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December 11, 1915, 
Live stock 
Feeding a Balanced Ration 
foods arc roughly divided into four classes of 8ubstances--protein, or lean meat or m 
which are starch or fat formers ; pure fat; and fiber, the latter being tough, indigestible matter. 
or lean meat or muscle makers ; carbohydrates, 
iu„ ... i ..... ..... . ..idiBMtible 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 ho 
the least waste and 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 
Dry Matter 
Fat 
Digestible 
Protein Carbo. 
and Fat 
Feeding Stuff 
Dry Matter 
Corn Fodder, green 
Corn Fodder, cured 
Mixed Hay 
Red Clover 
Timothy 
Alfalfa Hay 
Corn Meal 
Distillers' Grains, dry 
Wheat Bran 
Cottonseed Meal 
20.7 
67.6 
84.7 
84.7 
86.8 
91.9 
86.0 
92.4 
88.1 
93.0 
.6 
1.6- 
2.6 
3.3 
2.5 
2.1 
3.8 
12.2 
4.0 
10.2 
1.0 
2.5 
4.2 
7.1 
2.8 
10.5 
6.7 
22.8 
11.9 
37.6 
12.8 
87.3 
44.9 
41.9 
45:3 
42.5 
72.2 
C6.8 
47.6 
43.0 
Linseed Meal, O. P. 
Hominy Chop 
Buckwheat Middlings 
Brewers’ Grains, dry 
Gluten Meal 
Gluten Feed 
<)atn 
Barley 
Rye 
90.2 
90.4 
87.2 
91.3 
90.5 
90.8 
89.6 
89.2 
91.3 
Fat 
7.8 
8.0 
6.8 
6.7 
6.6 
3.5 
4.8 
1.8 
1.9 
Digestible 
Protein Carbo. 
and Fat 
30.2 
6.8 
22.7 
20.0 
29.7 
21.3 
10.7 
9.4 
9.5 
47.5 
77.2 
51.2 
45.7 
56.2 
69.8 
62.3 
75.9 
72.1 
New York 
Boston . .., 
Philadelphia 
Pittsburgh 
Cleveland . 
Carlot prices for standard feeding stuffs. 
Bran. 
22.50@23.50 
23.00@24.00 
23.00@23.50 
22.00@22.50 
21.00@22.00 
Middlings. 
24.00@26.50 
25.00@27.00 
25.00@27.50 
24.00@26.00 
23.50@25.50 
Red Dog. 
30.00@31.00 
31.00@31.50 
30.00@30.50 
29.50@30.00 
28.00@29.50 
Corn Meal. 
30.00@31.00 
31.00@31.50 
30.00@31.00 
29.00@30.00 
26.50@27.50 
Cottonseed 
Meal. 
38.00@39.00 
38.00@39.00 
38.50@39.00 
37.50@38.00 
38.00@38.50 
LOCAL PRICES. 
Bernardston, Mass., bran, ton, $26 to $27; 
cottonseed meal, $36; mixed feed, $33; corn 
meal, $32; gluten, $32; middlings, $31. 
Berlin, Mich., bran, ton, $24; middlings, $28; 
corn meal, $28; oil meal, $42; cottonseed meal, 
$38; ground feed (corn and oats), $26. 
Martinsburg, Ind., bran, ton, $26; meal, $28; 
middlings, $30; gluten, $32. 
Defiance, Ohio, bran, ton, $26; middlings, $30; 
oil meal, $36; corn meal, 100 lbs., $1.70. 
Hemlock, N. Y., wheat bran, ton, $24.50; 
corn meal, $30 to $32; middlings, $29 to $30; 
rye feed, $25 to $28. 
Barneston, Pa., wheat bran, ton, $22 to $25; 
middlings, ton, $28 to $32; gluten, $28; sugarine, 
$26; green corn, bu., $.70; wet brewery grain, 
$.18; old corn, 56 lbs., $.76. 
East Downingtown, Pa., wheat oran, ton, 
$23.50 to $25; gluten feed, $26.25 to $27; cot¬ 
tonseed, $36.75 to $38; middlings, $28.75 to $30. 
New Madison, Ohio, bran, ton, $27; middlings, 
$29. 
Cuyler, N. Y., wheat bran, 100 lbs., $1.20 to 
$1.40; middlings, $1.70; corn meal, $1.20; buck¬ 
wheat, $1.60. 
Baltimore, Ohio, bran, ton, $26; middhngs, 
$30._ 
Only Cotton-Seed Meal. 
About a year ago T decided to make a 
change in the grain ration that I was 
feeding cows. For several years pre¬ 
vious to that time I had fed various 
home-mixed and factory-mixed rations. I 
could mix, or buy ready-mixed, plenty of 
rations that would produce a good flow 
of milk, but I knew that it was costing 
nearly half the gross receipts from the 
sale of butter to pay my feed hills. I 
decided to try cottonseed meal alone, fed 
on silage. I feed from two to four 
pounds daily, according to the flow of 
milk. I found that it would not make 
as much milk as other rations I had fed. 
but it made more profit. Here are some 
figures: $54 worth of cottonseed pro¬ 
duced butter that sold for $161.55. I be¬ 
gan the feeding of cottonseed Nov. 1, 
1914. Nov. 1. 1913, I was feeding a 
home-mixed ration. During the same 
length of time I fed $83 worth of the 
home-made ration that produced $206.13 
worth of butter. The mixed ration should 
have produced $50 worth more of butter 
to equal the cottonseed. These were the 
same cows and in about the same time of 
their lactation. I feed silage twice per 
day, all they will eat up clean, mixed hay 
at noon. Of course I know that cotton¬ 
seed alone cannot he fed without silage 
or something similar. T feed first the 
silage and then the cottonseed, finally 
mixing well with a fork. Many feeders 
hereabouts depend largely on bran as the 
principal part of their ration. I con¬ 
sider bran the most expensive feed we 
can use for dairy cows. dee w. sekvey. 
Jefferson Co., N. Y. 
Mr. Servey is feeding purebred Jersey 
cows. We find a number of dairymen 
who feed in about this way and say they 
are satisfied. No man should do it, how¬ 
ever, until lie has proved his practice by 
actual figures. 
Feeding Beet Pulp. 
As my roughage is poor and I have no 
silage I have thought of feeding my cows 
dried beet pulp this Winter. I have had 
no experience in feeding this, and I 
would like to make a few inquiries re¬ 
garding it. Would you recommend lend¬ 
ing it dry or soaking it in water? How 
much should you feed daily per cow, as 
represented liy the pulp before soaking ? 
Should it be fed by itself or mixed with 
the grain? A > 
Windham, Conn. 
Since you have no silage to feed this 
Winter, you will certainly find it to your 
advantage to feed dried beet pulp. You 
can feed about ten pounds per head per 
day to milch cows. When fed in such 
amount as this and where no silage is fed, 
it is advisable to soak the beet pulp and 
feed equal parts night and morning as 
one would feed silage. Beet nulp is very 
palatable and nutritious. Results of 
some trials at the New Jersey station 
showed that as much milk could be pro¬ 
duced on nine pounds of dried beet pulp 
and 10 pounds of hay besides grain ra¬ 
tion, as could be produced on forty-five 
pounds of corn silage and five pounds ot 
hay with same grain ration and with 
same eow\ If you have a large herd, you 
should -watch the market closely now and 
buy in a large supply. It can be bought 
much cheaper this way than from the 
local dealer. H. F. J. 
Ration for Maine Jerseys. 
1. Medium size Jerseys are getting 
mixed hay 16 pounds, 20 pounds corn 
silage, equal parts bran, cornmeal and 
cottonseed meal; one pound to three or 
four of milk. How is that ration bal¬ 
anced? Can it he improved or cost low¬ 
ered? Bran, $26 ton; cornmeal, $32; 
cottonseed meal, $38; oats, 50c. per 
bushel, gluten, $31 (gluten feed) ; lin¬ 
seed, $40; mixed feed bran, $28; Winter 
middlings, $31; Spring middlings. $29; 
feed flour, $33 • brewers’ grains, $35. 2. 
I am feeding 100 hens five quarts cracked 
corn morning, two quarts wheat and 
mash or grain; oats at noon, and dry 
mash of two bran, one middlings, one 
meal, one gluten, and three-quarters 
part meat scraps. Is it a good ration? 
Is mixed feed bran worth $2 a ton more 
than bran? F. P. R. 
Maine. 
1. As a general criticism of your ra¬ 
tion for Jersey cows it would be better 
to increase the amount of silage to 25 
pounds and decrease the hay to 12 
pounds, then try to supply protein in the 
grain ration by using less cottonseed 
meal, which at nresent is very high in 
price. The ration you are feeding is a 
little wide. If you can get distillers’ 
grains for $33 per ton or less, the fol¬ 
lowing mixture will prove more econom¬ 
ical : 200 pounds gluten feed. 300 pounds 
distillers’ grains, 100 pounds cottonseed 
meal, 100 pounds bran. With 25 pounds 
corn silage, 12 pounds mixed hay, seven 
pounds of the above grain mixture will 
supply sufficient nutriment for an 800 to 
850-pound cow to produce 26 pounds of 
5 per cent. milk. It would take at least 
eight pounds of the grain mixture you 
have been feeding to get the same result. 
According to the analysis given in 
Henry’s “Feeds and Feeding” mixed feed 
should be worth $4 more per ton than 
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Her Feed 
Try This Simple Plan 
First a dose of Epsom Salts—then cut down the heavy heating feeds and try 
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of DRIED BEET PULP. See her open her eyes at this new treat in the feed box. See her 
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Digestion Is Improved 
What a relief this new 
feed brings to the^TT 
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heavy packed mass of food 
has thrown her "off her feed.” 
The DRIED BEET PULP 
goes into the stomach —• 
"absorbs” 5 to 6 times its 
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The light and pulpy 
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R^uspwotzy through the digestive 
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