1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
2l9 
Stick to Malt Sprouts. 
./. E. D., Branchville , N. Y .—We are feeding 15 
cows for milk to sell; the present price at oor 
creamery is 2'A cents per quart. Each cow re¬ 
ceives the following grain each day, with what 
mixed hay she will eat clean mornings, and cut, 
dry corn stalks nights: 
Pounds. 
4 corn feed at $9.50 per ton.019 
4 sprouts at $12 per ton.024 
4 spring bran at $13 per ton.026 
1 linseed meal at $23 per ton.0115 
Cost for 1 cow per day.0805 
Total cost for 15.$1.2075 
This is mixed with 30 gallons of water. We get 
from those cows 130 gallons of milk. Five of our 
cows have calved since December 10, the other 10 
have been milked, on an average, nearly one 
year. We held some of them over on purpose to 
make fall and winter milkers hereafter; they will 
calve in July, August and September next. Can 
I make them give any more milk, considering the 
time they have been milked ? Could I profitably 
leave off the four pounds of sprouts and feed the 
same value of gluten meal at $17 per ton? Our 
cows average in live weight about 800 pounds. 
Is it better to give the grain on an empty stomach 
or not, and to water the cows directly after eat¬ 
ing the grain feeds ? 
Ans. —We eannot always judge of the 
results of any particular food by the 
chemical composition of it. To a certain 
extent, of course, the elements of the 
foods contribute the same to the ele¬ 
ments of the productbut some foods 
seem to have a better effect in making 
milk or butter than others, and so we 
are to be guided in this respect by ex¬ 
perience. My experience goes to show 
that malt sprouts is one of the best of 
all feeds for making milk. They are 
very rich in digestible albuminoids or, 
as we call these, protein. So is gluten 
meal, but it seems that the sprouts have 
a better effect in producing milk. 
As to the mode of feeding, it is decid¬ 
edly better to feed grain with other 
food, so that it may be ruminated and 
better fitted for digestion. Fed alone, 
the fine grain foods are most likely to 
go past the rumen into the third stom¬ 
ach, and then a portion of them is 
undigested and lost. To water a cow 
soon after eating grain, or indeed, any 
other animal, is not only wasteful of the 
food, but dangerous. It is so to a horse, 
and of course, the same to a cow, but in 
a less degree, perhaps, because the food 
is washed into the intestines before it is 
prepared, and is not only undigested, 
but produces mischief to the animal. 
The best rule is, doubtless, to feed the 
rough feed with the fine grain food, cut¬ 
ting the former, wetting it, and mixing 
the fine grain with it. Then both 
undergo the process of rumination, by 
which the food is economized to the 
greatest possible extent, h. stewart. 
What Is a 11 Balanced Ration ” V 
F. W. W., Medjield, Mass .—I send a list of hay 
and grain feeds. Will you give the amount of dry 
matter, protein and carbohydrates In each one ? 
How much dry matter, protein and carbohydrates 
form a balanced ration for a 1,000-pound cow ? 
What do you mean by the nutritive ratio ? I am 
feeding 15 cows and 1 bull, as follows: five bushels 
of brewers’ grains, four bushels of cooked man¬ 
gels,two bushels of corn-and-cob meal,two bushels 
of ground oats, 1J4 bushel of bran, one-half bushel 
of Chicago gluten, 160 pounds of corn fodder, oat 
hay and Timothy, equal parts, 160 pounds in all 
I mix the roots and grain thoroughly, and cut the 
hay fine; then in a room for the purpose, I spread 
on the floor two bushels of the cut hay, sprinkle 
it with hot water, and scatter over one-half 
bushel of the grain-and-root mixture. I continue 
doing this layer on layer until the grain and 
hay are both used up, and then shut the door and 
let it warm up. I make this mixture every morn¬ 
ing. It makes enough for three feeds for every 
cow, a heaping bushel basket to a cow at each 
feed. I feed them at live in the morning, 11:30 at 
noon, at 6 at night. They eat it up clean, then lie 
down and chew it over. I get all the way from 
16 to 20 cans of milk per day, eight quarts and 
one pint to the can, which I sell to the milkman 
for 27 cents per can. Although I should not posi¬ 
tively state it so, I am satisfied in my own mind, 
that I am saving, at least, 100 pounds of hay per 
day, by using cut feed. I have some corn fodder 
which I dusted with plaster and Paris-green for 
the army worm, last July. Do you think that 
there would be danger in feeding it ? 
Ans. —The following table shows the 
average composition of these substances. 
We have added the per cent of pure fat. 
We have often explained the difference 
between pure fat or oil in the food and 
the carbohydrates or “ fat-formers.” In 
a general way, the mathematical part 
of compounding what is known as a 
“ balanced ration ” consists in mixing 
the food so that a 1,000-pound cow will 
eat each day 23 pounds of dry matter, 
containing 2)4 pounds of protein or 
“muscle-makers,” 12 pounds of fat- 
formers, and about one-half pound of 
pure fat. To obtain what is called the 
“ nutritive ratio”, we multiply the 
amount of pure fat by 2% and add the 
sum to the per cent of fat-formers. The 
ratio of the protein to this total gives 
the “nutritive ” ratio. There should be, 
in theory, about one part of protein to 
5% parts of the total of pure fat and fat- 
formers. Of course, this figuring is only 
one side of it. You might make up a so- 
called “ ration ” of corn cobs and cotton¬ 
seed meal which would give the proper 
“ ratio,” yet would, certainly, kill the 
cow. The characteristics of the food 
must be known, and their digestibility 
and effect upon the system. The great 
value of the “ nutritive ratio ” is that it 
enables one to detect losses in feeding, 
and enables one to buy foods to good 
advantage. We are well satisfied that 
you save much hay by feeding as you 
do. This plan certainly makes a good 
substitute for ensilage. We 
would 
not 
use the stalks for feeding. 
POUNDS 
IN 100. 
Dry 
Pro- Carbo- 
matter. 
Fat. 
tein. 
hyd. 
Mixed hay. 
.. 87.1 
1.33 
4.22 
43.26 
Clover hay. 
.. 84.7 
6.58 
6.58 
35.35 
Oat hay. 
.. 90.45 
2.69 
6.58 
50.03 
Millet hay. 
.. 92.03 
1.34 
4.50 
51.67 
Ground oats. 
. 92.1 
5.93 
11.53 
52.06 
Gro’d corn on cob. 84.9 
2.87 
6.46 
56.28 
Wheat bran. 
.. 88.5 
2.87 
12.01 
41.23 
Chicago gluten. 
.. 92.2 
8.59 
20.40 
43.75 
Corn meal. 
.. 85. 
3.25 
7.01 
65.20 
Linseed oil meal 
.. 90.8 
7.06 
28.76 
32.81 
Wheat middlings. 84. 
3.40 
12.79 
53.15 
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