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<THEO RUKAb NEW-YORKER 
April 5, 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Value of Mangels. 
I have been feeding Golden Tankard 
beets all Winter for milk, and have the 
record in pounds per cow. How much per 
pound or bushel shall I charge the cow? 
What is the value of the beets for milk? 
E. M. F. 
Port Byron, N. Y. 
The following analysis gives a fair 
comparison between mangels and corn 
silage. While the silage contains more 
nutriment we consider the mangels fully 
equal to it for milk production. 
POUNDS IN A TON. 
Carbo- 
Protein. hydrates. 
Fat, 
Mangels 
108 
2 
Silage .. 
220 
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In figuring values of food stuffs silage 
is usually considered to be worth about 
one-third as much as a good quality of 
hay. If hay is worth $15 per ton silage 
or mangels would on this basis be 
figured at $5. 
Rations for Cows and Pigs. 
1. 1 have, some cows that will be fresh 
early, and wish to get as much milk as 
possible from dry feeds until pasture is 
good. Can you balance a ration for me 
from the following? I have some corn 
fodder, good clover hay, oat and pea hay, 
also second-growth clover and mangels, and 
can buy grains at the following prices: 
Bran, $1.80; meal, $1.10; Ajax brewers’ 
grain, $1.00; cotton-seed meal, $1.00 per 
100. 
2. How soon after a cow is fresh is it 
safe to feed cotton-seed meal? 3. What 
would be the most economical feed for 
Spring pigs to fatten in the Fall? Mid¬ 
dling’s, $1.45; bran, $1.30. meal, $1.10 per 
100 pounds, together with skim-milk and 
the usual waste about the farm. a. H. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. It will be well to feed the eornfodder 
in connection with the hay, rather than to 
make it the sole roughage for a time. For 
the grain ration a good mixture would be 
two pounds of Ajax flakes, two of cotton¬ 
seed meal and one each of corn meal and 
bran, or for convenience in mixing, since 
the Ajax flakes usually come 125 pounds 
In a sack, two sacks each of flakes and 
cotton-seed meal, and one each of bran and 
corn meal. Give about one pound of the 
mixture per four pounds of milk. 
2. The above mixture may safely be 
fed a week after freshening if the cow 
has done well and the swelling is all gone 
from the udder. It is not wise to feed 
heavily with cotton-seed meal for two 
weeks, especially if no silage or other suc¬ 
culent feed is used. It Is also better not 
to feed any kind of grain in large quantity 
at first, but to begin with a little and 
gradually increase, reaching' a full ration 
in 10 days to two weeks. 
3. Equal parts cornmeal and middlings 
will make about the best feed for pigs, in 
combination with skim-milk. Give about 
one pound of grain to eight or 10 pounds 
of skim-milk, or more grain If the milk is 
in limited quantity. C. L. M. 
Ration for Butter Fat. 
Will you tell me what you consider the 
very best feed to give to Guernsey and Jer¬ 
sey cows to make them produce the most 
milk and the best quality? I make butter, 
and sometimes I have 3%, 3%, four and 
three pounds of butter from a 40-quart can 
of milk. I do not understand it. Just at 
present the man I employ is feeding beet 
feed and gluten. In your opinion should 
cows be foddered three times a day or only 
twice? I)o horses and cows need salts 
every few days? Do they need them at all? 
New York. E. H. 
It would be hard to say what is the best 
feed. The writer at present uses the fol¬ 
lowing: Distillers’ dried grains, 125 pounds, 
oil meal, 100 pounds, cornmeal, 50 pounds 
and bran 50 pounds. For roughage, mixed 
hay and corn and Soy bean silage. This 
gives good results, but other mixtures would 
be equally good. The market prices and 
the kinds available are factors to be taken 
into consideration. The feed cannot be the 
cause of the variation in the amount of 
butter. It may be in the skimming, or in 
conditions incident to ripening the cream, 
or churning. I cannot say which. Gluten 
and beet pulp, if fed in sufficient quantity, 
should give good results. 
Salts snould not be fed to horses or cows 
every few days, nor at all when in normal 
health. In case of sickness salts or similar 
medicine may be required. 
Whether the cows should be foddered 
twice or three times a day is largely a 
matter of convenience. If the mangers are 
arranged to hold a sufficient quantity, 
twice a day will suffice. However, regular¬ 
ity should be observed. c. L. M. 
Another Cow Ration. 
I would like to make up a balanced ra¬ 
tion for my cows when they freshen. I 
have nice bright Timothy hay with a little 
clover mixed in it. What different kinds 
of feeds should 1 buy and mix to make 
cows give a good flow of milk, and still 
keep them in good condition, and what 
amount should I feed per cow? I can buy 
here oil meal $1.90. cornmeal $1.20, hom¬ 
iny, $1.40, gluten $1.50, mixed feed $1.35, 
bran $1.25. u. j. g. 
New York. 
Mix the following grains: Gluten, four 
pounds, bran, two pounds, oil meal, one- 
pound, and cornmeal one pound. The 
amount to be fed per cow will depend upon 
the cow’s milk-giving capacity, about one 
pound of grain per four pounds of milk. 
This will also be a good mixture to feed, 
lightly, before the cows freshen. Increase 
the amount gradually after freshening, giv¬ 
ing the full ration in about 10 days. 
C. L. M. 
Thin Horses. 
What ails my horses? I feed them corn¬ 
meal and ship stuff four quarts each meal, 
grain three times a day and when they 
work hard they get a little more. They 
do not put on any flesh and the coat is 
rough. I think they have a little indi¬ 
gestion too. Will you tell me what to 
give them? j. r. r. 
New York. 
Never feed ground feed to a horse that 
has sound teeth. A horse always should 
grind his feed and be allowed sufficient 
time in which to do the grinding and 
insalivation. Substitute sound, whole oats 
for the ground feed, but add one-sixth 
part of wheat bran and dampen it with 
water at feeding time. In Winter time 
add ear corn at noon. Allow free access 
to rock salt and give the drinking water 
before feeding. Never let the horses stand 
a single day idle in the stable, a. s. a. 
Space for Cows. 
How much room is needed sidewise and 
lengthwise for a medium sized cow? A1-, 
though I have swing stanchions and plat¬ 
form, the cows soil themselves far too 
much. I think I may have been too gen¬ 
erous with the room. e. s. b. 
Connecticut. 
The average Holstein cow needs three 
feet, nine inches of lateral space upon 
the standing platform, and a depth from 
stanchion to gutter of from 4% to five 
feet, according to her length. Smaller 
cows require proportionately less and 
should stand with the hind feet close to 
the gutter when in a natural position, 
neither crowding forward nor pulling back¬ 
ward. M. B. D. 
Indigestion. 
About a week ago my cow had a touch 
of pneumonia. I put mustard on her to 
blister her and it did quite some good. She 
is not well yet. She eats some grain and 
hay, but not enough. She seems to have 
a weak stomach and her jaws seem sore. 
I feed mangel wurzel. I think they do not 
agree with her. Would you advise me to 
stop feeding mangels? I have some carrots. 
Sometimes her chewings come up again. 
Then I gave her a tablespoonful of baking 
soda. Would you advise me to put her 
out? Her stable is warm and much sun¬ 
light gets in. c. r. 
New York. 
The cow has indigestion and as an af¬ 
fected cow grunts and breathes as if she 
had pneumonia, at times of worst attack, 
you may have though the latter trouble 
present. Give her one pound of epsom 
salts, half an ounce of ground ginger root 
and a cupful of blackstrap molasses in 
three pints of warm water as one dose, 
slowly and carefully from a long necked 
bottle. When this has freely moved the 
bowels and the manure is again normal 
she should be turned out daily for exer¬ 
cise. Continue feeding roots. Flaxseed 
meal may be mixed raw with bran, corn¬ 
meal and other feeding meals and dampened 
at feeding time. Whole flaxseed may be 
steeped in boiling water and allowed to 
stand until cold. It may then be fed in 
form of soft mash feed along with other 
feeds to cow. A pint of the flaxseed jelly 
would be enough at a meal. a. s. a. 
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for cistern, but am doubtful about its last¬ 
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opinion of any of your readers who have 
had practical experience with this kind of 
roofing. n. H. w. 
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