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grains rather than corn meal alone. The 

 cows remained more healthy, in better 

 breeding form and in better condition 

 for the succeeding year when the corn 

 ration was balanced with other grains. 

 Although the small farmer may not al- 

 ways have suitable grams for balancing 

 the ration, the dairyman will find it 

 uniformly profitable to do so. In many 

 experiments corn meal has proved su- 

 perior to whole corn. In one instance, 

 corn meal gave 9 per cent more milk 

 than whole corn, and it was observed 



A great variety of milling feeds and 

 by-products are obtained from corn and 

 all of them have been used in dairy ra- 

 tions with good results. In Pennsyl- 

 vania cerealine was found ■ equal to 

 dried brewers' grains or buckwheat mid- 

 dlings. Gluten meal has everywhere 

 proved to be a valuable dairy feed. It 

 yielded excellent results in Vermont, 

 and various other states, as well as in 

 Europe. Atlas gluten meal was found 

 to make more milk and sustain the 

 weight of cows better than a mixture of 



Fig. 287 — CHAMPION DUTCH BELTED AT NEW YORK STATE FAIR 



that 57 per cent of corn fed in the ear 

 passed through the intestines undigested. 

 Corn meal is not always satisfactory 

 when fed with dry hay, but no objection 

 can be raised on this score if silage is 

 added to the ration. 



According to a number of German 

 experiments, corn proved more effective 

 for milk production than wheat bran 

 or cottonseed meal, and in Denmark, 

 corn was found nearly equal to a mix- 

 ture of barley, oats and corn. These 

 experiments, however, are not in har- 

 mony with the usual results obtained 

 by American dairymen. 



corn meal and bran. The butter from 

 gluten meal may be slightly inferior to 

 that obtained from corn meal, bran, cot- 

 tonseed meal or linseed meal, but fre- 

 quently the butter from gluten meal 

 tests high. In Maine, it was found that 

 gluten meal could be substituted for cot- 

 tonseed meal, but that it must be used 

 in slightly larger quantities. In this 

 test also the butter was somewhat soft- 

 ened by the gluten meal. 



Germ feed has been found in Ver- 

 mont to have the same feeding value as 

 a mixture of corn meal and bran, while 

 sugar meal and cream gluten meal 



