Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-21
MAKING A FEED FOR WORK
ANIMALS

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MAKING A FEED FOR WORK
! ANIMALS.
! r. B., Ttlbotton, Ca, writes: We have
| good quantity of velvet bean meal on
; mix 1t for feed for work mules. Please
! state in what proportion to mix and about
what amount is an average feedf
A mixture of equal parts of velvet
| beans, in which the hulls and beans
| have been ground together. and corn
| and cob, or corn, cob and shuck meal,
| should provide a satisfactory concen-
| trated ration for work stock provided
it is fed in sufficient amount and with
a satisfactory ration Of roughage. You
should feed sixteen to eighteen pounds
| of the above mixture to a mule weigh
| ing 1000 pounds and doing hard work.
| When performing lighter labor a some
| what smaller amount may answer sat-
| isfactorily In addition to the forego-
/ ing YOU should feed a liberal ration OF
roughage consisting of mixed hay, clean
shredded corn slower, pulled fodder, oats
in the sheaf, or peavine or peanut hay
Not more than four to six pounds of
peanut or cowpea hay should be fed
per day. Feed eight to twelve pounds
of any other materials mentioned, along
with four to six pounds of the peavine
or peanut hay.
1t is best to run the long fodder
through a cutting box and chop it up
into inch lengths. Moisten 1T with
water containing a little salt Mix thor
oughly and allow to stand few hours
before feeding so as to soften. Then
scatter the grain ration mentioned
above over the fodder and mix thor
ouRhly with 1t and feed in the amount
and manner indicated and in proportion
to the live weight and the nature of
the work animals are called on to per-
form The ration may be fed in two or
three equal portions. 1t is probably
best to feed the grain and moistened
feed mixed with cut fodder night and
morning and the long roughage in the
middle ofthe day.
MANAGING COWS AFTER CALVING
II. G. X, Cobbtown, Ga, writes: l am
having trouble with my cows. AFTER they
drop their calves they get down and can
not get up, and 1t is very hard for them
TO breathe. They die in about day after
they take sick. have lost one and have
more down, and another heifer soon to
CAlve. | would like to know how to pre-
vent this trouble.
Mature cows which are heavy feed
ers and which receive an abundance Of
rich food and do not secure enough ex-
ercise are often victims Of. what is
known as milk 1eVer. II you nave
correctly stated in your letter the man
ner in which your cows are affected
we Judge this to be the trouble. Pre-
ventive treatment should be undertaken,
therefore, with COWS which are soon due
to calve. Linseed oil may do for this
purpose or you may give one to two
pounds of Epson salts. Usually little
milk should be drawn before calving
and but little removed for twenty-four
hours afterward. OF course the calf
F, should be allowed to take its normal
supply.
The COW must not be allowed to lie
flat on the side. but should be propped
up by means of bags of sand, bran, or
hay, so that she lies on the sternum.
| If the head is thrown around violent
| ly it should be supported by means of
a rope tied to some overhead support.
The best treatment is to pump air
into the udder by means of a milking
| tube. The air should of course be fill
tered before forced into the udder. The
treatment may be repeated once after
| two to six hours. In the event that you
cannot secure a milking tube an ordi-
nary bicycle pump may be used. This
does not filter the air, however, and
there is danger from its use. On the
other hand, 1t has been the means of
saving a large number of cows. You
should see that your animals are fed
on varied ration in which laxative
| food predominates.