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much  more  than  15  pounds  of  stover  and 
10  pounds  of  Timothy  liay  and  have  it 
•balance.  The  roughage  is  of  a  carbohy¬ 
drate  nature  and  cottonseed  meal,  the 
highest  protein  feed  available,  has  been 
used  to  the  extent  of  five  pounds  to  bal¬ 
ance  the  ration.  To  some  the  feeding  of 
so  much  cottonseed  would  seem  im¬ 
possible  and  yet  it  is  being  done  in  many 
cases.  Of  course,  hy  using  less  of  the 
roughage,  a  small  variety  in  grains  could 
be  used,  hut  they  would  have  to  be  high 
in  protein  and  cottonseed  would  be  the 
chief  one. 
Ration  No.  5  is  balanced  and  made  up 
of  corn  silage  and  Alfalfa  hay  only.  The 
cost  is  about  the  same  as  Nos.  1  and  2. 
However,  with  sufficient  corn  silage 
grown  on  the  farm  at  hand  and  a  suf¬ 
ficient  supply  af  Alfalfa  hay,  also  grown 
on  the  farm,  the  ration  would  have  ad¬ 
vantages  over  the  others  in  matter  of 
economy.  While  a  price  of  $5  per  ton  is 
put  on  the  silage  and  $20  a  ton  on  the 
Alfalfa  liay.  if  these  feeds  are  grown  on 
the  farm,  it  is  really  a  different  proposi¬ 
tion  from  stepping  out  and  buying  them 
at  prices  mentioned.  The  price  of  the 
ration,  then,  would  be  whatever  price 
the  farmer  would  have  to  put  on  the  two 
home-grown  feeds.  If  a  farmer  can  eco¬ 
nomically  grow  a  balanced  ration  on  his 
farm,  lie  lias  practically  solved  the  feedj 
ing  problem.  A  ration  such  as  No.  5 
should  give  good  results  and  warrant  a 
trial  where  the  conditions  are  right. 
n.  F.  JUDKINS. 
Too  Wide  a  Ration 
Can  I  improve  on  this  ration  for  the 
production  of  milk  : 
20  lbs,  silage. 
y~2  pint  cottonseed  meal. 
1  quart  hominy  meal. 
1  quart  wheat,  middlings. 
2  quarts  dried  grains. 
2  quarts  beet.  pulp. 
It  is  soaked  with  one  pint  molasses; 
cows  have  all  the  mixed  clover  hay  they 
will  clean  up.  1  feed  this  twice  a  day. 
The  cows  are  grade  Ilolsteins,  averaging 
about  1.000  lhs.  each,  most  of  them  fresh¬ 
ened  since  September.  I  pay  for  cotton¬ 
seed.  $38  per  ton  ;  wheat  middlings, 
$32.50:  hominy,  $32;  beet  pulp,  $2S ; 
grains.  $27.  F.  l. 
Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
Changing  your  ration  from  quarts  to 
pounds,  I  note  you  are  feeding  daily  20 
lbs.  silage,  .37  lb.  of  cottonseed  meal,  1.1 
lbs.  hominy  feed,  1  lb.  wheat  middlings, 
1.2  lb.  dried  distillers'  grains.  1.2  lb.  beet 
pulp.  1  lb.  of  molasses,  and  probably 
about  13  lbs.  mixed  hay.  In  feeding  this 
ration  you  are  only  supplying  about 
tbree-fourtlis  of  the  necessary  protein  for 
1.000  lb.  cow  to  produce  25  lbs.  _  4  per 
cent.  milk.  The  carbohydrate  equivalent 
is  in  excess  of  that,  required  ;  hence  your 
ration  is  far  too  wide  and  not  balanced. 
A  much  better  ration  would  be  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 
25  lbs.  corn  silage. 
10  lbs.  mixed  bay. 
1  lb.  molasses. 
1  lb.  dried  beet  pulp. 
2  lbs.  gluten  feed. 
1  lb.  dried  distillers"  grains. 
2  lbs.  cottonseed  meal. 
1  lb.  wheat  bran. 
Feed  beet  pulp  and  molasses  as  you 
have  been  doing  and  in  making  up  the 
grain  mixture,  add  1  per  cent,  salt,  and 
feed  this  at  the  rate  of  one  pound  to  each 
four  pounds  of  milk  produced  daily. 
While  cottonseed  is  high  in  price  at  the 
present  time,  it  is  practically  necessary 
to  use  it  in  your  case  to  balance  the  ra¬ 
tion  and  when  the  fertilizing  value  of  cot¬ 
tonseed  is  taken  into  consideration  it  is 
really  a  cheap  source  of  proteiu.  even  at 
$38  per  ton.  h.  f.  ,t. 
Increasing  Milk  Flow 
I  have  an  eight -year-old  Canadian  or 
Spotted  Durham  cow,  weight  1.150;  fresh¬ 
ened  last  April  and  will  not  freshen  again 
before  August  1,  feeding  mixed  hay  three 
times  per  day  and  cornstalks  twice.  The 
latter  are  now  given.  For  grain  have 
fed  one  pound  of  ground  feed  composed 
of  two  parts  oats,  one  part  corn,  one  buck¬ 
wheat.  one-lialf  pound  gluten,  and  one-half 
pound  bran,  scalded,  and  then  cooled  into 
a  slop.  Cow  is  in  fine  condition  and  gives 20 
pounds  milk  per  day.  I  have  also  a  Hol¬ 
stein  grade  heifer,  will  be  three  years  old 
July;  just  freshened:  weight  about  1,000 
pounds  and  has  never  had  grain.  I  am 
increasing  slowly  to  same  feed.  At  pres¬ 
ent  she  is  giving  about  same  amount  as 
old  cow,  but  increasing  steadily.  I  would 
like  a  good  balanced  ration  for  same  that 
will  produce  milk  and  not  be  too  expen¬ 
sive.  G.  li.  V. 
Clymer,  N.  Y. 
The  following  will  make  a  good  ration 
for  your  Holstein  cow.  1  note  that,  you 
have  no  silage,  and  that  your  corn  stover 
is  all  gone.  I  should,  therefore,  feed 
about  20  pounds  mixed  hay  daily,  and 
one  pound  of  following  grain  mixture  for 
each  3 J,£  to  four  pounds  milk  produced 
daily. 
2  parts  cottonseed  meal. 
2  parts  dried  distillers’  grains. 
1  part  gluten  feed. 
2  parts  dried  beet  pulp. 
lye  salt. 
As  you  suy  in  your  letter,  work  the  cow 
onto  feed  gradually  and  her  production 
will  come  lip,  so  that  when  she  is  at  her 
maximum  she  should  be  getting  grain  as 
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