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Live  Stock  Matters 
Conducted  By  Prof.  F.  C,  Minkier 
Trouble  with  Pigs 
I  am  feeding  50  pigs  from  50  lbs.  to 
120  lbs.  on  self-feeders.  Have  run  of 
lot.  feeders  some  distance  from  bed,  with 
meal,  00  per  cent  tankage,  and  a  wheat 
feed  consisting  of  bran  and  middlings  in 
separate  compartments,  allowing  pigs  to 
select  their  own  ration.  Am  feeding  a 
thin  slop  of  middlings  to  furnish  water. 
Have  before  them  at  all  times  equal  parts 
of  sulphur,  copperas,  soda  and  salt.  They 
have  a  tendency  to  put  on  too  much  fat 
and  don't  seem  to  get  the  growth  that  they 
should.  Have  had  to  kill  some  of  them 
that  became  too  fat,  and  they  only  dressed 
about  200  lbs.  Are  they  getting  too  much 
to  eat,  or  should  the  feed  be  mixed  before 
putting  in  feeders  to  insure  the  proper 
ration?  Do  you  consider  it  best  to  let 
them  select  their  own  feed  as  they  choose? 
I  have  thought  perhaps  the  trouble  might 
be  in  the  pigs  themselves,  as  some  of  them 
grow  with  less  fat  and  better  size  than 
others.  I  bought  the  pigs  from  different 
litters,  and  all  breeds.  K.  c.  M. 
The  chances  are  that  your  pigs  are  not 
getting  a  sufficient  amount  of  lime'  to 
enable  them  to  grow  and  develop  as  de¬ 
sired.  While  it  is  well  to  use  the  mineral 
mixture  that  you  are  using,  I  think  the 
modern  trend  in  feeding  pigs  mineral  mat¬ 
ter  has  been  simplified  to  the  use  of 
ground  limestone,  bonerneal  and  salt  in 
equal  parts.  Some  interesting  work  at 
having  stringy  milk,  except  to  remove  a 
little  each  day.  Will  that  condition  be 
likely  to  clear  up  after  freshening,  or  is 
it  likely  to  continue  to  give  trouble? 
Maine.  H.  V.  s. 
3.  Allow  the  long  hair  on  the  ankles 
and  fetlock  to  be  undisturbed.  Where 
the  hair  is  clipped  the  exposure  is  greater 
and  the  melting  and  freezing  snow  will 
intensify  the  condition  of  scratches  that 
you  complain  of.  Wash  the  affected  parts 
clean  with  eastile  soap,  then  apply  an 
ointment  resulting  from  mixing  together 
three  parts  of  iodine  and  seven  parts  of 
glycerine.  If  the  scratches  are  persistent, 
more  iodine  should  be  added  to  the  mix¬ 
ture  until  the  open  sores  have  been  healed. 
It  is  necessary  to  keep  the  ankles  and 
fetlocks  as’  dry  as  possible,  and  if  the 
legs  are  feathery,  such  as  prevail  with 
Clydesdales  or  Shire  horses,  then  this 
feather  can  be  easily  dried  by  means  of 
rubbing  sawdust  over  the  fetlocks  when 
the  horses  are  brought  into  the  stable. 
If  horses  have  excessive  coats  of  hair 
over  their  bodies  and  perspire  profusely, 
clippiug  during  the  early  Spring  is  often 
resorted  to  satisfactorily.  In  this  event, 
however,  it  is  necessary  to  blanket  the 
horses  when  they  are  exposed  to  cold  or 
v  in  try  conditions.  >  ■ 
2.  Under  the  best-managed  conditions 
dairy  cows  are  usually  dry  for  six  or  eight 
weeks  pervious  to  calving.  When  the 
Here  is  a  little  family  gathering  on  a  Connecticut  farm.  They  call  it  “Lunch  Time 
on  May  Apple  Farm,”  and  is  sent  us  by  Mrs.  W.  L.  Howe.  There  can  hardly  be  any 
better  thing  than  to  have  farm  children  interested  in  the  animals. 
the  Ohio  Experiment  Station  suggests 
that  ground  limestone  is  perhaps  the  most 
dependable  source  of  lime  intended  for 
pigs  fattened  or  developed  in  a  dry  yard. 
You  do  uot  state  whether  you  have 
been  using  white  or  yellow  corn  as  a  basis 
for  your  carbohydrates  or  starch.  If  the 
pigs  are  confined  in  dry  lots  or  fattened 
in  Winter  without  green  or  forage  crops, 
then  it  is  believed  that  yellow  corn  has 
a  distinct  advantage  over  ''  bite  corn. 
Where  Fall  pigs  are  developed  the  con¬ 
dition  that  you  complain  of  is  not  uncom¬ 
mon.  The  pigs  are  very  apt  to  pile  up 
in  their  quarters  at  night,  very  likely  to 
overeat  during  the  day,  which  matures 
them  at  an  early  age,  and  does  not  enable 
them  to  get  the  stretch  and  growth  de¬ 
sired.  For  this  reason  I  believe  it  is  good 
judgment  to  market  Fall  pigs  when  they 
reach  a  we*  "lit  of  150  1'.  .  rather  than 
carry  them  on  to  a  weight  of  250  lbs., 
which  is  the  desirable  weight  of  Spring 
farrowed  pigs. 
If  self-feeders  are  used,  ‘then  by  all 
means  allow  the  nigs  to  choose  their  ra¬ 
tion.  Yellow  corn,  red  dog  flour,  and  di¬ 
gester  tankage  are  all  the  ingredients 
necessary,  although  the  addition  of  ground 
oats  lias  its  advantages.  I  should  not  use 
bran  or  standard  middlings  in  rations 
intended  for  young  pigs.  They  carry  an 
extravagant  amount  of  bitter  weed  seeds, 
and  owing  to  their  high  fiber  content, 
cause  constipation  and  indigestion  in  the 
pig’s  system. 
I  believe  that  ground  limestone  will 
solve  your  problem,  and  yet.  as  you  sug¬ 
gest.  the  fault  may  lie  in  the  type  and 
breeding  of  the  pigs  in  your  yards.  Un¬ 
less  they  come  from  families  noted  for 
feeding  quali tie's  and  possess  that  desired 
stretch  and  size  of  frame  that  is  most  de¬ 
sirable.  one  canont  feed  them  to  the  best 
advantage. 
f 
first  indications  show  that  the  cow’s  milk 
is  getting  stringy,  the  grain  ration  should 
be  denied  her  and  she  should  be  dried  up 
at  once.  The  condition  persists,  no  doubt, 
because  you  have  continued  the  use  of  the 
regulation  grain  ration.  Under  such  con¬ 
ditions  it  is  more  difficult  to  dry  off  per¬ 
sistent  milkers.  Keep  the  grain  away  from 
the  cow  until  the  milk  flow  ceases.  Then 
every  three  or  four  days  milk  out  all  of 
the  accumulated  material  found  in  all  of 
the  quarters.  After  she  is  dry  then  you 
can  increase  the  grain  rations  and  bring 
her  into  the  desired  condition  of  flesh. 
There  is  no  doubt  that  the  trouble  com¬ 
plained  of  will  disappear  when  the  cow 
freshens,  although  It  would  be  well  at 
the  close  of  the  next  lacation  period  to  let 
her  have  a  longer  dry  period. 
Do  not  feed  the  cow  very  much  grain 
when  she  freshens,  and  make  sure  that 
all  of  the  inflammation  is  removed  from 
the  udder  by  means  of  applying  hot  cloths 
saturated  m  salt  water.  A  restricted  diet 
for  the  first  10  days  is  desirable.  Use 
roughage  that  traces  to  either  clover  or 
Alfalfa  hay,  if  possible,  and  be  generous 
with  succulent  feed,  such  as  beet  pulp  or 
mangels. 
Horse  and  Cow  Questions 
1.  Shoull  the  hair  on  the  ankles  of  a 
horse  that  has  the  scratches  and  that  has 
to  be  used  in  the  snow  be  clipped  or  left 
to  grow.  I  am  using  a  salve  or  ointment 
that  mats  the  hair  and  holds  the  snow. 
Now  would  the  removal  of  the  hair  on 
the  ankle  and  leg  benefit  the  animal  or 
injure  him?  2.  I  have  a  cow  due  to 
freshen  in  a  month.  Her  milk  is  very 
stringy.  Have  not  really  milked  her  for 
a  week ;  in  fact,  not  since  she  commenced 
Ration  Lacks  Protein 
I  have  a  small  herd  of  nine  cows,  made 
up  of  four  Holsteins,  three  Guernseys 
and  two  Jerseys.  I  have  been  feeding  a 
mixed  feed,  but  none  of  them  seem  to  do 
well  on  it.  so,  at  the  suggestion  of  my 
man,  we  have  changed  to  equal  parts 
of  hominy, _  bran,  middlings,  fed  1  lb.  to 
3  lbs  of  milk.  In  addition,  we  are  feed¬ 
ing  cornstalks,  mixed  hay  and  beet  pulp. 
New  Y'ork.  c.  n.  w. 
A  grain  ration  consisting  of  equal  parts 
of  hominy,  bran  and  middlings  would  bo 
deficient  in  protein  and  would  not  be  suit¬ 
able  for  feeding  cows  in  milk.  The  addi¬ 
tion  of  equal  parts  of  gluten  meal  and 
linseed  meal  would  make  this  ration  quite 
acceptable.  If  you  have  any  of  the  mixed 
feed  identified  on  hand,  then  the  addition 
of  15  per  cent  linseed  meal  and  40  per 
cent  bran  would  improve  its  milk  making 
function.  Nothing  is  to  be  gained  by 
feeding  a  ration  deficient  in  protein,  and 
unless  some  of  the  concentrates  carrying 
this  constituent  are  added  to  such  feed  as 
you  mention,  it  is  impossible  to  obtain 
satisfactory  milk  production  from  dairy 
cows. 
