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FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Under this heading wo 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. Jly ‘ 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 find for 
the body, while “fat” Is the pure oil found in 
foods. Dry matter” means the weight ot 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. 
A Cold Country Ration. 
I have plenty of nice quality silage, 
which was cut with the ears on and eared 
heavily, and plenty of good hay, I can get 
bran for $27.50 per ton, stock food for 
$30, cotton-seed meal for $35, and any other 
grain advised at a figure practically as low. 
My cows .'ire grade Jerseys, good sized, 
hearty, and good generous milkers. I make 
cream for creamery at present. Would you 
balance ine a ration for the best advantage? 
New Hampshire. it. e. b. 
If R. E. B. has plenty of well-eared 
corn silage and good hay he will proba¬ 
bly wish his cows to get the major por¬ 
tion of the carbohydrates of their ration 
from these sources, and will find it eco¬ 
nomical to feed them all that they will 
eat of these feeds. lie will probably find 
that his Jerseys will eat from 30 to 40 
pounds of silage and about 10 pounds of 
hay daily. He will want to add to this 
a grain ration of concentrates rich in 
protein which will balance up the carbo¬ 
hydrates in his roughage. Assuming that 
his grain market affords him a variety 
from which to choose, and at prices cor¬ 
responding to those he quotes, he will 
probably find that a ration made up as 
follows will be economical: 300 pounds 
•gluten feed; 200 pounds distillers’ 
grains; 200 pounds bran; 100 pounds 
cotton-seed. Cows giving a large flow of 
milk will need from eight to 10 pounds 
of this mixture daily. Those giving a 
smaller flow, proportionately less. 
e. s. B. 
Rations for Horses and Cows. 
1. Wbnt is the best rnlion I can food 
my horses? They are not working hard this 
Winter, just enough work to give them the 
proper amount of exercise. 2. What kind 
of beets should I plan! for milch cows, and 
liow should I prepare the ground and plant 
the seed? IIow much seed to the acre and 
how cultivate? I am thinking of planting 
a field witli boots in the Spring, and as I 
am new at the business, I would like to 
get the above information on the subject. 
3. What do you think of the following ra¬ 
tion for my milch cows? I sell milk to 
Bordens. 1 have compounded a mixture as 
follows: 520 pounds A.A.A. distillers’ 
grains, 200 pounds cotton-seed meal. 100 
lbs. oil meal. 100 pounds malt sprouts. 100 
pounds dried beet pulp, and 250 pounds 
Buffalo gluten. Of this mixture I feed from 
five to 10 Ys pounds, according lo the 
amount of milk 1 receive from my cows. 
Orange Co., N. Y. J. D. l. 
1. We prefer good clean hay and oats 
for horses rather than any other feed. 
Do not feed all the hay your horses will 
eat, as it makes them out of shape. 
Mix a pound of bran with the oats for 
one day’s feed for one horse, and feed 
just enough to keep your horses in good 
condition. 2. We grow Golden Tankard 
mangel-wurzels for cows and we arc al¬ 
ways well satisfied witli the results when 
we get good seed to start with. We 
often get poor seed that either will not 
grow or it is not true to name, and 
when we find it out of course it is too late 
to remedy the trouble that season, and 
the next year we run the same risk 
again. We prepare the ground same as 
for corn and sow eight or 10 pounds to 
the acre in drills three feet apart. When 
three or four inches high thin to one 
plant every eight or ten inches in the 
row and keep well cultivated and free 
from weeds. 3. The grain ration you 
are feeding your cows is very good, but 
it is very rich in protein, and I would 
expect it to produce better results when 
fed with silage than it would with hay 
as roughage. If you are feeding hay I 
think it would pay you to increase the 
dried beet pulp to 300 pounds provided 
you can buy it at a reasonable price. 
C. S. GREENE. 
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scheme?” Bocker: “Yes; he carries a 
little dynamite to blow up any auto that 
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T Hi hC RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 29, 
ARRANGEMENT OF STABLE 
1. I have a hay shefi 18, feet wide and 36 
feet long. Would that bo wide enough to 
put feed hall through center and room 
enougli for cows on both sides, or would 
I better have cows on one side, and prob¬ 
ably make the other side narrower for 
calves and small cattle? 2. I wish to erect 
a silo. IIow close should it be to a shed? 
I have another shed out about 18 feet 
fi'om end of hay shed, that I could fix into 
a cattle shed. IIow wide a manger would 
be most suitable for that ? j. w. t. 
Virginia. 
I. Eighteen feet wide is too narrow for 
two rows of mature cows. It will take 
from four feet to four feet six inches 
from the manger to the gutter. This 
should be 14 inches, and three feet back 
of that for an alley. This would mean 
8]/2 feet for one side, and only six 
inches left of half for the manger and 
feeding alley, which should not be less 
than three feet. You could have a line 
of calf stalls on one side if you wished, 
as you suggest; or you could run a shed 
roof out from one side, so as to make 
your space six feet wider. Then you 
can put in two rows of cattle, heads or 
tails in, as you prefer. I would use 
swing stanchions. They are sanitary, 
comfortable and convenient. A bar of 
gas pipe between the cattle is a desir¬ 
able thing. It will keep the cattle from 
stepping on one another’s teats and keep 
them in proper position in the stalls. 
Graduate the platform from four feet 
to four feet six inches. Put the larger 
cows in the wider part and run down 
to heifers on the four-feet width. Then 
all will stand to the edge of the gutter, 
and keep clean. 2. Put the silo as close 
to the end of the building as possible, 
in order to have it convenient for feed¬ 
ing. E. VAN ALSTYNE. 
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outside.” “Yes,” answered Farmer Corn- 
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live in the country.” “Yes, but I ain’t the 
feller that sits by the fire. I'm the feller 
that fetches in the wood.”—Washington 
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