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March 20, 1920 
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Uses compressed air to squeeze 
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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Production Records and Possibilities 
1. Are the following cows worth keep¬ 
ing at the present high price of feed, sell¬ 
ing the milk at 12c a quart? A grade 
Jersey 12 years old, which gave 5,801 
lbs. last year; 2. A purebred Jersey reg¬ 
istered, now three years five months old. 
which gave 5.342 lbs. milk last year. The 
registered Jersey above dropped a heifer 
calf last year; sire Sophie’s Adeline’s 
Son 158949. On her mother’s record 
above is this calf worth raising? 
Connecticut. K. w. m. 
1. A Jersey cow, 12 years old, thaf 
yields 5,SOI lbs. of milk during the year 
perhaps produces more than the average 
cow found in the State of Connecticut. 
It must be remembered that she is very 
apt to go down hill from this time on, and 
if she is in good flesh and if one experi¬ 
ences any difficulty in getting her to 
breed regularly, it would be quite as well 
to dispose of her and look to the younger 
animals for maintaining the production 
of your herd. 
2. A record of 5,342 lbs. of milk for a 
heifer with her first calf is more promis¬ 
ing than the record just referred to. 
While this is nothing exceptional or ex¬ 
traordinary, it would be reasonable to 
expect this cow to give 7.500 lbs. of milk 
during her next lactation period if she 
is properly fed, and provided she is well- 
grown and has the capacity and confor¬ 
mation requisite for an efficient ruilk- 
making machine. 
3. I should Consider the calf worth rais¬ 
ing. and particularly if it is possible to 
trace in a short tabulation the pedigree 
of both sire and dam to records-of produc¬ 
tion that indicate that their milk yield 
was above the average. Nowadays one 
likes to depend upon the register of merit 
cows for the production of bull calves in¬ 
tended for service, and we are beginning 
to realize as never before the importance 
of production records on both the sire’s 
side and the dam’s side. Long-distance 
judging, however, is of little value for. 
in addition to the record of its immediate 
ancestors, one should look for individ¬ 
uality and promise in the calf in ques¬ 
tion. 
Ration for Family Cow 
Will you prescribe a ration for my 
Jersey cow? At present she is giving 
little over two gallons of milk a day and 
eats 500 lbs. of mixed dairy feed in a 
month.' T pay $4 per ewt. for the feed, 
which is $20 a month. In addition she 
has hay or orchard grass, which was cut 
from our place. We have only two acres, 
and most of it is in fruit. She freshened 
-Vj months ago and gave nearly three 
gallons a day at that time. Her milk 
would test six per cent butterfat. as it is 
very rich. We have to buy all feed, our 
place being too small to raise any feed 
for her. How much at a feeding? 
District of Columbia. w. w. w. 
It would seem that 15 lbs. of grain a 
day was rather an extravagant amount 
to feed a cow yielding two gallons of milk 
a day. Inasmuch as you have to buy all 
of your feed I should advise the mixing 
of your own ration rather than the pur¬ 
chase of ready mixed feed. In this con¬ 
nection I would suggest the following 
materials: 200 lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. 
eornmeal, 200 lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. 
oilmeal, 50 lbs. gluten meal. I should 
feed 1 lb. of this grain ration daily for 
each 3 lbs. of milk produced. In other 
Words if your cow is yielding eight quarts 
of milk, or 19 lbs. per day. she would he 
entitled to approximately 6% lbs. of this 
mixture. In addition to the concentrates 
I should feed her all of the hay that she 
would clean up with relish; but since you 
have only a poor quality of Orchard grass 
it would be well to provide some form of 
succulence, such as that resulting from 
saturating dried beet pulp with water or 
molasses water. It will be found that 
1 lb. of the dried beet pulp will take up 
5 lbs. of water, and in addition to the 
grain suggested above, I would feed from 
15 to 20 lbs. of the moistened beet pulp. 
This will mean 4 or 5 lbs. of the dry beet 
pulp daily. It might be possible to reduce 
the grain ration slightly, but inasmuch 
as your cow is a high tester it would be 
well to try the mixture as hits been out¬ 
lined. Of course the addition of clover 
or Alfalfa hay to this ration would im¬ 
prove its feeding qualities. 
Cheapening a Ration 
I have been feeding a mixed dairy feed 
costing $80.25 a ton, but it does not pro¬ 
duce the results expected. Would you give 
me a good ration that would not cost so 
much? I have clover hay and corn fod¬ 
der. ' o. M. 
Delaware. 
i would supplement this feed with corn- 
meal and gluten, using 300 lbs. of the 
ready-mixed feed, 300 lbs. eornmeal, 200 
lbs. gluten. Or, if you eliminate the 
mixed feed entirely, use a ration consist¬ 
ing of 200 lbs. eornmeal. 200 lbs. ground 
oats, 200 lbs. oilmeal. 100 lbs. bran. 100 
lbs. nf gluten, which would give you good 
results. 
