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Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Feeding Idle Horse 
We have a hor.se about nine oar.s oli;, 
in good condition, weight ahout 1.400. 
Would it be all right to feed him hay’/ 
tirain is high; I have no tvork for him to 
do till .Spring. J. P. 
Maine. 
Yes. lie will thrive fairly well on 
wheat bran, clover or Alfalfa hay, corn 
f<Klder, bright oat straw and roots. All 
feed iinist b(‘ free from m<dd. Keep the 
l)owels active and make the hor.se run out 
every day. a. s. a. 
Ration for Jersey Feeding 
We have a small .Tersey cow of Sophie's 
Tormentor family bought last year. She 
had a calf about a month ago. What 
ration should she have*/ We have u<> 
silage, but we have a fairly good quan¬ 
tity of witloof chieory that remained in 
the garden since the se(‘d time fould 
that be given to her as a succulent feed, 
or ai’e sprouted oats a po.ssihlo feed ip- 
stead of silage'/ In case of the impossi¬ 
bility of tho.se two suggestions, what 
should we give her'/ Her record was 40 
Ib.s. a day. hut gives imw near .'50 Ihs.. and 
her liair is not quite as smooth and silky 
as it ought to be. n. K. F. 
New York. 
I would siiggest dried l)eet pulp soaked 
in {ibout three times its weight in warm 
water as feed to furnish sueculenee to 
your cow. You di> not state the kind of 
hay you ha\e. hut presuming it ti* he 
mixed hay a good ration would he, two 
j)arts gluten feed, two parts dried dis¬ 
tillers' grains, one part cottonseed meal, 
one part oil meal and 1 per cent. salt. 
Ff'od this gi ain at rate of a pound to four 
U).s. of milk produced daily. Then feed 
ahout '{ lbs. of the dried beet i»u]i) daily 
prei)ar<'d as above stat<‘d. jr. y. .j. 
Cow Peas and Rye for Pigs 
Can I make a good feed for growing 
pigs and brood .sows from the following: 
Weevil-cut cow peas, ryt‘ with onions in 
it, iind corn bran'/ I low should they l)e 
niixtsl'/ Has corn bran nuich feeding 
value'/ .7. B, B. 
Maryland. 
Yon could grind your cow peas and 
rye together—equal parts b.v weight— 
and add an wpial amount of <H»rnmeal 
and wheat middlings mixed equal parts. 
This will make a very good I’ation for 
pigs and brood sows when fed in proper 
quantities, prefei-ably with skim-milk. I 
have never fed corn bran to i)ig.s, and 
can find no record where it has been 
trit*d at an exj)eriinent statit>Ji, but from 
the nature of this pnaluct 1 would not 
advise its n.se for growing pigs, hut it 
might be fed to brood sows to a limited 
extent, if it could be purchased at a low 
price. Corn bran contains 4.2% dige.st- 
ible protein, 4..^% digestible fat and 
55.4% digestible carbohydrates. It <'on- 
tains over six times as much crude fiber 
as cornmeal; therefore, it is more valu¬ 
able for cows than for pig.s. In energy 
value corn bran is worth theoretically 
about 75% as much as cornmeal. 
C. S. G. 
Improving Dairy Ration 
Can you give me an economical ration 
for .lersey cows of ahout SOO ihs. weight? 
I have good mixed hay, clovt'r and Tim¬ 
othy, a little corn stover, no grain. 
Ohio. I.. M. J. 
Feed what hay iind stover cows will 
clean uj), feeding about three times as 
much hay iis stover, Th(‘ fact that this 
rcmglmge is low in protein makes high 
protein grain feeds necessary to balance 
it. Yon will come close to it hj' using 
three j)arts union grains, one part cotton¬ 
seed, one part oil meal, two j»arts bran 
and 1 per c<“nt. salt. Feed grain at rate 
of a pound to to ‘At/y Ihs. milk produced 
daily. jr. f. j. 
Raising Brood Sows 
T have some sow pigs about eight 
week.s old which I would like to raise 
for breeders. How mueh feed and what 
kind is best to develop them for this 
purpose? Is tankage an essential part 
of the ration? How much is it worth 
when middlings cost $‘2.20 per 100 lbs. 
and me:il the same? G. A. J. 
New York. 
In the absence of skim-milk a mix¬ 
ture of cornmeal. fine wheat middlings 
and tankage made into it thin .sloji with 
hot water in cold weather would make 
a very satisfactory ration for growing 
your pigs for future breeders. For this 
purpose you could use twt.' parts mid¬ 
dlings to one of cornnieiil with five i)(>r 
cent, of digester tankage added. It is 
practically imitossible to figure the com- 
jtarative feeding value of tankage as com¬ 
pared with cornmeal tind whetit mid¬ 
dlings as no two experiments would re¬ 
sult alike. However, the jiriee of beef 
scrap and tankage has not increased in 
liroportion to the cereals, so you would 
be safe in paying the market price. 
M hih- tankagi* is not absolutely ncee.s- 
'■•ary it helps to form hone and makes a 
iiuich hette” ami more i-cononiical ration 
t. s. (;. 
Increasing Butter Fat 
1. Does a heifer’s milk test as high 
in butter fat as it does when .she is 
matuie? 2. Can you increa.se tlii- 
amount of butter fat in milk by feeding 
highly concentrated feeds? e. a ir 
New Y'ork. 
1. Age has very little effect upon the 
per cent, of fat in :i cow'.s milk. .Vt 
the Missouri Station it was found that 
the milk of 1() cows having seven com¬ 
plete lactation periods tested two- 
tenths to three-tenths of f»ne per cent 
higher during the .second and thiril lacta¬ 
tion periods than during the fir.st, and 
as the^ cows grew idder the test was 
ahout ..‘J of one per cent, le.ss than dur¬ 
ing the first lactation period. These re¬ 
sults would indicate that a heifea-’s milk 
is apt to test slightly higher than when 
she is an old cow. 
2. All exiierirnents thus far, and there 
have been many of them, indicate that 
the per cent, of fat in a <*ow’.s milk can¬ 
not he ixTinaneiitly increased by feed¬ 
ing. It may be p()ssihle to do it for a 
short time, :is, for examidc. feeding to 
have the cows fat when they freshen 
cau.ses a marked increase in the per cent, 
of fat in the milk for a sliort time, and 
then it becomes normal again. 
n. F. J. 
Another Dairy Ration 
Do yon think that this i.-: a good feed 
for milk for cows that have only good 
clover and Timothy hay for roughagt': 
.'JOO Ib.s. dairy feed, 200 Ihs. gluten feed, 
100 lbs. distillers’ grains? The cost of 
this feed is .$1.()7 per 100 Ihs. on the aver¬ 
age. Would it he better to add ground 
oats and corn or oil meal'/ Jlilk goes to 
cheese factory. 2, What is the best feed 
for yejirlings to make them grow? ;!. 
Which is the better crop to drill ashes in 
with, oats or corn? m. p. ir. 
New York. 
1. The ration you are feeding with 
mixed hay is slightly lacking in protein. 
It would he improv(*d by dropping the 
dairy feed to two parts, find adding one 
jiart cottonsm'd meal and one part oil 
m(“a!. if yon can s(*cure the latter at any¬ 
where near a rea.sonahle figure. The 
ration doi'S not need oats and corn. This 
makes it all the more nidialanced. 
2. A good ration for heifers is one i>art 
hominy, or cornmeal, two parts gluten, 
on(‘ part distillers’ grains, one part ground 
oats and one part oil meal. 
.‘1. You should use .ashes with oat crop. 
H. F. J. 
A Narrow Ration 
I have a nice young cow which I ex¬ 
pect will drop her se<‘ond calf in abcait 
three wec'ks. At the beginning of her 
first lactation period she gave eight 
(piarts of very rich milk at each milking, 
ht'ing fed on dry feed only and grained 
lightly. This time I should naturally 
expect a heavier flow. All I have for 
roughage is corn stover. Some Timothy 
(slightly mixed with clover) could be 
fed. if desirable, in connection. Avail¬ 
able feeds arc 'bran, meal, middlings, 
gluten feed, linseed meal, hominy fee<i. 
Would it pay me to send away for dried 
beet pulp and pay $1.00 per cwt.. and 
liow would yon fe«'d it? D. j. N. 
New York. 
It is indeed in)p(f.ssihle exactly to bal¬ 
ance a ration with feeds mentioned. If 
you could get some Alfalfa hay this 
would be easy. About the best ration 
with feinls mentioned is for roughage. 
e()ual jiarts stover and mixed hay, what 
cow will clean up. Make up grain ra¬ 
tion of 1 part gluten, 1 part dairy feed, 
j)art oil meal and add 1% coarse, fine 
salt. Feed grain at rate of a pound to 
Ihs. milk I'roduced daily. Beet pulp, 
while it would have tendency to widen 
tile ration, would b(‘ very desirable, since 
you have no sncculeni'e in the fis'd.s men¬ 
tioned. Feed two to four pounds daily, 
soaked in three times its weight of liot 
water. ii. F. J. 
Food Value of Skim-milk 
I wish to know the quality of the .skim- 
milk of the different breeds of cattle. 
Would there be much more food value in 
the skim-milk of a .Jersey than that of a 
Holstein? I wish to keep a small herd for 
skiin-milk for my poultry. I also expect 
to .sell the cream. What is your advice? 
L. u. T. 
The difference in food value between 
skim-milk fi'oin .Jersey and Ildlstein milk 
is very small, a matter of .5 to .S of a 
pound of solids not fat per 100 lbs. of 
sklin-milk. In feeding poultry this is not 
of T>i‘<‘*ctical importance. I do not wish to 
advise as to either bi*eed. each has its 
place. If poultry products are your main 
issue, you can get more skim-milk from a 
Holstein cow than a .Jersey, and hence 
you will need to keep less cows to supply 
a given amount of skim-milk. On the 
other hand the Jersey will pi-oduce butter- 
fat pound for pound cheaper than the 
Holstein. H. F. J. 
