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'THE) reUR-A-L* NEW-YORKER 
March 18, 
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 moans one which shows a larger 
proportion of carbohydrates. 
Ration for Holsteins. 
Will you give a balanced ration for grade 
Holsteins giving 10 to 12 quarts of milk, 
using the following feeding stuffs: Mixed 
hay, largely clover; corn stover; mangels; 
corn and cob meal? We can buy here bran, 
gluten, cotton-seed meal, linseed meal and 
wheat middlings. a. c. s. 
New Hampshire. 
If your cows are good fresh Holsteins 
they should be able to give more than 
10 or 12 quarts of milk per day. I would 
suggest that you mix your feed in the 
following proportions and see if they will 
not eat enough feed so that they will 
greatly increase their production of 
milk without over-feeding them: 
Digestible 
Dry Pro- Carbs. 
Feeding Stuff. Matter, tein. and Fat. 
12 lbs. mixed hay and 
clover .10.44 .744 5.52 
8 lbs. corn stover.... 4.80 .136 2.72 
20 lbs. mangels. 1.80 .22 1.12 
4 lbs. corn and cob 
meal . 3.4 .176 2.66 
2 lbs. cotton - seed 
meai . 1.84 .744 .888 
1 lb. linseed meal (O. 
P.) .91 .293 .485 
4 lbs. wheat bran.... 3.52 .488 1.812 
26.71 2.801 15.205 
Nutritive ration 1:5.4. 
C. S. G. 
Ration for Milch Cows. 
How much of each of the following 
should be used fed twice a day (morning 
and evening) to 800-pound cows in full flow 
of milk? Fodder cut short, wheat bran, 
Buffalo gluten, cottou-seed meal, and corn 
and cob chop; the other ingredients to be 
sprinkled on the fodder and all to be 
moistened with hot water and left stand 12 
hours before feeding. At dinner cows are 
to be fed clover hay. Have I omitted any 
necessary thing for a balanced ration? 
Pennsylvania. I. m. w. 
I would suggest that you mix youT 
ration in the following proportions,_ feed¬ 
ing half in the morning and half in the 
evening, except the clover hay, which 
may be fed at noon, continuing your 
present custom. 
Digestible 
Dry Pro- Carbs. 
Feeding Stuff. Matter, tein. and Fat. 
12 lbs. cut corn fodder. 6.96 .30 4.476 
7 lbs. clover hay.... 5.95 .476 2.772 
3 lbs. bran. 2.64 .366 1.359 
2 lbs. Buffalo gluten. 1.80 .464 1.398 
2 lbs. cotton - seed 
meai . 1.84 .744 .888 
4 lbs. corn and cob 
chop . 3.40 .176 2.66 
22.59 2.526 13.553 
Nutritive ration 1:5.4. 
This combination makes a well-bal¬ 
anced ration, but it contains no succulent 
material. Better results could be ob¬ 
tained by substituting silage, roots or 
dried beet pulp for a part of the ration 
suggested. If none of these is available 
you could add a little oil meal, if re¬ 
quired, to prevent constipation. 
c. s. G. 
Lice on Cattle; Insufficient Ration. 
My cow has been standing in the stable 
with little exercise save occasionally a day 
out in the sun. I have fed her about two 
quarts of oats in the morning and a bundle 
of cornstalks and one-half bushel carrots; 
at noon I give her stalks and at night 
stalks again and one-half bushel of car¬ 
rots. I have fed my calf, horn in April, 
the same, with one quart oats at night 
extra. This feed I was advised to give by 
a neighboring farmer. I am a city man just 
starting in on a farm. My cow and calf 
now have hair falling out; a slight pull qn 
the hair anywhere will bring a hunch of it, 
leaving the skin bare; big patches of skin 
are bare around her neck and abdomen. 
The hair on the legs does not pull out so 
easy. The calf is afflicted somewhat in the 
eame manner, but not so badly. They both 
rub and lick themselves when loose as 
though the skin itched a good deal. What 
do vou suppose is the matter. Don’t I feed 
right, or have they some skin disease? The 
cow is very old and has had the garget. 
I have cornstalks with grain in it, oats and 
carrots and potatoes, hay and straw. How 
can I make a ration out of these for cow 
and horse three times a day? w. I. o. 
You should examine your cow and 
calf for lice, and if any are found you 
should kill them without delay. I have 
found unguentum or blue ointment to be 
a good remedy when applied to the 
stanchions and on the head of the ani¬ 
mals back of the horns where they cannot 
get at it to lick it off, as it is very poi¬ 
sonous. If you prefer to use some of 
the coal tar preparations mixed with 
sulphur this will also kill the lice, but 
it must be applied all over the animal at 
least twice, a few days apart, to be ef¬ 
fective. 
The feed you are using constitutes 
practically a maintenance ration for the 
cow. The calf will grow some on the 
feed given, but you could improve the 
calf ration by adding some oil meal and 
wheat middlings, and feeding a good 
quality of meadow hay instead of the 
stalks. Hay and oats make a fairly good 
ration for a horse, but other feeds are 
necessary for the production of milk. 
You should feed your horse according 
to the amount of work he is doing. If 
he is growing poor increase the grain ra¬ 
tion and add a little corn or cornmeal. 
If you are trying to get milk from your 
cow I would suggest that you try some 
of the milk-producing rations given in 
The R. N.-Y. from week to week. 
C. S. G. 
Ration for Guernseys. 
Will you compound me a balanced ration 
for Guernseys? My object is milk and 
butter. I have several hundred bushels of 
corn and oats, equal parts, and I would 
like to use as much as possible of this. I 
can buy dried beer grains at 320 ; distillers’ 
grains, $32; Winter bran, $27; Spring 
bran, $24; cotton-seed meal, $34 ; oil meal 
(old process), $38; gluten feed, $32. My 
roughage consists of cornstalks and mixed 
Timothy hay and clover (two-thirds 
Timothy and one-third clover). It is not 
possible to have corn and cob ground to¬ 
gether. k. o. H. 
New York. 
If you can buy good quality of dry 
brewers’ grains containing 15 to 20 per 
cent digestible protein and 60 to 65 per 
cent total digestible nutrients for $20 
per ton, I think it would pay you to feed 
it. Following is the analysis of a bal¬ 
anced ration which I would suggest for 
you to try: 
Digestible 
Dry Pro- Carbs. 
Feeding Stuff. Matter, tein. and Fat. 
8 lbs. corn stover.... 4.8 .136 2.72 
10 lbs. Timothy hay.. 8.7 .28 4.65 
5 lbs. clover hpv.... 4.25 .34 1.98 
2 lbs. dried brev/ers’ 
grains . 1.84 .314 .956 
3 lbs. cottonseed meal 2.76 1.116 1.332 
5 lbs. corn and oats _ 
(ground) . 4.45 .435 2.645 
26^8 2.621 14.283 
Nutritive ration 1 :5.4. 
This ration is intended for 1,000 
pound cows giving 25 to 30 pounds of 
milk per day. To prepare for feeding 
you should soak the beer grains about 
12 hours before feeding, and then mix 
the other grain in at feeding time. Be 
very careful to have the grain well mixed 
so that each cow gets her proper por¬ 
tions. The mangers should always be 
cleaned out thoroughly before feeding, as 
they are liable to get sour and present 
a bad odor if allowed to remain dirty. 
C. S. G. 
Distillers’ or Brewers’ Grain. 
I requested quotations on dried distill¬ 
ers’ grains, but received same on brewers’ 
dried grains. If not the same, which is 
the better, and is a slop so made good for 
milch cows? Is this feed desirable with 
dried beet pulp, and how long should this 
be put to soak before feeding? a. m. r. 
Bowling Green, Ky. 
Dried brewers’ grains have a nutritive 
ratio of 1:3, while a good quality of 
dried corn distillery grains, like Ajax 
flakes or Biles XXXX, has a nutritive 
ratio of about 1:2.2 so you see the dis¬ 
tillery grains contain considerably more 
protein in proportion to the carbohy¬ 
drates and fat than is found in the dried 
brewery grains, therefore the distillery 
grains are worth more and usually cost 
more. Dealers often try to sell brewers’ 
grains in place of distillers’ grains so 
they can make a larger profit. In select¬ 
ing the best feed to use of course the 
cost must he taken into consideration as 
well as the chemical analysis. In buying 
any feed of this kind it is very important 
to ask for a copy of the chemical analysis 
of it, showing the percentage of digestible 
protein, carbohydrates and fat which it 
contains, and if this request is not com¬ 
plied with it is good cause for suspicion 
that the feed is not sold on its merits. 
Be sure to have that word digestible in 
your request, as it is more important to 
know what percentage of the nutriments 
of a certain feed your cows can digest 
and convert into milk and flesh than it 
is to to know the total amount of nutri¬ 
ment which may be more or less diges¬ 
tible. I can see no reason why you can¬ 
not feed a mixture of dried brewers or 
distillers’ grains and dried beet pulp to 
good advantage, but the ration could be 
improved by the addition of one or two 
pounds of cotton-seed meal unless your 
roughage is composed partly of protein 
feeds like clover or Alfalfa, in which 
case the cotton-seed would not be re¬ 
quired. The beet pulp should always be 
soaked several hours before feeding. 
Dried brewers’ grains should also be 
soaked in the same way, but neither 
should be fed in a sloppy condition. It 
is not necessary to soak the distillery 
grains, since as good results can be se¬ 
cured by simply mixing them with the 
feed that has been previously soaked just 
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