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September  30,  1910. 
Live  Stock  and  Daily 
Changing  to  Beef  Cattle 
About  years  ago  T  bought  »  thick, 
smooth,  low-set  Angus  bull  of  the  ex¬ 
trema  beef  type  for  use  on  a  herd  of 
about  30  grade  cows  kept  on  our  (lien- 
wood  Farm,  Addison.  Mich.  These  cows 
were  the  milking  strain  of  Shorthorns  ami 
grade  ITolsteins.  Half  of  the  herd  was 
milked  ami  the  product  sold  at  the  local 
cheese  factory  ;  the  other  13  cows  suckled 
two  calves  each,  all  of  which  were  nat¬ 
urally  hornless  and  95  per  cent,  of  them 
were  black  in  color.  Both  steers  and 
heifers  were  fattened  for  beef  and 
brought  prices  near  the  top  of  the  East 
Buffalo  market.  Cows  were  purchased 
from  neighboring  farms  ns  needed  for  the 
herd.  This  practice  is  still  being  con- 
twioe  a  day.  What  is  die  best  grain  and 
how  much  shall  I  feed  to  calves  I  am 
raising  after  I  put  them  in  the  barn  this 
Fall?  They  are  March  calves  and  1  am 
feeding  calf:  meal  and  water.  They  have 
a  line  pasture  with  spring  water. 
Watertown,  N.  Y,  j.  it.  y. 
For  your  herd  ration  for  first  part  of 
Winter,  I  have  figured  20  lbs.  silage  and 
IS  lbs.  liny  daily,  together  with  1  1b.  of 
grain  to  about  4  lbs.  of  milk.  Following 
grain  mixture  balances  your  roughage:  3 
parts  dried  distillers'  grains,  l1/?.  parts 
hominy  or  cornmeai,  1  part  bran,  1  part 
gluten,  and  1  part  oil  meal.  Add  1% 
coarse  line  salt  to  grain  mixture.  Later 
when  you  wish  to  feed  more  silage,  make 
Hie  silage  10  lbs.  and  1  lie  hay  10  lbs. 
daily.  Feed  same  grain  ration,  except 
add  1  part  cottonseed  meal  to  it  to  take 
the  place  of  protein  formerly  supplied  in 
hay. 
For  your  calves,  a  ration  of  one  part 
A  Yoke  of  Cattle  on  a  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Farm.  Fig.  520 
tinned  on  three  adjoining  farms  belonging 
to  different  members  of  the  family.  We 
are  also  breeding  purebred  Angus  cattle, 
and  have  supplied  a  number  of  neighbor¬ 
ing  farms  with  Angus  sires,  and  the  prac¬ 
tice  is  now  quite  general  in  the  com¬ 
munity. 
One  of  uiy  brothers  formerly  kept  a 
Holstein  sire,  which  was  used  on  the  best 
milking  cows  in  the  herd,  Hie  heifer 
calves  being  saved  for  cows.  We  now 
find  that  we  can  buy  a  fair  class  of 
milking  cows  and  heifers  in  the  comm  un¬ 
ity  for  considerably  less  money  than  we 
can  get  from  the  black  calves  out.  of  the 
Angus  bull.  For  example,  m.v  brother. 
Geo.  15.  Smith,  sold  a  few  of  these  black 
cattle  to  a  local  feeder  at  Sc.  per  pound 
and  they  averaged  .$70  per  head.  Hol¬ 
stein  heifers  of  the  same  age  were  bought 
at  that  time  for  prices  ranging  from  $10 
to  $50  per  head.  Another  brother  sold 
last  Spring,  a  carload  of  black  yearlings — 
heifers  and  steers — at  $s.90  per  hundred 
on  the  Buffalo  market,  the  entire  load 
bringing  $1.S00.  These  were  all  out  of 
grade  Holstein  cows.  We  like  the  plan 
very  much  and  it  could  he  recommended 
strongly  for  conditions  as  they  exist  in 
Southern  Michigan,  and  there  is  no  doubt 
that  this  would  prove  equally  true  in  the 
Eastern  States.  F.  B.  smith. 
Feeding 
Can  you  give  me  a  grain  ration  for 
feeding  12  cows  to  get  an  ordinary  flow 
of  milk?  Roughage  consists  of  hay  and 
cornstalks,  A.  II.  * 
White  Plains,  X.  Y. 
Since  the  roughage  which  you  have  on 
hand  is  lacking  iu  protein  feeds,  the 
grain  ration  must  necessarily  contain 
feeds  which  are  high  iu  protein  in  order 
to  get  the  ration  to  balance.  Feed  10 
lbs.  of  cornstalks  and  10  lbs.  of  hay 
daily.  Make  a  grain  mixture  as  follows: 
200  lbs.  col  Ion  seed  meal,  150  lbs.  dried 
distillers’  or  brewers’  grains,  100  lbs, 
linseed  oil  meal,  100  lbs.  gluten  feed,  and 
100  lbs.  of  bran.  Add  I'/i  stilt  to  mix¬ 
ture.  Feed  tit  the  rate  of  about.  1  lb. 
of  grain  for  each  ■ !  lbs.  milk  produced 
daily.  “  n.  r.  j. 
Ration  for  Holsteins 
AYill  you  balance  me  a  grain  ration  for 
good-sized  Holstein  cows  for  tliis  Win¬ 
ter?  My  hay  is  about  one-third  Alfalfa. 
The  siiage  corn  is  a  good  growth  with 
lots  of  ears,  but  the  ears  will  not:  he 
matured  very  well  on  account  of  a  poor 
season.  1  can  get  brewers’  grain  from 
corn  and  from  barley.  The  barley  is  a 
little  cheaper,  I  can  get  almost  any  of 
the  other  feeds  here  that  I  want.  I  would 
like  to  feed  hay  twice  a  day  and  silage 
once  a  day  during  tin*  early  Winter,  and 
later  when  most  of  the  cows  freshen  I 
*  r  '  to  feed  hay  once  a  d  iv  and  jiilu'W 
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on  the  outside  of  your 
feed  bag  and  you’ll  find 
this 
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on  the  inside. 
UNION 
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Safe  m  Carefully,  scientifically  blended  to  se¬ 
ll  _  §1  cure  greatest  milk  production  and  at 
I  Always  the  Same  the  same  time  maintain  the  cow  in  good 
ft  s  condition.  Insist  on  your  dealer  giving 
you  the  original  UNION  GRAINS. 
l-irj'ri'r"  to  Dairymen  Booklet  on  “  Economical  Feeding”.  14  tells  how 
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JlliMiiiMiMniMtiliiilMiiniiiimiiMMiimiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiie 
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(•mimical,  one  part  wheat  bran,  and  one- 
half  part  ground  oats  is  good.  Feed 
what  they  will  clean  up  readily,  probably 
1  to  2  lbs.  daily.  ir.  f.  j. 
Ration  for  Cows  and  Pigs 
1.  Will  you  give  a  good  balanced  ra¬ 
tion  for  grade  cows,  weight  about  1009 
lbs.?  Have  fair  pasture  and  hay.  can 
get  all  feeds  but  beet  pulp.  T  want  a 
better  flow  of  milk.  2.  Will  you  give  a 
good  economical  ration  for  growing  pigs 
that  weigh  around  1 2b  lbs.,  also  ration 
for  pigs  four  weeks  old?  g.  ii.  m. 
Branchport,  X.  Y. 
1.  A  ration  that  will  give  good  results 
on  pasture  ami  lmy  is  made  up  of  100 
lbs.  dried  distillers’  grains,  200  lbs.  mid¬ 
dlings,  100  lbs.  gluten.  150  lbs.  bran,  50 
lbs.  cottonseed,  and  1%  salt.  As  (la* 
pasture  gets  short,  you  will  need  to  feed 
this  at.  a  rate  of  about  1  Ih.  of  grain  to 
2  quarts  of  milk  produced  daily. 
2.  A  grain  ration  for  your  suckling 
pigs  could  he  made  up  of  00  parts  corn- 
meal,  25  parts  wheat  middlings,  and  15 
parts  tankage;  salt  at  free  will.  For 
your  shot  os  the  corn  may  he  increased 
to  75  parts,  middlings  reduced  to  15 
parts  and  tankage  to  30  parts. 
ir.  f.  j. 
Feed  Dealers  and  Dairymen 
( Continued  from  page  1259.) 
Refining  Company.  And  they,  too,  turned 
him  down,  so  he  took  it  upon  himself  to 
present  the  matter  to  the  Wicks  com¬ 
mittee.'' 
“GttA.Ni)  r.Aitn  .w,”  Says  .Tronic  Waiid. 
— There  was  another  letter  which  Judge 
Ward  read  at  this  session,  which  indi¬ 
cated  that  jui  attempt  bad  been  made  to 
divert  a  car  of  feed-  which  had  been 
shipped  to  a  farmer.  Regarding  this 
Judge  Ward  remarked  significantly,  “I 
don’t  hdieve  all  the  grain  dealers  in  the 
State  approve  of  grand  larceny,  for  that 
is  wlmt  it  is."  Take  it  Jill  in  all,  the 
Wicks  committee  has  turned  up  some 
pretty  interesting  material,  showing  how 
the  farmer  gets  it  going  and  coming:  He 
cannot  buy  feed  at.  wholesale  and  lie  can¬ 
not  sell  milk  at  retail  ;  combinations  at. 
each  end  or  the  route  squeeze  the  last 
drop  the  traffic  will  stand  and  leave  the 
farmer  without  even  hired  man's  wages. 
Of  course,  if  tie*  farmers  desire  that  sort 
of  thing  to  keep  up,  that’s  their  privilege. 
But  if  they  are  after  a  square  deal  and  a 
little  more  money  for  their  work,  they 
will  get  hack  of  the  Dairymen's  League 
and  got  their  milk  into  the  hands  of  the 
Stati*  Department  of  Foods  and  Markets. 
There  is  no  selling  agent  that  could  do 
much  worse  for  them  than  the  present 
ones.  They  certainly  are  not  making 
money  under  the  present  arrangement. 
Thousands  of  them  are  enrolling  in  the 
League  add  new  local  unions  are  being 
formed  right  along  every  day  now.  Xot 
in  years  has  there  been  a  movement  in 
this  section  of  the  State  which  farmers 
have  gone  into  so  unanimously  and  so 
enthusiastically  as  they  have  this  milk 
reform  business.  The  next  week  or  two 
will  tell  the  story  of  the  result. 
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