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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 
analvses 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 carbohydrates. 
Feeding a Cow and Calf. 
1. I have a Jersey cow seven years old. 
in fine condition, coming fresh in .Tune, 
which has shrunken In her milk, because of 
irregularity In milking, during the illness 
of the man who does the milking. What 
should be fed to bring back her milk? 2. 
What should he fed an August calf to give 
best results? I have nothing on hand hut 
Timothy hay. M - E - F - 
New York. 
1 . I would advise you to feed your cow 
a mixture of two pounds ground oats, 
one pound cotton-seed tneal and two 
pounds wheat bran or dried distillers’ 
grains. If she has had no grain recently 
you should start with very little, saj' 
two pounds a day of the mixture, and 
increase to about six pounds more or 
less as the cow seems to require. Tim¬ 
othy hay is not a very good feed for 
either cow or calf. If you could get 
some clover hay it would be much bet¬ 
ter. Alfalfa hay is also good. 2. For 
the calf I would recommend a mixture 
of three pounds cornmeal, three pounds 
ground oats, one pound wheat bran, and 
one part oil cake. Feed some sweet skim- 
milk, if available, and as much of this 
grain mixture as the calf will eat and 
digest properly. Never feed the grain 
in milk, but put it in the bucket imme¬ 
diately after the calf has drank its milk. 
Also feed all the fine mixed clover or 
Alfalfa hay as the calf will eat twice 
a day. C. s. G. 
A Dairy Ration. 
Will you inform me as to the proper pro¬ 
portions of the following feeds for producing 
milk of good quality and quantity from or¬ 
dinary or medium-sized cows? Wheat mid¬ 
dlings (heavy), ground oats, gluten meal, 
cornmeal, cotton-seed meal, ground Alfalfa, 
cornstalks (corn husked out), mixed hay 
(very little clover). Cows are good strong 
feeders. c. a. j. 
New York. 
The proper proportions in which to 
mix the feeds you mention will depend 
largely upon their cost. However, as 
the cost is not given we cannot take it 
into consideration. If you want to use 
all the different feeds mentioned the 
following formula will produce very 
good results when properly fed: One 
pound wheat middlings, one pound 
ground oats, one pound gluten meal, 
one pound cornmeal, two pounds 
cotton-seed meal, six pounds ground 
Alfalfa. All the cornstalks and mixed 
hay the cows will eat. If the ground 
Alfalfa is not too expensive you may 
find it profitable to increase the amount 
to eight or 10 pounds for extra large 
heavy milking cows. c. S. G. 
Stale Bread for Stock. 
What Is the value of stale baker’s bread 
for stock? I can buy it for a half cent} per 
loaf. j. ft. 
Wellston, Mo. 
Axs.—The’ feeding value of stale 
bread depends to a great extent upon 
the stock to which it is fed and the 
condition the bread is in when used. 
We have found that stale bread becomes 
sour and musty very quickly in warm 
weather, and when in this condition it 
is not a safe feed. We grind stale 
bread and feed it to poultry before fer¬ 
mentation commences, and consider it 
as valuable as corn for this purpose. 
At half a cent a loaf it is certainly a 
very cheap feed for almost any kind of 
stock, provided the loaves are the usual 
si ze - _ c. s. G. 
Colt with Swollen Leg. 
I have a two-year-old colt that had the 
scratches last Fall. I had a hard lime to 
cure it, but I succeeded. Ills leg is still 
swollen. Can you tell me what to do for 
U V .. E. si. L. 
Indiana. 
Bandage the leg from foot to hock or 
. p . e , s each time the horse comes into the 
stable, and if possible allow a box stall. 
Work or exercise the animal fully every day. 
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