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Philadelphia  .  24.00@24.50  25.50@Q8.Q0 
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LOCAL  FEED  PRICES. 
Belvidere,  N,  Y.,  wheat,  bu.,  SI. 20;  bran,  ton, 
§29;  commeal,  §33;  middlings,  $31 ;  gluten  feed. 
§33. 
Negley,  Ohio,  bran,  ton,  $28;  middlings,  §33; 
Shumaker  feed,  $31;  cottonseed  meal,  $36;  oats, 
bu.,  $.60;  corn,  $.90. 
Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  distillers’  dried  grains, 
ton,  $32;  gluten,  $31:  cottonseed  meal.  §38:  oil 
meal,  $40;  cornmeal,  $28.50;  fancy  bran.  §24.50; 
coarse  bran,  §23.75;  Boston  wheat  feed  (bran 
.'■lid  middlings),  §32,00;  white  middlings,  $31; 
standard  middlings,  $27. 
Boston,  N.  Y.,  wheat  bran,  ton,  §24;  flour 
middlings,  $31.60;  cornmeal  (coarso),  $32;  glu¬ 
ten  feed,  §31;  oil  moal,  §36;  cottonseed  meal, 
§38, 
Mt.  Vernon,  Iowa,  middlings,  100  lbs,,  §1.45; 
bran,  $1.35;  oil  meal,  $2,10;  cottonseed  meal, 
ton,  §35;  gluten  feed,  §34. 
Clarkson.  N.  Y.,  commeal,  ton,  $34;  gluten 
feed,  §34;  distillers’  grains,  $85;  cottonseed 
meal,  §40:  middlings,  §32;  wheat  bran.  §27, 
Washington.  D.  C-,  wheat  bran,  ton,  $26; 
middlings,  §27.50;  cornmeal,  §33.60;  gluten  feed, 
$34.50;  cottonseed  meal,  §39;  oats,  bush..  $.60. 
Hnckettstown.  N.  J.,  bran,  ton,  $25;  mid¬ 
dlings,  $32;  gluten.  §35;  oottonseed  moal,  §38; 
dried  beet  pulp,  §26;  oil  meal,  §38;  cornmeal, 
§32;  distillers'  grains,  $32. 
Warsaw,  Ind.,  wheat  bran,  ton.  $20;  mid¬ 
dlings,  §23;  normniei I,  §25;  cottonseed  meal,  §48; 
oil  cake  moal,  $60, 
Hallstead,  Pa.,  meal,  ton,  §30;  bran,  §26; 
gluten,  §30;  middlings,  S28;  brewers'  grains,  §29; 
cottonseed  meal,  $40, 
Leechburg,  Pa.,  bran.  100  lbs.,  §1,40;  brown 
middlings,  §1.45;  corn,  oats  and  barley  chop, 
$1.60;  cottonseed  meal,  $2.25;  oil  meal,  §2,50. 
Temple.  Pa.,  bran,  100  lbs.,  §1,40;  flour  mid¬ 
dlings.  $1.70;  standard  middlings,  §1.50;  corn 
chop,  $1.85;  gluten  feed,  §1.60;  cottonseed  meal, 
§2.25.  _ ' 
Improving  Unbalanced  Ration 
Will  you  give  me  u  ration  for  one  Jer¬ 
sey  cow  1L’  years  old,  fresh  about  four 
weeks?  I  feed  her  daily  four  (marts 
wheat  bran  und  as  much  hay  as  she  wants 
to  eat.  8hc  gives  me  only  three  to  four 
quarts  of  milk  a  day.  and  I  think  that  is 
not  enough  for  a  fresh  cow.  p.  k. 
Mixed  hay  and  bran  make  a  ration 
which  is  lacking  in  protein  and  there¬ 
fore  is  unbalanced  and  not  a  good  ration 
for  milk  production.  Feed  15  to  lit)  lbs. 
of  hay  daily  and  four  quarts  of  a  grain 
ration  made  up  of  one  part  cottonseed 
meal,  two  parts  gluten  feed,  and  two 
parts  bran.  H.  F.  J. 
Carrots  for  Cattle  Feeding 
How  much  better  are  mangels  than 
carrots  for  cows  to  be  fed  in  connection 
with  coin  silage,  Alfalfa  and  balanced 
ration  of  grain?  I  have  Holstein  cows 
and  sell  butter  without  any  coloring  mat¬ 
ter  in  it'.  What  kind  of  carrots  will  add 
to  color  of  butter,  if  any?  it.  ('.  it. 
Vermont. 
Gluten  Feed. 
31.00@32.00 
3!  .00(3)32,00 
30.00®31.00 
39.00@80.60 
30.00@81,00 
Corn  Meal. 
32.00@33.00 
Sl.00@32.00 
32,00@83.00 
31.00@LU.50 
31. 00(5)32. 00 
Cottonseed 
Meal. 
41.00@42.00 
41.00@42.00 
39.00(5,41. 00 
40.00®41.00 
40.00@41.00 
Our  experion 
cc  has  been  tha 
t  on  rrota 
a  re 
better 
than 
mangels  for  entile  feed- 
ing. 
They 
ha\  i 
•  a  little  higher 
composi¬ 
tiou 
and 
most 
tows  prefer  the 
te  trrots. 
The 
Long 
( )ra 
age  carrot  gives 
a  color 
to 
milk  ; 
ind  butter,  but  the 
yield  of 
mangels  is 
large 
•r.  and  the  eultiv; 
ition  and 
night,  12  quarts  carruls  or  beets  with 
bay.  j.  w.  t. 
Massachusetts. 
I  should  judge  your  cow  is  now  getting 
nourishment  enough  for  her  to  produce  all 
she  is  capable  of  producing.  The  ration 
is  too  low  in  protein.  You  would  do 
better  to  feed  along  with  mixed  hay  1% 
quarts  cottonseed,  IVi  quarts  gluten  feed, 
and  three  quarts  bran,  or  three  quarts 
dried  distillers’  grains,  1  t/j  quarts  cotton¬ 
seed  and  one  quart  gluten  feed.  I  should 
feed  grain  both  night  and  morning,  feed¬ 
ing  half  of  above  amount  each  time. 
H*  F<  J- 
Hemlock  Boughs  for  Horses 
Are  hemlock  boughs  good  for  horses? 
Ours  are  very  fond  of  it  in  the  Winter 
time.  I  cut  a  great  amount,  of  it  and 
give  it  to  them  in  the  Winter  time. 
Pennsylvania.  B.  c.  F. 
The  savin  is  a  tree  or  shrub  with  a 
dark  foliage  with  blue  and  green  berries. 
The  young  leaves  and  branches  yield  an 
active,  volatile  oil  used  in  medicine.  Oil 
of  savin  is  sometimes  given  to  horses  for 
tonic  and  to  rid  them  of  worms.  The 
hemlock  boughs  you  speak  of  contain 
some  of  this  oil,  and  due  to  this  fact  ami 
their  succulence  horses  like  them.  They 
should  do  horses  no  harm,  but  rather  have 
a  good  effect  on  them.  I  cannot  say  how 
many  pounds,  for  example,  a  horse  would 
consume  in  a  day,  neither  do  I  know 
what,  the  composition  of  the  boughs 
would  be.  I  should  not  suppose  them  to 
be  very  nutritious,  but  rather  of  value 
due  to  a  certain  medicinal  effect,  tr.  F.  ,t. 
Ration  for  Milch  Cows 
f’ould  you  tell  me  lmw  to  mix  the  fol¬ 
lowing  feeds  for  milch  cows  to  make  a 
balanced  ration?  Wheat  middlings, 
wheat  bran,  gluten  feed,  oat  chop.  I 
have  corn  silage  and  clover  hay  for  rough- 
age.  Cows  weigh  about  1100.  How 
much  of  this  feed  should  he  fed  twice  a 
day?  Would  it  be  of  any  benefit  to  feed 
any  of  the  following  feeds  with  the  above? 
Buckwheat  middlings,  corn  chop,  hominy 
feed  or  cottonseed  nu -a  1.  if  just  as  good? 
Pennsylvania.  E.  v. 
An  excellent  ration  for  your  cows  to 
include  feeds  you  have  on  hand  together 
with  cottonseed  meal  would  be  as  fol¬ 
lows:  25  pounds  corn  silage.  10  pounds 
clover  hay,  two  pounds  gluten,  two 
pounds  bran,  two  pounds  middlings,  one 
pound  cottonseed,  1%  pound  oats,  one 
per  cent.  salt. 
Feed  grain  at  rate  of  a  pound  of  grain 
to  3%  to  four  pounds  of  milk.  The 
above  is  figured  on  basis  of  a  1100-pound 
cmv.  producing  30  pounds  of  4 r'<  milk 
daily.  _  H.  f.  .J. 
Figuring  a  Ration 
handling  is  easier.  Hence  mangels  are 
usually  grown  by  dairymen. 
Ration  for  Fresh  Cows 
Will  you  give  me  a  balanced  ration  for 
COWS  just  freshening?  For  roughage  I 
have  silage  with  a  lot  of  corn  in  it,  and 
sh redded  corn  fodder;  have  all  the  silage 
and  all  tedded  fodder  I  cun  feed,  so  do 
not  wish  to  feed  any  hay.  I  have  ground 
corn  ami  oats,  can  get  bran,  middlings, 
oil  meal,  Cottonseed  meal  and  union 
grains.  G.  a.  b. 
New  York. 
All  the  roughage  and  t’.  -  grains  you 
have  on  hand  to  feed  are  high  in  carbo¬ 
hydrates  and  low  in  protein.  In  order  to 
balance  this.  I  have  had  to  use  four 
pounds  Oottonseed  meal,  a  high  protein 
feed.  Daily  ration  for  1000-pound  cow 
producing  25  pounds  4%  milk:  30  pounds 
corn  silage.  10  pounds  corn  stover,  four 
pounds  cottonseed  meal,  one  pound  corn- 
meal,  one  pound  ground  opts,  one  per 
cent.  salt. 
The  above  ration  should  give  good  re¬ 
sults,  although  tin1  grain  ration  is  a  lit¬ 
tle  heavy.  Some  would  object  to  feeding 
cottonseed  meal  so  heavily,  but  experi¬ 
ments  show  that  cows  will  handle  it  sat¬ 
isfactorily.  It  is  high  in  price  now,  but 
if  the  manure  is  properly  cared  for,  it  is 
the  cheapest  grain  one  can  buy,  because 
of  the  fertility  contained  in  the  manure, 
after  the  cow  is  all  through  with  the  feed. 
_  it.  F.  j. 
Feeding  Family  Cow 
What  do  you  think  of  this  ration  for  a 
large  family  cow?  Morning:  One  quart 
cottonseed,  one  quart  cornmeal,  two 
quarts  lira n.  with 
noon,  hay  only ; 
Will  you  advise  me  how  to  compute 
the  nutritive  ratio  of  a  dairy  feed  where 
only  protein,  fat  and  fibre  content  is 
known?  I  am  familiar  with  the  method 
when  protein,  fat  ami  carbohydrates  are 
given,  but  am  at  a  loss  to  know  how  to 
proceed  iu  the  former  case.  I  am  feed¬ 
ing  a  ration  the  given  analysis  of  which 
is  as  follows:  Protein  10.50,  fat  3.50, 
fibre  12. 00.  1  wish  tn  know  what  1 
should  add  to  make  th  s  a  balanced  ra¬ 
tion  for  dairy  cows.  Have  also  fed  an¬ 
other  prepared  feed  whose  analysis  is 
protein  S.50,  fat  3.50.  fibre  10.00.  The 
second  ration  costs  about  $5  per  ton 
more  and  contains  only  about,  one-half  as 
much  protein.  Can  you  explain  this  to 
me  also  t  c.  ir.  b. 
New  York. 
It  is  impossible  to  figure  the  nutritive 
ratio  of  a  ration  when  only  the  protein, 
fat  and  fibre  are  known.  The  grain  ra¬ 
tion  you  are  now  feeding  should  make 
a  balanced  ration  if  you  have  corn  silage 
and  mixed  hay.  Whether  or  not  you 
need  to  feed  any  other  grain  with  it  de¬ 
pends  entirely  upon  the  roughage  you 
have  on  hand.  If  you  have  Alfalfa  hay 
you  would  do  well  to  use  a  little  hominy 
in  balance,  while  if  you  have  only  Tim¬ 
othy  and  corn  stover  and  no  silage,  add 
some  cottonseed  to  balance.  The  crude 
carbohydrate  analysis  of  your  grain  ra¬ 
tion  is  about  60%,  according  to  a  Oon- 
ncct’cut  report.  I  should  say  it  would 
he  45  to  50%  digestible. 
Figuring  on  the  basis  given  in  the 
Connecticut  Station  report  for  1014  the 
ration  you  are  now  feeding  contains  10 
pounds  less  nutrients  per  100  pounds 
than  the  one  which  you  state  costs  $5  per 
ton  more.  We  can  compare  feed  prices 
only  on  basis  of  total  nutrients  contained 
KRESODIPIv.1 
Freshening  time  is  the  most  critical  period  in  the  life  of  a  cow  or  heifer. 
No  injury  or  sickness  has  such  disastrous  results  as  failure  to  properly 
clean.  If  blood  poisoning  does  not  set  in  (sometimes  causing  death),  the 
animal  will  be  ruined  as  a  milk  producer  for  the  whole  season.  Many 
cows,  especially  heifers,  retain  the  afterbirth.  If  allowed  to  remain, 
disease  and  blood  poisoning  may  follow.  If  you  forcibly  remove  it,  some 
parts  of  the  afterbirth  will  remain.  These  parts  decompose  and  are 
absorbed  by  the  animal,  causing  a  rapid  wasting  of  flesh  and  loss  of 
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healthy  condition.  Cleanse  the  genital  organs  with  Antisepto — it  is  cooiing.  soothing 
and  healing,  all  of  which  are  essential  to  health.  Keep  your  cows  in  a  healthy  breeding 
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Feeding  a  Balanced  Ration 
Live  stock  foods  are  roughly  divided  into  four  cUftfeea  of  substances— protein,  or  lean  meat  or  rflusckr  makers  :  carbohydrates, 
which  are  starch  or  fat  formers  :  pun-  fat  ;  and  fiber,  the  latter  bcinff  touch,  indigestible  matter.  Tin?  protein  cannot  take  the 
place  of  Carbohydrates  and  flit,  and  the  theory  of  a  balanced  ration  iv  to  combine  the  two  classes  of  food  so  that  there  will  bo 
tht*  least  waste  and  still  give  the  animal  what  it  needs.  The  “nutritive  ratio"  means  tba  ratio  between  protein  and  combined 
carbohydrates  and  fat.  One  part  of  protein  to  three  of  the  other  would  bo  a  “  narrow*'  ratio,  while  one  part  to  eight  would  be  a 
The  following  analyses  are  used  in  figuring  rations 
Feeding  Stuff 
(Torn  Fodder,  green 
Corn  Fodder,  cured 
Mixed  Hay 
Red  Clove c 
Timothy 
Alfalfa  Hay 
Corn  Meal 
Distillers'  Grains,  dry 
Wheat  Bran 
Cottonseed  Meal 
Dry  Matter 
Fat 
1  hirestibh*  1 
Protein  Carho 
Fording  Stuff 
Dry  Matter 
Fat 
Digestible 
Protein  Garbo. 
20.7 
.6 
1.0 
and  Fat 
12.8 
litnaccd  M<*al,  O.  P. 
90.2 
7.8 
30.2 
and  rat 
47.5 
57.fi 
1.6 
2.5 
87.3 
Hominy  Chon 
Buckwheat,  Middling* 
90.4 
8.0 
6.8 
77.2 
84.7 
2.5 
4.2 
44.9 
87.2 
6.8 
22.7 
51.2 
84.7 
3.3 
7.1 
4 1  .y 
Browers'  Grains,  dry 
91.3 
6.7 
20.0 
45.7 
86.8 
2.5 
2.8 
45.3 
Gluten  Moal 
90.5 
29.7 
56.2 
91.9 
2.1 
10.5 
42.5 
Gluten  Feed 
90.8 
3.5 
21.3 
59.3 
86.0 
3.8 
6.7 
72.2 
Oats 
89.6 
4.8 
10.7 
62.3 
92.4 
12.2 
22.8 
65.8 
Barley 
89.2 
1.8 
9.4 
75.9 
88.1 
4.0 
11.9 
47.6 
43.0 
Hye 
91. S 
1.9 
9.5 
72.1 
93.0 
10,2 
87  5 
