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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  14,  1923 
7  spent  SO 
year  a  in  perfect¬ 
ing  this  Tonic. 
Gilbert  Hess 
M.D..  D.V.S, 
All  out-of-doors  is  filled  with  the  bleat  of 
the  lamb,  the  bawl  of  the  calf,  the  grunt  of 
the  pig,  and  the  whinny  of  the  colt. 
Youth  asserting  itself  everywhere! 
Keep  their  bodies  healthy,  and  stomachs  full. 
You  can  then  count  on  good  growth — quick 
development — and  begin  to  cash  in  on  them 
before  the  summer-end. 
Let 
DR.  HESS  STOCK  TONIC 
be  your  insurance  policy 
against  disease,  insurance  of  good  appetite, 
good  digestion.  It  keeps  the  worms  away. 
Then,  there  are  the  mothers: 
Your  COWS  need  it  for  its  system-toning, 
bowel-cleansing,  appetizing  effects.  Puts  them 
in  fine  condition  for  calving. 
Your  BROOD  SOWS  will  be  relieved  of  con¬ 
stipation  and  put  in  fine  fettle  for  farrowing. 
Excellent  for  MARES  in  foal — and  EWES 
at  lambing  time. 
It  makes  for  good  appetite,  and  more  milk 
to  nourish  the  offspring. 
Tell  your  dealer  what  stock  you  have.  He 
has  a  package  to  suit.  GUARANTEED. 
25  lb.  Pail,  $2.25  100  lb.  Drum,  $8.00 
Except  in  the  far  West,  South  and  Canada. 
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Cleared  Up  Bad  Abortion 
Don’t  give  up  the  abortive  cow  as  lost 
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Kow-Kare.  Here  is  one  from  Joseph  E. 
Frank.  East  Earle,  Pa: 
“Early  in  the  spring  I  had  a  cow  that 
was  affected  with  Abortion  which  had  taken 
a  bad  start,  so  I  sent  for  a  veterinary  but  the 
cow  kept  getting  worse  and  did  not  eat 
hardly  anything  for  two  weeks  and 
the  doctor  said  she  would  die  as  she  was 
so  weak  she  could  not  stand  up  any  more 
and  he  could  do  nothing  for  her  so  I  went 
and  got  a  box  of  Kow-Kare_  and  gave  it 
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Today  she  is  as  good  a  cow  as  you  can  find. 
So  I  must  aay  that  Kow-Kare  saved  her  and 
will  others  just  the  same,  as  this  was  a 
very  bad  case  when  I  started.” 
Not  all  abortion  is  curable,  but  usually  if 
is  the  result  of  a  badly  run  down  condition 
of  the  genital  organs.  It  is  these  organs 
and  the  digestive  functions  that  Kow-Kare 
rebuilds.  Its  medicinal  aid  is  without  an 
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tained  Afterbirth,  Scouring,  Bunches,  Milk 
Fever,  Loss  of  Appetite — all  of  them  re¬ 
sulting  from  impairment  of  the  genital 
and  digestive  functions. 
No  cow  should  go  through  calf-birth 
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You  can  find  Kow-Kare  at  general 
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$1.25  and  05c  sizes.  If  dealer  is  not 
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receipt  of  price. 
DAIRY 
ASSOCIATION 
CO.,  INC. 
Lyndonville,  Vt. 
Manufacturers 
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Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Pigs  on  Imperfect  Ration 
We  have  four  shotes  that  weigh  100 
lbs.  apiece.  We  have  been  feeding  yellow 
corn  night  and  morning,  middlings  three 
times  a  day,  but  now  one  of  these  hogs 
has  become  too  weak  to  use  its  hind  legs, 
and  is  a  little  weak  in  its  front  legs.  An¬ 
other  one  is  becoming  weak,  but  can 
walk.  The  other  two  appear  normal. 
What  is  the  mater  with  them,  and  what 
would  be  a  good  ration  to  feed  in  place 
of  milk?  These  shotes  were  vaccinated 
about  three  months  ago.  MRS.  M.  c.  D. 
Delaware. 
The  reason  why  your  pigs  have  failed 
to  grow  and  gain  in  a  satisfactory  man¬ 
ner  is  due  to  the  fact  that  you  have  not 
provided  them  with  a  complete  ration. 
A  ration  restricted  to  corn  and  middlings 
and  intended  for  pigs  confined  in  a  dry 
yard  would  be  deficient  in  mineral  mat¬ 
ter  as  well  as  protein.  Allow  the  pigs 
free  access  to  a  mixture  consisting  of 
equal  parts  of  ground  limestone  and  salt. 
Let  them  have  free  access  as  well  to  Al¬ 
falfa  or  clover  hay,  and  add  10  per  cent 
of  digester  tankage  to  your  corn  and  mid¬ 
dlings  combination.  While  it  is  possible 
that  the  ration  fed  has  'been  continued 
to  such  an  extent  that  the  pigs  might  not 
respond  to  the  changed  diet,  the  chances 
are  that  the  response  will  be  immediate 
and  satisfactory.  In  a  recent  issue  of 
Tiie  R.  N.-Y.  Harpending  Bros,  suggested 
rather  astonishing  results  that  they  had 
obtained  as  a  result  of  feeding  an  abund¬ 
ance  of  Alfalfa  hay  to  their  growing  pigs. 
The  average  producer  of  pork  has  fed 
extravagantly  of  grain,  especially  corn, 
and  has  failed  to  provide  sufficient  bulk 
or  more  economical  feeds,  such,  as  Alfalfa 
or  clover,  to  his  growing  animals.  Where 
pigs  are  confined  in  dry  yards  mineral 
supplements  must  he  provided,  especially 
if  the  ration  of  the  pigs  is  restricted  to 
concentrates  such  as  you  have  been  feed¬ 
ing.  If  it  be  possible  to  get  pigs  out  on 
some  green  forage  crop,  such  as  clover 
or  rape  and  peas,  in  the  Spring  the  dif¬ 
ficulty  will  be  controlled. 
Use  the  60  per  cent  protein  grade  of 
digester  tankage  and  the  ordinary  ground 
limestone  that  is  usually  applied  to  land 
as  a  source  of  mineral  matter. 
Feeding  a  Calf 
What  is  best  to  give  a  calf  a  little  over 
two  weeks  old?  I  have  very  little  nn 
to  give  it.  I  take  one  tablespoonful  of 
whole  wheat  flour  and  add  to  it.  enough 
cornmeal  to  make  a  thick  porridge,  then 
I  add  to  that  about  a  pint  of  milk  ar 
enough  water  to  make  two  quarts.  I 
give  this  to  him  three  times  a  day,  and 
all  the  hay  it  wants  to  eat.  I  only  keep 
one  cow,  and  I  shall  be  unable  to  give  the 
calf  any  more  milk.  Could  you  tell  me 
something  better  for  it  than  what  I  am 
giving  it  at  present?  It  is  not  very  fat, 
and  I  would  like  to  raise  it  if  I  could. 
Vermont.  M.  H. 
Several  of  the  experiment  stations  have 
suggested  home  mixtures  for  calf-feeding 
that  will  replace  milk  in  a  satisfactory 
manner.  At  the  Pennsylvania  Station  the 
mixture  consisted  of  30  parts  of  wheat 
flour,  25  parts  of  cocoa  nut  meal,  20  parts 
of  skim-milk  powder,  10  parts  of  linseed 
meal  and  two  parts  of  dried  blood.  One 
pound  of  this  mixture  was  added  to  6 
lbs.  of  hot  water,  and  after  stirring  for 
a  few  minutes  was  fed  to  the  calf  at 
about  body  temperature.  At  the  Massa¬ 
chusetts  Station  a  mixture  consisting  of 
22  lbs.  of  oatmeal.  10  lbs.  of  flaxseed 
meal.  5  lbs.  of  flour  middlings,  11  lbs. 
of  corn  feed  meal,  1%  lbs,  of  blood  meal 
and  a  half  a  pound  of  salt  gave  good  re¬ 
sults.  This  likewise  was  dissolved  in 
boiling  water  and  allowed  to  cool  down 
to  body  temperature. 
There  are  a  number  of  proprietary  calf 
meals  on  the  market  that  are  already 
compounded  and  that  have  been  fed  with 
excellent  results.  Where  one  has  only  a 
few  calves  to  feed  it  seems  to  be  the  gen¬ 
eral  opinion  that  the  ready-mixed  meals 
are  more  satisfactory  than  homemade 
combinations.  Of  course,  there  is  noth¬ 
ing  quite  as  satisfactory  as  whole  or  skim- 
milk  for  rearing  dairy  calves ;  but  where 
this  product  is  not  available  it  is  economy 
to  use  some  other  feeds.  Linseed  meal 
gradually  can  replace  in  a  measure  some 
of  the  fat  extracted,  as  it  gives  the  best 
results  when  fed  in  conjunction  with 
skim-milk.  Calves  at  the  age  you  mention 
do  not  need  silage,  and  it  is  more  desir¬ 
able  to  have  them  drink  rather  than  eat 
their  food.  However,  keep  before  the 
calves  at  all  times  some  choice  clover  or 
Alfalfa  hay,  and  supply  in  shallow  boxes 
a  grain  ration  consisting  of  equal  parts 
of  bran,  oats,  with  15  per  cent  of  linseed 
meal  added,  which  will  soon  induce  eating. 
They  should  be  allowed  all  of  such  in¬ 
gredients  as  they  will  clean  up  with  rel¬ 
ish  ;  hut  pails,  troughs  and  all  utensils 
should  be  kept  clean,  and  the  calf  should 
be  reared  under  sanitary  conditions. 
Artilleby  Rookie  (about  to  take  his 
first  lesson  in  horsemanship)  :  “Sergeant, 
please  pick  me  out  a  nice,  gentle,  peace- 
loving  horse.”  Stable  Sergeant :  “D’ja 
ever  ride  a  horse  before?”  Rookie:  “No,” 
Sergeant :  “Ah  !  Here’s  just  the  animal 
for  you.  Never  been  ridden  before.  You 
!  can’  start  out  together.” — Los  Angeles 
1  Times. 
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