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The  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
May  5,  1923 
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Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Feeding  Brood  Sow 
Will  you  give  me  a  balanced  ration  for 
feeding  a  brood  sow  before  farrowing  and 
after  farrowing  where  there  is  no  milk 
to  be  had  ?  E.  R.  E. 
New  York. 
A  satisfactory  ration  for  feeding  brood 
sows  previous  to  farrowing  would  result 
from  combining  feeds  in  the  following  pro¬ 
portion  :  10  lbs.  of  ground  oats,  20  lbs. 
white  middings,  GO  lbs.  cornmeal,  10  lbs. 
GO  per  cent  digester  tankage.  This  grain 
can  be  fed  in  the  form  of  a  thick  slop 
and  in  quantity  sufficient  to  enable  the 
sows  to  gain  about  1  lb.  a  day  during 
their  gestation  period. 
Keep  racks  of  Alfalfa  and  clover  hay 
available  and  force  the  sows  to  eat  gen¬ 
erously  of  this  roughage.  They  will,  of 
course,  prefer  the  slop  and  grain  feed, 
but  by  restricting  the  feeding  of  this 
grain  to  one  feeding  a  day,  it  will  be 
possible  to  force  them  to  take  more  exer¬ 
cise  and  to  eat  more  generously  of  the 
clover  or  Alfalfa  hay.  After  the  sows 
are  once  accustomed  to  the  Alfalfa,  the 
grain  ration  can  be  simplified  and  consist 
of  corn,  oats  and  tankage. 
The  average  grower  of  swine  depends 
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upon  roughage  for  maintaining  his  breed¬ 
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gains  will  be  less  rapid  where  roughage 
is  extensively  used,  nevertheless,  the  final 
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Molasses  with  Silage 
I  would  like  to  know  whether  one  could 
use  cane  molasses  with  corn  when  filling 
silo  with  good  results,  or  would  it  fer¬ 
ment  aud  become  sour,  and  so  spoil  the 
silage?  N.  J.  T. 
New  York. 
Nothing  would  be  gained  by  mixing  mo¬ 
lasses  with  corn  at  silo-filling  time.  At 
best  molasses  only  provides  a  source  of 
carbohydrates,  and  the  added  fermenta¬ 
tion  that  undoubtedly  would  result  from 
this  practice  would  detract  from  the  feed¬ 
ing  value  of  the  mass.  The  function  of 
molasses  in  any  ration  primarily  is  ( 
increase  its  palatability.  An  acre  of  land 
planted  to  corn,  providing  the  yield  is 
of  average  amount  and  quality,  will  pro¬ 
duce  more  dry  matter  than  will  result 
from  the  production  of  any  other  crop 
that  is  suitable  for  silage  purposes.  I 
share  the  belief  that  the  addition  of  mo¬ 
lasses  as  proposed  would  be  a  distinct 
disadvantage.  If  included  to  any  extent 
it  would  undoubtedly  sour  in  the  silo. 
Minerals  for  Pigs 
You  advise  keeping  equal  parts  of 
ground  limestone,  bonemeal  and  salt  in 
pigpen  all  the  time.  Is  that  ground 
limestone  just  the  same  as  is  used  upon 
land?  w.  L.  M. 
Maine. 
Ordinary  ground  limestone,  the  same 
as  that  applied  to  land  to  sweeten  the 
soil,  can  be  used  when  mixed  with  equal 
parts  of  salt  as  a  source  of  calcium  for 
swine.  Tests  conducted  at  the  Ohio  Ex¬ 
periment  Station  a  year  ago  seemed  to 
indicate  that  the  grouud  limestone  was 
superior  to  hydrated  lime  or  air-slaked 
lime.  It  is  not  essential  that  the  bone- 
meal  be  included  in  the  mineral  mixture, 
yet  some  report  having  had  'better  re¬ 
sults  where  the  mixture  consisted  of 
equal  parts  of  ground  limestone,  bone- 
meal  and  salt,  and  was  kept  before  the 
animals  at  all  times.  Especially  are 
such  materials  valuable,  when  pigs  are 
confined  in  dry  yards  and  where  their 
ration  is  restricted  largely  to  corn,  mid¬ 
dlings  and  tankage.  Even  with  pigs 
foraging  on  rape,  oats  and  peas  or 
Alfalfa  experiments  show  that  the  addi¬ 
tion  of  this  combination  of  ingredients 
stiumlates  growth  and  enables  pigs  to 
reach  exceptional  development. 
Supplementing  Brewers’  Grains 
I  have  three  cows  and  at  present  I  am 
feeding  the  following  mixture  :  177  lbs.  of 
oats.  187  lbs.  of  corn  on  cob.  the  two 
ground  together,  100  lbs.  of  brewers’ 
grain,  100  lbs.  cakeineal,  and  100  lbs.  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal.  Would  it  do  to  mix  100  lbs. 
bran  and  100  lbs.  shorts  with  the  present 
mixture?  .  J.  c.  K. 
Rather  than  add  100  lbs.  of  bran  and 
100  lbs.  of  shorts  to  the  ration  you  are 
now  using  I  should  add  200  lbs.  of  gluteu 
feed  and  200  lbs.  of  wheat  bran.  There 
is  not  enough  difference  in  the  feeding 
value  of  bran  and  shorts  to  include 
both  in  your  mixture.  I  should  rather 
bring  the  mixture  up  to  100  lbs.  and  thus 
feed  20  per  cent  of  gluten.  The  reason 
for  this  is  because  you  are  feeding  corn 
and  cob  meal,  which  is  not  as  valuable 
as  straight  cornmeal  or  hominy  meal.  I 
am  assuming  that  you  are  feeding  straight 
brewers’  grains  rather  than  the  so-called 
vinegar  grains,  and  that  your  cottonseed 
meal  carries  43  per  cent  protein.  The 
corrected  ration,  therefore,  would  read : 
177  lbs.  of  ground  oats,  187  lbs.  corn  and 
cob  meal,  100  lbs.  brewers’  grains,  140 
lbs.  linseed  meal,  100  lbs.  cottonseed  meal, 
200  lbs.  gluteu  feed,  200  lbs.  bran.  I 
presume  the  reason  why  you  use  the  odd 
number  of  pouuds  of  corn  and  oats  is  be¬ 
cause  you  measure  these  ingredients  in 
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