1911. 
THE RURAL N K W-YORKK LX 
561 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Under this heading we endeavor to give advice 
and suggestions about feeoir:g mixtures of grains 
and fodders. No detinite 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, wnile “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 carbohydratas. 
A Narrow Ration. 
We are feeding our cows a ration com¬ 
posed of 50 pounds Ajax flakes, 17 *4 
pounds corn and oats ground together, 
most cob taken out; 17Ms pounds rye feed, 
15 pounds wheat middlings. We feed about 
eight pounds of this per cow per day, and 
in addition about one pound old process oil 
meal. The rye feed is guaranteed 13.50 
protein, three per cent fat. Is this too nar¬ 
row a ration, and how could we improve it? 
We have just started to feed this, as we 
have been unable to got Ajax flakes in this 
vicinity until recently. The cost of va¬ 
rious feeds here is as follows ; Ajax flakes, 
$31 per ton; rye feed. $24; oil meal $2.10 
per 100; wheat middlings, $28 per ton ; 
corn and oats, $25 per ton; gluten feed, 
$28 per ton ; wheat bran, $28 per ton ; 
sucrene dairy feed, $25. In addition to 
the ration described above we feed plenty 
of good clean mixed clover and Timothy 
hay three times a day, with plenty of good 
water and salt every other dav. Cotton¬ 
seed meal would be hard for us to get here. 
What improvements would vou suggest? 
New York. M D 
The ration you are feeding analyses 
about as follows: 
Digestible 
Dry 
Feeding stuff. Matter. 
18 lbs. mixed hay 
and clover ..15.06 
4 lbs. Ajax flakes. 3.68 
1.4 lb. corn and 
oats ground . 1.246 
1.4 rye feed. 1.24 
1.2 wheat middlings 1.056 
1 lb oil meal O. P.. .91 
Pro- Carbs 
tein. and Fat. 
1.116 
.924 
.1218 
.14 
.1536 
.293 
8.28 
2.611 
.8736 
.70 
.7284 
.485 
Nutritive ratio 1 :5 
23.702 2.7484 13.678 
You will see by this that you are 
feeding a rather narrow ration, but it is 
very good considering the ingredients 
available. I would suggest, however, 
that you increase your corn and oats to 
two pounds and use two pounds of 
wheat bran instead of the rye feed and 
wheat middlings which you are feeding 
Most ©f the rye feed on the market con¬ 
tains a comparatively small amount of 
rye, the trade name "rye feed” being 
adopted for the sole purpose of working 
off some waste product like oat hulls 
or ground corncobs as a “filler” un¬ 
known to the person buying the feed. 
In buying any feed of this class it is 
important to ask your dealer for a copy 
of its analysis, showing its digestibility, 
and then send a copy with sample of 
feed to your State experiment station 
for comparison. If your dealer will not 
give you this analysis showing the per 
cent of digestible nutrients which the 
feed contains, it would be advisable to 
let him keep his feed, as that is sufficient 
proof that it is not sold on its merits. 
The analysis of a feed is not, however, 
the only guide to go by, as some feeds 
which show a high per cent of diges¬ 
tible protein are not very valuable when 
it comes to the production of milk, so 
you see practical experience with a feed 
is necessary before its true worth can 
be decided conclusively. c. s. G. 
Ration with Home-grown Grains. 
Will you furnish me with a balanced ra¬ 
tion based on the following materials now 
on hand and supplemented with purchased 
feeds as advisable? Cows weigh 800 to 
1,000 pounds. A little pure clover hay, 
unlimited mixed hay, clover and Timothy, 
rather inferior corn fodder, corn on the 
ear, buckwheat, rye. Next Winter I shall 
have Alfalfa (planted last year) and plenty 
of pure Red clover. h. d. o. 
New York. 
If you want to feed your home-grown 
grains, I would suggest the following 
ration, which is nearly balanced: 
Feeding stuff. 
5 lbs. clover hay. 
12 lbs. mixed clover 
and Timothj 
2 lbs. coinmeai 
2 lbs. ground buek- 
Dry Digestible Carbs 
matter Protein and fat. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
ground rye. 
dry distillers’ 
Nutritive ratio 1:5.6. 
4.25 
.34 
1.98 
10.44 
.744 
5.52 
1.78 
.158 
1.528 
1.74 
.154 
1.066 
1.76 
.198 
1.4 
3.68 
.924 
2.611 
23.65 
2.511 
14.105 
Of course your whole grains must be 
ground and your corn on the cob should 
be shelled and the cob removed. If you 
find this ratio constipating, not contain¬ 
ing any succulence, you should add about 
one pound of oil meal per day for each 
cow. While this should produce fairly 
satisfactory results, you could make a 
better ration by selling your rye and 
buckwheat and buying some wheat bran 
and dried beet pulp, but your local con¬ 
ditions and prices must be taken into 
consideration before this plan could be 
called feasible. Your inferior corn fod¬ 
der should be cut in short lengths and 
placed where the cows can have free 
access to it every day while they are out 
in the yard for exercise. If, however, 
you have more than you can dispose of 
in this way you could steam some of the 
cut fodder and feed it in the barn mixed 
with the grain ration, but in this case 
you should add one or two pounds of 
cotton-seed meal as your ration would 
be deficient in protein. c. s. G. 
Summer Dairy Ration 
Would you give mo a good ration for out 
dairy during the Summer months? The 
cows are high-grade Holsteins, two-ydar- 
olds and full aged cows, averaging 1,000 to 
1,100 pounds each. The herd of 18 pro¬ 
duced 15,500 pounds of milk during the 
month of March. With the exception of one 
two-year-old heifer, the cows have been 
milked all Winter, and some of them for 
nearly a year. They will have pasture grass 
until August 1. when green corn will be 
added and continued until frost. Follow¬ 
ing are some of the feeds obtainable here : 
Brewers' grains, $25; common!, $22.50; 
Iiran and ship, $26 to $27 ; ground oats, 
$30; cotton-seed meal, $33; oil meal, $40 v 
gluten, $2G; beet pulp, $25. w. j. a. 
New York. 
If your cows have plenty of good pas¬ 
ture until August and green corn added 
at that time I would not advise feeding 
much grain during the flush feed of 
June, gradually increasing as the pas¬ 
ture grass becomes dry and hard. At 
the prices mentioned I would feed equal 
parts of dried brewers’ grains and gluten 
feed if of good quality. If you notice 
any of your cows growing poor add a 
little cornmeal to the ration, the amount 
depending upon the condition in which 
you wish to get your cows. c. s. G. 
Improving Dairy Rations. 
I am feeding my cows a mixture of 100 
pounds bran and 200 pounds good gluten. 
I have four cows and feed about seven 
pounds per day ; have only had them a' few 
days. They now give abchit 20 pounds 
each a day. They have plenty of very good 
early cut mixed hay. Bran costs here $1.40 
and gluten $1.30. How can I improve this 
ration? r. f. w. 
New York. 
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Cows take to it kindly—it uses 
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You could improve your present ra¬ 
tion by adding 100 pounds of dried dis¬ 
tillers’ grains made from corn) and 50 
pounds of oil meal. Cows require some 
succulence when grass is not in season 
and for this purpose silage is largely 
used and is generally found to be a 
satisfactory and economical feed. Man¬ 
gels also make a good succulent feed 
but are rather expensive to grow. Dried 
beet pulp is also good for this purpose 
when available. The oil meal is only to 
be used in the absence of grass or any 
other succulent feed. c. s. G. 
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