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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Ration for Ayrshires 
I have a small herd of Ayrshire cattle 
and wish a dairy ration for them. For 
roughage have good quality of silage, Al¬ 
falfa hay. and corn stover; for feed, corn 
and oats. What concentrates do I need 
for a balanced ration to produce milk? 
Gladstone, N. J. J. d. 
With plenty of good silage, Alfalfa hay 
and corn stover, to provide succulence and 
roughage, and with a supply of corn and 
oats, home-grown, to form a basis of the 
ground mixture, I would feed the follow¬ 
ing combination to an Ayrshire herd ia 
milk: I would give them all the silage 
and Alfalfa hay that they would clean up 
with relish, feeding the Alfalfa hay in the 
middle of the day and the silage in two 
equal divisions morning and evening. I 
would let them have access to the corn 
stover at leisure, thus making sure that 
they were provided with all the bulk and 
roughage desired. Assuming that the corn 
has been shelled and ground, and the oats 
also crushed or ground, I would feed the 
following: 300 lbs. of cornmeal, 200 lbs. 
ground oats, 200 lbs. gluten meal. 100 
lbs. of wheat bran or buckwheat mid¬ 
dlings. Feed the cows in proportion to 
their production, increasing their grain 
mixture only when the cows respond by 
additional milk. 
Corn and Cob Meal 
Is it advisable to grind corn on the cob 
for cow and horse feed? What propor¬ 
tions of oats, barley and oilmeal would 
you use to make a good dairy feed? 
Union Springs, N. Y. w. j. w. 
It is not advisable to grind corn and 
cob meal for horses. There is no nourish¬ 
ment in the ground corncobs, and a horse 
should not be compelled to eat them un¬ 
der any circumstances. In a ration that 
^ is highly concentrated, and intended for 
dairy cows, the conclusion prevails that 
corn and cobmeal can be used to ad¬ 
vantage, inasmuch as the cobs add con¬ 
siderable bulk to the mixture and do not 
detract from its palatability. Usually it 
is more ^economical for dairy cows to grind 
the corn and cob meal than it is to shell 
the corn and then grind the meal. For 
horses. I would feed corn on the cob, 
which will serve them to a better ad¬ 
vantage than corn fed in any other way. 
I dislike the use of cornmeal for horses, 
not only because it is dusty, but the 
horses are more apt to 'bolt their food 
and invite indigestion. Equal parts of 
corn and cob meal, ground oats, ground 
barley and oilmeal would make a useful 
mixture for dairy cows in milk, provided 
it was supplemented with either silage 
or beet pulp for succulence, and provided 
further that cows had access to either 
clover or Alfalfa hay for i*ougliage. 
Gluten meal would be more economical 
than oilmeal at the present prices, and v 
would be well to include an equal amount 
of cottonseed meal in the combination. 
The corn, oats and barley are all carbo¬ 
hydrate carriers, and unless you have a 
legume, such as Alfalfa or clover, it will 
be necessary for you to include a generous 
amount of some protein-carrying concen¬ 
trate. 
Ration for Milch Cows 
Will you give me a balanced ration of 
the following: Corn on cob, rye. oats, 
buckwheat. Rough fodder, mixed bay. 
oat straw and cornstalks, the above to be 
fed to new milch grade Holstein cows. 
So. Westerlo, N. Y. L. w. r. 
It is assumed that you have no silage 
and that the corn, rye, oats and buck¬ 
wheat were produced on the farm. In¬ 
asmuch as all of these materials are what 
we designate as fattening foods or carbo¬ 
hydrate carriers, it will be necessary for 
you to secure some concentrate rich ia 
protein. If the corn is dry enough so 
it can be ground, I would grind the corn 
on the cob. I would also grind the rye 
and oats. Use the mixture in the follow¬ 
ing proportion : 200 lbs. of corn and cob 
meal. 200 lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. ground 
rye, 150 lbs. buckwheat feed, 200 lbs. 
gluten meal and 50 lbs. cottonseed meal. 
I would feed mixed hay and fodder, alter¬ 
nating each day, giving them all they 
would clean up with relish twice each 
day, or if they would eat. the cornstalks 
morning and evening give them this or 
the hay after the grain was provided, 
which arrangement would serve very well. 
There is a lack of succulence in this com¬ 
bination, and the addition of moistened 
beet pulp to the combination would in¬ 
crease its usefuless, although there is lit¬ 
tle to be gained by buying beet pulp if 
you have an abundance of corn, oats and 
buckwheat. 
Duroc Jersey Swine 
I think of buying some purebred pigs. 
What do you think of the Duroc Jerseys? 
Are they like the Berkshires in build? 
I like type of the Berkshires, but not the 
color. w. H. w. 
Livingston Manor, N. Y r . 
The Duroc Jersey breed of swine is 
clearly the most popular type feeder, if 
we are to judge from the percentage of 
red hogs that are received at the various 
stock yards. Throughout the corn belt 
and iu sections of this country where 
pork production plays an important pait 
in live stock breeding and feeding opera¬ 
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tion. one finds the Duroc Jersey predomi¬ 
nating. There is very little difference iu 
size between the Duroc Jersey, the Berk¬ 
shire and Chester White, although it is 
generally believed that the average Duroc 
Jersey carries a larger frame and regis¬ 
ters the greatest size at maturity. As far 
as type is concerned, there is little dif¬ 
ference among breeds of the utility type 
as they are intended to serve the one pur¬ 
pose of converting farm crops into pork 
of the highest quality at the least cost, 
and at the same time yielding a carcass 
that reaches every reasonable demand of 
the butcher and final consumer. It is 
generally supposed that the carcass of the 
Berkshire is more evenly interspaced with 
fat and lean, giving the choice cuts a 
more marbled appearance. The Chester 
Whites will mature at an earlier age and 
ithere are buyers who favor a white car¬ 
cass and claim that such pork will bring 
an additional price. The name, Jersey 
Red, is applied to a particular type or 
breed of swine found rather sparingly in 
certain sections of the East, notably New 
Jersey, but they do not compare with the 
Duroc Jersey, as far as feeding qualities 
and dressing pex*centages are concerned. 
I should not cross-breed, for there is 
nothing to be gained by this practice. 
One cau bring about improvement by 
clinging to an individual type within any 
given breed, and you will not be dis¬ 
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appointed if you choose any one of th > 
breeds mentioned. 
Ration with Silage and Alfalfa 
I have 10 cows which are milking. 
What formula of grain shall I ; eed them? 
I have corn silage, Alfalfa hay, straw, 
etc., good quantity of shredded stalks. 
My grains are oats, barley and corn. 
New York. F. L. r. 
You have practically all of the feeds 
necessary for a well-balanced ration for 
your milch cows. I would let them have 
all of the silage they would cat morning 
and evening, and as much Alfalfa hay as 
they would clean up twice daily, which 
would be about 10 or 12 lbs. I should 
let them have access to the shredded corn 
fodder, preferably in a rack in the barn¬ 
yard, and they would pick over a great 
deal of this material. I should use equal 
parts of oats, barley and corn, but since 
all these home-grown feeds are carbo¬ 
hydrate carriers, it will be necessary for 
you to add some other concentrate, such 
as gluten, cottonseed meal or oilmeal fox* 
the best results. The following mixture 
would be well suited to your conditions: 
100 lbs. of ground oats, 100 lbs of ground 
barley, 100 lbs. of corn and cob meal and 
10O lbs. of gluten or oilmeal. It might be 
possible to eliminate the gluten in case 
the Alfalfa was particularly well cured, 
and provided it was taken from the second 
or third cutting. 
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