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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
December 4, 1915. 
Feeding a Balanced Ration 
Live stock foods are roughly divided into four classes of nubstances--protein / or lean meat or muscle makers ; carbohydrates, 
which are starch or fat formers : pure fat; and fiber, the latter being tough, indigestible matter. The protein cannot take the 
place of carbohydrates and fat, and the theory of a balanced ration is to combine the two classes of food so that there will be 
the least waste arid still give the animal what it needs. The “ nutritive ratio" means the ratio between protein and combined 
carbohydrates and fat. One part of protein to three of the other would be a " narrow" ratio, while one part to eight would be a 
“ wide" ratio. 
The following analyses are used in figuring rations : 
Feeding Stuff 
Corn Fodder, green 
Corn Fodder, cured 
Mixed Hay 
Red Clover 
Timothy 
Alfalfa Hay 
Corn Meal 
Distillers' Grains, dry 
Wheat Bran 
Cottonseed Meal 
Dry Matter Fat 
20.7 
67.6 
84.7 
84.7 
86.8 
91.9 
85.0 
92.4 
88.1 
93.0 
.6 
1.6 
2.6 
3.3 
2.6 
2.1 
3.8 
12.2 
4.0 
10.2 
Digestible 
Protein Carbo. 
and Fat 
12.8 
1.0 
2.6 
4.2 
7.1 
2.8 
10.6 
6.7 
22.8 
11.9 
37.6 
37.3 
44.9 
41.9 
46.3 
42.5 
72.2 
65.8 
47.6 
43.0 
Feeding Stuff 
Linseed Meal, O. P. 
Hominy Chop 
Buckwheat Middlings 
Brewers' Grains, dry 
Gluten Meal 
Gluten Feed 
Oats 
Barley 
Rye 
Dry Matter Fat 
Digestible 
Protein Carbo. 
and Fat 
90.2 
90.4 
87.2 
91.3 
90.5 
90.8 
89.6 
89.2 
91.3 
7.8 
8.0 
6.8 
6.7 
6.6 
3.6 
4.8 
1.8 
1.9 
30.2 
6.8 
22.7 
20.0 
29.7 
21.3 
10.7 
9.4 
9.6 
47.6 
77.2 
61.2 
46.7 
66.2 
59.3 
62.3 
76.9 
72.1 
New York 
Boston .... 
Philadelphia 
Pittsburgh 
Cleveland . 
Minneapolis 
St. Louis . 
prices for standard feeding 
Middlings. 
Current carlot 
Bran. 
22.50@23.25 
23.00@23.50 
22.00@22.50 
22.00@24.00 
21.50@22.50 
17.75@18.75 
20.00@21.00 
24.00@26.00 
25.00@27.00 
24.00@27.00 
26.00@29.00 
25.75@27.00 
19.00@21.00 
21.00@23.00 
Corn Meal. 
30.00@31.00 
30.00@31.50 
30.00@31.00 
29.00@30.00 
26.50@27.50 
28.00@28 50 
23.00@25.00 
stuffs: 
Red Dog. 
29.00@30.00 
30.00 @31.00 
28.50@29.50 
30.00@31.00 
28.00@29.00 
23.50@24.50 
28.00@29.00 
Cottonseed 
Meal. 
37.00@38.00 
37.50@38.50 
37.00@38.00 
36,00@37.00 
35.50@35.75 
34.50@35.60 
LOCAL PRICES. 
Mankato, Minn., bran, ton, $19; middlings, 
$19 to $24; red dog, $27; corn meal, 100 lbs., 
$2.70. 
Avondale, Pa., bran, ton, $26.50; middlings, 
$35; corn meal, $30. 
Geauga Lake, Ohio, bran, ton, $26; middlings, 
$30 to $34: hominy, $31; gluten, $28. 
Athol, Mass., bran, ton, $25.60; middlings, 
$28 to $31.60; corn meal, $30.20; gluten, $30.60; 
meal, $40.60. 
Cortland, N. Y., bran, ton, $28; middlings, 
$29; corn meal, $31. 
Coventry, N. Y.. bran, ton, $23.50; middlings, 
$25; meal, $29.60; gluten, $27. 
Colrain, Mass., bran, ton, $28; cottonseed 
meal, $37; brewers’ grains, $29; Continental 
gluten, $34; Buffalo, gluten (feed not meal), 
$29; corn meal, 100 lbs., $1.60; hominy, 100 lbs., 
$1.60. 
Ideal Ration for Maryland. 
wasted. You are feeding a very good 
grain ration, but you could save some 
money by substituting cottonseed for the 
oil meal, as the latter is very expensive 
just now. You could feed one-quarter to 
one-third beet pulp to good advantage. 
This would make your grain mixture 
about as follows: 300 pounds ground 
oats, 100 pounds wheat bran, 50 pounds 
gluten feed, 30 pounds cottonseed meal, 
100 pounds beet pulp. You will have to 
regulate the amount of grain to feed ac¬ 
cording to the requirements of the cow. 
At this season of the year the quantity 
of grain fed should be reduced to corres¬ 
pond with the decreased production of 
milk. c. s. G. 
Of course an “ideal” ration will vary 
—depending on location, cost of pur¬ 
chased feeds, roughage on hand, the kind 
of cow and the use to be made of the 
milk. The following are figured at Bal¬ 
timore prices, and are dairy rations for a 
900-pound cow, giving 20 pounds of five 
per cent. milk. 
Ration No. 1. 
10 lbs. Alfalfa hay, 30 pounds corn 
silage, 0 lbs. corncob meal at $20 a ton, 
1 lb. of bran at $27 a ton. Cost of grain 
mixture per ton $21. 
Ration No. 2. 
10 lbs. Timothy hay, 30 lbs. corn sil¬ 
age, 3 lbs. corn chop, 1 lb. bran, 1 lb. 
cotton seed meal, 1 lb. gluten feed. Cost 
of grain mixture a ton $28. 
Either ration is suited to present con¬ 
ditions in Maryland. The advantage of 
ration No. 1 over ration No. 2 results 
solely from having on hand a good supply 
of Alfalfa, thus cutting down the cost 
of the grain mixture. This goes to show 
how economically a dairy cow may be 
fed where her owner has grown a good 
supply of Alfalfa and corn silage, as is 
being done on a number of up-to-date 
dairy farms in the State. 
Ration No. 2, on the other hand, is 
the most economical mixture that can be 
fed to a dairy cow on a place where 
Alfalfa or some other leguminous hay is 
not provided in sufficient quantity. No 
ration without corn silage is suggested, 
as one of the essentials in successful 
dairy farming in this section is the build¬ 
ing and filling of a silo. 
G. E. WOLCOTT. 
Ration for Jersey Cow. 
Will you give me a formula for a 
grain ration for my three-year-old Jer- 
sev? She weighs about 900 pounds, in 
fair flesh. The roughage is good corn¬ 
stalks and mixed hay, not much clover. 
She is on pasture, which is a place to 
exercise in, that is about all. She gave 
34 quarts a day all Summer and had 
about six pounds a day of bran and oats. 
She is giving now seven quarts a day, 
and before long she will be in the barn 
most of the time. I am feeding her now, 
ground oats 300 pounds, bran 300 pounds, 
gluten 50 pounds, oil meal 30 pounds, 
and about four pounds to a feed, a little 
beet pulp, only a little, for I do not 
know how much to feed. Is this all 
right? Tell me what and how much to 
feed, also how much pulp, how much 
cornstalks, how much hay. w. k. s. 
Vermont. 
A ration which is suited for one cow 
may not produce the same effect when fed 
to a different cow. Here is where the 
good judgment of the feeder comes in to 
know when and how to change a ration 
to suit different animals under varying 
conditions. The cornstalks should be cut 
into one-inch lengths, or shredded and 
fed morning and evening—all that the 
cow will eat. If there is a little left 
over for bedding so much the better. At 
noon feed all the hay that will be eaten 
up fairly clean. There is no danger of 
overfeeding either cornstalks or hay un¬ 
less you feed so much that they are 
Ration for Holstein. 
Would you suggest a good ration for 
my herd of grade Holsteins? I have the 
following foodstuffs: Corn silage, fine 
hay and field corn raised on farm, also 
some mangels. The cows have recently 
freshened and give in quantity from 26 
to 40 pounds milk per day. w. E. F. 
Massachusetts. 
It has been assumed that your cows 
will weigh 1,100 to 1,200 pounds, and 
that their milk will test close to 4 per 
cent. That being the case you can feed 
them 25 pounds corn silage, 15 pounds 
mangels, and 12 pounds of mixed hay 
daily. Since you mention that you have 
home-grown corn, you may have some 
corn stover to feed. This could be fed in 
whole or in part for the hay. The fol¬ 
lowing will make an economical grain 
mixture: 200 pounds corn and cob meal, 
400 pounds distillers’ grains, 300 pounds 
gluten feed, 100 pounds wheat middlings, 
300 pounds wheat bran. Feed one pound 
of this grain mixture for each 3 % pounds 
of milk. In the above ration it will be 
noted that distillers’ grains and gluten 
feed have been used to considerable ex¬ 
tent to supply the necessary protein. This 
is because of the high price of cottonseed 
and linseed meal. ir. F. j. 
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7 Months Old Hoi 
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at from six to seven months old. At 6 
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and cents equal to many times its cost. It is not a 
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You can make such a record with your 
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