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January  15,  1916. 
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Feeding  a  Balanced  Ration 
GRAND  PRIZE 
(ONLY  HIGHEST  AWARD) 
Live  stock  foods  are  rowrhly  divided  into  four  classes  of  substances- -protein,  or  lean  meat  or 
which  are  starch  nr  fat  formers  ;  putt*  fat ;  and  fiber,  the  latter  lieitiK  toitpli,  indigestible  matte 
place  of  earbohjrdrute.H  and  fat,  and  the  theory  of  a  balanced  ration  is  to  combine  the  two  clnsfU! 
Uie  least  waste  and  still  give  the  animal  what  it  needs.  The  *  nutritive  ratio  means  the  ratio 
carbohydrates  and  fat.  Une  port  of  protein  to  three  of  the  other  would  be  ft  narrow  ratio,  w 
*' wide1' ratio,  t 
=  The  following  analyses  are  used  in  figuring  rations 
Dimitiblv 
Protein  Garbo. 
and  Pat 
1.0  12.8  Linseed  Meal,  O.  P. 
2.5  87.3  Hominy  Chop 
4.2  4*1.9  Buckwheat  Middlings 
7.1  41.9  Brewers*  Grains,  dry 
2,8  45.3  Gluten  Meal 
10.5  42.5  Gluten  Feed 
6.7  72.2  Oats 
22.8  65.8  Barley 
11.9  47.6  Rye 
37.6  4U.0 
Digestible 
Protein  Car  ho. 
and  Fat 
30.2  47.6 
6.8  77.2 
22.7  61.2 
20.0  46.7 
29.7  66.2 
21.3  69.3 
10.7  62.3 
9.4  75.9 
9.6  72.1 
Dry  Matter  Fat 
Feeding  Stuff 
Dry  Matter  Fat 
Feeding  Stuff 
Corn  Fodder,  green 
Corn  Fodder,  cured 
Mixed  Huy 
Red  Clover 
Timothy 
Alfalfa  Hay 
Corn  Meal 
Distillers'  Grains,  dry 
Wheat  Bran 
Cottonseed  Meal 
Carlot  prices  for  standard  feeding  stuffs. 
Middlings.  Gluten  Feed.  Corn  Meal. 
24.00@26.00  28.00@30.00  30.00@31.00 
23.00@2G.00  27. 00  @27. 50  28.00@30.00 
24.00@26.00  28.00@29.00  30.00@31.00 
23.50@25.00  28.00@28,50  29,00@30.00 
26.50@27.00  29.00@29.50  30.00@31.00 
change  the  buckwheat  for  the  middlings 
miriHiinp-,  and  use  the  hitter.  In  the  above  mix- 
'  turn.  they  would  replace  the  gluten  feed, 
1,45;  mid-  having  practically  the  same  protein  <*on- 
n,  5.60  to  tent.  You  should  get  more  than  20  cents 
!•  gluten  Ppr  hundred  difference  in  the  exchange, 
bran,  ?30;  however.  In  my  own  market  there  is  now 
a  difference  of  50  cents  per  hundred.  Fx- 
30  to  $32;  changing  whole  buckwheat  for  the  mid- 
5  ton  $25*  flings  amounts  simply  to  selling  the 
Jtton '  seed  white  flour  in  the  whole  buckwheat  and 
buying  middlings  with  the  proceeds.  As 
bran,  ton.  $28;  middlings,  the  middlings  are  better  than  the  flour 
5'  ™i*cd  h.ay’  [t519;  timothy  for  the  C0Nvs,  it  is  a  good  exchange. 
$1,20;  oats.  55.  ’  °  „  n 
bran,  ton,  $29;  middlings,  ■“*•  u •  u- 
gluten,  $33.  - 
wheat  bran,  carload,  $25,25;  .  _> 
corn  chop,  without  cob,  Cheapening  a  Ration 
I  have  a  Holstein  cow.  1150  pounds, 
have  been  feeding  eonuneal,  bran,  mid¬ 
dlings  and  cottonseed,  as  a  milk  produc¬ 
ing  ration.  100  pounds  of  each  ami  50 
pounds  cottonseed.  Will  you  give  me  a 
ration  as  good  and  cheaper,  or  tell  me 
what  I  can  substitute  for  cottonseed 
meal,  as  I  am  unable  to  get  it  here? 
New  York.  A.  A. 
Figuring  on  New  Haven  quotations  of 
Dec.  10.  eonuneal  $1.65  cwt.,  wheat  bran 
$1.35  cwt.,  middlings  $1.35  cwt..  cotton¬ 
seed  meal  $2.10  cwt..  100  pounds  of  your 
grain  mixture  would  cost  $1.54.  The 
mixture  has  a  nutritive  ratio  of  one  to 
3.8  or  the  proportion  between  the  protein 
and  carbohydrates  and  fat  is  as  one  to 
3.8. 
A  ration  composed  of  100  pounds  dried 
beet  pulp,  100  pounds  middlings.  100 
pounds  gluten  feed,  and  50  pounds  dis¬ 
tillers’  grains,  would  have  a  nutritive  ra¬ 
tion  of  one  to  four — very  close  to  that 
of  your  ration  and  would  cost  at  present 
prices  about  $1.42 -per  cwt.  If  distillers’ 
grains  are  not  available,  use  50  pounds 
more  of  gluten  feed.  Distillers’  grains 
are  preferred  since  they  give  variety  and 
bulk  to  the  ration.  This  ration  is  much 
cheaper  than  the  one  you  are  using  and 
should  give  good  results.  it.  F.  J. 
Cottonseed 
Meal. 
37.00@38.50 
35.00@36.00 
34.00@35.50 
33.00@34,00 
37.00@38.00 
Bran. 
22.25@23.00 
22.25@22.50 
22.00@23.50 
22,SQ@23.00 
23.00@24.50 
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Wintering  Brood  Sows 
1.  Could  you  give  me  n  good  ration  for 
two  young  O.  I.  C.  sows  born  Inst 
Spring?  At  present  I  am  feeding  them 
wheat  middlings  mixed  with  water  tind 
a  little  skim-milk.  I  do  not  care  to  fat¬ 
ten  them  too  much,  as  I  intend  to  breed 
from  them  iu  the  Spring.  I  have  on 
hand  wheat,  rye,  oats,  corn,  wheat  mid¬ 
dlings  and  bran.  2.  From  the  same 
grains  could  you  also  give  me  a  good  ra¬ 
tion  for  a  nine-year-old  cow,  mostly  Jer¬ 
sey?  She  freshened  last  March  and  is 
due  to  freshen  again  next  June.  We 
have  been  feeding  her  regularly  a  little 
grain,  three-quarters  wheat  middlings, 
one-quarter  bran,  with  a  little  salt.  This 
we  have  increased  lately  since  taking  her 
in  from  pasture.  c,  m. 
New  York. 
1.  The  brood  flows  which  you  are  win¬ 
tering  *should  have  a  little  bulk  in  their 
ration  aside  from  what  you  are  feeding 
them.  If  you  have  some  Alfalfa  or  clo¬ 
ver  bay,  place  some  of  it  in  a  rack  where 
the  sows  can  get  at  it.  Supplement  this 
with  a  pound  or  so  of  corn  and  one  to 
two  pounds  of  middlings  with  your  skim- 
milk.  If  you  have  no  legume  hay.  add  a 
little  bran  to  the  grain  ration.  No  de¬ 
finite  ration  can  be  given.  Aim  to  keep 
the  sows  gradually  gaining  without  get¬ 
ting  too  fat, 
2,  It  is  impossible  to  give  you  n  bal¬ 
anced  ration  for  your  cow  without  know¬ 
ing  the  roughage  "available.  If  you  have 
legume  hay,  such  as  clover  or  Alfalfa, 
make  up  a  grain  ration  from  those  men¬ 
tioned.  consisting  of  100  pounds  ground 
oats.  100  pounds  bran.  200  pounds  mid¬ 
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eornnieal  and  add  100  pounds  of , cotton¬ 
seed  in  its  place,  if  you  cun* get  it.  Feed 
One  pound  of  this  grain  mixture  to  every 
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and  giving,  when  fresh,  15-20  pounds  of 
3.5-4%  milk.  For  roughage  I  have  Al¬ 
falfa  hay,  Timothy  hay,  bean  straw  and 
oat  straw,  but  I  must  use  all  of  them  as 
my  supply  of  each  is  limited.  I  have 
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cwt.;  bran  $1.25;  brown  middlings  $1.40; 
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following  feeds?  Coarse  fodder  consists 
of  one  full  bushel  silage  night  and  morn¬ 
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buck  wheat  and  one  ton  corn  and  cob 
meal.  I  will  do  my  own  grinding,  or  I 
can  exchange  the  whole  buckwheat  for 
buckwheat  middlings,  and  get  20  cents 
per  100  pounds  difference.  D.  B. 
Pennsylvania. 
A  well-balanced  grain  ration  to  feed 
with  your  silage,  hay  aud  straw  may  be 
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