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FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Ration for Dairy Cow6. 
W ILL you advise me regarding a bal¬ 
anced ration of feed for cows giv¬ 
ing milk? I would like to know the 
proportion of different feeds to feed in 
connection with silage; what proportion 
of feed without silage; what proportion 
of feed with Alfalfa hay without silage; 
what proportion of feed with Alfalfa and 
silage, and what proportion of feed with 
Timothy and clover hay without Alfalfa 
or silage. n. c. M. 
New York. 
I think the following formulas will 
give the desired information: 
40 
12 
4 
3 
3 
Dry 
matter 
lbs. corn silage. 10.560 
lbs. mixed hay. 10.452 
lbs. cottonseed 
meal . 3.720 
lbs. wheat bran. 2.643 
lbs. cornmeal... 2.682 
Digesti¬ 
ble 
protein 
.560 
.696 
1.504 
.357 
.234 
Total 
nutri¬ 
ment 
6.880 
6.060 
3.224 
1.785 
2.529 
Total 
3.351 
20.478 
Nutritive ratio, 1:51. 
24 
lbs. 
mixed hay 20.904 
1.392 
12.120 
3 
lbs. wheat bran 2.643 
.357 
1.785 
o 
lbs. 
cottonseed 
meal 
. 1.860 
.752 
1.612 
3 
lbs. 
brewers’ 
dried 
l grains... 2.739 
.600 
1.971 
8 
lbs. 
corn and 
cob meal . 2.547 
.132 
2.127 
Total 
. 30.693 
3.233 
19.615 
Nutritive ratio, 1:51. 
18 
lbs. . 
Alfalfa hay 16.524 
1.890 
9.540 
4 
lbs. wheat bran. 3.524 
.476 
2.380 
4 
lbs. 
cornmeal... 3.576 
.312 
3.372 
3 
lbs. ground oats 2.688 
.264 
2.025 
Total 
. 26.312 
2.942 
17.317 
Nutritive ratio, 1:49. 
40 
lbs. corn silage. 10.560 
.560 
6.880 
10 
lbs. Alfalfa bay. 9.180 
1.050 
5.800 
6 
lbs. 
corn and 
cob meal . 5.094 
.264 
4.254 
3 
lbs. 
distillers’ 
dried 
grains.... 2.772 
.684 
2.658 
1 
lb. 
cottonseed 
meal 
.930 
.376 
.806 
Total 
. 28.536 
2.934 
19.898 
Nutritive ratio, 1:58. 
I would suggest that the inquirer ob¬ 
tain Bulletin No. 321, “Computing Ra¬ 
tions for Farm Animals,” from the Col¬ 
lege of Agriculture, Ithaca, N .Y r . This 
gives all the necessary information for 
figuring out rations, in a condensed and 
reliable form. C. L. M. 
Cheap Ration for Swine. 
I HAVE a large supply, raised on my 
farm, of coim on the cob, and make 
from same cob meal, also mangels, 
turnips, carrots and potatoes. Will you 
give me a proper and inexpensive ration 
to feed my Berkshire hogs? I find that 
my bills during the month for wheat mid¬ 
dlings are high; I should like to cut down 
these bills. G. P. M. 
Plainfield, N. J. 
Corn and cob meal is not adapted for 
swine feeding, and ear corn is better for 
swine than corn prepared in any other 
manner. As a rule, swine do not re¬ 
quire succulent feed, such as mangel 
beets, turnips and carrots, but they may 
be fed to advantage as an appetizer or 
used to add bulk to the ration when the 
animals are being fed concentrated pro¬ 
ducts, such as corn and digester tankage. 
As we have noted in these columns a 
number of times before, brood sows can 
be fed to advantage on ear corn and Al¬ 
falfa or clover hay, and do not require 
expensive feed such as middlings, shorts 
or oil meal. In every case corn should 
be supplemented with some protein car¬ 
rier and digester tankage furnishes this 
nutrient economically for growing or fat¬ 
tening animals. Alfalfa hay is a more 
economical source of protein for brood 
sows or animals that are being main¬ 
tained for breeding purposes. 
By permitting the animals to have as 
much Alfalfa or clover hay as they will 
clean up with relish and giving them 
enough corn in addition so as to enable 
them to gain about one-half pound per 
day during gestation period. G. P. M. 
will do doubt find it possible to cut down 
on his feed bills. In case the cornmeal 
is ground in order that it may be mixed 
with the mangel, turnips or potatoes, the 
same should be fed in the form of a 
chop, that is, the mangels may be chopped 
up and the grain sprinkled over the roots 
or the potatoes. On the other hand, po¬ 
tatoes are most palatable after they have 
been cooked, since some of the moisture is 
driven out and the starchy content made 
more digestible. f. c. M. 
Ration for Shotes. 
I AM feeding, to fatten for my own use, 
five shotes weighing about 135 pounds 
each. They get ear corn twice a day, 
nearly all they will eat, and a slop twice 
a day of one-half corn, one-half oats, 
ground together with an equal amount of 
middlings. They have the run of a patch 
of green rye and a cut-over patch of cab¬ 
bage. Can I add anything else to make 
a better ration? Linseed oil meal would 
cost me $1.90 per cwt. and tankage $2.70 
per cwt. 2. I have a nice bunch of 10 
Oct. 1 pigs. I have plenty of ear corn 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
January 23, 
that I can feed, worth 75 cents per cwt. 
on the ear at present. I also have a 
large lot of potatoes that I am offered 
only 25 cents a bushel for. At the price 
difference for the corn and the potatoes, 
could the potatoes be used as a 
more economical feed than the corn 
for a good part of their feed? Could a 
good portion of their feed be potatoes, 
selling the corn? Of course I would feed 
some corn. What would be the best way 
to use the potatoes, cooked or raw? I 
would also feed twice a day a slop of 
ground corn and oats mixed with mid¬ 
dlings and add some linseed oil meal or 
tankage if advisable. Linseed meal costs 
$1.90 per cwt., tankage $2.70 per cwt. 
Bellevue, O. s. H. 
1. S. H. is feeding a very well-balanced 
ration to his 135 pound pigs, but it is 
probable that digester tankage would be 
a more economical source of protein than 
the oats, and I would suggest the adding 
of 10 pounds of tankage with each hun¬ 
dred pounds of corn that is fed. It 
could be mixed with ground oats and 
middlings, but I would not feed any corn- 
meal with this slop mixture. Tankage 
containing 60% protein ought to be 
purchased at $50 per ton or $2.60 hun¬ 
dred weight. 
2. Potatoes would best be boiled or 
cooked if intended for swine feeding. A 
little oil meal or tankage should be sprin¬ 
kled over the potatoes after they have 
been cooked, and this supplementing the 
corn which S. H. has on hand would 
make a very desirable ration for the Fall 
pigs. Potatoes do not supply much act¬ 
ual food material but add variety to the 
ration and increase its palatability. If 
it is impossible to get tankage at the 
price quoted 15 pounds of oil meal should 
be added for each 100 pounds of corn 
fed. F. c. M. 
Cottonseed for Milch Cows. 
W E are feeding our cows for milk, 
giving good corn fodder, beets, corn, 
bran, dried brewers’ grains. Will 
cottonseed meal help or would you sug¬ 
gest something else, and what proportion 
of each? g. v. 
The addition of a little cottonseed meal 
would help your ration. I would suggest 
three pounds of cottonseed meal, two 
pounds dried brewers’ grains, one pound 
corn meal and one pound bran. 
C. L. M. 
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