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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Live stock foods src roughly oi 
which are starch or fat formers 
Feeding a Balanced Ration 
“widS^Stfo. and fat ' part of pr “ tcln to tbre« d of the other would b?a" combined 
r>--s_ 1.1 iv nimiiai niuu it nt;cu 9 - xiif iiutriLive rauo 
l)r:e part of protein to three of the other would be a “ w ’ r ratio,whileSpart'to , e n igh I t a wouTd°'b n e e i 
The following analyses are used in figuring rations : 
Feeding Stuff 
Corn Fodder, green 
Corn Fodder, curod 
Mixed Hay 
Red Clover 
Timothy 
Alfalfa Hay 
Com Meal 
Distillers' Grains, dry 
Wheat Bran 
Cottonseed Meal 
Dry Matter Fat 
20.7 
67.6 
84.7 
€4.7 
86.8 
91.9 
85.0 
92.4 
88.1 
93.0 
.6 
1.6 
2.5 
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 
87.6 
37.3 
44.9 
41.9 
45.3 
42.6 
72.2 
65.8 
47.6 
43.0 
Feeding Stuff 
Linseed Meal, O. P. 
Hominy Chop 
Buckwheat Middling* 
Brewers’ Grains, dry 
Gluten Meal 
Gluten Feed 
Oats 
Barley 
Rye 
Dry Matter Fat 
90.2 
90.4 
87.2 
91.3 
90.5 
90.8 
89.6 
89.2 
91.3 
Digestible 
Protein Carbo. 
and Fat 
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 
47.5 
77.2 
61.2 
45.7 
56.2 
59.3 
62.3 
75.9 
72.1 
as much as 20 pounds of corn silage 
per day, and six pounds of the grain 
mixture, with all of the hay and roughage 
that they will clean up with relish. If 
you have an abundance of oats, or oats 
mixed with Canada field peas the amount 
of oats in the ration might be materially 
increased. The heifers that are about to 
freshen should receive a liberal amount 
of this ration and should evidence a 
wealth of flesh previous to parturition. 
It might be well to add some hominy 
feed, or even beet pulp to the grain mix¬ 
ture during the six weeks previous to 
caIvin &- f. c. M. 
December 25, 1915. 
RAISE 
Y0UP 
CALVES 
_ WITH * 
Bjwnms 
CAIFMEAL 
Carlot prices for standard feeding stuffs. 
Bran. Middlings. 
New York . 22.50@23.50 24.00@27.00 
Boston . 23.00@25.00 25.00@27.50 
Philadelphia . 23.00@25.60 26.00@27.50 
Pittsburgh . 22.00@22.50 24.00@26.00 
St. Louis . 19.00@21.00 22.00@25.00 
LOCAL PRICES. 
Ashfield, Mass., wheat bran, ton, $25; mid¬ 
dlings, $30; corn, $30; corn meal, $31; cotton 
seed, $37; hominy, $28; gluten, $29. 
Salem, Ind., wheat bran, ton, $26; middlings, 
$30; oil meal, $60; cottonseed meal, $40; corn 
meal, $30. 
Townsbury, N. J., brewers’ grains, ton, $27; 
wheat bran, $27; cottonseed meal, $38; oil meal, 
100 lbs., $1.80. 
Castle Creek, N. Y., corn meal, 100 
$ 1 . 66 ; bran, $1.50; middlings, $1.70. 
Delhi, N. Y., wheat bran, 5-ton lots, 
middlings, $31; corn meal, $32; gluten, ton, 
cottonseed, $40; hominy, $36. 
Jolly town, Pa., wheat bran, ton, $28; 
dlings, $32; corn meal, $35. 
Armbrust, Pa., bran, ton, $24 to $30; 
dlings, $27 to $32; corn meal, $32 to $36; 
oats and barley, $30 to $33. 
Barre, Mass., wheat bran, ton, $30; Buffalo 
gluten, $30; middlings, $32.50. 
South Brownsville, Pa., wheat bran, ton, $27; 
middlings, $30 to $35; oats, bu., 50 cents. 
Mt. Morris, Penn., wheat bran, ton, $26.50; 
middlings, $31, meal, $40; chop, $36. 
Red Dog. 
31.00@32.00 
31.00@31.50 
30.00@30.50 
29.60@?0.00 
26.00@28,00 
Corn Meal. 
30.00@31.00 
31.00@31.50 
30.00@31.00 
29.00@30.00 
25.00@26.00 
Cottonseed 
Meal. 
38.00@39.00 
38.00@39.00 
38.50@39.00 
37.50@38.00 
35.00@37.60 
lbs., 
$26; 
$28; 
mid- 
mid¬ 
corn, 
Ration of Home-grown Feed 
Will you balance a ration for Guernsey 
cows from the following feeds, which I 
have on the farm? Oats, corn, corn¬ 
stalks, silage, mixed clover hay and oat 
straw. I do not care much for feediug 
the oat straw, and think I have plenty of 
hay. Is it necessary to buy any feed in 
addition to the above in order to get a 
proper milk yield? g. E. h. 
Ballston Lake, N. Y. 
From the above mentioned forage and 
grains it will not be possible to make a 
suitable combination that will be satis¬ 
factory for good milking cows, because 
these feeds do not contain enough protein 
to balance the ration properly. Assum¬ 
ing that G. E. II. has abundance of good 
corn silage, clover bay, corn and oats, and 
desires to make use of these feeds to the 
greatest possible extent, it will be ad¬ 
visable to purchase at least two high pro¬ 
tein concentrates something as follows: 
Digestible Digestible 
protein, carbohydrates. 
be somewhat as follows: Will the in¬ 
crease in milk flow secured, by feeding 
purchased high protein feeding concen¬ 
trates in addition to a good variety of 
home grown nitrogenous forage crops and 
grains, be great enough to justify the ex¬ 
tra expense and labor required to haul 
the feed from town, etc.? We recognize 
the manurial value of feeding high pro¬ 
tein concentrates. 
In other words should not the average 
dairy farm in the East be so managed 
that it will produce more, or all, of the 
foods required by the kind of animals 
kept on the farm? It is getting so in 
the East that some farms are little more 
than exercising grounds for the dairy 
herd. Corn silage and mixed hay are 
produced in abundance but the bulk of 
the feeding concentrates are derived from 
town and hauled patiently to the farm. 
In the process of this exchange the farm¬ 
er does all the work and cheerfully gives 
up the bulk of his milk check. 
E. E. ROBEKTSON. 
Dairy Ration 
. Will you advise me a good balanced ra¬ 
tion for my dairy? I have silage, good 
cured corn fodder, fair hay and a fair 
supply of corn, which will be ground, 
cobs and all, and quite a supplv of man¬ 
gels. . t. H . c. 
Connecticut. 
The ration given below is for 1000- 
pound cow, giving 30 pounds of four per 
cent, milk daily. 
20 pounds corn silage. 
15 pounds mangels. 
8 pounds mixed hay. 
10 pounds corn fodder. 
2 pounds corn and cob meal. 
4 pounds distillers’ grains. 
1 pound cottonseed meal. 
2 pounds gluten feed. 
In feeding this ration 
eral rule of feeding one 
three to 3 y 2 pounds of’ 4 % to 5y 2 % 
milk, and one pound grain to 3V 2 to 
four pounds milk for 3% to 4% milk. 
Distillers’ grains, cottonseed meal and 
gluten feed are all high protein feeds. 
It is necessary to use these, since the 
feeds which you have on your farm are 
all low in protein. h. f. j. 
Market the Milk 
Raise your calves 
and get the bigger 
money to which you 
are entitled. But do not 
feed the calf whole milk, 
with butter fat worth 
$600 a ton. 
You can sell all 
the mother cow’s 
milk orbutter and 
make your calf pay 
you a big profit on 
it9 feed.by raisinglton 
B latch ford's Calf Meal 
The Recognized Milk Equal i 
F et , , 100 J^i lo ,r® ox rich milk feed from 100 pounds of 
Blatcnforu s Calf Meal, and it costa you only one-fourth 
aa much. It will make your calf grow fast and well. 
Blatchford** Calf Meal Is composed of ths elements 
ths youn* calf needs in the most trying period of ita life; 
»s thoroughly steam cooked ^prevents bowel troubles and 
other ills due to improper milk substitutes. 
Blatchford'a Pig Meal insures quick, sturdy growth of 
young pigs at weaning time, without setback or fallingoff. 
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10 lbs. clover hay. 
.71 
4.9 
30 lbs. corn silage.• 
.42 
5.16 
2 lbs. cornmeal . 
.156 
1 . 6 S 
4 lbs. ground oats. 
.352 
2.7 
4 lbs. gluten feed. 
.852 
3.22 
2 lbs. distillers’ grains.. 
.456 
1.77 
19.43 
2.94 
Nutritive ration 1 : 6 . 6 . 
Even this ration would be considered 
too wide by most careful dairymen. 
For the eow-s giving a good flow of 
milk some high protein carrying feeds 
should he added to the home-grown grains 
and fodders in this instance. For the 
young stock and dry cows a suitable 
growing ration could he made of the 
various home-grown feeds without pur¬ 
chasing any concentrates. 
Aside from the mere balancing of ra¬ 
tions there are other principles involved 
in the problem of G. E. H. In the first 
place he has made, apparently, no well- 
planned attempt at producing from his 
farm the maximum of protein-carrying 
forage crops and grains. He simply hap¬ 
pens to have on hand the materials men¬ 
tioned above, and desires to know- wheth¬ 
er a suitable milk-producing ration can 
be combined from these w-ithout purchas¬ 
ing other concentrates. Under his pres¬ 
ent conditions it would be wise to pur¬ 
chase at least tw-o different high protein- 
carrying concentrates to add to the low- 
protein feeds he has on the farm. 
This condition does not preclude the 
possibility of his growing more of the 
forage and grain crops needed to supply 
for his stock suitable well balanced feeds. 
Any farmer can usually produce from 
his land plenty of corn silage, clover and 
mixed hay, oats and barley and other 
forage crops. It is somewhat more dif¬ 
ficult. however, and requires some care¬ 
ful planning, to produce from the average 
Eastern farm plenty of well-matured corn 
and Soy bean silage, clover, Alfalfa and 
vetch hay, oat 3 and Canada peas, barley, 
and perhaps buckwheat from which to se¬ 
cure some buckwheat middlings. With 
such a variety of forage and grain crops 
containing the maximum amount of home 
produced protein there would be small 
reason for purchasing much other feeding 
concentrates, unless the farm w-as stocked 
beyond its capacity with respect to home 
grown feeds. 
Careful students of feeding will prob¬ 
ably argue (and with some good reason, 
perhaps) that even with the maximum of 
nitrogenous home-grown forage and grain 
crops it would still be advisable to pur¬ 
chase some high protein feeding concen¬ 
trates to supplement the home-grown 
feeds. The answ-er to this criticism would 
Ration for Purebred Holsteins 
I have bought one bull and three heif¬ 
ers, all of high breeding, the bull being 
a^ brother to Einderne Pride Johanna Rue 
121083, the champion cow in the United 
States. The bull is two years old and 
the heifers three. I w-ish to feed them a 
ration for their further complete develop¬ 
ment. What would you recommend? 
Heifers are with second calf, due to 
freshen in February next. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. c. s. 
It is assumed that you have on hand 
such products as usually prevail on a 
dairy farm, and the following ration 
would be well adapted for feeding the 
young bull and the four heifers. 
. For roughage animals that are grow¬ 
ing' should have Alfalfa or clover hay 
with plenty of corn fodder to pick over. 
A useful grain mixture would be made 
up as follows: 200 pounds of cornmeal, 
200 pounds of wheat bran, 200 pounds of 
distillery grains, 100 pounds of oil meal 
and 100 pounds of ground oats. This 
gram mixture should be fed in such quan¬ 
tities as will enable the animals to grow 
vigorous. Care should be exercised not 
to permit them to put on excessive flesh. 
However, it is necessary for young and 
vigorous animals at this age to evidence 
flesh-carrying characteristics as an index 
of their ability as feeders, suggesting they 
had the ability to consume a large amount 
of feed, and thus be economical producers 
of dairy products. 
The grain should be fed twice daily, 
and if you have silage they might receive 
Kieffer Pears for Stock Feeding 
Are Kieffer pears of anv value for 
feeding purposes to horses and cattle? 
Lewiston, N. Y. f. b. k. 
Perhaps some of our readers have had 
experience in feeding Kieffer pears to live 
stock. We should think that the pears 
ought to be cooked or steamed before 
feeding, as it seems doubtful if cattle 
would under ordinary conditions eat 
them raw. Our advice would be to steam 
the pears and feed mixed with bran or 
cornmeal, as turnips are frequently fed 
to hogs. It may be, however, that some 
of our fruit growers are handling the 
pears successfully. In that event we 
would like to hear from them. 
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I have been trying out a new ration, 
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-00 lbs. of dried distillers’ grains, 200 
lbs. bran, 100 cottonseed meal, 100 lbs 
hominy meal, 25 lbs. linseed feed meal. 
1 am adding one gallon of salt, mix all 
these feeds thoroughly. I feed in con¬ 
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in morning and 15 at night; give what 
clover or Alfalfa hay they will clean 
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