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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Ration Without Silage 
! have moved onto a dairy farm. There 
are IS cows. Silage and fodder are gone 
except some clover hay. which is not 
choice. Will you kindly suggest a grain 
ration to use with hay to carry mo till 
grass time? W. R. a. 
New York. 
With clover hay as the only available 
roughage, and assuming that there are no 
grains available other than those pur¬ 
chased. I would suggest the use of a 
ration consisti ng of 4()0 lbs. of comment 
or holffiTTj^ufttr. 20(f lbs. of ground oafff* 
L'OO lbs. of gluten. 100 lb’s, of wheat bran, 
50 Il«s. of oilmeal. After the cows arc 
turned out. to grass it might be \\ell to 
continue the grain ration for^i time, at 
least until the pastures are past their 
washy stage, and perhaps the most eco¬ 
nomical as well as the most advantageous 
mixture to use at this time would be 
-equal parts of corn meal and gluten in con¬ 
junction with the grass, and some hay, 
if they will cat it. 
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Cow's 
May 15, 1920 
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wfik 
after the night 
tie to remain 
good practice? 
die our cattle 
Soiling and Pasturing 
We are undecided as to how we can 
best handle our cattle with reference to 
feeding and pasture during the coming 
Summer. We have an excellent enclosed 
barnyard, covered by a straw shed, where 
our animals are protected from wind and 
rain, where they have abundant sunshine 
and fresh water, and where they can 
secure ample exercise. Wo believe they 
will be far better off in this enclosure 
much ol’ the time than they would ho 
wandering about in pasture. Our pasture 
is limited, and we have to grow soiling 
crops. These we shall plant immediately 
beside the barnyard, to reduce the labor 
of handling. The question is, During 
what periods should we turn our cattle 
out to pasture? My farmer suggests 
turning them out at 4 a. m. and pulling 
them in the barnyard at milking time, 
where they can remain until later in the 
day. when they can go out to pasture for 
another period late in the day. Arc these 
early hours suitable? My veterinarian 
has cautioned me not to let tin- cattle 
feed much on clover while the dew is still 
on it. Repeatedly 1 have seen warnings 
printed against, pasturing cattle while the 
grass is wet, lest bloat be caused. What 
is the basis of this warning? Why does 
dew or rain on grass or clover cause ex¬ 
cessive gas formation? What about night 
pastures? T know many farmers who 
regularly turn their cattle out to graze 
milking, allowing the cat- 
out all night. Is this a 
Tt is our purpose to lian- 
to secure maximum milk 
flow, and at the same time save as much 
manure as possible. I feel certain that 
the cattle are more comfortable in our 
cool barnyard than anywhere else in hot 
weather. T have repeatedly seen them 
so beset with flies, out in the open, that 
they wore in great distress. Upon enter¬ 
ing the barnyard, and seeking a dark 
corner, they got rid of the flies at once. 
Tf they were to remain in this yard, ex¬ 
cepting at such times as they must graze, 
they would certainly he more comfortable. 
We are going to plant held peas and oats, 
fodder corn and cow peas to give us a 
succession of grain feeds during the Sum¬ 
mer to supplement our pasture. What 
would be your suggestion as to the best 
hours for turning the cattle out to graze? 
I 'enosj Ivania, L. k. T. 
If your area intended for pasturing is 
limited and it is supplemented with soil¬ 
ing crops as you mention. 1 am confident 
that the thept practice would follow turn¬ 
ing the cows out to pasture at night after 
the milking is done, and letting them roam 
in flu 1 pasture until milking time in the 
morning. Certainly the plan of turning 
them out at four in the morning and 
bringing in at milking time is not prac¬ 
tical. and would disrupt any ordinary 
farm schedule. 
If the cows have access to a cool, shady 
retreaf during the hot Summer months 
they will be annoyed less from flies, and 
especially with green succulent forage 
crops to supplement the pasture you will 
find that they will give you better results 
when they are confined in this way during 
the day than in their being turned out 
during the middle of the day. There is 
danger of bloat or hovon in case animals 
are irregularly pastured on green clover 
or Alfalfa. Trouble is very seldom ex¬ 
perienced. however, in case the animals 
arc well tilled before they are turned onto 
such pastures and provided, after they 
have access to this material, they are 
kept constantly upon it. The clover is 
so palatable that they cat extravagantly 
of this forage, and as a result fermenta¬ 
tion is intense and causes gas that can¬ 
not he absorbed by the normal function¬ 
ing of the digestive system. 
I am inclined to suggest that perhaps 
you would find Summer silane more 
economical than the growing of forage 
crops, especially if you fake into consid¬ 
eration the high cost of labor and the 
increased cost of handling so much green 
feed. I feel sure that if you would erect 
a small silo that would supply enough 
silage to supplement your pasture you 
would find this system mme practical and 
less expensive than the proposed method 
of relying upon green soiling crops to 
supply the succulence and forage. 
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