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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 1G, 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
NDER tills 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 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. 
Corn and Cob Meal; Calf Fasture. 
1. A great many men in this section 
feed corn and cob meal to their cattle. 
1 do not like to feed the cob. Is there 
enough nutriment value to supply energy 
to digest it? Does it pay to feed it? 
2. I would like to know what to sow that 
will make good calf pasture the first 
year. I thought of sowing Soy beans, 
corn, and rye. Possibly you might sug¬ 
gest a change in the mixture. H. n. B. 
Michigan. 
1. There is no satisfactory data con¬ 
cerning the value of corncobs, and their 
presence in corn and cob meal is of very 
questionable value. B. E. Carmichael of 
the Ohio Experiment Station, in a letter 
to me says: “I think it can safely be 
said that the presence of the cob does 
not add to the actual food value of the 
material. The nutriment in corncob is 
so difficult of digestion that I do not be¬ 
lieve that ground cobs, if fed alone, would 
prevent animals from starving to death.” 
I have fed corn and cob meal to cattle 
for some time, mostly with good results 
but sometimes the cobs injured the bow¬ 
els of the cattle, causing the passage of 
blood, which would stop when I changed 
to plain meal. I have solved the difficulty 
by attaching a sheller to the feed mill and 
shelling all corn fed, which may then be 
ground as tine as desired and at less 
expense than ear corn, besides we have 
the cobs to burn. When dry enough by 
all means shell and grind the corn fed to 
cattle. 
2. Rye, oats and Canada field peas if 
sowed early would be good and later corn 
and rye sowed together ought to provide 
either feed or pasture, and perhaps the 
Soy beans would work in well or some 
rape if desired. For late Summer or 
Fall seeding rye and vetch if suited to 
your soil ought to give good late pasture 
and early pasture next Spring. Knowing 
well the destructive habits of calves I 
advise soiling, if possible, instead of 
pasturing. w. E. D. 
the clover hay twice a day, morning and 
night with corn fodder at noon—feeding 
liberally each time. 
2. I would prefer middlings for hogs in 
preference to wheat and oats ground to-, 
gether, equal parts, at the present prices 
at which each is selling. c. s. G. 
Summer Cow Ration. 
IIow and what should I feed my cow, 
from now until she becomes fresh, Sep¬ 
tember 15? My hay is mostly Timothy, 
the pasture is nothing extra, no Fall 
feed. She is eight years old, weighs 
about 1,000, Jersey grade; she came 
fresh last October, gave 12 quarts of milk 
for about two months. She is giving now 
seven quarts a day. I am feeding her 
100 pounds bran, 300 pounds ground oats, 
50 pounds gluten, 30 oil meal, four quarts 
to a feed twice a day. w. r. s. 
Vermont. 
Your cow is doing very well, and get¬ 
ting a good balanced ration except the 
Timothy, which is not as good as mixed 
hay or clover or Alfalfa for the produc¬ 
tion of milk. You should gradually de¬ 
crease the amount of grain you are feed¬ 
ing proportionately as the flow of milk 
decreased, so that you will he feeding 
only two or three quarts a day by the 
first of July, the amount depending en¬ 
tirely on the condition of the cow. She 
should be practically dry at that time, 
and should have no gluten or oil meal 
until at least three weeks after, freshen¬ 
ing. She should have plenty of good 
pasture range and if she keeps in good 
llesh on the available pasturage no grain 
would he needed during the period of 
about two months while she is not giv¬ 
ing milk. o. s. g. 
Ingredients for Balanced Ration. 
Would you give me the ingredients for 
a balanced ration bearing about the pro¬ 
portions of one to six or six and a half? 
My roughage consists of mixed hay once 
a day, meadow hay twice; cows are Jer¬ 
sey, Holstein and grade Guernsey. Bran 
$1.60; middlings $1.60; mixed feed 
$1.60; corumeal $1.60; gluten $1.60; 
hominy $1.70; linseed meal $1.90; ground 
oats $1.75; distillers’ grain $1.75. In 
a piece of land once planted to potatoes. 
1 spread two cords manure and expected 
to seed it down to Winter rye for feed, 
hoping also to kill out the witch-grass. 
It got too late to plant rye; now, would 
you advise Winter rye as soon as snow 
is off or put in Spring rye? h. a. k. 
The following formula comes very near 
to your requirements: 20 pounds hay; 
four pounds distillers’ grains; four 
pounds dried beet pulp; two pounds glu¬ 
ten feed; two pounds corumeal; two 
pounds mixed feed. Oats are rather high 
priced for feeding now, and you will not 
require any oilmeal while you are feed¬ 
ing beet pulp. We would sow Spring 
rye now in preference to the Winter va¬ 
riety, as the chances would be better for 
a good crop. c. s. G. 
Dairy Ration. 
Can you give me a balanced ration of 
llie following feeds with mixed hay for 
roughage: Mixed wheat feed $1.50 per 
cwt.: corumeal $1.45; cottonseed meal 
$1.75; yellow gluten $1.65, or any other 
feed that you would consider cheaper to 
go with the mixed hay. My cow has 
shrunk in milk during Winter. IIow 
can I increase flow? f. k. p. 
No doubt the cold weather during the 
latter part of Winter had a tendency to 
reduce the flow of milk, as it affects other 
animals the same way when they are de¬ 
prived of natural conditions and expected 
to produce profitable returns during the 
period when they would naturally be un¬ 
productive in their wild or natural state, 
and which has been gradually changed by 
domestication. For a grain ration to he 
fed with mixed hay you could use the 
following mixture: Five pounds mixed 
wheat feed, two pounds cottonseed meal, 
two pounds oil meal, one pound corumeal. 
You will notice that oil meal is substi¬ 
tuted for gluten as you have no succu¬ 
lent feed and your cow will produce bet¬ 
ter results with some laxative feed like 
oil meal. c. S. G. 
Feeds for Cows and Hogs. 
3. Will you give me a balanced ration 
with clover hay and corn fodder for 
roughage, and with no silage? The fol¬ 
lowing are the grain feeds: Bran, oilmeal, 
corn chop, sucrene dairy feed. I can get 
cottonseed meal; have never fed any of 
it. We feed for butter; cows will be fresh 
this Spring. 2. Are wheat and oats, 
equal parts by weight ground together, 
as good and as cheap as middlings for 
hogs? w. A. I.. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. From the feeds you mention I would 
compound a grain ration as follows: Five 
pounds wheat bran ; two pounds oil meal; 
two pounds cottonseed meal; two pounds 
corn chop. These ingredients should be 
well mixed together and fed in two feeds 
per day, morning and night. The quan¬ 
tity for each feeding must be regulated 
according to the requirements of each 
cow individually. Cottonseed meal is a 
very valuable ingredient for the purpose 
of furnishing protein, but care should be 
exercised not to feed any corn chop or 
cottonseed within at least three weeks 
after parturition, as it is liable -to cause 
fever and caked udder. You should feed 
Staggers. 
I have a four-year-old heifer which was 
fresh last September. Everything was all 
right and she has been giving about eight 
quarts milk. Now she seems to have de¬ 
veloped some nervous trouble. She will 
stagger when let out of the stable and 
will sometimes go around in a circle for 
quite a few minutes. She has nearly dried 
up, and has no appetite. Can you sug¬ 
gest the possible cause or a remedy? The 
heifer has always been in vigorous health. 
I am feeding hay and silage, and about 
six quarts ground feed twice daily. 
New York. f. n. g. 
Indigestion is the cause. Do not feed 
a milch cow over one pound of grain or 
meal mixture (concentrate) for every 
three or four pounds of milk produced. 
Physic the cow with Epsom salts and 
then feed good hay, a half feed of silage 
and far less meal than you have been 
giving. Grass, when ready, will be the 
best possible remedy. Allow her a box 
stall. a. s. A. 
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