1900 
89 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
THE FEEDING PROBLEM. 
Value of Grain Hulls. 
What is the following- feed worth per ton? 
“Composed of the hulls of different kinds 
of grain, and other low-grade stuff from 
grain mills and elevators.” 
Analysis: Per cent. 
Moisture, at 100C.10.00 
Nitrogen . 2 - 18 
Total phosphoric acid. 0.80 
Potash . 0-87 
Equiv. to ammonia. 2.65 
Equiv. to bone phosphate of lime.... 1.74 
What is its value as a fertilizer? What 
would be required in addition to make a 
balanced ration for a cow or hog? c. p. o. 
Lyman, N. H. 
The value of this substance as a fer¬ 
tilizer may be determined in as nearly a 
correct way as is generally used by ap¬ 
plying to each fertilizing ingredient its 
average market price. These prices are 
12 cents per pound for nitrogen, 4 y 2 
cents for phosphoric aciu, and 414 cents 
for potash. Applying the prices to the 
number of pounds each ingredient in a 
ton, we find one ton to be worth $6.69 as 
a fertilizer. Little can be said of the 
value of the substance as a food, for the 
analysis shows fertr.zing and not food 
constituents, except in tne case of nitro¬ 
gen. Multiply the per cent of nitrogen 
by 614, and we have 13.6, or the per 
cent of protein present, which is 
about the same percentage as wheat 
obtained, and thus the ration may be 
only suggestive. If buckwheat mid¬ 
dlings can be had at a moderate price 
they could profitably be used in place of 
the gluten feed. This ration has enough 
silage to make it succulent, all of the 
foods are palatable, and as digestible as 
can be secured, and are 'in sufficient 
number to give variety. 
2. An answer to question 1 is likewise 
an answer to question 2. The best and 
cheapest ration for producing milk is 
also the best and cheapest for producing 
butter, because the percentage of fat in 
the milk is not materially affected by 
the cow’s food. l. a. 
Hominy Chop and Cotton-Seed Meal. 
1. What is hominy chop, from what ma¬ 
terial is it manufactured, and how? What 
is its value compared with gluten feed? 
2. Is cotton-seed meal adulterated to any 
extent? We have it here varying in color, 
weight and general appearance. c. s. a. 
East Pembroke, N. H. 
1. A food product for human consump¬ 
tion called hominy, or hominy meal, is 
made from corn. What is left of the 
grain after the hominy is taken out is 
called hominy chop, and consists largely 
of the hull and germ of the grain. Hom¬ 
iny chop has very nearly the same feed¬ 
ing value, pound for pound, as the corn 
grain itself. Gluten feed is also a corn 
product, being the refuse in the manu¬ 
facture of starch or glucose from corn. 
A TRIO OF TEXAS MILKING MACHINES. Fig. 32. 
bran contains. But to know the feed¬ 
ing value we must know the percentage 
of fiber, carbohydrates and fat, as well 
as the protein. Let C. P. O. send in a 
list of the feeds he is using and have a 
ration calculated for him. 
The Best Cow Ration. 
1. What is the best and cheapest ration 
for a milk-producing cow? 2. What is the 
best and cheapest ration for a butter-pro¬ 
ducing cow? J. t. 
St. Johns, Pa. 
1. The best ration for a milch cow is 
one that will produce the most milk at 
the least cost, and at the same time con¬ 
serve the health and vitality of the ani¬ 
mal. Such a ration should be easily di¬ 
gestible, palatable, succulent, and should 
contain a sufficient supply of nutrients, 
with the protein and carbohydrates in 
their proper proportion. Following a 
rather general view of the markets, this 
ration is suggested as meeting the re¬ 
quirements of the question: 
Pounds of Digestible Nutrients. 
Carbohv- 
Dry 
Pro- 
drates 
matter. 
tein. 
& fat. 
2 lbs. wheat bran.. 
.. 1.76 
.24 
.91 
3 lbs. corn and oats 
.. 2.67 
.26 
2.00 
(equal parts by weight) 
2 lbs. gluten feed.. 
.. 1.84 
.39 
1.27 
1 lb. cotton-seed meal .92 
.37 
.44 
40 lbs. corn silage... 
.. 8.40 
.36 
5.16 
10 lbs. clover hay — 
.. 8.50 
.68 
3.96 
Total . 
..23.69 
2.30 
13.74 
Nutritive ratio, 1.6. 
All of these grains may not be readily 
Pounds of digestible Nutri- 
nutrlents tive 
in 100. Ratio. 
Carbo- 
Pro- hydrates 
tein. and fat. Total. 
Hominy chop... 7.5 70.5 78 0 1:9.4 
Gluten feed 19.4 63.3 82.7 1:3.3 
It has four pounds more to the 100 
of total digestible nutrients than hominy 
chop, and it contains 2 y 2 times as much 
protein. This latter nutrient is what 
makes gluten feed so valuable for dairy 
purposes. Protein is usually what the 
fanner needs to balance his ration of 
coarse fodders containing much carbo¬ 
hydrates, and thus he can afford to pay 
from one-fourth to one-third more per 
ton for gluten feed than for hominy 
chop. 
2. Cotton-seed meal is often adulter¬ 
ated with the ground hulls of the cotton 
seed. The hulls give the meal a darker 
color, and their presence may be de¬ 
tected by black or brown specks. They 
are lighter in weight than the meal, and 
thus will reduce the weight of a given 
quantity of meal according to the 
amount present. Pure cotton-seed meal 
should have a bright yellow color free 
from dark specks. l. a. 
Fifteen to 30 per cent of cows in all herds 
that have been tested have been found un¬ 
profitable. Fully one-third of all cows in 
the United States are kept at a loss. 
Constitution is abundant vital power. 
Prepotency is the chief consideration in 
the selection of sires. It is difficult to 
perceive or describe, but is indicated by 
vigor, strong resolute bearing and abund¬ 
ant nervous energy. 
MILKERS FROM BERKSHIRE. 
The picture shown at Fig. 32 is re¬ 
engraved from the Texas Farm and 
Ranch. This paper publishes it, and 
says that it is complimentary to the sa¬ 
gacity of the Berkshire pig and the do¬ 
cility of the Jersey cow. Mr. D. L. 
Kenan, of Seymour, Texas, says that 
the picture was taken in his barn lot. 
The cow is half Jersey, and with her 
first calf, and the pigs are a cross be¬ 
tween the Berkshire and the Poland 
China. These pigs were about four 
months old, and large for their age. 
Some people regard the calf as the ideal 
milking machine; the trouble with the 
calf is that it never does a clean job. 
^hese pigs seem to be doing better, and 
the chances are that they will hang on 
until the last-wrung drop has been ex¬ 
tracted. This may be taken as an ex¬ 
ample of what some of our dairies will 
come to if the oleo men are permitted 
full swing in their business. There are 
farmers who oppose anti-oleo laws be¬ 
cause they say the manufacture of oleo 
provides a fine market for their suet 
and lard. Mighty little of the profit 
made by the oleo men ever gets to the 
farmer, for every cent of it is gobbled 
up by the various corporations and mid¬ 
dlemen wKo stand between the farm 
and the oleo factory. We think, all 
things considered, that Las claim that 
oleo is of benefit to tne producer of hogs 
and cattle is about the most himsy argu¬ 
ment we have ever read. Let the oleo 
men have their way, and about all there 
would be left for many of our cows 
would be some such business as is indi¬ 
cated in this picture. Think of the good 
old family wet nurse-the cow—who has 
stood for so many years between the 
farmer and failure, being reduced to the 
business of feeding hogs, or standing 
aside while oleo takes a front seat. 
I 
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