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Feeding  a  Balanced  Ration 
Live  stock  foods  are  roughly  divided  into  four  •.’lasses  of  suhstances- -  protein,  or  lean  meat  or  muscle  makers  ;  carbohydrates, 
which  ore  t«  torch  or  fat  forrnerb  ;  pure  fat ;  and  fiber,  the  latter  beins?  toujrb.  indl«ro»tiblc  matter.  The  nrntem  cannot  take  the 
place  of  carbohydrates  arid  fat,  and  the  theory  n f  n  balanced  ration  is  to  combine  the  two  classes  of  food  ho  that  there  will  be 
the  least  waste  and  still  irive  the  animal  what  it- needs.  The  “  ilutrlliv*’  ratio"  moans  the  ratio  betworrt  protein  and  combined 
carbohydmte.H  and  fat.  One  part  of  protein  to  three  of  the  other  would  t»e  a  ”  narrow"  ratio,  while  one  part  to  eight  would  be  a 
“  wide"  ratio. 
~  The  following  analyses  are  used  in  figuring  rations  :  — 
Digo  alible 
Protein  Garbo, 
and  Fat 
1.0  12. 8 
2 .6  37  | 
4.2  44.9 
7.1  41.9 
2.8  45. H 
tO. 5  42.5 
6.7  72.2 
22.8  65.8 
11.9  47.6 
87.6  43.0 
Digestible 
Protein  Car  bo. 
and  Fat 
30.2  47.5 
6.8  77.2 
22.7  51.2 
20.0  45.7 
29.7  66.2 
21.8  59.3 
10.7  62,3 
9.  f  75.9 
9.5  72.1 
Feeding  Stuff 
Dry  Matter  Fat 
Feeding  Stuff 
Dry  Matter  Fat 
Linseed  Meal,  O.  P. 
Hominy  Chop 
Buckwheat  Middlings 
Brewers’  Grains,  dry 
Gluten  Meal 
Gluten  Feud 
Oats 
Barley 
Ltye 
Com  Fodder,  green 
Corn  Fodder,  cured 
Mixed  Hay 
Rod  < ‘lover 
Timothy 
Alfalfa  Hay 
Corn  Meal 
Distillers’  Grains,  dry 
Wheat  Bran 
Cottonseed  Meal 
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Locomotive  and  Cornish  Portable  Rins 
are  also  great  farm  favorites  because  of 
their  easy  steaming  qualities  and  general 
convenience  in  handling. 
Maximum  power  from  the  fuel  consumed 
and  lone  life  are  two  characteristics  that 
have  come  down  with  Farquhar  Engines 
through  our. sixty  years  of  manufacturing 
progress.  Write  us  about  your  require¬ 
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Box  430,  York,  Penna. 
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Drills,  Cultivator*,  Hydraulic  Presses. 
Wholesale  Prices  for  Standard  Feeding  Stuffs. 
Bran.  Middlings,  Gluten  Feed.  Corn  Meal- 
23.00@2S.00  26. 60®  29. 00  31,00032.00  31.00®32.00 
22.60@25.00  25.50@28. 00  31  00®32.00  31.00@31.50 
£1.60(3)22  00  23.00@26.00  30.00@31.00  30.00031. 00 
22. 00022. 60  23. 00025. 00  30.00@30.50  30.50031.00 
22.00@22.50  23.00026.00  30.00@31.00  30.00@31.00 
Cottonseed 
Meal. 
41.00@42.00 
41.00  041,50 
40.00' - 
New  York 
Philadelphia 
Cleveland  . 
Buffalo  . . . 
Pittsburgh 
LOCAL  PRICES. 
Greenfield.  Mass.,  com  meal,  ton,  $32:  cotton 
Beed  meal,  best  mixed  feed,  $32;  middlings. 
$33. 
Elizabethtown,  N.  Y.,  wheat  bran.  100  lbs.. 
$1.65;  middlings,  $1.75;  corn  meal,  $1.85; 
cracked  com,  $1.86. 
Barnes  Comers,  N.  Y,,  bran,  ton.  $26;  mid¬ 
dlings.  $26;  meal.  $31;  corn,  $32;  oilmeal, 
$38;  hay,  $12  to  $14;  straw,  $5. 
Hooksett.  N.  H.,  Manchester  wheat  bran,  ton. 
$28;  mixed  feed,  $29 gluten,  $33  to  $34; 
ground  oats.  $28. 
East  Corinth.  Yt..  meal,  bag.  $1.70;  bran, 
$1.50;  cottonseed  meal.  $2,10. 
Hedrick,  Iowa,  bran,  ton.  $22.50;  middlings, 
$.30;  corn  meal,  100  lbs,,  $2,60  to  $3.00;  ground 
corn,  $1,75. 
Curllsville,  Pa.,  wheat  bran,  ton,  $26;  mid¬ 
dlings,  $30;  corn  meal,  $40, 
Oakland,  Md,,  corn  meal,  100  lbs.,  $2,00; 
cracked  com,  $2.00:  wheat  bran.  $1.40;  wheat 
midddings,  $1.65;  oats,  bu.(  $.60. 
Ogdensburg,  N.  Y..  com  meal,  ton,  $32; 
bran.  $26;  shorts,  $27:  white  middlings,  $30; 
mixed  wheat  teed,  $29;  brewers’  grain,  $30;  cot¬ 
tonseed  meal,  $40;  linseed  oil  meal,  $42. 
Russell,  N.  Y,,  bran,  ton,  $26;  standard  mid¬ 
dlings,  $28;  meal.  $32. 
Winthrop,  N.  Y.,  bran,  ton,  $27;  corn  meal, 
$33 ;  mixed  feed,  $30. 
i41.00 
39.00@40.00 
40.00@41.00 
imI.v  is  in  wind  some  old  doth  around  a 
solid  stake  in  the  pun  and  smear  the  doth 
wtli  kerosene  often.  The  pigs  will  rub 
against  the  doth  and  rid  themselves  of 
live.  It  would  also  be  advisable  to  use 
some  good  sheep  dip  or  disinfectant  mak¬ 
ing  a  strong  solution  and  give  the  pigs  a 
hath  ovens  ion  ally  until  the  lice  disappear. 
c.  s.  o. 
Ration  for  Dry  Cows;  Mangels 
1.  Will  you  give  me  ration  for  dry 
rows  and  heifers  with  mixed  bay  for 
rough  fodder;  and  oat  straw.  I  have 
barley  and  oats  mixed.  I  can  get  all  of 
tho  dairy  feeds,  the  average  is  $1.77  per 
100  pounds.  This  stock  is  pretty  thin  at 
present. 
2.  What  would  be  the  best  kind  of 
mangel  seed  to  get  for  a  country  where 
the  average  season  is  not  over  85  days? 
New  York.  L.  C. 
1.  For  your  dry  cows  and  heifers  it  is 
not  necessary  to  purchase  any  extra  feed 
if  you  have  plenty  of  the  feeding  stuffs 
mentioned,  although  a  little  oil  meal 
might  be  added  to  the  ration  to  good  ad¬ 
vantage  as  a  slight  laxative.  The  barley 
and  oats  should  be  ground  together,  equal 
parts  by  weight,  and  fed  twice  a  day  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  requirements  of  each  ani¬ 
mal,  with  all  the  mixed  hay  that  will  be 
eaten.  A  very  satisfactory  way  to  feed 
the  straw  would  be  to  keep  a  covered  rack 
full  in  the  yard,  where  the  cattle  can  help 
themselves  during  the  time  they  are  out¬ 
side,  except  in  severe  weather.  We 
usually  find  that  more  straw  will  be  con¬ 
sumed  when  fed  in  this  way,  and  the 
stock  will  thrive  better  than  when  fed 
entirely  in  the  stable. 
2,  I  n  regn  rd  to  mangel  beet  seed  my 
experience  has  been  mostly  with  Golden 
Tankard,  which  grows  to  perfection  in 
most  of  New  York  State,  hut  if  your 
season  is  only  85  days  I  know  of  no  va¬ 
riety  that  would  mature  in  this  time. 
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Value  of  Silage 
Will  you  give  some  experience  in  silo 
feeding?  I  intend  to  build  a  tile  silo  in  the 
Spring;  if  there  is  any  better  silo  than 
this  one  type  T  would  like  to  know  of  it. 
Can  sheep  he  fattened  for  the  market  on 
silage  alone?  Tf  not,  what  grain  should 
be  used  with  it?  M. 
Delaware. 
Corn  silage  is  excellent  to  feed  fatten¬ 
ing  sheep.  It  should  not  be  fed  as  the 
sole  roughage,  and  shelled  corn  should  be 
fed  with  it.  A  good  daily  ration  is  com¬ 
posed  of  one  to  one-half  pound  shelled 
corn.  The  great  advantage  in  feeding 
silage  lies  in  the  saving  of  corn  and  hay 
required  for  100  pounds  of  gain,  and  also 
in  the  better  finish  one  is  aide  to  get  on 
his  fattened  stock.  Only  good  quality 
silage  should  be  fed.  Sour,  moldy  or  de¬ 
cayed  silage  is  most  sure  to  cause  diges¬ 
tive  disorders. 
Corn  silage  is  a  fine  feed  for  the  fat¬ 
tening  steer.  Its  liberal  use  greatly 
cheapens  the  cost  of  gains  made.  The 
more  mature  and  better  eared  the  silage 
the  more  valuable  it  is  for  this  purpose. 
A  better  finish  will  be  obtained  where 
some  legume  hay  is  used  along  with  the 
silage,  to  make  up  the  roughage  part  of 
the  ration,  than  where  silage  alone  is 
used.  During  the  first  part  of  the  fat¬ 
tening  period  only  a  small  amount  of 
corn  need  be  fed  if  the  steers  are  fed  all 
the  silage  they  will  eat,  along  with  a 
legume  hay;  1,000-pound  steers  will  eat 
about  25  pounds  silage  and  four  or  five 
pounds  hay  daily.  During  the  last  stages 
of  fattening  feed  about  15  pounds  shelled 
corn  and  two  pounds  cottonseed  meal 
daily  in  addition  to  silage  and  hay.  If 
Alfalfa  hay  is  used,  the  cottonseed  may 
he  omitted.  It  is  very  essential,  however, 
that  the  cottonseed  meal  he  fed  as  a  pro¬ 
tein  supplement  if  a  poor  quality  hay  is 
fed.  It  has  been  found  that  steers  will 
eat  less  than  half  as  much  hay  when 
about  25  pounds  silage  per  head  is  fed 
daily.  H.  F.  3. 
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Ration  for  Cows  and  Horses 
Please  compound  for  me  a  ration  for 
Jersey  cow  from  the  following  foodstuffs: 
Cornmeal,  wheat  middlings,  bran,  gluten 
feed,  cottonseed  meal  for  a  roughage 
cornstalks.  j.  s. 
New  York. 
A  suitable  ration  for  your  Jersey  row 
can  he  compounded  from  the  feeding 
stuffs  mentioned  as  follows:  two  pounds 
corumeal,  three  pounds  wheat  bran,  one 
pound  wheat  middlings,  one  pounds  gluten 
feed,  two  pounds  cottonseed  meal.  This 
should  he  divided  into  two  feeds  and  fed 
morning  and  evening  with  all  the  corn¬ 
stalks  the  cow  will  cat.  The  stalks 
should  he  cut  into  short  lengths  with  n 
fodder  cutter,  and  it  would  also  be  ad- 
\  i sable  to  steam  them  if  possible  before 
feeding.  This  can  be  done  easily  for  one 
cow  by  putting  the  cut  stalks  in  a  barrel 
and  pouring  hot  water  over  them,  (’over 
the  barrel  with  burlap  and  let  it  stand 
from  cue  feeding  to  the  next.  The  grain 
may  be  fed  on  the  wet  stalks  as  they 
turtle  from  the  barrel.  Larger  quantities 
of  stalks  may  be  steamed  by  simply 
pouring  hot  water  over  them  as  they  lie 
in  a  heap  on  the  floor  and  then  covering 
with  an  old  blanket.  This  method  of 
preparation  is  next  to  silage,  and  will 
produce  fairly  satisfactory  results  but 
some  succulent  feed  like  roots,  dried  beet 
pulp  or  silage  is  indispensable  for  the 
economical  production  of  milk  and  butter. 
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Cow  Ration  ;  Unthrifty  Pigs 
1.  Could  you  tdl  me  a  cheaper  ration 
for  dairy  cows  thau  I  am  feeding  now? 
I  do  not  have  a  silo.  I  have  10  milch 
cows,  weight  about  1,050  apiece;  they 
get  six  pounds  of  gluten  a  day,  seven 
pounds  of  dried  distillers’  grains,  a  bunch 
of  hay  in  the  morning,  corn  fodder  at 
noon,  crushed  corn  fodder  at  night  and 
straw  during  the  day.  Cows  that  run 
fresh  in  November  or  December  give  five 
to  six  gallons  milk  a  day.  Gluten  is 
$1.60;  distillers’  grain  $1.85  a  bag,  about 
140  to  150  pounds  to  bag.  2.  What  can  T 
do  with  hogs  that  do  not  grow?  They 
ore  three  months’  old;  some  do  not  have 
bristles  on  side.  w,  t.  m. 
Pennsylvania. 
1.  You  are  feeding  your  cows  a  very 
narrow  concentrated  grain  ration  which 
will  produce  a  large  milk  How,  but  I 
would  expect  cows  soon  to  break  down 
under  such  heavy  feeding  unless  they  are 
extra  large  and  strong.  A  better  plan 
would  he  to  feed  more  of  a  variety  of 
grains,  something  like  the  following: 
3  lbs.  distillers’  dried  grains, 
lbs.  wheat  bran. 
2  lbs.  gluten  feed. 
1  lb.  cottonseed  meal. 
2  lbs.  oil  meal. 
2  lbs.  hominy. 
2.  Your  hogs  which  do  not  grow  are 
probably  covered  with  lice  and  the  ab¬ 
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the  pigs  rubbing  them  off.  A  good  rem- 
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Revised  Grain  Ration 
Would  you  give  me  a  grain  ration  for 
Jersey  cows  from  the  following  grains? 
Distillers’  grains,  gluten,  mixed  feed,  Cow 
Chow  and  cottonseed.  I  have  Timothy 
hay  and  extra  good  silage  for  roughage. 
Vermont.  J.  M. 
Til  figuring  ration  for  your  cows  I 
have  assumed  the  average  live  weight  to 
be  900  pounds,  and  the  average  daily 
production  20  pounds  of  5  per  cent.  milk. 
That  being  the  case,  a  balanced  ration 
would  be  composed  of  10  pounds  Timothy 
hay.  25  pounds  corn  silage  and  one  pound 
of  following  grain  mixture  for  each  3% 
pounds  of  milk  produced  daily : 
2  parts  dried  distillers’  grains. 
2  parts  gluten  feed. 
1  part  cottonseed  meal, 
1  per  cent,  salt, 
You  will  note  that  I  have  left  out  Cow 
Chow  and  mixed  feed.  I  am  unable  to 
find  the  analysis  of  C’ow  Chow  and  mixed 
feed  has  no  place  in  the  ration  because  it 
does  not  contain  sufficient  protein. 
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Timothy  hay  makes  very  poor  roughage 
for  the  dairy  cow.  It  runs  very  low  in 
protein,  and  hence  it  is  necessary  to  use 
grams  which  are  very  high  in  protein  to 
balance  the  ration.  One  ton  of  Alfalfa 
hay  is  worth  about  three  times  ns  uiueli 
as  one  ton  of  Timothy  hay  for  feeding  the 
dairy  cow.  This  year  No.  1  Timothy  has 
been  very  high,  and  it  has  been  good  busi¬ 
ness  to  sell  Timothy  and  buy  Alfalfa  from 
New  York  State.  You  might  possibly  be 
in  a  position  to  do  this.  h,  f.  j. 
Ration  for  Milkers 
Will  you  tell  me  what  to  buy  and 
how  to  mix  to  balance  a  ration  for  milk¬ 
ing  cows,  with  the  feed  1  have  on  farm? 
I  have  good  corn  silage,  buckwheat,  oats, 
spelt  barley  and  straw.  j.  A.  c. 
Sandy  Creek,  N,  Y. 
You  do  not  say  whether  or  not  you 
have  hay  to  feed  your  cows :  if  not,  straw 
may  be  used  with  the  silage,  though,  of 
course,  it  is  inferior  to  good  hay.  The 
buckwheat  is  of  inferior  value  as  a  milk- 
producing  grain,  but  if  you  enu  exchange 
it  for  other  feeds  there  will  be  no  loss. 
Buckwheat  middlings  are  one  of  the  best 
concentrates  for  milch  cows,  and  it  is 
frequently  possible  to  exchange  the  whole 
buckwheat  for  the  middlings  lo  good  ad¬ 
vantage.  For  a  grain  ration  you  may 
well  have  oats  and  barley  ground  to¬ 
gether.  Of  this  mixture,  take  one  part, 
by  weight :  for  a  second  part,  use  mixed 
wheat  feed,  wheat  bran  or  middlings,  and, 
for  a  third  part,  use  buckwheat  mid¬ 
dlings,  gluten  feed  or  cottonseed  meal. 
This  will  make  a  mixture  of  four  grains, 
two  of  which,  oats  and  barley,  are  low  in 
protein,  one  of  which,  the  wheat  products, 
is  of  medium  protein  content,  and  the 
third  of  which,  buckwheat  middlings, 
gluten  feed  or  cottonseed  meal,  is  high 
in  protein.  The  mixture  is  palatable,  all 
of  the  ingredients  encourage  milk  produc¬ 
tion,  and  the  “balance”  between  protein 
and  carbohydrates  is  about  right. 
_  M.  b.  n. 
Ration  for  Cows;  Substitute  for  Tankage 
Will  you  give  me  a  balanced  grain  ra¬ 
tion  for  my  cows,  weighing  about  1.000 
pounds,  from  the  following  feeds :  Wheat 
bran,  wheat  middlings,  gluten,  oats  and 
cornme-.il  ;  also  one  with  cottonseed  and 
the  above  feeds.  For  roughage  I  have 
mixed  clover  and  Timothy  hay  and  tur¬ 
nips. 
2.  What  can  I  use  as  a  substitute  for 
tankage  in  a  ration  for  hogs,  as  I  cannot 
get  it  here?  H.  A.  s. 
Sherman  Mills,  Me. 
1.  In  balancing  a  ration  for  your  cows 
I  have  assumed  the  average  daily  produc¬ 
tion  to  he  25  pounds  of  4  per  cent  milk. 
A  ration  balanced  from  the  feeds  men¬ 
tioned  in  your  letter  would  he  as  follows: 
15  pounds  mixed  hay  and  15  pounds  tur¬ 
nips  daily,  together  with  nine  pounds  of 
the  following  grain  mixture: 
3  lbs.  gluten  feed. 
2  lbs.  wheat  middlings. 
5  lbs.  wheat  bran. 
1  lb.  ground  oats. 
This  ration  is  rather  impracticable  in 
that  it  calls  for  the  feeding  of  one  pound 
of  grain  to  21/{.  to  three  pounds  milk.  Con¬ 
sidering  the  roughage  you  have  on  bund 
a  ration  containing  some  cottonseed  meal 
would  he  more  desirable.  Tho  following 
ration  saves  you  one  pound  of  grain  : 
2  lbs.  cottonseed  meal. 
2  lbs.  wheat  middlings. 
2  lbs.  wheat  bran. 
1  lb.  gluten  feed. 
1  lb.  corumeal. 
If  you  have  oats  on  hand  you  can  use 
them  in  place  of  the  eornmGal.  This  grain 
ration  should  be  fed  a  I  the  rate  of  one 
pound  of  grain  to  3%  pounds  milk.  In 
making  up  your  ration  add  about  3  per 
cent,  coarse  fine  salt  to  the  ration. 
2.  In  the  place  of  tankage  in  your  swine 
ration,  use  plenty  of  skim-milk,  or  about 
twice  as  much  linseed  oil  meal  as  you 
have  bet'ii  using  tankage.  ii.  l.  j. 
Lice  on  Cattle  ,  Ration  for  Pigs  ano  Bull 
1.  Will  you  advise  me  what  to  do  for 
lice  on  cattle?  2.  Also  give  a  balanced 
ration  for  pigs  two  months  old.  or  from 
weaning  time  till  fattening  time ;  also 
would  like  balanced  ration  for  yearling 
bull.  G.  8. 
New  Jersey. 
1.  The  best  remedy  that  we  have  ever 
found  for  lice  on  cattle  is  blue  ointment, 
known  also  as  mercurial  ointment,  3”  per 
cent.  We  use  it  undiluted  by  rubbing  a 
little  in  the  hair  between  the  horns  and 
also  around  the  tail.  A  lump  the  size  of 
a  walnut  is  enough  for  each  animal.  This 
ointment  does  not  require  spreading  all 
over  an  animal  to  kill  the  lice.  Its  work 
is  practically  sure  and  the  ease  of  appli¬ 
cation  makes  it  a  favorite  remedy. 
2.  A  good  ration  for  pigs  two  months 
old  may  be  made  by  mixing  two  parts 
wheat  middlings  and  one  part  cornmcaL 
This  mixture  should  be  fed  with  enough 
skim-milk  or  water  to  make  a  thin  slop. 
If  water  is  used  about  10  per  cent,  diges¬ 
ter  tankage  should  In?  added  to  the  grain 
ration.  As  the  pigs  grow  older  increase 
tlie  corumeal  and  decrease  the  middlings. 
For  a  yearling  hull  1  would  advise  mix¬ 
ing  ground  oats,  wheat  middlings  und 
corumeal,  equal  parts,  and  watch  how  he 
is  doing.  If  this  ration  seems  to  be  too 
fattening  substitute  wheat  bran  or  dried 
brewers’  grains  for  a  part  or  all  of  the 
corumeal,  the  quantity  depending  entirely 
upon  the  requirements  of  the  animal. 
C.  S.  G 
