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all right. Tho colostrum or milk given 
after calving is naturally abnormal and 
is not considered fit for use until after 
the sixth milking. When the cow is 
nearly dry, particularly if she has been 
milking for some time, she is prone to 
give milk that may be bitter or strong. 
The only remedy is to dry the cow off. 
The trouble will be overcome when she 
freshens. If abnormalities develop in 
milk or cream after it is drawn, such as 
a stringy or ropy condition, it is likely 
due to bacterial growth and a careful 
scalding of all utensils with which milk 
comes in contact will overcome the trou¬ 
ble. H. F. JUDKINS. 
Proportion of Cream in Milk 
Could you give me some idea of the 
approximate amount of cream I could ob¬ 
tain (by separator) from 40 quarts of 
Jersey or Guernsey milk? With milk at 
9c per quart, what would be a fair price 
for this cream, and what would be the 
approximate value of the skim-milk for 
poultry or hogs? II. S. 
Cottekill, N. Y. 
An average test for Guernsey and Jer¬ 
sey milk may be put at 5.4 per cent. 
Forty quarts milk weigh 86 lbs. 
86 X .054 = 4.644 lbs. of fat. 
The cream you would get from this milk 
with a separator would depend entirely 
on whether the cream screw was set for a 
high-testing or a low-testing cream. How¬ 
ever 30 per cent fat may be taken as a fair 
average for this purpose. The loss of fat 
in the skim-milk is so small it can be 
ignored. 
4.644 -f- .30 = 15.4S lbs. cream 
15.48 -t-2 = 7.74 qts. cream 
40 x .09 = $3.60 for milk 
3.60 -j- 7.74 = $0.46 per qt. for cream. 
With milk at 9e per quart you should 
get 40 to 45c per quart for this cream. 
The ekim-milk is worth 1 to 1% a quart 
for hog feeding, and double this 
amount for poultry. If cream was sold 
on butterfat basis to creamery you would 
have to get 65c per lb. of fat to break 
even, figuring the skim-milk at 2c per 
quart. h. F. J. 
Grain with Aisike Clover 
Will you make out a balanced ration 
with the following feeds? Corn and cob 
meal, ground oats, wheat bran and oil- 
meal. I have Aisike clover for roughage. 
Ohio. F. A. c. 
Feed all the Aisike clover your cows 
will clean up at least three times a day, 
possibly giving one feed after supper. If 
you have plenty of it, the more the cows 
will eat the cheaper milk you can make. 
Make grain ration two parts corn and 
cob meal, one part each ground oats and 
bran and 1% parts oilmeal. Add 1 lb. 
salt to each 100 lbs. feed. Feed a 1-lb. 
grain mixture to about 3% to 4 lbs. milk 
produced daily. H. F. j. 
Rations for Dairy Cows and Idle Horses 
Will vou tell me what I lack for a bal¬ 
anced ration for my Guernsey cows? I 
have poor stack hay, mixed clover, and 
corn silage that is very rich in corn. The 
corn was Learning and well eared and 
glazed, and it was put up without frost¬ 
ing. I also have straw, mixed oat, bar¬ 
ley and wheat. The cows are milking 
and will be in January and February. I 
also am feeding ground oats, barley and 
bran, mixed in equal parts, by measure, 
with about a teacup of oilmeal to four 
horses extra. I am feeding four quart* 
twice a day of the ground feed, and am 
feeding nothing but straw for roughage. 
Is the feed all right? I am short of good 
horse hay. The horses weigh about 1,150 
pounds and are not working. E. M. B. 
New York. 
For horses not working heavily your 
feed is entirely satisfactory. Give the 
cows at least two feeds of hay a day, and 
access to straw at the middle of day. 
Make the grain ration 200 lbs. ground 
oats or bran, 200 lbs. cottonseed meal, 
100 lbs. gluten feed. Add 1 lb. salt to 
each 100 lbs. feed. Feed grain at rate of 
1 lb. to about SVn lbs. milk produced 
daily. F * 
Ration for Fresh Cow 
Will you give me information on feed¬ 
ing a Jersey cow four years old next 
Spring, and due to calve in April? bhe 
only gives five quarts a day now, and 
has grown thin since putting her in barn; 
she has had lice, but I have got rad of 
them ; there is a thick mass of dandruff 
on her neck now and I would like to get 
rid of that. J. n. S. 
Massachusetts. 
If cow has been freed from lice the 
scurfiness will soon disappear and leave 
the skin clean underneath. This condi¬ 
tion frequently occurs after lice treat¬ 
ment, and it is not of serious consequence. 
The grain needed for your cow depends 
on the rough feed you have on hand, and 
this is not stated. Assuming that you 
have mixed hay only, a ration of 100 lbs. 
wheat bran or ground oats, 100 lbs. cot¬ 
tonseed meal and 50 l'be. each of gluten 
feed and linseed oil would make a good 
ration. Buy the feeds and mix in pile 
with shovel on level floor; add 1 lb. 
course fine salt to each 100 lbs. feed. 
Feed a quart of grain to each 1 Y> to 2 
qts. milk produced daily. When cow 
dries off drop the cottonseed meal to oO 
lbs. in the ration and feed about 3 to 4 
<Ihe RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
qts. of grain a day to got cow up in shape 
for freshening. At calving time give a 
few warm bran mashes and gradually 
bring cow on to ration above mentioned. 
II. F. ,T. 
Dairy Ration 
Would you tell me how to feed my cow 
for milk? She is to freshen in April. I 
wish to milk her till March. I have some 
cornstalks, Alfalfa and hay and 150 bu. 
carrots. I am feeding one-fourth bushel 
of carrots morning and night. What 
grain should I buy, and how should I 
mix it? I am getting about 18 lbs. of 
milk a day now. R. K. L. 
New York. 
Continue to feed carrots as you are 
now doing. Get cow to eat two feeds of 
hay and one of cornstalks daily. A good 
time to feed the cornstalks is in the mid¬ 
dle of the day, or after supper. Make up 
a grain mixture of 100 lbs. bran or ground 
oats, 50 lbs. hominy or cornmeal, 50 lbs. 
cottonseed meal and 50 lbs. gluten feed. 
Dump in a pile on the floor, light feed at 
bottom. Add 1 lb. coarse fine salt to 100 
lbs. feed. Shovel two or three times over 
to mix, then put in bin. Feed a quart of 
grain for each 1% to 2 qts. milk pi*oduced 
daily. h. f. j. 
Barley for Milch Cows 
I have a chance to buy a number of 
tons of barley feed, but am told not to 
buy it to feed to milking cows, as it would 
dry them up. Have you heard anything 
about this? If it is all right to feed to 
cows let me know; and also what other 
feed to go with it to make a good ration 
for milch cows. w. B. 
Connecticut. 
Gi-ound barley is an excellent feed for 
dairy cows, making a good substitute for 
corn in the ration. If your roughage is or- 
dinai’y mixed hay, make the ration 200 lbs. 
ground barley, 200 lbs. cottonseed meal, 
100 lbs. gluten feed, 100 lbs. oilmeal and 
1 per cent salt. Feed a pound of this 
mixture to 3lbs. milk. n. F. J. 
One day some poor children were per¬ 
mitted to go over a farm, and when their 
inspection was done, to each of them was 
given a glass of milk. The milk was ex¬ 
cellent. “Well, boys, how do you like 
it?” the farmer said, when they had 
drained their glasses. “Fine!” said one 
little fellow. Then, after a pause, he 
added: “I wisht our milkman kep’ a 
cow.”—Credit Lost. 
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