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333 West 30th Street, New York 
Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Ration for Milk-making 
Will yon b.-ilaiioe a milk ration from 
the following feed.';, if pos.sihle, as I have 
these on hand? Bran, glnten feed, ground 
oats and middlings; can get cottonseed 
and oilmeal. if iieces.sary. I am feeding 
two light feeds of Timothy and Alsike 
mixed, iutd one heavy feed of silage a 
day. _ How should I change same when 
my silage is gone? B. F. P. 
New’ York. 
Considering the ronghage that yon have 
it is impossible to balance a practical 
ration with the grain feeds you have on 
hand, since protein is lacking. Buy some 
cottonseed meal and make ration two 
parts bran, two parts cottonseed meal, 
one imrt glnten feed, one part ground 
oats and one part middlings. When the 
silage is gone yon can drop one part cot¬ 
tonseed meal ont of the ration. Feed cows 
all the hay they will clean np in at least 
three feeds a day after the silage is gone. 
II. P. J. 
Ration for Heifer 
Would yon advise about feeding a 
heifer before freshening, so as to increase 
the size of her udder and bringing her up 
to a standard of an older cow, and thus 
increa.sing her productiveness when older? 
^Ve have silage, corn stover, clover hay, 
corn, oats and can purchase any of the 
common dairy feeds. e. r. 
Pennsylvania. 
For putting the heifer in condition for 
freshening, feed about 20 to 25 pounds of 
silage a day and what clover hay cow will 
clean np twice a day and a feed of corn 
stover once a day. A good fitting grain 
ration is made of equal parts, by weight, 
of cornmeal, g’-ound oats, wheat bran and 
oilmeal. Feed grain so as to have heifer 
in good plump condition for calving. 
This will probably require about 3 pounds 
of grain a day. ir. F. j. 
Feed and Milk 
Y'our question Avhether one pound of 
balanced feed will produce a pound of 
milk, on page 120, interests me, and I 
am going to answer it. Of course, I can 
only speak for myself from my own ex¬ 
perience. My answer is, no, most as¬ 
suredly. 
I am milking and stripping 10 cows, 
all high-grade Ilohsteing-except one, which 
is .Jersey; am now getting about 180 
pounds of milk a day and am feeding 04 
pounds of mill feed a day. I am also 
feeding about 40 pounds of silage per day 
per cow, and hay and other ronghage. 
So yon see if I count the hay, silage, other 
roughage and my time nothing, I am .still 
not coming anywhere near 4 pounds of 
milk to one pound of grain feed. 
It is barely possible that if a man had 
a herd of big producing cows all fresh at 
one time, they might for a sliort time pro¬ 
duce four pounds of milk to one pound 
of balanced feed, hut T doubt it, and they 
surely co-dd not keep it up long. I con¬ 
sider my COW.S to be average cows of their 
class, and are all the way from one mouth 
to 10 months from the time they freslien. 
To the other question, will a pound of 
milk buy a pound of feed, I will answer 
yes. L. W. ALLEN. 
Ohio. 
Cottonseed Meal for Horses 
It has been supposed by mo.st farmers 
and feeders that cotton-seed meal is not a 
safe feed for horses. There have been 
rejiorts of death as the result of such 
feeding. Now, however, we have the fol¬ 
lowing from the Kansas Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. Dr IMcCarnpbell is high authority 
and lias conducted many experiments. 
“Work liorses must bo accustomed 
gradually to cottonseed meal,” said Dr. 
Mcramphell. “It is well to start with 
one-fourtli pound daily, increasing the 
amount a quarter pound each day until 
the safe maximum amount is being fed. 
Eye trouble occasionally results when cot¬ 
tonseed meal is fed, due to irritation 
caused by meal that gets into the eyes. 
I'his suggests that cottonseed meal should 
lie thoroughly m'xed with the other por¬ 
tions of th(‘ grain ration. Another reason 
for thorouglily n ixing is tlie fact that 
most horses dislike cottonseed meal. I'ea 
size cottonseed cake may be fed instead of 
meal. 
“Feed only fresh, clean, bright yellow 
cottonseed meal. Dark or brown meal 
should not be u.sed. The dark color may 
be due to age, adulteration, ovei’heating 
in cooking, or to fermentation, all of 
which lessens its feeding value. Musty 
meal should always be rejected. When 
compelled to use Alfalfa only as the 
ronghage portion of the ration, one should 
not feed more than one iiound daily per 
100 pounds live weight. Use of mature, 
well-cured, clean Alfalfa hay will reduce 
the cost of feed materially when substi¬ 
tuted for a part of the prairie or Timothy 
hay portion of the ration. One pound o'; 
Alfalfa hay _ may he substituted for part 
of the prairie or Timothy hay portion of 
the ration. One pound of Alfalfa hay 
may be substituted for one-half to two 
pounds of prairie or Timothy hay uiBi’. 
from one-third to one-half of the prairie 
or Timothy hay has been replaced by 
Alfalfa hay, the amount depending upon 
the quality of the Alfalfa.” 
Another Dairy Ration 
Will you give a ration for dairy cattle? 
I have on hand silage and Red clover 
hay for roughage, and ean obtain the fol¬ 
lowing feeds at prices given below: 
(rluten feed $64 per ton ; cottonseed meal 
$64; old process oil meal $66; wheat 
bran .$45; wheat middlings $50; hominy 
feed $70; distillers’ dried grains $65; 
Brewers’ dried grains $60; oats, SOc. 
per bushel. I am selling milk for 7c. per 
qt. wholesale. r. w. 
New Y''ork. 
Feed cows 30 to .35 lbs. silage daily 
and all clover hay they will clean up. 
Make grain x’ation one part bran, two 
parts ground oats, two parts middlings, 
one part dried distillers’ grains and one 
part cottonseed meal. Add 1% salt to 
mixture and feed grain at rate of a 
pound to 31/^ to 4 lbs. milk produced 
daily, depending on how cows respond. 
n. F. J. 
Thin Cow; Calf Feeding 
I. I have a registered Ayrshire heifer, 
from noted stock, fresh two months ago, 
which has continued to run down in flesh 
ever since calving, though she appears to 
he well and hearty. She does not give 
enongh milk to feed her calf. I am feed¬ 
ing Timothy hay, corn fodder, soft corn, 
bran and oil meal. Will you give me a 
balanced ration for her? 2. Will you 
give me a balanced ration upon which to 
raise her calf successfully? . o. A. 
Ohio. 
1. It is possible that you are not feed¬ 
ing the cow enough grain since the na¬ 
ture of your roughage is very poor for a 
milking cow. Both corn stover and Tim¬ 
othy hay contain little digestible nutri¬ 
ment for their great bulk. A grain ration 
with more protein in it than you are 
feeding will be better. Make it two parts 
cottonseed meal, one part oil meal, two 
parts bran and one part cornmeal and 
1 per cent salt. Feed grain at rate of a 
pound to 31/^ pounds of milk produced 
daily, and perhajis a little more for a 
while. Feed all roughage she will 
clean up. 
2. The calf should have mixed or 
clover or Alfalfa hay and a grain ration 
of equal parts cornmeal, bran and gi'onnd 
oats. Feed grain dry. one-half pound 
daily, gradually increasing. If you have 
any skim-milk feed it also. See that calf 
has plenty to drink and take chill off 
drinking water. ir. f. j. 
Ration for Freshening Heifer 
I have a two-year-old heifer (Guern¬ 
sey) due to freshen in about six weeks. 
What kind of grain feed do you recom¬ 
mend to produce a well-devidoped udder? 
I have Alfalfa and cornstalks; no silage. 
New Y"ork. g. h. 
Give at least two feeds of Alfalfa hay 
and one of cornstalks daily. Make the 
grain ration equal jiarts ground oats, 
wheat bran, cornmeal and linseed oil 
meal. Feed enongh to put heifer in good 
condition for calving, probably three 
pounds per day or thereabouts, il. F. J. 
Silage for Sheep 
Being a prairie man, having just moved 
in here, should like to know about silage 
for sheep. I have 200 to feed. Is silage 
good feed for them, and about what 
amount per day per head? . Is silage for 
sheep better sown thick and cut very ten¬ 
der, or is it better to sow thinner and let 
grow until ears are well formed? What 
amount of water is required for the .silage 
when putting it into silo? j. c. o’u. 
New York, 
Silage is an excellent feed for sheep. 
Feed two to four pounds per head per 
day. Good mature silage is he.st for sheep, 
as it is for cattle. Unless the silage corn 
is badly frosted before it is jiut into the 
silo, no water has to be added at silo flll- 
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