The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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tively high percentages of fiber, ami 
oftentimes contain such undesirable prod¬ 
ucts as oat hulls aud'Other roughage ma¬ 
terials that are expensive sources of di¬ 
gestible nutrients. It is •impossible for 
a manufacturer to use any low-grade 
materials in a 24 per cent protein feed, 
and for this reason you «are amply safe¬ 
guarded when a selection of this character 
is made. Usually you can buy corn and 
oats locally advantageously, and at -the 
present time cottonseed meal •and oilmeal 
are relatively ‘high. 
If you have a first-class roughage, such 
as clover or Alfalfa hay, you can get 
along without either silage •or beet pulp; 
but, of course, your production would not 
be as great; neither would it *be as eco¬ 
nomical. Millet is not a very good rough- 
age for use in feeding milk cows. I 
should prefer nicely cured corn fodder 
to this material. 
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The father of 
modern labor- 
saving barn 
and hog-house 
equipment. 
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Various Feeding Questions 
I have "been feeding sheaf oats three 
times a day. grain 1 lb. to 3 lbs, of milk, 
mixed as follows : 200 lbs. eobmeal 100 lbs. 
bran, 100 lbs. nil meal. 100 lbs. gluten. 100 
lbs. cottonseed, 20 per cent. I feed 40 
lbs. silage per day with sheaf oats, and 
corn fodder at noon until same is all used. 
Then I shall Use hay at noon, not 
of best quality, for dry cows and year¬ 
lings; am now using same roughage and 
grain mixture, equal (parts cob meal, 
bran, ground oats, oilmeal, feeding •’> lbs. 
per day. .Would you include dried beet 
pulp in. the ration? I Lave always used 
it with excellent results. \v. 0. 
New York. 
If you have an abundance of silage, you 
do not need beet, pulp for your dairy herd. 
If fed. it is best moistened for 12 hours 
previous to being fed, and used in con¬ 
junction with the grain or silage. I 
should add 100 lbs. of brau and 150 lbs. 
of brewers' grains to the combination you 
are now using for cows in milk. I should 
use 42 per cent cottonseed meal instead 
of 30 per cent. 
For the dry cows your mixture is an 
excellent one. but I should feed more than 
0 lbs. to a 1.000-lb. cow of Holstein breed. 
I believe it is cheaper to put on gains 
during the dry period than during any 
stage of*the lactation period. One might 
think that this is a waste of feed, but 
such is not the case. 
Unless you have an abundance of si¬ 
lage, I should not feed it extensively to 
the dry cows, for 1 believe that an excess 
of silage during the rest period has sev¬ 
eral disadvantages. Feed the milk cows 
all of the silage that they will clean up 
with relish twice daily, aud if you could 
get some better roughage, much would be 
gained. Two per cent of salt is desirable 
in both rations. 
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A Practical Ration 
I have been much interested iu the ra¬ 
tions that have appeared from time to 
time in Professor Minkler’s columns, and 
wish to ask his opinion of the ration we 
arc feeding here, which is as follows: 
400 lbs. gluten. 300 lbs. hominy, 500 lbs. 
bran, 400 lbs. ground oats. 200 lbs. corn- 
meal. 200 lbs. oilmeal. 200 lbs. cotton¬ 
seed meal. \V»> added the 200 lbs. of 
enrnmeal after the weather turned cold, 
and find our cows are keeping iu very 
good flesh. We have no silo, aud medium 
to poor bay. We have some good corn¬ 
stalks. but they are being used up fust; 
we will not have more than two weeks' 
supply. These we are feeding outside 
when the weather permits. In addition 
to the above, we are feeding about 4 qts. 
by measure, night and morning, dry 
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Ration Without Silage 
I have plenty of good stover, first and 
second cutting clover lm.v, and cow peas 
and millet. This feed is nicely cured. I 
have no silage and 'cannot got. beet pulp 
conveniently. I ean get one brand dairy 
feed. Hi per cent protein, and one contain¬ 
ing 20 per cent. I cun gel oilmeal, wheat 
middlings, bran aud corn meal. 
West Virginia J. w. E. 
Under tin) conditions described, I would 
suggest that you buy one of the better 
grades of feeds that carry 24 per cent 
of protein, and add to this mixture 15 
per cent of cornmeal and 15 per cent of 
ground oats. This arrangement will en¬ 
able you to provide ample variety *of in¬ 
gredients. -and at the same time you will 
produce more milk at. less cost per quart. 
Do not use any *of the so-called 10-per¬ 
cent feeds. Invariably they are com¬ 
pounded from ingredients carrying rela- 
bcet. pulp to our heaviest, producing cows, 
and coming down according to production 
to two quarts a cow each feeding. We fed 
the beet palp soaked through the warmer 
weather, but had some cows to freshen 
that would not eat it soaked, so we are 
feeding dry to all. Is beet pulp, fed dry, 
injurious to cows if they are kept on it 
for several months? G. n. r. 
New York. 
The shovel mixture that you have sub¬ 
mitted for study ought to give satisfac¬ 
tory results, especially if fed to average 
producing animals. The addition of more 
protein would bring it into a more desir¬ 
able balance for use in feeding cows that 
produce as much as 40 lbs. of milk a day. 
If. as you say, you have added 200 lbs. 
of cornmeal to the above mixture, I 
should add 100 lbs. each of oilmeal and 
cottonseed meal, for I believe that a ra¬ 
tion with a little narrower nutritive com¬ 
parison would be more desirable. 
Concerning beet pulp, it has been our 
experience that it is much better to feed 
this soaked, rather than in dry form. 
Otherwise one loses the succulent factor 
that beet pulp contributes. Of course, no 
fatal result, would follow th»* use of dry 
beet pulp, but both cornmeal and hominy 
meal would contribute carbohydrates 
much cheaper than beet pulp; and, there¬ 
fore, nothing would la- gained by feeding 
dry beet pulp. If it is a question of pala- 
tability, the use of molasses water to sat¬ 
urate the beet, pulp would solve this prob¬ 
lem. I should Use eottonseed meal analyz¬ 
ing 43 per cent protein, aud make sure 
that the gluten was up to standard. 
Feeding Guernsey Calf 
Will you recommend the proper method 
of feeding a six-months Guernsey heifer 
calf? Tile calf is now of very good 
growth, and has •been fed a Commercially 
mixed food morning and evening, with hay 
and cornstalks ns filler, T wish to make 
use of beet pulp and desire to feed calf 
as economically as possible, without 
skimping on any of the essenials. 
New York. D. tr. c. 
I would not recommend the use of beet 
pulp in feeding calves or young stock 
under a year old. They do not require 
succulent feeds, and beet pulp is an ex¬ 
pensive source of energizing food, A mix¬ 
ture consisting of 30 ibs. cornme.J, 30 
lbs. ground oats, 30 lbs. wheat bran, 10 
lbs. oilmeal would give better results. If 
this mixture is fed with clover or Alfalfa 
hay. the calf would grow and gain to your 
satisfaction. 
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