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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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Thresh  Your  Own  Grain  with  a 
New  Racine  Thresher 
EVERY  day  you  have  to  wait  for  the  threshing  crew 
after  your  grain  is  ready  to  thresh  is  likely  to  mean 
a  big  loss.  Grain  left  in  the  shock  is  subject  to 
shattering  by  wind  and  storm,  will  sprout  if  it  is  wet, 
the  birds  and  insects  destroy  it,  and  the  shocks  are 
often  blown  down. 
Very  few,  if  any,  of  these  losses  are  necessary.  With 
your  own  small  thresher  you  can  thresh  when  your 
grain  is  ready — no  delays,  no  losses  from  rain,  wind, 
birds,  and  insects.  You  can  thresh  with  your  own  help 
or  exchange  men  with  a  near  neighbor.  With  the  grain 
threshed  early  you  can  sell  it  when  the  market  is  best 
and  at  the  same  time  you  have  the  added  advantage 
of  having  your  fields  clear¬ 
ed  early  for  pasture  or 
plowing. 
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or  24  x  40  thresher  is  the 
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Live  Stock  Matters 
By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Handling  Family  Cow 
I  have  a  Holstein  and  Guernsey  eow 
that  I  cannot  keep  up  in  flow  of  milk 
When  she  first  freshens  she  gives  a  nice 
flow  of  milk,  and  then  drops  off.  I  am 
feeding  ground  oats,  hominy  and  some 
wheat  bran  and  beet  pulp.  Could  you 
send  me  a  ration  that  will  increase  her 
milk?  f.  w.  H. 
New  York. 
All  of  the  feeds  mentioned  are  fat 
producing,  and  if  fed  alone  cannot  help 
but  shorten  the  lactation  period  of  your 
family  cow.  A  mixture  consisting  of 
30  lbs.  oats.  20  lbs.  hominy,  10  lbs.  bran, 
15  Lbs.  cottonseed  meal,  15  lbs.  linseed 
meal,  and  10  lbs.  gluten  feed,  is  sug¬ 
gested.  The  beet  pulp  can  be  moistened 
and  fed  in  case  the  cow  does  not  have 
access  to  pasture  grass,  or  lawn  clip¬ 
pings.  Feed  from  five  to  eight  pounds  of 
this  mixture,  depending  upon  the  size  of 
the  cow,  and  the  amount  of  milk  pro¬ 
duced  per  day.  Clover  and  Alfalfa  hay 
should  be  available  every  day  in  the  year 
when  pasture  is  not  abundant. 
More  Protein  Needed 
I  have  just  come  in  possession  of  a 
.Jersey  cow  which  dropped  her  first  calf 
about  six  weeks  ago.  She  is  thin  and  1 
wish  to  bring  her  up  in  flesh.  Am  giving 
her  four  quarts  of  75  per  cent  eobmeal 
and  25  per  cent  cornmeal  twice  daily 
with  all  the  fodder  and  mixed  clover 
and  Timothy  hay  she  will  consume.  She 
gives  about  six  quarts  of  milk  which  I 
think  I  could  improve  on  but  I  wish  to 
bring  up  the  flesh  first.  What  better 
feed  could  I  give  her  than  I  am?  p.  t. 
New  Jersey. 
A  combination  of  cornmeal  and  cob- 
meal  might  satisfy  a  beef  steer  but  it  is 
ill  suited  for  dairy  cows  giving  milk. 
Cornmeal  is  a  carbohydrate  or  fat  pro¬ 
ducing  feed,  and  in  order  to  produce  milk 
some  highly  concentrated  feeds  rich  in 
protein  must  be  added.  If  you  will  com¬ 
bine  equal  parts  of  eobmeal  with  wheat 
bran,  corn,  oats,  cottonseed  meal  and  lin¬ 
seed  meal,  you  will  provide  a  useful  ra¬ 
tion.  Feed  from  five  to  eight  pounds  of 
this  ration  per  day,  or  one  pound  of 
grain  for  each  three  and  a  half  pounds 
of  milk  produced  per  day.  If  the  cow 
is  on  grass  and  not  maintained  in  a  dry 
lot  then  the  ration  can  be  simplified  by 
using  four  parts  of  corn,  three  parts  of 
bran  and  two  parts  of  cottonseed  meal, 
and  one  part  of  linseed  meal.  The  time 
to  put  flesh  on  a  eow  is  during  her  dry 
period  and  not  during  the  interval  just 
following  gestation. 
Feeding  Brood  Sow  and  Pigs 
Please  send  me  a  set  of  rations  for  a 
brood  sow,  during  the  milking  period 
and  while  bearing  pigs.  Also  a  good 
grain  ration  for  a  growing  pig  to  he 
killed  at  about  nine  months  of  age. 
Maine.  N.  p. 
A  useful  ration  for  brood  sows  nurs¬ 
ing  pigs  consists  of  six  parts  of  corn, 
three  of  wheat  middlings,  and  one  of 
digester  tankage.  The  same  combina¬ 
tion  could  be  used  during  the  latter  part 
of  the  gestation  period;  but  in  this  case 
it  would  be  more  economical  to  let  Al¬ 
falfa  hay  replace  the  middlings  and  per¬ 
haps  half  of  the  digester  tankage.  Brood 
sows  will  eat  clover  or  Alfalfa  hay  if 
the  grain  ration  is  denied  them  and  only 
used  to  supplement  this  roughage.  In 
addition  to  the  satisfying  bulk  the  Al¬ 
falfa  leaves  are  rich  in  protein  and  min¬ 
eral  matter  and  do  enable  brood  sows  to 
develop  normal  pigs.  Of  course  if  ear 
corn  or  a  tempting  wheat  feed  is  sup¬ 
plied  in  generous  quantities  they  would 
prefer  this  combination  to  dry  Alfalfa 
hay.  On  the  other  hand,  where  the  grain 
is  restricted  and  the  Alfalfa  hay  is  al¬ 
ways  available  it  will  not  be  many  days 
until  the  brood  sows  adjust  their  appe¬ 
tites  and  feeding  habits  to  this  method 
of  management. 
Growing  pigs  should  be  fed  often  and 
in  smaller  quantities,  and  a  mixture  con¬ 
sisting  of  four  parts  of  corn,  four  parts 
of  wheat  middlings,  one  of  oats,  and  one 
of  tankage  is  desirable.  If  it  is  diffi¬ 
cult  to  obtain  either  fish  meal  or  meat 
scraps  then  a  combination  of  linseed 
meal  and  gluten  feed  can  be  used  suc¬ 
cessfully.  After  the  youngsters  weigh 
50  lbs.,  the  wheat  middlings  can  be  re¬ 
moved  from  the  ration  and  the  mixture 
consist  largely  of  cornmeal  and  digester 
tankage.  Under  average  conditions  from 
5  to  10  per  cent  of  the  ration  should  be 
tankage  or  some  form  of  animal  protein. 
In  addition  to  these  concentrates  and 
the  clover  and  Alfalfa  roughage  it  is 
good  judgment  to  keep  before  the  pigs  of 
all  ages  at  all  times  a  mixture  consist¬ 
ing  of  equal  parts  of  ground  limestone 
and  salt.  If  bone  meal  can  be  added  to 
these  two  ingredients  so  much  the  bet¬ 
ter,  but  it  seems  to  be  the  concensus  of 
opinion  that  the  lime  and  salt  are  all  that 
are  necessary  to  supply  the  mineral  con¬ 
stituents  essential  for  growth  and  de¬ 
velopment. 
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birthstone?”  Father  of  Seven  :  “My 
dear.  I’m  not  sure,  but  I  think  it’s  a 
grindstone.”— Southwestern  Collegian. 
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