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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
November  3,  1923 
and  Now 
as  the  prairie  schooner  has  given  way  to  mod¬ 
ern  transportation ,  so  out  of  modern  farm 
use  has  come  a  vital  new  demand  for 
a  salt  that  is  Quick  dissolving! 
IN  the  tiny  particles  that  make  up 
the  whole,  two  handfuls  of  salt 
may  differ  as  much  as  night  and  day. 
Of  the  three  types  of  salt,  common, 
ordinary  salt  is  Cube  shape.  Like  a 
block  of  ice  such  salt  is  of  a  hard  and 
comparatively  non-porous  form, 
slow  to  dissolve— slow  in  penetra¬ 
tion.  The  second  looks  like  a  Crystal 
of  glass— flaky  but  hard.  It,  too,  is 
slow  dissolving  and  of  low  penetra¬ 
tive  value.  But  the  third  is  a  soft, 
porous  Flake— not  unlike  a  snow¬ 
flake.  This  is  Colonial  Special 
Farmers  Salt.  Salt  MUST  DIS¬ 
SOLVE  TO  ACT!  That’s  why  any 
salt  for  satisfactory  general  farm 
use,  must  first  be  a  QUICK  DIS¬ 
SOLVING  SALT! 
Buying  standards  now  changed 
With  this  new  knowledge  have  come 
new  standards  of  salt  “value.” 
Whether  it’s  for  meat  curing,  baking, 
butter  making  or  table  use  your  salt 
cost  is  a  small  first  cost  item.  But 
in  the  finished  result  it  counts 
heavily.  You  avoid  risk  when  you 
use  Colonial  Special  Farmers  Salt. 
You  use  less  of  it  because  it  is  all 
salt— pure  salt  with  all  the  moisture 
removed.  And  it  does  not  form  in 
wasteful  lumps.  A  70-pound  bag  is 
as  big  as  a  100-pound  bag  of  ordinary 
calt.  Ask  for  Colonial  Special  Farm¬ 
ers  Salt  by  full  name.  Always 
packed  in  a  branded  70-pound  bag. 
The  linenized  material  makes  fine 
toweling. 
Send  for  “Meat  Curing  and  Butter 
Making  on  the  Farm,”  a  valuable 
booklet  of  information. 
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COLONIAL  SHI  SALT 
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Salt— never  causes  sore  tongues  or  sore  mouths— always  insures  animals  getting  enough. 
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Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Feeding  Cows  and  Calves 
We  have  two  cows  due  to  freshen  again 
in  February.  They  give,  on  an  average, 
about  16  quarts  per  day  each  during  the 
milking  season.  We  have  plenty  of  very 
good  Alfalfa  hay,  corn  fodder  in  Win¬ 
ter,  and  for  grain  we  have  corn,  oats  and 
barley.  What  would  you  advise  as  a 
proper  ration?  We  would  not  like  to 
buy  any  more  than  is  necessary.  We 
also  have  two  calves,  one  three  months 
and  one  seven  months  old.  Would  the 
same  feed  be  best  for  them?  w.  H.  B. 
You  are  fortunate  to  have  ground 
oats  and  barley  to  serve  as  a  basis  for 
a  ration  for  your  dairy  cows.  How¬ 
ever,  in  order  to  make  the  best  use  of 
these  home-grown  products  they  should 
be  combined  with  concentrates  rich  in 
protein.  During  the  time  when  the  cows 
are  dry  I  should  use  a  mixture  consist¬ 
ing  of  30  lbs.  oats,  30  lbs.  corn,  25  lbs. 
barley,  15  lbs.  linseed  meal. 
I  should  use  this  same  ration  for  the 
two  calves  three  and  seven  months  old, 
respectively. 
After  the  cows  freshen  I  should  use  a 
mixture  consisting  of  100  lbs.  corn,  150 
lbs.  oats,  100  lbs.  barley,  50  lbs.  cotton¬ 
seed  meal,  50  lbs.  linseed  meal,  50  lbs. 
gluten  feed. 
I  have  omitted  bran  because  you  have 
both  oats  and  barley,  and  if  it  is  more 
convenient  to  limit  your  concentrates  to 
two  rather  than  three  use  75  lbs.  of  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal  and  75  lbs.  of  linseed  meal 
in  the  mixture  and  eliminate  the  gluten. 
Of  course  jt  would  be  possible  to  use  a 
mixture  carrying  a  little  less  protein  of 
yon  used  second  cutting  Alfalfa  of  the 
best  quality.  If  this  is  desired  then  a 
mixture  consisting  of  100  lbs.  corn,  100 
lbs.  oafs,  100  lbs.  barley,  50  lbs.  cotton¬ 
seed,  50  lbs.  linseed  meal  will  serve. 
Ration  When  off  Pasture 
I  wish  a  formula  for  feeding  milk  cows 
after  being  taken  from  pasture.  w.  M. 
A  ration  for  dairy  cows  limited  to  mid¬ 
dlings  and  ground  oats  would  not  only  he 
expensive  but  it  would  be  ill  suited  for 
milk  production.  Unless  the  baled  hay 
referred  to  was  Alfalfa  or  clover  you 
could  scarcely  expect  to  get  good  results. 
Since  you  request  a  formula  that  will 
provide  an  improved  mixture  for  feed¬ 
ing  your  herd  of  Jerseys  and  Holsteins 
we  propose  the  following :  250  lbs.  ground 
oats,  300  lbs.  cornmeal,  100  lbs.  wheat- 
bran,  150  lbs.  linseed  meal,  200  lbs.  43 
per  cent  cottonseed  meal. 
This  will  yield  a  20  per  cent  protein 
feed  which  is  suitable  for  a  herd  of  aver¬ 
age  production.  If  you  desire  to  use 
ready  mixed  feeds  select  a  brand  that 
does  not  carry  less  than  24  per  cent  of 
protein  and  bring  this  down  to  your  own 
requirements  by  adding  corn  and  oats 
which  have  been  produced  on  the  farm. 
Avoid  the  purchase  of  low  grade  mix¬ 
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tor  screenings  with  second  grade  mater¬ 
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Preventing  Mold  in  Silage 
What  would  be  a  good  preventive  to 
keep  silage  from  molding  on  top?  j.  a.  e. 
If  silage  is  kept  fairly  level  in  the  silo 
at  the  time  of  filling  and  is  heaped  up 
in  the  center  when  the  silo  is  full  very 
little  spoilage  will  result.  However,  if 
two  or  three  bushels  of  oats  are  run 
through  the  ensilage  cutter  and  blown 
into  the  silo  at  the  very  last  they  will 
germinate  and  form  a  green  mat  and 
preserve  for  the  most  part  all  of  the 
silage.  The  principle  involved  is  a  sim¬ 
ple  one  :  the  matted  oats  serve  to  exclude 
the  air  and  thus  preserve  the  silage. 
Grain  With  Timothy  Hay 
Will  you  make  up  a  grain  ration  of 
cornmeal,  bran,  ground  oats,  cottonseed 
meal  and  linseed  meal?  This  is  what  I 
can  buy  here.  Hay  is  Timothy,  some¬ 
what  mixed  (clover,  June  grass). 
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|  The  Farmer  | 
1  His  Own  Builder  1 
By  H.  ARMSTRONG  ROBERTS 
Using  the  ingredients  that  you  have 
mentioned,  the  same  being  fed  in  con¬ 
junction  with  Timothy  hay  and  June 
grass,  I  should  combine  them  as  follows : 
cornmeal,  300  lbs. ;  ground  oats,  200  lbs. ; 
bran,  150  lbs. ;  43  per  cent  cottonseed, 
200  lbs, ;  linseed,  150  lbs. 
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