BALANCED RATIONS FOR MILK AND BUTTER. 



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"Will you kindly give me the best and most economical milk ration out of 

 the following feeds which I have here, with cost of each as given below: Corn 



f round with cob and shuck, 50c. per 100 Ibs.; wheat bran, 60c. per 100 Ibs.; 

 ohnson grass hay, $10 per ton; ensilage from green corn, plenty of which I 

 have put up, at a cost perhaps of $2.50 per ton. I want milk ration for Holstein 

 cows, but do not know how best to mix the above feeds. I can buy cottonseed 

 meal here for $15 to $16 per ton. If it is economy to do so, please include that 

 in the ration. As I have plenty of ensilage you may leave the Johnson grass 

 hay out of the estimate if you think best. I want to feed the corn ground with 

 cob and shuck, as I have just bought the mill for this, and I think it quite a 

 saving. W. E. H." 



W. E. H. commands foods at a reasonable price, and can afford to feed a 

 full ration. His cows will do a little better with some hay mixed with ensilage. 

 The following ration in Ibs. from his feeds will be successful if properly given : 



Albuminoids. 



40 Ibs. corn ensilage, . . . 0.40 

 4 " Johnson grass hay, . . 0.2? 

 6 " ground corn, cob and shuck, 0.37 

 6 " wheat bran, .... 0.70 

 4 " decorticated cottonseed meal, 1.32 



Total, 



3.06 



Carbohydrates. 

 4.40 

 1.64 

 3.25 

 276 

 0.88 



12.93 



Fat. 

 0.20 

 0.05 

 0.21 

 0.16 

 0.24 



This has a nutritive ratio of 1 to 4.9, and is a full ration for large cows at 

 the beginning of feeding, but may require a little increase after one month. 



Perhaps the amount of corn husk and cob would prove sufficient, with the 

 ensilage as "roughness." He might try it with the Johnson grass left out, and 

 two pounds added to the ground corn, cob, etc., but we think the ration would 

 be more complete with it. This ration should produce a full yield of milk of 

 good quality. 



H. will understand that the ground corn, bran and cottonseed meal should 

 be well mixed together, separately, and then mixed with the ensilage and cut 

 hay, if the hay is used. 



We think the ration will be very much benefited by the use of cottonseed 



NETHERLAND CONSUL AND IDEAL'S LENA. 

 First prize winners, Toronto, 1896. 



