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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 3l 
SOME FEEDING PROBLEMS 
Breeding Heifers; Cob Meal. 
1. At what age ought a heifer to calve? 
At what age should the second calf be drop¬ 
ped? After a heifer calves, should she be 
fed well, or is there danger of over-feed¬ 
ing? Is a heifer’s calf likely to make a 
good cow? 2. What is a balanced ration 
with cob meal, mangels, brewers’ grains, 
corn fodder and hay? subscriber. 
Worcester, Mass. 
1. A'heifer should drop her first calf 
at about two years of age. If she is 
strong and vigorous, and has good care, 
it will cause no harm, and may be a 
benefit to have her calve at 22 months 
old. She should be allowed to go at 
least one year before having her second 
calf. This permits the heifer to develop 
fully in size, strength, and in the habit 
of giving milk for a long period. If she 
seems delicate in any way, it would be 
better not to have the second calf born 
under 14 months after the first one. For 
the first few days after calving, feed 
lightly of clover hay, mangels and light 
grains, like wheat bran. When all fever 
has disappeared from the udder, she may 
be fed the regular ration, changing to it 
gradually. This should be a well-bal¬ 
anced ration, and the heifer should be 
fed liberally of it, that she may grow 
while turning much of her food into 
milk. 
2. As a balanced ration from the foods 
named, the following 'is suggested for a 
1,000-pound cow per day: 
Pro- 
Carboliy- 
tein. 
dra tes. 
Fat. 
10 lbs. hay (mixed) . 
.. .50 
4.09 
.12 
8 “ corn fodder . 
.. .20 
2.77 
.10 
20 “ mangels . 
.. .33 
1.62 
.03 
.09 
3 “ corn-and-cob meal. .13 
1.80 
6 “ brewers’ grain 
s 
(dry) . 
.. .94 
2.18 
.31 
Total . 
..2.19 
12.46 
.65 
Nutritive ratio 1:6.3. 
Dry 
matter, 
24.20 
pounds. 
If your brewers’ grains are wet (or 
fresh), feed four times the quantity given 
above. l. a. 
Bean Meal for Cows. 
Can you tell me whether bean meal is 
good for milch cows? If so, how muon 
ought I to feed at a time, twice a day, 
mixed with bran? I am feeding Timothy 
hay, but I am a little short of fodder, and 
I wish something to make up for the lack 
of hay. I can buy bean meal for $10 per 
ton, bran for $19, corn and oats for $20, corn 
meal for $20, pea meal for $17.50. G. w. F. 
St. Lawrence, N. Y. 
Bean meal is a good food for milch 
cows, because of the high per cent of 
protein which it contains. It has a very 
pronounced flavor, on account of which 
the cows may refuse to eat it. If they 
show a tendency 'in this way, feed it in 
small portions at first, and increase the 
quantity as their taste becomes accus¬ 
tomed to it. A mixture of equal parts 
uy weight of bean meal and bran, fed 
at the rate of eight to 10 pounds per 
day, makes a fairly good grain to feed 
with Timothy hay. This would be from 
two to 2 y 2 pounds of bean meal twice 
a day. It is so heavy and sodden in 
character that something like bran or 
ground oats should be fed with it to 
lighten it and make it more easily di¬ 
gested. Bean meal is the cheapest food 
for the price, which is named in the 
list, and pea meal is next cheapest, 
with bran third. But it would not do 
to feed bean and pea meal together, 
except in small quantities, and with 
other foods, because they are so much 
alike in their sodden character. There 
is no feed named which can take the 
place of hay. Some other coarse fod¬ 
der must supply the lack. If you have 
ear corn the cob may be ground with 
the grain. Or, if clean, bright straw 
can oe obtained, it could be cut and fed 
with the grain. A peck of it at each 
feed would not only increase the amount 
of coarse fodder, but also lessen any pos¬ 
sible danger from feeding the heavy 
bean meal. Do not buy the corn and 
oats unless you are sure that the oat 
portion is made up of whole oats 
ground, and not simply oat hulls. The 
hulls are rather expensive at the price 
named. The analysis of a day’s ration 
for a cow weighing 1,000 pounds is 
given as a suggestion of what may be 
done with the feeds at hand. 
Pro- Carbohy- 
tein. 
drates. 
Fat. 
36 lbs. Timothy hay — 
6.94 
.22 
5 “ bean meal . 
2.49 
.OS 
3 “ wheat bran . 
... .37 
1.18 
.08 
2 “ corn and oats. 
... .17 
3.14 
.08 
Total . 
...2.12 
11.75 
.46 
Nutritive ratio, 1:6. 
Dry 
matter, 
22.45 
pounds. 
I.. 
A. 
Oafs and Peas for Summer Silage. 
Can a Spring crop of oats and peas be cut 
into a silo in a green state, so as to be used 
through the hot weather? Will it keep in 
good condition? w. R. a. 
New York Mills, N. Y. 
Yes, and the silage can be used for 
Summer feeding. The oats should be 
sown at the rate of 1 y 2 bushel per 
acre. It will be found that the less peas 
there are in the mixture the bet¬ 
ter the silage will keep. We always 
hesitate to recommend any leguminous 
crop for silage. While many have had 
success with silage of clover, peas 
and beans, and other leguminous plants, 
many have failed to get a good quality 
of silage. The more economical plan is 
to have silo capacity enough so that 
corn can be used entirely for silage. If 
the land be planted to corn, from 12 
to 20 tons of green material can usually 
be secured per acre, while if oats and 
peas, or almost any other material is 
used, not much more than one-half of 
this amount can ue secured. Corn is a 
crop which, year after year, is more 
surely a success than almost any other 
farm crop. There is no question about 
the keeping quality of corn 'in the silo, 
and there is considerable question about 
the keeping quality of oats and peas. 
We believe the best use that can be 
made of oats and peas is to cut the ma¬ 
terial, and feed it as a green soiling crop 
during the Summer, saving the silo for 
the corn crop. Many farmers are now 
adopting the practice of having one silo 
filled with corn for Winter feed, anl 
another silo filled with corn for Sum¬ 
mer feed. The material keeps perfect¬ 
ly well until the hot weather of Sum¬ 
mer, and then it is relished by the cows 
fully as well as green pasture. The 
cows make far better returns during the 
hot Summer days when bothered with 
hies, and when the pastures are dried 
up, if they can be fed each day in the 
stable on corn silage. l. a. c. 
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The Breeder’s Gazette says that a car¬ 
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