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distillers’  grains  (.‘51%),  etc*.  By  noting 
the  guaranteed  analysis  of  any  feed  that 
you  wish  to  purchase,  pencil  and  paper 
will  quickly  show  you  what  the  protein 
in  it  will  cost  you  per  pound.  This,  of 
course,  does  not  tell  quite  the  whole  story, 
as  palatability.  digestibility  and  adapta¬ 
tion  to  the  needs  of  the  animal  to  he  fed 
are  also  to  be  taken  into  account. 
The  proportion  of  protein  to  carbohy¬ 
drates  in  the  grain  ration  of  milch  cows  is 
dependent  upon  the  kind  of  roughage  fed. 
and,  to  some  extent,  the  quantity.  The 
total  ration  should  be  about  one  part 
protein  to  six  parts  carbohydrates.  It 
may  sometimes  be  narrower  (hat  is.  con¬ 
tain  a  larger  proportion  of  protcin--but 
seldom  wider  than  this.  It.  is  obvious 
that  when  clover  or  Alfalfa  form  a  part 
of  the  roughage,  one  can  add  more  corn 
or  oats  to  the  grain  ration  than  when 
feeding  wheat  straw  or  Timothy  hay  and 
still  not  disturb  the  balance. 
Oats  and  corn,  are  probably  the  best 
grains  for  horses,  no  matter  what  the 
nmghage.  Either  may  be  fed  alone, 
though  the  mixture  is  undoubtedly  bet¬ 
ter.  the  oats,  especially  when  ground, 
lightening  up  the  heavy  eornmcal.  Oil 
meal  is  a  valuable  addition  to  the  horse’s 
grain  ration,  particularly  when  inferior 
roughage  is  being  fed.  It  may  be  added 
in  the  amounts  of  from  one  to  one  and  a 
half  pounds  daily.  M.  B.  D. 
getting  in  the  fodder  is,  of  course,  un¬ 
known.  but  the  condition  of  the  cows 
will  serve  as  an  index  to  that.  If  they 
do  not  maintain  a  fair  amount  of  flesh 
while  in  milk,  cornmeal  or  hominy  may 
he  added  to  the  grain  ration.  Gluten 
feed  is  one  of  the  best,  milk-producing 
foods,  but.  there  are.  times  when  other 
high  protein  mill  feeds  can  be  purchased 
to  better  advantage.  In  my  own  market, 
buckwheat  middlings  can  now  be  pur¬ 
chased  for  less  money  and  they  are  equal 
in  value.  Ten  pounds  of  grain  per  day 
is  not  a  heavy  grain  ration  for  llolstcins, 
but  the  scales  should  be  used  to  deter¬ 
mine  whether  an  increased  amount  will 
pay  a  profit.  M.  B.  d. 
Improving  Restricted  Feed 
I  have  two  cows  about  dry  and  the 
others  only  average  about  two  gallons  of 
milk  per  day.  I  am  Compelled  to  feed 
largely  of  corn  fodder  for  roughage,  as 
clover  hay  was  short  crop.  I  have  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal,  $33  per  ton ;  bran.  $26 ; 
suerene,  $2(5,  and  1  have  ground  corn 
and  oats.  I  would  like  an  economical 
formula,  but  want,  a  good  flow  of  milk 
and  have  the  cows  kept  in  good  flesh.  If 
oil  meal  should  be  included,  please  state 
so.  I  caunot  got  gluten  or  brewers’ 
grains  here.  D.  K.  s. 
Pennsylvania. 
With  only  corn  fodder  for  roughage 
your  ration  cannot  be  made  very  economi¬ 
cal,  as  the  larger  part,  of  the  nutriment 
must  be  in  the  form  of  purchased  grain. 
Oil  meal  is  very  expensive,  but  you  should 
feed  some  laxative  or  succulent  material 
and  oil  meal  or  dried  beet  pulp  will  an¬ 
swer  the  purpose  very  well.  A  good  grain 
mixture  for  your  cows  may  be  made  up 
as  follows:  Two  hundred  lbs.  cotton¬ 
seed  meal,  150  lbs.  oil  meal  or  200  lbs. 
dried  beet  pulp,  300  lbs.  bran,  300  lbs. 
corn  and  oats  ground  together.  This  will 
keep  your  Cows  in  good  condition  and 
produce  a  fairly  good  flow  of  milk  when 
properly  fed  to  good  cows,  but  at  this  sea¬ 
son  of  the  year  you  cannot  expect  to  bring 
cows  which  are  advanced  in  the  period 
of  lactation  back  to  their  original  flow 
of  milk.  0,  s.  g. 
Feeding  an  Ayrshire  Cow 
T  have  purchased  a  registered  Ayrshire 
cow,  five  years  old,  due  to  freshen  Febru¬ 
ary  IS.  Will  you  give  me  a  mixed  feed 
suitable  for  this  cow?  I  have  no  rough 
fodder,  all  that  I  can  purchase  is  clover 
hay.  I  am  now  feeding  200  pounds  bran, 
100  pounds  gluten  feed  and  100  pounds 
cottonseed  meal,  thoroughly  mixed  to¬ 
gether,  and  feed  four  pounds  morning  and 
evening,  with  all  the  hay  she  will  eat. 
Advise  me  if  this  is  correct;  if  not,  what 
feed  to  use.  G.  H.  K. 
New  York. 
Your  cow,  which  is  due  to  freshen  in 
a  short  time,  should  be  fed  a  good,  nour¬ 
ishing  ration  free  from  heavy  concen¬ 
trates,  which  are  apt  to  cause  the  ani¬ 
mal  to  lay  on  excessive  fat  and  produce 
a  feverish  condition  at  the  time  of  fresh¬ 
ening.  This  may  lead  to  milk  fever, 
caked  udder  and  garget  in  aggravated 
cases.  Discontinue,  your  gluten  feed  and 
cottonseed  meal  at  once,  and  feed  a  ra¬ 
tion  composed  of  bran,  dried  brewers’  or 
distillers’  grains  and  ground  oats  or 
hominy  chop.  A  good  proportion  would 
be  two  pounds  bran,  two  pounds  dried 
brewers’  or  distillers’  grains  and  one 
pound  ground  oats  or  hominy  chop.  Feed 
only  enough  of  this  to  keep  your  cow 
in  a  good,  thrifty  condition,  and  do  not 
add  the  cottonseed  meal,  gluten  feed  or 
cornmeal  until  at  least  two  weeks  after 
your  cow  freshens,  and  you  will  get  much 
hotter  results  than  by  trying  to  force  a 
large  production  before  normal  conditions 
are  recovered. 
Young  James  had  been  outdoors  play¬ 
ing  all  the  afternoon.  "What,  have  you 
been  playing  all  the  afternoon.  Janies?'’ 
asked  James’s  mother.  “Postman,”  said 
James  enthusiastically.  "It  was  great, 
too.”  “How  do  you  play  postman?” 
asked  bis  mother  dutifully.  “Oh,  I  took 
all  those  piles  of  old  letters  you  had  done 
up  with  blue  ribbons  in  your  lowest  bu¬ 
reau  drawer  and  gave  ’em  out  to  people 
all  down  the  street.  They  thought  it 
was  great,  too.” — Credit  Dost. 
Ration  for  Holsteins 
Will  you  inform  me  the  host  kind  of 
feed  for  grade  Holsteins  with  some  silage 
and  Alfalfa.  I  have  ground  bats  to  mix 
with  feed.  J.  L.  h. 
New  York. 
It  is  impossible  to  formulate  a  ration 
which  can  be  called  best,  for  the  rea¬ 
son  that  a  ration  which  will  produce 
the  best  results  when  fed  to  your  cows 
under  your  conditions  may  not  produce 
the  same  results  when  fed  to  a  different 
herd  under  somewhat  different  conditions. 
A  very  good  mixture,  however,  for  you 
to  try  would  be  200  lbs.  dried  distillers’ 
grains,  200  lbs.  ground  oats.  100  lbs. 
gluten  feed,  100  lbs.  hominy.  50  lbs.  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal.  Feed  according  to  the 
amount  of  milk  each  cow  is  giving,  but 
do  not  feed  any  heavy  feed  like  cotton¬ 
seed  meal  or  gluten  feed  to  cows  which  are 
within  three  or  four  weeks  of  parturition, 
or  for  at  least  two  weeks  thereafter.  With 
corn  silage  and  Alfalfa  hay  for  roughage 
this*  will  form  as  nearly  an  ideal  ration 
as  it  is  possible  for  me  to  formulate. 
C.  S.  G. 
You  insure  your  buildings 
against  repairs  and  decay 
when  you  use 
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I  am  feeding  my  cows,  which  are  grade 
Holsteins.  sweet  corn  stalks  one  a  day.  all 
that  they  will  eat  up  clean,  and  once  a 
day  all  the  bright  oat  straw  that  they 
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