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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 7, 1022 
(Compiled from U. S. Government statistics) 
Look at this diagram! 
It shows just how profitable the production of butter 
or butter-fat has been since 1914, and that it pays just 
as big today as ever. 
The top line of the black area shows the price of 
butter, while the bottom line shows the cost of feed 
required to produce a pound of butter. The thickness 
of the black area then shows the spread between cost 
of feed and price of butter — or the net profit. For 
example, near the end of 1921, feed to produce a pound 
of butter cost 16.9 cents; butter sold for 45.7, leaving 
a difference of 28.8 cents per pound, or 1~0 ( < profit. 
De Laval Cream Separators have helped more than 
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quality, saving time, and saving skim-milk, in the best 
condition for feeding. 
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Any good mechanical milker will save time, work and money 
on any farm. Does the average milking in one-third the time 
required hy hand—increases milk yield and ia better for the cows. To 
get best results with any milker, see that it ia equipped with a 
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weeks on udders and flanks. This keeps the 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Dairy Ration 
Would you give mo feeding ration to 
be fed with ground oats, cobmcal. and 
cornstalks, to make a balanced milk ra¬ 
tion? S. R. A. 
Rooky Uill, N. J. 
Where you have ground oats, corn and 
cohmeal, as home-grown concentrates, and 
where you intend to use cornstalks for 
roughage, f would suggest the following 
shovel mixture: •"■Oil lbs. corn and cob- 
meal, 200 lbs. ground oats, 200 lbs. bran. 
150 lbs, gluten. 100 lbs. oilmen], 50 lbs. 
cottonseed meal. I should use the 1”. per 
cent grade of cottonseed meal, and make 
sure llu.t I lie oil meal does* not contain any 
ground screenings. Feed 1 lb. of (his 
mixture for each 2*6 Ihs. milk produced 
per cow per day. making sure that the 
cows have free access to salt, in lieu of 
which 1 should add to llic grain ration 
114 •id' cent of salt. You would receive 
better results if you provided some moist¬ 
ened heel pulp for succulence, and in ease 
you purchased soup Alfalfa or clover hay 
to provide, in part, the roughage necessary 
to satisfy all the demands of your dairy 
cow s. 
Dairy Ration with Mangels 
Will you give mo ration for Holstein 
cows? I have mangels. Alfalfa hay. bran, 
hominy, beer grains and silage. 
( Chester, N. ,T. e, r.. k. 
Usually in feeding dairy cows il is safe 
to assume that they will consume 1 lb. 
of liav an I 3 lbs. pf silage daily for oaeli 
100 lbs. live weight. Furthermore, it is 
safe to use as a guide the factor (hat ap¬ 
portions I lb. of grain per day for each 
o*4 lbs. of milk produced per animal per 
day ; or. to he more exact, one should feed 
as many pounds of grain per day as the 
animal produces in pounds of butterfaf iu 
a week. Since you have mangels and si¬ 
lage. I should feed some of both each day; 
let us say. 30 lbs. of silage and 10 Ihs. of 
mangels for a 1200-lb. cow-, and iu ad¬ 
dition. allow her all of the Alfalfa hay 
tlml she will clean up during the middle 
of tlie day. It is doubtful whether il is 
possible for you to obtain genuine brewery 
grains under existing conditions of man- 
nfai-lnrc. Rather, it is probable that so- 
called brewery grains are nothing but 
yeast or vinegar grains, which means that 
they arc low in prolein, high in filler, and, 
Consequently, low in total digestible nutri¬ 
ents. 5 nii have failed to suggest the use 
of any protein concentrate, and it is next 
to impossible to compound any satisfac¬ 
tory ration using only bran or hominy. 
I would suggest the use of gluten feed or 
cottonseed meal, aid submit the following 
proportions of such materials: Bran, 250 
tbs.: hominy. -hit, lbs.; gluten feed, 250 
tbs.: qilmeal. 10(1 lbs. 
Beet Pulp in Dairy Ration 
T am feeding five cows this Winter. 1 
have no silo, and have corn fodder and 
cow pea hay for roughage. I am feeding 
a mixture of (>00 lbs. corn in cal. 500 lbs. 
ground oats. 300 lbs. wheat bran. M00 lbs. 
"Iillen feed. 200 lbs. cottonseed meal, 100 
lbs. oilmeal. old process, Gould I improve 
m.v mixture by adding some beet pulp? 
if so. advise me ln>w to feed it, 
Maryland. w. r. c. 
You could improve the foregoing ration 
intended for rows in milk by providing 
moistened beet pulp as a succulent feed. 
The grain ration in itself is a very good 
one, provided you would add 1*4 or 2 
per cent of salt to the combination. The 
beet pulp should he moistened for 12 
hours previous to being fed. and the 
moistened pulp should be given in accord¬ 
ance with the daily production of your 
animals, ordinarily from 15 to 25 lbs. per 
cow per day, which means from M to 5 
lbs, of the dried pulp. It should be fed 
in two dual feedings, morn'ug and even 
ing. and may lie mixed with the dry 
grain at feeding time. Do not wet or 
soak the grain that you are feeding; rath¬ 
er feed it dry. Rive the cows all of the 
roughage Ilia! they will consume, and al¬ 
low approximately 100 lbs. of grain for 
each 1150 lbs. of milk produced per day. 
Let Hie cow’s have all of the corn fodder 
that they will pick over, and if you 
have an abundance of the cow pea hay 
let them have as much of this as they mm 
consume without undue laxaliveness. If 
'heir voiding# imve a characteristic and 
peculiar odor it is evidence tliftt they are 
being fed excessively on protein feeds. 
Ration with Pea Hay 
Will you give me a good grain ration 
to be used with pea hay for Jersey cows 
giving about five per cent milk? Would 
vou ndvi e feeding pea hnv nr fodder to 
Cow to he fresh in a month, and what 
grain? E. N. H. 
Oharlotteville. A r a. 
1 presume that you refer to Canada 
field pen hay. in which instance it can he 
safely fed cither to cows in milk or to 
dry cows. A satisfactory ration for the 
dry cows would result from utilizing equal 
parts of common!, ground oats, wheat 
bran, and linseed meal. This should be 
fed generously in order to enable the cows 
to gain iu vigor aud condition during their 
rest period. Fop the cow in milk I would 
allow nil of Hie pea hay and corn fodder 
that she would clean up with relish twice 
daily, and in addition. f«ed 1 lb. daily of 
the following grain ration for each 3 lbs. 
of milk produced ; 35 lbs. cornmeal. 80 
lbs. bran. 25 Ihs. cottonseed meal, 10 lbs. 
ground oats. 
Bull in Poor Condition 
Would you give the proper ration for 
bull? ,\i present he has a dry, rather hard 
skin, which makes him ruh. What can 
I do to Improve him? I have been feed¬ 
ing him niHmr heavily of corn fodder, also 
nhmil 3 qts, of provender and bran mixed 
per day. Would you advise giving any 
medicine, such as sulphur? E. c. 
South Royalton, Vt, 
A suitable ration for a bull would re¬ 
sult from combining equal parts of ground 
corn and common], oats, wheat bran, and 
oilmeal. Feed a bull weighing 1.000 Ihs 
about 7 lbs. of this mixture per day. In 
addition, allow him a reasonable amount 
of roughage, such as corn fodder or Tim¬ 
othy hay, While 25 per cent of oilmeal 
is rather a generous allowance. 1 have 
suggested this amount owing to the fact 
that the bull's skin is harsh and stilt', and 
this ingredient will most likely improve 
Ibis condition. Make sure that the bull 
does not hav > “cooties." in which case it 
would be well to go over the coat with 
a mixture made up of seven parts of raw 
linseed oil and three parts of gasoline. I 
do not believe it is necessary to provide 
any tonics, for the ration suggested is 
complete and satisfactory, and ought to 
improve the condition you have described. 
Feeding Dry Cow 
Will you give me a grain mixture to be 
fed a Holstein cow during the dry period? 
I can buy cornmeal, "round oats, while 
middlings, wheat bran, gluten, cottonseed 
meal, etc. Am feeding corn fodder aud 
mixed bay for roughage, w. k. k. 
Ransomville. N. Y. 
Since it is necessary to encourage dry 
cows to put on a generous amount of 
ilcsli in order that they may approach the 
calving period in high condition, I would 
suggest that this animal be fed a ration 
consisting of equal parts of corn meal, 
'•round oats, oilmeal. and wheat bran. 
Feed a Holstein cow weighing 1.2(H) lbs. 
from N lbs. to 12 lbs. of this mixture per 
day. and iu addition, urge her to eal all 
of lh>‘ mixed liny and corn fodder that 
she will clean up with relish Do not he 
alarmed if this cow fed in lliis way puts 
on a liberal amount of flesh, for this is 
necessary if it is desired that she yield the 
maximum amount of milk during her 
forthcoming lactation period. If you 
could provide some c*over or Alfalfa hay 
in order to make sure that the minerals 
were provided in abundance, it would in¬ 
sure a stronger calf and a more persistent 
yield of milk during the lactation period. 
Ration for Freshening Heifer 
I have n young purebred Jersey heifer 
that is coming fresh in January. She has 
been in pasture all Summer, and 1 should 
like to know what to feed her from now 
on until she comes in. What do you con¬ 
sider a good balanced ration after she 
comes fresh ? c. r,. 
North Germantown, N. Y. 
T am assuming that your heifer is well 
grown, and that she is carrying a reason¬ 
able amocul of (lesli. I should use a ra¬ 
tion eoiisUHng of 30 lbs. cornmeal. 30 
lbs. ground oats, 30 lbs. bran. 20 lbs. nit- 
meal. 10 lbs. gluten feed, 114 lbs. salt. 
Of tliis mixture, I should feed from 7 lbs. 
to 10 lbs. daily, and in addition, let her 
have all of the Alfalfa or clover hay 
that she will consume. Any surplus flesh 
dial may be formed during this period 
previous in gestation will be promptly 
eonvci (nil into milk after the heifer fresh¬ 
ens and gels her regular stride as a pro¬ 
ducer of milk. Reduce the amount of 
grain supplied daily ns calving time ap¬ 
proaches. l imit the grain ration ro oats 
and bran the week following parturition. 
In case the udder does not become in¬ 
flamed or feverish, the grain ration can 
be gradually increased and the heifer 
placed op the following grain ration about 
two weeks after calving: ('oimmcal. 85 
lbs.: wheat bran. 25 lbs.; gluten feed, 
20 lbs.; oilmeal. 12 lbs.: wheal middlings. 
8 lbs : salt, 1 *{. lbs. Feed 1 lb of this 
grain ration for each 3H> lbs. of milk pro¬ 
duced per day. and iu addition provide 
•1 lbs, of dried bed pulp to be fed in two 
equal portions morning and night, aud 
mixed with the other ration after it has 
been saturated with water for 12 hours. 
This will provide succulence, will increase 
the pnlutnbiUty of the mixture, and make 
it safe for yon In feed a generous grain 
ration. Continue the use of Alfalfa or 
clover liny, for the value of the grain 
ration is determined by the quality of the 
roughage used. Keep salt before the heifer 
at all times, 
“So your chief symptoms are a high 
fever and constant thirst." “Yes. doc¬ 
tor: but if you’ll cure the fever T’ll take 
care of the thirst.”—'Boston Transcript. 
