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Live Stock Feeding Problems 
Grain With Mixed Hay 
Will you tell me what to mix with 
ground oats for a milk ration for fresh 
cows? Our feed is so unreliable I decided 
to try ground oats as a basis; cannot get 
middlings or bran. Oats are worth 75 
cents per bushel. Can get cottonseed, 
oilmeal, gluten, etc. J. D. F. 
New York. 
Your roughage necessarily determines 
what your grain ration should be. You 
would want to proceed as follows with 
mixed hay and silage: Two parts ground 
oats, two parts cottonseed meal, one part 
oilmeal, one part gluten feed. If you have 
Alfalfa hay, drop one part cottonseed 
meal and add another of ground outs. 
Use one pound of salt to each 100 pounds 
of feed in making up grain ration. 
n. P. J. 
Home-Mixed Dairy Feed 
flow can I mix the following into a 
good dairy feed for my cows? I .sell the 
whole milk and have Jersey grades. I 
have the following feeds: Corn and cob- 
meal, ,$2.40 per 100 lbs.; wheat bran, 
good, $2.25; cottonseed meal, 36 per cent 
protein, $3 per 100 lbs.; gluten feed, 23 
per cent protein, $2.60; Western oats, 
ground on farm, $2.80 per 100 lbs. I 
have a limited amount of mixed clover 
and Timothy hay and corn fodder and 
wheat straw for roughage. Dairy feed 
is selling for $3.2,5 per 100 lbs., 24 per¬ 
cent protein. I think that is too high in 
price. Do you think I can mix it any 
cheaper from the above feeds to give good 
results without injuring my cows? 
Penn.sylvania. G. L. S. 
You have doubtless figured out a way 
best to feed your roughage, depending on 
the amount on hand. A feeding of hay in 
early forenoon and late afternoon with 
straw ad libitum during the day and a 
feeding of corn fodder in the evening is a 
suggestion. Make the grain ration two 
parts cottonseed meal, one part gluten 
feed, two parts wheat bran and one or 
two parts of corn and cobmeal. Add a 
pound of salt to each 100 lbs. of feed. 
H. F. J. 
Another Dairy Ration 
How should I mix feed to produce milk? 
I am looking more for quantity, not so 
much quality. I have corn fodder, clover 
and Timothhy hay well mixed; I can 
generally get corn and cobs chopped to¬ 
gether. Bran scarce; have plenty of oat 
feed of a good quality. This feed is made 
after the oatmeal is made. I can secure 
cottonseed meal and oil meal. S- 
The cows should have at least two 
good feedings of hay daily with corn fod¬ 
der given ad libitum during the middle 
of the day and possibly in the evening. 
Make up a grain ration containing plenty 
of protein by using two parts cottonseed 
meal, one part oil meal, one part oat feed, 
or bran and two parts corn and cob meal. 
Add one lb. of salt to each 100 lbs. of 
feed. n. f. j. 
Ration for Thin Cow Feeding 
I have a registered Guernsey cow, 
calved two months ago, and since that 
time has been very thin. _ Will you give 
ration to fatten and nourish her? I buy 
everything but pasture. 8. c. A. 
New York. 
I note that all feed for your cow has 
to be purchased. Try to get some good 
clover or Alfalfa hay for roughage. 
Make the grain ration: 2 parts corn- 
meal. 1 part cottonseed meal, 1 part oil 
meal, 2 parts wheat bran. In mixing up 
this ration add one per cent of coarse, 
fine salt to it. H. F. J. 
Ration for Jersey# 
Will you give me a balanced ration for 
Jersey cows, ration to be economical and 
productive? Bran is $2. gluten $2.70, 
cottonseed meal $.3.30 per 100 lbs. I have 
clover hay, some coomstalks and mangels. 
We sell butter and cream, E. B. w. 
Lancaster, N. Y. 
Give the cows at least two feedings of 
clover hay a day, morning and night, and 
a feed of cornstalks during the day. If 
you have plenty of mangels, feed 20 to 30 
lbs. per head per day in two feeds, at time 
grain is fed. At any rate it would be bet¬ 
ter to make mangels last as long as pos¬ 
sible, rather than to feed excessive 
amounts and use them up in a short 
time. Make the grain ration three parts 
bran, two parts gluten feed, one part cot¬ 
tonseed meal. Add one per cent of salt 
when making it up. H. F. J. 
Grain Ration With Mangels and Alfatlfa 
Will you give me a good ration for 
Winter from the following? Alfalfa, 
mangels, middlings, bran, cornmeal 
ground or crushed oats, oil meal and cot¬ 
tonseed meal. * C. E. E. 
New Jersey. 
':rhe amount of mangels to feed daily 
depends upon the amount on hand. It 
would be better to try to make them last 
through the Winter, feeding 15 or 20 lbs. 
a day, than to feed 30 lbs. a day and u.se 
them all this Fall. From this you will 
doubtless decide about how many to feed. 
Get the cows to eat all the Alfalfa hay 
they will handle at three feeds a day, fore¬ 
noon, afternoon and evening. Make the 
grain ration one part cornmeal, one part 
middlings, two parts bran, one part 
ground oats, two parts cottonseed meal, 
one part oil meal. If you do not wish to 
use the cornmeal or oat.s, add extra part 
of bran and of middlings. Add one pound 
salt to each 100 lbs. feed. H. F. j. 
Improving a Dairy Ration 
I am feeding my four Guernsey cows as 
follows: Grain, 5 qts. gluten, 1 qt. bran, 
1 qt. oil meal, 1 qt. hominy, and millet 
in the morning, and corn fodder at night. 
Pastures are fair. Cows are not in as 
good flesh as usual, and not holding out 
well in milk. How can I better this ra¬ 
tion? Should I feed gluten to fatten pigs, 
or can I use other grains with it and get 
good results ? L. D. w. 
Pennsylvania. 
Make up a grain mixture, using two 
parts gluten feed, two parts wheat bran, 
one part hominy, one part oil meal and 
two parts cottonseerl meal. A quai-t of 
bran weighs .5 lb., gluten feed L3 lb., 
hominy 1.1 lb., oil meal 1.1 lb., and cot¬ 
tonseed meal .8 lb. This would make a 
quart of the above grain mixture equal to 
.92 lb., or practically a pound to the 
quart. You should feed about a quart of 
grain for each 1^^ to two quarts milk 
produced daily. A cow giving 10 quarts 
a day ought to have about six quarts 
grain mixture daily. If you have to put 
them onto dry millet and dry corn fodder 
from pasture, the cows will not do as well 
as if they had silage or good clover hay, 
or both. Gluten should be used in rela¬ 
tively small amounts in connection with 
corn and middlings for fattening hogs. 
U. F. J. 
Ration With Beets and Silage 
Will you give me a balanced ration to 
feed two cows, one a Holstein that fresh¬ 
ened about four months ago, and the other 
a heifer half Jersey and half Holstein 
that freshened the first time a week ago? 
I am now feeding apple pomace and Al¬ 
falfa hay, as my pasture is .short. In 
about two months I shall be feeding silage 
and beets with the Alfalfa hay. I think 
I shall feed beets right along with the 
pomace. Do you think that would be all 
right? C. 8. T. 
New York. 
It will be perfectly all right to feed 
roots with apple pomace. Probably the 
best way will be to feed one feeding of 
each a day. The grain ration will scarcely 
need changing when you begin to feed 
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silage. I should make the grain ration 
one part cornmeal, three parts ground 
oats or bran or any three-part combina¬ 
tion of oats and bran, one part cottonseed 
meal and one part, gluten feed. Add a 
of salt to each 100 lbs. of grain. 
_ H. F. J. 
Ration for Pigs 
I have three pigs now six months old, 
one sow to keep over, the others to kill 
in about eight weeks. I have about 14 
quarts of skim-milk daily, plenty of small 
potatoes and field corn. The corn I ex¬ 
pect to feed unshelled. What other feed 
should go with it, and what proportion? 
Should pigs be fed twice or three times 
daily? I now feed three times. o. l. 
New York. 
The small potatoes should be boiled and 
mashed and the skim-milk added to make 
a mush. Feed this once a day, say at 
noontime, giving what the pigs will clean 
up. Feed ear corn ad libitum morning 
and night. There will be no danger of 
overfeeding after you gauge about what 
the pigs will clean up. After the next 
.four weeks you can drop the potato feed¬ 
ing for the two hogs you are going to 
kill, and put the corn to them to finish 
them off. The sow you are to winter can 
have the potatoes as long as they last, 
with the milk added, as before. A couple 
of quarts of wheat middlings might also 
be added if you can get them. Give corn 
also, but not nearly as much as to the 
others, if you do not w-ant her to get too 
fat. II. F. J. 
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Your animals are now going on dry feed—hay and grain. 
It’s a big change from the succulent, nutritious grasses 
of summer pastures which supply the needed laxatives 
and tonics. 
Keep your animals’ bowels open and regular—drive 
out the worms—keep their blood rich—keep their diges¬ 
tive apparatus in order—by feeding Dr. Hess Stock Tonic. 
A Conditioner and Worm Expeller 
Don’t allow your stock to “get off feed ’’ and in a run¬ 
down condition. 
Dr. Hess Stock Tonic does not take the place of feed 
but it eliminates waste because it gives appetite, good 
health and good digestion, .and enables animals to get 
the most benefit out of their feed. 
Buy Stock Tonic according to the size of your herd. Here’s a 
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average hog, 5 pounds for each horse, cow or steer, to start 
with, feed as directed and then watch results. 
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Smaller packages in proportion. 
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