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How  to  Check  Cow 
Ailments  at  their  Source 
The  dairy  cow  is  an  exceptionally  hardy 
animal  and  subject  to  very  few  ailments 
except  those  which  attack  the  digestive  and 
genital  organs.  These  particular  organs, 
being  the  milk-making  function,  are  often 
overworked  and  unable  to  throw  off  such 
diseases  as  Barrenness,  Abortion,  Retained 
Afterbirth,  Scours,  Bunches,  Milk  Fever, 
Lost  Appetite. 
These  ailments  can  be  successfully  treated 
—and  just  as  surely  prevented — by  the  use 
of  Kow-Kare,  because  it  is  especially  de¬ 
signed  to  tone  up  and  strengthen  the  di¬ 
gestive  and  genital  organs.  A  proper  func¬ 
tioning  of  these  important  organs  eliminates 
the  cause  of  disease. 
But  the  real  profit  of  dairying  today  is 
made  by  keeping  disease  out  while  the  milk¬ 
making  organs  are  working  at  top-notch. 
Kow-Kare,  in  moderate  quantity  in  the  ra¬ 
tion  one  week  out  of  each  month,  induces 
a  maximum  milk  flow  and  keeps  the  cow*9 
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Its  use  costs,  on  the  average,  not  more  than 
a  cent  a  day  per  cow. 
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Live  Stock  Questions 
Answered  by  Prof.  F.  C.  Minkler 
Ration  with  Oats,  Buckwheat  and  Corn 
Will  you  give  me  a  balanced  ration  for 
Holstein  cows?  I  have  oats,  buckwheat 
and  corn.  What  more  could  I  put  with 
this  to  produce  the  most  milk?  E.  w. 
New  York. 
For  Holstein  cows  which  do  not  have 
access  to  silage  or  a  legume  hay  of  rec¬ 
ognized  value,  it  is  necessary  to  provide 
a  grain  ration  carrying  a  rather  high 
percentage  of  protein.  Assuming  that 
you  have  the  oats,  buckwheat  and  corn  of 
your  own  raising,  and  that  you  desire  to 
utilize  as  much  of  these  homegrown  pro¬ 
ducts  as  possible,  the  following  combina¬ 
tion  will  give  you  approximately  22  per 
cent  of  protein.  This  is  scarcely  enough 
under  the  condition  mentioned,  and  the 
addition  of  100  lbs.  of  gluten  meal  would 
be  highly  desirable.  The  ration  follows: 
200  lbs.  of  ground  oats ;  150  lbs.  ground 
buckwheat,  300  lbs.  cornmeal,  150  lbs. 
linseed  meal,  200  lbs.  43  per  cent  cotton¬ 
seed  meal.  Bear  in  mind  that  some  mois¬ 
tened  beet  pulp  would  be  worth  while  in 
case  you  have  no  silage,  Alfalfa  or  clover 
hay. 
Worms  in  Horses 
On  page  1324  you  spoke  of  worming 
horses  by  giving  them  “powdered  gentian 
and  ferrous  sulphate.”  Would  you  tell 
me  how  much  to  use  for  a  dose  and  how 
often  it  should  he  fed?  Do  wood  ashes 
have  the  desired  effect  if  fed  one  handful 
daily  for  a  week  or  so?  A  great  many 
old  horsemen  around  here  swear  their  life 
on  wood  ashes,  and  for  that  reason  alone 
I  have  faith  in  them,  although  have  not 
as  yet  fed  any.  I  suppose  your  gentian 
and  sulphate  is  O.  K.  for  working  horses 
as  well  as  idle  for  the  Winter  .  c.  G.  c. 
Rhode  Island. 
The  dosage  referred  to  of  powdered 
gentian  and  ferrous  sulphate  was  a  heap¬ 
ing  tablespoon  in  the  feed  twice  daily 
for  five  days.  This  method  of  worming 
horses  has  worked  satisfactorily,  and  in 
many  instances  avoids  the  difficulty  com¬ 
monly  experienced  when  attempts  are 
made  to  drench  horses  or  to  use  physic 
hall.  Wood  ashes  and  salt  are  not  effica¬ 
cious  in  eliminating  parasites  of  this 
character,  although  once  the  system  is 
freed  from  these  pests  the  salt  and  wood 
ashes  can  be  used  to  advantage. 
Feeding  Purebred  Herd 
Will  you  give  me  a  ration  for  purebred 
Holstein  cows  that  would  tend  to  produce 
milk?  I  have  very  choice  oats,  fair 
silage  and  good  Alfalfa  hay.  At  present 
I  am  feeding  about  1%  bushels  silage 
once  daily,  all  hay  cows  will  clean  up 
twice  daily,  and  the  following  home- 
mixed  ration:  300  lbs.  ground  oats,  100 
lbs.  cottonseed  meal,  100  lbs.  oil  meal, 
200  lbs.  gluten,  about  one  ordinary  wash 
basin  heaped  twice  daily.  Do  not  seem 
to  get  as  much  milk  as  I  should. 
New  York.  v.  H.  M. 
If  the  products  you  are  now  using  in 
your  ration  for  dairy  cows  are  of  average 
analysis,  that  is,  if  the  cottonseed  meal 
carries  43  per  cent  of  protein,  the  oilmeal 
35  per  cent,  and  the  gluten  meal  35  per 
cent,  it  is  evident  that  you  are  feeding  an 
excessive  amount  of  protein,  and  that 
you  are  not  obtaining  your  carbohydrates 
from  the  most  economical  source.  With 
Alfalfa  hay  of  good  quality  and  plenty  of 
silage,  it  is  unnecessary  to  feed  a  ration 
that  yields  more  than  22  per  cent  of  pro¬ 
tein.  The  chances  are,  however,  that  you 
have  been  feeding  an  insufficient  amount 
of  grain  ;  that  you  have  been  proportion¬ 
ing  the  daily  allowance  by  measure  and 
not  regulating  the  amount  in  proportion 
to  the  daily  flow  of  milk..  I  should  add 
200  lbs.  of  hominy  meal  to  your  mixture 
and  replace  some  of  the  gluten  meal  with 
linseed  meal,  which  would  make  the  com¬ 
bination  as  follows :  200  lbs.  of  hominy 
meal,  200  lbs.  ground  oats,  100  lbs.  43 
per  cent  cottonseed  meal,  150  lbs.  linseed 
meal,  150  lbs.  gluten  meal. 
Then  I  should  feed  this  grain  ration  in 
proportion  to  the  daily  milk  production 
of  each  cow,  allowing  1  lb.  of  grain  for 
each  3%  lbs.  of  milk  produced  per  day. 
There  is  such  a  thing  as  feeding  an  ex¬ 
travagant  amount  of  protein,  and  hominy 
under  present  valuations  is  the  most  eco¬ 
nomical  source  of  carbohydrates. 
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