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January  27,  1923 
These  Three  made  a  Worlds  Record 
Mr.  R.  R.  Stevens,  of  Bowman- 
ville,  Ont.,  with  the  assistance  of 
a  De  Laval  Milker,  just  recently 
made  a  world's  record  with  his 
purebred  Holstein  cow  Orndyke 
Pietertje  Korndyke,  who  produced 
1,122.5  lbs.  of  butter  and  24,119 
lbs.  of  milk  in  305  days.  During 
the  entire  period  she  was  milked 
with  a  De  Laval  Milker.  Mr. 
Stevens  says: 
“While  Orndyke  is  a  wonderful 
animal  and  would  make  a  splendid 
showing  by  hand  milking,  I  can 
truthfully  assert  that  the  use  of 
the  De  Laval  Milker  throughout 
this  test  has  made  it  possible  for 
her  to  show  this  wonderful  pro¬ 
duction.  I  have  been  using  the 
De  Laval  Milker  exclusively  for 
two  years.” 
Mr.  Stevens  also  has  other  cham¬ 
pions  in  his  remarkable  herd,  most 
notable  of  which  are  Ormsby  Jane, 
junior  two-year-old  milk  cham¬ 
pion  of  Canada,  and  Jane  DeKol 
of  Glen  Rae,  senior  two-year-old 
milk  champion  of  Canada,  both  of 
which  have  never  been  milked  in 
any  other  way  but  with  a  De  Laval 
Milker.  Mr.  Stevens  says: 
“I  am  very  proud  and  naturally 
much  gratified  over  my  success  in 
producing  these  champion  animals, 
but  it  is  only  right  that  I  should 
give  the  De  Laval  Milking  Ma¬ 
chine  its  full  dues  as  the  most  im¬ 
portant  agency  in  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  these  records.  These 
facts  are  all  beyond  question  and 
should  settle  the  matter  con¬ 
clusively  for  those  intelligent 
dairymen  who  are  asking  the  ques¬ 
tion  as  to  whether  the  De  Laval 
Milking  Machine  will  pay  them.” 
Thousands  of  De  Laval  Milker 
users  in  all  parts  of  the  country 
and  with  all  breeds  of  dairy  cattle 
will  subscribe  to  Mr.  Stevens’ 
statements,  many  of  whom  have 
also  made  splendid  records. 
You  may  not  be  interested  in 
making  production  records  but  you 
certainly  want  to  get  the  most 
milk  from  your  cows,  in  the  clean¬ 
est  condition,  at  the  least  expense, 
and  you  can  do  this  with  a 
De  Laval  better  than  in  any  other 
way.  Sold  on  easy  terms  so  that 
it  will  pay  for  itself  while  you  are 
using  it. 
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Live  Stock  Matters 
By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Grain  with  Legume  Hay 
I  wish  a  grain  ration  for  Jersey  cows 
giving  4j/2  per  cent  milk,  using,  if  possi¬ 
ble,  corn-and-cob  meal  and  ground  oats. 
This  is  to  be  fed  in  connection  with  pea 
and  Soy  bean  hay.  E.  N.  H. 
With  the  legume  roughage  that  you 
have  available,  and  assuming  that  it  is  of 
good  quality,  I  should  suggest  a  mixture 
consisting  of  350  lbs.  corn-and-cob  meal, 
250  lbs.  ground  oats,  150  lbs.  linseed 
meal,  100  lbs.  gluten  feed,  150  lbs.  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal. 
While  it  is  impossible  to  modify  the 
butterfat  content  of  milk  by  making  varia¬ 
tions  in  the  carbohydrate  or  fat  content 
of  a  ration,  the  best  results  follow  where 
the  cows  are  maintained  in  good  condi¬ 
tion,  and  especially  where  this  added 
vigor  is  made  possible  during  their  dry 
period.  Feed  all  of  the  pea  and  Soy 
bean  hay  that  they  will  consume,  and 
feed  about  1  lb.  of  this  mixture  for  each 
3 %  lbs.  of  milk  produced  per  day.  The 
addition  of  moistened  beet  pulp  or  succu¬ 
lence  of  some  character  in  the  absence  of 
silage  would  stimulate  production  and  in¬ 
crease  the  efficiency  of  the  individual 
animals. 
Horse-feeding  Questions 
Is  corn  on  the  ear  a  safe  ration  for 
horses?  <We  have  a  pair  of  horses  weigh¬ 
ing  around  1,200  lbs.  each.  At  this  time 
of  year  they  get  a  little  exercise  on 
pleasant  days  in  the  barnyard,  but  the 
working  days  are  very  irregular.  Some 
times  they  work  two  or  three  days,  and 
then  perhaps  it  is  from  five  to  eight  days 
before  they  do  anything  again,  j.  f.  l. 
Ear  corn  can  be  safely  fed  to  all  of 
your  horses  during  this  season  of  the 
year.  I  should  feed  2  lbs.  of  ear  corn 
per  day  for  each  100  lbs.  of  live  weight 
when  the  horses  are  at  work,  and  Should 
reduce  the  amount  by  one-half  on  idle 
days.  This  would  mean  that  on  idle  days 
the  horses  would  get  slightly  more  than 
1  lb.  of  ear  corn  for  each  100  lbs.  of  live 
weight.  It  might  be  necessary  slightly 
to  increase  this  amount  if  they  are  idle 
over  a  prolonged  period.  If  a  mixture 
consisting  of  five  parts  of  bran  and  two 
parts  of  whole  oats  could  be  fed  once 
each  day  there  would  be  an  advantage, 
since  the  quality  of  your  hay  is  so  poor. 
Personally,  I  prefer  ear  corn  to  cormneal 
for  horses,  and  believe  that,  there  is  an 
advantage  in  feeding  it  in  this  form. 
For  the  driving  horse  I  should  limit 
the  ear  corn  to  one  feeding  per  day,  the 
same  to  be  fed  at  night,  and  would  feed 
him  a  mixture  of  5  per  cent  oats  and  3 
per  cent  bran  for  the  other  two  feedings. 
The  best  results  in  feeding  horses  that 
are  worked  regularly  every  day  follow  the 
practice  where  the  bulk  of  the  grain  is 
fed  during  the  middle  of  the  day  and  the 
major  portion  of  the  roughage  at  night. 
Frequently  internal  parasites  are  en¬ 
countered  when  the  ration  is  restricted 
to  ear  corn  and  a  poor  grade  of  rough- 
age.  To  obviate  this  it  is  well  to  supply 
a  bran  mash  once  a  week,  and  to  feed 
once  or  twice  during  the  Winter  in  a 
grain  ration  a  tablespoon  of  a  mixture 
consisting  of  equal  parts  of  powdered 
gentian  and  ferrous  sulphate  for  five 
days  in  succession. 
Since  the  horses  in  question  are  rather 
aged.  I  should  make  sure  that  their  teeth 
are  in  such  condition  as  to  enable  them 
to  eat  the  grain  and  masticate  it  thor¬ 
oughly.  Frequently  the  teeth  wear  down 
unevenly,  resulting  in  the  points  of  the 
teeth  piercing  the  gums  and  thus  prevent 
horses  from  thoroughly  masticating  their 
feed.  When  such  a  condition  appears  the 
teeth  should  he  floated  either  by  an  ex¬ 
perienced  herdsman  or  a  veterinarian.  A 
general  and  safe  rule  to  follow  is  to  feed 
1  lb.  of  hay  and  1%  lbs.  of  grain  daily 
for  each  100  lbs.  of  live  weight.  In 
initiating  this  practice  it  is  well  to  take 
into  consideration  the  kind  and  amount 
of  labor  that  the  horses  are  performing 
and  the  regularity  of  their  daily  activities. 
Shrinkage  of  Milk 
'I  have  a  very  good  Jersey  cow.  and 
she  seems  to  be  in  good  health  and  has 
always  been  giving  a  good  deal  of  milk. 
She  came  fresh  on  July  5  last,  bringing 
a  nice  bull  calf,  which  brought  in  147 
lbs.  when  the  butcher  killed  it.  She  has 
given  a  wonderful  lot  of  good,  rich  milk. 
For  the  past  week  she  has  been  failing  in 
her  supply,  dropping  from  an  average  of 
35  lbs.  daily  to  20  lbs.  J.  g.  b. 
The  chances  are  that  the  change  from 
pasture  conditions  to  stable  conditions  is 
responsible  for  the  reduced  flow  of  milk. 
I  should  add  15  per  cent  of  oilmeal  and 
10  per  cent  of  bran  to  the  ration  that 
you  are  feeding,  hoping  that  this  in¬ 
creased  protein  would  stimulate  increased 
production.  In  addition,  I  should  pro¬ 
vide  some  of  the  choicest  clover  or  Alfalfa 
hay  that  I  could  obtain  and  see  if  this 
combination  might  not  spur  the  cow  on 
to  satisfactory  milk  yield.  Use  some 
moistened  beet  pulp,  say  about  25  lbs.  of 
the  moistened  pulp  per  day.  Four  or  5 
lbs.  of  the  dry  pulp  completely  saturated 
for  12  hours  previous  to  feeding  would 
provide  the  necessary  amount. 
Rather  than  mix  the  salt  in  her  ration, 
I  should  feed  it  separately  or  in  combina¬ 
tion  with  ground  limestone  or  bonemeal. 
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