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Apple  Pomace  for  Dairy  Cows 
What  value  has  apple  pomace  for  dairy 
cows,  and  if  any.  in  what  quantities 
should  it  be  fed?  I  have  no  silo.  Corn 
was  a  total  failure  this  year,  hence  no 
corn  fodder  My  cows  have  only  hay  and 
grain,  and  grain  is  high.  There  is  pom¬ 
ace  in  quantities  made  daily  nearhv  free 
for  hauling  Is  it  worth  using? 
Holland.  N.  Y.  F.  M.  s. 
Henry  gives  the  following  comparison 
between  well  matured  corn  silage  and 
apple  pomace : 
pounds  in  100. 
Protein  Carbohydrates  Fat 
Corn  silage  ...  1.1  15  0.7 
Apple  pomace.  0.9  15  0.6 
Thus  the  silage  contains  a  little  more 
food  value  than  the  pomace.  Many  of 
our  readers  report  feeding  the  pomace 
with  good  results — calling  100  pounds  of 
it  about  eight  pounds  of  good  silage.  Of 
course  many  samples  of  silage  are  not  as 
good  as  average  pomace.  About  30 
pounds  a  day  would  make  a  fair  ration 
for  medium-sized  cows.  Some  farmers 
buy  the  pomace  and  pack  it  in  silos  or 
pits.  We  believe  the  time  is  coming  when 
all  such  material  will  be  saved  for  feed¬ 
ing — cither  in  bulky  form  or  dried  like 
beet  pulp. 
Waste  Beans  for  Stock 
T  can  buy  a  lot  of  mixed  beans,  all 
colors  and  sizes;  they  are  in  good  con¬ 
dition.  What  are  they  worth  for  feed? 
Are  they  worth  as  much  as  corn?  They 
are  clean  and  not  wormy;  look  to  me  as 
though  they  were  seedsman’s  old  stock 
all  mixed  up  together.  A.  p. 
New  Jersey. 
The  value  of  beans  for  feeding  pur¬ 
poses  depends  to  a  great,  extent,  upon 
how  they  are  used,  aud  to  what  kind  of 
stock  they  are  fed.  Very  few  scientific 
experiments  have  been  carried  on  in  this 
country  for  the  purpose  of  determining 
the  feeding  value  of  beans  for  the  reason 
that  tiiey  are  usually  worth  more  for  hu¬ 
man  food  than  for  feed  for  live  stock, 
only  the  damaged  product  can  be  sold 
at  a  price  which  will  admit  of  its  being 
fed  to  livestock.  The  analyses  of  beaus 
show  that  they  are  rich  in  protein,  and 
under  average  conditions  they  are  prob¬ 
ably  worth  about  the  same  as  corn.  As 
a  rule  they  are  fed  unground  to  horses 
and  sheep,  but  are  ground  for  cattle  and 
usually  cooked  for  swine  and  poultry. 
Beans  have  not  been  fed  extensively  to 
horses,  hut  sheep  are  very  fond  of  them 
and  they  make  an  excellent  supplement 
to  a  hay  and  grain  ration  when  fed  in 
moderate  quantities.  At,  the  Michigan 
Experiment  Station  it  was  found  that 
beans  and  corn  produced  50%  more  gain 
when  fed  to  growing  pigs  than  beans 
alone.  In  purchasing  damaged  beans 
care  should  he  taken  that,  they  have  nev¬ 
er  heated  enough  to  form  mold,  as  tins 
is  very  harmful  to  all  kinds  of  stock. 
Forty  to  forty-five  dollars  per  ton  for  the 
beans  yon  mention  would  probably  be  a 
reasonable  price.  c.  a.  o. 
Ground  Grain  for  Horses  and  Mules 
What,  is  your  opinion  of  this  grain 
mixture?  I  have  18  head  horses  and 
mules.  I  plan  using  four  bushels  oats, 
two  bushels  shelled  corn  and  two  bushels 
rye  ground  together  for  feed.  How  is 
that  for  proportions  of  each?  a.  k. 
Pennsylvania. 
Tf  you  could  sell  your  rye  at  market 
prices  which  in  this  locality  run  from 
.$1  to  $1.25  a  bushel,  I  should  say  it  was 
too  expensive  a  feed  for  horses.  If  you 
continue  to  feed  rye,  the  proportion  in 
which  you  are  now  mixing  your  feeds  is 
a  very  satisfactory  one.  H.  F.  J. 
Grain  With  High  Protein  Roughage 
Heretofore  I  have  had  fair  silage,  hay 
without  any  clover,  being  partly  oat  hay 
and  millet  aud  a  small  amount  of  corn¬ 
stalks.  This  I  supplemented  with  a  mix¬ 
ture  of  gluten,  brewers'  grains  (dry), 
hominy,  bran,  middlings,  and  a  little  oil- 
meal — also  at.  times  a  very  little  cotton¬ 
seed  meal.  But  this  year  my  hay  is  at 
least  two-thirds  clover,  put  in  in  line  con¬ 
dition  :  my  silage  is  tip-top.  and  I  have 
enough  rye  on  hand  to  feed  one  part  in 
five  to  the  cows  all  Winter.  Consider¬ 
ing  these  things  and  the  fact  that  there 
are  marked  differences  in  prices  of  differ¬ 
ent  feeds  this  year  from  Inst,  I  face  a 
new  problem  in  feeding.  Present  prices 
arc:  hominy  $40;  gluten  $35;  Hour  mid¬ 
dlings  $40  and  brewers'  grains  $28. 
With  the  good  quality  of  roughage  I  have 
this  year  I  believe  I  do  not  need  a  high 
protein  ration,  but  since  brewers’  grains 
are  cheaper  than  the  low  protein  feeds, 
it  seems  to  me  that  it  would  he  more 
economical  for  me  to  feed  one  pound  of 
rye  to  four  of  brewers’  grains,  but  T  am 
wondering  if  there  is  any  harm  in  feed¬ 
ing  the  cows  protein  so  much  in  excess 
of  their  needs,  and  also  if  it  is  well  for 
tho  cows  to  get  so  much  of  one  kind  of 
grain.  Also,  if  I  do  feed  large  amounts 
of  brewers’  grains,  would  I  better  soak 
it  and  feed  it  wet  and  fepd  the  ground 
rye  separately  dry?  Always  before  I 
have  fed  the  brewers’  grains  dry,  mixed 
with  the  other  graius.  A.  tc. 
New  York. 
You  were  right  in  your  supposition 
that  you  do  not  need  a  strictly  high  pro¬ 
tein  grain  ration  with  your  good  quality 
of  hay.  I  have  figured  a  ration  as  fol¬ 
lows:  Thirty  pounds  corn  silage  and  12 
pounds  hay  daily  together  with  one 
Pound  of  grain  to  3%  pounds  milk  from 
the  following  mixture,  one  part  ground 
rye,  two  parts  dried  brewers’  grains,  one 
part  gluten  feed,  one  part  middlings, 
'fine  brewers’  grains  should  be  mixed  in 
with  the  other  grains  in  the  usual  way. 
_ _  II.  F.  J. 
Feeding  Veal  Calves 
We  are  operating  a  dairy  of  30  head, 
mostly  Ilolsteins.  We  separate  our  milk 
and  make  butter,  feed  the  skim-milk  to 
veal  calves  and  buy  a  large  number  of 
veal  calves  from  our  neighbors,  as  we 
are  right  in  a  large  dairying  section  and 
have  access  to  a  good  many  calves.  We 
have  Alfalfa  and  Timothy  hay  and  have 
plenty  of  skim-milk.  We  have  read  a 
good  many  formulas  for  feeding  veal 
calves,  but  they  are  somewhat  confusing, 
and  we  would  like  yon  to  give  us  your 
idea  on  this  subject  and  the  beat  way  to 
get  these  calves  to  market  in  the  quick¬ 
est  and  cheapest  way.  At  the  present 
time,  we  are  feeding  about  3ft.  We  can 
afford  to  buy  the  grain,  and  what  we 
want  is  to  know  what  to  buy  that  will 
produce  the  best  Tesults.  We  expect  the 
Alfalfa  to  take  the  place  of  bran,  and  at 
(he  present  time,  we  are  feeding  a  mix¬ 
ture  of  10ft  pounds  cornmeal,  lftft  pounds 
ground  oats,  50  pounds  oilmeal  and  all 
the  Alfalfa  the  calves  will  eat,  plus  from 
two  to  three  quarts  skim-milk  fed  three 
times  a  day.  E.  L.  a. 
New  York. 
Your  present  method  of  feeding  calves 
is  an  excellent  one.  With  Alfalfa  hay  I 
do  not  think  you  can  improve  on  the 
grain  ration  you  are  using  unless  pos¬ 
sibly  you  might  add  another  10ft  pounds 
of  cornmeal  to  it  if  you  do  not  feel  the 
calves  are  making  the  gains  they  should. 
_  H.  F.  j. 
Grain  Before  Calving ;  Renewing  Old 
Pasture 
l._  What  is  the  usual  practice  in  the 
feeding  of  cows  in  their  dry  period  pre¬ 
vious  to  calving?  I  have  been  told  that 
it  was  not  considered  safe  to  grain  cows 
previous  to  calving,  or  it  would  be  like¬ 
ly  to  produce  a  milk  fever,  but  it  seems 
to  me  that  if  you  are  to  have  a  full  flow 
of  milk  right  at  the  beginning,  as  much 
care  would  have  to  he  given  to  feeding 
before  calving  as  after.  2.  I  would  like 
to  know  if  an  old  pasture  which  is  pret¬ 
ty  well  worn  out  can  he  top-seeded  satis- 
foctorily.  What  is  the  best  time  of  year 
and  also  what  would  be  a  good  mixture? 
On  account  of  the  character  of  the  land, 
its  location,  etc.,  it  is  not  possible  to 
plow  and  re-seed  this  pasture  even  if  it 
would  be  the  thing  to  do.  F.  n.  c. 
Connecticut. 
1.  Cows  should  be  grained  to  a  cer¬ 
tain  extent  during  their  dry  period  to 
lit  them  properly  for  doing  well  when 
they  freshen.  One  needs  to  watch  the 
cows  during  this  period  aud  let  their 
condition  be  a  guide  as  to  the  amount  of 
grain  fed.  A  good  grain  ration  is  one 
part  hominy  or  cornmeal,  two  parts  glu¬ 
ten  feed,  one  part  wheat  bran,  one  part 
dried  brewers’  grains  and  one  part  oil 
meal.  In  general  feed  three  to  five 
pounds  grain  daily  nearly  up  to  time  of 
calving. 
2.  If  you  are  to  sow  grass  seed  onto 
your  run-down  pnsture,  the  soil  should 
be  loosened  in  some  way.  If  possible  use 
spike-tooth  or  disk  harrow,  then  lime 
and  use  some  commercial  fertilizer.  In 
the  early  Spring  sow  on  a  mixture  of 
Timothy  eight  pounds,  Red-top  four 
niiinds,  Kentucky  Blue  grass  six  pounds, 
ted  clover  four  lbs.,  Alsike  clover  two 
pounds.  _  ii.  F.  J. 
Dairy  Ration 
Will  you  give  balanced  ration  for 
dairy  cows?  The  cows  are  giving  ap¬ 
proximately  4%  milk.  I  have  plenty  of 
clover  and  Timothy,  mixed  hay  and  oats, 
and  can  get  silage  from  a  canning  fac¬ 
tory  for  $1  per  ton.  I  can  got  sweet  corn 
cob  and  husk  silage  for  about  a  month 
and  then  peavinc  silage  afterwards.  I 
also  wish  a  ration  for  growing  heifers. 
New  York.  G.  M. 
Feed  your  cows  about  30  pounds  sil¬ 
age  anil  1ft  pounds  mixed  hay  daily  and  a 
pound  of  grain  to  3%  pounds  of  milk 
produced  daily  from  the  following  mix¬ 
ture:  Two  parts  gluten  feed,  one  part 
dried  brewers’  or  distillers’  grains,  1^ 
parts  cottonseed  meal,  one  part  linseed 
oil  meal,  one-half  part  wheat  bran.  Add 
1%  coarse  fine  salt  to  ration. 
For  your  heifers  feed  wlmt  silage  and 
hay  they  will  clean  up  and  two  to  five 
pounds,  depending  on  age,  of  grain  daily. 
A  good  ration  is  one  part  hominy  or 
cornmeal,  two  parts  gluten,  one  part 
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