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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
December 13, 1910 
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NOTHING TO SELL 
An Industry Explained 
You may read this with greater interest when we say to you that it is not 
intended to sell you anything. Its purpose is merely to give you information 
of value to every feeder of farm animals. 
The manufacture of mixed feeds is just as essential to profitable feeding as is 
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are the practical outgrowths of the pressing need for improved methods, greater 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
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Ration with Alfalfa and Beets 
We are feeding our Jersey cows plenty 
of Alfalfa and mangel beets. Can you tell 
us what additional feed we can Rive them 
to insure more milk during the Winter? 
Virginia. G. J. B. 
The mangel beets will supply succu- 
lence, and you could feed as much as 75 
lbs. per cow per day, while the Alfalfa 
will supply roughage and an abundance 
of protein. In addition to these two ma¬ 
terials I would use the following grain 
ration: 300 lbs. corn or hominy meal, 
300 lbs. ground oats, 300 lbs. gluten, 200 
lbs. bran. 50 lbs. oilmeal. It would not 
be economy to rely upon beets and Al¬ 
falfa bay alone to satisfy Jersey cows in 
milk. 
Grain with Corn Fodder 
I have mixed hay and sweet corn fod¬ 
der for cows. What grain ration should 
I feed with it to get the best results? 
Rye and barley are the only grains that I 
have. I can get bran and oilmeal at local 
mill, but if I want cottonseed meal, hom- 
inv or glucose I must order from Roches¬ 
ter. c. L. K. 
New York. 
While corn, rye and barley in combina¬ 
tion scarcely compare with corn and oats 
as a basis for a ration for dairy cows, if 
you have these two materials they could 
be used to advantage in the following pro¬ 
portion : 200 lbs. ground rye, 300 lbs. 
ground barley, 200 lbs. gluten. 100 lbs. 
cottonseed meal. 50 lbs. oilmeal, 100 lbs. 
buckwheat middlings or wheat bran. The 
analysis of rye and barley shows almost 
as much carbohydrates as < we find 
in corn and hominy, but rye is scarcely 
as palatable, and care must be exercised 
not to grind any of this material that is 
mustv or that is heated to any great ex¬ 
tent in the bin. If you cannot secure the 
gluten or cottonseed meal at the local sta¬ 
tion vou could increase the amount of oil- 
meal’to replace them, but with rye I pre¬ 
fer some gluten instead of using oilmeal 
entirely. 
Ration with Corn-and-Cob Meal 
I have corn-and-cob meal, several tong 
of roots and a fair grade of silage, and 
mixed hay. Please advise what to buy 
to make balanced milk ration. I have 
ordered several tons of brewers’ grains 
and two tons poor grade flour. I have a 
chance to buy rye cheaply. Would it be 
advisable to use at $40 a ton to later 
grind for feed? J. T. P. 
Westchester, Co., N. Y. 
Assuming that you have succeeded iu 
securing the brewery grains and the two 
tons of low grade flour, and realizing 
that you have some corn-and-cob meal, 
and several tons of oats, with silage aud 
mixed hay, I would suggest the following 
ration for your milch cows: 300 lbs. corn- 
and-cob meal; 300 gluten : 300 ground 
oats; 300 brewery grains; 100 low grade 
middlings; 100 ground rye. While the 
rye would not increase the value or pala- 
tability of the mixture, at $40 a ton, it 
would be more economical than corn at 
the prevailing prices. It might be neces¬ 
sary for you to add 100 pounds of either 
oil or cottonseed meal since practically 
all of the feeds mentioned are carbohy¬ 
drate carriers, and your ration is a little 
deficient in this respect. 
Ration with Bean Straw 
Would you suggest a good grain ration 
for milch cows? We Iiave Timothy hay, 
! cornstalks and bean straw. w. C. 
New Jersey. 
You cau scarcely expect a maximum 
flow of milk if you rely chiefly upon 
the food mentioned to supply the basis 
for your dairy ration. Bean straw is 
relatively rich in protein but it is bulky 
and not palatable, and Timothy hay never 
yields satisfactory results when fed to 
milch cows. The cornstalks will do very 
well for roughage provided they are 
nicely cured and have been stored in such 
a manner as to avoid spoilage. I should 
use the following grain ration in addition 
to the roughage mentioned : 200 lbs. corn 
or hominy meal; 100 ground oats; 100 
buckwheat middlings; 150 gluten; 100 
beet pulp. 
Ration with Oat Hay and Beet Pulp 
Will you balance a ration for my dairy 
cows? For roughage I have oat hay and 
corn fodder. I intend to feed beet 1 pulp 
as soon as obtainable. J. J. M. 
Massachusetts. 
Oat hay and corn fodder in combina¬ 
tion ought to supply au abundance of 
roughage, and the beet pulp, as proposed, 
would give you some carbohydrate, aud in 
addition provide some succulence in case 
the pulp was moistened for twenty-four 
hours before being used. In addition to 
these three materials, however, I would 
feed one pound of flic following mixture 
to each three pounds of milk produced per 
cow per day: 200 lbs. hominy; 200 buck¬ 
wheat middlings; 200 gluten ; 100 cotton¬ 
seed meal; 100 bran; 200 beet pulp. If 
you could secure some Alfalfa or clover 
hay to supplement the roughage better 
results would be obtained. 
