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into hay- and feed it to that cow. Result — if nothing else is fed, 

 the cow will not only cease giving milk, but will starve. What 

 went out of that grass when you converted it into hay? 

 Moisture, nothing more; but it was nature's moisture distributed 

 throughout each spear of grass, thus making ir succulent; when 

 it was changed into hay, that succulence was driven out. No 

 quantity of water added to the hay would have restored it. 



Qu< si ion. — I am milking a farrow cow : her feed is mixed ; hay 

 — all she will eat ; two quarts of ground oats, and two of corn 

 !. How can I better the ration? 



Mr. Smith. — By leaving out the corn meal and wheat bran. 



Question. — We have but little clover; what would be a proper 

 ration of grain for milk production? 



Mr. Smith. — ■ If you have timothy or mixed hay, feed four 

 pounds of wheat bran, four pounds of gluten feed and one of lin- 

 seed meal. That would make a good combination in the absence 

 of clover. If you make the basis of your grain ration, wheat 

 bran, there is not much danger of overfeeding. You can alwavs 

 tell when you are doing that, from the sour smell in the stable. 

 Buckwheat middlings have a ratio of 1 to 3, so that not so many 

 of them should be fed; they also tend to produce a soft white 

 butter. 



Mr. Woodward. — -I should sell the oats, if I could, and buy 

 bran. There is nothing so good as bran that I ever fed to my 

 cows. A ton of bran is worth a ton and a half of oats, while the 

 value of bran manure is much greater than that of oats. But, if 

 I wer( -<• situated that I could not sell the oats. I should feed them. 



Question. — - What about " Kow Kure " and other " kures " and 

 prepared food- I 



Dr. Smead. — They have a basis of oil meal, with a little gen- 

 tian and some other cheap ingredients to make them smell and 

 ■1(1. The feeding value in them consists almost wholly in 

 ' ■■ oil meal; but these foods are sold at a price of about $400 per 



i. while nut costing much more than $30. 



Here is the analyses and first cost of one of them which I found 

 g retailed at the rate of $20 per hundred pounds, or $400 per 

 ton: 



pounds linseed meal $1 30 



6 pounds salt 05 



2 pounds charcoal 10 



2 pounds gentian 15 



