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Conducted  By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Feeding  Hogs 
I  have  been  feeding  Alfalfa  and  clover 
hay  to  hogs  for  20  years.  It  is  aston¬ 
ishing  how  soon  little  pigs  will  pick  it 
over,  and  sows  seem  to  relish  it,  espe¬ 
cially  after  farrowing.  In  warm  weather 
when  swine  can  get  green  forage  they  will 
eat  little,  if  any,  hay.  Alfalfa  is  a  won¬ 
derful  feed  for  all  farm  animals,  includ¬ 
ing  poultry,  and  few  farmers  seem  to  ap¬ 
preciate  it  fully,  possibly  because  it  takes 
longer  to  get  results  at  the  start  than  it 
does  with  other  crops.  The  main  prob¬ 
lem  with  most  breeders  of  swine  is  the 
proper  proportions  of  minerals  or  chem¬ 
icals  to  feed,  and  when,  as  it  is  not  advis¬ 
able  to  use  medicine  too  generously. 
•Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.  w.  e.  c.  m. 
Your  experience  in  feeding  Alfalfa  to 
hogs  is  very  similar  to  that  reported  by 
other  farmers  who  have  attempted  to 
supply  hogs  with  roughage  of  this,  char¬ 
acter.  There  is  no  denying  the  fact  that 
brood  sows  can  be  maintained  largely  on 
Alfalfa  and  corn,  and  that  if  fed  in  this 
manner  they  will  be  wintered  at  a  sur¬ 
prisingly  low  cost  for  feed.  In  1908  we 
commenced  feeding  Alfalfa  to  brood  sows 
while  doing  research  work  at  the  New 
Jersey  Experiment  Station.  Within  a 
short  time  the  advantages  of  this  system 
of  feeding  were  in  evidence,  for  repre¬ 
sentatives  of  the  herd  developed  into  un¬ 
usual  size  and  possessed  a  frame  and 
bony  structure  that  enabled  them  to  at¬ 
tain  unusual  development. 
We  would  say  concerning  forage  crops 
that  what  the  silo  has  done  for  the  dairy¬ 
man  forage  crops  will  do  for  the  general 
farmer  interested  in  pork  production.  In¬ 
stead  of  so  many  corncribs  crosses  as  are 
practiced  in  the  Corn  Belt  in  their  pork 
producing  methods,  it  seems  to  us  that  a 
forage  crop  cross  with  Alfalfa  supple¬ 
ment  during  the  Winter  would  result  in 
more  efficient  and  economical  production. 
Actually  there  is  no  mineral  deficiency 
in  a  ration  where  Alfalfa  is  abundantly 
supplied.  This  is  true  with  both  cattle 
and  swine. 
Naturally  fattening  hogs  require  con¬ 
centrated  feeds  and  will  not  gain  as  rap¬ 
idly  on  rations  carrying  Alfalfa  as  they 
will  on  rations  limited  exclusively  to 
concentrates.  Nevertheless,  growing  ani¬ 
mals  and  the  breeding  herd  will  devour 
enormous  amounts  of  Alfalfa  and  their 
growth  and  gains  will  be  surprisingly  low 
in  cost  if  forage  crops  and  Alfalfa  are 
fed. 
Drying  Off  Cows 
IWe  have  trouble  in  drying  off  some  of 
our  cows  before  calving.  Would  you  tell 
me  the  best  way?  We  have  a  yearling 
bull  that  has  not  grown  much  since  he 
was  about  two  months  old ;  he  looks 
rough  and  has  always  bloated  a  lot.  He 
is  not  lousy.  He  was  allowed  milk  until 
he  was  about  two  months  old,  then  grad¬ 
ually  weaned  down  to  water  and  calf- 
meal,  and  also  clover  hay  and  whole  oats. 
Several  times  a  large  bull  broke  iu  with 
the  little  one,  but  he  always  seemed 
gentle  with  him.  Could  he  have  hurt 
him  internally?  c.  K.  c. 
New  York. 
Very  little  difficulty  will  he  experienced 
in  drying  off  your  cows  if  you  will  take 
the  precaution  to  reduce  the  grain  ration 
previous  to  the  drying  off  period.  Feed 
only  hay  and  cornstalks  during  this  pe¬ 
riod  and  allow  the  cows  plenty  of  water. 
After  they  have  been  on  a  scanty  ration 
of  this  character  for  two  or  three  days 
milk  only  once  a  day  for  three  days,  then 
every  other  day  until  it  is  evident  that  the 
milk  flow  has  ceased.  If  the  cows  run  on 
pasture,  often  it  is  necessary  to  confine 
them  in  dry  yards  for  perhaps  a  week  in 
order  to  check  the  flow  of  milk  as  desired. 
It  is  possible  that  your  bull  was  stunt¬ 
ed  during  his  early  period  of  growth  and 
development.  If  this  is  the  case  it  would 
not  be  Avise  to  use  him  for  breeding  pur¬ 
poses,  for  the  chances  are  that  his  calves 
would  inherit  this  tendency  to  be  under¬ 
sized  and  unresponsive  to  care  and  man¬ 
agement. 
More  variety  in  your  ration  would  have 
its  advantages,  and  a  combination  of 
ground  oats,  bran  and  linseed  meal,  if  fed 
in  conjunction  Avith  Alfalfa  or  clover  hay, 
can  scarcely  be  improved  upon  for  feeding 
growing  animals  of  this  character.  It  is 
barely  possible  that  the  calf  was  injured 
by  the  older  bull,  though  this  is  not  likely. 
.  lie  would  evidence  some  distress  if  any 
| injury  had  been  suffered. 
I  Avould  suggest  that  the  hull  be  given 
j  a  box  stall,  allowed  plenty  of  hay.  Al- 
falfa  or  clover,  and  fed  from  5  to  7  lbs. 
,  of  the  hay  per  day.  If  he  fails  to  respond 
to  this  care  and  feeding  I  should  say  that 
he  Avas  ill  suited  to  head  a  herd  of  dairy 
COAVS. 
Garbage  as  Feed 
I  am  in  position  to  obtain  about  2% 
tons  of  apple  parings  and  cores,  also  about 
tAvo  tons  of  various  vegetable  leaves  and 
tops  daily,  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 
My  idea  is  to  rent  a  farm  of  about  10 
acres,  preferably  in  New  Jersey,  AA’ithin 
25  miles  of  42d  street,  with  option  of 
purchase,  feed  about  one  ton  of  the  above 
in  a  suitable  Arariety  :th  other  foods  to 
compose  a  balanced  ration  to  dairy  cows, 
hogs  and  a  little  to  chickens,  utilize  as 
much  as  possible  on  my  farm  as  fertilizer 
and  sell  the  balance  as  fertilizer,  s.  H. 
New  York. 
Your  plan  would  work  out  better  on 
paper  than  it  Avould  in  practice.  Apple 
parings,  vegetable  leaves  and  tops  are  not 
well  suited  for  feeding  dairy  coavs.  They 
might  be  used  in  part  to  provide  a  ration 
for  market  pigs  and  chickens,  but  even  so. 
you  could  scarcely  afford  to  cart  this 
refuse  material  25  miles  and  expect  to 
realize  profitable  results  in  case  it  were 
used  for  either  feed  or  fertilizer.  Pigs 
require  concentrated  feeds,  and  only  a 
very  small  percentage  of  their  daily  ra¬ 
tion  must  trace  to  such  refuse  ingredients 
as  mentioned. 
From  a  standpoint  of  fertility,  1.000 
lbs.  of  apple  pomace,  Avhich  is  the  residue 
after  the  juice  of  the  apple  has  been  ex¬ 
tracted,  Avould  produce  only  2.6  lbs,  of 
nitrogen,  .6  lb.  of  phosphoric  acid,  and 
1.5  lbs.  of  potash.  Sugar  beets  and  vege¬ 
table  leaves  are  more  variable  than  the 
apple  parings,  for  1.000  lbs.  of  sugar-beet, 
tops  or  leaves  would  yield  only  about  4 
lbs.  of  nitrogen,  1  lb.  of  phosphoric  acid 
and  6  lbs.  of  potash.  Materials  of  this 
character  carry  very  little  dry  matter, 
and  hence  are  low  in  energy  and  digesti¬ 
ble  nutrients.  If  spread  upon  the  laud 
they  Avould  provide  some  humus  and  add 
somewhat  to  the  fertility  Aralue ;  but  in 
my  opinion  they  would  not  begin  to  pay 
the  cost  of  carting  the  distance  you  pro¬ 
pose. 
A  great  many  attempts  have  been  made 
to  utilize  garbage  and  refuse  materials 
of  this  character,  both  as  a  feed  for  swine 
and  as  a  source  of  fertility.  In- a  very 
few  instances  has  success  crowned  such 
efforts.  There  is  an  area  around  Sc- 
caucus,  N.  J.,  where  perhaps  50,000  or 
75,000  pigs  are  fed  each  year  on  refuge 
garbage  collected  from  hotels  and  res¬ 
taurants  in  New  York,  NeAAmrk  and  Jer¬ 
sey  City.  Even  though  collections  are 
promptly  and  regularly  made,  and  Avhere 
the  accumulated  material  has  been  care¬ 
fully  sorted,  degreased,  and  ripened  in 
digesters,  the  practice  has  failed  to  pro¬ 
duce  profitable  or  satisfactory  results. 
The  loss  from  cholera  is  relatively  large, 
pneumonia  is  frequently  encountered,  and 
unless  the  breeding  animals  have  been  fed 
and  maintained  on  garbage,  it  has  been 
found  to  be  almost  impossible  and1  surely 
impracticable  to  feed  market  pigs  on  the 
collected  garbage. 
The  results  would  be  nearly  as  disas¬ 
trous  in  case  refuse  materials  of  this 
character  were  assembled  for  poultry 
feeding.  Pigs  and  chickens  both  require 
a  concentrated  feed,  and  cannot  be  either 
deAT_eloped  or  fattened  on  loAV-grade  ma¬ 
terials  of  this  description. 
Rations  for  Bull  and  Dairy  Herd 
Will  you  give  me  a  ration  for  my  bull? 
He  is  24  months  of  age  and  is  well- 
bred.  _  But  is  sluggish.  I  wish  ration 
for  heifers,  age  six  month  and  one  year, 
and  for  Holstein  milk  cows.  They  are  on 
grass  night  and  day  this  Summer. 
New  York.  f.  d.  s. 
Exercise  is  quite  as  important  in  the 
management  of  dairy  bulls  as  a  suitable 
ration.  Herd  sires  that  are  confined  in 
box  stalls  that  are  not  regularly  cleaned 
soon  become  inactive  and  impotent. 
Again,  the  use  of  excessive  amounts  of 
roughage  or  silage  is  conductive  to  slug¬ 
gishness.  The  best  ration  that  I  know 
of  for  breeding  bulls  consists  of  four 
parts  of  oats,  four  parts  of  bran,  and 
two  parts  of  linseed  meal.  This  should 
be  fed  in  conjunction  with  a  good  qual¬ 
ity  of  hay  and  with  only  a  limited  amount 
of  silage.  If  the  use  of  20  per  cent  of 
linseed  meal  causes  undue  laxativeness 
then  it  should  be  reduced  to  10  per  cent 
and  some  gluten  feed  substituted.  The 
use  of  cornmeal  or  cottonseed  meal  is 
not  recommended  for  reasons  well  known 
to  herdsmen.  If  fed  excessively  on  corn- 
meal  too  much  flesh  is  apt  to  be  deposited 
and  cottonseed  meal  is  concentrated  and 
constipating  for  animals  confined  in  box 
stalls. 
For  heifers  six  months  of  age  having 
access  to  pasture  a  ration  consisting  of 
five  parts  of  cornmeal,  three  parts  of 
bran,  one  part  of  linseed  meal,  and  one 
part  of  gluten  feed  will  produce  results. 
The  use  of  bran  and  linseed  meal  should 
be  resorted  to  after  the  pasture  grass 
passes  the  palatable  stage. 
For  your  dairy  herd  of  Ilolsteins  a  ra¬ 
tion  consisting  of  400  lbs.  hominy,  200 
lbs.  cottonseed  meal,  200  lbs.  gluten  meal, 
200  lbs.  oats,  is  proposed.  If  your  coavs 
are  milking  more  than  40  lbs.  per  day. 
add  150  lbs.  of  linseed  meal  to  this  mix¬ 
ture. 
“What  time  is  it,  my  lad?”  asked  a 
traveler  of  a  small  Irish  boy  who  was 
driving  a  couple  of  cows  home  from  the 
fields.  “About  twelve  o’clock,  sir.”  re¬ 
plied  the  boy.  “I  thought  it  would  be 
more  than  that ,”  said  the  man.  “It’s 
never  more  here.”  returned  the  lad  in  sur¬ 
prise.  “It  just  begins  at  one  again.” — 
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That  is  why  more  than  ten  million  quarts 
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