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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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“THE BALANCED RATION.” 
TIIK 8CIKNCK OF FKKDING STOCK. 
I’AKT VII. 
Let iis review our subject a little this 
week by considering' sonae of the ques¬ 
tions called out by these articles. First, 
we want to say that those who are in¬ 
terested in this matter would do well to 
secure bulletin 13 issued by the Storrs 
Experiment Station, Storrs, Conn. This 
pamphlet gives an account of the rations 
fed to milch cows in Connecticut, and is 
a useful and valuable discussion of feed¬ 
ing. Now here is the first (j^uestion : 
In the Balanced Ration, Part 11., you pive the 
peroentage of the different materials in corn meal, 
clover hay and en8ila(?e. They are not eciual to 
100. Will you tell me of what the remaininfr per 
cents consist ? f.. o. i.. 
Rouses Point, N. Y. 
That’s right; we like plain questions. 
Withotit them we cannot tell whether 
we are understood or not. On that same 
page you will notice that we mentioned 
“fiber” as a tough, hard, stringy sub¬ 
stance, forming what is really the frame 
or bones of the plant. Little or none of 
this is ever really digested by the ani¬ 
mal, so, in making up our feeding tables, 
we have not put “fiber” in because we 
wanted you to become familiar with the 
actual food elements first. 
Now we have come to a point where 
we can take another step. After what 
was said about digestion last week, you 
understand that Inilk is needed in the 
cow’s ration. That great “paunch” 
must be kept filled out, not alone with 
water, but with solid food as well. 
Those of you who ever had a cow get to 
the meal chest in the night, and eat her 
fill, know what happens when the paunch 
is filled up with strong, finely ground 
grain. Not only does it block up the 
passages in the stomach, but it ferments, 
and forms gases which “bloat” the cow 
and will kill her if she is not relieved. 
For mechanical reasons, therefore, if for 
no other, a good share of the ration 
should be made up of coarse material 
like fodder or hay, which represent 
“ bulk.” The scientists have recognized 
this need of bulk, and when they experi¬ 
mented to find how much of muscle-mak¬ 
ers and fat-formers were needed, thej'^ 
also tried to find how much actual 
“ bulk ” should go with the ration. They 
therefore say that the 1,000-pound cow 
should take into her stomach with the 
2}4 pounds of muscle-makers 12 pounds 
of fat-formers and two-fifths pound of 
pure fat, about 25 pounds of solid mat¬ 
ter. In an analysis of food, this will be 
called organic matter. That means the 
portion of the food that will hum. Set a 
bale of hay on fire and let it be thor¬ 
oughly consumed. The heat drives off 
the water and you have only a little 
pile of ashes left. The organic matter is 
what actually burned. Therefore, in 
grain or fodder, we have three general 
substances-—water, ash and organic mat¬ 
ter. The last is divided into four 
parts—muscle-makers, fat-formers, pure 
fat and fiber. In the analysis below, 
you may say that the total organic mat¬ 
ter is more than the sum of the three 
food parts added together. That is 
right, because the table gives only the 
food that is readily digestible, while the 
organic matter includes all indigest¬ 
ible as well as the rest. 
Our analysis, then, should contain the 
amounts of the three food elements and 
the organic matter in 100 pounds. Here’s 
the way they stand in a few of the more 
common feeds. Remember now, these 
figures represent the average of many 
analyses. The samples you feed may be 
richer or poorer than these are, but 
these figures make a safe average, and 
you will not be far wrong if you go by 
them, unless you know by actual analy¬ 
sis that your own >ay and grain are 
different. Remember, too, that these 
figures show only that part of the food 
which is really dl{)e8W)le under ordinary 
circumstances. If all this is not clear, 
ask about it. It will cost only a postage 
stamp to ask for a finer cut on this sub¬ 
ject. 
WIGESTIBLK SUBSTANCES IN 100 POUNDS. 
Pro- Carbo- 
hydrates. 
• Fat- 
Pure 
Organic 
. formers. 
fat. 
matter. 
12. 
0..53 
18.19 
63.40 
3.29 
84.03 
41.25 
1.03 
84.89 
40.25 
1.49 
81.34 
44.66 
2.58 
81.90 
43.09 
0.98 
79.81 
5.40 
0.23 
6.88 
.52.95 
0.88 
84.06 
37.41 
4.77 
88.21 
22.25 
11.65 
84.42 
50.92 
3.85 
90.07 
34.48 
0.47 
74.63 
46.11 
3.94 
86.09 
66.52 
1.79 
85..50 
26.,52 
7.08 
74.91 
27.95 
2.80 
83.28 
37.70 
0.40 
86.,54 
42.62 
0.66 
85.18 
Ensilage. 1.20 
Corn meal. 7.27 
Timothy hay_ 3.67 
Clover hay. 7.82 
Wheat bran. 11.72 
Mixed hay. 3.5.5 
Turnips. 1.25 
Malt sprouts_ 18.82 
Dried brew’s f?r. 14..52 
Cotton-seed m eal 35.75 
Gluten meal.23.30 
Dry corn stalks. 2.41 
Oats. 8.46 
Wheat. 9.32 
Linseed meal 
(old process.). 25.85 
Linseed meal 
(new process.) 28.25 
Wheat straw_ 1.29 
Oat straw. 1.44 
Such a table sugge.sts some curious 
things. For example, cotton-seed meal 
and oat straw have very nearly equal 
amounts of “ organic matter,” and yet, 
see the contrast in actual feeding values. 
On the other hand, ensilage and turnips 
are weak, both in food and “organic 
matter,” the balance being made up 
chiefly of water. Now, don’t you see 
how, by combining three such foods, you 
obtain ‘ ‘ succulence ” in the ensilage, di¬ 
gestible food in the cotton-seed meal, 
and ‘ ‘ organic matter ” in the straw ? 
Now for a little practical figuring. 
I have been experimenting in feeding for the 
best results for the last three years. I have finally 
settled down to this feed : Mixed hay, 20 pounds ; 
ensilage, 30 ; gluten meal, 3 ; cotton-.seed meal, 3 ; 
wheat bran, 2)4. This ration is given once a day. 
I would be glad to see the analysis of this feed. 
Laurens, N. Y. m. g. 
That is easily done. By referring to our 
table and doing a little arithmetic, we 
find that ration contains : 
makers with not enough “ roughage ” or 
organic matter to make the cheapest 
ration. Corn meal at S22, is too expen¬ 
sive a form in which to buy fat-formers 
and fat, when old process linseed meal 
is sold for S25. Any one can see that by 
looking at the analyses. If we were 
making fine butter, we would use more 
or less corn meal, but for milk to be sold 
as such, other fats wdll answer. Take 
this sample arrangement of these feeds, 
and see how hard this problem is : 
Muscle- 
Fat- 
Pure Organic 
Pounds. makers, formers. 
fat. 
matter. 
15 
clover hay. 
1.14 
6.03 
.22 
12.21 
2 
malt sprouts.... 
.37 
1.05 
.017 
1.68 
4 
bran. 
.46 
1.78 
.10 
3.27 
2 
linseed meal 
1.49 
(old process.). 
.51 
..53 
.14 
Total ■. 
2.48 
9.99 
.47 
18.65 
It is easy enough to get muscle-makers 
and pure fat, but the fat-formers and 
“ bulk ” are not forthcoming. You must 
add at least 10 pounds more of clover 
hay to obtain the required bulk, and 
thus you will lose a large proportion of 
the muscle-makers contained in it. It is 
easy to see how a quantity of cheap 
roughage like corn stalks or bright straw, 
would help out this ration. It is too 
bad, with malt sprouts and bran so cheap, 
that a surplus of clover hay must be fed 
in order to fill the cow’s paunch. 
Many other rations have been sent in 
for comparison ; they will all be noticed 
in time. The two given this week will, 
we think, form a clear basis for your 
figuring. In the second problem, it is 
easy to see what a day’s ration will cost. 
It will pay you, not only to see what you 
are feeding your cows, but what a pound 
of each food costs as well. Of course, 
you will have to estimate hay or ensi¬ 
lage, or why not charge what you would 
have to pay if you bought it ? 
Muscle- 
Fat- 
Pure Organic 
Pounds. 
makers. 
formers. 
fat. 
matter. 
20 hay. 
.71 
8.61 
0.19 
15.96 
30 ensilage. 
.36 
3.60 
0.159 
5.45 
3 gluten meal. 
.69 
1.52 
0.115 
2.70 
3 cotton-seed meal.1.07 
.66 
0.349 
2.53 
21^ wheat bran. 
.26 
1. 
0.057 
1.84 
Total. 
.3.09 
15.39 
0.870 
28.48 
A MIRACLE IN TEXAS. 
A MARVEI.OU8 CURE INVESTIGATED BY THE 
TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. 
The pure fat multiplied by 23^, gives 2.17 
pounds, which added to the fat-formers 
gives 17.5() to 3.09 muscle-makers or a 
ratio of 5.68 to 1, whieh you see is very 
close to the standard. That is a good 
illustration of how practice and science 
agree, for this is the result of three 
years’ experimenting, and see how close¬ 
ly the ratio agrees with the “ standard.” 
Could he secure as good results by feed¬ 
ing less so that the food would contain 
but 23^ pounds of muscle-makers? We 
do not know about that, and in order to 
settle the question, we must know what 
the cows are producing, and what these 
different feeds cost. For our own feed¬ 
ing, we would prefer 12 pounds of clover 
hay and chopped straw or stalks enough 
to make up the needed quantity of 
“organic matter.” This could be fed 
mixed with the ensilage. We would also 
feed not over two pounds each of gluten 
or cotton-seed meal. The elover hay 
would largely make up for the muscle- 
makers in the two meals, and we would 
want to feed some corn meal if we w’ere 
making butter. The reasons for these 
changes will be made clear when we talk 
of the charaeteristics of feeds. 
And now here is a somewhat different 
problem. 
How can I make a ration for milk out of the fol¬ 
lowing foods ; good clover hay at $7 per ton, 
bran $12, malt sprouts $5, corn meal $22, linseed 
meal $25? h- f. 
Canada. 
It is easy to see, by looking at our 
table, that malt sprouts at $5 per ton, 
are much cheaper than the other grains. 
Another thing that will strike you when 
you examine the table, is that most of 
these foods are too strong in muscle- 
The Wonderful Expe'i'ience of a Well- 
knawn Texan; Suffered Untold Agony; 
Given up to Die ; His Hecovery As- 
tounds the Medical Profession. 
(From the Texas Christian Advocate.) 
A special representative of the Texas Christian 
Advocate was detailed to go to Longview and 
make a full investigation of the reported cure of 
Herbert E. Spaulding, that has created so much 
talk throughout the State. Arriving at the depot, 
there was no trouble in finding Mr. Spaulding, he 
being well known to everybody in that city. 
After introducing himself, the Christian Advo¬ 
cate representative said : “ Mr. Spaulding, I 
learn that for years you were a great sufferer, 
in fact a cripple, and that you were at last 
cured and by a new discovery in medicine. If 
you have no objection, will you relate your ex¬ 
perience ? ’’ 
In reply, Mr. Spaulding related the following : 
“About eight years ago, while running a locomo¬ 
tive I contracted sciatic rheumatism in my left 
side from my hip down. It came on slow but 
sure, and in a few months I lost control entirely 
of that member, it was just the same as if it was 
paralyzed, I was totally unable to move out of 
my room for a year and a half, six months of 
which time I was bed-ridden. I tried every rem¬ 
edy suggested, and had regular physicians in 
constant attendance on me. I was bundled up 
and sent to Hot Springs, where I spent three 
months under the treatment of the most eminent 
specialists, all of which did me no good, and I 
came back from the springs in a worse condition 
than when I went. The physicians at Hot Springs 
told me that there was no earthly hope for me, 
which was the same edict of my doctors at Long¬ 
view before and after I went to the Springs. I 
came home and laid flat on my back and suffered 
the most excruciating agonies, screaming in pain 
every time anybody walked across the room ; the 
only ease I obtained was from the constant use 
of opiates. After three months of this kind of 
agony, during which time my entire left leg per¬ 
ished away to the very bone, my attention was 
called to a new remedy called Dr. Williams’ Pink 
Pills for Pale People, by Mr. Allison, who is now 
train dispatcher at Texarkana, and w'ho was re¬ 
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At his urgent and repeated solicitation, I con¬ 
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doses 1 began to improve. I continued taking 
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finally cured. My leg is just the same size as the 
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The reporter next visited the drug store of Dr. 
C. H. Stansbury, a regular physician, a graduate 
of one of the medical schools of Kentucky, and a 
man who enjoys the confidence of everybody In 
Longview. He said : 
“ I know that Mr. Spaulding had a terribly 
severe attack of sciatic rheumatism of which I 
tried to cure him ; used everything known to my 
profession in vain, and finally recommended him 
to go to Hot Springs. He came back from the 
Springs worse than when he went, and I thought 
it was only a matter of time until his heart would 
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