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7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
TI-O-GA 
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nutrients in the home grown roughage fed to cows. TI-O-GA 
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trients in the feed mixtures to properly blend with those in the 
various classes of roughage. In this way the nutrients in the 
feed mixtures are so balanced with the nutrients in the rough- 
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and form a balanced ration. 
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Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
, What About Cooking Feed? 
To what extent is the feeding value 
of feed improved when cooked or scalded 
as practiced by some farmers? How 
should potatoes be fed to cows or pigs, 
cooked, or are they just as good in the 
raw state? a. c. b. 
Ohio. 
There is practically nothing to be 
gained by cooking or scalding grains in¬ 
tended for feeding farm animals. Ex¬ 
periments prove that the cooking or scald¬ 
ing of corn is actually detrimental, and 
that 100 pounds of cooked eovnmoni is 
aetually worth less than 100 pounds of 
the raw meal. It seems to fix the pro- 
toids in such a way as to depreciate their 
digestibility. As to scalding or cooking 
i of such graiu as oats, rye, or barley, grind¬ 
ing is quite as satisfactory a means of 
preparation. When it comes to such ma¬ 
terials as potatoes intended for feeding 
either cows or pigs, there is an advantage 
in cooking, for the pulped material will 
actually carry less moisture after it is 
cooked than before, provided. the water 
that potatoes are boiled in is carefully 
poured off. There appears to he a toxic 
property in the potato water that de¬ 
creases their palatability. Potatoes can 
I he fed with greater safety and are more 
easily mixed with other grains when they 
are cooked or boiled. Wo used to think 
lhat the cooking of grains increased their 
palfttahility and materially increased 
their digestibility. Experience has failed 
to justify this belief. 
Value of Silage 
T wisli to thank you for the ration ad¬ 
vice given me recently. "T on suggested 
800 lbs. eorn-and-coh meal. 200 lbs. ground 
oats. 200 lbs. ground buckwheat. 200 lbs. 
gluten or cottonseed meal. 100 lbs. wheat 
bran and 50 lbs. oilmeal. What per cent 
would this he cut down if we wore to 
give 20 lbs. of silage a day per head. We 
have no silo. What I want to get at is. 
does one pay? One of our neighbors, a 
successful dairyman, can see very litttle 
reduction in feed consumed. He says it 
| does save some hay. What do you think? 
Do the cows give more milk? 
Orange Co., X. Y. w. F. w. 
There is no question hut the silage re¬ 
duces the cost of feeding dairy cows. 
Feeding HO lbs. of silage in combination 
with ordinary grain rations-will increase 
milk flow. An acre of corn will yield 
more digestible dry matter than any other 
i crop that can he produced on the farm. 
If it is harvested at the proper time and 
i placed in the sib. all of its feeding value 
is retained, as the fermentation which 
follows after the material is placed in the 
[ silo does not decrease its feeding value. 
Dairy cows require succulent feed, and 
| corn silage supplies this in tlie most eco¬ 
nomical manner. While it is true that 
cows not having access to corn silage will 
consume a larger amount of hay, it does 
not follow that hay is as economical as 
silage for Winter feeding. Our most, suc¬ 
cessful dairymen are those who rely upon 
silage as a source of succulence for their 
dairy animals. There is n<> justification 
for the contention that the use of silage 
does not make it possible to decrease the 
! amount of concentrates required. 
cornstalks, or perhaps Timothy hay; hut 
you must remember that persistent milk¬ 
ers cannot be dried off unless they are de¬ 
nied access to their graiu ration. After 
the milk flow ceases it would 1»- well to 
resume the graiu in such quantity as 
make it possible for the cow to approach 
calving time in good order. The more 
flesh she carries^it this time the more 
milk she will yield following calving. 
Tt is a good practice to feed a cow for a 
few days at calving time exclusively on 
what the herdsman calls a “bran mash.'’- 
with Alfalfa or clover hay. Tt is laxative 
in its effect and aids materially in reduc¬ 
ing the fevered condition that one often 
finds in the udder at this time. A safe 
rule to follow is to deny the cow every¬ 
thing but the bran mash until the con¬ 
gestion disappears in the udder, and even 
then the grain ration should he gradu¬ 
ally increased until the cow would he on 
full feed in two or three weeks after calv¬ 
ing. depending, of course, upon a number 
of conditions. An abundance of roughage, 
particularly clover hay or Alfalfa hay, 
should be supplied, as it is essential that 
the cow’s appetite he satisfied during this 
interval, even though she is not being 
given her regular allowance of grain. 
Care of Bull 
T have a registered ITolsteiu bull. 1*1 
months old. weighing 000 or 650 lbs. 
Would it harm him to use him for light 
service? I am feeding him all the corn 
fodder he wants in the barnyard, two 
feeds iu stable a day of following: Corn- 
meal. 80 lbs.; ground oats, 2.0 lbs. ; wheat 
bran. 80 lbs.; linseed meal, 10 lbs. I 
am feeding him 4 ro 5 lbs. per day ot this 
mixture. In addition, he eats about 
6 lbs. of Alfalfa hay a day. Is this a 
good feed for a hull of this age. and is 
it good feed f<<r Holstein lieifers about 
this age? , s - 
Delaware. 
Tf you would limit the service of your 
bull to not more than 10 or a dozen cows 
during the next three or four mouths. no 
harm would result from such service. 
The young hull should not lie permitted 
to run with the cows, nor should he make 
repeated services. 
The ration that you are feeding, equal 
parts of cornmeal. ground oats and wheat 
bran, with 10 per cent of oilmeal added, 
is a good combination for young growing 
animals, particularly when supplemented 
with Alfalfa hay. Such a mixture would 
he excellent for the heifers, and it ought 
to keep them growing and. gaining. It 
might he necessary to increase the 
amount slightly above four or. live pounds 
per day. although their condition should 
regulate the amount consumed. Tt is not 
necessary that the bull carry an excessive 
amount of flesh, but lie should be main¬ 
tained in good vigorous condition. Too 
much roughage is detrimental to a bull 
that must of necessity be confined in a 
box stall more or less, particularly. after 
be reaches maturity. Alfalfa hay. is less 
injurious than mixed bay. for it is more 
easily digested and will yield a higher 
percentage of mineral matter so essential 
for young growing animals. 
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Tioga Mill & Elevator Co* 
Waverly, N. Y. 
More Protein N-eeded 
Is the following a good ration for milch 
cows: 80 lbs. cornmeal. 80 ]hs. bran. 80 
lbs. ground oats. 10 lbs. linseed meal? 
The cow was brought up on this and did 
well, but now she refuses to eat any other 
grain mixtures ; that is. she does not eat 
them with relish, as she does the above 
mixture. She is due to calve soon and I 
would like to know whether or not to con¬ 
tinue (he same feed. I feed about 4 qts. 
of this grain and 2 qts.of dried beet pulp 
at a feeding. Will dried cornstalks dry 
up a cow? How soon should a cow he 
grained after calving'? G. M. 
The suggested ration will he best suited 
for feeding dry cows or for those ap¬ 
proaching calving time, and it could he 
substantially improved if intended for 
milch cows. Tt would be well to increase 
the amount of oilmeal to 80 lbs., as the 
combination lacks protein if it is to sup¬ 
ply the wants of healthy milking cows. 
Tt is doubtful whether one can afford to 
feed as much ns 80 per cent of wheat 
bran in any ration intended for milch 
cows. I should prefer the following mix¬ 
ture for your conditions: 80 lbs. of corn- 
meal. 80*lhs. of ground oats. 80 lbs. of lin¬ 
seed oil or gluten; 10 lbs. of bran. I 
should add 10 lbs. of buckwheat meal to 
the mixture if the cow was yielding above 
80 lbs. of milk. There is nothing any bet¬ 
ter to increase the palatability of a grain 
ration than moistened beet pulp, and it 
would he well to include as much as 15 
lbs. of this material in your combination. 
The ration you have suggested would be 
admirably suited for feeding this cow dur¬ 
ing her dry period, but you will find that 
she will respond more generously in milk 
production if you increase the oilmeal, or 
add gluten meal to the mixture. 
Any material such as dry cornstalks, 
provided it constitutes the hulk of the 
ration fed. is very apt to decrease the flow 
of uiilk. If it is your desire to dry up 
the cow iu question, nothing would serve 
your purpose more admirably than the dry 
We want a balanced ration for our 
stock. We have 50 cows and 25 head of 
young cattle. We have plenty of corn 
silage for once a day feeding, mixed bay 
with some Alfalfa. For grain we have 
rye. corn, oats and buckwheat. We have 
used 500 lbs. ground rye. 600 lbs. corn- 
and-oob meal. 500 lbs. oats, ground and 
mixed. 500 Tbs. middlings. 500 lbs. bran. 
200 lbs. oilmeal. 100 lbs. gluten, mixing 
1 lb. salt to 100 lbs. of this mixture, feed¬ 
ing 1 lb. of this mixture for 814 lbs. of 
milk. n. B. G. 
Saratoga Co., X. Y. 
The grain ration that you have been 
feeding is faulty, as there is an excess of 
carbohydrates and not enough protein 
Your corn silage, rye, corn-aud-eob meal, 
oats, and buckwheat are carbohydrates, 
supplying the heat and enegry required 
for the animals’ system. The middlings 
and bran both belong to the same group; 
200 lbs. of oilmeal and 100 lbs. of gluten 
would not supply the requisite, amount of 
protein. I should not include both mid¬ 
dlings and bran in the same combination 
intended for feeding dairy cows. later¬ 
ally they are one and the same tiling, the 
only difference being one is perhaps 
ground finer than tiie other. Tf your ani¬ 
mals have been fed on this mixture for 
any length of time, they will, no doubt, 
carry a generous amount of flesh; but T 
am inclined to believe that better results 
would follow from the use of the follow¬ 
ing: 000 lbs. corn-and-cob meal. 400 lhs. 
ground rye. 100 lbs. ground oats, 400 lbs. 
ground buckwheat, 500 lhs. gluten. 250 
lbs. oilmeal. 2(H) lbs. bran. This, with 
silage and the mixed clover bay that you 
have available, ought to give excellent 
results. The ration for your voting cattle 
could he materially simplified, and 1 would 
use equal parts of eorn-and-coh meal, 
ground oats, ground buckwheat and glu¬ 
ten. and would feed a youngster weigh¬ 
ing 000 lbs. about six lbs. of this ration 
per day. in addition to what roughage 
and siiage she would clean up at one 
feeding. 
