replaced 
by gluten meal to good advantage. Usu¬ 
ally during the Summer cottonseed meal 
provides the most economical source of 
protein, and whether one selects gluten 
meal or cottonseed meal to supplement 
corn and oats on pasture depends largely 
upon a question of price. 
The Milking Shorthorn 
The picture on first page this week 
shows a good specimen of the milking 
Shorthorn breed, the cow Bare Fashion, 
owned by II. E. Tener, of Orange Coun¬ 
ty, N. Y. 
In recent years there has been here an 
increasing interest in milking Short¬ 
horns because of their dual purpose pos¬ 
sibilities. The breed has long been popu¬ 
lar in England, where it has been highly 
developed for milk and beef production. 
A recent report from the milking 
Shorthorn Society states that the cow 
Melba 15th of Darbalara, owned by the 
Scottish-Australian Investment Company 
of New South Wales, Australia, has 
completed a 300-day official record of 29,- 
755 lbs. milk, and 1,395 lbs. butterfat, 
which is believed to exceed the yearly fat 
record of any other breed. 
New Jersey Local Grain and Feed Prices 
(Supplied by New Jersey State Department of 
Agriculture, Bureau of 1 Markets.) 
The following quotations show approxi¬ 
mate cost of feed per ton and grain per 
bushel in carlots, sight draft basis, de¬ 
livered on tracks at the various stations 
given below. The quotations are based 
on sales for transit and nearby shipments 
June 2, 1924, according to the United 
States Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
co-operating. Feed all in 100-lb. sacks. 
Figures are for Belvidere, Washington. 
Milford, Highbridge, Flemington, French- 
town, Passaic, Haekettstown, Lebanon, 
Belle Meade, Califon, Newton, Branch- 
ville, Sussex, Lafayette, Hopewell. New 
Brunswick, Mt. Holley, Dover, Paterson, 
Morristown, Elizabeth, Somerville, Tren¬ 
ton, Newark, Perth Amboy and Mont¬ 
clair : Per bu. 
No. 2 white oats .$0.57% 
No. 3 white oats.56% 
No. 2 yellow corn .93% 
No. 3 yellow corn .91% 
Per ton 
Spring bran .$25.40 
Hard W. W. bran . 26.40 
Spring middlings . 24.90 
Red-dog flour . 36.90 
White hominy . 35.40 
Yellow hominy . 34.90 
Gluten feed . 39.90 
Ground oats . 41.40 
Dry brewers’ grains . 32.40 
Flour middlings . 29.90 
36% cottonseed meal . 44.65 
43% cottonseed meal . 49.15 
34% linseed meal . 44.60 
GUERNSEYS 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
June 17.—Vermont Guernsey Breeder** 
Association at Fair Grounds, Rutland. 
Nov. 11-12.—Fond du Lac County 
Holstein Breeders’ Sale, Fond du Lac, 
Wis. 
Nov. 19-20. — Holsteins. Allegany- 
Steuben annual consignment sale, Hor- 
nell. N. Y. 
Nov. 20.—Fresh cow sale, California 
Breeders’ Pedigree and Sale Company, 
managers, Tulare, Cal. 
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Vermont Guernsey Breeders 
Association 
Sixth Annual Sale 
June 17th—at Fair Grounds 
RUTLAND, VERMONT 
O Selected Animals from 
yj Federally Tested Herds 
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SWINE 
■OAKS FARM GUERNSEYS^ 
Offers for Sale 
ARCHER OF OAKS FARM No. 94645- 
Born July 24. 1923. Dark fawn bull with white 
markings, straight back ami well grown. His 
sire is a double grandson of Imp. King of the 
May and out of a cow with a record of 11005 lbs. 
of milk, 487 lbs. of fat. Has a maternal sister 
with a record of 10705 lbs. milk and 554 lbs. fat 
with first calf. We will deliver this calf to your 
station for $150, express prepaid. Why not 
breed grade Guernseys when you cau secure a 
bull of this quality for such a bargain? Tuber¬ 
culin tested. 
W. S. KERR, Manager. COHASSET, MASS. 
GUERNSEY MILK 
is bringing 10c and better at the Farm. Or¬ 
dinary milk around tic. It costs no more to 
keep Guernseys. 
Get started now with a pure bred Guern¬ 
sey bull. 
We have high producing healthy stock, 
at reasonable prices. 
ROUGH WOOD GUERNSEY HERD 
Chestnut Hill, Mass. 
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 Secret, and Glenwood breeding out of A. R. 
dams or dams that will be tested. Write for sales list 
and Pedigrees. w , w , 0/l | RT MRMS ?? s ni s , p hn , p , 
CHEDC0 GUERNSEYS 
We offer for sale atreasonable prices, 4 Dull Poluao 
from 3 to 14 months old. Their dams ^ U3IVBS 
have milked from 15 to 20 quarts per day and are 
now on test or have just completed test. 
Federal Accredited Herd. 
C. E. COTTING 44 Slate St., Boston, Mass. 
Tuscarora Farms Guernseys 
All ages, both male and female, for sale. May 
Rose. Governor of the Chene and Golden Secret 
Breeding. A. R. stock. Prices reasonable. 
John W. Hollis 102 Main St., Ilornell, N.Y. 
TARBELL FARMS GUERNSEYS 
Bull calves and bulls of serviceable age. A. H. breeding. 
Prices very reasonable. Write for pedigrees. 
SMITHVILLE FLATS Chenango Co. New York 
JERSEYS A 
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 FA KM S - Troy, Pa. 
ForSale R j?£e e y ed Bulls, Cows, Heifers & Calves 
carrying the most popular blood lines. Send me your in¬ 
quiries. I). A. CURTIS - Jamestown, N.Y. 
FnrSalp—Iprtpv Hpifpr Bred Jan. 27, ’24. Excel- 
roroaie jersey neiier lent individual. Price rea¬ 
sonable. W. S. BERGEK Perkaeie, Pa. 
AYRSHIRES 
REGISTERED AYRSHIRE COWS 
Twenty, mostly fresh. Also young stock. Prices 
very reasonable. Write for pedigrees. 
Christopher Byrne Sons Frlendeville, Pa. 
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DOGS 
HEKLA CLEARANCE SALE 
Largest Airedale Kennel East 
Breeders of best Puppies, Madison Square Garden, 1923- 
1924. Airedales bred by this kennel have won over 300 
prizes past two years. 7 months puppies past distemper. 
10 months females due in season. Young stud dogs. 
All Stock Champion bred ami all priced #25 each, to 
make room for show stock. None have been trained 
but are all of good disposition, willing to learn. Matrons 
in whelp and show stock at reasonable prices. 
HEKLA KENNELS (Registered), R. F.D., Dover, N. J. 
pedigreed Airedale Pups. Males, Fifteen Dollars.Satis- 
> faction guaranteed. F. L. CROWE, Stuyvesant, N.Y. 
COLLIE PUPPIES and Grown Dogs 
Finest Quality. Bred for Brains and Beauty. Registered. 
Priced Low. SHERMAN BOWDEN FARM, Mansfield,Ohio 
PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND PROPERTY 
Address GREAT DANE KENNELS, Mi,trunk, NY. 
Buy a GreatDane 
Scotch Shepard Pups 2 months old 
Females, $3. F. A. SWEET 
Male, $6; 
Smyrna, N. Y. 
w 
hlte Collie Pup*. 
Chetola Kennels 
Pedigreed. 2 months old, 815 up. 
- Rock Creek, Ohio 
P edigreed Collie Pup*. The handsome and intelligent 
kind. Also Fox Terriers. NELSON BROS., Grove Ulty, I'a. 
White Collie PUPP,ES Thoro “ 
all white and white 
with sable markings. Perfect beauties. 
Males, $15; females, $10. Mrs. W. C. BARLOW, Sugar Brave, Pa 
and Rabbit Hounds. 
CHAS. TOTH 
Write for prices. 
Henderson, Maryland 
MILKING SHORTHORNS 
JVr 11 lxing Sh.ortlioms 
Our cow, “ Dairy Maid,” has just made a new Shorthorn 
milk record for the U. S. A., 19,060 lbs. We invite inqui¬ 
ries. Waigrove Herd Washingtonville, N. Y. 
Far Attention EASTERN Breeders or Buyers of 
DUROC-JERSEY SWINE 
BRED SOWS AND GILTS 
One year and older. Bred 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, M illbrook. N.Y. 
FEEDING PIGS FOR SALE 
Berkshire and Chester cross and Yorkshire 
and Chester cross. 6 weeks old $5.00, 7 to 8 
weeks old $5.50 each. These are all healthy 
and weaned, all good feeding pigs. I will 
ship any amount C. O. D, on approval up 
to 50 pigs. 
A. M. LUX, 206 Washington St., Woburn, Mass. 
""YllROfiC Orion and .Sensation Breed- 
,T „ ,n *- Ail “« es tar sale. 
*. M. Pattiugtou & Sou Merritield, N. Y. 
m Drift 9 rdei ' s acceptable now for Spring Pigs. 
1/UlVUbu * | dto$2.-». Excellent breeding. Olderstock 
Elmwood Farms, P. 0. Box IS, Bradford, N.y! 
FEEDING PIGS 
6 Weeks Old, $5.00 Each. 8 Weeks Old, $6.00 Each 
lliese pigs are the first cross between Yorkshire and 
Berkshire Large Type Swine. All healthy and rust 
growing pigs. Sows or BarrowR. 
Also Purebred Yorkshire or Berkshire Pigs, 6 to 8 
weeks old, ikS.OOeacli. Can furnish sow and unre- 
luted boar pigs. All pigs C.O.D, on approval. 
Dr. P. F. WALLINGFORD, M D. V., Box 51, Waltham, Mass. 
CHESTER WHITES 
_ _ AND BERKSHIRES 
Durocs, 6 wks. old, $4.50 ea. Pigs are ready to ship. 
ROUSE BROS. - Dushore, Pa. 
Large berkshires 
AT HIGHWOOD 
Service boars, weanling pigs, bred gilts and sows. 
We 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. 
Datmoor Berkshires. Sows and gilts bred to prize win- 
1 ning boar. Also young stock. PATMOOR FARMS, Harilielii. N.f. 
BIG TYPE CHESTER WHITES 
Service Boars, Gilts, Spring pigs, ready for ship¬ 
ment. CLYDE B. THOMAS, R. No. 3, Boonsboro, Maryland 
PIGS FOR SALE 
YORKSHIRE AND CHESTER CROSS AND CHES- 
TER AND BERKSHIRE CROSS. 
All large, grow thy pig*, weaned ami eating. Pigs 6 
to 7 weeks old, $4.60 each, and 7 to 8 weeks old, $5 
each I will crate and ship from 1 to 100, C. O. 1) to 
your approval. These pigs are bred to make pork in 
little time. No runts shipped. This is my price, F. 
O. B. Woburn, Mass. WALTER LUX 
38B Salem $t., Woburn, Mass. Tel. 80 
HAMPSHIRE PIGS 
Nice Spring pigs and bred gilts. Free cir¬ 
cular. LOCUST LAWN FARM. Box R, Elocrson. Pe. 
Registered O. I. C. and Chester White p|CC 
n Eugene P. Rogers Wayvllle, N. Y. llvJO 
100 PIGS—0.1. G., Chester White and Durocs 
0 weeks old, $4.75 ; 8 weeks old. $5.50. All taught to 
eat. Oaks Hairy Farm Wyaluging, Pa. 
Ria Tvnp Pnlanrlo A nlue lot of Pi K s for sale 
1 y r Dianas at reduced prices till June 
20th. Also choice Boar Pigs sired by Smooth Liberator 
No. 511809. Write G. S. HALL Farmdalc, Ohio 
Reg. Chester White Pigs 
now ready for shipping, 10 wks. to 4 mos. old, at 
Farmers* Prices. Can be mated in pairs and trios 
not akin. Carefully bred. Come see our pigs and makn 
your own selections. EDWARD WALTER. Box 66R, West Chester, Pa 
GOATS 
For Sale F ine Grade Toggenberg 
f)npe two years and a half old, each with twin kids, 
uuoi> doe and two kids, *35. Three pair of Togg. 
kids, three months old, *20 a pair. Two yearling 
Togg, bucks, *20 apiece. Two fresh does without 
kids, *25 apiece. Three bred does, hornless, 2 % 
years old. bred to pure buck, *25 apiece, 
FRED RITCHEY Arcade. N. Y. 
ANGORA 
OATS 
Long white haired stock. Bred from New York city park 
flock. 25 for sale. Apply BOB ATWOOD, Se w Hartford, Oonn. 
GOATS f Nubians, TojjgenbergH, pure 
1 < hreds and high grades. 
SACRIFICED I MT. KEMBLE FARMS, Morristown, N. J. 
For Sale-Toggenburg Goats b,“<i« an^gr^jet 
Four milking, one dry. Four yearlings, two kids. 
F. E. ADAMS 
Box 42 
Union Springs, N. Y. 
F or Sale— Pure Toggenburg liuek Kids, also does. 
Best milk strain. Dr. Gordon Cranbury, N. J. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Don’t Pay Exorbitant Prices mu.cii cows 
100 Federal Tested and Accredited cows for sale. Or wil. 
buy same direct from farmers on reasonable commission 
Telephone at once, my expense. JOHN F. benjamin. Bane vt 
Chester White Pigs,Collie, Beagle and Police Pups 
MEADOW SPRING FARM Chalfont, Pa. S H. NULL & SON 
FOR SALE 
Thirteen New Zealand Rabbits 
perfectly healthy. WALTER L. MARKER, Clayton, Delaware 
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