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WILLIAMS BROS., 432 W. State St., Ithaca, N. 7. 
Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Diminished Milk Flow 
My fonr-year-old .Terse.v. due March 14, 
is giving two quarts very rich milk a day- 
1 am feeding her six lbs. a day of fol¬ 
lowing mixture: 1(X) lbs. bran. 100 lbs. 
ground oats. 50 lbs. gluten, 30 lbs. oil 
meal, and add one lb. of beet pulp, soaked 
in water, to each feed. She is in good 
flesh. Neighbors say if I stop milking 
her now she will go dry next year four 
months instead of three. Hotv shall I 
feed her? Roughage is cut Corn fodder in 
the morning, the hay will be mixed clover. 
Shall I keep milking or not? One year 
ago to-day she was giving seven quarts a 
day. W. K. S. 
Vermont. 
There are two classes of cotvs as re¬ 
gards their milking capacities, persistent 
and non-persistent milkers. Both classes 
of cows fool their owners unless records 
are kept- The persistent milker is the 
cow that possibly never milks very 
heavily, but keeps her production up until 
nearly time for her to freshen. This cow 
gives more milk in a year than her owner 
thinks. The non-persistent milker milks 
heavily for the first few months and then 
goes dry three to five months before calv¬ 
ing. This cow gives less in a year than 
her owner thinks. She makes a big im¬ 
pression with him during the first few 
weeks of her lactation because of the 
overflowing pails of milk. This_ persist¬ 
ency and non-persistency of milking seem 
to be characteristic of the individual; 
born in her so to speak. 
You state your cow, after having 
milked for same length of time last year, 
was producing 7 quarts of milk a day in 
place of 2 quarts this year, I should not, 
therefore, class her as a regular non-per¬ 
sistent milker. The fact that she is drying 
off so early is probably due to some cause 
or causes. The make-up of the grain ration 
you are feeding is excellent, but I think 
yon are feeding more than is neco.ssai’y. I 
note you say cow is in good flesh. Hhe 
would probably do just as well on .3 or 4 
lbs. of grain a day from now on. _ Of 
cour.se, keep her in good trim for calving, 
but not too fat. If she continues to give 
2 quarts a day I should milk her twice a 
day a little while longer, and then once a 
day until the amount is so small as to not 
make it worth while. You have no reason 
to believe that your cow will go dry, or 
practically so, for such a long time next 
year. n. F- J. 
Feeding for Better Milk 
Will you balance me a ration from the 
enclosed list of feeds? I have mixed hay 
and silage. The silage is of immature 
corn. The cows average about 17 lbs. of 
3.00 per cent. milk. I am milking 19 
cows; a poor milk flow and a mighty 
poor test. Oct. 10 the cows tested 4.01; 
Oct. 24 the same cows tested ,3.00. I did 
not like the test and had a sample tested 
by same tester at Borden’s plant, and it 
tested 3.00. I am going to have milk 
tested by an expert as soon as we get 
enough members to get the milk tested. 
Not many here are satisfied with their 
test- If we find a difference in the tost 
we are going to take action that will re¬ 
lieve ns at once. e. k. 
New York. 
Feed 30 lbs. silage and 12 lbs._ hay per 
head per day and a pound of grain to 314 
His. of milk from the following mixture: 
2 parts gluten feed, 2 parts dried distil¬ 
lers’ gi-ains, 1 part dried brewers’ grains, 
1 part oil meal, % part bran and 1 per 
cent. salt. 
You certainly have a right to be dis¬ 
satisfied with your test. There is no rea¬ 
son Avhy your herd milk, if sample is 
jiroperly taken, should test one_ whole per 
cent, higher one week than it did the 
week previous. The chances are the 
trouble is in the sampling. The Bab¬ 
cock test, without an accurate sample of 
the milk to be tested, is worthless. This 
is a fact too little realized. The sampling 
is really the most important part of the 
test- H. F. J. 
Rations for Cows and Horses 
1. I have an llOO-lh. grade Holstein 
cow giving now about 12 quarts. She 
freshened last February and gave for a 
long time about 22 quarts daily. Will 
you give me a feeding ration? I have 
to buy all my feed except corn. I have 
five acres of cornstalks. In Summer cow 
is tied out. I have a .Tersey heifer two 
years old next March, due to freshen 
next April. Will you give me a feeding 
ration for her? 2. I have a horse, must 
be past 20 years of age, with sprung 
knees. Is there a treatment fo'r them? 
He does not limp, but stumbles very 
much and falls down often, but gets up 
readily. Can we fed him corn on the 
cob and cornstalks, or should we buy 
other feed? He is driven about four 
miles daily. A. K. S. 
New T’ork. 
1. With present prices of grain, the 
best thing you can do is to buy some 
Alfalfa hay for your cows to feed along 
with your cornstalks. Feed the cows 
what hay and cornstalks they will clean 
up, feeding about twice as much hay as 
cornstalks. You can then make up a 
grain mixture of three parts hay, one 
part gluten feed, two parts middlings and 
two i>arts corn meal, and feed this grain 
at rate of a pound to four pounds of 
milk produced daily to your Holstein 
COW’S and at rate of a pound to three tu 
31/4 pounds produced daily to your J(>r- 
sey cow. 
2. At age you mention there would he 
no help for a horse with sprung kiu'cs. 
If his teeth are good corn on the cob 
and cornstalks will winter your horse in 
a satisfactory manner. I should feed 
him a little Alfalfa hay too, when I got 
it for my cows. n. F. j. 
Ration With Wet Brewers’ Grains 
How can I make the best balanced feerl 
out of the following stuff: Fresh brew¬ 
ery grains as the main material, and oil 
meal $40, and gluten feed. $.38 per ton. 
So far I mixed 200 lbs. midtllings to 100 
lbs. bran and 100 lbs. linseed meal. 
Which mixture would be best and cheaii- 
est? Hay is mostly clover and some¬ 
times Alfalfa. P. P. 
New .Tersey. 
You do not state price of wet brewers’ 
grains or distance they must be hauled. 
As a rule it does not pay to use this feed, 
which runs 75 per cent, water, unless one 
can get them cheap, and does not have to 
haul them far. At any rate they could 
not be fed alone with gluten and oil meal 
and have the ration balance. Not only 
would the ration contain too much pro¬ 
tein, but it would lack in bulk and va¬ 
riety. I should feed what hay the cows 
will clean up. Make up a grain ration of 
2 parts middlings, 1 part bran, i/4 part 
gluten feed and % part oil meal. If you 
desire to use some wet brewers’ grains, 
feed about 15 to 20 lbs. per head per day 
and make grain ration 2 jiarts middlings. 
1 part bran and 1 part hominy or com 
meal. Your high protein hay will supply 
a large part of the protein necessary. 
Feed grain at rate of 1 lb. to 3^/4 to 4 lbs. 
milk produced daily. ir. F. .T. 
Fattening Steers 
T have just received a carload of steers 
(20) which I would like to fatten up 
this Winter; I intend to try to put on 
300 or 400 lbs, in the next 150 days, per 
head : they now weigh 850 lbs. (average). 
Can you balance a ration from the fol¬ 
lowing? Cut corn fodder, wheat straw, 
and inferior clover hay, for roughage, and 
dried beet pulp, bran, cornmeal and 
gluten for feed. I am at present feeding 10 
pounds roughage, three pounds pulp, and 
seven pounds feed; the feed mixture is 
100 lbs. brail. 100 lbs. meal and 25 lbs. 
gluten ; the beet pulp I mix with water 
thrc'e times its original weight. A. J. it. E. 
I'euiisylvaiiia. 
Corn silage would make it possible for 
you to more cheaply fatten your steers. 
Beet pulp as you are feeding it makes an 
admirable but expensive substitute. You 
are feeding about the right amount of 
roughage. In making up grain mixture 
the only change I would suggest would b" 
to add 25 lbs. more gluten, making .50 lbs. 
in all. Feed about 10 lbs. grain mixture 
per head per day instead of seven. 
ii. F. J. 
Ration for Heifer Coming Fresh 
What is best to feed a heifer which is 
due to have first calf within a month? 
She has been running in pasture all Sum¬ 
mer. About two mouths ago she knocked 
off part of one horn ; since that .she has 
been failing in flesh. She also is hide¬ 
bound, which makes me think she is out 
of condition. I have commenced to fet’d 
her equal parts linseed oil meal, cob meal 
(corn and cob ground) and ground oats. 
Ohio. G. E. c. 
The ration you have started to feed 
your heifer is an admirable one. You 
might add 1 part gluten feed to it and 
then add % part more of ground oats. 
Feed heifer enough to keep her in plump 
condition, but not too fat. The grain 
ration is a laxative one and should 
loosen up her hide perceptibly in a short 
time. ir. f. j. 
Ration Without Silage 
We have five cows on our farm in 
Greene County, N. Y. We have for avail¬ 
able feed hay which we grow on our ow« 
place and bought mixtures such as bran, 
cow feed and middlings. We do not raise 
any green product, nor have we any silos. 
In a recent issue you suggested that cat¬ 
tle owners feed balanced rations for the 
Winter. Could you suggest a proper 
ration for us? I. I. K. 
New Y'ork. 
You do not state whether hay is 
clover. Alfalfa, Timothy or a mixture of 
clover and Timothy. Presumably the 
latter is what you have. Assuming thi.s 
to be the case the only grain feed you 
mention as being available that could be 
used is brail. This is because your hay is 
relatively low in protein and to balance if 
high protein grain feeds must be used- 
Make up grain ration of 1 part oil meal. 
I part cottonseed meal, 3 parts bran, 2 
parts gluten feed and 1 per cent. salt. 
Feed grain at rate of a pound to 3 to 3^4 
lbs. milk produced daily. ii. f. j. 
