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April  15,  1916. 
Tom— You’re  not  turning  as  fast  as  Dad  does,  Mary. 
Mary — No  Tom,  but  we’ll  get  all  the  cream  any  way 
with  this  lovely  new  machine.  Dad  says 
m  “It  Skims  Clean  at  Any  Speed” 
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A  fixed- feed  separator  may  skim  clean  if  in  perfect  order 
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Feeding  a  Balanced  Ration 
Live  stock  foods  art*  rousrhly  divided  into  fouT  elapse .1  of  substances- -protein,  or  lean  meat  or  muscle  makers  ;  carbohydrates, 
which  are  starch  or  fat  formert  :  pure  fat  *  and  fiber,  the  latter  beinjj  tough,  indigestible  matter.  The  protein  cannot  take  the 
place  of  carbohydrates  and  fat,  and  the  theory  of  a  balanced  ration  is  to  combine  the  two  classes  of  food  ao  that,  there  will  be 
the  least  waste  and  still  give  the  animal  what  it.  needs.  The  *  nutritive  ratio”  means  the  ratio  between  protein  and  combined 
'  ....  '  -  ‘  “  *  ■  ’  •  n 
carbohydrates  uml  fat. 
*'  wide  ratio. 
i  give  the  Hnimo'  wr.ar  u  noeos.  ine  nutritive  ratio 
One  pari  of  protein  to  three  of  the  other  would  be  » 
narrow**  ratio,  while  one  part  to  eight  would  be  a 
Feeding  Stuff 
Com  Fodder,  green 
Corn  Fodder,  cured 
Mixed  Hay 
Rod  Clover 
Timothy 
Alfalfa  Hay 
Corn  Meal 
Distillers'  Grains,  dry 
Wheat  Bran 
Cottonseed  Meal 
The  following  analyses  are  used  in  figuring  rations  : 
Digestible 
Dry  Matter 
Fat 
Pro  tain 
Garbo . 
Feeding  Stuff 
Dry  Matter 
Fat 
Protein 
Garbo. 
20.7 
.5 
1.0 
12.8 
Linseed  Meal,  O.  P. 
90.2 
7.8 
30.2 
47.5 
57.6 
1.6 
2,5 
87,3 
Hominy  Chop 
Buckwheat  Middlings 
Brewers’  Grains,  dry 
9U.4 
8.0 
6.8 
77.2 
84.7 
2.6 
4.2 
44.9 
87.2 
6.8 
22.7 
51.2 
84.7 
3.3 
7.1 
41.9 
91.3 
6.7 
20.0 
45.7 
86.8 
2.5 
2.8 
45.11 
Gluten  Meal 
90.5 
6.6 
29.7 
56.2 
91.9 
2.1 
10.5 
42.6 
Gluten  Feed 
90.8 
S.5 
21.3 
59.3 
85.0 
3.8 
6.7 
72  J> 
Data 
89.6 
4.3 
10.7 
62.3 
92.4 
12.2 
22.8 
65.8 
Harley 
89.2 
1.8 
9.4 
75.9 
88.1 
93.0 
4.0 
10.2 
11.9 
37.6 
47,6 
43.0 
Rye 
91.3 
1.9 
9.5 
72.1 
New  York 
Philadelphia 
Cleveland  . 
Buffalo  . . . 
Pittsburgh 
Wholesale  Prices  for  Standard  Feeding  Stuffs. 
Gluten  Feed.  Corn  Meal. 
Bran. 
24,00@24.50 
24.00(0)24.50 
23.00@24.00 
22.00@22.50 
22.00@22.50 
Middlings, 
26.00@28.50 
25.50@28.00 
25.00@27.00 
23.00@24,50 
23.00@25,00 
31.00@32.00 
31.00@32.00 
30.00@31.00 
30.00@30.50 
30.00@3X.00 
32.00@33.00 
31.00(3)32.00 
32.00@33.00 
31.00@31.50 
31.00@32.00 
Cottonseed 
Meal. 
41.00®42.00 
41.00@42.00 
39.00@41.00 
40.00@41.00 
40.00@41.00 
FOCAL  PRICES. 
Grand  Rapids.  Mich,,  corn  meal,  ton,  $31; 
middlings,  $30:  bran,  $24;  oil  meal,  $41;  gluten, 
$31;  dried  brewers'  grains,  $30. 
Granville,  N.  Y.,  wheat  bran,  ton,  $27;  wheat 
middlings,  $28:  corn  meal.  $35.50;  gluten  feed, 
$35.80;  brewers'  grains,  $32;  cottonseed  meal, 
$40:  oil  meal,  $45, 
Attleboro,  Mass.,  corn  meal,  100  lbs.,  $1.58 
and  $1.60 ;  wheat  bran,  ton.  $23.25  aud  $23.75: 
middlings,  $25  and  $29;  cottonseed  meal.  $34.75 
and  $37;  gluten  feed,  $30.48  and  $30.98;  linseed 
meal,  $30.25  and  $30.76. 
Cedal'  Springs,  Mich.,  wheat  bran,  ton.  $26; 
middlings.  $29:  gluten  feed,  No,  1.  $33:  cotton¬ 
seed  meal.  $30.50;  corn  meal,  $28;  shell  corn, 
$27;  corn  and  oats.  $29. 
Grand  Blanc.  Mich.,  bran,  ton,  $25;  mid¬ 
dlings,  $27;  corn  meal.  $34. 
Mukwonago,  Wi».,  wheat  bran,  ton,  $23:  oil 
meal,  $42:  standard  middlings,  $25.50:  white 
flour,  $30;  dried  brewers'  grain,  $29;  shorts,  $26; 
shelled  corn.  $30:  cottonseed  ineal,  $38. 
Cham  bo  mini  Tp,  Fa.,  wheat,  bo..  $1.08;  mid¬ 
dlings,  100  lbs.,  $1.50;  bran,  $1.40;  corn  meal, 
$2.00. 
Rockport,  Me,,  wheat  bran,  ton,  $30;  gluten, 
$35:  oottonseed  meal,  $40;  middlings,  $30:  corn 
meal.  $32;  oil  meal.  $42:  hominy,  $34, 
Correetionville,  Iowa.  bran,  ton,  $24;  mid¬ 
dlings,  $28  to  $30;  oil  meal,  $36.50;  gluten  meat, 
$23  to  $30;  cottonseed  inoal,  $29.50  to  $35.20. 
Clemons,  N.  Y.,  cracked  corn,  ton,  $34;  coni 
meal,  $34;  wheat  bran,  $30:  cottonseed  meal. 
100  lbs.,  $2.00:  corn  and  oat  feed,  $1.80. 
Princess  Anne,  Md.,  cottonseed  meal,  ton, 
$41;  gluten  feed,  100  lbs.,  $1.85;  middlings, 
$1.80;  wheat  bran,  $1.60;  corn  ineal,  $1.80. 
Milk-producing  Ration 
What  would  you  consider  a  good  milk- 
producing  ration  for  a  ootv  weighing  050 
pounds  and  giving  nine  quarts  of  milk 
daily,  using  flu*  following  feed?  Clover 
hay.  second  crop ;  gluten,  bran  aud  corn- 
meal.  e.  f.  s. 
Ohio. 
from  kicking.  In  drying  oft’  a  cow  is  it 
proper  to  milk  her  less  each  day  until 
her  hag  gets  very  hard  and  then  let  her 
alone  altogether?  In  about  10  or  12 
days,  by  milking  less  each  day,  a  cow 
ought  to  he  dried  off.  2.  Would  April  10 
be  the  best  time  for  pinning  apple,  pear 
and  cherry  trees  and  grapevines? 
New  York.  u.  s. 
1.  Home  cows  give  milk  nearly  up  to 
calving  time,  while  others  persist  in  go¬ 
ing  dry  three  and  four  months.  It  is 
quite  desirable  for  a  cow  to  go  dry  four 
to  six  weeks  in  order  that  slip  may  pre¬ 
pare  herself  for  calving  and  her  next  lac¬ 
tation  period.  I  should  not  attempt  any 
special  measures  to  dry  up  the  cow.  .lust 
milk  her  out  iu  the  usual  way  and  when 
she  gets  down  to  about  two  or  three 
quarts  a  day.  milk  her  only  once  a  day 
until  she  dries  oft.  I  should  not  judge 
from  your  letter  that  your  cow  could  be 
called  a  chronic  kicker,  therefore  it 
would  hardly  seem  wise  to  take  preven¬ 
tive  measures,  at  all  times,  to  prevent 
this  occasional  kick.  With  bad  kickers 
I  have  taken  a  strap  buckled  around  like 
a  (log's  collar,  doubled  lip  one  of  the  cow’s 
front  legs,  placing  the  knee  in  the  strap 
and  then  put  a  round  stick  through  be¬ 
tween  the  strap  and  the  leg.  just  in  back 
of  the  knee. 
2.  For  pruning  small  peach  trees  and 
grapevines  procure  a  pair  of  hand  prim¬ 
ers  from  any  hardware  store.  April  10  is 
apt  to  be  a  little  late  for  pruning  grape¬ 
vines  but  is  all  right  for  peach  trees. 
n.  F.  J. 
Building  Up  Run-down  Cow 
A  balanced  daily  ration  for  a  050-lb. 
cow  producing  nine  quarts  of  4.5%  milk 
daily  is  as  follows:  18  pounds  clover  hay, 
three  pounds  commeal.  two  pounds  bran, 
one  pound  gluten  feed,  one  per  cent.  salt. 
n.  f.  J. 
Feeding  for  Butter  Fat 
I  have  clover  hay,  oat  straw  and  mil¬ 
let.  We  feed  oat  straw  once  a  day  liber¬ 
ally.  and  wlmt  cows  do  not  eat  goes  un¬ 
der  them  for  bedding.  Morning  and  night 
we  give  clover  hay  and  millet,  all  they 
will  eat  clean,  or  nearly  so.  We  have 
cats  and  can  get  gluten,  wheat  bran, 
wheat  middlings,  cottonseed  meal,  corn- 
meal,  buckwheat  brail,  I  low  can  I  mix 
the  above  grains  to  get  the  most  blitter 
and  keep  the  cow  in  good  condition?  We 
feed  each  cow  one  peek  of  grain  per  day. 
These  cows  are  good  grade  Jersey. 
New  York.  i.  a. 
Will  you  give  a  good  balanced  ration 
for  a  Jersey  cow?  She  is  teu  years  old 
and  has  been  run  down.  I  would  like  to 
have  a  ration  that  would  strengthen  and 
fatten  her.  She  has  not  a  very  good  ap¬ 
petite,  I  have  been  feeding  bran,  apples, 
some  carrots  and  Alfalfa  bay.  Slie  does 
not  eat  her  bran  very  well  and  leaves  all 
the  stalks  of  the  bay.  She  only  gives  a 
pint  of  milk  a  day.  c.  s. 
Washington. 
Since  your  cow  is  run  down  and  milk¬ 
ing  only  about  a  pint  once  a  day  I  should 
let  her  go  dry  and  get  her  in  shape  for 
calving.  Feed  about  12  lbs.  of  Alfalfa 
hay  and  15  lbs.  of  roots  daily,  and  8  to  5 
lbs.  of  the  following  grain  mixture; 
1  part  hominy  or  comment. 
2  parts  gluten  feed. 
2  parts  wheat  bran. 
^4  part  linseed  oil  meal. 
1  per  cent.  salt.  ii.  v.  .r. 
A  balanced  daily  ration  for  your  cows 
using  the  feeds  you  have  on  hand  therein 
is  as  follows:  10  pounds  clover  hay,  five 
pounds  millet,  five  pounds  oat  straw,  two 
pounds  ground  oats,  two  pounds  cotton¬ 
seed  meal,  one  pound  gluten  feed,  two 
pounds  standard  middlings,  one  per  cent, 
salt. 
As  you  say.  the  amount  to  feed  de¬ 
pends  a  good  deal  oii  the  cow.  In  gen¬ 
eral  about  one  pound  to  3*4  pounds  of 
milk  will  be  the  right  amount.  One 
pound  of  the  above  grain  mixture  equals 
one  quart.  H.  F.  J, 
Drying  Off  Cow 
Hog-feeding  Problems 
Do  you  think  it  will  pay  to  buy  butter¬ 
milk  at  a  cent  a  gallon  to  feed  hogs,  and 
baking  shop  sweepings  mixed  with  sec¬ 
ond  grade  flour  at  50  cents  u  barrel?  The 
two  would  be  mixed  with  water  to  make 
a  thick  slop  (using  grain  grown  on  the 
farm).  I  shall  have  to  haul  seven  miles. 
1  am  going  to  keep  purebred  <  >,  I.  C. 
Wha t  do  you  think  of  this  breed? 
I  have  gone  in  debt  for  40  acres  of  land 
and  I  am  making  good,  so  I  for  ope  (sin¬ 
gle  man)  will  stick  to  good  old  Mother 
Earth  for  a  living.  E.  K. 
Ohio. 
1.  What  is  the  best  and  surest  way 
of  drying  off  a  milk  cow?  I  have  a  cow 
that  will  calve  early  in  May.  A  Hol¬ 
stein.  not  purebred.  I  am  feeding  at 
present  good  lmy.  corn  stalks  and  some 
rye  straw  and  Alfalfa  hay  for  roughage. 
Hhe  gets  common!,  bran,  middlings  and 
dried  brewers'  screenings  as  fine  feed ; 
also  salt  and  occasionally  some  charcoal 
mixed  with  her  fine  feed.  Hhe  gives  at 
present  a  good  flow  of  milk  and  has  given 
me  a  lot  of  trouble  for  more  than  two 
years  when  I  milk  her,  because  she  oc¬ 
casionally  strikes  out  with  her  hind  foot, 
and  has  often  fired  me  oft  the  milk  stool 
and  spilled  and  wasted  quite  a  lot  of 
milk  by  doing  this.  Hhe  strikes  forward, 
not  backward  and  it  is  only  at  certain 
times,  always  unexpectedly  and  some¬ 
times  weeks  and  months  elapse  before 
she  strikes  again.  There  is  nothing  to 
disturb  her  as  I  have  an  up-to-date  san¬ 
itary,  well-ventilated,  clean,  concrete- 
floored  cow  stable,  three  cows  in  all. 
Hhe  is  rather  a  lively  cow  outside  as  she 
jumps  and  is  full  of  frolic.  I  tried  my 
best  to  break  her  but  do  not  exactly 
know  how.  A  neighbor  told  me  to  take 
a  strap  at  milking  times  and  quickly  tie 
it  around  her  two  hind  legs  above  the 
knees.  Perhaps  you  know  of  some  good 
device  or  method  to  break  such  a  cow 
Buttermilk  at  one  cent  per  gallon 
would  be  an  excellent  as  well  as  eco¬ 
nomical  source  of  food  for  swine.  It  is 
assumed,  of  course,  that  this  has  not 
been  materially  reduced  by  the  addition 
of  water,  which  would  greatly  reduce  its 
value.  Concerning  refuse  from  a  bakery 
shop,  it  is  found  that  this  material  va¬ 
ries  considerably  in  its  composition,  but 
at  50  cents  a  barrel,  assuming  that  the 
barrel  would  weigh  150  pounds,  it  would 
be  a  cheap  sou  ice  of  feed.  The  follow¬ 
ing  mixture  would  be  well  adapted  for 
list'  iu  feeding  animals  intended  for  fat¬ 
tening:  1.000  pounds  buttermilk.  200 
pounds  bakery  sweepings,  200  pounds 
corn.  25  pounds  digester  tankage. 
It  is  believed  that  five  pounds  of  but¬ 
termilk  can  best  be  fed  with  one  pound 
of  grain  mixture,  and  if  the  material  is 
plentiful  it  might  be  well  to  increase 
slightly  the  amount  suggested.  This 
should  be  fed  in  the  form  of  a  thick  slop, 
and  iu  such  quantities  as  the  animals 
will  clean  up  with  relish  twice  daily.  It 
would  be  rather  expensive  to  haul  this 
material  seven  miles  if  there  was  no 
other  reason  for  making  the*  trip. 
As  to  the  O.  I.  C.  breed  of  swine  it  is 
common  judgment  that  any  of  the  fat 
breeds  of  swine  iu  approved  form  and 
type  are  economical  units  for  converting 
