Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
435 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Grain and Green F 
1. I have fresh grade cow hat I am 
feeding for milk. My gra' ration con¬ 
sists of 300 lbs. wheat bran. 200 lbs. chop, 
200 lbs. gluten, 100 lbs. oilmeal, 300 lbs. 
cottonseed meal. I feed 1 lb. to about 3 
lbs. of milk. Is there anything that ought 
to be added to this ration or taken out of 
it? I am feeding mixed hay and silage, 
heavy with corn, twice a day. 
2. What kind of green feed would you 
advise me to raise for cows in the Fail— 
millet, sweet corn, buckwheat or sowed 
corn V x,. f. 
New York. 
1. The above combination is very well 
suited for feeding dairy cattle and, with 
silage and mixed hay, it ought to give you 
excellent results. Possibly buckwheat bran 
would be more economical than the wheat 
bran, and often hominy is cheaper than 
corn meal. 
2. As to the choice between sweet corn, 
buckwheat and drilled corn for Fall feed¬ 
ing I should prefer the sweet corn and 
the drilled corn. Millet is scarcely adapted 
for feeding dairy cows, as it is coarse, 
unpalatable and often results in digestive 
disorders. Buckwheat, on the other hand, 
yields very well and makes an excellent 
food, provided it is fresh and ground, but 
as green feed it does not serve a very use¬ 
ful purpose. 
Value of Oats and Rye 
Oats and rye are the .same price pound 
for pound here now. IIow do they com¬ 
pare in food value? I have both on hand 
and can buy some extra good ear corn and 
have it ground on the ear. Have also a 
little buckwheat. Give me a good milking 
ration, using these as parts if they are 
profitable to use? a. s. k. 
New York, 
One ton of ground rye will yield 1,620 
lbs. of digestible nutrients, while one ton 
of ground oats will yield 1.40S or, stated 
in another way, 100 lbs. of rye will yield 
81 lbs. of digestible nutrients, while 100 
lbs. of ground oats will yield only 70 lbs. 
Therefore, you will see that, pound for 
pound, rye is worth more than oats were 
it not for the fact that rye is scarcely as 
palatable as oats, and it is not possible 
to feed rye in very generous quantity. As 
we have often stated, rye is likely to be 
musty, and is not generally included in 
rations for dairy cows. However, if you 
have both rye and oats on band and can 
secure some corn and cobmeal, the follow¬ 
ing combination will give you fairly good 
results: 100 lbs. of rye, 100 lbs. of oats, 
100 buckwheat middlings. 100 lbs. of corn, 
200 lbs. of cottonseed, 50 lbs. of oilmeal, 
100 bs. of bran. 
Generally speaking, there is very little 
difference in the feeding value of a pound 
of corn and a pound of rye, the difference 
being based largely on the question of 
palatability and digestibility. If you de¬ 
sire to use your buckwheat in ,tbis same 
combination add 100 lbs. of buckwheat, 
likewise 50 lbs. of oilmeal. 
Feed for Dry Cow and Mule 
1. What is the proper kind of feed for 
a cow due to calve in about six weeks? 
I am going to dry her up now. What 
shall I feed when she calves? She is a 
rich milker, giving 18 quarts when fresh. 
I have mixed hay (clover and Timothy) 
and cornstalks. 2. I have a large mule 
about eight or nine years old. I would 
like to know proper way to -feed him to 
keep him in as good condition as possible. 
I have corn, mixed hay and cornstalks. He 
is kept in a box stall, but does not get any 
exercise, only going out to be watered. 
Sometimes he is not hitched up for three 
or four weeks. As I have to go 11 miles 
to work I do not get any time to exercise 
him. 3. How can I mix a bran mash to feed 
with cut hay? 4. Is March the proper 
time to clip the mule, and what should 
be applied to prevent him from takiug 
cold? •' j. B.H. 
New Jersey. 
1. It is important that cows during 
their dry period gain regularly in weight 
in order that they may approach calving 
time in good condition and in high flesh. 
Especially is this important with cows 
that are high producers. Unless this cow 
is dry at the present time I would deny 
her all grain, feeding her exclusively on 
the Timothy hay and cornstalks until her 
udder was entirely dry. Then I would 
commence feeding her 4 or 5 lbs. per day 
of a mixture consisting of equal parts of 
cornmeal, ground oats, wheat bran and 
oilmeal, inereyiimg the quantity a pound 
a day until feeding as much as 8 or 10 
lbs. of this mixture. lu addition give her 
all of the mixed hay and cornstalks that 
she will consume. Timothy hay would 
be of little value, and I would reserve it 
for the horses in case I had plenty of the 
clover hay. I would continue this same 
mixture until within a week or 10 days 
of calving time, at which time I would 
eliminate the cornmeal and reduce the 
ration one pound a day until at calving 
time she would be fed largely on wheat 
bran and ground oats. Care must be 
exercised in feeding high producing cows 
lest milk fever will be encountered just 
following calving. If the feed is reduced, 
however, during this critical period and 
the cow given a laxative previous to calv¬ 
ing, this trouble can be avoided. After 
the fever is out of the udder the grain 
ration could be gradually increased, and 
it would be well to provide some succu¬ 
lence, such as moistened beet pulp, to 
supplement the other materials. I would 
suggest the following mixture to be fed 
as a milk-producing combination : 200 
lbs. of ground oats, 100 lbs. of bran, 100 
lbs. of gluten, 100 lbs. of oilmeal, 100 lbs. 
of cornmeal or hominy meal. In addition 
feed her 12 to 15 lbs. of moistened beet 
pulp, which will mean from 3 to 5 lbs. of 
the dry beet pulp. Feed 1 lb. of this 
mixture for each 3 or 4 lbs. of milk pro¬ 
duced per day. 
2. It is not necessary to feed the mule 
very much grain, provided he has access 
to cornstalks and mixed hay during his 
idle period. Assuming that he weighs 000 
lbs., I would allow him 9 lbs. of hay per 
day, and in addition such quantities of 
cornstalks as he would clean up without 
waste. Feed a mixture of seven parts of 
corn and three parts of bran twice daily, 
and I would feed from 6 to S lbs. per 
day, depending of course upon the condi¬ 
tion of this mule. 
3. To make a bran mash, take three 
or four quarts of bran nnd add six or 
eight quarts of boiling water. Let the 
material cool down to a body temperature 
and feed it to the animal in the form of 
a thick slop. A little salt added to the 
mixture will increase its palatability. 
More water can be added in case it is 
desired to mix it with cut hay. 
4. Whether the mule should be clipped 
will depend upon the appearance of his 
coat. In any event, the proper time to 
do this is early in the Spring, say the 
latter part of March, when put to work 
in the field. I know of nothing that need 
be applied to the coat to prevent taking 
cold, but frequent use of the blanket 
should be made when standing idle. 
Cost of Wintering Cow and Calf 
Could you tell me about what is it worth 
to winter a Jersey cow giving six or seven 
quarts of milk daily, making about five 
pounds of butter a week, and a last 
Spring calf? The cow is fed all the hay 
she will clean up three times a day, with 
about five pounds of grain a day, the calf 
receiving hay only. Hay is worth $20 
per ton and grain about $75 per ton. 
These cattle were taken in on Dec. 18 
last. The cow is due to come fresh about 
May 1, at which time the owner takes 
her. k. c. B. 
New York. 
It is usually considered that the manure 
voided by a dairy cow will -compensate 
for the labor in caring for her, and 
in this instance it would be merely a 
matter of crediting the milk produced 
against the hay and grain consumed. 
From your figures it is calculated that 
your grain costs you 20 cents a day and 
the hay 30 cents a day, making the total 
actual cost of grain and roughage 50 
cents per day, or $15 a month. Against 
this charge you have a production of six 
quarts of milk worth, let us say, seven 
cents a quart at the farm, which would 
provide an income of about 40 cents a 
day, or $12 a month. Granting that you 
should receive something for your serv¬ 
ices other than the mere value of the 
manure, I would suggest that a reason¬ 
able charge to make while this cow was 
in milk would be $10 a month. After she 
goes dry and there is uo income from milk 
it would be appropriate to charge $20 a 
mouth maintenance, for in all probability 
the cow would bit fed less grain than when 
she is actually producing milk. 
So far as the calf is concerned, inas¬ 
much as you are not feeding it any grain, 
a charge of $12 a month would be rea¬ 
sonable. One might question the advis¬ 
ability of wintering a heifer exclusively 
on hay, especially if it is desired to grow 
her as she ought to be grown in order that 
she may develop into a useful dairy cow 
at maturity. Of course these figures 
would not apply if either of the animals 
were being fed an average grain ration. 
Sheep Breeders’ Meeting 
The second annual meeting of the New 
York State Federation of County Sheep 
Growers’ Co-operative Associations, Inc., 
will be held Friday, February 27, at the 
Onondaga Hotel, Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. 
W. W. Reynolds of Utica, O., treasurer 
of the Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers’ 
Association, has promised to be there. 
Mr. Reynolds is well known throughout 
this State as an advocate for a square 
deal for the sheepmen, and is one of the 
best versed men in the country upon the 
general sheep and wool conditions. Among 
the subjects upon which definite action 
will be taken are the fabric law, the dog 
law, the regulations regarding shipments 
of Western sheep into this State—one 
shipment recently spreading scab among 
10 or 11 flocks in one county. Methods 
of co-operative marketing of wool will be 
taken up and thrashed out in detail. 
Ithaca, N. Y. mark .t. smith, Sec’y. 
Removing Warts 
What will take warts from a colt's lip? 
Michigan. l. f. c. 
Rub in best castor oil, or olive oil, twice 
daily and the warts will in time disappear. 
If any of the warts have slim necks they 
may be snipped off with scissors, a few 
at a time; then rub in a little pine tar 
next day. a. s. a. 
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