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Live  Stock  and  Dairy 
“Throwing”  Cattle;  Dishorning  Calves 
Circular  No.  101  of  the  Montana  Ex¬ 
periment  Station,  at  Bozeman,  gives  an 
interesting  statement  of  some  of  the 
things  quite  common  in  raising  dairy  cat¬ 
tle.  Readers  have  often  asked  us  how 
Rope  Rigged  for  Throiving  Cattle 
to  “throw”  cattle  when  it  is  necessary, 
for  any  purpose,  to  get  them  off  their  feet. 
This  bulletin  shows  how  to  do  it  in  the 
picture  shown.  The  rope  is  placed  on 
the  animal  as  indicated.  Then  by  pulling 
straight  back  on  the  loose  end  the  ani¬ 
mal  is  easily  thrown. 
One  of  the  common  questions  is  how 
white  middlings,  and  10  lbs.  60  per  cent 
digester  tankage.  Since  it  is  impossible 
for  me  to  put  the  larger  ones  in  other 
pens,  would  it  be  advisable  for  me  to 
eliminate  the  middlings,  or  would  the 
smaller  ones  get  foundered?  I  have  on 
hand  about  12  bushels  wheat  and  rye 
mixed.  I  also  have  75  bushels  rye.  Can 
this  be  used  instead  of  middlings? 
Pennsylvania.  J.  w.  B. 
The  combination  that  you  are  using  for 
feeding  your  growing  pigs  is  both  eco¬ 
nomical  and  correctly  balanced.  Very  lit¬ 
tle  is  gained  by  including  middlings  in 
rations  for  pigs  weighing  more  than  100 
lbs.,  where  corn  and  a  high  grade  of 
tankage  is  supplied.  Young  pigs  weigh¬ 
ing  less  than  this  amount  seem  to  re¬ 
spond  to  the  use  of  middlings  owning  to 
their  ease  of  digestion,  and  the  fact  that 
they  seemingly  increase  the  palatability 
of  the  mixture.  Where  it  is  impossible 
to  divide  the  pigs  by  weight,  I  should  in¬ 
clude  15  to  20  per  cent  of  middlings  in 
the  combination.  It  might  be  possible 
for  you  to  install  a  self-feeder  and  restrict 
the  opening  into  this  division  in  such  a 
manner  that  the  larger  pigs  could  not 
crawl  through,  and  thus  limit  the  mid¬ 
dlings  to  the  smaller  animals. 
Rye  can  be  safely  used  for  pigs  weigh¬ 
ing  over  150  lbs.,  but  I  should  not  use 
Clipping  the  Hair  Before  Dishorning 
to  dishorn  calves.  The  two  pictures  are 
taken  from  this  Montana  bulletin.  The 
calf  is  taken  when  three  to  ten  days  old. 
The  first  step  is  to  clip  off  the  hair  grow¬ 
ing  around  the  base  of  the  horn,  as 
shown  in  the  picture.  At  this  time  the 
horn  will  be  found  as  a  small  lump  or 
button  directly  under  the  skin.  This  is 
rubbed  with  a  stick  of  caustic  potash. 
more  than  15  or  20  per  cent  of  this  pro¬ 
duct  in  any  mixture.  It  has  about  the 
same  feeding  value  as  corn,  although  I 
should  prefer  a  straight  corn  and  tank¬ 
age  combination  to  any  mixture  contain¬ 
ing  rye. 
I  would  not  advise  the  use  of  any  salt 
in  a  ration  for  growing  or  fattening 
pigs.  Rather,  it  is  proposed  that  you 
Applying  the  Caustic  Potash 
First  wet  the  potash  and  then  rub  the 
tip  of  the  horn  button  until  there  is  a 
raw  spot  about  the  size  of  a  bean.  Gen¬ 
erally  one  treatment,  if  thorough,  will  kill 
the  horn,  although  in  some  cases  a  second 
treatment  is  necessary.  The  best  way  to 
handle  the  caustic  potash  is  to  insert  the 
end  of  the  stick  which  is  carried  in  the 
hand,  in  a  small  rubber  tube.  Be  care¬ 
ful  not  to  get  any  of  the  caustic  in  the 
animal’s  eye. 
Feeding  Pigs 
I  have  32  pigs  on  a  self-feeder.  They 
have  a  good  stable,  the  run  of  a  lot,  and 
spring  water.  They  vary  in  age  from  3% 
to  4*4  months.  Some  weigh  150  lbs.  and 
others  about  65  lbs.  I  am  feeding  ground 
shelled  corn ;  that  is,  70  lbs.  corn,  20  lbs. 
take  equal  parts  of  salt,  ground  lime¬ 
stone  and  bonemeal,  and  ke£p  this  mix¬ 
ture  before  the  pigs  at  all  times  in  con¬ 
venient  and  available  receptacles.  Where 
minerals  of  this  character  are  combined 
with  the  feed,  pigs  are  inclined  to  con¬ 
sume  less  of  the  grain  mixture.  If  it  is 
not  possible  to  obtain  the  bonemeal,  then 
the  combination  of  equal  parts  of  ground 
limestone  and  salt  serves  a  useful  pur¬ 
pose. 
Use  only  the  60  per  cent  grade  of  tank¬ 
age,  for  brands  containing  smaller 
amounts  do  not  contribute  protein  as  effi¬ 
ciently.  The  best  grades  of  tankage  carry 
about  50  per  cent  of  bloodmeal,  while  the 
lower  grades  contain  very  little  of  this 
valuable  ingredient.  f.  c.  m. 
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