1908. 
A RATION FOR COWS. 
I am feeding hay and cut cornstalks, 
with six quarts gluten and two quarts cot¬ 
ton-seed meal per day. to a cow which is 
due to come in next May. She is giving 
from 17 to 19 pounds of milk per day. I 
am feeding a two-year-old heifer hay and 
cut cornstalks, with four quarts hran and 
four quarts gluten per day. As I never had 
any experience feeding cows I would like to 
know TTow much grain is good for them.. 
Is there danger of feeding too much cot¬ 
ton-seed meal? Wheat hran costs $1.50 per 
100; cotton-seed meal, $1.60; gluten, $1.60. 
Connecticut. a. l. t. 
A quart of any food is as variable as 
the size of a piece of chalk or the length 
of a string. To get a true idea of a 
feed we must reckon with pounds. A 
quart of gluten feed will weigh a lit¬ 
tle over a pound, one.of cotton-seed meal 
one pound and a half. This would make 
the ration mentioned six pounds of glu¬ 
ten and two pounds of cotton-seed 
meal, or a total of nine pounds. A full 
ration, and I should say fully as much 
as a cow giving the amount of milk 
mentioned, would digest and assimilate. 
It is as cheap a one, when what it con¬ 
tains is considered, as one can get this 
Winter. The best way to tell if she is 
being overfed is to watch the droppings; 
if they smell offensive, she is overfed; 
if they are hard, she should have a more 
laxative feed. The main trouble with 
it, however, is that it is too concentrated. 
I should expect trouble with the udder 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
27 
ABERDEEN-ANGUS BULL WELLS HIGH¬ 
LANDER. Fig. 13. 
to result from this amount of these 
grains without succulence. 
You do not say if the heifer is fresh. 
If she is not I would take away all the 
gluten, and increase the wheat bran 
one-third. This will weigh about half 
a pound to the quart. If she is giving 
milk it is not so bad, and the gluten is 
a cheaper food and a better milk pro¬ 
ducer than bran, but it lacks bone ma¬ 
terial, what the growing heifer needs. 
There is danger of feeding too much 
cotton-seed meal without succulent feed; 
three pounds is about the limit. There 
is fully as much danger in feeding glu¬ 
ten, and with ordinary cows not 
brought up to consume a full grain ra¬ 
tion, without succulence, four pounds is 
about the limit. Taking a dairy as they 
run, eight pounds of grain a day is about 
as much as can usually be fed with 
profit. Wheat bran at $1.50 per 100 is 
too dear to feed. Better get malt 
sprouts or dried brewers’ grains if they 
are obtainable. Also substitute two 
pounds of linseed meal for two of the 
gluten. It will cost but little more and 
will keep the bowels and system in bet¬ 
ter condition. If possible I would sub¬ 
stitute a couple of pounds of bulky food, 
like the sprouts or dried grains, for a 
pound each of the gluten and cotton¬ 
seed meal. It is a good rule to make 
at least one-third the grains of some 
bulky food. edyvard van alstyne. 
Mistress: Ian invalid): “Jane, I 
thought I told you to make some 
chicken broth.” New Cook: “Shure, 
an’ Oi did, ma’am.’ Mistress: “Well, 
where is it?” New Cook: “Oi fed it 
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Write Today 
WE SELL YOU A DETROIT TONCUELESS DISC . - 
HARROW-ON TIME-ON TRIAL-FREIGHT 
ALLOWED 
I believe 
the Detroit 
Tongueless 
Disc Harrow has 
had the largest sale in its 
first two seasons on the 
market of any farm imple¬ 
ment ever manufactured. 
W. W. Collier, Gen. Mgr. 
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for Book 
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Sold on 
Time 
