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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 12 
Live Stock and Dairy 
WHEAT BRAN OR MIDDLINGS. 
Do Cows Need So Much Proiein ? 
Part III. 
I desire to call especial attention to 
the quality of the milk yielded by the 
different cows and the amount of avail¬ 
able protein charged to a pound of milk 
yielded. Betty gave milk containing 6.7 
per cent fat, and is charged with .109 of 
available protein to a pound of milk 
yielded. What I mean by available pro¬ 
tein is that which is left after deducting 
the amount supposed to be needed daily 
for maintenance of the body, assuming 
that the requirements for this purpose 
are at the rate of .7 of a pound per 1,000 
pounds live weight. Dora gave milk 
that tested 6.1 per cent fat, and received 
.083 of available protein to each pound 
of milk yielded. But these two cows 
were not under normal conditions, be¬ 
cause the former had aborted and the 
latter was nearing the close of her 
period of lactation, and for this reason 
were not in the experiment which fol¬ 
lowed this one. Beckley gave milk test¬ 
ing 5.6 per cent fat, and received .077 of 
a pound of available protein to a pound 
of milk yielded. During this experiment 
she received daily 1.63 pounds of pro¬ 
tein, while during the experiment re¬ 
ferred to in the first table she received 
1.68 pounds of protein, and returned a 
pound of milk to .082 of protein, show¬ 
ing that she received more protein than 
she had use for. The heifer Tricksey 
gave milk containing 4.9 per cent butter 
fat, and when receiving a ration con¬ 
taining 1.70 pounds of protein returned 
a pound of milk to .071 of protein, and 
during the first experiment she receiv¬ 
ed daily 1.56 of protein and returned a 
pound of milk to .061 of protein, clearly 
showing that at least during the first 
experiment she was receiving more pro¬ 
tein than she needed for the work she 
was doing. This is also indicated by 
the record of Houston, that was giving 
milk containing exactly the same per 
cent of fat. Houston received 1.7 
pounds of protein daily, and yielded a 
pound of milk testing 6.6 per cent fat 
and returned a pound of milk to .053 of 
a pound of protein. Sweet Briar that 
gave milk testing 4.8 per cent fat re¬ 
turned a pound of milk to .049 of avail¬ 
able protein. Topsy’s milk tested 3.7, 
and she gave a pound of milk to .041 of 
a pound of protein, and Countess, whose 
milk tested 2.4 per cent fat, returned a 
pound of miliv to .034 of protein. While 
it is evident that some of the cows re¬ 
ceived more protein than they needed 
for the work they were doing, the table 
gives evidence worthy of serious con¬ 
sideration that cows require protein not 
only In proportion to the quantity of 
milk that they are yielding, but that 
the quality must be taken into account 
as well. With the fact that the herd 
maintained a wonderful uniformity in 
flow all Winter, that they never in the 
history of the herd did any better, it 
would be idle to contend that they did 
not receive enough protein to do their 
maximum amount of work. It is barely 
possible, however, that even during the 
Winter of 1895-6 they all received more 
protein than they needed. 
The Wolff-Lehmann standard ration 
prescribes 1.6 pounds of protein daily 
for a cow yielding 11 pounds of milk 
daily; two pounds when yielding 16.6 
pounds of milk; 2.6 when yielding 22 
pounds of milk, and 3.3 when yielding 
27.6 pounds of milk. The theory upon 
which the Wolff-Lehmann formula is 
based is that after deducting the .7 oi a 
pound of protein needed daily for body 
maintenance she required .081 of pro¬ 
tein to a pound of milk yielded. The 
record covering 164 days stall feeding, 
when all the feed was subjected to 
chemical analyses, and every ration was 
carefully weighed and tested twice a 
day separately, shows that the cows re¬ 
ceived only .047 of protein to a pound 
of milk yielded; that when the herd 
gave milk testing 3.9 per cent fat it re¬ 
turned a pound of milk to .046 of a 
pound of protein, and when it gave milk 
testing 4.07 per cent fat it returned a 
pound of milk to .048 of available pro¬ 
tein. In the light of such evidence I 
may be pardoned if I hedge just a bit on 
what I may have said when I took the 
generally-accepted feeding standard as 
my text. When a daily protein supply 
of 2.5 pounds suffices for cows yielding 
500 or more pounds of butter per year, 
and when cows receiving 1.7 pounds of 
protein average 301 pounds of butter 
per year, the query arises what shall 
we prescribe for farmers’ cows that 
average 132 pounds of butter per year, 
as is the case with the 335,000 cows that 
are contributing milk to Minnesota 
creameries? t. l. haeckbr. 
TAMING AND TRAINING A HORSE. 
The following note was received from a 
good friend at the time our frisky mare, 
Nellie Ely, was given to shying and danc¬ 
ing at sight of bicycles. She has now re¬ 
formed—yet the advice is, as we believe, 
very sound. 
I wish to say to the Hope Farm man 
that in my opinion it is not enough for 
a woman to be able to harness and un¬ 
harness a horse to make her a safe 
driver, if she is to drive a spirited ani¬ 
mal, and I believe that the well-bred, 
intelligent kind horse is much the safest 
for women to drive, even if he is a live¬ 
ly one. If he has been properly trained 
he will be perfectly safe when he has 
once become acquainted with his driver. 
You say that Nellie Bly is a little too 
frisky for the Madame to drive. Now. 
if the Madame loves a horse and has a 
desire to drive Nellie Bly, I will tell 
you how she can do it safely. Turn the 
mare loose in a large box stall or other 
convenient place, let the Madame take 
with her a good whip and also some 
oats or other grain in her pocket. Go 
alone into the stall; be calm; do noth¬ 
ing in a hurry. Speak kindly but with 
firmness. Ck)mmand Nellie to come to 
you; if she obeys pat her and give some 
oats. If she turns from you use the 
whip quickly, and again give the com¬ 
mand to come. If she does it feed her 
a little, but never give any feed until 
she does as you want her to. By kind 
and firm treatment teach her that when 
she obeys you are her best friend. She 
will soon come at your command; then 
ask her to follow you about the stall. 
Be careful to have her understand what 
you want before you punish her for not 
doing it. Teach her just one thing at a 
time, and never leave it until she does 
it well; then take up another lesson. 
One lesson in a day is enough; don’t be 
in a hurry. Work with her until she is 
under your control, and will obey you 
promptly. Teach her to obey the word 
“Whoa” whenever she hears it, and to 
stand until told to go. Do this in the 
barn. Now, when you have taught her 
to obey and also that you are the best 
friend she has in the world, you may 
harness and drive her with safety. 
One word about driving. When ready 
to start get into the wagon, fix the 
robes, etc., but do not pick up the lines 
until ready to start, then give her the 
word. Always in stopping use the word 
and not the lines. When driving, if she 
is inclined to go faster than you wish, 
use the word steady, or some other, but 
always the same one; she will soon 
learn to slacken her pace at the word. 
Use the lines simply to guide her when 
necessary. Teach her to drive with 
slack or tight line as you wish. Never 
use the whip when in the harness, ex¬ 
cept as a gentle reminder of her duty. 
After you have taught her to drive as 
I have Indicated money wouldn’t buy 
Nellie Bly. d. r. p. 
New York. 
When you write advertisers mention Tnn 
R. N.-T. and you will get a quick reply and 
“asquaredeal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
Breeders’ Directory 
FEEDING BRAN WITH SILAGE. 
What per cent of protein In silage; also 
in what proportion should wheat bran be 
fed with it? Q. E. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
Prof. .Henry in his work “Feeds and 
Feeding,” gives the following analysis 
of corn silage, the average of 99 sam¬ 
ples: Water, 79.1; ash, 1.4; protein, 
1.7; crude fiber, 6.0; carbohydrates, 11.0; 
fat, 0.8. This does not materially vary 
from other tables which are considered 
standard. An animal would therefore 
need 150 pounds a day to get enough 
protein for a full flow of milk, or 2% 
pounds of protein, which is not far from 
the profitable amount, provided the 
cost is not excessive. The ration maker 
so often overlooks the cost of the food, 
when perhaps, to make the ideal ration, 
the extra cost would more than balance 
the extra gain. For instance, in our 
own locality many farmers have such 
an abundance of corn that they are feed¬ 
ing excessively of it, and the cows are 
doing well, but it is not an ideal ration. 
The wheat bran to balance it is worth 
|19 per ton, and I am satisfied from ex¬ 
perience under such conditions that ^19 
would not produce ?19 worth of milk 
above present production. 1 am not 
making a plea for less food, nor neces¬ 
sarily for less grain food, but clover 
aftermath and corn are not with us 
marketable crops; especially is this true 
when it rains nearly every day. We are 
turning an unmarketable crop into milk, 
which has a ready cash value, saving 
the purchase of expensive grain foods 
If bran is to be fed, we will assume that 
the cow will eat 50 pounds a day of si¬ 
lage. At this season of the year, or un¬ 
til October 20, she will get a small 
amount of grass each day, which will 
not affect the ration, because it is nearly 
balanced. The corn silage will contain 
.85 iKjunds protein, and to assume that 
the grass eaten will make it one pound, 
we shall have to supply a pound to 1% 
pound of protein with the bran, which 
will call for seven to 10 pounds, an ex¬ 
pense of seven to 10 cents a day. Other 
protein foods may be substituted for a 
portion of the ration, when economy in 
cost warrants it. In other words, digest¬ 
ible protein wherever found, if palat¬ 
able, will have about an equal value for 
milk production. n. e. c. 
JERSEY BULL 
T®»rllng—roRlstered, from a (Treat showcowj al¬ 
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ST. LAMBERT and Combination. For sale 7 Cows, 
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123 HOLSTEINSri;;^ 
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FOR SALE 
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Holstein-Frieslan Bull 
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F or sale—T horoughbred 
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