1900. 
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RURAb NEW-YORKER. 
Value of Separator Cream. 
Can you inform me on what basis the 
value of separator cream is figured? About 
how many quarts of 30 per cent cream 
ought to be taken from a can of milk 
which tests four per cent butter fat? 
The value of separator crea. i is gen¬ 
erally figured on the basis of the 
amount of butter fat it contains as 
determined by the Babcock tester. Fig¬ 
uring a 40-quart can of four per cent 
milk at 83 pounds, it would contain 
3.32 pounds of butter fat. If, for in¬ 
stance, you wish to sell 20 per cent 
cream you can get as many pounds of 
cream from the can of milk as .20 is 
contained times in 3.32, which is 16.6 
pounds, or 8.3 quarts of cream. 
C. S. GREENE. 
QUESTIONS IN DAIRY FEEDING. 
A Balanced Ration. _ 
Will you give me a balanced.ration from 
the feeds below? Wheat bran, Buffalo 
gluten, old process oil meal, cotton seed, 
dried brewers’ grains fed wet, with all the 
good mixed hay they will eat out clean. 
Delhi, N. Y. M. a. t. 
I have compounded die following ra¬ 
tion for you from the feeds mentioned. 
It is very nearly balanced, but is a 
little narrower than the standard. By 
adding a little cornmeal or hominv you 
would have a wider ration, but it would 
not be materially improved for prac- 
tical feeding: 
Dry matter. 
Protein. 
Carb. 
and Fat. 
20 lbs. mixed 
hay .17.42 
.844 
9.25 
3 lbs. wheat 
bran . 2.655 
.3603 
1.4007 
1 lb. dry brew¬ 
ers’ grain .. .92 
.1904 
.4535 
2 lbs. O. P. 
oil meal . . . 1.816 
.5752 
.9738 
1 lb. cotton¬ 
seed meal . . .918 
.3701 
.4797 
1 lb. Buffalo 
gluten feed .81 
.2221 
.5821 
24.639 
2.5621 
13.1398 
Nutritive ratio 1:5.11. 
Ration for Milch Cows. 
I have several new milch cows that are 
giving from 30 to 40 pounds of milk per 
day apiece. I am now feeding the follow¬ 
ing ration : Five pounds corn and cob meal, 
three pounds wheat bran, three pounds Buf¬ 
falo gluten, 1% pound cotton-seed meal, 
and all of the silage and corn fodder the 
cow will clean up. Is this nearly a balanced 
ration, and if not, in what way. can I im¬ 
prove it? c. s. s. 
Ravesta, N. Y. 
Here is the analysis of the ration 
you are feeding, assuming that your 
cows eat the usual amounts of about 
40 pounds of silage and 10 pounds of 
of corn fodder: 
Feeding 
stuff. Dry matter. 
Protein. 
Carb. 
and Fat. 
40 lbs. silage. 8.40 
.36 
5.16 
10 lbs. corn 
fodder .... 5.78 
.234 
3.492 
5 lbs. corn- 
and-cob meal 4.245 
.238 
3.2837 
5 lbs. wheat 
bran i. 2.655 
.3603 
1.4007 
3 lbs. Buffalo 
gluten feed. 2.73 
.6664 
1.7463 
1% lbs. cot¬ 
ton - s e e d 
meal . 1.377 
.5551 
.6724 
25.247 
2.4138 
15.7551 
Nutritive ratio, 1:6.5. 
Although this ration has a wider nu¬ 
tritive ratio than the standard calls for, 
it should give good results in practice 
as it contains practically all of the 
ingredients necessary for the produc¬ 
tion of milk. The only improvement 
I can suggest is that you could re¬ 
duce the amount of corn-and-cob meal 
to three pounds and add half a pound 
more of cotton-seed meal, thereby mak¬ 
ing the ration a little narrower and 
reducing its cost at the same time. 
A Ration with Dried Beet Pulp. 
Will you give me a ration for cows pro¬ 
ducing 10. 15 and 20 quarts of milk per 
day? I sell my milk by weight to Borden’s- 
I wish to get the most milk at the least 
cost per day. I wish to feed about 20 
pounds of mixed hay per day, and as I 
have about three tons of dried beet pulp 
on hand I should like to feed it in my 
grain ration. I can get here Biles Union 
grains at $1.60, sprouts at $1.35, dried 
brewers’ grains at $1.45, hominy at $1.55, 
wheat bran and corn bran at $1.45, mid¬ 
dlings at $1.50, O. P. oil meal at $1.85. 
cotton-seed meal at $1.60, cornmeal at 
$1.50 and gluten at $1.60. j. n. l 
Amosting, N. Y. 
Here is a ration compounded from 
the feeds you mention, which will give 
you very good results at a low cost: 
Feeding 
Carb. 
and Fat. 
stuff. Dry matter. 
Protein. 
20 lbs. mixed 
9.25 
hay .17.42 
lbs. dry 
brewers’ 
.844 
1.814 
grains .... 3.68 
.7616 
lbs. hom¬ 
iny . 3.556 
.3372 
3.0756 
2 lbs. O. P. 
oil meal. . . 1.816 
.5752 
.9738 
1 lb. cotton- 
.4797 
seed meal.. 9.18 
.3791 
27.39 
2.8881 
15.5931 
Nutritive ratio 1 :5.4. 
As you have no succulent feed ex¬ 
cept, perhaps, the beet pulp, I have 
put in two pounds O.P. oil meal, which 
increases the cost of the ration more 
than any of the other feeds. There¬ 
fore. if you can keep the cow’s diges¬ 
tion in proper condition with one pound 
of oil meal you can substitute one 
pound of cotton seed meal for it and 
save the difference in cost. This ra¬ 
tion is suitable for a cow giving 15 
to 20 quarts of milk a d .y. If a 
cow gives but 10 quarts reduce the ra¬ 
tion one-fourth to one-third, depend¬ 
ing on the cow to which it is fed. 
You can add about four pounds a day 
of the dried beet pulp to the above 
ration, while it lasts, feeding the same 
amount of the mixture to each cow 
that you would without the pulp. That 
is, to the 11 pounds of grain in the 
the ration add four pounds beet pulp 
and feed 11 pounds of the mixture. 
C. S. GREENE. 
Indigestion in Mare. 
Could you let me know what is the 
trouble with my seven-year-old mare? She 
makes water often in small quantities, yel¬ 
low in color, and rather thick. She is not 
with foal, is in poor order, has both the 
round and pin worms. She never shows 
signs of pain. J - K - 
Michigan. 
The unnatural color and quantity of 
urine indicate indigestion, which may be 
partially due to presence of worms. Have 
her teeth put in order by a veterinary 
dentist, also have her clipped. This may 
suffice, but to rid her of worms give on 
empty stomach two ounces of turpentine 
and a pint of raw linseed oil and repeat 
in two weeks if found necessary. She may 
also take the worm powders so often pre¬ 
scribed in this department of the paper. 
a. s. a. 
Poll Evil. n 
I have a colt that got its head bruised 
back of the ear last Fall. It healed up all 
right at the time, but has since been run¬ 
ning some. It is just a small place, but. 
will not heal up. I would like to know 
what to do for it. J- c. f. 
Pennsylvania. 
Diseased tissues are present in the ab¬ 
scess and will have to be removed by a 
surgical operation before permanent healing 
can be expected. Employ a qualified veter¬ 
inarian, as the part involved contains im¬ 
portant vessels which might be injured 
were the operation to be done by one not 
acquainted with the anatomy of the part. 
Meanwhile clip off the Jtair, cleanse the 
part and each other day inject a little full 
strength tincture of iodine. a. s. a. 
Slimy Milk. 
What shall we do for our cow? She is 
11 years old, three months to freshening. 
The milk came bitter at first, now it is 
slimy and thick, no signs of blood. She is 
a good eater and looks well in every way. 
Maine. G. a. h. 
Turn her out of doors every day and 
after giving a full dose of Epsom salts as 
a physic, give half an ounce of saltpetre 
once daily in drinking water. Reduce the 
grain ration. See that all milk utensils 
are kept scrupulously clean and scalded and 
that food and water are first class in 
quality. a. S. a. 
Indigestion. 
I have a mare, 13 years of age. She has 
a good appetite, does not withstand a fair 
days work without symptoms of anaemia; 
does not gain flesh, as she seemingly should. 
On the road she occasionally exhibits mus¬ 
cular soreness in the foreward shoulders. I 
think it is a case of bad-conditioned blood. 
What do you advise to remedy this con¬ 
dition? w. G. R. 
New York. 
Anaemia means bloodlessness and indicates 
some debilitating disease. Most likely she 
has indigestion and in that case will do well 
if you have her clipped and her teeth at¬ 
tended to, then cut the rations in half and 
work or exercise her daily until muscular 
tone is regained. She should eat oats, bran 
and hay. Do not feed corn. a. s. a. 
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