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Modern  Silage  Methods  i 
Don’t  Experiment! 
HOUSANDS  and  tens  of  thousands  of 
owners  have  proved  that  there  is  no 
silo  so  satisfactory  as  the 
I  lie  grains  which  you  mention  are  by¬ 
products  of  vry  important  industries, 
t  hey'  would  hardly  come  under  the  class 
of  doctored  or  devitalized  foods.  That  is. 
these  various  by-products  have  all  been 
analyzed  chemically  so  that  their  crude 
analysis  is  known  in  terms  of  water,  ash. 
protein,  fibre,  nitrogen,  free  extract  and 
fat,  and  not  only  this,  digestion  trials 
have  been  run  on  them  with  different  ani¬ 
mats,  so  that  their  digestible  analysis  is 
known.  These  feed  stuffs  are  fed  then  for 
just  what  they  are  worth.  The  nutrients, 
protein,  carbohydrates  and  fat,  arc  not 
only  thiu'gs  taken  into  consideration  in  a 
properly  figured  balanced  ration.  The 
ration  must,  contain  feeds  known  to  be 
palatable.  Bulk  must  he  given  considera¬ 
tion.  The  mineral  content  of  the  food 
must  he  considered  for  the  animal  in  ques¬ 
tion.  Whether  the  feeds  are  constipat¬ 
ing  or  laxative,  is  another  important  fac¬ 
tor,  and  variety  another.  So  you  see 
after  all  our  animals  are  given  pretty 
good  consideration.  In  human  feeding 
one  does  not  often  stop  to  consider  these 
important  points,  and,  without  doubt 
malnutrition  may  lead  to  various  other 
diseases.  Malnutrition  would  seldom  oc¬ 
cur  in  feeding  animals  if  the  feeder  uses 
a  balanced  ration,  and  watches  liia  ani¬ 
mals  closely,  in  order  to  introduce  the 
proper  changes  at  the  proper  time. 
The  economy  of  the  thing  makes  it 
practically  impossible  for  the  dairyman, 
for  example,  to  conduct  his  business With¬ 
out  using  these  important  by-products. 
The  majority  can  hardly  stick’  to  home¬ 
grown  feeds  n  ml  feed  only  ground  feeds 
not  submitted  to  a  milling  process,  be¬ 
cause  they  would  not  in  many  cases  have 
feeds  which  would  fit  together  to  make  a 
balanced  ration,  and  then  again,  they  can 
buy  certain  nutrients  In  certain  feeds 
cheaper  than  they  can  grow  them. 
It  is  possibly  true  that  some  of  the 
ready-prepared  rations  and  eondimental 
stock  foods  may  possess  some  of  the  un¬ 
desirable  properties  which  you  have  in 
mind,  but  this  would  not  he  so  in  the  case 
of  by-products  from  the  manufacture  of 
human  food.  Were  it  not  possible  and 
feasible  to  use  the  by-products  in  animal 
feeding  the  so-called  high  cost  of  living 
might  it  resolve  itself  into  a  question  of 
whether  it  would  pay  to  live.  For  exam¬ 
ple,  what  would  be  the  cost  of  a  barrel  of 
flour  if  bran  and  middlings  were  not  used 
extensively  for  live  stock?  It  is  the  by¬ 
product  of  many  a  business  that  means 
the  difference  he  tween  profit  and  hiss,  and 
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Improving  a  Ration 
I  have  a  grade  Jersey  cow  coming  four 
years  in  June,  weight  800  pounds,  fresh¬ 
ened  January  7,  11)15,  that  gives  -11  >4 
pounds  of  4.(5  milk  iter  day.  1  give  10 
pounds  of  the  following  feed  per  day: 
Bran.  200  lbs.;  middlings,  200  lbs. ;  glu¬ 
ten.  200  lbs.;  distillers'  grains,  200  lbs,; 
cottonseed  meal,  200  lbs.;  beet  pulp,  1,000 
lbs.;  which  I  hi.iv  ready  mixed  at  $32,03 
per  ton.  1  feed  10  fits,  corn  silage  per 
day  and  clover  hay  what  they  will  eat  up 
clean  at  noon.  The  corn  Silage  is  cobs 
and  husks  from  canning  factory,  which 
has  some  corn  on ;  1  can  also  get  pea 
vine  silage.  I  also  have  a  grade  Hol¬ 
stein,  weight  1.000  lbs.,  that  freshened 
October  St h.  1915,  that  gives  38  lbs.  3.7 
milk  per  day  ami  gets  10  lbs.  of  the  same 
feed.  I  to  ymt  think  the  ration  is  right, 
or  is  there  too  much  beet  pulp  in  it?  I 
can  only  get  bran,  middlings  and  corn- 
meal.  Could  you  give  me  a  ration  that  is 
better? 
_I  have  a  grade  Holstein  heifer,  weight 
850  lbs.,  two  years  old  October  28.  1015. 
She  freshened  April  10,  1015,  gives  12 
lbs,  4.4  milk  per  day;  will  freshen  April 
4th,  1010.  She  gets  three  pounds  of  the 
same  feed.  Will  you  tell  me  what  to  feed 
her  while  she  is  dry?  I  have  wheat  that 
is  not  much  good  for  flour  and  also  have 
oats.  What  other  feed  should  I  have  to 
make  a  good  ration?  H.  n. 
New  York. 
Your  Jersey  cow  producing  11  lbs.  of 
4.(5  milk  daily  should  have  in  her  daily 
feed  3.28  lbs.  protein  and  10  lbs.  carbo¬ 
hydrates  and  fat.  The  ration  as  you  are 
feeding  it  supplies  2.4  lbs.  protein  and 
10.9  lbs.  carbohydrate  equivalent.  Hence 
you  see  the  ration  is  unbalanced.  This  is 
due  to  so  much  beet  pulp  being  in  the  ra¬ 
tion.  Beet  pulp  is  a  feed  low  in  protein 
and  high  in  carbohydrate  equivalent. 
Strangely  enough  if  you  were  to  feed  It) 
pounds  daily  of  your  grain  ration  minus 
the  beet  pulp  you  would  have  exactly  a 
balanced  ration.  1  should  recommend, 
however,  that  you  drop  the  silage  to  30 
lbs.,  and  then  in  place  of  1,000  lbs.  of 
beet  pulp  in  the  ration  put  250  tbs.,  then 
feed  12  lbs.  of  this  grain  mixture  instead 
of  10.  This  makes  a  balanced  ration  and 
T  believe  the  beet  pulp  used  would  make 
a  better  milk  producing  ration  than  the 
extra  10  lbs.  silage.  Ten  pounds  grain 
mixture  with  Ihc  change  1  have  suggested 
will  be  jusl  right  for  your  Holstein  cow 
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