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FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Under this heading we endeavor to give advice 
and suggestions about feeding mixtures of grains 
and fodders. No dednite rules are given, hut 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, wnile “fat” is the 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 carbohydrat >s. 
Root Crops for Cows. 
Which is the best root crop for cows 
whose milk is used for butter? We have 
in this section all kinds of land, so could 
raise nearly anything. Which (if either) 
will affect the color of the butter, carrots or 
beets? What would be an average yield 
of each per acre? 
Woodbury, Conn. 
1 consider mangels are best roots to 
grow for feeding cows, because they can 
be grown with very little labor; they 
yield well and produce a large flow of 
milk. Carrots, if fed in large quantities, 
will affect the color of butter, but man¬ 
gels will not. Mangels usually yield 
from 15 to 20 tons per acre, while car¬ 
rots require much more labor to grow 
them, and are doing well if they yield 
half this amount. c. s. greene. 
Broken Rice for Chicks. 
What is the value of imperfect rice as a 
chick feed? Would it be profitable to sub¬ 
stitute this imperfect rice, for some other 
more costly food? ir. o. 
New York. 
Broken rice analyzes 5.92 per cent pro¬ 
tein, 70.71 per cent carbohydrates, and 
.42 per cent fat, all digestible. I have 
used it in small quantities for young 
chickens with good results, and consider 
it worth as much as pinhead oatmeal, 
wheat or cracked corn. Rice can prob¬ 
ably be more profitably used as a feed 
for fattening broilers than for any other 
purpose, but it should never form a large 
part of the ration. If this imperfect rice 
can he bought at a low enough price 
there is no reason wh' r it cannot he 
profitably substituted for some other 
food to the amount of 10 per cent of the 
ration. 
Mixed Feed for Horses. 
Which is the best, cotton-seed, linseed or 
gluten meal to mix with corn and cob meal 
for feed for my horses this Winter? Would 
it he necessary to add any bran? They 
will have plenty of good hay, hut no clover, 
l’lease give proportions. if. w. s. 
I do not consider either cotton-seed 
meal, linseed meal or gluten meal very 
desirable feeds for horses at their pres¬ 
ent prices except for soecial purposes or 
when fed in small quantities. Horses 
must be fed in proportion to the amount 
of work they are doing each day, and if 
fed a heavy ration of such concentrated 
feeds as you mention great care would 
he required to prevent colic and impac¬ 
tion. I would mix the feed in the fol¬ 
lowing proportion for horses in good 
flesh moderately worked: five pounds 
corn and cob meal, five pounds wheat 
bran, two pounds Buffalo gluten meal 
and one-quarter pound oil meal. This 
makes a very good ration at a moderate 
cost. From 12 to 15 pounds of good 
mixed hay or Timothy should he fed 
with the above grain ration. 
Ration for a Milch Cow. 
What nutritive ratio is l>ost to be used, 
for a milch cow? Some of my cows are 
giving 25 pounds of milk per day, and 
some 10 to 15 pounds and up. Of the 
digestible nutrien.n how much roughage and 
how much grain should there be in ord'er 
to get the very best results? h. d. 8. 
McKee’s Rocks, l‘a. 
The standard rations for dairy cows 
given by our best authorities have a nu¬ 
tritive ratio of from 1:5.4 to 1 :G.8. 
Generally speaking a ration with a nu¬ 
tritive ratio of 1:5 or less is called a 
narrow ration, and one with a nutritive 
ratio of 1:6 or more is called a wide 
ration. Just what is best cannot he posi¬ 
tively stated, as the feeds must he se¬ 
lected according to their availability and 
cost, and they must be fed according to 
the condition of the animals. As a rule, 
I have found that a narrow ration will 
produce more milk than a wide one if 
fed to good fresh cows which are kept 
in a good, warm, well-ventilated barn. 
If you have silage properly made from 
well-eared corn there is not much dan¬ 
ger of feeding a too narrow ration of 
grain. We are feeding Ajax flakes and 
cotton-seed meal and the results are 
very satisfactory. 
The proportion of grain to the rough- 
age again depends almost entirely on the 
amount of milk a cow is giving. We 
usually figure on feeding a pound of 
grain to three or 2 l / 2 pounds of miTk, 
which is a better rule than can he made 
by comparing the grain with the rough¬ 
age. The New York Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station, Geneva, N. Y., has 
issued annual bulletin No. 31(> giving the 
analyses and trade names, also names 
of the manufacturers or jobbers of all 
the licensed feeding stuffs sold in the 
State. This bulletin is sent free, and 
should he in the hands of everyone in¬ 
terested in feeding dairy ovvs, poultry 
or live stock of anv kind, as it explains 
the frauds that are continually practised 
upon farmers, who often buy ready- 
mixed feeds from their dealers., paving 
from 15 to 50 per cent more for them 
than the same or better feed would cost 
if the ingredients were purchased sepa¬ 
rately and mixed at home. 
Ration for Steers. 
I have live young steers averaging 000 
pounds. I bought them a few months ago, 
and intended to feed them until June, 1010. 
I have corn enough to feed them, but l had 
intended to feed cotton-seed meal in propor¬ 
tion of one part cotton-seed meal to 8 or 
10 parts corn and col) meal, with all the 
long food they will eat : morning and even¬ 
ing corn fodder and at noon hay, mostly 
clover. I was told that this will not make 
a good ration, as it will ho too doughy and 
much of the meal will not digest, and that 
it would he better if it contained the cotton¬ 
seed hulls also. Will you let me know 
how this is? According to the analysis I 
can buy the cotton-seed meal cheaper than 
the meal with the hulls. J. a. w. 
Ephrata, Pa. 
I do not know why anyone should ad¬ 
vise you to feed cotton-seed hulls with 
this ration, unless you live near tl.e mills 
where it is made, and can get it for a 
very low price. It is not worth as much 
as good hav. The analysis of cotton-seed 
hulls is as follows: 1.05 per cent digesti¬ 
ble protein, 32.21 per cent digestible car¬ 
bohydrates and 1.89 per cent digestible 
fat, so it is plainly seen that this is not 
a very valuable feed. If yen could grind 
your corn and cob meal verv coarsely or 
make it into corn chop it would not be 
doughy. You can increase the amount 
of cotton-seed meal toward the end of 
the feeding period to two or 2]/ 2 pounds 
per day for each steer, and you may 
have to take out the cobs at this time 
if you have any trouble with the steers 
not eating their feed with a relish. If 
you see any signs of indigestion or con¬ 
stipation you should add a little oil meal 
to the ration. Otherwise it is all right, 
and should produce good results. 
Feeding an Idle Horse. 
I have oats, hay and silage. What is 
the best feed for a mare eight years old 
during Winter, when not working? I wish 
to save as much oats and hay as possible. 
I can get corn also. w. f. l . 
Ontario, Canada. 
An eight-year-old mare will not keep 
in as good condition when confined in 
the stable as she will if given moderate 
exercise each day. However, the lack of 
this may be largely overcome by provid¬ 
ing a roomy box stall so that she can 
move around. By keeping her blanketed 
in cold weather and brushed clean every 
day you will save feed and improve the 
animal’s condition. You will not need 
any corn unless she is very poor, in 
which case she should he fed one or two 
pounds a day mixed with about five 
quarts of oats until she gets in good 
flesh, when it should be discontinued. 
From three to four quarts of oats and 
10 to 12 pounds of good hay should 
then keep her in good shape if she is not 
a hard keeper, and weighs about 1,000 
pounds. Of course different horses re¬ 
quire different treatment, so the above 
suggestions can only apply to average 
horses. c. s. greene. 
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THE WILLIAM GALLOWAY COMPANY OF AMERICA 
653 Galloway Station, Waterloo, Iowa 
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