1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
20© 
A Milk Ration. 
For milk ration, I am. ■ using ' dry corn 
fodder, feeding mangels, wheat bran, dried 
brewers’ grains and corn. What change 
does it need to make it better?. I shall 
sow oats and Canada peas in Spring for 
hay. I see vetch recommended; is it as 
good as the peas for that purpose? 
Pennsylvania. G. v. 
I would suggest the following ration 
for average cows weighing about 1,000 
pounds each: 
anced ration, except that no cornmeal 
or cotton-seed meal should be fed just 
before or within two weeks after par¬ 
turition, as heavy concentrated feeds 
like these are liable to cause congested 
udders during this time specially: 
15 
10 
4 
o 
lbs. oat 
hay 
lbs. mixed 
lbs. wheat 
lbs. cotton 
and 
hay. 
bran 
Digestible 
Dry 
Pro- 
Carb. 
Feeding stuff 
matter 
tein 
and fat 
25 lbs. cornfodder .. 
.14.50 
.625 
9.325 
15 lbs.mangels . 
. 1.35 
.165 
.84 
5 lbs. dry brewere’ 
grains. 
.785 
2.39 
2 lbs. wheat bran.. 
. 1.76 
.244 
.906 
2 lbs. cotton -seed 
meal. 
. 1.84 
.744 
.S88 
24.05 
2.563 
14.349 
Nutritive ratio 1 
: 5.0. 
Digestible 
Dry 
Pro- 
Carb. 
matter 
tein 
and fat 
.12.9 
.81 
5.916 
. 8.71 
.422 
4.625 
. 3.52 
i 
.4SS 
1.812 
. 1.84 
.744 
!SS8 
. 1.84 
.496 
1.104 
. 1.78 
.158 
1.528 
30.59 
5.1. 
3.118 
15.873 
not cost you as 
much 
As you do not state the amounts of 
the different feeding stuffs you use at 
present I am unable to show a compari¬ 
son between your present nation and 
the one suggested. While the ration 
given above will give fairly good re¬ 
sults it would be better if you could 
get some clover or Alfalfa hay to feed 
in place of part of the corn fodder. 
Cows get very tired of one feed like 
corn fodder, which is not very palatable 
when kept until this season of the year 
and fed dry. If not too much trouble, 
I would suggest that it be cut and 
steamed before feeding, as cows will 
eat it much better when treated in 
this way. I have never tried vetch, as 
I do not think it can equal oats and 
peas for cows from June 15 to Aug¬ 
ust 10. . c. s. G. 
Improving a Ration 
Please 
weighing 
with the 
suggest grain ration for cows 
900 to 1100 pounds, to be led 
following roughage : Corn silage, 
20 pounds; oats and pea hay (mostly oats), 
eight to 10 pounds; mixed hay (Timothy, 
Red-top and wild grasses), no clover, 12 
to 15 pounds. I cannot increase the silage, 
as we have only a limited quantity. Cows 
came fresh in September and October, now 
giving 20 to 30 pouuds daily on the above 
roughage with six or seven pounds wheat 
bran and live pounds continental gluten 
feed (distillers’ grains;, guaranteed an¬ 
alysis protein 33, fat, 14. I would like 
to increase the milk if possible, at the same 
time reduce the cost. Bran and gluten on 
hand, therefore ration must contain some 
of each. Bran cost when bought $25.55 at 
station, live miles away. Would cost to 
buy now $20.80. Gluten cost at station 
$35.50, same now. 1 can buy cotton-seed 
at $30, oil meal (old process) about $40, 
cornmeal for $27, but do not think cows 
need any, as they are in lirst class condi¬ 
tion. Also give ration from these feeds for 
cows just beginning to freshen, where the 
roughage consists of all the oat and pea 
hay they will eat three times a day, prol>- 
ably about 30 to 40 pouuds, no silage. I 
could give them some of the mixed hay 
mentioned. I have some heifers coming 
two that did not come home in very good 
shape in the Fall. 1 have clipped them 
and they are looking better now. I am 
feeding them all the oat and pea hay 
they will eat three times a day with two 
quarts bran and a pint of oil meal twice 
daily. Do you think this too heavy? 
Ileifers will not freshen till March. I have 
some other heifers one year old last Fall 
and some coming one year old this Spring; 
grain ration same as above with all the 
mixed hay (Timothy and Red-Top) they 
will eat three times a day. Do you think 
there is any danger from the oil "meal? I 
want the older ones to freshen next Fall. 
New York. a. x. s. 
Here is the analysis of the ration you 
are feeding: 
Dry 
Digestible 
Pro- Carb. 
matter 
tein 
and fat 
20 
lbs. silage . 4.20 
.18 
1.58 
10 
lbs. oat and pea 
hay . 8.6 
.54 
3.944 
12 
lbs. mixed hay.. 10.45 
.506 
5.55 
6 
lbs. wheat bran. 5.28 
.732 
2.718 
5 
lbs. continental 
gluten . 4.60 
1.2 
2.76 
33.13 
3.198 
17.552 
This ration has a nutritive ratio of 
1:5.5, which is very near the standard, 
so it would be a difficult matter for me 
to suggest any very great improvement. 
The quantity given, however, seems to be 
rather larger—enough for an average 
cow weighing 1200 to 1300 pounds. If 
you would reduce your wheat bran to 
two pounds and add two pounds of 
cotton-seed meal I think it would im¬ 
prove the ration a little, at the same 
time saving about one cent per cow per 
day. 
For your cows that are just freshen- | 
ing I would suggest the. following bal-I 
2 lbs. continental 
gluten . 
2 lbs. cornmeal .. 
Nutritive ratio 1 
as the one you are feeding, yet it con¬ 
tains about the same nutriment. It is 
liable, however, to be a little constipat¬ 
ing, as it contains no succulent ma¬ 
terial.. If you find any trouble in this 
direction you could add a pound or two 
of linseed meal, but not increasing the 
amount fed. The oil meal will not hurt 
your heifers if fed sparingly. I would 
suggest that you feed not over one 
pound per day to each one—the re¬ 
mainder of the grain ration to be wheat 
bran or mixed feed and ground oats. 
c. s. G. 
Ration for Fresh Cows, 
Will you give me a balanced ration for 
fresh cows? I have mixed clover, Timothy, 
and Red-top hay, silage enough to feed 
once a day until grass (no corn in the 
silage) and oats, and I can get the follow¬ 
ing grains here: Cornmeal at 95 cents per 
iOO; wheat bran, $1.25; gluten feed. $1.35; 
cotton-seed meal, $1.65; old process oil 
meal, $1.90; Alfalfa meal, green, $1.30 
New York. H . M . 
From the feeding stuffs mentioned 
I would select the following ration as 
the most economical to use at the 
prices: 
Dry 
Feeding stuff matter 
20 lbs. silage . 4.20 
15 lbs. mixed hay and 
clover .13.05 
5 lbs. wheat bran.. 4.40 
2 lbs. cottonseed meal 1.84 
2 lbs. cornmeal .... 1.78 
25.27 
Nutritive ratio 1 : 5.4. 
Digestible 
Pro¬ 
tein 
.18 
.93 
.61 
.744 
.158 
Carb. 
and fat 
2.58 
6.90 
2.265 
.888 
1.528 
2.622 14.161 
The silage in this ration to be given 
once a . day and the hay and grain 
divided into two feeds a day. Be very 
careful not to feed a cow any cornmeal 
or cotton-seed for at least two weeks 
after she freshens, or until all danger 
of inflammation of the udder has ceased. 
Begin by feeding a very small amount 
at first, gradually increasing according 
to the cow’s appetite and her ability to 
assimilate the food. One of the most 
common mistakes of feeders is to begin 
feeding too much heavy grain suddenly, 
before a cow is accustomed to the feed; 
therefore much damage is done that 
could easily have been avoided by in¬ 
creasing gradually during one or two 
weeks, instead of trying to put a cow on 
full feed in a day or two. c. s. G. 
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