Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-01-20

Corn ana COD MeaI.
Among the recently reported expert
menls n swine feeding at tho Iowa
Agricultural College according to The
Homestead is that Of the comparative
values of corn meal and corn and cob
meal in fattening swine. The first ex-
pertinent was in the last stages Of fat
tening Pigs of the same breed and
age, and as nearly as possible the same
weight. was selected and fed one week
to accustom them to the food selected.
They were then gwen all they would
eat up clean, half of them of corn meal
and half OF corn and cob meal. the
grain being carefully we ghed and also
the hogs at the end of each week for
two weeks. when they were sold
The corn and cob meal, 20 pounds
to the bushel, made 1905 pounds of
pork per bushel and 50 pounds of the
clear corn meal made Hoy pounds to
each bushel fed. The hogs were sold
ut So. so per cwt. and gave 1919 cents
per bushe for the corn ground with
the cob, and Al "a cents for the clear
corn. The experiment was repeated
with a lot Of hogs in the early stages
OF fattening and returned 40 CD cents
for the corn and cob meal and Al 90
cents for the corn meal. reckoning pork
at So so.
These results will surprise many Of
our readers and possibly be laughed at
as unreasonable and fine example OF
book farming. We see nothing sur
prsing about it. We do not think
there is any nutriment in the cob and
that its value as food lies wholly in
the fact that it acts as divsor allow
ing the gastric juice to act more readl-
| ~ on the mass Of meat and secure q
more rap d and complete digestion.
MARKETING DAIRY BUTTER.
One word about marketing small
lots OF butter. Let it be done in small
packages that 60 d rect to the consum-
er from producer, or il through a deal
CT let makers name and date OF pack
ing be plainly stamped on each box or
package Five pound packages are
used oftener than any other size. THE
farmer who, by supplying himself with
the best appliances, makes Il prime
article Of dairy butter and pursues the
plan suggested in marketing it can
not fail OF establishing reputation
&. 10 IL.
ready sale at the highest market prices,
even though he has to sell through q
commission merchant Customers
should remember the brand and ask
for il again.
FEEDING STRAW PRoFITABLY.
Opin ons OF feeders differ pretty
widely as 10 whether straw can be Ted
with profit or not. The best dairymeu
are strongly opposed to any straw feed
ing TO cows giving milk One OF them
said TO us recently, II never let my
cows get taste Of straw if | can pre-
vent it. 1t is used for bedding. and
they Will eat some no matter how
we'll fed. rs it is change; but | had
much rather they would not He
feeds brewers grains. a ration very
stimulating TO the production of m TX,
but not very rich in itself. and not
max ng milk of very high quality,
though it is the best that the people in
beer-making cities are likely to get.
Feeding straw successfully probably
requires peculiar conditions not
generally found. 1t is dry feed. and
therefore lily adapted to making milk
1t is not rch food in any respect,
much of it being n woody fibre Of no
more nutrit.ve value than so much
sawdust. What it has OF nutrition is
mainly carbon or heat giving, and if it
were even richer in tn 8 it would not
alone keep an animal in vigorous
health. And yet there are feeding uses
for straw in VIII ch it serves an excel
lent purpose. Given with linsccd
meal or cotton-sced cake it furnishes
| the bulk which those excessively con-
densed forms Of nutrition require for
safe feeding. As it is bulk rather than
nutrition that is needed, straw may be
well substituted far hay. This has
been found true In I<actice 10y those
who have given it trial.
There is great difference in the
quality OF straw. That from early-cut
grain retains more freshness. and bc
comes much less hard and woody. Too
often straw is considered scarcely
worth caring for, and cut late and
poorly stacked it rots down into very
poor manure. 1t NAV be better even
thus than to be relied on as staple
for Winter feeding. unless there are
largo supplies OF foods rich in album
inoids to give with it.
RULES FOR THE PREVENTION OF HOG
CHOLERA.
The question OF preventing hog chol-
era is at present most important one
in the West and farmers will find some