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THIS RURAL NEW-YORKEK 
April 18, 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
U NDEIt 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. Hy ‘•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 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 carbohydrates. 
A Dairy Ration. 
Can you balance a ration for my dairy 
from the following feeds, using all or 
some of those named? I am feeding sil¬ 
age, oat straw and Timothy mixed. I 
mixed 100 pounds brewers’ grains, 100 
pounds cottonseed meal, 80 pounds lin¬ 
seed meal, 100 pounds sucrose (molasses 
feed), 200 pounds ground oats and corn- 
meal (one-third oats to one-third corn) 
and 100 pounds buckwheat middlings to¬ 
gether. IIow much of the mixed feed 
should I give a cow per day? My cows 
are good grade Ilolsteins but do not give 
as much milk as they should, h. d. w. 
New York. 
Your grain ration is a very good one 
as it stands. I should advise feeding one 
pound of the mixture to 3 y 2 or four 
pounds of milk. If the cows gain in milk 
increase the grain proportionately. The 
best way to feed the grain is to scatter 
it over the silage. c. L. M. 
Ration for New Milch Cows. 
Will you give a balanced ration from 
the following feeds for new milch cows, 
weighing from GOO to 800 pounds? Bran, 
$1.40; gluten, $1.60; cottonseed, $1.80; 
meal, $1.50. I have mixed hay and corn 
silage. Silage was made of the Early 
Mastodon corn about half eared. M. T. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
The following ration ought to be sat¬ 
isfactory : 
Digest- Total 
Ible Digest ible 
Dry Matter Protein Nutrients 
Silage, 30 lbs. 7.020 .420 5.160 
Mixed hay, 10 lbs.... 8.710 .580 5.050 
Bran, 2 lbs. 1.762 .238 1.100 
Cottonseed meal, 3 lbs 2.700 1.128 2.418 
Cornmeal, 2 lbs. 1.808 .136 1.680 
and then cuddle up in a corner and prob¬ 
ably contact thumps. 
Dwarf Essex rape probably leads the 
list of crops that can be grown during 
early Spring suitable for foraging swine. 
Alfalfa, of course, heads the list, but 
when you consider a crop to be seeded 
during the early Spring, rape is the most 
excellent one. A little variety, however, 
is desirable, and a mixture made up of 
oats. Canada field peas, rape and Red 
clover make a most excellent mixture, 
and instructions as to method of plant¬ 
ing, etc., have been given repeatedly in 
these columns. Oats and peas from a 
dairyman’s standpoint had best be fed as 
a soiling crop, rather than pastured by 
the cows, inasmuch as the ground is soft, 
and they do considerable injury to the 
plants if permitted to roam through the 
fields. With pigs, however, there is less 
waste, especially if it is possible to seed 
the material in rows rather than brood- 
cast or drilled. F. c. M. 
Ration for Montana. 
Will you prepare a milk ration from 
the following feeds? Timothy hay, or 
grain hay (oats, wheat or barley) ; oats, j 
barley, wheat, bran, middlings, shorts 
and flax meal; any of these may be ob¬ 
tained. Could you also give me some in- | 
formation about where a feeding chart, 
may be obtained? h. L. E. 
Montana. 
If the grain hay was cut before the 
grain was mature, its feeding value 
would be similar to that of good Timothy 
hay. If ripe, then its value is less, es¬ 
pecially the wheat. Eeed the cows all ! 
the hay they will eat up clean two or 
three times daily. For a grain ration 
mix two parts by weight of wheat bran, 
three parts flaxseed meal and three parts 
ground oats. Feed an average cow, giv¬ 
ing 25 pounds of milk daily seven pounds 
of grain per day. 
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C., will furnish free bul¬ 
letins on the subject of feeding. Bulletin 
No. 321 of the N. Y. College of Agricul¬ 
ture, Ithaca, N. Y., is very good, and per¬ 
haps your own experiment station at 
Bozeman can furnish something. The 
work of Prof. W. A. Henry, entitled 
“Feeds and Feeding,” is the most com¬ 
plete I know about. It may be pur¬ 
chased from The R. N.-Y., price $2.25. 
c. L. M. 
Total .22.980 2.502 15.498 
Nutritive ratio, 1:5.2. 
It is not to be understood that the 
amounts of roughage given should be 
rigidly followed. The amounts of silage 
and hay you have on hand should be 
taken into consideration. The amount of 
grain also will depend on the milking 
capacities of the cows. c. L. M. 
Ration for Jersey. 
I would like a balanced ration for 
Jersey cow. I have clover hay and can 
buy the following grains: Cornmeal, per 
cwt., $1.65; bran, $1.30; middlings, 
$1.40; oil cake, $1.85; ground feed (corn 
and oats), $1.35. g. w. w. 
Wisconsin. 
Feed the cow three times daily all the 
hay she will eat up clean. For the 
grain ration feed two pounds bran, three 
pounds oil cake and two pounds corn and 
oats. It is better to give the grain 
at two feedings, morning and night. 
C. L. M. 
Ration for Sow and Pigs. 
What is the very best and cheapest 
ration for a brood sow with nine pigs? 
At present I am feeding equal parts of 
oats, barley, middlings, and bran, about 
four quarts three times per day in her 
slop. Would it be all right to put some 
cornmeal with her feed? Will you give 
a ration for the pigs after weaning? My 
old pig pasture is about run out. Could 
I plow it early in the Spring and seed to 
something for early pasture? What 
would you advise sowing? I have a piece 
of new land that I plowed last Fall. 
Would like your advice on what to sow 
on it for pasturage. IIow would cow 
peas and oats do, and would they be safe 
to turn cattle in as regards bloat? 
New York. L. m. s. 
L. M. S. could safely add some corn¬ 
meal to the ration that he is now feeding 
his brood sow with pigs. In fact if he has 
grown the corn on his own farm it should 
constitute the bulk of the ration. The 
following feed mixture has given us very 
satisfactory results with brood sows 
suckling pigs: Ear corn, 100 pounds; 
digester tankage, 10 pounds; wheat bran, 
15 pounds; oil meal, five pounds; bone 
meal, two pounds; salt, one pound. The 
corn is fed without any preparation 
whatsoever, and the balance of the in¬ 
gredients are fed in the form of a thin 
slop twice daily. If it is desirable to use 
cornmeal it can well be mixed with the 
other ingredients and fed in the form of 
a thick slop twice daily. As to the 
amount to feed it is our rule to give the 
brood sows all they will clean up with 
relish after the pigs are old enough to 
make demands on their system, but dur¬ 
ing the first three weeks they are fed 
rather sparingly, as it is desired to let 
the pigs get hungry, and .take some ex¬ 
ercise in their endeavor to get sufficient 
milk, rather than allowing them to get 
an abundance of milk without any effort 
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