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Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Grain With Low-protein Roughage 
Will you give me a balanced, eco¬ 
nomical ration, if there lie such a thing, 
to feed with the following roughage? 
All the mixed hay and dry corn fodder 
the cows will clejin up. and a limited 
amount of mangels, jiliout 15 bu. The 
cows tire BfK) to B50 lbs.; grade, .Ter-seys, 
(ruernsey and Ayrshire. All grain is 
retailing from .‘>(ic to 75c higher than 
two months ago. I have been feeding a 
mixture of 100 Ihs. chops, 100 middlings, 
100 gluten, and Ihs. cottonseed daily, 
with enough of mixture to etiual 1 lb. 
grain for ^ Ihs. milk. .T. B. F. 
C’onnecticut. 
It is im])()ssihle to balance a ration at 
this time that would he called really 
economical. Since your roughage is low 
in protein, the grtiin ration must he 
made up largely of high-protein ^feeds 
with no corn in it. Feed about 15 lbs. 
hay and what cornstalks the cows will 
clean up dtiily. Mfike up grain ration as 
follows: Two jiarts cottonseed meal, 2 
parts gluten feed, 3 parts bran, and 1% 
.salt. Feed grain at rate of a pound to 
.3 to 3^ lbs. milk produced daily. 
H. F. J. 
Dairy Rations Without Silage 
I can buy the following feeds at the 
feed stSro; Cottonseed, oil meal, distil¬ 
lery grains, gluten, bran, mixed feed, corn- 
meiil. middlings. Can you balance a ra¬ 
tion from the above feeds to he fed with 
clover and Timothy hay mixed? I have 
no silo. My cows tire good grade Hol¬ 
st eins and milk goes to milk station, and 
is not sold on butter fat test. G. B. A. 
New A^ork. 
Your cows will probably handle 20 Ihs. 
of hay diiily since you htive no silage to 
ft‘ 0 (l with it. With no succulence in the 
ration some laxative feed is desirable, 
AVith mixed bay a feed high In protein 
must he used. From the list you men¬ 
tion oil meal, although high in price, fills 
the hill admirably. Therefore make up a 
grain ration composed of 1% parts oil 
moiil, 2 parts dried distiller.s’ grains, 1 
liart bran, and 2 parts gluten. In making 
up grain ration add 1 per cent, coarse fine 
salt to mixture. Feed grain at rate of a 
pound to 3 to 3% lbs. of milk produced 
daily. H. F. J. 
Improving a Dairy Ration 
I have seven cow’s from four to six 
yetirs old and eight heifers from two to 
three years old. all giving milk, and all 
high-grade ITolsteins. All came fresh be¬ 
tween last April 1 and July 1, after going 
through last Winter on a very scant sup¬ 
ply of feed and freshening in poor con¬ 
dition. They have improved quite a good 
deal in condition during the Summer and 
Fall while on pastui'e, and on Nov. 1, 
when I stabled them, were giving about 
150 pounds of milk daily. Since then I 
Imve been feeding them in the following 
W!iy: 7 a. m., 20 lbs. of silage with one 
lb. oil meal; noon, 10 to 15 Ihs. cabbage 
leaves, with hay, altermiting clover and 
Timothy; 7 p. m., 20 lbs. of silage with 
one lb. cottonseed meal, and one table¬ 
spoonful salt. The cabbage leaves and 
cottonseed meal will be gone soon, and I 
ctinnot get any more cabbage leaves and 
quite likely will be unable to find any 
more cottonseed meal, but I have the fol¬ 
lowing feed on band now : 25 tons good 
corn silage which has quite a lot of grain 
in it; 12 tons Red clover hay, fairly good ; 
40 tons good Timothy hay with a little 
clover in it; 4,000 lbs. ground oats, bar¬ 
ley and peas ; 3.(X)0 lbs. distillers’ grains ; 
l.(X)0 lbs. oil meal; 1,000 lbs. gluten meiil. 
These cattle are all bred to freshen from 
next May 1 to October 1, and are all in 
fiiirly good condition now, hut I notice a 
few’ lice on some of them. Will you give 
me your advice about using this feed and 
also aboitt getting rid of the lice. s. T. 
New’ York. 
By feeding your cows 30 lbs. and your 
heifers 20 to 25 lbs. silage daily, you will 
have enough to last until about May 1. 
Supplement this with what mixed hay 
they will clean up, and then feed 1 lb. 
grain to 3% lbs. milk from the follow’ing: 
2 parts distillers’ grains. 1 part oil meal, 
1% parts gluten feed. 1 part ground oats, 
barley and peas and 1 per cent. salt. 
This ration is very nearly bahinced as 
netir as possible with list of feeds given. 
Unfortunately no one luis as yet prescrib¬ 
ed an efficient remedy for Ciittle lice. The 
most practical thing to do is to nuike up 
a soapsuds and scrub tlTe infected areas 
W’ith a stiff brush. This treatment must 
he repeated every two w'eeks or so to keep 
the lice down. ii. F. j. 
Ration With Cow-pea Hay 
Will you give me a ration for my 
milch cows? They are medium size, 
their milk is testing fiv6 per cent. 
Roughage is corn silage, cow-pea hay 
and corn fodder. I have a lot of soft 
corn I w’ould like to feed. j. W'. s. 
Maryland. 
Feed about 25 pounds corn silage and 
10 pounds cow’-pea hay daily. Make up 
grain ration as foilow's; Two parts dried 
distillers’ grains, tw’O parts gluten feed, one 
part middlings, and one per cent. salt. 
Feed grain at rate of a pound to 3% 
pounds milk produced daily. The corn 
stover may be fed ad lib. H. F. J. 
Ration With Rye Middlings 
Would you give me ration for six cow’^, 
average w’eight about 950 lbs.? Two are 
two years old, due to freshen April next, 
three are aged cows, due April 1. One is 
new’ milch, will milk this Winter. I 
have clover hay, corn stover, also oats, 
corn and rye middlings. I w’ant your 
opinion in regard to the rye middlings in 
ration of cow’S to freshen in Spring. I 
have been told that it would not harm 
them after the flour has been removed 
from the rye. w’. T. i. 
New York. 
Rye middlings are satisfactory for 
dairy cow.s w’hen fed w’ith other feeds: 
they are not relished w’hen fed alone. 
AA’hen fed this way or in excessive 
amounts they have a tendency to make 
for a hard brittle butter. Feed about 2 
parts clover hay to 1 of com stover. 
Feed what cows will clean up. Make up 
grain ration of 1 part ground oats, 1 pjirt 
cornmeal, 1 part rye middlings, 2 parts 
cottonseed meal, 1 part oil lueal, and if 
you can got them, add I part dried dis¬ 
tillers' grains. Add 1 per cent, salt to 
grain mixture and feed gi-ain at rate of 1 
Ib. to 3 to 3^2 lbs. milk produced daily. 
II. F. .T. 
Ration for Holsteins 
AA'iH you prepare ration for Ilolstoin 
cows, medium size? They were fresh 
six months ago. I have Alfalfa and chi- 
ver hay. but w’ill have to buy in St. 
Louis .ill other feed. I can get dried 
brewers’ gijiins. j. b. 
Mis.souri. 
Since you have an excellent kind of 
hay for feeding dairy cow’s, namely. Al¬ 
falfa and clover, hay which is high in 
protein, you w’ill need to use some car¬ 
bohydrate feeds ill the grain ration. 
Since you Imve no silage some dried 
beet pulp will be a good feed to includf 
in the ration. Feeil 20 pounds of hay 
per head per day and a pound of grain 
to 3% to four pound.s of milk produced 
daily from the following grain mixture: 
One pjirt dried brewers’ grains, tw’o parts 
cornmeal, two parts middlings, two 
parts dried beet pulp. ii, f. .t. 
Unbalanced Ration 
Fan I balance a rtition for milch cows 
with mixed hay, corn stover, distillers’ 
grains, molasses feed and dried brewer 
grains? q. 
New Y'ork. 
It is impossible to balance a ration 
from the feeds you mention. By feeding 
about three times as much haj' ns stover, 
feeding whtit cow w’ill clean up, you could 
make a nition very nearly balanced by 
using 2^ jiarts cottonseed meal, two 
parts distillers’ or brev.'ers’ grtiins and 
one iiart molasses feed. Mixed hay and 
stover are so low’ in protein, it is neces¬ 
sary to use the cottonseed meal to get tlu* 
protein. AYhen making up grain ration 
add one per cent, coarse fine salt to it. 
H. F. .T. 
Ration for Young Pigs 
M’lll you give a ration for lO-w’cek- 
old pigs, using the following: Skim 
milk, w'hite middlings, ground barley, 
ground Oiits and pea.s, bone and meat 
meal (45% protein). Will it be neces¬ 
sary to fan all beards from the barley 
before grinding? s. P. Ii. 
Vermont, 
A very good ration for lO-weeks-ohl 
pigs may be compounded from the feed¬ 
ing stufT's you mention by mixing two 
parts W'hite middlings one part ground 
barley and one- part ground oats ami 
peas. A sufficient quantity of this mix¬ 
ture should be mixed with skim-milk and 
fed three times a dtiy as a thin slop. 
With plenty of skim-milk it is not neces¬ 
sary to feed ground bone and meat meal, 
although a little would do no damtige. 
In .selecting feeds of this charticter di¬ 
gester tankage should give the best re¬ 
sults in grow'ing pigs. c. s. G. 
Ration for Grade Jersey 
Will you give me a balanced ration for 
five grade jJerseys, averaging between 
800 and 900 lbs. apiece? I am feeding 
them three quarts of union feed twice a 
day now, and mixed hay. They make 
about 30 lbs. of butter a week. One of 
them freshens the last of March. I have 
ground oats and cob meal, which I w’ouhl 
like to use in the ration, and can get till 
other kinds of grain that are neces.sar.v. 
They are giving about 16 lbs. of milli 
apiece per day. h. n. b. 
IMaine. 
Since your roughage is mixed hay, a 
feed relatively low’ in protein, the grain 
I’jition must be made up largely of high- 
protein feeds to make it balance. Feed 
the cows all the hay they will clean up 
and a pound of grain to 3i^ lbs. of milk 
from the following grain mixture: Throe 
jiarts dried distillers’ grains, 2 parts 
cottonseed meal, 1 part corn and cob 
meal, 1 part ground oats and 1% salt. 
H, F. J. 
