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Live Stock Questions 
Answered By Prof. F. C. Minkler j 
Practical Cow Ration 
Would you mix a ration for me of the 
following: Cottonseed meal, $6S per ton; 
oilmeal. $66; gluten, $60; ground oats, 
$50; wheat middlings, $40; bran, $48; 
hominy. $60. I have good matured corn 
silage with the ears on. I feed my cows 
twice:daily. After milking I feed silage 
with grain, and when they finish they get 
Timothy hay. This is the only hay avail¬ 
able now. They are watered during the 
day. They average about 30 lbs. of milk 
testing 4 per cent butterfat and weigh on 
an average 1,000 lbs. M. s. 
Spring Glen, N. Y. 
One ton of hominy contains 1.602 lbs. 
of digestible nutrients, hence one unit of 
digestible material, if the material were., 
selling for $68 a ton, would cost $3.5o, 
which would be identical with the cost of 
a unit of digestible material where ground 
oats are selling for $50 a ton. ith cot¬ 
tonseed meal at $68 a ton. a unit of diges¬ 
tible material would cost $3.88, while 
wheat brail at $48 a ton would cost $3.02 
per unit of digestible material. Hence, 
at the price quoted, you should rely 
largely on hominy, oats and gluten. A use¬ 
ful mixture would be hominy, 400 lbs., 
oats, 300 lbs.; gluten, 300 lbs. A cow 
weighing 1,000 lbs. and producing 30 lbs. 
of 4 per cent milk should be fed SV” lbs. 
of this mixture per day in addition to as 
much silage and Alfalfa hay as she would 
clean up with relish. The addition of 100 
lbs. of bran and 100 lbs. of middlings 
would increase the palatability, but it 
would add substantially to the cost. 
Improving a Dairy Ration 
I have been feeding a dairy ration with 
the following analysis: Protein. 24 per 
cent.; carbohydrates, 50 per cent.: fiber. 
12 per cent.; fat. 5 per cent. This feed 
is now $70 per ton. which seems a little 
high. This month I mixed the following: 
Three bags hominy, 3 bags bran, 3 bags 
gluten. 4 bags oilmeal. 1 bag cottonseed. 
Do you think this will give as good re¬ 
sults? If not, will you tell me what 
other feeds to mix iu, also the amounts ? 
Do you consider ground oats worth 60 
cents per ewt. more than bran for produc¬ 
ing milk? Will cocoanut meal. 20 per 
cent protein, take the place of first-class 
gluten? I have only medium good hay 
for roughage. IIow would this ration be 
changed if feeding silage? j. R. H. 
Wassaie, N. Y. 
I am inclined to believe that the ration 
suggested could bo modified slightly and 
would replace the ready-mixed feed that 
you have been using. I would suggest the 
following combination of the feeds you 
identify : 400 lbs. hominy, 300 lbs. gluten, 
100 lbs. cottonseed, 200 lbs. bran, 20O lbs. 
ground oats. Neither oilmeal nor cotton¬ 
seed are as economical today as gluten, 
and I prefer gluten iu combination with 
oats. As to the relative merits of ground 
oats and wheat bran, one ton of ground 
oats carries 1.408 lbs. of digestible nu¬ 
trients, while one toji of wheat bran car¬ 
ries 1.218. At $50 a ton 106 lbs. of di¬ 
gestible nutrients in oats would cost 
$3.55, while 100 lbs. of digestible nutrients 
in wheat bran would cost $4.11. You can 
afford, therefore, to pay as much as 60c 
per cwt. more for oats than for wheat 
bran. Cocoanut meal carrying 20 per .cent 
of protein will not take the place of glu¬ 
ten. which carries as much as 35 per ceut 
of protein. This ration has been calculat¬ 
ed on the-assumption that you have silage 
and medium grade Timothy hay and 
roughage. 
Dairy Ration 
What is your opinion of the following 
as a balanced ration for grade Jerseys and 
Ilolsteins? Silage, mixed hay, cottonseed 
meal, oilmeal, ground pinhead oatmeal, 
bran, middlings. G. A. B. 
Amityville, N. Y. 
It will be possible to combine a mixed 
ration for a dairy cow from the rougunge 
and concentrates listed, although you have 
failed to include any hominy or cornmeal, 
and I consider these grain products very 
essential if the best results are to follow. 
Outside of the question of variety it is not 
necessary to feed both cottonseed meal 
and oilmeal iu the same ration : neither is 
it necessary to include both bran and mid¬ 
dlings in the, same combination. Assum¬ 
ing. since your cows are grade Jerseys 
and Ilolsteins, that they are in fairly good 
condition and that you are anxious to get 
them in good order preparatory to turning 
out to grass, I would suggest the follow¬ 
ing mixture: Silage, 25 to 35 lbs.: mixed 
hay, 9 to 14 lbs., with a grain mixture 
consisting of 300 lbs. corn or lioiniuy 
meal. 200 lbs. gluten. 300 lbs. ground pin¬ 
head oatmeal. 200 lbs. cottonseed meal and 
100 lbs. of bran or middlings. If you have 
the oilmeal on hand you can substitute 
this for the cottonseed meal, or you can 
use equal parts of both of these concen¬ 
trates if you have them available. I pre¬ 
sume that the oatmeal is a by-product 
from the manufacture of cereal, and it 
would make fine feed provided it is.not 
simply the ground oat hull. Feed 1 lb. of 
this grain mixture for each 3 or 4 lbs. of 
milk produced, and supply them all the 
silage and hay they will clean up readily. 
Feeding Value of Millet 
What are the food components of millet 
in terms of protein, carbohydrates and fat, 
as follows: When cut as hay, seed iu 
milky state; the seed alone; the straw, 
after seed has been thrashed therefrom? 
Also, should any ill effects be apprehended 
if millet seed were ground in conjunction 
with oats and corn, when fed to cows? 
Is millet seed alone a good chicken feed 
with respect to the sustenance of the 
chicken and as an egg producer? J. M. B. 
Johnson City. X. Y. 
The following table gives the amount of 
digestible nutrients in 100 lbs. of material 
identified: 
Crude 
Carbo¬ 
Protein 
hydrate 
Fat 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Barnyard millet 5.1 
40.5 
0.8 
Millet straw.... 1.0 
41.7 
0.6 
Millet seed .... 7.6 
57.0 
8.40 
There would he no objection to mixing 
ground millet seed iu conjunction with 
oats and corn in a ration for dairy cows, 
althought it is essential that the seed be 
finely ground iu order to establish efficient 
digestion. Millet seed would not consti¬ 
tute a complete ration for mature chick¬ 
ens. although it is a valuable adjunct to 
mixtures' of oatmeal, beef scrap and 
cracked corn for the poultry flock. 
Water for Pigs 
I would like to express appreciation of 
the new department under Prof. Minkler. 
The questions concerning pigs and their 
answers interest me very much. I do not 
think enough importance is given to,water 
in the rationing of young pigs, as well as 
the older ones. They love water by and 
for itself. My pigs expect a drink of 
warm water after eating just as much as 
they expect their food. I find that water 
helps out a lot in conditioning them, and 
while it is in no sense a food it is a won¬ 
derfully satisfying article. a. b. l. 
Madison, Conn. 
You are quite right. The question of 
water supply is a very important one and 
it is essential that pigs have access to 
fresh water at all times. The old idea 
that pigs’ feed might be abundantly dilut¬ 
ed with water has been exploded, and the 
up-to-date feeder supplies his pigs with 
either dry feed by the means of the self- 
feeder. or mixes up. the feed in the form 
of a thick slop rather than dilute the en¬ 
tire mass with a lot of water. I am sure 
that pigs should eat their feed and drink 
their water, and. contrary to the teachings 
of a certain so-called pork specialist, there 
is nothing to be gained by limiting the 
water supply. Anyone who does not rec¬ 
ognize this factor as a limiting one is 
fooling not only himself but the pigs as 
well. 
Buckwheat for Pigs 
Could ground buckwheat be profitably 
used as part of the ration for early April 
pigs, after they are weaned? If so. in 
what proportion with corn, reddog flour 
and 60 per cent tankage? C-orn here is 
worth $3.25 per cwt.. and buckwheat only 
$2. All wheat feeds are high. • I Have 
pasture, and would like to keep the pigs 
until they weigh 150 or 200 lbs. j. K. ,s. 
Elmira, N. Y. 
You could safely include as much as 25 
per cent of finely ground buckwheat iu 
your ration fur growing pigs, and the fol¬ 
lowing combination would give good re¬ 
sults; 100 lbs. cornmeal. 40 lbs. buck¬ 
wheat. 60 lbs. middlings or red-dog flour. 
10 lbs. digester tankage. Buckwheat 
should be ground as fine as possible in 
order to avoid any possible irritation of 
the intestines. After the pigs weigh 100 
lbs. an additional amount of buckwheat 
might be included, although the best re¬ 
sults do not follow the use of buckwheat 
during extremely warm weather. 
Potatoes have sold for $1 per bu.; 
beans, no market. Cabbage, 5c per head. 
Buckwheat, $3 per 100 lbs. Hay, $25 per 
ton. Eggs. 40 to 60c; butter from 55 to 
60c. Straw, $15 per ton. Pork. $15 per 
100 lbs. Poultry, 30c per lb., live weight. 
Schuyler Co., N. Y. L. s. 
Farmers are getting $25 a ton for hay 
now. Pigs five weeks old are selling for 
$5 dr more apiece. Dressed pork. $22 per 
ewt. Veal calves, alive, 15c per lb.; eggs, 
brown. 37c; white. 40c. Farmers are sell¬ 
ing butter to one another from 50 to 60e 
per lb. Wheat is looking fine. AY. D. u. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
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