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THE RURAL MEW-VOEK.EE 
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FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
T T NDElt this heading we endeavor to give ad- 
vice and suggestions about feeding mix¬ 
tures of grains and fodders. No definite rules 
are given, but the advice is based upon experi¬ 
ence and average analysis of foods. By “pro¬ 
tein” is meant the elements in the food which 
go to make muscle or lean meat. “Carbohy¬ 
drates” comprise the starch, sugar, etc., which 
make fat aud 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 carbohydrates. 
An Average Ration. 
ground oats, 1 V 2 part cornmcal and a 
little linseed meal. Will you advise me 
how to feed calf and also to improve its 
appetite? M. F. S. 
1. If you will rub this wart daily with 
castor oil it will in all probability disap¬ 
pear in a short time. 
2. The ration you are feeding ought, 
on general principles, to give good re¬ 
sults. If you find some kind of grain 
which the calf particularly relishes in¬ 
crease that kind of grain. Stock mo¬ 
lasses, thinned with hot water and 
sprinkled over the roughage, would 
probably help some. A few roots or 
succulent feed will improve her appetite. 
Will you give me a balanced ration 
with clover hay for roughage and with 
no silage (have good straw and mixed 
hay) ? Also would like a balanced 
ration for a three-y fear-old heifer (just 
freshened), with the same roughage. 
She has never had grain feed, but has 
been eating roots, clover hay and silage. 
Maine. m. h. 
Not knowing what kinds of feed are 
available to you the best I can do is to 
give an average ration. I would sug¬ 
gest two pounds distillers’ dried grains, 
two pounds cornmeal and one pound oil 
meal. In case you cannot get the dis¬ 
tillers’ grains you may substitute 
brewers’ grains or bran. Cotton-seed 
meal may be substituted for oil meal, if 
your cows are fresh, or not soon due to 
freshen. The above ration will also be 
good for the .heifer, but if she has not 
had grain begin with less than the usual 
amount, and increase gradually for a 
week. In ordinary cases give one pound 
of grain to 3^ to four pounds of milk. 
C r L. M. 
Dairy Rations. 
Will you give me a grain ration for 
milch cows? I am feeding cornstalks 
and clover hay. I can purchase corn- 
meal at $30 per ton. union and distillers’ 
grain, $33; bran, $26; oil and cotton¬ 
seed meal, $34; corn and oats, $30. Will 
you tell me what sort of a grain ration 
to give a cow due to freshen the middle 
of April, that is now giving from 18 to 
20 pounds of milk a day? I wish to have 
her go dry about six weeks, s. w. M. 
New York. 
A ration composed of two pounds dis¬ 
tillers’ dried grains, two pounds corn 
and oats, one pound linseed oil meal aud 
one pound cotton-seed meal is a good 
one for milch cows. Omit the cotton-seed 
meal for cows soon to freshen. Feed one 
pound of grain to 3% or four pounds of 
milk. In case you wish to dry off this 
cow give no grain at all for a few days. 
After the milk has mostly stopped give 
two pounds bran and one pound corn and 
oats daily, or if you wish her to improve 
more rapidly in flesh increase the 
amount or grain. c. l. m. 
Feeding a Brood Sow. 
Will you give me a ration for a sow 
under the following conditions? Chester 
White, 12 months old, bred January 22, 
kept in barn cellar, peii 6x10, dirt floor, 
raised platform at one end for dry bed. 
She was raised in woods last Summer 
and fed “farm slops” with about four 
quarts a day bran mash. She looks well, 
and promises a good breeder. I want to 
bring her and possible family in good 
shape. Will you suggest a good ration? 
Massachusetts. c. H. c. 
-vs 
Breeding sows require a good nourish¬ 
ing ration without too much fattening 
feed, and should be given a fair amount 
of exercise every day. Any ration that 
will accomplish the desired results at a 
moderate cost would be called a good 
one. If you can get skim-milk or table 
refuse you will find either one a great 
help. In the absence of both of these 
waste products you could feed a mixture 
of four parts wheat bran, four parts 
wheat middlings and one part ground 
barley made into a thin slop with warm 
water in Winter and cold water in Sum¬ 
mer and fed three times a day. Care 
should be taken not to over-feed to such 
an extent as to produce an over-fat con¬ 
dition of SOW. C. S. G. 
Rations for Cows and Pigs. 
1. Will you give me a good ration for 
milch cows? I have Alfalfa hay and 
corn silage, but have to buy grain. 2. I 
would also like a good ration for grow¬ 
ing pigs; I have lots of mangels and 
Winter wheat. a. g. w. 
1. A mixture of two pounds wheat 
bran, one pound cornmeal and one pound 
cottonseed meal, together with Alfalfa 
hay and silage, should make an excellent 
ration for milk production; one pound 
of the grain mixture to four or five 
pounds of milk produced should be fed. 
2. For the pigs three pounds of wheat 
meal to one pound of oil meal, with 
what mangels they will eat, should give 
a good growth. Wheat meal and corn¬ 
meal are similar in value in pig feeding, 
wheat being somewhat richer in protein 
than corn. c. L. M. 
Wart; Ration for Dainty Calf. 
I have a calf that is nine months old 
and it has a wart under its eye; it is 
about the size of a small chestnut. Ad¬ 
vise me what to do to take it off. 2. I 
have a calf that is nearly a year old, and 
it has always been dainty. I have been 
feeding it straw and .hay and three 
quarts of grain a day composed as fol¬ 
lows: Two parts mixed feed, two parts 
C. Li. II. 
Dairy Ration. 
Will you give your opinion of the 
ration I am feeding? My cows are grade 
Holsteins, giving from 10 to 15 quarts 
of milk per day. For roughage I have 
cornstalks, hay, mostly Timothy and oats 
on the straw. I feed each cow daily 
eight quarts mixed grain consisting of 
two quarts gluten and the remainder 
bran and middlings aud in addition to 
this one quart of cornmeal. Bran and 
middlings cost $1.45 per cwt.; cornmeal 
$1.55; gluten $1.60; can obtain cotton¬ 
seed meal for $1.80. a. n. n. 
You are feeding a very good ration ex¬ 
cept that it contains no succulence. If 
you cannot get dried beet pulp or silage 
you should feed at least one pound of 
old process oil meal per day to each cow 
in full flow of milk. This should take 
the place of an equal amount of mid¬ 
dlings by weight. c. s. G. 
Shrink in Milk. 
I commenced feeding silage the first 
day of February, not having enough to 
begin feeding earlier to feed out to grass. 
Since beginning cows have been giving 
less milk every day, and up to the pres¬ 
ent time they have fallen off a can. I 
am feeding the following: one ton brew¬ 
er’s grains, one-lialf ton bran, one-half 
ton No. 2 middlings, one-half ton cotton¬ 
seed meal. They are getting four quarts 
of the above mixture to the cow and a 
bushel of silage, also one pint of cotton¬ 
seed meal on the silage. A. B. c. 
A large part of the decreased quantity 
of milk which your cows are giving is 
due to the sudden change of feed which 
you made. Any change in feeding should 
be made very gradually, extending over a 
period of at least two weeks for such a 
radical change as you made. After your 
cows become accustomed to the new ra¬ 
tion they will gradually resume nearly 
their normal flow but this may take a 
month or more. The middlings you are 
feeding should be gradually discontinued 
and cornmeal substituted. If you will 
make this change during the next week 
or two and then be very careful not to 
make any other changes, but feed steadi¬ 
ly according to the requirements of each 
cow, you will have no further trouble. 
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