1904 
333 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MANCHESTER'S DAIRY NOTES. 
Mixing Grain. 
Fig. 137, page 323, shows grain ready 
for the mixing bin, 120 pounds rye dis¬ 
tiller’s grains, 100 pounds cotton-seed 
meal, 100 pounds coarse bran, 100 pounds 
gluten feed and 100 pounds corn distil¬ 
ler’s grains. In mixing a bag of light 
grain goes to bottom, then a bag of 
heavy, then a light sack again. This 
helps materially to get all uniformly 
mixed, and much more easily than if 
all the bulky or all the heavy grain 
were put in at one time. In mixing 
grain or fertilizers, where a number of 
different kinds are used, by alternating 
sacks the mixture is well started with¬ 
out any shoveling, and by a little head- 
work a good deal of hand work can be 
saved. The above grain mixture makes 
a concentrated food rich in digestible 
protein, but very bulky, weighing only 
about one pound per quart, which is 
quite a decided advantage for good feed¬ 
ing. 
'J, Balanced Ration for Jerseys. 
How is this for a balanced ration for 
Jersey cows that are fresh: Silage, 50 
pounds; clover or mixed hay at noon what 
they will eat up clean, with five pounds 
bran and cotton-seed meal, two-thirds bran, 
one-third cotton-seed; water betore them 
all the time? g. l. f. 
Atwater, N. Y. 
The ration you are using is a good 
one, well balanced and made up of pal¬ 
atable, healthful foods. A mixture of 
200 pounds of bran and 100 pounds of 
cotton-seed meal has of digestible nu¬ 
trients 21.6 per cent protein, 33.8 per 
cent carbohydrates and 5.2 per cent fat. 
Your ration, using 50 pounds of silage, 
10 pounds of clover hay and five pounds 
of the grain mixture will 
analyze 
as 
follows: 
Carbo- 
Protein, hydrates. 
Fat. 
50 lbs. silage . 
.65 
7.05 
.30 
10 lbs. clover hay 
.68 
3.58 
.17 
6 lbs. grain . 
1.08 
1.69 
.25 
Total . 
2.41 
12.32 
~T2 
This ration ought to produce a good 
flow of milk, and the expense for grain 
Is very much less than that paid by the 
majority of farmers for their mill feeds. 
Ration for Milch Holsteins. 
I have seven young Holstein cows that 
were fresh last November. I have been 
feeding them three pounds Winter wheat 
bran; V/ 2 pound cotton-seed meal; 1% pound 
gluten feed twice a day, with all the clover 
and Timothy hay they would eat. They 
gave from 34 to 45 pounds of milk each. 
Did I feed too much, and is it a balanced 
ration? Did they need any cornmeal? 
Edmeston, N. Y. d. b. p. 
We should hardly like to feed the ra¬ 
tion you are using, as we should ex¬ 
pect trouble from it sooner or later. 
However, your cows are doing unusual¬ 
ly well, and if they keep healthy and 
happy it may not be wise to change. A 
standard ration for a 1,000-pound cow 
calls for 2% pounds protein, 12.5 pounds 
carbohydrates, and .4 pound of fat. 
Your cows may weigh over 1,000 pounds 
but young Holsteins will usually average 
nearer 900 pounds. For grain you are 
feeding a mixture of 200 pounds bran, 
100 pounds cotton-seed meal and 100 
pounds gluten feed. This will analyze 
in digestible nutrients 22.2 per cent pro¬ 
tein, 38.3 per cent carbohydrates and 4.6 
per cent fat Your cows will probably 
use about 25 pounds daily of the clover 
and Timothy hay, and this with the 12 
pounds of grain per day will analyze as 
follows: 
Carbo- 
Protein. hydrates. Fat. 
25 lbs Timothy and 
clover hay . 1.20 9.90 . 40 
12 lbs. grain mix¬ 
ture . 2.66 4.59 .65 
Total . 3.86 14.49 .95 
We should expect to have garget and 
indigestion, cows off their feed and other 
troubles, by constantly feeding this ra¬ 
tion, which is highly concentrated con¬ 
taining an excess of over one pound per 
day of protein more than is necessary. 
Thirty pounds of average milk contain 
one pound of protein and .7 pound of 
protein is required daily for mainten¬ 
ance; that is, to keep the cow alive and 
in working order. Forty-five pounds of 
milk, your highest yield, would only 
need 1% pound of protein, and .7 
for maintenance would only call 
for 2.2 pounds of protein if all were 
available. You are furnishing IVz pound 
of protein daily that is not required to 
produce the milk you are getting. You 
have to buy all this protein, and the 
only return you get for feeding to ex¬ 
cess is in the manure pile, and if the 
liquid as well as the solid is not saved 
over half of this is lost. This may all 
sound to you like theory, but it is based 
upon careful practice. Suppose you cut 
down the grain ration to an average of 
eight pounds per cow. and note results. 
I do not think they can profitably handle 
the 12 pounds, although we do know 
farmers who are feeding as high as 18 
pounds per cow per day, but they are 
not making much money, and as has 
been well said: “There’s a heap more 
fun in business if there’s some money In 
sight.” We assume that you are feed¬ 
ing all cows the same amount of grain. 
Some cows can handle profitably much 
more than others. It is the good feed¬ 
er’s business to find out what his indi¬ 
vidual cows can handle profitably and 
act accordingly. Keep on studying the 
feed question. It is a mighty interest¬ 
ing one and there are a good many 
things about it that are yet unsolved. 
We deal with a very complex machine 
when we feed cows as they may be fed 
to get the best results both in yield and 
health of the cow. Do not add any 
cornmeal. “The last straw breaks the 
camel’s back.” 
Another Feeding Combination. 
Will you make me a balanced ration out 
of Winter wheat bran at $25; gluten feed 
at $26; cornmeal at $25; and cotton-seed 
meal at $30; with all the clover and Timothy 
hay they will eat? It is for good-sized 
Holstein cows coming fresh in a few days. 
Should this ration be fed morning and 
night, or all at one time? This ration is 
to be fed after they come fresh. y. f. 
From the foods you mention we 
should select bran, gluten feed and cot¬ 
ton-seed meal. The bran is relatively 
high, but it is healthful, palatable and 
a good feed to mix with the heavier 
grains to make the ration as bulky as 
possible. If you can get coarse Spring 
bran cheaper we should prefer that to 
the Winter bran. Cornmeal at $25 per 
ton for making economical milk is en¬ 
tirely out of the question. We should 
not want to use it at $20 per ton. A ton 
of good clover hay is worth as much, in 
our opinion, as a ton of cornmeal. 
Would you pay $25 per ton for clover 
hay? Yet, why not if the meal is worth 
$25 per ton to feed? If the cows do not 
weigh over 1,000 pounds we should give 
them all the clover and Timothy hay 
they would eat up clean, and they will 
take care of about 25 pounds daily and 
perhaps more if it is early-cut and well 
cured. We should feed this twice daily, 
and we do like to give them a feed 
about 10 o’clock in the morning; they 
seem more contented through the day. 
We should make a mixture of 100 
pounds of bran, 100 pounds of cotton¬ 
seed meal and 200 pounds of gluten 
meal; this will make a feed that will 
analyze 27.5 per cent protein, 41 per 
cent carbohydrates and 4.5 per cent faT. 
We should feed an average of five 
pounds per cow, giving more to cows 
that give the most milk, and less to 
cows giving a smaller amount of milk. 
This ration will analyze as follows: 
Carbo- 
Protein. hydrates. Fat. 
25 lbs. clover and 
Timothy hay ... 
1.20 
9.90 
.40 
5 lbs. grain mix- 
ture . 
1.38 
2.06 
.23 
Total . 
2.58 
11.95 
.63 
This to be fed daily, and divided into 
two feeds for morning and night use. 
H. G. MANCHESTER. 
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