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February 18, 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
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5.94 
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3.73 
.158 
1.528 
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1.812 
.293 
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.372 
.444 
2.581- 
13.939 
Under this headl g»e endeavor to give advice 
and suggestions about feeding mixtures of grains 
and fodders. • No detiuite 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, wuilo “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 carbonydrat s. 
Milk Ration for Durhams. 
I have been very much interested in 
your milk rations, but do not iind any 
that just fills my need. I have corn, good 
clovei hay and corn stover, and can buy 
almost all the other feeds close at home 
but sugar beet and dried brewers’ grains. 
Cows are principally Durham, weigh from 
900 to 1100 pounds. 1 am feeding for 
milk. Can you advise me? G. E. s. 
Maryland. 
Here is the analysis of a balanced ra¬ 
tion composed of common feeding stuffs 
which .ought to produce good results 
when properly fed to good Durham 
cows: 
Dry Digestible Carb. 
Feeding stuff. matter. Protein, and fat. 
15 lbs. clover hay. 12.75 
10 lbs. corn stover 5.80 
2 lbs. corn meal.. 1.78 
4 lbs. wheat bran 3.52 
1 lb. O.P. oil meal .91 
1 lb. cotton-seed 
meal .92 
25. G8 
Nutritive ratio 1 : 5.4. 
If you prefer to grind your corn to¬ 
gether with the cob, feed three and a 
half or four pounds of the mixture, 
corn and cob meal, instfead of two 
pounds cornmeal. c. s. G. 
Feeding and Dairy Barn. 
Will you give me a ration for dairy cows 
weighing 1,000 pounds? We feed a slopped 
feed. Corn chop, per ton, $25; wheat 
middlings, $31 ; buckwheat middlings, $24 ; 
cotton-seed meal, $30; green malt, 10 cents 
a bushel; clover hay, $15, and straw at 
$8 per ton. When we cannot get green 
malt we feed dried beet pulp, $28, and 
dried malt at $22 per ton. Give me the 
dimensions for a dairy barn for 30 cow 
stalls, two horse stalls, one bull pen, two 
box stalls and feed room, with feed aisle 
through center of barn, and height of 
ceilings. c. w. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
If your cows are doing well I do not 
know that 1 can improve upon the ration 
you are now using, although you do 
not give the amounts of the different 
feeds used at present. Here is the 
analysis of a very good ration, which is 
probably about what you are using: 
Dry Digestible Carb. 
Feeding stuff. matter. Protein, and fat. 
18 lbs. clover hay. 15.30 1.224 7.128 
2 lbs. cornmeal.. 1.78 
2 lbs. buckwheat 
middlings ...... 1.74 
1 lb. cotton - seed 
meal . . ..92 
5 lbs,, dried beet 
pulp or dry malt, 
with s 
.158 
.44 
.372 
1.528 
.912 
.444 
sprouts 
4.08 
.34 
2.531 
3.27 
13.282 
24.42 
Nutritive ratio 1 : 5.24. 
When- you can get the green malt at 
10 cents per bushel, of course that is 
the cheapest feed you can get, and the 
ration given is only to use when this 
feed is not' available. Wheat middlings 
at $31 per ton arc too expensive to use 
unless your cows become too laxative 
on the ration used and need something 
more constipating. 
Your stable should he 34 or 36 by 100 
feet to accommodate the stock men¬ 
tioned. You could get along with it 
30 feet wide, hut 36 feet would give 
you a little more room in which to 
work. The feeding alley should he four 
feet wide, the mangers three feet wide 
and the cow stalls three feet nine inches 
wide, and the length to correspond with 
the size of the cows kept. The box 
stall should he about 10 feet square 
and the horse stalls about five feet 
wide. The hull pen can he made a 
little larger than the box stalls if de¬ 
sired. The ceiling should be at least 
eight feet high, and would do no harm 
if it was a little higher. I would advise 
putting in cement floors and chain hang¬ 
ing swing stanchions. c. s. G. 
Ration for Jersey Cow. 
I have a Jersey cow that is thin in 
flesh, not in calf, and milking seven quaits 
pc T r day. Her skin is very tight over back 
and ribs. Along milk veins and around 
udder is a kind of dandruff or scurf. She 
eats fairly well. I am feeding 4Vi pounds 
of the following mixed feed twice per day : 
Bran, 200 _ pounds; corncob meal. 140 
pounds; cotton-seed meal, 100 pounds; 
buckwheat shorts, 100 pounds; old pro¬ 
cess oil meal, 50 pounds. . Bough feed is 
corn fodder and clover hay. u. s. u. 
Pennsylvania. 
Your Jersey cow is naturally a heavy 
milker and has been fed for some time 
on a good milk-producing ration until 
she has become poor through the lack 
of proper nourishment for building up 
the body and secreting milk at the same 
time. Scurf, such as you describe, is not 
a disease, but it is simply the result of 
a debilitated condition of the body and 
a lack of proper grooming. It is usually, 
though not always, accompanied by the 
presence of lice. The first thing to do 
is to look for lice and kill them if found. 
A little unguentum rubbed on the 
stanchions and on the head back of the 
horns and places where the cows can¬ 
not lick it off will kill the lice. As this 
is a deadly poison it must be used with 
care. The ration you are using is good 
for milk production, hut should contain 
more cornmeal to keep the cow in 
proper condition physically. I would 
suggest that you discontinue the corn 
and cob lneal and use clear cornmeal 
in its place, gradually increasing from 
100 pounds to start to 150 pounds at the 
end of about 10 days. If not con¬ 
venient to get the clear cornmeal in¬ 
crease the corn and cob meal gradu¬ 
ally up to 250 pounds in your mixture. 
Brush your cow thoroughly every day. 
Give her a good bed of straw or shav¬ 
ings to keep her clean and make her 
comfortable. You will soon notice a 
decided improvement in her condition 
if you will adopt the suggestions given. 
• c. S. G. 
Ration for Butter. 
Will vou make up for me a ration for 
butter?* 1 have only mixed hay on hand. 
I can get cornmeal, bran and middlings 
and linseed meal. I have some concen¬ 
trated food. c. T. 
New York. 
The following ration compounded 
from the feeding stuffs mentioned is 
well adapted for cows from which the 
milk is used for making butter; 
Dry Digestible Carb. 
Feeding stuff. matter. Protein, and fat. 
20 lbs. mixed hay. 17.42 .844 9.25 
4 lbs. wheat bran .3.52 .488 1.812 
3 lbs. cotton - seed „ _ 
meai . 2.76 1.116 1.33o 
1 lb. cornmeal.89 .079 .704 
24.59 2.527 13.101 
Nutritive ratio 1: 5.2. 
While this ration will produce fairly 
satisfactory results it could be much 
improved if you could get some oil 
meal, silage or dried beet pulp to feed in 
addition to that which you already have. 
I have never seen the concentrated food 
named and do not know what it is, but 
if you know it to he a good feed you 
could use up your present supply by 
mixing one or two pounds a day with 
the ration suggested without increasing 
the total amount fed. c. s. g. 
Ration for Heifer. 
Will vou give me a proper f<>ed for a 
heifer three years old that will freshen 
about April 1? I have only mixed hay 
(common). F. J. o. 
New York. 
A good ration for your heifer could 
be composed of all the mixed hay she 
will eat three times a day for roughage 
and a small grain ration fed twice a 
day, the amount depending entirely on 
the size and condition of the heifer. If 
she is in poor condition, five or six 
pounds per day ought to start her to 
gaining nicely, while if . she is fat 
enough now, three or four pounds 
would probably be sufficient to keep her 
in a thriving condition. I would mix 
about 300 pounds of wheat bran with 
200 pounds of ground oats and 100 
pounds of O. P. linseed meal and feed 
as described. c. s. G. 
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