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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 13, 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Under (his heading we endeavor (o give 
advice and suggestions about feeding mix¬ 
tures of grains a\id fodders. No definite 
rules are given, but the advice is based upon 
experience and average analyses of foods. 
By “protein” is meant the elements in the 
food which go to make muscle or lean meat. 
“Carbohydrates” comprise the starch, sugar, 
etc., which make fat and provide fuel for 
the body, while “fat” is (he pure oil found 
in foods. “Dry matter” means the weight 
of actual food left In fodder or grain when 
all the water is driven off. A “narrow 
ration” means one in which the proportion 
of protein to carbohydrates is close—a 
“wide" ration means one which shows a 
larger proportion of carbohydrates. 
BUTTER-FAT RATION. 
What is the best balanced grain or feed 
ration to feed my cows for butter fat and 
keep them in good condition with the 
following: Wheat bran, $20 per ton; oil 
meal (old process), .$1.80 per 100; Buffalo 
gluten, $1.45 per 100; white milling shorts, 
$1.55 per 100; oats I have, worth 40 cents 
per bushel; cornmeal, $1.55 per 100. Will 
have corn later of my own, also Badger 
dairy feed at $1.35 per 100. Cattle com¬ 
mon Jerseys on pasture. This Winter for 
roughage will have corn fodder and Timothy 
hay. Dairymen in this section mostly 
feed gluten for milk, but I want a feed 
for butter. E. h. m. 
Ohio. 
In this case I would consider that the 
most economical grain ration to feed 
would he the one which contains the 
maximum amount of home-grown 
feeds. I have heretofore compounded 
the following ration: three pounds 
ground oats, two pounds cornmeal, three 
pounds Buffalo gluten, two pounds oil 
meal. This ration is for large-producing 
cows and should be reduced for cows 
giving a smaller flow. You could re¬ 
duce its cost slightly by substituting 
two pounds of cotton-seed meal for the 
three pounds of gluten, and improve 
the ration at the same time. You cannot 
afford to feed wheat bran at $26 per 
ton. If you want something bulky in 
the ration you can get dry brewers’ or 
distillers’ grains at a price you can afford 
to pay. I do not think much of your 
roughage for. the production of Winter 
milk. Corn fodder and Timothy hay 
cannot be fed exclusively with much 
assurance of a profit in competition 
with silage. If you have a dozen cows 
or more it would certainly pay you to 
erect a silo next year. 
Alfalfa Hay Alone. 
Will you give a grain ration for my cows, 
which get Alfalfa hay twice daily? 1 have 
one cow which is very poor, but a good 
milker; seems perfectly healthy but very 
thin. Can I feed her something to make 
her look better? She is three .vears old. 
Perryman, Md. v. r. 
Alfalfa hay is not a satisfactory feed 
for cows without a good grain ration 
to go with it. You could save about 
half the expense for grain if you had 
silage or good corn fodder to go with 
it as part of the roughage. As Alfalfa 
contains over 10 per cent of digestible 
protein we can easily see why your cow 
is so poor. You have been feeding too 
much protein and not enough carbo¬ 
hydrates. In other words you have not 
been feeding a balanced ration. It is not 
always convenient for a person to get 
all the different kinds of feeding stuff 
to make a properly balanced ration, but 
assuming that the following feeds are 
available in your locality you can com¬ 
pound a ration as follows: 
Digestible 
Dry 
Pro- 
Garb. 
Feeding Stuff. 
Matter. 
tein. 
& Fat. 
If 
i lbs. Alfalfa. 
.12.80 
1.65 
6.345 
7 
lbs. corn and cob meal 5.05 
.308 
4.655 
4 
lbs. wheat bran . . . 
. 3.52 
.488 
1.812 
2 
lbs. wheat middlings 
. 1.76 
.256 
1.214 
24.03 
2.702 
14.026 
Nutritive ratio, 1 :5.2. 
You will notice that this ration is 
rather narrow, having a nutritive ratio 
of only 1: 5 . 2 . It has one serious fault, 
and that is it contains no succulent or 
laxative feeds, which it is very necessary 
for you to supply. Usually we would 
add a pound or two of oil meal for 
this purpose, but as the ration is nar¬ 
row enough we do not want to make it 
any narrower by adding a protein feed. 
I would, therefore, suggest that you sup¬ 
ply some kind of laxative feed which 
may be available in your locality. For 
this purpose nothing would be more suit¬ 
able than mangel wurzels chopped up, 
and a small shovelful fed once a day. 
If you cannot get the mangels you 
should feed molasses, which can be pur¬ 
chased at about 14 cents per gallon. 
Use about two pounds a day for each 
cow by first diluting it with water suf¬ 
ficient to moisten the whole grain ration. 
Alfalfa, Silage and Cornstalks. 
We have a herd of Jerseys for which we 
have a supply of Alfalfa hay, corn silage 
and dry cornstalks. In what proportion 
should we feed these, and what can we buy 
to best advantage properly to balance their 
rations? r. 
Central New York. 
You have the facilities for feeding 
cows for the production of milk at the 
least possible cost for prain. Any 
farmer who can raise both corn and 
Alfalfa should consider himself fortu¬ 
nate. If neither corn nor Alfalfa could 
he raised on the farm it is safe to say 
that the production of market milk 
would prove a losing undertaking at 
present prices. Cows are very fond of 
both silage -and Alfalfa, so if they are 
both fed liberally very little of the dry 
cornstalks will be eaten, and if the cows 
are forced to eat the dry stalks through 
hunger, the maximum amount of milk 
cannot be secured. I would, therefore, 
only feed the stalks to young stock and 
dry cows, or those that are drying off 
rapidly and which are to come in later. 
They should be cut or shredded, and it 
would also improve them to be wet or 
steamed 12 hours before feeding. If it 
is necessary to feed these stalks to the 
milking herd I would have a feeding 
rack in the yard where the cows can 
help themselves at any time during the 
day. When fed in this way during mild 
weather cows will generally eat them to 
advantage if supplied fresh every day 
and the refuse removed. No specified 
amount can be given, as the cows should 
be allowed to eat all they want. 1 would 
compound the regular ration as follows: 
10 pounds Alfalfa, 35 pounds silage, 
two or three pounds Ajax flakes and two 
pounds of cotton-seed meal. Of course, 
these are only approximate weights, and 
must be varied to suit the size of the 
cows and the amount of milk they are 
giving. The Alfalfa may he increased 
to 12 pounds and the silage to 40 pounds 
for extra large milkers. I believe this 
plan of feeding will produce milk at the 
lowest possible cost at the present time. 
C. S. GREENE. 
Good Cows.—Readers will remember 
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Martin lost his great barn by fire re¬ 
cently. 
lie sold his entire herd at auction, ex¬ 
cept the prize bull, which was burned. 
They were a fine lot. 11 is 60 cows. 10 
yearlings and 10 calves, less than two weeks 
old, brought $5,656. lie was forced to sell, 
as he had no shelter for them and no hay. 
I think it was the best herd of grades in 
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Mr. Martin developed this herd by 
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