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Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Improving Rations 
1. What variety of field jioa would be 
l)e;4t .‘suited to be .sown with oats for hayV 
2. Is beef serap equal to tankage for 
feeding pigs? Pigs 3(K) iiounds in weight, 
rations, cornnieal. 4.S Ih.s.; beef scraii, 
()..'! 11). per (lay, or would yon increase 
the percent.'ige of corn to (5 Ih.s.? f 
have a small herd of mixed cows, Jer- 
sey.s, (Jneimseys and Ilolstcins. Am 
feeding a ration of corn and cob meal. 
BIM) lbs.; wheat bran, 2(K) lbs.; dried 
•brewcr.s’ grain.s, 300 qt.s.; eottoii.seed 
meal. 300 (its,; salt. 3. lb.; cornmeiil, 
lbs.; 32 Ih.s. mixed clover and Timothy, 
S lbs. wheat cliafT, giving grain at rate 
of 3. II). to every of milk. I am not 
gi'tting a.s good a result as I exi)ected. 
Would yon reduce the corn and cob meal 
to five* parts and add instead another of 
each the dried brewers’ grains and cot¬ 
tonseed? \\'onld the feeding of straw in 
liiiiitisl (iiianiities tend to dry U]) <'ows? 
W’liiild sugar cane molassi's tend to make 
wheat straw more jjalatahle if soaked 
in a mixture of molasses one part to two 
of water? .). l.. 
New .Icr.sey. 
3. The Canada field i)ca is most com¬ 
monly sown witli oats for hay. Sow 2 
Im. of oats and 1 bn. peas to the acre. 
2. Itcef scraps and taiik.ige have about 
the same digestible chiMiiica! composition, 
^'on are not feeding any too mncli beef 
scrap. Yon slionld continne to feed this 
amount iilong witli the cornnieal nnlil 
you begin to fallen tlie bogs for market. 
.‘5. T'lie ration yon are fci'ding your 
ciiWK could hardly he expected to give 
good results, in that it is viny deliciimt 
in iirotein. consiilering tin* roughage Hint 
yon liavi- on band. Wliere the roughage 
is of a c;irliobydrat(‘ nature it is dilfi- 
(Milt to balance a satisfactory grain ra¬ 
tion to go with it if coriimeal must bo 
used in the mixture. Since yon are feed¬ 
ing i'orn and cob meal yon nndonbtedly 
have this on Iniiiil as home-grown, 
hence 30(1 Ihs. is inelnded in the following 
grain ration, halaneial to go with niixeil 
hay and wheat straw: 100 lbs. oil m(‘al. 
300 lbs. C(>ttons(‘ed meal, 200 lbs. dried 
brew(‘rs’ grain, 300 lbs. corn and cob meal, 
100 lbs. ginlen f(‘e(i and 39f salt. Cane 
molasses i.s too ex|)ensiv(‘ in the North 
to feed ill large qiiiintities. It may, how¬ 
ever, 1)(‘ ii.sed to good advantage if mix(*d 
with your wheat straw. The straw' W’ould 
first iietter be cut nii. J>o not feed at 
rate of more than 2 Ihs. per Innid daily. 
Your nearest wliolesale grain dealer 
sliould he able to get yon (inolations on 
th(‘ molas.se.s. A recent (inotiilioii I have 
seen was 23e a gal. This is an cxtnnnely 
high price. With corn at $10 per ton, 
moliisseg should be bought for about 3.20 
per gal. to comiiare Avitli it favorably. 
H. K. .1. 
Molasses for Stock 
I would like some informatioii in r(‘- 
gard to the feeding of molass(>s to stock, 
as to its feeding value and effi'ct on cat¬ 
tle. How much is advisable to feed and 
what price can one afl'ord to jmy jier 
gallon? Can I grow my young cattle 
on good, early-cnl liay consisting of 
'I’imothy, clov(‘r and Alfalfa mixed, and 
molas.S(>s without grain? (vi-aiii feed is 
clo.se to .$10 per ton, so one can hardly 
afford to feed it. What kind of molas.ses 
ought one to buy, cane sugar or beet, 
ami w'here can I get it by the barnd? 
New' York, w, o. K. 
Two kinds of feeding mola.ssi'.s com¬ 
monly found on the market are cane 
sugar mola.sses, .somotime.s called “black¬ 
strap,” and beet sugar molasses. There 
is imictically no difl'ci'enco in their feed¬ 
ing value a.s far as their cliemical <‘om- 
position is concerned. Each is a strictly 
carbohydrate food, the carboliydrate ma¬ 
terial being almost entirely sugar. ’J'h(\v' 
each contain about 1% of digestible pro¬ 
tein. The beet mola.sses is not as com¬ 
mon on Hie market as blackstrap. It.s 
mse is confined more to the beet sugar¬ 
making di.stricts. It lias a laxative effec't 
when fed to stock, (bine mola.sse.s, on 
the other hand, is more palatable and 
not so laxative. 
Since molasses is a carbohydrate feed, 
it is w'oll to compare it with corn in 
feeding value and price, (’orn contains 
S2.,S lbs. of digestible nutrients in every 
3(10 lbs., while molass('s contains hut 
50.2 Ihs. With corn at $2 per cwt., tin* 
cost of 1 11). of digestible nutrients would 
be 2..”.e. At this priei* Hi(‘ nutrients in 
300 lbs. of molii.s-ses would be worth 
.$l.;>f». In otlier words, when corn is .$10 
p(‘r ton OIK' cannot alTiird to pay more 
than $1.,‘{()X20, or $27.20 jier ton. for 
molasses. A gallon of molasses wi'ighs 
32 lbs. A ton, therefore, eipials a|)- 
proximately 3()(; gallons; $27.20 divided 
by too ecpials 3()e per gallon, maximum 
price one could afford to pay for feeding 
molass(*s w'itli corn at $10 per ton. It 
is doubtful if yon can buy it net for 
this figure. 
Lindsey, of the Mas.saclinsetts Experi¬ 
ment Station, says: “On account of the 
liigh price at which molas.ses is nsnally 
.sold in the North there is no advantage to 
be gained in use of molasses in place of 
cornmeal and other similar feed.s. For 
facilitating the disjio.sal of niipiilatahle 
and inferior roughage, and a.s a tonic 
for horses and cows out of condition 
from 2 to 2 lbs. of mola.s.ses jier head jier 
day is helpful.” Three lbs. daily is con¬ 
sidered the maximum allowance for the 
dairy cow, and they may not eat tliis at 
first until they get used to it. 
Cheapening a Ration 
3\ e h.ive 20 good-sized Hol.stein cow.s, 
.some farrow, some dry, .soon to freshen ; 
others not to freshen until .lannarj-, Fob- 
riiar.v and March. We have some good 
Timothy, average .stock hay, first cut¬ 
ting Alfalfa, oat .straw with oats on, 
not regarded worth thrashing, not well 
filled. What proportions of above fodder 
would make a good and siitrieient ration 
without grain? If more Alfalfa can be 
secured at $35 per ton to increase its 
part of ration, is it not ns well and more 
economical than buying grain at pre.sont 
price.s? c. .j. p. 
Vermont. 
ISelow I have figured several rations, 
one of which will doubtless suit your 
conditions: 
Alfalfa Ila.v and (Jraiii. - Eiglitoeii 
lbs. Alfalfa hay daily and a poiinii of 
grain to lbs. of milk from this grain 
mixture: ’I’wo [larts corn or hominy, 2 
parts middling.s. 4 fiarts beet pulp. The 
beet pulp had best Is* fed soaked in three 
times its weight of warm water. 
Ilaj^ Only.—Fifteen lbs. Alfalfa hay 
and 35 Ihs. of other ha.v mixed. While 
this is a balanced ration, it would not 
give the results of ;i ration with some 
grain or sncciilence in it. 
Mixed Hays and (Jrain.—Ton lbs. 
Alfalfa hay and 30 Ihs. mixed hay daily, 
drain ration fo be made np of 1 part 
dried distillers’ grains, 2 parts cornmeal, 
2 jiarts niiddling.s, 3 jiart bran. 
Hay and Heet I’nip.—Sixteen lbs. Al¬ 
falfa bay, 3() llis. mixed hay and 4 lbs. 
l)('('t pulp daily. Heet pul|) in this case 
would best be fed soaked. While the 
third ration would probably give the best 
n'snlts, it is doubtful if they could be 
economically obtained at pri'sent feed 
prices. 1 should try tin' last mentioned 
ration. it. f. .1. 
Ration With Dry Stalks and Clover 
Will yon give me a balanced ration 
for dairy cows? The cows are given a 
lot of corn-stalks and a little clover hay. 
I buy cornstalks for YjC a bundle. I 
feed gluten, cottonsml, beet pulp and 
corncol). What do you think of this? 
I’ennsylvania. J. M. F. 
I have changed your ration only 
slightly, using the same feeds you are 
now using. With your low-protein rough¬ 
age you are entirely right in using so 
many high-protein feeds. Make grain 
ration 1 part cottonseed meal, 2 parts 
dried distillers’ grain.s, 2 parts gluten 
fi'cd, 1 jiart dried beet pulp, and 1 ^ler 
cent, coar.se, fine salt. In the last line 
you say something about corncob. I pre¬ 
sume you may mean corn and cob meal. 
If this is the case, and very much of it 
is fed, it will widen and unbalance the 
ration. I should not feed more than 2 
parts of it in the ration, and if this is 
done add another part of cottonsi'od 
meal. u. f. j. 
Ration for Grade Cows 
Will you balance a ration for grade 
cows? I have mixed hay for roughage. I 
am making butter. I would like to use tho 
following feeds as I can get them near at 
home: Wheat bran, HnfTalo gluten, dried 
brewers’ grains, cornmeal. E. S. 
F('ed 38 to 20 lbs. mixc'd bay daily. ’Phis 
is about w'hat cows should clean up where 
no silage is fed. It is impossible to bal¬ 
ance a .sati.sfactory ration using only the 
four feeds mentioned. However, a bettor 
ration can be made ns follows: 1 jiart 
dried brewers’ grains, 2 jiarts gluten feed, 
2 iinrts wlieat bran, 1 part cottonseeii 
meal and part linseed oil meal. This 
ration contains grain fei'ds which shoulil 
produce a good bodied butter during 
Winter months. It is a balanced ration 
liaving variety, hulk, and with proper lax¬ 
ative jiroiierties. In making nj) ration 
add one jiart coarse fine salt to each 300 
parts mixture. ii. F. J. 
Cows Losing Flesh 
1’lease give me a balanced ration for 
grad(' llolsteins. (^ows are giving good 
How of milk, but are not holding their 
flesh. I have been using a mixed feed 
one 1 ) 01111(1 grain to thri'C pounds milk, 
silage night and morning, medium grade 
of 'rimoHiy hay at noon. w. ]>. c. 
New York. 
Since you have Timothy hay to feed 
with silage the grain ration must be made 
up of higli protein feeds in order that the 
ration may be balanced or nearly so. A 
good ration would consist of ecpial parts 
of dried distiller.s’ grains, cottonseed meal 
and gluten feed. Feed about one pound 
of grain to each thn-e to .’H/l' pounds milk. 
Feed about two bushels of silage daily and 
what hay cows will clean up. it. F. J. 
