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If this lat ter plan is followed, the pasturing, or number of animals, should probably be heavy for a time, until the oats are mostly consumed, when the number of animals should be reduced in or der to give the clover a better chance to grow and furnish more feed than it will if grazed too closely. More About "Guinea" Cattle A READER referring to a recent ar Micle on the subject, states that the "Guinea" cattle, quite a numerous breed, are scattered all over his coun ty in North Carolina. 'There are individual animals which the owners or the people in some Southern communities may call "Guinea" cattle, but there is no "breed" of that kind or name. In oth er words, there is not sufficient sim ilarity in blood lines or breeding in these small animals, as they occur in different sections, to justify classing them as a breed. The individuals are often of entirely different breeding or origin, and nowhere are these ani- mals maintained as a pure breed. There is no registration, nor is any such breed recognized in literature, by breeders, in fair premium lists, or in any other way. In short, the call ing of small animals of different breeding or origin by the name 'Guinea" does not make a breed. That there are individual animafs to which Southern people apply the term "Guinea" we have known for many years, but these animals often differ very widely in very many of their characteristics, except size. They are usually animals of mixed feeding, and often unknown breed ing, which are small in size, partly by inheritance and partly by scanty Ceding. But there are no facts or conditions which justify calling these animals as they occur throughout the uth, a "breed" of cattle. them one pound of tankage for every eight to ten pounds of corn that is fed. In mother words, a pig eating 2Yz pounds of corn a" day will probably use one-fourth, pound of tankage a day to good advantage. For maximum growth, probably more corn should be fed, but it does not follow that the gains will be made more economically by increasing the' corn. To get the largest gains prob ably all the corn the pigs will eat up clean twice a day should be given, but with sweet clover pasture, 2 pounds of corn and V pound of tankage a day for 100 pounds live weight should give good growth, and as intimated ' above possibly as economical growth zs heavier feeding on high-priced corn. - The falling fruit has feed value for the pigs, and this fruit and the Ber muda pasture may easily equal the sweet clover pasture or surpass it, ac cording to the amount of, fruit obtain ed by the hogs ; but it will be neces sary to feed some corn and tankage in addition, to obtain the largest gains. Unless the hogs root excess ively they are not likely to do any harm in the orchard, and the falling x or diseased fruit having feed value for hogs may well be utilized in this way. Feeding Pigs on Sweet Clover Pasture ADER fcs'Pigs weighing 75 to clnvl Fou?.?s each runing on sweet (melll?tus receiving 23 Pounds corn daily per 100 pound! live Tilt), 1? Vsks: "How much-tankage should these pigs receive ? Is this s wgh, J secure maximum Sew ofrtUld !J be. Pr0fitable t0 ut t h JtSe PigS in.my hard, as Pasture?""6 the rUn of a Bermuda muH a sweet clovr pasture will takS witheSy- 9t W. Probahlv k r their corn but it Will bab,y be found profitable to give How to Feed Skim Milk to Pigs and Calves THE people of the South do not ap preciate the full food value of milk and its products. It is not only the natural food of many animals, but it is also the best food. In other words, while other food and feed materials contain the required nutrients in varying proportions and in many oases in insufficient amounts, - milk .contains all required in the pro portions needed for growth and health. Milk is not only our best foody but even at present high prices it is one of our very cheapest. In stead of the increase in the price of milk decreasing its usey as it has to an alarming degree in-"'some places, its relatively low price, even since the advance, should commend it to the housewife, especially for. growing children. In view of these facts, the best use to which skimmed milk can be put on the farm is to. consume it as hu man food. It contains several times more food for man as it is than any animal can make out of it for him. But skimmed milk is "also a most excellent feed for all young or grow ing farm livestock. There is no other feed which will quite take its place, and this being true it should, if fed to livestock, be used to the best advan tage. Probably the best proportions in which to mix skimmed milk and the grains generally used for feeding pig's are no't over about 3 parts of milk to 1 part of grain, by weight. More milk will probably not produce as good results per pound of milk used. On the other hand, much less, say less -than 2 to 2y2 pounds of milk to a pounid of grain, is not sufficient milk to produce the best results from the grain -used. In these proportions there is no danger of getting the pig too fat if he has the run of a pasture, where he gets some green feed and plenty of exercise, and nothing will produce quite as good results for growing young pigs. Some care should also be taken in feeding skimmed milk to calves. It is quite possible to give them more milk than they can use to best ad vantage. To balance the skimmed 'f milk-for-calves ".theremust also "be" fed some grain. There is nothing better for this purpose than whole corn, or a mixture of equal parts of corn and oats. They need not be ground, in fact, the whole grain is better and the calves will begin eat ing it in sufficient quantities at from four to six weeks of age. Dry, clean, sweet hay will also be eaten and is probably better than grass or green t feed for young calves getting a fair allowance of milk. They should have what grain and hay they will eat. Calves of some age may do fairly well on less milk, but more than the following quantities should probably not be given, for a great many calves are injured by receiving too much milk. Many cases of scours are pro duced by the overfeeding of milk and practically all cases are best treated by a great reduction in the quantity of milk given.. For large calves, first two weeks, 6 to 8 quarts, 10 to 12 pounds a day. For small calves, first two weeks, 4 to 5 quarts, 8 to 10 pounds a day. For the first three or four weeks this should be given warm in three feeds a day and the feeding should be done from scrupulously clean ves sels. As the calves grow older the quan tity of milk may be slowly increased, but at no time should the calf get over about 8. to 9 quarts, or 16 to 18. pounds of milk per day. After the first month, at longest, two feeds a day are sufficient. When more than one calf is fed from a common feed ing vessel some are likely to get too much, for it is not unusual for one calf to drink nearly twice as fast as another. Hence it is necessary that each calf be fed separately. Skimmed milk is too vahfable a food for man or "beast to be used carelessly or wasted. the quantity of his daily allowance of hay reduced to about three-fourths of a pound for every 100 pounds ol his : weight; and all of it should be given at the end of the day's work or at the night feed. Green grass new hay and legume hays should not be used with such a horse. Care should be taken' to start such an animal out slowly and carefully in the morning for the first half hour or for the first couple of miles, if on the road. In some cases medicines may be useful but careful feeding and hand ling will usually accomplish much more than medicines in such cases. Giving regular exercise, so as to keep the animal hard and fit for work, re stricting the amount of hay, avoiding legume hay, new hay and green feed and careful handling will do more than anything else to correct the trouble. If the animal is not full of feed when started out from the stable the" scouring is less likely to occur. - But one tablespoonful of the fol lowing mixture, given in some ground feed or placed on the tongue twice a day, may often have some beneficial effect : 4 ounces powdered sulphate of Iron. 4 ounces powdered gentian. 4 ounces powdered bux vomica. 1 pound charcoal. 1 pound cottonseed meal. VETERINARY PROBLEMS Mule With Loose Bowels Heaves A READER has a mule which suffers from looseness of the bowels when working. This is not an unusual condition, but it may be due to any, one of sev eral causes. Some high - spirited horses' suffer in this way, . and the trouble seems to be due en'tirely to the excitement or nervousness result ing from the work or handling. Such animals are hard to keep in good con dition "and flesh if given much work. With other horses or mules the trou ble is undoubtedly due to an over loading of the bowels with hay while in the stable. Greedy eaters, given unlimited quantities of hay, are apt to suffer in this way when put to work, especially during the morning or forenoon after eating hay all night. Animals allowed green grass, legume hays or new hay are also likely to suffer from scours when put to fast or hard work. In other cases the trouble is due to irregular work ; that is, horses which work only a part of the time' are more likely to suffer from scours when put to work, espec ially if this work be fast, like driving or riding on the road. . , To correct the trouble the cause must be located. If due to an excited, nervous condition, as is sometimes the case in high-spirited or, more correctly speaking, .nervous horses, the trouble is difficult to correct. Such horses are said to be naturally "hard keepers" and "washy," and little can be done except to keep them from ov erloading their digestive tract with hay and other feed just before being put to work, giving them regular ex ercise and handling them carefully. Such a horse or mule should have Heaves A READER ,asks for a cure for "heaves," stating that he has a horse that has had the trouble for about six months. When a horse has had heaves for six months there is no cure for him. "Cures" for heaves, are advertised by certain agricultural papers, but any one having any knowledge of. veter inary medicine knows that there is rf& "cure" and that such advertise ments are fraudulent. Occasionally a case may recover if a change in location, care, feed, etc., be made in the very first stages of the, development of the disease; but when a case of heaves is once well devel oped it is much more likely to get worse than to get better, regardless of the treatment given. Of course, it is a well known fact that certain medicines have the pow. ; er to temporarily suppress or hid- . the symptoms of heaves, but as.'soonr as the effect of the medicine passes off the symptoms return. Horse, trad ers sometimes take advantage of this knowledge to get rjd of a horse suf fering; with heaves. The most that can be done for such a horse is to reduce the hay fed to not over one-half the usual amount and feed all of it at night. Care should be taken to avoid having the horse full of feed or water when put to work. In other words, feeding and watering just before putting to work should be avoided when possi ble and when it is not possible to do so then the quantity of feed and wa ter given should not be large. All dusty feed should also be avoid ed, and when any of the feed is at all dusty it is a good plan to moisten "it slightly before feeding, " The difficulty in breathing is likely ' to be greatly increased by exercise, especially on a hot and mois, or "muggy" day, when the stomach is full. By greatly reducing the hay, feed ving it at night after being moistened and generally guarding against those -conditions which aggravate the symp-i toms or difficulty in breathing, it horse suffering from heaves may con-' ,-tinue .to do considerable work, but as ' stated, improvement is rare, , while: most cases get worse until finally the., . animal becomes useless through the; development of lung, heart and digest tive disturbances with greatly in creased difficulty in breathing.
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