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Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 31, 1917 
Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Balancing a Ration 
Can I get a balanced ration from the 
following for new milch cows? Cut 
cornstalks and clover hay slightly mixed, 
barley and oats mixed ground or -whole. 
Corn,' bran, oil meal and peanut oil meal 
(lirotein 30%). D* 
New York. 
You can get a ration nearly balanced 
by feeding about 12 lbs. of clover hay and 
(> to 8 lbs of cornstalks daily, together 
with a pound of grain to .3 lbs. of milk 
from the following grain mixture; 1 part 
peanut oil meal, 1 part oil meal, 1 part 
bran, 2 parts barley and oats and 1% 
salt H. F. J. 
Improving a New Hampshire Ration 
I' have a .Jersey cow giving 20 pounds 
of 0.1 per cent, milk per day, weight of 
cow about 800 pounds, and a Holstein 
cow giving 30 lbs. of 3.8 por cent, milk 
jier day, weight of cow' about 1,0.50 lbs. 
All I have is hay -with very little clover 
in it, not enough to speak of. In grain I 
can get gluten, cottonseed, cornmeal, 
bran, mixed feed, middlings and possibly 
beet pulp, but they do not handle brew¬ 
ers’ grains. I can get the ready mixed 
balanced rations, but do not like them. 
No Alfalfa hay to be had here. IIow' can 
I get a good ration from the given mate¬ 
rials? F. A. B. 
New Hampshire. 
It is impossible to balance a satisfac¬ 
tory ration from the feeds jmu mention. 
This would mean almost exclusive use of 
cottonseed meal. The best thing to do is 
to make up a palatable mixture, and have 
it as near balanced as possible. Feed 
cows what hay they will clean up two or 
three times a day. Make grain ration 
two iiarts cottonseed meal, one part gluten 
feed, two i)arts bran and 1 per cent. salt. 
Feed this grain at rate of a pound to 4 
lbs. of milk i- the Jersey cow and 1 to .5 
lbs. of milk to the Holstein cow. Feed 
each cow 2 to 4 lbs. of beet pulp daily. 
Soak this beet pulp in about_ three times 
its weight of hot water. This is a won¬ 
derful feed to use any time, particularly 
•where there is no other succulence in the 
ration. H. F. J. 
Ration for Fresh Cow 
My four-year-old Jersey is to come 
fresh within three weeks. My hay is 
coarse not mixed, but some clover. Or¬ 
chard grass and Oat grass. I have only 
a few beets and I give her 5 lbs. two or 
three times a week, also 2 lbs. of bran 
a day with a pint of oil meal wet. I 
add to this 1 lb. of soaked beet pulp. 
How much beet pulp can be fed to a 
cow? When she coines fre.sh which way 
is better, let the calf be with her three 
or four days and not milk her, or milk 
out a little beside what the calf takes? 
w. K. S. 
The feed you are giving your oo\v is 
excellent up until the time of calving. 
After calving leave calf with mother 
about three days and milk out what calf 
will not take. Feed same ration you are 
feeding now during this time. Then feed 
cow all hay she will clean up and 3 lbs. 
of beet pulp soaked in 1) lbs. of warm 
water. Make grain ration 1 part cotton¬ 
seed meal, 2 parts dried distillers’ grains, 
one-half part oil meal, and 1 part bran. 
Feed grain at rate of a pound to 3^ 
lbs. of milk produced daily. II. F. J. 
Low Protein Feeds 
I have Red-top, Timothy and some 
clover, immature silage. What shall I 
mix with oats and barley to balance ra¬ 
tion for grade Holstein? c. n. T. 
New Y'ork. 
It is impossible to balance a good ra¬ 
tion with the feeds you have on hand. 
'They are all low in protein, and to bal¬ 
ance this would mean to use cottouseefl 
meal and a very small amount of bar¬ 
ley and oats. If you wish to feed a con¬ 
siderable amount of cottonseed meal 
make grain ration three parts cotton¬ 
seed meal, one part oats and barley, and 
two parts dried distillers’ grains. Jf 
you could only get some Alfalfa hay in 
place of your mixed hay the problem 
would be easy, and you could make Tip 
an economical balanced ration. The 
above is about the best you can do un¬ 
der the circumstances. The cottomseed 
meal could be cut down a iiound and 
some oil meal put in its place, or you 
could make it two i ' cottonseed and two 
of gluten feed. Of course all these feeds 
are very high now. n. F. J. 
Improving a Milk Ration 
I am feeding the following ration to 
my milch cows; 100 pounds dairy feed, 
100 pounds bran. 100 pounds corn chop, 
cob and all ground, and some stock con¬ 
ditioner. with all the fodder they want. 
Could I improve the ration to get more 
milk? s. -w. M. 
Maryland. 
Before balancing a grain ration it is 
necessary to know what 'roughage is 
available. I note that you say cows have 
all the fodder they want, but do not 
state what kind of fodder. Unless this 
fodder contain.s some clover or Alfalfa 
hay your grain ration is lacking in pro¬ 
tein. In all probability a ration of one 
part corn and cob meal, two parts dried 
distillers’ grains, one part dairy feed, one 
of cottonseed meal and one per cent, 
salt would be better. The stock condi¬ 
tioner is in all probability a waste of 
your money. n. f. j. 
Milk With Silage Flavor 
I am feeding cows on k>o.se bushel of 
silage once a day, also grain morning and 
night, gluten, beet pulp and hominy meal 
mixed, about 4 qts. to a feed ; Alfalfa at 
noon and hay at night. The milk t.a.stes 
of the silo so badly that it is impossible 
to mse it at times, customers complaining 
more or less. ()ne can smell it when 
milking, (’an you tell me what causes 
this, and what I can do to stoj) it? What 
is silage worth a ton, in the silo, w'ith some 
corn on it? Silo two years old. i.. A. w. 
Connecticut. 
From what you say about smelling the 
silage during milking I .iudge you feed it 
or at least take it into the barn before 
milking. When silage is fed l)efore milk¬ 
ing it is almost sure to impart a silage 
flavor to the milk. If .you feed after 
milking you will have no trouble from this 
source. Silage is usually figured as worth 
about $.5 per ton. H. F. J. 
Improving Ration With Cornstalk 
Roughage 
I enclose tiig of some dairy feed costing 
.$2 p<‘r cwt. How does it compare -w'ith 
bran and middlings? Bi;an costs $1.()0 
per cwt. For r ughage I have good corn 
fodder, also oats. Bran and middlings 
are hard to get. How' would the dairy 
feed be for poultry? A. W. 
Indiana. 
It is doubtful if you can make milk 
profitably on corn fodder for roughage. 
This means that to balance this fodiler 
yon must use ii,gh protein feeds such as 
cottonseed meal. The dairy feed, tag of 
•which you enclose, is not a very good buy 
at .$2 per cw't This is made up largely 
of screenings and hulls flavored with mo¬ 
lasses. You cannot feed bran and mid¬ 
dlings and expect good results. My ad¬ 
vice w'ould be to get some Alfalfa hay if 
possible. You would better buy this than 
grain. It -will save using so much grain, 
and when fed -with your cornstalks you 
could balance by feeding a grain ration of 
two parts cottonseed meal, one part 
ground oats, and one part wheat bran. 
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