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Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
better if given some grain and a given 
amount of milk each day. 
Your grain ration is faulty, since it 
lacks variety and is relatively low in pro¬ 
tein. I should not use any red dog flour 
in rations intended for dairy cows. I 
would suggest a mixture consisting of 
three parts of bran, three parts of corn; 
meal, three parts of gluten and one part 
of oil meal. Feed 1 lb. of this mixture 
for each 3 lbs. of milk produced per cow 
per day and, in addition, allow the cow 
5 lbs. of beet pulp, moisteued for 12 hours 
previous to being fed. It is not neces¬ 
sary to feed hay three times n day. al¬ 
though if you are utilizing a good quality 
of clover or Alfalfa hay it is almost im¬ 
possible to feed too much of this rough- 
Feeding Grade Cow on Test 
Would you advise me regarding put¬ 
ting a very good grade cow on a test? I 
have Alfalfa hay and also Red clover 
for roughage at noon. My present feed 
is about six quarts of feed with silage 
twice daily. My ration is made up of 
100 lbs. distillers' grains, 100 lbs. wheat 
bran, 100 lbs. yellow hominy. 100 lbs. 
ground oats, 200 lbs. gluten, 50 lbs, oil- 
meal. What proportion of feed to milk 
is desirable? \v. J. K. 
Stormyilie, N. Y. 
Your ration, when fed with Alfalfa 
and clover, ought to give satisfactory re¬ 
sults, yet I should increase the amount 
of wheat bran lo 250 lbs., increase the 
oilmeal to 100 lbs. and double the amount 
of hominy. As to whether it would be 
more profitable to feed 1 lb. of this grain 
mixture to 3 or 4 lbs. of milk could only 
be determined by an experiment in your 
own barn, I should start with 1 lb. of 
grain for each .'!R> lbs. of milk produced 
per day, and if by increasing tbe amount 
of grain the milk flow was proportionate¬ 
ly increased, then I should feed one to 
three. The important item in feeding 
test cows is to feed a sufficient amount 
of clover or Alfalfa hay, and not to feed 
too extravagantly of silage. The latter 
is very satisfying, rather bulky, and, 
while it provides succulence, it does not 
contribute the maximum amount of di¬ 
gestible nutrients or energy. Hence, by 
replacing a portion of the silage with 
moistened beet pulp or with sliced man¬ 
gels, it is often possible to increase tbe 
daily production of milk. 
Recently a dairyman told mo that one 
of his Holstein cows was consuming 120 
lbs. of mangel beets per day ; that she did 
not care for Alfalfa or for grain in very 
large quantities, yet she was making 
nearly 100 lbs. of milk per day. This 
condition perhaps was prompted by the 
fact that this cow was iu very high flesh 
previous to calving and that nature rel¬ 
ished some laxative product of this char¬ 
acter that would enable her to release the 
surplus flesh which it was quite unnatural 
tor her to carry. As this flesh melted 
the milk flow naturally increased, and 
the butterfnt test was correspondingly 
high. We all know that, the feeding of 
120 lbs. of beets unsupported by a nu¬ 
tritious grain ration and unaccompanied 
with the usual amount of Alfalfa hay 
would result in the cow depleting her 
energy and vitality. 
Cow pea hay would be superior to Tim¬ 
othy hay for roughage, but it would not 
be equal to either clover or Alfalfa hay. 
The ration suggested would be well suited 
for use where cow pea hay supplies 
the roughage. I should mix at least 1 
per cent of salt in the ration and, if con¬ 
venient. allow the cow free access to 
lump or rock salt at all times._ 
Tt ought to bo possible to raise the calf 
on skim-milk from this time on. pro¬ 
vided it was given a good start with new 
milk, and provided further it takes kindlv 
to the grain ration and eats considerable 
roughage. 
Human Hands ' 
Can’t Compete with This 
Cows on Pasture: Fattening Broilers 
1. I would like your opinion of my dairy 
ration. The cows are fpd all tbe hay they 
will cat up in about 20 minutes, three 
times a day. Hay is a mixture of river 
flat grass, Timothy autl clover. We turn 
them out in the pasture during the after¬ 
noon. We feed four quarts of th.e follow¬ 
ing grains before each milking: 30 lb*, 
wheat feed, 30 lbs. ground oats, 40 lbs. 
hominy, 60 tbs. gluten. 20 lbs. oilmeal 
and 20 lbs, cottonseed meal, well mixed 
with 2 lbs. of salt. 2. Will you give me 
a ration for fattening broilers n. d. h. 
Binghamton. N. Y. 
1. The ration that you are now feed¬ 
ing carries about 20 per cent of protein, 
and ought to be well suited for the condi¬ 
tions you have described. It seems to 
me, however, that your ratiou would be 
improved by adding 10 lbs. of oilmeal, 
and reducing your oats and hominy to 
25 and 35 lbs., respectively. This will 
increase the protein content, and is sug¬ 
gested for the reason that your hay is 
such poor quality. If perchance your 
roughage were largely clover or Alfalfa, 
then the 20 per cent, ration would servo 
nicely; but with the character of-rough- 
age you are using I should use the in¬ 
creased amount of linseed meal. Of 
course when your cows go out to grass 
this problem solves itself, and your ration 
could be widened, provided the pasture is 
abundant. A simple ration consisting of 
four parts of gluten, two parts of bran 
and four parts of hominy meal could be 
safely fed to milk cows that have access 
to good pasture. Unless the lmy is spe¬ 
cially palatable, the cows will scarcely 
cat enough of this roughage in 20 min¬ 
utes. and hence I should give them the 
privilege of eating all the hay during 
the middle of the day and let them have 
the restricted amount; night and morning. 
2. A combitiutiou of cracked corn, 
whole oats ns a scratch feed, if supple¬ 
mented with a mash consisting of equal 
parts of bran, white middlings and tank¬ 
age, would be suitable for use in fatten¬ 
ing broilers, allowing I belli all that they 
will clean up several times daily. 
Sooner or later you will use a 
Rations for Cow and Calf 
What is the best way to arrange a 
family cow (Jersey) in a stable to pro¬ 
duce clean, sanitary milk? Her tempor¬ 
ary quarters at present are a box stall 
with a dirt floor. We are building new 
quarters, SxS ft., with concrete floor and 
gutter at one side. This does not. lend 
itself very readily to stanchions, but it is 
now too late to change the gutter. If 
stanchions are purchased, how much ex¬ 
ercise should she have in 24 hours? Is 
milking by stripping considered detri¬ 
mental to cow or milk flow? One teat 
has a bad crack in it which does not heal 
by vaseline, due in measure to her second 
calf, three weeks old, nursing. Pan we 
help this in any way? Is the following 
mixture economical, with Timothy hay 
for roughage? 100 lbs. bran, at $1.85; 
100 lbs. red dog at $2.35; 100 lbs. corn- 
meal at .$1.70; 100 lbs. gluten (40 per 
Cent), at $2.05. Four quarts of this are 
fed a day. moistened with same quantity 
of beet pulp, soaked for 12 hours. Ha.v 
is fed three times a day. Her flow is 
about eight or nine quarts, allowing for 
what the calf takes. With cow pea hay 
for roughage, what grains should be fed? 
•Glendale, Md. t. 1 >. k. 
Inasmuch as you have completed the 
construction of n box stall, 8x8 ft. with 
concrete floor and gutter at one side, it 
is doubtful whether it would be worth 
while to modify these arrangements and 
install a stanchion for the use of your 
family cow. It might be easier to keep 
the cow clean in case she were stanch¬ 
ioned. but if you will use an abundance 
of bedding the chances are that the cow 
will keep fairly clean and that the milk 
flow will be greater if she is allowed more 
freedom. Some provision ought to lie 
made for feeding the hay and the grain, 
although tlie grain <‘1111 be conveniently 
fed in a tub or movable feed box. Un¬ 
less some provision is made for a manger 
for the hay you will find that she will 
waste a considerable portion of her daily 
allowance. 
As to the matter of exercise, a safe 
rule to follow Is to allow her the run of a 
small yard on every nice day. This 
might apply lo Winter conditions. When 
the hot Summer season comes along it is 
a better plan to keep her confined in the 
stable during the day and let her have 
the run of a small pasture or paddock 
at night. Especially would this apply lo lbs. 
the warmest portion of the day, unless Feed 1 lb. of this mixture for each 3% 
there is shade and ample protection in lbs. of milk produced per cow per day. 
the pasture. allowing I he cow in addition all of the 
If you will wean the calf entirely from silage and cornstalks that she will de- 
suekiiig the cow and let it have its daily vour. After the cows are turned out to 
allowance of milk from a pail rather pasture you cau eliminate the oilmeal and 
than from the cow’s udder, you- will be bran and feed equal parts of a mixture 
able (o do away with the udder trouble consisting of cormneal, ground oats and 
and sore teats.' The calf will also doJjjluteu feed. 
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