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TRADE  MARK  REG.U.S.PAT.  OFF. 
Feeding  a  Balanced  Ration 
l,lv.-  •.Ii.i'k  »r«  rmndily  ilividsd  Into  four ;pUhk«h  of  mib'iuno 
which  am  Mturch  or  fnf  fni'cnrm;  pure  fat  ;  itnu  liMt .  tin*  latU'i  **■ 
filan-  ,»f  earUohydmten  und  ful,  nmJ  the  theory  of  n ,  lmhiro-«,,l  r 
the  loiiH t  WHMte  uud  still  *flv*«  the  nnimnl  wluit  It ,  neeUn  the  i 
Cnrbohyihutj-»»  and  fat.  One  purl  of  piwtoln  to  three  «»I  the  olio* 
**  wirin'  ’  ratio .  4 
-~=-  The  following  analyses  ai 
IMMNtiblfl 
Protein  Carho 
nml  Put 
1.0  12.8 
2.fi  «7.0 
4.2  44.0 
7.1  41.0 
2.8  4fi.3 
10.5  42.fi 
for  this  $  2,000, 
Digestible 
Protein  CarbO. 
and  Fat 
80.2  47.5 
6.8  77.2 
22.7  51.2 
20.0  45.7 
29.7  56  2 
21.2  59.3 
10.7  62.3 
9.4  75.9 
9.5  72.1 
Dry  Matter  Fat 
Dry  Matter  Fat 
Feeding  Stuff 
I  tn*ee»l  Men!.  O.  P. 
Ih'oiiny  OioP 
I  lurk  when  t  Middlings 
lhewel*'  •♦rain*.  dry 
(iluten  Meal 
(•hi  ten  1'eed 
Oafs 
Hark-y 
Rye 
Corn  Fod'ler.  green 
Com  KAdder,  cured 
Mixed  liny 
Red  Clover 
Timothy 
Alfalfa  Hay 
Corn  Meal 
Distillers'  Grains,  dry 
Wheat  llran 
(•(.Monseed  Meal 
Wholesale  Prices  for  Standard  Feeding  Stuffs. 
Middlings,  Gluten  Feed,  Corn  Meal. 
28.50529.00  31,005  32.00  31,00(5)32.00 
25.50(5)28.00  31.00(5)32.00  31.00  531.50 
23.005)26,00  30.005)31.00  30.00(5)31,00 
23.005)25.00  30.00(5)80.50  30.505)31.00 
23.00526,00  30.005>31.00  30.005)31.00 
Cottonseed 
Meal. 
41. 00542. 00 
41.00541.50 
40.00@41.00 
39. 00®40. 00 
40.005)41.00 
Bran, 
23.00  5  25.00 
22. 60526. 00 
21. 50522.00 
22.00522,50 
22.00  5  22.50 
New  York 
Philadelphia 
Cleveland  . 
Buffalo  . .  - 
Pittsburgh 
Contains  Living  Room,  Dining  Room,  Kitchen.  Two  Bedroom*,  Hall  and  Bathroom 
Dr.  Gregory  Saved  $280  on  Dealer’s  Price 
rimer,  onefuiirtli  Timothy,  nml  coni 
stover.  i>.  n.  a. 
1  Viiu.sylvania. 
A  good  ration  for  cows  giving  rich 
milk  may  be  compounded  from  the  feeds 
you  mention  its  follows:  4  lbs.  wheat 
brun,  2  lbs.  corn  and  oat  chop,  -  lbs.  cot - 
tousccd  meal  and  1  lb.  when!  middlings. 
With  tliis  should  be  fed  all  the  hay  that 
will  be  eaten  up  faijjj  chain  twice  a  day 
and  corn  stover  al  noon.  As  this  ration 
contains  no  succulence  it  would  bo  better 
to  add  at  least  1  lb.  of  oil  meal.  Your 
Guernsey  heifers  due  to  freshen  next  May 
and  .lime  will  do  well  on  n  grain  mixture 
of  two  parts  corn  and  oat  chop  and  one 
part  wheat  middlings.  Feed  enough  of 
this  mixture  to  keep  the  heifers  in  good 
fiesli  and  thrifty  condition.  It  never  pays 
t<>  save  feed  fit  the  expense  of  keeping  the 
young  stock  in  good  growing  condition, 
neither  is  it  advisable  to  keep  them  too 
fat.  It  is  much  better  to  strike  a  happy 
medium,  C-  S.  0. 
"I  prtVi'il  on  our  lumber  yt»nJS  figprnt,  writ*)*  Dr. 
1C.  K.  GffltfOry,  o(  Bouth  Dakota. 
"My  lu(T»lK*r  dnnlor  wnntc!  S6<H)  mnr»  for  my  Hoiiim*.  Tb«s 
Alnririm  SyBtvm  tiiftrio  **  |K‘K*ibl.  for  me  Iw  own  ,my  home  live 
y.-ur .i  .ooii.  i,  "  wriloM  Mr.  Flunk  Hurkn,  of  lUinoin,  MimtlnT 
Newman,  N.  Y.,  Spring  bran,  ton,  $26:  stan¬ 
dard  middlings.  $27;  whito  middlings,  $30.75; 
cracknel  corn,  $32.75;  ground  out*.  $38. 
Ashland,  N.  Y.,  gluten,  ton,  $33.50:  Inter- 
national  dairy  toed,  $28;  quaker  dairy  feed,  $28; 
wheat  feed,  $32;  cotton  seed  meal,  $44;  union 
feed,  $30:  oats,  hag.  $1.85. 
Edinboro,  F«.,  wheat  bran,  ton,  $25:  wheat 
middlings,  $30  to  $32;  com  meal,  $28  to  $32; 
cotton  seed  meal,  $40:  oil  meal,  $45. 
Ps nsljville,  N.  Y.,  brau.  $24;  brown  middlings, 
$24;  meal,  $34;  cotton  seed,  $39. 
Frostburg,  Md.,  wheat  bran,  ton,  $26;  mid¬ 
dlings,  $27;  Corn  meal,  $34.50;  cotton  seed  meal, 
$40;  coin,  oats  and  barley  chop,  $29. 
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Ration  Without  Silage 
Will  you  give  me  a  bahuiecd  ration  for 
Jersey  cows,  all  feed  to  be  bought  from 
a  city  feed  store?  I  do  not  have  silage, 
but  can  get  Alfalfa.  Jt.  s. 
Ohio. 
With  Alfalfa  bay  for  roughage  you 
could  make  a  well-balanced  ration  by  mix¬ 
ing  1500  pounds  dried  distillers’  grains, 
200  pounds  comment,  -00  pounds  dried 
beet  pulp  and  -00  pounds  gluten  feed. 
Feed  of  Ibis  mixture  as  much  as  your 
eow  will  eat  with  a  relish  and  digest  prop¬ 
erly  when  she  is  in  full  flow  of  milk.  Do 
not  feed  any  gliiteu  or  eortnneal  when  the 
eow  is  within  four  weeks  of  freshening,  or 
for  at  least  two  weeks  thereafter.  Give 
water  twice  a  day  and  be  sure  that  she 
lias  plenty  of  salt.  C.  s.  G. 
have  no  equal  anywhere 
They  produce  the  best  crops  and  biggest  profits  wherever  used, 
le  result  of  a  half  century's  experience  of  a  practical  farmer 
^  and  manufacturer.  Fully  guaranteed. 
J'-Jl  fuA  No.  76  Planet  Jr  Riding  Cultivator  plows,  hills  and 
Mfl iStfi  cultivates  corn,  potatoes,  or  similar  crops  28  to 
48  inches  apart.  Specially  hardened  cultivator 
IZfwKk  steels  add  50  per  cent  to  wear.  Dust-proof  steel 
l,  W  Vv/  mMy  axles.  Pin-break  or  spring-trip  standards. 
Dairy  Ration 
Will  you  give  me  a  balanced  ration  fi-r 
27  cows,  giving  20  to  50  pounds  mil'-, 
having  silage,  good  Alfalfa  hay  and  hits 
of  heats.  I  have  bran,  old  process  oil 
meal,  ground  oats,  coin  and  cob  meal 
middlings,  brewers’  grains.  If  cottonseed 
meal  and  Ajax  Hakes  would  be  any  im¬ 
provement  I  can  get  them.  Would  coru- 
nieal  be  better  than  corn  and  cob? 
Xew  Jersey.  II.  I\  (S. 
With  good  silage.  Alfalfa  hay  and  beets 
you  have  a  combination  hard  to  beat  for 
the  Winter  production  "f  milk  and  butter. 
In  addition  to  these  feeds  for  roughage 
you  could  feed  the  following  grain  mix¬ 
ture,  at  the  rate  of  one  pound  of  grain 
tu  three  or  2,14  pounds  of  milk: 
pounds  wheat  bran, 
pounds  dried  brewers'  grains, 
2  pottnds  corn  and  cob  meal, 
2  pounds  ground  oats, 
2  pounds  cottonseed  meal. 
Oil  men)  is  not  required  with  tliis 
ration,  as  you  have  plenty  of  sneeiVlenee 
and  can  save  this  expense.  Cornmeal 
would  be  much  better  than  the  corn  and 
cob  meal,  and  Ajax  Hakes  would  be  better 
than  the  dried  brewers’  grains  and  would 
cost  more.  Probably  there  would  not  be 
much  difference  in  the  profits  whichever 
you  decide  to  feed.  C.  s.  (t. 
Grain  With  Poor  Hay 
Will  you  give  me  a  good  balanced 
ration  for  cows  just  freshening?  For 
rough  feed  I  have  good  silage  with  a  lot 
of  corn  in  it,  and  not  over  good  mixed 
hay.  i>-  e.  If. 
New  York. 
With  good  silage  and  rather  poor 
mixed  hay  you  should  feed  a  grain  mix¬ 
ture  rich  in  protein,  and  I  would  sug¬ 
gest  the  following  formula  for  this  pur¬ 
pose  : 
'»  lbs.  wheat  bran 
55  lbs.  Ajax  Hakes 
2  lbs.  cornmeal 
21f«  lbs  Cottonseed  meal. 
Feed  the  silage  twice  :t  day,  night  and 
morning,  with  all  the  hay  the  cows  will 
eat  at  noon.  Divide  the  grain  mixture 
into  two  feeds  and  feed  after  the  silage 
or  w  i tli  it.  Feed  according  to  the 
amount  of  milk  your  cows  arc  giving 
and  the  condition  they  are  in.  t\  S.  <;.  Improving  Poor  Ration 
I  have  nine  good  grade  cows  (three  of 
them  Ilolsteins),  all  fresh  last  Fall,  and 
bought  ns  20  to  IMVpoimd  milk  cows.  They 
have  only  averaged  I  1  t  pounds  of  4 Ar/r 
milk  per  day  for  the  past  550  days,  which 
I  do  not  think  enough.  I  have  oats,  oat 
straw,  meadow  hay,  corn,  corn  fodder, 
I  would  shredded,  all  my  own  raising;  m>  silage. 
I  am  at  present  feeding  the  following 
mixture,  mixed  together: 
400  pounds  corn  and  cob  meal, 
150  pounds  brewers’  grains, 
J 00  pounds  cottonseed  meal, 
50  pounds  xv heat  bran, 
e  weight  -it  the  rate  of  eight  pounds  a  day,  four 
Is.  and  I  he  pounds  morning  and  four  pounds  eveurng. 
s  being  the  wiili  plenty  of  shredded  corn  fodder.  At 
feed  IS  ), ,1-ui  all  (lie  meadow  liny  they  will  eat. 
day  and  Am  i  not  entitled  to  a  better  milk  yield? 
(’tin  you  suggest  a  bettor  and  more  profit¬ 
able  feed?  Is  it  belter  for  me  to  sell  my 
corn  and  buy  other  feed?.  1  feel  it  is 
better  business  to  use  my  own  products-  - 
is  it?  a.  w.  A. 
Pennsylvania. 
note  liow  un-  It  is  practically  impossible  to  feed 
feed  economically  for  milk  production  in  these 
and  days  unless  you  have  silage  and  alfalfa, 
Hinds  clover  or  mixed  hay,  and,  preferably, 
men-  both.  In  your  roughage  you  have  a  very 
mg  a  cow  with  1.11  poor  foundation  for  a  ration.  It  is  ecr 
10.5117  pounds  caibo-  tain  that  your  cows,  all  fresh  in  the  Fall. 
The  amount  required  should  be  averaging  more  than  12  pounds 
u  fur  a  1.000  poll  ml  per  day  at  tlm  present  time.  I  feel  sure 
pounds  4%  milk  is  that  a  great  deal  of  (his  shrinkage  has 
n  and  12.XX  pounds  been  due  to  lack  of  proper  feed.  I  have 
lent.  In  the  ration  assumed  the  average  live  weight  of  your 
I  1  have  bad  to  use  cows  to  be  1-100  pounds.  On  this  basis 
supply  the  protein  and  the  basis  of  the  per  cent  of  fat  stated 
:iny.  The  rate  of  grain  one  cow  would  require  2.17  pounds  of  pro- 
nrily  bo  high,  due  to  tein  and  J1.J15  pounds  of  carbohydrate 
I  legume  hay.  il.  F.  J.  equivalent  to  produce  25  pounds  of  milk. 
_  You  are  feeding  nearly  enough  feed  b,v 
weight  to  produce  this  milk.  I  assume 
Ration  the  cow  would  eat.  15  pounds  corn  stover 
ne  a  ration  for  cows  J!*"!  eight  pounds  of  meadow  hay  daily. 
milk,  and  purebred  This,  together  with  eight  pounds  of  your 
u-  to  enlvc  next  Mav  (tram  mixture,  supplies  but  1J.-1  pounds 
lie  following"  feeds'?  and  11.76  pt.unils  carbohydrate 
•heat  middlings,  ern  equivalent.  So  you  see  that  while  the 
u,  hay,  three-fourths  (Continued  on  page  o44.) 
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COMPOUND 
An  Unbalanced  Ration 
I  have  pome  grade  Guernseys  averaging 
about  25  pounds  of  milk  n  day.  At  pres¬ 
ent  I  am  feeding  one  pound  of  cottonseed 
meal,  four  pounds  of  wheat  bran.  I  have 
for  roughage  Timothy  hay  only, 
like  to  feed  beet  pulp  as  part  of  ration. 
Would  you  give  me  a  lml. an  rod  ration, 
using  these  grains  as  far  as  possible  / 
Massachusetts.  it.  c.  w. 
I  have  figured  a  balanced  ration  for 
xour  cows,  using  Hie  feeds  you  mention. 
I  have  assumed  (he  average  liv 
of  your  cows  as  l.H'iO  pound 
test  of  the  milk  to  la*  -1  '/t .  Tliii 
ease,  for  25  pounds  milk  daily 
pounds  Timothy  hay  per  head  per 
S%  pounds  of  the  following  grain  mix 
ture : 
-Vi  parts  cottonseed  meal, 
2  parts  dried  beet  pulp, 
•1  parts  wheat  bran, 
1%  salt. 
Ti  might  interest  you  to 
balanced  the  ration  is  Hint  you  are 
ing.  Making  assumptions  as  above 
assuming  you  are  feeding  about  IS  pi 
f  money  refunded 
$1  Package  sufficient 
I  lorOfilliiHryLU.es. 
THE  TIME,  NOW! 
V  Profit  paying  hogs  are  only  produced  by 
ri till t  frrdmK,  Thrv  mud  httvr  animal  food. 
;(  REICHARD’S  DIGESTER  TANKAGE 
I  ha  tens  growth— promotes  health— reduces 
W  feed  costs  swells  profits. 
'x  Sumfitrs  and pr in's.  vith  new  circular  on  host- 
jl  ieedmu.  vmth\l  /  A’J  /■'.  Il'nt f  today. 
K-  IIOIICKT  A.  Hl  .It  ll  AIM) 
1.7  W.  East  retire  Si.  Allentown.  Pa. 
All  the  winter  long,  the  troubled  owner 
of  a  lame  horse  reads  our  advertise¬ 
ments.  Then,  day  after  day  slips  away 
while  he  talks,  laments,  listens,  takes 
advice  and  hesitating-  FAILS  TO  ACT 
til!  the  Springtime  is  on  him  and  his  horse 
is  not  yet  able  to  work.  Meantime  the 
thrifty,  prosperous,  resolute  man  reads, 
considers  the  evidence  carefully  — 
Decides  Promptly— and  his  horse  is  quickly 
cured,  worked,  too,  if  needed.  That’s 
exactly  what  happens  every  winter. 
»‘I  Want  the  W liolv  World  1o  Kmw  What  It  Haa 
pone  For  Me.”— Frank  Slevon*.  of  Greenwood.  Iiul., 
and  llddlt  :  Kn ve-T!ir  1 1  nr," I ■  lin:t  cured  bone  spavin, 
thoroughpin,  und  one  with  a  sprained  stifle.” 
Our  Charge*  fnr  T routine'll l  AUK  MlUIEBATK. 
Bat  write  (nr  nur  IMI  page  “  8  A  VE-TJI K  -  HOUSE 
1IOOK  ’’—it  in  the  last  word  on  llm  I  l,-TO-OA’l’JS 
Wi/ifU 
so; mentors  tor  1910  and  lour  new  low _ 
19b!  prices.  Six  eiiay  helling  plans— 
nidi  or  terms.  The-'*  new  aoparatom  «a 
Hrtirn  from  875  to  950  lbs.  per  hour.  Hu  y  V 
are  built.  In  my  great  chain  vr  i  intones  ' 
I  neri  the  Ipgher.t  ijunlily  material.-  by 
>, Killed  workmen  mid  sold  lo  you  dt-  tg .a 
i  rt  to  you  at  one  rrrinJI  pn  lit. 
Jf  you  buy  a  separator  i.  i  i  be  next  twelve 
months  you  should  have  my 
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