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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Under this heading vee 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 carbonydrat-s. 
Ration for Milch Cows. 
Will yon give me a balanced ration for 
cows which have been fresh about two 
weeks? I have Timothy and clover hay, 
mixed ; corn fodder, oats, and can purchase 
bran, middlings, beet pulp and cotton-seed 
meal. G. u. w. 
New York. 
portaneo may be given to profitable pro¬ 
duction. It was pointed out that many 
milk and butter records are made at a loss 
to the owner of the animal, and that it is 
unfair to sell the progeny of such un¬ 
profitable producers to men who are trying 
to improve grade herds. 
The case of Missy of the Glen was dis¬ 
cussed at some length. Mr. Taylor’s attor¬ 
ney said that every man is justified in ap¬ 
pealing to the courts for protection when 
his rights are apparently in jeopardy, and 
on these grounds he defended the Supreme 
Court injunction he secured ordering the 
club to print Missy’s record. Other mem¬ 
bers of the club considered Mr. Taylor’s 
action discourteous to the club and a re¬ 
flection on the integrity of the Executive 
Committee. By a vote of 24 to nine it 
was resolved that Mr. Taylor should apolo¬ 
gize to the club for his discourteous and 
unwarranted action in taking the matter to 
the courts. 
THAT MOUNTAIN SILAGE CORN. 
Here is a formula that ought to pro¬ 
duce good results for you if properly 
fed to good cows: 
Drv 
Pro- 
Carbs. 
matter. 
tein. 
and fat. 
15 pounds mixed hay 
with clover . 1 
3.05 
.93 
6.9 
5 
pounds corn fodder. 
2.9 
.125 
1.865 
3 
pounds ground 
cats . 
2.67 
.276 
1.704 
3 
pounds wheat bran 
2.64 
.366 
1.359 
4 
pounds beet pulp.. 
3.744 
.272 
2.616 
2 
pounds cottonseed 
meal . 
1.84 
.744 
.888 
26.844 2.713 15.332 
Nutritive ratio 1 :5.6. 
Soak the beet pulp with as much 
water as it will absorb and then mix 
the other grain with it before feeding, 
dividing the grain and pulp into two 
feeds a day for morning and evening. 
The hay should be fed after each milk¬ 
ing, as much as will eaten up clean, 
and the corn fodder 4 cut and fed at noon 
—all the cows will eat readily. I do not 
think it would pay you to feed wheat 
middlings to your cows with this ration 
at present market prices. c. G. 
Rations for Cows and Mare. 
1. Will you advise me as to the ration 
for milch cows, medium size, riart fresh, 
part • strippers? 1 wish to sell the milk; 
the object is the most milk under the con¬ 
ditions given. I have them on good pas¬ 
ture and the feeds obtainable are as fol¬ 
lows : Cornmeal, chop (made of eoim and 
oats ground together). Alfalfa meal, wheat 
middlings, wheat bran. I would like you 
to give me the proper ingredients foe the 
production of milk in large quantities. 
How much salt for cows and how often? 
Is rock or barreled salt better for cows, 
also for mare? , 2. Will you give me the 
proper feed for a driving mare? I have 
about four miles to drive to work and back 
each day, have to keep her stabled through 
the Summer. She is a little thin at pres¬ 
ent; would like to get her in good order; 
Is only four years old in May. Would It 
be advisable to give powders or not? ’Feeds 
obtainable are Timothy hay, corn, oats, 
bran, middlings and chop. G. J. m. 
West Virginia. 
1. From the feedstuffs you mention I 
would make a mixture of equal parts by 
weight of Alfalfa meal, wheat bran and 
corn and oat chop. Each cow should be 
fed as much of this feed as she requires, 
the quantity depending upon the quality 
of the pasture, the amount of milk she 
is giving and the condition of each cow. 
The strippers would probably not re¬ 
quire any grain, and it is doubtful if it 
would pay to grain the fresh cows much 
while they have the best June pasture in 
sufficient quantity; but as soon as the 
pasture grasses begin to get dry and 
hard and the cows show a decrease in 
their milk production it is necessary to 
supply a good grain ration to make up 
the deficiency. Cows and horses should 
be salted every day, giving them as 
much as they will lick up in a few 
minutes. Barrel salt is generally pre¬ 
ferred, although rock salt and salt 
bricks are much used for horses es¬ 
pecially. 
2 . A good feed for your mare would 
be about 10 or 12 pounds of Timothy 
hay and a mixture of corn and oat chop 
and wheat bran equal parts by measure 
Feed just enough to start her gaining 
nicely, probably about 10 quarts a day 
of the mixture would be about right, 
but the quantity must be regulated, ac¬ 
cording to the requirements of each in¬ 
dividual animal, as some horses require 
much more feed than others. After her 
condition has improved sufficiently it 
would be better to feed a mixture of 
three-fourths oats and one-fourth bran, 
as a driving horse on light work should 
not require any corn. I cannot advise 
the use of powders unless your horse is 
sick. Her condition can be improved 
with feed much better than with medi¬ 
cine. c. s. G. 
GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB. 
At the annual meeting of the club, held 
In New York May 10. admission to regis¬ 
try in this country of “foundation stock” 
from the Island of Guernsey was dis¬ 
cussed. Pedigree records have been kept 
rather loosely on the Island, and the par¬ 
entage and date of birth of some excellent 
cows there has been lost. It was decided 
to amend the by-laws so that such animals, 
with progeny in the advanced registry here 
may be admitted to the American herd 
book. 
A resolution was passed aiming to mod¬ 
ify the advanced registry so that due im- 
Sincc that paragraph about the silage 
corn grown on the Blue Kidge of Central 
Virginia appeared in The R. N.-Y. I have 
received dozens of letters from’ Maine to 
Wisconsin about it, and desiring not only 
more information in regard to it, but or¬ 
ders for seed, of which I have none, nor 
can it he had from our local dealers. Regu¬ 
lar customers do not chance getting their 
orders filled, and the “crib” is empty for 
future buyers. One dealer near here had 
750 bushels ordered by liis patrons. I do 
not know that I can add more than to say 
that this particular corn is grown in Albe¬ 
marle Co., Ya., and so far, is raised and 
sold by the farmers themselves about Afton 
and Batesville. It was "discovered” by the 
silo men of northeast Ohio by accident, and 
a fortunate discovery it was, as the sales 
of thousands of bushels testify, and this is 
rapidly increasing. While it matures all 
right for seed up here, a crop from its own 
seed is a rank failure. To show the supe¬ 
riority of this Blue Ridge corn for silage, 
I append a very recent announcement from 
the northern Ohio Experiment Station, 
where they have, for several years, experi¬ 
mented with five or six of the leading and 
much advertised varieties of silage corn, 
and this Blue Ridge as the average lias al¬ 
ways proved its superiority. From their 
last announcement put out May 1, it shows 
that the Blue Ridge gave Jhem 14.68 tons 
per acre, 599 pounds protein per acre, 5,528 
pounds of carbohydrates and 17!) pounds 
fat. The nearest approach was the Hickory 
King with 13.98 tons, 523 of protein, 4,591 
pounds of carbohydrates and 134 pounds 
fat, which means 70 pounds less fodder, 76 
pounds less protein, 937 pounds less carbo¬ 
hydrates, and 45 pounds less fat per acre, 
calculated as digestible matter, in all ex¬ 
hibits. The Learning corn did not show up 
well in "-comparison, though much recom¬ 
mended in some quarters, as being so much 
more solid and free from greenness, and 
water. The Learning showed 9% tons, 478 
pounds protein, 3,905 pounds carbohydrates, 
and 140 of fat per acre, being short of the 
Blue Ridge 5% tons, 1,563 on carbohydrates 
and 39 pounds in fat per acre. Some of 
the reasons for the popularity of the Blue 
Ridge corn is that its germinating power 
or quality is great, 96 to the 100 can be 
depended to grow, it is of rapid growth, the 
seed comes graded, so that all tip and butt 
kernels are taken out, making even drill 
work and it matures fully for the silo in¬ 
side of 120 days. This article is in no 
way to be regarded as an advertisement, but 
as an answer—as best I can—to the many 
letters received from R. N.-Y. readers, and 
interested silo men. John gould. 
Ohio. 
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