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Various Feeding Problems 
Beet Pulp and Leaves as Silage 
How does fermented (green) bw?t pulp 
compare with silage as a feed for dairy 
cows? About what is it worth as a feed 
per ton? Will sugar beet leaves make 
good silage? J. *• l. 
(’entral Point, Ore. 
Silage of fermented beet i)nlp has iibout 
one-sixth to one-eighth the feeding value 
of corn silage. With corn silage at $5 
per ton this would make the beet pulp 
silage worth about 75 cents per ton. It 
would be worth half as much as corn 
silage, but for the fact that it has been 
found that there is a great loss of digesti¬ 
ble nutrients wlien fresh wet beet pulp 
ferments in silf)ing. Beet tops may be 
siloed preferably between layers of straw 
or mixed with shredded corn fodder or 
stover. This sort of silage should be fed 
in limited amounts because of its purga¬ 
tive effect upon the cows. n. F. .T. 
Too Much Protein 
I would like your opinion or this ration 
for dairy cows, copied from an agricul¬ 
tural paper. A. ii. w. 
Massaehpsetts. 
Glover and Alfalfa at night, a good feed 
of it; silage once or tw'ice a day, 25 to 35 
lbs., depending upon size of the cow and 
period of lactation. As a grain mixture 
‘200 lbs. of coton.seed meal, 200 lbs. of 
gluten meal, 200 lbs. distillers’ grain, and 
200 Ih.s. of any commercial dairy feed, or 
high carrying protein material, selling at 
a price hetw'cen .$28 and .$32 a ton. Feed 
a pound of the grain for each three imunds 
of milk yielded if the cows are .Terseys or 
Guernseys and one pound of grain for 
four pounds of milk if tbe cows are IIol- 
steins. In addition they are to have a 
feed of green oats once a day, “not much,'' 
and .some rowen, “not mneh.” 
Tlie ration you mention is not balaneed 
in that to(> much i)rotein is called for. A 
better grain mixture for 30 lbs. of silage 
and 10 to 12 lbs. of clov<‘r and Alfalfa 
hay is rme jiart cotton.s(H‘d meal, two 
j)arts dried distillers’ grains, one i)art 
bran, one i)ait wheat middlings and 1 per 
cent. .salt, 'rhis ration sliould he fed jit 
tlie rate of a pound to four pounds of milk 
ju’wluced daily for Holstein cow.s. and a 
pound to .3% lbs. of milk for Guernsey 
and Jensey cows. ii. f. j. 
Digester Tankage and Stale Bread 
What is digester tankage and how is 
it to he fed? Wliich is the better and 
clieai)er feed, .stale bread at .$30 per ton 
or white middlings at $-14? Do brewers’ 
grains make good pig feed? It sells here 
at $22 i)er ton. flow would grains and 
bread or grains and middlings with tank¬ 
age he for a mixture? a. l. 
P('nnsylvania. 
Digester tankage is a product of the 
large packing hon.scs and is made as fol¬ 
lows : Scraps of meat, hone.s, lungs, in¬ 
testines and the lik<; are cooked in a tank 
under 30 to 40 pounds pressure until all 
the various siilystances are entirely 
broken down and tlie fat liberated. After 
cooling tlie fat is skimmed off and tlie 
liquid part drawn off and evajiurati'd. 
’Phis is thoroughly dried and ground and 
is known as digestin' tankage, containing 
alioiit 70% protein, 'riie sediment left 
in the tank is called tankage after being 
dried and ground and contains about 
50% protein. Digester tankage is 
usually fed to pigs as a substitute for 
skim-milk, using it in tlie proportion of 
one part digester tankage to 10 or 12 
parts grain mixture. Good stale bread 
which does not carry an excessive amount 
of water woulii proliahly he cheaper ‘at 
$30 per ton than middliiig.s at $44. Do 
not feed dry brewers’ grains to pigs, as 
they do not produce good ro.sults. A 
better ration could he made by mixing 
bread or middlings with an equal amount 
of coriimeal and adding 8% to 10% 
digester tankage. You can feed tlie dry 
hrewei'.s’ grains to horses, cows aud 
young stock. c. S. G. 
Feeding Thin Calf 
During the latter part of the Summer 
I made arrangemeiits with a man to 
keep a calf for me until such time as the 
calf could get along without milk. I fur- 
nislied calf meal. The calf was kept 
two or three months, hut just liefore it 
was returned to me it was allowed tlie 
freedom of the orchard aud had scours 
when I received it again. I have been 
feeding it calf meal aud Alfalfa hay, but 
calf is poor and has large stomach.^ I 
want to improve its condition. What 
aud how should I feed it? I have Al¬ 
falfa hay and rye, but can get all kinds 
of feed. Have calf uow iu small box 
stall with good .straw bed. s. w. c. 
I’enusylvaiiia. 
1 note that your calf has proper 
stomacli development, but is very thin. 
This calf, from what you say, is prob¬ 
ably four or five months old. This l)eing 
the case, I should judge that it had not 
hiid suflicient concentrated food in form 
of grain, and that it had eaten an over¬ 
abundance of hay to get the necessary 
nutriment. Make up a grain ration of 
1 i)art coriimeal. 1 part ground oats. 1 
part brail, and Vi part linseed oil meal. 
part blood meal, and 1" salt. Feed 
this dry twice a day. feeding what calf 
will clean up nicely. It will probably 
handle at least 2 lbs. after a little while. 
Follow up grain feed with warm water. 
Feed what hay calf will clean up. With 
this treatment you can cut out tlie calf 
meal you are now feeding. n. f. j. 
Rye for Milch Cows 
Is the feed I am giving my cow.s all 
right? I had 20 bushels oats, S bushels 
rye and 12 bushels slielled corn ground 
and mixed well. I feed three quarts 
twice a day; give cut corn fodder night 
and morning and clover hay at noon. I 
have been told not to feed rye to milch 
cow.s, as it would make them lose their 
cal ves. G. w. 
Ohio. 
’riie ration you are feeding is decidedly 
lacking in protein. The corn fodder, 
<yats, rye and corn are all low in protein. 
A better grain ration would he 1 jiart 
drii'd distillers’ grains or dried brewers’ 
grains, 1 part of mixture of oats, rye 
and meal, 1 part cottonseed meal and 1 
part gluten. Cows are not particularly 
fond of rye when fed in excessive 
amounts. It is .said to cause a hard 
butter. In a mixture as you are feed¬ 
ing it is all right, .however, ami there is 
no data to prove that it caus(‘.s cows to 
lo.se their calves. ii. F. j. 
Fattening Cow 
AVill you toil me the best ration to fat¬ 
ten a cow for the butcher? She weighs 
about 1.000 pounds at the i)re,sent. How 
much shall I feed at a time and how long 
before she is fat enough? ,T. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
It is very doubtful at present feed 
prices if you can afford to fatten a dairy 
cow. If you can dispose of her for low 
grade l)eef as slu' now stands at anywliere 
near a reasonable figure, it is the best 
thing to do. If you wish to sjient a month 
to six weeks in improving her condition 
tlio following grain ration should produce 
the most economical gain: I part oil 
meal, 2 parts dried distillers’ grains, 4 
parts wheat middlings, (> parts dried beet 
jiulp. q’his is to be fed with all corn 
silage cow will possibly clean up with a 
limited amount, 4 to 5 lbs. daily, of hay. 
If you do not have the silage yon certain¬ 
ly cannot produce an economical gain. 
II. s. J. 
Cost of Live Stock 
I. Wliat is the most vigorous and stan¬ 
dard stock in swine ami sheep you can 
buy that will bring good jirices in rnarkei 
or in imhlic .sale? 2. What would be the 
general cost of hoarding and housing a 
Legliorn. I’arrc'd P. K.. Pekin duck. Mam¬ 
moth P.ronze turkey, ’roulou.se and Emh- 
den geese? P»y this I mean feed, doctor¬ 
ing, care, labor, etc., all added together, 
and general cost of boarding a pig. sheep 
or cuttle? II. W. J. 
New A'ork. 
1. All the standard breeds of swine, 
sheep and other stock are vigorous ami 
salable, and it would lie impos.sible to give 
one tlie preci'dence over all otliers in the.s>* 
respects . Such breeds should be chosen 
as are he.st adapted to the locality and the 
markets whim they are raised and dis- 
posi'd of. 
2. The cost of maintaining animals 
varies so much with conditions tliat I ain 
afraid I cannot give yon any very satis¬ 
factory data with regard to it. Wlien yon 
consider that a man miglit he housed and 
fed in your city for $3 per week or .$3(Xl. 
you will see how impossible it is to e.sti 
mate similar costs for the lower animals 
without knowing the conditions under 
which tiiey are to be kejit. M. B. I). 
Ration Low in Protein 
Am I feeding my cows right for the 
production of milk? Gows are mostly Hoi 
stein weighing 1,0(X) to 1.2(X) I have good 
well-eared silage of which I feed all they 
will eat morning and night, good mixed 
clover and 'fimothy hay. and coin fodder 
at noon. For grain I mix 100 lbs. dried 
distillers’ grains, testing 30 to 38 per cent, 
protein, 50 Ihs. of gluten and 50 lbs. of 
bran. I feed 10 quarts a day to tlie best 
milkers. Gan I improve on the ration 
any? I have nine cows in various .stages 
of profit and they are priwlncing 00 
(lunrts a day. l. m. 
Pucks Go., Pa. 
The ration which yon are feeding is 
very good. It must be slightly low in 
protein, and I believe the grain ration 
would be improved by making it 1(X) of 
distiller.s’ grains, 100 of gluten feed, 50 
of cottonseed, and 50 of bran. Add 1 per 
cent, coarse fine .salt to the ration in mak 
iiig it up. Feed a pound of this ration to 
every 3^ to 4 lbs. of milk produced daily. 
n. F. J. 
