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‘The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 20, 1019 
—"how to 
increase your milk 
production with safety —” 
The money - making dairy¬ 
man builds up body strength 
and adds real endurance and 
energy to his cows by giving 
them properly balanced 
feed. 
In this manner, and only in 
this manner can he contin¬ 
uously obtain the highest 
safe .limit of milk yield. 
A cow which is forced to yield 
an abnormal milk supply does so 
by an actual sacrifice of strength 
and of health; then at the end 
of the year the “forced” cow is 
worth but a few dollars and is 
often barren. 
Krause Dairy Feed contains 
nine high grade ingredients 
hut no alfalfa nor molasses. 
Cows like it A complete 
analysis of this and all other 
Krause and Badger Feeds is 
published in convenient book¬ 
let form. It will be sent to 
you free upon reauest. 
Badger Monopoly Feed is 
milled from cleansed tvholc 
corn, barley and oats hi/ our 
indioidual process. It fur¬ 
nishes an ideal carbohydrate 
portion of the cow's ration 
because it is bulky, sweet and 
easily digested—and supplies 
the necessary energy to turn 
feed into milk■ Cows like It. 
Badger Sweet Cud is q scien¬ 
tific mixture of alfalfa meal, 
cotton seed meal, gluten feed, 
brewers grains, malt sprouts 
and a small percentage of 
molasse'S which adds palata- 
bility and aroma and induces 
cows to drink their needed 
quantity of water. Cores like it. 
Chas. A. 
716 Cliff St. 
To obtain a graded and balanced 
ration of the exact proportions 
which you desire, you simply mix 
Badger Monoply Feed (10% pro¬ 
tein) with either Badger Sweet 
Cud (24% protein) or with Krause 
Dairy Feed (24% protein). 
Consult us about your feed¬ 
ing problems; for fifteen years we 
have been milling the finest and 
most carefully prepared dairy 
feeds. We are able to advise you 
how to maintain the health of your 
cows and how to keep your milk 
supply up to its fullest extent with¬ 
out forcing and ruining your herd. 
The best Feed Dealer in your 
locality sells Krause and 
Badger feeds . 
If he cannot supply you with 
exactly what you wish send 
us his name and you will be 
supplied promptly. 
Write for our free folder" Regulating 
Nature’s Clock” 
Milling Co. 
Milwaukee, Wis. 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Dairy Ration 
Will you suggest a ration for dairy 
ows, using well-matured corn silage and 
Soy bean hay, which we have on hand. 
Cottonseed meal, 20 per cent, costs about 
$4.45 per cwt. J. w. E. 
West Virginia. 
It would scarcely be possible to suggest 
ration that would be suitable for feed- 
ug dairy cows where only silage and Soy 
»ean hay was available. Nevertheless 
i hese two materials would establish an 
xcellent base for a ration, and the ani- 
nals should he given all of both materials 
hat they could clean lip with a relish, 
wice daily. I take it that the corn w.as 
/ell matured, and the Soy bean hay nice- 
y cured. 
In addition I should feed 1 lb. of the 
ollowing grain mixture for each 4 lbs. of 
nilk produced per day. The ration sug¬ 
gested is ns follows: 200 lbs. corn-and- 
ob meal; 200 lbs. ground oats; 200 lbs. 
ottonseed meal; 100 lbs. buckwheat or 
wheat bran. 
If the cows are not high producers it 
jtt’ould be possible to feed them exclusively 
n the silage and Soy bean hay, provided 
small amount of cottonseed meal was 
applied in addition. However, with ani¬ 
mals yielding as much as 20 or 40 lbs. of 
nilk per day, it would be necessary to 
eed them some concentrates in addition. 
Sick Cow 
We have a fine cow that is a puzzle to 
us. She appears sick; gets a tempera¬ 
ture, once up to 102; does not care 
whether she eats or not, and, of course, is 
getting thin. Her trouble so far as we 
see is in the udder. The teats swell, 
| ook red and angry. We have used a 
salve given us by a veterinarian. It 
seems to help. The teats again become 
natural and she acts better. We keep on 
with the salve, and before we realize it 
is possible, she again has sore teats. When 
first taken she seemed to he in pain, 
would throw her head around like a horse 
pvith colic. Milking her was very painful 
and we had to tie her down. It doesn’t 
seem to he painful now, nor does she have 
any attacks of pain, but the teats get 
leore and swollen and angry looking. She 
acts sick all the time. She gives a small 
amount of milk, hut it does not look right 
and we throw it away. <;. v. M. 
New York. 
It is always advisable to remove prac¬ 
tically all of the grain from the ration 
\vhen udder trouble of any description is 
involved. The use of concentrates rich 
in protein often causes a congested con¬ 
dition of not only the digestive organs, 
but of the circulatory system as well, 
and the first step towards relieving this 
condition is to eliminate the grain from 
the mixture, and feed the cow exclusively 
on soft laxative feeds, such as wheat 
bran, beet pulp, Alfalfa hay, clover hay, 
or mangel beets. I should give the cow 
a dose of cpsom salts, using one pound 
of salts, dissolved in a quart of warm 
water, to which has been added a pint 
of molasses. A hot fomentation, using 
warm water, containing a normal salt so¬ 
lution, will relieve the inflammation, after 
which the udder and teats should ho thor¬ 
oughly massaged with carbolized vaseline.. 
Unless the cow presents a healthy appear¬ 
ance I should have her tested with tuber¬ 
culin, in order to make sure that there 
were no evidences of tuberculosis. The 
chances are that this trouble may yield 
to the above treatment. However, if she 
has not been bred, and her flow of milk 
materially diminishes, I should surely dis¬ 
pose of her for beef, and purchase another 
cow for family use. You cannot afford lo 
carry a cow that is farrow over any great 
period of time. 
Feeding Buckwheat and Oats 
I have a lot of buckwheat and oats and 
thought perhaps I would have them 
ground and add some cottonseed meal, 
gluten and bran, hut do not know what 
[proportion. The roughage is mixed hay, 
joat and buckwheat straw, and cornstalk 
fodder. c. ri. 
New York. 
You can use the buckwheat and oats 
to advantage in feeding dairy cows, al¬ 
though both materials must he ground if 
the best results are to follow. I would 
use the following grain mixture: 200 lbs 
ground buckwheat; 200 lbs. ground oats; 
.00 lbs. wheat bran; 200 lbs. gluten meal. 
Feed one pound of this mixture for each 
three pounds of milk produced per day, 
and in addition give them all of the 
roughage, such as mixed hay, oat and 
buckwheat straw and cornstalks they will 
clean up with relish. If you could securo 
some mangel beets, or beet pulp,, to take 
the place of silage, the ration would he 
still further improved. 
Nervous Cows and Tuberculin Test 
An old man sent his family cows, 
bright, good, apparently all right animals 
to a dealer for sale A would-be purchaser 
of one made a condition that the cow be 
taken to a veterinary hospital and pass a 
test for tuberculosis, so tne cow with her 
10-da.vs-old calf in the wagon was led 
from her country home two miles through 
city streets, with trolleys, autos and ex¬ 
citement, to a “vet” hospital where sev¬ 
eral dogs were kept, and two days after¬ 
wards reported as failed to pass With 
a recent calving, and unwarranted con¬ 
ditions of city surroundings, can the test 
he considered fair? For private use can¬ 
not a cow that looks well, cats well, no 
lumps to be felt in the udder, be con¬ 
sidered all safe and milk fit for use, and 
the tuberculin tost only to be used in case 
of doubt with good reasons? Will The 
I t N— Y. print a few points for those 
who would buy or sell in good faith. 
Connecticut. inquirer. 
Before cattle are tested for tubercu¬ 
losis it is desirable that they be allowed 
at least 24 hours for rest if the work is 
to be conducted in a strange place. But 
even when such a rest is not provided a 
typical temperature rise after injection 
should be regarded as failure to pass. 
Cows may be tested after 10 days from 
calving, provided there is no febrile con¬ 
dition duo to infection. 
In general cows that look well and feel 
well and show no symptoms of disease can 
be considered as safe for milk production, 
whether they react or fail to react to the 
tuberculin test. Much of our milk comes 
from cows that are affected with tuber¬ 
culosis. even from cows that show physi¬ 
cal symptoms of tuberculosis, but no ob¬ 
jection is raised to the consumption of 
their milk until after they react to the 
tuberculin test. 
Many buyers now wish to purchase 
only cows that have passed the tuberculin 
test, and animals bought under such an 
agreement are of course excluded if they 
react, regardless of their physical con¬ 
dition. A cry few people who understand 
all the known facts about tuberculous In 
cattle will buy cows that are not tuber¬ 
culin-tested. 
It is true that the test is not infallible; 
tuberculous animals may fail to react, 
and a smaller number of non-tuberculous 
animals carry a temperature after injec¬ 
tion , most of tlic latter can he explained 
as due to some cause other than tuber¬ 
culin. The temperature of a cow is much 
less stable than that of a horse, and only 
experienced veterinarians should pass on 
the result of a test. By an experienced 
veterinarian I mean one who is familiar 
with the conditions that are liable to 
cause a temperature to rise in any cow, 
such as slight indigestions, nervous tem¬ 
peraments, excitement, etc., and one who 
a* tunllj conducts the test. The general 
public cares very little whether its milk 
comes from tuberculous cows, but after 
the cows have actually react 'd the senti¬ 
ment changes. 0 tr Tr 
Ration for Milch Cows 
AA ill you give me formula for balanced 
grain ration for milking cows? I have 
nothing but clear Alfalfa hay. r, s 
ew York. 
While Alfalfa hay would take the place 
of any ration generously, it must be re¬ 
membered that it supplies chiefly protein 
and certain ash constituents that are 
especially relished and demanded by young 
growing animals. Assuming that you live 
in a district where you can secure certain 
home-grown feeds at a lesonable cost, f 
would suggest the following for cows in 
milk : 200 lbs. comment or hominy meal, 
200 lbs. ground oats, 200 lbs. buckwheat 
middlings, 200 lbs. gluten, 50 lbs. oilmeal. 
100 lbs. beet pulp. 
Moisten the beet pulp 12 hours before 
feeding. Add 5 lbs. of water to each 
pound of beet pulp. Feed the cows in 
proportion to their production, regulating 
the amount so that you will feed approxi¬ 
mately 1 lb. per day for each 3 lbs. or 4 
lbs. of milk produced. 
