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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 11, 1922 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
•have in place of same increased the cot¬ 
tonseed meal to 200 lbs. Will you please 
advise if you consider the above substitu¬ 
tion satisfactory? The .cows are doing 
well on same. My supply of cow beets 
will run out shortly. I am feeding one 
feed! daily of Soy bean bay. Would mo¬ 
lasses fed or corn fodder do as a substi¬ 
tute for the beets? N. T. D. 
Pennsylvania. 
Since you were unable to obtain either 
corn germ meal or gluten meal, I should 
increase the oilmen! to 150 lbs. and use 
200 lbs. of cottonseed meal and 150 lbs. 
of ground oats. Make sure that, the cot¬ 
tonseed meal carries at. least 43 per cent 
protein. 
In the absence of mangels to supply 
succulence, I should use moistened beet 
pulp. Nothing would be gained by sat¬ 
urating the corn fodder with molasses 
other than by increasing the palatability 
of the stalks, (he cows would eat more 
of this roughage. If you have plenty of 
Soy bean hay, and provided this is fed 
iu conjunction with the eoru fodder, mo¬ 
lasses would not improve the ration. 
Usually cows take kindly to the moistened 
beet pulp; but if molasses is diluted with 
warm water, and this used to saturate 
the beet pulp, its palatability and feeding 
value is substantially increased. I have 
never been able to obtain results from 
feeding molasses on roughage material, 
for uuder average circumstances cows 
will consume all the roughage necessary 
to balance their ration mechanically. 
Add two per cent of salt to the grain 
ration unless the cows have free access 
to this mineral at all times. 
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Potatoes for Cows and Hens 
I wish to get a proper feed for my cows. 
I have corn (.shelled) and oats, mangels 
and ordinary hay (June hay), also plenty 
of potatoes (seconds). Is it good to fee l 
potatoes, and how many? Cun I feed 
boiled potatoes to chickens, and how 
much, iu addition to mash and scratch 
feed? i.. M. 
New York. 
By combining equal parts of cornmeal, 
ground oats, wheat bran, oilmeal, aud 
gluten feed you would have a satisfactory 
ration for yolir family cow. Mangels are 
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75 lbs. of this succulent feed daily with 
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Boiled potatoes arc especially palatable 
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used to increase the palatability of the 
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Altering a Ration 
Some time ng<» you suggested the fol¬ 
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cows: Cora and cob meal, MOO lbs.; 
wheat bran, 200 lbs.; gluteu meal, 200 
lbs.; oilmeal. 100 lbs.; corn germ meal, 
50 lbs.; cottonseed meal. 50 lbs.; ground 
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