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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 11 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Under this heading we endeavor to give advice 
and suggestions about feeding mixtures of grains 
and 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 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 carbohydrates. 
Effect of Cotton Seed. 
Will cotton-seed meal fed to cows with 
calf cause them to abort, as we read in 
some paper that it would? m. e. d. 
New York. 
In my experience of feeding cotton¬ 
seed meal for many years I have never 
seen a case of abortion that could be 
traced to this cause. It may be possible, 
through the misuse of cotton-seed meal, 
like feeding it in excessive quantities to 
cows far advanced in the period of gesta¬ 
tion, for it to cause a fever that might 
bring on abortion, but a proper and sen¬ 
sible use of cotton-seed meal will do no 
damage. c. S. G. 
Too Much Heavy Feed 
Each of my cows after calving this sea¬ 
son has a very hard swollen udder, but 
with very little milk. I had one come in 
recently, and although she has an im¬ 
mense udder I could only get one-third of 
a pail of milk at night. For three weeks 
before calving she had been fed silage, corn 
fodder, clover hay and about four pounds 
of corn chop a day. Will you also give 
me a good balanced ration ? At present 
am feeding about 15 pounds of silage, four 
quarts of bran, two quarts of gluten and 
about six pounds of cut corn fodder twice 
a day, with clover hay at noon. H. e. g. 
Pennsylvania. 
You have been feeding your cows too 
much heating feed like corn chop and 
gluten feed, which is no doubt the 
cause of so many caked udders. You 
should never feed any heavy concen¬ 
trated feed for four to six weeks be¬ 
fore parturition, nor within two weeks 
thereafter, or until the udder has re¬ 
gained its normal condition. Even then 
if you start to feed gluten feed heavily 
it is very liable to cause you much 
trouble. I know from experience that 
it is a good feed for the production of 
milk, but must be fed with caution, or 
serious trouble will result. The remedy 
is to remove the cause first, feeding 
only light feed like wheat bran or a 
very small amount of dry brewers’ or 
distillers’ grains. Give warm water to 
drink several times a day. As soon as 
you see a case of caked udder give the 
cow a pint of molasses, followed in 
two hours with one pound of epsom 
salts. Bathe the udder frequently with 
warm water—as warm as the hand will 
bear—and apply melted lard twice a day 
after milking, rubbing it in well. Keep 
the cow in a warm, light, well ventilated 
stable where she cannot catch cold and 
milk her at least three times a day. 
I would suggest the following bal¬ 
anced ration which you will find safe 
and economical to feed: 
Digestible 
15 
lbs. silage. 
Dry 
matter 
Pro¬ 
tein 
.135 
Carb. 
and fat 
1.935 
8 
lbs. cut corn 
fodder . 
. 4.64 
.20 
2.984 
9 
lbs. clover hay. 
. 7.65 
.612 
3.564 
2 
lbs. corn meal. . 
. 1.78 
.158 
1.528 
3 
lbs.wheat bran . 
. 2.64 
.366 
1.359 
3 
lbs. gluten feed. 
. 2.70 
.690 
2.097 
2 
lbs. dry distiller’s 
grains . 1.84 
.496 
1.104 
Nutritive ratio, 1 
24.40 
:5.4. 
2.663 
C. 
14.571 
S. G. 
Alfalfa and Grain. 
Will you give me a balanced ration to go 
with two kinds of fodder such as mixed 
clover hay, also Alfalfa, second crop. I 
have good corn silage well mixed with corn ; 
cows are fresh milkers weighing from 800 
to 1,000 pounds. Following is the grain 
I can buy: Cotton-seed meal. .$1.80 per 100; 
oil meal, $1.00; dairy feed, $1.60; malt 
sprouts, $1.10; gluten feed, $1.50; wheat 
screenings, $1; wheat bran, $1.25; wheat 
middlings, $1.40; eornmeal, $1.20. 
New York. w. G. 
Following is the best and most eco¬ 
nomical balanced ration I can make 
from the list of feeding stuffs men¬ 
tioned : 
Digestible 
Dry 
Pro- 
Carb. 
Feeding stuff matter 
f 'n and fat 
40 lbs. 
silage .8.40 
5.16 
12 lbs. 
mixed bay 
with 
clover or Al- 
falfa. 
.10.44 
.744 
5.52 
4 lbs. 
malt sprouts. 3.60 
.744 
1.636 
2 lbs. 
cotton-seed 
meal. 
.1.84 
.744 
.888 
I lb eornmeal.89 
.079 
.704 
25.17 
2.671 
13.968 
Nutritive ratio 1: 5.2. 
If you feed more than five or six 
pounds of clear clover or Alfalfa at 
any time you could reduce the amount 
of cotton-seed meal correspondingly. 
For example, Alfalfa contains 11 per 
cent protein, and cotton-seed meal con¬ 
tains 37 per cent, so by increasing the 
amount of Alfalfa pounds you could 
decrease the amount of cotton-seed one 
pound. Of course this could not be 
continued indefinitely, as it would soon 
make the ration too bulky. I would 
advise wetting the sprouts before feed¬ 
ing and allowing time for them 'to 
swell, as it makes a more palatable feed 
when prepared in this way. c. s. g. 
Value of Feeding Stuffs. 
What is the feeding value of wheat bran, 
cut Alfalfa, brewers’ grains and corn bran 
or siftings from mill grinding southern corn 
into meal? Please give value for feeding 
laying hens and feeding young chicks. 
Virginia. R- G. 
I do not know of any reliable experi¬ 
ments having been made with hens and 
chickens to test the feeding value of the 
different feeding stuffs you mention. 
However, it is customary to estimate 
the feeds for poultry about the same as 
for cattle. Estimating the value of wheat 
bran at $22 per ton, dried brewers’ 
grains would be worth $24 to $26 per 
ton, cut Alfalfa about the same as wheat 
bran, and corn bran or siftings would 
be worth considerably less—not over $16 
to $18 per ton. As a rule the cheaper 
feeds are the most expensive to use in 
the long run because they are usually 
very indigestible. By using feeds of 
this character which contain a relatively 
small amount of digestible nutrients, 
the delicate digestive apparatus of either 
animals or birds becomes overworked 
without producing satisfactory results. 
C. S. G. 
Warming Water for Cows. —I want to 
put in some sort of arrangement for beating 
the water for my cows. At present the 
water is pumped into a 2,500 gallon tank 
elevated in the barn, and then running 
through pipes to the trough. My only way 
of warming at present is to put hot water 
Into the trough, which is not convenient. 
Probably some of your readers have satisfac¬ 
tory arrangements for warming. Will they 
give suggestions? I have thought of put¬ 
ting some sort of a heater into the barn 
cellar and running the water from tank 
through it, and back up to the trough. 
New Hampshire. w. h. p. 
Stops Lameness 
and Stiffness in Horses and Mules. 
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lameness,’ and cured her. I am never without a 
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it than any other remedy for pains.” 
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LINIMENT 
kills a spavin, curb or splint, 
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Don’t 
Let a 
Skin 
Disease 
Spoil Your 
Horse 
If he rubs mane, tail or 
other parts you have reason to 
suspect mange or other parasitic 
skin disease and it is time to 
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Dr. HESS DIP 
and Disinfectant 
is the horseman’s mainstay when it’s 
necessary to fight disease in the stable. 
This is a non-irritating and harmless 
preparation, sure death to infectious 
germs, skin parasites, lice, sheep 
ticks, etc. 
In proper solution, it prevents and 
cures hog cholera, infectious pneu¬ 
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lice on cattle, swine and poultry. 
Nothing equals it as a disinfectant 
for pens, stables, outbuildings, and 
places where decay may breed disease. 
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