1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
95 
WHAT FOOD FOR THE COW ?—Continued. 
tion bobs up that might well be put 
right here : 
VV. F., Tonawanda, N. Y., is a canal-boat owner 
and winters from 50 to 100 mules on Timothy bay 
worth $12 per ton. He wishes to know whether 
eorn ensilage and bran at $10 per ton would 
make a good, healthful ration for them, and 
the relative cost. o. f. s. 
As we know that the stomach of a 
mule is different from that of a cow, 
there has been a good deal of discussion 
as to whether ensilage is a proper food 
for horses and mules. In the present 
case, Prof. L. A. Clinton offers the fol¬ 
lowing advice : 
The maintenance ration for mules has 
never been carefully figured out. They 
should have from 15 to 18 pounds of dry 
matter per 1,000 pounds live weight of 
animal. An average-sized mule, if fed 
on Timothy hay alone, would require 
from 20 to 25 pounds of hay daily. A 
ration formed partly of ensilage and 
partly of hay would be better than to 
feed ensilage alone for the roughage 
and grain ration of bran. I would sug¬ 
gest a trial of the following : Ensilage, 
25 pounds ; hay, five pounds ; bran, five 
pounds. If straw is plentiful, then a 
ration might be made up partly with 
straw, say, ensilage, 20 pounds; straw, 
10 pounds, and hay, 10 pounds. The com¬ 
parative cost of the different rations for 
100 mules would be as follws: 
1 . Hay, 25 pounds, cost per day for 100 mules..$15 00 
2. Ensilage, 25 pounds, hay, 5 pounds, bran, 
5 pounds, cost. 8 63 
3. Ensilage. 20 pounds, straw, 10 pounds, 
hay, 10 pounds, cost. 13 00 
4. Ensilage. 20 pounds, straw, 10 pounds, 
bran, 8 pounds, cost. H 00 
It is not simply a question of cheap¬ 
ness of keeping that is to be considered ; 
it is how to keep them cheapest and still 
have them in good condition for work in 
the spring. Though they might be kept 
on the ensilage and bran alone, yet the 
tendency would be to make them soft 
and in poor condition for work in spring. 
A trial of the ensilage would be worth 
while, carefully watching the condition 
of the animals and if it be discovered 
that they are not doing well on the 
ration of ensilage, then increase the hay 
ration. 
A “BALANCED RATION " OF SOUTH¬ 
ERN FOODS. 
I am feeding cows for milk and butter, and they 
are not doing as well as I think they should. 
Will you give a balanced ration from the follow¬ 
ing feeds: Cotton-seed hulls, cotton-seed meal, 
bran and fresh brewers’ grains ? I can get the 
latter about half the time. My cows weigh from 
700 to 800 pounds. A. j. t. 
Bordeaux, Tenn. 
Ans. —It is not surprising that the 
cows should not be doing well on the 
feed mentioned, for it is difficult to 
make up a ration of these materials that 
will have the requisite proportion of a 
balanced ration, with the necessary bulk 
and digestibility. These figures show 
how this is : 
Composition of 
Pro- Carbo- 
tein. hydrates. 
Cotton-seed hulls. 4.71) 43.34 
Cotton-seed meal.45.24 28. 
Bran......17.86 61. 
Brewers’grains, dry.. 23.3 54. 
Brew, grains, fresh & wet... 2.3 5.4 
Fat. 
2 81 
11.7 
5. 
5.4 
0.5 
All these feeds, except the hulls, are 
exceedingly rich in protein, so leave the 
more bulky matter in larger proportion 
than is desirable with this kind of feedg 
But the following rations will most 
nearly approach the standard, yet secure 
the right quantity of the bulky matter : 
Pro- 
Carbo- 
Lbs. 
tein. 
byd rates. 
Fat. 
25 cotton-seed bulls. 
11 . 
0.75 
4 cotton-seed meal. 
. 1 80 
1 . 
0.46 
5 bran. 
. 0.90 
3. 
0.25 
Total. 
15. 
1.46 
Digestible. 
11.25 
1.00 
This is for 1,000 pounds of live weight, 
and for lighter animals, a proportionate 
deduction is to be made. Another 
ration which is, perhaps, more desirable 
and includes the grains, which are an 
excellent addition to the cotton-seed 
hulls, is made as follows : 
Pro- 
Carbo- 
Lbs. 
tein. 
hydrates. 
Fat. 
25 fresh brewers’ grains.. 
.. 0.6 
1.4 
0.12 
18 cotton-seed hulls. 
.. 0.9 
7.7 
0.52 
4 cotton-seed meal. 
.. 1.8 
1.1 
0.46 
5 bran.. 
3.0 
0.25 
Total. 
13.20 
1.35 
Allowing for the indigestible matter 
of these foods, there will be a residue of 
digestible matters not far from the 
standard, but having some excess of 
protein and a deficiency of the carbo¬ 
hydrates ; this, however, is not a serious 
matter in the feeding of cows giving 
milk. As the grains have four-fifths 
of their weight water, this latter ration 
is not so bulky as it might seem, and 
this food has an excellent effect on the 
digestion, as it tends to increase the 
digestibility of other foods, especially 
of the cotton-seed hulls. h. s. 
The annual meeting of the Dutch 
Belted Cattle Association will be held 
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York 
City, Febrnary 11, at noon. H. B. Rich¬ 
ards, secretary, Easton, Pa. There are 
several herds of these oddly marked cat¬ 
tle in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 
Controlling Sex. —For several years, 
I raised Jerseys and Short-horns, and I 
read and experimented very carefully, 
and left off just where I began. I be¬ 
lieve that the sex dates back to the 
germ. I had several choice Short-horns 
which I distributed in different parts of 
the county, and shared the profits with 
those who took care of them. Among 
them was a bull of the finest grain I 
ever saw. His hair was like silk ; he 
was as symmetrical as though laid out 
with a square and compass. He was 
very kind and docile, and every calf he 
had was a female. He never had a 
male calf. 
Impotence and Abortion.—A neighbor 
complained that all his cows were losing 
their calves, and he would hardly save 
one. I told him that his bull was losing 
his vigor. He was a man of not very 
vigorous conscience, sold his bull, and 
the bull never got another calf. He be¬ 
came entirely impotent. For the good 
of the cow, and for the health of the 
calf, always use a bull of the highest 
vigor. c. s. h. 
Weeping Water, Neb. 
Jayne’s Expectorant cured me of a cough of a very 
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THOMAS MCGUIRE, Wollstown, Ohio, October 29, 
1895. 
For sick headache take Jayne’s Painless Sanative 
Pills.— Adv. 
DE LAVAL SEPARATORS. 
Purdue University, 
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Lafayette, Ind , .Tan. 8 , 1897. 
“ Six years ago we purchased a De Laval ‘ Baby’ 
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use ever since. During this time it has done 
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now find only the merest trace of fat in skiin- 
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The extent of repairs has been very slight indeed. 
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t 
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