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THE  PROFITABLE  WAY  TO  HAUL 
“Qoodyear  Cord  Truck  Tires  speed  up  my  farm  work,  save  shrink¬ 
age  on  loads  of  live  stock,  and  enable  me  to  do  hauling  for  other 
farmers  at  a  profit.  Qoodyear  Service  helps  me  to  get  all  the  miles 
that  are  built  into  them.”  . 
—William  Woessner,  Sterling,  III. 
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resist  rut,  curb  and  road  wear.  Their  great 
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and  your  market. 
The  new  beveled  All-Weather  Tread  Cord  Tire  is 
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This  great  feed  is  digestible  and  palatable  and  is  skillfully 
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Live  Stock  Matters 
Conducted  By  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Comparing  Various  Feeds 
Will  you  give  me  a  formula  to  balance 
a  dairy  ration  consisting  of  corn  cob  meal, 
wheat,  oats,  linseed  meal,  and  cottonseed 
meal,  41  per  cent?  Which  is  the  more 
economical  to  use,  ground  wheat  or  bran, 
when  the  price  of  each  is  the  same? 
Pennsylvania.  n.  H. 
It  is  interesting  to  watch  the  grain 
market  adjust  itself  to  the  changed  con¬ 
ditions.  In  spite  of  the  low  price  of 
wheat  in  producing  territory  millfeeds  re¬ 
main  proportionately  high,  and  such  con¬ 
centrates  as  linseed  meal,  cottonseed  meal, 
and  gluten  feed  are  strong  and  the  de¬ 
mand  is  brisk.  When  corn  in  the  corn 
belt  reaches  a  price  above  75  cent  a 
bushel  the  farmer  naturally  feels  inde¬ 
pendent  and  is  not  nearly  so  anxious  to 
sell  his  product.  It  will  be  remembered 
that  when  the  price  of  corn  was  ranging 
between  $1  and  $2  per  bushel  the  farm¬ 
ers  were  bankers,  held  their  crop,  and 
suffered  substantially  from  this  method, 
of  merchandising.  When  they  wanted  to 
sell  the  corn  they  could  not  get  the  cars, 
and  in  many  instances  corn  for  which  of- 
centered  around  the  study  of  minerals  in 
rations  for  live  stock.  Precipitated  hone 
meal,  ground  limestone,  marrow  meal,  and 
products  of  various  identity  have  been 
used.  The  question  of  mineral  deficiency 
is  largely  one  of  location,  and  method  of 
feeding  and  selecting  rations.  If  live 
stock  is  pastured  on  land  that  is  sour 
and  deficient  in  lime  and  mineral  matter, 
and  if  such  animals  are  fed  during  the 
non-productive  pasture  season  on  rough- 
ages  that  have  been  harvested  off  of  so:l 
of  this  same  character,  and  the  concen¬ 
trates  and  supplementary  feeds  have  been 
assembled  without  careful  regard  for 
variety  as  well  as  completeness  of  nutri¬ 
tion  and  mineral  constituency,  much  can 
be  done  to  improve  the  condition  of  the 
animals  and  stimulate  growth  by  utilizing 
ground  limestone,  marrow  meal,  or  the 
precipitated  hone  meal.  On  the  other 
hand,  if  an  abundance  of  lime  is  used  on 
both  pasture  and  meadow  land,  if  legumes 
such  as  clover  or  Alfalfa  are  produced, 
and  if  the  rations  fed  are  compounded 
from  a  variety  of  sources,  there  is  noth- 
Breakfast  is  ready  !  Here  are  three  members  of  the  family  at  least  who  are  ready 
for  it.  Nothing  bashful  about  these  young  folks — and  they  are  milk  consumers,  too. 
fers  of  .$1.75  per  bushel  were  made 
eventually  sold  for  50  cents  a  bushel. 
This  brings  up  the  interesting  question 
that  you  have  raised  as  to  how  .much 
ground  wheat  you  can  incorporate  in  your 
ration  when  bran  and  wheat  both  sell  for 
the  same  amount  per  ton.  Let  us  com¬ 
pare  the  two  products  from  the  stand¬ 
point  of  analysis : 
Corn  Wheat  Bran 
Water . 
.12.0 
10.2 
10.1 
Ash  . 
.  1.5 
1.9 
6.3 
Crude  Protein  . 
.  9.9 
12.4 
16.0 
Fiber  . 
.  2.0 
9  9 
9.5* 
Nitrogen  Free  Extract. 
.69.7 
71.2 
53.7 
Fat  . 
.  4.9 
2.1 
4.4 
100,  lbs.  of  wheat  yields  80.1  lbs.  of 
.digestible  nutrients. 
100  lbs.  of  corn  yields  84.2  lbs.  of  di¬ 
gestible  nutrients. 
100  lbs.  wheat  bran  60.0  lbs.  of  diges¬ 
tible  nutrients. 
Wheat  bran  carries  4  per  cent  more 
protein,  70  per  cent  more  fibre,  four  times 
as  much  ash.  Taking  into  consideration 
the  fact  that  wheat  is  higher  in  protein 
than  corn,  though  lower  iu  fat  and  equal 
in  fibre,  it  i-;  easy  to  campare  these  pro¬ 
ducts  from  th?  standpoint  of  analysis.  If 
wheat  bran  costs  as  much  as  whole 
ground  wheat,  then  by  all  means  use  the 
ground  wheat  in  a  ration  to  the  extent 
that  you  would  use  bran  ;  but  use  it  as  a 
substitute  for  bran  and  not  as  a  substi¬ 
tute  for  corn.  Wheat  itself  is  not  as 
bulky  as  bran,  and  for  this  reason  it 
would  be  wise. to  add  more  oats  to  a  ra¬ 
tion  carrying  whole  wheat.  Under  the 
conditions  described  I  would  propose  a 
mixture  consisting  of  300  lbs.  of  corn  and 
cob  meal,  200  lbs.  wheat,  100  lbs.  oats. 
150  lbs.  linseed  meal,  150  lbs.  cottonseed 
meal,  100  lbs  gluten  feed. 
Lime  in  Cattle  Feed 
I  wish  to  learn  about  the  use  of  lime 
in  cattle  feeds  for  bone  building  purposes. 
I  am  informed  that  it  is  used  quite  ex¬ 
tensively  in  the  Middle  W  est  for  that 
purpose.  T.  w.  w. 
New  Jersey. 
A  great  deal  of  research  work  has 
ing  to  this  mineral,  matter  controversy. 
Cows  that  are  fed  Alfalfa  hay  and 
clover  hay,  regardless  of  where  it  may  be 
grown  or  produced  do  not  have  a  defici¬ 
ency  in  mineral  matter,  for  Alfalfa  and 
clover  hay  will  not  grow  on  soil  that  is 
sour  and  deficient  in  mineral  matter.  If 
necessary  to  feed  salt  hay  or  some  poorer 
grades  of  roughages  that  are  available  in 
South  Jersey  then  by  use  of  ground 
limestone  scattered  over  the  hay  until  its 
mineral  content  will  be  brought  up  to 
that  of  Alfalfa  hay  the  problem  will  be 
solved.  To  this  end  the  use  of  not  more 
than  three  or  four  pounds  of  ground 
limestone  to  each  100  pounds  of  poor  hay 
is  all  that  is  necessary. 
Again :  if  desirable  the  bone  meal  or 
ground  limestone  can  be  mixed  with  salt 
and  kept  before  the  animals  at  all  times 
as  a  licking  mixture.  This  too  will  aid 
in  satisfying  any  craving  the  animals 
may  have  for  lime,  phosphorus,  or  cal¬ 
cium,  the  basic  materials  supplied  by 
these  minerals. 
Cork-lined  Dairy  Tanks 
The  New  Jersey  College  of  Agriculture 
gives  this  advice  about  tanks : 
Dairymen  find  that  more  difficult  than 
the  first  cooling  of  milk  is  its  proper  stor¬ 
ing  until  marketed  or  consumed.  Where 
a  large  supply  of  cold  spring  water  or 
well  water  is  available  the  problem  is 
simple,  for  the  water  is  allowed  to  flow 
continuously  through  a  tank  in  which  the 
cans  are  placed. 
When  ice  is  used  it  is  necessary  to  be 
more  conservative.  Many  are  finding 
concrete  tanks  satisfactory,  but  the  quan¬ 
tity  of  ice  needed  runs  high.  This  may 
be  reduced  somewhat  by  using  a  woodeu 
cover.  If  the  tank  is  made  with  a  layer 
of  insulating  material  embedded  in  the 
bottom  and  walls  it  will  be  found  that  a 
great  saving  in  ice  is  effected.  Sheet 
cork  is  the  best  material  for  this  purpose. 
The  form  is  made  to  build  the  tank  as 
under  ordinary  conditions,  but  the  walls 
and  bottom  are  2%  in.  thick.  When  the 
concrete  is  set  so  the  form  may  be  re¬ 
moved  the  inside  is  lined  with  cork  and 
another  layer  of  concrete  is  added.  If 
desired  the  whole  may  be  cast  at  once  by 
placing  the  sheet  cork  in  position  in  the 
mortar  as  the  form  is  filled. 
